The Greensboro patriot [April 27, 1898]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT.
VOL- 77 GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1898. NO. 17.
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—Mrs. T. .1. Shaw is visiting friends
in < arthage.
—Mr. W. K. Kavis. of High Point,
was here Monday.
—Mr. Moses Strauss, of Baltimore,
came in this morning.
— Mrs. W. S. Jessup returaed to
"uiaha, Xe.')., last week.
—Rev. s. H. Milliard, of Reidsville,
was in the city Saturday.
—Mrs. F. M. Hall has returned from
an extended visit to Texas.
—Miss Ethel Roberts, of Durham, is
the guest of Mrs. G. S. Bradshaw.
—Mr. M. P. Troy,of the Record staff,
was at Wilmington Saturday night.
—Mr. H. E. C. Bryant, of the Char-lotte
Observer staff, was here yesterday.
—The laying of water pipes on Sum-mit
Avenue was completed Saturday.
—Miss Maggie Rankin is visiting
Misses Mamie and I.ily Stroud at San-ford.
—Col. W, S. Rankin has been quite
sick for ten days but is improving at
this writing.
—The residence of Hon. D. F. Cald-well,
on West Market street. Is under-going
repairs.
—The "rainy seasou" set in Saturday
and we have had generous showers
every day since.
— Messrs. J. R. Mendenhall and R.
W. Brooks are at Danbury this week
attending court.
—Prof. Bandy spent Sunday here
with his family, returning to Troy
Monday morning.
—Miss Floreuce Trogdon. of Rock-ingham,
came over last week to visit
her brothers here.
—The younger pupils of the Brock-luann
School of Music gave a public
: recital Friday evening.
—Mr. J. S. C. Carpenter, manager of
the North Carolina Benevolent Asso-ciation,
was here Monday.
—The sidewalk in front of Gardner's
drug store has been improved mate-rially
within the past week.
—Alderman J. J. Thornton is recov-ering
from a fortnight's sick spelt that
pulied him down considerably.
—Mr. Henry Farias, of Butte, Mont.,
is at home on a visit to his mother's
family, on West Washington street.
—They keep on coming our way.
Over twenty new subscribers have been
added to our list since our last issue.
—The John Dundas farm of 350
acres, lying between Guilford College
and Friendship, is advertised for sale
in this issue.
—Mrs. Alice Davidson, of Conover,
is visiting in the city. She will return
to Conover this week and open a mil-linery
establishment.
—J. W. Scott it In. offer a good sug- ;
gestion in their ad. this week. It is
something that will affect your pock-etbook.
Better read it.
—The new ad. of J. M. Hendrix &
Co., will tell you how to save money,
which is just the same as making it.
Read what they have to say.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stroud have
gone to Saoford to remain until after
the marriage of Mr. Stroud's sister,
Miss I.ily, which occurs tomorrow.
—Col. and Mrs. I.eftwich went to
to Kufaula, Ala., last week with the
remains of the latter's mother, Mrs.
Shorter, who died at Cape May, N. J.
—MoClamrock Bros, are putting a
new tile floor in J. B. Fariss' drug
store. When completed it will be one
of the most attractive places in the
city.
—Misses Ethel and Jessie Thomas,
cf Salem Academy, came home last
week for a brief visit. The former
graduates at the coming commence-ment.
—The morning papers say that Mr.
R. Percy Gray, of this city, who was
in Raleigh yesterday, was given au-thority
to recruit a company of infan-try
here.
—Whitsett's base ball team was de-feated
the Greensboro team Friday af-ter
an interesting contest, the score
standing 17 to 9. The attendance was
not large.
—The Mt. Airy Granite Co. is work-ing
night and day to supply the gov-ernment
with crushed granite that is
being used in strengthening the coast
fortitications.
—Mr. I>. M. Ausley, the C. F. A Y.
V. agent at Mt. Airy, and Miss Edith
Faueette, of that city, were married
last Thursday and are in the north on
a wedding tour.
—A revival meeting is in progress
this week at the West Washington
Street Baptist church. The pastor,
Rev. L. Johnson, is assisted by Rev.
Thus. Needham.
—The Waketield Hardware Co.'s big
I dray horse ran away Thursday, caus-ing
considerable excitement up about
the court house and -out North Elm,
but doing little damage.
The Best Is the Cheapest.
You will save money by buying the
best fertilizers of us. We sell the
"Farmers' Alliance Official Tobacco
Guano" and other brands, including
—Mr. Bogart carried five car loads of tbe "Bone and Potash Mixture" and I at the X. of P. Hall at 1 o'clock i\~M.
people to Mt. Airy ard the Pilot Moun- "Wheat and Corn Grower." | and march to the Asheboro Street
FlagRaising and Bible Presentation. TO FOLLOW THE FLAG.
Greensboro Council No. 13, Jr. O. C.
A. M,.,._h™as..p.repare.d. the following pro- iTnhirirreteflnfClnornmnp,^a,nie• s Have Vol-unteered—
Seven More are
Needed.
gram for Tuesday, May 3rd, 1S93:
The members of the Order will meet
tain Saturday. Rain in the afternoon 17-2t
interfered with the plans of the excur-sionists,
but they made the best of the
day.
—The PATRIOT acknowledges an in-vitation
to the post graduate recital of aDcj }
Miss Mary O. Black at the Greensboro
G. T. GLASCOCK & SON.
All day long yesterday telegrams 2- Schot°h* 2Ka flV"1 be ?ttuaasnLft -D. Bendheim & Sons, the new '^ over the bu.ld.ng w.th appro- the volunteer forces of Sorth Carolina
merchants, were gratified by the sue- P"*t!*Xe™"e,i * ° °f m8r°h .*5* W/re a<*nowledging receipt
cess of their opening. They charac. ^'"^n form for the Lindsay Street of the order to find out how many of
terize it a "most emphatic success," :Gr'd.ed. ^°°l:,n the blowing order: *e f »«»ould volunteer and to re-
Chief Marshal J. A. Clifton and emit to b4 men.
At 6 o'clock last night
—Mr. J. C. Murchison has begun the
i erection of a handsome new residence
on the corner of East Market and For-
| bis streets. Mr. Jas. Buchanan is also
| at work on a new dwelling nearby,
; fronting on Forbis street.
—A delegation of lawyers left yester-in
these days of close competition and
low prices. Read their new ad. on
another page.
Fire Department Elects Officers.
At the annual meeting of the Greens-boro
tire department last night at the
day for Washington to oppose the re- hal1 of Steamer No, 1, the following
officers were re-elected for the ensuing
year:
Chief—J. J. Stone.
First Assistant—W. R. Pleasant9.
Second Assistant—E. E. Bain.
Secretary—E. L. Clarke.
Treasurer—F. C. Boyles.
After the meeting the representa-tives
of the various companies present
were invited to West's ice cream par-lors
by Chief Stone, where refresh-ments
were served.
: moval of the Federal court from
< Greensboro to Winston. They were
'Messrs. A. M. Scales, R. R. King, R.
D. Douglas, Thos. Settle and Gen. J. D.
Glenn.
—Travel from Greensboro to the
army and navy recruiting stations is
hardly sufficient as yet to justify the
railroads in running extra trains. We
! are ail anxious to see Spain licked, but
someone must stay at home to protect
the women and children.
—Mr. W. P. Thomas.a brother of our
: townsman D. E. Thomas, is at home on
a visit, his third term of enlistment
having expired. His la9t cruise was
made aboard the 1'. S. S. Machias. He
expects to re-enlist as soon as active !
hostilities with Spain begin.
—The United States troops in tran-sit
attracted largecrowds to the South-
The City Accepts.
At the regular meeting of the board
of aldermen last Friday evening the
proposition of Mr. W. H. Houghton, of
New York, to put in an electric light,
street car and incandescent plant was
formally accepted subject to a detailed
contract to be arranged later. The
board recommended that the contract
they will not volunteer to leave their
Young ladies of the State Normal State.
and Industrial College. The companies ready to go wherever
Float—The Little Red School House. the fla& leads and duty calls are :
Childran of the Asheboro Street Governor's^GuardJJaleigh.
Graded School.
AT THK LINDSAY 3TRBKT SCHOOL.
Mnsie, High Point Band.
Opening Prayer, Rev. Egbert W.
Smith, D. D.
Song, "My Country, Tis of Thee,"
Sehool Children.
Flag Presentation, Rev. Chas. A. G.
Thomas.
Song, "The Star Spangled Banner,"
by a Class of Girls.
Hornet's Nest Riflemen. Charlotte
Durham Light Infantry, Durham.
\ ance Guards, Henderson.
Granville Grays, Oxford.
Queen City Guards, Charlotte.
Cleveland Guards, Shelby.
Asheville Light Infantry, Asheville.
Richland Rifles, Waynesville.
Reidsville Light Infantrv, Reidsville.
Goldsboro Rifles, Goldsboro.
Pitt Rifles, Greenville.
Signal Corps, Concord.
This is more than a sufficient num-
Bible Presentation, Rev. Thomas N. ^T o{ comPa»ies to form one regiment.
Ivey, D. D. | By t0D'ght, no doubt, the twenty
Music, High Point Band. jIT'LT^ [^ the two regi-oSpeec.
h of1TA. cceptance, S_uperinten- I ments called for by the Preo dent will have voiunteered. J ™0.aent *.ll
dentG.A Gr.msley. Other companies refusing yesterday
Music, High Point Band. . were the Edgecornbe Guaras, Scotland
Address, "What the Junior Can Do Neck Riflemen, Washington Light In-for
Public Education in North Caro- fantry and one company in the west
Una,'' Dr. Charles D. Mclver. > wll0£e name could not he obtained.
Song, "The Old North State," Young Il is believed th»l 'hey, like the Golds-
Ladies from the Normal College.
Music, "Dixie," High Point Band.
—Asheboro Courier: Mrs. J. T.
boro company, will reconsider their
action when they fully understand the
situation.
As announced yesterday, the camp
of mobilization for North Carolina
em depot last week. Charley Abbott,' be drawn at once and forwarded to Brittain and children are visiting in troop* wil to.—News
son of Mr. J. T.Abbott, of this city, Mr. Houghton, and adjournment was Guilford county. Mr. I. H. Foust, Observer. L>7th.
was a member of one of the companies made to next Saturday evening, when who
passing through Thursday. He is it is presumed an acceptance will be in | to hi
attached to the medical corps. hand, together with a check for live
—Mr. W. R. Pearson, of Danemora, hundred dollars, which is required
one of the PATRIOT'S staunch friends, simply as a guarantee of good faith,
was here Saturday and favored us with It is expected that Mr. Houghton will
a pleasant call. Mr. Pearson is in his be down this week,
eighty-fourth year, but gets about with
alacrity. His health, we are glad to
say, is better that for some time past.
—We desire to call the attention of
recently returned from Charlotte
s old home near Ramseur, is to be
married to Miss Petty, of Burlington
James Young.
This gifted young actor will appear
on May 4th. The extension of the at the Academy of Music for a two
Aberdeen and Asheboro Railroad from nights engagement beginning Tuesday,
Troy to Mt. Gilead in Montgomery .May 3rd, id three of his best plays,
county is now a certainty. The right | opening with David t;arrick. This
of way has been secured with two ex- K*,y ha8 bee" 8uch a 8Ucce» witb him
„„„»;„„., on u r. . T. this season that it now ho ds the first
a.l parties having money to lend to tbe•^^^ZSTlSS^J^ P'a^ i° bis repertoire. It is said to
ad. of the Southern Guaranty and In- for croL Z hIfh^ 1 r t n « be one of the cleverest pieces of acting
—Mr. B. S. Phillips returned from ' vestmeut Company on the l,ast* page. ror cross-ties has been let to D. B. to be seen on the stage.
Tennessee Friday with his bride, nee This company has been lending money ,
' ter Bros., of Mississippi, have the con- give his production of Hamlet, a ver-
Miss Kidd, and they are making their for more than ten years in thiscityand
home at present at Mr. W. S. Lyon's,, by its careful conservative methods of
on Cedar street. Friday evening a doing business has gained the confl-pleasant
reception was tendered them dence of a large number of men and
at Mr. R. M. Phillips, on South Elm ; women who have money to loan. Since
8treet- January 1st, 1897, the company has
—Darden says through the PATRIOT been known as the Southern Guaranty
is the way to reach the people. We and Investment Company instead of
would judge from the number of shoes Worth-Wharton Real Estate and In-sold
there this week there is something vestment Company, as formerly. As
in this. He offers 400 pairs for next sbown by tbe name a new feature was
week at 50 ceuts each. These shoes adapted, viz:—That of guaranteeing
Batten, of VVadeville. Gibson,Carpen-1 At the Wednesday matinee he will
sion strictly his own, and in which he
has won unmistakable fame wherever
he has played. In the evening he wili
appear as Claude Melnotte in Bul-wer's
beautiful play of the Lady of
Lyons.
Mr. Young is one of the handsomest
~ * ' ' I young men on the stage—has a most
City Democratic Convention. pleasing personality, and the ladies es-
The Democratic voters of the city of penally are enthusiastic about this
Greensboro are hereby notified to meet £?"?fLactor who has become a mati"
at the usual place in their respective
tract for grading the road. The con-tract
time to finish the work is four
months, but they expect to finish it in
two or three months. This branch
road will open up a tine timber and
l- agricultural section.
nee idol.
are a job lot and formerly sold at from the securities and collecting the inter- I **,"," ? ^hUrsday night' April 28' at
$1 25 to $3.00. est without cost to the lender, thus ad- I f ° °' '* the PupP°" °f nomiBat-
-Eleven Federal prisoners are i -..-*—.t ing two a.dermen ,„ each ,
jail here awaitingtransfers to the per
iteutiary at Raleigh. Eight of
men were hrought here from States-
Russell Overruled.
Washington. April 2<i.—Governor
ville, the other three being convicted
at the recent term of court here. One
other Federal prisoner has a sentence
of a month to serve in jail.
—Mr. R. G. Callum came down from
Washington, D. C, last week to meet
his wife and son, who had been in
Florida for a few weeks and after a
—The Bugler Boy monument has' nouse to ratify the nominations of tery. composed of tbe 2,584 men ap-arrived
at The Battle Ground and is a,(lermen made in the different wards portioned for the State, and that they
being put in place, preparatory to the | and t0
unveiling May 6th. It cost $100 in : mavor-
Mount Airy, and the bronze plate cost
$100 in Philadelphia. The whole
| thing set up will cost the societies
$250. It is said to be a beautiful piece
of work. The bronze plate shows in I
nominate a candidate for
C. H. IRELAND, Chairman.
JOHN 8. MICHAUX, Secretary.
would be mobilized ac Wrightsville,
near Wilmington, N. C.
The troops will not be mobilized at
Wrightsville, however, but at Raleigh,
the point selected by the Secretary
of War, he having the authority to
Constable Coble Bound Over. designate the places of the mobiliza-
At the preliminary hearing of Cen- I tion of the troops of eich State, enlist-short
visit with Mr. < allum's father bold reiief a bugler^^boy^ mounted on I 8table Jas' M' Coble' of Greene town- ing in the service of the government,
and other friends they returned home a 8pirite.i horse All the schools of 8bip' before Justices Pritchetl and and Raleigh having already been se-
Thursday. Their stay here was cut Guilford and near-by institution, have i EckeI ia9t Saturday.he was held in the 'ected by him and orders to that effect
short by the warlike developments at consented to be present and take part. 8um of *l.°°° for bis appearance at the bavln* been issued. ^
the national capital. Migs B!anche chapeI) of the Greerj8. j next term of court. As will be recall- We are ansiolIS to do a little good in
—A. M. Scales, Esq. was at Durham boro Female College; Miss Mamie 'ed b^ our readers, Mr. Coble shot a this world and can think of no pleas-last
week attending a meeting of the McGhee, of the State Normal College- ' desPerate negro, James Brean, who re- anter or better way to do it that by
North Carolina Grand Council of the Miss Myrtle Holt, of the Salem Femlle i 8J8ted "^ The testimony, except- ^pV^W^^
Royal Arcanum, responding in behalf Academy, and Miss Blanch Holt, of lng that given by Brean's parents, was tion and otner serious lung
of the order to Mr. Fred A. Green's Oak Ridge, have been selected to un. .very favorable to the defendant. He
address of welcome. At the election
of the council's officers for the ensuing
year Mr. Scales was chosen Grand
Regent. The council's next annual
meeting will be held in Greensboro
April 3rd, 1S!'9.
—Wesley Smith is the most promi-veil
the-monument. Mr. M. T. Bran- 8ave tne bond without difficulty.
that follow neglected colds.
Gardner.
troubles
Howard
—Mr. J. C. Lassiter has returned
from Northampton county and will
make this his home.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that contain Mercury,
A- merenry will surely destroy the «en-e of
smell an.i completely derange the whole system
wben entering it through tbe mucous surfaces,
such articles ahould never be used except .»n
res riptiona from reputable physicians, u the
damage they will do is ten fold lo the :-;>>."l vou
.in !>■ --ii.iy deiin from tbem Hall's Catarrh
- manufactured bj V. 3. Cheney A CO.,
T.'loili.. <j intain- no mercury, an.fi- taken
hill, of the Phi. Society, of Enfleld,
N. C, will make the speech of presen-tation,
and Mr. Z. V. Taylor, of
Greensboro, N. C, will make the speech
of acceptance in behalf of the Guilford
Battle Ground Company. Mr. W. L.
nent military personage in this local- Cridlebough. of High Point, will make
ity. Togged out in a uniform that ac address on the subject 'The Young
would make a Spaniard turn green Men's Part io the Revolution." The
with envy, his ebony features sur- railroads will give special rates for the
mounted by a helmet that has seen unveiling ceremonies.
better days, Wesley makes a parade
every day and discourses to various
assemblies on the exigencies of the
hour in a way that relegates an aver-age
vocabulary to oblivion.
—The current number of the College
Message, issued yesterday from the
presses of J. J. Stone, contains the last
installment of Prof. Chas. I.. Raper's
history of the church and private
schools of .North Carolina. Seventy
pages of the number are taken up with
the history. This fioishet the work,
which will now be published in book
form. It will be
Land of garlic and tortillas,
Land of xebecs and mantillas,
Land of mules and smuggled bitters,
Land of raisins and of fritters,
Land of Pedro and of Sancho,
Land of Weyler and of Blanco,
Land of bullfights and pesetas,
Land of dusky senoritas,
Land of manners stiff and haughty,
Land of Isabella naughty,
Land of Boabdil and Hamil,
Don't you hear your Uncle Sam'l?
"Git!"
—Exchange.
—Several boarding houses here have
recently suffered from the depreda-tions
of sneak thieves, presumably
crooks who are working their way
south to prey upon the troops.
Patriotic Meeting at Burlington.
BIRLINGTON, April 25.—There
was a big patriotic demonstration
here today, with the raising of the
United States and Cuban flags on
a sixty-foot pole in the centre of
the town, patriotic songs by school
children and addresses by Messrs.
W. H. Carroll, J A. Turreutine,
A. M. Garwood and K. E. Britton.
The poem by Mr. W. W. Bays, of
Charlotte, "Unfurl That Banner,"
was read. Two hundred United
States flags were distributed to
children by Robert L. Holt.
—Manager Blackburn says tell the
boys and girls to be getting ready to
see James Young on the 3rd and 4th
of May.
247 pages, and will sell for $1.50.
—Miss.lov Harris, M. I>. formerly
of Suinnieriieid but now ;. resident of
Burlington, is said to have tendered
her services to tbe government in the
capacity of a field physician and sur-geon.
^^
Whooping cough is the most dis-tressing
malady: but its duration can
I h*» riir short hv the use of Ooe Mioute
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do, Ohio, by K. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials Risers, the last being the famous little known remedy for croup and all lung
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I'here are three little things which
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Hall's t'amify Pills are the best.
bottle. Howard Gardner. ner.