The Greensboro patriot [December 15, 1921]

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ESTABLISHED 1821. GREENSBORO, N. C. THUBSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1921. VOL. 100. NO. 100
HIGHWAY ROBBERY CHARGE
IS SUSTAINED IN COURT
* p\TTERSON HAS NOT YET
|(I-K\ SKNTKXOED—OTHER
CAS_S.
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
verdldt rendered
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
BY LOCAL LEGION POST
Seren Convicts Escape. [JACK STEVENS POST COMMAX-Asheville.
N Dec. 12.—Seven con-, J>ER AND JACK WRITE IS
victs escaped tromi the Cherokee I VICE COMMANDER.
county chaingang near Murphy last1
(jutHy was rne night. But one of the bandi, said to I JaK* Stevens Us the new comman-ll)
y the jury Tuesday afternoon in be the ring leader, "has been ajppre- der of the Henry K. Burtner post of
Cilford Superior court in the case hended. Bloodhounds are being the American legion land Jack White
•gainst .1. W. Mttersom, Who was B©mt from Chattanooga, but had not — *he vice'-commander. They were
.^arged wv-h hiigbmny robbery. Sen- arrived- up at noon today. 'euecSJed at the meeting df the post
tenKe has n'OD yet been paused.
The chief prosecuting witness was
j i>. Ka»..in'e, an aged mam of the
/In Dhe Hfks" clutorooms Monday
Pweajdner Cops to Memphis. rnlght. It was ^agreed -that a poet
Kinston, Dec. Ii2.—iRev. Bernard /anputant and other officers would
proximity mill village. Mr. Ratline J p. Smith, rato© has resigned the pas-J^a nominated by the new comtman-
».is knocked in the head .and robbed torate of Gordon Street Christian der *»d vlce-comimahder. .
0i slightly more than $400 on the church here, principal congregation ' Th1* "evening •was filled -With a
evening !- November 9. He identi-jot the Disciples of Christ in North multitude of invportarit business
jty Pi I ei'son as the man Who Carolina, is expected to leave his matters. 'Retiring Post (Commander
struai . ii and roibbedi Win* as he charge next month. He will assume B- T- Baynes, ,wbo presided, toM of
sr.fi 1"- ■ ring to returu ** hlis home! the pastorate of pne of the largest *hle fnVportlan'ce of .providing Cbri&t-fri,,)
n.ling his hogs on the edge churches In the south at Memphis. mae cheer for former service mSn
0l ifiie . illage. I Mr. Smith has ,been nere more than ,wlno are ncW i11- Eve-y man in
Patterson ^aid that he received ten years. Ward) C-4 of the government hospl-
.>- at iPi'oxin—ty shoi'tly after " .tal at BIWmore, watch has been as-
Big BoHer Explodes. signed to the Vocal (post, Will receive
ARMS PARLEY AT
DELICATE STAGE
his il>ay
nnoti 1.1 Noven.ibe-i b; .'iat he came
io (Jreen-'-oi'j between '£ 'and 3
oclook and went to High Point on
.train 35, leaving iGreemsboro *t
o.52 p. TO., and arrivimg at
Ooldalboro, Dec. 18.—The large a'box for Chirtstimas, he Stated. Ap-.
boller at the Empire Manufacturing ipe'tlzing things to eat will ,be pre- j
company exploded today, badly pared for the ex-service men In that
High scalding Wash Baker, fireman, and w'ard hy- (members of ithe Women's
partly wrecking the building. auxiliary of the .Henry K. Burtner
post.
Pastor Has Resigned. ' ltJ 13 important that the former
High Point, Dec. 12.—Rev. F. L. "service men at fit. J^eo1* hospital
Fiddler, the first and only pastor *nls c,tT. °e remembered at the
of the Eighth Street Baptist church iChrlstmaa season, too, the Tstiring
bJar*. has resigned aitd he and MTS. «*«* comsnander pointed out. He
Fiddler will return this week to ur*ed tb« l«*losnalres to visit those
their former home. . fellows.
_____ ! Something of his convention of
Tnssty Effects Escape. tne program which the post Should
point-shortly after 6; "that he went
to .the home of Will Scartooiough,
from there to a roomiing house;
from there the ne<: morning to
Aberdeen, ithence to Sanford, then
to Atlanta, returning subsequently
to Sanford, then to 'Raleigh and
then returning to Sanlford, where
he sMs arrested.
Will Scarborough and his broth-er,
as .well as two other witnesses,
testified that they feaw (Patterson in Raleigh, Dec. ,14.—WilMam Bail- «Purs»e during the mow year "Was oat-
High, Poirqt. at 7.20 on the evening ey, alias Z. D. ^Fincb. (trusty land lined by the new post comms>nder.
ot November 9. That a'biM was not yard man at(Oam!piNo. 3 of the **** lot the «a'"dlinal ideas which he
rigorously atitataked "by the state. In Wake oounty ,rt>ad fionee raear Bay- «»«8«8ted pertained to the creation
his remarks t'o the jury Solicitor J. .hot, stale la shot gun and some ot a r»Wef fund for 'former service
C. Bovver said it would not hare clothes and ran away yesterday 'men- Under this plan Greensboro
Washington^ Dec. ,14.—^The
arms conference delegated
have reached an agreement ton
all the m.a]6r issues or the na-val
ratio ibut sire encountering
new ddfflculties in their discus-sions
on tlhe far east.
The American "»5-5-3" ratio
forms the bafsis of the naval
settlement <hut there ia're Vo be
readjustment In the original
AimVgrican iplan to permit Ja-pan
to. retain her new battle-ship
iMntsu. The 'United States
•nd Ores;t .Britain will be giv-en
a compensative quota of
additional ships not yet de-termfnedi
in detail.
In the -far eastern negotia-tions
the 'latest element of con-troversy
is a request toy China
(or abrogation wf the treaties
resulting from Jalpan's famous
"21 demand*." When the re-quest
was (presenWed to toe
far eastern comimittee of the
whole tooay the Japanese
pibimpWy ob>ecxe,dl and the
comtmitVee adjourned.
. Oomtng at a time 'when the
l Shantung negotiations are at
a <oribtcal stage, the (CThinese
aibrogation proposal has some-what
lbefckra<|ed the proposal
(ft «*rr USBUIB ■ agresiaent,
but T»o*t of the delegates re-main
conffdesrt <of an animate
soroHoa.
NEWS OF THE NATION
Dog Proves Defective.
Albany, Ga., Dec. 12—Fred Tent-ers'
"friendly dog proved, an uncon-scious
traitor to afj mafter during
a raid on his place in Thomas coun-ty
by prohibition officers Saturday,
according to a story told toy J. W.
Griffin, federal prohibition
FOUR-POWER TREATY IS
EXCORIATED AT RALEIGH
BJIiL FOR REPEAL OF STATE
PRIMARY JJAW OFFFBRED^—
OTHER MEASURES.
Imlpontant developments witness-ed)
in RalSigh at the special session
of the state legislature during the
agent, last few days may toe epitomized as
here today. The dog went along fdllo'wts:
with the officers and led them to
various places where -whiskey was
hidden until they had found 12 gal-lons
of moonsMne. Temers was ar-rested.
Favor Direct Reports.
Washington, Dsc. 14.—'Reports
direct from cotton ginners of the
weight ot bales ot tins year's crop
would be secured toy the ddrector of
census under a resolution introduc-ed
today toy Senator Smith, Demo- Fisher, ol
Monday, December 12:
Resolutions denouncing the four-power
treaty presented do the dis-^
armament conference in Washing-ton
toy Senator Lodge introduced toy
Representative Everett, of Durham,
and iRepresentativ* Murphy, of
Rowan. The iresolutions, which call
upon Senators Simmons and Over-man
#o oTXpose the proposition, re-ferred
to the finance committee.
Bill introduced toy Representative
Tramsyavaaia, directing
crat, SOuth Carolina, who said it North .Carolina corportatlon corn-was
desired to have direct reports
to enable to a determination of how
much old cotton twee included in the
regular government reports.
Would Purchase Canal.
Washington, Dec. 12.—Purchase
by the federal government of Cape
Ood canal was recommended today
by Secretaries Weeks, Denby and
Hoover, who informed Congress
that MH.500,000 would be a "rea-sonable
price for the .property."
been impossible for Patterson to wtoile .the stewhrd was" a.Wa'y from
eoxknit the crime MS¥2 get to High camp. He had made afl.1 but £hre._>
Point by tt«* time, If 'the memlbeps months of a itrwo year sentence.
o; the jury were inc'lined ho believe
the alibi .witnestees. fThe defendan
was subjected 'to a rlg'id questioning
by H. L. Koontz, who was j<;^sting
the folic:':on in the iprroecvLion. S.
J. 3tcrn. l'egal coiun'sel for Patter-son,
made a hard light for
client.
W. <;. mnk-er, aged IS, from scfcTcMJarlea at the .foreign missid'n
California, was charged with poSTd tot the .United Lutheran
entering a pawnshop in this ctty church In America
and taking a wla.Uch and ring. /He
mem who .were in ;the service iwould
toe assisted .financially in case of
tercknesS or other emergency if nec-essary.
The tumds would not be
used for transients, it .was stated.
HILLSBORO MAN IS
CAPTURED AND THEN
ENDS BIS OWN LIFE
H. Olsy Evans Dead.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dsc. 14.—H.
Clay Brans, former commissioner of
pensions and consul general to
Great Britain, was found dead in
bed this morning.
Town n^sbrwveii by F|re.
mission to make general downward
revision of ifrelghit and passenger
rates Charged toy railways in this
state, redaction to ibe not less than
1'5 per icent on all freight and ipas-senger
services on Intra-state tnafflc.
Bin Introduced toy Senator Long.
of Alamanoe, to require state com-mtfssionen
of rrevenue to-patailsh for
four weeks aptfllcatloa ifor any re-duction
of valuation of iproperty
owned by iperson. Arm or (corpora-tion;
also requiring public hear-ings
da such cases, and annual re-port
toy coknmMsloner showing foil
roster of employes in Ml depart-ment
and salaries paid them.
Tuesday, December 13:
House committee UieHeats bill of
Representative Nea.1. of McDowel'.,
and Senator Sams, of Forsj-tto, for
state-wide repeal of primary law;
By ciase co-ordination with the
Rev. C. 1.. Brown Deavl.
Salisbury. ,Dec. 13.—iRiev. C. I
Brown died While on a hour to Af- Woman's auxiliary the legion may
rcca Decemtoer 5, according to n*v- be °< *realt aid in numerous civfe
received here. Dr. Brqwh wWS ?. enterprises, Mr. Stevens thought,
his native pf Rlowia'n county and at ithf |
time of his d-mth ite wais one of flic 1 J|Tf) IUfi TDATH IH
entered a. plea of giuifty and .in re-sponse
co queries tram the judge
said thac his mother was dead.
while 'he did not) tonow 'where his
father iwas. He was out of iwork at
the time he entered Ithe (Ciwcisnop,
having 'been Laid off 'with' several
hundred others at Eaist Pittsburgh.
he raid. Rinker asked for a chan'.
!io prove that, 'he could make a man
At him'seJi".
Judge James L. Webto, of Shelby.
}a his charge to the grand jury em- ~~ ~
phasized the fact that the inmates PEAKE TO ANSWER
of the county home should
F|*env*n .Ser.lusly Hu)t.
Morganlton, ,Dec. 13.—Herman
WaW., Mongantoin .fireman, was ,wr-lMaips
fataHy injured .tonight wher
he was kmocked from the truck >•
a ladder and 'bit the cement ri'lrer"
The conrpany was re'sponding; to-,ar
alarm for flre in Lane's Tire and
Vulcanizing Plant. As 'the truck
rounded- the Conner, the adciden'
ooourred.
COLLISION AND MAN
IS INSTANTLY KILLED
Hillstooro, Dec. 12.—An unusual
tragedy accurred In me eastern sec-
! tion of the county as a result of a
raid on a whiskey still toy Prohibi-tion.
Bnforcement Officer C. G. Rose-
, mond and other officers. Late Sat-urday
afternoon, Mr. iRosemond ac-companied
by local officers from
Durham and Orange raided a whis-key
still on Bno nver a short dis
tance below Durham water works
station.
Goodwater, Ala., Dec. 12.—'Fire Tclte 8 to 6.
last night Wiped out practically the House passes on second readin?
entire business district of this place, Matthews bill for consolidation of
the loss running atoove $.100,000, ac- high school dHstricts 'and bin au-cording
to early estimates. The con- j thorlzing state .board of education
tents of the postoffice were saved, it0 create high school distriots in
but the building was ruined. The icertaln instances.
Maize was discovered at 11 o'clock [ House passes Brooke tolll valtatat-and
burned itself out, the town's H,„g tax rates Ifor school punposes
touok-et torigade toeing helpless to ,for pa#t year, Tnto measure tvali-stop
the spread ot the fire. dates rates fleviied in all counties for
^ six months Schools this year; fixes
Jury Couldn't Agree. ipate for next year at 39 cents; .pro-
Phoenix, Arlx., Dec. 12.—The jury vld€9 equalizing fund of $932,001
before which Roy Gardner, escaped to y,^^ counties ■whose -wealth will
The still was in fu'.l operation ' convict, was being tried here on a ,not ^pod^ce eufflcieht revenues for •
and three men present. Being cut |ctoarge of roWblng a mail car at Ma- ^ mojrtbs term, when 39 cents has
off from escape, they -plunged into ricopa, Arisona, Novemtoer 3, dis- oeen ,]evied, and prohibits deVart-the
river and began swimming to j agreed today and ,was discharged menlt of education .from' n'Slne
Red i3prings, Dec. 13.—Almo Gil-christ,
of Wagram, was Instantly ... .„,;w„
Wiled this morning at 11 o'clock the opposite bank. Two of the men after Beven hours of actual delibe- Vonrt8 through writs of mandair-when
the automobile he was driv-ing
was struck by A'll'anttc
Line Irasseniger t)-ain, No. 64.
train
succeeded in reaching the opposite | ration. Another charge against to ,f0rce counties to levy more bhan
Coast Danlk and escaped through the woods Gardner, involving an attempted ane law ^paoiflically .states.
Thc and undergrowth before they could roWbery at Phoenix is to be tried senator iStutotoS mttrod'Wces bill
be overtaken by the officers.
receive
proper care and attention. He ad-vised
the jury to visit the county
home, also the county jail and the
county chaingang camps. He point-ed
out that it is the duty of the
Brand' jurors to recommend rem-edial
measures at such institutions
if they appear advisable.
Charles Mobley pleaded guilty on
a charge of breaking anil entering
and was sentenced to serve 12
"'•onths on the county roads. On
the charge of resisting an officer he
also entered a -plea of guilty and in
'hat case drew a, road Sentence o
ttiree months. He admitted that h'
had carried a concealed) weapon
thereupon a sentence of 30 days on
the roads 'was imposed.
CHARGE OF MURDER
Winston-Salam, Dec. 13.—Chief
of Police Thomas received a long-distance
te^elphc^ne message this af-ternoon
from lOhief Haynes, of
.Knoxville, Tenn., stating that'Po- "" ,
* . tive turned over in two feel of mud
Ucem'an R. B. Bryan has pone to
Nashville, Tenn., With the. requisi-tion
papers lasued by Governor
Morrison for the signature of Gov-ernor
Taylor, Of Tennessee, which
provide, for bringing J. ,L. Peakf
from Knoxville to Winston-Salem
V> answer the charge of the murder
of H. B. Astoburn in this city last
Wednesday night.
Chief Haynes stated also that
was wrecked and J. E. Man-gum,
fireman, .son of J. W. Man-| It was noticed by the officers that;
gum. of Raleigh, was seriously in- one of the men either could not j
jured. He was 'given medical at- atlB or was making no effort to do |
tenticn here and taen rushed to so and after he had twice gone down
Htgbaraith hospital at Fayettev'l'.e. be was rescued and brought ashore
The Wreck occurred at the Red It was found that this man was
Springs Oil Mill crossing near here. Gattis Douglas 'who resides with his
Following the crash the engine, father. Stephen Douglas, on what
tender, express car and coaches of is known as the- Cole's Mill road
the rrteeoger train run into a ^id- leading into Durham. It being quite
irgf fi.'ty yards beyond the coi-Uns cold the officers had the young man
and were derailed. . .The loeemo- remain by a Are for sometime in an
effort to dtry his ctothing and get
with the tender at right angles to Mm warm. Later they carried him
the t:ack. Fireman Mangum was home and allowed him to go to his
caught between the cab and tender room to change his clothing prepar-a.
nd his left side was badly torn, atory to taking him before a Unite:
Engineer Rutledge escaped unhurt. States commissioner.
immediately. WaHTtag for a const1 DU flan a 1 conven-
Wort
Resolution Is Reported. Everett-Murphy resolution' op-
Washington, Dec. 12.—iReportr ^^ag Lodge -proposal receives un-from
Buenos Aires ot a revolution <avora,Me committee report in sen-ln
Peru were without confirmation _»^|
today from agents of the state de-partment.-
For several weeks, it
was fcald at/ the depat-tmemlt. •Oh ere
Gilchrtst,
chine, was
the driver of the ma- Soon after young Douglas went
instantly kilted, being to hi9 room % gaa Bhot wa» heard com|pany shortly after 5 o'clock this - - - - «.
caught by the locomotive and bur- &aA the otRcBn 4I„i members rush- . —„«»»»A .h« mjn». »m-1 p
ied under it when it was derailed.
Wednesday, December 14:
Senate passes school deficit till
authorizfng state treasurer to sell
have been reports of minor engage- ,(710,000 Worth of 'bonds to meet
ments in the region ot 'Peru, but the &§&> \a ^tate •public schoal fund
encounters-were not such as would tfor ^^ yeBT._
indicate a widespread revolution. | House palsses bin IntrcMtoced iby
iRepresentative Connor, of Wilson.
Women Take a Hand. amending mandamus section of put)-
Pittstourgh. Kans.. Dec. 12.—A| Jfc ^.hool law Which provide* for a
mob of women, estimated at 2,000, '.jury trial in all leases over'en* QwH-the
wives and relatives of striking ^tIon ot the ^^ ^j ,tax couW:le»
Kansas coal miners, adherents of mugt vevy .in order to operate the
Alexander Howat, stormed mine ^gufa schools -for a -period r>f six
number 17 of the Jackson-Walker ( n^mhe.
oss' bill to des-morning
prevented the miners em- ^^ ^^ m oflte'la, <0tMe nower
ing to the room found the youne pioye4 a,t the mine from returning dateate(j in house
His body >was terrsbty mangled. mm ,y|nK on thfl floor wttn a terrl- t0 work.
, , „ , , ,, The body was taken to a local un- w wound in Ms breast caused by,
£**•; "tt0™ey "»**«fl«e*"• dertaklng esta,blishment and later J ™U8t neard. A snot gun g^&ppa* B-r«.
, a ,c, chared with t.ans-^^f^^M*™ ^ removed^to his homely rttom*, Z*^a-r the young man. | ^^^ ^ ,„„
whLr^TedTromT"JrsoV0Ht The officers seeing that you«- le4 ln an automobile tire. some-
Porting whiskey, pleaded guilty and
judgment was suspended' upon the I
Payment of the costs.
Van Miller, a negro, and W. E.
Etheridge, a white man, were tried
Jointly for the larceny, of an auto-ceedinsW
and would not resist the
return of bis client to this city for
inves-tlgation. Officer Bryan is ex-pected
to leave JCnjOxvlIle either
was hurried to a loe*l drug tore. DOT«,«* «• '"J^ "^ "J0* *nere ,tt nortnOTn Te"V*re *£?.
where h« was griiv-enn „em--e_rg.e»nc,-y *fccf- rushed to West Durham for a phy- 0OO woria, 0f sscurttles. Tom
late tonight or early Wednesday ^^ DM HwJ|gwi — mmi .dclan
morning wttfll his prisoner. He Ian, and then takes to the
"wblle. .Miller, who" admltted""n1s f*°*™ *"** berl.e,^?r S ***' smith hoipttal at FayeKteriile.
mk, wa. .entenced to 14 month, >*"**' ■«** or .Thursday-morning.
0n the county roads
"ot yet been .passed
Upon the arrival of the slaughter's share of loot obtained
Hlfth- Physician it was found that there Dy j^, t^ui in numerous bank rob-was
no chance for the young man to bwrtss, according to A. W. Mills, lo-llve
and it was a surprise to the caI agemt of the United Statas Fl-
Etheridge, who was
Landiis Biockwell. convicted on s
charge of breaking and enterim?
*«» ordered to serve six months on
tn« roads.
Lonnle Dunbar, tried on four
counta for eni'bezzlement, "was found
**%. On each count he drew a
r°*d sentence of ,two months, mak-
"B a total ot eight month* of en-r°
rced service. ' ;.-,;.' . ^
Charged with operaUng'.aor.auto-
1 months |°~<*»y "'K"1 i'nunw" »•"—-•■ AKlK)ugB badly shaken up. none ■*- ■■» - w" '°"""T~ ~ ~Z cm* *»"**„ "*' T
Sentence b« ««*-» «* »«*, ^ "*" *« «« **"<"**» « «*•A **• ***«,■- «*2 **"* "" **"« — °'-~t3r *—»' •
in the c... of 3»~ta *•»»•"• **y they "2 injured, Tbte train ,was to charge ™£ «»« Ltia. dieTl W
convicted. •M,0« top P"*rt T«un' ~ •*« ot Conductor OanMuberl and Engl- ****ZJ"2 ?™t. ™. •£ *«* My-Oeviou. Worn-.
(Oontdnusa on Page Two)
the case may iba passed upon by the
grand jury.
IJadsey Hopkins Elected.
Atlanta. <»»., ^Dec. 14.—dJnWssy
nser Rutledge and operates .between
Fayetterllle and Benneja»viWs, S.
C. A. wreclflng crew from Flor-ence
is clearing up the wreck.
last night. He leaves a young wife
and one small child.
WILLIAMS IS HELD
FOR HIGHER COURT
who
the
New York, Dsc.
woman •'who served to France dur-ing
the war" tonight became the
center of police investigation of the
Mack WLMI sans, the negro
found Saturday night In
room of North (Carolina College for
Woman students, on Monday was
oitiered bsM without hall for Su-perior
court. 1** .preliminary hear-
,ing was before Judge D. H. Collins
to Mtfntctfprajl court, where WlWam*
was charged wtnh burglary. The
1,2. A ' young dsfsndaaC did not take the stand.
Paid KUgo Dead.
~- ,^_ a r TJ-C ij_yp.nl murder of Dr. Abraham< Cli.ckit.eln,
m#m A_a»u. m^m, _«■ • ^^*^Twr£S^Z«&&.w.<* *<«*»* ^s5__3_E
been etedtSd to a thr^ysar term an ffi_M«'C0 JJ» ™» »^1_S MNaT«< the tM.ft.fst.t- church at they wasted, to locate _^**-«-
a director at-the Mxth dlrtrict fed- «»_**_"m* *M**2J^SSt £™*T •■« • ■*-*-» *>* B1»tt0" oBel*to '***"* t0 *»'****■?*
sral ra^abani ay the federal re- *» *<™*m*ml tbst Senor. ■.rl ^^-_Hmv ^ #ariy XodM1 „„***** of betog the oaa.-wno.
■errs. >p*rd, which met in Washing
bon Wednesday. The term will be- *•-;■;;;_ _„lvpl, . near Ne-wberry.
gin on January 1, l»-2.
. jjj. Ruibo atthst^ace „ve birt, ££^2£*E*m «~«M • !*#* J £_«*•
The term will be- I****** ♦• ^ children, bu »H»W ;-hot the ^^ei.u in hte.oflM*.
none of -them survived.
. New City Fkysks>#.
- M the meeting of the city coun-cil
Monday astsrnoaa Dr. Harry
Broekmakn was elected- city physi-cian
at a'amlary:-4ibliMbAO> montE. .
He succeeds Df."-fc- A Williams.
Who resigned tkat xiosUton com.
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