The Greensboro patriot [December 21, 1922]

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VOL. 101. NO. 102
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FORCASHIER
Basil H. Hedgecock Found
Guilty Today- •
AND APPEAL ENTERED
Former Cashier of Home Banking
Compan) Convicted in Superior
Court Here of False Entry
With Intent to Defraud
Basil H. Hedgecock, former cash-i.
i of the Home Banking company,
,n High Point, niust.serve Hhree
vears in the state prison at Raleigh
under the sentence Imposed shortly
; ,nr 12 o'olock today by Judge W.
V. Harding, ol Charlotte, in Guil-ord
Superior court. '
The judgment of the court waa
i niiour.ced about an hour after the
Medical School Undetermined
Raleigh, Dec. 2 0.—Adoption of a
resolution directing a_ special com-mittee
to investigate 'fully and re-port
' in January was as tar as the
Board of Trustees of the University
Of North Carolina progressed in
three hours stormy session today to>-
ward disposal of the suggestion
made by Dr. William Preston Few,
president of Trinity college, that
the State university'and "Trinity col-lege
enter into an.alliance for build-ing
and controlling a great medical
school at Durham.
Nation-wide Recognition of Its Ben-efit*
Noted—Second Payment «o_..
Tobacco Growers Scheduled
turned a verdict of guilty,
•commendation of mercy. The
was returned at 11:30 this
,,g. the case having been given
12 men shortly after 5 o'clock
day afternoon.
Alter decision to appeal to the
higiier court bond was set at $25,-
•illi). being the same as that set for
lliMlwecock's appearance at the pres-
,nt term of court.
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Full Power Now Available
Charlotte, Dec. 20.—Textile mills
throughout the Piedmont section of
North and South Carolina today pre-pared
to resume a more normal
schedule as the result of resump-tion
of full .power facilities, by the
Southern Power company, following
a curtailment since 'November 27,
when one-eighth of the nation's
spindles were forced to shut down
one day each week because of a
lack of rainfall. '
GRADE CROSSINGJ NEWS OF THE N&TI0H
Lrgliiative Measure Would H—jnn-'c;
el Stele Highway Cboaaatotrioa to
1 ' fcUratnate Such Hazards '
( In isimiis For Superannuate
Durham, Dec. 19,—Christmas
:heer to the sum of $10,000, was
yesterday mailed to superannuates,-
Raleigh, -Dec. 2.0.—Co-operative
marketing rides to the close ot 1922
on the flood tide of success.
Nation-wide recognition of the
benefits of-co-operative associations
which include a half million farm-ers
was voiced last week in the
Washington conference ot co-opera-tives
from all sections of the United
"States. Carl Williams, president of
the American Cotton Growers' ex-change,
declared this conference, the
most important move in American
history for the benefit of the farm-er.
President Harding, Secretary
Hoover, Senator Capper and Eugene
Meyer, director of the War Finance
corporation, paid tribute to the
work of the co-operative associa-tions.
Following last week's second pay-ment
by the North Carolina Cotton
association, members of the Tobac-co
Growers' Co-operative association
throughout Eastern North Carolina
double their cash receipts this week
on all tobacco delivered by Decem-ber*
1 to the association. A second Representative R. A., Doughton at
fcajdlgh, Dec. 20.—'Full power to
eligiajate grade crossings when in
the; Judgment of the State Highway
coiim'lssion their continued use will
incrajjse the hazard of highway
tra»«R and police powers for high-way-
ijatrolmen to enforce the (egu-of
traffic and road mainte-were
written into the aug-amendments
to the- state
law by the legislative commit-the
commission last week,
ion to ask the General As-for
an additional $15,000,
r road construction and the
tlon of two cents a gallon tax
on Utasoline was announced lnform-allfSby
the highway commission sev-era>
t:?weeks ago. The commission will
ask-^the General Assembly to con-tinue
the present enactment as to
the/tcale of fees imposed for motor
Iicettaes. Other changes in the pres-ent?
road law are of a minor nature.
Proposed changes in the road law
weft presented to the committee in
Did form of a statute drawn by
Searching For Bandits
Denver, Colo., Dec. 14.—Denver
state and federal authorities are In
search of the bandits who yesterday
morning shot and killed Charles
Linton and stole a consignment of
$200,OOD from federal reserve
guards and made their escape in one
of the most daring, and. sensational
daylight holdup
west.
iis ever staged" In the
Three Bandits Get 95,000
Dyer, Ind., Dec. 20.—Three ban-dits
this afternoon held up the First
National bank, of Dyer, and escaped
with $5,000. One bandit, who was
dressed as a woman, was shot by
John Keilmau, a grocer, and appar-ently
mortally wounded. His com-panions
threw him into the automo-bile
and fled west on tne Lincoln
highway.
HELLSTEN IS
UND0VER
Driver of Death-liny;
Car '
t OF LIQUOR
Hearing For Man Who .
Machine Which Car-
Clapp to Death
ir of Boose
Mtorneys for the defendant mov- and widows and orphans of deceat,-
. . .... ..] ........ ..W ...... nt .K. Vnnlk S~*n,.nltnn .il that the judgment of the court
;,c. arrested on the ground that the
hill of indictment under whioh
Hedgecock was tried was "fatally
defective." It was alleged that the
iii'i did not charge the offense of
which the defendant was convicted;
t"ial violation of the bill of rights of
; lc stale of North Carolina thereby
was committed. Judge Harding ov-
■ruled that " motion. whereupon
. musel for the 'defendant offered a
union that ihe verdict be set aside
,>r errors, commtited by the court
•i the trial. That motion also was
rerruled.
Trial of the case was begun
ilonday and consumed more than
:hree days. The cases against Arnold
iuff and Will Switzer, charged with
:.idlng Basil H. Hedeecock in the
. iistfaction of funds., are to be tried
i i lie next criminal term there
iviiich wi'l bojin .Ir-.rjuary 8.
This ii.o.niiig .lajfu.-ioiia prosent-
,1 by a special committee of the
Cullford County Bar. highly com-
•ii-iiding the retiring solicitor. J. C.
.lower, of I.rx.ngton, for his con-
>->icuous ability, fidelity to duty and
. dmirahle personality, were unani-mously
adopied and signed by Judge
larding.
The count on which Hedgecock
.-. ;•< tried was that charging him
ftilh unlawfully, wilfully and felon-iously
making a false entry on the
waiks of the Home Banking com-
• nv. That was done, it wa6 al-
•■-■I'll. by churning the account of M.
I Wrenu with $10,000 on the sav-
'■v:. ledger, thereby reducing his bnl-
.:<■<• from $24,342.50 to $14,242.50.
1; -■ intent of such action, it was
■■harged. was to .defraud and injure
;hp Home Bankins company and M.
I Wrenn and other persons whose
-:.rnes were unknown to the jurors.
tint] to deceive the officers and
::-^i'iils of tihe Home Banking com-s
tny. together with other persons
unknown to the jurors.
I. W. Bingham. of Salisbury, tes-tified
to and produced an alleged
-iuned statement by Basil H. Hedge-
■'ock, who to his best knowledge and
iie'ief recorded the alleged .false en-tries
made. That document was de-clared
to certify to notes ranging
from $75 to $7,497.15. listed as the
property of the Home Banking com-
N'liy, the notes having been drawn
hy various citizens and firms. Then,
too. checks were listed as the prop-erty
of the bank, the checks and
notes aggregating $59,476.o4, while
additional notes made known in the
alleged statement made the total
M;:>.931.26.
The statement declared that the
••hecks were charged to individual
deposits on the controlling ledger,
bin were never charged to the in-dividual
accounts of the persons
writing the checks. iBy manipula-tion
of tihe general ledger the notes
were never credited. it was set
tort h.
Hedgecock admitted that he wrote
the statement himself, on a type-writer.
But declared it was done at
'he dictation of I. W. Bingham and I
•hut the latter was responsible for
ihi- language used in the document.
W. 'Sherman Swain, bookkeeper
■" the bank, testified that he saw
Hedgecock make a false entry, in
'he account of M. J. Wrenn. He
snid the balance on that account
prior to the alleged entry was $24,-
•''•42.50. When shown the statement
sheet of tihe savings ledger of M. J.
Wrenn the witness identified it. de-claring
he saw Hedgecock make the
M0,000 entry. He said the alleged
■ntry would tend to reduce the
bank shortage $10,000. adding that
"'■dgecock did not have a check to
cover the $10,000.
Testimony of IR. B. Kerr, state
''ink examiner, was to the effect
"tat when he examined the condi-
'lon of the bank on April 19 he dis-
•overed a shortage of $50,987.86 as
Jest he could recall. I. W. Bing-ham
testified that ,he found a short-aSe
of almost $1-23.000.
ludge |R. C. Strudwick, senior
counsel for the defendant, asserted
'hat T. F. Wrenn, M. J. Wrenn and
"■orge Penny, directors of the bank,
'reated the^bank as assets for them-
" ives, adding, "We propose to show
""»• the confusion of tfhls bank re-
"Hted. We tare not going to try M.
•' Wrenn, T. F. Wrenn or George
"nny for any crime, but we do want
'" show who is responsible. They
'* 'rying to make a scapegoat of
ed preachers of the North Carolina
and Western North Carolina Con-
.erences of the Methodist church by
Dr. W. P. Few. president of Trinity
college, administering the Duke
fund. This is the eighth year that
lames B. Duke, of New York, has
contributed through Trinity college
ihe sum ot $10,000 for this purpose.
K.v-tiovcrniu- Craig Wry III
Aehevllle, Dec. 20.—The condi-
.ion ot ex-Governor Locke Craig.
who is seriously ill at his honfe here,
v.-as pronounced tonight as slightly
letter. The former governor, how-ever,
remains in such condition that
•.ittie hope is held for his recovery.
Xc« Trial For Bush
•Raleigh. Dec. 20.—The North
Carolina Supreme court before ad-journing
sine die lor the term to-
'ay at noon, disposed of 27 appeals
granting a new trial to John A.
"•.ish. of Caldwell county, under son-
•nce Of death for the murder ol
.Vill CHne. but finding no grounds
o interfere with the judgment of
loath pronounced In the lower courl
if Buncombe counuty against W. W.
Campbell. There were . no cases
rom Ouilford in the list.
payment to all members of the To-bacco
Growers' Co-operative associ-ation
in the old belt will follow on
all deliveries made up to December
20 as 60on thereafter as checks can
be made out and distributed.
A third cash payment to the or-ganized
growers of South Carolina
will be distributed after association
members In Virginia and Western
North Carolina have doubled their
money on all deliveries for 19*22.
With larger crops this year than
last, tobacco farmers in three states
have received.more for their to-bacco
Xhaii- in d921. In North Car-
•lina land.- Virginia November sales
have ftlurtim a gain of $:{ per hun-
Ired, while the South Carolina grow-
, :s have practically doubled last
year's prices.
With the orderly marketing ol
both tobacco and cotton by thou-sands
o[ farmers through their co-operative
associations in the (jBjto-linas
and Virginia, the tide of pros-perity
is rising as the growers
adopt and use the methods of big
business to sell successfully their
products.
Drier of Death Car" '
Allowed His Freedom
O. F. Alberty. prohibition en-forcement
agent, who was driving
the automobile which plunged into
rhe creek at the South Buffalo
1>: idge. two miles south of Greens-
Iioro. Sunday night, carrying Mrs.
St imey Glenn to death, has been
.iven his freedom. For a short
rime after the tragic occurrence he
was held pending an investigation,
but Sheriff Stafford decided that
here was no evidence to warrant
ihe officer's further detention.
Funeral services for Mrs. Stamey
fllenn. who was drowned when the
car dashed into the creek, were con-ducted
at 11 o'clock Tuesday morn-ing
at the home of Elmer Glenn,
her husband's father, 1'22 West Lee
street, and interment" followed in
Green Hill cemetery.
Four Lives Lost When
Little Tug Abandoned
Sault Ste. Marie, Dec. 20.—A
week may elapse before all of the-1
.-urvlvors of the Ill-fated tug Re-nanl^
are-a'bTe'lrr travel to th'efr
homes, so intense was their suffer-ing
from #cold and " hunger aftet
their tiny craft was disabled and
abandoned at the Lizard Islands,, it
was said today. The 20 persons
who reached here last night are un-der
the care of physicians and will
remain at a hospital and hotels un-til
they have fully recovered. One
man. Walter Lon?racre. is in a seri-ous
condition, with both hands and
both feet frozen.
With the arrival of these sur-vivors
th|e 3'i on hoard the Reliance
when she was disabled have been
accounted for. Seven reached the
Soo Sunday, two are in a Canadian
lumber camp, three are still aboard
the tug Gray, which is engaged in
taking off Superior light keepers for
the winter. 20 are recuperating here
and four lost their lives.
< li-Hi'ing House Officers
At the annual meeting of the
Greensboro Clearing House associa-tion
Monday night the following of-ficers
were elected for ,the new
year: R. G. Vaughn, of the Ameri-can
Exchange National bank, presi-dent;
J. W. Simpson, of the At-lantic
Bank and Trust company,
vice-president; R.. I. Moore, of the
Greensboro Bank-« and Trust com-pany,
secretary-treasurer, and Wal-do
Porter, of the Greensboro Na-tional
branch of the American Ex-change
National bank, manager.
lts;meeting here yesterday morning.
Th|f entire measure. with minor
chajUges, was adopted unanimously.
Mehbers of the committee are Chalr-majl
Frank Page and Commissioners
R.m. Doughton. J. Elwood Cox.
.lean Sprunt Hill. W. E. Wilkinson
anf William A. McGirt. Mr. Dough-toifc
will probably present the meas-to
the General Assembly., . ^f.
New Polish I'rrstdent
taraaw, Dec. 20".—The new presi-de
t of Poland. Stanilas Wojciec-ho
ski. took the oath of office to-il
is it. He was elected to Hie presi-de!
cy with 2!).S ballots of 519 cast
by the national assembly.
Missing Airman located
Salt Lake City. Utah, Dec. 20.—
Henry G. Boonstra, air mail pilot,
missing since last Friday, when he
became lost in a blizzard en route
to Rock Springs, Wyoming, has
beear found alive and well at the
Rlgby ranch, fonr miles southeast
ot where his wrecked plane was dis-covered
Monday, according to ad-vices^
received by air mail officials
here. /
Chamber Director* Fleeted
|n the election which closed Mtin-nfght
the following 12 direc-
-at-large of the Greensboro
mber of Commerce were chosen:
G. Vaughn, A. B. High. H.' K.
h, C. C. Hudson. E. B. Jeffress.
an Price. J. E. Latham. J. W.
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Ch
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Bu
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Sin|pson. Claude Kiser. W. Y. Prey-er,
Stohe.
J. I). Wilkins and Joseph J.
Dtr Carl A. Grote To
Direct Health Work
One A<-<|iiiM«*d, One Convirteil
Mount Holly. N. J.. Dec. 20.—
Mrs. Doris Brunen was tonight ac-quitted
and her brother, Harry C.
Mohr, was found guilty of murder
in the first degree in connection
with the slaying of the former's
husband, "Honest" John T. Brunen,
carnival owner. The jury recom-mended
that Mohr be sentenced to
life intprisonment at hard labor.
Henry Clapp Funeral
Is Largely Attended
The funeral of Henry >L. Clapp.
who was killed in an automobile ac-cident
on North Elm street last Sun-day
afternoon, was largely attend-ed.
The service was conducted at
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at
Mount Pleasant church by Rev. E.
Frank Lee, Rev.»D. R. Proffitt and
Rev. Herman Stevens. The body
was laid to rest in the church ceme-tery.
There were many pretty floral
designs. They were borne by Mrs.
W. T. Knight, Mrs. Joe S- Pbippe.
Mrs. H. A. Barnes and Miss Nell
Wilson. Serving as pall bearers
were J. M. Campbell, R. H. Arnt-field.
H. Cartledge, -R. C. Morehead,
J. F. Graves and George Battle.
Seek Men Victimized
By Hooded Kidnapers
■Monroe, La.. Dec. 20.—The pur-pose
of the movement of a com-pany
of Louisiana National guard
into Morehouse parish by Governor
John 'M. Parker yesterday afternoon
tonight continued to remain a mys-tery
to all except a handful of of-ficials.
Close observers offered the opin-ion
the men were en route to one
of the lakes in the vicinity of Mer
Rouge where it is believed the
bodies of two men. weighted down
with wagon wheels are resting, the
victims of hooded kidnapers.
Co-ops Win Suite "
Raleigh, Dec. 20.—Judgments by
default and inquiry in 12 of the 127
damage suits instituted by the-To-bacco
Growers' Co-operative asso-ciation
against It* members were
signed Tuesday by Virtuvius Roys-ter,
clerk of Wake Superior court.
man (Hedgecock) is innocent. If
anybody is guilty it Is your client."
The state was represented by O.
L. Sapp. serving as leading counsel;
Solicitor J. C. Bower; W. T. Albert-son
and A. L. Brooks, while the at-torneys
for the defendant were
Judge R. C .Strudwick, Judge W. P.
Bynum, Sidney S. Alderman and
Thomas J. Gold. Eloquent speeches
were made by counsel.
Seven Men Executed
In Irish Free State
Dublin. Dec. 20.—Four railway
men and three laborers were exe-cuted
here Tdeeday for interfering
with trains in county Klldare. The
seven men executed were captured
November 14 by free-state troops in
a house, the location of which is
unknown. With them a quantity of
stolen goods, rifles, and ammunition
was found.
The men were tried by a military
committee and sentenced - to death
on the charge of train wrecking.
Tuesday's executions make a total
of 19 by the free state In a little
more than a month.
Carl A. Grote. of Huntsvllle.
f has beeli chosen to direct the
^-IWftHfc-'-tlejMrrtmeiw. re-|
cording to announcement by city of-ficials.
The selection was made
alter many weeks devoted to study
of the needs of Greensboro along
lines of public health and careful
examination of the qualifications of
a largn number of applicants.
It was also agreed that Dr. Grote
would effect a complete reorganzia-clon
of the health department on an
ambitious scale. Dr. Grote will he-gin
his. work here on or about Feb-ruary
1. He has an enviable repu-tation
in public health circles. He
was the unanimous choice of a spe-cial
committee composed of Mayor
Claude Kiser. City" .'Manager P. C.
Painter and E. D. Broad-hurst, the
committee .having worked in inti-mate
co-operation with Dr. W. S.
Rankin. secretary of the North Car-olina
State Board of Health.
Make Appropriation
Of $1,000 For U. D. C.
An appropriation of $1,000 to
the local chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy to be
used in the erection of a monument
here was made by the county com-missioners
Tuesday. It is under-stood
that the organization has $4.-
000 available for the monument. It
is expected that definite plans for
the monument will be announced in
the not distant future.
• Discussion of road, matters en->
gaged the attention of the Board of
County Commissioners during a con-siderable
part of Tuesday's meeting.
Christmas Program At
Summer-field Churches
Elaborate plans are being devel-oped
lor a Christmas entertainment
to be given next Saturday night at
the Summerlield .Vletiiodist church
by members of the Sunday school.
An exceptionally interesting Christ*
mas program will be presented, It
will include a play, "The Birth of
Peace," also songs and recitations.
Members or the cast will be Eva
Thorp. Loraine Rayle. Ruth Gam-ble.
Margaret 'Summers. Ruth Sum-mers.
Lois Sumemrs. Velna High-
1111. Elizabeth Gamble, Annie May
Feften wad -M*»«*Me ..Tilley. Velna
Highlill will recite "The Bethlehem
Star." and Odell Hightill will ap-pear
in one of the musical num-bers,
while another feature will be
a song by Loratne Rayl and Ruth
Gamble. One of the most enjoy-able
features of the occasion will be
the distribution of Christmas re-ne'iibrances
to members of the Sun-day
school.
At the Summerfield , Baptist
church a most interesting Christ-mas
program will he presented next
Saturday night by the Siraday
school. Among the features will be
songs and recitations, together with
a tine Christmas tree.
.The public is cordially invited to
witness the unfolding of both pro-p-
1- a me "
cause was the finding of
Judge D. H. Collins yesterday in
Municipal court at the preliminary
hearing given 'Frank Hellsten,
charged with manslaughter In con-nection
with the death of Henry L.
Clapp last Sunday afternoon. Mr
Clapp was killed when the automo-bile
which Hellsten was driving
crashed Into a telephone pole on
North Elm street. Bond was fixed
at $2,000 for the defendant's ap-pearance
before a Superior court
grand jury.
One ot the principal witnesses for
th? state waa H. P. Wray,. who tes-tified
that he heard the crash of the
machine as it struck the pole and
hurried' t« the scene. He saw Hell-sten
running and shouting, he add-ed,
the driver acting in a peculiar
mannor. The witness thought Hell-sten
was either drunk or mentally
deranged. The car, then upside
down, had broken Che telephone
pole. Mr. Wray believed tha auto-mobile
engine's running then indi-cated
that it had been going at the
rate of 30 or 40 miles an hour.
H. W. Amole, the undertaker who
took care of Mr. Clapp's body, tes-tified
that death had resulted from
the latter's temple being crushed by
the great impact of the car against
the pole. •
E. Kautto. one of the four oc-cupants
of the death car, said that
all four had been drfnking, but he
did not think they were drunk, he
declared. Hellsten did not go on the
stand. He is 25 years old. a native
of Finland. Patrolman C. Y. Lo-man,
who arrested Hellsten. said at
the time of the arrest the prisoner
"smelled like a whisky barrel."
Sunday School Will
Have Entertainment
Four Teachers Fired
Because of Home Brew
Raleigh, Dec. 20.—President -W.
C. Riddlck, of North Carolina State
college today officially confirmed re-ports
Ot Tuesday that a genera}'
understanding had ' beeti reached
under which the four instructors re-ported
to the college authorities by
students for making wine or home
brew In their rooms would resign.
It Is understood that the resigna-tion?
wWe demanded.
"I have received and accepted the
resignation of Mr. Busby but have
not yet gotten those ot Mr. Buck
ner. Mr. Miller and IMr. Park," stat-ed
Dr. Riddlck'.
At 2 o'clock next 'Saturday after-noon
a Christmas entertainment
will be given at Apple's (Christian I
Chapel. Songs and recnations will
be given and following this pro-gram
will be. a Christmas treat with
a ' number of remembrances for
members of the Sunday school. The
Christmas program will be present-ed
under the direction ot J. A. Cqok.
superintendent of the Sunday school,
and (Mrs. Annie Andrews, who con-stitute
the ■ entertainment commit-tee.
To these exercises the -public
is cordially invited.
Many Talks Heard at
- Organized Labor Meet
Interesting speeches concerning
the aims and accomplishments ot
organized labor were made at a
mass meeting in the county court-house
Tuesday night with H. F. All-red,
business agent of the carpen-ters
of the city, presiding. One of
the most significant addresses was
that of Wiley H. Swift, Greensboro
attorney and social service worker,
who championed organized labor as
a great agency for the Improvement
of social and business conditions.
In addition to Mr. Swift the fol-lowing
men addressed the meeting:
Francis C. Clarke, of Boston, or-ganizer
for the Boot and Shoe Work-ers
of North America; W. R. Wal-den.
president of the Tobacco Work-ers'
International uwion; . S. Ward-law,
of Atlanta, of the International
Typographical union; R. W. H.
Stone, who lives in the Rocky Knoll
community, near Greensboro, presi-dent
of the North Carolina Farmers'
union, and W. D. Bailey, of Wln-sfon-
Salem. vice-president of Bailey
Brothers, Inc.. tobacco manufac-turers.
Greek Marriagte Vows
Taken In Greensboro
Tom Anton, one of the proprietors
of the Sanitary Lunch, this city, and
Miss Theano Georgeo, of Mesopolls,
state of Brusa, Asia Minor, were
-married at Holy Trinity Episcopal
church here last night. The cere-mony,
performed by Rev. Thomas
Daniels, of Washington, In accord-ance
with the ritual of the Orthodox
Greek church, was the first one ot
its kind ever witnessed in Greens-boro.
For a long time Mr. Anton's
sweetheart was detained by immi-gration
officials at Ellis island be-cause
the immigration quota for
Greeks had then been fully utilised.
After many difficulties her entrance
Into the I'nited States was effected
and they were married by a justice
of the peace at Montlcello, N. Y., on
December 4. However, they wished
to be united in marriage by a priest
of their church.
Many Items of News
At Guilford College
Capiases For Arrest
of Men In Randolph4
Capiases for the arrest of W. t».
Coltrane, election jadse, and R. L.
White. Jr., election registrar, both
of New Market township, Randolph
county, have been forwarded from
the office of the clerk of Federal
court here to Waited States MaHhal
Rrownlow Jackson in Ashevllle. Un-der
an indictment returned- la •'fed-eral
court- last week 'Mr,. jColtrane
and Mr. White are charged with hav-ing
refused to allow T. L. Cox. a
qualified voter, to cast his ballot in
the November election. *
Blue Sky Charges To -
Be Aired Next Month
The cases against L. G. Rabe and
G. B. Pegram, charged with viola-tion
of the "blue sty" law by the
sale ot stock In the High Point
Springless Shade company, will bf-j
tried at the special term ot pull-ford
Superior court beginning"Jan-f-
trary i. according to a ruling issued
by Judge W. F. Harding here this
week. (Each defendant was requir-ed
to furnish $1,001) additional ap-pearance
bond, that action repre-senting
a doubling of the security.
Officers Dismantle Still
Deputy Sheriffs W. T. Bowman
and W, A. Coble on Monday after-noon"
secured a copper still of 100-
gallon capacity pn the Greene and
Clay township line near the Ern
Walker cross roade. They disman-tled
the plant, seised 1,000 gallons
of beer. 250 pounds of sugar and
15 quarts ot whisky.' Three white
man who were at the still escaped.
Saturday evening the members of
ihe junior class of the Guilford
high school entertained the seniors
and the high school teachers in the
seool auditorium.
Miss <Mary E. White, who teaches
in Friends' Select school, Philadel-phia,
is spending the holiday season
with her parents here.
The college closed at noon Wed-nesday
for' a two weeks vacation.
Miss Pearle Fuller, one of the
high school teachers. Is ill with a
light attack of Influenza. Mrs. Lee
Smith taught as Miss Fuller's sub-stitute
on Tuesday.
The public school closed Tuesda)*-
afternoon for the holidays.
Miss Newman left Wednesday for
her home at Leasburg.
Miss Walker will spend the vaca-tion
at her home at Benaja.
A number of the high school stu-dents
enjoyed h candy pull at the
home of Misses Julia and Dorothy
Wolff Tuesday evening.
Everett Hollady. who has been in
Florida for the past tew months. Is
visiting his parents at Guolford.
Sunday evening at 7:SO the mem-bers
of the Bible school will pre-sent
a Christmas pageant. "The
Light of the World," at the church.
Miss Lina Worth, who has been
visiting her niece, :Mrs. Ralph Par-ker,
in High Point, returned home
the first of the week.
Not To Print Paper
Here Christmas Day
On neat Monday, December 2f>.
The 'Patriot -will not be published.
Omission ot the one issue during
the year Is in conformity with the
annual custom of this newspe-ner
Ot observing Christmas Day. The
next issue of The Patriot will be
\ printed next Thursday, Decem-ber
2B. and on every MMay and
Thursday thereafter — until
Christmas. ,1921, when the usual
cusotm is to be followed.
To Its readers and friends
everywhere The Patriot extends
hearty greetings of the season
and beet wishes tor a very happy
Christmas.
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