The Greensboro patriot [February 7, 1921]

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ESTABLISHED 1821. GREENSBORO, N. C. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1921. VOL. 100. NO. irj
SUPERIOR COURT DISPOSED
OF MANY CRIMINAL GASES
> 1 M.KM)l 1) PROGRESS "WAS MADE
DURING WEEK IN HEAVY .«
CRIMINAL DOCKET.
The January term of Guilford Su-perior
court lor the trial of crlmi-1
nal rases adjourned Saturday noon
and the result of the week's work
showed a large .reduction in the
number of cases that stood on the
docket awaiting trial'test Monday
morning. Solicitor Bower orpreas-
< d himself as being especially pleaa-ed
with the headway that was made.
Judge Finley, wbo presided over the
term last week, left Saturday after-noon
for his home at Wilkesboro,
where he will spend this week dur-ing
which time no court is sched-uled
in this district.
The next criminal term of court
will, be held March 14, while a civil
term of two weeks for this county
will convene next Monday.
Dean Sutcliffe, superintendent of
Pomona mills J. W. Poster, gate
keeper, and L. H. Thomas, night
superintendent, were convicted by a
jury Friday of the charge of as-saulting
Sherman Wheatley, a 14-
year-old white .boy. Sutcliffe was
fined $50 and' costs,, Foster $25 and
costs, while Thomas was dismissed
with the payment of his part 'of the
costs in the action. In returning its
verdict the jury found Sutcliffe and
Foster guilty of an assault, while
"Thomas was found guilty merely of
isimple assault.
Frank C. Bunting, who entered a
plea of guilty early last week to hav-ing
whiskey for sale, was sentenced
to a term of 12 months on the
roads, the sentence to be suspend- I
ed upon the payment of a fine of $150 and the costs. Bunting was .
indicted with W. C. Rankin and Na- -I
than Donnell, both o£ whom were
acquitted by a jury.
H. B. Darling, charged with lar- '
•ceny from the person, was liberated |
when the state requested that the '
■case be nol prossed.
Cliff Ingram, found guilty of se-curing
an automobile under false
■pretense, was charged with the pay- I
ment of the cost of the action, fol-lowing
the suspension of, judgment
mxitil the June term.
West Langley, guilty of having
whiskey for sale, was sentenced to
serve six months on the Guilford
'county roads. '
A nol pros was taken in the case
of O. W. Duke, member of the lo-cal
police force, charged with forci-ble
trespassing.
Nol pros with leave was taken in
the case of William Milton, charged
with breaking and entering.
Nol pros with leave was also tak-en
in the case of H. B. Matton,
charged with embezzlement.
The case of Herman Johnson, ne-gro,
in December. 1920, was nol
prossed in Superior court Thursday
afternoon.
A nol pross was taken in two
cases against Bud Harper, charged
with larceny.
Mabel Luther, charged with im-moral
vagrancy, pleaded guilty, and
prayer for judgment was continued.
She was required to put up a bond
of $200 for her appearance at the
June, 1921, and January. 1922,
terms of court. She will also jay
the cost of the action.
Fred Crouch, charged with trans-porting
whiskey, for the purpose of
selling it, pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to two years on the coun-ty
highway.
H. H. Goley and C.-R. Lineberry,
charged with transporting whiskey,
were liberated, Goley being flnjsd
$50 and the cosf of the action,
while Lineberry was made to pay
the cost of the action against him.
They are Randolph county boys and
proved a good character by reput-able
citizens.
M. L. Lowder. charged with
breaking and entering, was given
four years on the county roads. No-tice
of an appeal to the Supreme
court was given. Lowder's bond
was fixed at $5,000.
Nelson Belk, found guilty Tues-day
to a charge of having whiskey
for sale, was sentenced to 12
months on the county roads.
The case against P. A. Veft-.r.
charged with larceny, was nol pross-ed
with leave.
Grover Henley, charged with the
theft of two automobiles, was call-ed
Thursday morning bn» tailed* to
answer. His trial was bvgun on
Wednesday afternoon. Tho state had
presented its evidence. Attorneys
for Henley were ready to, present
their case but theU\ client had de-camped.
An lnstanter capias was Is-sued.
He was out on a $2,000
bond.
' Oliver Cardwell pleaded guilty to
charge of assault." Prayer for judg-ment
was continued. He was requir-ed
to put up a $200 bond for his ap-pearance
at the June, 192-1. and
January, 1922, terms of court.
Henry Martin, negro, charged
with the murder of Joe Kin£_, negro,
was sentenced Friday to serve five
years on the couaty roads. Martin
was allowed to enter a plea of guilty
of manslaughter Wednesday.
A. W. and W. T. Scogglna and
Will Henley were fined $25 each and
the cost of the action, the cost to be
divided equally among the three, on
a charge of" an assault with deadly
weapons. Henley pleaded guilty
Thursday, while the two Scoggins
were found guilty the same day.
Raymond Stone, charged with
breaking and entering the store
room of the American Motors Cor-poration,
was found not guilty.
A nolle pros with leave was taken
in the case of Thomas L. Johnson,
charged with highway robbery.
The case of Mildred Henley,
charged with larceny, was contin-ued.
A nolle proa with leave was taken
by the state in the case against <R.
S. Petty and J. G. Keith, charged
with forcible trespassing.
Will Loftln, Gaby 'Allen and Cases
Oohn, found guilty Wednesday to a
eharge of breaking and entering,
were sentenced to serve 12 months
on the county roads. The three men,
j according to testimony, aided two
| small negro boys in breaking into
'
Maness' store, in the eastern section
of the city.
FARMERS' GOOD ROADS
ASSOCIATION FO
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STATE MATH TEACHERS HELD
TWO DAY CONVENTION HERE.
A two day conference of the As-sociation
of Teachers of Secondary
Mathematics was held in this city
last week, the meeting coming to a
close Saturday afternoon. The gath-erings
took place at the North Car-olina
College for Women - and/the
members of the association from all
parts of the state were in attend-ance.
Prof. A. Wilson Hobbs, of the Un-iversity
of North Carolina, waa TO-e
lee ted president of the association
at the business meeting held" Satur-day
morning. Other officers elected
were Miss "Nets Gresslt, of Greens-boro
High School, vice president;
Miss Fannie Starr Mitchell, of Gas-tonla
High School, secretary, and
Dr. K. B. Patterson, of Trinity Col-lege,
treasurer. A constitution tor
the organization was also adopted
Saturday.
Approved methods of teaching
mathematics were considered by the
teachers and the meeting was con-sidered
a success from every stand-point.
During the past five years the
association has developed from a
small group of teachers to a strong
ar.d active organization.
R. J. LOMAX DIED
SATURDAY AT WHITE OAK.
R. J. Loman died Saturday after-noon
at 4.30 o'clock at the Borne of
his son, W. F. Loman, 20 Vine
street. White Oak. Mr. Loman was
62 years of age and had been ill dur-ing
a period of several months. A
recent stroke of paralysis hurried
his death. During the past few
years he had suffered three former
strokes.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon from Hlnes chapel.
The deceased Is survived by five
children, Mrs. B. A. Osborn. of
Gulf; Mrs. W. O. Leonard, of Den-im;
W. F., R. E. and C. Y. Loman,
of White Oak, _, and four brothers,
James Loman, of New Orleans; Joe
Laman, of Burlington, and Jack and
Frank Loman, of near Hines chapel.
Child of Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. Walker
Died Friday Morning.
Frances Leona Walker."the infant
d'trchter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Walker, died early Friday morning
at the home of the parents. 10 miles
south of the city. Funeral services
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED SAT-URDAY
WITH'JOHN W. KING
AS PRESIDENT.
With representatives from practi-cally
every township in the county
present, the Guilford County Farm-ers'
Good Roads Association wa*
formally organized at a meeting
held in the court house Saturday
morning. John W. King was elect-ed
president of the -association, S;
E. CoKrane elected vice president,
and W. A. Bowman, secretary.
The organization of farmers has
developed from the general belief of
prominent men in the county that
the citizens should take a vital in-terest
in the question of good roads
and that they should co-operate in
an endeavor toward securing them
for every section of Guilford. At the
meeting Saturday the sentiment of
those expressing t'.ieir opinions was
unanimous in the conviction that
better roads are an imperative need.
The president of the association
was instructed to inform the county
highway commission that the mem-bers
of the organization stand ready
to help in any way possible.
Township organizations, as
branches of the county association,
have been organized in all but tour
or five of the townships in the coun-ty.
Committees consisting of three
men have been appointed to study
the needs of each" township and to
formulate plans toward! providing
for the improvement of rural roads.
The next regular meeting of the
county association will be held Sat-urday,
March 5, at 11 A. M.
R. W. H. Stone, president of the
Farmers' Union, spoke to the assem-bly
on the subject of taxation. Mr.
Stone expressed the belief that the
present laws give the county com-missioners
too much power in taxa-tion
matters. Although he did not
believe that the present commission-ers
of Guilford would abuse that
power he thought that 'provision
should be made for the future. He
spoke of his efforts toward securing
valuations reduced horizontally 50
per cent and then an equalisation,
the equalisation to.be left with the
commissioners of each county.—la*
stead of the state tax commission.
Announcement of township com-mittees
was as follows:
Bruce—John B. Ogburn, G. •••83
Miles. B. H. Hoakina.
Washington—J. J. WiUlama, L.
F. Trpxler, D. M. Chrtamon.
South Gilmer—Thomas Pember-ton,
B. P. Sharps, W. A. Causey.
North Gilmer—W. A. Aydeltte, T.
V. Buggs, L. M Lowdermllk
Madison—James F. Doggett, J.
Richard Moore, H. W. Lambeth.
Monroe—J. W. Pugh, T. L. Arch-er.
George E. Chappell.
Jefferson—John Phipps, Robert
Sockwell, C. M. Pritchett.
Center Grove—O. C. Brown, T. J.
Styers, R. F. Shaw.
Greene—S. E. Suits, John R.
Holt, Roscoe Causey.
Rock Creek—No report.
Friendship, L. A. Beeson, S. E.
Coletrane, J. F. Frazier.
Jamestown—J. A. Gardner, W. G.
Wiley, E. S. Wilson.
Sumner—Z. Lee Groome, John T.
Hodgin. W. M. Clark.»
Morehead—No report.
Deep River—J. Lee Frazier, J.
E. Gray, J. C. Bull.
High Point—No report.
Fentress—M. L. Allred, C. H.
Kirkman, W. B. Hunt.
Oak Ridge—-No report.
Clay—J. L. Trogdon, C. S. Gil-mer,
David C. Jones.
Following a general discussion
the following resolution was adopt-ed:
"Resolved, that we, Guilford
County Farmers Good Roads Asso-ciation,
do not believe that hard
surface roads only are In the inter-est
of the masses of farmers of the
county, it is our belief that the state
and nation should contribute to the
building and the maintenance of
state and "national highways and
the building and maintenance of
roads-leading from cfty to city."
i. I BEAVERS' RESIGNATION
:V EFFfegTIYE MARCH 1ST
BOUNTY AGENT RESIGNS TO DE-
. . -VOTE ATTENTION TO PRI-VATE
AFFAIRS.
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BEN MASSEY GUILTY BUT
DISMISSED WITH COSTS.
,#.' 4. .Beavers, who during the
past near has served most efflcient-
'"' ijconnty farm agent for Gull-opunty,
has filed' his formal res-
__l*WwRh.B. 5. Mlllsaps, district
agtat. at Stateevllle. Mr. Beavers
wjw retstrn to his farm in the west-
,Ot 'Hf'cjtfBfr «DOUt 'March
f. he declares that all of bis
Jos* is badly ..needed. A bad
ch,*f road, which makes it dif-fer
the county, agent to come
._ bis bome to bis office in this
city, Is also included among the rea-son^
offered for Mr. Beavers' resig-nation.
.During his service in this work
Mr. Beavers has demonstrated
marked ability and he has received
a hearty co-operation from the far-mersjln
the county.
' The letter from Mr. Beavers to
Director Mtllsaps was mailed Fri-day,
and was as follows:
"A* I Informed you several weeks
ago ft my intentions, you will not
be'sutjprised to receive this official
notice that I desire to tender my
resignation as county agent of Gull-ford
county to take effect March 1,
next. Under the existing conditions
—rajntlc'and a halt of bad {pads to
travel 4>ver and the need for me on
the farm—it Is practically impossi-ble
lot me to do the county agent
work'and myself both justice. And
the work is too Important to be
gone, at half-heartedly.
"In some respects I shall hate
veryjmuch to leave the work as the
opportunity for doing effective work
seems4o be greater now than at any
rasiooa ttiimmee during my . service.
great'estT"regret rsttrstfMtaTeuot
been ablle tto rrenderr a greater ser-vice
to the farmers of the county.
It should be remembered, how-ever,
that the county agent seldom
reaches those who most need to be
reached.
"I desire to express to you, and
through you, to the county commis-sioners,
my appreciation of the
friendly feelings and - co-operation
■90*i tare given me in the -work; I
hope yon1 lagffct rtli to piaaa a
.strong man-in charge of -the work.
so that OuiHord county any go for-ward
and develop her agriculture,
eoantry life and rural cKlsenehlp
to the point where a»e will be sec-ond
to no other county In the
South."
Ben Massey, young white man,
tried Friday morning in Municipal
court on a charge of shooting his
wife and Frank Lane, was found
guilty by Judge Jones but on ac-count
of mitigating circumstances
was released, with the payment of
the costs.
The shooting took place about ten
days ago between 'Davie and Elm
streets and occurred In the middle
of the day. Maaaey had discovered
his wife In an automobile with
Frank Lane, the machine being
parked in front of the Daily News
office on Davie street, and when the
couple began running up East Mar-ket
street he opened! fl re and Shot
both of them. After his arrest Mas-sey
disclaimed any intention of
shooting to kill, but declared that
he just wanted to brand them "so
that folks would know what kind of
people they were."
On the witness stand Friday Lane
admitted that he had been out to
ride with Mrs. Massey at night on a
former occasion. He testified that
he met up with Mrs. Massey by acci-dent
on the day of the shooting, and
offered to take her home. He gave
as his reason for being in Greens-boro
that he had come to buy some
cigarettes.
Mrs. Massey, in her testimony,
contradicted the witness Lane. 8he
said that she met him in Greensboro
by appointment, and that Lane had
written her a note asking her to
meet him. She also testified of the
former time she had been out with
Lane, stating that they went to the
Guilford Battle Ground about 10
o'clock one night during December.
She testified that Lane swore he
would kill her if she told of the af-fair.
Ben Mas?ev admitted the shoot-ing..
She declared. R to be his first
onwnetn flbtgw5c«TW»" laws, an*,
he produced a number of witnesses
who gave him a good character.
At the conclusion of ths testimony
Judge Jones found the defendant
guilty but signified his belief of jus-tification
of the shooting by sus-pend
ng judgment on payment of
the coats.
Following the trial of the case
Frank Lane was arrested, on a
aharte of prostitution. He gave bond
pending hearing, which wae contin-ued-
nntlj to-day. "N •■
SOUTHERN TRUCK COMPANY
IN HANDS. OF REG1
GARLAND DANIEL APPOI
TO ASSUME CONTROL
COMPANY'S AFFAIRS.
The Southern Truck and
Corporation, located near the
tral Carolina Fair Grounds and
gaged' In the manufacture of at
mobile trucks, was placed in
bands of a receiver by virtue of
order signed in Superior court
urday by Judge T. B. Finley.
land 'Daniel was named as re
to take charge and assume
of the affairs of the company.
The order appointing a
was" made upon petition filed by t/\
A. Norford and Mrs. Norford. Mr.
Norford. who was president of *kai
corporation until February 3, claim-ed
an indebtedness due him of $1,- !
232.12, while Mrs. Norford clalrae*;]
the sum of $100. On February 8|
Dr. W. P. Knight was elected presi-l
dent of the corporation by thM
board of directors. Mr. Norford had
been serving the company at a aal-1
ary of $5,000 per year and his clatajgj
was based upon back salary due
him.
It was alleged in the petition
that the corporation is indebted
other persons in the sum of aboi
$60,000, and that a number of Judg-, j
ments have been taken against ta»!
company. Authorized capital stock
of the corporation is placed at '*'"H
000,000. PaMi in stock, less
-mission for sales, amounts to $352.- I
958.07, while stock subscribed foi»
but not paid In Is listed at $1»6>
OfiO. Assets of the company are es-;j
timated at $338,775.13. while ap-proximately
$49,000 worth of auto-<j
mobile trucks are on hand.
Counsel for the defendant corpnv-j
ration admitted the allegation,
the -plainiUlBA-paiHiaa Jfid Jol
the prayer asking for the appd «r.
ment of a receiver.
The receiver was ordered to give-'
an approved bond in the sum Of
$20,000. . ;
D. M. CURRIE DIED YESTERDAY
AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
D. M. Currfe. prominent civil en-gineer,
died yesterday morning at
8 o'clock at a local -bbepital. Mr.
Currle had been ill for several
months. He was 65 years of age.
About 30 years ago he was married
to Miss Mary Belle Roberson, of
Guilford College, who preceded him
in death two weeks ago.
The body was conveyed yesterday
afternoon to Sanford, where funeral
services will be held at the Union
Presbyterian church. Interment will
follow in the church grave yard. Ac-companying
the body were Mrs. E.
R. Michaux and Dr. George B. Rob-erson,
niece and nephew of the de-ceased.
Mr. Currle made his residence in
this city during the past several
years at 1109 West Market street
He was connected with the engineer-ing
firm of W. R. Bonsai, of Ham-let.
LOCAL BOCTQR8 TO ADDRESS f
gPABXANMJRG MEDICAL MEET
At the Tri-State Medical Associa-tion
to b« held In Spartanburg, S.
C.; on February 16-17, two members
of the local profession are on the
program to deliver addresses. Dr.
J. A. Williams, who Is one of the
vice presidents of the association,
will speak on the subject of "Re-ports
of cases of Acute Ruptured
Ulcers of Duodenum," while Dr. W.
C. Ashworth. president of Glen-wood
Park Sanatarlum, of this city,
will talk on the subject. "The effect
of National Prohibition on | the
Inebriates of Our Country." Dr. Al-bert
Anderson, superintendent of
the state hospital at Raleigh, is al-so
on the program for an address.
The association is composed of
doctors in North Carolina. South
Carolina and Virginia. Dr. J. P.
Munroe. of Charlotte, being presi-dent.
When Mr. Harding puts teeth in
tha* associatlon-of-nat!ons covenant
were conducted Saturday, a-d the. which.,b,e> e.xpaots t,ov dr»w^:»p: we
body wa» buried, i» the Burned hope they «M *• wiadom teeth.—
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G. 8. Ferguson, Jr., to Return.
Friends in this city have been ad-vised
of the Intention of Mr. and
Mrs. G. S. Ferguson. Jr.. recently of
Washington. D. C, to return to
make their home in Greensboro. Mr.
Ferguson practiced law in this city,
being a member of the firm of Wil-son
A Frazier, and he left here in
1918 for Newport News. Va., where
he was associated with the Newport
News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding
Company.
Mrs. Ferguson is a daughter of
B. H. Merrimon, of this city, and
she is pleasantly remembered by a
wide circle of friends, 411 of whom
will be glad to learn that she and
her .husemd are to resume their
residencw is. Greensboro. .
BILL CHANGING SUPERIOR
COURTS PASSED FRIDAY.
JOHN G. INGRAM DEAD AS *1
THE RESULT OF FALL.
John G. Ingram, contractor aasVl
builder, died early Friday momlasr
as the result of a fall Thursday from.
tbe root of a three story apartment
bouse on Baat Sycamore street, aisr
Ingram was working on the band-ing
and when his foot slipped Be-fell
to the ground about 3* feet, M» j
bead striking a block of wood. ■
Mr. Ingram Is survived by hit
widow and three sons, Claude, Theo-dore
and Gordon. He was 60 year*
of age. During the past three yearn
be had made his home In this city,
having moved here from Hickory.
The bo4»*Was conveyed to Tay-iorsville
Friday afternoon and fu-neral
services were conducted Satur-day
afternoon at Macedonia church.
SHERMAN WHEATLEY RECOV-ERS
8625 FOR ASSAULT.
Clerk of the Court M. W. Gant
was advised Friday afternoon that
the bill to provide for the change of
terms of Superior court In Guilford
The bill
Sherman Wheatley, young white
boy, was awarded a verdict of $82-5
in Superior court Saturday, the cas»
following as a result of an assault
committed upon him by D. S. Sut-cliffe,
L. H. Thomas and J. W. Foa-ter.
The Judgment was also against
the Pomona Cotton Mills, employer
of the three men.
The action was brought in Su-perior
court Immediately following
the conviction of the three men on
a criminal charge. The summon*
was served Saturday morning,
pleadings filed at the same time,
and In less than an hour a compro-county
was passed Friday. «—. —mi—se j*u—dg»m—e—nt had been signed. Th*
.a. introduced by .Representative ^^^^^S£^i
Clem G. "Wright and ratification of
the act followed on Saturday.
By the provision of this act the
criminal terms of Guilford Superior
court will be held In January
March, May. June, August. October
and two weeks in December. The
next criminal term, under the revis-ed
calendar of courts, will be held
March 14, and cases continued ov%r
from the term last week were ro-tifled
of the requirement of their
appearance at the March term.
county tor a speedy termination of
a civil suit.
R. K. MOTOR COMPANY WILL
BUILD NEW GARAOK.
Tbe R. K- Motor Company baa-awarded
the contract and work baa
already begun on the construction
of a modern garage building to be
occupied by this enterprising motor
concern as its future home. The
P^U.U,-.„ ,„, , building will be located on East
Not more than six weeks will lr.- ] Sycamore street and the plans e»a
tervene between the various crimi- for an up to date and thoroughly
nal terms for thia»county and In the equipped automobile home. C. H.
future it will not be necessary for Rawla, president of the companv.
defendanta to lay in Jail three states that bopea are being enter-_
months or more *«tore trial can be talhed that the new headquarters
reached. be April 1.