The Greensboro patriot [January 19, 1922]

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GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1922. VOL. 101. NO. 6
It'U U LONG URGES THAT
ALL LAWS BE ENFORCED
| pisCVSSBS CAPITAL PUNISH-MENT—
GEORGE McNEILL
GETS 15 YEARS.
Indicating his belief in the Justice
of capital punishment, Judge B. F.
Long, of Statesville, in its charge
■to the grand jury at the opening of
the regular January term of Guil-ford
Superior court on Monday em-phasized
the importance of impar-tial
and rigid enforcement of the
law.
Improvement of the election lawe
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
Furniture Show Opens.
High, Point, Jan. 16.—With -fur-niture
men here from every state in
the union, the Southern Furniture
exposition openod its mid-winter
show here today with over 150 ex-hibitors
represented. The exposi-tion
will continue for two weeks.
Practically every southern factory
making furniture and kindred lines
is represented.
Dedicate Confederate Marker.
Wilmington, Jan. 16.—Before an
Is a greatly needed reform, the jur-] assemblage estimated at from 2,600
1st believes, and he expressed the, to 3,000 persons, among them more
conviction that under the present than a score of veterans whose hair
system *" <s sanctity of the ballot has turned to the grey of the unl-cannot
be maintained without great form they wore, the marker which
difficulty. He evidently favors the ] is to keep forever fresh in the mem-secret
ballot. At the same time ories of future^ generations the
Judge Long told the Jurors they, dauntless courage of the Confeder-must
keep absolutely secret their ates, was dedicated yesterday after-deliberations
and other develop- j noon with auspicious ceremonies on
ments in the grand Jury room. *ne site of Fort Fisher, the scene of
George McNeill, a negro of this the greatest battle between sea and
city, on Tuesday was sentenced to coast defense forces during the
serve 15 years in state prison, fol- Civil war.
owing his plea of guilty to the.
charge of burglary in the second de- 'High Point Man Hurt.
The defendant admitted that) Raleigh, Jan. 17.—S. H. Strict
e had entered the home of a negro! land, of High Point, who is a senior
woman, Dora Hunter, in the eastern at State college, was the victim of
art of the city. Evidence was pre- *n unusual accident at the city audi-ented
to show that he effected an ! torium Saturday night. He fell
ntrance by climbing through a win- i through a window from the second
._ story balcony floor to the pavement
Verdict of acquittal was. returned below. The distance is some ten or
I by the Jury Tuesday evening in the-twelve feet, but he escaped serious
lease against Lessle Hayes, who was! injury. He suffered two bad. cuts
illeged to have disposed of mortgag- and it was necessary to have ten
l«ree.
FARMERSHAND MECHANICS
BANK||T0 BUY BUILDING
AT ANT RATE, PROPOSAL
FAVORED BY DIRECTORS
OF THE BANK. .
IS
GREAT GAINS ARE HADE
1 BY JEFFERSON STANDARD
INCREASE IN COMPANY'S RE-SERVES
$2,250,000. ANNUAL
STATEMENT SHOWS.
ed property.
Sentence of eight months on the
Iroads was imposed against Jesse
■ Avent, convicted of having whiskey
stitches taken.
Herndon Named Manager.
High Point, Jan. 1*.—Harding
| for sale. The negro bad been given i Herndon was selected manager or
a sentence of four months for that, the local ball club today after a
loffense when tried in Municipal j week of deliberation of officials.
court, but had appealed' from the
Idecision of the lower court.
Roy Newman was found guilty of
liretailing. He drew a road sentence
lof five months.
Bomb Mystery Unsolved.
Durham, Jan. 16—The explosions
of two crudely constructed bombs
i in Alspaugh hall. Trinity college
Issuance of a capias was ordered dormitory, last week still remains
Adoption of a resolution favoring
the purchase of the building, equip-ment
and fixtures of the Bank of
South Greensboro, a branch of the
American Exchange National bank,
featured the special meeting of the
directors of the Farmers and Me-chanics
Bank and Trust company
Monday night.
The terms have been agreed upon
by the directors of the Farmers and
[Mechanics Bank and Trust company
and the directors of the American
Exchange National bank, but the
purchase price has not been made
public. The proposition will be pre-sented
to the stockhot-ers of the
American Exchange National bank
and the Greensboro National bank
at a Joint meeting on February 15,
-and K is confidently expected that it
will be formally approved at that
time.
While the consummation of the
deal whereby the Farmers and Me-chanics
bank would acquire the phy-sical
property of the American Ex-change
National in South Greensboro
is contingent upon the purchase of
the Greensboro National by the
American Exchange National, It M
believed certain that that purchase
will be effected, the proposition hav-ing
already been sanctioned by the
directors of the two national banks.
Action upon both matters will be
taken at the stockholders* meeting
on February 15.
The Bank of South Greensboro Is
located at 524 South Elm street in
the center of the South Greensboro
business district. The Farmers and
'Mechanics bank is at 501 South Elir.
at the point where that tborougl
fare and Fayettovi'ie stroet inter-4
sect. If 'the deal goes tnrough tht-fSkrmers
and Mechanics will have c
■when John McCauley, charged with
Ian assault, failed to appear. Slmi-
|lar action was taken in the case of
Tom Simpson, alleged to have had
| whiskey for sale.
The case against James E. Blair,
charged with criminal assault upon
girl 12 years of age, was continued
|until the next term of court.
George Iseley admitted his guilt
ipon the charge of having whiskey
unsolved. The theory that the
bombs, which did slight damage,
were set off by some student or stu-dents
intending them as pranks con-tinues,
but college authorities have
been unable to lay the acts to any
one. They have investigated care-fully
but without result. *
Grow Long Staple Cotton.
Ahoskie, Jan. 16.—If the su??e*
or sale and he was sentenced to 10 tion of County Demonstrator H. L
onths on the county roads. The de- Miller, is carried out 75 or 100 far-endant
appealed and bond was fix- mere of Hertford county will try
d at $1,000. The case against Ise- out the production of long staple
ey for manufacturing whiskey was cotton during 1922. Mr. Miller has
ontinued. At the same time con- Just mailed out to the farmers of
inuance of the case against Dennis the county a circular, stating that s
seley, a brother of George, was or- test had been given the production
lered. | of the long staple variety du
The case against L. W. Apple for 1921; and, according to his com-n
The officers "and directors of the
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
company would probably make ar
enviable record in administering the
affairs of United States government
asj.s great business corporation, lo-cal^
observers, reflecting upon the
acsompllshments which have charac-teAjck}
the company's operations
dujjkng the year 1921, are convinced
■ome statistician—or perhaps I
wsp a philosopher—once saplentt*-
res>arked that figures don't He. Fig-ures)
presented on another page tn
thtft issue of The Patriot disclose i
lerful narrative of the progress
e Jefferson Standard durlnp
year just closed. Every mem
of the Ancient Order of Pcssi
milts might profitably read' and rr
read that financial statement unt'
he «er she could "say It by heart"—
and there would be a sharp uptur
in optimism stock in the old land.
While giving consideration to the
tremendous gains registered idurlnf
ths> year by this organisation, i
company which is distinctly o'
Greensboro and Gullford county arii*
the: south, with this city as chip'
operating base, H 4s manifestly lm
poijtant that the economic condl
tiots which have prevailed be takei
into account in order that the full
purport of the Jefferson Standard's
triumphs may be realized.
New business written »y represen-tatrses
of this company in 1920
reached an unprecedented level of
greatness. In the business world r*
is aMtomatlc that such a period i
folMared by painful adjustments.
At sjny rate, such is the usual case.
but-jHre- Jefferson Standard was nol
She's His Valentine.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The mar
riage of Mrs.; Louise Cromwell
Brooks to Brigadier General Doug-las
MaOArthur, commandant of West
Point Military academy will take
place at El Mirasol, near Palm
Beach, Fla., the estate of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T.
Stoteebnry, February 14, it was a?
nounced here today.
6ASE AGAINST SHENWELL
IN FEDERAL COURT HERE
PLAINTIFFS ALLEGE HE UNLAW-FULLY
TOOK CERTAIN FUNDS
, *. FOR OWN USE.
Abandonment was continued. The
defendant was ordered to pay his
rife $25 per month.
Sentences of eight months each on
|he roads were imposed against J. J.
/ilson, L. G. Oates and G. D. Fow-er
for the theft of an automobile..|
Jhe property of E. R. C. Money, o:
JVhite Oak.
I'pon recommendation of Solici-tor
J. C. Bower, of Lexington, th«
base against C. G. Wilkinson, charg
pd with speeding, was dismissed.
The solicitor felt doubt as to the de-fendant's
guilt and did not wish to
punish an innocent men, he said.
The police were commended by
fhe judge for their vigilance In
pilatlon of figures,
were gratifying.
the results
To Try Raleigh Doctor.
Raleigh, Jan. 17.—Three indict-ments
against Dr. J. R. Lowrey,
prominent Raleigh physician cnarg-i
ed with violation of the anti-narcotic
laws will be the first cases called at
larger building, one thoroughly
equipped, modern in every respect.
The first floor of the building
which now serves as the home of
the Bank of South Greensboro will
be occupied by the Farmers and
Mechanics bank, according to pres-ent
plans, while the offices on the
second floor will be leased to busi-ness
and professional men. Tht
brick structure was recently exten-sively
remodeled and now present?.
a very attractive appearance. The
building is equipped with bank
vaults and other banking equipment
of splendid type..
With the purchase of the build-ing,
fixtures, etc., the Farmers anC
Mechanics will be the only bank in
South Greensboro. It is proposed
to enlarge the business of the bank
very materially. Already a gratlfy-lngly
large volume of business has
been built up.
The Farmers and Mechanics bank
will continue to hold the lease OP
the building which serves as the
present home of the institution. Tt
what use the structure will be pu'
in the future, assuming that the pur-chase
plan is finally adopted, has not
been determined.
Since its organization last Marct
Bnrch Case Mistrial.
Los Angeles, Cal.. Jan. 16.—The
Jury trying Arthur C. Bnrch for the
murder of J. Belton Kennedy re-ported
itself unable to agree on •
verdict today and was discharged.
Nominations Confirmed.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The senate
late today confirmed the nomina-tions
of Commissioners Altchison
and Hall, of the interstate com-merce
commission, who were reap-polnted
by the President. The sen-ate
action ended a protracted fight
waged by several southern eenatorr
against the filling of the vacancies
by men from sections of the country
other than the south. Mr. Altchison
is listed from Oregon and Mr. Hal!
from Colorado.
Rescued at Sen.
New York. Jan. 16—Without food
and water for two days and during
that time lashed to the cabin batch
of their water-logged craft to prevent
them being washed overboard by
mountainous seas, Capt. V. M. Cole
and seven members of the crew of
the American schooner James M. W
Hall arrived here today on the
steamship West Canon, which res-cued
them up 250 miles southeas-of
Cape May, N. J.
, . .,,..,, .the Farmers and Mecnamcs bank
the special term of the United States'-. „ __._ . ,,„,, ...
i has made great strides in the finan-distrlot
court to be held
February, according to a
announced yesterday by
Attorney Irvin B. Tucker.
here in
calendar
District
cial and business world. One of the
popular features of this enterprise
is the plan whereby the bank re
mains open throughout the day fo'
the convenience of farmers, business
men and other patrons.
J. P. Sanders is president of this
Bold Robbery Reported.
Rocky Mount, Jan. 17.—Gaining
eking to prevent traffic law viola- access in some unknown fashion, bank; S. A. Caveness, first vice-pres
ions. thieves some time Saturday night ident; C. J. Tinsley, second vice-
R. L. Keck pleaded guilty to enteredi the dining room at the home president, and R. M. Middleton
harges of having whiskey for sale of M'ra' W" H' 8wan80n. oa Church cashier.
nd carrying concealed weapons. He atreet' ™»1«*«* the doors of the j _
as given road sentences totaling chlna closet and e8CaP«d w,tb *118| Anto Inventor Dies.
0 months. Ten months of the sen- which Mrs. Swanson had previously _..■„.
nee was the amount »m««aD^, ,„ placed there. The robbery was per-' K°cnester, w_ Y Jan 17_
a bond several montJ, ago aid ■<»" beIn* «*«** »n° "" »« S **, ""T ~£! "*"*<
"ed to aDDear on a rtarJ. It\- Covered until Mrs. Swanson rose and * P,oneer ,n tne Pre8cnt "*»"
"ing whnHL otLr ton montW *»»«** mornln« * b<*'» her ™k m°b,le as th, i months here toaa^jr."H^e w*as"?pre*s*id*en"t o^f thr
« the judgment in the case In about the h0U8e' g^^ Motor company, o{ tnI. clty,
> • he admitted this week the* he and was 77 yea„ old.
"i wniskey for sale. For carrying the Brown Summit road when 60 , ■ '
economic traditions. From the big
boss to the most humble office assis-tant
everyone in the great organiza
tion was imbued with the determi-nation
that former records must be
eclipsed in A. D. 1921.
And the annual statement full-attests
to the fact that euch a laud-able
ambition was realised. In every
phase of the business gains of most
Impressive character were recorded
For instance, In assets the gain
aggregated nearly three million do]
lars; in reserves the forward ward
is written in terms of an increase o'
more than two and a quarter million
dollars, and in resources the galr
Is materially in excess of two mil-lions.
Such statistics afford* con
elusive evidence of the fact that tin-
Jefferson Standard is Just about a
top-notchy as the most ardent optim
1st could desire. Furthermore, those
who direct and operate the affair:
of this inherently sound institutior
are determined that there shall be I
constantly widening program of ser-vice
tn the months and1 years ti
come.
The close of the year 1921 fonn«*
this company with a total of insur-ance
in force of more than $166,-
000,000, while insurance issued dur
Ing the year, paid for basis, amount
ed to more than 140,000,000. Furth-er
evidence of the sound manage-ment
is found in the tact that the
rate of actual to expected, mortality
was just 52 per cent, while the rate
of interest earned on mean dividend
assets was slightly more than 6 per
cent.
The invariable policy of this com-pany
has been to place its resource,
back of southern development by
lending all funds from premium in-come
in the sections from which this
income Is received. It is, therefore
of particular significance to note
that the company has first mortgage
real estate loans totaling more than
ten million dollars.
In 1907 the Jefferson Standard
Macon, Ga., Jan. 16.^5everal let-ters
of a "blackhand" nature bav
been received by Mayor Luther Wil-liams
during the Last few days, ac-cording
to the police today. The
letters, it was stated, dealt with the
campaign the city administration is
conducting against alleged vice con-ditions
in Macon and container
threats against city officials.
Starts Foundation Campaign.
Boston, Jan. 16.—Woodrow Wil-son
Sayre, two and one half year old
grandson of the former president, In
the arms of his mother, who war
Jessie Wilson, struck a bell in the
old state house at noon today to sig-nal
the beginning of a campaign tc
raise 98-6,000 as Massachusetts sharr
in the $1,000,000 Woodrow Wllsor
foundation fund.
Ford to Address Farmers.
< oncealed weapon, he was fined gallons of liquor were found in a car
ISO and the costs and judgment was which they occupied, according to
Impended in a similar case, that de- tas'.imony. .Nolan failed to appear Washington. 'Jan: 17.—Hen-
Won being conditioned upon good I&'%«0prt and he thereby forfeite- Ford will address the southern
P'avior upon the part of the de-' his bond of $1,200. Capias for No- group of the.American Farm P
Vuant both .on and off the chain Ian had been ordered Issue*. reau .federation at its' meeting a*
>g for four years. The court term came to a close Muscle Shoals, Alabama, January ' :\ belon:.* to tY« loyal agents of th* J. P. Turner, M. D., Greensboro; A.
-ast week Keck and I. E. Nolan yesterday, "disposition of the various and 21, the American Farm Bureau organisation throughout the south- L. Brooks, Greensboro; B. B. Adams.
the agents naturally are a source c -
pride to the officers of the company.
Within the early future, accord
ing to present plans, the Jeffersor
Standard will begin construction o"
Its modern new 16-story home an i
office building «t the corner of Mar-ket
and Elm streets, on the -court
house property.
The officers of the Jefferson Stand-ard
Life Insurance company are
Julian Price, president; J. E. Lath-am,
vice-president and' chairman ot
the board of directors; George A
Holderness and J. Elwood Cox,
vice-presidents; Charles. W. Gold,
treasurer; W. T. CDonohue, secre-tary;
J. P. Turner and J. T. J. Bat-tle,
medical directors; Ralph B.
Coit, actuary, and A. L. Brooks
general counsel. (
Directors of the organization are
W. P. Holland, Clarkedale, Miss.;
C. W. Causey, Greensboro; R. C.
Dunn, Enfleld; J. E. Latham
Greensboro; S. H. Anderson, Wilson;
Walker Taylor, Wilmington; Julius
W. Cone, Greensboro; Albert Ander-son,
M. D., Raleigh; P. C. Lindley,
Baxter Shemwell, who some
months ago was sentenced to serve
30 months on the roads of Davidson
county tor an assault with a deadly
weapon upon Solicitor J. C. Bower
and the law partner.of the latter.
Major Wade H. Phillips, of Lexing-ton,
is made defendant in a suit Hi-ed
here in Federal court Tuesday.
The plaintiffs, W. J. Shepherd
and O. K. W. Howard, of Norfolk,
Va., and Ben F. Barbour, of Birm-ingham,
Ala., allege that Baxter
Shemwell unlawully and wrongfully
took a certain amount of mone>
from the Mays Manufacturing com-pany,
which maintains offices in Lex-ington
and in which they are vitally
interested. Baxter Shemwell's wife.
Mis. Susan Shemwell, the Mays Ac-counting
Machine company and the
Mays Manufacturing company also
are named as defendants in thii ac-tion,
which Is in the form of a bill
of equity.
Baxter Shemwell forfeited his
bond in the criminal case some
months ago, leaving Lexington. At
Asheville yesterday he stated that
the authorities had knowledge as to
his whereabout and eonld effect hi•
arrest at any time. He added -that
he had "been In Asheville and Salis-bury
all the time" and had been ab-sent
from Lexington for good rea-sons.
"They want to beat me out of
my property," he was quoted as say-.
Ing.
In the bill of complaint filed here
it is asserted that since the organi-sation
of the Mays Manufacturing
company Shemwell has been an offi-cer
thereof and has controlled its
action; that Shemwell, "having by
tHeTrfveSBf," James t: Ways? into
his power, unlawfully and wrong-fully
obtained possession ana con
trol of the valuable assets of said
James F. Mays pertaining to said
automatic machine, converted the
same to his own use and transferred
said patents to the defendant, the
Msys Accounting Machine company,
the large majority of stock of which
Mays Accounting Machine company
he caused to be issued to himself or
to members of his family or to other
persons for his own use and bene-fit."
The complainants further allege
that they "are informed and be-lieve
that in addition to the stock
issued to himself and to others un-der
his own control and for his ben-efit
in said Mays Accounting Machine
company, said Baxter SbemweU sold
stock in said corporation to other
persons to the amount of $26,000
or thereabouts in cash received
therefor, the greater portion of
which proceeds of sale he converted1
to his own use."
Appointment of a receiver for all
the property of the defendant cor-poration
is sought by the plaintiffs
through their attorneys, Wilson and
Frazier, of Greensboro; Avery and
Erwin, of Morganton, and Avery
and Hawfleld, of Morganton. The
plaintiffs also ask that Shemwell be
restrained from voting stock in the
concerns and that the books be turn-ed
over to the clerk of court for In-spection.
„
C. L. Davis, of Morganton, was ap-pointed
temporary receiver by Judge
James E. Boyd, who ordered ' Mr.
and Mrs. Shemwell, together with
the defendant corporations, to ap-pear
in court on January 27 and
show cause, if any, why the relief
prayed for in the bill should not be
granted.
Greensboro; R. E. Buek, Charlotte;
had $1,660,700 worth of Insurance John A. Kellenberger, Greensboro;
in force, and that figure contrasted T. S. Franklin, Charlotte; Frank
with the present total of more than Broadhurst, Smith field; J. L. Lath-
$166,000,000 is mutely eloquent t- am, Greensboro; W. G. Clark, Tar-the
progress attained. The company boro; W. H. Austin, Smltbtteld; A.
Is recognised as an Integral part <>' G. Myers, Gastonia; J. W. Fry.
the business and economic fabric In Greensboro; R. P. Richardson.
the cfty, county, state and south. .
Commenting briefly on .the finan-cial
statement, C. W. Gold, treasure,
of the company, points out that ■
very large share of credit 'prorerl'-
Reidsvllle; W. A. Blair. Winston; J
Blwood Cox, High Point; George A.
Holderness, Tarboro; P. C. Rucker
Greensboro; Julian Price, Greens
boro; Charles W. Gold. Greensboro-arrested
by county officers on cases having been made. federation announced here today. ' em states. The accomplishments o. Four Oaks.
Farmer on Board.
Washington, Jan. 17.—The first
stop to bring about farmer repre-sentation
on the federal reserve
board was taken by the senate late
today in the passage of the Kellogg-
Smith t compromise hill Increasing
the board's Appointive membership
from five to six and providing that
the agricultural interests shall has*
a spokesman among them.
Seeking Packing Probe.
Washington. Jan. i«.—Senatos*
LaFollette, Republican, Wisconsin.
introduced a resolntlos today . pns-v'iding
for another packer Investiga-tion.
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