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ESTA " : ' GREENSBORO, N. C. MONDAY; AJIL 18,' 1921. VOL. 100, NO. 31 IfB If
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VANCE TAYLOR DIED
SUDDENLY THIS HORNING
PROMINA SON OP GtnLFfib
rOVNT V EXPIRED WHIIiE
ON TRAIN.
Zeb Vance Taylor, a prominent son
rnuiord county andi for many
. lflodin? attorney ol th&
years
Greens
sboro oar, iu '5,
Frpdericksburg, Va.,
while
traveling on a traip enroute to
Washington. D. C. Announcement
of his death was conveyed "by a tel
egram to relatives in this city thia
Forning. It was stated that his
death was due to an attack of
,.;nte indigestion. During the paat
e:ght or .ren years far. Taylor had
.-esided in Charlotte, being presWent
of the Public Utilities Company,
which owns and operates the street
car lines of Charlotte and Winston
Salem. Mr. Taylor was the only son of
Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Taylor, of
Stokesdale. A sister, 'Mrs. V. E. Ed
wards, also of Stokesdale, together
with his parents, are the only sur-.
viving relatives. Mrs. Taylor died
suddenly several months ago at her
home in Charlotte. Her ' body was
brought to GreensboTO for burial,
and it is presumed that the funeral
and interment of Mr. Taylor will
held here.
Mr. Taylor's wife was -a sister of
A. M.. J. P. and J. Ii Scales, of this
city, both of them being natives of
Guilford county. . !
Zeb Vance Taylor was a man of
high intellectual powers, genial dis
position and lovable character. He
e:t the imprint of his personality
on all with whom he was associated.
His passing will be mourned by
thousands of friends throughout
Xorth Carolina.
TWENTY-TWO NAMES
ENTERED FOR CITY PRIMARY.
A total of 2 2 names have enter
ed as candidates for the city coun
cil board and the citizens of
Greensboro will have an opportun
ity to exercise their political discros
tion in the primary to be held next
Monday, April 25. Some of the best
business men of the city have en
tered the contest and the belief is
general that the city cannot, fail co
secure a board of experienced and
capable men. Seven men will com
pose the board, fourteen of whom
will be selected at the primary . to
run in the general city election to
be held May 3.
Those filing notice of their candi
dacy are as follows: G. S. Brad- !
shaw, M. J. Adams, E. E. Bain
Frank A. Brooks, J. M. Cates, John
R- Cutchin, A. C. Davis, Robert D. .
Douglas, T. D. Dupuy. I. F. Gran
tham, George A. Grimsley, Charles
A. Hendrix, R. G. Hiatt, J. R. Hut-
ton. Claude Kaiser, E. J Menden- j
hall, J. p, p3rv. w V Prever.
Julian Price, S. J. Stern, David
White and S. V. Zigler.
AMERICA EXCHANGE BANK
WILL MOVE THIS WEEK.
he announcement is made
v,o
,-nai ,
the American Exchange National
Bank win niove to its new.quarters
ln the handsome building erected'
by rhc- h'ii'l.-:nn. : A VTa
ir .,-,, , ... !
- ready for business m its
own hr,-., .j a :i 91 -
"he banking offices are the last
vi'd ;r, convenience' and modern
equipment. The bank will occupy
the basement and the next two
floors for its own use, while over
100 offices on the remaining fLpor3
h-av already been rented.
The American "RxrhnnirA National
. u..wUU.0 w - - ' , '
. nl. i
U111 a as Pll nveH a ataiv and
" . j ,-r--
; ulUi'- growth since its organiza
t on in Greensboro. Its assets .now
aggregate about $6,000,000 and -its
ooo al stock and surplus is 57 50"
THKIF ENTERED HOME OF
A T HENLEY ON THURSDAY.
'he
!i:ne of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
"V;
lJU"ai Jiiugents oiico ,
;-s entered by a thief last Thurs-
Of
-7 and several
P I r. 1-
mr.-,... .
. v a , 4i a in atx a iiiv i'
items of
:,: i ng -e missing. it is be
' that the thiPf saw thA front
Qonr v.. . -
at
I ' I 1 II V if' llf I 1
and that .n.Mt. Pleasant cnurcu,
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
WILL MEET TO NIGHT
ALL1TN READINKSS FOR ONE OP
LARGEST GATHERINGS EVER
7 HELD HERE.
: Every detail for the .ninth annual
convention of the Unii
Good Roads Association, he -Bank-
had , National Hiehwiv ai.k
-tw! th, rt ' vw""vu'
Good (Roads
which convenes tonight, has been
completed. Greensooro U decorated
with- flags and hunting,, and a hearty
welcome to the good roads boosters
from all parts of the United States
is being extended to the humdtreds
of delegates as they arrive on train
from every direction.
The first meeting of the conven
tion will be called to order by Di
rector General 'Rountree tonight,
when cordial and enthusiastic wel
comes will be delivered by Gov.
Cameron Morrison on behalf of the
state of North Carolina, by Col.
Bennehan Cameron on behalf of the
good roads associations, and Sena
tor F. P. Hobgood, representing the
city of Greensboro.
The citizens of Greensboro have
prepared numbers of social enter
tainments for the delegates and
everyone who attends will receive a
hearty and cordial t welcome.
The program which has been care
fully prepared and ropeakers select
ed is one of the best Chat has ever
been made for a good roads conven
tion. Delegates have been appoint
ed from every state 1n the union.
Five governors, two United States
senators, four congressmen, twenty
five state highway engineers and
commissioners, sand hundreds of
county and' district engineers and
road commissioners have been ap
pointed and have accepted invita
tions -to be present at the conven- ;
tion. Reduced rates on all the rail- ! state the co-operative marketing as
roads have been secured. The Con- j sociations are being pushed and re
vention has been advertised all j ports show as many as 70 4er cent
"Over the country. It will be an epoch
making meeting, as the strongest
as the
i
resolutions will be adopted, and the .
ablest committee possible of leading
citizens from all over the United
States will be appointed to go on to
Washington and! urge the passage
of a federal aid bill, and also a na
tional highway measure to build
transcontinental roads throughout
the country.
The U. S. Good Roads Show of
' road machinery and road materials, j
together with the government ex
hibit, i3 one of the lest and most
educational shows of the kind that
has ever been staged in the coun
htry. This show is attracting nation
wide attentfon.
j A warm contest for the next con
vention will be waged at this meet
ing. The cities that are mating the
moat active fight fur the 122 con
vention are Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Louisville, Ky.; Greenville, S. C;
: Phoenix, Ariz.; Atlantic Cty, N. J.;
! Birmingham, Ala.; New Orleans.
La., and St. Paul, Minn.
GREENSBORO WILL BID
FOR M. P. COLLEGE.
A committee ha been appointed
by the Chamber of Commerce to be-
. . i - ! -wt -k Tiro t r loTlH-
"gin work witn a vie
. n tho npw college
ing lor urrecuBuui u . - -to
be located in some North Caro
lina city by the Methodist Protestant
church. .Members of the local Meth-
nrf-Rt Pro
testant church are unaer
t desirable site
stood to nav. a
A. p for- thA college ana
reaay io unci j.
they are anxious to secure the in
stitution for this city.
The committee appointed to begin
..h nneratibns, raise funds and
to bid for the. college, is composed !
- --. t nt,oni rnairmani : A. -M.
r T J. tjj. UHLUaiu, .
coia W sternberger,
A. o. Jur-
n n
rr T Wharton, n. o.
tt e? Uinarn-
" . . i j -m -vf Cat-
U. A. '
. i Ti i ya land, xu .
son, tnanes v
tinger, S. J. Stern and W. A. Hewitt.
j. J Cook Dies Suddenly.
- t UH suddenly Friday
. J" ia ovmck at his home,
i nigni auuui' ;:p;t Mr cook was
i 757 Pprcv street. ivn.
-Krvt 4 5 vears of age.
hul VlVIUo
s. J : n
are his widow, and three children
Miss Marie Cook -and Miller anA
George. Cook.
Funeral services were held last
n1ht at 8 o'clock at the First R-
. 1 nriiirnh KeT. XI.
Rev. H
I U I 111 , -
n omciaaaS - . e tne
veyed to cuiu w .fiB1Afltri is' a niece of Charles D.
oni' burial occurreu
Cabarrus
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FARM BUREAU DRIVE WILL
.'' BEGIN IN FRIENDSHIP
CAMPAIGN WILL, START THURS
DAY AND LEADERS ARE EX.
PECTING SUCCESS.
Friday afternoon the solicitors to
be used in the membership' drive
met in the farm bureau office with
J. C. Beavers in charge of the cam
paign and discussed means and
methods of making the membership
drive which is to begin next Thurs
day in 'Frifndshlp. township andfJ&e
continued on"Fridjay and SaturOT
in Madison and .Monroe townships
and In Washington township on
Monday, April 25.
At headquarters J. C. Beavers re
ports that a great interest is being
shown and the solicitors report that
farmers over the county are inter
ested because they are beginning to
believe that the farm bureau has
set out to do a big piece of construc
tice work for the farmers' of 'North
Carolina.
Mr. Beavers reports that about
3,000 pieces of educational mail
matter will go out of the office by
next Saturday night. Some two
hunjdred posters are .being placed
in public places, over , the. country
and in front windows of the banks
ami business houses of ?the . town..
The value of the farm bureau-. and
the backing given tt by banks and
business -houss-4hatvdeaiwv45fily
with farmers is plainly evidenced by
the' contributions of their advertis
ing space to the work of the bu
reau during the campaign.
The bureau is driving for 1,01)0
members by January 1, 1922. It
desires and expects to come out of
the present campaign with 500
members. Mr. Beavers states that
the time is ripe for the work to be
pushed. In various counties of the
of the farmers signing. If these -as-
sociations are put across in oun-
ford! county some strong central or
ganization must back them- The
nfionle must be educated to
these
zr x
'new principles.
Solicitors for the campaign,
in
addition to many local. , members
who will drive with these special
siiicitors. are as follows:
S. E. Coltrane, L. W. Smith, D.
W. Xrfndley, J. G. Frailer, Guilford
College; John A. Young, John W
Kin - t. H. Antrim. Greensboro: D
W. Lambeth, J. RichaTd Moore.
Brown Summit; W. H. Dunbar, .Oak
Ridge; J. A. Hoskins, R. O. Gam
ble, SummerfieldT; W. A. Bowman,"
W. C. Causey, Liberty.
W. W. DICK GIVES CONTRACT
FOR APARTMENT HOUSE.
A contract was awarded by W.
W. Dick last week to J. C. Morris
for the construction of the apart
ment house on Bellmeade street,
plans for which were announced
recently. After an elaborate and
thorough renovation of the old
building known as the Wilson ware
house, the structure will be trans
formed into an attractive building
of 18 apartments, consisting of
four rooms each. ( It is estimated
that the building will cost dn the
neighborhood of $80,000.
It is also announced that Mr.
Dick will construct an office and
storage house for his steam heating
business, this to be erected just
west of the apartment house. His
development plans also include an
other apartment house on Be lime ad's
street as soon as the first apart-
imnit house and office building
at ort
are
k,uuiiv.
Cunningham-Baush Invitations.
The following invitations, receiv
ed by friends in this city, will be
of general interest:
"Mr. and Mrs. James Milton Cun-
nlngham invite you to be present at
the marriage of their daughter,
. A t-.jv.-u
Dnntrino A 71 II . iTtl iVI I . .Cj LI !i H II ti U1UU
v- -
Baugh, on Saturday, the thirtieth of
April, at half after five o'clock in
the afternoon, 107 Polk street, Ral
eigh, N. C." -
The Cunningham family resided
in this city until a few years a?o
and they have many friends and rel-
tiv s in the
county. Miss Cun-
a niece oi viianes
and J- H. Cunningham, and Mrs
. W.
EQUALIZATION
BILL IS
BY THE VOTERS
i v.-
MEASURE0 DEFEATED i SATUR
DAY BY A SLIGHT MAJORITY
PF 100 VOTESV
The citizens of Guilford county
voting on Saturday as .t-,' whether
all BoUi;school district taxes
should b$ abolished and a1 -uniform
rate rf -twenty-five cents be assess
ed fop, a Uniform maintenance an;d'
building vfund for the county
schools, rejected the measure by a
flighfe majority estimated late Sat
urdaynigHt from incomplete re
tums-tt around 100 votes. The de-
feat iC the proposition came as a
surprise, as' Well as a disappointment-
to "tne school committeemen
and oher riadtocates of the meas
ure. -i- -
Thecityf of Greeusboro and High
Point;owirshap did not. vote on the
question, they not coming within
the jurisdiction of the county board
of education. A large percentage
of tbek registered voters cast their
ballots in v the contest of 'Saturday
the., citizens -displaying an increase
of intarfisV during the last few days
immediately preceding the election.
Thftlageist majority in faror of
the, a feation of school taxes was
recorded 5 it Gibsonville, where 171
-ratad tavorlnsr and onlv ,32 ODOOsed
the-mjasil're. Frlenflshtpr gave :.a
'lPiTte being 131
top. .aid ''46 1 falgalnst. Jaraestowh
voteK573ifor!f and' i 4 6 "'against,
while jentress gave the measure a
small Majority, ClKy7 Center Grove
and one of tae miir'; villages voted
against j .with yerydng majorities,
while Sotirh Washih'tbn ;"and Whit-
sett reject ed Jn. f? positive man
ner. : '
If the "measure had been approved
by the voters it was prdmdised by
the school board that every section
of thecqtinty would receive uni
form edutionai .acalities and that
witiin -he period of a few years
each section of the county would be
provided with . modern scto l
buildings, manned by superior
teachers.
OLD HICKORY DIVISION PtANS
TO VISIT BATTLEFIELDS.
T
IThe Old Hickory division, official
ly designated during the recent war
.as the 81st division, and which was
composed of boys from North Car
olina, South Carolina and Tennes
see, is planning a tour of Europe
and a visit to the French battle
fields. The tour will be conducted
by the American Express Company
nd will require 41 days to com
plete the trip.
The party will leave New York
July 2, arriving in England 11 days
later. After, a tour of the battle
fields the .aarty will be conducted
through other points in France; al
so Switzerland and Italy, returning
August 21. The expense for the
round trip will be $565 and person
not members of the 3 uth division
will be allowed to go along.
FUNERAL OF J. C. CHEEK
HELD FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Funeral services for J. Clyde
Cheek, who died in Asheville Wed
nesday, were conducted Friday af
ternoon at 3.30 o'clock at the
1 Home. Rev. R. Murr
nhv Williams, pastor of the Presby-
naues i
terian 'Church of the Covenant, of-
Interment was made in
ficiatinj
Greene Hill cemetery.
The following served as
pall-
bearers: George L. Stansbury, S. J.
Stern, Gilliam Grissom, J. R- et"
tinger, Herbert Lloyd and W
Whitt.
i-f
Miss Delia Johnson Dead.
Miss Delia E. Johnson died yes
morning at 1.30 o'clock her
death occurring at the home of her j
-u nn Mr.KiTilev street. Miss
Johnson was 30 years of age and mony being performed Saturday af
nad been ill for several weeks. ternoon at 5 o'clock at the parson-
The deceased is survived by her ! age of Centenary Methodist church
mother two sisters. Mrs. Sadie ; The ceremony was performed in the
Wood 'of Tennessee, and Mrs. Nora j presence of a few intimate friends
Beeson of Greeson also one broth- ! and" relatives by Rev. H. C. Spd:n
er Preyor Johnson, of Greensbro. i kle, the bride's pastor.
,nr,Hnot,d this ! Mr. Vereen is a son of Mrs. Re-
i ne iuui-'u' " ,
' a ft'rWk "the officiating .
aueruou" . '
minuter beinz Rev. Mr. Riley, pas-
.-tOT of Spring Garden Street Friends !
-Mr ui .
hchurch - Burial was made in Jiu:rs (
' chapel cemetery, r
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR
NEW Y. W. C. A. BUILDING.
The building committee of the
Greensboro Young Women's Chris
tian Association awarded a con-
... r.
tract on Saturday to John T. Hunt,
local, contractor, for the construc
tion of an association building, the
work to begin at once. The esti
mated cost of the structure will be
$100,000, according, to the opinion
of Harry Barton, architect, who
drew the plans.
The new Y. W. C. A. will be
erected on Church street, occupy
ing the site where was formerly lo
cated the home of Rev. Melton
Clark, adjoining the First Presby
terian church. The dwelling has
been removed to the fear of. the lot
to make room tor the new building.
Funds for the building of the as
sociation home were raised! in two
campaigns beld several years ago,
but owing to unsettled conditions
the actual construction was defer
red. (Members of the building com
mittee who ' were ipresent Saturday
were: Mrs. Mary Petty, chairman;
Mrs. Clem Wright, Mrs. Pearl Mc
Pherson, !Mrs. E. R. "Michaux, J. D.
Wilkins. J. R. Donnell, Claude Ris
er and Mrs. Lula B. Carr, secretary
of the associationo. .' '
FUNERAL OF Al M. LINDAU
CONDUCTED IN BAIEEVfORE.
:FuneraI- services for " A. iM. Lin
dau, who died suddenly Wednesday
night " in (Norfolk, Va., were -held
Friday afternpon in Baltimore, iMd.,
from the old' family residence, 1S0O
Eutaw Place. Mr. Llndau was well
known in this city, having made his
hoine here for some time, and the
news of his sudden death was a
great shock to h:3 many friends.
Mr. Lindau was a representative
of the Grand Rapids Show Case
Company, of Grand ' Rapids, Mich.,
and was in Norfolk on business
when his death occurrBd.
V 'HeSs surviveidi by his widow,r
who was "Mtss Lottie Baach? of this
city, five children, Norman C. Lin
dau and Mrs. Lewis G. Lederer, of
Baltimore; Sigmound Lindau, of
New York; Alfred Lindau,- of Har-
vard University, and Miss Cecile
Lindau, of this city; three sisters.
Mrs. 'Moses H. Cone, Misses S. and
and C. Lindau, of Baltimore ; three
brothers, J. W. Lindau, of BaltH
rrtT.0- T H.. of Chicago, and' S. F.,
iUV t ,
of Greensboro.
JOHN M. COBLE DEAD;
FUNERAL SATURDAY.
John M. Coble, aged 62 years,
died at his home 10 miles south of
Greensboro Friday morning at 4 Hardware Company, is an experi
o'clock. About a week ago Mr. ' enced business man and well ac
Cohle suffered a stroke of paralysis, quainted with tne many problems
and has been unconscious most of 0j tne Greensboro merchants. He
the time since. I succeeds W. W. Morrison, of the
He is survived by his widow, one
son," Walter G. Coble, of this city;
brother and two sisters
Funeral services were conducted business man. He succeeds H. M
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Felder, of the Felder-Briggs Corn-
Tabernacle church, Rev. G. F. Mil
burn, officiating. Interment was
made in the church cemetery.
JIM LUNFORD RETURNED
TO CONVICT CAMP.
Jim Lunford', who escaped with
eight other convicts about a month
ago from the county chain gang,
was captured Friday at . Winston-
Salem and county officers went over
' Forsyth city yesterday an;1
j returned the prisoner to the county
t c .3 ..To r, ti i c Vin cr nn
Camp. LiUUIUiU vi ao uuus
on a two year, sentence imposed at
thA June term, 1919, and at the
time 0nig escape had only a short
j portion of his time remaining. He
I . . . i V, a accanps trt h P TP-
IS tne iiiitvi ui -
captured.
Hinkle-Vereen Marriage
Miss Lena McKnight Hinkle,
daughter of A. A. Hinkle, of this
city, was united
in marriage to
William wouey vwneu,
becca Vereen, of this city.
After a
wedding trip to Florida and other
southern- points,
Mr. and Mrs. Ve-
' i -hrr, in
reea
city.
LIST TAKERS NAMED
FOR COMING YEAR
PREPARATIONS BEINO
FOR1 1921 LISTING
TAXABLES.
MADE
OP
List takers to have charge of the
listing of taxable real estate and
personal property in the various
townships of the county have been
named! by Willis Booth, county au
ditor and supervisor of the assess
ment of taxes. The work of listing
taxes will begin ; in Guilford county
on May 3 and will continue for an.
indefinite period until the task is
completed.
Wednesday afternoon the list tak
ers assembled in the auditor's office
apd were furnished instructions
necessary to a proper administra
tion of their duties. The takers
for Moreheatd1 and Gilmer township
will be stationed in the court house,
whle the takers for the other town
ships will go around from one sec
tion of their respective townships
to another, in order to make it more
convenient for the citizens. '
The list takers as named by Mr.
Booth are as follows:
Washington J. J. Busick.
Rock Creek -Ed B. Wheeler.
Greene W. T. Bowman.
iMadison J. 'Richard Moore".
Jefferson W. L. Wharton.
Clay -(L. V. Garrett.
Monroe I St. Beritt.
- Gilmer Porter Paisley
Fentress- O F. Ross.
Sumner R. C Short.
Center Grove L. A. Walker.
Friendship J. O. . Stuartf. '
Bruce J. R. Burton. ' "
Oak JRidge-r-R. W. Jones.
Deep River J. W. Ingram.
.High Point J. S. Pickett.
Jamestown J. H. Smith.
Morehead township is yet with
out a representative, the man ap--pointed
was unable to accept. Mr.
Booth will make another appoint-.
ment within, ia cTsty , fl3Csd.
t B T BAYNES PRESIDENT
j MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION.
j
j At the' regular meeting of the
Greensboro Merchants' Associatidxt
held Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock:
j t ithe office of the association on.
rr South Elm street, B. T. Baynea wa
elected president. L J. B. Leathers
- .
was elected vice president and Mis
Bessie lill Hackney re-elected see-retary-treasurer,
and1 Miss Mildred
Stafford re-elected as assistant secretary-treasurer.
' '
Mr. Baynes is manager of the
; Wh0iesale department of the Odett
Morrison-Neese Furniture Company.
J. B. Leathers, of the J. B.
Leathers & Co., is also a successful
pany.
ERNEST FD3LDS HELD FOR
NARCOTIC ACT VIOLATION.
Ernest L. Fields, young white
man and a son of W. A. Field, Ar
lington street, was bounidi over to
the next term of Federal court by
U. S. Commissioner D. H. Covins,
following a hearing Tuesday morn
ing on a charge of violating the nar
cotic drug act. Bond was required
and furnished in thesum of $1,000.
It was alleged at the preliminary
hearing that Fields ordered narcotic
drugs from two dealers in the state,
that the orders were made in ;the
name of Dr. -Mims, of Raleigh, aad
accompanying them were checks
signed by Dr. Mims. It waajitated
that the orders aroused suspicion, a.
government, agent being notified
and young Felds' arrest following
later.
MISS JANE ELDER DIED AT
HOME OF MRS. J. G. FRAZTER.
Miss Jane Elder, aged 66, died
early Friday morning at the home
of her sister, Mrs. J. G. Frazier, of
Guilford College..
Funeral services were conducted,
Saturday morning ax 9 o'clock by;
Rev. J. Edgar Williams, pastor of
Friends church, at Guilford Col-
lege. Interment was made at .014
TriaUy. below High -Point.
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