The Greensboro patriot [July 11, 1921]

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— GREENSBORO, N. C. MONDAY, JULY 11,1921.
a=t
COUNTY WILL PROVIDE
LARGE PARKING SPACE
AHlU.\<;K>IEXTS COMPLETED
FOR I'SB OF AMP!* GROUND
NEAR XEW MARKET.-- '
The board 'of county commission-ed
,•umipleted arrangements Satur-
[jj whereby 'tihe county Will be pro-viiiod
with ample grounds In "the
;.,.a.-: of the city for the nee of far-mers
us bitching or (parking space.
A tract of land 100 feet *y 306 feet
ia length has been seeuredby the
county to be used for such TJurpoaeB.
The new site 'adjoins the location of
the 'two tobacCo warehouses 'being
coiiu-'ruoted on the old King place.
It is a bock from Elm street and is
one of e most desirable locations
availab ■ in the city. The ware-house
! ms also include provision
for st::".Va and parking places for
autos and 'it is believed ;that the
combined iracirtities -will glre the cit-izem
of the county vlsttlug in
' flreensboro the best hidchlng and
.parking .provision of any county In
iliie state.
i The property 'will he entered by
means of a 40-foot street from
Greene street, while present plans
include the opening of streets from
Gaston to Betlemeade at Library
place and Eugene Btreet, giving a
.number of convenient entrances and
exits.
< Announcement was made at the
last regular meeting of the board
.that, "the West Gaston street httch-jng
lot and the old Jail .would' be
.sj'.d ini September. Both 'of these
pieces of real estate are valuable
and it is expected 'that they will
bring fancy prices. The county
owns a small lot on East Sycamore
street which will be used as a
hitching lot pending the completion
of the new site. The Sycamore
street property is in the mfidfet of a
growing business section and is en-hancing
is value daily.
D. M. HVaBARD I^D TO **«
A» MI. PLEASANT CHURCH.
»rssiJTTlrtor j>-1*Mon- roe Howard, whose death occurred
•arty ^Saturday morning, were con-ducted
yesterday morning at, n
o^lock at lit. Pleasant church.
Mt.
tihe
for
his
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DR. JONES ANNOUNCES
SCHKDUIJ; FOR VACCINATIONS.
GKKENSBORO ROT jMAOB
RECORD IN MEDICAL EXAMS.
The North Carolina hoard, of
medical ex'aminers announced in
this city the names of successful
candidates passing the examination,
held in Raleigh on June '20-25, the
to:
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■1 ot those having passed being
Dr. Ernest A. Aldei'man, son
Mr. and Mis. W. F. fMderman,
fti= city, made the second high-grade
of any of the young pl'j-
• .'•.:.-. his paper having received
-::i ie of 94 per cent perfect. Dr.
V.'i;.: i:n A, Kihksey, of Morganton,
re -.;•••! highest honors with a
= ::.<!■• of 95 5-7 per cent, while Dr.
C. MJtchell, of Mt. .Airy, came third
with '.<?, 5-7 per cent.
I- w. M. Jones .of this city, is
a tneiAier of the state board of ex-
•'':■-, and he Cook part in grad-
'■'■- the papers of the applicants.
ROT. ©. R. Promt, pastor 0t
Pleasant church, officiated' at
service.
Mr.-Hubbard had .been ill
several rweeks and although
passing was a severe shock to his
friends and loved ones. It was not
entirely unexpected. «e was 86
years old and for .many years had
made his home about six miles east
ot this city. During the early part
of the Civil war Mr. Hubhard vol-unteered,
for service 4n the Confed-erate
army and he fought valiantly
with his comrades in Company I,
6th North Carolina cavalry, serving
three years and eight months, the
last 18 months as color-hearer. He
was faithful to the cause of the
Confederacy for it iwas a cause that
was dear to him, and rwhenever his '
health permitted he rwas always I
present at the annual reunions held
by the veterans ot the county in |
this city. Me was a splendid citizen
and his death will cause genuine re-gret
to his many friends. |
For many years Mr. Hubbard
had heen a member of Mt. Pleasant
church and' his .Body rwas laid to
rest in the little grave yard near
the church where he had devoutly '
worshipped daring a long period of j
his lite. Serving as .pall-hearers at
the funeral were the following: O. day morning between.
A. 'Anderson, D. C. Stewart, J. F. o'clock.
Haesell. Robert A. Sookwell, D. M. i -•
Greeson and Charlie Holt.
Bea'utiful and numerous were the
floral tributes sent as affectionate
tokens ot grief and sympathy by
loving friends. Serving as flower-bearers
were the .foil awins: Misses
Hallie Greeson, .Rosa Greeson, Katie
Lee Sock/well, Swannie Hanner,
Margaret Patterson, .Vova Ander-son,
Lessie Holt and Ida Heath.
»r. iW. IM. Jones, county health
officer, began this morning a •pro-gram
for the administration ott ty-phoid
vaccine at various points in
the county. He will vhft different
placeB during the present month
and In this way endeavor Do make
it more convenient for all iwho de
sire to make themseives Immune
from typhoid fever.
Dr. Jones has heen giving the
vaccine at his office and during last
month he treated almost 300 per-sons.
No charge is ,made for the
medicine or the service. The coun-ty
health officer will |be assisted in
his iwork toy Mrs. 'Dorothy Hayden,
Red Cross nurse.
Ths schedule of .place and time
for administering the anM-typhoM
serum follows:
GtbsonvWe drug Store, Monday,
July 11, 18 and: 2 5 at 3 o'clock.
Ouiiford College graded school,
Tuesday, July 12, 19 and 26 at 11
o'clock.
Bethel school house, Tuesday,
July 12, 19 and 26, at 3 o'clock.
.-Bennett's store, iGreene town-ship,
Wednesday. July 13, 20 and
27, at 3 o'clock.
Proximity mill, Saturday, July
16, 23 and 30 at 2 o'clock. ,
White Oak mill, Saturday, July
16, 23 and 30 at 3 o'clock.
'Revolution mfll, Saturday, July
16, <23 and 30 at 4 o'clock.
! TV. Jones will also he in his of-fice
in the court house each Safcur-
9 and 12
C. H. IRELAND RE-ELECTED
HEAD OF STATE ASSOCIATION.
chTlarenr'Mrs. "A.TL. "Alfred, TMrsT
David .Forsyth, Mrs. ,R. .H. Shaw
and John Huhbard, aM of Guiiford
county; Archie M. iHuhhard, "of
Sanford; Mrs. William Forsyth.
Mrs. R. N. Fleming and James C.
Hutobard, of .Greensboro, and E. M.
Hubbar.d, who lived at the old
home place six miles east of Greens-boro.
T. TWO-DAY MEETING HERE
CONVRKTK>N CLOSED SATUR-I
DAT AFTER ENJOVAB1-E
f MEET IN TH» CTTT.
Charles H. Ireland, of this city,
wiae re-electted Thursday afternoon
president of the North Carolina
Traffic AssoctaiWon. The mee>tin* of
the organization was held in Rail-4
eigh and several Greensboro men
were present for"the sessions. M..
Mr. Huhbard is survived by nine R. B«ap}ap, of Raleig»hrt ,was at*. ^**--W*W*1 government
"elected MttrcSnry and traffic agent.
Memlbers of the asiitocfation were
highly er-ite.l over the recent deci-sion
of the rnterstaite Commerce
Commission 01 tiering the .cessation
of freight rate discrimination ap-plied
by railroads in Da.vor of Virgi-nia
cities aguins't this state. The
traffic association has conducted a
vigorous ftghit'age.ir.1.1'. this great, in- j try 'C!ulb and' durinS the afternoon
justice, which has cost North Caro- ! they enJ0>'ed • dr|ve around the
The annual meeting of the North
^Carolina Society oB Engineers,
"Which opened in this cfty Friday
morning, came to a close 'Saturday
fc!ter a most pleasant and profl taible
'meeting of engineers gathered from
'all sections of the state. A recom-mendation
was mads to the execu-tive
comtntttee that the convention
at 1922 beheld at WrtxhterHle
Beach, sometime near July 1. The
executive committee decides on the
meeting place and announcement of
it* decision will be made at a later
meeting otthat body.
Features of Saturday's program
•were addresses hy C. E. Wad-dell, of
AsheviHe, and (Morris Blen, of
Wa-9hingfton.
Mr. Wfiddeil spoke interestingly
on engineering as a profess'ioni He
deplored tine agsparent chaos that
threatens the profession but ex-pressed
the hope that recent legis-lation
would help the situation. The
speaker declared that there are
over 506 engineers in ths state—
good, bad and Indifferent, hut the
public tadces them alt as engineers
and the good get credit for the in-efficiency
ef the bad and 'indifferent.
Mr. Waddell pointed out the need
of raising fine standard of the engi-neering
profession and tbe liceni
Ing act and creation oif a hoard of
examiners is his hops of attaining
that end.
State Highway Commissioner
Page spoke to the engineers Satur-day
on the engineering problems
that confront the commission In its
highway work. He praised the en-gineers
for their faithful service
and! sought their continued co-op-eration.
9fB. Bien, who. is connected' with
reclama-tion
service, spoke of the "work
that has been done by that branch
of the government. He pointed, out
that vast amounts of valuable ter-ritory
had heen reclaimed, adding
to the economic resources of the
nation.
A't noon, Saturday the visitors
were given a Luncheon it She Coun-
R. N. CARRIER FORMS RETAIL
•■.,•■ M» AND COAL. COMPANY.
The organization of a retail Ice
and coal business with R. N. Car-rier
as president and C. L. Staf-ford
secretary, was announced last
week as one of ths - most recent
business concerns In tbe city. The
new company will sell at retail and
deliver the ice mauifactKired hy the
Arctic Ice and Coal Company end
also sell coal at retail. At the
same time the Arctic ice and Coal
Company announced that it would
retire from the retail business ex-cept
upon the platform of its man-ufacturing
plant and devote its'at*
tention to the (wholesale ice busi-ness
and the more vigorous prose-cution
of the Ice cream business.
Mir. Carrier is a wen known bus-iness
man of this clgr, while Mr.
Stafford Is eqnaly well ktrorni. Mr.
Stafford has tosen with ths Arctic
Company during ths past ten yeans
and is Yboronghly familiar with the
ice and coal business.
ALVI8 RARHAM IN fAIL '
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Alvin .Barham. young white man
of about 18 years of age, is in jail
changed with attempted assault on
the three-year-old' dlairgbter of Mrs.
R. iL. Dalton. The crime was al*
leged to have been ■ commr.teir on
Jufly 5 but a warrant against the
young man Was taken out fast
week, C. C. Dalton having signed
the affidavit for fte issuance.
JIM BLAIR IS HEI.U
N ON A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Jim Blair, wh&e, stout 55 years
of tage, was arrested Friday morn-ing
on the charge ot having had
immoral' relations with a 13-year-old
girl, E'.iz'abe'rh Dick, the daugh-ter
of Mr. and Mtfs. J. A. Dick.
Btair is held without bond. He will
be given a preliminary hearing
within the next few days.-
LOCAL MJCMM.ES »wr— -'-—
WHEN WAGES ARE CUT.
TRUCB RETWHEN ENGLAND
AND IRISH REBELS.
London. July ■ 8.—A trace has
heen declared between England
and Ireland. R will take effect at
noon on next Monday. Prepara-tions
are already under way to end
the hostilities between the crown
forces and those actively engaged
in the Irish cause.
- Beveliptassts leading to the
trace were divided between London
end Dublin. b> Dublin. ' Bam'onn
De Valern. Irish fepabScan leader.
•»• his nationalist associates, re-newed
their conference with ths
southern unionists. Earl Middle-ton,
a unionist, who recently con-ferred
with ths BrftJeh prime min-uter,
read a letter from Mr. Lloyd
George to the effect that hostilities
insist cease if negotiations looking
to peace were to Succeed.
General Sir Nevll MaoReady,
British military commander in Ire-land,
appeared at the De Valero
conference, and it was not many
boars later .that the announcement
was made at the prime minister's
official residence In London, that in
aecbidancs with ths premier's offer
and Mr. Do Valsre's reply, arrangs-msnts
were going forward for the
cessation ot hostftttiss from Mon-day
noon.
The king of England has been a
leading figure In the developments
up to present, while General Smuts.
the South African ptemler. has act-ed
as ths pivot on which the peace
movement has turned. There is
*, hops in London, and in Dublin, too,
that peace must come out of the
forces which are now engaged in
seeking a settlement.
GOLD POURING IN,
BY THE MILLIONS.
A GENERAL RAIN SATURDAY
CAME AS A GREAT BLESSING.
Una millions of doKiars annuaMy,
and a victory is new is sight.
I'HII.KKKVS HOME SOCIETY
FOCXn HOMES FOR CHILDREN.
TV Children's Home Society of
wmh Carolina located homes for
8' children during the first six
months of the present year, awcord-
' 'he report of John J. Phoe-
-«;"•-: intendent. During the
•"•'i.xl of 1920 only 40 chil-
' "re fared for and the in-
•i-t'i'ulness of th« a>3socia-
' source of gratifVoaition to
'"is and officers.
' are .26 children being pro-
"i in the receiving home .-:t
Superintendent Phoenix
- r'"-:it facilities are
badly
!"r taking care
chj].,
n:x.
.i-pn
-
The 'be^t rain that has hit thi?
vicinity In a 'month or more oc-curred
Saturday afternoon srd it
cam'e as a gre-t .ble-s-iing to the
farmers and city-dwellers alike.
The downfall appeared to be tOie
most general of any rain that has
been experienced in quite a while,
nothing but local showers having
fallen during the several previous
weeks.
In Greensboro the sts*~ni was ac-companied
by severe^? lightning,
thunder and wind and a sore
enough ground wetting rain fell.
Reports Jrotn various sections of
the county indicate that the down-fall
covered a lange portion of the
county and.that It was of inestim-able
value to the parched crops,
baked fielta and dusty roads.
DR. CARPENTER RESIGNS AS
FOREST AVENUE PASTOR. '
cfty and surrounding country. Be-fore
adjourning a vote of apprecia-tion
was unanimously passed ex-pressing
appreciation for the many
courtesies extended to them during
their yssit in Greensboro,
( Dr. L. L. Carpenter, pastor of
the .Forest Avenue Baptist church GREENSBORO REALTORS LEAYE
since January 1, 1919, tendered his j **>R CONVENTION AT CHICAGO
BOY SCOUTS HIKE TO CAMP
FOR A WEEK'S OUTING.
resignation yesterday morning im-mediately
following the regular
service. Dr. Carpenter resigns the
local charge to accept an offer to
become chaplain and professor of
English at the University at South
Carolina. 1
The resignation of Dr. Carpenter
takes effect September 1, at which
time he and his (family will leave
for Columbia. The members of hi's
congregation, and numerous other
friends in the city will regiret ex-ceedingly
that he is to leajve the lo-cal
'church, where he has done
splendid work during the past two
and a half years.
an i
nu,
of infant
';; and it is hoped that su'ch
1 -ion to the home can be
'•"ins the present year.
ANOTHER STILL CAPTURED
l>i>\V\ iX si'MNER TOWNSHIP.
Ca
An."'1«'t distillery of 90 gallons
•>r>a.-;rv Was captured, Saturday
morning by Officers Pblpps. Brown
^ ^ -'hnson, the outfit being locat-in
s" "le farm °f B"te,r Anthony,
Ion' Un!ner township. About 71 gal-
Wam whiskey were found at the
bee,. ""' 1'230 «*»°ns of still
■ *ere destroyed'. The liquor
to uv * ""'nt was 'brought to town
mJ.:"" :'ftMri«»on. No arrest was
iWvolVf t,meot tnerald btft «
'"' that arrests will follow
"Mr future as the officers
""15 Suspicious
r of the
In :>,
have
'dent
still.
Boy iScouts of Greensboro, WhiMe
Ouk and Proxiimtty, numlberimg 65
in all, hiked"to CE.miri Hfcone Thurs-day
afternoon and beglin the fir I*.
I encampment for boys' dnring the
i present summer. During the r-ast
month the girls have been enjoying
the camp, 52 members of the girls
Canning clubs having vacated the
scene prior to the arrival of the
boys. A total of 198 girls attend-ed
the oaimp. _
Scout Executive R. E. Denny, as-sisted
hy WUltato York and BOgar
Woods, will direct the Boy Scout
camp. The boys wttl be taught to
swim, cook, box and various Other
arts In which boys ars supposed to
be nroflcient.
STATE GOOD ROADS
ASSOCIATION WILL MEET HERE.
A dozen or more members of the
j Greensboro Real Estate Boardi left
Saturday night for Chicago where
they will attend 'the annual conven-tion
of the National Association o'!
I Real Estate Boards. The party en-trained
in a special car, whi^h will
carry them direct Without change to
Chicago. The meeting .will epen
Monday and continue 'through Fri-day.
Prior to their depai'i-ure Satur-day
night the members cf the asso-ciation
gathered for i3un>per u.t the
O. Henry hotel and a full attend-ance
was present. The delegates to
l»the convention were given a hearty
sendi off.
Plumbers employed by B. Mac-
Kenzie and Hunt Brothers, both
heating and plumbing contractors,
staged a strike Friday when an1
nouncement 'was made of a wage
reduction of 15 per cent. About IS
men participated in the 'Walk out,
c'the'r 'shops in the city not being
effected.
Death of 3. Henry. Sykes.
James Henry Sykes died Satur-day
night at 9 o'clock at his home,
22 Vine vrre«, White Oak. |Mr.
Sikes was 66 years 014 a'nd'
been i'A for several weeks. ,
Funeral services were held
morning fii'am Pisgah chui*Jh
tihe body was laid to rest In
church cemetery.
Surviving are his widow and five
daughters: Mrs. R. L. Keck, Mrs.
W. H. Wi- .1, Mrs. J. K. Cole and
Mrs. C. T .mes, all of White Oak.
and Mrs. Wlft Hutchins, of M*-
Leansville. Two sons and two-brothers
also survive.
had
this
and
the
New York, July 8.—There was a
golden opportunity at seu for buc-caneers
that some people believe
have been stealing ships right out
in th* ocean. Five steamers plough-ing
through the Atlantic' toward
"Neiw TMum more than eight
million dollars in British gold to be
delivered to American banking
houses. AM are ptassenger carriers
heavily manned and bankers ex-press
no fea/r of pirates looking for
pieces ot eight.
The Mfauretiania has more than
five million' dollars in gold aboard
while other shipments are on the
Olympic, Carmania, Lapland and
Oropesa. , —•*.«■ -: ■^9.,
Already this week nearly eleven
million dollars in gold hlas been un-loaded
from Steamers here. By mid-
July almost four hundred' million
dollars In gold will have been im-parted
since the first Of the year. ^,
Banking hollse ngiiire-s shew tha-:
tnere now Is more than three bil-lion,
two hundred million dollars
in gold stored in the United States,
the largest amount ever accumulat-ed
in this country, and about one-thlrd
ot all the gold in the world.
The North Carolina Good Roads
Association iwlll hold its annual
meeting in Greensboro on October
19 and 20, 'according to announce-ment
made laat week by Miss H. M.
Berry, secretary of the organiza-tion.
A cordJal invitation to meet
in Greensboro was extended hy the
Chamber of Commerce. Pt is esti-m'
1'ed by Miss Berry that at least
800 good iroads enthusiasts flrora
a'rt pants of the otiJte would afttend
the meeting. W. IM. McGlrt, of
Wilmington, is president . of the
State association.
P.KOD1K BURNETT SHOT
BY RUTH SCALES, COLORED.
Death of Gamble Infant.
The nine-rnonths-old daughter of
Mr. 'and Mrs. J. B. Gamble died Fri-day
after a short illness, at the
horns of Ms parents about eight
mi'.L = south of Greensfcoro. Funeml
services were conducted Saturday
morning at the home, and inter-meaiw.
i'3 made in the cemetery at
Pleasant Garden.
RICHMOND SUICIDE
FROM GREENSBORO.
Brodie Burnett, negro, was shot
and seriously injured Friday nigt't
about midnight by IRifth. Scales, a
negro woman. Burnett was 'shod
through the abdomen, the bullet go-ing
through nhe body. He was
given treatment by a physician 'and
later taken to a hospital. The wo-man
Mas arrested and is held hr
the o'.ty Jail.
The shooting occurred at a negro
hou/ie on Bast Market street.
TWO IMPORTANT NEWS.
' ITEMS FROM ROXBORO.
RoXboro, July 8.—While return-ing
from his labors hi the field, Mt.
Geonge Crutchfield, of the Bethel
Richmond, Va, July 7.—Mrs. W.
R. Newcomb, 39 yeu.rs old, former-ly
Miss Md'.tle Zieglar, of Greens-boro,
comiminted suicide to-day by
turning on a gas stove in her a;'i:.'-
ment at 2023 D. West Cary stree'
and then lying down on a bed to
await asphyxiation. Dcteth had al-ready
ensued when a girl, said to
be her niece, detected gas escaping
from the roam and entered, to in-vestigate.
Dr. James Morehead
Whitfleld, city coroner, was oif the
opinion that she was mentally un-balanced
when the act was commit-ted.
He was informed that she suf-fered
from vary severe nervous*
speKs. ft was S.ated that Mi.s.
as
operators
to
of
th-.»
th»
W. C. Tusker Slightly Improved.
W. C. Tucker, chairman of the
board of county commissioners, has
been confined to his home ths past
week on account of Illness. HfTs
many friends 1*1 *• &** *° le,arn
that a slight' improvement in his
condition is reported.« to horns.
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Wilson-Vaughn Announcement.
■ The following announi ements
have /been receiyed: "Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Wilson announce the mar-riage
of their daughter, 'Mabel
Rose, to Julius Edgar Vaughn Fri-day,
the 8th of Juily, 1921. Sun-menSeld,
N. C. At hotne Greens-boro,
H» C. --
A FORD, THREE MEN AND
LIQUOR CAPTURED BY POLICE.
Hill section, was thrown from his
mule, became-entangled in the har- I Newcomib recently returned tr> Rr.cb »
ness and almost instantly killed I * • »— •- F
Thursday. The mule was of the J Greensboro. The body aUs shipped
at 11 o'clock tonight by way ot the
A Ford automobile, tbree men ,
and a nirtall quantity of whiskey !
were seized Thurgiay 'aEernoon by .
Officers Current 'and Southard, the !
secure being made on Walker ave- '
nue. The men gave their names as '
Jip Tdrnsr, Caarlie Low and a Mr.
Vangan.. - •'•-"•=- ''-
large draft type and very ,wUd. Mf.
Crutchfleld was dragged) some dis-tance
before the animal could be
stopped, and when freed from the
harness was found to be dead. He
was a splendid citizen and (his death
is deeply deplored- -'
.O. J. Garrett, of Orange county,
shot and killed himself at his horns
recently. It seems that he and his
wife had become estranged, and up-on
her refusal to return boms with
htm Iwni her flsther's house. 6e In
desperation took his life. He was
about thirty years of age, and a son
of Mr. John Garrett, sf
county. ! ; :^:
Southern roiiiiway to Greensboro
for burial. Mrs. New»>nair> is sur-vived'
by her husband bu't tho-e are
no children. Mr. Newttnnb w*as no*.
at home when she came to her
death.
Europe Is entitled to ths dumps,
after all she has endured; but, shs
must not get the Idea that Ameries
will he one ef them.—JBlmlra, N. Y.,
Sur-Gaxette.
The Irish are an English-piquing
peSple—Washington Post.
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