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: -r PU DLISHED EVERY. rnCOAYWD ;THUPraOVgp IX . J . . ESTABLISHED UXjAL feII BMEF ;F0HO HATTERS OP H ,nKU8 OF THE PATRIOT , FAR AND NEAR; r ' nates For f airs. - i v.iding the fairs in the Carolina cir- ' -t next fall were arranged at i a siting" held here Saturday after- I aboro fair will ber -,n iuc . 1 Vfld OctODer xv-x. ' t or Stolen. D. R. Hackett, of r-irlingtcn, has reported to the po-Y-e that a purse containing, 71 was Either lost or stolen from him at the Southern passenger sta ion in this v a few nishts ago. Severe Loss. Mr. H. J. Edwards, ni the Mnir's chapel neighborhood, rst his residence and contents and 'oke-house by fire last Tuesday. was insured in the Farmers Mu . i Fire Insurance Association for .07; which lacks a good deal ofl .yering the loss. Mr. Edwards had i -sl remodeled his residence. Sells Furniture Store.; Mr. W. b Medearis. who has been engage! in t-.e furniture business here for a r. unber of years, lias sold the stock and sood will of "the Medearis fur n ture Company to Mr. H. S. Kins a-d associates, who will continue the business under the : name "of the Gieensboro Furniture Company. Visit ins Minister. Rev. Carl B. i co-pastor of the First Presty-t-iau church of Reidsville, occupied t-:e pulpit of the Church of the Covenant yesterday -in the absence of the pastor, Rev. R. Murphy Wil liams. Mr. Williams was at Wallace, iriplin county, attending the golden wfddkig anniversary of his parents. -Meets Tomorrow. The Republi csn congressional convention of the fifth district will meet in Greensboro tomorrow to select a delegate and an alternate to the national conven tion in Chicago. The convention may also name a candidate to enter the state-wide primary June 3 for the nomination for Congress in this district. . .v'. l- Easter Comes Iate -Easter comes late this year, the day falling on April 23. It has not been so late for eleven- years, the day having, been obsered on the fourth Sunday in April in 1905. The aim.". nac experts ay it will not be so late again until 1 f 4 :i and that the next observance vi the day at such a late date will m t come until the year 2000. Mis. L. Toomes Dead. Mrs. A. L. Toomes, a well known woman of .-outhvrn Guilford, died at her home in Sumner township Friday after noon. She was 71 years old and is survived by her husband, a "daugh ter an d five sons. The children are: Mrs. J. K. Osborne and Messrs. N. K.. W. B., R. L., C. F. and A. E. Toomes The funeral and interment took place at Burnett's chapel Sat urday afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. C. F. Sherrill, of Pleasant Garden. Gideon Foust Dead. Mr. Gideon Foust, an aged and well known" cit izen of the Alamauce church com munity, died at his home shortly af ter midnight Saturday morning. He had been ill for quite a while and ms death was expected. Mr. Foust was. 84 years of age and' is survived by his widow and several children. ihe funeral and interment . took . place at Alamance church yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, the services heing conducted by Rev. Dr. E. C. -Murray, the pastor. ; . me Home Sold. Mr. E. D. Broadhurst has sold to Mr. W; p. Meyer his handsome home x in Fisher park. Tlie property has a frontage of 165 feet on North Park drive and the residence, which was built a few. years ago, is one of the finest dwell jngs in Greensboro. The price paid for the property is understood to have been in excess of $1:0,000. - Mr. broadhurst and his family will con tinue to occupy the home until next tall Mr. Meyer having a lease on rs. Fl. C. Hgod's residence that will 1101 expire until that time. inspect Eating Places. The' city commissioners Saturday afternoon Passed an ordinance requiring that every hotel, restaurant or other pub- c eating place, in Greensboro be iigidly inspected otce a week. 1 The inspections will be made byithe city health department, In- accordance 'ith the refrulationa of rthe ? ITnited States public health serviced JEvery :aiiaK Place will be required to. post us score card in a conspicuous'place. " s believed that this new regula tion win result in greatly, improving T rs . . - - "' sanitary conditions of Greeas- ooro s public eating places. - f ; r Venllct For $10,000-The 5i two f eeks-civil term of "Superior "court adjounied Saturday, afternoon. THe last case tried ;was a suit brought ty Mrs. t Mary J. purle, administratrix of Samuel Shropshire, against ; the Southern Power " Company rfbr the aeam 01 young snropsmre, wno waa drowned in a pool at the defendant company's station in High Point May 30, 1915 Thelaintlff jwked for - " o u w. and was given a verdict for $10,000. The case will be carried to the Su preme court on appeal. ; .This - case, which occupied the last two- days of the court. Was ; the most important tried during -the term. . V Death of Aged. Man. Mr. M.'.W. Noah, Sr., died Thursday morning at the home of his- son, Mr. A. W. Noah, at Guilford Battle Ground. He - was 71 years of age and had been in feeble -health- for. some: time. The funeral was: held from the resi dence' of Mr. A. W. Noah. Friday morning at 11 o'clock, followed by nterment in Greene Hill cemetery, this; city. The services were - con ducted by Ry. D. I. Offman. Mr. Noah is survived -by - a sister, -Mrs. Mary Holt, who resides near. Gra ham; a daughter, Mrs. T2. NT Brown; of Greensboro, and five sons -L. R. and! A. Wr Noah, of Battle- Ground, and 7j. E., H. S.: and M. W. Noah, of thisrcityT " '' ' ' On Retailing . . Charge. Clark Staley, of the Julian-section, was given a hearing before United States Commissioner Collins Thursday" on thecharge of operating a blockade still; and held for the next term of United States District court in this city j under a bbnd? of $300.': It is contended that tie blockade still de stroyed by revenue officers near Julian a short time ago was oper ated by Staley. Since the capture of the still the officers had been unable to locate Staley, who came ' to Greensboro voluntarily Thursday and surrendered. Staley asserts his innocence of the charge and has em- pioyeu juuge w. r. ynum-iu i e- 1 a t a nr , r w- a. j fend kim. . - .-1- SENT TO COUNTY ROADS FOR WHIPPING HIS SISTER. r 1 i 1 In Municipal court' Thursday Judge Brown imposed a sentence of two years on the county roads on Jim Davis, a worthless white youth of 19 years, the charge being that of simple assault and the victim the young sister of the defendant. The judge took advantage of a special statute! "of 1915 Which extended the maximum term for simple assault upon a woman from 30 days to two years. According to the evidence, Davis has been living on the earnings of his Imother and sister, both of whom work in factories in the city. ' He was s.aid to have, whipped -his sister severely when she refused to get out " of " bed-at a latp hour at ".night and go on an errand for him. He wanted ice cream, it was stated, and demanded that she go to a store and buy it for him with a quarter se cured from his mother. After the girl had been chastised to the heart's desire of her brute of a brother, she left the house and Was afraid to return until police officers had arrived and placed .-her brother under arrest. In addition to whip ping his sister, Davis threatened his mother and 'might have assaulted her also but for the timely arrival of the officers. - Davis is a familiar fgure in police court circles. He. has been in trouble several, times and only recently had finished serving a term on the roadsT Death of .Mrs. Sarah E. Harris. Mrs." Sarah Elizabeth Harris died Friaay morning at the .lipme of her son,. Mr. R. V. Harris, at Summer field. She; "was 8T years of age and the widow of the late , Rev. C. F. Harris, fr many years "well Known minister of the klethodit Protestant chuica., : She Is; sury iyed -. by . three daughters and four son, who are: Mrs. Joy Harris Glascoekr of Greens boro; Mrs. W. ErWilson and J. F. Harris, of Charlotte; W. B. Harris,' of Garfield; Wash. ; Mrs. G. Kime, Lof Miami, Fla., and X." P. and Ji. V. Harris; nof SummerfleldThe -funeral was held at the Summerfield Metho dist church" Saturday morning -at 1L 1 o'clock, the seryicesbeiixg .conducted by! Rev. T, -j&J. qJxnsoTwHhe pastor, and Rev. C.'A. Cecil, of High Point; Mr. J. T. Stuart; a -well-known cit izen of -Friendship; township, . was among : Saturday's callers at The Pa triot office. . : GOUGRESS III QUIETER I100D NOT EJECTED TO- TAKE MICTION ' THAT WOUIjD EMBARRASS : Congress seems to have - settled: down , to await, developments in :cue submarine controversy between .the United States and Germans, with an; overwhelming majority , of botbi houses apparently veryiefinitely de- terminid to take no aetion , which might embarrass the administration in the present stage of diplomatic negotiations. A f ew.of the more ar-. dent advocates of legislation to keep the -Americans off armed shipscon-1 tinued their activities,' and former Secretary Bryan's support for them was : shown in the " form of a ' tele gram, but : most of them ' admitted: thel'e was no prospect of. immediate action. .', :' - -." v . " .."'V' It was stated authoritatively that while any agitation of the issue just now was undesirable, there- was no disposition on the pprt of the admin. istration to oppose a vote - on the pending armed ship ; resolutions S if their sponsors tried to force one Reports from the capitol .were said' to show j conclusively that both - the senate and the house would - stand behind President Wilson in -his re fusal to . permit 'any abridgement of the rights of American citizens on the seas, as outlined in his letter to Senator Stone. . t The president reiterated his state ments in 7 that letter "to Speaker Clark, Majority Leader Kitchin and Representative Flood, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee; when they called at the -White House Friday. Mr. Wilson said plainly that his efforts . to keep the country at peace were liable to be hindered by impressions, sent abroad by Con gress, and the congressmen were equally frank in giving notice that a strong sentiment existed at the capitol against risking; the possibility. of rwar.by permitting Americans to traVel onX armed Iwlligerent BhiDS whatever Tnfght be their rights under international law. - . While there probably ..will be many more conferences and possibly some speeches, the generally accept ed opinion is that no further serious effort to bring about action will be made unless developments occur to make a rupture of relations with Germany imminent. The cabinet discussed the matter at length and one of the secretaries said afterwards that the members stood behind the president "to a man." There was no change in the diplo matic status of the situation, and the state department still is awaiting" a response from Germany to its re quest for assurances. . that the an nounced -s policy, of sinkin&r armed merchantmen without warning will not affect previous pledges given re garding the conduct of -submarine warfare. mtere&t in the senate centered chiefly on the introduction by ;Sena tor Gore of his resolution to express the sense of Congress that Ameri cans snouid forego their right to travel on armed belligerent vessels, and of another by Senator Jones, KepuDiican. of Washington, to de clare the sense of the senate that no ultimatum should be sent to a for eign power on an issue of national honor or. severance of diplomatic re Jations De permitted - by 'action of the executive without reference of the matter to Congress. :!. President Will Not Back Down The Washington correspondent of the . Charlotte Observer sends his pa per the ; following in regard toT the situation: JThe fate of the proposed resolu tion to warn Americans from taking passage on armed merchant Tessels hangs on two conditions chiefly: Germany's attitude March 1 en the matter; of sinking . ships without warning and President Wilson's at titude on the right of American- cit izens' to travel on vessels , which are armed defensively. 1 This -appears to be the opinion which prevails among those members of Congress who have been in favor of ; adopting a resolu tion-and who, out. of their confidence" in "Mr. Wilson, wish to allow ihim ample opportunity to work out this problem, himself :: without any act by Congress that i wbuld-place him and the " administration in an embarrass ing position. Hope is strong oh "every -sld that Germany will yield her right-tb at? tack- such vessels without iwarnlng, inr keeping with what t6e;fedeni hasjlnterpreted' as prasstirances : on nis matter, tiittle hone is entertain ed that the, prosldent. af ter his letter 40 Senator gtbne; ytiW Tyield. in' his contention tbat Americajis; have the right 4 toHravei' the Isev ollaihis - that past - American, . policy vrould crumble if the present pol Icy , A trank expression that -is ? fre quently uttered Js; thtt Germany, ai ring of the mbyetventf Cph? gress to prevent .Americans from taking passage,, will take "courage and stand by her own declaration of warfare: In that event. ; congressmen who have favored; a resolution will have cause for the, same fear which .prompted, them to begin the agita- t56n for its adoption. Ttiis fear was based on the interpretation that, had been placed on the action which Mr. Mr. Wilson might folio w, and on a repeated declaration of Ambassador Rernstorff. ?:'Z.'-c'fr Note of Conservatism. A note of conservatism was ' evi dent among the North Carolina mem bers. , Senator Simmons raia: ; "From the v presidtn's ":: letter;. riiich I read with a great deal of inv terest, I. understand that he is try ing, to bring "about . a solution of this situation ; and thrt in his opinion he will ; succeed . ; In this matter I do not think he should be embarrassed. and especially by- any action . that would prevent him. in his. opinion. ffrom bringing about an, adjustment i-.f the difficulty.' ; r t; Senator Overman-said that;.nothing will be done ,tcr embar rass. the president, or to hamper him In. any way. The general feeling is that-the president will work out the matter correctly. There , will be no Iplit," i : V?. ,v :--;- ' . w Senator Gore's Resolutioon. The . resolution . introduced - by Senator Gore,-; to warn Americans Against taking passage on armed ves sels of belligerent powers, follows: -v- Whereas, a- number of J leading powers of the world are now engaged iiv -Sfc war bfunexdmphidi proportipng , : w net eas, iuc u uilcvi awvco id - nap pily at peace with, all of the belliger ent nations, and Whereas; -it is equally the desire and the interest of the American people to remain at peace with ail - - the nations, and : Whereas, th president has recent ly offered fresh and signal proofs of the superiority of diplomacy to butchery as a, method of settling in ternational disputes, and Whereas, the right - of -American citizens to travel on unarmed belli gerent vessels has recently received2 renewed guarantees of respect and inviolability, and, Whereas, the right -of American citizens to travel on, armed belliger ent vessels rather than upo unarm ed vessels is essential neither to their lifer; liberty' or safety, nor to the independence, dignity or secur ity of the United States, and ' Whereas, Congress alone has been vested with the power to "declare War which involves the obligations ..to prevent war by all proper means con sistent with the honor and vital in terest of the nation, now. Therefore, be it resolved, by the senate, the house of representatives concurring; that it is the sense of the Congress, vested as it is . with the sole power to declare war, that all persons owing allegiance to the United states should, in behalf of their own-safety and the vital in terest of the United States, . forebear to exercise the right , to travel as passengers upon any armed , , vessel of any; belligerent: power whethec such vessel be armed for offensive or defensive purposes, and - it is the further, sense -of the Congress that no passport .should be. issued or re newed by the secretary, of state or Jjy any one acting Under him to be used by any person ;o wing allegian ce to the United States for purpose of travel upon any such armed vessel of a belligerent power. I- ; v V Entire Family, Burned, f : i ; ; Roanoke, ya., Feb. 25.--James L. Taylor, a farmer near Newport, "Giles county,-Ya: lost- " his" life, together with his wife, two daughters and ah ajontwhen their home was destroyed by. fire yesterday mornin? between 4 and, 5 o'clock .' Cause of the; blaze is hot known. Jt The fire was discovered by. a neighbior.a: Quarter of-- a mile away; butwhjeh" persons reached the scene the building, :which : was com posed of, logs and . weather boarding) had been reduced to ashes. - Two sknihr were found in. the" ruins, which: are? fouijgi CRITICISES OUR IIAVY U1U1UU ADMHiAIi2?WJStO BEFORE HOUSE WMMIT ..- 'AS TO WEAK POINTS. Washington," Feb. 5-r-TheUnited States ' navy's . whole system of gov ernment and .operation, from educa tion of ofiicers to questions ; of 1 ship and gun ; construction, t was; sharply criticised : before the house; naval. committee today- by Rear Admiral Cameron McRr Winslow. J'comman-der-in-chief of the Pacific fleet. With out radical, changes, the admiral de clared, fa fully efficient fighting force comparable to the British navy could not be produced in 50 years-. The witness . said" the system of education at : Annapolis Naval Acadj em,y" was wrong and urge d ; restora tion of th e old grade of midshipmen in the fleet. Boys should enter the service at' from 14 to 16 years . of age, he said,- spend two years in pre; liminary ; schooling ashore, then go to sea to acquire the "sea habit" from factual 1 contact with things of the'sea" before completing their edu cations ashore. : . 5y :;-; .The polytechnic . caucation now given midshipmen at the academy is utterly unsuited, 4 theadmiral de clared, to the training .'of. men to handle " ships and combinations of ships at sea. He could see no value to be gained from making all navy officers, experts in higher mathema tics, and thought constructors, en gineers, . and . ordnance experts;, should be trained as specialists ; and never be called upon to command ships. - From the day boys, entered the academy, he said, a system of selec tion should be applied to govern pro motions eliminating men unfitted for the', daring, nerve-racking tasks that would be theirs in war. . He added that fellow officers .'should determine these qualifications and that a plan of this sort was being worked out by the -.navy department.- V . . . . With two opposing fleets, sweeping toward lejwihfh an action to be carried out at a, speed of 20 knots or more, the admiral in sisted. there would be no time for hesitation by any ship commander He told of how he trained a squad ron of four dreadnaughts he com manded two years ago until his or ders were carried out within six sec onds of the time he gave them, j60. maneuvers beings carried out in a single afternoon. v Even this, he declared, represent ed 'only encountering progress" on the road toward complete efficiency and application of such intensive methods: to the fleet as a whole could never be accomplished until men were selected to command the ships because of . fitness, not because of seniority. . ' Asked how many flag officers in the navy he thought were capable of development to complete . fitness for. high command, the witness said : "I don't think any . of us in the upper, grades have had sufficient ex perience to work up to our highest efficiency." 'He added that some thing might be ; accomplished 1 if a number of captains or commanders were set aside and trained fovr flag officers, men best fitted to be selected for actual cominahds. ; . Representative Oliver said he had gained the impression from the ad miral's remarks that he considered, himself possessed in a high degree of efficiency other .officers did not possess.- . . .- ... ....- y "I probably have had greater ex perience -with" ships and combina tions of ships than any other officer of the navy, " , Admiral Winslow - re plied, "but I dont for one moment want to say that I am. any better than otherxifficers. have realized that . in order to equipp myself for what the country paid me for, it was necessary tof me to go to ea with ships rand to study the . war. college game ; aboard." . -f':'' . '- v - The admiral indicated he believed that while Americans were steadily improving in ; design it was doubtful Whether they:: now equalled ships abroad.-' ; ; "I have never said,", he continued, "that; our fleet could not fight. It could: fight. ; It.. would fight." ' He added that, it was, the whole systeM he attacked, believing it could never -produce, efficiency of the - fighting forces in men', or. ships- Mn ' 7Xu 5Neecey2iibt Rich land, Ipwa,. who: has. been spending several weeks .In the county on;, a visit !. to relativesiU ;greturA UTiome Hhis. I weekv . QVQTT?TT I carjs pREACiir:3 on v THE DANCING CHRISTIAN. Rev. cDrf. Melton Clark, -pastor o the ?First Presbyterian; church, yea terdajr.; morning preached r a sermon on the-sin of dancing, his subject be ing "The Dancing Christian ." .: The sermon was prompted by the recent pronounced revival- of interest in dancing in Greensboro and the num ber ; of, church members who have yielded to its fascination. - - .Dr. Clark read resolutions of the -- . " ... . . . : s Southern Presby terian plenary court condemning; damein as worldly and he quoted passages from statements of other denominations to the same effect, showing that the churches of Christstand united in viewing the pastime as morally dangerous. Thfl preachers scriptural reading was of Paul's writings on abstinence from meat and drink which, hurting not the one partaking, yet caused offense to others. He chose as hlfl text: Ye are the light of the world and, warned Christiansthat they have been called to be a "pe culiar people'-' to : take their stand apart, ana this call is" from; God. "If it is rightfor"your daughter to dance," said Dr. Clark, it' is right for me, your pastor, to dance. What wcTuld ,happen-if 1 showed up at- the Leap Year, pall which is- to' be given this week? Suppose I had attended the subscription ; dance held . last week? Would the " dying send for .me?-.?. Would;. the Jjistressed-want me to -come to them in the hour of trial?, No. They might say, He may be a good fellow, but we don't want him .now.' " - Here . are some 1 reasons given against dancing by Dr. Clark : J VThe. most - difficult person to reach with the gospel of Jesus Christ is the boy or girl who dances. ''The youth who breaks the moral -laws most flagrantly, the man " deep in , the path of intemperance, is ead-" ier.o bring 'back to God than the one Who dances.' -' ; : "You cannot ; testify for Jesus in the ballroom. ichallege you who " arAmg;theix ;ar,baii: tov: speak there for Jesus. If you should attempt it you would either have to shut up or get out. And I'll tell you why. It's because that if the crowd listened it- would break up the dance." : : ' . . - He saidythat the basic reason fof dancing is the lower passions of men. As proof of this, he pointed out that there is never a dance held except with a mixed assemblage. Women do not hol dancs for the sex exclu sively; neither 'do men get together alone for the fascinating sport. .-" The sermon" was heard by a con-" gregation that taxed the seating ca pacity of the church. Many dancing people-were present, and Dr. Clark's discourse has aroused considerable comment m the city. What effect it. will ; have in" -keeping church mem bers away from the' ball room' . 're mains to be seen.- : --; -. CITY PREPARING TO UVtjLp: ): ADDITIONAIi SEWER LINES The city commissioners are pre paring to begin work on the exten sion of Greensboro's sewerage sys- . tern, for which purpose a bond. issue of $75,000; faas ;;been "authorized . Only a third of the bonds have been sold, the ' commissioners reserv'ng the remainder until the money, may be needed. It is announced that the city will do the work with convict labor, ' utilizing the .40 or 50 mca1 usually under sentence from the Mu nicipal court. By following this plan it is believed the money can be raads" to go much further than if tne(worl:,s were ,donet by contract. : " ' - - During the approaching spring and summer it is, planned to con- struct two .main .lines for sewerage disposal-7-one ;in . the 7 southwestern! and ene in .the southeastern Ecctton of the city. These two main lines and as many, lateral lines as possi ble will be constructed and put Into use . this jrear. . Later more of the bonds will be sold and other liaes built in: sections - of the city now without sewerage. Dairjr School at Brlstwood. " A "dairy " school Swill -be conducted at u' Brightwood, ;five miles north ot the city, Wednesday. ; The; program Is advertised 2 to begin promptly at i0 o'clock and continue through the day. This is one of a " series of schools' being' conducted -from the face' of dairy field! work at , RalciU In co-operatlont with sfarmi denoa stration asnt?. - . . :- ijmf'' V:--'-f r