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GBKENV1LLE NEWS.
Volume 4; Number 242.
GREENVILLE, N. (L, FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH, 1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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OHHRIEGLECTED
Among the FirThings that Should Be Remedied
is the Lack of Medical Attention at the Hospitals
for the Insane at Morganton, Raleigh and Golds
boro Does Not Intend Going Out of Office
Without Doing His Best to Double the Medical
Staff at these Institutions.
IMMIGRATION TO
MOUCO DECREASES
Not More than 600 Germans
Have Entered Since End of
the Late War.
Raleigh, April 8. Looking oyer the
Morrison administration," from cellar
to garret, Governor Morrison has con
cluded that one of ytfhe first things
that should be remedied is the lack
of medical attention at the hospitals
for the insane at Morganton, Ral
eigh and Goldsboro.
The governor has given this phase
of his administration enough thought
ov-the
strong as can be spoken. The
ernor has not forgotten' that
care of our unfortunates" was one
of his inaugural planks and he does
not intend to let his promise to the
people pass out of his mind.
The hospital directors will not be
allowed to forget either for the gov
ernor has served notice that there will
be no let-up until there has been a ra-
and consideration to authorize the dical change in the affairs of the
statement that he does not intend to j institutions. While he was being
go out of office without having done
his best to double, triple or maybe
qyadrurple the medical staff at the
institutions for the unfortunate. It
is possible that the directors may be
convinced to go even further in this
direction but the point Governor
criticised for asking for power to
hire and fire his own subordinates
Governor Morrison ' was only "(look
ing for a means to the ,end. If a
hospital board sought to neglect a
thousand patients there would be no
earthly way of changing . the system,
can now be understood.
What the Morrison administration
lacks in power td remove, from office
it is well fortified in power of per-
Morrison has in mind is to materially ; and consequently the Morrison request
increase the nursing and medical
staffs of the various State hospi
tals. , .
Although Governor Morrison had
some difficulty, when he was racing ' suasion, and it is through 1his method
for the governorship, to satisfy the J the governor will get action,
voters he was only a politician seek- j There is to be no let-up in the earn
ing what office he might devour yet j pajgn launched against the sale of
the hospital directors are convinced questionable stock by "wildcat" sales-
that there has never been an execu- j men declared Commissioner Stacey W.
tive who sought the light harder than ' Wade of the State Department of In-
his present excellency. The interest surance! today. The fact that the
the governor has shown jhjjthe , wel- l ternational Petroleum Comi
fare of ,he Staffs' Tmforfanaslinci Texas,1fhrougVtEr use of the mails
his recommendations to - provide , Bfct' and the name of Roland F.-.Beaslcy,
ter treatment for them, will be one 'of former State Commissioner of Public
the high lights of the present admin- welfare, is endeavoring to do business
istration. " s in North Carolina in open violation of
There is no charge; laid at any hos- the law only adds to the company s
pital door because dfthe prevailing
conditions but Governor Morrison
thinks that 1,200 patients, sick in mind
or body or both, ought to be provided
with more than three . physicians.
Such is the condition at the State Hos
pital for the Insane at tie capital city.
Under the best conditions twelve hun
dred mentally -and physically sound . rative
persons, says the'1 governor, require
more attention than three physicians
can give. His excellency,, will see
that the situation issremEea.
Already he has impressed upon the
hospital directors iri language as
unsavory tacticsr Commissioner Wude
thinks.
"We do not want the peopl-2 of the j
State to get the impression that the
insurance department seeks to act as
their guardian," Commissioner Wade
said today, "but we do feel that our
duty as State officers makes it impe-
that the facts in the case be
given. -Whether the oil company is
a good gamble or not cannot be esti
mated, but it is not licensed in North
Carolina and no contract the company
may make would be enfprceable in
any State court.
Mexico City, April 8. German im
migration to Mexico has so decreased
that not more than 600 have entere
this country since the end. of the war.
German officials have urged their
countrymen not to migrate here at
present but rather to avail themselves
of the facilities offered for settlement
in the South American republics of
Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
Information to this ettect was given
at the German embassy following in
quiries as to newspaper reports here
than an official request had been made
in behalf of Germans for a conces
sion of about 70.000 acres of land
in Coahuila.
Denial was made that the Coahuila
concession in Question Detrains to
German citizens, Counselled Fuhr
asserting that the request was made
by naturalized Germans in the United
States. DrinciDallv from Texas, who
wished to form a colony near Las
Vacas, Coahuila and desert their
Americanhomes.
"The only pretentious emigration
from Germany to Mexico ended in
failure," Counsellor Fr asserted.
"Shortly after the end of the war a
colonization company was formed of
several hundred members who pooled
their resources and purchased German
goods estimated to bring $800,000
pesos wnen sola m iviexico.
"Two "men were appointed to ac
company the goods but unfortunately '
after they disposed of them they pock
eted the money and have disappeared.
Meanwhile the would-be colonists em
barked for Mexico in large numbers
but since their arrival here they have '
been virtual wards of the permanent
Geraian colony in Mexico City mas- '
h1 as- they had -invested all 'thtfir"
funds in the defunct company. One
of the colonists, for --instance, was a -former
German vice admiral. He
is now working as a laborer with a
surveying gang and is glad of the
chance." '
Declaration was made further that
the Mexican government as yet has
NO SPORT FOR A PARLOR PARTY
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How would you iike to wrestle with an alligator as this young man is do
ing? ie is ienry copinger, oi Aiiami, r ia., Known rnrougaouiijrfiis oiate as
'"the Aligator Boy." Copinger's business is the catching, raising and exhib
iting of alligators. He has lived in or'near the Florida Everglades all his life
and has made a life study of the dangerous reptiles. Copinger thinks nothing
of diving into a stream or swamp infested with the "gators" and tossing one
up on the bank. He has no fear of the snapping jaws oj slashing tails of the
alligators, having studied the reptiles so closely that he can handle them with
j comparative safety. w
ORPHANS COMING
SATURDAY NIGH
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Class from Oxford Orphanage to
Give Entertainment in High
School uilding.
WILLIAMS CASE
TO THE JURY TODAY
All that Remains is the Closing
Arguments and the Judge's
Charge to Jury.
Covington, Ga., April 8. The closj-v
ing arguments and the judge's chargfe
were the only thing remaining: today
before the case of ( John ;S.; ; Williaahs
wen tto the jury which will . detide
whether or not Williams caused the.
killing of Lindsey Peterson, a, negro
arm hand. ... - ;
The court room was- packed ' to '.its!
utmost capacity today. Should-Wil-
liams be acauitted he is td be still
kid for the trial on two other mur-
fer charges returned against him' ia
tonnection with the death of the 1
negroes on his farm, v "
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REGISTRATION BOOKS
FOR
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CITY r EtECTION:
OPENED THIS;MORisrttf
The registration books for 4Je ,?
forthcoming election in the City
of GREENVILLE opened - tody.
, Every voter, man and. ' woman, ?
must register again if the want-f:
to vote for mayor and board -.off
Aldermen on Monday jy ndl
t S. Spain, registrar will be at f
, Brne's drug store : today! ' ;.
ANNUAL DEBATE AT
THE HIGH SCHOOL
3 ,
Takes Place this Evening at 8 : 15
Tarboro and Greenville
WiU Contest.
offered no inducements for German im
migration beyond mere transportation
from the port of entry to the place
of settlement. Contrasted to this is
the policy inaugurated by the "Plata
republics," Argentina, Uruguay and
Paraguay, whereby colonists of estab
lished worth are provided with free
passage from Germany and liberal
grants of land. Until other facilities
are offered, by Mexico and "home
steading" is made practicable, Coun
sellor Fuhr said his countrymen would
be advised to stay away.
CHAUTAUQUA IS
COMING JUNE 10
No more worthy cause ever asks
for the support of a community than
that of the Orphan, and GREEN
VILLE has an opportunity to respond
to this cause Saturday night at the
High School auditorium.
The singing class of the Oxford
Orphan Asylum will be here for their
annual concert. There are four boys
and te girls, and the program is ab
solutely new and attractive.! The
admission price will be 50c for adults,
and 25c for children. This institution
takes care of 375 children, and is not
limited to the children of Masons, in
fact many of the children are not of
Masonic parentage. Remember the
time, the place, the hour! Saturday
night, High School auditorium, 8:15
P. M. All Masons are requested to
be present, and the patronage of the
entire public is earnestly solicited for
these children.
MUSCAL TREAT
FOR GREENVILLE
Beautiful Cantata to Be Render
ed at Presbyterian Church
Next Sunday Night-
GENEROSITY OF
THE U. S. OFFICERS
In the Adriatic Will Never Be
Forgotten by the 20,000 Rus
' sian Refugees.
Next Sunday evening at the Pres
byterian church at 8:00 o'clock, a spe
cial choir will sing Ira B B. Wil
son's beautiful Cantata on-the Passion
Week and Resurrection of Christ.
Those who will sing are Misses
Florie Bell Morgan, Ernestine Forbes,
Nancy Lay, Eva Keeter, Margaret
Cone Tucker, and Mesdames P. J.
Chester and G. V. Smith. This Can
tata is one of the most beautiful ever
written for female voices, and those
who hear it will agree with the state
The entire public is cordially invit
ed to attend. Presbyterian church,
Sunday evening, April 10th at 8:00
P. M.
Ragusa, Dalmatia, April '8. The
generosity shown by the officers and
men of the American warships in the
Adriatic commanded by Rear Admiral
Andrews will never be forgotten by
more than 20,000 of the Russian re
fugees from the Crimea, who, infect
ed with typhus, fled from the Bolshe.
vists and found refuee here on the
Dalmatian coast.
The American sailors' tenderness
in keenine: the children clothed and
fed and .the outpouring of pocket
books and stores on the ships for
relief is the chief topic of conversa
tion in the Russian colony and the
refugees remaining in this district.
"They have saved us. They are the
brightest remembrances of our unhap
py existence," is the most common
sentiment expressed about here.
The bluejackets of the flagship
Olympia, and the destroyers Alden,
Brooks. Gilmer. Reuben, James and
the Sturtevant have fed 5,000 persons
daily and have even taken clothing
from their own backs to give to the
refugees.
When the refugees landed at Cat
taro Bay and other places and it was
found that no preparation had been
made for their arrival, the sailors
worked hard to make dwelling places
for them. J They cleaned the old bar
racks, and hangars and sometimes
made up gangs of Russians who as
sisted in the general cleaning up.
Upon an outbreak of typhus later
the sailors brought into use improved
disinfecting plants, steaming appara
tus and baths and eliminated the
dirt "and vermin which the Russians
had accumulated in their clothing
through the winter.
With real ' American generosity,
Admiral Andrews, ' men, when they
saw the destitute children, hungry
and ill-clad mothers, would take them
to the . local stores and, from their
own pockets, outfit them from head
to foot.
The Russian women showed the
most grateful appreciation of the sail
ors' work, although they were power-
Citizens to Vote
on the Question
Tuesday June 14
Board Held a Very- Important
Meeting Last ightOrdin
ance Passed to Keep Tab on
Automobile Filling Stations
Selling Gasoline, Making It a
Misdemeanor to Give Short
Measuret Sewerage to Be
Extended Requests for. Ad
ditional Lights City to Take
Care Floating Indebtedness of
the City Schools.
The Board of Aldermen held aery
important meeting last night ,and
business of importance to the city
was transacted. All the members were
present. The meeting was presided
over by Mayor Clark.
R. D. Harrington appeared before
the board and asked that the water
line be extended on Jarvfs street so
as to take care of houses. His re
quest was granted. ; - '
J N. Williams asked for sewer ex-'
tension . to take care of residences. .
Alderman Van dyke read a list of the
lights asked for in different parts of
the city as follows: One at Student
and 5th; one at Cotanch and 13th;
one at ena oi pavement on iwans
street; one at 7th and James; one
back of Quinn-Miller store; one back
of C. D. Tunstall store; one to rear
of Flanagan factory and Smith Press
ing club; one to rear of Busy. Bee Cafe
and Bakery; one to rear of Edwards
and Hyde and Mat DukeSt0fesrahd"
one to rear of Taft and Van Dyke.
J. L. Little of the City f&ipol board
appeared before board regarding th
borrowing of $50,000 to take up the
floating indebtedness of the schools.
His request was granted. .
Supt. J. H. Rose of the city schools
read a request of the board of school
trustees asking that the. board of al-
drmen call a nelection to be held June
14 to vote on a $200,000 bond issue for
the said schools. His - request was
granted. . . ;
; Aldermen Bowen moved that the
three candidates for mayor select' a
registrar for the comings-municipal
election and D. S. Spain was ejected..'
The three candidates were also i re-
quested to select a poll holder to rep
resent them at the polls' and to pay
Sixty-five per cent of the total reve
nue of the Chilean government is de
rived from nitrate export taxes.
-Tonigbt at 8 :15 in the auditorium
of the. High School will be held the
annual debate of the high schooL This
yealt GREENVILLE will debate Tar
boro alone, due to the fact that Kin-ston-dropped
out of the triangle
thus -leaving 'it to be a dual affair.
GREENVILLE'S: affirmative side will
Femain'fflit home, while her negatives
teamigoesl to Tarboro: The question
for debate ist: " That the policy of col
lective bargaining through trade un
ions ; slioiilf prevail in Ameican in.
dustryiEis; Frances Taft and Frank
Patrick" are the affirmative team for
Greenville:, and the negative is repre-
snied bMiss1 Pearl Wright and-Miss
avis Oakley. Everybody in the city
lSMordially myrted. Remember the
finiisr8:15;and the place, the High
Scbool building.
An Unusually Fine Program is
Promised for the Citizens of
Greenville This Year.
zBy use of high pressure water has
been converted into a new ice so dense
and heavy that it sinks in water in
stead of floating.
A consignment of ostrich skins for
shoe leather recently arrived in Bos
ton. It is claimed they will outwear
leather footwear and cost less.
t -vi - . j . . the said pollholders themselves." Their
of the Olympia received a long note . . . J, . ,
from the Russian women extolling
A letter just received from the
director of the Chautauqua Associa
tion announces that the Chautauqua
date for GREENVILLE is June 10
16. This is tenth anniversary v of the
Swathmore Chautauqua Association
and the Chautauqua directors have
been making a special effort to give
PR. VINES SERMON MASTERPIECE;
HOME, SWEET HOME," WAS THEME
"Home Sweet Home was the topic
Dr. Vines dveloped at the Immanuel
Baptist church last , night. The lar
gest crowa oi tne series of, services
greeted him. The galler and Sunday
school rooms were comfortablv filled
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their Chautauqua patrons an unusuany besides chairs being used in the aisles
fine program this year. They write, No one was disappointed. Them-each-
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apolis -at" 52 .cents per dozen. Half a
million iarrived without one egg be-
ing. broken , in - transit.
Financial agencies report that 84
per cent of all 1920 failures were firms
which failed tor advertise.
topical balsam wood is coming inf
a tt suDstrcute ior cone in some
cities.
The passage ' of the migratory bird I t
law has rsulted in a saying of $20,- .
000,000 in food': te the United States,
according; to; the department of agri-
"we think you will find our tenth an
niversary program the richest pro
gram we have ever presented.
This is the only seven day Chautau
qua travelling in . Eastern Carolina.
Their summer schedule includes Dur
ham, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Kinston,
New Bern, Elizabeth City, Tarboro,
Wilson, Wilmington, Rocky Mount,
Roanoke Rapids, Henderson, Burling
ton and Reidsville.
GREENVILLE is indeed fortunate
to be included in this circuit. We are
assured a week of good, clean, whole
some entertainment.
A week that will send us back to
our ; work with a new zest, a. broader
outlook, and a clearer vision of the
world's problems and our relation to
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St. Paul's Church.
Friday, Litany 8 P. M.
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er was at his best. Dr. Vines, paid
a glowing tribute to the home' He
introduced his main points by telling
of the battle bf Waterloo, one inci
uent in ine Datue. XMapoieon was
. anxious to capture a certain mansion.
He concentrated all his forces on the
objective. If he could capture it the
tide of battle would be in, his favor
Hut -Wellington was prepared, and
when the onslaughts of the Corscian
tion as was this masion as to Welling
Napoleon was hurled back, and his
doom sealed. The home is to civiliza
tion was this mansion was to Welling
ton. If we can save it the battle, is
ours. . .. ,
Dr. Vines addressed his first point
to the parents. Cornelia, the Roman
mother, ' presented her two "children
as1;, her jewels. So are all children,
sakj he 'speaker, jewels. "What will
be your children be in' time and eter
nityt'Vwas the question at this time? J
this juncture. Then followed a dis
course on the example parents set
for their children. Robt. E. Lee
was once walking in front of his ne
phew, Fitzhugh Lee. The great chief
tian turned and saw the little fellow
trudging along trying to follow in
the steps of his illustrious sire. The
lesson was plain, Robt. E. Lee was
more careful ever afterwards in the
presence of this doting boy. Training
the child was the next' point stressed.
Many apt illustrations were used at
Dr. Vines does not put much store by
corporal punishment. This business
of applying the rod, said the speak
er, is too much resorted to. Firmness
of precept and rectitude of life will
accomplish more and eventually bring
more pleasant memories to the man'
that is to be. The last division of the
sermon had to do with the soul of the
child. The - scripture read was from
Samual. Samuel's mother dedicated
her boy to -God first thing. She real
ized that in him was something in
finite and only God could touch - this
and bring it to life. . The v sermon
powerfully moved the large congrega
tion; - Dr. Vines 'Will preach again
tonight. at 7:45 and, tomorrow .after.
noon, at: four. The public-is nivited.
the sailors generosity, declaring;that
the American boys had brought hope
to the hopeless women and children
who Jad been driven out of their coun
try. Colonel W. B. Jackson, the head of
the American Red Cross mission here
told The Associated Press that the
United States navy did fine work in
nipping the epidemic of typhus in the
bud.
FEARS EXPRESSED FOR
SAFETY OF GREEK ARMY
Paris,
8.
April
tionalist have resumed
in -Brusa sector Asia Minor
The Turkish .na
their advance
accord
ing to official dispatches. Fears itare
entertained here for the safety of the
entire Greek expeditionary forces. The
magnitude of the reverses suffered by
the Greeks appears to be grejier than
was at first supposed. Six thousand
Greeks are said to be in thetosptals
at Brusa.
Little Bruin Sayo
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much change; in temperature,' h
- Unsettled weather, tonight-' and:
."Satnrcfcfirynrobably showers'. ;Wbt
compensation is $5 per day. The fol
lowing pollholders were named: First
ward Charles Cobb. Second ward
Miss Pattie Wooten. .Third ward,
Mrs. R. L. Crow. 'Fourth wardMiss
Maude Moore. Fifth ward W. ' LJ
Best. , . .;.- '-.'a'.'-' ".'
It was moved that the matter of
sewer extension in south GREEN
VILLE including end of Evans street,
Reade street, and Cotanch , street, ' be
referred to the Water and Light Com
mission to work -in conjunction with
the Finance committee. . . .. ' C .
H. S. Ragsdale was appointed by
the board as list jtaker. ; ; . V( " j
The board passed the. following or
dinance:. It shall be unlawful or any
person, firm . or, -corporation ... to give '
sbort measure in sellunr gasoline. Any
person, firm,cgrporatipn violating ,
this ordinance bev guilty - of
misdemeanor- 'kndr'i. $10- for; each
and every offense;
For the'prpper enforcement of , the
above ordinaiice' Aldermen j" P. L.
Clodfelter, iell jand'C'D.
Tunstall wereapp9ind. to make an
inyestigajfetrjar jrize the instal
lation ' of eliecki- Jeviie8 -sufficient to
check, at: all times'measurements of
gasolinisold? -tbth' various '.filling
stations in GREENVILLE -n
STATE NEAmNGT END OF ITS
CASE JN iWILLIAS ..TRIAL
i, Covington, GaXprfl 7t The . state,
fleared the en of -ts case here today
in the5 triaIof f John : Williams charged
l.the-nane the eleven
negroes. o"mt his death after the
Federal anc
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