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GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 1920
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IHGRAHAM DISAPPEARS
AND LATER REAPPEARS
olN(; MAX POUND IN IJNCON
s( IOVS STATED ONf ORTH ,
KDCiE WORTH STREET.
T N. Ingraham, the young iman
wb0 was found in an unconscious
state Sunday night on North Eug
rth street, has regained con
piousness, but a cleaii explanation
li bis absence from home from
Monday ni.I-t. until Sunday night 'is
est available. Mr. Ingxaham is at
I is home. 287 Bellemeade street.
prior to discovery of the young:
maa Monday night, he had" last
been seen Friday night at the cdr
ner of North Greene and West MaT
Xet streets. He had' then toldNaome
,f his friends (that he was going
oome. When found he was in a
heavy stupor, but he was not bruis
ed in any way there was no. evi
dence that he had been victimized
by foul play. Notwithstanding txe
I3Ct t LXdl 'tunc udu uccu givoii,
downpour of rain Saturday and
Sunday, his clothes were quite dry.
He was almost frozen, however, and
his system much upset.
gome time ago Mr. Ingraham had
been robbed' of $85 by two unknown
negroes who have never been appre
hended. His watch was missing
when he was found Sunday night,
hat there was currency in his po2k
ets and there seems to be little ev
idence to support the theory that he
was robbed. ,?
During the world war the young
man was in the aviation service.
While in the service he was. injured
an aiTplane propener, a circum-
stance which may possibly be of
significance in connection with ; his
strange disappearance and equally
mysterious reappearance.
Mr. Ingraham, who is married, -is
24 years of age and an employe of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company.
ROAD BOND CAMPAIGN.
Decision to wage a vigorous cam-
ivaign in the interest of the proposed
issuance of bonds not to exceed
2.000.000 to defray the cost of road
improvements in Guilford county
was reached Monday . night at a
meeting of the special committee.
T'n election in to be beld - oh". De
cember 14. Speeches will be made
in various sections of the county in
advocacy of the prcyosixron, It is ex-cxjcted tha-t an j.-tractive site will
pected. and other plans 'designed tfo j be offered Tor the hospital,
stimulatp Interest will be put into No decision has jk-v aeen reached
execution Leaders of the campaign jby the Chamber oi' Commerce repie-appea:-
to be quite confident of the j sen Natives.
success of the enterprise, although;
;aey realize that in order to secure i
a lare majority in favor of the
ond.s the people of the 'county
&ould be enlightened fully as to.the
scope of the plans. General enthu
jsm for the improvement is re
roned. TWO INJURED AXD CAR
SMASHED AT CROSSING.
f'u Building Inspector T. J. Mc
Adoo was rain-fully injured Tuesday
moraine, and Nlson Broadnax, a
Ero. w-s also hurt whe-n the au
'omobiie in which they were-. -riding
ruck by Southern passenger
1". at the crossing near
foundry. The occupants
-e triown out of the car and thei
tar j . - ' i
u-ino-iisne-a.
r. .McAdoo and the negro were
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'wcfP:inio toward Durham when'
Xo l'. which is operated betwe?-1
eish ajid Greensboro, approach-
ta The building inspector was try-
a' cross the track and avert hol
trii. the automobile Mirtn'Wame -
thoked, the car mmimr n M-m.
stop on the track, its demoli-
luickly following,
ko". R. Hoi-ftaday Dead.
nn n .
??ar: a- ,
vd i x si Li-awn y , ageu -t
.onKiay at nis. name, -
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- - ' i r.ii li M i rtLinwi n v 11 ill
y hi, .Ul"nias- ls survive
"""fnauav ,:o jm
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s parents, Mr. and
a. n l j i -i ... f .
alvm Homaday. of this city,
d Ci . . .
'T T )llii K XTr -i A T
IU! 'ai was conduced at the
1 o'clock Tuesday af-
rnoon . ' . u,wu j1
Castr of c nZ f;
a nn v.. j
-ictue tiui cemetery
; y .i s D1SCUSSBBD ," BY "ROTAR1ANS.
Y ?- . is - fe--r v 'i . -
cXUqni of streets and roads
lleatttred mieting oi the Greens-
boTOi;Rotary; clifb - Tuesdfjr night at
theitum'ciub? GhDerCfi White,
pf. vDurhaim, ensgineer m charge of
the Renoir and Beaufort county road
construction, presented! a condensed
account t the history of paving,
discussing partieularly fhe essential
qualities of the types of paving now
ih use. Johc 1. Waldrop, division
highway enioeer of the state high
:wa commission, talked1 of roads.
As a citizen, he,aidi;.!he:'was anxious
to- see the county aecure Jf 2,0 00 ,000
worth oftroadis for 92,000,000; as
an engineer he believed tliat this
could not he. taccomplished unless
1rovision is made for thorough en
gineering supervision and inspec
tion. W.' 3. Boren, chairman of. the
hoard of county commissioners, em
phasized the importance of diligent
organized effort in 'behalf of the
proposed $2,000,000 issue of road
bonds ior Guilford'.
rev. R. A. HUNTER IS
MOVED BY CONFERENCE.,
Rev. R. A. THunter, who lias toeen
serving as pastor of the West End
Methodist Protestant church, has
been 'assigned; by the annual con
ference as pastor of the Winston
Salem church. To the pastorate of
the -West - End church comes Rev. N.
M. Harrison. Rev. Roland C. Htuh
ibins is returned as pastor of Grace
Methodist Protestant church, while
Rev. j. N. Morgan continues as pas
tor of "St. Paul's. Rev. R. M. An
drews,. D., of this cfty, is presi-
j dent of the conference. Rev. J. F.
vMcCulloch will tjontinue his work as
'editor of Jthjf.' Methodist Protestant
.Herald, whtfch is published here.
The' "annual conference was held
!at - Enfield
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NEED 3MHJCH MONEY TO
- GET BAPTIST HOSPITAL.
000 as an inducement for location
of the proposed baptist hospital in
this city, according to tne opinion
expressed by leading Baptists at a
Joint mcting of representatives of
jthis denomination and the industrial
committee of the Chamber or com
merce yesterday afternoon. The
Baptists cfc Greensboro propose to
raice $C3,000 and it is suggested
i-haf-ether local citizens may pledge
the"' rpiwaining '$65,000. It is also
.IT IKiE RITCHAKU VftK
IIX IN A HOSPITAL.
AshevUia. Xo v.' 2 9 .-Friend fhere
ire worried ..about "the condition of
Judge,;J. C. Pritchajd'. presiding of
acr of the United States 'Circuit
Court of Appeals for the fourth cir
cuit, who was to-day removed to
the M ission hospital . J udge Pritch
ard has been ill for some time but
d sufficiently recovered to be ab)e
o gt out, "until about a week ago
when he was again confined to his
bed. His condition grew worse and
he has now been taken to the hos
pital, where he will receive treat-)
ment. It -was stated at the hospital
tonight that he is resting (easier but
it was understood that he is very
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s.lCK
Married in This City.
Miss Adelaide. Van Noppen and
George Howard, Jr., of Tarooro,
wis re united1 in marriage last nignt
at the First Presbyterian cnurcn,
Rev. Charles F". Myers, D. D., per-
forming the-. ceremony.
ThV bridVis a .daughter -of Mr.
and . Mrs. . Carles L. Van Nopipen,
and -is. a. yng- lady of rare charm
and high .amplislfment. She has
been .teacams "yf" " "
Mr. HOWam,. -
a w-W.t. of Tartwro, is su-
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of the Edgecombe
perintenoem - .
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vw Bank Site Selected.
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,The Farmers and Mechanics Bank
jt:nd Trust . Company, which, was :
certlyorganized here, has-leassd t
re-
cer.tly organized here, has-ieaseo uw
huildiiig now occupied. aughn &
. r .- vlt -
wui"i - & ..m Af'
.Lto, Md Fayetteville streets,
in- The bank win oegin dusiu?s lucic tui - ..-... . . w - - - - - ,
. . .-. - v ' -rrnnnii . Reidsville. Point, on December 7. 'for the state honors. IdecraTedr ';'"
aboUb. the nrst ox . aaarcu, a, m vi.w. ui.-u - - : . . - . . -"..t"i:;v - L"V ;' "
CITIZENS WOULD UAHAGE
GUILFORD COUNTY flOUB
WR WlfcLS NOTBFTE MR. BOREN
THAT " TOJOilTCESj ACCEPTS
OFFER OF BOARD.
The offer of the 'boardof county
commissioners to place the manage
ment tof the county . home in the
hands of the executive . Scorn mifctee,
representing 20 Greensbornr-ohurchr
es, the county to continue to, defray
the costs, has been accepted, "accord
ing to a letter to tne oana from K.
S. Willis, chairman of the commitr
In the committee's letter, made
nublic by Chairman Wills, . it is
stated that the members of the body
would like to appear before the
'.board of county commissioners next !
Tuesday afternoon to discuss the
proposition in detail.
The com mun-i cation of the execu
tive committee tollowe:
Greenaiboro, Xov. '2 9, 19201
"To the Board of County Commis
sioners. "Gentlemen: We have not re
ceived a copy by mail or otherwise,
but we have read in the public
press a letter you have addressed to
this committee regarding the county
home.
"If we read your letter correctly,
'there is no controversy between
your board and this committee as to
existing.-conditions at the home." All
gree in describing those cohdliiohs
as 'replorable.' The only point iat is
sue between us is that you regard
these 'deplorable conditions as un
avoidable and incapable of better
ment; While we are of the opinion
that , substantial and farreaching
improvements can and should be
nade.
"We note in your letter that you
offer to turn oyer to us 'the entire
management' of the home and to
rovide us with funds properly to
conduct (jit.
;Thisoff:ex. pur executive commjiUtyrj .
tee has unanimously voted to ac
cept. ,
"If it meets with your approval
we will be glad to appear at yaur.-J
neeting on the afternoon of Tues
day, December 7, and discuss the
details of your offer and our accept
ance." .
"E. S. WILLS, Chairman." .
FEDERAL AGENTS ON THE
TRAIL OF WESTERN FARMERS.
Washington, Nov. 3 0. Declaring
he understood "that federal agents
are already going over Kansas,
low and other states trying to -get
evidence necessary to the indict
ment of men who are asking farm
ers to hold their crops," Charles S.
Barrett, president of the ' National
Farmers' Union, thremgn a state
menifc issued to-day, appealed to
members " of his - - organization. , y to
stand together and not sell their pro
ducts at present "ruinously low
prices."
"Show that you have the moral
courage to go to jail, if necessary,"
Mr. Barrett advised members of the
farmers' union. "The word seems to
have" been passed around that farm
ers were to be taught a lesson
they were getting troublesome."
The farmers answer to claims of
over - production, Mr. Barrett said,
should be: "We will simply lessen
production." This was "no idle
threat," he said, adding:
"From every part of the country
comes the tpromise that this policy
should be adbered t until the coun
try wakes upto tne fact that it
must either go on short rational or
pay you wages high enough to live
on.
Services at Peace Church Sunday.
Rev. E. A. Shenk, pastor of the
First Lutheran church of Greens-
. i t'i
boro, will again occupy the pulpit i
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at Peace Lutheran church, four
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miles east of McLeansville, Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Shank i
iS 7 t
fnrreful oreachers of the Lutheran
church, and a treat is in store for '.
those who hear him.
Mrs. A. L. Palmer Dead.
Mm. X. L. Palmer, who sustair e l
a-ian xwo wts
a.' k n vm a. in. v r
afternoon at her home in
South
Sb ' was 73 vears of
age. The remains were interred
i . n AMtnsvn ir. ho. PflimAr fiiTniiv Commissioner W. G- Brown: at Hizh roe will nlay the eastern cnampions labove 16 per. cent, -the . departmeB&
, Al?FARM ORGANIZATION',
.be of Farm
dnizadon-Wni be discussed by
oirJtootiStor j. c.
Beavers irr, a,: eeries rpf community
meetihgs to i be held ' in the county
berminjii evening. At each of
tbi&iife;mt.'le focal' ad
dress liuade, -.-ft' is expected;
that; 4 0! -more ; local speakers
wUl:liirli The scheduler of om
mttr4yt
all 'of, -which wll
beginjai MJthehe 1 eteirin, te an
nounced i cui Qrfcvts i . MionticeUo ,
huryeei Guilford
&y$i$0T?. December 4;
tLr Vt&m&iky. December 6 ;
Colfaxirfe $. The
Chamtbel j9rCdkmerce . rooms -will
serves asu6r?meeting place at High
PoinUh'hhe;?it ihe other places the
f -ichjooj. uiy ihgs wdll be used.
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TO RESUME v DIPLOMATIC
CitATIONS 'WITH MEXICO.
WasMjistcjDv. 3(T A formal
p roposal' fjfrom . Secretary, Colby, that
commissioners be appotated by the
United States -and Mexico to draft a
treaty upon;vwhich' can le based re-
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sum:
rf;;full dipjoBjatic rela
tions be weenVthe ' two . governments
has, beefiiMcen to Mexico' City by
RoJberto jVpesqueira, Mexican con
fidentialVagent , tu sWashi-ngton.
This tal disclosed tonight when
the tatf department,, made public
Mr. Colt1? toMr. Pesquei
ra's rececJeer.rurging recognition
by the United $tates of .the new gov
ernment lftf - Mexico. , It was handed
to the Mican.iagent' before his de
parture aksjriving day to attend
the inaujehHtloh. of President-elect
Obregon tMeXico, December 1.
Referring td his . , conversations
with MrPlrqueira, Secretary Colby,
in his letter; said that they served
to leave t(oo; .reasonable doubt of the
high and; ealightejied purposes that
actuate thlfepesent government , of ;
As Ho article 2 7 of the Mexican
constitution, "long a stumbling block
to complete understanding between
the two governments, Mr. Colby said
the . statement in tMr. Perqueira's
letter that it "is not and must not
&fi interpreted as retroactive or vio
lative of valid property rights"
should "allay the fears of those who
have acquired valid titles" in Mexi
co, addingV
"I can conceive of nothing fbetter
calculated to correct this misunder
standing." "It only remains," Mr. Colby
continued, "to give these under
standings a form which is usual in
dealings between friendly states and
I have the honor to suggest that
commissioners be promptly desig
nated by both Mexico and the United
States to formulate a treaty, em
bodying the agreements which have
bia.reahed as the result of your
successful "mission." '
Bo ul di n-Edm undfl Wedding.
At high noon yesterday in the
First Presbyterian church Miss Isa
bel Bouldin, of this city, and Thom
as Barkadale Edmunds, of Lynch
burg, Va., were married. Rev. Ber
ry man Greene, D. D., of Alexandria,
Va., an uncle of the bride, assisted
by Rev. Charles F. Myers. D. D., of
Greensboro, Officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. B. Bouldin, of this city,
a most Charming and talented' young
lady. The bridegroom is a promi
nent young optomitrist
burg.
of Lynch-
Marriage Licenses Total 1,189.
During the fiscal year ending No
vember 30, figures compiled by Dep
uty Register of Deeds John H. Mc
Adoo show 1,189 marriage licenses
) were issued in Guilford county. Dur-
" " u , 7,
"banner month," 167 licenses being
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issued. June ranked second with
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114 and February twelfth with 64.
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S. P. Benner Arrested.
S. P. Benner, of High Point, was
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by Deputy Marshal C. T. Hosne up-
' on the charge of "making false and
' fictitious entries in account,"
No
vember 1, 1919, to February 25,
1920,x while acting as agent of the
at High Point,
T'A'
Bond was fixed at $1,000, and' the ;
-urt n w n imi
defendant will be given a orelimi-
rary heariug -before United States
mm business houses
I
ARE CHANGING QUARTERS
AS CAUSE IN NUMBER OF
INSTANCES HERE.
Many changes in the Vacation of
Greensboro business firms Je1)! be
effected soon. Increaeed'rental
charges constitute the clet reason
for the changes, according "toth
merchants. In some cases owners
of the buildings have notified the
tenants of rent increases of almost
LOO per cent. Merchants appe?r to
be somewhat puzzled over the as
cending rents at this time when the
prices of many commodities are be
ing revised downward.
Ho wanton's drug store, located ih
the Guilford hotel huilding, corner
of South Elm and West Sycamore
streets, will be operated at 113
east Market street, in the building
formerly occupied by the W. P.
Donaldson Plumbing, and Heatimg
Company. The change is to be made
some time this month, according to
J. L. Howerton, -manager of the
store. Mr. Howerton said he had
been notified that his rent in the
hotel building would be increased
from $250 to $400, and as he was
unwilling to pay the increase, he de
cided to move the business.
According to present plans, the
Guilford1 hotel management will con
duct a tea room-in the place which
now serves as the home of Hower
ton 's drug store. '
W. P. Donaldson Plumbing and
Heating Company is now using, the
building at 228 East Sycamore
street as operating base, having just
completed moving the business from
East Market.
Preparatory to going out of busi
ness, the Fleming Seed Company,
corner of South Davie and East
Sycamore streets, is now selling out
its stock of goods. -
. Thacker & Brcokonann, dry goods.
from 232" South Elm street" tothe
building now occupied by the Flem
ing Seed Company. This will be a
temporary location, it is stated, the
move being the result of increased
rental charges at the present loca
tion of Thacker & Brockmann.
S. L. Gilmer & Co. will vacate the
present quarters of establishment,
at 23 4 South Elm street, soon. Mr.
Gilmer has tiot formed definite
plans for the future, it is stated.
The store rooms now occupied by
Thacker & Brockmann and S. L.
Gilmer & Co. have been rented by
McLellan- Stores Company, a five
and ten cent enterprise.
It is announced that Mitchell &
Pat ton, grocers, 121 North Elm
street, will convert their grocery
business into a seed and poultry
supplies storeT the change to be ef
fected about the first, of the" new
year. -
HIGH POINT STORE IS
ROBBED OF SUNDRY GOODS.
High Point, 'Nov. 29. Late Sun
day night or early this morning rob
bers entered the Globe store, a
ladies' ready-to-wear establishment
at No. 215 North Main street, and
escaped with merchandise worth
nearly$ 2,000. No arrests had been
nade in' connection with the rob
ery up to the hour of going to
riress.
The robbery was firs discovered
at 7-o'clock this morning by George
Williams, negro janitor, who enter
ed the store at that hour for the
purpose of building fires. Williams
notified the police and a fruitless
search Was instituted.
Excited by Small Blaae.
As a result of a small blaze in the
Y. W. C, A. home, on North Davie
street, Monday evening, a number
. f young women who room there
ibecame greatly frightened, some of
rthem screaming loudly. However,
. ie damage " was inconsequential.
The cause of the fire seems to be un
.
letermmed
Greensboro Highs Defeated.
By the score of 2 to 0, the Mon
roe high school football team de-,
feated the Greensboro high school
eleven at Monroe Tuesday afternoon.
The locals thus were eliminated
contenders for' the western
high
school -football championship
Mon -
HIGH POINT MERCHANTS
SLEEP IN THEIR STOB3SL
High Point, Nor. 30. Seretal
High Point merchants have ati&ptexl
of business to prevent their
from being stolen, it became known,
to-day when various merchants
talked' regarding the seriousness of
"the situation resulting; JkomnWieT--ous
burglaries Which have beea
committed' in this ctty ouring ttoe
past few days.
The High Point Chamber of Com
merce to-day started a (movement to
have the merchants raise a special
fund to employ night policemen. Tlxe
storekeepers were not at all in favor
Of such air idea, declaring that tbey
are paying taxes and are due ample
protection from the city. Several ioC
them .announced: , that they would;
sleep in their stores and protect
their own places of business. The
small size of the night shift of the
police force makes the work of ex
perienced burglars easy to accom
plish. Duprhg the past week or ten. day
this city has been visited, by, an epi
demic of burglaries, one store '.was
entered Sunday night- and more than
$20,000 worth of merchandise taken.
An attempt was made on the rear of
the Kress store here,- but the heavy
iron bars kept the would-be bur
glars out. Another recent burglary
was at a blacksmith shop, where
crowbars used to pry into .other
places of business were borrowed.
Just what action the merchant
body of the city will take for elf
protection remains to be seen. It Is
believed, however, that the only way
to stop the series of costly thefts is
to augment the police -force so that
business and residential ' section
may be protected.
BANDITS ESCAPE WITH
$647,000 IN SECURITIES.
Utces-
eooC
New York, Nov. 30. Four ban
dits held up . two messengers . of the? ' ;
Taylor & Co. in BrOofolyn Vtfcitr af-
ternoon, seized a package said to
contain $647,000 in liberty bonds,
fired a fusillade of shots and escap
ed. When accosted by the bandits the
messengers were in -front of the firm
of Igoe Brothers, bardware dealers
and thrust revolvers rn the messen
gers' faces,, while the fourth snatcb
'h! the package. Then, entering an
automobile which was standing at
the curb, they drove away. The
abandoned machine was found later
on the outskirts of thev city.
The 'bonds, in denominations ' of
$5,000 and $10,000, were being car
ried to Igoe Brothers in exenaxtge
for securities of smaller denomina
tions, members of the brokerage
firm said. All but- $60,000 worth1
of the securities were said to be
gotiable.
DEVELOP NEW PROCESS
FOR EXTRACTING ACID.
Washington, Nov, 30. Develop
ment of a process for extracting
phosphoric acid Trom rock by the
heat method, which experts predict
ed would mean revolutionary
changes in the fertilizer'" industry,
was announced here to-day by the
department of agriculture. The pro
cess has been workedyout on approx
imately a commercial basis at the
government experiment plant at Ar
lington, Va.
Experiments have shown that
phosphoric acid can be freed Irom
rock by the use of fuel oil much
more cheaply than by older methods,
the announcement said. While t3i
actual cost was not estimated close
ly, the experiments tended) to ebow
that acid could be produced at about
15 per cent of the actual value -of
the product while the cheapest
previous production cost was placed.
at about 22 per cent.
Tests were made of heating bbIx-
tures of mineral, sand and coke to
a smelting temperature with elec
tricity as fuel. - The process proved,
satisfactory, but the prohibitive cost-,
of the current resulted in . the trial
of oil which also is supplied abun
dantly in sections of Florida wbers
phosphate . rotjk deposits axe being
developed!.. . -' T.,X
Higher recovery also is claimed
for the hew process." Runs' at ;th
-government plant showed about v 47
I per ent recovery , whlle4he bestipro-
1 vious recovery, was only slrgmly