The Greensboro patriot [June 23, 1921]

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GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1921. VOL. 100. NO. 50
COURT MAKING
PROGRESS TBIS WEEK
„....„,. IUWER IS FIRING IN
*"' .,,,.r.l»KRlXKWORTTO
15 ,-i KAX nofmm.
, nr.«rMS lias been made dur-
. . firgt three days of the term
in? lllc
0( criming
!!!L\lrw<»>' pronounced by Judge
,v W1u ..mount in the aggregate
or more of years "work on
court which convened
and the total sen-flsleJ'
to a K■
core
roads by various indtrid-
Rower doesn't waste
:ll"t er the mill begins to
,se county
uals-
Soliciior
much ti«« ...
rind, ie sticks to business, is ta-
■riltar
anJ h""
tlMr i;,e docket at all old eases of
ion; standing.
and Leroy Hoff-stoldiers
who at-
James Cummings,
Gibsonvtlle several
each sentenced to
».th the nature of his duties
making a special effort to
Swan Doggett
man. the young
tempted to rob
taxi driver, near
weeks ago. were
serte two years on the county roada.
Doggett and Hoffman hired Mr.
Cummings to take them to Burllng-ton
and while en route to that city,
it is alleged that they knocked the
unconscious with a piece of
had been concealed BB- I "fact upon the recommendation **
and attempted to
driter
pipe whi<-h
der Doggett'a coat
steal the car.
Sam Gordon, white, charged with
burglary, submitted to forcible trs".
pass an.1 was sentenced to seTve two
years on the county roads. Gordon,
it is alleged, entered the home ot
Miss Betty Stein on South Ehn
6!ree, several weeks ago. He was
found there by officers Who stated
tiut he «as drunk at the time of his
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!., . La:her. white, was given a
.... . ot '. 1 months for retailing
wliiskey II- submitted to the charge
s:-j- -he state's evidence had been
present*'.
Danxey, negro, facing
arses of forgery, pleaded
. all cases. He was given
- on the county roads for
offense and' prayer for
judgment was continued in the re-m
tin n: six cases.
David Myers, negro, pleaded guilty
:niUr charge and was given a
>: six months.
n Mi Kiway, negro, was con-
• ■: five charges of larceny and
■•:. .1 sentence of six months
..■-: offense, judgment being
the other cases.
Wade, negro, pleaded guilty
- of larceny and obtaining
.: .er false pretenses and a
•! sentence of four months
ised in each case, the sen-ake
effect upon the recorn-
-. -.i the solicitor.
Bass, negro, charged with
abandonment, declared that he was
i support his wife and judg-
- suspended upon payment
Bass to appear at the next
i-ourt to show that he is
mi his wife.
King, white, was found
. an assault with a deadly
iiu" sentence was not given
tenced to serve one year on the coun-ty
convfct force for breaking and
entering.
"W4U Fox was given a sentence of
two years for manufacturing whis-key.
He also pleaded guilty of es-caping
from the county roads and:
of carrying a concealed weapon, but
Judgment -was continued in these
cases.
Clyde Wills, white, was found
guilty of two charges of forcible
trespass and drew a sentence of four
months for each offense. He was al-so
fined $50 and costs tor carrying
a concealed weapon.
E. S. Wiley was found guilty of
retailing, of having whiskey in his
possession for sale and of receiving
more than a quart of whiskey with-in
15 days. He was fined $200 and
costs for each of the first and last
cases and drew a sentence of aiz
months on the county roads for the
second offense, the sentence to take
effect on the recommendation of the
solicitor. He is also to report at
the June tertn of court each year for
iwo years to show good behavior.
John Ward pleaded guilty to hav-ing
whiskey for sale and judgment
was continued upon payment of
costs.
George Kllapoulis, charged with
short-changing, was found guilty by
the Jury. Sentence was not passed
Ida Gleason, white, was given a
four months' jail sentence for im-moral
vagrancy, sentence to take ef-
MERCHANTS GATHER HERE
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
ENTHUSIASM PERMEATES THEIR
MEETINGS A\D CO-OPERATION
"' IS PREACHED BY ALL.
LEGAL ARGUMENT IN POWER
CASE BEGAN YESTERDAY
BIG BATTLE NEARING END AF-TER
A STRENUOUS FIGHT BE-FORE
JUDGE J. E. BOYD.
The 19th annual convention of
the North Carolina 'Merchants' Asso-ciation
convened in this city Tues-day
afternoon and since- that t*me'
the retail men have been holding
meetings, both large and small, to
the mutual benefit of all attending.
The convention was called to or-der
in the O. Henry Hotel by Presi-dent
R. B. Peters, of Tarboro. In-vocation
waa offered by Rev. R.
^Murphy Williams, pastor of the
Ohurch of the Covenant, and imme-diately
thereafter a most cordial
welcome was extended to the visi-tors
by J. Norman Wills, of the OdeU
Hardware Company. Mayor M. E.
Nawsom, of Durham, replied m
pleasant vein to the welcome of Mr.
Wills.
In his annual address President
Peters spoke of the peculiar rela-
The argument of counsel in the
action Instituted by the North Car-olina
'Public Service Company, the
cities ot Greensboro and High Point
hgainst the Southern Power Com-pany
began yesterday morning ami
•Was concluded to-day with a final
appeal in behalf of the defendant
by Attorney E. T. Cansler, of Char-lotte.
The opening gun was fired
'Tuesday morning by Judge W. P.
'•Bynium, while O. L. Sapp spoke
'Tuesday afternoon. Yesterday
morning W. S. O'B. Robinson, of
counsel for the Southern Power
Company, made the introductory
'address, he being followed by R. R.
-King, representing the Public Ser-vice
Company. Yesterday afternoon
A. L. Brooks made a forceful ad-dress
to the court, his argument
consuming most of the afternoon
TRUE BILLS AGAINST
EDWARDS AND TALLEY.
tion which the merchant occupies in session.
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in which Walter Garrett.
i .;e<! with an assault on
.vas continued for the
■ iv, negro boy, pleaded
■ rowing a raiilroad switch.
. alleged accomplice of
•■ i.- acquitted.
• he most sordid cases of
was tried in Superior court
morning, when Marvin Hall
wife, Christine Hall, defen-were
convicted of prostitu-
HJII iwas sentenced to serve
'■ on the county roads while
* . »'■> <lrew six months suspended
iail sentpnce.
According to evidence produced it
'PPeared that Hall, a ,man of about
' ' ■ of age. solioited^ men for
"iitions with his wife, a girl
1 s years old.
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the solicitor.
Prayer for Judgment was conHn-ued
in the case of Bertha Long,
charged with misconduct.
S. I. Sutton, charged with an as-sault
upon a female, was released
upon payment ot costs, judgment
being continued.
WfH King, found guilty Monday
of an assault with a deadly weapon,
was sentenced' to serve six months
on the county roads, the sentence to
begin August 1. He was required
to give bond of $1,000 for his ap-pearance
to begin the sentence.
John Huntly pleaded guilty to
having whiskey in his possession
forfcale and to a charge of retailing.
He was fined $200 and costs for the
first offense and was given a sus-pended
sentence ot six months for
the second charge.
Gilmer Jones, charged with break-ing
and entering, .failed to appear
and a capias was issued for his ar-rest.
A. E. Shields, charged with an as-sault
with a deadly weapon, was
discharged upon payment of costs.
The charge came as a result of a
woman being hit by a car driven by
Mr. Shields. It was shown to the
court that a satisfactory settlement
had been made with the injured
woman by Mr. Shields.
Jim Walker was found guilty of
manufacturing whiskey but sentence
was not passed.
Wednesday morning the case of
Jake Crawford, negro, charged with
two offenses, was the first to be call-ed.
He was convicted of obstruct-ing
a highway and also ot breaking
and entering. For the first count he
received a sentence of six months on
the county roads -while for the more
serious offense he was given two
years.
H. F. Freeman and Mary B.
Langley, both white, entered pleas
of nolo coutendere on a charge of
immoral conduct. Prayer for judg-ment
was continued in each case on
payment of costs. Freeman being re-quired
to give bond for $100 to ap-pear
at June. 1922, term of crimi-nal
court and show good behavior.
■Mary B. Langley, facing a second
charge, plead guilty to running a
disorderly house and a judgment
similar to the former one was en-tered.
Llgie Bonnie, negro, convicted of
breaking and entering, was directed
to be given free board during
The grand jury for the present
term of Superior court returned
true bills Tuesday afternoon against
Carl Talley and Lewis Edwards, the
indictment charging both men with,
the murder of Policeman W. T. Mc-
Cuiston. Edwards has been held in
jail since iMcCuiston's death but Tal-ley
has eluded' the officers to date.
It is reported that Edwards desires
a continuance of <his case until the
next term of court, which will be
held August 22, his request being
based on the fact that a near rela-tive
of his attorney is seriously ill.
I The grand Jury tied Its report
late Tuesday afternoon and after
receiving an expression of apprecia-tion
from Judge Finley for the
splendid service it had rendered, the
jury was permanently discharged.
The same grand jury has served
since the January term of criminal
court.
M.P. ORPHANAGE WILL HAYE
NEW DORMITORY FOR BOYS
MODERN STRUCTURE WILL BE
BUILT ADJOINING MAIN
BUILDING OF HOME.
2:,
illicit
aboic
ooper was sentenced to
*'* months on .the county
''"'u for non-support of his wife.
,""*'- >'d Hill, young white man
»< •-1 with an assault on a female
";' intent to rape, .was found
'':•' ot an assault upon a female
w a sentence of two years on
th chain
M,
»*ang.
K- Led well, negro, was sea-the
business world. The merchants,
he declared, are especially touched
when any readjustment sets in, yet
he expressed the opinion that they
have borne their losses and helped
others dependent upon their good
will.
... Reports from-James H. Pou, at-torney
for the association, J. Frank
<Morrls, bead of the association in-surance
department, 'Elmer Oettln-ger.
of the legislative committee,
and Charles H. McKnight. of the ar-bitration
department, were beard
Tuesday afternoon.
Tuesday night the various groups
of merchants met around' the ban-quet
tables at the O. Henry and dis-cussed
their individual problems.
The furniture dealers, the hardware
men, the dry goods merchants and-other
groups were classified and
were given the opportunity of study-'
ins their particular problems. Oov
UmiBm was apparent at every gath-ering
and the anticipation of better
times ahead was voiced by every
speaker.
The principal speaker on yester-day's
program was Andreas Burk-hardt,
of Cincinnatti, president of
the National Association of Retail
Clothiers. Following his address
the convention was turned over to a
business meeting of the officers of
the Merchants" Mutual Fire Insur-ance
Company.
J. Frank Morris, of Winston-Sa-lem,
president of the fire insurance
association, rendered a splendid re-port
showing the progress of the or-ganization
during the past year.
Reports were heard from Secretary
Paul Leonard and Treasurer Paul
Poston. both ot Statesville.
A big feature of yesterday's do-ings
was a basket picnic served at
»Guilford Battle Ground, given by
the local merchants in honor of the
visitors. It was a sumptuous array
of good things to eat and the quan-tities
of food spread out on the long
tables disappeared in short order
following the call to "fall to."
The convention convened this
morning and meetings will be he'.J
throughout the day. The final event
of the program will be held tonight.
DR E. O. BROOKS ADDRESSED
SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS.
The hearing ot the testimony be-
;«an a week ago to-day and vast
quantities of evidence have been
presented to the court. The object
of the contest is to force the South-ern
Power Company, a producer ot
electric current, to renew contracts
wfth the North Carolina Public Ser-vice
Company, local distributor of
electric power in Greensboro and
High Point. A contract existed be-tween
the tiwo corporations for the
period of ten years, terminating
January 1, 19-21, and the Southern
Power Company has refused to re-new
its original contract or to agree
to a continuation thereof. The
question has been threshed out in
the state courts and finally landed
in the Federal court. Both parties
to the controversy have expressed
the intention of carrying the case to
the Supreme court of the United
States.
Counsel for the Public Service
Company have contended that the
power company should treat the lo-cal
distributing company with the
same consideration accorded to
other retail corporations. The South-ern
Power Company, on the other
hand, declares that it owes no duty
to the Public Service Company, but
admits its duty to the citizens ot the
two cities and declares a willing-ness
to provide both cities with elec-tric
current.
While the decision of Judge
Boyd, whose opinions on weighty
matters have been invariably sus-tained
by the higher courts, will
give temporary satisfaction to one
side, the case will not rest after his
decision has been rendered. The
suit will be carried to the highest
courts in the land and the final de-termination
of the cause will be
noted with interest throughout the
country.
Dr. E. <J. Brooks, state superin-tendent
of education, delivered an
interesting address Tuesday morn-ing
to the students at the summer
school session of North Carolina
College for Women. Dr. Brooks
talked to the prospective young
teachers regarding the problems
that would confront them and he
gave timely advise from the vast
store of experience that be has gain-ed.
He cautioned the teachers to
adapt themselves to the surround-ings
of the community in which they
teach and impressed Che vadue of co-operation.
He also urged the culti-vation
of a sense of humor, where it
does not now exist.
The address was concluded by an
earnest appeal for the . cultivation
of good-will, he d»claring that "the
greatest quality in mankind is the
spirit of good-will."
Announcement was made yoster-day
by the building committee of the
Methodist Protestant Children's
Home, located near 'High Point on
the main highway between *hat city
and Greensboro, that a modern dor-mitory
will be erected in the Imme-diate
future to be used for boya
committed to the institution. Tks>
addition to the home win cost about
$50,000, one bait of which sum. baa
been contributed by George Penny
and J. C. Penny, ot this city.
After the new building has been
completed the boys will have a dor-mitory
and the girls will have their
dormitory, while the addition will
permit an increase of 30 children to
be taken at the home.
Plans for the new dormitory call
for a modern building, of Are proof
construction and containing at least
10-bed rooms.
The building committee of the
home is composed ot George Penny,
chairman; J. C Penny and J. M.
MUTlikan. of this city: V. W. Idol
and Capt. A. M. Rankin, of High
Point.
T. 8. EWERS DIED THURSDAY;
FUNERAL HEIiD YESTERDAY.
BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
ELECTED OFFICERS.
the
At the regular meeting of the
Gieensboro Builders' Association
held Monday night, J. N. Longest
was elected president. Other offi-cers
chosen were W. B. Enoch, vice
president; C. J. McMichael, secre-tary-
treasurer. Members of the
board of directors will be W. B.
Enoch, R. E. Mendenhall, L. R.
Pierson, R. L. Al'.red and J. «. Mc-
Clamroch.
Optimism over prospective busi-ness
prevailed at the meeting and
next two years at the county convict the buiid«rs were unanimous in ex-camp—
Lige to pay for his board by rre33|ng the sentiment that better
hard labor on the roads. conditions may be expected
Bud Byerly. white, pleaidi guilty the approaching year,
to receiving more than one quart of
whiskey in 15 days. Prayer for
judgment was continued on pay-ment
of costs.
Lim Stout and .John Crawford,
both white, being charged with the
lircesy and receiving of two auto-mobile
tires from the- Coco Cola
Bottling Company, were found not
guilty Of larceny, but convicted by
the jury of having received the arti-cle,
knowing that'they were stolen,
judgment was not passed yesterday.
during
A delightful
buffet supper was served at the con-clusion
of the meeting by the Oet-tirrger
Lumber Company.
Mrs. J" V. Craddock HI.
Mrs. L. V. Craddock left last
night for Baltimore to undergo spe-cial
treatment. Since an attack of
Influenza a year or more ago Mrs.
Craddiock has suffered from HI
heilth and sUe goes to 3al-.!mor» to
consult specialists. ,
DR. ROWE SELECTED ro
EDIT QUARTERLY REVIEW.
Word was conveyed here by tele-gram
yesterday announcing the fact
that Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, at present
editor of the North Carolina Chris-tion
Advocate, publication Of the
North Carolina Conferences of the
Methodist church, has been chcsen
editor of the Quarterly Review, pub-lication
of the Southern Methodist
church. The news of the high honor
conferred on Dr. Rowe was sent
from Nashville. Tenn., by J. A.
Oiell, of this city.
Dr. Rowe had assumed his duties
as editor of the Advocate less than
a year ago. He has filled most of
the larger appointments in this
state and is regarded as one of the
brainiest men of the Southern Meth-odist
church. His friends will re-joice
at the signal recognition of his
ability by the directors of the churcb
publication at Nashville.
MR: 4KX1TT WILL REMAIN IN
CHARGE OF COUNTY HOME.
S. J. Scott, for several years su
perintendent of the county borne
has reconsidered his resignation
tendered last month and has agreed
to remain in charge of the institu-tion
ifor several months longer. A
number of applications were receiv-ed
by the county commissioners
Tuesday from persons desiring to
secure, the appointment, but in view
of Mr. Scott's decision to remain,
no action was taken in regard to
them.
A proposition was tendered the
county for the location of a hitch-ing
lot on the old King property,
near Greene street, and adjoining
the site recently selected for the
new tobacco warehouse. This mat-ter
Was continued until the next
meeting.
Announcement was made that the
next regular meeting of the board
will be held on Tuesday, July 5, the
regular meeting time falling on
Monday, July 4.
Thomas S. Ewers died Tuesday af-ternoon
at 2.15 o'clock after an ill-ness
ot about a month's duration.
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock
from the late home of the deceased,
Scott apartments.
Mr. Ewers was division superin-tendent
of the Weyman, Bruton
Company, and had lived in this city
during the past six years. He was
a prominent member of the local
Masonic lodge.
Surviving are his wtfe, who was
formerly Miss Estelle Ltpscomb, of
Baltimore; one daughter, Mrs. C. H.
Williams, of Lexington, and one
brother, W. A. Ewers, of Shlpman,
Va.
CONTRACT LET FOR SAND CLAY
ROAD TOWARD KIMESVIL.LE.
H. MARTIN BUYS JOHN
WINDER SERVICE STATION.
Child of L. E. Sikes Dead.
Alton W. Sikes, the young son ot
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Sikes, died Mon-day
morning at the home of .his pa-rents,
three miles northeast tof this
city. The funeral was conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 6 o'clock at
Buffalo church. Rev. E. Frank Lee
officiating. Burial followed, in the
church cemetery.
, The lsd was Zour and one-half
years old and was the only child of
his parents. Death followed after
aa illness o! oae d;y wifa septic
maslngiUs.
. Announcement has been made of
the purchase by L. H. Martin of the
service station operated by John
Winder at the corner of North Elm
and Gaston Streets. Mr. Martin is
reported to be negotiating for the
purchase of o.her service stations in
the city.
The business conducted by Mr.
Winder was begun about three years
ago and has developed into a suc-cessful
institution. Mr. Martin is
well known in the city, he having re-sided
here during the past 15 years.
He was at one time secretary ot the
Greensboro Y. 'M. C. A.
Patterson-Belote Wedding.
Miss Imogene Patterson and E. E.
Belote were married last night at
the home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
C. T. Lipscomb, on West Market
street. The ceremony was perform-ed
by Dr. J. H. Earnhardt in the
presence of immediate relatives and
a few most intimate friends.
Miss Patterson is a daughter of
Mrs. W. E. Patterson, of this city.
Mr. Belote is a native of Jackson-ville,
Fla., and has been connected
for several years with the National
Biscuit Company, at High Point. He
now holds a responsible position
with the Carolina Bakery Company,
of tfiis city.
The highway commission of Guil-ford
county awarded a contract
Monday afternoon for the construc-tion
of a sand clay road leading from
Alamance church to Kimesvilla, a
distance of 12 miles. The contract
was given to Sam L. Davis Construc-tion
Company, their bid of $32,-
26S.50 being the lowest among the
11 estimates filed by competing con-tractors.
It has been intimated that the
road from the end of the paving ton
Asheboro street extension to Ala-mance
church will be improved with
some type of hard' surfaced road.
The thoroughfare is a prominent
one, subjected to heavy travel, and
at present is in a rough condition.
J. M. HENDRIX CALLED TO rf|
BALTIMORE BY WIFE'S fLLNESS
J. M. Hendrix left last night for
Baltimore to be wibh his wife, who
is undergoing special treatment in
that city. A message received yes-terday
advised that the condition of
Mrs. Hendrix was serious. Her
many friends will hope for ber early
recovery.
Thomas-Edmunds Marriage.
J. R. Edmunds. Jr., ot this city,
and Miss Beatrice Thomas, of Som-ersett,
Va., were married May 14 at
Charlottesvitle, Va., announcement
of the wedding having been made
this week. Mr. Edmunds is a son
of County Surveyor and Mrs. J. R.
Edmunds, of Greensboro.
Mr. Edmunds lis a student at the
University Of Virginia, wbere he ia
studying law. He will complete bis
course next year and. will return to
make his home in this city.
Howard Shaw Died Yesterday.
Little Howard Shaw, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Shaw, died
early yesterday morning at the home
of bis parents, near Center church,
north of this city. Death was due to
meningitis.
Funeral services were conducted
this morning at 11 o'clock at Caav
ter ca-urch.
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