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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
HERE and THERE


Miss Matilda Gerrineer. Of Gibson
vile. was burned to death Monday.
While standing in front Of a fire
place her clothes became ignited
and she was burned to a crisp be-
fore help arrived. She was 10 years
of age.
The cruiser Hal Chi, which recent
" visited America, has ioined the
Chinese revoltiouists Hal Chi was
one of China's best boats.
The butter trust has raised the
price of the creamery stuff to 40c
lb. saying that the market could
easily stand it. We guess so, the
market and especially the buyer
generally have to stand what the
trusts put upon them.
The reported massacre of 10000
Manchus by the rebels in the Shen
81 district has been confirmed. Kan
Su with the Imperial army, after
hard fighting succeeded in pushing
his wav to within so miles Of Sian
Flu The entire province Of Shen 81
is in turmoil, and manv towns have
boen looted and deserted.
DR.. Cook. the explorer of the
North pole, lectured to a large crowd
in Greensboro Tuesday pieht.
Wednesday night he spoke in Win
ston and was introduced by Hon.
Cyrus B. Watson. You are all right,
Cook. old bov. We do not doubt
Won in the least when you say you
sat on the toppermost part of the
earth. notwithstanding Peary, ct ais
The single story building on South
Elm street, Greensboro, owned by
W. F. Clege. and heretofore occupi-
ed by the New Royal Cafe, a re-
Gently established shoe store, Clegg's
shooting gallery and Saleeby's
fruit stand. was dutted by an early
morning fire Monday.
The revclutionists over in China
have massacred. 10000 of the Inn
perialists, which is to say that
number of the emperor's stickers.
Already a republic has been estab-
lished With DR.. Sun. a native Chinese
and a Christian strange to relate,
as president Things are quite lively
in the kingdom of rice and rats.
Anyhow the decision of Judge
Cook. until reversed. establishes
the relative strength Of recorder and
a magistrate.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
LADY SERIOUSLY INJURED
Mrs. Ken Grimes Has NarrOw Escape
From Death

Sunday morning early while en-
gagged in cooking breakfast Mrs. Ken
Grimes was fearfully bruised by fly
ing pieces of iron, due to the bursting
of a water back and which literally
TORE the stove to pieces. She was
wounded on the face. head and
several places on the body and it is
remarkable that she came out alive.
A large hole was made in the walls
of the kitchen by the explosion.
Drs. Stanton and Turner were called
to attend the unfortunate woman,
who was at first thought to be fa-
tallyssinjured. However,the crisis has
apparently passed and Mrs. Grimes
is getting along as well as could be
expected for one wounded so badly.
There were several other cases in
the city where the water backs to
stoves bnrsted but without serious
trouble.
In Greensboro and other places
accidents were reported from the
same cause and in a few towns death
exacted its toll from the freezing of
water backs in stoves. They are
dangerous in cold weather and
people should be slow to build a fire
in the stove without they know
everything is all right.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
GUILFORD'S SCHOOL FUNDS
Annual Apportionment Made by
County Board of Education.

The Guilford county board of edu-
cation has completed the apportion-
ment of the county school funds
for the ensuing year, the total
amount apportioned being about
$4,000. The regular apportionment
in, round figures, is $58,9O0 and the
apportionment of special taxes is
approximately $4,000. The per
capita appOrtiOnment is increased
this year from So so to $275, this
being the largest increase in any
one year under the present systam
of public education. For several
years the board of education has
been increasing the per capita ap-
pOrtionment at the rate of 10 cents
a year, and the larger increase this
year is made possible by the extra
tax levy authorized by the last leg
islature. The schools named below
received the following:
jamestown.
jamestown, $3.50 and ST ,92O spt-
cial; Oak Shade, $500 and S238 spe-
cial; Union Hill, 5000; Hill Top,
$11O and 1854 special.
Colored-$170.
Oak Ridge
Appropriation for the entire town
shia, for both white and colored
schools, ST 1853, with $l,341 special.
Deep River
Sandy Ridge, $17O; Colfax, $500
and $340 special; Millwood, $3.50;
Davis, SIS; County Line, SIS.
Colored-S110.
High Point
Deep River, $17O and $61 special
DeLane, 5000 and SLIT special; Me-
chanicsville, $3.50 and $413 special;
Welch, S400 and $616 special; Oak
Hill, SAG and S679 special: Spring
field, S772 and $500 special.
Colored -Ganaway children, $64.
There was apportioned to the
Greensboro graded schools S11,429
and to the High Point graded schools
S7,967,
The apportionment to the county
high schools is as follows: James
town, $500; Pleasant Garden, $500;
Monticello, $400; Summerfeld, $3.50.
The sum of 81 500 was appropri-
ated to the agricultural department
Of the county high schools.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
Abdication Edict Prepared

Paris, Jan. ia secret cabinet
council at Peking yesterday prepar'
ed an abdication edict which prob
ably will be promulgated today, ac'
cording to a dispatch to the Euro
pean edition of the New York Her
aid. The attempt against Yuan Shi
Kai has forced the hands of the OBJ
durate princes vino, fearing attempts
against themselves, have decided tC
ring down the curtain on the Man
chu dynasty. Yuan himself is au'
thority for stating that he again
rendered his resignation, but it was
not accepted.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
Judge Cook Grants Habeas Corpus
For WineSkie

When court convened in Green's
boro Monday morning, Mr.. A. L.
Brooks, attorney for Frank Wineskie,
called up the habeas corpus case
sued out Saturday night. Wineskie
had been bound over to court on a
charge of embezzling funds of the
Standard Mirror Company of High
Point, of which he was manager.
1Mr. Brooks claimed that Justice of
the Peace Collins had no jurisdic-
ton to hear the case, since it be-
longed before the High Point re-
corder,
Judge Cook heard all the evi-
dence and reserved his decision I'M
til Tuesday morning at 8 O'Clock
when he granted the habeas corpus
and Mr.. Wineskie was released. The
case will be tried in Higa Point now
or the plaintiffs may wait until court
meets and bring the matter before
the grand jury, it is learned. In
Magistrate Collins court Wineskie
was held for the grand jury but il
seems that Collins court was moi
legal in this case, hence the habea;
corpus proceedings.
1t is a case in which High Poin
and the surrounding country ha'
been much interested and the out
come will be awaited with mucl
concern.
In rendering the judgment, hi'
honor stated that he has never de
clared an act of the general assem-
bly, unconstitutional in all the perio'
of his service as judge and he con
sidered the power to do so one tina
should be used sparingly and will
caution. He further stated that hat
he been a member of the appellate
division of the judiciary system, h
might not be able to make the pre-
vious statement, and his hearer
were led to infer that his judg
ment in the case today wa
not necessarily his opinion a
to the constitutionality of the stat
ute removing the authority of tn
! justice Of the peace and establish
! ind the recorders cODrt.
There was some talk of a bencl
warrant, but the judge did not issu
one. and it is not likely that an
further action will be taken unit
the next term of criminal courl
\ when, it is thought, the grand jur
will take action. 1t is said that Nj
Wineskie will demand a trial.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
Happiness

There is never rain enough in the
world to drown all the roses. There
is always one for Love to wear on
his breast.
Should misfortune overtake you,
retrench. work harder, but never re-
treat; confront difficulties with un.
flinching perseverance. Should you
then fail, you will be honored; but
shrink and you will be despised.
Trouble comes to some Of us be-
cause we spend more time in hop
ing for the best than we do in work
ing for it.
Taking the world as we find it is
good philosophy, but tryingto take
it all is quite a different matter.
Queer about this thing happiness
The more of it you give to others
the more you have.
A little expression Of praise and
appreciation to one who is trying tC
do right and be of some use in the
world will often fill his heart with
happiness of the kind which will
make him, though discouraged, take
heart again.
The habit Of blaming others wher
when things 60 wrong is an insidi
Gus and dangerous one. Far more
is it to the purpose to inquire within
whether the fault, or much of it
may not lie at home.-Selected.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
10000 RENDERED HOMELESS BY
FIRE

Osaka, Japan Jan. 18.-A series
of fires which broke out at 1 O'Clock
this morning swept unchecked across
the southern half of this city, famed
by strong wind. The confaga-
ton was not under control until late
in the afternoon when, according to
official fgares, 5,268 buildings had
been destroyed and thirty thousand
persons rendered homeless. During
the first hours the flames consumed
more than 1900 houses.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
Coal Law Needs Amending.

The present coal land law has one
serious defect, which would be reme-
died if a leasing law is not enacted.
The restriction of area that may le-
galIy be acquired to a maximum OF
100 acres for an individual and $40
acres for an association is not in ac-
cord with good mining practice. The
fixed charges on the cost Of a mod
ern coal mine, provided with the up
to-date equipment necessary to
conserve life and property and to
assure maximum recovery, are too
High to be assessed against the out
put of SO small a tract, especially if
the coal seam is Of only moderate
thickness. A law designed to pro-
mote the practical utilization Of coal
deposits, whether the system CON
templates sale or lease, must pro-
vide for the holding Of a large
enough unit to permit the opening
and equipment Of a modern mine
and to warrant its economical oper-
alton. Without such provision for
commercial operation too great an
advantage is given to the land
grant railroads and large coal com
panies already in possession Of col .
siderable areas Of high-grade coal
| (From 32d Annual Report, Director
United States Geological Survey
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
MEASURING RIVER FLOWS
Eleven Hundred Gaging Stations
Operated by United States Geo.
logical SURVEY.

In its work work of steam guag-
ins-measuring the flow and vol
ume of rivers by up to date meth
o1s-the United States Geological
Survey co-operated during the past
fiscal year with thirteen states, the
states contributing over $4,000,
and the survey doing the work. The
GeOlo 5ical Survey also cooperat-
ed in this work with the Reclama-
ton Service, the Office of Indian
Affairs. and the Forest Service
Ninety-six guaging stations were
maintained in cooperation with the
Reclamation service, thirteen in co.
operation with the Indian Office
and 1874 in cooperation with the
Forest Service on streams draining
National Forests. In all 1,105 guag
ing stations were in operation al
the close of the last fiscal year.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
Southern Convention to Be Held at
ElOn 81,

Elon College, Jan. 18.-The execu-
tive committee of the Southern
Christian convention, which is CON-
posed of DR.. W. W. Staley, of Suf-
folk, Va; Hen. E F, Holland of
Washington, and Rev. N. G. New
man, of Holland, Va, has accepted
the invitation of the Christian
church cs this place to hold its next
biennial session here this spring
The convention assemblies on April
80, and will be in session for four
DAYS.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
A Growing Institution

The past years history Of the
Home Banking Company was one
of much success, the volume of
business done was far greater than
the year previous. At meeting of
the stockholders recently a six per
cent dividend was declared and the
old officers reelected. The bank
has greatly increased its number of
dtpositors, Col. D. H. Milton is
cashier and Mr., 7. F. Wrenn presi-
dent.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
COL. HENRY SAYS IT WILL BE
TAFT AND HARMON

In the opinion of Col:> Walter R.
Henry of Charlotte; who sjust back
from an extended trip into the north
western states, including a stay of
some days in Chicago. Taft is sure
to be the nominee of the Republic
ans for second term as president.
He believes, too, that his opponent
on the Democratic ticket will be
Harmon. He says he found little
Wilson sentiment.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
Noted Army Leader Coming to
Greensboro

Beginning with January Is. Mr..
Herbert Booth, son of the founder
and head of the Salvation Army,
will spend a few days in Green's
boro, conducting a mission in West
Market Street Methodist church.
The meeting will last through Feb
ruary 6, and its intent is to deepen
the spiritual life of the church and
city by a series of inspiring ad-
dresses. MIR. Booth is reputed to be
one OF the most effective religious
evangelists of modern times.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
She Had Reason.

Johnny, what is the meaning
sought to be conveyed in the asser-
ton. Freedom shrieked when Kos
ciusko felf?"
Freedom was probIy what he
fell on, ma'am."
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
The Kilties Canada's draat hand

The Kilties, Canada's great band,
appears in the auditorium here
tuesday afternoon and evening.
Great muslin underwear sale at
leonardo -Beavans-Stamey Go. begin
ming Tuesday, January 23rd. See
ad.
". G. Parks, representing the Ger
ZACH Barlow Co., manufacturers
OF art calenders, was in the city
Wednesday calling on the trade.
Mr.. Parks sells nothing but the best
in calenders and has been 20 years
on the road in the same business.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
interesting Services at South Main
Street Church Sunday

Rev. B. Margeson, the new pastor
of South Main Street M. E. Church
will preach next Sunday morning,
January 2lst, at II o'clock. Sub,
ject: The Bright Side of Dark
Things
DR., Ware, presiding elder Of the
district, will preach at night. Ser
vices to begin at 7 O'Clock. Every
body cordially invited to attend.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
Mrs. Sapp Dead

Mrs. N. W. Sapp, aged 60 years,
died at her home in Kernersvllle,
Wednesday, of paralysis. Deceased
was the mother of Mr.. A. V. Sapp,
formerly of this city, but now of
Greensboro. Several other children
survive Mrs. Sapp was well and
favorable known in her section as
a christian woman and a useful
citizen.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19

1t has been rumored that the
President and Postmaster General
Hitchcock are at outs because
Hitchcock recommended that the
government take hold Of the tele-
graph lines and operate same. How
ever there seems to be no founda
ton for such. and at last accounts
the reporters have these two promi.
nent persons as lovely as two sick
kittens.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR


A poor cock is able to make a
much better living than a good poet.
Some men have lots of relations;
some get off with only business
troubles.
Falling off the water wagon be-
came an international institution
with Noah.
When father doesn't grumble
about the gas bills from daughters
callers, he's feeling anxious himself
about her future.
A man who wouldn't think of
treading on a rattlesnake if he knew
it will deliberately plunge right into
a religious argument.-New York
Press.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19

Mr.. /. F. Wrenn who has been
here several days looking after his
business interests returned to his
home in Marion this week.
AT last the backbone of the biz
zdrd has been broken.
Send The Review the neighbor.
hood news.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
DNSIDERING THE TREATY

Ashington, Jan. 16.-COnsidera-
1on|Of the pending arbitration trea-
ties with Great Britain and France
wasfairly begun in the senate today
Wit a speech by Senator Rayner, of
Maryland, and the subject will be on
IN the senate regularly for some
time.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19

The Kernersville Light & Power
Company was sold Tuesday by the
receiver to the Greensboro Boiler
& Supply Co.
The coldest weather in ten years
says the close observer, in speaking
of the spell" of the past two weeks.
The plumbers have done a good
business during the freezing wealth
er. It's an ill wind that blows no
one good.
High Point needs a man who
knows how to inspect all the plumb
ing done, and then see that it is
done according to law. If this was
the case much money would be
saved the individual and perhaps
loss of life.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
Going Out Of
Business

Stock and Fixtures for Sale
at a reduction. Now is your
chance.
Notice these prices:
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1912-01-19
New Ads This Week

New Ads This Week
Leonard-Beavans-Stamey Co., Isl
page.
Home Banking Co, 9Th page.
Blair-Hoskins Co., 9Th page.
The "KiIties," 1st. page.
The Bazaar, 1st. page.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01

Children are burdensome to women who
three or four nights a week. and take au-
tomobile tours. Eventually at the present
rate the Frenchman will disappear from
the face Of the earth. In the last five
years-1906- 19ll-the population OF France
increased only three-tenths Of / per cent.
Thrift, not luxury and Incidence. has re-
duced the French birth rate. A husband
and wife say: We have only money
enough for one child and they have but
one child. Family for family. the French
peasants are better on than any similar
people in the world.
In the United States, the middle
class initiates the wealthy class, parent
ally, not for reasons OF thrift, but
because running around is supposed to
mean happiness. The men like to eat
FOUR meals day-one OF them late at
night. They drink more and smoke
more than they should and cirrosis of
the liver and Brights disease cuts
them down at an age when they ought
to be doing their best work. Perhaps
IL is just as well that they do not leave
children TO inherit their manner OF
life and propensities. do not dispair,
however. because l am an optimist and
a student Of figures, and have a deep,
abiding faith in averages. Up from
the bottom, where children are still
being born in old-fashioned numbers
sturdy recruits are coming to I'LL the
gaps made by luxury and premeditated
sterihty. When some old women,
belonging to the nobility. COM
planned because Napoleon had not
sprung from an ancient family, he sent
them back the answer: My family be-
gins with me- He meant that instead
OF being overfed and feeble. he was
strong and that his blood and tissues
were untainted."
Preachers, Doctors, and lawyer.
What class OF men," I asked, make
the best insurance risks
1t would be hard to say, but near
the head of the list are clergymen, who
live, it seems. eternally. They sleep
and eat with regularity. have no more
money than is good for them. and re-
ceive their children when they come as
rare blessings from on high. Simplic-
ity and peace abide In their house
holds. Ozone. physical exercise and
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01
Former Miss COckreU
Tells of War Horrors
Nine. Anna Ewing CoromiLaS, Wife of Former
Greek Minister, Writes from Home in
Athens to Friends in America.

to build up a brilliant future. We SIM
ply must win
The letter states that Nine. Coromilas
and her husband had planned to give
elaborate dinners to the King, Queen,
and all the princes, but that all had to
be abandoned because of the breaking
out of the war.
Instead of giving the magnificent enter
tainments as planned, Nine. Coromilas
writes that she has Joined a committee
TO make flannel underwear and other
clothing for the sick and wounded. The
cold and rain have been steady for three
months. she writes, and the weather is
to be more feared than the line Of battle
for those men who are not properly
clothed.
Peasants Leave Farms.
The peasants have left their farms in
the midst of the winemaking season (alI
will be LOST, their horses and wagons
have been taken for service militaire,'
all men between twenty-one and forty
have been, called. Business has been
dropped, and only the men above forty
and the women and children remain. All
of the young men here are in either the
army or navy, and it is too tragic to see
them all go.
"A house. three doors from me, be-
longing to rich widow, has eighty SOL
diers in II. But every one Of one accord
offers their houses and everything they
can. Our gardener has gone, our cook
and our cocher are going, and even our
horses have been taken and two small,
half-dead ones put in their places.
IAN of the automobiles, private and
public. have been taken. and almost all
the horses, that is those capable Of serv-
ice. So you can imagine the aspect of
the city in a few days when all have
gone. In the big shops one finds but
one or two or three employees instead of
forty or fifty"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01

OF the principal countries OF Europe, for
the quarter Of a century ending in the
year 1905, no less than 1852 out of every
1000 babies born alive died before they
were twelve months old. In the civil
lied world, not including the United
States, IL is safe to say that at least
thirteen out of every 100 infants die dur
ing the first year. The figures for this
country are supposed to be slightly bet
ter, but they cannot be obtained def
nitely. because complete vital statistics
are lacking in most of our States.
THE loss in India Is twenty-four babies
out OF hundred; in the Philippines It is
about twice as large. In Formosa, which
is inhabited by Chinese, though belonging
to Japan, the loss is fifty out Of a. hun
dred, and is probably quite as large in
China During 1905, on the island of
Hongkong, So out OF every 1000 Chinese
babies died before they were one year
old. Taking the world as a whole, 1 be-
lieve that fully 100000 infants die an
nually. This means that a baby dies
somewhere, every other time the clock
ticks, and. on the broad average for this
planet, one in every four babies dies dur
Ing the first year. To my mind, this
great problem OF infant mortality 10 the
most important matter that confronts
civilization
Elsewhere, as here. the appalling
death rate among babies is due to ig-
norance and carelessness. II they were
fed as nature intended. rather than out
OF bottles, and with more or less solid
food, the mortality OF infants the world
around would very likely be reduced one
half. Ignorant mothers. mostly, but not
all from foreign countries, are apt TO
give their young babies crusts soaked in
sweetened water and let them cut their
teeth on rinds of oranges and the skins
Of bananas. And these dying infants
come from the very kind of people who
are to keep the world populated. We
hear a lot of loose talk about race sui
eide. A more accurate name for II would
be class suicide. Prophets of gloom and
little understanding are saying there is
to be another decline and fall Of Rome,
but on this side Of the Atlantic.
No Race Suicide Among Catholics.
II admit that race suicide is being COM
mitted in the United States. but not
among the poor and lowly. The present