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- V 5? -v is ? , "i f 1 3 . ,1 JENSBORO, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 8, 1911. - i . Single Copy 3 Cents, Price, 3 Cents. ' 1 j ,'':V - ' ' : ; i ' " " ' : . ' ' ' ' " . FIGHT AGAINST THEWEWGOUNTY Greensboro Lawyers Oppose Measure. Pass Resolution Appointing Committee To Resolute Against Passage of Act and to Ask County Commissioners to Do Same and to Inform Legislature of Sentiment of County Regarding Matter Some Interesting Figures Obtained. From Tax Books. The Greensboro members of the Guil iord Bar Association in session yester Azj afternoon took the first step in the right against the taking of a portion of C.uilford and adjoining counties, sur- ounding High Point township, and ea tabishing a new county, to be known as Piedmont. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions protesting against the creation of the new county and to appear before the commissioners and re quest that they do likewise. The reso lutions follow: "Whereas, certain parties residing in md near High Point, have applied to the General Assembly of North Carolina Tor a new county: "And Whereas, the undersigned, mem bers of the Bar of Guilford county, re ading in Greensboro. N. C, are opposed to the establishment of the new county, :-.nd are of the opinion that it would be mpracticable and unwise to create the -iame and believe, from the information that we have, that the citizens of the lerritory of Guilford not included, and -ome of those included in the proposed new county are opposed to tho creation f the so; "Now. therefore, be it resolved on this t he 7th day of January, 1911, the under pinned members being present and vot ing: That A. M. Scales, John N. Wilson, K. J. Justice, John A. Barringer, T. J. Murphy and G. S. Bradshaw be and they are hereby appointed a committee to prepare suitable resolutions against the -tablishment of said new county and he taking of any of the territory of Guilford county for such purpose, and that said committee be and they are hereby instructed to appear before the Roard of County Commissioners at their next meeting for the purpose of asking aid board to pass resolutions objecting to the creation of such new county and to do whatever may be in their opinion necessary to inform the members of the legislature of the sentiment of Guilford rounty in regard to the establishment of -uch new county. "Resolved Further, that the Secretary ,f this meeting be and he is hereby in structed to send a copy of these resolu tions to the members of the Legislature from Guilford county, and that a copy he sent to the local papers and the Tews & Observer for publication." The County Commissioners meet to morrow and it is more than probable that the committee will appear before them with the request that they protest ga3nat the passage of such an act and do whatever they may deem necessary to inform the legislature of the senti ment of Guilford people regarding the matter. While but few Greensboro people have repressed themselves on the subject it is understood that the people of the rural districts, both inside and outside the proposed county are strong against severing any portion of the county as at present constituted. In fact, some of those living inside the proposed coun ty who signed the petition which was ireulated when the agitation was com menced, after looking into the matter closely, have been heard to express re grets for having been so hasty. Those who have informed themselves as to the sentiment in the rural districts state that fuly three fourths of the people are against the proposition, having as ertained that the taxes will have to be increased. And a number of prominent High Point citizens, who come to Greens boro several times each week, have ex pressed themselves as against the propo rtion. Senator Hobgood, who is spending Sunday with his family, was seen yes terday afternoon regarding his position on the new county. While he stated that personally he was opposed to it, he refused to make any statement for pub lication, further than to say that if the tople of the county wanted him to op pose the proposition and so informed him he would take up the fight in the nate. It is known that . Representa fcve Dillard win fight the meaTir on the floor of the House. Jpv Vdn Representative is not Y ' some of his friends here '-.'jP"he is not in fa-or of the coujfrf --r It is an established fct that the pro posed county will not be a paying pro position. The assessed v valuation would have to be increased materially or the tax rate nearly doubled in order to make both ends meet. Granting the fact that the portions of the other coun ties proposed to be taken in pay into the funds of their county as much as they receive the new county would go in debt each year about $9,000 as the following figures show, these figures being taken from the tax books for the fiscal year: Assessed .valuation of portion of Guilford proposed to be annexed to the new county$ 4,021.995 Number of polls, 1,824. Taxes Levied This Year. State 8,801.88 Special School 2,026.41 General Purposes 9,509.26 Poor fund 693.23 Road Fund 4,955.53 Schools, general 9j5S.38 Total Taxes levied $35,944.69 Sheriffs 5; Treasurer 2 per cent $1,758.14 3 per cent, loss by insolvents, etc 753.49 2,511.63 Total taxes available $33,433.00 Disbursements (The State and special school funds given below are fixed and the remaind er of the disbursements are obtained by finding eighteen per cent of the total ex penditures for the entire county, the portion of Guilford proposed to be tak en off containing eighteen per cent of the taxable values of the entire county.) State Tax $ 8301.88 Special School 2,026.41 General school and Contingent fund 12.610.78 County expenses 19.291.50 Total Disbursed in Proposed County 42,730.57 Total Taxes available 33,433.06 Overdrawn this year $ 9,297.51 Then too a court house, jail, county home, pest house, hitching lot (and a clock on the court house dome) would have to be provided. As the county would have no funds there would have to be a bond issue of at least $100,000 to equip the county. The interest on this bond issue at 5 per cent, would approx imate $5,000 per year, which added to the $997.51 which the portion of Guil- I ford proposed to be annexed received I from Guilford over and above the j amount contributed by the that portion I of the county would make an annual ! deficiency of over $14,000. Inasmuch as the promoters of the new county have referred to the fact that Durham county has made better pro gress during her 28 years than has Guil ford during the past 130 years. The Tel egram has been requested to publish some figures taken from the annual re port of Durham county. In 1909 Dur ham issued a funding bond issue of ?1 50.000, which added to a bond issue of 1887 of $30,000 made a total bonded debt of $180,000. The total receipts for the fiscal year, ending Dec. 1, 1910, for gen eral purposes and for the road fund were $68,436.50. At the close of the year there was a floating debt of $37,738.03 and in addition $8,448.05 of the $30,000 bond issue was borrowed to meet run ning expenses. The general fund on Dec. 1 showed a balance of $1,586.15, while there was an overdraft of $50458 in the road fund. HEALTH LECTURES To Be Delivered At Y. W. C. A. Rooms First Lecture Next Friday Evening. There will be a series of health lec sture given at the rooms of the Y. W. C. A. under the direction of the physical department. The first of the series will be given next Friday night at 8 o'clock by Dr. Anna M. Gove, resident physic ian of the Normal College. She will give the same lecture in the afternoon of the Friday following. The lecture next Friday night will be delivered more par ticularly for the benefit of young wo men who are so employed that they can not attend the afternoon lecture. Other lectures of the series will be announced later, to be delivered by Dr. Gove and Dr. May Miles. Ministers To Meet The Ministers' Association will meet tomorrow at eleven a. m. in the Ireland Bible class room. A full attendance is desired. W. F. Staley, president; Shu ford Peeler, secretary. Thacker & Brockmann are selling bed room slippers -for men, women and chil drenat reauoed prieeavRead.iheir adl1 on page five IRK OF THE 'S CLUB Reviewed at Monthly Meeting Yesterday. Reports Received From Several Depart ments Civic Department Arranging Elaborate Program For National Civic Day Fund For Educational Depart ment of State Federation Mr. J. P. Cook to Speak In February. The regular monthly meeting of the Greensboro Woman's Club was held yes terday, at the usual hour, in the assem bly room of the Carnegie library, the president, Mrs. G. W. Whitsett, presid ing. Mrs. Kimball, in her monthly report, showed that the civic department was doing good work along the lines of clean streets, sanitary public buildings and the general appearance and health con ditions of the city, and announced that the department was arranging a very attractive program for national civic day, March 10, which is to be Reciproci ty day, when the general club and mem bers of the Junior Civic League will be entertained. The department has also in mind some noteworthy undertakings which will mean much to the city, and she called for more workers in this very important and promising field. Wlvle the handful of women in this depart ment are earnest, faithful workers, there are not enough of them to success fully carry on the work projected. In connection with the report of Mrs. C. W. Tenney, chairman of the -literature department, a letter from Miss Adelaide Fries, of Winston, chairman of the literature department, State 'Fed, eratroh, was read, in which she urged the club to enter the literary contest, which, as was the case last year, will be an interesting feature of fine arts evening at the State Federation meeting in May. The subjects for papers aTe: "History of Your Own County" and "WTiat the Study Clubs Have Done For North Carolina." A letter was also read from Mrs. F. L. Stevens, of Raleigh, chairman educa tional Department State Federation, in which she called attention to the schol arships and loan fund offered by the department to young women denied op- portunities for an education in any oth- er way. She cited the case of one young lady in particular who was now com- pleting her course and needed more money than available unless the clubs throughout the state responded more lib- erally. On motion of Miss Mary Petty the Greensboro club pledged ten per cent j of its receipts from club dues to this perpetual loan fund. In Mrs. Stevens' letter honorable mention was made of j one bank the bank of Warrenton . which everv year contributed thirtv dol lars to this worthy cause. Following reports of chairmen of de partments the club Year Book, just from the hands of the printer, was distribut ed among those present, the tasteful way in which it was gotten up eliciting much favorable comment. The Year Book committee was given a vote o thanks and the printers complimented on its typographical appearance. Copies were handed the chairmen of depart ments to be given out at departmental meetings, and those who were not pres ent yesterday can secure them by apply ing to the chairman of the department to which they belong. The corresponding secretary, who at the December meeting was instructed to extend to Mr. J. P. Cook, of Concord, an invitation to address the ladies at the February meeting on the subject of the Stonewall Jackson Training . School, of which he is the founder and to which he has dedicated his best energies, re ported favorably, and on motion of Mrs. W. H. Osborn it was decided to change the hour of meeting on that day from 10:30 a. m. to 3 p. m. This wa& done in order that all the club members who complain . that they cannot be present on Saturday morning may attend, as it is especially desired that they show their appreciation of Mr. Cook's visit and the great cause in which he is enlisted by giving him a good audience. The hour of meeting will be changed for this one day and this occasion only, the business meeting lasting from, 3 ,tq 4,. after whieh Mr. Cook will tell about the work of this very successful . reform school for .youthful, , offenders something .which Ius lmg bbeia seeded In .North i Carolina.; Six new ' members -were elected rand WOMAN , muck nratinff bnstai?;transacted. LAYMEN TO MET THIS AFTERNOON i ! All Interested Urged to be Present. Preliminary to Anniversary Services to Be Held This Week Session At Grace Church This Afternoon At 3 O'clock Rev, Melton Clark To Speak A Pro gram For the Anniversary Services. , K qPhis afternoon at 3 o'clock at Grace M. P. ehurch will be held a meetinsr of the missionary committees of the vari ous churches in the city, together with the pastors' and other laymen interest ed in the Laymen's Missionary Move ment. Rev. Melton Clark will make an address on the "Standard Missionary Church." The meeting is primarily for the pur pose of arranging for the details for the anniversary services Thursday and Fri day in commemoration of the great Laymen's Convention held in this city" last January. A number of matters will come up for discussion, notably the matter of arranging reports from all churches at once in order that the in crease and work of the several denomi nations may be figured out and placed on ailarge vall map and displayed con spicuously during the . sessions of th convention. It & most important that there be r full "attendance of the various mission ary committees and pastors at the meeting this afternoon and all laymen who are interested in missionary work are most cordially invited to manifest their interest by attending. . . -At anniversary services Thursday and Friday will be" speakers representing all denominations and the sessions promise to be of much interest as well as of a most instructive and inspiring nature. The sessions will be held in the First Presbyterian church and admission will be free. The committee on preparations has had 1,500 cards printed and these have been placed in the hands of the mis sionary committees of the several churches of the city. The cards are to be placed in the hands of men who will agree to attend the convention as much as possible and will entitle them to re- served seats. Men who propose at- tending this meeting should obtain these tickets. All seats not taken at the hour for the service by holders of tickets will be open to the general public. This means that both men and women are invited to the convention this time, Blanks have also been sent to the chairmen of the missionary committees and pastors asking for reports of work done along missionary lines since the great convent iorfast winter. It is de sired that each church mail one copy of this report to Mr. Charles A. Hines, not later than Monday night, and keep an other to read at the convention. Below is a program for the occasion, subject to some minor changes: Thursday Evening, 7:30 O'clock. Mr. A. M. Scales Presiding. Address, 'A Sufficient Motive for the Task," Dr. W. H. Smith, Richmond, Va., educational secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Address, Dr. C. F. Reid, secretary Lay men's Missionary Movement in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Friday Morning, 10:30 O'clock. , Mr. G. H. Miles, Presiding. Address, 'Then and Now in Porto Rico," Rev. T. E. White, returned mis sionary of the Southern Christian Con vention to Porto Rico. Address, Dr. Banks McNairy, Lenoir, N. C. Address, "The Broadening Effect on the Individual of the Laymen's Mission Movement," Mr. S.'R. Harris, Henderson, N. C. Friday Afternoon, 3 O'clock. Mr. A. Wayland Cooke, Presiding. Address, "Missions and the Individu al," Rev. J. Kenneth Pfohl, pastor of the Home Moravian church, Winston-Salem, N. C. Address, "The Relation of World Peace to Foreign Missions," Rev. J. H. hPeele, Guilford College, N. C. - 4 p. m., Denominational Rallies. Friday Evening, 7:30 O'clock. Mr. J. Norman Wills, Presiding. Address, Dr. J, O. Reavis, Nashville Term., co-ordinate secretary of - the exe cutive committee f ; Foreign "Missions, f or-the Southerii Tresbyterian church.-, - 'Adoption at Policy. for Comlng Yearr , WILL CEASE BUSINESS Aetna Indemnity Company to Adjust Difficulties Before Writing New Busi ness. Raleigh, Jan. 7. State Insurance Commissioner Young has notified all agents of the Aetna Indemnity Company to cease doing business in this state for that company from this time, in compli ance with a letter he has received from' the president of the eompany notifying him that the company has directed their agents in North Carolina to discontinue writing new business until the present difficulty of the company has been "ad justed it having been brought into, tem porary embarrassment by the- action of President Robin, of the Northern Bank. Commissioners Young has. received no tice that the Seaboard Fire & Marine Insurance Co., of Galveston, Texas,vhas reinsured its contracts in the German American Insurance Co., of New York City, and will liquidate their business. Mr. Young says this reinsurance will make the poliicies of the Seaboard Fire & Marine Insurance Co., in this state absolutely safe. There is a movement on foot to cre ate a new county out of portions of Guilford, Rockingham, Forsyth and Stokes with Stokesdale as the courity seat. Committees have been appointed and another meeting will be held on the 14th. Mayor Wynne read a New Year mes sage before the board of aldermen at last night's meeting, congratulating Raleigh upon its increased population, thanked the board for its part in the city's prog ress and urged that during the coming year every effort be exerted to further, the interests of the city. State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt will go to Burgaw Monday to attend a good roads meeting. He will attend a similar meeting at Fayette ville Tues day. Prof. E. L. Middleton, statistical secre tary for the State Baptist conyentionr has moved to Raleigh and he and BTs family will be given a hearty welcome. They come herefrom Cary. EUTERPE CLUB MEETS. Mendelssohn Evening Greatly Enjoyed by the Members. The Euterpe Club held a very inter esting and enthusiastic meeting yester day afternoon in Miss Woodall's studio, Southern Life & Trust, building. It was Mendelssohn evening, and he pro gram, which follows, was arranged by Mrs. Banner: Piano Op. 7 and Op. 18. Mendelssohn, Mrs. Klingman. Nocturne, from Midsummer Nights Dream, Mrs. Van Noppen. Quartet, Ring Out Ye Bells, Kucken, Mesdames-Stone, Klingman, Swaim and Banner. Scherzo, Mendelssohn, Mrs. Wills. Piano Duet, Mendelssohn, Mrs. Al bright and Mrs. Wills. The next meeting will be held next Saturday afternoon at the same place, Miss Woodall's studio. TO ORGANIZE BIBLE CLASS. Also a Mission Study Class At the Y. TT. C A. Mrs. R. R. Alley will speak this after noon at four o'clock at the vesper ser vice of the Young Woman's Christian Association. All young women are in vited to be present. Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the association rooms, a Bible class will be organized which will be open to all women. The teacher will be Rev. Steph en S. Myrick, and the subject will be "Old Testament Missionaries." A mission study class will be organiz ed Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock, with Mrs. G. W. Whitsett as leader. The subject will be, "Advance in the An tilles." This class is also open to all women, irrespective of association mem bership. Convention of Christian Workers. There, will be held a convention at Friends church, corner Spring Garden and Dairy street, beginning Sunday at 11 a. m. John Shober Kimber, of New port, R. I., will speak once or twice each day. Prof, and Mrs. Woody, of Guilford College, will speak Monday, Tuesday and- Wednesday from 10:30. to 12 m. Bro.-Kimber is to speak each afternoon at 430. Amos M. Kenworthy, the old Quaker fptophet, is expected to speak oc- casibnally during the week. Other help ful workers are expected. The conven tion lasts through the week and over next Sunday. All welcome." Eli Reece, pastor. Cabinet Photographs, six for $1.00, at Moose & Son., Photographers. . $10.00 per, dozens art, folios $5.00 per dozen tai Feb. : 1. : Moose - A; - Sony Photo graphers; - V; . I L a rg e N u m b er S ee The "Merry Widow". Filled Opera House To Overflowing Fri day Night Halifax Representative to Be Elected Corporation Commissia Reports Regarding Freight Rates from Ports of Inland Cities Bills Intro duced Yesterday. Raleigh, Jan. TThe first theatrical , event for the members of the General Assembly was "the. Merry ".'Widow"" at the Academy of Music last night, the legislators swelling the crowd to stand ing room and many people were turned away. Numerous theatrical parties werev y-, ' J it. ' 1 i. ' J '11.- "I - - -v waue ujj lur me event uou wie proqac-'i tion was considered one of the . most XZ V. praiseworthy attractions ever put on at p"- L the local play hours; ' . ; VV Mr. A. H. Green has been named by - Halifax county as candidate for the-- s-' House for the special election January -10 to. select a successor to Rev. P. N. Sta-inbaek, the candidate-elect who re cently died. The Republicans of : Halifax. will also name a candidate. Mr. Greea. is a Confederate veteran and a sima pure Democrat. . A number of local bills were introds- fe ed in both branches of the legislatmfe- during today's session, there being sef eral of general interest and importaoaoe sandwiched in among the batch. ,- Senate. President Newland convened the Se- ate at 11 o'clock, Rev. L. F. Johnson, of the Qiristia-chur feriBStni cation. X wft 4t'' Leaves of absence were granted T Senators Long, of Iredell, and ,BrOTrntv Columbus, until Monday. - ' Bills Introduced. " ' McLaughlin, of Cumberland: Estab lishing the county of , Hoke out of poe- tions of Cumberland and Robeson. Johnson, of Dupin: Amendment mak ing the landlord and tenant act xjaom effective. , Senator Pharr called attention to that Senate rule requiring that the captio of each bill introduced should convey itav intent and purposes. A report was received from the cor poration commission in obedience fo av. resolution fjthe general assembly oC 1909 directing it to investigate freight rates and put in force"' the same ratea from North Carolina ports to inlawj cities and towns as apply in Virginia if " practicable. The railroads were notified I and at a hearing September "13, 1009 traffic managers of . the Southern, Sea board and A. C. L. Railways were exam ined as witnesses, the State and varion . merchants' associations being represent ed by counsel. The corporation cow mission's opinion is that the freight, sate! from North Carolina orts to land points is as low or lower than a plyin Virginia or South Carolina. The Senate at 11:20 adjourned to It o'clock Monday. 1, The House. " - The Bouse of Representative conven ed at 11 o'clock, Speaker Dowd calling; on Representative Woodson, of Cleve land county, to offer the. prayer. Bills Introduced. Stroup of Gaston": Regulate the rt ... of interest in North Carolina by allow ing as ; high as eight per cent ehargtdr j by special contract with the borrower. Pace of Wake: Requiring factories ta. -keep at hand for employes first aid med ical 1 supplies, and surgical first aid ap pliances. N. C. National Guard. The annual meeting of the North Car olina National Guard Association will be held in Durham on January 11 awi. , 12. The first session will be held on.: Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock... Maj. W. C. Rodman, of Washington, ia president and Capt. FL. Black, of Chr lottek secretary and treasurer of the or ganization. f 50 per cent discount on all pictures aV $4.00. per dozen and up. Latest styles Moose & Son, .Photographers. 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