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PUBLISHED EVERY itfONDAY AND THURSDAY. ESTABLISHED 1821. GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1922. [SCHOOL TAX ELECTION TO BE HELD APRIL 25TH | VOTERS TO PASS ON COUNTY HIT . PLAN—GIBSONVILLE' - BOND ELECTION. As forecast in The Patriot in the issue of last Monday, the county commissioners ordered an election to decide the question of the coun-ty unit plan of school taxation, tak-ing action on the,matter Tuesday, The election will be held on April 25th. Thomas R. Foust, county .super-intendent of schools, Tuesday pre-sented to the commission the reso-lution ,i 'opted by the county board of educ ion asking that'the election lie calle I. The county board made the request in view of many petitions from va.ious sections 'and bodies or the county askliig that the voters he permitted' to pass upon the mat-ter. The county unit plan proposes that special school taxes in all the districts be abolished and for them he substituted a uniform tax of nor more than 25 cents, 15 cents for maintenance and 10 cents for buildings. Receipts would be pool-ed and the money spent for the schools as their needs required Greensboro «M High Point would be e.xcepted from the provisions of the plan. Sentiment in favor of the propo-sition is said to be strong. The Guilford County Farm bureau has endorsed it, as has the Parent- Teacher council of the county, in addition requests have come from Monticello. Brown Summit, Mc- Leansvllle, Summerfleld and Greene township. Last April the plan was defeated by B2 votes and it is thought thai with sentiment increasingly in favor of the plan it will carry in the elec-tion of next April 25. Many persons who were against -the plan then are for it now. it is stated at the office of Superintendent Foust, as they now understand the plan better. Another election will also be held on April 25, to be participated in by the citizens of Gibsonville and to de-ckle whether bonds totalling $75,000 shall be issued for the erection o: new school buiDdlngs and for other improvements. The election was or-dered Tuesday by the county board of commissioners. Action on the part of the .com-missioners in ordering the election I at Gibsonville followed presentation of a petition by several citizens of Gibsonville In asking for the elec- I tion. Holding both elections on the ! same day will be a saving of money, as one set of poll-holders can serve for both. Of course It is -only thf people of Gibsonville who will past upon the question of the bond Issue YOL. 101. NO. 20 HEWS OP THE NATION Air Tank Deadly. Kansas City. Mar. 8—Three men were killed and nine injured when a compressed air tank at the Kansas CHy Railway company's bani ex-ploded here yesterday. Accused Of Killing Husband. LeOaini, Fla., Mar. 8.—-Acting on information wkteh. ..the authorities Ur was furnished by the Ku Klu* Klan, Mrs. Alice E. Shields was ar-rested today at St." Cloud on sf war-rant charting (,«, wltn tno mnrdei of her husband, William A. Shields. BIG MEETING OF POULTRY PEOPLE HERE MARCH i«B Arbuckle Case Perjury Echo. San Francisco, March 8.—Mrs. Minnie Neighbors, of Los Angeles, and Mrs. Frances S. Bates, of Chi-cago, who testded for she defense la the trials of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Ar-buckle, were Indicted on perjury charges yesterday by the county grand jury. WlLL MEET TO FORM COUNT* ASSOCIATION—WANT SHOW, MBXT FALL. i COOMTY COMMENCEMENT "TO BE HELD APRIL M) GRADUATING EXERCISES ftjiV - SEVENTH GRADES—TWO '.' • T GOOD CONTESTS •'.','. Poultry breeders of the county will meet in the farmers' room of the courthouse next Tuesday night, March 14, for the purpose of organ-ising a poultry breeders' association. A big attendance Is desired. The intention is to start a big, strong or-ganisation and "get on the map" In the poultry world. Every person in Guilford county interested hi poultry work is urged to he present. It will be well worth while. The meeting will start 7:30 o'clock. Sentence American Marines. Managua, Nicaragua, March 8.— Twenty-six American marines who' „ were found guilty of engaging in a',Z" fight with the city police December . th l ere i may be la a county-few person, 8, in which three policemet were j"' **°" ** Unle88 ****** Is Hits* were sentenced today. Twenty ™ t0 m*ke tt *eneral k»owledge, of the men were given terms of eight 2" the poMly 8how 8cr™ better years Imprisonment each, three or* ° anyth,n8 «»»Mor that purpose, ten years each, and three of twelve years each. ffhe county schools commence-ment will be held here on Saturday, A«rtl 22, in Greensboro, according to| announcement of Thomas R. Fojist, county superintendent of sdioals. .."**■*&<■-•../, :., Plans for the commencement ex-ercises are still not definite, being <«n the making, and will he rounded out somewhat at a meeting of the teachers of the county to be heM In the assembly room of the courthouse at next Saturday morning. | Graduating exercises, for the sev- It is particularly desireM that the ienth grades, wlll.be simple in nature fancy breeders of the coun y attend DBt 'mpress|ve. An address by some the meeting. It is intended to put prominent person, not yet selected, on a One poultry show this fall. That is the way attention is secured. No STATE NEWS BRIEFS '- Warns Against Ginger. ' 'Salisbury. March 8.—Prohibition Director R. A. Kohlosa's office is sending a warning to all druggist? in the state in regand to the sale of Jamlca ginger, the sale of which Is prohibited bya, state law except that prescribed by a physician. will be a part of the exercises, o' course. Diplomas will be presented to a large composite class, matter how many line Chickens' <•».. -Tng commencement exercises will be held In the morning and will not Vote For Road Bonds. t Richmond, Va., March 8.—The Exhibitors at poultry shows profit. financially by them. They are ex-cellent for sales purposes. There are many flocks of fine birds In the county, Farm Agent Garrett senate of Virginia yesterday after '8ay8, * 8°°d chk:ken8 " snywhere a light lasting several hours, passed ln tte 8tate' * ,8 ""^rising how the bfH providing for an issue of the I m**l pe0p,e ha¥e ■»«*«»•»■ taelr bonds of 812,000.000 for road build-•Ub8 *n* g0t real «h,«ken8- **■* Ing. *jtn*t °*n be depended upon to lay | eggs, fine fowls. There is no reason Knocks Ford's Offer. ! W*y a g<M>d pouitTy "delation can Washington, March 8.—Chairman Kahn of the house military cora-nct be formed staged. and a godd show ralttes today told W. B. Mayo, chief of engineers for Henry Ford, that v. would require years to thresh out existing legal entanglements and it Of course tlie show is not the only reason for the formation of the asHteuiionT" The ESSSRS Yrom or= ganisation will be many, like organi-zation for any other purpose. It wiH Detroit manufacturer's proposed contract for purchase and lease of the nitrate and power projects at Muscle Shoals. there. WINSTON NAMED FOR G. O. P. CONVENTION Raleigh. Mar. 9.—In session here yesterday the state executive com-mittee of the Republican party call-ed a Republican state convention to be held in Winston-Salem on Wedi-nesday, April 12. It is understood that at that con-vention William G. Bramham, of Durham, will succeed C. A. Rey-nolds, at Winston-Salem, as state chairman. John Motley MoreheaC, of Charlotte, refused to' comment upon reports that he will resign as national commibteeman of his party. It was rumored that John J. Parker, of Monroe, might get the post of national committeeman, but some o" -Mr. Morehead's friend declared-the latter would remain at the head of the political pie dispensation count-er. was doubtful even then that the gov- TT?B f°r any otI,er DUrP°8e- « wiH ernment would be able to accept the ,ag the breeders together. They will find what each other has. They can exchange ideas, gain very use-ful information and in many ways improve their flocks. There should be a great deal of pleasure as well as profit in the organization. Officers will be elected and a com pact, working organization assured at the meeting Tuesday night. Don't forget to come out. The more .peo-ple who belong to It the better I? will be. Come and bring your neighbor, is the invitation extended. Progress On Bonos. Washington, March 8.—The com-promise soldiers' bonus bill, carrying a bank provision in place of the cash intallment payment plan originally proposed .and once approved; by the house. Anally was agreed to today by Republican members of the ways and means committee. Too Inquisitive. New York, March 8.—Seeking data for his book "The Hereafter," Thomas W. WeggieluY, of Brooklyn. a 28- year-old chemist, swallowed £Sb*t ha thought was just enough anesthetic to take him to death's portals. It killed him. ' run over into the afternoon. There will be no field Bay exercises, thai hi, no athletic contests. Two of the most interesting fea-tures In connection with the com-mencement will be a declamation contest and- a recitation contest, one for the boys, the other for the girls. As narrowed down, three boys will compete and three girls. The plan for these contests in-volves a series of elimination- con-tests. These will be held in each of the 18 townships -of the county, r first elimination with one boy and one girl from each school. If each school desires to compete. That will leave one boy and one girl from each township. Those contests will commencement. On April -21, the day before the commencement exercises, these 36 boys and girls will meet here for the dual contests, and the three best in declamation and the three best in recitation will be selected. They will be the ones to compete on com-mencement day. It has nof yet been decided whether the exercises will be hek" in the Grand theater or at the North Carolina College fof Women. That matter will be decided later. As stated, the program will be thoroughly discussed at the meeting of the teachers here next Saturday Saw Negro From Mob. Asbevllle, Mar. 8.—Bat for- the Intervention of the parents of the intended victim, a yonng negro by tho name of Lloyd, accused of at-tempted assault' on a 18 year-old school girl, would have been speedi-ly executed by a mob at Hayesvllle, Clay county, according to dispatches from Murphy. Shot From Ambush. Lumbertpn, (Mar. 8.—Jesse ana Dock Oxendine, Indians, were brought to iRobeeon county jail fol-lowing the murder Saturday night of Victor Bullard, Indian, near here. Bullsrd was shot from ambush. Jailed With Baby. Kjnston, Mar. 8.—The two-year-old child' of Mrs. Gladys Hutson, r young Woman of good appearance, shared quarters with the woman a" the county jail here yesterdtty. She was arrested here tor non-payment of a hoard bill. Judges Income Tax Exempt. Raleigh, Mar. 8.—Superrior and Supreme court judges of North Caro-lina cannot be required to pay state Income taxes on their -alaries. the Supreme court held, in an opinion handed down today. The court's opinion was in the case sent up by Judge Ben F. Long, of Sta!eavi!l< in which the jurist asked for a de-cision on Commissioner of Revenue Watts' ruling that all judiciary mem- Eggs 18 Cents. Hickory, March 8.—For the first time in several years eggs were re-ported- at 18 cents, wholesale, on thi-. market yesterday. Hickory is one of the large egg shipping centers o: the south. COMMITTEE INQUIRES ? INTO COONTY MSCONTgNTKlV TAXP, MEETING, PREPARE TKW TO MKT7T AG About 80 residents of' Guilford county, most of them farmers or farm owners, but several living la Greensboro, mat at tho county courthouse Tuesday morning, be, ginning at 1.1 o'clock, organizing to Inquire into tho financial affairs of tho county government, named a committee of seven men to do the inquiring and report back to a meet-ing to be held *t the courthouse on Saturday, April. 1, beginning' at 1 p. m. Resolutions were passed condemn-ing the state textbook commission for recommending the adoption- ol many new textbooks for the schools of the state, calling for the abolish-ment of useless offices, and a return to local self-government. Talks were made referring to what the speakers called extravagence in county and state government, pro-testing at the "steadily increasing" . tax levies and idem and id g economy. The meeting was practically unanl-mous for Investigation Into the scheme of county spending and for fl,**,n* ways to make the county's money do the most good. Claim Too Much Waste. Most of the speakers disclaimed any desire to Injure the progress of the county as to schools or any oth-er way, but at the same time declar-ed that they think there is too much money-spent tor the results obtain-ed. The inquiry committee of seven-will go to the county commissioners and the other officers of the county for figures on expenditures and re-ceipts. .Thus armed, .they will come CHILD, EVIDENTLY STARVING TO DEATH, LOCATED IN GREMBM PEOPLE URGED TO AID IN FIGHT ON LIQUOR TRAFFIC Mount Airy, Mar. 8.—A report »n prohibition and law enforcement, rendered to the Mount "Airy district conference of the.Western North Carolina Methodist fbonferonce on March l declares that every day finds' the work of stamping out the UtfnW traffic growing. That North Caro^ Una is as wet as it is is a disgrace It is asserted, and the people are urged to line up quickly behind the Anti-Saloon league. ^ia, Did you ever hear of a child starv-ing to death.? Yes. you say, but <:**M Ismor Cases. - that was in Russia or Armenia. Weil, Washington. March 8.—The ehiM how about Greensboro, the capital labor cases, three In TqWrnnr;laf --—-•-- i ., brought from North Carolina, t.\2*2??JTFmS -UTS? «2 theconst,tnt.on.„ty of that law. ^TLVL^dZZ' Z'- were reached for oral argument In <.orriin. ,„ ,* . . "arT,n»' ** the Supreme court late today.' °K£V< , **,?ment 0f one "*• ' officially Inquired) Into the case, was. Sands May Be Suicide. I**'8 f"? v br,Khtfaced youngster. Hartford. Conn., March 8.-The Z £ns-W '7 TT. °' "* Connecticut state police are re ,n ,h 1 f H! ^ m"S ** "^ Sands, missing secretary of William j»ti„„ , , °aoys con D Tavlor' ,w„ «, 7 . Will.am ditlon was alarming aacil on the fol- D. Taylor, slain film director. ,ow,n* day-Tuesday-the welfare CANVASS TO RAISE FUNDS SS-T* *^,""0™1* ,D FOR COMMUNITY CHEST The youngster's body bore paln- JZZZ. Z°»Te **»"••-**«»■" ™* aPParsnt evidence of lack of tJfaomLn^S PW ^f^ °* G™"b™-* Practicing pryslclans. wiu bTSSL. T' w,hlcih sut0<! th8t hau'th* ^1W will be dlvMed among nine welfare thus for a few days longSer"de>at•h" organizations, the, Y.rM, C. A., the would ,probably have resnHed. Gull- ~- «» ™- v~n»™ m*m n8- w^A L ^ the-Travel- ford county officials don't want to!ure when **■ »7 * P*tHot reporter ors Aid^he Bby Scouts, The OTeens- see a child starve to death and re- were terri"y thin, and the body boro Cartp and PtolrgrouaH aa-oei- medHal measures'were taken ! **» otherwise' grea'tly emaciated attony District Nurses- and Relief On Tuesday afternoon Mason W iBnt the ""'• P""^1* •« hnmanRy association. Red Cross, Salvation Gant, judge of Juvenile court M- ***& appeallngly Into the eyes of Arm?. Honrrt of Pnhlio w«it..» T«. ...... ._ --'".,.v> •" .w. _.,._- • ..... ter making Inquiry Into the matter the Judge of ths jnvsolie court -a»- Judged that tho baby was being neg-lected and awartfed H into «ha ens-today of Mrs. Sterne. Mrs. Sterne then placed the little boy in the hands of the receiving homo of tho North Carolina CbJfct-ren's Home society, in this oity. Reports received by a representative of The Patriot today indicate tha* the child, by careful nursing, can ultimately be restored to health, bu it is evident the* the little fellow has had a narrow escape from early mortality. Dr W. M. Jones, county health of-ficer, who saw the child, gave It as his opinion that the child was suf-fering from "Inanition." Another person who investigated the case said that the little boy was "a plumb-skeleton." at hrsaMt that the pa-rentage of the child Is obscure.. Officials aay they do not believe the mother guilty of criminal . in-tent, but that the condition of the infant was due to ignorance as to the proper feeding of a child. . The legs of the pathetic little ug- Guaitd Negro At Trial. Raleigh, [March 8.—As a precau-tion against mob violence, a mili-tary guard of ten men under the command of Lieutenant Connor Ay-cock, escorted Will WhltneM, one-armed negro to Onelow county t.tday where he will be immediately placed on trial charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a merchant. 4 . . Safe Crackers Roln Store. | Rocky Mount. March 8.—Damage OTceading •tS.OOO resulted from a dynamite blast set off by safecrack-ers at a store on tho outskirts of this city Tuesday. The bu lid Ing Wat #wckeU. There to no definite eta* to the yeggmen. Army, Board of Public Welfare De- quired into the matter. The mother lbe welfare officer, seemingly trying partment and North Carolina Child, about 25" years old, was glyen th. to ,ay' "» »»t to. |ive, too. Cant ren s Home. opportunity to attend tee kfPrnr >r°u 'elp n»e?" enfJTr , ! I 11be *85" before JndBe °»* b« ™ "ot tjk- Mrs. Sterne says that she certainly 000 set as a goal hasten rals^. advantage of that opportunity. Ar-,«111. SELECT T. C. HICKS FOR COUNTY HOME T. C. Hicks, of Pleasant Garden w,is choten by the county commis-sioners at their mee.-i,/ Tuesday t( bccon.e -up.'.ilntende.ii of •he conn .y home, to fill the v-. -ancy aasuejC ^y t.is vf-siKnation of S J. Sc'iti. •'be -.'onrn.ssloners b6.:'eve that ii ifr II.CK they have a ?ood man. There were 38 applicants for the place and they had papers of en-dorsement signed by their friends. Mo&t>4>t them are married. One of them said that he had 13 children. Those who applied are; I. I. Caviness, J. C. Ross, J. B. Parker, B. L. Buslck, W. H. Gray, Gray Tyson, W. Nr Kinney, iN. A. Murray, J. E. Lucas, J. S. SwaimT Maston Britt, C. A. Seymore, J. M. Snider, J. T. Walker, S. B. Jeffrey, C. E. King, Claude Jones, B. A. Pentecost. A. S. Harwood, C. C. Blay-loek. O. H. Pardoe, A, L. Hudson, Pfhkney Delaaay, A. Mitchell, W. H. Lineberry, A. B. McFarland, Floyd L. Montgomery, J. S. Bnrwell, R. N. Ayres, G. C. Oakley, T. C. Hicks, George R. Pence, H. C. Johnston, J. A. Lester, W. R. Straughn, J. R. Ledhetter, Lever Kr Worthing and J. 'J. Gillls. Once the doughboy gets his bonus, he can spend' his life digging up tax-es to help pay for it.—Toronto Star. % „.s££M&a£§ --■K -• .--->-'" —«»«•«»«, >ucj win come "back at,* report to the neat -meet-ing, which is expected to proceed with some plan tb try to remedy the conditions of which they complain. ■Ibe inquiry committee is sompos-ed of the following men: Chairman, John W. King, Greens-boro; C. F. Neeley, Pleasant Gar-den; H. W. Lambeth, Brown Sum-mit; T. J. Penn, Greensboro; S. E. Coltrane, Guilford College; Monroo- Christmon, Washington Township; and W. H. Dunbar, Oak Ridge. The committee, which might be called the first weapon of the pro-testing taxpayers, was named by Mr. King, who served as chairman of the meeting, «he meeting deciding that he should also serve as chairman of the committee. Soon Organised. Organisation was quickly accom-plished once the farmers got settled slows in tha mala courtroom. R. W. H. Stone, president of the North Carolina Fanners' union, was pres-ent, as was C. E. Weatberly. presi-dent of tha Guilford county braacnv of the union. They statsj* tho ob-ject Of tho meeting, w&tefe was cal-led by Mr. Weatherly.-Uie petttlou for tha call being signed by others as being to And out If there is not some way to reduce tha expenses of tmrernnient, and so reduce taxes. As stated, Mr. King was chosen chairman of the meeting add J. D. Frazier, 6t Guilford College, secre-tary. Mr. Frazier asked to be ex-cused, "old men for council and younf men for wsr" he remioiled the crowd, but it was insisted »ha« he aetve. Mr. Stone made what might be called the chief speech of the meet-ing. He was not "rabid" or denun-ciatory. He had It clear that the ob-ject pi the meeting was not to "get" anybody, that the- taxpayers are simply, calmly, without fuss or fury, trying to see-whether some of the money is not spent extravagantly', for useless offices. There were a number of speeches, along the same line, some of them more complaining than Mr. Stone's. After the grievances of -rue meeting bad been somewhat aired, the In-quiry committee was named and Its duties laid down... From that the'meoting .progressed to a resolution, a triple affair, of-fered by C. F. Neeley, condemning the state textbook commission for recommending" new textbooks, ask. log for ths abolishment 67 the "nsss (Continued on page 1.) amfib .-" r \ % V.
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Title | The Greensboro patriot [March 9, 1922] |
Date | 1922-03-09 |
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PUBLISHED EVERY itfONDAY AND THURSDAY.
ESTABLISHED 1821.
GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1922.
[SCHOOL TAX ELECTION TO
BE HELD APRIL 25TH
| VOTERS TO PASS ON COUNTY
HIT . PLAN—GIBSONVILLE' -
BOND ELECTION.
As forecast in The Patriot in the
issue of last Monday, the county
commissioners ordered an election
to decide the question of the coun-ty
unit plan of school taxation, tak-ing
action on the,matter Tuesday,
The election will be held on April
25th.
Thomas R. Foust, county .super-intendent
of schools, Tuesday pre-sented
to the commission the reso-lution
,i 'opted by the county board
of educ ion asking that'the election
lie calle I. The county board made
the request in view of many petitions
from va.ious sections 'and bodies or
the county askliig that the voters
he permitted' to pass upon the mat-ter.
The county unit plan proposes
that special school taxes in all the
districts be abolished and for them
he substituted a uniform tax of nor
more than 25 cents, 15 cents for
maintenance and 10 cents for
buildings. Receipts would be pool-ed
and the money spent for the
schools as their needs required
Greensboro «M High Point would
be e.xcepted from the provisions of
the plan.
Sentiment in favor of the propo-sition
is said to be strong. The
Guilford County Farm bureau has
endorsed it, as has the Parent-
Teacher council of the county, in
addition requests have come from
Monticello. Brown Summit, Mc-
Leansvllle, Summerfleld and Greene
township.
Last April the plan was defeated
by B2 votes and it is thought thai
with sentiment increasingly in favor
of the plan it will carry in the elec-tion
of next April 25. Many persons
who were against -the plan then are
for it now. it is stated at the office
of Superintendent Foust, as they
now understand the plan better.
Another election will also be held
on April 25, to be participated in by
the citizens of Gibsonville and to de-ckle
whether bonds totalling $75,000
shall be issued for the erection o:
new school buiDdlngs and for other
improvements. The election was or-dered
Tuesday by the county board
of commissioners.
Action on the part of the .com-missioners
in ordering the election
I at Gibsonville followed presentation
of a petition by several citizens of
Gibsonville In asking for the elec-
I tion.
Holding both elections on the
! same day will be a saving of money,
as one set of poll-holders can serve
for both. Of course It is -only thf
people of Gibsonville who will past
upon the question of the bond Issue
YOL. 101. NO. 20
HEWS OP THE NATION
Air Tank Deadly.
Kansas City. Mar. 8—Three men
were killed and nine injured when a
compressed air tank at the Kansas
CHy Railway company's bani ex-ploded
here yesterday.
Accused Of Killing Husband.
LeOaini, Fla., Mar. 8.—-Acting on
information wkteh. ..the authorities
Ur was furnished by the Ku Klu*
Klan, Mrs. Alice E. Shields was ar-rested
today at St." Cloud on sf war-rant
charting (,«, wltn tno mnrdei
of her husband, William A. Shields.
BIG MEETING OF POULTRY
PEOPLE HERE MARCH i«B
Arbuckle Case Perjury Echo.
San Francisco, March 8.—Mrs.
Minnie Neighbors, of Los Angeles,
and Mrs. Frances S. Bates, of Chi-cago,
who testded for she defense la
the trials of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Ar-buckle,
were Indicted on perjury
charges yesterday by the county
grand jury.
WlLL MEET TO FORM COUNT*
ASSOCIATION—WANT SHOW,
MBXT FALL. i
COOMTY COMMENCEMENT
"TO BE HELD APRIL M)
GRADUATING EXERCISES ftjiV
- SEVENTH GRADES—TWO '.'
• T GOOD CONTESTS •'.','.
Poultry breeders of the county
will meet in the farmers' room of
the courthouse next Tuesday night,
March 14, for the purpose of organ-ising
a poultry breeders' association.
A big attendance Is desired. The
intention is to start a big, strong or-ganisation
and "get on the map" In
the poultry world.
Every person in Guilford county
interested hi poultry work is urged
to he present. It will be well worth
while. The meeting will start
7:30 o'clock.
Sentence American Marines.
Managua, Nicaragua, March 8.—
Twenty-six American marines who' „
were found guilty of engaging in a',Z"
fight with the city police December . th
l
ere
i
may be la a county-few person,
8, in which three policemet were j"' **°" ** Unle88 ****** Is
Hits* were sentenced today. Twenty ™ t0 m*ke tt *eneral k»owledge,
of the men were given terms of eight 2" the poMly 8how 8cr™ better
years Imprisonment each, three or* ° anyth,n8 «»»Mor that purpose,
ten years each, and three of twelve
years each.
ffhe county schools commence-ment
will be held here on Saturday,
A«rtl 22, in Greensboro, according
to| announcement of Thomas R.
Fojist, county superintendent of
sdioals. .."**■*&<■-•../, :.,
Plans for the commencement ex-ercises
are still not definite, being
<«n the making, and will he rounded
out somewhat at a meeting of the
teachers of the county to be heM In
the assembly room of the courthouse
at next Saturday morning.
| Graduating exercises, for the sev-
It is particularly desireM that the ienth grades, wlll.be simple in nature
fancy breeders of the coun y attend DBt 'mpress|ve. An address by some
the meeting. It is intended to put prominent person, not yet selected,
on a One poultry show this fall. That
is the way attention is secured. No
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
'- Warns Against Ginger. '
'Salisbury. March 8.—Prohibition
Director R. A. Kohlosa's office is
sending a warning to all druggist?
in the state in regand to the sale of
Jamlca ginger, the sale of which Is
prohibited bya, state law except
that prescribed by a physician.
will be a part of the exercises, o'
course. Diplomas will be presented
to a large composite class,
matter how many line Chickens' <•»..
-Tng commencement exercises will
be held In the morning and will not
Vote For Road Bonds.
t Richmond, Va., March 8.—The
Exhibitors at poultry shows profit.
financially by them. They are ex-cellent
for sales purposes.
There are many flocks of fine birds
In the county, Farm Agent Garrett
senate of Virginia yesterday after '8ay8, * 8°°d chk:ken8 " snywhere
a light lasting several hours, passed ln tte 8tate' * ,8 ""^rising how
the bfH providing for an issue of the I m**l pe0p,e ha¥e ■»«*«»•»■ taelr
bonds of 812,000.000 for road build-•Ub8 *n* g0t real «h,«ken8- **■*
Ing. *jtn*t °*n be depended upon to lay
| eggs, fine fowls. There is no reason
Knocks Ford's Offer. ! W*y a g |
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