The Greensboro patriot [September 5, 1912]

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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 91.
GREENSBORO. N. C. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1 912.
PEOPLE'S >£* COLUMN
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Advertisements Inserted •««■
Beading at the rate of one cen. , .-d
(or each Insertion. Persona and . JI»
who do not have advertising' contracts
with the paper will be required to pay
cash In advance.
Remember that famous Superior
lirill is still sold by the Towusend
Buggy Company.
Such values in rugs and druggets
were never seen before; also bar-gains
in iron beds and felt mat-tresses
at McDuffie's furniture store,
opposite Kress' 5 and 10 cent store.
NO. 36.
The bottom-out on prices on ve-
U'.i les and harness at the Town-send
?"gs>" Company.
Male yearling in my pasture nine
miles north of Greensboro. Come
: • my place in July. Owner can get
.r! l yearling by paying for adver-
• :it and pasturing. W. J. Rayle,
i, nsboro R. F. D. 5.
!;•; SALE—Two cows; one fresh
Mrs. Lizzie McFarland, Guil-
'olleae R. F. D. 1.
AWN'TKD—Two tenants with good
vferences to cultivate farms. Mod"
:•:, < qulpment will be furnished.
:il or write William P. Holt,
ireer.sboro R. F. D. 2, Box 4.
Due to '.lie fact that we are go-ins
to make changes in our business,
ive ar-> offering special inducements
n:i a large lot of vehicles and you
will do well to look them over be-fore
making purchases elsewhere.
Townsend Buggy Company.
in the
COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION.
Much Time Devoted to Plane For
Repairing Roadc.
The board of commissioners of
Guilford county met ln jegmar
monthly session Monday and Tues-day,
every member being present.
Besides the routine business al-most
«he entire time was devoted to
the discussion of plans for repair-ing
the macadam roads at smallest
cost and with the most durable road
material. The commissioners have
given much *ime and thought to this
subject—studying the question from
every standpoint, and profiting by
the experience of other communities
which have experimented with vari-ous
mothcds, old and new. A decision
was reached in favor of a sandclay
surface with the prseent macadam as
a foundation, and by this means it
>s promised that Guilford is to have
ever a hundred miles of the best
roads in the state. The sand clay
road, as proposed by the board, is
estimated to cost'about $500 a mile,
while new macadam would hardly
be les3 than $2,000.
A petition was filed asking to
change a portion of a public road ot»cr attendants were: Miss Pearl
CUPID IN GUILFORD.
Many Marriage. Solemnized
County Thia We*k.
The Friends' church, at Guilford
College was the scene of a beautiful
marriage Wednesday at high n00Ilj
when Miss Eula T. Cotten. of that
Place, and Dr. Lucien Graves Coble,
of Greensboro, was made one.
During ♦he assembling of the large
crowd of friends and relatives who
witnessed the ceremony, "Until"
was sung by Mrs. W. R. Millner, of
Reidsville. and "O, Promise Me"
by Mr. James B. Eogleman, of
Blacksburg, Va. Miss Bernice Craig,
instructor of music at Guilford Col-lege,
accompanied them on the piano,
from which soft strains deepened in- I
to triumphal tones as the familiar
notes of Lohengrin's wedding march
announced the arrival of the bridal !
party.
The bride was given away by her
brother, Mr. R. L. Cotten, of Wash-ington,
D. C. .Miss -Margaret Cot-ten,
sister of the bride was maid
of honor, while Mr. Joseph B. Tay- j
lor, of Greensboro, acted as best
man.
LOCKE CRAIG FRIDAY NIGHT.
North Carolina's Next Governor
to Speak in Greensboro.
Hon. Locke Craig, nominated for
governor by acclamation by the
Democrats of North Carolina speaks
in Greensboro Friday night.
He comes to bring to Democracy a
message which all should hear.
He comes to tell the people why
this year, of all the years, the Dem-ocratic
party should roll up the big-gest
majority in its history.
He comes to meet the people of
Guilford and Greensboro, to talk
with them, to 'show them"' why
democracy should win.
The Patriot hopes that a large
crowd will greet the distinguished
gentleman; and it especially urges
the country folk to come and hear
the gospel of Democracy according I as their guests. Rev. and Mr. Charles
to Locke Craig. He will not only Wharton, of Kentucky
entertain you, but he will instruct j Tne fall lerm Qf ^ p,easant ^
you. It is the first big gun of the . aen high scnool ^ terd
campaign. Don't get up any kind under favorable auspices.
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FORM.
•»•*•*• of Interest to Reader* of
The Patriot Par and Near.
Miss Nora Ball i8 at Piedmont
Springs.
Mr. J. E. Deviney, of Julian, was
a risiitor ia the city Monday.
Miss Clara Stanton, of High Point,
is visiting Miss Mary Blackburn, of
Greensboro.
Mrs. C. A. Bray sustained painful
injuries Wednesday night in a buggy
and bicycle collision.
Dr. J. E. Wyche has moved his
office from the CarUand building to
the Benbow Arcade.
County Attorney John N. Wilson
is spending his vacation with his
family at Morganton.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Wharton have
Desirable store buildings for rent.
Two-story building, 22 by 50 feet;
b irgfckr proof doors and windows.
One-story annex IS by 22 feet, one
Air. house 20 by 40 and one guano
warehouse 16 by 20. C. H. Hardin,
.'••.l..in. N. C. 34-tt.
Before buying harness come in
and lcok over our line made by
Inline Kirkman, the old reliable.
We make a specialty of harness to
refer. Townsend Buggy Company.
FOR RENT—Several good farms.
IV. :-". Holmes. 114 North Mclver
sfr ■ -t. Greensboro, N. C. 35-2t.
permission to peddle without a li-cense.
Dr. W. M. Jones, superintendent
of health, made several recommen-dations
for the improvement of san-itary
conditions both at the county
home and work house. He also rec-ommended
a coat of white wash for
the interior of the county jail. Nine
NEWS OF THE OLD NORTH STATE jciWc; of jvphoid fever nad been r?_
; ported during the month of August;
A Survey of What it Transpiring in seven cases of diphtheria, three
the Commonwealth. cases of measles and five cases of
Mrs. G. v.". Gieane, widow of the (smallpox—the last being accidentally
late Rev. G. W. Greene, who died discovered in the family of Scott
ile a missionary at Cantan, China, | Price, colored, near the Greensboro
■\:o has been visiting in North city water works, west of the liat-irolina,
left last week for China, j tlo Ground road.
here she is in charge of a girl's Examination of wells, according to
•aool. She will continue in mis" j Dr. Jones' report, showed pollution
-ion work. She was accompanied in every (.ase w,)ere &n op(,n we],
her daughter, Miss Valeria, who j with a bucket was in use.
1st her mother in her work, j The nee(j of a sma„ laboratoryf
in delirium Samuel li. where diphtheria could be quickly
Rain with Will Halladay, of Greens-boro;
Miss Mattie Doughtoa, of Guil-ford
Co''ege, with J. A. Austin, of
High Point; Miss Delia Smith with
J. A. Kellenberger. of Greensboro;
Miss Eva Bowles, of lit. Airy, with
B. \v. Aiken, of Greensboro; Miss
Mary Bowles, of Mt. Holly, with
Jesse P. Bradley, of Greensboro, and
Miss Irene Butler, of Reidsville,
with W. B. Walker, of Greensboro,
, . —the bridesmaids were gowned in
being an old soldier, was granted u
n .\la-lison township. Another pe-tition
was filed asking for a public
road in Gilmer township from Edge-ville
to Wilson's store, on Phillips
avenue. They were ordered adver-tised.
C. C. Neese was appointed road
commissioner for Clay township in
place of W. E. Hackett, who re-fused
to qualify.
W. H. Jackson, on account of his
ngeries with white lace hats, each
carrying .« bunch of golden rod.
The bride was handsomely gowned
in a going away costume of dark
1 luo, and carried bride's roses.
The ceremony was • performed by
Rev. J. E. Shenk, pastor of the
First Lutheran church of Greens-boro,
assisted by Rev. Joseph Peele,
of Guilford College.
of an excuse—but turn ou' if it is
at all possible to do so.
Old Guilford always does what
sh>» ought *o do—but this year, this
Wilson year, this Democratic year,
we want to show that democracy is
progressive in all ways and especial-ly
in the matter of vote getting.
Remember tomorrow, Friday night.
Turn out.
HIGH POINT FAIR.
A wedding of more than usual in-terest
was solemnized at the First
Presbytermn church In GreensboroIJ. London. \v. c. Beavans,
Tuesday evening at S o'clock, when Hradner, G. T. Wood. To
Guilford County |n the Lead When
it Comes to Holding Fairs.
High Point is seriously considering
holding an agricultural fair this fall.
Several meetings have been held to
discuss plans, and provided the bus-iness
men respond as liberally as
is their custom when any public un-dertaking
is to be financed and sup-ported,
the fair will be a success.
Committees to push the project
have been appointed as follows: Fin-ance,
N. Allen, R. R. Ragan, E.
W. Freeze. V. W. Idol, A. E. Alex-ander,
D. X. Welborn, Robert Amos.
Frank'Wall, John Siceloff. George
Alatton, Henry Harris. W. A. King.
I). H.
solicit
Miss WOOdfln Chambers, eldest I premiums, J. W. Harris, A. E. Tate.
daughter of Mrs. Ben S. Robertson. . Abraham Cook. J. E. Marsh. O.
became the bride of Hubert Hill. E. Kerns, R. li. Terry. R. H.
faculty I Wheeler, J. \v. Clinard; and for
child under 14 years of age and sen-tenced
to the roads for four years. /
A jury in Cumberland Superior
i.rt failed to agree in a retailing
'ase, standing ten for conviction and
two for acquittal. It was in evidence
'hat one of the jurors who favored
acquittal had winked at the defen-dant
and the defendant smiled back
him, whereupon Judge Bragaw
■made the juror pay $50 for that
»iak.
Hayes, a typhoid fever patient, jump-
. from 'he window of his room on
'.. third floor of St. Peter's hospi-
;.. Charlotte, at 10 o'clock Friday
lit and died at 4 o'clock Saturday
■corning. His knee was fractured
the fall and \xs sustained sev-eral
:,.:iises. The doctors say-death
»;>.- r.ot due directly to the fall
but the fall was contributory. Hayes
was about U2 years old and unmar-ried.
Governor Kitchin has granted a
<o ditional pardon to William John-
■son, convicted in Forsyth county In
•arch. 1910, for en'iclng away a
If. College at Raleigh, ; plans and estimates of advertising, I
.1. J. Farriss, J. II. Mellechampe, W.
Pays to Raise Tobacco.
The Patriot calls the attention of
<e readers—especially of those who
have tobacco to sell—to the prices
Paid 'aat week at the Farmer's
• arehou3e in Greensboro. The flg"
Tes printed in another column
Peaks for themselves and are the
ost convincing argument why you
houid sell at the Farmer's.
When it is remembered tha* sev-
KU loads sold at this warheou3e
•••raged $20 per hundred, and that
ne averaged over $25, some sell-r-
as high as $29, the question:
lloes it pay to raise tobacco?" need
°t be asked. It pays to raise to-acco
if you seU it with Tom Gra-iu"
at the Farmer's warehouse in
reensboro, because he will see to it
"ilt you get the very highest price
• quality offered will bring, and
11 grades are selling well this year.
Wednesday of this week was a re-
W'tt breaker in the matrimonial bus-
*•« in Guilford.
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and accurately diagnosed, was set
forth, and an appropriation not to
exceed twenty-live dollars was or-dered
by the board for that purpose.
Other business transacted was the
rescinding of the action heretofore
taken levying 8 1-3 cent bridge
tax, the board being advised that
such levy cannot be legally made
in the atsence of legislature author-ity.
The old Mendenhall building was
sold at public auction to S. S. Brown,
$160 being the price paid.
Jurors drawn for the first week
of civil, term of court beginning Oc-tober
21: L. H. Howerton, John M.
Gerringer, T. K. Causey, Walter G.
Wagoner, G. W. Summers, Jacob
Coble, Gilmre Cocklereece, A. A.
Hinkle, J. W. Rockett, S. E. Bos-well,
S. H. Wimbish, A. S. CoKrain,
J. C. McCuiston, Howard C. Smith,
John Ridge, E. H. McCrorie, J. C.
Stanley, A. C. Clinard.
For the week beginning October
28: Thomas M. Gerringer, J. W.
Burke, W. A. Bowman, M. T. Wag-oner,
R. B. Andrew, Z. M. Shoff-ner,
W. S. Jobe, C. F. Hackett, J.
M. Wright, W. L. Grlssom, A. O.
Newman, W. O. Doggett, Charlie
Doak, Charles Ward, J. E. Benbow,
William Roberson, W. P. Hedge-cock.
formerly a member of the
of the A. &
and now engaged in chemistry work
With the United States department
of agriculture at .Morganton. W. Va.
The ceremony, witnessed by a large
company of friends and relatives of
the contracting couple, was perform-ed
by Rev. Melton Clark, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church.
Wednesday morning at 10.30 o'clock,
Miss Lula Dixon. the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Dixon, was mar-ried-
to Mr. W. H. Meroney, of Mur-phy.
The wedding was celebrated
in the home of the bride's parents,
on West Lee street, with Rev. W.
E. Abernethy, pastor of Spring Gar-den
Street Methodist church, offi-ciating.
Mr. and Mrs. Meroney will
live in Murphy, where the bridegroom
is engaged in business.
Mr. J. W. Hedgecock, of High
Point R. F. D. 2, was a caller at
Th.-' Patriot office yesterday.
Miss Marguerite Kirkman, of High
Point, is the guest of Misses Irene
and Eula Sapp, of Greensboro.
-Mr. A. C. Yow leaves Saturday
for Kansas City, Mo., to enter the
Kansas City Veterinary College.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Odell, accom-panied
by Miss May Hinshaw, have
returned from a visit to Atlantic
City.
Mrs. Lindsey Hopkins has return-ed
to Atlanta, Ga.. after visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Balsley.
Mrs. C. O. Burton and son, Ches-ter,
of Pomona, have gone for a ten
days' visit to friends and relatives
at Washington and New York.
Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Wharton and
their son. Master Gilmer Wharton,
have returned to their home in
Smithfield after a visit to Rev. and
Mrs. S. M. Rankin.
The Farmers' Union will have a
picnic at Mclver school on the Bat-tle
Ground road, Saturday, Septem-ber
7. Messrs. R. O. Schaub, of
Raleigh, J. R. Burgles, of the A.
& M. College, and W. P. Swanson
will be the speakers. The Guilford
brass band will furnish music for
the occasion. Dinner will be served
on the ground. The public is cor-
BULL MOOSER8 IN SESSION.
Roosevelt Party Hold* State Con-vention
in Greensboro.
The state Bull Moose convention
held in Greensboro Tuesday nomi-nated
Dr. Cyrus Thompson, of Ons-low
county, for governor, and the
following electoral ticket:
Electors at large: Iredell Meares.
of Wilmington, and Jake F. Newell,
of Charlotte.
District electors: First, o. W.
Swaim. Pine Town; second, Albert
C. Brown, KInston; third, D. P.
Henry, New Bern; fourth, W. S.
Bailey, Nash; fifth. R. J. Petree.
Germantown; sixth. D. L. Gore, Wil-mington;
seventh. Z. I. Walser,' Lex-ington;
eighth, W. P. Watson, Le-noir;
ninth. T. M. Hallyburton, Mor-ganton;
tenth, Zeb Vance Watson.
Webster.
Mr. Petree asked that his name
he withdrawn and that James Voss.
of Rural Hall, be named in his
stead as the fifth district elector.
The proposition to inject into the
platform a local option plank called
forth some heated discussion, the
resolution finally adopted providing
that the local option plank be al-lowed
to remain "with the under-standing
that this section in no way
applies to liquor."
FOR JOINT DEBATE.
Guilford County Democrats Want to
Meet the Republicans.
The Democrats of Guilford county
have thrown down the gauntlet to
the Republicans of either the Taft
or Roosevelt persuasion, or both,
and have formally challenged the op-position
to a Joint discussion of the
issues this year.
Formal action was taken Saturday
afternoon by the executive commit-tee.
It is hardly probable, however,
that the challenge will be accepted,
although the Republicans have not
yet named a county and legislative
ticket.
WILSON-MARSHALL-CRAIG CLUB.
A Large Membership Expected in
Guilford County.
Plans for the formation In Guil-ford
county of a Wilson-Marshall-
Craig club are being perfected and
membership in the club is being se-cured.
It is believed by the pro-moters
of the political organization
that not less than 1,000 members
will be enrolled during the present
month. The club will be formally
organized September 14 at a Demo-cratic
rally to be held in the coun-ty
court house.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Willie Smith have
gone to Piedmont Springs to spend
some time.
A pretty home marriage was sol-emnized
Wednesday afternoon at
Oak Ridge. Miss Delia Lowrey, of
that place, and Mr. Raleigh A. Hun-ter,
of Greensboro, being the con-tracting
parties. The marriage took
place at the home of the bride and
was witnessed by relatives and
friends of the popular young couple.
Mrs. J. A. Short, sister of the
groom, and other Greensboro friends
attended.
At the county court house Wed-nesday
afternoon Squire J. B. Minor
officiated at two marriage, the
couples being Mr. Foust and Miss
Annie Pocle, and Ed. Holt and Miss
Alice Lawson, all of High Point
SPLIT IN REPUBLICAN RANKS.
L. Stamcy, D. H. Milton. A. F.
Eschleman and Thornwell Haynes.
The necessary facilities are at
land to make the undertaking possi-ble,
and it only needs the generous
and hearty co-operation of High
Point citizens to finance the fair this
first year. It is the plan to raise
$1,000 in cash, secure a large num-ber
of premiums as donations, and
arrange for free outside attractions
in the way of entertainment, provid-ing
everything free for the farmer
friends surrounding High Point.
GRANVILLE COUNTY TRAGEDY.
W. P.
NEW TOBACCO WAREHOUSE.
Two Separata Conventions Held at
Charlotte and Ticket. Named.
Two separate conventions were
held by the Republicans at Charlotte
this week. Tom Settle, an old Guil-ford
boy, being nominated for gover-nor
by the regulars and Z. V. Wal-zer,
of Lexington, by the Bull Moose
progressives. The latter was named
after the rea/"ng of a letter from
Dr. Cyrus Thompson stating that he
could not make the race.
The two conventions were the re-sult
of a complete split in the Re-publican
ranks, which means a still
bigger majority for the Democrats
in North Carolina this fall.
Wilkerson Killed by His
Brother-in-Law.
Granville county was the scene
of a shocking tragedy Monday, when
Mr. W. P. Wilkerson, one of the
county commissioners, was shot on
his way to Oxford to attend the reg-ular
monthly meeting of the board,
dying about two hours later as the
result of his wounds.
The shooting was done by Milton
B. Hobgood, a brother-in-law, who,
it appears, was seeking revenge for
imagined Interference in his domes-tic
affairs. It is said that Hobgood.
who married a sister of WHkerson's
wife, and who at one time was well-to-
do, had been drinking heavily of
late and had been accused of cruelty
to his wife and little girl, both of
whom were in the carriage with
the commissioner at the time the
shooting occurred. Wife and child,
fearing violence, had sought refuge
in the home of Wilkerson, and it
was the protection thus afforded
them that provoked the desperate
act.
Both families are prominent ln
Granville and the entire county Is
stirred over the tragedy.
Hobgood is ln Jail to await trial
for murder.
Increased Facilities For Selling the
Weed in Greensboro.
Greensboro is taking on new life
as a tobacco market, and with the
opening of the large new $15,000
warehouse Saturday promises to be-come
one of the important tobacco
centers of the state.
Great quantities of the weed have
been marketed here already this sea-son
on the present warehouse space,
last Saturday being a record-break-ing
day for the number of tobacco
wagons in town. The sales Satur-day
averaged 11 1-2 cents a pound,
while a considerable quantity of to-bacco
brought 25 to 30 cents a
pound.
The crop in this section this year
is large and the quality exceptionally
good. The tobacco growers in Guil-ford
and adjoining counties are en-thusiastic
over the outlook for con-tinued
good prices.
Sunday School Notice. ,
The executive committee bad1 de-cided
to hold the county Sunday
school convention at Brown Sum-mit
on September 26, but on ac-count
of trains Nos. 44 and 35 not
stopping there it will be necessary
to change the place. Therefore it
has decided to hold the county
convention at Moriah M. P. church,
three miles south of Greensboro, on
September 26. All superintendents
will please take notice.
REV. SHUFORD PEELER.
Secretary.
Engagement Announced.
Invitations have been issued by
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Lowe, of
Greensboro, announcing the ap-proaching
marriage of their daugh-ter.
Miss Esther Pearl Lowe, to Mr.
William Brooks Trnitt. The wedding
will be celebrated ln the First Re-formed
church here on the evening
of Tuesday, September 10.
To Pave Davie Street.
Greensboro's city commissioners
have authorized a contract with the
Atlantic Paving Company, of Rich-mond,
Va, for paving South Davie
street with blthullthlc from East
Market to the tracks of the South-ern
Railway. The work will cost
$2.15 per square yard and will begin
at once, the intention being to
turn the new street over by probably
the first of December. The commis-sioners
also authorized that the con-tract
specify the paving of Syca-more
from Elm to Davie with the
bithulithic.
Parcels Poet
News comes from Washington that
the postcfflce department will be in
readiness on January 1, 1913, to put
into general operation the recently
authorised parcels post system.
The postal express business, which
must be organised within the next
four months, will extend over more
than a million miles of rural deliv-ery
and star routes, and will cover.
In its various ramifications, all sys*
terns of transportation of parcels now
utilized by private express com-panies.
The Harvest of
Comfort
In the autumn of life,
comfort and happiness is
J assured to those who, du-ring
their working years,
have regularly saved a
part oftheir earnings, and
deposited it with a safe,
strong bank.
Right now you have
that opportunity. Start
now. and every pay day, j
put aside as much as you |
| can spare. Don't defer
: or neglect it Then, when ;
your earning capacity |
$ lessens or ceases, you will
: be able to live comforta- ;
bly and enjoy the real
pleasures of life.
$1 starts an account
We pay 4 per cent Intcr-
: est on Savings Deposits.
American Exchange
National Bank
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