North Carolina Newspapers

.S & V K T MVi..MAIM U Trl U DAT VOL.-OCCJO. O - ;i LOCAL HEWS i... : EORU : M AlTIano vr- . J - a nrrtTvm READERS OP THE PATRIOT PAR AND NEAR. Sheriff Stafford DL Sheriff Staf ford is confined to his room by a se vere cold and an attack of rheuma tin. He hopes to be out in a few days. . Ob Farm Bureau. The agricul tural bureau of the Chamber of Com-ffic-ce has elected Messrs. John A. Young. J- E. Latham 'and C. W. Gold to -epresent the organization as mem bers of the Guijford county farm bu reau. . To Sell Bonds. The city commis- si oners will open sealed bids J?eD- 17 for the $50,000 issue of rusry street bonds and one-third of the 000 issue of sewerage bonds re cently authorized by a vote of the' people of Greensboro. Mrs. Mattie Warren Dead. Mrs. Ala:tie Warren, who had been suffer in? from lagrippe and complications for several weeks, died Friday morn in? at her home on North Cedar street. She was 30 years of 'aB and is survived by her husband and thr- e children. ' Vourt in Session. A week's term of superior court for the trial of crim inal cases opened this ;noriangvwith Judge E. B. Cline on. the biib : No time was lost in getting down to' bUSr iuess and the indications are that the court will have a busy week dispoi iv.z of the docket. . Osborne-Jackson. Mr. W. E. Os borne, of Danville, Va., acnd. k Miss Omie Jackson, a daughter of Mrs. Amanda Jackson, of this city, were married in Winston-Salem Thursday afternoon. They will reside in Spen cer, where the groom has recently taken a position with the. Southern Railway. Fine Watch Stolen. A thief enter ed :he home of Mr. J: E. Latham, in Fislier park,'-about '7 o'clock Satur day evening and stole a watch be longing to- Mrs. Latham valued at over $ 1 , 0 0 6 and about $ 5 in change. The theft , wdfsOX ly after the robber had left the house and the police officers notified. Market Men Feast. The market men of the city, with a few invited guests, enjoyed themselves Thursday night at a sumptuous banquet in the hall of the Eagle Hose Company, on South Davie street. There being no after-dinner speeches, nothing was said about the meat inspection law or the sale of fresh meat in the-ity by the farmers. Declines Call. Rev. V. Y. Boozer, of Lexington, who was recently call ed to the pastorate-of the First Luth eran church of this city, has declined the call and will remain in his present field. It is expected that a call will be extended to another minister in the near future, as the church here is anxious to secure the services of a pastor as early as possible. Mr. Daughtridge Here. Lieuten ant Governor E. L. Daughtridge, of Rocky Mount, who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for gover nor, spent Friday id Greensboro with friends. Mr. Daughtridge is one of the biggest farmers and most suc cessful business men in eastern North Carolina, and his friends insist that he would make a splendid governor. For Robbing Mail. Willie Mc Williams, a 14-year-old negro, boy of Milton, Caswell county, was brought to Greensboro Friday by Deputy Marshal Boger and placed in jail to await trial on the charge of robbing mail sacks. The boy had been as sisting his brother In carrying the mail from the depot in Milton to the postoffice and seems to have made a specialty of stealing parcel post pack ages. Change at Postoffice. With the close of business today Mr. Robert D. Douglas retires from the office of postmaster of Greensboro and is suc ceeded by Mr. A. Wayland Cooke. Mr. Douglas was appointed by Pres ident Roosevelt in the summer of iV'tH and has served about nine and a half years. He has made a good re cord and retires from the' office with tj1 best wishes of the public. Mr. Cooke is a man of capacity and en r?y and may be expected to give the Public faithful and efficient" service. W. H. Trollinger Dead. "W- H. Trollinger, one of the best known citizens of Alamance county, died Thursday night at his home, at Haw River at an advanced age. He nad been prominent in the business llfe of his section for 'many years; He was engaged in the cotton tumor facturing busiaeM at Haw RlW-fprJ Dumber of yemrt. t J IlURJ)ERBiRS ARE EXECUTED ED. WALKER AND JEFF DORSETT PAY DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 'JOHN SWAIM. Ed.v Walker and Jeff Dorsett, both ooloredr.;iyere ' electrocuted . in , the state ; penitentiary at Raleigh 'Friday morning for the : murder of John Swaim, of Pleasant Garden, on the evening of January 20, 1915. Before going to their death the condemned men confessed their guilt. It was he first double electrocution in this state. A tragic circumstance in connec tion with the dual execution was the sudden death from heart failure of T. P. Sale, warden of the peniten tiary, and the state's official execu tioner. Death came upon him .within a few minutes after he had applied the electric current Chat snuffed out the lives of the two confessed mur derers. The following is from the Raleigh News and Observer's account of the execution: "Ed. Walker and Jeff JJorsett, Guilford county negroes and confess ed -murderers of John Swaim, a Pleasant Garden farmer, forfeited their .lives in the first double electro cution 4ri-the history of North Caro lina yesterday m6rning .at the state prison. Walker, as the man who fired the fatal shot, was the first in the t chair. u Within fifteen w minutes from the time he entered the execu tion chamber both of the' men had been carried out dead. "The failure of the electric current momentarily while Walker was in the chair horrified the thirty-six witnesses. The body of Walker re laxed under the receding current and between the slit in the mouth-piece his lips moved as if in an effort to speak. Warden T. P. Sale was at the switch, however, and the loss of the electricity w:as for just a few seconds. After the first shock had been admin istered the physicians present, Dr. J. R. Rogers and Dr. W. C. Horton, ad vised a second. Following this, they pronounced binr deadVe-: -.-.-?--! z-- "Dorsett, apparently a much younger negro, had less resistance. One s.hock was sufficient to produce death. "Both men approached the end calmly. Walker came in without a word and took his place in the chair. He needed no assistance. His first word was spoken as the belt straps were fastened about him. " Good-bye,' he said, "I am going to meet my God.' . With this he be ,ran to pray audibly, his prayers ac companying the scripture reading of lis spiritual adviser. "Dorsett prayed from the begin ning, the burden of his prayer re eated again and again. And when the current struck him it broke into the midst of it, the half-uttered pray er smothered on his lips. "Both of the men went to their death with confessions of guilt. With "death staring him in the face, Walk er wrote to Governor Locke Craig declaring that he himself fired the shot and asking for clemency for Dor- ett, who was his partner in the rob bery scheme. "Dorsett, however, confessed that he was present and . planned with Walker for the hold-up and robbery. Governor Craig considered the peti tion but wired to Warden Sale, 'Dor sett did not shoot but he was present and participated in the' robbery.' " Among those who witnessed the execution were the following citizens of the Pleasant Garden section: W. S. and A. H. Quate, H. B. Kirkman, R L. Neelley, W. J. Unchurch, T. M. Adcock, J. F. Gossett, W. B. Hardin, Sam Davis, Lee Dailey and Matt Rog ers. Story of the Crime. John Swaim was fatally shot near the South Buffalo bridge on Wednes day evening, January 20, 1915, while returning to his . home at Pleasant Garden from a trip to Greensboro. He died in St. Leo's hospital the fol lowing Saturday. In the meantime Walker and Dorsett had been charged with the crime and arrested. 'While the evidence against them was cir cumstantial, there .was but slight doubt in the mind of any one as to their guilt. Under Judge Lyon a Jury of Guil ford , county men held Walker and Dorsett guilty of murder in the first degree and court rendered judgment of the extreme penalty. Appeal to the Supreme court' failed to secure a neWj triaL The only relenttag in. the stripi adminiatration of thniJCBentence' Continued oa MISSIONARY WORKERS IIEET WOMEN OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE IN SESSION HERE. - The annual meeting of the - Wo man's. Missionary Society of the Western North Carolina Conference, which is in session at West Market Street Methodist church, is attended by a large number of delegates and several missionaries from the home and foreign fields. Mrs. Lucy H. Robertson, of this cityi president of the conference, is presiding over the business meetings. The conference opened Thursday night with devotional exercises, the first business session being held Fri day morning. Preceding the organization of the conference Friday morning, a com munion service was . conducted by Rev. Dr. J. H. Weaver, Rev. Dr. C. W. Byrd and Rev. Frank Siler. Owing to the inability of the re cording secretary, Mrs. Frank Siler, to attend, the conference, Mrs, G. W. Whitsett was elected to perform the duties of this. Office v .v The report df Mrs.;H. A. Dunham,! the corresponding secretary, was Very encouraging and showed "prog ress, along all lines. In making her report Mrs. Dunham spoke especially of . the good being done in the home field, in the Wesley home, rescue homes, mountain schools and for the foreigners in this country. " Mrs. Dun ham has visited most, of these insti tutions, and she was especially im pressed with the work - being done in New Orleans for -Italians. The work on the Pacific coast, too, she de clared, is reaching a large numtier of those who have recently come to this country. The work being done for the Koreans in California is stead ily growing in interest, she said. The largest , Japanese Sunday school on the continent, It was point ed out, Is in California, and. most of the workers are native Japanese who have been educated Jn America. The Scarrett Bible and "Training School, mKans8eityV lawliere Uhentiisti4 workers are trained, and the Chris tian atmosphere of the school is most beautiful. The conference treasurer, Mrs. P. N. Ptfacock, reported quite a gain in finances, though the ladies had hoped for a larger increase, both in money and members. During the past year there was raised for the foreign field a total of $21,549.48, while for work in the home field the total amounted to $7,950. The reports of the various district secretaries were of a gratifying na ture. At Friday night's session address es were delivered as follows: "China," by Miss Wu Tsung Zung; "Japan," by Miss Siler; "Home Work," by Miss Rena Murphy; and "Korea," by Miss Ellasue Wagner. Miss Siler and Miss Zung were attired in native Chinese and Japanese costume, respectively. Their 'talks were most interesting. Miss Wagner, who is a returned mis sionary, reviewed it. appealing detail the growth of work In Korea during the past 11 years. The addresses were followed by pageants staged by young ladies of the Greensboro College for Women. The first of these was put on by 18 young ladies, representing foreign countries that needed help coming on ' the platform bearing . unlighted candles. The other was participated in by 20 young women, each bearing a lighted candle, who sang My Country, 'Tis of Thee." Saturday morning's session Was de voted to the work of-the. young peo ple and children. The reports of these societies showed an increase ofl56 in membership and of $106.82 in finances. A memorial service was held Sat urday afternoon, being conducted by Mrs. L. W. Crawford and Miss Estelle Haskins. The annual sermon was delivered before the society in West Market Street church yesterday morning, at I 11 o'clock by Bishop Collins TJennyV of Richmond, Va.. Basing his re marks on the verse of - scripture read ing, "As we have therefore oppor tunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto. them who are of the householf of faith," the bishop preached one" of the most eloquent and forceful sermons heard In Greens boro in a longwhile. Yesterday afternoon a very attrac- tive program was carried otttHsr-chil- dren ot he mlssionair , scitt3; of thelratlotu MethMiat cnrrr.rr jathe city; ' The SISItor GETS III BAD ISSUED FOR j; A. TERRY, WITH- LARCENY. . Att&rjtnree dates had beenset for thetlaS'the warrant in a case charg ing obrr L. Stewart, of Greensboro Rout with larceny was dismissed Satjlayny Justice of ihe Peace Col llnsjas '.frivolous and malicious, and JjJ&Darry, who had 'sworn out the wartaiiUv was taxed with the costs andlfced $25 for his failure to ap p'eain:ceurt. A capias was issued andfeplaced in the hands of Deputy Sheriff Henry Andrew, of Jefferson towmfp, ifor the arrest of Terry, wiBjiresent whereabouts are un khfjr ' iewarrant Was first made return able on January 18, but for the con venience' of some of the witnesses thermal was postponed until the 22n3 The defendant, with his wit- nesrs and a number of friends, came toOteensboro on the second date a&tHd. ready for trial, but a week's cojallnuance was granted on the al lege Illness of two witnesses for the prosecution sons of the man who haErOrn out the warrant. ? -&jff Stewart, his witnesses and frds were back again Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, the hour set fosrttte trial, but not a single witness toKtKe prosecution put in an appear ance ' The trial was to have been held; ln the Superior court room and a ISrge crowd assembled for the hear Itigr among those present being many leading citizens of Jefferson and Clay townships who did not hesitate to let it be known that their sympathies were with the defendant. Appearing as .counsel in the case were Col. John A;;;Barringer for the prosecution and ex-Judge W. P. Bynum and ex-Judge R;?C- Strudwick for the defense. - Upon motion of counsel for the de fense, Justice Collins dismissed the warrant as frivolous and malicious, riamed, J. A. Terry as the prosecutor and taxed-him with the costs. Terry was" then issued fbr his arrest" and placed in the hands c Deputy Sheriff Andrew. The costs in the case amount to $60.40, which, with the fine of $25, make a bill of $85.40 the court holds against Terry. Subpoenas had been issued for 43 witnesses, about 40 of whom were witnesses for the defen dant. a summons ror Terry to appear In Guilford Superior court February 14 and answer a complaint to be filed in a damage "suit instituted by Stewart was issued by the clerk of the court shortly after the magis trate had dismissed the warrant. In the warrant he swore out Terry made affidavit that Stewart stole the sum of $45 from him on February 25, 1915, almost a year ago. The af fair aroused a good deal of feeling and indignation in the community, where Robert L. Stewart has resided for a number of years and is regard ed as a man of -honor and integrity. He is the miller at Stewart's mill and in that capacity has business dealings with many people. After the warrant charging Stew art with theft had been issued at his instance, Terry deeded his real es tate, which lies in Jefferson and Clay townships, to his wife, and is report ed to 'have transferred his personal property to his sons. He left home after returning from Greensboro on the 22nd inst., when the trial was continued: for a week, and has not been seen or heard of in the com munity since. In the meanwhile no explanation has been made of why Terry should have charged Bob Stewart with lar ceny or waited almost a year after the alleged theft before making the accusatipn. Mr. Swift to Speak. Mr. W. H. Swift, of this city, is on the program for an address at a conference on child labor to be held in Asheville Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. the various nations in which the church is engaged in mission work and rendered a number of songs and .recitations in a delightful manner. ' Last night's session was devoted to the home and foreign work; "Mrs. Hume R. Steele speaking for the home work and Miss Ellasue Wagner for the foreign work! Business sessions of the conference were held at 9.30 ,0'eloek this morn ing and 220.this afternoon The 1?! .9!fP"Mftf tonight waif jellied out in opencourt, and fail- WARDEN SALE DIES SUDDENLY HAD JUST OFFICIATED AT THE EXECUTION OF GUILFORD COUNTY MURDERERS. Thomas P. Sale, warden of the state penitentiary at Raleigh, . fell dead acros a desk in his office Friday morning at 11 o'clock, a few minutes after leaving the death chamber where he had officiated at the elec trocution of Ed. Walker and Jeff Dorsett for the murder of John Swaim, of Guilford county. Mr. Sale had blotted the last of the twelve signatures of witnesses to the execution. A request to Mr. C. C. Hayes, deputy warden, to show the Guilford county visitors over the in stitution had hardly passed his lips When he fell forward oh his desk. Des perate efforts of prison officials, sev eral newspaper men , and visitors as sisting Mrs. T. P. Sale, who rushed to the aid of her husband, failed to revive him. The two physicians ar riving first, Dr. M. R. Gibson and Dr. G. M. Bell, could only pronounce him dead.' Heart failure brought on by shock of the execution vas assigned as the immediate cause. Mr. Sale's health had been failing recently and friends had urged him to give up the strain that the office carried and seek rest for his nerves. Thursday night Mrs. Sale pleaded with him to turn over the duty of state executioner for the day at least to shis deputy. But ha insisted on doing his duty. As the witnesses gathered in the little octagonal room on the north side of the building, Mr. Sale talked and joked with his friends. As a usual thing l e was not talkative on such occasions and very nfvous." : ' " " " - - r The. first appearance of : breaking nerves came with the failure of the electric current for a few seconds af ter the switch was pulled on. Hi. Walker.- . "My Lord," the warden Was heard to exclaim by those -in the room Im mediately the, current was coursing again 3,through : the body of the conr dejgn-anW toned off fqrthe examination by physicians Mr. Sale was noticeably excited and he showed signs of extreme nervous ness during the remaining part of ten minutes required to complete i.he dual execution. Mr. Sale was 56 years old and a native of Georgia. He had made his home in Raleigh for 20 years and for the past eight years had been war den of the state prison. Ho is sur vived by his widow and four children. Lumber Company in Receiver's Hands Upon the petition of creditors, Judge James E. Boyd, of the Uriitekl States court, Saturday afternoon sign ed an order naming J. T. B. Shaw temporary receiver of the Cape Fear Manufacturing Company and citing the company to appear in court Feb ruary 5 and show cause, if any exists, why it should not be adjudged a bankrupt. The petitioning creditors allege that the company has an in debtedness of something like $40,000 which it is unable to meet; that a large number of court judgments against the company remain unsat isfied and executions in some of them are about to be issued; and that the only assets of the concern are its plant and interest in a few contracts. These assets are not estimated, but it is claimed that the company is insol vent. The Cape Fear Manufacturing Com pany has been engaged in the lum ber business here for a number of years. The officers of the company are: John A. Hodgin, president'; B. E. Smith, vice president and man ager; A. A. Johnson, secretary and treasurer. Death of Mrs. 8. J. Barber. Mrs. S. J. Barber, the -mother of Mr. W. M. Barber, formerly editor of The Patriot, died January 21 at the home of her son in Ashland, Oregon. The body was carried to Mrs: Bar ber's old home in Cambridge, Ohio, and interred by the side of her hus band, who died about 15 years ago. Mrs. Barber was 84 years old and had been quite feeble for some time. Af ter the death of her husband Mrs. Barber made her home in Greensboro with her son's family until their re moval to the West six years ago. Dur ing her residence in this city Mrs. Barber made many friends who will learn of her death with sorrow. Although a semi-invalid for years, Mrs. Barber never, lost Interest in the affairs, of ereryday life She oe sessed ca ; brigit . ad ; cheerful alad. and ottnd joy-ta-tne oomnaaionsMp of. toTed.onaeads., ; - ' ACTIVITY AlA WAR FROIITS CONFLIOTING NEWJSk SENT OUT BY GERMANS AND FRENCH .' CONCERNING ATTACKS. Although considerable fighting has taken place along , the various war fronts, there have : been no notable changes in positions. - . Near Neuville St. Vaast the French . attacked, with hand grenades the. po sitions taken from them by the Ger mans. Berlin says they were re pulsed with heavy losses, although a mine crater ;was .captured -. by the-1 French. Paris says two attacks by the Germans between Arras and Lens were put down and that j a German munitions depot, was blown . up near Puisaleine by the French artillery. Along the; line from Riga to Bukowina there have been artillery bombardments and occasional infan try attacks by the Russians and the; Germans - and Austro-Hunsrarians.1 - Petro'grad reports a surprise attack near Buczacz.; Galicla, ; by the f Rus- -sians, in which a large 1 nairty ) ' of Teutons was , put to flight with heavy f losses and also the capture : of three mine craters by the Russians north of Bbyan. r ' Dispatches from Kiev say the' Aus-" trians and Germans are making great preparations to stem any attempt to a further advance: by the Russians in Galicia; Large quantities -of artillery of all calibers are being rushed to ' this front, 'r. I.r . : The Italians" have reoccupied the heights to Jth,ev west pt Worizia, t from wuicu xuey naa oeenr lorcea to re tire, and also have put. down . with S heavy casualties a strong attempt by 5 the Austrians to advance in' the up-. ;. per Isonzo region.' In -the j Caucasus the Russians claim' further successes and the. cap- '', tures of large quantities Of arms and i ainm9nlU0mT:.rBetweenrBfzeraHand, Mush? they have occupied the town of Khyhysskalav In addition, south of . Lake Urumiah, i; Persia, the .defeat of large ' Turkish fnVrifts'ti mnnrt : ,;? .. ( J" www ,. n: 'Vf VU f , . together with thef capture .of; pison- , , ers andsupplieL .lT; V-j ' - wyvi ulxuuo, w uiuu may nave' jttn jm, ; portant bearing on the Balkan, situa, tion are now taking place in Albania It appears that the Austrians and Bulgarians jointly are making the most of what , appears to . be their . present opportunity to over-run the country. The entente powers seem to be placing- reliance on Essad Pasha, who favors their cause, to hold the- forces of the Teutonic allies in check temporarily, but what meas ures, if any, are being taken to assist him are not yet apparent. The Greeks are said to be reinforc ing their detachments at the Albanian border points and developments as to ttie attitude to be adopted by the -Greek government, In view of the, Bulgarian activities in southern Al bania, are being closely watched bv entente interests in Greece, according to news agency advices from Athens, ' there being some distrust, it is said, regarding the policy of the Greek government. More than half a million casualties have been suffered by the British forces so far in the war. The official figures give the total up to January 9 as 549,467, the number being made up of 24,122 officers and 525,345 men. Federal Prisoner Removed. ' Tom Davis, alies Tom DavH noted postoffice robber, who had been in the Guilford Jail about three weeks on the specific charge of rob bing the jtostofflce at Hillsboro. wfla carried to Asheville Saturday hv' - m United States officers and the Buncombe county Jail. Some un easiness was relt that the prisoner, with the assistance of confederates. migni escape from the Jail here. Davis, or Dowd, is 63 years old and has a long record of crime, his spec ialty .being blowing safes and escaping from prison. He was arrested in Winchester, Va., where he had recently married. He is to be tried at the anoroachine term of United States court in Char lotte. To Change Method of Pay. : 7 Pay for railway mail transportation on a basis of space measurement, in stead of by weight, is provided in the $323,000,000 postoffice appropriation bill,' as approved by the postal com mittee of the bouse " - of representa tives. ,-;.;; -: .. . The bill increases the remuneration for railroads by f 1,50,000, and adds $4,500,004 to rural caU csrrice ap ' ? : ' ' " '.v - ! . . S -?