VkCZ TWO
GRNSEORO, N. C.
COMMITTED 8C1CIDE.
WE TAKE IT BACK..
FOR THEIR LIBERTY.
: AT MANCHESTER,
An Ex -Cashier Of High Point Bank
What We Said About J. Allen Holt
Convicts Get Away From The Au
thorities This Week. '
The Spring Oowd Gone Fishing At
, KMa Himself.
i Herbert L. Austin, until within a
1 Of Oak Ridge.
Manchester.
few daya ago cashier of the Wacho
via tiank of High Point, and hut re
cently married, committed suicide at
the home of his grandmother, near
Hickory, last Monday afternoon.
- Just what caused the young man
to take the desperate step is , not
known. Old Lady Rumor has shot
off her mouth a great deal, but there
Is nothing positively known as the
real reason. Austin was about 26
years of age; had many friends and!
hie rash act caused great sorrow.
Thitt suicidal mania is a strange
thing. The man who gets It into his
head that he is going to make the
road any easier for those he leaves
behind; who thinks that he .must kill
himself to escape some imagined inv
pending danger Is simply Insane. It
is to be regretted that self destruc
tion 1 uh a common thing,
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THE DOPE DRCG DEALERS.
A few months ago we made bold
to say that Carranza, the Mexican
looked like Professor J. Allen Holt,
of Oak Ridge, but the later pictures
A Xegro Druggist Fined For Selling
.Dope.
1 . A negro druggist was fined heavily
and sentenced to the roads for sell-
' lng cocaine. The sentence was for a
year. The case was appealed. If In
nocent we do not want to see him
suffer. But if guilty of selling co
catne to habitual users of that subtle
drug, the sentence should be tor me.
That might he deemed harsh but
the man who deliberately sells co-
caine to a so-called -nend' is little
(better, as we view it, than a man
who takes the lite of another man.
The orug habit is becoming fierce.
The lack of ltkker makes the demand
for drugs greater, and those who
want to take the risk and sell cocaine
'make wonderful profits. But when
detected and convicted they should
serve many years on the roads. Unless
-the law-abidingpeople wake up and
see that cocaine is actually prohibit
ed the curse will be greater than
whiskey ever dared to be. A man
well under the influence of cocaine is
as crazy as any bed bug. He be
comes a raving mad man while the
spell is on he will murder, be will
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Several convicts have gotten away
from the state authorities the past
week. Henry Abell a white man sent
from Beaufort county made his es
cape, the second time since he has
Many time and oft, on the rialto,
we have related that Colonel Jim
Jordan had a lot of hah ponda down
at Manchester below Sanford. There
Is a Lodge there which Mr. Jordan
J. ALLEN HOLT.
of the Mexican constitutionalist con
vince us that we were mistaken. Pro
fessor Holt Is a much better looking
man than the Mexican and in order
to prove It we here with print his
picture. We are also glad to state
that Mr. Holt, who hns ben in poor
health is very much Improved.
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Pou't forget clean up day and clean
up week in Greensboro.
been doing time. John Wiley, a ne- controls, Ld owns the moa of. and
at this lodge he entertains his geusts
who go fishing with him. This week
a crowd went down among the par
ty being Messrs. R. R. King, Samuel
Gilmer, Captain Ellington well, we
didn't get the number of allot them
but with John Crawford, Dr. Wil
son, Mon Reece and Your Uncle Wil
llam who Isa-talkin to you not in the
bunch they can't catch any fish,
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gro, serving three years from Dur
ham county was another. Two oth
er negroee made good and are now at
large. The officials have sent out
descriptions at the escaped men, but
the chances are that some of them
win keep away. It is quite a pro
blem, tnis convict question,
The Supreme court has held that
guards must not whip convicts unless
the county commissioners order it,
in general rules, and county commls
sioners cannot go on record endors
lng what looks brutal. The camp Is
generally In the woods. There must
be trusties, and It Is hard to keep
close watcn over an of the men
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A Shoe Story.
Thacker & Brockmann tell a shoe
Btory in their advertisement today
mat is wortn your time to read.
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Xone This Week.
There have been no steen story
hotels built on paper this week.
Xext week we may see a half dozen
or so go down.
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Strawberries Lonesome.
Talks About Trunks.
McDuffie talks about Trunks in
this Issue. Mac has all kinds of
trunks and a harenin in each kind
Nothing Doing.
The war news Thursday mornlns
when we go to press is just about
tne same. Nothing new
norma sirawDerries are now
plentiful in the market but straw
berries never taste right out of sea
son. A watermelon In November
never tastes right.
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OPIUM, MORPHINE and all
DRUG HABITS, ALCOHOLISM
Ylrld to my trtniment. llunilmln
niirretftfnUjr tmitnl. Alrotiollnm $100,
flat. Irua Mnl. Everything
Inrlmlert. WKITK TODAY.
Willi Mm I'rlvntf Nunatorlum
B. B. Williim. M. J.
Grrrnwltoro, X. C.
Notes About Club Women of North Carolina
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE SEVEN'
Misg Jamison of the State Normal
uengniea tne ladles of the city with
leisure on nousenold Economics.
I nose who heard her were ereatlv
brick house with double rooms, high
frescoed ceilings, deep window case
ments and a veranda with wrought
Iron ratlines.
It Is densely shaded by large old J benefitted by her helpful and practi
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m&ltnoiia irtffs BUU tu nwu tu v dukkcduuub, . 1 nis pptllra waa
do anything, and he Is absolutely lr- street by a handsome iron fence. The. given under the auspices of the com-
reeponsible. It is one drug tnat so Elk s Head now surmounts me arcn muiee on Household Economics, and
affects the brain tnat tne man unaer at tne gate ana speans to iue yuand ,io mo nrsi 01 a series to be elven
. .- . , , I. . . v... 4 1. rn1 1 Milan .1.. ..
its mnuence actually ages not Know oy 01 us preeem ub, um i
known as the Kyle home and many
remember with deepest love and a
miration a frail woman who lay for
years among pillows upon her carved
mahogany bed and directed the at
fairs of the J. E. B. Stuart Chapter
of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
With hearts and homes open to the
It ie announced that TJncle Joe Federated ciud women 01 our oiie
Pminon is alreadr In the race for we would snare wun mem our moi
M in iiu n.nniiio ii. honored traditions.
ni. ,ii.,t.-i.. ihf wniiom b ti- Mrs. E. R. McKethan, chairman of
Klnley of the 'champaign district is the Publicity Committee, can stand
or care what he does.
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- ; BACK TO IT.
Announced That Some Of The Old
Guard Will Run.
is in the running and that William A. ;
Rodenberg, of East Saint Louis, Illi
nois is also going to run again.
And It Is rather strange. Few peo
ple Jcnow it, but those three men
have been in Greensboro. Uncle Joe
was of course announced, but when
McKinley and Rodenberg came they
upon the piazza of her husband's an
cestral home with its high square
columns in front and its quaint brick
walled flower garden In the rear and
look across at the venerable oak be
neath which Flora McDonald stood
to review the loyal Scotch t roups as
they marched by with pipes playing
n i. m a n.nn,A Than narna Art-am 1 and COlOrS TIYing,
and brought with them the "mysterl- t Spirit of these Invincible women of
ous Mr. Wilson.' of other days. the past be with us in our high ef-
Rnrtnhrr refBtRrd at the old fort for the future, and as we strive
Benbow hotel and the first man he ? rtl1 f our heritage let us
saw was Spencer Blackburn. He pull- not forget them as we go in and out
ed his hat over his face and hiked to ? homes and places which they
r.nnnn heartnnaif era. It waa when nave nauowea;
Uncle Joe had a little boomlet on.
trying to weaken Roosevelt's
. strength. McKinley left on the first
train; Rodenberg remained one day
t and scooted and the mysterious Mr.
Wilson proceeded to run : the cam
paign.
It didn't mean much, but it was a
great campaign all the same. Wilson
and Blackburn became chums; Ben
Sharpe furnished the information
and the State went against Uncle Joe
but Illinois was for him, and that
. helped some.
-', Rather strange that these three
men should all be out of Congress
now and all launching new booms
and hoping to be returned.
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. England Short.
Mrs. E. J. Lilly.
Progressive New Bern.
Miss Maud Van Buren was recent
ly the guest of the City Beauti
ful Club of New Bern, and while in
the ity took initial steps for organ
izing a Junior Civic League among
the children of the city schools.
The New Bern club women, who
are making an enviable reputation
for doing big things, are pushing
the question of play grounds along
with the work of securing a two
thousand dollar drinking fountain,
to be fashioned after one In Berne,
Switzerland.
The Woman's Club of New Bern
has added to its departments that
of Social Service, with Mrs. S. H
Scott, chairman, and Mrs. Charles
R. Thomas, vice-chairman. A part
Reports show that England . finds
herself short of funds about $27,-
000,000 in round numbers and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer propos- of this denartment is a School Visit
es to make up this big deficit by in- hng Committee, the duties of which
creasing the income tax to 13 per are to co-ODerate with the superin
cent tendent and teachers of the public
Easy way to raise money. Just as- schools, in an effort to create lively
certain wno has been frugal; who has school interest, especially among pa
Deen suocesstui; wno nas a little trons of the school, organizing moth
more than a ten dollar bill and go ers' meetings, and to do anything
possible for the physical and moral
uplift of the child. "
Of this committee Mrs. M. l
Marks is chairman; Mrs. C. L. Ives
and Mrs. Charles Hollister, vice'
chairmen.
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GASTOXIA
BETTERMENT
CIATIOX.
ASSO.
after them on their income. Pos
sibly it Is all right, but it would seem
in its last analysis, that the frugal
man; the man who doesn't spend his
money foolishly should not be taxed
, to keep the government going for the
, profligate.
The man who hasn't anything:
who owns no real estate; who pays
no taxes Is always in favor of the
people doing big things by taxation
The man who already sweats under An
oppressive taxes, as he thinks, can't
understand why he should save his
V l" b .up w Keep me A eontran has been signed for an
treasury balance right. In this coun- ... . .
trv w have nummnnn t i. other Lyceum Course for the win
comes. If we get Into a big war ne ter season. This contract was sign
are assured that the income tax can ed, however, with the understanding
. increased in other words those thBt the same would be null and void
who have the coin must give it up , , . . . ,
to help take care of those who unless a sufficient number of season
haven't. 'What better thine do the tickets could be sold by the first of
Organization That Has Acconv
plished Many Big Things.
socialists want. In this way the
thrifty can be bled to support those
who have nothing. If a man is call
ed upon to pay poll tax why not
: nave a law that every able bodied
man must pay so much general tax,
and if ne nas no property and noth
ing else let him : help make good
-roaos aDout two weeks in the year.
That would be met with a storm of
July to guarantee all expenses. The
Woman's Betterment will take . a
more active part and work harder
for the ,successr of this course than
they did the past season.
The Sanitation Commitee will call
on the City Council and ask for a
better enforcement of the law
opposition. The man runnlne for of- against expectorating on the side-
nce on tnat plattorm would be hoot
; ed out of the community yet in all
, justice such should be the law. If
a man enjoys the parks, the streets.
the things that cost money to pro
duce, ne snouid help sustain them in
some way. But whenever you hear
a politician advocating such a meas
ure as that you will see pigs flying
as numerous as air-ships, and the
trees win be full of dogs.
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Frank Defeated.
- neon iranic was denied a new
trial. Now the higher court must
pass again on his case. .
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r The South Side people are doing
things'. ' They are organising and
putting business into the ibrganisa
tlon. i
walks and in public places.
Much enthusiasm was shown when
the question of securing a visitng
nurse for the city was brought up
This work seems to lie closer to the
hearts of the members of the Wom
an's Betterment than anything else.
In the near future efforts will be
made to secure a nurse whose duty
it shall he to visit in homes of sick
ness where her services are most
needed, and especially in homes
where mothers need Instructions in
caring for ' infants that are bottle
fed, and also give Instructions for
the care of those who have tuberev
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This Is a work that has been long
neglected in Gastonla, and the fact
tnat steps are now being taken to se
cure a nurse will doubtless trine
joy to the hearts of many.
during the spring months.
Mr. Rufus M. Johnston, for the
Quinn Land Company, appeared be-
iuib me woman's Betterment and
made a proposition to give them a
lot if they would be on hand at the
auction sale on April 7th and serve
the dinner which this company has
prepared. This offer was readily and
gladly accepted. Mr. Johnston stat-
eu inai tne lot would probably sell
for from 300 to $500, or perhaps
Thanks are due Mr. Johnston and
his company for their generosity in
on-enng this lot. The Woman's Bet-
ic.wem owes mucn of its success to
the hearty support and cheerful co
operation given it by the men of the
iuwu in an us undertakings.
airs. y. J. Durham was elected
"'"f" " me state convention at
Fayettevilie in May, with Mrs. A. A.
iu alternate.
Club Correspondent.
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iu. iiB young civic club at
Alebane is considering the Question
of federating. All the members have
not quite made up their minds, but
wo vuuiiug an ngnt. ;.
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Raleigh Woman's Club.
Delegates from the Raleigh Worn
an's Club left on Tuesday morning
for tne meeting of the State Feder
ation in Fayettevilie. Tney were:
Dr. Delia Dixon-Carrnll
-urs. i. raimer Jerman, Mrs. M
nosentnai, Mrs. George Lay, Miss
Susan Iden and Mrs. W. N. Hutt.
At a recent meeting of the Edu-
caiiuu department or the 'club a
movement was started toward the
censorsnip or tne so-called "popular
songs." The mothers present were
appalled when they heard words to
the catchy, rollicking tunes their
aaugnters nad been innocently hum
ming oay arter day, never realizing
the sentiment and hidden meanings
implied. A resolution was passed
asking that Miss Susan Iden, who is
Dccreiary 01 tne Education Depart
ment ana also one of the club dele
gates to tne Federation, ask the Fed
eration to memorialize Congress to
have a censorship of the popular
song and to ask that the Federation
instruct their biennial delegates to
Chicago in June to introduce It at
that meetine.
Miss Edith Royster discussed most
luterestingiy tne great Maoame Mon
tesorri and her wonderful work The
Montesorri method of Inatruptinn
through the sense of touch primarly
was evolved by watching and study
ing the progress made by a sub-normal
child. This discovery for which
the educational world had long been
waiting was seized upon nrematurelv.
or rather before Mdame Montesorri
had perfected the method or any of
her discoveries. She waa nl ii n Iran
into lmediate fame. Mlsa Rni
spoke of the five books which every
fcGoou ii- stuaent snon n hi
these books relative
The club was hanny and fortimata in
securing Miss Royster for the discus
sion or so vital a subject.
Club Corespondent.
FORDHAM-BROWN SHOE CO.
"Better Shoes
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For Less Money."
iim w. iAlarket St.
Greensboro
Is not as progressive as Its most
progressive citzen nor as slow as
its tightest tight wad.
Greensboro Is as progressive as
its average citizen no more, no
less. ;
You are either helping or hin
dering the progress of Greens
boro.
If you are hindering get on
the other aide and help.
Anything worth while . costs
money and effort, and profits
don t come until you have made
an investment.
Money and effort spent in bet
ter streets, lights, sewers, public
buildings, etc., is the best invest
ment taxpayers can make.
These things attract people and
people ore what make real estate
more valuable and eyery kind of
business more prosperous.
Whit makes ' Greensboro real
estate worth more than $50.00
per acre? Nothing but the fact
that 30,000 people occupy it
Advocate liberal expenditure
for public facilities," and contrib
ute liberally to the support of
the Chamber of Commerce that
these desirable facilities may be
made known to the World, and
every one from highest to lowest
will reap a ricn reward.
How many more people would
be added to our population If
every citizen who smokes, insisted
on having Greensboro made cig
ars.
How many more store rooms
would he occupied and how many
more clerks and other employes
would he required If all the goods
purchased by Greensboro citizens
were purchased from Greensboro
merchants.
When you purchase goods from
merchants in other cities, you are
probably paying more for the
same grade of goods delivered at
your door than you would pay if
purchased from Greensboro mer
chants nd are doing your neigh
bors, friends and yourself a di
rect injustice, v
How much Greensboro . made
furniture is In Greensboro homes
and offices?
Do factories in other cities pay
taxes in Greensboro, and thus
help to maintain our schools.
water works streets, parks, etc.
Do they furnish employment to
your neighbors and friends?
Do their employes buy what
you have to sell, or help you
maintain your churches or social
organizations? ;
Why not practice enlightened
selfishness by helping your neigh
bors and friends and thereby help
yourself?
Be liberal with your own money
and time, encourage liberality In
the use of public money,
Be toyal to yourself by belne
loyal 'o your neighbor and your
home City.
All Together For Greensboro .
GET TS LINE
Write ns for information of any
kind.
Chamber of Commerce,
E. LATHAM, President.
J. C. FORESTER, Secretary
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