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LTABLISHED 1821 GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 23, IBM. VOL. 96—MO. SO
LgB COURT OPIWOW
, rflT CASKS FROM GUILFORD
|Sl,m>TV WKMS DISPOSED
OV YESTERDAY.
t*etW «» Guilford.c6un*y day
*uprem» court of North Caro-
L »tatoM hariM ^en handed
,i!"' to eight cases that had gone up
1 from the Superior court ol
I „n a!*63
Iltf
ca*s
1 -nrt reversed. . .
1 pe opinion of a»*g^V*gt
In only one of these
,e judgment of the lower
lie case of W. T» • Wyrick . vs.
i. Railway Company over-
«»'-ie:'
,,. t'ie judgment
! ghfch awarded the plaintiff
of the Superior
.■our:.
11.250 Cor
the death of his twelve-s-
old
daughter. Nellie Wyrick.
„a5 run over and killed by -
Qear Rudd one morning while
The
tea
tiio
Jit, on her way to school.
','aion of "» !,ifflv8r C0Urt ,ay• dOWn
Z principle that it is not Incumbent
" an engineer to stop his train
JJ he see. a pedestrian on the
nft II there is oecaslon to ,Delieve,
L* he pedestrian is possessed of hi?
(acuities and able to get to a place ot
*Tie'Supreme court sustains the
Meant of the lower court In sen-tencing
Gilbert Newell to the roads
,ae year tor larceny. The defendant.
,,ootfl of IS years, confessed to his
Airs ot guilt in robbing the safe of
to North Carolina Public Service
| Oa**U of *547 and in the Munici-
I pal court was given the benefit of a
suspended sentence, the judge acting
aider a special statute applicable to
juvenile delinquents. Newell's ac-complice.
Byron Bradley, was con-
| Ticted in the Superior court and given
sentence of a year on the roads.
| judge Cline. who was presiding, then
the case of Newell called and
I me him a similar sentence.
Tie judgment of the Superior
I court was affirmed in a suit brought
Ife Tom Peniberton and others
against the county board of educa-te
in an effort to prevent- the re-moval
of the South Buffalo school.
The Supreme court holds that the
board of education acted not only in
in power but in the interest of the
patrons of the school.
T'je judgment of the Superior
out awarding W. B. Trogdon $2.-
300 is a suit for damages against R.
B. Terry, of Rockingham county, is
sustained. The suit was brought for
an assault alleged to have been com-mitted
on the plaintiff by the defend-ant.
Trogdon was awarded $1,000
wtual and $1,500 punitive damages.
It) the case of Samuel L. Allen and
Hfe, Laura V. Allen, vs. A. Schiff-
»ar.. in which it was alleged the de-fendant
had charged and collected
usurious interest on a loan, the judg-
«r.t of the lower court awarding
•laniases to the plaintiffs is affirmed.
Tie judgment of the Superior
'tourt awarding D. H. Collins $350 in
a Mii; against an insurance company
is upheld. The suit was brought for
ft* recovery of .sick benefits which
*S company had withheld.
A new trial is granted in the case
••Chandler vs. Jones et al and no er-
Wr is found in the judgment render-
* in the case of Moon-Taylor Corn-
Mr: vs. Simpson.
DRAINAGE ASSOCIATION IN
SESSION IN THW CITY.
A number of representative citi-zens
of the state, are la the city tor
the annual convention of the North
Carolina Drainage Association, -Which
r"«net in the- court; home yesterday
morning. The meeting wasc called
to order by the president of the. as-sociation,
Mr. P. H. Johnson, erf Beau-fort
county, and addresses of wet-come
were delivered by Judge N. L.
Sure, rapreaentlng the city govern"-'
raent; Mr. W. C. Boren, representing
the county government, and Mr. J.
C." Forester for the Chamber of. Com*
merce. ., ..
toltowlitg the appointment of sev-eral
committees and the transaction
of other routine business, an address
was made far Mr. W. R. Camp, of the
North Carolina experiment station.
He gave much useful information In
regard to the subject of drainage and
explained how the federal farm loan
act may be used to help the work
along.
At the afternoon session an ad-
L dress, was delivered.,by Hon.-John H.
Small,, representative! in Congress
from the first district, who explained
the North Carolina drainage law and
told of some of the things that have
been accomplished under Its opera-tion.
Mr. Small declared that all
drainage projects, to be successfully
carried out. must have their founda-tion
in co-operative endeavor.
Mr. Brace Craven, of Trinity, dis-cussed
the subject of drainage bonds
and told of the, difficulties sometimes
encountered In disposing of them.
This morning's session was devot-ed
to hearing reports of committees
and general discussion. The meeting
will come to a close this afternoon.
Delegates from the following coun-ties
are In attendance upon the con-vention:
rnrw'. Hanover, Craven,
Beaufort, Hyde,- Lenoir, Sampson,
Robeeon, Edgecombe, Wake. Dur-ham,
Orange, Gu'ilford, Forsyth.
Stokes, Mecklenburg, Buncombe and
Randolph.
AIJ,EGED CONSPIRACY
TO CORNER FOOD STUFF.
I^MRMAX WII.COX IS
CONVIXCKD OF RESULT.
*»s York. Nov. 22.—William R.
1 "ll-cox, chairman of the Republican
•Mional committee, tonight issued
■* following statement in reference
10Mr. Hushes' telegram to President
wi'isou:
'Having conferred by telephone
ur!3S the day and late this after-
**" w;"' ,!|e Republican state com-
~~* ai>d the Republican national
^aitteeman in California, 1 am in-
'""fc* that official canvass of
the
'ou haB been so
„vl3 uul counts'
*« taw far compiled.
Wilson electors in California
?M from ,fbout j g00 ^'jgjj
'tea a
1 tag
■M that this is the final result
canvass for which we have
■ **Hlng. So far as any recount
ato*" the ""»«»«'««»»tSS
- ""H* that there ars sufficient
I'%. ° L Th(>in"- one of The Pu-
|jj s°od friends of eastern CMtt-l<
S
Mtrln.theClllrTaMdWOn*
Chicago. Nov. 22.—Large quanti-ties
of beans have been stored in Nor-folk,
Philadelphia and Sanglnaw,
Mich., and their withdrawal from the
market has caused an Increase of 60
per cent In prices for canned beans
and 40 per cent for dry beans In six
months, according to reports which
have reached federal authorities
here investigating the high cost of
foodstuffs. The complaints said that
beans, both canned and in -bulk were
being held in the cities named.
A farmer of Gary, Ind., told the in-vestigators
that he had sold his crop
o? several acres of pumpkins for cash,
and that they were allowed to rot on
the fields. He was unable to learn
who the purchaser was as the man
had given a fictitious address. That
similar conditions prevail, elsewhere
and that speculators are buying pota-toes,
cucumbers, cabbages, pumpkins,
apples and other fruits and vege-tables
and allowing them to rot, have
been rumored in the federal investi-gation
from time to time. An agent
was sent to Peoria. 111., to investigate
a report that 28 carloads of potatoes
had been dumped into the river
there.
♦Sr^
FffltfiSI ISSUES ARE FACED
INTERNATIONAL QUE8TION8 OF
GRAVE IMPORT PRESSING
FOR SETTLEMENT.
A protentoiis and complicated in-ternational
situation now facea Pres-ident
Wilson, and-for the next few
weeks will engage his attention ind
that of his advisers to the practical
exclusion of all but the most urgent
of domestic subjects.
In the last days of the campaign
Secretary of State Lansing frequently
spoke of the necessity of postponing
action on the more delicate, interna-tional
questions because the uncer-tainty
of the outcome of the political
contest had a direct bearing on the
success or failure of some of the ad-ministration
policies.
From now on the president expects
to deal with all foreign questions
without embarrassment, and he is re-ceiving
from his advisers s summary
of the outstanding issues so essential
to taking stock of the basic situa-tion
which must he met now that in-ternational
relations have returned to
their place of prime importance.
Politics No Longer Embarrasses.
V,
Britt Decision to Be Given Later.
Asheville, Nov. 22.—Following the
conclusion of arguments in the'man-damus
proceedings in the case of
James J. Britt against the Buncombe
county canvassing board. Judge W.
J. Adams, of the Superior court, this
afternoon announced that he would
take the case under advisement and
would render his decision later.
Attorneys for Congressman Britt,
who claims re-election in this dis-trict,
asked the court to issue a man-damns
directing the board of can-vassers
to re-convene, and to certify
the election- returns as received by It
.w nearly completed
;«: no change will result from the
" Precincts not counted In the reV November ». -These returns, exclu-sive
.of the •'supplement*! and;
amended "returns? brought In later
from five prectacts of the county
elected Mr. Rrttffry 13 majority. h«
attorneys deelareH.
. In anwwer to the.chntge made yes-ferday
the* he has signed til* s*-
stmct of station when forwarded
the certified returns to Raleigh. W.
J. Lyds today introd»«ed-a counter
affldevie denying the charge. This
phase Of the proceedings apparently
dropped there. : -oV.
While it is not evident that there
will 'be any fundamental change in
.policy, freedom from fear that any
move at all would be misinterpreted
.as inspired by an internal political
Struggle has .been removed. Presi-dent
Wilson and Secretary Lansing
,feel themselves able to act with a
single eye to the International situa-tion,
and their immediate conferences
pn the president's return to Wash-ington
Indicate how pressing they
.feel the situation to be.
\, The president must decide how the
.United States shall meet the German
.submarine question on the one hand,
the entente allied trade restrictions
on the other, whether the retellatory
legislation shall be enforced, whether
(the traditional theory of isolation
•shall ibe abandoned for concerted neu-tral
action, and whether the country
shall harve'an aggressive or a pas-sive
policy toward the peace confer-ence
after the war. and the Perma-nent
League to Enforce Peace, which
.the president has accepted in theory;
.and, during the rest of the war, shall
.America's attitude 'be governed by a
.decided benevolence in the interpre-tation
of international law according
$o its own best interests or shall it
be strictly legalistic, regardless of
whom it affects?
Submarine Issue Gravest.
Most spectacular and disquieting
.of the problems is the submarine sit-uation
with Germany. Five critical
,cases are pending, one Involving a
.loss of six American lives, two others
involving American ships. Increas-ingly
serious is the fast growing con-viction
that any kind of general sub-marine
warfare, even if complying
with the inadequate rules as to giv-ing
warning and affording some
pleasure of safety of passengers, is
intolerable.
. Germany is known to be building
submarines rapidly, and there Is the
possibility of a starvation campaign
Against England. Its effect would
,concern all nations. The United
States -might find it difficult to avoid
.complications. >
v The American attitude is flat and
final. No technicalities will be ad-mitted.
Ships must not be sunk
.without warning or without provision
.for the safety or the passengers fac-ing
high seas or distance from shore.
The future of the submarine situ-ation
Is felt to rest entirely with Ger-many.
With the American attitude
known, the next step must come from
Berlin. Two possibilities are feared;
either that Germany will decide she
can starve England by an undersea
campaign or that she may endeavor
,to Involve this country and thus in-J,
jure the participation in peace con-ferences
of a genereua snsmy iodised
ptoward just peace terms.
Mr. R. R. Wyrick, of MdLeansville
Route 1. gave The Patriot a call
wnlle la tne city yesterday.
Hughes g«j|0. prtsMent Message of
•GoagratsJattoB.
lJs*ewo«id>*. J>, Nov. 22^-flfcatles
B. Hughes, Republican candidate, for'
president in' tfe recent electlcrn^to-night
sent to President Wilson
telegram congratulating him upon
his re^eleotiosj.
In his telegram Mr, Hugh.es a*M:
"Because of the ckmeness of the
vote I have awaited the official count
In California, add now that it h*S
been virtually completed, permit me
to extend .to you1 my congratulation*
npon your re-election. I desire also
to express-my best wishes for 8 suc-cessful
administration."
JOSHCE WITH A HEART II IT
WOULD BRING ABOUT BRA OF
GOOD FEELING BKTWEE.V
CAI'ITAL AND LABOR.
-*-^ : jt4^''
la'in informal address to a visiting
delegation representing the American
Federation of Labor on Saturday last
President Wilson committed himself
anew to a task the successful'per-formance
of which would be the
greatest boon, over' conferred npon
the industrial life of America and
the crowning achievement of an ad-ministration
already conspicuous -for
constructive service to . the nation.
Antagonism between capital and la-bor
was his topic. His purpose, as
he stated it in inviting the 'co-opera-tion
of all his fellow-citizens, is "to
close up every rift" in our national
life by establishing "justlcs not only,
but justice with a heart in it, justice
with a pulse in It', justice with sym-pathy
in It," meaning particularly
justice as between the men who plan
and the men who produce;-. ..
For two reasons,, aptS^'jit'to every
thinking citizens, the president's pro-gram
otf'Justice and harmonization Is
especially opportune. In the first
place, the labor problem is the single
cloud upon the industrial horizon. In.
the second place, the attitude of large
employers everywhere was never
more propitious to reasonahle and
satisfactory adjustment.
Labor is fcarce, high-priced and
restless. Asnormsl prosperity has
crested an insatiable demand for
skiHed and Unskilled workers. The
enormous profits accruing to nearly
all industries outside of the railroad
field facilitate the payment of wages
much in excess df the average, and
yet leave unsettled in the rninfls of
many of the workers the question
whether they are getting a fair pro-
;portlon of w,hat they produce. In
sucb a situation there are latent pos-sibilities
of future difficulty which
disturb the thoughts of every employ-er
awake to the fact that probably
the end of the warr and certainly the
Inevitable end 'of the present indus-trial
boon, must bring a readjust-ment
of prices, profits and wages.
On the other hand, the past few
years have witnessed a radical shift-ing
of viewpoint on the part of capi-tal.
Humanity has entered with the
calculations of -big business as a com-paratively
new factor. The right ol
labor not only to life and liberty, but
to the pursuit of happiness through
physical well-*eing. is 'being recog-nized
as never before. If the de-mands
of the workers are more ex-acting,
they are being met half-way,
and in many cases even anticipated.
Hours of service are being voluntar-ily
shortened In large establishments,
wage increases offered on capital's
own Initiative, and -working condi-tions
improved in the interest of
safer, cleaner, .healthier living. Hu-man
rights, to resort to a trite say-ing,
having obtained ascendancy over
property rights, and the relations be-tween
capital and labor are entering
.upon a new phase as the relations
between man and man.
j The spirit of justice is abroad in
the land. All that is needed is skill-ed
leadership, tactful accommoda-tion,
the proper direction of mutual'
.confidence, permanently to establish
It. President Wilson has the power,
the wisdom and the Indomitable will
to annihilate suspicion and district
and to bring capital and labor to-gether
in fraternal 'bonds on the plat-form
of the square deal. In setting
h is hand to this undertaking he
should have the hearty support of all
£ood citizens, whether they work
with their heads or their hands; for
without it the ablest efforts would he
foredoomed to failure. "Justice with
a heart in it. Justice with a pulse in
it. Justice with sympathy in it," is an
jdeal worthy of the best traditions
ot the American people.—Philadel-phia
Record. ^ ,Jj£
WALKER CONVICTED OF
MURDER OF YOUNG GIRL.
Lenoir. Nov. 22.—Following his
conviction in Caldwell Superior court
here today of the murder on October
1 of his sweetheart. Miss Florence
Sutphin, and pronouncement of a
death sentence in the electric chair
on January 12, Charlie Walker was
spirited out of town on train.No. 22
and sent to.Raleigh for safekeeping.
This was done; after it had been an-nounced,
in the . court room that
Walker would he held in the Caldwell
county jail until his. attorneys could
carry an appeal to the state Supreme
court, the presumption being that
there existed fears that the man
might be taken from the officers at
the train.
There war a report current on the
streets this afternoon, that a scaffold
had been erected near the scene of
the murder and that irate citizens
proposed using it as a lynching scene
for Walker should the trial result in
anything but a death sentence for the
murderer.
The murder of Florence Sutphin on
October 1 created considerable erclle-ment
In North Carolina. According
to the evidence introduced yesterday
in court here. Walker met Miss Sut-phin
on Sunday afternoon while she
was out walking with a younger
child, spoke a few words and then
shot her three times, the third shot
taking effect and causing the young
girl's death. The revolver, alleged by
the prosecution to have been used by
Walker, was Introduced in court yes-terday.
Two brothers of Walker about six
years ago fired Into the house ot a
farmer in Wilkes county in an at-tempt
to kill him. It is said, and were
sentenced to 20 and 30 years In the
state prison. One of the brothers
escaped several months ago and has
not been recaptured.
ADAMSON LAW IS HELD
TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
WflSM's Majority-in North
'.'A*'
RalBigB.^ov. 22.—The stats,hoard
' of saectlens" canvassed today the
North Carolina vote -'for president.
certified the vote by. countiesJo Gov-ernor
Cratg. who. in turn affixed his
a signature and.the great seal of the
state; The total Democratic vote In
the agate for President Wilson wss
168,283 snd that for Hughes, the Re-publican
candidate, 120.810, giving a
majority for Woodrow Wilson of 47,-
441votes. There were El votes cast
for the Prohibition candidate for
president and'490 votes tcer the Skn"
claltst candidate. In 191S Wilson re-ceived
144,507 and Taft 20,138 and
Roossvslt «e,L3«.
Kansas City. Mo.. Nov.. 22.^r-The
Adamson eight-hour law -was held un-constitutional
here today by Judge
William C. Hook, in the United States
District court. The court made It
plain that the decision was not based
on mature consideration of the mer-its
of the case but on expediency de-sired
by all parties ait Interest be-cause
of the necessity of a final de-cision
by the Supreme court of the
United States -before January next,
when the law goes into effect.
The legal moves in the process of
sending the case direct to the highest
court of the land, were somewhat
involved from the lay points of view,
but the lawyers concerned rushed
the matter through with a speed sel-dom
witnessed In courts of law. Just
what action Attorney General Greg-ory
would take remained a closely
guarded secret until yesterday when
Frank Hagerman, retained as special
counsel to represent the federal gov-ernment
in the suit, suddenly set the
ball rolling by asking Judge Hook to
instruct the receiver for the Missouri,
Oklahoma and Gulf railroad, com-plainant
in an injunction suit, to join
with the defendant in proceedings
which would consigne the case on its
merits to the Supreme court.
FEW CHAB6BSIM tAt FiglTS
IN SOMMB REGION' OF FRANCE-AR.
MIEB OF BOTH HIDES AL-MOST
INACTIVE.
SOUTHERN EXPRESS
ROBBED OK $4(1,000.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Nov. 22.—
Forty thousand, nine hundred dollars
was estimated to have been stolen
from a Southern Express Company-transfer
wagon in the Western and
Atlantic railroad yards here tonight
by two white men who Jield up the
lone driver. Fred Comeilson. who
said the bandits forced him to unlock
a box containing approximately
$100,000 in currency. The robbery
took place in the heart of the busi-ness
district less than a block from
the local office of the Southern Ex-press
Company. The money was in
packages made up: for shipment from
various Chattanooga banks to sev-eral
Southern' chljes.
President T. W. Leary. of the
Southern Express, Company, said to-night
that the amount stolen "was a
little more then $40,000." Clerks
la the local office said. the missing
packages of paper currency were ap-praised
at $40,000 in the receipts. '
Col. J. T. Morehesd. Col. John A.
Barrtncer. Judge R. C. Stradwtck.
Messrs. A. h. Brooks, 0. L. Bapptand
W.' H. Swift were among the Greens-boro
lawyers who attended Rocking-ham
Superior court at Weatwertb
this
OLL1F. TOLBERT FOUND
GUILTY AT SALISBURY.
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London. Nov. 22.—AsMs from
western Rumania few changes of
great importance have taken place on
any of the battle fronts.
In the Somme region of France the
armies of both sides ars almost Inac-tive,
except for the artillery, wings,
which are bombarding Intermittently
on various sectors. Skirmishes and
artillery duels continue on both the
Austro-Italian and Russian fronts.
In the Wsllachian region of Ru-mania,
the. Austriana and Germane
everywhere are keeping up their
pressure against the Rumanians and
there have been forthcoming no dis-patches,
either official or unofficial.
which would indicate that the peril-ous
positions of the Rumanians has
been ameliorated. Petrograd reports
that In the JIul Valley the Rumanians
still are In retreat toward Craiova
but this report probably antedates
the announcement of the Germans
and Anstrians of the capture of this
railroad Junction by forces of the
central powers. A retreat upon Crai-ova
surely would throw the Ruman-ians
into the hands of thsir antago-nists.
To the northeast in the Alt Valley,
on both sides of the river and in the
Rothenthurm pass sector more
ground has been taken from the Ru-manians
by the teutonic allies, while
in the region around Campulung the
Rumanians in a strong offensivs have
been held In their trscks by the
stiffness of the front of the invaders.
Late reports from Berlin concern-ing
the fighting near Monastir are to
the effect .thai- northeast of the town
attacks by entente troops against the
German-Bulgarian front failed. Paris
previously had announced that the
Germans and Bulgarians were offer-ing
strong resistance along their new'
line running from Snegova,. three
miles north of Monastir to Hill 1050,
thirteen miles northeast of-the- town,
while a Serbian official communica-tion
credited the Serbs and their al-lies
with the capture of the villages'
of Paralevo and Dobrlwir, northeast
of Monastir.
On the extreme western flank of
the Macedonian theater, between.
Lakes Presba and Orchtda the bellig-erent
forces have come Into contact.
Paris records the capture by the en-tente
troops of the town of Leskovets,
on the west bank of Lake Presba.
The Turks have launched a heavy
attack against Sultanabad, Persia,
but were repulsed with heavy casual-ties
by the Russians, according to
Petrograd. .
By order of the commander of the
entente forces the ministers of the
central powers and their staffs have
left Greece.
Salisbury, Nov. 22.—Ollie Tolbert,
the Southern Railway trainman, who,
on October 26, while driving an auto-mobile,
ran down and killed Special
Traffic Officer W. M. Linker, was con-victed
In Superior court tonight of
manslaughter.
The jury was given the case late
this evening and .at 9 o'clock return-ed
k_s verdict of guilty of manslaugh-ter.
Judge Frank Carter, presiding
at this term, was not in the court
house at that hour and the verdict
was taken by the clerk of tiie court.
Sentence will probably be passed to-morrow.
Tolbert. it is alleged, ran over Spe-cial
Officer Linker while tHe latter
was directing traffic on the way to
the fair grounds. It was alleged that
prior to striking the special oncer
Tolbert had disregarded the warning
of another officer to stop.
Holders of Bag Election Wagers Are
Paying Bets. '.,'•'
New York. Nov. 22.—Helders of
some of the largest' wagers made in
Wall street on" the presidential elec-tion
began paying the beta off today
on the assumption that there now
was ad doubt President Wilson had .- -
been elected. v
Estimates of the total' sum wager-.;
ed in the financial district range from -
i*,00e.000 to »6,000;oos. -Probably
half-was paid within a week, after
election, bat it was safff lev who
placed money on Hughes still Msist
their bats not be paid until President
Wllesa'e elestloa is officially coocosV
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