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IK v r if . "' 1 . j.. j . ! , ..... : --j , .v. r ' REAlS-OUR CLtlBFfc- NUO-SE-tENTH: PAGE . f ; - v 1 5 ? X PUBLISHED EVERY tVJOfJC Y ? AND THURSDAY d 1 GREErJSDOnO, TJ. C, MOWDAVir JANUARY 34;i016. vol. os rao. V ESTABLISHED - ' 1 " I LOCAL MEWS IH BRIEF FORU MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE, READERS OF THE PATRIOT FAR AND NEAR. CriticaUF 111. Mrs. A. E. Ford ham, who has been ill at her home at Pomona for several weeks, is report ed to be in a critical condition. She is suffering from the effects of a stroke of paralysis. Trip to Florida. Dr, M. F. Fox, of Guilford College, and Mr. John Bar- of this city, left Friday nignt ber where they ex- nn a 11 iy ' pect to spend two or three weeks building and its furnishings. pied Yesterday. Mr. John W. Montgomery died of pneumonia yes terday morning at his home at Crow Hill, just north of the city. He was 63 years old and is survived by his widow, two sons and a daughter. Business Change. Mr. P. M .Pet tit has retired from the plumbing firm of Hunt Brothers & Pettit, hav ing disposed ?of his interest to Messrs. J. M. and H. W. Hunt, who will continue the business under the name of Hunt Brothers. Bond Election. The city council of High Point has' called an election to be held on Tuesday, March 7, on the question of issuing $50,000 of bonds for street improvement pur poses. It is thought that -the bond issue will be authorized. Was IiOwest Bidder. Mr. Mi L. Holladay, a building contractor of this city, has been awarded the con tract for the erection of a govern ment building in St. Petersburg, Fla., at a cost of $89,717. Mr. Hol- loday was the lowest bidder for the contract. Buys a Parsonage. The congrega tion of the First Reformed church has purchased the residence of Mr. N. S Hunter, adjoining the church, for a parsonage. The family of Rev. Dr A. D. Wolfinger, pastor of the church, will arrive srm;TWla4jPhJn lew days and occupy theife nfcw home Married Yesterday. Mr. J. W. Fogleman, of Imperial, Tex., who has been in the county several weeks on a visit to relatives ana friends, and Mrs. Mary Steele were married yes terday morning at 10 o'clock at the manse of Alamance Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. E. C. Murray per forming the ceremony. Mr. Vaughn's Fire Doss. It is es timated that Mr. R. G. Vaughn's loss from the fire that badly damaged his home Thursday will amount to $8, 000. The residence, which was one of the best in Greensboro, cost about $ 2 5, 000. Fire insurance to the amount of ?1 5,000 was carried on the building nad its furnishings. Mrs. W. E. Murray Dead. Mrs. W. E. Murray, of Graham, the mother of j Mrs. M. S. Younts, of this city, died Thursday in Danville, Va., where she had gone recently on a visit to an other daughter, Mrs. B. C. Coble. The body was carried to Graham Friday for the funeral and interment. Mrs. Murray was 60 years of age and is .survived by one son and five daugh ters. Mrs. J. W. Slate Dead. Mrs. J. W. Slate, wife of a prominent citizen of Stckes county, died yesterday morn ing at St. Leo's hospital, where she had been a patient for three weeks. The funeral took place this afternoon at Friendship church, Stokes county, asd was conducted by Rev. W. H. Wilson, of this city. Mrs. Slate is survived by her husband and five children. Mr. Nelson Transferred. Mr. John J. Nelson, who holds a position in the income tax division of the internal revenue department, has been-transferred to Pittsburg, Pa., and will be gin work in his new field February Mr. Nelson was appointed to the service about two years- ago and has been working principally in North Carolina, with headquarters in Greensboro. His friends here regret to see Mr. Nelson leave, but are glad to know that his transfer is in the nature of a promotion. rs. Maxwell Dead. Mrs. Delia Maxwell, who had been ill for several eeks, died Saturday morning at her hoae on West Lee street. She was .4 4 years old and is survived by two sons and a daughter, who are: James E. Hoover, of High Point; Troy J. Hoover, principal of the graded scnools of Trappe, Md., and Miss Olive Hoover, who resided with her mother, she also leaves a sister and a brother, Mrs. W. R. Richardson and Mr- J. M Millikan, of this city. The funeral and interment took place to day at Marlboro church, in Randolph oounty, the services heing conducted Heard Fine Address. A large crowd of Greensboro people had the pleasure yesterday afternoon of hear ing a splendid address at the Grand opera house by, Hon. Clinton R. Wood ruff, of Philadelphia, on the subject of "Christian Citizenship and the Growth of the City." . The meeting was held under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. and the board of public welfare. Y. W. A. Officers. The follow ing have been elected Officers of the Greensboro Young Women's Chris tian Association for the ensuing year: Mrs. D. H. Blair, president; Mrs. Charles D. Mclver, vice president; Mrs. J. M. Millikan, secretary; Mrs. J. W. Petty, treasurer. The mem bership of the association is now over 700 and ten departments of work are being carried on. . For Suffering Jews. A proclama tion issued by President Wilson des ignates Thursday of this week as a day for contributing to the aid of suffering and destitute Jews in the war-ravaged countries of Europe. A call is being made on the Greensboro people to contribute to the fund and a liberal response is expected. Mr. Ceasar Cone has been designated as treasurer of the fund to be raised here. Engagement Announced. The en gagement of Mr. Julius W. Cone and Mrs. Laura Weill Stern has been an nounced, the wedding to take place in March. Mr. Cone is one of Greens boro's leading business men, being connected with the Proximity Manu facturing Company and the Cone Ex port and Commission Company. Mrs. Stern is the widow of the late David Stern, of the Greensboro bar, who died about a year ago, and is a high ly accompanied young woman. Aged Woman Dead. Mrs.. Sarah L. Barker died of pneumonia Thurs day night at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. R. E. Meadenhall, about four miles south of .High. Point. She was the widow of the latejV. A. Bar kei, and had reached the ripe old age t- - - - i of years Thejf uneral ;jaJhe!-V at the Friends church rft High 'Point Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, fol lowed by interment at Springfield. Rev. L. W. McFarland and Rev. Syl vester Newlin conducted the services. Praise For Hobgood. Col. F. P. Hobgood, Jr., of the Greensboro bar, who is engaged as special counsel for the government in the prosecution of important oil and mineral land suits in Wyoming, has just filed his report and briefs with the department of justice. A report from Washington says Col. Hobgood has been highly complimented by Attorney General Gregory for his thorough and efficient work, which is declared to be seldom equaled by a new man in the service. Want Street Paved. The city com missioners have received a petition for the paving of Lee . street from Asheboro to South Ashe street, the petition being signed by all the abut ting property owners except three. This particular stretch of Lee street is one of the narrowest streets in the city, and before taking up the pav ing petition seriously, the commis sioners desire to ascertain if arrange ments cannot be made with the prop erty owners for the donation of enough land to widen the thorough fare. President May Come. Mr. A. L. Brooks, who, as president of the Chamber of Commerce, a few days ago sent President Wilson an invita tion to speak in Greensboro in the event he should visit this section of the country on one of the trips he is to make soon, is in receipt of a let ter expressing the chief executive's appreciation of the invitation and promising to give it consideration. The tenor of the letter indicates that Mr. Wilson will be glad to make a speech in Greensboro if his itinerary should permit a stop here. To Elect City Attorney. Mr. A. Wayland Cooke, who is to succeed Mr. Robert D. Douglas as postmaster of Greensboro the first of February, has formally tendered his resigna tion as city attorney, an office he has filled faithfully and efficiently since the commission form of government went into effect in Greensboro. The city commissioners will elect his suc cessor at their regular meeting to morrow afternoon. It fs thought that one of the following four mem bers of the Greensboro bar will be chosen for the position: Thomas C. Hoyle, Charles A. Hines, Judge N. L. Eure and A. S. Wyllie. The office of city attorney pays a salary of $1,000 a year. ' : , . Mr. D. G. Jobe, Of Whitsett Route 1, was among the callers at The Pa HOT DEBATE III SENATE OH WAR INTERNATIONAL ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED BY SENATORS f SMITH AND WILLIAMS. T Issues arising from the European Tji cessation, by reason of heavy war were discussed without restraint casualties, of the Russian attacks in the Senate Thursday in the warm- algaLSt. the Austro-Hungarians near est debate on international questions the Sessarabian frontier; the cap since Congress convened. Great Brit- turey the Russians from the Turks ain's interference with American bf he town of Sultanabad, Persia, trade was characterized as "perpet- andhe taking from the Germans by ual robbery;" Germany was branded the ritish of additional towns in as "guilty of murder," pleas were the mamerun district of Africa are made for an embargo on munitions the rincipal features of the fighting and foodstuffs to England ' and contained in the latest official corn charges were made and denied that mumcations. British censors intercepted American j There also have been some small mail to take advantage of trade se- engagements in Russia around Pinsk crets. andn the region of Czartarysk, ar- Possibility of war to enforce Amer-, tilleafy and mining operations along ican rights did not escape attention, but the suggestion of war was coun- terbalanced with appeal for calm de- liberations to await justice from cool- er heads after the belligerents had recovered from war madness. Debate was precipitated by Sena- It? has been reported that the Aus lor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, who de- tro-Hungarians and Montenegrins livered a long prepared speech de- nouncing Great Britain's course in have yet come through as to the holding up neutral commerce and progress of the fighting. It is pre Darticularly her interference with sum&dr however, that the Austrians cotton shipments to Germany. He willjontinue to press the Montene nronosed an embargo asrainst Ensr- grinsf toward the Albanian frontier land, who he said could not continue the war without munitions from this clpa seaport, Antivari. A Rome dis country nor feed her people without pfetch says that Albanian troops un- food from the United States and other neutrals. His vieorous assault ud- rm Kneland's attitude was endorsed I by Senator Borah, of Idaho, who said he was williner to take responsibility t for "action, not speech" to protect American rights, but feared embargo lesislation could not be Dassed by.rfeseUttktfyes-of the Teutonic powers Congress. From Senator' John Sharp Wil- liams. the Oeoreia senator's utter- ances drew "a stirring reply, with a declaration that he was hot willing to go to war for mere dollars nor to 1 have the "people of Dixie" placed in jtm -attitude- bT-ndtathgJfcrfc plane with human life. Senator Wil- liams said until the issue of murder- ed American women and children on the high seas was settled, he would not nag the president of the United States about property nor attempt to force settlement for monetary loss of property from war-maddened people until he could appeal to their calmer judgmnt when war had ceased. For several hours the senate was held in rapt attention by the frank ness and vigor of the speakers. The discussion reached a climax when Senator Smtih, indignant at the inti mation that he would place commer cialism over human life, dramatically inquired of Senator Williams: "Because Germany has been guilty of murder must we concede the right of perpetual robbery on the high seas to Great Britain?" Senator Smith declared that Con gress should act because the presi dent could do no more than write notes. He said he did not want to go to war, but insisted that the United States should have the nerve to insist upon its commercial rights. The embargo to force England's hand. Senator Smith suggested, should be made effective within 30 days unless Great Britain yielded Senator Williams held the senate for more than an hour with his re- ply. The allies, said he, would not be bullied bv the TTnitv static, ,,iMa they were to stand like a lot of whip per curs while warring for life, lib erty and independence" and yield to the Congress of the United States oacKea oy an army of "90,000 sol diers and the fourth navy in the world." He thought it sufficient for this government to nmt against violation of commercial rights and to await deliberation of a calm er people for restitution, and asserted 1 . . mat ue woum not "kill one human Demg on me race of the globe for mere property" unless after a bel - ligerent had calmed down It should develop that American rights were coldly and deliberately defied. a . . - senator smith in his response tot Senator Williams declared the people or the South were just as concerned as other Americans over the murder of American citizens, but they were ow uucu uver me destruction 01 meir property rights. Senator Vardaman, of Mississippi, defended me posiuon 01 senator Smith, declar- until it lays a complete defense of ing it was sustained by international the present operation of the orders law, by the president of the United in-council before the house of coin- States and the secretary of state. Mr. T. C. Fentress, of . Pleasant Garden, was a caller at the office Sat- HEl - jOT LOSSES OF ROSSIABS FIGHTING ON THE FRONTIER OF LESSARABIA HAS CEASED IfFOR THE TIME BEING. the front in France and Belgium, and a continuation of the artillery duels andbccasional infantry attacks in the AusoItalian theater. . In none of thesfe however, has any great result beeri," attained. again are at grips, but no details and 'fyy to capture Montenegro's prin der JJSssad Pasha, provisional presi dents of Albania, have arrived at Scutari to join the Montenegrin trotfpa retiring on that Albanian city. v The entente powers, acting on the reqtfest of the United States govern menfewill release the consular rep- (ajadthteir allies, arrested recently at Salohiki. - To 'hasten the manufacture of mu- nitibns the British government will Police' semi-skilled, unskilled and wo- men laborers with skilled laborers in factories under the control of the announced that the trades unions, which had previously objected to this Plan, were now supporters of it In order to prevent the central powers from importing wheat from Rumania, an Anglo-French corpora- tion nas Deen formed to buy all the available grain in that country German Campaign in Egypt. Germany's campaign in Egypt is meeting with obstacles, it is an nounced, due to the lack of coal to operate the railroad which the Ger mans have constructed southward through Syria to the edge of the des ert approaching the Suez canal. The absence of coal prevents the actual opening of the road to transportation. This lack of coal has led the Ger mans to re-open the old Turkish mines in Syria used by the Romans, but abandoned by them 1,000 years ago. A large force of Turkish labor ers is working the mines. Montenegro to Fight On. Fighting between Austria and Mon tenegro has been resumed. Montene- gro has notified Italy officially of this fact Montenegro's decision was com municated to the Italian foreign office f rom tne Montenegrin premier Tne note s to effect that King Nicno!as and the Montenegrin gov- eminent have rejected all terms offered by Austria and that fight ling already has been resumed along the whole front. King Nicholas and his sons remain with his army to organize the de fenses of the country, and as the king declares determined to fight to tne last. The Montenegrin govern- ment nas been installed at Scutari. British Sea Grip Tightening. I- A report from London says that, whatever change is made in the Brit- 1 ish orders-in-council. it is absolutely certain that the grip of British sea power on Germany will be tightened rather than loosened. I This is the opinion. expressed in a high quarter of the British govern ment, which is not yet convinced that the-orders-in-council are not the best methods for bringing economic pres sure to bear on the central powers. It is clear now that the foreign office will not come to any decision mons, and this will not be done until the compulsion debate is ended. 8gna exist that the orders-in-coun- Ctt" are"? being more rigidly enforced than ever before. While the average T. A. WILSON DEAD AFTER A PROLONGED ILLNESS. Mr. Thomas A. Wilson, an influen- tiar citizen of northwestern Guilford and for several years a member of the 'boai;d of county commissioners, died Thursday morning at his home near Stokesdale. He had been ill about three months, suffering from a complication of diseases of the liver and heart. For several weeks his condition had been critical and the end was not unexpected. The funeral was held Friday after noon at 2 o'clock at the Summerfieid Baptist church, of which Mr. Wilson was a leading member, and was at tended by a large number of people. 6 The church being Without a pastor. the service? were conducted by Rev. R. M. Andrews, pastor of Grace Meth odist Protestant church of, this city. Mr. W. C. Boren, chairman of the board of county commissioners, paid a tribute to Mr. Widson as a m?ii and a public official and spoke of the personal bereavement felt by the surviving members of the board in his death. Mr. Wilson was 51 years of age and is survived by his widow, three sons and two daughters. The children are: Clay Wilson, of this city; Bry ant and Fred Wilson and Misses Ruby and Lillian Wilson, who reside at home. He also leaves three brothers and a sister, who are: Rev. W. H. and Houston Wilson, of Greensboro; H. H. Wilson, of Summerfieid, and Mrs." C. F. Johnson, of Greensboro. Mr. Wilson was a prosperous farm er and successful business man and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellow-nien. He had been a val ued member of the board of county commissioners for some years, hav ing been re-elected by a handsome majority in November, 1914,. for a term of four years. He took an ac- tive interest in the county's affairs, and unless providentially hindered, could be depended; upon to attend every regular and special meeting of GOOD YEAR "FOR GREENSBORO , LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. The annual meeting of the stock lolders of the Greensboro Loan and Trust Company was held Thursday, when the business of the past year was reviewed and plans made for the future. The reports submitted were very satisfactory, showing the busi ness to be in a healthy and prosper ous condition. A semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent was declared on the capital stock of $200,000, making $16,000 paid out in dividends during the year In addition to paying good dividends regularly, the bank's; surplus fund has grown to approximately $40,000. The Greensboro Loan and Trust Company has enjoyed a splendid growth since its organization and to day is recognized as one of the state's leading financial institutions. The stockholders, re-elected the di- recors, who are: J. W. Fry, J. W. Scott, J. A. Odell, R. M. Douglas, J. S. Cox, J. Elwood Cox, R. D. Douglas, S. L. Trogdon, W F. Williams, J. A. Hadley, C. A. Bray, W. E. Allen,' R R, King, R. M. Rees and A. B. Kim ball. Following the meeting of the stock holders, the directors met and re elected the officers as follows: J. W. Fry, president; J. S. Cox, vice presi dent; W. E. Allen, secretary and treasurer; W. M. Ridenhour, assis tant secretary and treasurer. . South Jefferson Stirred. A good portion of the citizenship of South Jefferson precinct was in Greensboro Saturday to attend what was expected to be a rather sensa tional trial before Justice of the Peace Collins, but on account of tl:e alleged illness of two witnesses for the prosecution, the hearing w?s postponed until next Saturday af ternoon at 2 o'clock. From all ac counts, the affair has aroused' more feeling in the community than any thing that has occurred in that sec tion of the county in a long while. Eminent legal counsel has been em ployed, and, in the vernacular of the day, "the fur is expected to fly" when the case is tried. Mr.- R. A. Cable, of Greensboro Route 4, favored The Patriot with a call Saturday. seizure of ships probaly has not j Washington to attend a dinner given greatly increased, it is claimed that lnt nJa honor by the secretary of the more portions of their cargoes than treasury n& r: McAdoo; Jaaaary nl are faeinc ordered into the arte' courts. KM OF 'GREECE1 PROTESTS HAS GRIEVANCE AGAINST THE ENTENTE ALLI1S FOR IN VADING HIS COUNTRY. , King Constantine, of Greece, has made a protest through the press 6t the United -States against ? the ; recent action of the allies in their operations at Saloniki, in blowing up the bridge at Demir Hissar, in occupying Corfu and other islands which Greece claims. " . He said the situation is as if a foreign power had occupied that part of the United States which had been won from Jttfexico - af ter the Mexican war and that the plea of military necessity advanced by the allies was like that given by Ger many for invading Belgium and Luxemburg. It ia the merest cant, the king declared, for Great Britain and France to talk about the viola tion of the neutrality of Belgium and Luxemburg in view of what they had done and are doing , themselves. He denied, the , military necessity; for the blowing up of the bridge or for the occupation of Corfu and ; he also challenged them on - the contention that submarines of the ' Teutonic . al lies are being supplied from a Greek base. ..... . , ... f He said that the allies, .in . pique over the failure of all their. 'calcu lations in the Balkans, were - trying to - unload on Greece the 'result of their -own stupidity ; 80 per cent j of the Greeks at ithe beginning were in favor of . ..the allies; . but 'how hot even 20 per 'cent ' would turn? their hand to render them aid. " King Constantine did not feel that .... - he could afford to demobilize, while the fate , of Saloniki is undecided, and, whfle.he did not ,. think it . prob able that Germany, could be , yio torious in the sense that she - could take London, Paris or Petrograd, he- believed that it would" be very diffi cult, if not impossible, to " conquer Germany in a' military, way , if efco- finally, the opinion iTV that jhe -war would end in a draw. '" French Authority. Makes Answer. A high French authority, whose identity is not revealed, has replied to the statement of King Constan tine. This authority denies any par allel between the German invasion of Belgium and Luxemburg and . the tem porary use of certain points Jn Greece, which does not constitute an occupa tion, properly speaking, and I which use Was made for the most part with the tacit consent of Greece. The allies, he said, only went to Saloniki to aid Greece'sally, Serbia, and to take up treaty obligations which Greece did not fulfill. During the recent months, be added, the Greek government permitted Ger mans and Austrians to violate its neu trality by using the Greek coasts and islands as a base for provisioning their submarines. The charges about the bridge at Demir Hissar were without founda tion, the French authority said, and the question pf the sympathies of the Greek people was proved by their action at the recent elections and their attitude toward M. Venizelos, the friend of the entente. The au thority points out that, while the king declares he cannot demobilize, he forgets to add that the allies con tinue at his request to advance money to Greece for its mobilization. f PLANS ARE MADE FOR PRESIDENT WILSON'S TRH. President Wilson plans to speak in Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chicago, , St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Des Moines and Davenport on the first trip he will take to lay his national defense program before the country. He expects to leave Washington Jan uary 28 and remain away one week. Preliminary plans for the second trip, io be made about the middle of next month, already are being con sidered. This journey probably will take the president as far west as Denver, and if possible, he will swing through the South to stop at Bir mingham and other cities. Pittsburg will hear the first pre paredness speech Saturday, January 29. The president will, go to New York January 27 to speak. at ban quets of the RailroadBusiness As- i sociation and the Motion Picture Board of Trade. He 'will return to Pittsburg. by Rev. R. M. Andrews, of this city. triot oQce Saturday.
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