The Greensboro patriot [April 20, 1914]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
SHED 1821
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
GREENSBORO, N. C.f MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1914
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COINTY bu HOLD
FIRST COMMENCEMENT
HAL DAY IN EDUCATIONAL
LIFE OF CUILFORD.
I Exercises Mark Close cf
Public Softools—Cer-
,,t s f-r sented to 210 Fupi s
Have Finished Seventh Crade
■Izes Awarded to Winners in
Notable C vie Fa aJe
y ThOLsands.
The prlns for written wo:k and DSft£
drawing were award* d to the Tomo-na
schoo'. The Glend le school won
the prizes for the best exhibits of,
dorms'ic science and domestic art.
Th3 Bessemer a hool w s awarded,
the manual training jrize.
The crowning event of toe day
|w:a the civic parade, which was ar-ranged
and nianag d by the Greens-boro
Woman's (Sub. The parade
moved from the fair grounds short-ly
after 3 o'clock and traversed the
I""'1 "ita' streets of the city. It was
composed of 40 beautiful y d«ro a-
'""""■'■« "-'^ <* .ed automobiles, two bands, mount d
«* • *htch was police, member of the cured
«•> <**■■ »«m. on horaes, ;,o float. ,„d .
,; ''•'■■ was an cession number of other vebsees Partici-
- Interest 'he pating iu th3 ]K„,l!le m,aibers
a hr-l, order and, of the Woman- dub, the county
i credit upon the board cf .duration, the count*- I oard
ol tie elementary of h .,.Uu and mai.v ,.,. tli.. ,
oun y. 1 he i rcwtl in
VOL. 93-NO. 32
-Raymond Kin?. Franc »
in ■ of the iargi at
'■ d on any • c ::- u
I in: while.
- of the day were
lei g Une of bright
1 ■ ■•■■■ .i I icture that
Iring. Tlie
- iuati a led the ; a
pupils above the
ihe toys' corn club.
and the s h" >la
The I'roximjiy grad-
■ arded the i rise [i r
e in
Frsliminary contts's.
The preliminary contests m recita-tion
and t'.e.lan :iti(,n took | lac ! Fri-
, ,duy afternoon at I o'clock, the gina
' r 10 o'clock with, spaeklng at the State Normal and
hool pupi's around I IndusTrlal col,- ,- ;L,:..i u,,. hoys at
at the fair t:'-'-' ci!-v high school I niidn -. on
South Spring stre. t. The girls who
p irtl ipated in' the recitation con-test
and th'ir -=:l>j^> is iv ,-, ■
1 "! i-<■ Winchester, Center Grove
townshii. "Th ) Convict So il guy;"
Myrtle Word, High I oint township,
"How Ruby Ptajed;'' Ruth Clegg,
Fri . shig townshi]. -R ntucby ) hii-aj
." Eerta .May Norman. More-
. ade, ]: ' ; I wnshlp, "The Miser: ' Annie
r second. |Ptt'.ow, JefUrson township. "Cicely
and declamation jCroak;" ,\nnip Bowmen, Jamestown
I the r-arade. Su- (township, "Curfew Shall Not Ring
•i [.resided and T(,lli-hi: ' Etta Lednum-, Pentress
by Rev. V. R. towranir, "'Bil Smith;" Jessie Cree-ivero
three reclta- :,(,n Greene townahir, "A Battle
.. lam-tions. Roland F'"1'1 Tragedy;" \ aggie Turtle, Sum-townf
hip, won the p88 townshir, "The Rugglea Dinner
a', Raymond Johnson, IParty;' Murrlel lain.--. Gilmer
- • wn.-hip, rcc ivfng hon- JoWl -■'':", "•The Minister's Elack
The medal for the i
Xa»-'>-:" .Marie ( hflsmon, Washing.
• w a awarded to Miss ton township, "A Leak in the Dike;'
of High ioint town- Berta Small, Madsson. township, "Mr.
Brow"n" "Ha"s ^His "HMai^r.CC-Butt..'" In,,,, ... Magdalen Tutfe. Edwaid
' ' ■ of ce.- Misses Eerta Smal1, Myrtle ward '
le gradu- and Etta Lednum we.e declared the
super- winners : ml therefore entitled to
de- enti r he county commencement con,
• • th. d tesi ::. . itatl n.
■»* The boya taking part in the doe-
' ■ out st and th ir a bjecta
- . sight wen
put to see , •,. . ,, . .
<-.■■.•• Anic* Creene township,
.si, ,:;,M- v ,"h""- Vy€od!" ;';-> onion. Jamestown townehlp,
- American Ha?:" . „i,n i.urn.v
. . .'-,; Frazier, Friendship township. -The
...: v, ;!:r""f*!" HU,:' ■'-•"' ^rpple,
-U-Jtc. townehi^ ..Si,.,h o,
EontieVVagour. Mad-ship,
speech cf Patrick
Henry; Round I-MJI. Pentresa
t.'.vu.JU. , --Aimr <•■„ Cit;z i-.-hip:"
'': Iward 'I '• ;i ii . Sumner t, wnship,
Re^ulus to t! e Rom n s^ nate; '
Raymond Kin-. Monroe township,
"The S hoo's and Colleges en' the
L'nited ,'i tet: ' D. wey Gr. er, High
I oinl to i' ihip, "My Countjy, My
Moth r, My God!" W, ri|, Whltting-
" Cllmer to« nship, "The Wordly
"l"' Raymond Johnsi n, Mon -
I township, "ihe New South:'
Rus e I I lackbum, C< nter Grove
t iwnship, "Robert E. U e."
John Gurney Frazier, Roland Fruit
and Raymond Johnson were deolar-l
the ivinnera in thia contest.
Monro
RoAt
Gilmer—'ess >:c.\ce!y. Louise Wy-rick,
Albert Simpson, ErgYne. Simp-son.
Howard Jones, l.ascar Whitt.
Olenn Hende son, Coun i' Wyr;ck,
Murrlel Barnes, tthel LoweermiUr.
Dan Trc'.iu^er, E>iJ Penning on,
Qraae Snith. v.Oia p. Winston,
Worth Wh.ttimuoji. I i lie shew,
Georgia Ca: sev, J.anrtte FhOenix.
Mary Ee'e Iyn h. Lil'i: n Hunter.
Fen'ress—Kthel Variter, C. ra All-red.
Houston Rankin. \v. Kwait
Gladstone. Leolcn Ryan, Hairy Neel-ley.
Phal. iiofi-.n. BXzabeth Ro<k-ett.
Oli.e Palmer. Etta Led- urn, .\ li-bel
Adeeck, I 1-n 'h9 Ma 1 y. May
Field. Stela Coble, Roland Fruit.
Edgar 1 i Id, Worth Held, Vena
Itanlin.
Center (rove—' c-ni ,. Morton,
Maggie Morton. Sallie (owe, Anne
Pearson, Louise Win rteater, Luther
Winchester, Ruse l Blackburn,
James Go'dlny, Kate Lee, Kate Fur-ton.
I,ma Scott. Nellie Gordon, Ida
Stanley. ( lay T. Brown, Nell .Wil-son,
sorehead—Teresa I en! Abh;atl,
Annie .\:ae Apple, Ma y Elizab th
Paxter, Sarah Dundas lorn, l.ydia
Mai . I oreett, Edna Lucile Fie ds,
Irene lov. Ava Hobson, Hal'ie Be le
Hut her,-.,., Mattie I eJla Kirkman,
Be lah |vy Mears, Berta Male No.-
man. Annie Lois Scott, Mary Lee
Wauo . i kinche Alice Wilkins, ( h r-li"
Kane Barber, orton I oren, Rich-ard
Granvll!e Eoreo, Samuel K. Eosh-er,
\i ii, r Sanf< rd i ., ton, Him s
•'"iii s. Raymond Morton Johns >n,
Hassell Co d Neal, uii |am Roa oe
Mummer, I hilip K'i Reec , John
Dick Scott, Henry Spicer Williams,
Katherine Frather .'ides. Lewis Car-ter,
Edward Lewis iioiidy. Everett
Lewis Hol'ady, Lewis Thomlow, He -
man Edwards, Thcmas Dewey Har-ili-
i, Katie Ray Har.liii. Ollie f|r.
ginia il -II. Joseib Edgar McCniatcn,
I la/. 1 [.... Langley.
Sitmn r—Grate Northam, Edna v>:-
wards, George Gsbori^e, Dewey Os-
UilTED STATES WILL
INTERVENE IN MEXICO
HUERTA REFUSES TO SALUTE
STARS AND STRIPES.
President Wilson Coea Before Con-
Er ss This Afternoon For Authority
to Lse Arrry and Navy to Enforce
Demands of Th:s Naticn—To Seize
Tampico and Vera Crtz—Eveiy
Freparation For War.
Since the story th: t follows was
put in type there have been develop-ments
in connection with the Mex-
Mr W ilson said a return of a salute
under such circumstances did not in-volve
recognition of the Huerta gov-ernment,
but was merely an act of the
same character as grasping the hand
of an individual who was apologizini
as he extended It.
In less than 4S hours after President
Wilson had ordered the Atlantic and
Pacific Meets to Mexican watera and
had informed General Huerta that, un
less a salute was fired to atone for re
peated offenses against the dignity ot
the l'nited States there would be seri-ous
consequences, the answer came—a
complete acceptance ->l the demand of
the Washington government.
The numerous happenings which led j
DR. J. R. REITZEL IS KILLED
H.3H FOINT FHYSCIAN MET
DEATH UNDER WEICHT OF
ANTQ.V03ILE.
lean situation that make it appear j to the aggressive aSutTcTttw Ameri
almost certain that the Unit d States If*11 Rovernmenr, the strong pressun
wl!l have to use force to compel i Drou«*t to hear at Mexico City t»
the Huerta government to sa:ute Charge fyShaughnessy and the diplo
fourth
Lad attend*
i in h r.e • lse h d
■li'! army of
Id not be-ntj
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In the
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I illon -:
R. ohnson,
il n
k, Gilmer,
by Annie
n '. Georgia
d; thl:d, Flora
■ me, 31 1-5 -■ c
ogy fjr the arrest of Ame loan ma-il::!
a at Tain; ii o.
President wison Saturday Issued
au ultimatum giving Gen. Kucrta un-til
ti o'clock last evening to BSlute
the : ar, and a messrge received i:i
Washington last ni; ht conveyed the
information that the Mexican ..ic.a-tor
h ii flatly reftscd to comply
with th ■ .!. manes of this govern-ment
This ended a I ce otiations, and i'-t
a s;,- ial meeting of the cabinet in
w' 'ngton this morning ar at ge
'"" l! s were made t'_r a blcckad - ,,i
American ports. A joint B BSiOn
of both houses of Congress b a been
called for :; o'clock th s afternoon to
authorize the president t«, use the
arm, and oavy to uphold the honor
and digi i y of the nation. '
The plans contemplate the a IxUre
Of the iorts of Tanili.o and Vera
' ;:'"' a iwrtion of the railroad
lea ng from Vera Cms to Mexi .,
City. There wj 1 i,._. uo formal ^et.
laration of war. because the United
States could net de iare w r ajainst
a government which it docs not r.'--
' : ■•'• i he o her nations have
notifj d by Se retary of State
Bryan ihst the l n led states ,-: „.
French and German ambassadors at
V, aehington, who learned from th.
state department the senoi-s inten-tions
of the Washington government,
all had brought about a grave interna-tional
crisis. Congress showed Its
readiness to Bland by the administra
ti<m end the house committee on for
eign affairs passed a resolution uphold-ing
the president's position.
While the presi lenl declared the br-ing
of the salute wo dd close the Tarn
pico incident it will have n„ part in.
lar bearing on the general Mexican pol
Icj of the administration. Other ol
tenses, such as the arrest of a mail
orderely at Vera Cruz, nave been apol
ogised for. and Lhe L'nited States will
continue its position of neutrality an
between th. two factions contendini
lor the military supremacy of thi
southern republic.
not
eigners in Mexico.
- -nata. »ili be asked to pass:
Teague, Clarence Stack, Annie Lee
Bergmi n, Ruby Grcome, Etfie Sulli-van,
Jo epii i iroo i ••. I n i .i.t Dai i-.
Friendship- ray \\ he 1 r, I eo ge
in ••rv.o, <i. N'anne May Smith, Eva
White, i I tdst m- in Igin, K izab tfa
i"a'.es, Herbi rt i I 'lock, A ma Ward,
Pea ' HI i.fil'. Clyda I le a mis, Ruth
1 ■. V.rn I I Vit hel', Fran, es Sum-
-: i i > II Rl I'.ns in, V. ci ,\ cCm (li-en,
John Gurney Pr zie-, Kenneth
( ar. nee Knfeht, Hyde Rus-| an at, which bra already passed
the house, piovlding (or pressing
Into the regular service of the army
the mi'iia regiments in Ihe various
state .
The foreign relations committee of
the senate and the foreign affairs
committee of the house held called
meetings this morning and made
final arrangements [or the impend-ing
11-si-. while every effort is-being
made to avert aotu I war. ar-rangemi
nta are pro eec'ing ca
More Ccmpiications.
Washington. D. v.. April 17.—Presi
dent Wilson today flatly rejected Gen
er.il Huerta'a suggestion for a 'simul-taneous
salute" to the American an..
Mexican dags, informing him that th.
United States would insi.t i:, a !itera
compliance with the original demand
"f Hear Admiral Mayo. maoeAprii :
In a written communication to Gen-eral
Caragoza, |mm>rdtately after the
arrest of American bluejackets at
Tam; Ico.
riu Wasliington government Inform
"' Hneita that his ai-sh for siraultam
oui tiring of Hi. galutos was ,:„,. aable
! y W. John-
- '. I il'hrist,
i- wi.i-.t, Gilmer;
lump- Won
High I oint;
thud,
I ■
Thcs; Who Received Certificates.
Poll wing are the aauu a of the
2-0 ■. ro'iiate.-; .f the elementaly
Ol8 who were awarded certifi-cates
Showing til. t they had fini-hed
the seventh grade and ere entitled
to enter the bigfa s hool:
Washington township—Everett L.
Apple, Marie ( hrlsmon, Jasper A|-
by pie. R ifton Kerncdle.
sell, Mi bel Kohins n.
■ amesl iwn Sylvia r, v. n. Edith
HoJton, Willie •• h int. n, John Gor-don,
Willie Gordon, In iua Hankins,
Walter H. lion, Jas, er Cannon, Elva
Moulin, J.ary Jrne Bowman, Anne
Forrest Cowman.
Oak Ridge or i Sus 11 < oode, A ar-gie
il. h-n I egrajr, Robei t Ear.e
Cumniinjs, I yi.uin Pegratc, Haivey
•loins. Annyse Job a n, Annie Fulp.
Deep River- E sie Kayie. Louella
Ray'e. Esper Atkins, ZSoula Atkins,
Ha ii'- Raj ie, Julia I r iy, \ estah
lira . i eatr ce i aj ae, Wi ndell Lude,
Mamie Ruth Were1, Vada
Pegg.
l.igh I oiU—1 i li: n s t mi. i . • a
Hed?e< ock, Ami ■ Johns n, Lelia
Hayworth, ! iiii.. Smi h. Mary Dav-is,
t l no ia El iott. Edna I o ling,
Tiuo. Mereclth, Ruth Andeisoon,
Mattio May Albertscn, Myrtle
Wari, *lvin Vikels, Dewey i'reer,
Wiliam .\.,;-ini'.v Robbir.-s. \\ j li in
Johnson, Ethel Sanfah, Grate Baker,
T. xie Gre sr.
" ...... ,.,,,. .,.,,,,:'
:i ''■ ' i k'" '" p:otect ror- and thai a saiute ol 21 guns, as de
manded by Rear, Admiral Mayo,
would"be Insisted on, the ninnnei
returning the salute to be left to th.
American admiral who had agreed ti
tire ,.:„. to the Mexican Rag. N'ava
precedent showed DO "simultaneous as
lute" ever had been fired ir apt
for a,i offense.
The difficulties which ares,' ovei
Huerta's reqw • tor a simuitaneoui
salute created a situation of uncertain
iy and unrest. Many high officials con
sidered thai Huerta had yielded th,
essential poinl and merely was trying
to adjust the controversy so that hi,
dignity would not be lowered.
Thi United Slates has warned Gen
if oral 1 in. rta thai no further argun ■ •
theie Is to be amid conflict, andt|aDOBt '''''ai|s for ihe salut. ol
Congress is standing solid'y behind "'""'^ ":,K w'" to tolora'
tthie s; ceding to Grectisl.cro to
aI'Pea, as a witness in a case on
trial in ihe Superior court, i.r. j
li. Rtitzel. of High Point, met al'
most Instant death abut n o'c'ock
I Friday morning when the antomo-bUe
ha w.s driving turned turtle at
a point on Spring Garden street,
a short distance v st of the state
Normal ajid [ndust in Ccllege. ne
•as pinned beneath the ma h'no.
tile weight of the car crushing h;a
breast.
The accident o .urred when Dr
Reitzel attempted to pass a Uam
that had Btoip d in the center of
street Miss. Sal'ie I hilli.s was
' on j eye witness or the ft l ac-cident.
She was Bitting ti, th,. f.0..t
ponh of h r real lance i n I tat i
that I»r. Ri isl a.reared to be driv-ing
at a rate of about 15 miles ar.
:'"'r- The :, • , ' i t , .• urred a mo-ment
aiter Dr. Rettzel bad pc.ssed
and spoken to s'iss Flumps, who
was an a q taintance. The acre ma
of Mlsa Phillips attract d Rev. s. B.
Klapp am) Mr. R. 1.. Sudderth, who
rushed to the a en i and man .
to earricate the djlug man from be-aeatl
the automotlle. Dr. Reitzel
*as unab-'e to speak and died b. -
iVe hs could be :>i..c. d in the reei-lence
of Mlsa Fhllln, about 50 feat
away.
In a few minutes sever I i hysi-clans
aid a number of peop'e torn
the city h d rushed to th scene
Of the a cident in autom i.| as. The
body of Dr. Reitzel w s brought to
a local undertaking establishment
and after being pre/nxl for buria',
was eanied to High Point In the af-ternoon.
Shottly after tn - a cident
a u: in er of High Point friends i f
Dr. Reitzel , ame. to Greensboro in
automo! lies, and they, tozetlur
wit'l. Grconsloio friends of the dead
I man, aoccm acied the lemaina hcm«
Dr. Reitzel w;:s aboi t 50 years ou
and is survived by bis widow and,
four children. Pe was a bro her of
Dr. c. E. Reitzel, of High I oint,
and a brother-in-law of Mr. f{. H.
Broo! s. of Greensboro. He a .-. a
"".'■ -: ei ss ul thysl lar, »ith a
large pi a t. e, an ! stood i t the u
of the prof s ijii in Guifo. d county.
HIGH FONT FOLICEMAN
SHCOTS AND KILLS MAN.
sec-
Sam
fe-.t
*J
' Wen by Ed-second,
Avery
' "t; thud, L. W'hi.'t
■ I: height 3 feet.
elaj—Won by
' ' ' i h Point; third.
: i 5 seconds.
' yards—Won by
:- Gilmer; third,
• "-e and C8 2-5
relay—Won by
Hdiat.s. J.*McAl-
' Uderman, G.
■ ' minute and 13 4-;,
•:> s lence, do-
"' training, map.
work, etc, made by
Rock Creek—Hazel Cral.tree, An-nie
Wagoner. Sallie BOyd Jo: dan,
Herbirt Wneteeel, Clarence Boone,
Julius Ti kle.
Creene—Floyd Amick, .iessi'> AI-uiira
Greason, Emma Malinda Gain,
JanKB Grant Clapp, l-e- ie Robeit
Friddle, James Leonard Jones.
George Alfred NeeSC, Charles Egbeit
Phipps, George Squires, Arthur
Auiick, Lawrence ( lapp, Clyde Am;ck
Nannie Sheppard, Kinoie Su.ts, John-ate
Smith,
Madison—Lacy F. Suith, Ave'7
Smith. E lanehe Fryar, Lacy Smith.
Berta Smal', Jennie Gordon, Fannje
Gordon, Lena Whitley. Bonnie Wag-oner.
Jefferson—Wi lie Anderson, Rosa
Greeson. Agnes Andrew, Joseph Mc-
Lean, Hattie Dick, Annie Pillow, Mo-selle
Montgomery, Clea Fryar, Wi'-
iam Fryar, Annie Gorrel', Josel h
Death cf E. R. Aiken.
-Mr. E. R. Aiken, S,-. a weU known
auctioneer of 111i - city, died at 1.30
o'clock Saturday mon.ing at the
home of Mrs. C. W. We.stl.rOok, on
North Bdgeworth Btreer, following
a weeks illn. ss. He had been in
ill health for seme time. He is
survived by his widow, two daugh-ters,
a son. and several brothers
and sisters. Mr. Aiken was
the a Lministrari n in th.
gene;. •
LAST WEEK'S BATTLE WAS
BLOODIEST FIGHT OF ALL
MUST SALUTE THE FLAC.
Will Tolerate No More Foolishness
From Old Huerta.
The lense situation brought about
by the action of the Washington ad
minisiration in ordering the Atlantic
and Pacific Meets to Mexican waters to
tone.-, salute to the United States Hag
by the Huerta government as an apolo-gy
for the arrest of American maii.es
at Tampico was relieved considerabl>
Thursday night, whan a dispatch was
received in Wasliington stating that
Huerta would comply with the demand
and order the salute to the stars and
stripes.
>'e=rs , No lime has been set for the firing
old an.! had made his home in this "' ",e salute and until the details are
proved an interest-I Peeden.
commencement. Clay-Dottle Myers, Alta Bowman
city for sev. ral years. During the
past season he was employed as auc-tioneer
at the tanners and the
Center LrKk tobacco warehouses.
He was a member of St. Andrew's
Episcopal church. The funeral w.8S
held from the residence of Mrs.
Westbrook yesterd y afternoon at
2.30 o'clock, followed by the inter-ment
in Greene Hill cemetery-. Rev.
J. D. Miller conducted the services.
At Connelly Springs .Wednesday
night W. J. Alexander, a merchant,
saw a light in his store and going to
investigate was assaulted by thieves
who were robbing the store and ser-iously
injured.
arranged no further orders will be sent
to the American fleets now proceeding
south. It is practically certain, how-ever,
that while many of the vessels
will be turned back, others will con-tinue
south and a substantially in
creased naval force will be maintained
in Mexican waters.
Huerta's oner and request for a re-turn
salute caused President Wilson to
ask for an opinion from the counsellor
of the state department and navy de
A report rrom San Pedro de las Col-onias,
Coahuila, Mexico, Bays:
"A survery oi the battle field of the
lasl week shows that I!;.' haul
possession of this city, whicl
practically the full forces of rcbeli
federals, was the bloodiest of the revo
ration.
"The battle was at its climax .-,.' II
day. Sunday and .Monday and on thi
last clay the rebel loss in wooded alone
was t;r,o men. In all 1,200 rebels wen
wounded so seriously as to require boa
pital treatment during the engage
ment The rebel dead may never bt
known, owing to the wide area Covered
by the battle.
"The federal loss was at least ;,500
In killed, wounded, prisoners and 'dis-persed.'
By dispersed is meant these
federals who were separated from
their commands and ned individually
or in small detachments to tie. hills
or into the desert, probably to perish
there for lack of food and water
Twelve hundred regulars were cap-tured
by the constitutionalists. The
men were mustered into the rebel
ranks, while their officers will be held
as prisoners A number of so-caller
volunteers or 'red daggers' were cap-tured
and executed. These men were
former followers of Madero «ho are
it Wednesday ni ht ('. H. Fer-gus
>:-.. &n ex ra p. li< ■ rj fl er i f Hi* .
Point, shot and instant y 1 Hied
John T. I ri .-. a wl ite man, who ie-
•' arr st and fuel ,„ th ■ on ce
'<'■' " who was intoxicated, met
young boys on the stn ,t
a ji.-tol on then, h.ii-h be did not
pt to fire iveac n. I
matter w a report d to Offl er Fer-
• ho ;. . at. I I lie and • Bk-une.
u ith an oa4 Price
- weapon and fired at •
a. A bysta ■ , ked the
oi i] wa <i an I the I ul'.et went
I rl a th n fii d a -•
shot, which also went wild, it wa'«
' ' ' :- Fe ed his
• ■ the hi Met el I
Pi • - - !• tt lung and cau tant
th. ,
Coroner Stansbury held an inqs
Thursday, the Jury' ■ • cone
rating Officer Penguson of al bias i
in connection with the affair.
i rice was a ni Uve of Sou h Caro-lina
and came t., High Point re-cently
in the emi by of the South-em
lower Company, lie ia said to
have been an Industrious and peace-able
man when sober.
part ment officials. All reported that it
was the invariable custom in naval j alleged to have joined, the Orozco
practice to return a salute and cited rebeliion which overthrew him.''
precedents. The president also was
informed that Rear-Admiral Mayo, on
making his original demand for a sa-
! lute, agreed to return the courtesy.
•Mr. P. A. McCo'lum, of Summer-field
Route 1, was among the ca'lers
at The Patriot effice S?.tur<;ay.
Work of the Sup rj0r Court.
Tlie :eoj:rJ week tf the April
civil term of Gci ford Superior court
opened tlds morning. The court is
engaged in hearing a suit brou-ht ly
J. O. Freeman against the Carolina
and Yadkin River Railroad Company
for $12,000 damages alleg.d to have
been, sustained by the pla_ntiff whi e
a passenger on one of the d' fend-ant's
trains between Be: ton and
High Point,
The jury awarded Francis Hayne-s
a verdict for $1,000 in a suit for
$5,000 damages against the Southern
Railway. \ i
A. V. Sapp was given a verdict'
against the Southern Railway for
$170.1.'!. with interest f.om Januaiy
6. lyl,'!. for goo Is lost in transit.
The city of Ral. igh h s voted
$100,000 in bonds for stret improve-ments.
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