The Greensboro patriot [September 21, 1914]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ESTABLISHED 1821
GREENSBORO N. C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1914 VOL. 93—NO. 76
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Auction Saturday.—Mr. W. C. Og-will
have an auction sale of
and mules Saturday at his
,,.,._, »ii South Davie street, the sale
,,', >-in at 11 o'clock.
i„ Hospital.—Mrs. J. H. Shaw,
^ vj-. nf Deputy Sheriff Shaw, is a pa-
,j :,t st. Leo's hospital, where she
„„,;, -went an operation Saturday.
...- ondition is reported as satisfac-
Xhhott's Creek Revival.—Rev. R.
p Walker, pastor of Asheboro Street
i;ap:i«l rhurch, will assist in a reviv-
.,; ;-..'tina to be held this week at
V; ,tt's i reek church, near High
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t ..lied to Baltimore.—Rev. Dr. R.
\. Waterbury. who moved to Greens-i„,
r i over a year ago, has accepted a
rail recently extended to him to be-en.
• pastor of a Baptist church in
I'.a.'.imoro and will move to that city
inis week.
< ..mi Opens.—The September
criminal term of Superior court open-
,.ii ti'is morning at b.30 o'clock and
will continue through the week.
Judge \V. A. Devin, of Oxford, is
presiding. A civil term of court will
convene next Monday.
Upturn* to Greensboro.—Mr.
Thomas llinton, who has been in the
emplo) of the Southern Railway in
('iuttianooga, Tenn., for several
months, has returned to Greensboro
and taken a position as yardmaster
«::•■ the Southern here.
Miirkman Injured.—Mr. Leon
('It.i'Ienin, who is employed at Glas-
•"■ •• s foundry and machine shop,
sutfered painful injuries Saturday af-tenoon,
when he was caught be-neatn
a falling pile of iron and steel.
I:i- injuries will keep him confined
lo 's home for several days.
Revival Meeting.—A splendid re-vival
meeting was conducted in the
Methodist church at Pleasant Gar-
<:• •:. last week. The pastor. Rev. P.
L. Terrell, was assisted by Rev. T. B.
Johnson, of Summerfield. The at-tendance
upon the services were good
and there were a number of profes-sions
of religion.
Robbed Grocer.—Friday night
• lieves broke into John L. Hooper's
grocery store, on the corner of Spring
Carden and Lithia streets, and stole
■-.". or $30 worth of goods, including
f.v'i t.ice hams, flour, sugar, coffee
and cigars. Entrance was effected
thr i igh a window that had been left
i•;• Q in the rear of the second floor.
New Pastor Here.—Rev. Dr. P. H.
Fl' n inc. the new pastor of the First
• i'-ian church of this city, took up
work yesterday. Dr. Fleming
•*ds Rev. H. E. Rountree and
• to Greensboro from Manches-il.
He is one of the leading
■•••■'• r- of his denomination and is
rwiving a cordial welcome to
Gr*-< tisboro.
»« Rabbi,—Rabbi Joseph Fried-lar.
hr. late of Orange, N. J., has
elected rabbi of Temple Emanu-
' succeed Rabbi Egelson, who
"»ne to Cincinnati. Rabbi Fried-
'" crimes highly recommended as
• ■i of 'iilture and refinement. He
■onduet religious services on
Friday evening at 8 o'clock and
'*•>" school on Sundays.
Wmiversary Services.—The first
•'.'• in October will be observed
• congregation of the First
•t'Tian church of this city as
ninetieth anniversary of the
ins of that church. Rev. Thorn-aling,
I). I)., of Columbia, S.
'■ill preach at the morning ser-
The anniversary services will
lowed by a revival meeting.
1 Good Meeting.—The revival
J-'^ "tat began at the First Re-
•<i church, on West Lee street,
second Sunday will continue
igh this week. The services are
I attended and much interest is
" manifested. The pastor, Rev.
iford Peeler, is being assisted by
I- A. Peeler, of High Point,
Rev. J. B. Swartz, of Thomas-vi.
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"r jjiR wheat Crop.—It appears
"'■ the farmers in this section are
Planning for a bigger wheat crop
'■•an has been seeded in a number or
In some neighborhoods the
weather has made it impossible
ak the land, but where the
''-'-us have been favorable the
irmers are preparing to put in a big
The European war has sent
price of wheat skyward and the
•nan who harvests a good crop of
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Board of Elections,—The county
board of elections held a meeting Fri-day
night in the office of the chair-man,
Mr. Thomas C. Hoyle, to con-sider
certain matters in connection
,^ith the division of North Gilmer
Vrecinct into two voting places. The
two voting places win be at Proxim-ity
and White Oak. the division line
dividing the voters of Revolution
about equally.
Advisory Committee.—Mr. E. G.
Sherrill, chairman of the Guilford
county Democratic executive commit-tee,
has appointed the following ad-visory
committee to assist in the con-duct
of the campaign in Guilford
this fall: R. R. King, chairman; C.
A. Hines, W. I. Underwood, J. M.
Reece, R. E. Steele, John R. Stewart
and Arthur Lyon. The committee is
to have a meeting in Mr. C. A. Hines'
law office next Friday.
Horse Thief Arrested.—A white
man giving his name as Lonnie Per-ry
was arrested at a local livery
stable Thursday while we was at-tempting
to sell for $60 a horse and
buggy estimated to be worth about
$250. A telephone message from
Reidsville stated that the outfit had
been stolen from a colored man by
the name of Pannill. Perry was
taken into custody and locked up in
jail until the arrival of an officer
from Reidsville.
Spoke in Richmond.—Mayor Mur-phy,
who was one of several North
Carolinians who spoke at a big pro-hibition
rally in Richmond Friday
night, says the Tar Heel speakers
were given a cordial reception and
an attentive hearing by the Virgian-ians.
The election on statewide pro-hibition
in Virginia takes place to-morrow,
and Mayor Murphy says he
Is convinced by what he heard in
Kid nun ml that prohibition will carry-by
a big majority.
Convention Saturday.—The Sum-ner
township Sunday school conven-tion
will be held at Rehobeth church
next Saturday. September 26. An at-tractive
program is being arranged
and several good speakers will be
present. Mr. C. C. Covington, pres-ident
of the association, requests
that every Sunday school in the
township be represented and an in-vitation
is extended to the public
generally to attend. A picnic dinner
will be served.
Moves to Hendersonville.—Mr. G.
C. Hampton, who moved to Greens-boro
from Durham county 15 years
ago, to give his children the benefits
of the superior educational advant-ages
afforded here, left Friday with
liis family for Hendersonville, where
he has purchased property and built
a home. The four daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Hampton have graduated
from the State Normal and Industrial
College and are engaged in teaching
in various places in the state.
Opens Tomorrow.—The rebuilt
Oak Ridge Institute opens tomorow
for the fall term and it is stated that
the enrollment of pupils will be lar-ger
than had been hoped for. The
new alumni building, one of the best
school edifices in the state, has been
completed and presents a striking
and handsome appearance. Prof. T.
E. Whitaker, who has been identified
with Oak Ridge Institute for many-years,
will be the executive head of
the school under the new regime.
Small Riot.—Friday night a crowd
of negroes made at attack on a mer-ry-
go-round located at the corner of
South Elm and McCulloch streets,
shooting out the lights and wounding
several people. Tillett Siler, a white
man, was shot through the neck and
seriously wounded. A colored wo-man
was knocked from the merry-go-round
and beaten up badly and a col-ored
boy was shot through the leg.
Tom Coates, colored, is in jail with-out
bond pending the result of Mr.
Sller's injury. It is believed that
Coates fired the bullet that struck
Siler.
District Meeting.—Members of the
Order of Eastern Star in this dis-trict
were in attendance here Fri-day
upon a district meeting and
school of inctruction, which had been
arranged by Miss Blanche Johnson,
deputy grand matron. Two sessions
were held—one in the afternoon and
another at night. The visitors enjoy-ed
supper at the Maaonic and East-ern
Star home. Here an excellent
menu had been provided. Some time
was spent in the inspection of the
building and becoming acquainted
with the guests of the institution.
Representatives were present from
Burlington, High Point, Asheboro,
Reidsville, Spray, Liberty and dther
nearby points. The exhibition work
as done by the local lodge was almost
flawless and was highly compliment-ed
and appreciated by the visitors.
Married Yesterday.—Mr. C. R,
Sutton and Miss Lucile Pickard were
married in Winston-Salem last even-ing
at 6.30 o'clock, the ceremony be-ing
performed by Rev. E. L. Bain.
Mr. Sutton is connected with the Mc-
Glamery-Markham Automobile Com-pany
and Is a young business man of
promise. His bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Pickard and is an
attractive and popular young woman.
Mr. and Mrs. Sutton have gone to
Asheville and Toxaway on their
honeymoon.
Back From Germany.—Mr. David
Wise, who went to Germany to visit
relatives just prior to the outbreak
of the European war, returned to
Greensboro Saturday night. Noth-ing
had been heard from Mr. Wise
since he reached Germany and his
friends here feared that he might
have been drafted for service in the
German army. However, he was for-tunate
enough to have his naturaliza-tion
papers with him, and but for this
fact he would have been called upon
to fight for the Fatherland.
Engine Ditched—What might have
been a serious railroad wreck occur-red
about 1 o'clock Saturday morn-ing
at Cunningham's brickyard, just
east of the city limits, when the Ral-eigh
train known as No. 112 ran into
an open switch and the engine was
derailed. The engine broke loose
from the train and turned complete-ly
over. Fortunately no one was in-jured,
beyond a few minor scratches
and bruises. Appearances would
seem to indicate that the switch had
been opened with malicious intent.
Mrs. P. M. Shepard Dead.—Mrs. P.
M. Shepard died shortly before noon
Saturday at the home of her son-in-law,
Mr. L. A. Andrew, on North
Davie street, where she had been ill
for several weeks. She was 62 years
old and is survived by her husband
and six children, all of whom were
at the bedside when the end came.
The funeral was held from Mr. An-drew's
residence yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clock and was followed by in-terment
in Greene Hill cemetery. The
services were conducted by Rev. Dr.
Melton Clark and Rev. R. M. An-drews.
Drowned in Norfolk.—Mr. Palmer
T. Phillips, who was employed by the
Southern RaUway, with headquarters
In this city, was drowned Thursday
night in Norfolk, Va.. to which city
he had gone on business for his com-pany.
The body was recovered Fri-day
and brought to the home of the
bereaved parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bry-an
Phillips, on Asheboro street. The
funeral and interment took place yes-terday
afternoon at Mount Harmon
Methodist Protestant church, in Ala-mance
county. Mr. Phillips was 34
years old and is survived by two
young children, his parents and six
sisters.
Held For Superior Court.—Clay
Stanley and Robert Jones, who en-gaged
Is a bloody fight near the Cen-tral
Carolina fair grounds early Sun-day
morning, September 13, Stanley
receiving injuries of a serious nature,
were given a hearing Saturday be-fore
Justice of the Peace Collins and
held for the Superior court under
bonds of $100 each. Jones was ar-rested
a few hours after the fight,
and as it appeared that Stanley's in-juries
might prove fatal, he was com-mitted
to jail without bond. It is
understood that Stanley, who is mak-ing
a satisfactory recovery, does not
care to push the case agolnst Jones.
The two men are cousins.
Republican Nominations.—The
state Republican executive commit-tee
held a meeting in Greensboro
Thursday afternoon and nominated
A. A. Whitener, of Hickory, for
United States senator and Grier Par-sons,
of Ashe county, for corporation
commissioner, the nomination of can-didates
for these two offices having
been left with the committee by the
state convention. Mr. Whitener is a
prominent lawyer and well known
Republican politician and Mr. Par-sons
is a farmer and banker. He for-merly
lived in the West and was a
friend of Col. Theodore Roosevelt
when the latter was a cow-puncher
and ranchman in the West 30 years
ago.
Assaulted His Child.—Henry Hall,
a young white man. Is in jail here on
a serious charge. He was convicted
in Municipal court of an assault upon
his ten-months-old child and sen-tenced
to ten months on the county
roads. From this-sentence he ap-pealed
to the Superior court and in
default of bond is In jail. Hall came
to this county fronf Stokes county
and married a Miss Frailer, who was
only fourteen years old when he mar-ried
her. Domestic troubles have
been frequent and they have been
separated two or three times since
marriage. The assault upon the child
has aroused the indignation upon the
part of the wife's relatives and
friends.
Guilford Evidence—The Richmond
Journal, which has been waging a
vigorous fight against the adoption
of statewide prohibition in Virginia,
printed in its issue of last Friday
fac-similes of the receipts for taxes
paid by'Mr. J. R. Boon, of Madison
township, for the years 1907 and
1913, in an effort to show that taxes
have increased in North Carolina un-der
prohibition. The Richmond pa-per
neglected to say that there has
been a reassessment of property in
North Carolina for taxation since
1907, which probably would explain
the increased taxes paid by Mr. Boon
in J913, nor did the Journal make
allowance for any increased holdings
in real estate Mr. Boon may have ac-quired
since 1907.
Hebrew New Year.—The Hebrew
year of W57 was ushered In at sun-set
last evening with appropriate
cervices held at the synagogue in this
city. New Year's day or Rosh Ha-
Shanah, as It is generally known, is
one of the most solemn days in the
Hebrew calendar. The day is the be-ginning
of a most important holiday,
which ends 10 days later, when the
day of atonement, or Yom Kippur, is
celebrated. Practically every He-brew
observes the occasion by fast-ing
for 24 hours. The blowing of
the trumpet, or shofar, on New
Year's in the synagogues and the
bugle in the temples serves the pur-pose
of calling the people to remem-brance
before the Lord to arouse
them to their duties.
BELIEVES MEXICO 18
NOW IN COMPETENT HANDS.
THE TEN-CENTS BASIS
FOR THE SOUTH'S COTTON
Mr. S. B. Tanner, of Charlotte, for-mer
president of the American Cot-ton
Manufacturers' Association, tells
the Charlotte News that he approves
"the buy a bale" movement which is
sweeping the country, but as an ex-perienced
manufacturer and cotton
man he says it is well to remember
that "we are all linked together and
if cotton is to be maintained on a 10
cents basis, the farmer must buy the
goods from the merchant on a 10
cent basis."
By doing that, Mr. Tanner asserts
that the result logically will be that
there will be no trouble in keeping
the price of cotton at 10 cents. He
recognizes the fact that the situation
is serious, and that whatever the re-sult
may be every Interest will have
to bear its part of the calamity. Mr.
Tanner tells the News:
"The European war has brought
on a situation which affects all
Southern Interests alike, manufact-urers
, merchants and cotton farm-ers.
The cotton manufacturer Is
buying all the cotton he can use and
would gladly buy his entire year's
supply If he could sell his goods. But
unfortunately he is in the same posi-tion
exactly that the farmer is in,
and the manufacturer has already-sacrificed
heavily in order to meet
the situation, commercially and fi-nancially
and keep the mills going
even part of the time. It is evident
that if the European war continues
very much longer the only salvation
for the farmer will be to reduce cot-ton
acreage and make his food crop
at home, and the manufacturer will
be forced to curtail until foreign
countries can take more goods. The
administration has shown a willing-ness
to do everything in its power to
relieve the situation, but this can
only be temporary, while millions of
dollars are being destroyed dally."
While this subject its uppermost,
the Star would suggest that both
growers and the emergency buyer
all determine to hold for 10 cents.
Owing to the fact that the "buy-a-bale"
movement is so popular it
could be made much more effectual
by organizing companies to assemble
and store cotton stocks so people all
over the country may know from
whom to buy a bale.—Wilmington
Star.
Cost of the War.—Calculations
based upon official returns show that
the cost to the British government
and people of the first forthy-three
days of the war, counting from Aug-ust
1, when the disbursements be-gan,
/has been about $166,500,000,
or at the rate of $3,870,000 every
day. Should the war expenses con-tinue
for one year at this rate, the
total would amount to $1,412,550,-
000.
President Wilson has stated that
he ordered American troops with-drawn
from Vera Cruz because he
believed that Mexicans now in con-trol
were able to manage Mexico's
affairs.
Coincidentally the British ambas-sador.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, express-ed
to the state department his own
regret that Sir Lionel Carden, British
minister to Mexico, should have been
quoted In criticism of the president's
policy. He said British diplomats
were never permitted to criticize the
heads of the foreign countries and
whatever statement may have been
made it did not represent the view
of the British government.
Officials accepted the ambassador's
explanation. They had realized Sir
Lionel Carden had experienced per-sonal
differences with Carranza, and
had supposed he spoke resentfully
because the constitutionalist chief
had forced him to leave Mexico.
The president said the question of
withdrawing troops from the Texas
border had not been considered nor
was he able to predict when formal
recognition would be extended. He
pointed out that he had official re-ports
and assurances that conditions
in Mexico were not unsettled as had
been reported. He expects the con-ference
on October 1 to name a pro-visional
president and he does not
know from official reports whether
Carranza will be named or will re-tire
in order to be a candidate in
the succeeding elections.
FIERCE BATTLEJN PROGRESS
ARMIES ARE CONTENDING FOR
SUPREMACY IN NORTH
OF FRANCE.
WILL RAISE BIG FUND
FOR EUROPEAN DEBTS
Mrs. W. L. Grlssom has gone to
Connecticut on a visit to relatives.
Following a conference In Wash-ington
Friday between the federal re-serve
board and a committee of bank-ers.
It virtually was agreed that the
board will approve the bankers' pro-posal
for the raising of a $100,000,-
000 gold fund to be used in meeting
American obligations in Europe.
This fund will be in addition to the
$80,000,0000 to be raised by the
bankers New York syndicate to meet
New York city's obligations abroad.
Probably $25,000,000 of the total
amount will be asked for at once.
Members of the board were confident
tonight such a sum will prove suf-ficient
to meet all demands. Na-tional
banks throughout the country
will be asked to subscribe to the
fund, as in the original plan of the
bankers. The gold will be deposited
in the Ottawa branch of the Bank of
England.
Members of the board and bankers
were agreed that while possibly only
a small part of the fund will be ac-tually
needed or transferred to for-eign
creditors, the moral effect upon
the business world will be marked,
They were in accord that the world
should be given notice that the Unit-ed
States is able and willing to pay-its
obligations in gold.
No actual list of the obligations to
Europe or American bankers and
merchants has been obtained to date,
though committees of clearing house
associations throughout the country-are
at work to secure this informa-tion.
Reports from national banks
showing the exact amount of gold in
their hands also are expected within
a short time.
National Hanks Enter Objection.
Numerous national banks have
given notice that they will retire
from the currency associations if
state banks are allowed to issue
emergency currency on an equality
with national banks, according to
statements made by Secretary Mc-
Adoo and members of the reserve
board to the house banking commit-tee.
This fact was brought out at a
hearing on a bill, passed by the sen-ate
and pending before the house
committee, which would increase the
amount of circulating notes issuable
on commercial paper to 75 per cent
and extend this privilege to state
banks and trust companies. The
reserve board, however, favored the
proposed increase in currency while
opposing the extension of the issu-ance
privilege.
Paul M. Wauburg, of the reserve
board, warned the committee against
Injuring commercial interests by cur-rency
inflation.
Bryans in Asheville.—Secretary of
State and Mrs. Bryan are spending a
few days at their summer home m
Asheville. This is Mr. Bryan's first
visit to his home in the mountain
metropolis of North Carolina.
What is described as one of the
fiercest battles of all times is raging
across the northern border of France
between the allies and the German
forces. The two great armies, which
have been fighting for a month with
few if any intermissions, have dug
themselves into entrenchments on
rivers and mountain ranges on a
front reaching from the Olse to the
Meuse. and thence southeastward
along the Franco-German frontier.
Artillery duels such as never be-fore
have been seen are being carried
on with the hope of compelling the
evacuation of the strongly held posi-tions,
with occasional successes to
the opposing sides, while the infan-try,
in the face of a galling fire, have
charged right up to the guns, only
to make their opponents give way
slightly or to be repulsed with great
losses.
The fighting seems to have been
the fiercest on the allies' left, which
lies on the right bank of the river
Oise, in the vicinity of Rhelms. The
famous cathedral has been set afire
by German shells, and between that
town and the Argonne ridge it has
been give and take all the time.
French official reports again claim
slight progress on the French left
and that the allies again have re-pulsed
strong frontal attacks be-tween
Craonne and Rheims.
Around Rheims itself matters
have been about equalized, as the
Germans have recaptured the heights
of Brimont. while the French have
taken the defences of La Pompelle.
The French also have scored a suc-cess
between Rheims and the Argon-ne,
where they have taken the village
of Souain and have captured numer-ous
prisoners.
The French report progress on the
western slopes of the Argonne, where
the crown prince's army opposed
them, while the Germans have retir-ed
beyond the frontier in Lorraine,
evacuating Avricourt.
In all cases these are separate at-tacks
and counter-attacks by the
armies lying in the trenches waiting
for their artillery to compel the other
side to slacken its fire. The losses in
these attacks must be enormous, for
the men cannot move a foot without
being made targets of the heavy guns
posted on the hills above them.
The Germans have had most of
their artillery at work, but the
French are bringing up more and
bigger guns. This kind of fighting
with both sides in strong positions
may go on for days yet. but sooner
or later one side must find the con-tinual
fall of shells and the discon-certing
infantry attacks too much for
them, and, leaving a strong rear
guard, will draw back for a breath-ing
spell.
The German cavalry have been
showing considerable daring and
have been trying to cut the commun-ications
of the allies between Oise
and the coast.
French reports confirm rumors
that the Saxon army, under General
van Hausen, has been reorganized.
The report used the phrase "broken
up," but this is taken to mean that it
has been reorganized and the parts
distributed among the other armies.
While acounts of the operations
In Galicia differ and one goes so far
as to say that General Dankl's army
is surrounded by Russians and only-remnants
of the German corps there
remain, it is considered certain the
armies have not come to grips again
as yet. The Russians will have to
capture Przemysl. where it is report-ed
three German army corps have
been sent to hold the Austrlans, be-fore
they can make further progress
westward. The other Russian army,
however, will be free to proceed
against Cracow if General Dankl is
disposed of. The German army in
Silesia has become more active, and
the Russians are claiming to have
taken a park of artillery on the Bres-lau-
Ivangorod lines.
The Servians announce another
victory by their army over the Aus-trlans
near Novlpaxar, the town
which has been so often mentioned
in Austro-Servian controversies.
Baptist Convention.—The state
Baptist convention for North Caro-lina
will be held in Raleigh from De-cember
8 to 10, and preparations are
being made to accommodate nearly a
thousand delegates from the differ-ent
sections of the state. Asheville
will ask for the convention next year,
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