jlJSHED 1821
niDGE RULES
IN FAVOR TAX
pUlNTlFPAPPEALED
t coble, Contesting .Validity
D' PShool Meagre, Through At- .
ot Appeals Case to
fr5, rhaee of the battle over
ne3"ion of the validity of the.
tle School t. voted by citizens
.vJ!.;,rd exclusive of the city of
cf to-o'" and ihe township of
'Zvci' last April, has been won
2:?l -nntv school administration,
; F: Harding, of Charlotte,
J:' declared the measure valid
i! r-'ord Superior court Tuesday.
Uwejl to'orth Carolina Supreme
4 as noted by the plainUffs.
t rrant Coble and others somo
v. j'o bought to procure'an in-
-V-a'restraining the county com-r-;
-ers from proceeding with the
?i-and collection of special
r--" asder the county-wide meas
"ccrtending that the act was un-!i!V-'stional.
The act was adopt
tl ftihe voters by a majority of
2,1iJe plaintiffs, through their at
exs Btadshaw and KoonU, al
wd'that "the voters in the new or
r-ixed district" were "outvoted and
I:' denied their constitutional
rtfcf to a separate vote. They con
.ed that the act was a violation
Article 7. Section 7. Constitution
c' Xona Carolina, and also that it
T'as a Violation of the United States
Ccnsutaiion.
On tie other hand, the- commis
:czers. through their attorney,
jcba N. Wilson, declared the act
--'oraed to the law, complying in
fiery respect with the constitutional
riireiaeiits. The election, they
K-tesded. was held under , specific
deSnite authority given by the
Sortl Carolina General Assembly in
Cta?:er 121, Public Local ILaws of
1!21. They also argued the idea of
hzs and proper jegard forth'e sub
r.izce of the law and the . accom
jiiiaeat of results," emphasiring
ti laudable purpose of the act.
Tie question will finally be de
tsrzised by North Carolina Supreme
tzzr to which the plaintlffe are ap
jsi'isf. It is thought that a de
c?:oa from that tribunal wfll be ob
tilsed not later , than next month.
Annual Conventibn
Tie 20th annual convention of
tie North Carolina "State Nurses as
sociation, which began in ' this city
Tsrsday, will close tonight, the final
Kaioa to be heldin the Guilford
c:ity courthouse. The program
ias been unusually interesting. ,
Addresses have been delivered by
Dr. Walter J. Matherly, of the Uni
T5r?::y of North Carolin; Dr. J. T. J.
Et:Ie, of Greensboro; Miss Jane
de Verde, of Atlanta, Ga., head
cf tie district, nursing bureau of the
Axerlcan Red Cross; rrs. T. Ade
':d? Goodno, of Greensboro, presi
fe: cf the North Carolina Women's
Cirlstian Tetaperance union; . Mrs.
C. 0.,Eurton, of Pomona, president
citie Guilford County Parent-Teach-e-
association; Mies Nita Gressitt,
c. Greensboro, president of the Busl
'ii sad Professional Women's club
this city; Dr. Louis Bean, of
E-ack Mountain; Dr. L. B. McEray
'.OlSanatorinm' Tir n T rnnner
Raleigh; Dr. W. T. Cole, of
Greensboro; Mrs. -Clarence A. John-
cf Raleigh, state commiesioner
c.Fablic welfare; Mrs. Dorothy Hay-
of this city, past president o.f
.8 association, and Dr. J. W. "Long.
e Greensboro.
.j71,6,011011? officers were elect
!:; :33 parl Weaver, of Hender-
:ile. president; Miss Lote Toom
or Wilmington, first vice-presi-tC7
!2d the other officers were re-
Fonette and His
Slate Easy Winners
rJ4!'1-. 6. Senator
Ui t V,"11 "ixetie nas been swept
c publican nomination 'for
h: 'r163 3enator by the great
ra tbat any candidate has
polled at a primary In WW;
r.eceed from more than
l-o i m i i.he etate early tonight
Ga3idmn7a4inby 178.333, W. A.
Carroll V Waukesha, president of
Ta yL I ese nl3 opponent.
bet. ."u5 2'057 out Of 2,523
1CU in
1-ttp
?, the date was: LaFol-
234.8
la
Icrt W Up lhis tremendous- nia
v-th him trj"f i-aFoiiette carried
L!r UPrvtu:: wa.s known as the en
te ip;;V;:ie, slate from United
c-aL uwU io attorney-gen-
u?oIS2r e.lalne wno beaded the
iiD ar. ate, tIcket likewise
Pr4ii!lnarkabrle vote and with
rissi.118 hada piuramy
?eral Willi! 1 PPnent, Attorney
.53. liam -J. Morgan of 133,-
r
3ft p!? A"ted
. rsro. all , ium waiK-
V 5Jro 6. Tom
f'?34 WhVt?ea..t0..le the slayer
arraa21 last Tho i iner negro. In
2 here nk9givinK dav was
hi0cal Police receipt yesterday
SLlcIai, eA?La noce from Dur-
UTn 4la Hirt Presence of , the
SJ? the J? .Point. The nf
PCBLMITED JSVEHY MONDAT
- r
- Trains A train xtv-J
'Ashevllle, -flept. 1 5. Freight and
Sf.fci'" be"u.ot. the ipPe?rance
or the guards on the railway nrnn
the work- honse.'because ot the tem
Prarf wmoyal-ot guards to appease
the strikers. .The shopmen had re!
tVlus-l"6
To Open On September 11 .
Raleigh. Sept. 6.The Tobacco
fCo-operatiye associaUo'S
will open Its new warehouse in Ral-
011 Sepmber . on the same
251? f? DK,rham' frd, Henderson
and the big: markets between the
Sa8ltrnA an?. far Western belts df
North Carolina, according to an
nouncement of T. C. Watklns, Jr.,
mo"6er warenousea for the
soclatlon.
as-
Co-operative In Winston
Winston-Salem, Sept. 5. The Co
operative Marketing .association Is
to nave a large warehouse for the
storage of . leaf tobacco and aleo &
modern redrylng plant here. They
.be located nears the Methodist
Children's Home, in the western part
of the city, and efforts will be made
to have them ready for service by
the first of October. Contracts have
been awarded for both structures.'
. Modern Moonshining
Hickory, Sept. 4. Reversing the
principle by which a South Moun
tain, youth Is reported to have man
ufactured fuel for his automobile,
John Stllwell, a Hickory township
moonshiner,' set up a gasoline en
gine and with the heat and motive
power- obtained from it was busily
engaged in making corn liquor when
officers .took possession of the oper
ator and outfit and brought the
whole works to Hickory.
Painfully Mistaken Identity
Charlotte, Sept. 5. Connelly Rob
ineon, of the local law firm of Newell
and Robinson, and L. A. Whitener.
Hickory lawyer; and son of J. A.
Whitener, had the unusual experi
ence of being mistaken for prohibi
tion enforcement officers . Saturday
night three miles .this side of Blow
ing Hock, where they bad gone to
spend the week-end, and were the
object! '0&;YplIe7 ofhot8.: none of
which - toofc effect; fr.; l
Sees 10,000 Bat
Coldsboro, Sept. 6. Ten thousand
hull bats sweeping the sky before
the torm like swallowe, in grpups
of twos and threes as far as the eye
could see, was what L. T. Hennant,
a young white man of New Hope
township said he saw Saturday, and
automatically he thought 'of the
armies of ants read of in stories of
South Africa, with their trillions and
trillions that swept 'everything In
their line of march.
FERGUSON IS GIVEN
THREE YEARS IN PEN
Pleads Guilty to Robbery of Bank of
Randleman and Is Ordered to
State Penitentiary
Ashboro, Sept. 6. Grady Fergu
son, of Randolph county, today ad
mitted his. guilt on a charge of rob
bing the Bank of 'Randleman of several-hundred
dollars last May, and
Judge T. B. "Finley, of North Wllkes
boro, presiding over Randolph Su
perior court, sentenced the young
man to a term, of three years in the
state penitentiary
The. case was tried within a com
paratively short time, the defend
ant' making no effort .to deny the
robbery.
About eight ' months ago Fergu
son"! wife initilned terribe injuries
as a remit of burns. She was taken
to a High Point hospital for treat
ment.and the husband paid the hos
pital - bill regularly, ; it was aald.
However, at noon one ; day in May
he entered the" Bank of Randleman,
armed with ' a revolver, informing
two employe of the bank- that he
was going to rob the Institution to
get money which he needed
for his sick wife. Calmly he took
several hundred dollars, put the
money in his coat pocket and left
the bank. -
Several weeks later Ferguson gare
himself up to'officerd at a police sta
tion 1a New Orleans. Informing them
that he was. winted in North Caro
lina to answer ' the charge of rob
bing .the. Bank oi Randleman. He
was hrougbt back to this state,
Jailed and subsequently releasedon
bond furnished by relatives, remain
ing at liberty until his trial here.
Sloop Is Fined For
Assaulting Preacher
Salisbury. Sept. 6. The Sloop
Jlmison episode that came near
causing a riot here some days ago
was reviewed in county court today
when John Sloop submitted to the
charge of simple assault on tne
Spencer preacher and 'Was taxed with
a fifty-dollar fine, the maximum pen
alty for simple assault. ' .
Sloop claimed that be did not
knock the preacher down; but that
he threw him down and handled him
lr such a way 'as to keep him under,
control until officers could rrfre
and take from. Uhe preacher a jnite
whicl he had seen him place in his
pocket. : 'The knife ;inciaem;.w
mmmmMMmi: FARMS . !nir7ri!SCH00LS:ARE .
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V; GREENSBORO- 'N.- C; THURSDAYy SEPTEMttTS.R: 7
.1922
i . - r i - .!..-. " - - j : ft a
Southern Woulrln'f viu
County Does
MAY BE TEST LATER
.
Commissioners) Authorize Two Un
derpasses On Gibsonville Road.
Hear Views of Pleasant
Garden People '
(Following numerous unsuccessful
efforts to Induce the Southern rail
way to co-operate with the county
in the elimination of two dangerous
grade crossings, the county commis
sioners on Monday afternoon took
matters In their own hands, author
izing Chairman Frank Page, of the
State Highway commission, to pro
ceed with construction of two under
passes, thus relegating the crossings
to a past that is neither dim nor un
forgetable. One of these is the Four-Mile
crossing, near pie Guilford county
home, and the other is at Gibson
ville. Both are on the Greeneboro
Gibaonville highway. .
It is expected that the underpasses
will be constructed without further
delay. They will consist of creo
soted piles driven in the ground, sup
porting the rail road tracks and per
mitting vehicular traffic.
(Repeated efforts have been made
by E. D. Broadhuret, special legal
adviser bf the board of county com-'
mlssloners, to induce Southern rail
way officials to extend a measure "of
co-operation to the county with a
view to construction of the under
passes, but officials of the railroad
have steadfastly declined to lend a
hand. Frank Page also made repre
sentations to the 'Southern along the
fame line, but such efforts proved
futile..
The position of the county com
ir lssioners is that while the county is
now prepared to finance the under
pass projects, responsibility for
maintenance oif conditions of 'safety
along its line will devolve upon the
Southern railway. Should the un
derpasses jeopardize public safety
prompt action will be taken with a
view to the procurement of indict
ments against the railroad and neces
sitating remedial measures uon the
part of the Southern.
It was pointed out that the. com
missioners preferred to wbrkthe
matter out with the railroad upon a
harmonious basis, but in the absence
of any co-operative activity upon
I the part, of the Southern the coursil
hfettdtstf troif Wodaheriroen Wiafp!
considered both Justifiable and ad-'
visaoie.
The work will not require a great
deal of time. It will be one of the
last steps In development of a mod
ern highway from Greensboro to
Gibsonville.
On Tuesday approximately 75
citizens from the Pleasant Garden
and Climax sections appeared before
a Joint meeting of the county com
missioners and Guilford highway
commissionerp, asking that the board
change Its decision in regard to hard
surfacing the spur connection be
tween the Greensboro-Ashboro and
the Greensboro-Pleasant Garden
roads. The deflation asked thaft
the amount of money which It had
been proposed to spend on the spur
be expended in hard surfacing the
road between Greensboro and Pleas
ant Garden. -
The views of the majority of, peo
ple in the sections represented were
presented by members of the dele
gation, It was pointed out. It was
argued that acceptance of the prop
osition would mean elimination of
the dangerous grade crossings.
Following an executive joint ses
sion of the two boards Tuesday aft
ernoon it was announced that a de
cision in regard to the Pleasant Gar
den road would not be reached until
the -next meeting of the county com
missioners, to be held on Tuesday,
October 3.
Citizens from High Point request
ed that the commissioners build 200
feet of hard surface road linking
South Hatalltop street with the At ch
dale road. In executive session the
commissioners agreed . that they
would build an 18-foot highway' up
on condition that the c wirings b5e
put in by the property owners: .. '
It also was decided by the com
missioners that they would resur
face, repair and sand clay the Church
street extension road leading to the
Brown t Summit and Summerfleld
highway. Petition asking for this
work was' presented to ,the board
Tuesday afternoon by Magistrate X
R. Caffey and Deouty Register of
TkoArtit John McAdoo.
Minor highway repairs
sought by other delegations.
were
Trains On Southern
Are Being Annulled
Announcement of the annullment
of a number ot passenger trains was
made Tuesday by the Southern rail
way. Nos. 15 and 16, between
Salisbury and Asheville, were taken
off, effective at. midnight last nlgrht.
Othei$ .trains- being annulled by the
Soutbern'ln this section are Nos. 18
and 13,. between Greensboro and
Goldsboro; Nos. 45 and 46, between
Danville and Charlotte; Nos. 135 and
10, between Washington and Dan
ville Nos. 3 and 4, between Ashe
ville and Columbia, and Nos. 21 and
22, between Asheville and Wayries
ville. Railway officials say the train
are being discontinued' only tem
'porarily. This action was taken to
trMo more engines for the move
ment :, o t freight and also to f aclli-
atA the" maintenance oi- .t?xin"5
www . , . . . . .
Ofjtyer Man Wounds Three
uiner Fersons
SLAYER IS ARRESTED
Bjcamo Enraged AVhen . Children
Quarreled and Shot Up Whole
( Taylbr Family-Except Par- '
TV ets At Clover Mill
U YU1' &eDl- 6- Angered be
cause the children of a neighbor and
some of his children, -William Farris,
m years old, ran amuck at his home
in the mill village at Clover,- 12 miles
soAth of Gastonla, this afternoon;
ful ee Persons and wounded
fatalV S' e f them prabably
'Parris shot up the whole family
PfjMr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor, with
the. exception of the parents. Mr.
Tlor was at work. In theWll When
rrls entered upon his ' mad shoot
ing career, while the mother:did not
come out of the house. 1
The dead are:
JJewton Taylor, 13 years old.
Claude Johnson, nephew of Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor. '
I-ela Taylor, 14.
-. The wounded: -
'JTred Taylor, 23.
Miss Gertie Taylor, 20.
Dolly Taylor, 8.
Newton Taylor was shot through
the stomach and died on the oper
ating table shortly after the trag
edj. Claude Johnson was shot and
kiUed instantly. Fred Taylor, shot
thrpugh the lung, has no chance for
recovery, doctors say. Gertie and
iLe'Ia Taylor suffered bullet wounds
through the neck and chest, the lat
teij dying in a Gastonia hospital to
night. The wounds of Dolly Taylor,
shot through the arm, are not seri
ous. It is sai dthat there had been bad
feeling for some months between the
Farris and Taylor families, who are
.near neighbors, and It Is alleged that
Farris had previously threatened
the Taylor children.
While the children were playing
Netrton Taylor said something or
dldrsomething which angered Farris,
whereupon the . latter grabbed his
gutt, loaded with buckshot, and open
d. jlre on the boy from , his house.
As Other members of the Taylor fam
ily;g3ught to come to the rescue
tgey were shot 5 as they emerged from
tsef Taylor home, -the- shots;';.. being
ft?ea from -ihe .'.yarns porch.
herounded .'Werehed;; tq: hos
VL r FaTrri s - war' arrested -it fMM
and carried to the York county jail
.tat York S. C.
-Because of reports of high feeling
in the Clover section as a result of
the series of crimes committed by
Farris the prisoner was taken from
York, to Columbia, where he was
placed in a cell in the state peni
tentiary tonight.
Girls Who Were In
Big Camping Party
The following girls from Guilford
county were members of the recent
camping party at Playground, one
mile from Wentworth, the educa
tional and recreational project con
ducted under the supervision of .Mrs.
Ola S. Wells, retiring home demon
stration agent of this county, and
Miss Ethel Wells Moore, Rocking
ham county home demonstration
agent; and Miss Maude E. Wallace,
assistant state home demonstration
agent:
Louise King, Esther Davis, Havana
Earles, Verona . Earles, Hazel Ingle,
Margaret Hodgin, Annie Lee Kellam,
Lena Aydlette, Linda' Summers, Cora
Little, Ruby Stanley, Mrs. J. J.
Gray, 'Hazel 'Davis, Thelma Taylor,
Hester Anthony, (Let tie Davis, Bessie
Clark, Carrie . Ingle, Mary Rudd and
Ina'Parrl&hjv " . .'
The following partial Hst6f Rock
ingham county girls who attended
the camp has been obtained by The
Patriot: : ' .
Virginia Newell. Helen; Newell.
Dorothy Newell, IVuih Rudhdll,
Helen Rudiaill. Jennie Satterfield
Annie- May Moore, Mary Boyd (Flt-
gerald, Annie B. Llndsey, Edna Lind
sey, Edith Small, El&le Brown, Saljfe
Smith, Elizabeth. Deabaxo. Lettie
Wall, .Lou4se Wall. Delia Wall,
Sarah Cummins, Zella Zettle, Mar
aret Fillman. Frances Wray, Zora
Foy and Berry Williams.
Holding C M. Sawyer
Under $20,000 Bond
Winston-Salem. SeDt. 6. At
the
conclusion tonlgrht of the prelimin
ary trial of C. M. Sawyer, business
man of this city, for alleged connec
tion with the burning of the Nissen
building here on the morning of
August 30, a quarter-million dollar
fire, he was bound over to Forsyth
Superior court under $20,000 bond.
William Chapman, 13 years old J is in
jail in default ofv $10,000 hond, folT
lowing his admission that he set fire
to the build Ipg. Chapman testified
that Sawyer offered him $500 to
burn the building. Sawyer was one
of the tenants of the structure.
BIND C. E ROGERS OVER
TO SUPERIOR COURT HEKK
C. E. Rogers, charged with em
bezzlement of certain sums of
money from the Indian Refining
company, was arraigned before
judee D. H. Collins In Municipal
-ourt here' Tuesday, Probable cause
was the finding and the defendant
was bound, over to Guilford Su
neriGtrL court, Tond being fixed at
il.OOOL j Ten separate; charges were
SUBSCREpTIojf
S1J50 PER TEAR
ADVANCE
Bishop Brown Elected
Portland, Ore., Sept. 6 -Bishop
William Cabel Brown, of Virginia,
was elected chairman of the house of
bishops, succeeding 'Bishop Thomas
F. Gailor, of Tennessee, when the
47th triennial convention of the
United States formally convened lateio-BreaJ
toaay. bishop Gailor had served sK
years. Rev. AlPTander TVTniTiTi nt T-wil
it.y uuurca, boston, was unanimous
elected
yiesmeux oi tne nouseA "rr
deputies.
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 5..
Marion Candler, wife of Walter'T.
Candler, wealthy resident of At
lanta, Ga., arrived here today on the
oceanic liner Ventura from Hono
lulu and left tonight for Atlanta to
aid her husband in combating a
$100,000 damage suit brought
against him by Clyde K. Byfield. By-field-made
sensational charges in
volving an alleged attack by -Candler
on Mrs Byfield aboard a trans-Atlantic
steamship.
Negro Kills Another
Spantanburg, S. C, Sept. 6 When
Will Jeter, a negro, night watchman,
went home Monday ,night to give his
wife a, watermelon he. reached into
a closet to get a knife with which to
cut it and found John Anderson, a
negro, secreted therein. In the
shooting that followed Anderson was
kileld by Jeter. The latter is in the
county jail.
Another Explosion Reported
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 5. A sec
ond attempt within 10 days to dyna
mite the Atlantic iCoast Line's bridge
over Fishweir's creek on the south
ern outskirts of the city was report
ed to the sheriff's office shortly
after 10 o'clock tonight," The Pal
metto limited, New York to Tampa,
was approaching the trestle when
the explosion occurred. The engin
eer stopped the train at the. .bridge,
examined the structure and finding
it safe, proceeded. Windows with
in a large area were shattered by
the cbncussion.
Would Suspend Cotton Planting
Washington, Sept. 5. The pro
posal for a one-year suspension of
cotton planting in the United States
as a means of eliminating the boll
weevil was suggested in the senate
today by Senator Smith, Democrat,
South, . Carolina, , , who .predicted
Wholesale abandonment- otvctvtton
farma .throughout the South'-unless
gcwemmnta4,ai6ji-w:errtaken,--to4'
aid in destruction of the parasite.
Justice Clarke Resigns
Washington, Sept. 6 . -Resignation
of Associate Justice John H. Clarke
from the United States Supreme
court and the intention to appoint
former Senator George H. Suther
land, of Utah, to succeed him, is an
nounced by President -'Harding. Jus
tice Clarke's resignation will be
come effective September 18, when
he reaches the age of 65 years.
Barber Is Arrested
Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 5. Because
he posted a sign in his shop an
nouncing "scabs not served here," L.
A. Taliaferro, Clifton Forge,, Va.,
barber, has been arrested and bailed
to appear in Federal district court at
Lynchburg Friday to answer to a
charge of violating the terms of an
injunction granted the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad.
Gompers Attacks Injunction
Philadelphia, Sept. 5. President
Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, in a speech at
a Labor day otfting here late Mon
day, said that the injunction issued
against the railway shopmen "at the
behest . of the administration, is
wrong not only in principle, but in
fact." It was a confession, he said,
that the shopmen . had nearly won
their strike. '
Stephens Leads Vardaman
Jackson, Miss, Sept.', 6. Hubert
D. Stephens, former member of Con
gress from the second Mississippi
district, tonight was maintaining a
lead of between 8,000 and 9,000
votes over former United -States Sen
ator James K. ' Vardaman, - on the
face of unofficial returns accounting
for more than 175,000 ot the votes
cast in yesterday's state-wide Demo
cratic primary to select a successor
to Senator John Sharp Williams,
who will retire from office . Marcn
4, next.
New Feat With Glider
Port Washington, (N. Y.. Sept. 6.
Glenn H. Curtiss, aviation expert, ;
today soared over Manhasset bay in
a sail plane which on two occasions j
took the air when towed by a speted
boat, stayed aloft 49 seconds each
time with the tow line cut and then
glided gracefully down to the water
again. f This was said to have been
the first time a marine glider has!
ever risen from the water. ,
Entombed Miners Not Reachced
Jackson, Calif., Sept. 6. Fromj
seven to 13 days more will be re
quired to reach the 47 men entomh-
ed in the Argonaut mine here, ac
cording to opinion expressed in .well
informed circles' tonight. Govern
ment, etate and mining company 'en
gineers declined to comment offi
cially on the expression.
Expect Speedy Ratifi ration
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 6. Alt
indications tonight point toward a
speedy ratification of the r?ce pact
between operators and miners of
the anthracite region by the tri-dis-
trlct convention of hard coal, mine
workers which began i, its : sessions
VOL. 101.S NO.72
BMGfOPENEK
Nper In Cotogiti
2SSPECT A FINE YEAR
.5 I....-
-jO Wltn Unusttally ljar : Number
Of Tflirli iUhrkrkl iSfrtdonts
: more xrucl
Next Monday wil .witness, the
opening of a ' number of , the long
term school's in Guilford county, ac
cording, to announcement by Thomas
R. Foust, county superintendent of
education, and, there is every -indicar
tion that the enrollment figures will
be of -1 record-breaking proportions.
The Springfield school opened last
Monday. Next Monday the follow
ing county schools will 5 open their
doors for the reception of $tudent&
for the new - scholastic year: Po
mano, Jamestown, Guilford College,'1
Gibsonville, Whitsett, Bessemer, and
Summerfleld. oMnticello school will '
begin i work Monday; September 18,
and the Pleasant Garden school
opening is scheduled for Wednes
day, September 20.
The short term schools in the
county will open about the -first of
October. '
Final plans for the opening of the
long term schools are being- per- .
fected and an exceptionally success-J
ful year is generally ; anticipated.
One of 'the most notable improve
ments in prospect is the substantial
enlargement of the' number of high
school students. Boys and girls of
Guilford county are becoming in
creasingly appreciative of the vast
possibilities afforded 'by pursuit of
the regular high school course.
In this connection it is learned
that between 60 and 70 boys and
girts of the ' Proximity, White Oak
and 'Revolution mill villages, north
ern suburbs of Greensboro, will enter
Bessemer high school. They will be;
transported to and from school by
motor truck. ' ' - ,
Three trucks have been added to
the transportation facilities since
the close of the last scholastic year,
the -number of trucks now being 13.
In the consolidation of schools the
automobile truck is proving an In
dispensable factor.
Although a number of new school
buildings are being constructed and
some additions to the physical plant t
are being jnade, this yWrk.wtll not
be' completedr uhtil early, in .1923
Goldsboro, Sept. 6. -Joe Penderr
age 35, negro, of vFremont, Is miss
ing under circumstances which Indi
cate he has been visited with sum-1
mary . punishment. Deputy Sheriff
Walston, of Fremont, and Nathan
Sellers arrested Pender Saturday
evening after he 'had beaten Frank
Hooks, aged 60, wealthy farmer and
late county commissioner of Wayne
county, unconscious in his field with
a club, according to information
from Fremont tonight.
Sheriff Walston says that after he
hhd made the arrest arid, was on the
way to Fremont from the negro's
home, four miles out, he was halted,
by 25 masked men and forced to
give. up his prisoned. From that
hour nothing has been heard of
Pender. 1 ,
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Assailant of Girl
Is Given 15 Yeara
Ashboro, Sept. 5. -Will .Davis,,
young negro man, pleaded guilty to
day in Randolph county . Superior
court to an attempt iat criminal as
sault upon Miss - Florence Reddick
aged 18, on last June S-nBle was sen
tenced oy Judge T. B. Flnley. of
North Wilkesboro, to yeara in the
state- penitentiary at hard labor.
At the time , of the attack a great
4eal of feeling was aroused. It . oc
curred near the Guilford cpunty line
and the assailant of the young, wom
an was hunted ; tor ? two -v days .bjr
posses, being .carried tQ Greensboro
for safekeeping and from there to
the penitentiary ,atf Raleiguvv
Miss Reddick, who is the daughter
otj J. !. Reddick, well known farmer,
identified the negro as her assail'
ant.
Complete Plans For
Legion Convention
- .Final .plana for the annual o"n
vontion of the North OaroMna depart
ment of . the American Legion to he
held in Greensboro tomorrow and
Saturday are now being completed.
The city has been decorated on an
elaborate scale for ' the event, ex-'
tensive preparations for entertain
ment of the delegates have been
made, an exceptionally interesting:
program, published recently in The
Patriot, has been prepared, and there
is confidence among legionaires that
it Will be the greatest convention in
the history of the organization.
State Highway Work
Reaches Vast Total
Raleigh, Sept. 6. -Nineteen hun
dred miles of roads let to contract
at an approximate cost of $34,000,
000, and 4,000 miles of other roads
under maintenance at a cost of less
than; three million dollars ' for ' the
16 months period since the State
Highway commission was reorganiz-!
ed inAIay, 19 21, was the "summary
of the r work of .the commission4 pre-
sented to the members; In session by,
Chairman Frank :Page - yesterdays
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