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. ,din" Permits.—For the first
^ lugust building pennlt»'».»V
\ and the total estimated cost
„»7 All were for dwelling*.
•'■':- ' oood Time.—Members ot
,al military company report an
•v able trip to the encampment at
JV cas»ell. The company, known
JJ, Oullford Grays, made a splen-
"ISS-- Account.ncy._M, J.
Scales, of this, city, has been ap-ha
bered sfc
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Had
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by Governor Craig a mem-p.
seal'
£rf the "state board of accountancy
g, aoard will examine and license
MK«C eccountants,
P Onh.-mce Works Well—The new
MC ordinance which forbids th6
«rt1ag of vehicle? on Elm street Is
working well. Two policemen are
,-... street constantly to remind
Jecpie wUo forget about the ordl-
"\vill Make Address.—Mr. C. W.
Gold "( the Jefferson Standard Life
insurance Company, has been Invited
t0 speak at the American Life -Con'
ventioi in Monterey. Cal., next
nioni.i His subject will be "Super-vision."
Funeral of CMld.—The funeral of
\da Pearl Murphy, who died at the
home of her parents! south pf the city
Sunday, was held yonday at Center
Friends church. Rev. Mr. Reynolds
conducted the service. She was five
vears old.
Su)-erior Court Opens.—Judge M.
H. Justice opened the August term
of Superior court yesterday after-noon,
signed several Judgments and
disposed of motions. No jury trials
were )ield. There will be four weeks
of court in September.
Death of Child.—Tyrus Raymond
Cobb, the two-months-old child of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lindley. died
Monday at the family home near
Pleasant Garden. The. funeral,.was
conducted Tuesday at Center Friends
church by Rev. W. H. Reynolds.
School Bonds Sold.—The city of
Greensboro yesterday afternoon sold
its 160.000 issue of school bonds to
Bolger, Mosser & Williams, of Chi-cago,
at a premium of $654. There
were 12 bidders. All bids were above
par except two and one of those was
at par.
Death of Child—Dorothy Adeline.
the 20-months-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Foster, died Tuesday
evening at 6.45 o'clock at the resi-dence
503 West Bragg street. The
funeral was held yesterday afternoon
and interment was in Greene Hill
cemetery.
Picnic Yesterday.—The Sunday
school of Buffalo Presbyterian chuTch
held its annual picnic at the church
yesterday. There was a good at-tendance,
including a number of peo-ple
from Greensboro. The dinner
was up to the high standard long ago
set by this church.
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Many Pay DOR Tax.—According to
the police, there are 770 dogs In
Greensboro, and tax has been paid
on all but 91 of this Amber. It Is
announced that warrants will be Is-sued
for owners who have not paid
tax on their dogs. One who has not
paid is a policeman.
Woodhouse-Donb.— Miss Irma
Woodhouse, of Boonville. »nd Mr. B.
C. Doub, of Winston-Salem, were
married Tuesday at the home of the
bridegroom's sister, Mrs. O. C. Cox,
of this city. Rev. Y. M. Swalm, of
Winston-Salem, officiated. They will
live in Winston-Salem.
Close of Institute.—The series of
Sunday school Institutes which have
been held on one Sunday afternoon
In each month for three months at
Brown Summit closed last Sunday.
At the last session Mr. J. Norman
"ills and Miss Ethel Troy, of thia
city, were speakers.
Bays Factory.—S. F. Wall has
Purchased the plant of the Kitchen
Cabinet and Table Company, of High
Point, which has been In the bank-ruptcy
court. R. T. Ctiappell is su-perintendent.
The plant has been
started again and will continue to
make tables and cabinets.
Revival at Rehobeth.—The revival
at Rehobeth church, which closed
Monday night, was one of the most
Profitable and successful series of
meetings ever held by this congrega-tion.
The results show 50 profes-sions
and 25 additions to the church.
The attendance was unusually large.
Bev- Mr. Short, who assisted the pas-tor
during the revival, returned to
nia charge at Cooleemee Tuesday.
To Durham For Picnic —The East
Market Street Methodist Sunday
school (colored) is oh a picnic In
Durham today. There they were
joined by a Sunday school from Ral-eigh.
A baseball game between the
two schools will be played. The pro-ceeds
will go to the negro library.
Class Has Oatlng.—The Baraca
class of Grace Methodist Protestant
Sunday school had a picnic Monday
afternoon at the Children's Home at
High Point. About 40 members of
the class went over in automobiles
and both, the young men and 'the
children in the home-enjoyed the oc-casion.
Selling Canned Goods.—Greens-boro
merchants have already bought
1,000 cases of the. products of the
canning club products of the county
and are in the market for more. No
merchant called upon has declined to
give an order. The goods sell a lit-tle
higher than the ordinary canned
products.
Married In Winston-Salem.—Mrs.
Eunice M. Ireland and Mr. Neal W.
Urling, both of this city, were mar-ried
in Winston-Salem Saturday. Mr.
Urling is in business here, having re-cently
came to the city. His bride is
the daughter of Mr. P. M Shepherd.
They will .live with the bride's sister,
Mrs. L. A. Andrew.
Gethsemane Revival.—The mem-bers
of Gethsemane church are hold-ing
a protracted meeting this week.
Rev. Mr. Johnson, the pastor, is be-ing
assisted by Rev. Mr. Higgins and
Rev. Mr. Gordon. This will be the
last revival in the old building, ac
work will soon begin on the construc-tion
of a new church.
Here From San Domingo.—M. L.
Ong, of SaiuDedro de Marcaria, Do-minican
Republic, is the guest of Mr.
Andrew Joyner, on West Gaston
street. Mr. Joyner for some time had
a government position in the repub-lic.
Mr. Ong is chemist for the Santa
Fe Sugar Refinery and is in the
states on his vacation.
Passed Bad Check.—S. L. Elsing-er
was brought here from Ashevllle
this .week by Policeman S. D. O'Briant
and will be tried in city eourt today
for passing a bad check. He obtain-ed
$100 from the Guilford hotel on
the check. The check came back and
Elsint'er was'located in Ashevllle. He
is a traveling salesman. I
Wins &2SO Prize.—The Odell
Hardware Company, of this city, won
fourth prize in the nation-wide win-dow
decorating contest of the Rica,
Leaders of the World Association.
The prize .was $250. Two other
North Carolina concerns won smaller
prizes. This contest was participated
in by thousands of stores.
Will Arrest Speeders.—Beginning
today deputy sheriffs will be station-ed
along the Pomona road, which is
now one of the finest highways in
the state, and all persona exceeding
the speed limit will -be arrested.
Many complaints have come to the
county officers, and this course was
believed to be necessary.
. Summer Bulletin . Issued.—The
summer bulletin of Greensboro Col-lege
for Women has been Issued and
is an attractive publication. Presi-dent
Turrentine says he is expecting
an enrollment that will tax the ca-pacity
of the buildings.. The. music
course has been entirely rearranged,
and additions have been made to the
faculty.
~ To Have Factory Here.—B. D.
Emanuel and Company, of Munlce,
Ind., expect to establish a branch fac-tory
here for the manufacture of rib-bons
for typewriters, adding ma-chines,
etc. Mr. W. F. Thurmond,
the sales manager, has been here for
several days arranging for the open-ing
of the plant. It will employ
about 15 persons.
To Meet Hero Next.—The North
Carolina Motion Picture Exhibitors'
League, which met in Wrightsvtlle
last week, decided to hold the Janu-ary
meeting in Greensboro. There
are more than 300 members of the
organization. Percy Wells, of Wll
mington. is president; H. B. Varner.
of Lexington, secretary, and Otto
Haas, of Charlotte, treasurer,.
Won't Accept Resignation.—Ashe-boro
Street Baptist church has de-clined
to accept the resignation of
Rev. Robert P. Walker, which was
tendered Sunday. This was decided
by an enthusiastic and overwhelming
vote last night. Mr. Walker has
been called to another church and
may go despite the protest of his
present congregation. He has been
pastor of the Asheboro Street church
four years. In that time a $12,000
church has been built, 100 members
received and the congregation has
doubled.
Unnsual Bill.—The city commis-sioners
Tuesday afternoon were ask-ed
to pay for a broken plate glass
window on South Elm btreet. ' The
window was broken Saturday when a
passing automobile wheel in some
way picked up a stone on the' street
and hurled It against? the window.
The rock had fallen from a wagon
hauling stone for street work. The
city declined to pay the till.
Meet at OM Point Comfort.—Th*
$100,000 club of the Southern Lifo
and Trust Company met yesterday at
Old Point Comfort, Va. A trip Is
given each year to agents producing
more than a certain amount of busi-ness.
Those from Greensboro at-tending
are R. J. Mebane. Arthur
Watt, C. A. Mebane, Dr. J. T. J. Bat-tle,
E. N. Snow, T. D. Dupuy, C. A.
Banks. Jr., and J. W. Brcwley.
Renews Fight on Flies.—Mr. E. P.
Wharton, whose leadership in pre-vious,
campaigns against the fly add-ed
to his reputation, is on the job
again. He has just returned from
the West. Immediately after his ar-rival
he announced that he would
sell in front of the postoffice "tangle;
foot" at one cent a double sheet. He
means to make a lively fight on the
fly from now until cold weather
Attending Raleigh Meeting—Coun-ty
Farm Demonstrator E. H. Ander-son
is in Raleigh attending the meet-ing
of farm demonstrators from all
sections of the state. Others who
Wow Corporation Cb*Itet*«*L—-The
Securities Guaranty Company, with
this city as head office, has been in-corporated
and the certificate was
recorded here yesterday. The au-thorised
stock Is $125,060. with $50,-
000 subscribed' for as follows: D.
F. Conrad, of Lexington, M6 shares;
J. B. Harrison, of Greensboro, 225
shares, and W. G. Swanson, of Dan-ville,
Va., 50 shares. The company
Is authorized to run bottling works,
make and sell ice and engage in other
business.
Trying to Save the Trees.—Repre-sentatives
of West Market Street
Methodist and First Baptist church-es
were before the city commission-ers
Tuesday to discuss the matter of
a wider sidewalk on West Market
street between the two churches.
Mrs. J. E. Logan and others inter-ested
in the property between the
two churches were represented by
Colonel Barringer. Mrs. Login wants'!
to put down a new sidewalk, but does
not want her trees cut down. Some
plan may be evolved by which the
trees can be saved.
"Off to Atlantic City.—Among the
Greensboro people who went to At-lantic
City on the Southern Railway
excursion Tuesday night were the
following: R. C. Bernau, Clifford
Woolen, W. Z. Brown, R% R. King,
Jr., C. C. McLean, Mrs. I. P. West,
Mrs. E. Caldwell. Mrs. P. P. McCar-thy,
J. J. Smith, J. H. Price, H. B.
WAR HEWS OF THE WEEK
NOTHING DECISIVE IN EAST—
BRITISH LOSE TRANSPORT
AND 1O0O SOLDIERS.
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alltles, and that the Itallaa govern-ment
has been advised that Rumania,
Bulgaria and Greece am Mtlvely car-1
rying on military preparations.
went from this county were Chafles Leak, J. J. Lindsay, J. W. Brawley,
and John Groome and Ernest Gam-ble,
of the boys' agricultural club,
and probably other members. The
thirteenth annual state farmers' and
farm women's convention will follow
this meeting.
Picnic Tomorrow.—A union picnic
of theymajority of negro churches in
the city will be held tomorrow at ttie
Guilford Battle Ground. The South-ern
will run a special train for this
occasion, leaving here at 8.30 in the
morning. The churches going are:
Trinity A. M. E. Zion, Providence^
Baptist, St. James Presbyterian, Shi-loh
Baptist, New Zion, College Hill*
J. L. Daniels, A. B. High, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Donnell, Miss Nettie Fow-ler,
Mrs. L. G. Curtis, Miss Lela
Coble, Miss Emma Lewis, H. F.
Coble, Claude Pritchett and Mr. and
Mrs. E. P. Pate.
'. Death Rate Low.—The death rate
In Greensboro for the first half of
August was low, according to reports
to the health authorities. There were
no deaths from typhoid fever. The
only deaths among the white popu-lation
were an infant and Mr. Snider,
who died at the hospital from in-juries
received In an explosion near
Walnut Cove. The deaths of nine
Bethel A. M. E. This promises to, negroes brought the total to 11. The
be a big occasion among the negroes.
Contracts Awarded.—The city
commissioner^ opened" bids for the
new school buildings Monday after-noon.
C. G. Johnson Was the lowest
bidder for the white school to be
erected on Bragg street, his price
being $9,918.90. M. L. Ifelloday got
the negro school on East Washing-ton
street at $8,884. There were
i-bout fifteen bidders on each build-ing.
Some bids were as high as
$1-1,000 for one building. Work will
be commenced right away.
Convention at Asheboro.—The
Randolph County Sunday School
Convention met this morning in
Asheboro and will be in session until
tomorrow evening. Among the
speakers for the two days are Rev.
J. W. Long, Rev. A. G. Dlxon. Prof.
A. R. Williams, Prof. E. J. Coletrane.
Mr. A. W. McAllster, Rev. Joseph
Peele, Miss Martha Dozier, Mrs. E.
R. Michaux, of this county; Dr. W.
A. Harper, of Elon College, and Mr.
J. M. Broughton, Jr.. of Raleigh.
Boy's Tragic Death.—Charles
deaths among the negroes included
three infants, one from tuberculosis
and one from pneumonia. The ne-gro
convict who drank disinfectants
and ate soap was also in the num-ber.
Popular Mail Carrier Dies.—Mr.
James H. King, for a number of years
the carrier on rural mail route No.
1 from Gibsonville, died Monday
night at 10.30 o'clock in Gibsonville.
He had been ill only a Tew days. The
body was carried to Forsyth, Ga.,
Tuesday and the funeral was held
there yesterday. He had neves mar-ried
and his nearest surviving rela-tives
are two cousins in the Georgia
town in which he was buried. Mr.
King was popular In Gibsonville and
On his route. He will be missed
among the many friend 1 his kindly
acts and upright character had won
for him.
Mr. E. F. Pearce Dies.—While on
a visit to friends at Liberty, Mr. Eg-bert
F. Pearce was taken suddenly ill
and died Monday morning. His body
was brought to Greensboro and the
The general activity which is com-pelling
the Germans to give immedi-ate
Attention to their northern half
of the campaign has changed the
character of the operations from
Warsaw. The employment/of six
German armies, or from 40 to 45
corps, over a front of 180 versts fac-ing
Osowiec and Brest-Litevsk,
shows that their future tasks In the
woody, swampy zone of Poliessie,
surrounding Brest-Litovsk to the
southeast, excludes the possibility of
their turning the Russian left flank.
In the Baltic provinces, on the Rus-sian
right, the Germans are now re-inforced,
troops having been brought
from Poland, where the army ot
Woyrsch has been filled by Austrians.
Serious battles are expected now
in the Baltic region, where the
enemy's aims latterly have been com-pelled
to harmonize his operations
with the issue of the recent sea fight.
He retreated pending the arrival of
reinforcements, at the time keeping
up his communications with the sea.
Now that his reinforcements have ar-rived
he will make most stubborn ef-forts
to regain the lost ground. Mean-while,
reports from Riga show there
has been a resumption of the normal
life of the city.
The leading monasteries of Russia
have asked and obtained permission
to employ their workshops in making
shells for the army.
The military situation is viewed
by Russian army officers with a de-gree
of optimism, owing to the man-ner
in which the Germans have been
checked at the crossings of the rivers
Liwiec and Krzna, east of the Siedlce-
Lukow front. Confidence Is felt
here that the Russians will be able
to make any further eastward pro-gress
of the invaders very costly to
them.
The apparent weakness of the Ger-man
flanks has removed fear that the
Russian army wonld be bottled up.
Evidence of the seeming lack of-of-fensive
power is found in the report-ed
removal of a portion of the Ger-man
troops from the Siedle-Lukow
front to the Baltic region.
Tea Killed Near London.
The outskirts of London were raid-ed
Tuesday night by Zeppelins. Sev-eral
persons were killed, but the
damage to property was' not impor-tant.
Ten persons were killed and
36 injured. One Zeppelin Is believed
to have been hit. The air raid was
over the eastern counties of Eng-land.
Kovno Taken by Germans.
Kovno, one of the crucial points in
the Russian defensive in the north,
has fallen and the road to the Vilna,
Warsaw and Petrograd railway now
is open to the troops of Emperor
Williams.'
The capture of Kovno was another
triumph for the German 16-lnch
guns. With the fortress the Germans
took more than 400 guns, and ac-cording
to their account, an enor-mous
quantity cf war material.
This, however, is not the most ser-ious
part of the matter to the Rus-sians.
Besides opening the way to'
Vilna, which is an open town and
from which most of the inhabitants
and everything that might be of use
to the invaders have been removed,
the fall of Kovno takes away the last
protection, with the exception of the
Russian field army, to the main line
railway to the capital, and also,
places the Germans in a position to
threaten the flanks of the Russian
armies retiring to the Brest Lltovsk
line and those operating in southern
Courland.
FARMERS' ALLIANCE
GAINS IN MEMBERSHIP..
Workman. Jr., the seven-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Work-man,
of High Point, met a tragic
death 'Saturday when he wad run
over by an auto wood-sawing ma-chine.
A front wheel and rear wheel
passed over him. The father owns
the machine and was running it
along Seventh avenue in High Point
when the boy fell from it and was
crushed to death. The mother was
ill at the time and was not told of the
boy's death. •
Found Man In Room.—Three
y*oung women who have a room In
the home of Mr. George J. Tates, on
West Washington street, were great-ly
terrified Monday night when they
awoke and saw a man standing In
their room. Their screaming brought
a number of neighbors, but by the
time they came the burglar had
quietly walked out on the porch and
gotten away. The room had a large
window opening on the front porch,
and the man had taken out thescreen
and walked in.
Destroyed 91 Stills.—Revenue Of-ficers
under Col. W. H. Chapman,
revenue agent here, destroyed 91
illicit distilleries during the month
of July. Of this number 51 were In
western North Carolina. 2? in the
eastern part of the state and 13 in
South Carolina. A big red ox and a
dilapidated wagon were also taken in
charge and will be sold. These were
taken in WiIkes county. The nura?
ber above does not include illicit dis-tilleries
destroyed by state officers,
of which there was a large number.
funeral was conducted Tuesday af-ternoon
by Rev. R. D. Sherrill at the
residence, 617 West Lee street. In-terment
was in Greene Hill cemetery.
Mr. Pearce had been in bad health
for some months, but the announce-ment
of his sudden death came as
a great shock to his friends and rel-atives.
He had for a number of
years been a member of Centenary
Methodist church, and was also a
member of a local K. of P. lodge. He
is survived by his wife and one
daughter, Miss Fannie Lee Pearce.
Thousand Soldiers Drown.
The British transport Royal Ed-ward
was torpedoed and sunk by a
German submarine In the Aegean
Saturday and only 600 are reported
saved out of 1,350 troops and 220
other persons aboard. The official
announcement was made Tuesday:
'The transport Royal Edward was
sunk by an enemy submarine in the
Aegean last Saturday .morning. Ac-cording
to the information at present
available the transport had on board
22 military officers and 1,350 troops,
in addition to the ship's crew of 220
officers and men.
"The troops consisted mainly of
reinforcements for the 29th division
and details of the Royal army medi-cal
corps. Full information has not
yet been received, but it is known
that about 600 have been saved."
The loss of the Royal Edward Is a
serious one just at this moment. The
men it carried were not part of a new
expedition, but were reinforcements
for the 29th division on the G alii poll
peninsula. The news came as a shock
to the British public, who believed
the submarine menace in the Aegean
had been dealt with successfully.
This Is the first occasion since the
sinking of the battleship Majestic on
Mky 27 that the German submarines,
which made the long trip to the Dar-danelles,
have scored a success.
' Persons who attended the twenty-ninth
annual session of the North
Carolina State Farmers' Alliance just
concluded in Hlllsboro, report that
the organization showed a gain in
membership during the year just
ended. The following counties were
represented: Alamance, Bertie, Co-
Iambus, - Cumberland: Edgecombe,
Guilford, Harnatt. Johnson, Lenoir,
Martin, Orange, Wake, Wayne, Wil-son
and Warren.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, M.
P. Edwards, Speed, vice president,
J. C. Bain, Wade; secretary and
treasurer and business agent, J. H.
Evans, Hlllsboro; lecturer, H. M.
Cates, Graham.
In legislative matters the alliance
went on record as favoring the
repeal of the crop-lien law; fav-oring
segregation of the races in
land-ownership; opposing the repeal
of the 6 per rent Interest law or any
modification thereof; opposing In-terference
by the legislature with the
rights of the judiciary.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT AGAINST
EXECUTION OF A WOMAN.
The sentence of death imposed on
Mrs. Warren, in Forsyth Superior
court, has started the talk about the
execution of women. Some papers
assert that never in the history of
the state has a woman been legally
executed, while others have heard ot
only one. It may or may not be to
our credit, but it is a tact that more
than one woman has been e^cutod
In the history of North Carolina. A
woman, whose case Is yet discussed,
was hanged In Burke county many
years ago for the murder of her hus-band.
Others have been executed
'sir.ee. but nbne within recent years.
The sentiment Is strong now and it
is strong enough to save a woman,
no matter how aggravated her guilt;
and the Landmark expects that sen
Hment to save Mrs. Warren
Statesville Landmark.
Greece on Eve of War.
Eleutherios Venlselos, who early
in the year resigned the premiership
of Greece because King Constantino
did not share his belief that Greece
should Join the entente powers in the
war, has, after the return to power of
his party in the chamber of deputies
and resignation of {he cabinet of M.
Gounaris, been requested by his
monarch to form a new ministry.
Venizelos has asked four days in
which to consider his reply. While
it seems apparent1 that the king and
the former premier have reached an
understanding as to Greece's future
policy, what that policy is has aot
become known.
The political situation, not alone
as regards Greece, but In all the
other Balkan states, apparently re-mains
In a chaotic state, although
1 .there are unofficial reports that the
Teutonic allies arc massing troops in
the south la preparation tor eventu-
Big Gift by Bakes to Methodists.'
In a letter published in the Ral-eigh
Christian Advocate, from Bish-op'John
C. Kilgo, to the Methodists
of North Carolina, announcement Is
made that Messrs. J. B. Duke and B.
N. Duke, the North Carolina million-aires,
will give annually to the work
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, in North Craolina, of which
they are members, the sum of $35,-
000, this being the Interest on a fund
of $700,000. The announcement
states that $16,000 a year will be
used for church extension work, $10,-
000 for home mission work, and $10,-
000 for the relief of aged Methodist
ministers. These gifts are in addition
to the millions given by the Dukes
to Trinity College, the Methodist col-lege
of North Carolina. The latest
benefactions to the college are funds
for the building of a stone fence
about the college* campus, and other
needed Improvements of similar na-ture.
Mrs. J. S. Carr Dead.
Mrs. Nannie Graham Parrish Carr,
wife of General Julian S. Carr, of
Durham, died yesterday morning at
8.16 o'clock at her country home at
Ocsoneechee, following » lingering
Illness from a complication of dis-eases.
The funeral will be held
Saturday. Mrs. Carr is surviv-ed
by her husband, four sons, Messrs.
Marvin Carr, of New York; J. S.
Carr, Jr., Austin Heaton Carr and
Claiborne Carr, of Durahm; two
daughters, Mesdames Leila Patton
and Lida Flower, of Kansas City,
Mo.; one brother. Captain Parrish,
and one sister. Mrs. Fannie Halli-burton,
both of Durham.
Cary Johnson has returned from
a trip to Norfolk .
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