The Greensboro patriot [December 13, 1920]

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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
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GREENSBORO, N. C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1920 VOL. 99. NO. lOO
FARMERS WILL SUPPORT" s
ROAD BOND ISSUE
HKi MEETING OP FARM BUREAU
MEMBERS HE1/PKD TO SOLVE
MlSl'XDKRSTAXDTNGS.
A a meeting Saturday morning
, ;lio members of the Guiliord
County Farm Bureau and represen-jaiive
tanners from all sections of
«. county, which was attended by
,, gathering that overflowed the ca-
•.icity of the farmers' assembly :oom
, ;he. new court house, a general
„nd profitable discussion lasting over
;:,rep hours was entered into by
those interested in the proposed is-suance
of $2,000,000 in bonds for
.'.,• construction of good roads in
uulrford county. At the conclusion
"fair and equitable" than if the term
"equal" "had been employed. "It
may develop." said Mr. Broadhurst.
"that the road conditions of the
county will prove that 50 per cent
of the fund on hard surface roads
will not prove an equitable distribu-tion.
With the term 'equal1 in the
agreement this organization could
never murmur a word, but with the
agreement to make a 'fair and equit-able'
distribution we can hold them
to their promise." He stated that
he was willing to leave to the com-missioners
the matter of giving the
farmers a square deal, and that if
the farmers didn't get a square deal
that they could defeat a majority of
the board two years hence before
more than a small portion of the
fund had been expended.
Resolutions adopted by the com-mittee
representing the farm bureau
, the meeting resolutions were at tne conclusion of the meeting
jdopted by the assembly declaring were as foIlows-
• hat if the county commissioners, -Resolved: That the members of
intended by then- Conner statement! the farm Dureau and Urmm .(
• ha. they would make a "fair and c.uilford county in called meeting
table" distribution of the big | assembled this, the lith dby of De-
COMTY TEACHERS MEETING
SATURDAY AT BUFFALO
GREENSBORO WORKING
FOR BAPTIST HOSPITAL
COUNTRY SCHOOLS WILL < I.OSK LARGE SUM SUBSCRIBER AND
DECEMBER 22 AND REOPEN CITIZEN'S EXPECT TO 8ECVRE
OX JANUARY 3. ' THE IXSTITITIO.V.
As guests of the faculty and pa-. After a partial canvas of the city
reuuteachers club of the South But- during Friday and Saturday the
falo school, Asheboro street exten-j committee of the Chamber of Com-sion.
the monthly meeting of the niercJ appointed for the purpose of
county teachers' association Saturdiay' > o-opirating with local Baptists in
morning was a splendid success. A an endeavor to secure the hospital
cordial welcome was extended to thej to be established by the Baptist de-gathering
of teachers by Mrs. Mann, | nomination, announce that a sum-superintendent
of the school, who' cient \ sum has already been sub-announced
that owing to the Illness v.:rlbjid to feel justified in the beitoi
of County Superintendent Thomas j that Greensboro should make a
R.-Foust, that Miss Betty Aiken; string bid for the location of the
Land would preside over the meet-ing.
It was announced at the meeting
hospital.' Charlotte, Raleigh and
other cities have offered a site and
$< 00.00". Greensboro made a late
that the schools of the county will beginning in the endeavors to inter-close
Wednesday afternoon. Decent-j est the committee to decide on the
ber 22. and e:.;it they will resume
work on Monday. January 3. The
children and teachers will be af-forded"
a holiday of two weeks.
A committee was appointed to
location of the institution but after a
week of hard work those in charge
of the undertaking here are feeling
highly encouraged.
Members of the Baptist congrega-
C. H. WOOTERS DIED
SATURDAY AT MelJCAXK-YILI.E.
begin to plan for the county com-' tions in this city subscribed over
mencement next spring. Members $36,000 and they appealed to the
of the committee are W. J. Sloan. ] civic organizations to aid them in se-chairman;
W. E. Younts, J. H. Joy-; curing the institution for Greens*
road fund to convey the impression I cember. 1920. accept the letter ad-
;:,,; an 'equal distribution" would; dressed to the chamber of com-i...
mule, that the farmers were for merce. signed bv four members of
I, and would support the measure j the n0ard of county commissioners.
«itn as much vigor as they had : which letter has been turned over
heretofore opposed it. ; to the farm bureaa as meanlng that
The meeting was presided over! at least one-half of the $2,000,000 ner- ****■ B- **• Mann. Miss Nettie! boro. A committee of the Chamber
by Chairman John A. Young. A re-; bond issue will be spent in building D,xon and Miss Eula Todd. j of Commerce, under the leadership
port of the committee appointed by! other than hard surfaced roads in: The need of the state institutions j of Chairman A. B. Joyner. spent two
!h-- farm bureau to meet With the Ouilford countv- '• °' higher learning for enlarged fa-, days In raising pledges tor the hos-r
unty commissioners was made by, "Resolved, that we indorse the' cilWies was pointed out to the teach-[ pital. While all prospects have not
,1;. Young, H. W. Lambeth and \\'., bond issue, and urge the tanners of er8 and they Pledged their hearty j been. Interviewed it is believed that
H. Dunbar. They informed the au-1 Guilford county to support the t me' suPPort 'n behalf of the campaign! the necessary sum to raise Greens
[Uence that the commissioners had \ next Tuesday. December 14 ! now *•"■■ planned for educating the boro's offer will approach the $100.-
decllned to make a gentleman's! "Further, if this construction is People to the needs of these institu- 000 mark within the next day or two
agreement promising to spend 50 per! not accepted by the county commis-, ,ions of the state- I Tn* decision of the committee In
i*nl of the fund on hard surface1 sioners the public is to be so noti-' A tea,ure °f the session held Sat-, charge of the selection of a location
roads and 50 per cent on sand clay : fled in the morning press of Decem-' urdav 'was tne demonstration given • will be rendered Decembr 15. Dr.
roads ;uid that after such refusal ber 12." I ln tne cla8B rooms of the school on Kestler is at the head of this com-
Hie committee had decided that the The county commissioners during Poetical subjects. I mittee.
larmers should vote against the la-i the afternoon went over the above' J- '■ Bla,r' -of the state aePart-'
sue. | resolution of the farm bureau and ment of education, was presented, to XEGRO ROBS MB. ROYAL AT
r from the members con- i88ned the following signed
Following an illness of over a
month. C. H. Wooters died Saturday
afternoon at 6.30 o'clock at the
home of his son, Albert Wooters.
of McLeansville. Funeral ^services
were conducted yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock bom Mt. /Pleasant
church and burial followed in the
church grave yard.
Mr. Wooters had passed his 80th
birthday at the time of his death.
He was a veteran of the civil war,
having served in company M. 21st
North Carolina infantry, and he was
one of the few surviving members of
his organization.
Surviving the deceased are three
daughters: Mrs. R. T. Thomas and
Mrs. R. J. WhiKington, of this city;
Mrs. J. C. Browning, of Brown Sum-mit;
and one son, Albert Wooters,
of McLeansville. The sisters. Mrs.
Dolph Elliott and Mrs. Liza Wood,
of this city, and one brother, E. P.
Wooters. of Richmond, Va.. also sur-vive.
.
:i tiit In:; the board of cominusioners :ni>nt:
,-as read bj Mr. Young. The letter
i as signed by W. C. Tucker. L.. T.
J. G. Fousbee an.i. J. Al Ran-the
audience by Miss Land as the sidle-, |
. .! principal speaker of t'he day. Mr. |
"The members of the board of' nlair R»oke on the subject "Sch°o1
county commissioners of Guilford
THE POIXT OF A GUV.
J. R. MOOREFIELI) FIXED FOR
FAILURE TO REPORT TO COURT
J. R. MoorefieW was tiued $50 in
Municipal court Saturday morning
for failure to report and show good
behavior. About eight months ago
Mr. Moo relit-id . was convicted of
transporting whiskey and a stipula-tion
of the judgment was that he
should report to the city judge the
first Monday of each month and
show good behavior, the reports to
be made for a period of two years.
Upon failing to report the first Mon-day
of this month a capias was is-sued
and he 'was brought before the
court.
At the same session of the Muni-cipal
court three negroes. Ben Lynn,
James Darr and Albert Bell were
sentenced to serve 60 days each on
CLYDE HOEY GROOMED
TO ANSWER TINKHAI
TAR HEEL CONGRESSMAN PAYS
HIS RESPECTS TO THIS
SOUTH HATER
Washington, Dec. 13.—Congress-man
Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, is going
to make at least one speech in the
halls of Congress before he quit",
for a period at least, his legislative
career. New members don't talk
much, at least the old ones don't en-courage
them in forensic panegyrics,
but the southerners believe that
Hoey is the man to "go after" the
Tinkham resolution to reduce the
representation in the south.
So far. the Cleveland county
statesman hasn't been heard on the
floor except as he answered the roll
call. In fact, it is something of an
event when any North Carolinian, ex-cept
Messrs. Kitchin and Pon, rises
to submit some remarks. Mr. Klt-cbin.
Mr. Pou, an.l several others
want Hoey to speak on the Tinkham
resolution when it comes up for con-sideration
because they have heard a
lot about his speeches 1n the state
last fall.
Speaking on Mr. Tinkhain's reso-lution,
today. Mr. Hoey said;
"The first day of the new session
witnessed the introduction of a bill
to reduce the representation of the
south because the negro is not per-mitted
tot vote. This time the meas-ure
is championed by Representative
Tinkham. of Massachusetts. His
name is against him. It suggests the
type of men who would be ambitions
to tinker with so vital a matter as
suffrage in the south and willing to
punish our people because they are
determined to preserve their politi-cal
civilization and social fabric, re
gardless of all the clamor of all the
tlnkerers from anywhere.
"Tinkham hails from the state of
At the point of a pistol Mr. Roy-!
th city streets for the larceny of a,
number of articles, the grand total j Lodge' ut force 1,M1 ****• The •*
mosphere of Massachusetts seems to
county, who signed -the letter ad-
Improvement Projects" and his ad-jal, a. groceryman on the Battle. yaJue of wbJch placed al ,.
dress was greatly enjoyed and as/pre-, Ground road, was robbed of a sura The negroe3 were caught In tlie act generate south-hating Republican
,in. noi as officials of the county. dre8Wdl to the chamber of commerce ciate(1 b-v *• ■*•«*« of teachers, of money between $50 and $60 by, of m„lnK the S00dB ot a ,oca, 5 However, it is refreshing to know
ill us individuals.
>as as follows:
' ! : have been informed of the resolu-tions
passed at the meeting of the
Mr. Blair emphasized the need of an unknown negro Friday night at and 10. cent store and when arrested! that many New England and west-play
ground space at all schools. 9.30 o'clock. The city police Te-l:
Minis thai there is some mis- farm bureau, as follows: I At noon the parent-teachers as-( sponded to a call but have not been
understanding regarding our ind!-! --Resolved, that the members of s°ciation served a delicious lunch-, able to apprehend the bold highway-fidual
position relative to the dis- tue tarm bureau and farmers of
rlbution of the proceeds ot the UuiUord county, in called meeting.
eon to their guests. The committee man.
of the .association in charge of the ' Mr. Royal informed the po;t<l
they contained on their persons a em Republicans do not share the
number of toy pistols, shoe strings. I
"oi:d Issue to be voted on next Tues-! thia> tlu! 11th day of December, 1920. lunch was comPOBed ot Mesdames that he was preparing to closi up ..make Ume.. improvmg
day. December 14. While we fee'l' 3acfccefrpitt the letter written to the R- W' Williams, chairman; McCnl-j his Kore for the night when a ne- s.n}ets durjng the next
that the board of county commis-; Greensboro chamber "oV"commerce^ ,ock- Melvin. Simpson. Fentress and grc-.entered n.U flashed , ,, u„ in
-•:•-:•- officially took the only con- .,nd sieued by four members of the J' P' w'niams-
•■MM position possible in refusing COUnty board, which letter has been j The next meet.ng of the teachers (
"commit itself to any definite posi- t,lrned ove,- to the chairman of th*"
MOD regarding the distribution; yet; til|.m DulTa„. a3 meaning that at in tbe coun,>- <"ourt house on th*
•» want you to know that each one! leasl one-hair of the $2,000,000 ,hipd Saturday in January.
if the undersigned personally is in bo„j [-gWe wi|] be spent in building!
his face. Upon being ordered to turn
over all cash he emptied the con-
Y will be held in the assembly rooms j tents of the ca3h drawer, estimated
to have been between $50 and $G0.
tavo of ii fair and equitable ,'lstn- other than hard surface roads in SUPERIOR COURT
union of this money between the Gutiford courrty; i OPENED THIS MOUXIXG.
!--ii!facn roads and tbe sand- "-Rpso!v<>d second, that we in-'
/lay roads, and thus it is our-hope j,,,...,. -the bond issue and urge the
The negro having received the money
backed out ot the store while still
and later disappeared in the dark-ness.
Mr. Royal was alone in the store
views of men like Tinkham and oth-i
. uun inn,, , ! a few; era of that stripe. Only last night
other articles of similar value. As a' X was ta,kin* with one ot tho Re"
result whereof, each of them Will !*"'■■ Ieader8 in Congress from
the city
ro months.
UEXXETT COLlJXiK IMtltMITOKV
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
New England and he said that prac-tically
all of the thinking people in
the north now freely admit in pri-vate
eonverastion that the fifteenth
amendment was a serious mistake, a
crime of the reconstruction period'—
and that tbey sympathise with tbe
south In handling the problems
to have
Carolina hall, a four story dom!-'
tot-y. of Bennett College, was com-l
pletely destroyed by a fire that was! «TO'rinK oul of the adoption of the
covering bis victim witb the gun dIscovered in |fc> aU-c of the bu.,^' negro suffrage amendment. His Mea
ing shortly before noon»Thursday.' u that Congress will not attempt
The building was located on tfcel *°H**"** _*** t>>.?Mfll '■ tbe
campus of the negro college, on,
used as a dormitory for about 100
young men students. The loss of
the building is estimated at between i
A term of two weeks for the trial nd owine to the dimness of the! '„—*""". "" — "0"" *""""*'
•• nood laterals IU every tec- rarmers of Guilford county to vote or crimlna,^ convened in Guil- f. v. _ . 1. - -.... . East Washington street, and
of tbe county, and especially' for same on December 14. I ford Superior court this morning at
"- they may be built around the ••-purtber. if this construction is 1Q O.clock Presiding over the ses-
'•ounty schools so that the children not acCepted by the county commis- s,on ,g Judgl, , Bi8 Ray whUe Jonn
May Rei to school more easily. We sioners the public is to be notified c Bower> .goHcitor. is prosecuting
■ - for sood roads for the whole. ln the morning press of December on behalf of the state
"Ul,t> ""<* *<»'• «o particular sec-| i2. Resolution was accepted by ma- The graad jury worn in at the
lion. Bach of us also desires that; jolit.v vote. Signed W. H. Dunbar.' Jwe term wag on nand to resume
roper system of maintenance ofj Joba A. Young. W. A. Bowman, II. duty TwQ grand juries arc nvn
light was unable to give an aecu-j
rate description of the bandit.
TABLET TO MEMORY OF
L. RICHARDSON UXVKII.ED.
settlement of her peculiar problems.
"The basis alleged for the reduc-tion
ot representation is the com-paratively
small rote cast in the
south. This does not apply to North
the pu'ilic roads of the county be
At the plant of the Vick Chemi-cal
Company the employes of the
firm unveiled on Thursday a tablet
■M-tecied.
W c.
jour intention to stipulate or agree ^^ through the June term., gimple and iinpresaiVe ceremony at-
; upon the division of the proceeds whj,e ^ Qne dr.iwn i|t February re-j tended the unvenlng exercises.
from the sale of the bonds tor any mains durjng the last six months Ofj
' particular class or kind or rond. but
(Signed i
".I. A. RANKIX.
"J. G. FOU3HEE.
"W. C. TUCKER.
"L. T. BARBER.
ones, of High Point, the to emphasize the fact that a fair and
'■■ member or the board, was equhable distribution should be
"ache-:' during the afternoon and' uvlde after we. together with the
signature «as added to the| highway commission, should be pos-
■-n' i Se«ed of al Ithe facts obtaina,'jl».
Members of the farm bureau com- "Signed:
• declared that their complaint -w. <'. TfCKBit,
W. I^ambeth and S. B. Coltrane.' , jn annuully under the new (aw. The' to Ue memory of L RichartSon.
"We wish to say that t was not grand jury empane!e<i in January: fonnder of tfte yick-Company. A
$30,000 and $40,000, while the fur-i OwwlM. Our vote in the recent
niture and personal belongings ofj election compares-favorably with the
the students will swell the total. vote ca8t in the various ■**■ «>' *»«•
Four companies of the city lire union- ann niule* M' suggestion of
department answered the alarm and j over ''epresentation. In the states
the fighters worked valiantly to save' fiirtllei' "°Mtb tne vote 'was sm""'
the structure. Chief Fred Taylor's! due more to ,he fact lhat there **»
' hair was singed and several others! no appreciable opposition to tbe
received slight injuries as the result i °emocratic uominpe l!,an "» "ny
a year.
Dr. C. F. Myers, pastor or Mr.
Richardson, paid a splendid tribute
of the explosion of chemicals con-tained
in the building. I
Only the brick walls remained of
; other CMM, This is an ad-Jed rea-son
why all Democrats ought to vote
iged on words "fair and equity
and that it the commissioners.
"ould only insert the word "equal"!
i I lie agreement would be entire-,
satisfactory to them.
"J. A. RANKIN,
"W. C. JONES.
"L. T. BARBER.
"J. G. FOUSHEE."
Congress is now and bas always been
based on population, and not on vot-ing
strength, and upon this basis
there is no justification tor any re-
; this point E. I). Rioadhurst j,.,M;K joXES WTM. XOT
tbe floor. Mr. Broadhurst de- j KXTER RACE AGAIN.
'"'"red lhat the commissionei-s were
•onorable men and as such he.
*ould take their word for the ful-_
nent of any promise. He .pOint-
C. A. Jones, judge or Municipal
court of tbe city of Greensboro, has home'bv Christmas day.
announced that he will not be a
in the election regardless of the oj>-
Approximately 159 cases are on j to the high character and flue 83nsR| the"7oUr story building Tfter "the P0'11'011 Party-the
criminal docket awaiting trial, or justice displayed by the late Mr. flames naid, bpen {|uenchpd Other1 "The a',voca,es °r ''•duction. how-
It is expected that most of the two; Richardson. i Dui,dinS;i 1()cated nMrl)J. wm ^^v.r. forget that representation in
weeks will be consumed in ddspos-1 The tablet was voluntarily sub- b<nveve,. tnroUBh „„. work of th„ "
ins of jail cases, as the county pris-| scribed for by the employes of the, fl deoartinent
on is full. Continued from the last! firm. It was unveiled by Mrs. J. C., The college was built bv the
term were 90 cases while the cases, Hob-son. who has been in-tbe em- Nonn Carolina Col;1,.lence or ,„„
bound over from magistrates and j ploy of tbe company for a "™l)erj Methodis( Episcopal church and is duction in an>- southern state, bnt
the city courts of Creensboro and- of years. It was placed over the
High Point sent the totals to 150.
It is ejected that court will ad-journ
about Thursday or Friday of
the second week. Owing to the dis-tance
from his home Judge Ray-would
be required to leave here
Friday morning in ordr to reach
out the fact that .the farm bu- candidate to succeed himseH in the
"'■■"' had achieved a notable victory
:' '' 'he commissioners had taken
•Ooial cognisance of the orgi'n'za
and had indicti-:4 a desire !o
■'Ii with and be advised by the
election to be held next spring.
Judge Jones has held the posi-tion
for two terms and will have
completed lour years on the bench
when his present term expires. He
Mrs. Will W. Bell Dtes in Xew Mex-ico.
lire place in the main room of the
Vick club house. The tablet bears
the following inscription:
In Honored Memory
of
Lunsford Richardson
1845-1919
Founder of this Business
He lived in fear of God and Died
Beloved by His Fellowman
owned by the church, with
quarters at Cincinnatti. Ohio.
lu-ad-
I'itizciiM of Siiimiii-i'tlt-ld Set-lion
Endorse <*IHWI Rood Bonds.
At a meeting ot citizens and far-mers
residing in the Summerneld' '.
section, which was held Salurday
night. hearty endorsement was made
of the proposed issue of Guilford
This Tablet Erected by the Em-iI county of $2,000,000 in bonds for
ployes of the Vick Chemical Cora-: BOod roads- The meeting was well
News has been received in the' pany. I a»enaed and «he general tenor of
citv of the death of Mrs. Will W. I ,ho8e «>«»«'■» ■« the meeting was
Bell, who before marriage was Miss Vl.-tory Medals For Soldiers- | enthusiastic support.
'lion representing the farmers; ^ anuounced that owing to the in- Cath'erine sides_ of thi8 city, herj The local army recruiting station! "
county recirdirg its desires. I gufflciency 0f salary he will devote degth naylnR occurred at Albequer-I has on hand 2.500 victory medals j Jamestown Defeated Kei-nersville.
''• "roadhuwi declared, hower-.-r,, Mg Umet0 private business. ' ! que, New Mexico.
•■ board had no legal right ta . j Mr9. Bell was a daughter of Mr.
XST.iSS'SS ^ some of the turkeys which last and Mrs. E. L._ Sides, of Greensboro.
some of them will make gains, not-ably
North Carolina. The little mat-ter
of the practice of a century has
no persuasive force with a Republi-can
of the Tinkham type when be is
seeking some method of venting his
spleen against the south and achiev-ng
a little cheap notoriety while he
struts his brief period on the stage,
"la order to punish the south in
'his way it would be BeeesMry tj
;tl>;.ndon the memed heretofore eb-laii.
lng In pr'.vidirg for rep-i.-senta-tion
and there is no occasion for ear
change. I do not believe the con-servative
Republicans will counte-nance
such a movement."
before the bond issue had,w.—a.- were given a respite of she is survived by her husband and
'" passed and before the highway .Thursday were KIT*" r
-^ion had been created. *fe^*j£S?2wS^t^M1^ «- remains
"«Je, declared that the farmers alarm while their owners po « ^ ^ ^
'■'Hid be better off with the words -ride.
for distribution to former service | Jamestown won an easy victory Mrs. J. I.. Thacker Impmving.
men. Presentation of a discharge J from Kernersville Friday afternoon! Mrs. John L. Thacker. who re-in
the basket ball game staged be- cently underwent an operation at a
tween the two towns, the contest local hospital, is reported to he ita-being
played at Kernersville. The proving nicely and her many friends
Jamestown boys won by the score of will be pleased to learn of her re-
50 to 9. » covery.
certificate at the recruiting head-quarters,
334 1-2 South Elm street,
will entitle any former soldier in
the world "war to one of these at-tractive
medals.
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