The Greensboro patriot [December 8, 1921]

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GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1921. VOL. ICO. l^O. £8
. 1|KKT IHM CLEARED
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gnfiL GUUKI i_ i/imwui..^' KUAD HATTERS BROUGHT
0FmCASES RAPIDL11 »M BB BBB , BEF0RE m^m
I'nusual Tragedy
Wilson, Dec. 5.—A -shocking
death, according to reports received
here, occurred at Kenly early Sun-
-to, court for the trial of day mining, s. P. Waldo, who
0„e week term, con-, conducts the Kenly meat market, af-
CHAXGES' ASKED IX TWO PRO
POSED ROADS—JURORS
DRAWN.
f i in ttreensboro Monday morn-:ter closing his place of business ford county
Several delegations interested' in
road, matters went Defore the Guil-
WILL HOLD BIG TOBACCO
MEETING HERE SATURDAY
COOPERATIVE PliAX TO RE EX-
. ,PLAIXED .AT .RALLY .AT . .
I'ORTHOUSE.
HEWS OF THE NATION
Twenty'One Die in Wreck,
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 5.—
A big attendance is expected at
the meeting of farmers at Greens-
Twenty-one persons lost their lives
today and 25 or more injured are |
in hospitals as the result of a head-1
LEGISLATURE IS ASKED TO -
ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
SPECIAL SESSION' BEGINS WITH
MAXY MINOR RILLS AND FEW
IMPORTANT ONES.
r
Raleigh, Dec. 6.—With 129 items
on collision between two passenger. o£ ,eglsIation, ranging ln importance
commiss:oners at their (boro Saturday to discuss the co-op- trains on the Newton branch of the ,rom tn(J 6elalng ior catflrtl ln tne
the
th
«»e,i ' ,' , Tames L Webb of l*1* ** the night returned to be an^'n^Ti v-"'""lio™rs al »«r DQPO Saturday to discuss the co-op- train, on me «e»Wu orancu ot »• from tne MlBlng Jor catflA ln tae
* ««h Ju.se Jam«L We^i, of 6verytnl was toied U.nt l?„™ , K °«en.boro Monday, erative marketing of tobacco plan. Philadelphia »nd^ Reading raitway, Catawba river to abolition of the
** P"" nuJtance on Z"*™-**ttomLlu**lln^ZT*-? *l * '"" of la? m^ing will start at 1 p. m. (about 16 ciles north of Philadelphia. death penalty from crime in North
** •"• r?J?Z2Z ,°.\n £ ilT nad rrtl^anlTSl?™: ___L*___r___M__7 " ™W *" be held at »-• county N^eteen bodies were recovered and Carollna, tnree petlt(ong^re.
in its disposal.
rapid progress is being
ing
; Monday was spent in bed had n°t been occupied during
docket of old cases and,tne n|Sht. Search was immediately
'*jjl
judgments announced at the made and Ms dead body was found
and on Sunday morn- drawn, also those for tv.o
was surprised to And, that his terms of court, beginning January
23 and 30. The county health offi-cer.
Dr. W. M. Jones presented his
di. in the rear ot his market with a
B v ;e granted Monday. They 8narp 8t,ck ln nls neck.* The supposed to.
I la H. Conray vs. Everett 8itl<)n ,s that he stumbled and fellin j A delegation from
tor«>
civil courthouse. Speakers will 1>e on two of the injured died in a hospi- ,eage fro,m the rtatewldte gtock ]aw>
and a brief message from Governor
Morrison indicating his intention
not to offer any suggestion other
than that contained ln his call tor
,tue the session, the special session con-
'* venadi this morning at 11 o'clock.
Conrad Joe T. Kirkpatrick vs.
irkpatrick; J. L. Sullivan
Sullivan and Leola Nye
the dark and the
his windpipe.
stick
hand to explain the proposition! to
the farmers. The meeitng will Ibe
the culmination of the various
monthly report and a number ot'meetings which have been held
.other routine matters were attend- throughout Bhe county.
Friday at 3.30 p. m. a meeting
High Point'will be held at the Alba school. On
tal. All were residents of towns
along the Newton Branch ox of
j Philadelphia. Most of the victims
perished in the flames which broke
out almost immediately after
crash, for both trains consisted
wooden coaches.
ti. Ma: ■»*""*
' K. K. 3"?e.
Tiief:! i!
is.
dpurge H. Wallace was
punctured township asked that the Greene j the evening of the same day at 7
street extension road be extended top. m. another meeting will be held
_ j Poor's schoolhouse en the Kivett; at the Colfax school. .Monday at 7
Governor to W^come Pooh. road. The plan of the board was tc 'p. m. another will take place at th
Raleigh, Dec. 6.—The governor extend it to Holton's
Nine Poisoned - y -Biscuits
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 5.—A sequel
Statewide legislation included in
the bills introduced in both houses
Include, beside ohe Spence measure
on j
ne
P-a-e. Poor's Brightwood school an'd another
, divorce from Annie Wal- and nls staff- tne Supreme court of schoolhouse is only a short distance Tuesday at 7 P. M. at the Dela
M Tuesday Juage Webb also North Carolina, and many men of beyond the Holton place. Tne board school.
Mti several judgments in cases Prominence throughout the state stated that it would look into fct« j County Farm Demonstration
*jt have been -settled. nave been Inv<ted to participate ln matter and make a decision later. 'Agent Garrett states that—the farm-
"judse Webb announced Tuesday tn<s Iormal welcome that will be ex-! The board was urged by a group era are showing a great deal of in-
_decision that the title to the 'ended to Field Marshal Ferdinand of citizens fiom Greene township to terpst in the meetings and many of
Mier property in Greensboro is Focn- generalissimo of the allied route the new Gibsonville-Julian- thtai are signing the co-operative [ Information received in Augusta to
nlid The two cases tn the Super- armles ,n the world war when he Pleasant Garden road by way of the marketing contract. It is expected
to the Beldoc mystery, in which the on caP,tal Punishment, a resolution
wife and three children of J. W. Providing for a state bond issue to
Lee, a prominent planter, died sud-!take UP the deficlt ln tne 8tate scho01
denly a few weeks ago of a strange '.fun* rePeal of the 8€ctlon x°f tne
malady believed at the time to have 'nnance act taxln* the net lncome ot
been caused by poison, has taken insurance companies; repeal of the
place at Martin, S. C, about fifteen sectlon <* tne flnance act whlcn tax'
miles from Allendale, according to es "*^» bomds held ^ bank8 «s
_ I pa|t of their surplus, the revised
day, stating that nine persons be- Municipal flnance act. and the
:or court concerning the validity of reaches Monday at 3.25 Friday Brick church and Bennett's store in that many signatures will be secur-'came desperately ill at a boarding
titles are W. D. Myer vs. J. F. evening for a stay of three-quarters Greene township instead of by Joe ed at the meeting at the courthouse house there after eating biscuits
of an hour. May's place in Greene township, and in (Greensboro Saturday. made from flour taken
Lee home at Bledoe.
from the
Burgwyn bill reducing the property
tax exemption from $300 to $50.
Though getting away to a flying
start in the matter ot new legisla-tion
offered, most of it in the nature
of local bond issue measures, the
fiomjwm. and Poole and! Blue, Inc.
sJT Thompson. The plaintiffs Into tnat br,ef POrtod the town of then on to Pleasant Garden. A com-' >. B. Swain, of Raleigh, is pusHi-k
both cases are trying to obtain a Monroe w"» endeavor to crowd the mitiee, composed of W. C. Boren inf the organization of the farmers
to title to the property. The welcom« that the whole state would and J. W. Burke, of the county high- of Guilfdrd. He, too, is well pleased
„? rill RO to the Supreme court *,Te toe euprejae commander of the way commission, and L. T. Barfcer, jwith the way that they are signing
state for final settlement thirty million men who fought to- of the county board*, was appointed t he contracts.^ He has stated . that •* the second day of the strike of a perceptible Jolt in the number of
ruin B J Fisher an Eng- 8etner against Germany. Monroe to investigate the matter. Work on Gdllfordi is taking in an enthuslas-!PackinK h0U8e workera *n several bills offered. The senate passed up
ap
Mme [0 Greensboro a w,u nave the nonor of being the the Gfbsonville-Julian-Pleasant Gar- tic way to the plan to pool tobacco ,c'tle8 of Cne mid"dle west aBd result- a resolution setting Friday, Decem-ber
of rears ago from England only t0iwn in the state where ne will den road will not De begun before and marttet it. He finds that a large ,ed ta tne caH'ng out of national ber 16 as the day for the expiration
He willed all his property in this <top. He will pass through Ral- the beginning ct next year, it iraj majority of the farmers
wulry to hi* American heirs, leav-ing
a daughter in England proper'/
Ik:1B: country. Tne property In
r was purchased by J. F.
TMipson from oiu cr the Ameri-
[m heirs of Captain Fisher. The
I:, plaiatin's in the cases purchas-hi
:ro::: him. Judge WeM> heid
[Hit as Captain Fisher had left his
[ r:;■ •.";•■ n England to his English
Wt that heir has no claim to the
property here. It is located on North
to
Violence Marks Strike
Chicago, Dec. 7—Violence mark- hopes of early adjournment tecelved
whom!guaTd troops toniga: to patrol the of the session and Friday ot this
eigh at 1.35 Saturday morning,
reaching Washington at 8.35 and
leaving immediately for West Point.
He will sail for France. Monday
morning.
learned. | Hie plan has been explained are! Packing plant dietrict In South St. week as the final day in which roll
call bills may be Introduced. Brevity
of session Is clearly emphasized in
the message sent to the hcu:e and
Kill.il With Bottle.
Spencer. Dec. 5.—Engineer ■ Sam
Hinton, well known citizen of Ashc-ville,
is dead and Conductor R. E
Crawford, also of ASheville, is
a
Paul. At Fort Worth. Texas, two
stri'ce sympathizers were shot and
wounded and a negro, who it is said
drdi the shooting, was severely beat- the senate by the governor,
en. At Omaha, Neb., missiles were
thrown by various persons, includ-ing
women, in clashes between ' 7 ~" j",*,^ °,
_ ,, ._'.,.. _3 ,___ the senate offered little of
versial nature.
Thirty-nine bills and resolutions
presented at the opening session of
a contro-
, , without bond as result of a tight
Da st'ree:. The two plaintiffs en- in Spencer today. It is said the en- J. B. Hardin. W. M. Donnell W. S.
• — Thompson Sineer made some remark reflecting Moore, O. C. Brown, A. C. Gall, L
Thompson, B» ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ F. Hanes. D. A. ,o,.nson, F. N.
struck Mr. Hinton in the head with Southard. J. H. Oliver. W. T. Os-a
bottle. oausingHhls death sever: borne, O. E. Shields, H. L. Johnson
hours later. Both men are well H. W. Swing, J. W. Thomas. M, E.
known in 'railroad circles and have ™trell. Jesse A. Gardner. G.
we- suit against
Hftg 'in- a ciear
Mr.
title.
UB0B MF.X ARE IX FAVOR
OF Tl I1KR(TU>SIS HOSPITAL
The list of jurors for the term o!" supporting it.
court (criminal) beginning January. In the state of Virginia there has'
16 follows: been secured more than enough sig-
J. W. Johnson. G. E. Wagner. J. natures to contracts, as has ,been in |
W. Taylor, ft C. Penitt. G. A. North Carolina, and the campaign
Amick. M. T. Humble, M. T. Wag- is being aggressively pushed among
ner. C. W. Maxwell. C. M. Pritchett. th^jobacco growers of South Caro-
Henry Rooce. V. R. Bowman, Vei- lina, where about 40 per cent, of 8trifte sympathizers and workmen,
nou T. Cable, C. R. Elmore, J. B the tobacco farmers have signed up. j
helii Curtis, C.. B. Bogi.it, Monroe J. Those beihind the campaign state
Sharpe, C. E. Pugh. T. A. Lyon. Sr.. that every grower in the three, states' Washington,
will be given an opportunity to getit0 flnd a" acceptable substitute for
in on the co-operative marketing tne Anglo-Japanese alliance has so denhall. of Guilford. who asked that
pas-de-jthe
question of the naval rato tem- nied by an objection lodged by Sen-norarily
into the back-ground. Both ator DunJay, of Anson, who fought
Want Alliance of Powers
Dec.
A resolution which merely lim-
7.—The effort i'ed the introduction of roll-call
bills, was offered Iby Senator Men-plan.
diverted the attention of many of it be put upon its immediate
ithe arms delegates as to throw even sage. Unanimous consent was
itaUXTY AWARDS OOXTRACT
FOR LITTLE RIVER BRIDGE
W. the Japanese and the British have the action too percipitate.
Endorsement ot the proposition
to estab'.ish u tuberculosis hospital
!■ Guilford county, by means of a
tad is>v.e. upon which the voters of
■ county mill pass on Tuesday. Pe-triends.
Mr. Hinton leaves a Pegrara. J. W. Fulp, J. A. Parrish, Tuesday the Guilford county com-shown
a desire to include the United
many
wife and several children.
The only other measure likely to
E. W. Reynolds. J. W. Montgomery. missioners awarded) the contract for btateS an.y. entente
i
tnat ™ay re" produce any extensive argument is a
place the alliance and a tentative Di„ offeredl Dy Senatw Burgwyn, of
Moonshine Tragedg'.
Raeford, Dec. 7.—lAnother
Weiiuj
i(cr. Membership of
trar-
Wber 2M. „as made at a meeting edy has been added to the long s'.ory
; i: - Central Labor union o.
awnsbovo .- the regular monthly
union Monday night,
the union at
Med the meeting and every nun
Wseut pledged himself to work for field, in Hoke county,
tk hospital.
The en.ori.eriient of the union Dles ** Age of 100' L. Jackson, Ben Paschal. C. C.
"*» Puts virtually <very organiza- Lumlberton, Dec. 7.—James Bray- Sykes, E. A. Blair, J. 0.1. McCrary,
" iu (iuilford county in support DOyt Indian, aged 100 years,
fte movement. The various civic Monday night at n:s home
"''" "'■ the county have passed res- Lumlberton, death resulting
**« in favor of
cf crimes growing out of the unlaw-ful
manufacture of "moonshine."
B. M. Pittman was killed by Frank Cocklereece, R. p. Boone, J. C.
Everett Sunday afternoon at the Hedgpetni c. L. Weill, C. E. Hock-residence
of the deceased near Lake- ^ L A ^AgMr( j. E. Albright. W.
A. Allred, W. E. Alien, G. C. Ryon,
E. F. Williams, M. C. Petty, O. R. the construction of a steel bridge
York. over Little river, near Jamestown*,
Those for the civil term beginning to the Atlantic Bridge company for
January 23 are: $8,935. The bridge will be 200
E. H. Lewis, Everett Tn;le, J. F. feet long, with a roadway of 12
L. Jobe. P. W. Miehaei. Ernest M. feet.
Whittington. John R. Lewis, J. L.
treaty draf under consideraion by Northampton, to reduce the personal
some of the governments concern-ed
would provide for a quadruple
arrangement also including France.
Held on Bigamy Charge
Probable cause was found agains*.
Lawrence Phoenix, charged wit1"
D. A. Strader, Lee S. Smith, Charles bigamy, in Greensboro Municipal Arbuckle, which ended
More Arbuckle Trouble
San Francisco, Cu»., Dec. 6.—Tvr.i
courts were concerned yesterday
with the aftermath of the man-slaughter
trial of Roscoe C. (Fatty)
in a <.is-bound
agreement. The commissioner's di-court
; vision of the .United States distrUt nouse.
property exemption for taxation pur-poses
from $300 to $50. A similar
measure reducing the exemption to
$100 was passed by the senate at-its
regular session but was killed
by the house.
Not until fourteen other meas-ures
had been dumped into the hop-per
did anything like a statewide
piece, of lawmaking cevelop in the
Representative Spence sent
died H. T. Hancock.
near Thooe for the civil term beginning
from January 30 are:
the
lie c»BM.v farm bureau has
hospital; tiie infirmities of Old age.
en-:;
1 the churches are be-and
k.
■WMnnioB books close next Sat-
•rday a,,d
knot
""» new
cne of
country.
few centenarians
any citizen whose name
'■'■" books for this election
registration—will not be
*,0vote. Tho:>sse working for the
j^ual are anxious forlhe citizens
'"•"oil their names on the books.
I'OBACtx
. Women For School Board
Salisbury, Dec. 7.—Salisbury will
have five women added to her city
school board, according to plans oi
Walter Murphy, representative ir A
took with him
' MKKTIX<; GETS
RRSIXTS AT McLEANSVILLE
the legislature, who
to the special session this week an
amendment to fihe local school
that Increases the members.
law
D. M.
Massey, W. L. Bodenheimer, J.
H. Greer and W.
Guyer.
The
court Monday, and he was
over for trial at Superior
Bond was fixed at $500 by Judge court an appearance was made for forward his repeal of all laws and
D H Collins. j Arbuckle In answer to a prohibition sections of laws that provide death
'violation charge and simultaneous- a9 tne Punishment for crime in
" ly in the police court, Mrs. Minnie North Carolina. Tie bill went to
Neighbors, witness for the defense ">e first judiciary committee, and
in the manslaughter trial, appeared tne consensus of opinion is that it
on a perjury chart,. :n connection .w,n be nut to sleep there,
with her testimony. A preliminary An amplified and em belli.-hid
hearing was waived by the defense form ot abolition of capital punish-on
the prohibition charge and the ment appeared at the night session
when Representative Owen, of
;Sampson, offered four bills, provld-
Gov. Small on Tidal ing for tlhe repeal of the death pen-
He was Cicero Huffine. Q. Q. Boone, T. H. ter Thanksgiving probably due in
in this McPherson, C. R. Gordon, P. C. part to over eating. Several others
Cobb, M. T. Parrish, J. T, ,Wyrick, were sick. Only three visits have
L. L. Griffin, T. A. Glascock, J. T. been made.
Hire, Carl Riley, J. W. Barker, A. "County convict camp: Here I
H Alderman, G. C. Apple, J. M. Al- am glad to say great changes have
bright, Paul Groome, P^S. Simpson, been made »»»»•;««»"»' «-»". Ne,gbbors case was continued
Ballinger, J. A. Pope, D. H. tions and in the comforts to the in-; a
W. mates. There have been several
L. who have been sick but no cases
very severe. Ten calls have been
N. made to this place.
Here 14 calls have
county, attorney, John
been
been
Waukecan, Ills., Dec. 6.—Cover- alty, one bill for each offense, and
jior Len Small and Vernon Curtis. jn lieu thereof, substituting life lm-
Grant Park, Ills., a banker, today prisonment. and sterilization of tha
opened their fight against trial un- prisoner. All four measures fol-der
the conspiracy, embezzlement lowed the Spence bill to the jndlci-
At
Hnrt In Aato Accident.
,«%vm„erKnEheld'atMcLean"v,lle! Marion. Dec. 7.-A serious
Herati, 'D the lnter6't of the dent occurred on the new .tate hi«h- ^ ordered.
Wilson, was authorized to make ap- "Jail:
plication to the governor for a spe- made, many of which have
cial term of criminal court to begin made for the.J™"*""0- «°J *»?! and conndence game indictments^ ary e.»«ltta*
January 2, to last two weeks. If the cases. No aIcknea. of a very wrl-:^ ^ ^^^ eowty gran„
a«i- term8 l8 granted a grand jury will ous nature at the jail. ^ ...'jury last July. Appearing in the' **■ «n>P«»<»l»« Pl»««>« <>» the boll
% 19 -""«»« w»«eeo amr Marion,
l^r,«. Jal, ,K ' S° tUm'n "* ■«•"' WM TftfJ
« A » aaaociation con- . g^j, g^ .nghUy hurt.
Ill, • w- Swain, of Raleigh. , .
«th. ' Chlef ulk ln tn« Interest Btf_ jimmir'T »oe
^ tteaclatioa. He stated that '
1B h.tn- —.1, .—A Lunrbertou. Dec.
ll-y*a
a widow wt
in which Robert R,.. D„.. j
nriouely Injured BB<1 w. c. jonea were appointed to examinations. »: miacfoacoplc tt-i
reindez the offlce ot the register of aralnation ot aputu» tor tiiberculo-deeds
in order that the work ot that aia. 6; tor blood; t; teachers eaami-offlce
'may be facilitated. nation. 4: mid-wirea. 4; parent-
Leonard It wa, ordered by tha board that teacher meeting. 1: smallpox vacct-
W" 1B being well recatred Lunrberton. w»c. T- ^ raia.tion ot a building on the nation 84,
«?*"« Guilford county It waa Brow*. lS-y«ar-oId «on of Mrs. Beiie Pearson be rednc- "Infections: Typhoid fever. 1 In
>^ after the Sng mlny Br<rwn. who llTe. near ^"^J. total .^..nent on Snmn.r. t in Bruce and 1 In More- ,„e actlvit... of the state bonrd of
Plans were made for
^oo-Support Case.
*JJ W- Moore.
"M,, Uperi0
,** lath. S day. December M. instead
was.dropped «bro«*h the *rtM December 80.
lor the topt ot *he <mrt and -when the nay.
was held
court on a charge hammer atruelt one the laths I'
left
»Op
k°" of his wife, following fired, the loa* enterln* the i ml0^
h 81 ef°re ■*>«»«• J- R- Cat- reart of the un<ortun.te boy. Death ^ ^ §
"Calls anawered at offlce. 54; - - - -; Bdwarde "WwU w*« recogniaed la a m*-^
Douglaa. Roger W. Harrison charity calle. 14; marriage llcenae | ^^ ^ ^ „,„,,„„ „e n^e offered by Repreaenta«4Te Tarn-
"quashed aa Illegal and IneuOclent, !*•*>■• •« W4k«' vmUtag for tha
appol_.tment of a commission of
• seven members, and an appropria-
INCR-Afl-D AUI'IVHT FOB MoB ot fgj^$ to atudy the aitaa-
WKLVARB -BOARD OP 8fl_1_ ttoB> .__, to _,.„ tB- p^p,, of the
coming of the weevil,
enlarging
Little rime waa wasted -pan for-malities
yesterday when the bowse
waa an-li20
members.
took the
Whltaker. of
ia Center Grove. Brace. Morehead be headed by a epeclaHst. The 6v» Guilford, coming In the stead or
ard Gllmer. division* will be: County organl-a Bepreeentatrve Donnell. and Dr. T-
"Pive of the cases of dlphtheri- tlona. child welfare, mental health R. Harding canting In the plaea of
,-. in families who were nnde* and hygiene, inatltutioaal auperrlv BepreaentatlTe Bryant, of Yadfcla,
Quarantine for previous cases." Ion, publicity. reeigned. .
Dr. Jones' report follower
No change in the ge-eral phv«!
at the conn'y •<OT.'
death to occur soon ai
w»» fixed at $500. •suited instantly.
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