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f .3 A 6 ' T1 t T- I- , . PUBUSHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. ESTABLISH 21. GREENSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 291921. VOL. 100. NO. 78 TOBACCO MARKET OPEW , 0. G. COX TOSSES HIS HAT AGREEMENT REACHED HERE CONCERNING WHITE WAY ACTION OF SOUTHERN TO CHARLES A. REYNOLDS IS BE HEARD NEXT THURSDAY NEW REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN TWO PATROLMEN CHARGED IS UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS IN TO FOR SOLICITOR WITH FORCIBLE TRESPASS ai.E OX FIRST vDAY TOTAL LOCAL ATTORNEY WILL BE CA-1 WORK TO BEGIN WITHOUT DE JUDGES BOYD, UONNOR AND ELECTED HERE BY STATE COM- MRS. LAURA HARRISON PRO jor,008 POUMJS, vVJliKAWlU TO SUCCEED SOI.ICI- LiAY $300,000 BOND ISSUE PROPOSED. WADDILL WTLi. HEAR CL.AI3IS OP RAIL.ROAI. MITT RE DEMOCRATIC SCRIBES EXCLUDED. CURES WARRANT AGAINST STEELE AXD SCOTT. ' OVER 24 CEISats. TOR BOWER. Mr II m f" , T r .-.- T II I I V 1 II I I 11 II The opening Tuesday of the I -eensboro tobacco market, revital-1 l7Pd and unmistakably reflecting co- l i 1 I iT ueraiie cn. .r-- - i character, provea, au uaduuca success, 105,008 pounds toeing sold at an aveiagc - i cents. Many observers aeciarea tne aver- age to be tne nignesi. recurueu ou i opening day on any North Carolina market this season, wnne tne. voi- . - J. i. Xll ume a J - . satisiact on. h"", w- v ere Drougnx irom aiu pans , -i a L J A M I of uui oiu i Forsyt.-.. Stokes, .Randolph, Davw- son, .uuiiiswi - , . Rnnkiiuham, uasweu ana Aia- .jm 1 . X A 1 mance, as well as from over the I . ' Virginia line. Anki, with. remark-j ably few exceptions, mc yiauici a y . J n ViO TVI 11 Vl TV! PS QP-fl With t MP I iTiearcU LU x" - I results o the day s sales. t the Guilford warehouse, which is under the management of W. J a Wesley Singletary, 57,252 (pounds, af I tobacco were sold Tuesday,-the crver-j Q crp DIICO UCi 'F""" - I : nnr iTwMin.ni hPiTi.P s. X XX I - O - I cents. At iue rwuicio niwuw, which is managed Dy w. at uowen, i the sales aggregated 47,756 pounds I and the price averaged 23.60 cents, Greensboro citizens, who lor J many weeKs aave winj.ru' uuuuiigij i 1- - 1 n J A-l -rp I for the local mlarket, were present Tuesday in great numbers ana xney i manifested an earnest, abiding xerest in the day's business in- In practical fashion they demonstrated their faith in the market and their J desire to help make it a ttfemenos. success. The visitors were obvious- lv pleased with the interest evi- denced by Greensboro business and professional men. It was truly "Evervbodv's Day." he better grades of tobacco brought excellent prices, jwnaie low j T".icer werrmtTyr-pwi-TTiuc. all of the markets inferior grades are naturally not bringing .high prices, so that phase of the situa tion occasioned no surprise. On the other hand, many folks commented happily upon the splend-id prices ob tained for good tobacco. Large quantities were sold at prices rang ing from 25 and 45 cents a pound, while a considerable amount climb ed well beyond those figures. The highest price paid on the floor Tuesday was $1.05 per pound for 16 pounds sold, by Dennis Tack er, a negro from Brown Summit. Dennis thereby won a prize of $5 worth of shoe repairing at Walton's shoe shop. John Southard sold the largest load of tobacco, 2,072 pounds,, and was awarded as a prize a $10 pair of shoes given by Dobs'on-Sills. A $7.50 pair of shoes donated by Coble & Mebane was the prize "won by Wood and Baker, who sold, the high est priced load of tobacco, $300.85. I. Lewis attained the hinest aver age on his tobacco, settling 272 pounds at an average of 49.89 cents per pound. E. A. Inman, of the Hilltop sec tion, sold three piles of -tobacco. One, containing eight pounds, brought an average iprice of $1 per pour.d; a 32-pound ipile averaged 50 cents per pound, while a pile of 3 0 pounds was sold at an average of l(i cents. The formal opening of the . -two modern new brick warehouses was announced by C. W. Gold, wno wel comed the farmers to the market, assured them that the' people of Greensboro wish to assist them in everv nnssihio wo v nn rJ Pinriressed the hope that the prices would prove v . . . tt. f bcucittuy saiisracioruy. xie mn in duced to the crowd, the warehouse proprietors, Messrs. Singletiary and Bowen. Mr. Gold also called the at tention of the visitors to a free drink stand which had been in-stalled. During the day the free drink d-spensary was a popular institu tion. With st irring music by a bras band, as an accompaniment a vast c"owd assembled for Tuesday morning. A the opening , ' muimuoe oi Oreensboro people left their places f business to assist in the opening, niany of them remaining through out the day. It was a cheefful crowd and as the excellent rprice lev eis became known tne ch eerfu'.iiejs increased. There was' every indiaa- O. C. Oox, prominent local attor- ney, made public announcement yes- terday, of ihis intention to enter the - . 0.1 j ui spnug as a duaraaiie to succeed .Solicitor John j O. Bower, of Lexington, who has c win not isees re-1 election atter the expiration of his preisent term. Mr. Cox is the onily airanx irom tne GTeenboro bar who has "thrown his hat in the ring, taitnough he is the fourth in ... k , cuici mo cunxeax. j. i . wum, j.i lexingion, wno comes irom uvir. Bower's ;hocme town: J. : All , A . . , . . i : -y x. vv . inuerisuu, ' i - both of High Point, have heretofore uuw cAniioooiuua jl Liicir ue-j sire ao succeed Mr. Bower and their ' i .A intention to enter the Democratic 1 primary as candiidiates for that of- u. i T T "RriWek-r Vloo ---rr 1 J A " ' uoa uaricrvi Clt U L years as prosecutor in this district and he has won an enviable reputation as ' fearless, able amd efficient solici- tor. During the .past spring, how- ever, he suffered a slight break down in .n aq! tin qiti n Sr 4-1 - i wu-AA ti. v x CUIUS 1 t2LU 11 11 11 ucwucu' tu givtj up ine istrenuous worx max The office af solicitor de- man d3. During the past sever!'! j terms of criminal court Mr. Cox has servddl as assistant solicitor, render- In v n hJ. 1 "t 1 . . . tug vaiuamre service to Mr Bower since the Lexington attorney was warned by hiis physician to "take thtntsrs a litt-le fa:sipr " i ' Mr. Cox, who is chairman of the Democratic executive committee, is well and favorably known through- ont the county. In the election of last year he worked zealously and with good effect, the results of his efforts in organizing the party -in the county being quite apparent when the returns were counted. He is a graduate of the University of worth Carolina ani has been prac- iicuig iaw in xms cixy curing tne past ten years. - ; i With four candidates in the race it is expected that the contest for the office of solicitor will be warmly contested. The district is composed of three counties, Guilford, David- son and Stokes. No candidate from Stokes has come to the front as yet and it is expected that none will en ter the race -from that county. COMPLAINT ANSWERED BY PICKETT COTTON MILLS. Answer td the complaint ftlel. last week by Mary Deaton, of High Point, in the suit in wnich she is seeking to recover $10,000 dam- ages from the Pickett cotton mil Is,' of that city, has been filed in Su- perior court by the defendant com pany. In her complaint the plain tiff alleged that sne sustained' seri ous injuries wnile in the employ of the Pickett mills and that those in juries were caused by the negli gence of the company. The defen dant company denies that the acci dent was the result of negligence upon the part of the company. King. Sapip & King are attorneys tor the Pickett cotton mills in this case. tion that the Greensboro market will continue to attract farmers from far and near and that excellent prices will continue to prevail. Oharles H. McKnight, H. L. Coble, E. B. Jeffress, A. B. Joyner and Other men who have been promi- nently identified with, the enterprise of putting Greensboro in its rightful place as a great tobacco market ; naturally were much pleased with the opening day s activities. The the opening days activities. ine excellence of the warehouses occa- sloned much favortable comment. It was pointed out that work remain- ing undone about the nremises will be 'hurried )to' completion. On Monday . night an enthusiastic meeting was held at the Woman s Club building on Edgeworth street, with more than 100 business and professional mien of the community In ttenidlance, together with market Affl)iflk: flTud tobaCco buyers. A de Final "- .--r lightiful supper was servea. rvlans for the opening of the Greens boro .market were discussed. At srtvool. Principal W. J. "Sloane pre 6.15 Tuesday evening tne men con- sided at the opening exercises.- An nected With the Greensboro market interesting talk was made by Conr- nf thfl Rotary club at ty Superintendent T-acma-5 S. - luncheon at the' Country-.Gub. Agreement regarding Greensboro's 'White Way" was reached by the 'city council and representatives tne xsori'n uaroima 'u-dhic obi vic Company late Monday , afternoon, The council accepted the proposi- tion or tne puouc utility concex w, while inserting in the contract a number of provisos concerning the wires. Oouncilmen expressed the desire- that the Public Service Compahy cnange tne poies in me wnue wty system so that each will carry two instead of four nronss. The city an- . QO - rities aiso are uesirous iu-11 tuc trolley lines not be carried on the poies, dux inai iney ue urougui 1 from the side streets: the same method for -fire alarm wires is want ed. The council requests the com .pany to procure, ir possiDie, poies !U -U HI, . V, . r.rrJ WUU SlUdliCl UiUOS tfldtl luuac yiu-l posed which would be 22-inch bases. It had been contended by the council that the white way wires should be underground, but as that plan appeared impracticable, efr A i . 2 j . ii i. iVia i liri a HTK UeillK LU 1 Hill L l-UC number or wires piacea overaeau, The white way is expected to prove a great imiprovement in the busi 'nets district of Greensboro. Work is to start without delay Action in regard to proposals of the city planning commission that Elm street sidewalks in the business sonHnn vo n n rmwpH 1S inches on each side in order to provide three feet of additional space for vehicu lar traffic in the street between the sidewalks was deferred. The councilmen desire to ascertain the public will before taking action ir that matter. 'City Manager Painter recommend ed to the council a bond issue of $300,000 to provide tor water and sewerage extension. Those plaay. contemplate tne construction ot a water reservoir on Reedy Fork. City Attorney Charles A. Hines was doubtful as to the legality of such procedure and an investigation will be made with a view to ascertaining whether the bonds could be issued. Members of the council are favor ably disposed towards the proposed issuance of bonds. It was pointed I out that the city has no funds for i ! extension of water and. sewerage facilities, although there are fre quent requests for such extensions. The claim of Mrs. Katie Ammen ; for $20,000 as a result of injuries ! alleged to have been caused by a hole in the sidewalk on South .Elm : street was refused. It is expected that Mrs. Ammen will enter suit against the city in Guilford Superior court. ATLANTIC BANK TO AID IN HOME BUILDING HERE. Lo:.-.) extending up to 50 per cent of their valuation will be made on new homes costing from $4,000 to $10,000 by the Atlantic Batnk and Trust Company, of this city, ac cording to announcement by offi cials of the bank. It is expected that this definite amd practical as- sistance will prove of great value in " relieving the housing shortage in Greensboro. Under this plan the bank offers to assist any person desiring to con- struct a new home. The only pro- visions are those pertaining to the size of the loans and new construc- tion. The money will be available only for new homes, homes just completed, or in process of construc- tion, or projected. t:on is intended ; The size limita- f.on is intended as a stimulus to construction of medium-priced homes, the demand being greatest here for residences of that type. The loans may be on the long-term basis and at Reasonable interest rates. Loans may be made immediately, it! is announced. Large School Enrollment. Openings of Pomona school on Monday was featured by the enroll mefitof 612 pupils, the largest en rollment in the 'history of the Foxi3t. At 11 o'clock Thursday morning, October 6, the petition of the South- ' ofiern Railway Company for relief ' rom alleged excessive and discrim-. inatory tax assessments will be heard in this city in Federal court for the western district of North Carolina. Jud.ge James E. Boyd, of this city, of . the western district; ! Judge H .G. Connor, of Wilson, of the eastern district, and Judge Ed mund Waddill, Jr., of Richmond. Va., of the circuit court of appeals, will hear the action. In this case the Southern has started action against Commission er of iRevenue A. D. Watts. Auditor Baxter Durham, Treasurer B. R. Lacy and Attorney General J. S. Manning, who are state officials, and the sheriffs of counties and tax collectors of municipalities through which the "railroad operates. The company seeks an injunction to pre vent those officials from collecting taxes on the alleged excessive val uation of its property. The railroad has no right of peal to the state board of equaliza tion or any other state board or court, it is alleged in the bill of complaint tiled by the Southern. It is alleged by the company that the assessment of its property in this state at more than $96,000,000 is more than $30,000,000 in excess of its true value. It is alleged that in 1919 the company's property in North Carolina was assessed at $46,000,000; that in 1920, when property throughout the state was revalued and assessments generally i raised, its assessment was increased i to $90,000,000 on which it paid taxes under protest; that in 1921. after county boards had made hor izontal reductions on real estate, it unsuccess.fully endeavored to in duce the commissioner of revenue to make a similar reduction in the value of its property. The 'Southern contends that the assessment means discrimination and non-uniformity and that the action of the taxing authorities is in violation of the constitution of the United States. J. C. INMAN DIES AT HOME OP W. A. FIELDS. While Joseph C. Inman was seat ed on the porch of W. A. Fields, 437 Arlington street, at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, talking to Mr. Fields, he suddenly fell from ihis ' cnair. aeatn mstantlv to nwin? i Fatality was ascribed to heart af fliction. Mr. Inman, who was 64 years of age, lived about two miles east of Greensboro on a farm owned by W. A. Fields. He had j-ust sold some tobacco on the Greensboro market and had stopped at the home of Mr. Fields to pay the latter part of the money obtained throug'h the sales. Surviving Mr. Inman are his wid ow; his mother, .Mrs. Denny In man, of Westfieldi; five sons, J. T., J. A., Coy and P. J. Inman, of Guil ford county, and George Inman, of Michigan, and a sister, ;Mrs. Sallie Faulkner, of Ararat. The funeral services were con ducted at the Friends church at Guilford College at 3 o'clock yester day afternoon by Rev. Kirby V. BSwen. The remains were interred in the church cemetery. MRS. ELIZA J. WHITE DIES AT RESIDENCE OF HER SON. Mrs. Eliza J. White, aged 78, died on Monday at the residence of I her son, C. P. White, 615 Menden ! hall street, following a long illness. For a number of years she had been an invalid. Mrs. White is sur vived by three sons, L. C White, of St. Louis; J. G. White, of Tennille, j Ga., and C. P. White, of Greens jboro; two daughters, Mrs. Ella i Hicks, of this city, and Mrs. Alice Fryar, of Richmond, Va., also a sis ter. Mrs. Susan Suits, of Guilford county. The funeral services were con ducted yesterday afternoon at Re hoeth "church by Rev. R. Murphy Williams. lE"terment wj.3 in chnrci cemetery. Former Lieutenant Governor Charles A. Reynolds, of Winston- Salem, on Tuesday was unanimously elected chairman of the North Car- Olina Republican executive commit tee This action was taken by the state executive committee at a meet ing in the O. Heary hotel. The new chairman succeeds Prank A. Linney, of Boone, Who some weeks ago re signed that position in onder to be come United States attorney (for the western district of iNorth Carolina. News of the deliberations of the Republican chieftains was obtained withoult great difficulty, notwith standing the fact that the new chair man excluded Democratic newspa per men. It was understood that the iRepublicans, out of earshot of Democratic scribes, inttimately dis- cussetdi campaign tplans with special reference to the importance of har mony." Whether former Senator Marion Butler, of Elliott, who was not pres ent at Tuesday's meeting, was ex- ap-'coriated for his denunciations of the allege Republican "hog combine,' was not disclosed. At any rate, the meeting of the committee was Morehead gathering in every sense of the word. The machinery was perfectly oiled and Reynolds, choice of the Republican boss, John iMot lev Moreheaid, and his obedient lieutenants, was chosen without fight. William G. Bj'amham, of Durham, who had been prominently mention ed as a possible successor to Mr. Linney, nominated Mr. Reynolds for the chairmanship. In a short speech he lauded his nominee. Chairman Reynolds made a short speech, em phasising the importance of organi zation. The women must be organ ized, too, he said. Mrs. B. C. Sharp e, of Greensboro, urgeil thafiTie Republican women be thoroughly organized. Plans for enlisting the active aid of women in political campaigns were agreed up on. ROY WAGNER IS KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Roy B. Wagner, of this city, is dead as a result of an automobile accident which occurred about 7.3 0 last night in the outskirts of Bur lington. He was riding in a machine driven by Charlie Holt, of Graham, when the latter attempted to pass I another car. As Mr. Holt drove to i the right the car brushed against a telephone pole. Mr. Wagner's head was crushed by striking the pole, death resulting instantly. Mr. Holt was uninjured. Mr. Wagner, who resided at 319 Church street, is survived by his wife and two young daughters, Kathleen and iMargaret. He was 35 years of age and was a well known salesman. - Arrangements for the funeral have not been announced. ANSWER FILED YESTERDAY IN 350,000 SUTT HERE. Answer to the complaint filed sev eral days ago by Thomas Mered th in his suit against the Kearns Fur niture Company, of High Point, for $50,000 damages for alleged injur ies sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant com pany was filed in Guilford Superior court yesterday. The company al leges that a full settlement been made with the plaintiff, hus 'the sum of $1,286.30 having been aid to him in accord-ance with an agree- Y. m. C. A., which has just been ment between the company and j made pubiic. jUPing the past year John P. Perdue, who, a best friend ! 120,000 men and boys received er of .Meredith, instituted suit. In ad-jviceg of killd from the Greens drtion the company contends that , 0rb- Y. M. C. A., Mr. Yost report. $250 was paid to the plaintiff. It is During summer months 106 also alleged, by the Kearns Furni-) xva oWaTT1 dai4v in hft aftHfvatfrtTt ture Company that the injuries to Meredith were due to his own negli gence. Draws f0-day Sentence. In Municipal court on Tuesday a jail sentence of 90 days "was impos ed in the case against Burt Pass, a nrV -rwr - n wrt n:filf f .f OTTO 41 ing. However, it was provided that county commissioners. Patrolman Steele and Scott, of the local force, are charged with orcible trespass amd; will be given a hearing before Justice of the Peae J. J. Caffey at a date not yet deter mined. The warrant "was issued toy Justice Caffey upon complaint of Mrs. Laura Harrison. Mrs. Harrison alleges that Pa trolmen SUle and Scott - went to i her home on Vance street on the night of September 14 and demand ed admission. When she refused to admit ithem she was informed!, etbe says, that the officers had a rant for her arrest and tthat the door would be kicked down unless she opened it. She then dressed, she states, and opened the Idioor- whereupon the two officers entered the house and searched tt. Following their search the two policemen told Mrs. Harrison that they were looking dfor (her husbaiid, R. C. Harrison, she say&. The lat- v ter is alleged to nare abandoned 5iia wife. Mrs. Harrison charges (forci ble thespass on the grounds that the officers demanded and obtained ad mission to her home without IraTing procured a search warrant. The belief is expressed by Mrs. Harrison that Patrolmen Steele and Scott were endeavoring to secure evidence against her to be used by her husband, who has left her and wbo is trying to get possession of their three children. .She declares the officers had no right to enter her home, and that an entrance was ef fected only aftter they falsely In- formed her'tbat't&ey had a warrant for her arrest. Patrolmen Steel and Scott deny that they threatened to break down the door. They assert that Mrs. Harrison answered their knock on the door and. permitted them to en ter. They deny that they searched the honeTjstatiiigv tnat tuey simply pwent into the room occupied by Mrs Harrison. They acknowledge that they had no warrant. LEGION MEMBERS DISCUSS ATHLETIC FIELD PROJECT, , rLa mgr Discussion of construction of an athletic field in Greensboro ( to serve as a memorial to soldiers and sail ors who lost their lives in the great war featured the meeting of the executive committee of the Henry K. Burtner post of the American le gion late Monday afternoon. Much favorable sentiment was revealed and Henry Yates was instructed to bring the matter to the attention erf various organizations here in the hope that the enterprise may he successfully developed. The resignation of Bob Denny as commander of the local post was accepted. Vice Commander B. T. Baynes was appointed as temporary commander. In the early future the post will elect a successor to the retiring commander. Plans for celebration of Armis tice day were discussed. It was al so agreed that the legion would as sist in every possible way the clean up squad to be In Guilford county on -October 14, 15 and 16. (Mem bers of the squad will render assist ance to former service men in re gard to disability claims, insurance. allotments and other important af fairs. NOTABLE ACTIVITY DURING PAST YEAR AT Y. M. q. A. Notable activity in many spheres was reflected fn the annual report of E. D. Yost, assistant secretary of pool. More than 700 gymnasium classes were conkLucted with an es timated attendance of 14,500. Aid and comfort have been extended to strangers in numerous cases. Ath letic activities were extensive and varied in scope. Members of the Y. M. C. A. staff are Harry G. Sharp, secretary Vd J n . tor of boys work, and R. J. T assistant physical directors i . ! ' : : i Hi v. . 5 vi ,J 1 1- ' tt I 4 SM , U'iS - ...... . ,. v - : .- , -; ' -37 .,- C -
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