PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.
ESTABLISHED 182.
GREENSBORO, N. C. MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1921
VOL. 100. NO. S
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MUST ENFORCE LAWS
HERE AND ELSEWHERE
REV. T. A. SIKES FLAYS ALLEG
ED FAILURE TO ENFORCE
LAWS IX THIS CITY.
OBJECTIONS TO SCHOOL
BONDS ANSWERED HERE
PEOPLE URGED TO VOTE FOR
$1,000,000 ISSUE IN TUES
DAY'S ELECTION.
ROADS ASSOCIATION
FORMED BY FARMERS
PROPOSE TO FORMULATE DEF
INITE PLANS AS TO ROAD
IMPROVEMENT.
CARPENTERS DECLINE TO
ACCEPT 20 PER CENT CUT
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CRAFTSMEN DECLARE THEY
WILL DEAL DIRECT WITH
THE INDrvmUAL.
J. r. oAWUMb HEAU
I OF NEW BANK HERE
FARMERS AND MECHANICS
BA&K TO OPEN FOR BUSI
NESS ABOUT MARCH 1.
BANNER BUILDING IS ;!
DAMAGED BY FIRE
fi-
FIRE OF UNDETERMI NED ORIGV
IN RESULTS IN ESTIMATED
$15,000 LOSS.
Making a vigorous plea xfor en
forcement of the lawa relating to
larceny and other offenses aa well
as prohibition, Rev. T. A. Sikes at
West Market Street Methodist
church last night wanted to know
horw under high heaven can any
authority in Greensboro release a
yrisoner from the chaihgang?
He added: "We have cussed and
discussed -Cole Blease and Walter
Bickett till we are almost disgust
ed," reference being to the exten
sive pardoning activities of those
former governors. He thought that
,-nough clemency had been shown
by those executives without any lo
cal official undertaking to usurp the
pardoning power.
Rev. Mr. Bikes' earnest discussion
of alleged failure in local lawen-lorce-ment
came at the prohibition
service observed at West Market
Street church under the auspices of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. Miss Louise Alexander talk
ed of "What Woman Can Do for
Law Enforcement." Rev. J. H.
Baruhardt, D. D., pastor of the
.-.hurch. presided over the prelimi
nary exercises which preceded the
prohibition service, 'Mrs. Ellen J. Y.
Greyer conducting the latter.
Business has 'been better, schools
have 'been bigger, more roads and
streets have been built and the
churches have done better work in
the last decade than in any other
ten decades in this country's his-
tory. declared) Rev. Mr. Sikes, who
aid that in 1920 the number of
people attending Church was great
er than the number attending all
amusement places. These conditions
xist, he said, because the man
hood of' the country has been turned
into channels of uplifting charac
ter. It was denied that prohibition
had 'been a failure and asserted
that in whatever measure it has
tailed to accomplish what it was ex
pected to accomplish iwas Lue to the
iack of law enforcement. The law
is? on .the statute books and should
be enforced, he said. In one North
Carolina county, it was pointed out, of the North Carolina budget com
there has not been a term of court mission to .the general assembly, the
In ten years at which there was not reason assigned being that the
a murder case. "Shall we repeal
the law against murder because the
taw fails to prevent Iti" the preach
er a.sked.
fie had known towns in which ot
.jcers winked at violations of the
iaw, Rev. Mr. Sikes said, adding
i.hat he was not entirely certain
'.:remsboro has no such officers. He
vvas shocked, he said, when recent-
h read; in the local papers the
'ccouat of the "pardon" of Will Jef-
reys. a fugitive from justice, by a
:nan whose duty it is to uphold the
-aw. If the newspaper articles are
-rue, he asserted, Greensboro has
ueh officers, and if they are not
;.rue he contended that the accused
-'facers should prosecute the pcipers.
Rev. Mr. Sikes said he had in his
iands a list of 25 cases of men re
leased from the city streets since
Vpri 1, 1917, by the order of this
"fficer, whose duty it is to uphold
;he law. The list, he said, was taken
trom the Municipal court records.
"These 25 men were released by
somebody who had no business do
ing it," he declared. Detailed state
ments concerning the circumstances
)n those cases -were given by the
minister.
"I hope everything I said here to
night is a lie," said 'Rev. Mr. Sikes
hut here are the records. And the
rime b.as come when every believer
m Va-w and order" and God should
stand in one solids pfa'alSnx and say
that such conditions shall riot con
tinue to exist. Let the-women v'ot
frs vote, the .preachers preach and
the newspapers "write until the men
in authority who win?c at infraction
of the law and allow criminals to
fun loose on society are driven out
of office."
ounty Teachers Discuss Plans For
Ckmeticwnent-
Discuasion of plans for the annual
commencement of the schools fea-
tiiffli fr monfjno-
of the county teachers at the eouKt
house Sardav Athletic activities
in the schools also
measure -of attention,
Objections to the proposed issu
ance of $1,000,000 worth of bonds
for the improvement of Greensboro
schools were ansrwered toy E. . D.
Broadhurst and other members of
the city 'board of education at a
mass meeting in the county court
house 'Friday night. Thosepreseat
were urged to vote for tbje bonds in
the special election to be held here
tomorrow.
"The mayor is entitled to his
opinion about the -bonds," said Mr.
Broadhurst. Anyone is. But for any
man to say rwe ought not to vote
$1,000,000 worth of Ibonds because
we need more streets is simply put-
ting the children in the streets."
Only 70 pupils living outside the
city were enrolled in the Greens
boro schools last year, said Mr.
Broadhurst, answering one of the
abjections raised to the bond issue.
Those pupils paid tuition, he added,
stating that outsiders vacated their j
places in the schools as soon as chil
dren living in the city appliedi for
admission in their places. He also
stated that the city school board
would not erect any buildings out
side of the corporate limits.
Chairman J. Norman "Wil d re
ferred to the great need of .ands
for extension of the physical u.cili
ties of the Greensboro school sys
tem. It has been necessary to erect
a number of temporary buildings in
order to care for the rapidly increas-
ing enrollment. All of the money is
to be spent for permanent improve-
ments, it was pointed out, although
not all of the fund can or will be
sent in o.ne year.
The enrollment, it was shown,
totals i;24S, of which 2,2 6 4 are in"
elementary schools, 717 in the high
school and 1,267 in the negro
schools.
SUGGEST REMOVAL
OF A. & T. COLLEGE.
No money is recommended
permanent improvements for
for;
the
negro Agricultural and Technicai j
College, of this city, in the report i
commission is o; the opinion that i
before ,tcv further appropriations
are made for improvements at this j
college a careful investigation t
should be or u J-uc:ed to determine ;
wbe:her or not ic is the part of wis-j
doir. to ccn.'nu-' this collegte in the!
section of Greensboro where now- '
located."
Dr. James E. Dudley, president of
the collagen states that one member
of the board, J. E. Latham, of
Greensboro, had made a proposition
to the Iboard, offering to purchase
the college buildings, grounds and
the entire farm, embracing about
128 acres land, offering to pay
200,000 for the land and buildings.
Dr. Dudley says Mr. Latham express
ed the opinion that the college
should be located in the country.
The college proper, Dr. Dudley
says, is opposed to any move, be-1
lieving the present site to be ideal.
President Dudley also states that
funds for carrying on the work of
the institution are badiy needed.
VARNER CASE SCHEDULED
FOR TRL4L FEBRUARY 14.
The case of Mrs. II. B. Varneri
against her husband, H. B. Varner,,
of Lexington, is on the calendar for'
trial at the term of Federal court
which will be held here beginning
.February 7. February 14 is the day
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settlor trial or the varner case.
Mrs. Varner . is suing for "a rea
sonable subsistence," She and Mr.
Varner have not lived) together since
the alleged discovery of a negro,1.
Baxter Mc'Rary. at the Varner home '
In Iexington last August.
Gives Pianos to Church.
Two pianc-s have been presented Reese, died at the home of her pa
to the Presbyterian Church of the, rents, eight miles east of the city,
Covenant by J. R. Caffey, a member
of the church, the giftB being made
aa q Tnpmnriai tr Ma Hnorori
sons. One islbeing used in the ladies'
narlor of the church and the other
engaged a-large 'fn'the primiry department 'of. thaf ing IntrmeaoHowd ? in - fae the -Reetx Cigar Coiiteatyrfr
- , . . Sunday school. - - . J church,,cemetejry7- 5;- tdi,WVAv,fw. I'-t f. i?c j- 7- 5 J F'-KVi' .-
Formation of a temporary organ
ization to be known as the Farm
ers' Good Roads Association of
Guilford County was effected here
Saturday morning toy the executive
committees of the Guilford County
Farm Bureau and the Guilford :
County - Farmers' . '-Union;' . J. ? A', f
Young was elected temporary chatr-
man and John W. King was chosen chos:C. J. Trnsley, S. M'.' Bum-secretary-treasurer.
pass 4n W. H. Matthews, e'xecu
Committees will be appointed in tiVe; Vj-M. Kirkman, C. I. Clark,
the various townships in the inter- j E. C. Caldwell, J. P. Pleasants and
est of further organization activi- J. E. Faulkner, finance; J. E.
ties. A joint meeting of the com
mittees will foe held at the county
court house at 1 o'clock Saturday
afternoon, February 5, at which
time a permanent organization prob- t
ably will toe effected.
The prime purpose of the associa
tion, it is announced, is to reach an
agreement in regard to a definite
plan of road improvement and to
co-operate with county officials
in
connection with road development, j two weeks ago at a meeting of the
John W. King i3 chairman of the : stockholders. At that meeting it
tobacco growers' executive commit- was reprted that all of the capital
tee, tho other memlbers being W. H. stocky Jlffcdi been subscribed.
Dunha-. R. W. Winchester, S. E. j Thodewho are fbacking the city's
Coletraue, and James D. Doggett. j latesi bajrkfng enterprise are much
On the executive committee of the j please'T'ith the prospects for suc
Farm Bureau are H. W. Lambeth, cess. It; Js generally believed that
S. E. Coltrane, H. T. Antrim. W. A. j this backing institution will be
Bowman and J. A. Hoskins. Those come one of the leading factors In
representing the Farmers Union the business and """financial develop
were G E. Chappell and J. L. Haw- ! ment ol" jJreensboro.
kins. ! -ir-
After the discussion of roads a
report from the meeting f of the
North Carolina Tobacco Growers'
Association, held in 'Raleigh on Jan
uary 12, was presented. The com
munity plan was discussed in some
detail: TTHuertnts pTali each "farmer '
s'gns a contract to deliver all of his
tobacco to the association for dispo
sal. DANIEL B. SMITH DIES
AT HOME IN COUNTY.
Daniel Brooks Smith, aged 77,
died yesterday morning at his home
'-wo miles south of Monticello, . in
Madison township, following a brief
Illness.
Mr. Smith was a native of Guil
ford county. He married Miss Sarah
J. Smith, who survives, witkjthe fol-
lowing children: Henry B., Robert
R-. v- Ogburn and Turner E. Smith
a111 Mrs. L.fG. Faucett, of Brown
Summit ; Capt. Cicero W. Smith, of
Spencer, and Mrs. G. W. Apiple, oi
Greensboro. Another son, Rev. W.
A. Smith, died several years ago.
He also is survived by two brothers i
Anderson and Abner Smith, and one
sister, Mrs. Rachael Wyrick, of this
county, 28 grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren. j
During the Civil war Mr. Smith
made an enviable record in the Con
federate army. He served in corn-
pany K, 47th North Carolina -regi-
ment, and was in Pettigrew's brig-
auo at vreuysuurK. isiuce eariy man-
hood he had
ibeen a member of
nixies cna.pei i.v.nrisiian ) . ie was
engaged m farming, in which he at-
tained success.
The funeral services were con-
ducted early this afternoon at Hines'
chapel by the pastor, Rev. Carl Gar-
ringer, assisted by !Rev. W. C. Wick-
er, D. D., of Elon College, former
pastor.
BODY OF THOMAS SETTLE
REMOVED TO WILMINGTON.
Last Saturday the remains of the
late Thomas Settle, of Asheville,
whose death occurred January 20.
1919, were removed, from Greene
Hill cemetery to Wilmington, to be
interred beside ttte grave of Mrs.
Settle, who died some months ago.
The removal was made in conform
ity with the wish expressed by Mrs.
Settle in her will.
Lena Belle Reese Dead.
Lena Belle Reese, three-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
at 2.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
death resulting from pneumonia.
T-a fnnoroi .wic hoiH at Pntihoi
Presbyterian church yesterday after-
noon. -Rev. G. W. Whitelv officiat-
At a -neeting of the directors Fri
dar .ngf J. P. Sanders was elected
president of the recently organized
FamfeMftd Mechanics Bank; C. J.
Tinsleiy, Ijurst vice president; 8. A.
CavifiessV second vice president. A
cashier .'Will be elected in the early
futttrV 'ia exipected. ,
Tetvfdllpiwiog committees were !
Faulkner. Phil R. Carlton and Reid
C. Jones, examining.
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Work on the bank's home, cor
ner of outh Elm and Fayetteville
streets, will begin at once. Already accept a five per cent wage reduc
the bank fixtures, furniture ana j tion. However, the contractors.
other -supplies have been ordered, it j
is announced,
the banic will
It is expected that
open for business
about the first of March.
The -directors were chosen about
NEGRO THANKS JUDGE
WHO IMPOSED SENTENCE.
A court- sentence of sixty days on
- . i
the City streets may toe a blessing m j
dlagfefe4ihr undisguised. .. AV any '
rateTsuch seemed to be the convic-
tion o a negro named Charlie Grif-1
fin, who last Friday morning upon j
being informed that a sentence of
that character was his portion said;
"Thank you, judge!" The defend
ant had just been convicted in Mu
nicipal court, where he was tried
for an assault upon a negro woman
las August.
"You don't mind a short sentence
. je ..that, do you?" Judge C. .A.
Jones asked Griffin, who smilingly
replied: "Naw suh, judge, that will
be a short playtime."
It was charged that Griffin stab
bed a negro twoman -with a knife.
Following the alleged assault he
went to Pennsylvania. Returning
to the city a few days -ago, he was!
arrested, the woman whom he is
alleged to have assaulted having
then instigated the action.
CARPENTER, J$ VICTIM
OF APOPLECTIC STROKE.
While working on a house in the
eastern part of the city Thufsday j
Johnathan C. Stevenson, aged 60, a
carpenter, was stricken with apo-
plexy. A physician who happened
to ;De near renaerea meaicai am, i
b'ut the attack nroved fatal, death'
. -
coming about ten minutes alter jyir.
Stevenson was taken from his .work
, bench. I
Surviving are the 'widow, two
sons, W. iN. Stevenson, of Greens-:
boro," and Henry Stevenson, of Ran-i
dleman; two daughters, who live
in Randleman, and a half brother,
James Stevenson, of High Point.
The funeral was heldi at the grave
in Greene Hill cemetery Fridajg af
ternoon. Rev. X. Clyde Turner, D.
D., officiating.
Stofcas-Xowlan MfirriAge. j
In the presence of a few intimate
friends and relatives Miss Susan'
Elizabeth Stokes and AWrt &wTi
Nowlan were united in marriage at;
12 o'clock Saturday at te Pf esfcy-;i
teri an Chureb of the Oo ven ft n t, 1
Rev. R. Murphy Williams officiat-1
-e- v. .nramKnv!
1 UK. ULX UI H tlltl VUC . -n.iltuvuj I
Mr. and Mrs. Nowlan left on a ''
bridal trip for points in westers j
North Carolina.
The bride, who has been residing j
w;.tn her sisters; Misses Marion and,
Alice Stokes, on South -MendenhalH
street. is a voune lady of, rare per-.
"bati'iI rh.irm tr .NiTwTan. a buc
cessfui young business mah, and is I
member ot tu official persorlnel -of
Having been advised by the
Greensboro Builders' Association
that it would not revoke its order
reducing wages of carpenters, brick
layers, painters and other member?
of local -building crafts 20 per cent,
representatives of these crafts affil
iated with the Central Labor Union
on Saturday announced that they
Would deal directly with the indi
vidual, refusing to accept the wags
reduction. Jn other words, the
workmen propose to "eliminate vhe
contractor."
It was stated that the members
of the CentrJri Labor Union offered
to have the wage question settled
by arbitration; they also offered to
through the secretary of the Greens-
boro Builders' Association, on Sat
urday notified the craftsmen that
rthe ordered reduction would stand.
The message to the Central Labor
Union from (Secretary C. J. McfMich
ael was as follows:
"Gentlemen: The Builders' Asso
ciation of Greensboro decided at
their regular meeting last night to
leavethe 20 per cent cut just as H
was, as that seems to have the ap
proval of the majority of the peo
ple." Tonight a meeting of the Centrol
Labor Union will be held at the
union hall for further discussion of
the wage question. To this meeting
the unionists invite the public; they
say .they wish to bring the matter
to the attention of the entire c'ti-
zensh;:p of dreenoro.
MRS. F. F. BAYNES PASSES'
AT RESIDENCE OF SISTER.
i
F. F. Baynes, aged 42, died
JVlrs.
at 2.30 Saturday afternoon at the
home of her sister, Mrs. E. G. Sher-
rill, 219 South Eugene street, fol-f
lowing an illness of four months.
She is survived by her husband,
who is a Summerfield merchant;
her mother, Mrs. Emma CVIedearis,
Summerfield; two brothers, J. F
Medearis, of Summerfield, and- J. I.
Medearle, of Greensboro; three sis
ters, Mrs. E. G. Sherrill and Mrs.
H. B. Moore, of Greensboro, and
Mrs. K G. Wilson, of iFieldale, Va:
The funeral services were con-
ducted at the Summerfield Metho-i
dist church yesterday afternoon by I
Rev. T. B. Johnson, of Thomasville
former pastor of Mrs. Baynes.'-
LOCAL MACHINE SHOP
DESTROYED BY FLAMES.
I 'fhe machine shop of Robertson
j Strader Company, on Watson ave
! nue, near Pomona, was destroyed by
fire early Saturday morning.
The
flameg. vepe disCovered at 5.30
o'clock, at which time their destrue-
tive effect already was very notice-;
Th ffl d t of '
... - .oso-j
m, , on aaa !
WlltJ 1USS IWclS tiSLlIIItlLCU ctt ipuu.uuu.
while the insurance
totaled only ;
$4,750. The cause of the fire is un-j
determined.
It appears probable that the plant
will be rebuilt by the company.
Box-shooks were manufactured
at the fRobertson-Strader factory.
As a result of the fire about 35 men
were made idle. ;
AMERICAN RED CROSS
WORKER IN MOSCOW JAIL
Washington, Jan. 14. Capt. Km-
ett Kflma trick.. American Tied
Ctqgs worker, (who was reported, last
November to have been killed by
the Bolshevifri, was in jail at .Mos-
cow, advices to-day to the state de-
partment said. It was added that
he was captured last October 29
while engaged an relief worn along
ttiA frnnt necumied hv the Wraneel
" T
forces in the Crimea. ,
Kilpatrick, whose home is in
Uniontown, Pa., was captured dur-
ing a cavalry raid with A. Atechny,
of the Menomite Relief Society. No
wxrd as been., received of the Jat-
ter. When last seen, according, to
HK - e state dewartineilt -SLomcBS' at tile
time, Kilpatrick had been ftipdJSAry yril -appoint; two boy ,:Anrp
of his uaderclotnes in zero nreatneT
. Damage estimated at $15,000 re- J
suited from a fire of undetermined,- 1
origin which was discovered in tae, .
Banner building at 4 o'clock Friday? I
morning. The flames started in tne j I
basement and made rapid progress
before their discovery. The firemen -
had a hard fight to extinguish thexnv ;
Great destruction Hvas "wrottgltl
by the Are in the basement, whiles
the stairway and elevator hat,aI-;X
so were gutted. Damage son ihei?
first floor from the flames and ira
ter was extensive and almost all of
the glass on the fourth floor waft-;
wrecked. The plaster and ceilingpT ;'
fared badly as a result of the in-
tense heat. The offices, however,,
were not greatly damaged, the e-
fects of the fire being made notice- -"
able in the hallways.
The elevator was rendered inop
erative because of the fire, the mo-Y
tor having been partly under water."
The furnace could not be operated
either, for some time, as the base
ment was flooded with water.
Repair work is now in progress , -and
it is hoped that the building- x
will be in first class condition again "
soon. The loss is partially covered V
by insurance. The Banner buildings '
a five-story brick structure, w1-'
really considered fireproof. It con- rf;fe
tains many offices, which are occu- l
pied by various business and pro-
fessional Arms. In the basement is
barber shop. " -'
M. P. CHURCH PLANS
COLLEGE IN STATE
Plans are being formulated by "
v. K
leading representatives of the Meth-
odist "Protestant church with a viev:t'-
to the establishment of a college in
this state. Soon a campaign for
funds with rwhich to consummate
this object will be waged. It is
hoped to have the new iMethodiat
Protestant College ready for open
ing in the autumn of 1.923 witb-aa
original investment of $400,000 or
more in buildings and an endow
ment. -Rev. IR.. M.: Andrews, D. D,,
of this city, president, ot the Ndrth Ut-x
Carolina Conference of the Meth-,"V"
dist Protestant church, is a member
of the special college committee
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MERCHANTS SOON HAVE
THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET.
At a meeting of the directors ot
i the Greensboro Merchants' Associa
tion Thursday night it was agreed
that the annual banquet of the or
ganization would be given on the
second, Thursday nignt in February.
George W. Coggin, of the federal
vocational training department,
suggested that the merchants aid in
the inauguration of a course ot
salesmanship in the city schools
Officials of the city schools express-
ed their favor of the proposal and
a committee was appointed to study
LUC uuconv".
Death of Miss Johnson.
' Folowing a brief illness, Miss Car
rie Lee Johnson, 15-year-old daSgh- r
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Johnson,
of Pomona, died Saturday morning. -The
funeral was held at the John
son home yesterday afternoon and
the remains were interred in GreeHe
Hill cemetery.
MAJOR STEDMlAN HAS
TWO VACANCIES TO FXLX
Washington, Jan. 15.- Coagrew-
man Charles M. Stedman says tnt
he is very ainxious to appoint tm $
young men to vacancies urine jimt
academy at "AanapoUs, to be -fittsS
if possible, by boys from the;ftftt
congressional district. "I m w
anxious," Major Stedman; says, J
"mat tnese vacancres aia r-
worthy boys. There will be tro ex-
y
aminations, one on iFenruary 16, fi:
the other on April 20. I shall be "Vf
very glad to recommend for the two-;
vacancies which I have applicants Jsf
who can furnish recommendations- -i-as
to their character.and Htness." S,'
Unless the appointments are fill- -r C ,
eo. oy Marcn iie secrexary ox tub
one wno wjsnes xp