The Greensboro patriot [February 12, 1920]

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THE PUBLISHED E^ERY MONDAY A&D THURSDAY.
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GREENSBORO,-N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRljARY. 12, 1920 VOL. 99. NO. 13
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^L lit MCL*
P 0 LOUISVILLE M&K.
„,,RV MOB ATTES
I VflFtBBS WWCS1
ny as 60 or
seized.
' men congregated
\
MOB ATTEMPTS TO
KEUU-AVOtTSDED.
ing
Fob. 9.—Martial
U'4in.S''i;!'].rrc" tonight. Six hun- K>'..
I.,* 1'irevai and state troops are pa-tti
'., riol<aS
*Ju was Quiet early tonight,
recurrence of
K ^r.'Greets to prevent furth-tfbich
during the day ex-four
dead and fifteen
••""fW hundred* additional
;i0:£Dfstates troops are en route
, ,= .on and aU of Fayette coun-iiecd
under martial law at
' "" ."bv Brig. Gen. F. C Mar-on
his arrival from Cam?
. ,na S00 troops of the famous
£ division, which helped repulse
!rBans at Chateau Thierty.
this morning when
"•_ *> sought to learn the
^jfa,A.ockett, The word
ytrmy troops were com-j
yrapidly and no further
violent, ^/ivas attempted.
Negro's Case is Swift.
Lockett's arrest, indictment, trial
and sentence sets a new record in
rapidity in Kentucky. He was arrest-ed
last Tuesday night, indicted Fri-day
and was tried, found guilty and
sentenced in a few minutes to-day.
Under his sentence he will die in
the electric chair March 11.
The little Hardman girl's body
60 revolvers and rigg REVALUATION ACT IS
on ' LAUDED BK GOY. BICKETT
HE STATES THAT THE ACT WIMi
SAVE TAXPAYERS TWENTY-FIVE
PER CENT.
HOOVER m
WlTHHO
PARTY
MAN
[£ WITH
BACKING LEAGUE
Raleigh. Feb. 8.—Governor Bick*
ett to-day gave out the following
statement on the revaluation act, for
release tomorrow morning.
"Every one who studies the reval-uation
act should at the outset give
the act credit for a saving of 45 per
cent. In the years 1919 and 1920
ALLEGIANCE TO
LEARNS WHAT
STAND FOR.
citizenship and decline to pledge
my vote blindfold.
"I am not unappreciative of the
many kind things that my friends
have advanced on my behalf. Yet
I hope they will realize my sincerity
in not.tieing myself to undefined
partisanship."
TWO MILLION RAILROAD
MEN WANT MORE MONET
RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION IB
FACING CRITICAL SITUATION
IN* ITS CLOSING-DAYS.
Feb. 8.—Herbert
issued a statement
toward the
I if
Rioting beSW
lb'bent upon lynching William
■ , .[ ., nfsro. who confessed to
*B,,racr last week of tcn-year-
,,j oeneva Hardman. was fired up-tfth
rifles and machine guns by
nv.litiamcn as the mob was
,orminc the Fayette county court
Ljw io set the negro during his
every property holder pays 45 per
was found mutilated in a corn field cent less taxes than he would have
last Tuesday morning soon after she paid if the general assembly of
had left her home for school. Her 1919 had not touched the subject of
head had been crushed in with a .valuation. This is not an argument,
stone and her body partially cover-lit is a statement of a-fact.
ed with com stalks. "Under the old law there was a
Lockett, recently discharged from
the army.| was suspected and posses
were formed immediately to look for
him. He was found at the home of! tion the reassessment would
a friend six miles from the scene of jbeen made in 1919, and the
reassessment every four years, and
if the general assemb'.v of 1919 had
done nothing with respect to valua-havo
taxes
nations to -
tion he Mijri
party tifct
In re .
clare alljgfa
other w<
Mr. HoOTer
more defli
ce
l-y-f
the murder late that night. Police j for 1919 and 1920 would have been
announced that the negr,o had con-jpaid on this reassessment. This law
fessod to the nvurder,'adding that lie has been in force tor about 20 years,
"didn't know" why he had killed the;and every four years there has been
Birl a substantial increase in values. The
average increase has been 26 1-4 per
cent. There is not a man in the
state outside of an institution for
jthe insane or the feebleminded who
WAGE QUESTION SENT TO
PRESIDENT FOR DECISION'.
Ike attempt to lynch Lockett was
L.-,de just after he had confessfd to
V!c murder and as the jury found
snilty of murder in the first de-
He was sentenced to die in
|-.,e clcc'.ric chair March 11.
The shooting temporarily dispers-
I,,, the mob and save the authorities
.-,0 in which to rush Lockett to a
Lret ?!acc of safety. The mob re-
Iraed. however, and looted pawn-
Xtops and hardware stores to got
Bmrois.
BcgelM* Brought I"-
Fearing an attack upon the hand-
H of national guardsmen on dutv.
fie authorities appealed to Gover-nor
Morrow for assistance. As a re-
|«,:. 300 troops, members of the
i and 2Sth infantry, arrived at 3
li'clotk on a special train from
I1 imp Taylor.
The federal troops immediately
I'-esan the work of patrolling the
lsHMts-to keep crowds from congre-l-
Jtini.
Locki-.t. a nested last Tuesday
Washington. Feb. 11.-Director j does not know that the actual in-
General Hlnes decided, tonight t.. |c-ease in property values during the
submit to President Wilson for final la*t four years has been greater than
action ,the demands of more than in ny four year period since the rc-two
million railway employes for an nss.ssment law has been on the
increase in wages. The appeal to.book*. No mortal man will deny
„ New :*$
Hoover to;
defining his attitude
president- ft
He Annonvsed that he is not a
candidate tbY the nomination and
that no one *ia authorized to speak
for him politically. If /the league of
Je an issue in the elec-he
will vote for the
ids for the league,
to requests that he de-to
either ane or the
great political parties,
iys he will wait until it
appears what the
party manajfers stand' for, 'and will
'exercise' a prerogative of American
citizenship »d decline to pledge my
vote blindfolded." His statement
follows: ji
"In orderWo answer a large num-ber
of questions all at once, let me
emphasise that I have taken a day
off from t|e industrial conference
in Washington to come to New York
solely to attend pressing matters in
connection with the children's re-lief.
I want to say again: Have not
sought and am not seeking the
presidency. f I am not a candidate.
I have no 'Organization.' No one is
authorized, to speak" for me politi-
CASUALTY FIGURES FOR
NORTH CAROLINA GlVEN.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The rail-road
administration Hearing the end
Iof its control over the nation's rail
transportation system, tonight faced
a critical situation with respect to
nouncements of concern to «onn „f «nro .h«„ *.
Carolina came- from the war depart-ment
to-day—one giving the casual-ties,
by states, in the American ex-peditionary
forces; the other a
statement that in army recruiting
drive the Tar Heel state will be ask-ed
to fill up the 28th regiment of in-fantry,
now stationed at Camp Tay-lor.
Ky. Thi«rfraenj'n
ii
0
f
W
h
at .^'served to open up all
proximate skeleton *rength has on'which the
been assigned to North Carolina' tor *
replacements, and Secretary Baker
says he hopes the new plan will de-velop
a feeling of state pride in the
particular regiment.
Final casualty figures announced
by the adjutant general show that
North Carolina casualties in the re-cent
war were as«follows:
Killed in action, 40 officers,- 644
men; died of wounds, 19 officers, 228
men; died of disease, 6 officers, 5.95
cally.
the wage demands of more than 8,-
000,000 employes. Conferences to-morrow
between Director General
Hines and leaders of the workers
unions probably will determine the
outcome of .the situation.
Officials of the unions submitted
to the director general at to-day's
meeting a new statement which
Important"
two sides
were at variance, and will require
further discussion before a settle-ment
can be reached. Mr. Hines in-formed,
the union leaders he would
reply tomorrow to their new state-ment
of claims.
Meanwhile1 W. G. Lee, president
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, was pressing Mr. Hlnes
for an answer to the demands of his
individual organization and insist-men:
died of d.sease. *«**£* *>\\lnK the trainmen ' were ready to
men; died of accident. 7 officers. »•F^^( sati8factory settle-men;
drowned. 3 men ******, * ment waB reached. Rallroad adm,„-
murder or homicide, 5 men
;nrrflc m wages, IOB wi««. «-.»«"-. .-«...« - «As an-American citizen by birth.
the President is to be taken at the ; that if the old law had been allowed !and qt lonitj ancestory. I am natural-request
of union leaders who sug-jto stand without the dotting of an i\ly d^gpiy'interested in the present
gested such action late to-day alter, or the crossing of a t. the values in!critlcai ^nation. My sincere-and
being informed by Mr. Hines that a j 1919 would hove been increased as jonly pomte»l desire is-that one or
settlement of their demands was much as they have in any four year both ot tne gTe3t political parties
hopeless under present conditions, 'period. Just knock off the 1 1-4 per ,wln appfO««h the vital issues, which
Mr. Hines will send to the White cent and say that property values hare grow* out of the war and are
House tomorrow a resume of his would have been increased 25 per new> wttb5$a clear purpose looking
ot our people and that
of carrying out
men;
execution, general courtmartial, 1
man; other known causes. 10 men;
cause undetermined. 18 men; pre-sumed
dead. 5 men.
Total officers. 63;
:.<I7.
Tne tabie carries
tmther details.
no namej
the
conferences with the heads of the cent. Then in 1919. the property^T(he
brotherhoods and the whole wage .owners would have paid 8S ner cent^caydia',...^ i^.. ,„g.- —
controversy wltt he laid before the'inbre taxes on the same property jthis worfc should be nominated.
President for the second time. than they paid in 1918. Under the j ^ ^ ^^ g^cg oyer t0
Director General Hines, atter con- revaluation act they did not pay a; jdential election with any reser-fening
with Attorney General Pal- cent more. A similar amount would |vaUong necessar}- to clarify the
mer. late to-day submitted to repre- have to be paid in 1920, but undcrjwor,d.s m\n<k tnat there can he no
sentatives of more than 2,000.000 my recommendation to the general . f , t of the Bafeguards pro-railroad
workers his answer to their! assembly this 25 per cent increase
new statement of claims. Mr. Hines* (in 1920 will be reduced to five per
reply was not made public and the cent, this tor public schools. This
union leaders met in a conTereivce makes a net saving to property own-to
decide their course of action. |ers in 1920 of 20 per cent, and this1
infringement of the safeguards pro-vided
by our constitution and our
nation old traditions then I must
vote for the party that stands for the
i league. With it. there is hope not
istration officials also received infor-mal
notice that they must contend
with a strike called by the Brother-hood
of Maintenance of Way Em-
. ,«i «■ i . ployes and Shop*Laborers.
total men. . | Further tnan admlttins that he
aor'.had given the railroad administra-jtlon
the required 30 days' notice of
.. a. fnMnw-l'ntention to cancel the present wage
The figures al»o show the, ttm I ^^ ^ ^^ „ Mf ^
;: regarding prisoners ot «M MM decUne(,'to d[8CUBB the plnns 0f bis
■rounded: A 5S organization. The strike vote taken
under his instructions was said to
show a large majority of the train-men
favorable to a strike.
Total prisoners. 7 officer^ n
men; all repatriated except one matt,
unaccounted for.
Slightly wounded. 81 officers. It
■ ■j IUH—IT—-rJ*^ s« «»-t v ■ - - ~ ,_
VZ* 1 709 men- degree undeterraln- HALF MILLH>N DOLLAR
Td 34 officers. T39 men. Total | PLANT FOR GREENSBORO.
wounded. 173 officers and 3.955, ^^ - -^ ^^ fc
fa its record for bravery and the position ot the leading
ui.-i.iu,. .«—■ —-— — . -oonnllyy oorf ttnhee pprree»vmeniwti»o™n o"f' w«.a.r... but
The union leaders remained in added to the 25 per ..acnt savMi ,n |also tnat we can safejv economize in
jennferonce an hour and a half and 1919. makes a total saving to ,1"'!miUtary poi,cies. There is hope ot
Inlsht and held in the state peniten- jdispersed without calling in Piroc- property owners on account of Ihej^^ returns of confidence and the
liary at Frankfort for safekeeping. L ^ General Hines. No time for a'revaluation act of 16 per cent.
Iras inilicted late last week and was |rurtuer conference was set by the: ..»>„,„ /,
hisekt here on a special train this ;union chiefs and it was intimated
I economic reconstruction ot the
Pure 'mathematics requires lnei world. 1 conld not vote with :i party
trial. He was heavily ,
farmers from the era|
I ■uomir.s for
L-aardi i.
Hundred* of
|-arronrd:nc country arrived early to
ami the trial and sullenly watched
'tarrhwior ii~ he was marched from
I*train td the court house between
pines ol stain troopers. When the
'rial opened the court room wa«
I'••■»»J»d to capacity. Everyone was
I'lrehid for firearms before being
Naitted to the court house. Hun-hnds
we.re unable to gain admit-
■We to the court room and congre- ■ g
-aW in th- street in front of the
'*: house.
The cry "let's get him" from a
* > [.inner on the outskirts o£
l"'*Vo<v<|. turned the crowd into a
1Mb which began surging toward
> entrant to the building. Bol-
L71* and police dropped back into
f" forraa'ion and trained their
'" the mob. which never hesi-jthat
no
would be
worst enemy of the revaluation actjif jt vete dominated by groups who
additional communication ,,, cntei. t„is credit of 45 per cent »»|>ee|. to set aside our constitutional
sent to the director gen- *thKe« fr.i-r.s1t uitaemm iinn eevveerrvy AcaAllc^unllnattliioMni I » «^.« nHA#.Mt. mm fi*oo
j made in regard to the act.
"Of course the taxes in
•guarantees for free speech or free
j representation wh,o hopes to re-cs
cigar
IT. its record tor oratri; »— MM •>■•• — —- .
combat NorTh Carolina stands out j manufacturing center of the souh;
^nentlv among other states. and to its already tremendous indus-prominentl)
among another Wg
"^VoThtdTdeath Hst ot JSZZSZ. « the beginning of
„.,' \Z 4 528 men; Pennsyl- operations about 250 cigar maters.
STlM officers and 3.79S men; and with an anticipation initiarpro-
Tu enrre^onding figures, as a'duction of a million cigars monthly,
nl tor fcther populous states. This production will be doubled very
Sh Carolina'! death list was 25'shortly, it is stated. Within a very
Officers and 308 men; Virginia. 27 few months, the investment repre-
« 11A M men- Georgia. 43 sented in this new enterpnse-in-
°Tn Trl \ll men' eluding equipment an8 tobacco
""S-oS tSreTere no state line, stocks-wil, be approximately a half
i„ the country's patriotism, the war million dollars,
dement puts out.its figures to. The new manufactunng^ far
. , <CP H ?,tes in answer to numer- Greensboro will be a branch of
- 1919. are tablish control of the government day by states in answei to Gresn & Sons. of Norristown. Pa..
MBST RKPOKT OK M»TW« higher than 1n m8, but this is not|for profit and privilege. ons inqn.r.es askin.; tot■ an . ^i' Meditation cigar..
TNDKR RKVA1.VAT.ON *CT.^^ o{ ^ ,„ &pite of the rcval. > ^ ^ ^ ^ , part>. „ **^^j£ZJL Z S will be located in the four-story
lit were dominated by groups who *■■*■" "^ions had previously building at 314 South Eim street,
are due to two;" fop form of gocialism, ures ^ **"»'-" ;the'Bround floor of which has hoe-in
.he thinKs: I whether it be nationalization ot in- becn *nm- . occupied for a number of years by
f^or^loLTotZ under "'• The *■«• sch°o1 lernl *"s dustry. .or other destruction of to- T^Z Fln Wave Improves, the Scott Seed Company A flve-hst.
ng of personal piopert>inu practically unanimous vote, of, .,,,,• initiative. Both these ex- \W•"s*on-8a"tra .. «.f l«ase has been take
the revaiuation act. completed r - ^ ^^^^ .^^Jd .dual ™^ Win8ton-Salem. Feb. 1 -The city
betng received for-two to«n ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ Qf wj^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^ to.da>,|liealth department »nnounce"..^
■"Si first township showed total course, when the people voted tor.Neither of these dominations wouldlthe crest of the influenza < ,,
■— uation act. The increased taxes for
mi.s"siSontLrecSeivleld ftoa-ufaa>!Vitsmnw*t Zin *..*a. ~ *•*•" ^ ^ t0 tW*&m►■ «»r any form of social-sm.
year lease taken on the
building, necessary repairs and
changes arc now under way. and the
plant will begin operations on or
1 .,0,] t!'!-: l!l,:: '•'■-'' '" •'" i" ' " ,; '" ■"' r.nali'.i' tho-;f- cniistriicrive ecoiM.i.Ki- ,: soon aft«r February . • om
^•Lr?l£jr&™ -«"' °f «" f*- — ^ ""VPoncies that wil, get us down from | Friday_ there^ha^een . d^> * llavP 1<lready been ,..-
ployed.
t-uuinr. -i.e. .« i„u,„. .« -. .jjeitnpr 01 tnese aominatiun» «u...„;...- ^ * „A .hot «it\re list
this increase of 50 per cent in tl.e enable those constructive economic jhas been reached and tnat warn
SI,254.028 as against $135.
•1 gain of more derstood that it would cost 50 P*T'tIle unsound economic
- - i. -— A. Ajk *«* Anm* 1 . r% ^1*IJ-V^**IT»1»1.MI1 ^ _ ■ . .
practices Cllne "in the n'-umber ot new cases re-
CimninK Plant For Mt. Alr>'.
Mt. Airy. Feb. 10.—Garrett *
MJuta
'"Itll-.ij
1 laal
(Senerul Devreese. in
»;"id ,,f t|„. militiamen, shouted
Earning to the crowd and
'" "red ;i revolver into the air. It
" '»* signal for the troops to fire.
'•otm RUnk Volley.
and pol
crowd
TJL7SS. KTi";'1»';::r:;.r;;,:rri's-H^^^-^^ir:
township. '"0' .,. rn n. _.,„. . been reported since the epide.iuc „ aI.rangemenU for the
I The second, township reported the pubhc schools 50 per cent. This .., do„.t Dplieve in more than two a 25 P theif cann,DR^ here
showed total value ot personal prop- was done because the genera, assent-- ^ parties. otherwise, combina- sta , .JJ» * m purpose oI pre8erT.
erty listed $350,029 as against $12.- bly reached the conclusion that Jt tioD8 o{ group COuld. as in Europe ' . Dlackberry crop of this see-
940 for the previous yeur. a gain ot was not only unw.se_ but positively create , danger ot millority rule. 1 Theft b> faMMM ,
Soldier-;
^* into the
U*» sun rattl
|1*S "' thp eo»" ' -'■
■' '' k»n of bullets spattered down erty.
3 tb" asphalt street. i ,
'"tr roea fell at the first volley Kansa*
L »tteen were wounded. I Topeka. Kans
^■ReDOrts6' generallv indicate that of the state who were devoting their
owners of personal property are lives to teach our children.
indecent to starve the young women do belieTe in party organization to: Washington. Feb. 11.—Theft
„. tion. J. R. Patterson, of this city.
,.„„...„„- .K tlii.r who was their purchasing agent last
support great ideals and to carry 130.OOO payroll ot the AguiUr ^ Jn that
Before. --• i-»„. „.,r...;ec ..a—ui Vorieo. hv >eal -
lo Viomrmt* *Mrlkei-s.
great Issues and coDs/stent policies. oi| Company. at Tampico. Mexico, by * - ^^ estimates the
is^ues robbers who killed the messenge4.« J J ^ %3t*m products mc
f carrying the money to the company s.^^^^ ^ fj The C8B.
ot refinery and wouoSetf- three »th«;nin(t and pre«*rvlng process will be
our citizens in confronting this new men on tBe gjjeet car -where tne, ^ u 0M of the tobacco
constitution the term was le«RU»ea--pertott |a American life is that the holdup took place, was reported to- ;"*
ed to six months and the legislature-reat parties will take positive day w tfte rtate department. The
increased her salary to *67-r,°.!8tands on the many issues that con- compant. i8 a British corporation
ply
I'Tolti
Itarned to Death.
Pittsboro. Feb. 11.—Arthor Lilly.
•<-..—..-.. -rt-auu^ «»« *••*- ******* •»»—*-- compjoy is *
Toneka Kans Feb 10.—Main- which makes her earnings for the.front ngi and will select men whose but hag many American stockhold
rounded. ,.',"* '. Way Workers and shop- year $405. an increase of more than character and associations will guar- epg The robbers escaped into the
let. had surged half tenance ^ JM ppr cent Tf , man ts ^^ thejr pledgeg -^ # of
-. "c ioTr the i rt ot TJZSfZ with union orders ^^TZ^*mZ*,Q^ Z "I - *'" "-« *^ * K -^*™" ^ **
;a«H \T*-7ZZ*\ ot will be prosecute^ Governor Henry ch dre ^^term, and ^ ^^ ^ ^^ _ „_, Now .^
5fr ^ tLTJLZTZlSi court law 11, them o« the outside panner »*£* taT-StJS
Piit
in its
oner.
first attempt to get
The Kansas industrial court law
*ji
,,, t.,_ vpars imprison- list, let him come out boldly
■■ the mob broke up into which provides two years np
:nl"nW,lswnicn P^d hurried vis- ment and fines UP to $...00i>
and
up
> Hil ■
dvis. ment Bl—^ - -' these ^creases to the revaluation, is
the pawnshops and hard- un.on Officers V>d^mMH J^» ^ _t „.hi(%h ns heretofore stated, re- «
, »t*v| ■-—" *■
MTH. Rickett Now a Norm-. ' night, at, the home of iCharHe Clarks.
• h Peb 11 —Mr/. T W. near Maroney'a church, this cdunty.
who know me. know that I am able ™e,g"\ ' Carolina's It is Mid that he lay down in front
to make up my mind when a subject ^LT--- of the volunteer of the Bre. fell Mfafa *»« '■»•
dearly defined. Consequently, jm- governor. ..
North
one of the
the
«» w= -—. —— • -
emergency «leep his clothes Ignited and be
rings
' union officers V ""J" te will he aet wWel, as ofafat. re-" til it more oennite.y «W--™ ~ ,u, published here for
ilV-J is * _ _
the was burned almost to death before
the fire could be extinguished. • m
on all sides. In wme, gtores develops. Allen said.
1920 45. per cent."'
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