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■rfrw-r^w^^^rr^^m^ift^' • $!.™^WUFWW,««'|;<^^*t»<«■ ^WWIPWWP ^p . lilJMW ) ll^N THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT ESTAB LISHED 1821 PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1914 BOSIBtoVjJUBBD . „|sslO\ OF THK l* 111 ,,MM|sSI(»NKKS—BONDS , ,u || BY OFFICERS. , ; i„ r meeting of the county commissioners, i, id Monday and Tues- . ci the busiest sessions held recently. In addl- ■.. amount of routine luisiiiess. the county of- Alirn in for their ensu- : iheir bonds approved i'outrarj to the ex- [inie people, the com-uot discuss the court m. I in the court house .••ruing, oil the niein- III as follows: W. Tin ker. J. A. Rankin. W. ('. Jones. Uankin and Wilson. i-icd in succeed dieni- \ iv< inber elction, took Welfare League of Greensboro and the Charity Association of High Point be paid $40 and $20 a month, respectively, for December. January *--, bruary and March, making a total r the four months of |240, to be expended for charity. The monthly report of Dr. W. M Jones, the county health officer showed 12 cases of typhoid, six cases of diphtheria and six cases of small-pox. Dr. Jones reported conditions at the county home, work house, jail and convict camps as generally satis-factory. The following were drawn as jur-ors for the two weeks of Superior court in January: Gus R. Apple, S. B. Woodard, Rob-ert L. Flack. S. M. Brown. Jr.. J. (•. ingold. J. P. Dempsty, E. P. Craven. C. A. Taylor. J. H. Sharp.-. N. H. Mor-rison, C. 11. Kields. J. i|. Stanfiehl. Thomas J. Hendrix. 1. F. Cross. T. C,. Low. P. R. Tucker. T. It. Styers. It' L. Wray. D. C. Cobb. P. \V. Schenck. M. Watson. B. \V. Sharpe, C. p. VOL. 93—NO. 99 LOCAL NEWSJ_BRIEF FORM HATTERS OP INTEREST TO THE READERS OP THE PATRIOT PAR AND NEAR. A Daughter Bonu~A daughter was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hines. al their home on West Market street. The little ladv has been christened Dorothy Byrd. Assisting in Revival.—Rev. Dr. C. W. Byrd, pastor of West Market Street Methodist church, is assisting Rev. W. S. Hales, pastor of the Meth-odist church at Gibsonville, in a re-vival meeting at that place this week. Adjudged Bankrupts.—On the pe-tition of a number of creditors. Judge Boyd yesterday signed an order plac-ing in bankruptcy J. A. Petdgrew an-: B. M. King as individuals end 'lie line of Pettigrew & King, of Burlington. Por Belgian Relief. So far the people of Greensboro have contrib- Whlte. W. M. Avery. w. G. Balsley, Iuted over S-d'O to the Hind for the before M. W. I'.aut'G. W. Alley. W. L, Hodgin, W. K. r,,|i''' Of the starving Belgians. The IStrader. J. M. Brown. A. Prank Arm- banks '"' 'he ci*y are receiving dona ...ni/.'il lor business , f'e'ul. J. A. Pegram, It. A. Jordan, T. |(i"ns a,ul forwarding them to the sJiro1^^^^.0^ THREE GERMAN SHIPS SUNK tion in bankruptcy was filed before Judge James E. Boyd by Mellichair.pe Brothers, who have been engaged in the job printing business in High Point. The assets were scheduled at 13,500, with liabilities in excess of $4,000. Dr. Benjamin T. Bitting, of Spray, aijjo filed a petition in bank-ruptcy. His assets were scheduled at $8,082.52, subject to exemptions, with liabilities of $3,867.50. Not«d Lecturer.—Dr. William Mc- Keever, professor of child welfare in the I'niversity of Kansas and a noted lecturer, will spend tomorrow and Saturday in Greensboro. Tomorrow-night he will lecture at the State Normal and Industrial College on "Peac< and Good Will Among Men." Saturday morning at 11 o'clock he will lecture at some place down town, which will be announced later, on the subject. "A Little Child Shall Lead Them." A special invitation is l extended to the teachers of the coi.n-ly. and all others who may be able to do so. to attend this lecture. BRITISH PLEET SENDS THREE WAR VESSELS TO BOTTOM OP. THE ATLANTIC. re-electing W. C. M. Bowles, R. A. Wheeler, W. A. Hoggs. J. II. Richardson, R. W. Mor-row. I), p. Kinney. W. D. Brooks. M. II. Shipletl and I). E. Hamilton'. ehvied county offi-th< bonds, which and approved bj the i>( off'cc as ad- JOHN L. HENDRIX PASSES i.iii man Boron. The follows: ,-lerk ot the court— •■.- -i-:.T of d eds -■ ■ .-■ ■■ ml. sheriff Official state bond. $25,000; :n! in • i: i local tax in inn kins li total bon I . n In i-!'.r II ■ si'!'. - r.'eas-i liuii'l. TO THE (iltKAT BEYOND Mr. John L. Hendrix, one of the oldest citizens of Greensboro, died Monday morning at his home on Chestnut street. He was in the eighty-third year of his age and had been in feeble health for qute awhile. Recently he became much worse and it was realized that the end was near. Mr. Hendrix was one of the best known men in G nil lord county and headquarters of the relief committee in New York. Manager Employed. The direc-tors of the Greensboro baseball club have employed William II. Kowe to manage the local team next season. Rowe played with Asheville and Dur-ham last season. He is an all-round player, making a specialty of catch-ing, and is said to possess managerial ability. Tom Matthews Moves.—Mr. j. T. Malt hews, who is well known in Greensboro, where he was formerly engaged in the hotel business, but who more recently has been manager of the Varborou:,ii house, in Ualeigh, moved to ( harlotte this veek and as-sumed the management of the stone-wall hotel. Mr. Matthews was con I „,.„,, ,„• $1;r,.. j leaves a large family connection. He ,..,„.„,,, will, ,,"„„;.; ,„ ctarlo|tt so„le fih d • in i >•- v i was a splendid gentleman of the old ury. coroner- -(school, representing in his life and conduct the highest type of citizen-ship. About 15 years ago lie anu his wife moved from their old home in the Buffalo church community to (his city, in order to be near their children, ;.il of whom resided in i; reeiisliuro. Early in life Mr. Hendrix connect-ed himself with Hie Presbyterian church and was a sincere Christian ami faithful member of the denomi-nation until tile end. When lie mov-ed in Greensboro he transferred his membership from Buffalo church to 'the First Presbyterian church of this ■ el illllll : nr-on con-hip, pre- .111 of } 1 . •i opted. ■■■.ili:al re-builds as ii-ei ivi r. years ago. Abominable iii'fks Hie sun NEGRO GETS POUR VKARS POR SHOOTING OFFHKK. Matthew Kddings and George Ken-ny, both colored, were given a hear-ing in Municipal court Tuesday af-ternoon for an assault with intent to kill, the assault having been made on K. J. Allen. Jr.. a special officer of the Southern Railway, on the night of October 27, when he at-tempted to arrest the two negroes, who were beating their way through the city on a freight train. Allen was shot anil seriously wounded and was unable to leave the hospital to at-tend the trial before Tuesday. Kddings was arrested the morning following the shooting, and after be-ing identified by the wounded offi-cer, was committed to jail. Kenny- It was announced officially in Lon-don yesterday that the German cruis-ers Scharnhorst. Gneisenau and Leip-zig had been sunk in the South At-lantic by a British fleet. The follow-ing announcement was issued by the official information bureau: "At 7.30 A. M., on the 8th of De-cember, the# Scharnhorst. Gneisenau, Nurnberg. Leipzeg and Dresden were sighted near the Falkland Islands by a British squadron under Vice Ad-miral Sir Frederick Sturdee. " \n acti-in followed, ip the course of which the Scharnhorst. flying the flag of Admiral Count von Spee. 'he Gneisenau and (he Leipzig were sunk. The Dresden and Nurnbery made off during the action and are being pursued. "Two colliers also were captured. "The vice admiral reports that the 'iritish casualties are very few in number. "Some survivors have been rescued from the Cneisenaii and the Leipzig." The Scharnhorst. Gtitisenati and Leipzig, with the cruisers Nurnberg and Dresden composed die German Pacific fleet, which, in the engage-ment with the British squadron un-der Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, off the coast of Chile, on November 1. and the British cruis-ers Monmouth and Good Hope, with the loss of about 1,500 men. Since that time British and Japanese squadrons have been searching tor the German fleet, of which little has been heard Recent reports from Montevideo. Uruguay, were to the ef-fect that he German fleet was be-lieved to have rounded i!ie cape and entered the South Atlantic, but there the Austrian advance south of Bel-grade is progress ig. Apart fror ..he battlefields, the of-ficially announced ness of the Ger-man emperor .trlin from bron-chial catarrh, with fever, is the most interesting news "of the day. The emperor's prolonged activity and re-cent reports of his appearance have caused the public to watch with pe-culiar interest developments regard-ing his health. ELECTION Bl'IT STARTED IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. was arrested in Atlanta two or three ,las been no ailthel!t|c informatJO|l of ., . weeks ago and identified as the com- ,he whereabouts of these vessels i..s scarceij shown its shooting. i squadron race, and then for only a few mln- j A, the trial Tuesday afternoon, utes on one or two occasions, and it | Kenny was found not guilty, but his has rained every day during this ' The official statement makes ref-erence to survivors rescued from the b'i . •! in Mou-lin ted. follow i-.c ap •: \ isor J. ; I ! r Wil'i- Booth • John \. >\ il-on. the county home ili' house of i. 'Mass. • • Dr. A. T Millis. ■ ' boaid agreed t-> 1 • sin riff and his HI sab'os for the i'i all cases • i.daui* may be sen- 1 i'il.li.- roads of the uirk house. ■ • i til ire appoint- 1 establishment of ! for tubercular pa-report and .tinned until Hie nient was made in Greene Hill ceme-tery. The pall-bearers were: Messrs. J. K. McKnight, J..A. Uankin. W. L. Wharton, G. L. Spencer. H. Schroed-er and Dr. w. J. Richardson. 'I to appropriate and others an •li an amount as or improving the Tabernacle to nproxi mutely $60. • • •• •• •! asking ;■ beginning al ;■ '•hnpcl road near ileni i. and leading ■ rtoli road. Jest easi residence. of the Social Wel- • Ireensboro appeared iiid asked that lion he had between • county and the city in regard to the ap- IOII'-V for the indig- ■ ion of so was mad< township road com- • ' xpended in improv- ' Garden road on the ade an additional ap- '•"• to the road lead-lillary Sikes place to •ol house. filed asking for the •' public road leading • N irmal and Industrial • intersection of Forest '•hidicy park, known as l"ii street or road. ordered that the Social \ Reform SCIMM»I—It is announced that Oil January 1 Rev. S. S. Sevier. a well known colored minister of thn city, will open a reform school for '.colored boys and girls between the ,iiv- ages of !» and 15 years. Tne refor- Mr. Hendrix Is survived by his Imitorv WJU |„. located on a faro of aged widow and four sons Messrs. I ^0 acres about three ana a half n iles James M.. Ed. M.. W. J. and Chariest east ol the city. Young offenders of A. Hendrix. <\te \asy setitenced in the juvenile or The funeral was held from the i Superior court w ill be given special First Presbyterian church Tuesday | consideration. morning at 11 o'clock and was con- fb sell Bonds.—It is stated that ducted by Rev. Dr. Melton Clark, as-itne $100,000 of street improvement sisted by Rev. K. Frank Lee. later- bonds voted by the people of Greens-boro during the past summer will be sold in January. Soon after the bonds were voted the European war broke out and the bottom dropped out of the market for all securities. Things are looking up now, however, and the city commissioners have assurances of being able to dispose of the bonds at a fair price. The commissioners are planning to resume permanent improvement work on the streets about the first el next .April. Khaki I informs. —The Cotton Consumers' Club, formed from niem-b< rs of tin Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, is in receipt of a letter from one of the leading railwaj com-panies to the effect that it will adopt Khaki uniforms foi its trainmen for summer wear. This letter is encour-aging to the club, which has been working hard to increase the con-sumption and wear of cotton'in every Cases Heml in Superior Court. The first case tried at this week's civil term of Guilford Superior court was that of J. A. Tale vs. P. II. Reed, which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. The case of Abner Dillard against the city of Greensboro, being a suit for damages, was non-suited. The case of w. it. Ballard vs. B. U. Wall et al.. being a suit for alleged breach of contract, the amount being iiv. road i:i about $2,000, was lie xt taken up. The plaintiff alleged that he entered into a contract with Wall anil others to erect and operate a cotton mill in Anson county, and that when work was ready to begin the others failed to live up to their part of the con-tract. Before the case went to the jury the lawyers concerned got to-gether and compromised the matter. It is und<rstood the plaintiff" was paid ?'.) 1. The case of Thomas A. Snider, ad-ministrator, vs. the city of High Point, being a suit for damages for the death of his seven-year-old daughter, was non-suited yesterday. Continuances have been granted in a number of cases. Criminal court will be in session next week. Paid Income Tax.—The income tax law caused the deduction of a 'otal of $16,000 frori the salaries ol representatives in Congress for the curr-.iit year. The deducti.ns were made it: the checks issued by the cer-zcant it-arms to t:i? p.irsoii>.c! of the h( use. drew the appeal, whereupon he was sent out to the roads to begin his sentence. Noted Case Before Judge Boyd. In the United Stales court Tues lay aft-rnoon Judge Boyd dismissed the . Dresd The greatest enthush-sni prevails in Louden over the victory and the general impression is lhat it will be completed, is it Is not thought die admiralty would be lively to send ships that could not overtake e en and Nurnberg, which are writ of habeas corpus sued out by|slow and also at a disa.|vantape be_ Cleveland and Smith, two young causo of Uleir sma|| coa, cU white men, who were convicted in Mecklenburg county of obtaining money on a fraudulent check, and held that they must serve the sen-tence imposed in the state court. His ruling was to the effect that the men having been properly convicted in Still Battling For Poland. The great battle for possession of Poland continues. The '>ont extends along three hundred miles and vic-tory over a part of it, at least, ap-the state court, the United States Pears to have fallen to the Germans. court could not inquire into how they ivere extradited from Alabama. The case was argued by Attorney General Bickett for the state and Col. Walter It. Henry, of Charlotte. while the Russians are pressing on Cracow in the south. Tliat Lodz is in possession of the Germans seems undoubted and a Russian official report lust issued way possible. It is estimated that if every railroad In the country would adopt this plan that 300.000 bales would be added to the con-sumption of cotton, and that the railroads would save money. WalkiiiK Por Cotton.—Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Pike, of Gadsden, Ala., who are walking from Atlanta. Ga., to Washington. D. ('.. in the interest of the "wear cotton' movement, were in the city yesterday. They left At-lanta November 18. and although they have been hindered greatly by the rainy weather, they expressed their confidence in being able to reach Washington by Christmas. They are defraying the expenses of the trip, and perhaps a little more, by selling two-pound miniature cot-ton bales. They have one of these bales wrapped in a silk American flag which they hope to be able to present to President Wilson upon their arrival in Washington. for the defendants. Col. Henry gave apparently is preparing the public notice of appeal. I for the news by referring to the dif- The case has attracted consider- i ficulty of defending the city, which able attention on account of the al- i gives to the Russian from an abnor-lcged abduction of the men in Ala-l'"aI contour and forecasts a reform* bama and their forced return to jIng Of the line. North Carolina while they had an ap-1 Details of these mighty bottles yet peal pending in Alabama from the , ll!lve to be written. The general Tact extradition proceedings. Governor i -hat there .has been fearful slaughter Craig and Governor O'Neal have had r"1'1 intense suffering from the cold considerable correspondence in the Comprises about the total of the in-formation received. The Germans claim they are pur- Uemeoted Man Being Held. i suing tilt Russians south and soutli- A white man giving his name as oast ol Lodz. Several American cor- Robert Stephenson and his home as respondents were with the Russian Lexington, Ky., was found yesterday .army when die battle broke, but morning wandering around the Inothing has been heard from them streets in the cold rain barefooted for several days. Evidently they are and in his shirtsleeves. He was taken | under the hand of a strict censor-to the sheriffs office, where it was sl,iP-soon ascertained that he was mental-I British military experts insist that ly unbalanced. Dr. W. M. Jones, j three-quarters ot the best material of the county physician, examined thej,1,e German army has been held in man and learned from him that his jthe western theater of the war home was in Lexington. Ky.; that Ithroughout the campaign and that his father's name was George M. , troops opposing he Russians consist Stephenson, and that he had come principally flf second line organiza-to Greensboro Tuesday night. dons. The man believed that he was in The French official report an- Lexlngton, Ky.. and could not be con- nounces that, the Germans have made vinced that he was in North Caro-lina. He said that he had been in Florida for a number of years, but his health had broken down and he had returned home on that account. The address of his father was taken and he has been communicated with to see what provision shall be a violent attack on the allies at St. Eloy, south of Ypres, which was re-pulsed. This may mean a renewal of the German attempt to batter through the allied lines. Austrian and Servian reports con-tinue to claim success for their re-spective sides. Servia reports a vic- The threatened contest over the result of the recent election in Ran-dolph county has begun to material-ize. Frank H. Wright. Republican candidate for clerk of the court, hav-ing instituted quo warranto proceed-ings against J. M. Caviness. declared by the board of elections to have been elected to that office. Repre-senting him in his suit are ex-District Attorney A. E. Holton, of Winston- Salem: ex-Judge W. P. Bynum and O. L. Sapp. of Greensboro, and Charles Redding, of Asheboro. Mr. Caviness qualified as clerk with the convening of court Monday and went to work. Mr. Sapp spent Monday in Ashe-boro in the interest or his client, while Mr. Holton has been there all the week. The suit, it is thought, may involve one membership of the board of county commissioners and probably the sheriff's office. Growing out of the election. Edi-tor J. Ed. Mendenhall. of the Ran-dolph Bulletin. Republican, has been served with a notice by James Wood, a prominent local Democrat, stating that the latter holds certain items published in the editor's paper to have been libelous. It is presumed that the notice will be followed by an action in the courts. In the I'nited States Court. John x. Barnett, a young white man. who was arrested here recently charged with fraudulent use of the mails, was convicted in the I'nited Slates court Monday altTiioon. Sen-tence has not yet been pronounced. Purvey Parish, a white youth of Kenrersville, was found guilty of stealing from the mails and sen-tenced to the federal penitentiary at Atlanta for a year. David Nixon, white, of Randolph county, pleaded guilty to a charge of illicit distilling. Sentence has not yet been pronounced. made of the unfortunate man, whojtory on the northeast front, with is being cared for at the Jail. nearly 2,000 prisoners. Vienna says Ornamental Trees Prom Belgium. The war will have little effect on the shipment of shrubbery, ornamen-tal and shade trees from Belgium. Prance and Holland to this country this fall, according to Dr. Franklin Sherman, state entomologist. Yesterday he said that six ship-ments from Belgium had already ar-rived in this state. The destination of these shipments were Wilmington. Wilson, Charlotte and Greensboro. It is the duty of the department to ex-amine all such shipments to see that they are free from pests. The ship-ments received were free from pests. Dr. Sherman believes that the usual amount of this flora will be received later. The shipment from Belgium was earlier than usual this year, hav-ing been hurried out owing to v.ar conditions.— Raleigh News and Ob-server. American Soldiers May Return I ue. Washington. Dec. ft. -If the con-tending Mexican forces opposi . Vaco. Ariz., do not cease firing In! i American territory, the three bat-teries of field artillery sent to the internal!.nal line will be ordered to return the fin . This is the I'nited Slates govern-ment determination, it became known tonie'it. after a full discussion ol t.:i situation by President W.lson and his cabinet. N'o specific orders have been given, but while Brig. Gen. Tasker II. Bliss, who was directed to proceed to Naco with the field artillery, is en route there, officials expect an an-swer to the sharp warning given to Mexican factions battling across the border tiiat bullets and shells must not fall on American soil. Alien Labor Law.—At the recent election the voters of Arizona ap-proved a law forbidding the employ-ment of more than 20 per cent of foreigners in any business in the state. The British and Italian am-bassadors at Washington have lodg-ed formal protests against Uie i.... and the governor of Arizona has held up his proclamation proc'-ainiing the law until the diplomats can have a say. .... i -... . -—»-—■- - «MM mmmmm
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Title | The Greensboro patriot [December 10, 1914] |
Date | 1914-12-10 |
Editor(s) | Underwood, W.I. |
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Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The December 10, 1914, issue of The Greensboro Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C. by W.I. Underwood. |
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■rfrw-r^w^^^rr^^m^ift^' • $!.™^WUFWW,««'|;<^^*t»<«■ ^WWIPWWP ^p . lilJMW ) ll^N
THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
ESTAB LISHED 1821
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
GREENSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1914
BOSIBtoVjJUBBD
. „|sslO\ OF THK l*
111 ,,MM|sSI(»NKKS—BONDS
, ,u || BY OFFICERS.
, ; i„ r meeting of the
county commissioners,
i, id Monday and Tues-
. ci the busiest sessions
held recently. In addl-
■.. amount of routine
luisiiiess. the county of-
Alirn in for their ensu-
: iheir bonds approved
i'outrarj to the ex-
[inie people, the com-uot
discuss the court
m.
I in the court house
.••ruing, oil the niein-
III as follows: W.
Tin ker. J. A. Rankin.
W. ('. Jones.
Uankin and Wilson.
i-icd in succeed dieni-
\ iv< inber elction, took
Welfare League of Greensboro and
the Charity Association of High
Point be paid $40 and $20 a month,
respectively, for December. January
*--, bruary and March, making a total
r the four months of |240, to be
expended for charity.
The monthly report of Dr. W. M
Jones, the county health officer
showed 12 cases of typhoid, six cases
of diphtheria and six cases of small-pox.
Dr. Jones reported conditions
at the county home, work house, jail
and convict camps as generally satis-factory.
The following were drawn as jur-ors
for the two weeks of Superior
court in January:
Gus R. Apple, S. B. Woodard, Rob-ert
L. Flack. S. M. Brown. Jr.. J. (•.
ingold. J. P. Dempsty, E. P. Craven.
C. A. Taylor. J. H. Sharp.-. N. H. Mor-rison,
C. 11. Kields. J. i|. Stanfiehl.
Thomas J. Hendrix. 1. F. Cross. T. C,.
Low. P. R. Tucker. T. It. Styers. It'
L. Wray. D. C. Cobb. P. \V. Schenck.
M. Watson. B. \V. Sharpe, C. p.
VOL. 93—NO. 99
LOCAL NEWSJ_BRIEF FORM
HATTERS OP INTEREST TO THE
READERS OP THE PATRIOT
PAR AND NEAR.
A Daughter Bonu~A daughter
was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles A. Hines. al their home on
West Market street. The little ladv
has been christened Dorothy Byrd.
Assisting in Revival.—Rev. Dr. C.
W. Byrd, pastor of West Market
Street Methodist church, is assisting
Rev. W. S. Hales, pastor of the Meth-odist
church at Gibsonville, in a re-vival
meeting at that place this week.
Adjudged Bankrupts.—On the pe-tition
of a number of creditors. Judge
Boyd yesterday signed an order plac-ing
in bankruptcy J. A. Petdgrew
an-: B. M. King as individuals end
'lie line of Pettigrew & King, of
Burlington.
Por Belgian Relief. So far the
people of Greensboro have contrib-
Whlte. W. M. Avery. w. G. Balsley, Iuted over S-d'O to the Hind for the
before M. W. I'.aut'G. W. Alley. W. L, Hodgin, W. K. r,,|i''' Of the starving Belgians. The
IStrader. J. M. Brown. A. Prank Arm- banks '"' 'he ci*y are receiving dona
...ni/.'il lor business , f'e'ul. J. A. Pegram, It. A. Jordan, T. |(i"ns a,ul forwarding them to the
sJiro1^^^^.0^ THREE GERMAN SHIPS SUNK
tion in bankruptcy was filed before
Judge James E. Boyd by Mellichair.pe
Brothers, who have been engaged in
the job printing business in High
Point. The assets were scheduled
at 13,500, with liabilities in excess of
$4,000. Dr. Benjamin T. Bitting, of
Spray, aijjo filed a petition in bank-ruptcy.
His assets were scheduled
at $8,082.52, subject to exemptions,
with liabilities of $3,867.50.
Not«d Lecturer.—Dr. William Mc-
Keever, professor of child welfare in
the I'niversity of Kansas and a noted
lecturer, will spend tomorrow and
Saturday in Greensboro. Tomorrow-night
he will lecture at the State
Normal and Industrial College on
"Peac< and Good Will Among Men."
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock he
will lecture at some place down
town, which will be announced later,
on the subject. "A Little Child Shall
Lead Them." A special invitation is l
extended to the teachers of the coi.n-ly.
and all others who may be able to
do so. to attend this lecture.
BRITISH PLEET SENDS THREE
WAR VESSELS TO BOTTOM
OP. THE ATLANTIC.
re-electing W. C. M. Bowles, R. A. Wheeler, W. A.
Hoggs. J. II. Richardson, R. W. Mor-row.
I), p. Kinney. W. D. Brooks. M.
II. Shipletl and I). E. Hamilton'.
ehvied county offi-th<
bonds, which
and approved bj the
i>( off'cc as ad- JOHN L. HENDRIX PASSES
i.iii man Boron. The
follows:
,-lerk ot the court—
•■.- -i-:.T of d eds -■
■
.-■ ■■ ml. sheriff Official
state bond. $25,000;
:n! in • i: i local tax
in inn kins li total bon I
. n In i-!'.r
II ■ si'!'.
- r.'eas-i
liuii'l.
TO THE (iltKAT BEYOND
Mr. John L. Hendrix, one of the
oldest citizens of Greensboro, died
Monday morning at his home on
Chestnut street. He was in the
eighty-third year of his age and had
been in feeble health for qute awhile.
Recently he became much worse and
it was realized that the end was
near.
Mr. Hendrix was one of the best
known men in G nil lord county and
headquarters of the relief committee
in New York.
Manager Employed. The direc-tors
of the Greensboro baseball club
have employed William II. Kowe to
manage the local team next season.
Rowe played with Asheville and Dur-ham
last season. He is an all-round
player, making a specialty of catch-ing,
and is said to possess managerial
ability.
Tom Matthews Moves.—Mr. j. T.
Malt hews, who is well known in
Greensboro, where he was formerly
engaged in the hotel business, but
who more recently has been manager
of the Varborou:,ii house, in Ualeigh,
moved to ( harlotte this veek and as-sumed
the management of the stone-wall
hotel. Mr. Matthews was con
I „,.„,, ,„• $1;r,.. j leaves a large family connection. He ,..,„.„,,, will, ,,"„„;.; ,„ ctarlo|tt so„le
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i was a splendid gentleman of the old
ury. coroner- -(school, representing in his life and
conduct the highest type of citizen-ship.
About 15 years ago lie anu
his wife moved from their old home
in the Buffalo church community to
(his city, in order to be near their
children, ;.il of whom resided in
i; reeiisliuro.
Early in life Mr. Hendrix connect-ed
himself with Hie Presbyterian
church and was a sincere Christian
ami faithful member of the denomi-nation
until tile end. When lie mov-ed
in Greensboro he transferred his
membership from Buffalo church to
'the First Presbyterian church of this
■ el illllll :
nr-on con-hip,
pre-
.111 of } 1 .
•i opted.
■■■.ili:al re-builds
as
ii-ei ivi r.
years ago.
Abominable
iii'fks Hie sun
NEGRO GETS POUR VKARS
POR SHOOTING OFFHKK.
Matthew Kddings and George Ken-ny,
both colored, were given a hear-ing
in Municipal court Tuesday af-ternoon
for an assault with intent to
kill, the assault having been made
on K. J. Allen. Jr.. a special officer
of the Southern Railway, on the
night of October 27, when he at-tempted
to arrest the two negroes,
who were beating their way through
the city on a freight train. Allen was
shot anil seriously wounded and was
unable to leave the hospital to at-tend
the trial before Tuesday.
Kddings was arrested the morning
following the shooting, and after be-ing
identified by the wounded offi-cer,
was committed to jail. Kenny-
It was announced officially in Lon-don
yesterday that the German cruis-ers
Scharnhorst. Gneisenau and Leip-zig
had been sunk in the South At-lantic
by a British fleet. The follow-ing
announcement was issued by the
official information bureau:
"At 7.30 A. M., on the 8th of De-cember,
the# Scharnhorst. Gneisenau,
Nurnberg. Leipzeg and Dresden were
sighted near the Falkland Islands by
a British squadron under Vice Ad-miral
Sir Frederick Sturdee.
" \n acti-in followed, ip the course
of which the Scharnhorst. flying the
flag of Admiral Count von Spee. 'he
Gneisenau and (he Leipzig were
sunk. The Dresden and Nurnbery
made off during the action and are
being pursued.
"Two colliers also were captured.
"The vice admiral reports that the
'iritish casualties are very few in
number.
"Some survivors have been rescued
from the Cneisenaii and the Leipzig."
The Scharnhorst. Gtitisenati and
Leipzig, with the cruisers Nurnberg
and Dresden composed die German
Pacific fleet, which, in the engage-ment
with the British squadron un-der
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher
Cradock, off the coast of Chile, on
November 1. and the British cruis-ers
Monmouth and Good Hope, with
the loss of about 1,500 men. Since
that time British and Japanese
squadrons have been searching tor
the German fleet, of which little has
been heard Recent reports from
Montevideo. Uruguay, were to the ef-fect
that he German fleet was be-lieved
to have rounded i!ie cape and
entered the South Atlantic, but there
the Austrian advance south of Bel-grade
is progress ig.
Apart fror ..he battlefields, the of-ficially
announced ness of the Ger-man
emperor .trlin from bron-chial
catarrh, with fever, is the most
interesting news "of the day. The
emperor's prolonged activity and re-cent
reports of his appearance have
caused the public to watch with pe-culiar
interest developments regard-ing
his health.
ELECTION Bl'IT STARTED
IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
was arrested in Atlanta two or three ,las been no ailthel!t|c informatJO|l of
., . weeks ago and identified as the com- ,he whereabouts of these vessels
i..s scarceij shown its shooting. i squadron
race, and then for only a few mln- j A, the trial Tuesday afternoon,
utes on one or two occasions, and it | Kenny was found not guilty, but his
has rained every day during this '
The official statement makes ref-erence
to survivors rescued from the
b'i . •! in Mou-lin
ted.
follow i-.c ap
•: \ isor J. ;
I
! r Wil'i- Booth
• John \. >\ il-on.
the county home
ili' house of
i. 'Mass.
• • Dr. A. T Millis.
■ ' boaid agreed t->
1 • sin riff and his
HI sab'os for the
i'i all cases
• i.daui* may be sen-
1 i'il.li.- roads of the
uirk house.
■ • i til ire appoint-
1 establishment of
! for tubercular pa-report
and
.tinned until Hie
nient was made in Greene Hill ceme-tery.
The pall-bearers were: Messrs.
J. K. McKnight, J..A. Uankin. W. L.
Wharton, G. L. Spencer. H. Schroed-er
and Dr. w. J. Richardson.
'I to appropriate
and others an
•li an amount as
or improving the
Tabernacle to
nproxi mutely $60.
• • •• •• •! asking
;■ beginning al ;■
'•hnpcl road near
ileni i. and leading
■ rtoli road. Jest easi
residence.
of the Social Wel-
• Ireensboro appeared
iiid asked that
lion he had between
• county and the city
in regard to the ap-
IOII'-V for the indig-
■ ion of so was mad<
township road com-
• ' xpended in improv-
' Garden road on the
ade an additional ap-
'•"• to the road lead-lillary
Sikes place to
•ol house.
filed asking for the
•' public road leading
• N irmal and Industrial
• intersection of Forest
'•hidicy park, known as
l"ii street or road.
ordered that the Social
\ Reform SCIMM»I—It is announced
that Oil January 1 Rev. S. S. Sevier.
a well known colored minister of thn
city, will open a reform school for
'.colored boys and girls between the
,iiv- ages of !» and 15 years. Tne refor-
Mr. Hendrix Is survived by his Imitorv WJU |„. located on a faro of
aged widow and four sons Messrs. I ^0 acres about three ana a half n iles
James M.. Ed. M.. W. J. and Chariest east ol the city. Young offenders of
A. Hendrix. <\te \asy setitenced in the juvenile or
The funeral was held from the i Superior court w ill be given special
First Presbyterian church Tuesday | consideration.
morning at 11 o'clock and was con- fb sell Bonds.—It is stated that
ducted by Rev. Dr. Melton Clark, as-itne $100,000 of street improvement
sisted by Rev. K. Frank Lee. later- bonds voted by the people of Greens-boro
during the past summer will be
sold in January. Soon after the bonds
were voted the European war broke
out and the bottom dropped out of
the market for all securities. Things
are looking up now, however, and the
city commissioners have assurances
of being able to dispose of the bonds
at a fair price. The commissioners
are planning to resume permanent
improvement work on the streets
about the first el next .April.
Khaki I informs. —The Cotton
Consumers' Club, formed from niem-b<
rs of tin Greensboro Chamber of
Commerce, is in receipt of a letter
from one of the leading railwaj com-panies
to the effect that it will adopt
Khaki uniforms foi its trainmen for
summer wear. This letter is encour-aging
to the club, which has been
working hard to increase the con-sumption
and wear of cotton'in every
Cases Heml in Superior Court.
The first case tried at this week's
civil term of Guilford Superior court
was that of J. A. Tale vs. P. II. Reed,
which resulted in a verdict for the
plaintiff.
The case of Abner Dillard against
the city of Greensboro, being a suit
for damages, was non-suited.
The case of w. it. Ballard vs. B. U.
Wall et al.. being a suit for alleged
breach of contract, the amount being
iiv. road i:i about $2,000, was lie xt taken up. The
plaintiff alleged that he entered into
a contract with Wall anil others to
erect and operate a cotton mill in
Anson county, and that when work
was ready to begin the others failed
to live up to their part of the con-tract.
Before the case went to the
jury the lawyers concerned got to-gether
and compromised the matter.
It is und |