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PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. '- ( ESTABLIb. ''v 1821,. . . ; GREENSBORO, N. C. MONDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1921. VOL. 1QC, NO. 5V CONFEREHCE - COURT ADJOURNED AFTRR- ' SESSIONS OFTWO WEEKSh NEWS OF THE NATION IS NOW NEARING CLOSE ahtV RTH iW RAIlRfMn ;ri..- A metbodist lfljjX LUU1V1U Vi uniiiuunu state hews briefs j STBIKE NOW" POLICY IS OPPOSED BY OFFICIALS OF NINE LARGE UNIONS Chiefs Issue a Statement BIG FIVE" LEADERS BLAME LABOU BOARD AND CARREERS FOR STRIKE. o, 111., Oct. 23. The pros rail strike scheduled for Chi. . pectin huaiely onenfourth of the nation's railroad employes when officiate of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, .Freight Handlers, Express and Station employes,, rep resenting 350,000 men voted to nighft not to authorize a walk-out by their members for the time be ing.' This action increased the numiber of major rail unions which have voted not to strike now to nine and the number of railroad employes bound by such action to ahout three-fourths of the country's total of approximately 2,000,000. The vote was taken in a meeting which, lasted, several hours an,d in which some of the officials' at first favored a walkout October 30, in protect of recent wage cuts. These officials 11:: ally s-wuug over to a no -s:rike now" policy, hut the ques,- t:c:. o. (iUifiiiig work will be taken 11 ll J again alter ine iauor 'uoaru reu a decision en the rules -and workin: conditions question now b e:ore it. To.ght s ccticn"tey the .clerks .hktt 'ze -signal vrtrrsirrce he "1 el eg rliph--" e:s the or.Iy organization in- the eleven ' standard" Tail unions which Lcy join the conductors, firemen, engineers, trainmen and switchmen in the strike they have called. LABOR BOARD AND CARRIERS BLAMED. Cleveland. 0., Oct. 2:3. Respon sibility for the nation-wide railroad strike, scheduled to begin next Sun day morning was placed on the United States .Railroad laibor board and the carriers in a statement is sued here today. This and the an nouncement that all the genera chairmen of the "Biz Five" broth erhoods, numbering about six hun dred, may also have been cited to appear before the board in Chicago Wednesday, featured today's strike developments here. The attitude of t.he union cbiefc explained after a conference of faur of the "Big Five" leaders to day in a statement iby Warren S'tone, President of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers, in -which the ch:e:3 reiterated their hope that a solution acceptable to the employes ttay yet be found. Jt w&s indicated that the gtate-U'-H may he regarded, as an outline 0: "he stand the labor leaders will "ske when they appear with the ex ecutives oi the railroads before the labor board. lh& ttatement follows: "With regard to the (position o'f l- t.apioyes of the railroads at time, we can only say that their reenur.ives are patiently await- 1 M(V s -or any developments that 1,1 aI Pear to offer a isolution of s-tuntion that confronts us. 'Wr. . .e not now, nor have we eOl l.een. desirnil"! nf ilioina n rv ; -Precipating a strike, but' when it Is fite arrparent that the railroads Propose to not only reduce wages ut to take from .those employes Poetically all .the conditions of eer- f' -hat have been maintained for h'L Vs and tthe railroad labor arrl i? unable, or fails to 'give uta th? URSU,'i,nrJ that the interests off r-loyes will be protected from M'rr' 01 -: ue.ht by the interests that nt.e tran.&Ter.tatiom un& of "UUIJly. riOthlno .la frki Vi.O ' :ut to stand on their con- stitut gpv. ictne iruiu tuc, t lce 01 ':hese carriers. 1 nee 3re advised through the sPapers that the interstate; c-ojp. - I' " I A . ' 1 Developments in Strike Situation. Developments yesterday in the railroad situation may be, summarized as Ifollows: iSan Antonio Labor leaders claian strike of ,600 trainmen on International and Great Northern which -started Satur day is r00 per cent effective" but road ays passenger ser vice is unimpaired and that resumption of freight service, halted) Saturday, has (been started. Unions announced no attempt will be rniade to interfere .with efforts to re sume full service. (Cleveland Big Foufr broth erhood chiefs say that if strike materializes, the iblame for it should (be placed on the United Stalfces Railroad Labor board and on the railroads. Chicago 'Railroad heads say action of .majority of. the eleven "standard" unions in refusing to join a strike now has broken tb backbone of the proposed walkout. Strike .ballot being taken aniotag .14,000 organized sig nalmen. Result expected',, to be known Wednesday. United States JDistrdcfc At torney Clyne summoned .to ' Washington by Attorney Gen eral Daug-herty, presumably to discuss the strike situation. Chicago: Officials repre- senthig 350,000 members of the Railway and Steamship Cferks organization-voted no to au'thorize the stike at pres ent, thus limiting the number of plrospei,tive strikers to a'bouft oaie-Qurth of the total rail employes in the nation. I'a.ptyr llviiingejs Harris. Thomasville, Oct. 2 0. (Messrs. Sturkey, West and Williams have bought out C. F. Finch's interest in the Chairtown News and it is learn ed that they will at an early date equip an office for the printing o the papter. At the present and fo? some time to come the narer will continue to be printed at the or pnanage. ruerce commission has euthoriziad a considerable reduction in freight rates. , "N'obwithstanding the fact tthat the wages of the railroad empVoyes have been reduced 12 (Ter cienft simce July .1, there was no talk about ra reduction or freight rates unoil tnis crisis arose. Now the railroads are attempting to gain the sympathy of the public in this crisis 'by this late reducton of rates. "The mublic never would have received this reduction 'with th consent oi the railroads had th: railroads not been confronted with this emergency." 'Besides ,Mr. Stone, others attend-i ing today's conference were W. G Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Raiiroad Trainmen; L. E. Shep pard, president of the Order ci' Railway Conductors, and W. S Carter, president of the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. ,T. C. Cashen, president of the &witehanen's Unicn of NoHh America, the other memlber of the "Big Five" is expected to arrive here tomorrow und attend future 'conferences' of the chiefs. The establishmient of open shop conditions on the Tremont and Gulf railroad and the strike at noon yes terday of trainmen on the Interna tional and Great Northern railroad were under liscuiSi3ion at today's conference (buft none'rof the ehieffp woukl -eminent on 'thje; situation ont those roads. - president Lee, however, statecf.he had received rexoriCs from life gen enai Cnairxuen, Oil ine jaueruruiuu.i : aDii jrat sNortiielrn that" practically 100 fper cent of the tfainmen had quithje rylce - f x 5 . Costly Bath. Kinston, Oct. 20. Eecause a. fie grt employe of . the West Construc tion company washed his hands in gasoline with a lighted lantern, over his arm, work on the Elm Grove road, one of the principal projects of the bis Lenoir ccuntv road uro gram, will be hindered for a time The highway commission - tadaj gave this reason for a $'5,0 00 fire at a road construction station near here. Deadly Quarrel. Asheville, Oct. 2 0. As the result of an argument over 52 cents Moody Jackson, 19 years old negro, is dead, and Ernest Taylor, 18 year old negro, is in jail. Before the icor toner's jury it was' testified that the deceased had attacked Taylor with a knife following an argument over a few cents and' that Taylor seized a board and landed a blow on the side o! Jackson's head. The affray occurred near Swannanoa early last night and Jackson died this morn ing. Man Falls Dead; Kinston, Oct. 20. It was report ed here today that when news of the death of a sister here reached W. H. Gaskina, a prominent Grantsboro man, he fell dead, supposedly from the shock. The sister, Mrs. J. T. Banks, died recently at her resi dence in the eastern part of the city. Harris Funeral. Asheville, Oct. 21. The funeral of J. T. Harris, who was electrocut ed alt the state 'penitentiary in Ral eieh vesterdav for the murder of F. W. Monnish, wealthy Alaba man, etery were held at Riverside cemete here today. The 'body was taken j directly to the cemetery, where pri-' vate services were conducted. Expert Heavy Isns. Thomasville, Oct. 20 At a meet-; ing of stockholders and depositors of the Bank of Thomasville on ' mesaay aiternoon it was staiea d the receiver, T. J. Finch, that the" depositors 'would probahly realize as the meeting place of the confer about 50 cents on the dollar in the ence next year, the invitation hav- settlement of the bank's affairs, ing been extended by Rev. iC. C. This was an exceedingly discourag- Weaver, D. D., ipastor of Central ing report, as most of the deposi- tors had been led to believe before that their losses would' be very church, Winston-Sialem, had expect light, j ed to invite the conference to meet ' ' in the Twin City, but in deference Held For Murder. WinstonSalem, Oct. 21. Judge ' present the invitation. H-artman, in city court, today order-j Animated discussion was aroused ed "Nick Whitfield held without bail aver the .question of admitting !M. for hearing in higher court on a a. Brittain into the traveling con charge of murder, as a result of the nection of the church, Hev. W. A. killing ,o.f Simon Ivigler last Mon- day night in the northern part of Statesville distrjet, declared, that the city. the yotrag man shirked his duty when -the draft law 'became effec- Shot Near Home. tive in this country; that Mr. Brit- Oxford. Oct. 20. Jim Mitchell. tain went ,to 'Canada in order t0 fes" of Brass.-leld, was seriouslv shot on Pe military service. It was point Satui dy evening as he apnroached ed out a number of speakers that his home. He was rushed to Brant- t would 'be difficult to find a church wood hospital where the ball in his leg ,was extracted. The assailant escaped but it is thought that Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell recognized him. Murder Reported."-" Winston-Salem, Oct. 2 0. Will Chapman, 18, shot and' killed his father, tIatt Chapman, farmer, of King, last night, according to ad vices received here today. It is said they had quarreled over money matters. The boy's mother was an eye-witness to the shooting. Breedlove Acquittoil. As-heville, Oct. 21. Walker Breedlove, Jackson county deputy sheriff, charged with the murder of Ford Burgiss, was today found not guilty. He entered a plea of sek0- defense. , Cranford Leads. " Winston-Salem, Qct. 21. A spe cial from Washington this after noon to the Sentinel conveys the in formation that N. L. Cranford, the Democratic acting postmaster at Winston-Salem, led all .of the candi dates iir - the competitive examina- Moms for the Winstan-Oalem post- r-n rr TiDT,fhn- tc ,o choice of the Republican stzie:t ganizJation, (Senator Simmons an l" Representative Stetinian -will l?:sr that Cranford be given the place. AMOUXE APPOINTMENTS NOT LATER THAN TONIGHT ilOXROE NEXT. It is expected that the appoint ments for the new year will toe pead late this afternoon or tonight in Wesley Memorial church, High Po'nt, marking the close of the an nual "sessions of the Western North Carolina conference of the Metho dist Episcopal church, south. There are 250 preachers in the conference and naturally great interest attach es to the appointments to be made by ,B3hap U. V. W. Darlington, of West Virginia, and his cabinet. Yesterday morn in? an immense crowd heard Bishop Darlington preach in Wesley (Memorial church. The bishop's subject was "Elijah," the text being First Kings 18:17: "Art thou 'he who troubletb Israel?" The speaker's appeal to the preach ers to exemplify the fine ideals of which Elijah was a great exponent was dndeed stirring. Obviously the message .made a lasting impression upon the great congregation. Appointments were filled (by memlbers of the conference at the churches in High Point and a num ber in other towns yesterday. One of the most forceful sermons 'w&s that of .Rev. E, K. McLarty, ,D. D., pastor of Central church", Asheville. at West Market (Street church. Greenslboro, yesterday morning The minister made an earnest and effec tive appeal to his hearers to be wit nesses to the saving tpower and grace of their Lord. In tihat way only rcan the evangelization of ie world ibe accomplished. ;a special memorial service was held j in h)nor o ,tne five preachers who have died during the year, Revs. R. m. Taylor, R. S. Ahernethy, C. C. Williams. P. C. Battle jand f. E. Follo,win,g he. memorial ser Bishop .Darlrngton. ordained a vice class of elders After the morning service yesterday he ordained to the office of deacon a splendid class of young men On Saturday Monroe ,was selected 'church of that city. iRev. Z. E. 1 Barnhardt, pastor of -Centenary, ; to the wishes of Monroe he did not Newell, presiding elder of thM that w.ould be 'willing to aoceWt Mr. Brittain as pastor When tlhe vote Was taken the applicant for admis- sion was rejected hy a slight jority. ma- Splendid reports were presented for-Wie "Greensboro district iby JRev. A. W. 'Pilyler, presiding elder, who was recently elected editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate. Rev. Mr. Plyler. stated that this d'rs- trict led all the others in the Chris- tion education movement and excel- i lent reports 'were submitted in other j lines of .activity in the Greensibaro j district. ! t Tfhe 'clerical delegation to the! general conference, to be held in Hat .Slpringjs, Ark., next year, was chosen as 'lonows. tev. j. in. nam- j hardt, D. D., pastor of West Market : Street) church, Greensboro; Dr.j Plato Durham, of Emory univertsi y. Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. C. C Weaver, rattor of Central church, Monroe; Presiding Elder .Jordan, of the Shel by district; Presiding Elder Boyer. of the .Charlotte district; .Rev. K. MQja,rty, D. Dls pastor ot (Central churclv, , AshevillB; Kev. GilDert ; T. Roe. D. D., editor of the Melh3 d;.sU: Review, and Rev. A. W. !y- le. editor of th-e North Carolina lc,l "UiVW- vt W " i run oiiVAi4yr t rr.c nrr n i u ri i l ti HMi&n Advocate. The .aituuar Trinity collet -ban- up t wa .pleasing feature of 'Sat- urday Lftarnoon. vfMore than, 200 Draws Sentence. Gray, Ga., Oct. 20. James H. Buesse, who disappeared following the failure of the Bank of Gray in April of this year, returned today, pleaded guilty to a charge of em bezzlement and received asentence of seven years at the state farm. Governoi-s to Meet. Madison, Wis., Oct. 20. Unem ployment will be one of the princi pal subjects before the annual con ference of governors which will be held at Charleston, S. C., December 5, it was announced today by Miles C. Rile. secretary. Train is Robbed. Moose x Jaw, Sask., Cct. 20. A lone bandit today held up the Do minion express messenger on the Vancouver-Toronto express between Swift Current and Moose Jaw, rifled the safe and dropped from the mov ing cars. Railway officials are checking up to determine how much loot was obtained. Formal Peace Near. Washington, Oct. 20. Formal restoration of peace between the United States and Germany awaits the Exchange in Berlin of the rati fication papers and will occur some days frdm now. The official evi dence that the treaty has been made, signed' by President Harding for deposit in German archives, is in course of preparation and will be forwarded as soon as completed. Plan Boxing M itch. Chicago. Oct. 20. Tex fig-ht promoter, returned Rrchard. to- Xew York toniSnt out having sign I Tack Dempsey, world's heavy m:.tch with Jess Willard, but with the announcement that Dempsey definitely had agreed to fight Wil- lard and txat the details would be settled soon. Dies at 104. Anderson, S. C Oct. "at" rick Power' an old time slave 104' : years of age, died Wednesday in j this city. On the day before' he was 1 taken ill, Patrick picked 104 pounds : of cotton. He was twice married and is survived by six of his 14 children, 13 grandchildren and two reut-grandchildren. . . . i -sr iN'eitb- Sentences Stayed. Columbia, S. C, 6ct. 21 er C. O. Fox, Jesse Gappins or S. J. Birby. the three men convictdl of the murder of William Brazelle, the Columbia taxi driver, will be electrocuted tomorrow as originally sentenced by the court, appeals in all eases having stayed the sen tences. CHARTERS SECURED BY TWO BUILDING FIRMS. TCertiMeates or incorporation tor two Jiew (building concerns' were I fileid Saturday in the office of Mason j W. Cant, clerk of Guilford Superior i court. One is the S. W. Inmon Con- i structaon company, a $100,000 con- cern incorporated by W. .JVIciNeale. S. W. Inmon. Mrs. W. MNeaie land ; Mrg s w inrn0n. The other new enterprise is the Piedmont Build ing Material company, also a $100. 000 business', the incorporators be ing the same as those starting the S. W. InmoTi Construction company. Greer borcj will be chief cperating base of both companies. Soldier's Body Arrives. Orford, Oct. 20. The remains. Private Obie B. Smderford arrived frQm France Saturday, and Sunday i the body was carried to Pleasant Grove ChUrcb, Brassfield. "A detail Qf former service men under the command of Capt E E.Tuller at- tended the service -which was con ducted by Rev. L. M. Hobbs, pastor. - tfie former students and friends of the! college took part, and the speakers included jBiisthop Jarlinston, Vfr. Plato 4. 'Durham, President W. P. Few, rt JpTinitv college; Rev. C. A. Wood ancL Rev. E. K. M-dLarty. u . 1 Rev. W. U, Aiooae, paswr o' , place cnurcbv QreenAoro. was elected educational secretary r-tf the conierence, noceeding Rev, T. Marr, D. D. ISFFOttTS MADE TO HAVE 'OXB VEKD1C7T SET ASIDE OTHER OASES. " - Saturday marked the final; day pf -the two-weeks term of Guilford Stt- J perior court for the disposition Ol civil actions,, with Judge T. J, SSh&;w . of Greenshorcf, presiding last weeK. During the first week of the term Judge James L. Wehb, of SheEby, ; held court here. Many cases wer disposed of during the term. On. lSaturday much time was de voted to the hearing of arguments in the ase in which attorneys for Penney and Long 'asked that th0 verdict, of the jurv, awarding to W". L. Clement damages" in the sum: of $500 against th'at concern," toe set aside. In arguing for the setting "aside of the verdict Julius tC. Smitli do- clared Ihere was no implied war ranty on the part of the automofoile : dealers in the transaction with Mr. Clement, rwho claimed that the car - he purchased from Penney and hong did not come up to representations. Mr. Smith contended that jthe im plied warranty occured in the man- . nffactuie of the car and that the de- fendant corporation at the time of . the sale did not guarantee specific performances ifor the .car. Judge Shaw took the matter un der advisement .and iLl ' announce . his decision later. In Superior court Friday the jury returne da tverdict in favor of the defendants in the suit of Charlie' Jefferson against A. M. fifcales C. G. i Wright, J. LCrouse and J. -TVI. (May.. T.he plaintiff was sudng for $10,0 00f for injuries sustained while he .was working on-the O. Henry hotel an nex. 3- Vt Trio a ollacrorl Vitt a ,t-1 o 'r4? ff that while employed on the annex another workman on a scaffold ajb-o've hftrn dropped a jtaUwhich: J struck iiim in the eye", injuring hian greatly. The detendants contended that the injuries to Jefferson were due to no fauR of theirs and that contention was supported by the 3ury Ed Seawell, trading as the 'States. Land company, was guv en $3 20 witb, interest from June ,11, ,1920, against J. R. Burns. The question was one of law and was determined fty Juidge Shaw. r . Judge Shaw on Saturday made , permanent the temtporary restrain- ing order issued some time ago by r 11 prp. "VVcvlv'h rpctrQi'nintr T A Ur riXt who has leased a (building to 4 Davis and Pirkin, of the Colonial theater, from con&tructing a new building on the south and north sides, of the theater building, in bo fa as the south s-ide is concerned. Atecording to Judge Shaw's ruling-, the owner of the (building may con- jEftruct another 'building to the south, but has no right to interfere .with, the walls of the theater structure notwithstanding the fact that he Is the owner of tnat structure, ! ENTIRE BUSINESS NOW j OWNED BY MR. BURTNER. D. H. Burtner, o'f ths city, hs ac quired the interests of ,'W. E. White, of Mebane, in the Burtner Furni ture company, which operates fur niture stores in Greensloro and Burlington, and is now the sole proprietor of ,this large and (pro gressive enterprise. j Since establishment of the busi ness 12 years ago Mr. White, who is president of the White Furniture company, of Mebane, well known furniture manufacturing enterprise, has been asfociated as a silent part' ner with Mr. Burtner. The busi ness, however, has always teen ntt- der -the able management oif r, Burtner, who has made it one erf the most (successful furniture con cerns in this part ot the country. Friends of Mr. Burnter will be glad to learn that he has become th sole ownerof the (business. With the "exception of .a change In the management of the Burlingtc store, no changes in. the conduct o? ' the fbusiness are planned, Jt dg said. Mitchell Clark has resigtoed' am man ager ard secretary-treasurer" of the Burlington taranch, effective Norem- ber 1. ' Her. will be succeeded fby J5. J. Llttletoij, JTho has long been iwith the Aoi:---Bbsdeii Furniture coBrpsnry in UztXglt. 1 X .c: - - - . . s -
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