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ESTABLISHED 1821 /• GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1915 VOL. 9*-NO. 44
yjCAL NEWSJNMIEF FORM
.tfffBllS OF INTEREST TO THE
«E\I>KW» OF THE PATRIOT
FAR AND NEAR.
vital Statistic*—During the month
.May there were 26 deaths in
rUisboro. -'0 of them being col-r
and six white people. There
.4 white and 18 colored births.
'Te'c ream Su,.per.-The public Is
Jduiiu »'vited t0 attend an lce
! supper to be given at the
«rTeM*oo.l school house tomorrow
TT, hy the Lee's chapel conference
"C.IS H«.urs.-The Greensboro
n„Mi< lil.rary is now observing sum-
'er bo** »Pe«in8 at 9 o'clock in
Xe morning and closing at 7 o'clock
-. ti,e evening- These hours will be
&trnt through June, July and
\ueust.
' fa Cream Supper.—An ice cream
.upper Will he given at Battle Ground
next Wednesday night. June 9. The
oreeils will be used to furnish the
Sunday school room In the new
chur.li. The public is cordially in-vited.
Firm Dissolved.—Messrs. S. B.
Kersey and S. B. Matlock, who re-cently
engaged in the cigar manufac-turing
business in this city, have dis-solved
partnership, Mr. Kersey pur-chasing
the interest of Mr. Matlock
in the business.
Exercises Postponed.—The chil-dren's
day exercises at Morehead's
chapel have been postponed from the
first to the second Sunday in June.
The exercises will be held at 2.30
o'clock in the afternoon and the pub-lic
is invited to attend.
Court Next Week.—A term of Su-perior
court for the trial of civil ac-tions
and to last one week will con-vene
in this city Monday morning.
It will be followed by a week of |
criminal court. Judge C. C. Lyon
will preside over both terms.
Death in Concord—Mrs. D. B. Col-irane.
of Concord, whose husband ;
lias many relatives in Guilford and
V.andolph counties, died at her home
Tuesday, following a two-weeks' ill-
Bess 01 pneumonia. She was 58 years
old and a native of Kentucky.
Portrait Presented.—Dr. J. I.'
Poust, president of the State Normal
and Industrial College, has present- ,
ed to the William Hooper school, of '
Wilmington, a beautifully framed
picture of tiie William Hooper monu-ment
which stands on the Guilford '
Battle Ground.
Annual Meeting.—Tne annual
meeting of the North Carolina Chil- !
area's Home Society will be held in j
this city next Thursday night. Gen. [
J. S. Carr is president of the society
and a number of other prominent
citizens of the state are identified
witli the organization.
Marriage This Evening—The wed-ding
of Mr. James T. Morehead, Jr.,
and Miss tloise Dick will take place
in the First Presbyterian church this
evening and will be one of the big-mt
social events of the season. A
number of guests from this stat.. and
Vbgteti are here for the wedding.
At (iethsemane.—An ice cream
supper win be given at Gethsemane
"lurch Saturday night under, the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society.
The proceeds will be used for the
benefit of the church. The ladies ex-
'eod a cordial invitation to the pub-
!|c to attend and give them a liberal
Patronage.
Artillery Band.—A band is being
organized in Greensboro for the
<°ast artillery branch of the North
Molina National Guard. It will be
^signed to the corps composed of
« artillery companies in Greens-
,•*»■ Wilmington, Charlotte, Salis-
JJ* Hendersonville and Raleigh.
enty-one musicians hare enlisted
for wrvice in the band.
""InE (iood Work.—Despite the
(avorable weather conditions, the
wing school being conducted at
« s'ate Normal and Industrial Col-
*w tins week is well attended and
Th? sa,istactory work is being done.
• 'am lias prevented the demon-hJ'i<>
ns of canning that were to
asid. made on the camPus- Dut
tarn '"""• Ulis' the work is De,ng le'l on as originally planned.
*■*■* Permits.—During the
spect ■ 'Ma> the City buildlnS in-iion',
•,SS"C'1 ,,ermits for *ne erec"
tost 1 ",) 'e8Weac*s at an estimated
"'derail '" S°5' 1|,ls s,lows a con"
"Bondinv "ecreate from the corre-
1 ?0f,"- "u"ltu l««t year. There is
the,.,,/' ot buila'nK going on in
a nui. , a' ,he Present time, however,
,nj|g
,,r of buildings for which per-
•" eonl6 'S.SUed Pr'°r t0 MRy beIng lrs,p
01 construction.
Remembered Here.—Rev. Dr.
Henry W. Battle, whose eloquent
speech at the Confederate reunion in
Richmond Tuesday aroused the vete-rans
to a high pitch of enthusiasm,'is
pleasantly remembered in Greens;
boro as pastor of the First Baptist
church of this city in 1904 and 1905.
He is a son of the late Gen. Cullen
A. Battle, a distinguished officer of
the Confederacy. Dr. Battle at pres-ent
is pastor of the First Baptist
church of Charlottestville, Va.
City City Tax Rate.—The city
commissioners have fixed the tax
rate for Greensboro for the current
year at $1.30 on each $100 of real
and personal property and the poll
tax at $3. With a few exceptions,
the license taxes remain as they have
been. The tax on each automobile
kept for hire is raised from $20 to
$3.0 a year. Bowling alleys will be
required to pay a tax of $20 for
each platform. A tax of $200 is
placed on palmists or fortune tell-ers.
City Asked to Aid.—A delegation
of physicians and other citizens ap-peared
before the city commission-ers
Monday afternoon and asked that
the city arrange to bear the expense
of the treatment of Greensboro char-ity
patients'at St. Leo's hospital. Dr.
J. W. Long directed attention to the
fact that, the hospital has never turn-ed
away a patient tor the lack of
funds and.stated that, during the
past nine years 1,325 charitypatients
have been treated from Guilford
county, about two-thirds of them be-ing
residents of Greensboro. The
commissioners took the matter un-der
advisement.
Retailer Arrested.—Tom Patter-son,'
a white man of Jamestown, who
has been wanted by the officers for
some time on a charge of retailing,
was brought to Greensboro yester-day
by Deputy Sheriff Joe Phipps
from Roanoke, Va., where he was
arrested for the county Monday. The
grand jury at the last term of court
returned a true bill against Patter-son
and it is presumed that he will
be tried at the approaching criminal
term of court. Patterson eluded the
officers when they went to James-town
a few weeks ago to arrest him,
but they seized 14 gallons of corn
liquor they found in his home,
the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles T. Weatherly, in the Pleas-ant
Garden community. Miss Rachel
Tucker presided at the piano and
rendered Mendelssohn's wedding
march as the bridal party entered
the parlor, which was beautifully
decorated for the occasion. Rev. P.
L. Terrell was the officiating minis-ter
and the impressive ring ceremony
of the Methodist church was used.
Dr. L. B. Hockett was the best man
and Miss Mary Weatherly, a sister
of the bride, was the maid of honor/
Mr. and Mrs. Tow left last evening
for a honeymoon trip to Ashevllle
and other places in the mountains.
Wedding Yesterday.—Mr. Thomas
S.Yow.of Asheboro, and Miss Marga-ret
Male Weatherly were married
yesterday afternoon at the home of
Community Meeting.—A commun-ity
meeting will be held at the South
Buffalo school house Saturday even-ing
at 8 o'clock for the purpose of
discussing and reviving interest In
affairs that concern the community.
It is hoped that some kind of an or-ganization
may be effected which
will have for the purpose the bet-terment
of the homes, the improve-ment
of agriculture and the general
improvement of the community.
Among those expected to make talks
on practical subjects at the meeting
are Mr. J. G. Frazier, of Guilford
College; Miss Grace Schaeffer, agent
of the canning club work, and Mr.
E. H. Anderson, the county farm
demonstration agent. An invitation
is extended to all farmers, their
wives, sons and daughters to be
present.
For Passing Worthless Checks.—
Mr. W. B. Streeter, who made bis
headquarters in Greensboro for sev-eral
years while.serving as superin-tendent
of the North Carolina Chil-dren's
Home Society, was arrested in
Ashevllle a few days ago on a war-rant
charging him with passing
worthless checks on two mercantile
firms In this city, the Van story
Clothing Company and the Wallace
Clothing Company. The checks were
for $20 and $15 and both were given
in exchange for cash. A few days
later they were returned by the.
Ashevllle bank on which they were
drawn with the endorsement, "in-sufficient
funds." Mr. Streeter set-tled
the matter without coming to
Greensboro for trial Wy patting up
the cash for the two checks and pay-ing
the costs of the action.
ONLY FEW VOTE FOR BONDS
SLIGHT SUPPORT FOR COURT
HOUSE AND OFFICE BUILD-ING
PROPOSITION.
Not since the dispensaiy was done
to death 15 years ago has any insti-tution
or proposition received such a
body blow at the hands of the sov-ereign
voters; of Guilford county as
that given the $250,000 court house
bond issue in Tuesday's election.
With a light registration throughout
the county, the bond issued lacked
considerably more than 2,000 of re-ceiving
a majority of the registered
votes. The exact figures will be
known when the county commission-ers
receive and canvass the returns
today.
The four precincts in the city of
Greensboro, with a registered vote of
1,190, gave only 470 votes for the
bonds, being 126 votes short of a
majority of the registered vote.
In High Point, where 1,257 voters
were registered, 47 men had the
hardihood and nerve to risk their
lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honor by voting for bonds.
The country precincts swatted the
bonds with might and main. The
vote for bonds in the rural precincts
was only a little in excess of 25 per
cent, of the registered vote.
While no well informed person ex-pected
the bond issue to carry, the
proposition would have made a much
better showing but for the rain that
fell practically all day long. It is
doubtful if ever before an election
was held in Guilford county under
such unfavorable weather conditions.
University Commencement.
At the commencement exercises of
the University of North Carolina yes-terday
diplomas were awarded to
138 young men. The literary address
was delivered by Judge A. Mitchell
Palmer, of the Supreme court of the
District of Columbia. The degree of
LL. D. was conferred on Senator F.
M. Simmons, Governor Locke Craig
and James Sprunt, of Wilmington.
Ordained to Ministry.—At an ad-journed
session of Orange Presby-tery
held in the First- Presbyterian
church of this city Monday afternoon
Mr. Carl B. Craig. of Reidsville,
preached his introductory sermon
and passed a highly creditable exam-ination
for ordination to the minis-try.
Mr. Craig is to become co-pas-tor
of the First Presbyterian church
of Reidsville, of which his father.
Rev. D. I. Craig, D. D., has been pas-tor
for about 30 years. He will be
installed in a few weeks.
Another Bond Election.—Undis-mayed
by the fate of the late lament-ed
court house-office building bond
election, the city commissioners have
called an election on July 13 on the
question of Issuing $60,000 of bonds
for the purpose of erecting and equip-ping
new school buildings in Greens-boro.
A new registration is ordered
and the books will open tomorrow
and close July 3. There is' little
doubt that the bonds will be voted by
a good majority, for the need is im-perative
and Greensboro has never
yet turned down a school bond issue.
Soldiers Coming.—It is announced
that a regiment of the North Caro-lina
National Guard will attend the
Guilford Battle Ground celebration
to be held July S. Adjutant General
Lawrence W. Toung will be in com-mand
of the regiment, which is ex-pected
to include practically every
company of the first regiment and
two companies of regulars from Fort
Caswell. Adjutant General Toung
was in the clnty this week conferring
with Mr. Paul W. Schenck, presi-dent
of the Battle Ground Associa-tion,
as to the arrangements for
handling and caring for the soldiers
while here.
Capt. M. Jordan Dead.—Capt. M.
Jordan, who made his home formany
years a short distance south of the
city, died about 2.30 o'clock Monday
morning at the home of his son, Mr.
W. M. Jordan, in Mt. Airy, w£iere he
had been for some time. The body
was brought to Greensboro and bur-ied
in -Greene Hill cemetery late
Monday afternoon, following a fu-neral
service conducted at West Mar-ket
Street Methodist church by Rev.
Dr. C. W. Byrd and Rev. W. H. Will-is,
pastor of the Methodist church in
Mt. Airy. Capt. Jordan had been a
member of West Market Street
church for many- years. He was 80
years of age and had been in feeble
health for .quite a while. He is sur-vived
by two sons, Messrs. W. M.
Jordan, of Mt. Airy, and Ike Jordan,
of this city. «
ADOPUBW MEHCAH POLICY
THE ADMINISTRATION TO ASK
FOR COALITION OF-THE
REST ELEMENTS.
President Wilson, In the name of
the United States, yesterday public-ly
called on all factions In Mexico
"to accommodate their differences,"
and set up a government that can be
accorded recognition. '
Failure to unite in a movement to
bring peace to Mexico "'within a very
short time," it was announced in a
statement telegraphed to Generals
Carranza, Villa, Zapata and others,
would constrain the United States
"to decide what means should be
employed" to save the people of the
southern republic from further de-vastations
of internal warfare.
Everywhere—in official and diplo-matic
quarters and among Mexicans
of varied leaning—the statement was
interpreted as meaning that the
United States would bring to bear
first to unite the factions in the
choice of a provisional president,
and failing to bring all elements to-gether,
would give its active sup-port
to those elements which did
agree* Ultimate intervention was
considered possible, but only if a
hopeless condition of anarchy fol-lowed,
with no remedy from within
the republic.
Washington, June 1.—President
Wilson and his cabinet today adopt-ed
a new Mexican policy. It has for
its object restoration of order and
the relief of millions of non-comba-tants
from the devastations of Mex-ico's
military elements, which have
brought about conditions described
as intolerable.
The president read to the cabinet
a statement to be communicated to-morrow
to the leaders of all Mexican
factions, serving notice that unless
they themselves compose the situa-tion,
some other means will be found
by the United States to bring about
the establishment of a stable govern-ments
The statement was approved
after prolonged discussion.
The specific course the United
States will pursue in the event the
contending factions fail to agree is
not outlined in the president's state-ment,
but the administration's pres-ent
purpose is to give moral support
to a coalition of the best elements in
Mexico and accord the government
thereby created formal recognition.
With such recognition would come
an embargo on arms permitting the
constituted government to receive
munitions of war to the exclusion of
all other elements and factions.
That the^ government's policy, if
unsuccessful in this course, might re-quire
ultimate intervention has been
considered, and the intention to in-sist
on a settlement has not been
swayed by the possible necessity of
such action. In high executive quar-ters,
however, confidence prevails
that the expression of the American
government's attitude will clear up
misapprehensions that have existed
in Mexico as to its intentions and
bring about the desired coalition
government.
The administration's policy is the
culmination of several weeks of con-ferences
between the president and
his official family. The return of Du
JTal West, who spent three months
personally investigating conditions in
Mexico for the president, was the
deciding factor.
The American Red Cross already
has laid plans for relief work to be
carried out in co-operation with the
state -department. The Carranza
agency here has issued several state-ments
denying shortage of food and
saying the stories of famine are
exaggerated, but the Washington
government is not taking these into
consideration because of its own re-ports.
Reports from many sections of the
Southern republic were made public
tonight by the Red Cross telling of
looting and suffering. Among- these
were telegrams announcing that both
the Villa and Carranza forces were
looting the property of an American
citizen named Ochner af'Colima. One
of these messages said:
"Carranza guarantees futile. His
orders for protection of rights and
property of foreigners largely ignor-ed.
It is clear that neither high offi-cials
nor subordinates can enforce
orders even if sincere in desire to
protect foreigners. The situation
now is entirely one of local issue and
graft affecting and concerning the
local military leader only."
Persons fleeing from Mexico City,
the report said, "confirm all the re-ports
of desperate situation and
agree in fear of demands on foreign-ers
and reprisals if supply of corn
for populace should fail."
At Hermosillo, Sonora, according
to mail advices received today,
"there is a terrible state of affairs
and there are fears that the looting
of a whole town is only postponed."
DR. F. C. HYATT ELECTED
CITY HEALTH OFFICER.
The city commissioners, who have
had under consiedration for some
time the reorganization and enlarge-ment
of the city health department,
have elected Dr. Fred C. Hyatt
health officer for the city and placed
the work of the department in his
hands. He was employed at a sal-ary
of $1,800 a year, his term of of-fice
to be in the discretion of the
commissioners. It was stipulated in
the agreement that Dr. Hyatt is to
be free after 5 o'clock in the after-noon
to devote himself to private
practice.
Dr. Hyatt is one of the best equip-ped
physicians in the city and his
selection as head of the health de-partment
is regarded as a most ad-mirable
one. He has been a resident
of Greensboro for several years and
has been successful in building up a
good general practice.
In reorganizing the health depart-ment
the commissioners enacted the
following ordinance, which explains
the scope of the work of the city phy-sician
and the duties he is to per-form:
"He shall examine tho schol chil-dren
and look after health conditions
of the children in the city schools,
and especially any child that has
been reported defective in the condi-tion
of its eyes, ears, nose or throat.
He shall notify the parent or guar-dian
of a child having any defect of
the aforesaid organs, or hookworm
disease, and shall suggest to such pa-rent
or guardian the proper course of
treatment, and shall urge that such
treatment be procured. It shall be
his duty further to devote himself
to the protection, preservation and
promotion of the health and health
conditions of the city of Greensboro,
and perform such other duties as
may be imposed upon him by the
board of commissioners of said city
or the commissioner of public safety,
and shall in every available way,
through the press, public addresses
and otherwise, endeavor to educate
the people of the city to set a higher
value on health, and to adopt such
public and private measures as willl
tend to a greater conservation of life.
"That said city physician shall
hold his office at the will of the
board of commissioners, ^nd shall re-ceive
such salary as may be fixed by
said board."
The commissioners also decided to
employ a man to devote his entire
time to the inspection of meat and
milk and appointed Mr. W. A. Hor-naday
to this position. Mr. Horna-day
went on duty Tuesday.
GERMANS MAKING PROGRESS
FIERCE FIGHTING ON EASTERN
FRONT—ZEPPELINS MAKE
RAID ON LONDON.
German and Austrian official state-ments
agree on the continued pro-gress
of the Teutonic allies in the
eastern war zone. Notwithstanding
recent reports from Petrograd that
fighting along the river San, Gallcia,
in the neighborhood of Przemysl was
developing in favor of the Russians,
it would seem that the Austro-Ger-man
investment of Przemysl is draw-
I ing closer. Both Vienna and Berlin
say that three of , the forts of the
girdle on the north front of the for-
! tress have been carried by storm and
that 2,400 prisoners and 20 guns
were taken at these points.
I South of the Dniester the town of
Stry has been captured and more
than 9,000 prisoners taken. An un-official
Berlin report says the Rus-sians
have evacuated Radom, Po-land.
Fierce fighting continues In Gallcia
and at some points along the western
line, while engagements between
Austrians and Italians are becoming
more spirited.
Paris admits recapture by the Ger-mans
of portions of trenches on the
outskirts of the Le Prettre forest, but
at other points on the western line
claims progress for the allies, nota-bly
to the north of Arras, at South-ez,
where heavy losses were inflict-ed
on the Germans and near Neu-ville
St. Vaast, where the German
works, the French assert, are falling
into their hands.
Zeppelin Raid on London.
The long expected Zeppelin raid
on London became a reality early
Tuesday morning, when German diri-gibles
passed over several sections
of the city scattering bombs. Four
persons were killed, one was serious-ly
injured and others sustained les-ser
wounds. Three big fires result-ed
from the dropping of the bombs.
Sherman Law in the Way.
Uncertainty over the application
of the Sherman anti-trust act to com-binations
formed to promote export
trade is one of the principal ob-stacles
in the way of expanding bus-iness
with New England merchants,
expressed at a conference with the
federal trade commission in Boston
Tuesday.
After several speakers had em-phasized
this statement, some urging
that the act be amended, Joseph E.
Davles, chairman of the commission,
asserted that with both leading po-litical
parties committed to the spirit
of the Sherman law, he thought It
unlikely that Congress would be will-ing
to make any change that might
affect domestic trade. Succeeding
speakers then pressed the expediency
of changing the act so as to differ-entiate
between its application to
foreign and domestic trade.
Italy's King Fires Gun at lYont.
News dispatches from the Italian
front set forth that King Victor Em-manuel,
like King Albert of the Bel-gians,
intends to take an active part
in the war. During the recent at-tack
on the Italian forces on Monte
Baldo his majesty is described as
having taken charge of one of the V 6-
millimetre guns, and even as firing
many shots himself. Subsequently,
for many hours, he watched the op-erations.
H was raining hard, and
when the king finally returned to
headquarters he was wet through
and covered with mud.
In the capture of Monte Baldo,
which dominates Lake Garda, Swiss
1 newspapers say Italian infantry mov-ed
forward by moonlight, from both
the east and west side of the moun-tain.
On the top they surprised the
#\ustnan garrison. After a resistance
the Austrians surrendered.
The Italians are continuing their
advance in the Adlge valley, and the
fight in deep snow for the pass of
St. Elvio is still going on. On the
Carinthian frontier the Italians are
said to be holding most of the pass-es
and strategic points. The Italians
seem to be going slowly en this por-tion
of their frontier, while they
push their heaviest attacks in the di-rection
of Trlest.
Governor Jarvis Better.
Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis,
who was seriously ill for several
weeks at his home In Greenville, is
reported to be improving slowly and
his ultimate recovery is expected.
Owing to his advanced age, his re-covery
must necessarily be slow.
Convicted of Manslaughter.
Nine of the ten deputies on trial at
New Brunswick, N. J., charged with
murder in the first degree for having
fired into a crowd of chemical plant
strikers last January, killing two
and wounding a score, were convict-ed
of manslaughter. Fifteen others
are under Indictment.
Kaiser Calls Out Last Lime.
The Reichanzeiger, of Berlin, has
published an order calling to the col-on
all first-class members of the
Landsturm, or the final reserve
forces, not previously summoned.
This order does not apply to Bavaria.
Germans in Germany must report
between June 8 and 10. Germans
outside of Germany as soon as possi-ble.
Death of Saamel A. Denny.
Mr. Samuel A. Denny, a well
known citizen of eastern Guilford,
died yesterday morning at 7.30
o'clock at his home near McLeans-ville,
following an illness of about
six months. He suffered from can-cer
of the liver and it had been ap-parent
for some time that his recov-ery
was impossible. Mr. Denny was
44 years old and is survived by his
aged mother, his widow and three
children. He was a member of
Bethel Presbyterian church and for
some years had been a member of
the board of deacons.
The funeral and Interment take
place at Bethel church today at noon,
the services to be conducted by the
pastor. Ret: R. E. Redding.
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