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Vol 23, No. 114.
HIGH POINT, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1910.
Subscription Prfca 3.00 Per Ytr.
KIM STILL '
WHIG 1 FACTS
''C;.'.r .' .
Tb Administration is .Marking
Unit In the Nawtrt Inter-
1 'rnaiional Crisis.'
INTEREST GROWING
III
' ASKS FOR INFORMATION
All Government Machinery Sec to
Work Getting R ports on
' , the Persia Afte-f.
the Second of the Series Was
Held t Wesley Memorial
' Church Last Night '
THE OPERATIONS' OF THE ARMIES FIGHTING IN THE BALKANS
v.
, Br tho Associated rresa
. , Washington, Jn. 5. Tbeadniinistra
(ion continued today .to mark time in
the situation artaing from the linking of
tho Brlttnb steamship Puria while
.awaiting definite information concern
ing the attack on the vessel. 1
AT GREEN STREET TON1CI1T
Third Service at Green Street
Bantist This Eventn; by C P.
Coble and L. A. Peeler.
The second of the union prayer wr
vices wan held laat evening at Wesley
Memorial Methodiat church, the paitor,
I)r. T. 3lowe, announcing the h yaus J
and introducing the speakers. Kepre
Mutative from most of the churches In j
the city were present, aa well at aim out
Until the full facta are as hand thejtn 0f the pastors, and the meeting waul
next .move in the u- crisis with the i most Interesting and enjoyable one.
Teutonic power will not be determined The subject for discussion waa "The
upon Unity of the church Throughout the
Only two Americana were 'n board World." Rev. A. W. tlaxon, the firat
when the vessel waa aunk. 1 he Ameri- j speaker, aoke 'of the reaaona for hope
can consul at Marseilles today advised that such unity would finally prevail
the state department that he had ob-'and indiVd certain acts which at the
tained a passenger lint from steamship ! present tisne shows a atrong tendeffcy in
agenta there and had definitely fixed the 'this direction. "All the churcKs," said
number fo American at two: Robert 'he, "have the same living' Christ, the
McXeely, of Monroe, X. C, anJ Charles j Christian religion, being eculiarly. Uiel
H. Grant, of Boston, -j religion of a person. All who are in this I
Acting under instructions from the I 'iving Christ are united to one another." !
President, Secretary Laning his ordered j "Another unifying power is the fact
American coniular official to obtain sf- that (liristian, experience Is essentially
. fldavrts - from Persia -survivors and to I the same in all w ho have it in a genuine
, Immediately cable summary of the tea-1 way," said the speaker. "Kaeh person en
liroony to the state department, iters the kingdom just aa every other
A. report '.has been sent to Ambassador doe, that is, by believing and choosing
PenfleM at Vienna, requesting him to for himself. Still another power making
( make an Inquiry 'at the Austrian foreign for unity is the fact that all have the
office. same Bible, the Word of lied," lie de-
' While the situation is still . tense as els red.
.ever officials .here are hopeivl that a ' "Another fact that is driving the
'new .way will be found for jn emk-able churches to the essential core of Chris
settlement of ithe issue. J tianity,, sai4 lr. Claxon, "is the ten-
...... i dency (a noSera times to emphasise
SIX AVER THESSAXONITI "STILL j whatever really makes men and to ig
sr- aw . . m " f w , . .-tv . . .. . . . Nki fir . rr isai
ALUE5 ' LINE. . 1
COUTITY IS SPEEDU1G
II
nn nn nnun i
ur uii nuau Hurm
Road Force Begins Tha.sday to
Improve Balance High Point
Greensboro Road.
OTHER HIGHWAY MATTERS
EUMtA OF AMP MOKTSHZSRO LOST TO ENEMY. '
With the Italians enierlng the Hulkan catupglgn and ine Germans and Uulgarlaus conceutrutttiK force on the
thinube to meet u pwlule Kunslnn Invasion. Austria is Increasing her efforts to summarily UItow of Monteugro.
Derlje has beeu captured aud the P.ulgar bare :iiscd over the froutler at Prisrcud.
ItEARLY 300 MORE
DIED
High Point Township Last
Year Births Number 484
and Deaths 200.
GAIN IN THE CITY WAS 201
9T0ATS ARD CAXXi TOB HELP, nor whatever, doea not. The world Uj Total Deaths in This Gty Was
looking lor men mat can put tnings
ovir. Vital religion makes suvh men,
and nothing else doea."
" V (By (he Associated Prets.)
, yw York, .Jan. 5. :Tlie On-k steam
erinessajoniKi was suuanoar early u- j i,v. ( ik- tlw speaker
t T ( weyaa ni remarks oy nouug ne wgica
168, and the 'Number of
Births Was 369.
for help. A wireless received by the
United States, broiutht the information
it
BILL INTEODUCED FOB
COMPULSORY SERVICE.
London, Jan. 5. Under the
terms of the compulsory military
bill as introduced la the house of
commons today, all males between
the ages of it and 41 who art
bachelors ot widowers without
children dependeat upon thorn
are liable for military service.
IreUsd is excluded in the terms
of the measure.
Mr. Asquith said that ao case
was made out -for general eompul
s'ioa aid that the hill he was ia
,,twdodg couM ho supported ky
.those opposing coascripUoa.
sequence between unity in the churches
snd peace. "That they might be one" is
a . . c . elk
sna acnica me report xnat rne .erippiea the Naviour's prayer, because then "the
sttamer had been entirely abanflon.-d worM win believe and when the world
.and ht be cspUm-ana ere were re-! believe we will have peace.
eeivoa try we cniwa Hiaies. 1 -jt us try." said the speaker, -to
The 300 passengers of the Ihessalon
iki were taken off by the Patris, which
ia -due here some time today.
7TJIE LUMBER MAIfUTACTUBEKS
see the world and the church from God's
standpoint. How doea he see things)"
The church has gone right just in pro
Hrtion as if has been able to over
During the year 1015 there were 484
births in High Point township aud 2v0
deaths, making the net gain of birtjjj
284. In the city there wer. JUiU birthsJ
during the yr and in th-- township
outside of I he city there wer? 122. There
were Itlri deaths in High Point and 32 in
the township outside of the corporate
limits for the year 1U15.
May led in the birth rate in the city.
iere being 3!), and May led in the town
1
son
i
DIC
j Wfll Widen Principal Roads, Pro
viding For Sidewalks No
Protests Were Recorded.
For once in many meetings, the coun
ty commissioners In regular session yes
terday failed to be flooded with long,
and loud protests from delegations of -citizens
concerning work on the county
highways, which caused the much wor
rh-d burden -bearers of the county affairs
considerable satisfaction, as it is some
indication that their tfforts to rive bet-
Iter roads to the Ouilford people are
meeting with st least fair degree of
success. Ths commissioners yesterday
spent practically all of their time In
discussing road matters, and several'
actions of more than ordinary interest .
in this connection were taken.
Probably the most important decision,
was to at once begin' work of 'mproving
' the portion of the High Point -tJreens-
fcoro road between the two pieecs of
j high class work now practically com
I plete.
i A force of men will be placed on the
High Point-Greensboro highway tomor
. row to undertake the repair work be
'tween the anphglt stretches at either
lend. The repairs will be made with aa-
phalt and gravel; and offlcia's express
T
Collins Homey Convicted in Re-1 Mt that when the job It done the
r ' g ro4 H1 b eicellent condition, a
corder's Court on Uiarge ; condition that will prove alto-ether sat
Cruelty to a Horse. isfactory until the program .' r making
' this wholo highway of concrete and as
QUESTION OF TREATMENT . t
- I work on the Randleman road, and re--
Mr. Homey Claimed That Beat-'Port"0' 800 progress sre received daily.
... . i si? a ' A,l T), work l- county, In fsct, is
inS Was the Only Way to M u progreMinli;fe,v. nd
Treat a "Balky V Horse. little time is being lost, dunthe win-,
iter to Utter the eounty's public kigh-
" The IJiyh ' Poinf Society Yor tlie Pre' NyTr A large, amot'vf r. pair week
' Isi nnninTYirilaltfiif tm? ilt sVtsiev.r tinvliai
ntlon of tTueltv to Aniraala which j . . . r "w""
i jnrre was miomitiea a nuui ironi
recently organised, held sway "! circt5on offl,.ittls In Rock Creek township
AfiAINST FNTPNTF Ith' municipal court this morning, prose- I to the elfeet that the election h !d on
, cuting two cases and securing a convic- j December 14 to dwUle the i.eition of
The (ire. k irovcrnmcnt has made viK-1 tion in one of them. Mrs. R. C. Noyars' tt 8P,c,nl wh,K)l tax a caricd by a,
orous protest to the entente usainst ar-! t. v...tu-. ..frt.w.r ..u .,..1 ! majrity jf 'he registered
GREECE LODGES A
VIGOROUS PROTEST
vei
was
rest of (ireek subjects at Sa'oniki, ac-
she acts for tliis society, which is com-
Icome pride and prejudice snd let iod .,
tnnrrcT iftimcr Birrtii . - "
- ivr nil win inrouun ii. i lie siinioei .. . . ...
I , ... "'"I'- there being It registered. IJe-nm
inm pveuuiir m unuv Mnifint in. eniireueii .
" n , ber was
" posed of many of the leading citizens of
nisnuuix in eueijjvui- h-iuib t.it- mum--
l. Ill 1 . !.... r. mm
v? me .lmuiiimi iirw.1 . 4 4. .....
Washington, Jan. 5.-Pine lumber uu ",r Vl l,,p u
. . . . . . one treat denomination. We believe in
mamitacturera of irgmia, North Care- . . ,
fine and South Carolina complained to-!un,t' b"t t .f u. think that group
day to the interstate Cemmewe worktnd, fr,w,d,y r,-lry broU, bout
i t .v . ii. i iv i . ibv the act that there are denomina
mistlon that the rate on their products ;
from Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke and M" tr csome.
ther. points to Pittsburgh and other i, "UWeV
points n that territory are unjust' aud ( j-ttoa.1 walk ought to be broken
unreasoaaMe compared wttk rates on T . :r.K " " u,u"7
Uliate release of the arrested persons.
Berlin hears that the (ireek minister
the largest death rate month at Sofia has informed Bulgaria that
both in' the city and the township, siv Greece will use all means at her dispo
Hi. rli Pi. inf anil linn .unrwirt f "nil the
i rinht'thinkinjj piople of the c'lty." Be
J fore starting the cases this morning,
I Judge Dalton made the ttnnounccment as
. r.. o... ....... :.. . i. .
lii i m .-mi v m i n ii. l ill .lie ill unr-. uliuu. I .
J 41.. k.. I . 1 . .1 . . ' 1 . il . -... ..I .a !.. Itt. FuMmt nmfpri anainfll. . ' . X.'Sy 10
ue.ui ueuig rr.uru uulBiue 01 mi'iMi;". "rr - ' i" -- diHlsriii! that she was actins for the'. , ...
iL, assi nl Tho ( iormans n1 nt tur tnr IUIU
Sylli as 1 I i o v "a isv vs sisaus
and in within the limits for that mondi
City of High Point.
of the
consuls at Saloniki,
other
Greece, desiring to
lumber from points n ,Tesewee,
iesippl end other southern states.
Mis
ATIAHTA Y0TT96 OV KCALL
Of 3CAT0S WCODWAtO
People that believe alike and work
alike gH to g4 together. While I
am not a union crank, I am a union en-
;thuskA." .
I The servtees this eveniag will be held
v I . "v mm '.n u itmt. vmp.m uiniw.
A French official statement declares
a Bulgarian dctachmeht is pillaging J
villages on the ffeek frontier. j
(By the Associated Press.) jtTie subject will ie The Family and
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 5.-RecaU of May- J Training of Our Vouth." Rev. C. P.
or James G. Woowsrd and five Atlanta j Coble and Rev. I A. Peeler will be the
police commissioners Is before the voters
of Atlanta at a special election today.
Efforts are being made tq o.ist the sit
officials because they reduced from the
chief to the captaincy James L. Beav
ers, who .first became known outside of
Atlanta by abolishing the restricted dis-
trTctsT"" i
speakers, i
JUDGE W, R. ALLEN'S
NAME PRESENTED FOR
OUR HIGHEST COURT
)
'By the Associated Press :
Washington, Jan. 5. The r.ames of
' '. W. R. Allen, member of the North Caro-
HAMIS GIVEW A UCHT hina Supreme court, and Joeepa W. Da-
SENTENCE ON THE R0AD.S: vi8) gollcitor general, of the department
' , . ' ', " T .'' i ; , . , I of. justice, kave been presented to Presi
David Harr.sf white, wh ffaaoed Wil8on t" fi thVYllcinc on the
guilty yes Urday morn.ng to the larceny j gu me
of a prto , coat and some collar, from j Qf
Frank Pickward was given 30 daye.pn tjM Uimt ,
the roads by dgerHonthUmontlnj, ; nt ha not " yet given se
Harris asked for the mercy of the court , tongidCTat(m to th quP8t,
on but
and he gotit in Urge bumW for, ,g
as w juut. , I- nossih e. '
j .
est sentence a man ever got for steal
ing." '
HEAVY ADVANCE IN RATES,
. TO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS
VENABLE LEADS SPECIAL
ELECTION IN MISSISSIPPI
Meridian, Miss., Jan.; 5. W.' W. Ven
able, of Meridian, seemed apparently to-
New YorkrJsn-l 5. Activitiee in the
Mediterranean caused an advance in war i day to have a comfortable lead over his
rislc insurance by local companies today five opponents in yesterday's special eW
on cargoes for Mediterranean points and tion in the fifth Mississippi, district for
ships for the far cast through the Sues j a successor to the late , Representative
canal. 1 , Rate of 10 per. cent js quoted! S A..-Witherspoon. V With- two eofintiet
yet yto""!u ar "fronTjand with incomplete
returns jn the eight other countlea, he
had a vote of 448 against 3 "U for his
en , cargoes I and ships to - belligerent
nhtries, at eompared'with of I per
nt. before "the sinking of 'tbe' of the
Asicona and the Yasaka Marit
combined opposition.
The number of births and deaths w ith- j maintain her good relations with the cen
iu the city aa given out by Dr. D. .. i tral powers.
tstanton, vital statistics registrar, are:
BirthsJanuary, February, 34;
March, 29; April, 10; May, 30; June,
30; July, 34; August, 37; September, 31;
October, 30; November, 21; Deecmbr,
24. Total, 369, -
Deaths January, 12; February, '10j
March, 15; April, 9; May, 13; June, 15;
July, 17; August, 14; September, Id;
October, 18; November, 10; December,
1. Total, 168.
Township.
jf the registered .oters. l'ro-
vmiiin wa? uiuue for tlie nroiNr levvinif
of this tax, which is not t: exceed 30
?e:t en the $100 valuation or property.
'Hi "'p a! en b.v the bo:r.l yester
day relative to r.wiiis i - emisidi r.l most
provroisive. 'IliiK in piovistit n fur wid-
iiiiii" eeria'n of the main co:iiitv hi'h-
iini form width of ."( fe"t, to
i to !' fe't from the center
Humane society. "I heard somebody yes-. of .. Mfehvv ow . tabliahed.
terday ask about where 'Mrs. Soyars ; W) v( fvt M ojth(,r Me wi nwT
got on at' in these cases, and 1 am ex- d for t( (f gid,.walkg if thoy
plaining for their benefit and for the riouW pvp. h) The wiU
public generally," said he. pct actaUy wkjmMj ,t lhi(l timef
Collins Horney was fined $." and the'.,,.. . mmtir vaMt.
! costs for cruel treatment to one of hiday Mn tak,n for the r.urpoge of
horses Monday morning by beating t e .J .....mj-u:,,- railA ,:. thB, ,, trouble
will be experienced when th widening
t bi-omes necesury.
j The o;d r of yesterday app'ies to the
' following roads: Aseboro street extend
jed, from the Oreensboro city limit to
Ithe fork near Buffalo school bouse; the
' animal over the head with the butt end ',
of a whip. The trial of this case eon
PERSIA SURVIVORS
REACH ALEXANDRIA;
MANY IN BANDAGES sumed considerable more than an homs'
I jtime. Horney acted as his own attorney
and after the State had examined fur
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 4. (Dclsyed.) Surviv- witnesses bs cslled nine of his own.
ors oi we urmsn sieamsnip rersia.j ine case resoivea useii inw me uoat-; mh p0int.(.rCPnf)boro road, ia James
which was torpedoed in the Mediterra-; ment whi:h should be accorded a ' bilk- i. " l j:.. .j .i.
xi. ..i v,:..k. i t low n. lor iim- riiiur uibi.biii.-7t nun mo
tlJ T.L t M t i"ean ,a8t ThUnMlay' h"Ve hei h0m' Hrney WtnM t?Mt "Nirecnsboro-Winston-Ralem rond. from
tician for the townelup outside of the ,ent . tUi pUl sliewimr i and that he thouaht he was civirs: it the : , 4...
city, W. i. Brown, are as follows: itraees of the shock with bruised and neeessarv treatment. The evid.ne tor!
oirtns January, a ; reonwry,
March, 4; April, 11; May, 18; June, 8;
July, 10; August, 10; September, 11;
October 10; November 10; December, 7.
Total 115.
Deaths January, 2; February, 2;
March, 2; April, 5; May, 4; June, 1;
July, 4; August, 3 September, . 1; Octo
ber,; November, 0 ; December, 6. To
tal, 32. ,
' ' j bandaged limbs.
the state consisted in the testimony
The tragedy was enacted so rapidly ; from Officer Welch, L. C. Petrie, F.
PAN-AMERICANISM
CONTINUES PRINCIPAL
OBJECT OF DISCUSSION
CALL FOR ELECTION
the survivors say that they hardly j. Wall and John Hay worth. After whip-I pab pAVtvr DnCTWVtfFtri
realiied what had happened. Every one j ping the horse these witnesses said llor- j FOR PAVING POSTPONED
was in good humor and five minutes Uter ; ney hit it several blows over the head Tne c-ty councirattheir meeting Ust
th(se who escsped were in bosts or j with the large end of the whip. All "flight did not issue the officii. I call for
clinging to refuge. . these witnesses considered the treatment ; (he eWtion for rtrwt impr0ve-
Everything is being done for the com- cruel and unmerciful. j Imnt on wf t,,e fact thw aty
fot of thft survivors. Charles Grant, of Tlie statement of Ed. Fields and Hor ; ,anag(r Lyo Bad not completed the list
Boston, believed to be the only American ace Ragan, horsemen, and called as wit j 0f jujgeB anj regi8trart The date for
now able to tell the story of the disaster, ncsas by the defendant, that the treat' ; clert,on togtth4r wiU Xw adoption
Is a truest on board the United States ment described was
pruiser Des Moines.
luinecessary auu . rMO,ut:on
-
more iviecv ! ,
the election
(By the Associated Press:)
Washiirgton, iJan.'5.The chief inter
est'' In the ork of the . Pan-American
Scientific congress was again today cen
tered in the section tor , th study of
international law when the shakers dis
cussed, some plans of . Pan-Americanism.
An avowal of non-interference was ad
vocated as unavoidable neeewity In the
creation of greeted Pan-Americanism by
Dr. Luis Alfredo Otero of Colombia,
Unqualified support of the Monroe; doc
tr ine was given -by ' Dr. Manuel Caval
cantl, of BrszU, In his address on prob
lems of international law peculiar to the
Americas. .. ' V. '
j ..y i. v j
unmercnu. proooiy nu o.o.r w h 4 rjstlr.
man inyuiing e.se on ouoge i,,n.;w.n donp yery like,y, at thc Bt
HAITIEN REBELS ATTACK , decision. ,'1 doiot know much about -ti f tfc nd on Tuo(kla -j
It lit M lit.... 1 I .
AMERICAN MARINES :-nainWore, saia me luage, oui . lg elction can be set for
know that this was no way to treat any ; ftny time dgy8 thwafter.
kind o a horse.- j tIk; sentiment of the council last
T. h);M'.-war W.1.'VPhl(li --. -ieeiBe4.'t0 ftvor holding the
Barringer, negro, and. Charles Oillen t election the, last of February or early'
white boy, who were driving Home's . Um prwbbly U
moving vnn back from Greensboro alfor isndfor strwt Improvements
Monday, when a horse which was tic,! . ,
behind lns some way ;got its )'-fSt I kg v -,
eaogntr' under the rope, a gash, 2 inches I
Port a u, Prince, Haiti, Jan. . A rev
olutionary; outbreak occurred at 2 o'clock
a. m. .'The Port, au Prince fort of thfc
American, marines was atta-ed. One
of the -rebels was killed by .that Ameri
cans who suffered no. losses., t.
Johnson's Name to the Senate.
. Washington, Jan. SThjePresident 1 yide gndiiMdiea4ng-eiBgTfrrt.
haJscnt to'the senate the nomination
of Joseph Johnston,' of Spartanburg, &
C, to be United States district judge
for the 8 western dlslrict of South Caro
lina. ' ; '
The judge took the view that while tlu
horse suffered muh pain from the occur
rence, that the defendants could not be
held criminally Iia11 and were dis
charged i' " " west to northeast wuk!.
TheVeaet.
Cloudy tonight and Thursday:
probably local rains; warmer to-,
niht in the eastern portion; cold-
tt Thursday in west; fresh soul.i-