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GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 10,1921. VOL. 100. NO. 20
NEW COUNTY HOME PLANS
UNDER DISCUSSION
MODERN* STRUCTURE TO t BE
ERECTED, PROBABLY AT
COST OP 9100,000.
Plans for the proposed new Guil-lord
county home^were discussed
yesterday by the county commis-sioners
and representatives ot the
county home committee, and the
project seems to lie somewhat hear-er
derelopment as a result 'of the
■conference.
It was Indicated that about $150.-
000 would be needed to finance the
undertaking, a modern county home
being contemplated. X. Sternberger,
< 'airman of the coan-ty home com-
- ittee, thought that the old county
j til and the two county hitching
lots at the corner ot Greene and
Gaston streets, might be sold for
about $100,000. He then said that
he would either buy $50,000 worth
of bonds or lend that amount to the
county to help finance the proposi-tion.
Plans submitted by Harry Barton.
Greensboro architect, provide for a
building of 72 rooms, of which 16
would house the Insane.
The commissioners next Wednes-day
will visit the Cabarrus county
home at Concord. The Cabarrus in-stitution
is declared to be one of
the finest county homes . in the
state. More definite plans will be
evolved later.
J. C. Beavers, former county farm
demonstration agent,.will not re-turn
to that work, It Is now indicat-ed,
although it had been thought
he would probably do so. The com-missioners
expect to secure a man
for the place.
The report submitted to the coun-ty
commissioners by Dr. W. M.
Jones, county health officer, showed
excellent health conditions prevail-ing.
The board adjourned late yester-day
afternoon, following sessions
of three days.
DR. GEORGE A. MEBAXE
DIES AT HIS HOME HERE.
Dr. George A. Mebane died sud-denly
Monday night at 11 o'clock, at
his home, 501 West Washington
street. Death was asctibed to acute
dilation of the heart. Dr. Mebane,
who was 58 years of age, for several
days had been suffering from a se-vere
cold, but the seriousness of his
condition did not become apparent
until a short time before the end
came.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs'.
Mary Holt Mebane, who ii a daugh-ter
Ot the late L. Banks Holt, ot
Graham, two eons. Ranks Holt Me-bane
and George Allan Mebane, Jr..
two sisters. iMrs. M. B. Scott and
Mrs. W. H. Bason, ot Mebane, and
two brothers, B. Frank Mebane. of
Spray, and James K. Mebane ot
Spray.
Dr. Mebane was a son of the late
Dr. B. F. Mebane. For many years
he was a prominent figure In the
textile industry in this state.
Funeral services were conducted
at the home at 11 o'clock this morn-ing
by Rev. Charles F. Myers, D. D.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, of which Dr. Mebane was a
member. The remains were inter-red
in Greene Hill cemetery.
WILL DECORATE CITY
FOR ROAD CONVENTION.
SCHOOL ELECTION WILL
• BE HELD IN GillLFORD
PEOPLE TO VOTE APRIL 16 ON;
PLAN TO EQUALIZE SCHOOL
TAXES IN COUNTY.
TAX COLLECTIONS ARE
ABOUT HALF MILLION.
According to figures obta'ned
from the office of Sheriff D. B. Staf-ford,
collections tor the 1920 str.'e
and county taxes in Guilford to
date total $556,030.44. The aggre-gate
amount ot taxes to be collect-ed
for last year is approximately
$725,000, it is estimated. this
amount including special school
taxes, special license taxes and poll
taxes. The valuation of taxable prop-erty
in the county totals about
$130,000,000. the taxable revenue
from which is approximately $650,-
000, while the special taxes will
swell the tax figures to more than
$700,000.
On Saturday, April 16, an elec-tion
will ,be held to determine
"whether all special school taxes in
Guilford county, outside the'eky ot
Greensboro and the township of
High Point, will be repealed and an
additional tax not In excess of 10
cents OB tte ;»100 -.groperty valua-tion
'tor building purposes, and not
more than 15 cents on the $100
valuation of property for school
maintenance, be annually levied 'in
all the county except Greensboro
and High Point township. -;
This decision was * reached Tues-day
by the county commissioners,
such action being authorized by the
North Carolina general assembly.
New registration is ordered and
the election will be held at all the
established voting places in all the
townships except Morehead and
Gilmer. Special voting places are
ordered for the sections of Gilmer
and Morehead outside the city ot
Greensboro. The registration books
will open Friday, March 11, and
close at sunset Saturday, April 2.
Equality of educational opportun-ity
throughout the county is a car-dinal
aim or the proposed- new plan,
which was enthusiastically cham-pioned
at a meeting of representa-tive
Guilford citizens at the court
house Tuesday morning.
The task of decorating the city
for the convention of the United
States Good Roads Association and
the Bankhsad National Highway As-sociation
has been assigned to
George L. Stanebnry, who also is ex-pected
to arrange for exhibit space
and other details in connection with
the exhibits. Entertainment fea-tures
will be devised under the di-rection
of J. A. Kellenberger, while
a special committee will secure
rooms for delegates. E. B. Jeffress
is chairman of the finance commit-tee
appointed to raise the necessary
funds for the big meeting. The good
roads gathering is scheduled for the
week of April 18-23.
ILLICIT DISTILLING
CHARGE IS BROUGHT.
Lee Jackson was arraigned before
Justice D. H. Collins Tuesday morn-ing
on a charge of illicit distilling.
Testimony was presented by the
prcsecution to show that the de-fendant
was caught while running
on: of his house with parts of a
blockade still in his possession.
Jackson waived examination and
furnished' an appearance bond of
$500. The case is scheduled for
trial next week in Superior court.
REGISTRARS ARE CHOSEN
FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
The city commissioners Monday
afternoon appointed E. E. Phillips
registrar for Gilmer township and
J. L. Tysor registrar for Morehead
township lor the municipal election
to be held May 3. R. A. Ollmpr and
T. O. McLean wUl serve af pollhold-ers
for the Gilmer precinct, while In
Morehead R. G. Watt and J- R-Cutehln
are to serve in a similar ca-pacity.
At this election seven coun-c
11men will be chosen.
MARRIAGE LICENSES NOW
MOST DIFFICULT TO GET.
The difficulty of procuring a mar-riage
license since the legislature
enacted the eugenics law seems to
he a source of annoyance among ap-plicants
for such documents. The
restrictions., are sueh that in some
cases the dUneuKtes appear to be
welt-night insuperable. However.
yesterday one license was actually
Issued by Register of Deeds R. H.
Wharton. who signed it after the
applicant had procured all the cer-tificates
required ur.ier the law. A
physician signed a certificate as to
the health ot the man and woman,
at the same time certifying that
neither had ever been adjudged an
idiot, imbecile* nt*» -of* unsound
mind.
ALLIED TROOPS ONCE MORE
' i MARCH INTO GERMANY
NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF—
.PENALTIES TO BE VISITED .
i UPON GERMANY. .
London, March 7—Application of
'the penalties upon Germany for
non-fuiaiiment of hex reparations
requirements were announced to the
fffflPMP last Thursday by Mr.
Moidi Beoege.
■vOcttfcjfttea 0[ the cities ot Duls-
*|rtsJ>«^*»eldort and Ruhrort, in
t«e German Industrial area beyond
**» *#na.-by troops ot the allies.
~.. JmgJMtftm by each allied country
«pMMJ|;'«:in5 upon German imports
a* it may; deem fitting.
:-vThe. establishment of a customs
boundary under allied control along
the Rhine.
C Germany WUl Appeal.-
London. March 7.—Germany will
appeal to the league -of nations
against the actions ot the allies in
imposing penalties for non-fulfill-ment
of her reparations obligations.
--Dr. Simons In his reply to Mr.
Lloyd George, said:
. "Germany is not a member of the
league, bnt she has signed the pact
of the league, and I therefore an-nounce
in the name ot the German
government an appeal to the assem-
Hy^or the league of nations against
the sanctions with which we ere
'menaced."
JUDGE DISMISSES CASE
INSTITUTED BY ELLIS.
' Judge James E. Boyd, of the Fed-eral
court, signed an order Monday
dismissing the case ot W. B. Ellis
against Clara N. Ellis, his wife.
Judge Boyd ruled that there was no
diverse citizenship, that both the
plaintiff an dthe defendant are cit-izens
of the state. In bringing suit
against his wife the plaintiff alleged
that about twenty years ago he
deeded his property in Wlnston-Sa-lem
to her and that subsequently
she w-ofused to return the property
to him.- He was seeking 'to recover
the property.
MBS. DORA LEF. BIVIK8
DIES AT REVOLUTION HOME.
CLINIC IS ESTABLISHED
BY HOSPITAL AND CHURCH.
A free clinic for the worthy poor
of the community has been estab-lished
here by the Church by the
Side of the Road, Presbyterian;
Park Place church and Wesley Long
hospital. The Wesley Long hospital
has been agreed upon as the loca-
-tlGR. of. the aJtnic. . A'strwng ■medi- tatast-which will occupy. Dussel-caj
staff will co-operate with she
hosrital workers, providing tree
treatment for the needy. The clinic
is open daily except Sunday.
JOHN A. GREEN TALKS
TO BUSINESS MEN HERE.
John A.' Green, of Cleveland. O-former
president of th*?r Mattonaii-Uetetraincfor hems tomorrow.
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CITY BUILDING IS
VISITOR'S SUBJECT.
How individuals may contribute
to the greatness ot cities was force-fully
pointed out by Howard Strong,
former secretary ot the Chamber of
Commerce of Rochester, N. Y.. and
former president of the National As-sociation
of Commercial Organiza-tion
Secretaries, in an address at
the Guilford hotel yesterday after-noon.
The talk of Mr. Strcng. who
is with the American City Bureau,
was the chief feature of the Cham-ber
of Commerce mid-week meeting.
His subject was "Itour Home Town
and You."
Retail Grocers' Association'.-; at*
dressed a large number 6t retail
and wholesale grocers at the court
house last night. The talk was op-timistic,
Mr. Green predicting an
era of great prosperity. He declar-ed
the grocers of Greensboro should
organize—tor the ultimate good of
the consumer as well as their own
good.
GREENSBORO COLLEGE IS
SUBJECT OF ROTARIANS.
Troops March Into Germany.
London, March 7.—The negotla-tiopfc
over the German indemnity
were broken to-day; action comes
tomorrow with the march of French,
British and Belgian forces into Ger-many
and the occupation of a large
section of her richest manufactur-ing
country. Even now the allied
troops aTe on the move, for a late
Berlin dispatch says that French
■dbrf; have advanced to "Within *!x
miles of that city.
The allied: ultimatum was fore-closed
apparently with reluctance
by the British prime minister. The
French do not appear regretful,
while the Germans, left. Lancaster
house, where the conferences have
been held, plainly depressed, to take
Greensboro College was the cen-tral
topic at Tuesday's meeting of
the Rotary club. Interesting talks
were made by Rev. S. B. Turren-tine.
D. D., president of the col-lege;
Rev. W. M. Curtis, secretary
and treasurer; Mrs. Lucy H. Robert-son,
president emeritus, and Miss
Laurie Lawrence, president of the
student council.
High Point Ma» Jailed.
Oscar Mitchell, of High Point,
yesterday afternoon was brought to
Greensboro and p1a%l in the county
jail. He had been arraigned in the
'Municipal court of High Point on
the charge of retailing whiskey.
Probable cause was found and in de-fault
of $1,200 bond the defendant
was ploced in jail. The case is to
be .tried in Superior court here next
■week. . i
EDWARD N. McNULTY DD3S
AT HIS RESIDENCE HERE.
The death' of Edward Neville Me-
Nulty occurred at his home on
North Park Drive at 10.30 Tuesday
night, following an attack of acute
dilation of the heart. His widow
survive* Mr. McNulty. who was 35
years of age. had been a resident ot
Greensboro several rears, having
moved to this city from Charleston,
S C. He was district manager of
the Garford Motor Truck Company.
Mr. McNulty was a member of the
First Presbyterian church .
Preddy-Anderson Wedding.
Miss Mary McCollum Preddy, ot
this city, and P. Van Anderson, of
I Danville, Va., were united in mar-t
riage Tuesday afternoon at the
home of the bride's mother, Mrs.
Mary McCollum Preddy, on Belle-meade
street. Only a few Intimate
friends and relatives witnessed the
ceremony, which was performed- by
Rev. W. A. Lambeth, ot High Point,
a former pastor of the bride, assist-ed
by Rev. J. H. Earnhardt,"of this
city.
Immediately following the cere-mony
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson left
for a visit to Florida. They will re-side
in Danville, where Mr.' Ander-son
is prominently engaged in busi-ness.
The bride is a charming and
accomplished young lady.
Fx-cure Guarantee For Festival.
Amounts totaling $15,225 have
been pledged in order to.iasure suc-cessful
development Ot plans for the
Greensboro Music Festival, an event
scheduled for May 13 and 14.
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Greensboro Highs Defeated.
I wo long- ilt'jirp-cl ti» ronfet-.
ehce threshed out the, -final ..break
hefc-re Marshal Foca, and Field Mar-shal
Wilson wrote telegrams order-ing
the commanders at the front to
execute the orders already, given to
them. Dr. Simons, the German for-eign
secretary, presented an alter-nate
plan,- whereby Germany agneed
to pay the annunitles for the first
five years demanded in the Paris
plan, and- also the equivalent of the
proposed 12 per cent tax on exports,
but clung to the conditions for the
retention of Upper Silesia and
world-wide freedom of German
trade.
Germans Playing For Time.
Mr. Lloyd George, delivering
judgment for the allies, said they
deeply deplored the necessity of the
decision, while Dr. Simons clung to
the last to the contention that the
Paris demands were impossible for
Germany to fulfill. The allies re-garded
the German course as strat-egy
for delay, and the latest plan
was one whereby the whole treaty
would have to be reconsidered and
debated after five years, when Ger-many
might hold a more favorable
position. Dr. Simons finally asked
for further time in which to consult
the German cabinet. This was de-nied.
The French army will furnish the
bulk of the forces for the new mareh
into Germany.. Great Britain's con-tribution
in. men will be only large
enough to show her solidarity with
the alfles, who wait with the deep-est
interest for any sign from Wash-ington
,of the American govern-ment's
attitude toward the new en-terpriee.
General feeling In England' ap-pears
to be one of relief, without
enthusiasm. The prime minister ex-plained
the position in the house of
commons tonight in a speech in
Mrs. Dora Lee Blvlne, aged 38,
died at 11 o'clock yesterday morn-ing
at her residence, 11 Cypress
street. Revolution. Death followed
a long illness. She is survived by
her husband, W..S. Bivins; father,
Edward Miles; brother, John H.
Miles, and tour sisters, Mrs. J. F.
Miles, Mrs. H. P. Jackson, Mrs.
Henry Miles and Mrs. Mary Snider.
The funeral services will be con-ducted
at 10 o'clock Sunday morn-ing
at Revolution 'Baptist church by
Rev. B. G. Whitlej, pastor ot Mrs.
Bivins, and the remains will be in-terred
at Summerfield.
DR. STANTON PROBABLE
SUCCESSOR TO MR. COX.
Dr. D. A. Stanton, of High Point,
will probably succeed J. Elwood
Cox, of that city, as a member of
the Guilford county highway com-mission,
according to seemingly au-thoritative
information obtained
here.
Mr. Cox recently was appointed a
member of the state highway com-mission
and he Is expected to resign
as a member of the county commis-sion.
Dr. Stanton and Mr. Cox are
both prominent Republicans. Under
the law the county commission must
be composed of two Democrats and
one Republican,
GIBSONYILLE PEOPLE '
ASKING FOR HIGHWAYS.
COMMISSIONERS ARE TOLD OF
URGENT f^ED OF IMPROVE-MENT
OF SOUTHEAST.
Road improvements in southeast
Guilford in the vicinity of Gibson-ville
are greatly needed, according
to statements made to the county
commissioners and the county high-way
commissioners in session here
this week. A delegation of about
sO men and women from the south-eastern
part' of the county presented
the claims of that part ot Guilford.
R was particularly desired that
the hard-surfaced road from Greens-boro
to the Alamance county line, a
distance of about 12 miles be com-pleted.
R. K. Davenport, Harry <B. Grime-ley,
Mrs. 8. V. Riser, H. F. Hufflnes.
Dr. W. T. WhUsett and a number ot
other speakers urged the improve-ments.
Difficulty of trading la
Greensboro because of the poor
roads was emphasized.
Chairman Tucker, of the board
of commissioners, told the delega-tion
that the board would at least
provide temporary relief . on the
lateral roads In the southeast.
J. Elwood Cox, of the county
highway commission. Indicated that
everything possible would' be done
to expedlate the construction of
good roads in southeastern Guilford
as well as in other parts of the
county.
Eldridge-Clarke Marriage.
At 9 o'clock last night Miss Sailie
Henderson Eldridge and Lamar
Gladney Clarke were married at the
home of the bride's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Eldridge, SS5 North
Klm.,street. Both the bride and the
bridegroom era very popular in 'this
their home city, as well as else-where.
' By the score of 33 to 27, the j which there waa no^note of ju-bila-
Charlotte team defeated the Greens- tion. The majority of English news-
' boro quint in a fast game of basket-ball
in Charlotte Tuesday night. To-
. night Charlotte and- Leaksville will
struggle for the h!gn school-cham-pionship
of the western half ot the
state.
papers have taken the view that the
most important Toint involved was
that the allies should stand togeth-er,
while the French press has free-ly
voiced its fears that Lloyd George
might desert France. All recogniz-
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W. P. Dalton Is Arraigned.
Probable cause was the finding of
Justice D. H. Collins Monday in the
case against W. P. Dalton, who was
charged with selling whiskey. J. C.
Cox was the chief witness of the
prosecution testifying that Dalton
sold him whiskey here last week.
Dalton furnished bond in the sum
of $500 for his appearance in Su-perior
court next week.
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ed that if M. Briand returned to
Paris bearing the burdens of a con-cession
to Germany his premiership
was doomed.
Allies Deplore It.
Premier Lloyd George in his
speech announcing that the German
proposals were not acceptable said:
"We all deeply deplore having to
come to this decision in the interest
of the peace of the world, and. de-spite
the fact that our action is
liable to a good deal of misapprehen
sion in our own countries, we have
made an effort to secure a better
understanding, and it is not for lack
of effort and discussion that I have
now to announce on behalf ot the
allies, this failure to come to any-thing
like an approximate under-standing
with German/."
Explaining why the latest propo-sals
of Dr. Simons were inadequate,
Mr. Lloydi George said it was essen-tial
in the interest ot the peace of
the world that there should be a
definite settlement of outstanding
questions between the alUes and
Germany. Germany, the allies and
neutrals urged it.
"That is an appeal to common
sense." he continued. "It is perfect-ly
true that the experts, failing to
come to an agreement, made some
suggestions about trying to agree
for five years, but that was not a
plan which was adopted by any con-ference
of statesmen. We wanted
each of us to know where^we stood."
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Checks For Fire Department.
■ The Greensboro fire department
Is in receipt of a check for $200
from the Vick .Chemical Company as
a token of the company's apprecia-tion
of the "splendid work" of the
firemen "in fighting the very stub-born
blaze in cur Arcade building.
Friday, March 4." The department
also has received a check for f50
from Jos. J, Stone 4 Co, as ev'donce
of-the. gratitude of ^hat...concern for
the effective work of the firemen at
the time of the Arcade fire. t
Over 800 Chinese Drowned.
Hong Kong, March 8.—More than
300 Chinese are believed to have
been drowned in the wrack of. the
steamer Hong Moh on Lemock Is-land,
off the port of Swatow, Kwahg-tung
province, on March S,' news of ,
which was reoeived here to-day.
The steamer, which is a' British
vessel ot 3,900 tons owned in Sing-apore,
carried 1.100 Chinese on her
present trip and only 248 of these
have been reported as rescued. K
J. E. Enry Passes.
J. E. Enry, aged 70 years, died
at the home of J. C. Wright.. 2-3
Latham street, Pomona, Tuesday
morning, after a short illness. There-are
no surviving relatives. The fu-neral
was held yesterday afternoon
at the residence ot Mr. Wright, in-terment
following ;n the Pomona
cemetery.
Officers Secure Still.
Tuesday afternoon Deputy Sher-iffs
Boatman Clark and J. A. Hobbs
captured a 50-gallon blockade still
near Brown Summit. The officers
poured out about 300 gallons ot
beer w^ich they found near the il-licit
distilling plant. There were
no arrests.
Thanks Judge For Fine.
In Municipal court yesterday Ern-est
Mills, a white man, when fined
$15 for being drunk and disorderly,
thanked Judge C. A. Jones tor im-posing
ths fine.
Harry S. Wilder Very 111.
Reports indicate that the condi-tion
of Harry (B. Wilder, the yeas*;
man who is thought to have beep
poisoned by wood alcohol or soms
drngs, remains quRe serins.
Greensboro Girls Victors.
At Guilford College last night t>
I basketball team composed of girls
of the Greensboro high school de-feated
the Reidsvllle high school
girla. 23-11.
Toronto to Play Here.
The Toronto club of the Interne.-,
tional league will play an erhibitioa
' game here April 7 with the Greens-boro
club of the Piedmont league.
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