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ESTABLISHEX) 1821.
GREENSBORO, N. C. MONDAY, APRIL 1921.
VOL. 100. NO. 29
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JUDGE BYNUM ENDORSED
FOR U ACOURT JUDGE
(UHFORI COUNTY BAR WlOi
VR(iE THA'P' HE SUCCEED
JUDGE PRITCHARD.
Judge W. P. Bynum waa,N highly
endorsed and his appointment as
judge of the United States Circuit
court (fourth district) to succeed
the late Judge Jeter C. Pritchard
was enthusiastically recommended
at a meeting of the Guilford County
Bar Association yesterday after
noon. The meeting was called toy R. R.
King, chafrman of the -bar asao&ar
tion, but iMr. King had to leare the
city before the hour eet for the
meeting. G. S. Bradshaw "was se
lected chairman of the aaseonbly. A
letter written by Judge James E.
Boyd and addressed ito President
Harding, was read hy Col. F. P.
Hobgood, Jr. Judge IBoyd urged
the appointment of Judge Bynum
and endorsed his qualifications with
out reserve.
A committee composed of D. H.
Parsons, of High Point, Clifford
Frazier and S. J. Stern, together
with Col. Bradshaw as ex officion
member, was appointed hy the chair
man for the purpose of drafting res
olutions expressing the sentiment of
the Guilford county bar. : The res
olutions, when presented, were
unanimously adopted, as follows:
"Whereas, a vacancy occasioned
by the death of the late Hon. Jeter
C. Pritchard now exists on the bench
of the Circuit court of the United;
States (fourth circuit), and where
as, the members of the bar of Guil
ford county, N. C, desire to suggest
and urge the appointment of Hon.
"William P. Bynum for this vacancy.
"Resolved, that the members of
:h? bar of Guilford county, N. C,
in regular meeting assembled, rec
ognizing the pre-eminent fitness of
Hon. "William P. Bynum, do hereby
heartily and unanimously indorse
and recommend him for this posi
tion. " ' V1---"Resolved,
further, that a com
mittee of nine members of this bar,
consisting of R. R. King, John A.
Barringer, G. S. -Bradshaw, R. C.
Strudwick, John N. Wilson, A iL.
Brooks. A. M. Scales, Westcott Rob
ertson and F P. Hobgood1, be and Is
hereby appointed to take such steps
as said committee may deem prop
er and advisable in furtherance of
the object of this meeting."
The fourth district is composed
of Maryland, West Virginia, Vir
ginia, Sorth Carolina and South
Carolina. It is understood that
ether prominent names from vari
ous states have been suggested as a
successor to Judge Pritchard but the
local attorneys in speaking of Judge
Bynum yesUaxitay slaretf'. that
there was no man better tfnalifted
for the high position within the Are
states from which the appointment
will most likely be made.
Judge Bynum wa formerly solic
itor of this district und -was lor a
short term judge of the Superior
court. He wae president of the
North Carolina Bar Association for
the year 1919-1920, and he has al
ro served in important positions in
the American Bar Association. At
the election of last year he was the
Republican candidate for chief jus
tice of the North Carolina Supreme
ccuri.
V
IX PROPERTY ON WEST . .
MARKET BROUGHT $69,6SO.
The auction sale of fhree lots
fronting on West Market street and
one on the street running east of
the court house was held Tuesday
corning at 11 o'clock, the four lots
bringing a total ot $69,60. The
Property was owned by 1& Vin"
ix. the Bale being ond?jt b
Penny brothers.
The corner lot, with ft Conag
of 2" feet and a Ajetffc of ft,
'33 purchased at I.LjOOd fer foot
hy Dr. W. J. Meadowjs. The ad
joining lot, 20 feet on 'West Market
street, was sold to John A. 8mit
t High Point, at $650 per foot.
The third lot on West Market, ad
io:ning the-Daily 'Recordr building,
v-ih a frontage of 24 feet was
'-usrht by R. L. Thoanas, of Char
lottesville, Va., at the .price of $315.
The rear lot, fronting toward, the
court house 20 fee'. and .with ;. a
depth of 65 Zeet, was knocked:-: off
to P. H. Beeson at ?6 00 per 1Z
inches. ' '
VALUABLE SITES SECURED
BY WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE
EAST
MARKET STTtP'lT'T TrrT
ERTX WILL. BE USED FOR
TOBACCO WAREHOUSES.
The warehouse committee of the
Greensboro. Chamber of Commerce
has negotiated two deals for the. se
curing dt valuable East Market
street property o be used in the de
velopment of adequate facilities for
a live tobacco market In this city,
according to announcement -made by
the Chairman of the committee
Tuead'ay morning. J. E. iLatham
Company grants to the committee
on option on the brick warehouse
building, located at the corner of
East Market, Torbis and Sycamore
streets, while..an option was also
secured for the old Swaim property,
located on Lyndon, near East Mar
ket street. The Latham property is
now occupied by Thos. C Hunt,
Inc., and is used as a garage for
the. Packard automobile sales com
pany. The Latham property was for
merly a tobacco warehouse but has
not been used for such purposes
during the past several years. Jt
will be ready for use with the open
ing of the approaching season. It
is understood that the consideration
for this property was $40,000, Mr.
Latham agreeing to take $10,000 of
this amount in the etock of the
warehouse corporation to be formed
at a later date. The price is gever
ally regarded as a most reasonable
one, the lot alone being regarded as
worth the sum asked for the entire
proposition by Mr. Latham.
The plans of the committee in
clude the construction of a big
warehouse on the Swaim property.
which is well located for such an
enterprise. It is only a short dis
'tance from the Latham property
and convenient to railroad side
tracks.
In the event that the building and
lot occupied by -the Thos. C. Hunt
Company-is actually taken over- by
the warehouse committee, Mr.
Latham has announced that he will
build a large and modern garage
building on East Market street for
the use or the Hunt company. That
concern has a long lease on the old
warehouse building and in order to
secure possession of the property it
will be necessary to provide new
quarters for it. This building, it
was announced would entail an ex-pense-or
between o9,000 and' $60,
000. Another proposed development on
East Market street was announced
this week, he Guilford Motor Car
Company intimating the intention
of building a large garage on Its
property in the near future. Plans
are -Already fiomplets Jpr heerec
tion of a modern garage' building
for this company, which has the
agency for the ' 'Franklin automobile.
This company owns property at the
corner of Market and Forbis streets.
MRS. CARRIE M. FRIES FILES
DAMAGE CLAIM FOR 925,000.
Mrs. Carrie M. Fries filed formal
notice Monday afternoon with the
city commissioners of claims against
the city of Greensboro and the North
Carolina Public Service Company
for damages in the sum of $25,000
on accoune of personal injuries al
leged to have been sustained1 as the
result of negligence on the part of
the city and the Public Service Com
pany. The notice stated that Mrs.
Fries fell in a ditch on North Elm
street in front of the new American
,nro Rank building, causing
JiiAVUBUOV -
. x oairarai hones in her
ner w r
loot, resuiviiig xm -
cal pain and suffering, J ? American Realty and Auction Corn-
dent occurred December 8, W'- I ,pany tfle Thomas brothers serrtn
The ditch was allwd t0 most efficiently in the role -of ane
Seen made &y Pntolic 6rvlc e ,
Company for the purpose- of laying . . . - - - r '
m rft Ia foil I .
nw gas pipes ana
while stepping off of a street car.
Firemen Select Officers. -
At the meeting of the members
of the Greensboro fire department,
held Monday night at the Hook and
Ladder Company hall, matters of
routine business and election of offir
Cers was the principal business. Of
ficers selected were: F. N - Taylor,
chief;
chief;
George R; Shaw, assist.
. -V; . . . 1 . . XT
B.
L. Clarke, treasurer,
C. Guthrie,; secretary.
SCHOOL EQUALIZATION BILL
TO BE VOTED ON SATURDAY
ADVOCATES OF MEASURE CON
FIDENT OF ITS HEARTY
ENDORSEMENT.
The citizens of Guilford county
...
win cast their ballots Saturday to"
determine as to whether the special
bill of the 1921 legislature author
izing an equalization of the Cuil
ford county public school tax shall
De aaoptea. The measure nas been
heartijr endorsed by the cointy
school committeemen, as well as
friends of education and progress in
all parts of the county, and advo
cates of the bill predict a sweeping
majority in favor of the amend
ment.
The law, if made operative in this
county by the citizens, would auto
matically eliminate special school
taxes heretofore voted' by various
sections of the county. Section of
the act ofthe general assembly spe
cifically pjovJiues: "That if a ma
jority of the qualified electors favor
the additional school tax then It
shall operate to repeal all local
school taxes heretofore voted by lo
cal tax districts and special charter
districts.
A large number of su h
districts have been created and spe
cial taxes levied for school pur
poses in the county. The adoption
of the new system would eliminate
such special districts and' assess a
uniform rate in all parts of the
county to maintain the scnools and
provide for better buildings.
The amendment to the present
law would approve the collection of
a tax of 10 cents on the one hun
dred dollars valuation for school
buildings, together with 15 cents
on the one hundred dollars valua
tion for maintenance purposes. The
state tax on property for school
purposes has been entirely done
away with this year and in the
event :h3 proposed1 bill is ratified
by the voters, special school dis
trict asessmsnts will also be elim
inated.- vThe - supervision "tf " -
e4o
county schools will not be changed
by the bill, the local school commit
tees to function as heretofore. The
measure would merely undertake
to improve on the method of col
lection of funds for the schools and
endeavor to operate all of the coun
ty schools on a uniform basis.
It is estimated that the total
amount derived from the collection
of a tax of 2 5 cents on the $100
valuation from the county would
provide modern school buikMngs
for every seetion within a very lew
years. Moreover, that it would per
mit the securing of first class teach
ers in all of the county schools. A
uniform salary for teachers would
apply to all of the county schools,
thereby giving each school a chance
to ' secure weHtraltred ' afcd eapible
teachers.
BAST MARKET PROPERTY
SOLD WELL YESTERDAY.
The sale of a portion of the J. E.
Latham Company real estate on
East Market street was well attend
ed yesterday morning and the prices
were regarded as being good. The
lots offered at public auction con
sisted of 160 feet of vacant prop
erty on East Market street, between
Davie and 'Forbis streets. The to
tal sale amounted to $53,130.
Lots were bought by the follow
ing persons: C W. Edwards 2 0
feet at $493.5 0 per foot. Mrs. D.
E. Thomas 20 feet at $4S0 per foot.
L. H. Edgerton 60 feet, part at
$22 6.50 and part at $305. Schlosser
Brothers 20 feet at $290.50 per foot
and L. M. Ham 40 feet at $328 per
foot
xhe cole wa. conducted bv th
COUNTY NEGRO SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY.
The negro schools of Guilford
county will hold their commence
ment exercises in the court house
iSaturday-morning at 11.30 o'clock,
music and' recitations by representa
tives, of the various " schools are on
the prograiu, while the principal
speakers will ;he . County Superin
tendent Thomas R. Foust. Dr. S. G.
Atkin, pi Winston-;Salem, and Prof.
G. E. Davis; of Charlotte.
CONE -MILLS CUT WAGES
$ TWENTY PER CENT
.i .
REDUCTION EFFECTIVE TO-DAY
fLL DECREASE' FULL
TIME BONUS-v x'
Announcement ' was made yester
day bv ij. e. Hardin, general .'man
ager otjthe Cone mills, that a wase
reduction of twenty per cent, would
become effective $Q-day.,, The de
crease pwin apply tth90$;7OO em
ploy est working in the 'White Oak
Revolution, Proximity mills and the
ProxiniJty Print Works.
Depression of business conditions
is given as the reason for the cut in
wagesFor some time, according to
the announcement, the officials have
realize that -a cut was imperative
unless:. 4h s textile business experi
encedpa material Improvement, anjd
tue nirovemenx nas ianea ao ar
rive. iThe four plants will continue
to operate on full time, six days
wees v and no reduction is contem
plated Jn the schedule of operations.
TfcVeniployes have been receiv
ing a:honus of 75 cents on every
dollar-of the wage scale, provided
that they worked full time each
week.i The bonus has been decreas
ed 35V cents, making the remaining
bonus 40 cents on the wage dollar
when lull time is made. For part
time ihe reduced bonus will be 20
cents ipii; the dollar.
wage reductions in the textile.
business rhave been nationwide dur
ing the past six months and the lo-
r
cal mills have deferred cutting the
wage :iscale much longer than most
of the cotton mills. 'Several months
- .....
ago 'cne uone mills reduced wages
25 per jpent, but at the same time re
duced prices in the company stores
in a similar manner.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION MET
v MONDAY AFTERNOON.
There Guilford county highway
commission held a business 'meeting
Mon4y Afternoon fort the purpose
rg financial --matters rela
tive to the borrowing of funds to be
gin county road work and to start
the completion of, the remainder of
the state central highway; in this
county.
The county will advance funds to
the state for the work on the state
highway, this money to be repaid
with interest when bonds are sold
by the state. About 10 miles be-
tween. Greensboro and Gibsonville
remain umpaved, while a distance
of four miles between High Point
and Winston-Salem is . unfinished.
With the completion of this 14 miles
the towns of Graham, Burlington,
Gibsonville, Greensboro and High
Point will be interlinked with a con
tinuous asphalt road. Forsyth coun
ty is planning to complete her part
to the ?uiiforid' line four miles from
High Point, wnjlcia will connect the
county seats of Alamance, Guilford
and Forsyth.
NICHOLAS ROOSBVELT VISITS
WAR COMRADES IN GUILFORD.
Captt Nicholas Roosevelt, of the
81st division, a son of the late Theo
dore Roosevelt, spent Tuesday in
this county on a visit to ns former
comrades in the 322 infantry. Gor
,don Hunter, of this city, and P. E
Gordon, who resides, about eight
miles north of he city, both served
under Captain iRoosevelt during the
world war. Accompanied by Mr.
Hunter, Captain Roosevelt spent a
large portion of the day at the home
of Mr. Gordon in the country, they
being dinner guests at the Gordon
home.
Young Roosevelt is spending his
vacation by visiting his former war
comrades. J. CLYDE
I DEAD;
FUNERAL TOMORROW.
j. Clyde Cheek dkd! yesterday af
ternoon at AsheviUe where he had
gone several weeks ago in the in
terest of his healtb. Mr. Cheek was
1 40 years of age and? had beefi in III
health during the past several years.
He was born in Hillsboro but had
made his home n Greensboro dur
ing the past 15 yeats. ,
The body arrived in the city this
afternoon and was conveyed to a lo
cal funeral home. Tne funeral will
be conducted Friday afternoon.
Mr. Cheek is survived by his
wife, who was heCore marriage Mlas
- Clara EmanueV ot Asheville.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE
FOR ROAD CONVENTION
TOWN WILL BE IN GALA ATTIRE
. INTERESTING PROGRAM
FOR BIG MEETING.
Greensboro is donning gala attire
for the gathering of good roads del
egates expected to arrive in the city
early next week. Business houses
along Elm 'street are being decorat
ed in red white and blue bunting
and the old thoroughfare has taken
on a holiday spirit. ., ?
An elabroate program has been
completed for .the entertainment of
the thousands of visitors from all
parts of the United States that will
partake of the city's hospitality dur
ing the convention week. Thirty-six
committees have been at work com
pleting the innumerable details rel
ative to. arrangements for the big
convention. The question of hous
ing the delegates has been a matter
of serious proportions but with the
volunteering of over 1,000 rooms in
private homes it is thought that this
difficulty has been overcome.
The United States Good' Roads
Association and the Bankhead Na
tional Highway' Association will
hold a joint convention, the; meet
ing to be opened in this city on April
19 and continue until the 23. State
officials of high rank, together with
many notables of national reputa
tion, will be present for the occa-
ision, and it is expected that it will
be one of the most important con
ventions that ever Greensboro has
entertained in many years.
Next Thursday afternoon the vis
itors will be driven over the city in
decorated automobiles. The parade
will also go ;o High Point and con
clude at the fair grounds, wrhere a
genuine barbecue will be served.
Two loving cups will be given by the
Greensboro Automotive Association
for the best decorated cars in the
parade.
Wednesday evening a reception
and ball will be "given compliment
tary to" the fyisitors. This affair wil
be given at the O. Henry hotel and
will be a social feature of the wreek
Harry J. Lewis is the official dec
orator for the occasion. His work
during the past two days alongElm
street has made a marked effect
and before he has completed the
task the appearance of the street
will be a wonderful transformation.
BISHOP DARLINGTON BEGINS
METHODIST REVIVAL MEETING
Bishop U. V. W. Darlington ar
rived in' the city Tuesday afternoon
and last night he was greeted. by a
full audience for his introductory:
sermon beginning a series or ; eer-
vices at West Market Street Metho
t
dist church.
Prior to the arrival of Bishop
Darlington, Rev. Luther B. Bridg-
ers, of Gainesville, Ga., conducted
the services and' he has made, a
forceful impression upon Ms num
erous hearers. Rev. Mr. Brldgers
is . singing evangelist, ana in tne
midst of his sermons he often sings
a soxo.
The services will continue
throughout this and next week.
Caught Still in Center Grove.
Deputy Sheriff Boatman Clark
made a little trip to 'Center lUrove
township Tuesday afternoon and- re
turned with a blockade liquor mak
ing outfit. The still was of 50 gal
lons capacity and was made of cop
per. 'About 150 gallons of beer
were poured out by the officer. The
plant was not in operation when
discovered, and no one was near at
hand to claim ownership or protest
against its being confiscated.
Grady Wilson Tried For Disorderly
GraxJy Wilson, young whfce man.
was convicted beiore Justkw D. H.
Collins yesteriay morning on a
charge of disorderly conduct and
judgment was suspended on the
payment of costs. The disturbance
resulting In Wilson's arrest occur
red at .Mt. Pleasant school house
Saturday night.
'Pwarhinz at .Peace ljutneran
Church Sunday.'
Rev. E. A. Shenk, pastor of the
First Lutheran churchi of this sity,
will preach at Peace Lutheran
church, four -miles ,est of jMcLeans
tTiHe, Sunday aftemoctnt 3oocfc
The public Is invited to attend.
THE PREEIDENT'S FIRST
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
OPPOSES PRESENT LEAGUE QFM
iiaiiUAS AISU WANTS I'EACE:
BY RESOLUTION.
...
. Washington, April 12. Final
lection of the Versailles league of
nations iby the American govern
ment was proclaimed to the world?
to-day by President HardingUn ?a
solemn pronouncement of the- for
eign policies of his administration
ispeaking before the new Con
gress, assembled to write a program
of political and economic reconstruc
tion, the President declared accept
ance of the league would be noth- "
ing short of a betrayal of the man- .
diate of the November elections, lir '
stead, he asked for a- congressional
declaration of peace and for ratifica
tion of those sections of the Ver
sailles treaty which protect speeffi-.
cally American rights and 'interests- M l '
iu iae war setxiement. ' ,
'In the existing league of nation r
world governing with its super
powers, this republic will have no
part," he said. "It is only fair ta
say to the world In general, and to
our associates in war in particular
that the league convehant can have
no sanctions by us."
The declaration was answered by
a tremendous demonstration in
which Republican senators and rep
resentatives led while most of their
Democratic colleagues sat silent axul
unsmiling. After weighing the words
of the chief executive, the senator
ial group of treaty irreconcilahles:
tonight was claiming a complete'
victory, predicting that even the
parts of the treaty indorsed by.JMr.
'Harding never would receive senate
approval.
Tariff ni Tax R -vision.
In his recommendation for do
mestic legislation, the President
gave greatest attention to tariff and
tax revision and to the railway sit
uation, though, he indorsed a list of
lesser measures which congression
al leaders declared might - prolong
the special session until the snow
flies. He also took occasion in hia
address of nearly an hour to declare
his faith in maintaining merchant
marine and in the principle of arm
ament reduction without asking for
legislation on either subject.
An emergency, tariff to correct
serious disorders in American in-'
dustry was placed at the head of the
President's requests, and within ixt
hour after he finished speakmg. the
house ways and' means committeev
agreed to report tomorrow the
emergency measure passed at the
last session and vetoed by President
Wilson. For the permanent CarinT
bill that is to be framed later, Mr.
Harding made no specific . sugges
tions except that it follow the prin
ciple of protection.
. (Similarly, the President refrained
from detailed recommendations on
taxation, contenting himself with
general discussion of the situation. '
with an .added reminder (that
party pledged itself in the last' cam
paign to repeal the excess profits
tax. He also recalled the campaign
promise to organize a separate gov
ernment department of public wel
fare, but made no recommendation
whether a cabinet official should be
placed at its head.
iisKs Railroad Investigation.
Declaring that rates and operat
ing expense's of the railroads must
be lowered, Mr. Harding asked that
Congress investigate the whole
transportation problem. He recom
mended co-ordination of all govern
mental agdndes dealing with for
mer service men, strengthening o
the federal laws affecting highwaT
construction and maintenance, en-
actment of budget legislation nd a.
congresaional inquiry into lynching"
and race relations in general. .
HARDWARR DEALERS MEEt"
HERE MAY
Hardware dealers of North auC
(South Carolina will 'convene m
Greensboro on May 10 when the
17th annual convention of the HahJ-
ware Association of the Carolin-as
will be hel4. in this city. , The con
vention will continue through :May-
13, A large number of delegates
are expected to be present for the
meeting and an Interesting progrmaf
has been arranged. " v
- W. K. Holti, of : Burlington, r$A '
president of the association. ,
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