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""'T'""" ". i in ^ wmmH^mv . MI -"■' «■ ■' ' T?—T* - lasn't it can medicine OP the druggist er mistaken is not to be >ur health— eCo 5HINGS, )ES, ECO. IS GO. =^ 117 SIZIBB1T 'AST OITE. I THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT The.^LJbrarv. GREENSBORO, N. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1810 NO 15 9, W. J. RICHARDSON OFFICE: MCADOO BUILDING ■ CIT TO poeTornes ,,f PENCE: 618 WEST O.ASTON BT. ""JTHTBOYLES, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON nfflee In Holton Drug Store Building. om Offlce Phone 805. Hee. 4W w- Gaston; Res. Phone 768. ~~ OiTj. E. WYCHE DENTIST 0rriCE IN CAHTLAND BLDQ. „t,H tin ST.. ———■». »• •• Dr. M. F. FOX PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON SPECIAL VERDICT RETURNED, JOHN L. KING HELD TO BE TECH-NICALLY GUILTY. Judgment of the Court in Case Charg infl Chairman of Highway Commis-sion With Violation of Law in Sell-ing Material to the County—Su-preme Court to Pass Upon the Mat-ter— The Facts in the Case. tUILFORO COLLEGE, N. C. "cTw! BANNER. M. D. opposiTS poeTorrtcs. Practice Limited to the Eye. Ear. Note »nd Throat. nace Hour»-» A. M. to 1 P. M.; EM P. M. to I ?» Sunday. » to 10.30 A. M. given to the •ortbr P°°r- Dt W. P. Reaves. M. D. Practice Limited to Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat. Oflce and lntirmary-McAdoo Building, Next to Postoltice. Phone No. 30. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB DENTIST office over Sykee Drug Company. Phone 793. Dr PARRAN JARBOE OFFICE: OVEB FAK18S-KLDTZ. •.OPPOSITE Gl'ILFOKD HOTBL. Phone: Offlce, 571; Residence, 18. C» imar N> left at Fariss-Klutz drug store. Special attention given to country practice G. F. ROSS. M. D. Office—lOO McAdoo BtrHdinf Next to Postofflce—Phone 783 Reiidence—617 W. Goiton St. Phone 1108. DR. L. G. COBLE DENTIST leash ffl pre £gj lisin Btibow Arcade, opposite Benbow Hotel, Greensboro. N. C Phone 601. T. D. TYSON, M. D.. Physician and Surgeon, PLEASANT aARDEN. N. C. i ..ratios. '• '• eeai.se. Taylor & Scales mORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW GBKEHSBOBO. ■■ C. Uobert M. Douglas. Robert D. Douglas. OOUGLAS & DOUGLAS ATTORNEYS AT LAW MBst la Greenibor. Lssn and Trait BM.I. THOMSON^ HOYLE ATTORNEYS AT LAW ll Karl Bank Bldr.. Greenrtore ■seels: atti ntton given to collections. -oan» nesi tlated. F. P. HOBGOOD. Jr. ATTORNEY AT LAW. OBoe In Wright Building, Opposite Court House Qroensboro, N. C. L«ri M. Scott. Chas. B. McLean. SCOTT © McLEAN ATTOEKEYS AT LAW tideal 111 CaartSaaare. Grecnskera.B.C. The case charging Mr. John L. King, chairman of the Guilford coun-ty highway commission, with violat-ing the law in selling road-building material to the county while holding an official position, was taken up in i Superior court last Wednesday after-noon. Ex-Sheriff J. A. Hoskins. also a member of the highway commission, j was the only witness examined, he being introduced by the state to tes-tlfy as to the details of the transac-tion whereby the county came into possession of a quantity of slag own- ■ ed by Mr. King. It was in evidence that, while Mr. King made a profit, the county saved , money by the transaction. There wa DO other material to be had in the vicinity and Mr. King agreed to sell only after he had been importuned to do so by his fellow members of the highway commission. The wit-ness testified that the county attor-ney advised the commissioners that the transaction might constitute a technical violation of a statute, but under the circumstances he thought it advisable to make the deal. De-spite the fact that Mr. King made a profit of something like $600, the wit-ness testified that the county saved about $1,600 by the transaction. During the argument of counsel Judge Adams suggested that the so-licitor and the attorneys for the de-fendant agree upon the facts and have a special verdict returned to the end that the case might be car-ride to the Supreme court promptly for a construction of the law. The judge added that lawyers all over the state are divided as to the mean-ing of the statute. The suggestion met with the approval of the attor-neys on both sides, whereupon a juror was withdrawn and a mistrial ordered. A new jury was empanel-ed to return the special verdict. Judge Adams reviewed the min-utes in the case and before the ad-journment of court Saturday after-noon instructed the jury to return a special verdict of guilty. In so in-structing the court slated that the matter involved is purely a construc-tion of law, concerning which there is a wide diversity of opinion among the state's best lawyers. Judge Adams ordered a fine of $5 and costs to be recorded against Mr. King, from which judgment attorneys for. the defendant gave notice of an ap-peal to the Supreme court. After the verdict had been return- , od Solicitor Gattis stated to the court that the grand jury at the reD-j ruary term had returned three pre-sentments against Mr. King and one against ex-Sheriff Hoskins for of-fences similar to the one under in-vestigation, but it was agreed that no bills of indictments be drawn un-til the case at issue be passed upon by the Supreme court. The Jury's Special Verdict. In view of the public interest that has been aroused in connection with this matter, The Patriot is printtag in full the jury's special verdict. which is as follows: a-J to "The jury sworn and empaneled to try the above entitled case return their verdict as follows: i -That the highway commission o Guilford county was ^thorized a ul created by the acts of 1003, chapter ,66. which is hereby made a part^of these findings of fact. S»d com_ ' mission is composed of s>x members- That it is the duty of said hlghwaj I JommiLion to construct and improve the highways of said county, and as 'such they are empowered and it »s their duty to purchase such material as they may .deem suitable for such , improvement. ir«w ! "That the defendant, John L. King. , w„ on the _ day of November, 100.. 'T member of the ■^•J^gt sion of Guilford county, Nort'Car° i llntf. That the said commission had ! some time prior to the date abo^c named laid out and des.gnated to be macadamized what is known" the ! Gethsemane road, in said county, and ; had been at work thereon for some time That the material necessary 'tattle Construction of said road and convenient thereto, and such asjtuey could obtain, had been exhausted. ,so that it became necessary to getep-propriate material from «ome other source. That on investigation the highway commission M^wOUM quarry rock in that locality w cost $1-75 per cuMd yard, and to set stone'from Randolph count,■*£* co-,t as much; that the superintena e?t working under said commission. and whose duty it was, made inves iUgttion for suitable material i^-that locality and .reported ".at there slag to the defendant King. That at the next regular meeting of the highway commission) thereafter the said superintendent reported the facts above recited to the highway commission. That at said meeting, all the members of the highway com-mission being present, the members other than the defendant King pro-posed to buy the slag; that the de-fendant King had theretofore, to-wit, in April of that year, bought the said slag for the purpose of con-structing a street which the city had proposed to open through his prop-erty, but which in fact it did not, and has not up to this time been opened; that the defendant King declined to sell the said slag to the highway commission and said in that connec-tion that he had bought it for the purpose above named, and that if he did sell to the highway commission, he being a member thereof at that i time, he might be criticised, and i further, that it might be in violation i of law. The members of the highway ' commission other than King insisted upon his selling said slag to them; that the work of the improvement ; of the Gethsemane road would have to stop unless they could buy . this 1 slag, as they could not and would not pay the price that stone would 1 cost to carry on the work. That John 1N. Wilson. Esq.. who was then the attorney for Guilford county, was i sent for and the matters and things hereinbefore set out were made known to him. and it was further made known to him that the defend- , ant King had declined to sell the ! said slag to the county for the rea-sons: hereinbefore set out, and further . that it wo^uid be for the benefit of 'the county to buy the said slag at j 50 cents per cubic yard, the price ! which the defendant King had signi-fied that, if the county insisted upon (and would buy it, he would take; that the slag in question was at the time worth $1 per cubic yard; that the county attorney advised the mem-bers of the highway commission other than King, King being present, that if it was for the benefit of the coun-ty to buy the slag in question at 50 cents per cubic yard, they should buy it, thought it might be a techni-cal violation of the law. That the members of the highway commission other than King, all five being pres-ent, insisted that the defendant King should sell them the slag, and they —King not in any way participating in their action, but being present, resolved on motion made and put by D. II. Coble, a member of the high-way commission, that they buy of the defendant King the said slag at .".0 cents per cubic yard, same being for the benefit of the county, if the defendant King would sell them the slag. " That thereupon the defendant King stated that, if they insisted up- ' on it. they could have it at that price, and in this manner the trans-action was closed. That the defend* i ant King purchased said slag as a ' whole, not knowing how much there 'was, and paid therefor $200 in April. 1007. That he bought it for and on his own account and use. That the highway commission would not pay $200 for said slag, but would buy it only bi- the cubic yard. as. no One knew how much there was; that the defendant King did not in any way : participate in the deliberations or ac-tion of the highway commission in the purchase of the slag in question, bu* accepted the offer and received the pay. That the purchase cf the slag in question at 50 cents per cubic yard under the circumstances, was "a substantial benefit to the county of county. That the highway comniis sion got for the county 1,600 cubic yards and paid the defendant King $800 therefor. "If upon these facts the court shall be of the opinion that the defendant is guilty, we find him guilty; but If upon these facts the court shall be of the opinion that the defendant is not guilty, we find him not guilty. LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FORM. WADE COBLE GETS 12 YEARS. CAROLINA WINS DEBATE. Interesting Intercollegiate Event in Greensboro Thursday Night. GEORGE M.PATTON ^t£TASST TSTS ATTORNEY AT LAW its Oourt Square, - Greensboro, N. C. CHAS. a. HIK(a SHAW&HINES ATTORNEYS AT LAW Oaoes: Koom. 403 and 404 New McAdoo Building next to Postoffloe. ..?_ in a quarry "»eionai«i« ~ ,and of Cone and some stone on theJ» A. M. Scales. That Mr. w» , been seen and declined to sell ^ That to quarry the sume Cone's property would cost *l£Pf cubic yard. That after tea™11"; ar. the said superintendent went to P ties whom he thought.were,the I ers of certain slag at the ow and Iron Company site, ne» . road where the work was being don That he found that this. mAterial WM suitable for the) wort: beingao further found that •«2™Sd this ers had In April heretofore sold tnis Discussing the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That all corpo-rations doing an interstate commerce business should take out a federal charter on such terms as Congress may by law provide," the University of North Carolina won in a joint de-bate with representatives of Wash-ing and Lee University, of Lexington, Va.. in this city Thursday night. The debate was held in the Grand opera house and was attended by a crowd that taxed the seating capacity of the auditorium. The interior of the opera house was decorated in the colors of the two universities and music for the occasion was furnished by the orchestra of the State Normal and Industrial College. Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr.. presided over the debate and the judges were: State Auditor Dixon. of Raleigh; Rev. Plato Durham, of Concord, and Dr. W. I. Cranford, of Trinity Col-lege. _ The debaters were: Messrs. W. L. Coazart and C. O. Dunn, of Wash-ington and Lee, and W. R. Edmonds, and H. E. Stacy, of the University of North Carolina. All the young men made forceful arguments, but the Virginians were clearly outclassed by their Tarheel opponents. Matters of Interest to Readers of The Patriot Far and Near, Corn drills that do the work at the Petty-Reid Company's. Mr. W. Garrett, of Climax, was a caller at The Patriot office Saturday. C. F. Denny, optometrist and jew-eler. Office and shop, 336 % South Elm street. 12-tf. Four second-hand spring wagons and surries at the Townsend Buggy Company's. American field fence, in large quan-tities, at the Southside Hardware Company's. Mr. J. E. Lambeth, of Reldsville, called on The Patriot while in the cjtty yesterday. Mrs. S. M. Bumpass-has been a surgical patient in St. Leo's hospital for several days. Mr. R. A. Thomas, of Glbsonville Route 1, was among The Patriot's visitors Saturday. Good horse and surrey for sale. Apply to Justice Drug Company, South Davie street. Mr. L. D. Apple, of Brown Sum-mit Route 1, was a welcome visitor at The Patriot office Frdiay. When in town be sure to visit TownBend's variety store. Whether you buy or not, you will be welcome. Big lot of men's and boys' pants at a bargain. BROWN, RANKIN & CO. The Patriot was pleased to receive a call yesterday from its good friend Mr. H. C. Brown, of Summerfield Route 2. FOR SALT;-Fine team of mules Will sell reasonable for cash or credit. Call on S. B. Denny, Stokes-dale, N. C. 153t- Mr. F. M. Pegram, of Kernersville. was in the city on business Saturday and gave The Patriot office the pleas-ure of a call. Twonsends variety store, at 52" South Elm street, opens Saturday. April 16, at 10 A. M. Hundreds of bargains. Come. It's time you were buying that spring suit. Johnson, Hinkle & Co. have what you need and at prices that will please you. Men's linene collars, 5 cents each; neckties. 5, 10, 15 and 25 cents (worth double) at the variety store, 627*3outh Elm street. Do you need glasses? If so. con-sult C. F. Denny, optometrist. 336% South, Elm street, Greensboro. Nice offices; prices reasonable. Mr. J. W. Ingram, of Kernersville, was in the city Saturday and In com-pany with Mr. T. P. Farrington gave The Patriot office a pleasant call. We can please you in low-quarter shoes. Latest styles and lowest pcices. JOHNSON, HINKLE & CO. Remember that we are selling all the buggies which we carried over from last fall at a reduction. TOWNSEND BUGGY CO. We haven't the biggest or most expensive clothing store in Greens-boro, but When it comes to having what the people want, and at prices to suit all, we fill the bill. JOHNSON. HINKLE & CO.. 516 South Elm street. Our Church Record; Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Kennett were called last week to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Margaret E. Banner, who died at her home at Mt. Vernon Springs, and was buried from the Presbyterian church, of which she was a member. "I was under the care of four dif-ferent doctors during nine months and was cured of dyspepsia by Mi-o-na."— Mr. Joseph Grondine, 197 Fountain streeet, Fall River, Mass. Guaranteed by Fariss-Klutz Drug Company and the Greensboro Drug Company. 50c. Mr. D. M. Lufkin. who has been operating a dairy in Morehead town-ship for the past seven years, left with his family yesterday for Dela-ware. After visiting friends and rel-atives in Delaware, Mr. Lufkin con-templates carrying his famliy to Ire-land on a visit to relatives of Mrs. Lufkin in that country. THE SENTENCE GIVEN ALLEGED SLAYER OF JOHN STALEY. Defendant Gave Notice of Appeal to Supreme Court and Appearnace Bond Fixed at $2,500—Jacob Coble and Wife Held to Answer Several Charges of Retailing at Next Crim-inal Term of Superior Court. In Guilford Superior court Saturday afternoon Wade Coble, of the Julian section, who had been indicted and tried for the murder of John M. j Staley, was found guilty of man-slaughter and sentenced by Judge j Adams to 12 years in the state pen- ; itentiary. A verdict of not guilty was returned as to Jacob Coble, the father of Wade, who was indicted as an accessory after the fact. The judge, in his charge to the jury, in-structed that a verdict of not guilty be returned as to Mrs. Etta Coble, the mother of the young defendant. who was also indicted as an acces-aory. Motions to set aside the verdict and for a new trial for Wade Coble were overruled by the court, where-upon counsel gave notice of an ap-peal. Young Coble was ordered held under an appearance bond of $2,500, and pending arrangements to furnish ball he has not been carried to the penitentiary. Jacob Coble and his wife were held under bonds of $200 and $100, re-spectively, in several cases charging them with retailing. .They furnished bond for their appearance at the next criminal term of Superior court The trial of the Cobles was gone In to Thursday afternoon, the following jurors being selected; Messrs. J. L. Holt E H R. Whitsett, James K. Osborne, N. A. Ballinger. J. P. Payne, M W. Gant, H. P. Stanley. J. G. Cook, T. D. Whittington, J. W. Price, P. E. Cobb and J. H. Combs. The evidence brought out by the state was about the same as that developed in the preliminary hear- "wade Coble took the witness stand in his own behalf and set up the plea of self defence. He swore that Sta ey was advancing upon him with a knit| and that he struck the deceased over the head with a bottle to save himself from being cut and with no Intention of inflicting a fatal wound. The state was represented by Soi-ietor Gattii County Attorney \\ Hson and Col. James T. Morehead and the defence by Col. John A. Barrin-ger and Mr. G. S. Bradshaw. Fertilizer and Guano. I have on hand all grades of fer-tilizer and chemicals. Lee's bone and potash, 10-2, for corn Lees bone and potash, 9-4, for corn. Columbia bone and potash, 8-4. for Columbia bone and potash, 10-5, for corn. Acid phosphate 13 to 16 per cent. Columbia soluble 8-2-2. Piedmont, tobacco, 8-21 /i-3. Hyco, tobacco, 8-3-3. Nitrate of soda. Muriate of potashe. Sulphate of potashe. Raw bone meal. Lees agricultural lime. Call and see me and get prices be-fore you buy. Possibly I can assist you In determining what yau want as well as save you money. Yours truly, J. F. FULTON, Farmers' Warehouse. SAVING MONEY 11 Is more important than hard work and some people consider saving hard work in itself, but only until the start is made. After the frist dollar, saving be-comes a pleasure—there is an absolute fJsMnation in watch-ing a bank account grow. You can save if you will make the start. Our bank offers you every encouragement, every protection and the experience of others who began banking on much less, perhaps, than you are earning. We are ready to help you— will you allow us? April 1st begins a new inter-est quarter. Open an account now. . American Exchange Bank: GREENSBORO, N. C. Capital. 1300,000.00. ♦ B. P. WHARTON. President. J. W. 8COTT, Vloe President. R. G. VAUGHN, Cashier. F. H. NICHOLSON. Aast, Caahler. FARMERS' UNION.MEETING. To the Farmers. I pay the highest spot cash price for veal, pork, beef, mutton and lambs on foot; also hides. Call phone 169 or see me at the city market. 13-3t. J. C. OLIVE. Mr. George M. Hancock, who came to Greensboro several weeks ago to visit his sisters, Mrs. W. M. Barber, Mrs. W. I. Underwood and Miss Maude Hancock, left Monday evening on his return to his home in the Thunder Mountain region of Idaho, where he is engaged in the gold and copper mining business. Mr. Edward Sutton and Miss Nan-nie L. Blanchard were married at Forest Avenue Baptist church last Wednesday night at 9 o'clock, the ceremony being performed by Rev. R. G. Kendrick. the pastor. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Carrie Blanchard and is a popular young woman. The groom holds a position In the cut flower department of the J. Van Lindley Nursery Company. Mrs. Mary O'Connor, widow of the late Thomas O'Connor, died at the family home a short distance south of the cltv last Wednesday morning. She was 76 years old and had been In feeble health for some time. She was a devout member of St. B£ne" diet's Catholic church, from wnicn place the funeral was held Thursday afternoon, the service being conduct-ed by Rev. Father Vincent Taylor. Mrs. Connor is survived by three sons and two daughters—Messrs. John, Thomas and Arthur O Connor Mrs. L. E. Glenn and Mrs. Henry Causey. How I Did It. Having been asked by several of my friends what grade of fertilizer I used to produce the prize crop of cotton given by the Townsend Buggy Company, I beg to inform my friends that this was grown with Farmer's Bone fertilizer, made by the F. S. Royster Guano Company and sold by the Townsend Buggy Company. The yield averaged $72.50 per acre. Be-sides this. I received a prize of $60. Can any of you beat this? I recom-mend and expect to use Farmer's Bone this year. Yours very truly. 12-4t. WILLIAM C. KIRKMAN. What 25 Cents Will Buy. At Townsend's variety store Satur-day, April 16: 1 cakes Octagon soap, or 6 cakes Ivory soap, or - pounds of Arbuckle's coffee, or 5 men's linene collars, or a regular 50- cent men's cap, or 2 50-cent men's ties or a "pair of boys' pants, or a steel hammer, and many other things at one-half what they are usually Sold for. Come and bring this ad-vertisement with you. It is good for 5 cents on a dollar purchase. TOWNSEND'S VARIETY STORE, 527 South Elm street. The Organization is Growing Rapidly in Guilford County. A meeting of the Guilford County Farmers' Union was held in Neese's hall, in this city, Saturday and was well attended by members of the lo-cal unions from different sections of the county. A good deal of business was transacted In a business-like and satisfactory manner. The Farmers' Union is growing rap-idly in Guilford and now has 42 lo-cals in the county, with a member-ship of 900. When Mr. W. T. Swan-son came to Guilford to take up the organization work in this county he found two small, unchartered local unions, these being located at Bright-wood and Mount Vernon. He began his work in the county by setting up a local union at Pleasant Garden No-vember 3, 1909. Following is a list bf the local unions in existence in the county at the present time: Brightwood, Mount Vernon, Pleas-ant Garden, Sumner, Winding Hill, Piney Grove, Buffalo, Tabernacle, Brookfield, Monticello, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Hope, Hickory, Mill Point. Sum-merfield, McLeansville. Staley. Oak Shade, Groome. North Greensboro. Sandy Ridge, Bethel, County Line. Oak Ridge, Hickory Grove, Guilford College, Colfax, Deep River, Stokes-dale. Rocky Knowl, Merry Oaks. Summers, Glenwood, Brick Church, Glbsonville, Progressive, Hillsdale, Osceola, Barker, Sandy Grove, Ala-tnance and Pleasant Union. A full line of rakes, hoes, mat-tocks, forks and anything in the line of tools at the Southside Hardware Company's. 4KHXHKKHWKKKH>O«O0^>0«OOO:? $20.00 IN GOLO TO GE GIVEN AWAY. Meeting of Democratic Committee. I herebv call a meeting of the Dem-ocratic executive committee of Friend-ship township for the purpose of con-sidering matters pertaining to the western part of the county. All Dem-ocratic voters are expected to be present. Meeting place, Guilford sta-tion- time, Saturday, April 23. at 3 P. M. S. W. H. SMITH, Chm. Removal Sale. All framed pictures, mirrors, etc.. at half price. Please call at once for pictures left to be framed. One-fourth off on all orders. „.„., GREENSBORO ART AND MANU-FACTURING CO.. 108 West Washington street. The Commercial National Bank will offer a prize of $20 In Gold to the farmer of Gull-ford who raises the best crop of tobacco on one acre of ground, provided there will be twenty or more contestants. The judges of this contest will be Mr. J. F. Jordan on the part of the bank, and someone chosen by the Greensboro To-bacco Association, the third to be selected by theea gentle-men. Those wishing to enter the contest will please call at the bank and leave their names and addresses. Commercial National Bank oooaoocHMooeawwo«eriooH>oi>o
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Title | The Greensboro patriot [April 13, 1910] |
Date | 1910-04-13 |
Editor(s) | Underwood, W.I. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Topics | Context |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The April 13, 1910, issue of The Greensboro Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C. by W.I. Underwood. |
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Full text | ""'T'""" ". i in ^ wmmH^mv . MI -"■' «■ ■' ' T?—T* - lasn't it can medicine OP the druggist er mistaken is not to be >ur health— eCo 5HINGS, )ES, ECO. IS GO. =^ 117 SIZIBB1T 'AST OITE. I THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT The.^LJbrarv. GREENSBORO, N. C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1810 NO 15 9, W. J. RICHARDSON OFFICE: MCADOO BUILDING ■ CIT TO poeTornes ,,f PENCE: 618 WEST O.ASTON BT. ""JTHTBOYLES, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON nfflee In Holton Drug Store Building. om Offlce Phone 805. Hee. 4W w- Gaston; Res. Phone 768. ~~ OiTj. E. WYCHE DENTIST 0rriCE IN CAHTLAND BLDQ. „t,H tin ST.. ———■». »• •• Dr. M. F. FOX PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON SPECIAL VERDICT RETURNED, JOHN L. KING HELD TO BE TECH-NICALLY GUILTY. Judgment of the Court in Case Charg infl Chairman of Highway Commis-sion With Violation of Law in Sell-ing Material to the County—Su-preme Court to Pass Upon the Mat-ter— The Facts in the Case. tUILFORO COLLEGE, N. C. "cTw! BANNER. M. D. opposiTS poeTorrtcs. Practice Limited to the Eye. Ear. Note »nd Throat. nace Hour»-» A. M. to 1 P. M.; EM P. M. to I ?» Sunday. » to 10.30 A. M. given to the •ortbr P°°r- Dt W. P. Reaves. M. D. Practice Limited to Eye. Ear. Nose and Throat. Oflce and lntirmary-McAdoo Building, Next to Postoltice. Phone No. 30. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB DENTIST office over Sykee Drug Company. Phone 793. Dr PARRAN JARBOE OFFICE: OVEB FAK18S-KLDTZ. •.OPPOSITE Gl'ILFOKD HOTBL. Phone: Offlce, 571; Residence, 18. C» imar N> left at Fariss-Klutz drug store. Special attention given to country practice G. F. ROSS. M. D. Office—lOO McAdoo BtrHdinf Next to Postofflce—Phone 783 Reiidence—617 W. Goiton St. Phone 1108. DR. L. G. COBLE DENTIST leash ffl pre £gj lisin Btibow Arcade, opposite Benbow Hotel, Greensboro. N. C Phone 601. T. D. TYSON, M. D.. Physician and Surgeon, PLEASANT aARDEN. N. C. i ..ratios. '• '• eeai.se. Taylor & Scales mORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW GBKEHSBOBO. ■■ C. Uobert M. Douglas. Robert D. Douglas. OOUGLAS & DOUGLAS ATTORNEYS AT LAW MBst la Greenibor. Lssn and Trait BM.I. THOMSON^ HOYLE ATTORNEYS AT LAW ll Karl Bank Bldr.. Greenrtore ■seels: atti ntton given to collections. -oan» nesi tlated. F. P. HOBGOOD. Jr. ATTORNEY AT LAW. OBoe In Wright Building, Opposite Court House Qroensboro, N. C. L«ri M. Scott. Chas. B. McLean. SCOTT © McLEAN ATTOEKEYS AT LAW tideal 111 CaartSaaare. Grecnskera.B.C. The case charging Mr. John L. King, chairman of the Guilford coun-ty highway commission, with violat-ing the law in selling road-building material to the county while holding an official position, was taken up in i Superior court last Wednesday after-noon. Ex-Sheriff J. A. Hoskins. also a member of the highway commission, j was the only witness examined, he being introduced by the state to tes-tlfy as to the details of the transac-tion whereby the county came into possession of a quantity of slag own- ■ ed by Mr. King. It was in evidence that, while Mr. King made a profit, the county saved , money by the transaction. There wa DO other material to be had in the vicinity and Mr. King agreed to sell only after he had been importuned to do so by his fellow members of the highway commission. The wit-ness testified that the county attor-ney advised the commissioners that the transaction might constitute a technical violation of a statute, but under the circumstances he thought it advisable to make the deal. De-spite the fact that Mr. King made a profit of something like $600, the wit-ness testified that the county saved about $1,600 by the transaction. During the argument of counsel Judge Adams suggested that the so-licitor and the attorneys for the de-fendant agree upon the facts and have a special verdict returned to the end that the case might be car-ride to the Supreme court promptly for a construction of the law. The judge added that lawyers all over the state are divided as to the mean-ing of the statute. The suggestion met with the approval of the attor-neys on both sides, whereupon a juror was withdrawn and a mistrial ordered. A new jury was empanel-ed to return the special verdict. Judge Adams reviewed the min-utes in the case and before the ad-journment of court Saturday after-noon instructed the jury to return a special verdict of guilty. In so in-structing the court slated that the matter involved is purely a construc-tion of law, concerning which there is a wide diversity of opinion among the state's best lawyers. Judge Adams ordered a fine of $5 and costs to be recorded against Mr. King, from which judgment attorneys for. the defendant gave notice of an ap-peal to the Supreme court. After the verdict had been return- , od Solicitor Gattis stated to the court that the grand jury at the reD-j ruary term had returned three pre-sentments against Mr. King and one against ex-Sheriff Hoskins for of-fences similar to the one under in-vestigation, but it was agreed that no bills of indictments be drawn un-til the case at issue be passed upon by the Supreme court. The Jury's Special Verdict. In view of the public interest that has been aroused in connection with this matter, The Patriot is printtag in full the jury's special verdict. which is as follows: a-J to "The jury sworn and empaneled to try the above entitled case return their verdict as follows: i -That the highway commission o Guilford county was ^thorized a ul created by the acts of 1003, chapter ,66. which is hereby made a part^of these findings of fact. S»d com_ ' mission is composed of s>x members- That it is the duty of said hlghwaj I JommiLion to construct and improve the highways of said county, and as 'such they are empowered and it »s their duty to purchase such material as they may .deem suitable for such , improvement. ir«w ! "That the defendant, John L. King. , w„ on the _ day of November, 100.. 'T member of the ■^•J^gt sion of Guilford county, Nort'Car° i llntf. That the said commission had ! some time prior to the date abo^c named laid out and des.gnated to be macadamized what is known" the ! Gethsemane road, in said county, and ; had been at work thereon for some time That the material necessary 'tattle Construction of said road and convenient thereto, and such asjtuey could obtain, had been exhausted. ,so that it became necessary to getep-propriate material from «ome other source. That on investigation the highway commission M^wOUM quarry rock in that locality w cost $1-75 per cuMd yard, and to set stone'from Randolph count,■*£* co-,t as much; that the superintena e?t working under said commission. and whose duty it was, made inves iUgttion for suitable material i^-that locality and .reported ".at there slag to the defendant King. That at the next regular meeting of the highway commission) thereafter the said superintendent reported the facts above recited to the highway commission. That at said meeting, all the members of the highway com-mission being present, the members other than the defendant King pro-posed to buy the slag; that the de-fendant King had theretofore, to-wit, in April of that year, bought the said slag for the purpose of con-structing a street which the city had proposed to open through his prop-erty, but which in fact it did not, and has not up to this time been opened; that the defendant King declined to sell the said slag to the highway commission and said in that connec-tion that he had bought it for the purpose above named, and that if he did sell to the highway commission, he being a member thereof at that i time, he might be criticised, and i further, that it might be in violation i of law. The members of the highway ' commission other than King insisted upon his selling said slag to them; that the work of the improvement ; of the Gethsemane road would have to stop unless they could buy . this 1 slag, as they could not and would not pay the price that stone would 1 cost to carry on the work. That John 1N. Wilson. Esq.. who was then the attorney for Guilford county, was i sent for and the matters and things hereinbefore set out were made known to him. and it was further made known to him that the defend- , ant King had declined to sell the ! said slag to the county for the rea-sons: hereinbefore set out, and further . that it wo^uid be for the benefit of 'the county to buy the said slag at j 50 cents per cubic yard, the price ! which the defendant King had signi-fied that, if the county insisted upon (and would buy it, he would take; that the slag in question was at the time worth $1 per cubic yard; that the county attorney advised the mem-bers of the highway commission other than King, King being present, that if it was for the benefit of the coun-ty to buy the slag in question at 50 cents per cubic yard, they should buy it, thought it might be a techni-cal violation of the law. That the members of the highway commission other than King, all five being pres-ent, insisted that the defendant King should sell them the slag, and they —King not in any way participating in their action, but being present, resolved on motion made and put by D. II. Coble, a member of the high-way commission, that they buy of the defendant King the said slag at .".0 cents per cubic yard, same being for the benefit of the county, if the defendant King would sell them the slag. " That thereupon the defendant King stated that, if they insisted up- ' on it. they could have it at that price, and in this manner the trans-action was closed. That the defend* i ant King purchased said slag as a ' whole, not knowing how much there 'was, and paid therefor $200 in April. 1007. That he bought it for and on his own account and use. That the highway commission would not pay $200 for said slag, but would buy it only bi- the cubic yard. as. no One knew how much there was; that the defendant King did not in any way : participate in the deliberations or ac-tion of the highway commission in the purchase of the slag in question, bu* accepted the offer and received the pay. That the purchase cf the slag in question at 50 cents per cubic yard under the circumstances, was "a substantial benefit to the county of county. That the highway comniis sion got for the county 1,600 cubic yards and paid the defendant King $800 therefor. "If upon these facts the court shall be of the opinion that the defendant is guilty, we find him guilty; but If upon these facts the court shall be of the opinion that the defendant is not guilty, we find him not guilty. LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF FORM. WADE COBLE GETS 12 YEARS. CAROLINA WINS DEBATE. Interesting Intercollegiate Event in Greensboro Thursday Night. GEORGE M.PATTON ^t£TASST TSTS ATTORNEY AT LAW its Oourt Square, - Greensboro, N. C. CHAS. a. HIK(a SHAW&HINES ATTORNEYS AT LAW Oaoes: Koom. 403 and 404 New McAdoo Building next to Postoffloe. ..?_ in a quarry "»eionai«i« ~ ,and of Cone and some stone on theJ» A. M. Scales. That Mr. w» , been seen and declined to sell ^ That to quarry the sume Cone's property would cost *l£Pf cubic yard. That after tea™11"; ar. the said superintendent went to P ties whom he thought.were,the I ers of certain slag at the ow and Iron Company site, ne» . road where the work was being don That he found that this. mAterial WM suitable for the) wort: beingao further found that •«2™Sd this ers had In April heretofore sold tnis Discussing the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That all corpo-rations doing an interstate commerce business should take out a federal charter on such terms as Congress may by law provide," the University of North Carolina won in a joint de-bate with representatives of Wash-ing and Lee University, of Lexington, Va.. in this city Thursday night. The debate was held in the Grand opera house and was attended by a crowd that taxed the seating capacity of the auditorium. The interior of the opera house was decorated in the colors of the two universities and music for the occasion was furnished by the orchestra of the State Normal and Industrial College. Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr.. presided over the debate and the judges were: State Auditor Dixon. of Raleigh; Rev. Plato Durham, of Concord, and Dr. W. I. Cranford, of Trinity Col-lege. _ The debaters were: Messrs. W. L. Coazart and C. O. Dunn, of Wash-ington and Lee, and W. R. Edmonds, and H. E. Stacy, of the University of North Carolina. All the young men made forceful arguments, but the Virginians were clearly outclassed by their Tarheel opponents. Matters of Interest to Readers of The Patriot Far and Near, Corn drills that do the work at the Petty-Reid Company's. Mr. W. Garrett, of Climax, was a caller at The Patriot office Saturday. C. F. Denny, optometrist and jew-eler. Office and shop, 336 % South Elm street. 12-tf. Four second-hand spring wagons and surries at the Townsend Buggy Company's. American field fence, in large quan-tities, at the Southside Hardware Company's. Mr. J. E. Lambeth, of Reldsville, called on The Patriot while in the cjtty yesterday. Mrs. S. M. Bumpass-has been a surgical patient in St. Leo's hospital for several days. Mr. R. A. Thomas, of Glbsonville Route 1, was among The Patriot's visitors Saturday. Good horse and surrey for sale. Apply to Justice Drug Company, South Davie street. Mr. L. D. Apple, of Brown Sum-mit Route 1, was a welcome visitor at The Patriot office Frdiay. When in town be sure to visit TownBend's variety store. Whether you buy or not, you will be welcome. Big lot of men's and boys' pants at a bargain. BROWN, RANKIN & CO. The Patriot was pleased to receive a call yesterday from its good friend Mr. H. C. Brown, of Summerfield Route 2. FOR SALT;-Fine team of mules Will sell reasonable for cash or credit. Call on S. B. Denny, Stokes-dale, N. C. 153t- Mr. F. M. Pegram, of Kernersville. was in the city on business Saturday and gave The Patriot office the pleas-ure of a call. Twonsends variety store, at 52" South Elm street, opens Saturday. April 16, at 10 A. M. Hundreds of bargains. Come. It's time you were buying that spring suit. Johnson, Hinkle & Co. have what you need and at prices that will please you. Men's linene collars, 5 cents each; neckties. 5, 10, 15 and 25 cents (worth double) at the variety store, 627*3outh Elm street. Do you need glasses? If so. con-sult C. F. Denny, optometrist. 336% South, Elm street, Greensboro. Nice offices; prices reasonable. Mr. J. W. Ingram, of Kernersville, was in the city Saturday and In com-pany with Mr. T. P. Farrington gave The Patriot office a pleasant call. We can please you in low-quarter shoes. Latest styles and lowest pcices. JOHNSON, HINKLE & CO. Remember that we are selling all the buggies which we carried over from last fall at a reduction. TOWNSEND BUGGY CO. We haven't the biggest or most expensive clothing store in Greens-boro, but When it comes to having what the people want, and at prices to suit all, we fill the bill. JOHNSON. HINKLE & CO.. 516 South Elm street. Our Church Record; Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Kennett were called last week to attend the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Margaret E. Banner, who died at her home at Mt. Vernon Springs, and was buried from the Presbyterian church, of which she was a member. "I was under the care of four dif-ferent doctors during nine months and was cured of dyspepsia by Mi-o-na."— Mr. Joseph Grondine, 197 Fountain streeet, Fall River, Mass. Guaranteed by Fariss-Klutz Drug Company and the Greensboro Drug Company. 50c. Mr. D. M. Lufkin. who has been operating a dairy in Morehead town-ship for the past seven years, left with his family yesterday for Dela-ware. After visiting friends and rel-atives in Delaware, Mr. Lufkin con-templates carrying his famliy to Ire-land on a visit to relatives of Mrs. Lufkin in that country. THE SENTENCE GIVEN ALLEGED SLAYER OF JOHN STALEY. Defendant Gave Notice of Appeal to Supreme Court and Appearnace Bond Fixed at $2,500—Jacob Coble and Wife Held to Answer Several Charges of Retailing at Next Crim-inal Term of Superior Court. In Guilford Superior court Saturday afternoon Wade Coble, of the Julian section, who had been indicted and tried for the murder of John M. j Staley, was found guilty of man-slaughter and sentenced by Judge j Adams to 12 years in the state pen- ; itentiary. A verdict of not guilty was returned as to Jacob Coble, the father of Wade, who was indicted as an accessory after the fact. The judge, in his charge to the jury, in-structed that a verdict of not guilty be returned as to Mrs. Etta Coble, the mother of the young defendant. who was also indicted as an acces-aory. Motions to set aside the verdict and for a new trial for Wade Coble were overruled by the court, where-upon counsel gave notice of an ap-peal. Young Coble was ordered held under an appearance bond of $2,500, and pending arrangements to furnish ball he has not been carried to the penitentiary. Jacob Coble and his wife were held under bonds of $200 and $100, re-spectively, in several cases charging them with retailing. .They furnished bond for their appearance at the next criminal term of Superior court The trial of the Cobles was gone In to Thursday afternoon, the following jurors being selected; Messrs. J. L. Holt E H R. Whitsett, James K. Osborne, N. A. Ballinger. J. P. Payne, M W. Gant, H. P. Stanley. J. G. Cook, T. D. Whittington, J. W. Price, P. E. Cobb and J. H. Combs. The evidence brought out by the state was about the same as that developed in the preliminary hear- "wade Coble took the witness stand in his own behalf and set up the plea of self defence. He swore that Sta ey was advancing upon him with a knit| and that he struck the deceased over the head with a bottle to save himself from being cut and with no Intention of inflicting a fatal wound. The state was represented by Soi-ietor Gattii County Attorney \\ Hson and Col. James T. Morehead and the defence by Col. John A. Barrin-ger and Mr. G. S. Bradshaw. Fertilizer and Guano. I have on hand all grades of fer-tilizer and chemicals. Lee's bone and potash, 10-2, for corn Lees bone and potash, 9-4, for corn. Columbia bone and potash, 8-4. for Columbia bone and potash, 10-5, for corn. Acid phosphate 13 to 16 per cent. Columbia soluble 8-2-2. Piedmont, tobacco, 8-21 /i-3. Hyco, tobacco, 8-3-3. Nitrate of soda. Muriate of potashe. Sulphate of potashe. Raw bone meal. Lees agricultural lime. Call and see me and get prices be-fore you buy. Possibly I can assist you In determining what yau want as well as save you money. Yours truly, J. F. FULTON, Farmers' Warehouse. SAVING MONEY 11 Is more important than hard work and some people consider saving hard work in itself, but only until the start is made. After the frist dollar, saving be-comes a pleasure—there is an absolute fJsMnation in watch-ing a bank account grow. You can save if you will make the start. Our bank offers you every encouragement, every protection and the experience of others who began banking on much less, perhaps, than you are earning. We are ready to help you— will you allow us? April 1st begins a new inter-est quarter. Open an account now. . American Exchange Bank: GREENSBORO, N. C. Capital. 1300,000.00. ♦ B. P. WHARTON. President. J. W. 8COTT, Vloe President. R. G. VAUGHN, Cashier. F. H. NICHOLSON. Aast, Caahler. FARMERS' UNION.MEETING. To the Farmers. I pay the highest spot cash price for veal, pork, beef, mutton and lambs on foot; also hides. Call phone 169 or see me at the city market. 13-3t. J. C. OLIVE. Mr. George M. Hancock, who came to Greensboro several weeks ago to visit his sisters, Mrs. W. M. Barber, Mrs. W. I. Underwood and Miss Maude Hancock, left Monday evening on his return to his home in the Thunder Mountain region of Idaho, where he is engaged in the gold and copper mining business. Mr. Edward Sutton and Miss Nan-nie L. Blanchard were married at Forest Avenue Baptist church last Wednesday night at 9 o'clock, the ceremony being performed by Rev. R. G. Kendrick. the pastor. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Carrie Blanchard and is a popular young woman. The groom holds a position In the cut flower department of the J. Van Lindley Nursery Company. Mrs. Mary O'Connor, widow of the late Thomas O'Connor, died at the family home a short distance south of the cltv last Wednesday morning. She was 76 years old and had been In feeble health for some time. She was a devout member of St. B£ne" diet's Catholic church, from wnicn place the funeral was held Thursday afternoon, the service being conduct-ed by Rev. Father Vincent Taylor. Mrs. Connor is survived by three sons and two daughters—Messrs. John, Thomas and Arthur O Connor Mrs. L. E. Glenn and Mrs. Henry Causey. How I Did It. Having been asked by several of my friends what grade of fertilizer I used to produce the prize crop of cotton given by the Townsend Buggy Company, I beg to inform my friends that this was grown with Farmer's Bone fertilizer, made by the F. S. Royster Guano Company and sold by the Townsend Buggy Company. The yield averaged $72.50 per acre. Be-sides this. I received a prize of $60. Can any of you beat this? I recom-mend and expect to use Farmer's Bone this year. Yours very truly. 12-4t. WILLIAM C. KIRKMAN. What 25 Cents Will Buy. At Townsend's variety store Satur-day, April 16: 1 cakes Octagon soap, or 6 cakes Ivory soap, or - pounds of Arbuckle's coffee, or 5 men's linene collars, or a regular 50- cent men's cap, or 2 50-cent men's ties or a "pair of boys' pants, or a steel hammer, and many other things at one-half what they are usually Sold for. Come and bring this ad-vertisement with you. It is good for 5 cents on a dollar purchase. TOWNSEND'S VARIETY STORE, 527 South Elm street. The Organization is Growing Rapidly in Guilford County. A meeting of the Guilford County Farmers' Union was held in Neese's hall, in this city, Saturday and was well attended by members of the lo-cal unions from different sections of the county. A good deal of business was transacted In a business-like and satisfactory manner. The Farmers' Union is growing rap-idly in Guilford and now has 42 lo-cals in the county, with a member-ship of 900. When Mr. W. T. Swan-son came to Guilford to take up the organization work in this county he found two small, unchartered local unions, these being located at Bright-wood and Mount Vernon. He began his work in the county by setting up a local union at Pleasant Garden No-vember 3, 1909. Following is a list bf the local unions in existence in the county at the present time: Brightwood, Mount Vernon, Pleas-ant Garden, Sumner, Winding Hill, Piney Grove, Buffalo, Tabernacle, Brookfield, Monticello, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Hope, Hickory, Mill Point. Sum-merfield, McLeansville. Staley. Oak Shade, Groome. North Greensboro. Sandy Ridge, Bethel, County Line. Oak Ridge, Hickory Grove, Guilford College, Colfax, Deep River, Stokes-dale. Rocky Knowl, Merry Oaks. Summers, Glenwood, Brick Church, Glbsonville, Progressive, Hillsdale, Osceola, Barker, Sandy Grove, Ala-tnance and Pleasant Union. A full line of rakes, hoes, mat-tocks, forks and anything in the line of tools at the Southside Hardware Company's. 4KHXHKKHWKKKH>O«O0^>0«OOO:? $20.00 IN GOLO TO GE GIVEN AWAY. Meeting of Democratic Committee. I herebv call a meeting of the Dem-ocratic executive committee of Friend-ship township for the purpose of con-sidering matters pertaining to the western part of the county. All Dem-ocratic voters are expected to be present. Meeting place, Guilford sta-tion- time, Saturday, April 23. at 3 P. M. S. W. H. SMITH, Chm. Removal Sale. All framed pictures, mirrors, etc.. at half price. Please call at once for pictures left to be framed. One-fourth off on all orders. „.„., GREENSBORO ART AND MANU-FACTURING CO.. 108 West Washington street. The Commercial National Bank will offer a prize of $20 In Gold to the farmer of Gull-ford who raises the best crop of tobacco on one acre of ground, provided there will be twenty or more contestants. The judges of this contest will be Mr. J. F. Jordan on the part of the bank, and someone chosen by the Greensboro To-bacco Association, the third to be selected by theea gentle-men. Those wishing to enter the contest will please call at the bank and leave their names and addresses. Commercial National Bank oooaoocHMooeawwo«eriooH>oi>o |