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GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1914 VOL. 93—KO. 87
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• k Ridge.—A Demo-vi
in be held at Oak
nighi and "ill oe ad-
\. Waj land Cook*
., county candidates.
, Oak.—Mr. William
• esilay night at his
• ,|.. following a pro-le
«as 66 years old.
inii'd this morning
i- the fit iieral and iu-
:,•. s. B. Klapp.
:..i organized a new
Christian church
\ Ith 29 charter
i> the fifth thurcli
■:. r.i.ed In the past
Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
ildren, formerly of
after a visit to Mrs.
'Irs. '•». !?. Boone,
is week for t'olufn-
..■,'. expert to make
■ . nn-
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:,..,:-,ii. Mr. L. M. Ed-
.; iwn > 'ling lawyer
and judge of t.ie re-
>f that -iiy. went to
:,:'.> for the benefit
He is suffering from
i letters received by
me indicate that he is
•; rapidly as cot. Id bo
.sole VIII Tools. -An unknown
imber of automobile
• . tool box on the ma-
.- to Mr. A. H. Alder-wh'le
the car
. : West Market Street
Mr. Alderman was
■ • inc of the stewards
and discovered the
■ snoring the oar after the
,!. Meinl»er ■•! Karultj. -Mr.
m. a son 01 Mr. II. J.
l.l.oeteil with the
old has been
i i • : . . ;• . ; the (acuity or
itnry of Music,
.ill teach tlie
,i gifted musj
• ears lias been at
-tra at the Jef-
!:i( . tnond
i tii. I ,e Wilson Un-
. which has been
.• rtaking business
• :- on South Ivin
• • railroad, Tuesday
petition in bank-
'■ :.:'-il States court.
( dnled at $11.-
..-- ts at S13.0S4.89.
fi-rred to Mr. G. S.
p in bankruptcy. I
■ creditors will be
i.< .oil, Rev. W. H. W'.l-
VVaugbtown I'.ap-
' n-'i n-Salem, has
ii. Greensboro.
'!iar appointment
'r. Wilson has been
lor thirty years, and
in-' on one Sun*
' lal time. During
■ '• other pastors
ir i hurdles. I le
i.\ churches. Mr.
perhaps without
1 'arolina.
1 ■-.•■; day.—Miss Bessie
;• the daughter of Mr.
' 'lapp, of Oibsor.ville
'>::■. John Vernon
• nion, Va., were mar-in
Washington, 1). C,
i e bride's aunt. Mrs.
i"l. where Mrs. Green
:n- several months.
two weeks with rela-
' arolina and Virginia,
Ureen will be at home
"ii. where the groom
I'on il.le position.
1 ' '■ Mills Addition.—About
■ ruction has been com-
""■ big addition of the Rev-ii
mills and it is expect-itirely
completed by next
enlargement will repre-
• -tment of about $1,250,-
i'ldes a 530x130 foot
with a 470x130 loot
'■■I card room, of regular
: "Hon. costing from $400,-
' ""0. The machinery will
il 10.000 spindles, 1,100
ms, 200 cards, etc., for a
'"> of about 1,200 pieces
Koods. About 1,000 addi-
HnUone'en fatty.—A Hallowe'en
party will be given at the Battle
Ground school house tomorrow nieht.
beginning at 7.30 o'clock, under toe
auspices of the Women's Betterment
Association. Fortune telling and mu-sic
will be features of the evening's
entertainment. The ladies will serve
hot chocolate and other refresh-ments.
The patronage of the public
Is invited and will be appreciated.
His Mother Dead.—Mr. J. Neal
Thompson has returned from Leas-burg,
to which place he was called
by the death of his mother. Mrs.
George M. Thompson, who passed
away Monday and was buried Tues-day
afternoon in the Methodist cem-etery
at that place. Mrs. Thompson
was 64 years of age and had been ill
for the past three months. She is
survived by several children, all of
whom have reached years of matur-ity.
Sent to Bonds.—John Talbot. a
white man. was given a hearing in
Municipal court Tuesday on the
charge of vagrancy and soiiing Honor.
He was adjudged guilty in both cases
and Was sentenced to the roads for
30 days on the vag'ranev charge and
eight months in the retailing case.
He gave notice of an appeal and was
held for the Superior court under a
bond of $250. Talbot says his homo
is in Burlington and clafnis that he
was visiting in Greensboro when
overtaken by the law.
V.'illianis-Mlolinux—Rev. J. S. Wil-liams,
of Ashevil'.e, and Miss Anna
Meade Michaux, of this city, were
married at Grace Methodist Protes-tant
church this morning at 10
o'clock. The ceremony was perform-ed
by the pastor of the church. Rev.
R. M. Andrews, and was witnessed by
a number of relatives and friends of
the couple. Soon after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Williams left on a
bridal trip to several points in the
North and upon their return they will
be at home in Asheville. Mr. Wil-liams
is pastor of the Methodist Prot-estant
church in Asheville and is well
known in Greensboro, where he for-merly
was pastor of Grace M. P.
church. His bride is a well known
and popular young woman of Greens-boro
and for a number of years has
been a teacher in the city schools.
Game Warden Weatherly on the Job.
Deputy Sheriff John Weatherly.
who is also came warden for Guil-
; ford county, is entering upon his busy
'season. Although the hunting sea-
| son has not opened, birds are being
i shot out of season, and during the
i present week Game Warden Weath-
| erly has secured warrants for several
persons charged with violating the
game laws. The season does not
open until November 16. and Mr.
Weatherly is determined to wage war
against all such sport.
It is well to remember there Is
now a federal statute against the
shipping of birds and when the sea-son
is in full blast there is going to
be trouble. Several cases were In
the 1'nited States court last fall and
convictions followed in nil of them,
but few of the defendants knew of
the law and they were let off lightly.
Hereafter they may not get off so
well.
WARNING ISSUED BY THE
HKALTH DKPARTMENT.
The city health department has Is-sued
a warning to the public concern-ing
diseases that are liable to occur
at this season of the year, laying spe-cial
stress on diphtheria. It is stated
that six cases of diphtheria were re-ported
during the past month and
that one death resulted from this
disease. The following sections from
the law regarding infectious diseases
are quoted in the warning issued by
the local health department:
"Sec. 2S2. When a physician
knows or suspects that any person
whom he has called to see, living
within the city of Greensboro, is in-fected
with smallpox, diphtheria,
scarlet fever, measles, typhoid fever,
tuberculosis, typhoid fever, yellow
fever, whooping cough, or cholera,
be shall, within 24 hours, notify in
writing the commissioner of public
safety, stating the name and address
of the person and name of disease.
"Sec. 283. When a householder
within the limits of the city of
Greensboro knows, or suspects, that
a person within bis family, or upon
his premises, is sick with any of the
diseases enumerated in the preced-ing
sections, he shall immediately re-port
the fact to the commissioner of
public safety, and upon the recovery,
death or removal of such person, no-tice
shall be given to the board of
health in order that the premises can
bt properly disinfected.
"Sec. 284. It shall be the duty of
the commissioner of public safety to
see that persons infected with small-pox,
diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhus
fever, yellow fever or cholera, shall
be properly quarantined and isolated
within 24 hours after receiving no-tice
of same. It shall also be the duty
of the commissioner of public safety
to report in writing to the superin-tendent
of public schools and princi-pals
of private schools each case of
smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever,
measles, typhus fever, yellow fever,
or cholera, within 2i hours after case
has come to his knowledge, giving
name and address of infected per-sons.
"Sec. 285. Proper disinfection and
cleansing of premises under direction
of the health officer shall follow im-mediately
upon recovery, death, or
removal of persons suffering from
contagious or communicable disease.
"Sec. 286. No superintendent of
the public schools or principal of a
private school shall allow any pupil,
teacher or employe to attend the
school while any member of the
household in which he or she resides
has smallpox diphtheria. scarlet
fever, measles, yellow fever, typhus
fever or cholera' nor shall suoVper-son
be allowed to attend thereafter
without a certificate from the com-missioner
of public safety allowing
such person to re-enter school."
RAILROAD DKTKCTIVE
SHOT BY NEGRO TRAMP.
Mr. Robert J. Allen, Jr., a mein-
"PAY IT»" DAY IS TO BE
OBSERVED NOVEMBER lO.
It has been decided by the Greens-ber
of the detective" force of thejboro Merchants' Association to have
Southern Railway, was siiot and seri-'Tuesday. November 10. observed as
ously wounded Tuesday night by a'a special "pay up" day. Every mer-negro
tramp whom he was attempt-j chant has a great many small
lag to arrest. He was struck twice, '
one built entering his thigh and the
other his stomach.
The shooting occurred at tlie South
Davie street crossing about 11.30
o'clock. Detective Allen 'iad gone to
the crossitie to meet an incoming
freight train. lie observed two ne-groes
in an empty freight car, and
pulling one of them to the ground,
called to the other one to get out of
the car. The n^gro jumped from the
car and as he did so drew a revolver
and fired at Mr. Allen twice. Mr.
Alien managed to walk to the pas-senger
station, from which place he
was removed to St. Leo's ho*pfcal.
While his co'ndition is very serious,
the attending physicians say he has a
chance of recovery.
Matthew biddings was arrested yes-terday
morning ir. front of the South-stde
Hardware Company's store
charged with the crime and carried
out to the hospital, where he was iden-tified
by Mr. Allen as bis assailant.
He is being held in jail and will be
given a hearing later. Eddings de-nies
that he did the shooting, but ad-mits
that he was on the train with
sveral other hoboes.
TROl'BLE OVER PRINTING
BALLOTS FOR ELECTION.
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for
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' ■ratives will be required. All
'! • has been partly contracted
lite exception of the looms
electrical motors, etc.
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Died Iroiii Effects of Injury.
Walter Wagner, a negro man em-ployed
by the construction force on
the double-tracking work of the
Southern Railway going on near
White Oak, died yesterday morning
at 5.30 o'clock at St. Leo's hospital
from injuries received Tuesday after-noon,
when he was run over by a
"dinky" car at the construction
camp.
Wagner was knocked down by the
car, falling partially under it, having
one foot cut off and receiving a
broken ankle, a broken jaw, several
cuts and gashes and bruises all over
his body. The accident occurred
about 4.30 o'clock and the man was
brought to the hospital immediately
afterward.
Wagner's home was on Gilmer
street, this city.
A contest has arisen among politi-cal
managers in Guilford county as to
the printing Of the tickets to be voted
in the election next Tuesday, the con-test
arising from the suggestion that
the names of the candidates of both
the Republican and Progressive par-ties
be printed on the same ballot.
In the primaries the Republicans
nominated for certain officers only,
while tne Progressives nominated tor
the remainder. Now the managers of
the two parties have arranged to
have "no ticket printed, which will
be complete.
Mr. T. ('. Hoyle. chairman of the
county board of elections, states that
he considers this irregular and con-trary
to the spirit, if not the letter, of
the law. Me advises that each party
print its own ballot, and if a voter
wishes to do so, he may vote both
tickets, as he will in this way vote
for only one man for each office.
The Democratic management
threatens an injunction if both tick-ets
are voted on one ballot.
The question probably will be de-termined
today, or tomorrow, as it
:r, necessary that the tickets be print-ed
and sent out without delay.
ac-counts
to accumulate on his books.
which amount in tlie aggregate to a
large sum. His customers expect to
pay some time, but all never pay at
once. This means that almost every
merchant has more on his- books tnan
he can afford. It withdraws capital
from his business and he is often in-convenienced,
if not embarrassed, by
reason of the large amount of money
on his books.
In adopting November 10 as "pay
up" day. it is hoped that it will be a
regular "clean-up day" for past due
accounts. It is surprising how many
debts a single dollar will pay, if put
In circulation. The housewife pays
the grocer, who pays the market
man, who pays the shoe merchant,
whose wife pays the dressmaker, who
pays the milliner, and so on through
the whole list.
It is needless to say that the bene-fit
is not all for the merchant. Tlie
customer who gets square with the
world is in better position to take ac-count
of income and expenditure, to
regulate one according to the other
and to handle his affairs in a satis-factory
business-like way.
The merchant who has his bills
paid is in a better position to serve
his customers than he would be v.ith
a lot of uncollected accounts, how-ever
good, on his books.
Do not think that the. conscious-ness
that the account is "good ' and
will he paid some time should be as
satisfactory to the merchant as the
cash. In the last analysis during these
stringent times, cash is the only thing
that can be deposited in the bank
and checked apalnst in the payment
of bills.
To*pay up on November 19 means
good credit. Everybody should help.
Guilford Man Died in Oklahoma.
The funeral of Mr. James Owens,
who died at Antlers. Okla.. several
days ago, was conducted yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock from Poole &
Blue's undertakinc establishment.
Rev. R. D. Sherrill officiating. The
remains of Mr. Owens were brought
to this city Tuesday night.
Mr. Owens was a man of about 45
years of age. He was raised in this
county, living here during his early
manhood anil moving from here to
the West, where he was engaged in
SAY GERMANS DID ORDER
KILLING OF WOUNDED.
The French embassy at Washing-ton
has issued the following state-ment:
"The report appeared in the press
some time ago, according to v.hica
General Stenger. commanding a bri-gade
of the German army in France,
had issued an order to his troops
prescribing that they give no quar-ter
to any prisoners, but shoot them
all and finish the wounded.
■ "An 'official statement' from Per-lin.
via Sayville, was issued thereup-on
declaring that this was an 'impu-dent
lie.'
"The atrocious order had neverthe-less
really been given and carried
out; and proof of it is in the hands
of the French government. Over
! twenty German prisoners of the
1112th and 142nd regiments of infan-
A press dispatch from Washington lrv (forming the Stenger brigade)
Tuesday night says: are now held in France, at Montbri-
Developments in the natural course ron and St. Etieune. They have de-of
trade arc doing much, in the opin- jelared, under oath, before the magis-trate,
that this order was actually
issued on the 26th of August and
that, in accordance with it, all
French wounded found that day
were at once dispatched. Officers,
and notably Captain Curtis, of the
112th regiment, personally superin-tended
the execution of the order."
IMPROVEMENT NOTED IN
BUS1NESS CONDITIONS.
ion of treasury officials, to solve the
intricate problems of international
exchange. Conferences with Sir
George Paish and American bankers
will be resumed Friday by the fed-eral
reserve board, but there was ap-parent
In official circles tonight i
feeling of confidence that many of
the- most vexing features of the situ-
Democratic Speakings.
Messrs. Charles A. Hines and W.
H. Swift will speak at the Alamance
school house tomorrow night, at 7.30
o'clock, under the auspices of the
county Democratic executive commit-tee.
The meeting that was advertised
for High Point tomorrow, night has
been postponed until Saturday night,
when the candidates will be dlvlved
between meetings to be held in High
Point and Oibsonvllle.
The campaign will be closed Mon-day
night with a meeting at the court
house in Greensboro.
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railroad work until his death. He isjation soon would eliminate them-survived
by four brothers and two
sisters^—Messrs. J. D., E. G. and C. F.
Owens, of Spencer; Mr. W. E. Owens,
of Abbeyville. S. C; Mrs. C. M.
Thornton, of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs.
W. C. Womble, of Wiuston-Salem.
The funeral service was followed
by interment in Greene Hill ceme-tery,
the following gentlemen acting
as pall-bearers: W. T. Sergeant, Lo-gan
Swaim, John A. Gilmer, J. R.
Chrlsmon, Fuller Smith and Harry
Donnell.
Will Release B4g Sum.—John
Skelton Williams, comptroller of the
currency, has made public a state-ment
showing that reserves held by
national banks on September 12, the
date of his last call for their condi-tion,
were $580,000,000 in excess of
the amount required under the new
banking law. At present reserve re-quirements
are $1,460,711,345 and
the new requirement will be $995,-
792,269, the statement points out
that »464,»19,076 will be released
under the new law. Of this amount
New York City will contribute about
$88,000,000; Chicago about $24,-
000,000; St. Louis about $8,000,000;
other reserve cities about $203,000,-
000 and country banks about $141,-
000,000.
selves. The fact that the rate for for-eign
exchange in New York had drop-ped
to within a few cents of normal
and the inclination of individual deb-tors
in this country to .ake care of
their own obligations through the
regular channels were poined out as
encouraging signs. Great Britain's
agreement that cotton shall not be
regarded as contraband and shall be
on the free list is expected to help
in finding a bottom for cotton. The
12 reserve banks will be open within
three weeks, and with the vast re-serves
to be released with their en-trance
into the field, general condi-tions
are expected to show decided
improvement.
Confident that normal conditions
are about to come to the surface.
Secretary McAdoo expressed regret
that Congress failed to pass the bill
for government purchase of commer-cial
ships. An effort probably will
be made by the administration to put
the measure through sext winter.
Mr. McAdoo said that if such ships
were available now a great oppor-tunity
could be seized to transport
cotton to many nations that want it.
Mrs. Lee S. Smith, of Guilford Col-lege,
is visiting relatives and friends
in the city.
Germany Will Not Attack Canada.
"The German point of view is that
by joining in a European war Cana-da
has put herself outside of the pale
of the Monroe doctrine, but Germany
has not the intention of attacking
Canada for colonizing Canada." This
statement was issued by the German
embassy in Washington.
The statement was an amplifica-tion
of the view expressed by Count
von Bernstorff, the German ambas-sador,
that by taking part in the war,
the Canadians have justified an ag-gressive
campaign against Canada.
"To further explain the reason
that caused the German government
In a formal note delivered to the
state department by Count Bern-storff,
voluntarily pledging Germany
not to attempt colonial expansion in
South America, no matter what the
outcome of the war, the embassy is-sued
his statement:
"The note was written at that time
because Winston Churchill had said
in his message to the American peo-ple,
that if Germany was victorious in
the present war, she would attack the
Monroe doctrine."
THE GERMANJAID CHECKED
THIS IS THE NEWS THAT COMES
FROM LONDON—DOMm ON
BOTH SIDES HEAVY.
Reports from London state that
the German raid on the English chan-nel
port- seems to have been cheek-ed
for the time being, or at any rate,
the Germans have made little if any
progress since they crossed the Yser
canal hat Saturday. They, how-ever,
are stiil pushing with all the
forces at their command and are
meeting with stubborn resistance
from French, British and Belgian
troops.
Losses on both sides continue pro-portionate
to the fierceness of the
battle, which means that they are
greater Chan these in any-battle
since the war was declared.
Along the coast, where the allies
are-'asslsted by French and British
warships, they apparently have more
than held their own and. after In-flicting
heavy losses on the Germans
there, have been compelled to try
for an opening farther inland. I'.»
until Tuesday the allies had been
forced to give way at some points,
but Tuesday, according to the French
official communication, they have
held their positions at every point
from the mouth of the Yser to the
Lens district and again have ad-vanced
between Ypres and Roulers,
where there has been some of the
sternest fighting of this sanguinary
battle, and where the British Indian
troops have made their first ap-pearance
in the firing line.
The opposing forces are so strong
that it must be many days before a
decisive result Is attained by either
side, despite great losses they are
suffering.
Along the old front, stretching
from the river Olse to the Mease,
from which the Germans withdrew
their best troops to strengthen the
army attempting to advance along
the coast, the French have been
taking the offensive and north of
Soissons have been engaging in en
artillery duel with the Germans :.-.
which they have destroyed severe I
German batteries. They seem to
have been at this for some time, for
the last three reports from Paris
have announced the destruction of
German guns.
Further east the French have
driven tlie Germans, who were
threatening Nancy, bacK across the
frontier. The Germans, however,
are so strongly entrenched along
this long line that it is believed they
are preparing to remain for the
winter.
The Fighting Elsewhere.
Serious battles are proceeding in
southern Poland and in Galicia,
without decisive results. The Rus-sians
have crossed the Vistula north
of Ivangorod with a fresh army
corps, which should have a marked
effect on the fortunes oi the battle.
From their own account they ap-pear
to be breaking down Austrian
resistance south of Prcemysl and
throughout Galicia, where stubborn
lighting bos been going on for
weeks.
Another rebellion has broken out
in South Africa—this time headed
by Generals Christian de Wet and
Beyers. Neither of these men has
any political following, but it is fear-ed
burghers, who, like themselves,
retain some of the bitterness aroused
by the South African war, Will join
them.
The defence force, as the army
of the Union of South Africa Is call-ed,
is considered for the government,
for when General Beyers gave up
his command of that force on the out-break
of war none of the officers or
men of the army followed him. Gen-eral
Botha, the premier, retains his
support of the great mass of the peo-ple
of the union.
German mine-layers have mined
the waters north of Ireland, the
first victim of which WM the British
steamer Manchester Commerce.
Judge H. P. Lane, of Rcldsville,
was among the visitors in Greensboro
this week.
Inauguration.—Dr. E. K. Graham
will be formally Inducted into office
as the president of the University of
NOrth Carolina during the month of
April. The exercises will take place
at Chapel Hill at some time during
that month, the date to be later fixed
by a committee of the board of trus-tees
and a committee of the faculty
of the University.
"Presbyterian Synod.—The Presby-terian
Synod of North Carolina is in
session in Hickory. Rev. R. P.
Smith, of Asheville, was elected mod-erator
by acclamation.