The Greensboro patriot [May 11, 1898]

              THE GREENSBOROPATRIOT.
VOL- 77 GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1898.
JIONAL CARDS.
Dr. w. J. RICHARDSON.
..TZ BUILDING.
•V. GASTON ST.
Di H. BROOKS,
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
\. C.
ILL, M. D.,
iCIANANO SURGEON.
Square.
14 Asheboro >:.
10 to 1 ; :i to 4:30.
IONE NO. 17-
— Royster has a change of ad. in this
issue.
— Mr. .1. F. Jordan is off on a trip to
New York.
— The banks were closed yesterday-
Memorial day.
—Col. W. 8. Rankin is again reported
dangerously ill.
—Mrs. W. E. Stone has returned from
a visit to Norfolk.
—Mayor •'. E. Cole, of Ramseur, was
in the city yesterday.
—Prof. .1. A. Holmes, of Chapel Hill,'
was here .Sunday night.
—Only $1 60 to Raleigh and return
Saturday. Train leaves at 7.50.
—Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Styers, of Ger- —The great sacrifice sho sale at the
manton, honored us with a call last Carolina Shoe Co.'s continues. The I
Two Deaths at Providence.
NO. 19.
Democratic Convention.
Wednesday. They were on their way I entire stock is going at and below cost. I homeS
atMpm,dM0?yD,0ld9 ,^ed at her A Koodlv number of
to Norfolk to attend the Southern Bap-'Children's shoes are selling from 18 [Si n( 1™1?"?*. if? Wedne9dav of Guilford
tist Convention. cents up: ladies'Oxford ties 42 cents
—Go with the Greensboro excursion "Pi fens' dress shoes 75 cents up. i (
to Raleigh Saturday. Manager Bo- Two pairs of shoes can LOW be bought! rj
gart will see that every provision is *" 'he ordinary price of one pair. I thefuaeraL %he wun' C°nduc,ing
made for the safety and comfort of | Mr- Norris, the manager, invites vou ' n.i s lif„- " ' „ ** ' J^"„, age
those on his train. I to attend this great sale. :*^ahfeionK member of the Friendt
-The Ladies' Aid Society of Cen- ""f" Carrier Hilton is laid up with L-nele Hiram Wj
tenary church will give a etrawberry^J^^E.'^*f_'_**!te*»\h°m *uPm«tom» Sunday morn!
ght of pneumonia after a brief sick'- : 2 "u,,,ora eount7 responded Saturday
ness. She was buried at Providence rl a conventio«i to arrange
Friday at 11 a. m. Rev. i"?P
r
re,eBUt,.on in th« approaching
and ice cream supper in the Sunday drst ti,uein eiKht J""- a record seldom ing about 5 o'clock
school room on Thursdy night, the 12th. e(lualed- He invariably refuses to ac-
E very body is invited.
—Mr. E. P. Wharton's horse
State, Congressional and Judicial con-
| ventions.
After a call to order by Mayor Nel-son,
Mr. John C. Kennett was elected
chairman and Mr. Z. V. Taylor secre-tary,
representatives of the Democratic
cept the annual
grand-son he believed that he
E. L. NIAMEY, M. D.
3-o.taa. Elxrs. St.
I .. ■ U jrlssom's Drug Store.
" Dr. i. E. WYCHE7-
I> ] INTISTi
^ . [Sank
insboro, N'. C.
Dr. J. H. WHEELER,
DENTIST.
I W ard'a Drug More.
Dr. W.H. Wakefield,
■. will lie in Greens-
■ Bouse mi Thurs-
1 IMITKD TO
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
eave granted Uncle
Sam's employees. The first error ie yet Idvin^.^"-.?"^ ^ " W ran ., . , J laying, and was soon unnconciou"s
away Sunday morning, throwing from ^ be ^arged up to hiui. Will I<ogan,; Qid aKe and paralvsis were the cause
the buggy two colored women who ^«<«.«« ««ng aa enbstitute carrier, of bl8 deatn. He was S5 vears of age
were driving it. One of the women '" tbe absonce of ™ available sub., and the olde3t man .„ the"^ '
-Capt. Schenck's military company was considerably bruised up. under the civil service rules. j His remain3 were interred at Provi-
-Dr. W. 11. Brooks, of this city, was dence Monday at 3 p. m. Rev. Dou-
Saturday he ate a :s
P
e7r
S
e?a
e
rLnf InT,ted t0 aCt as —<«
hearty dinner but shortly he told hi
....j '»..- Mp:i.-iiti;iLjn oruiseu under the civil service rules.
drilled on Market street hist nijrht. -ru„ a _ i ...
"**"• —the Second regiment, to which our
—C. M. Vanstory & Co. are making ] company is attached.has been assigned one 0I tie sixty-two successful appli- gan Cox conducted the services. Mr.
war on high prices. See their new ad.
—Rev. L. Johnson is at Norfolk at-tending
the Souihern Baptist Conven-tion.
—Our foreman, Will Turner, is on
the sick list, threatened with pneu-monia.
—Dr. B. W. Best, from Goldsboro,
has located here for the practice of
medicine.
—Judge Douglas spent Sunday here
with his family, returning to Kaleigh
Monday night.
—Mr. W. L. Frazier is at Raleigh at-to
coast defense duty. All the compa- ' f**8 f°J *,ce"se to practlce medici°e
nies of the regiment have been ordered i \? "J? £*?U°' " the meeting -°f
to Raleigh for drill and equipment. j he
f
Matf M«dlcal Society at Charlotte
n , last week. He made a general average : the Friends' church all his life
-Do you want a new carpets or nice |of97.75 ,„ a pos8ible 100, the highest i
Wilson had often expressed his will-ingness
to go and was only waiting
the time. He had been a member ef
window curtainsthisspring? Thacker i markf we believej ever ted
& Brockmann's have just opened up I C8ndidate before tbe board It ,, an
new lines of these goods and will make
you some very low prices on them.
—For neat printing of any kind you
] will do well to see E. L. Tate, the new
'1 he plan of organization was read
by -secretary Taylor, after which a
motion was adopted providing for the
presentation of the names of any can-didates
for the different offices. In re-sponse
to this motion Mr. J. M. Burton,
placed in nomination for judge Mr'
D. Schenck, Jr. The same honor was
conferred upon Mr. T. J. Shaw bv Mr.
W. D. Wharton. Seconding speeches
were made by various friend of each
of these gentlemen.
There being no other nominatons,
representatives of the various town-ships
were requested to assemble in
honor of which he may well be proud*
—Captain Gray's company was the
first to muster in the Second regiment.
the M. P. buildi. j. op- B< L- Gilmer is flr8t and John S- Cator
posite M.-Adoo House. His work is SeCOnd lleutenant- Fourteen men fail-ilrst
class and prices reasonable, t f. :, 0n the nnal P"79'™1 examinations,
■ but the company was tilled with re- ■
—No war prices
Mrs. F. M. Bumpass Dead.
The death of Mrs. F. M. Bumpass,,
whose critical illness was mentioned ; dlff9rent parts of the west room and
in our last issue, was announced Sun- | detem>ne among themselves in whose
day at noon. Her funeral took place
Monday at West Market street church,
Rev. S. H. Hilliard, in the absence of
Dr. Weaver, conducting the service.
favor the votes of their townships
should be cast.
Some wisely suggested the advisabil-ity
of going into the judical conven-tion
with only one candidate for the
Curtis and T. J.
were among our
which was largely attended. Mrs.
:j emits from other places. John A. *™P™ "" kn°Wn thr°Ugh°Ut the ' 1"****^' a°d aS S00n as he could «et
Gilmer, Sherley Pearce, Joe Pender j. f
PrisonTan ^of"drygo^r.;d ^^^2^^^^^ ^ "S* ^ W8S b0rn Sept" ^I'Z^V^ "n0UBCed thrt h°
shoes lower than ever before and also arao„g those who ffhtdI'^Z ~.^^^"^*-"* ^TS^JiS?^
tending a meeting of tbe Grand Lodge Brockmann's! You wil eir i < - South ai 0De of the leaders in Metho- .,he llo°r in the discussion which fol-of
Odd fellows.
— Messrs. J. A.
Roach, oi Climax
callers yesterday.
—Go to the lawn party at Mrs. Bal-lard's
Friday evening. It is for the
benefit of the firemen.
a larger and better stock to select from, animation. Rev. S. D. Bumpass, she took up a por- ceiT,"K a majority of the votes about
tion of the work he laid down and car- t0 be cast carry the solid vote of the
-fe W.LGMon.andwlle,have -Mr. J. J. Otterburg, whose at- ried it on for many years. Shewasthe count? int0 tu* Durham convention.
nirnflLiXo to the eastern tempted suicide was noted in our last fir3t president of the Woman's Board Mr. Schenck stated that he was not at
FVKZ'T- ZZ1? S yv S' iSSU6' di6d Tuursda-V n,«" about ^n of Missions of the M. E.Church South that ™°™"t *™"K to agree to such
Sst:::;t:w;r;Ss!:i0'::0f,,r0:n the rM °f "I,86"- «"^«tended every Ll2iTa • Propo.i«on,«thevo^here would
-Mr.];. W. Brooks is making ex- ■,. *,."'" ' P inflicted injuries. At one time his re- its organization sometwentvyears a^o ■««« necessarily determine the result in
covery seemed almost assured. His . Her health failed during the winter the judicial convention. The plan of
-People who buy close and look the remains were interred at Greene Hill Three of her four children survive her organization providing that each can-
Several (ireensboro attorneys ap- !°W" f!f b.e
u
fore th,ey t"rn a ^llar | cemetery Friday evening. It is said ] _Rev. K. F. Bumpass, Mrs. R. P. Troy didate trom Guilford should receive
loose, tell us that we beat them ail on ; that for several weeks prior to his . and Miss Eugenia H. Bumpass Her '" the judicial convention that propor-men's
shoes. And it's a fact. You j death he had been in a depressed state j death is a great loss to her church her the vote cast for him in the
don't get such shoes
tensive improvements about his resi-dence
on the South Side.
Robert Dick Douglas,
and Counsellor at Law,
kSK Bl'ILDINO
3 r.-ZlTSBORO. £T. C.
i * Vii - >;i\: :i_- Bank.
P. D. SATCHWELL,
attorney at Law.
i KKELKY Bill DING,
nsboro, N. C.
CHAS. M. STEDMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
snhall Building,
lORO, - - - N. C.
peared in causes before the supreme
court at Raleigh this week.
—Dr. Ledbetter was re-elected coun-ty
physician at the last regular meet-ing
of the county commissioners.
—President Mclver is at Statesvllle
today making the literary address at
the graded school commencement.
—Mr. I>an Ramseur, of Lincolnton,
and Miss Kate Low, of Whitsett, visit-ed
friends in Greensboro last Friday.
—Ladies'cloth-top tan and black ox-ford
ties, very handsome, $1.25, (1.50
and *1.75, at Thacker & Brockmann's.
—President E. A. Alderman, of the
University, was here Saturday on his
return homeward from a European
tour.
where else as we sell at $1 25, #1.50 and
13.00.
sensational sale of new silks this week.
it s 1 ou ; church, her tion of
for the price any-; of mind owing to straightened tiuan- family and friends. A nob'er tvpeof counfr convention, he insisted on the
regular order. His position was per-haps
misunderstood by some, but it
was perfectly tenable. The strongest
eial circumstances. woman never lived.
—Jim Copeland, who shot Sam Gor- i
-D. Bendheim & Sons advertise a reli duriug a row here several weeks
ago, was before Mayor Nelson Monday
They give you the price and descrip- for a preliminary hearing and was put
tion in their ad. Black silks, black under bond for hi3 appearance at the
Municipal Officers Chosen.
At an adjourned meeting of the new point made by tbe opposition was that
board of aldermen Friday evening, the candidacy of anyone from Guilford
all the members being present, the va- would be vastly strengthened by the
rlous offices at the disposal of the prestige of a solid vote,
board were filled after the plan pre- During the discussion several
.„. — -ppearance at the
dress goods and special offerings of. next term of court. Another charge,
commencement necessities are also that of carrying concealed weapons,
mentioned. j ha3 alg0 been entered opposite his scribed in the city charter. The sal- I motions were made and finally with-
—Mr. William T. Gray, of Win-j name on the Superior court docket. I aries and tax collector's commission drawn, among them one to send unin-ston,
was nominated last week to be i Gorrell was able for the first time ' reil>ain as they were last year. structed delegates to the judicial con-assistant
paymaster of the navy. Monday to appear as a witness against Alderman Neil Ellington was unan- vention, but when the vote was taken
Mr. Gray was educated at the naval Copeland. Both men are colored. imously chosen city treasurer. it was with the understanding that it
academy and has been employed in the —The Glenn Manufacturing Co. re- ' Mr" R- M' Rees was Iikewise chosen would be in strict accordance with the
SHAW ft SCALES,
ttorneys at; JLiSb-KKr
KNSKORO, N. C.
ii !.. all business, Office
: ; i ouri s iua
I -•[ H,J ;i.. /. \. r IVLOR.
•: ari Counsellors a: Law.
OURT SQUARE.
W. U. BEACHAM,
Architect and Builder.
lows Building,
- - - N. C.
J. T. JOHNSON,
• -. ORO
»E SPECIALIST,
—A heavy storm, with considerable
wind and rain, visited this county
Thursday evening. Hail fell in several
places.
— Mr. H. \\ . Cobb and family, of
Danville, Va, spent Sunday and Mon-
A. M. 8CALKS. day here with their relatives and many
friends.
Xavy department at Washington for cently organized bere, has located in
the last three years. , the leftf hoU8ej near the d,pot recently
—Dr. Lacy Wharton, of Smithlield, occupied by H. C. Berger & Co., and i
tax collector and chief of police.
There were ten applicants for posi-tions
on the police force, viz.: W. J.
Weatherly, W. A. Scott. M. A. Whit-
—A charming story of the French
Broad country is "Justus's Palace"
contributed to The Youth's Compan-ion
for the week of May 5th. North
Carolinians will be interested in know-
-Mr. J. II. Johnson has purchased j !"g tb
1
at *" aU^,°r who V^ over
the grocery stock of Hobbs ft Aired,at ' Jj *£*?? "Margaret Johann
i Miss Alice Morgan, of Brevard.
—Will Thomas, delivery clerk for
Chrismon Bros., was considerably
bruised up in a runaway accident
Thursday.
stopped over on his return from Char- thirty sewing machines and two spe- I
lotte last week to visit his father, Mr. cial machines have already been put ' tin«ton' Artnur Jordan, R. E. Pearce,
W D. Wharton, and other friends, in. These will be tested tomorrow tor' R> Je«ries, Flavius Keith, W. W.
plan of organization.
The voto as cast upon a roll call of
the townships was as follows :
Shaw I;I;' ,
Schenck n >.,
It was decided to leave the selection
With hia wife, who had been visiting the first time. Mr. Frank M. Brown, I X, ing, D. P. Busick and A. B. White. of delegates to the conventions to a
here for a couple of weeks prior to his of Klberton, Ga., the superintendent. F'VC Were t0 be elected and the first committee composed of Messrs. J. H.
arrival, he returned home the first of is busy getting everything in shape to | J™ 2t!!!f_^!i 5,Iesf8J Weatherly, wU"«f.^ (; B^,™h:*;,*\Kln*l J,ohn
the week. begin work as soon as material arrives,
which will be withiu the next few
days. The company will begin on
overalls.
is
Scott, Whittington. Jordan and Pearce N. Wilson, J. R. McCulloch and /.. V.
had each received majority of the Taylor, and after tbe convention ad-votes.
They were all on the force last journed the committee met at Mr.
year. King's office and prepared the lists.
—Mrs. M. A. Harris, formerly a res- ! Messrs. J. R. Jeffries, R. J. Allen, which comprsie in all, with the altern-ident
of High Point, died at the resi- A. B. White and D. F. Busick were ates, are three hundred names. Kx-dence
of her son-in-law here, Mr. M. applicants for the position of sanitary cept as to the judicial convention the
K. Callum, Tuesday evening of last officer. Mr. Jeffries was re-elected on delegates go uninstructed.
>•» Ciwu} atwK vi uvwua a AifM,M . week, aged nearly seventy years. She i the second ballot. A special committee of five, upon
BYNUM & TAYLOR, the old Steelecoruer.and will carry on; '88gan'evart1, had been in poor health for several i Mr. John S. Michaux was re-elected '■ which the chair appointed Messrs.
the business. —A lawn party is to be given by the months from the effects of a fall and c'erk of the board. R. R. King, W. R. Land. '/.. V. Taylor.
—Ladies' tan laced shoes all sizes Bremen at Mrs. Ballard's Friday even- her death was not unexpected. She Mr. Sam Brown was re-elected street J. H. Gilmer and W. M. Barber, was
from .'! to 8, in latest styles, at * 1.00 in)? to raise money to pay the expenses was a faithful Christian all her life and superintendent. commissioned to prepare resolutions-
I $1.19, $1.39, $1.69 and $2.00, at Thacker of Greensboro's running team at the had many friends. Her funeral took' In conformity to the recommenda- Following is their report:
ft Brockmann's. Charlotte races May 21. Our firemen P'ace at High Point, conducted by tions of the firedepartment the follow- "Be it resolved, by the Democrats of
,.„„, .-i.,,! , . ... deserve abundant
—Capt. Gladstones company, the ., . ,. .
Reidsville Rifles, will not join the Sec- S^ 8h°"ld be
ond regiment, owing to some sort of a : .' *T £B * '""^ '
,„ial,.i,i,f-ian )i„» in the state. ,, •»— —'" "--* =«"•«=«""> =i«i= ; \\. K. 1'ieasants; engi
misunderstanding. advanced manv of thp
;,4
t
bl" red arm ohaip from tlie porch of ;Thouia9: aasistant engineer, J. T. Ab- i
-Children's and infants" slippers. fo
ine war n" a«"«>«d many of the Mr. j. W. Whitsett, on Arlington • bott
and shoes of all kinds, shapes, colors Stfplf T' S °f f°°d- Everybody street. The following night a larre
and sizes, at Thacker ft Brockmann's,l \"h?,ha8 J0UK.ht Provisi(>D9 lately has black rocking chair was stolen from
had this fact impressed on their minds the residence of Mr. J. D. Burch, on
"•W East Washington street. Xow if some
ve a bed-fhere
this
?m he can
start to housekeeping with little addi-very
cheap for cash.
——DITr.. J.i..eE.. W"uycmheuissait Fraayyeetttteevviullee > B,l rciu vnn ha .t«^i„,i „„ i t •■ "ft"",",«'' -"-'"
attending a meeting of the North Car- S?£E££?S e". g.^ls J ^'T^^ Wi" *™
olina Deatal Society. He is one of the what others are paving. See what he , c.ook8to
l? ;ind "iano wbl
clinician-for this session. SHri '" K- flee WUat Uo enterprisiug thief ran get them
Applicants for keeper of the city
clock were Messrs. J. M. Rosenblatt
and M. Royal Farrar. The former was
elected keeper.
review with regret and shame the de-plorable
condition into which North
Carolina has fallen under the present
administration of its affairs.
"'1. That we pledge ourselves 10
exact all honorable means to restore
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"ination Free.
. ,2to«p.m.
—The members of the High Point
band were resplendent in new uni-forms
at the Battle (.round Friday.
They make a nice appearance.
says.
-The Danville Dramatic Club came , Mr_ v
over on a special train Monday morn- a reward for the return of his cbaI?Or
Mr. W. L. Frazier resigned as a an honest, economical and conservative
member of the board and filed an ap- government in our State, by electing
plication for the position of cemetery 'O office men of high character and
superintendent. The other applicants business ability.
were James Duffy, Walter Green and
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That we cordially invite all
Democrats who have heretofore a-:
ing and presented "My Friend From any information that will lead to the <*eo-"• "»™- Mr. frazier was elect- iated with the Poouliat party, and all
India"'at the Academy of Music in the arrest of the thief. ed. His term of office was fixed at otheM who are in accord with the
—A great special sale of China straw I evening. A good-sized audience was "771 t- " 'X three years. principles of the Democratic partj
mattings is advertised by Dobbin it present and the play was well received. ention, Company. Mr. J. F. Jordan offered to donate unite with us in convention and at
Ferrall at attractive prices. They are A reception was tendered the visitors Mr-w-K- Bogart advertises an ex- land for a city park and a committee the polls, to redeem
delivered freight paid. See ad. 'at the Benbow before their train left c_"r*lon t0 Kak-igh and return, via the composed of Aldermen Merrimon, Bo-t#
(-'• *"• & Y. V. and S. A. I. railways, on gart and Bain
I I.V FfRNISHED. ♦
'; J. STONE,
'■KKENSBORO, N. C. |
-Prof. Chas. L. Paper lectured on for home at midnigh
"The ijueen's Diamond Jubilee" before —Mr. A. C. Rankin wason the streets
the F.pworth League of West Market Thursday exhibiting a German carp
Street church Monday evening. weighing over sixteen pounds which
—M. G. Xewell is unloading two car- he ca"Kbt in his mill race, a few miles
loads of buggies today, making five east of 'be city, that morning. Ordi-cars
so far this year. These buggies narll-T PeoPle bave some difficulty in
were bought and built last winter. convincing others that they really
, . , e , caught a sixteen pound fish, but Mr
— If you want any kind of dress
was appointed to confer
Saturday, May 14th. Theschedule and with Mr. Jordan in regard to the mat-fare
will be found in his big ad. on an- ter.
other page. We don't need to tell you . Alderman Mendenhall wasappointed
thi-irin k„. ..;„ „-.i. .. - " to serve on the special committee on
this w.ll be a trip with attractions the changing the Battle Ground road, vice
like of which are presented only one; Mr. Frazier resigned,
or twice in an average lifetime This The various standing committees of
generation hss never before seen the fhe board will be announced bv Mayor
from the misrule, extravagance and
disgrace to which it is now exposed.
"4. We reaffirm our allegiance to
the platform of the State Democratic
Convention of ''■'■'■ "
goods, from 4-cent Scotch lawns up to
the finest Henriettas aud serges, don't
fail to look through Thacker A Brock-mann's
line before making the P"^|drog^%oraw%p^tTi^toffi
chase.
Rankin's proof was too positive to be
questioned.
—I.andreth's fresh and reliable Gar-den
Seed for sale by Howard Gardner
country on a war basis and it is not
likely such conditions will again exist
in the next half a century. Go and
see the Greensboro boys in camp.
Hundreds of other brave patriotic sons
of the Old North State are there and a
Nelson at the next regular meeting.
We are anxious to do a little good in
this world and ran think of no pleas-anter
or better way to do it that by
recommending One Minute Cough Cure
as a preventive of pneumonia, consup-tion
and other serious lung troubles
How's This?
We '-;T.r I '•.■ II in In d Di - BV ■ »rd for
i . of C»»arrh thai ra
Mall's i l:u ih i
V. .1. ( HE> Kl * ' "•• Prop* X lo.O.
we, tbe • • • ■ ■• hare known 1. J.
Chenev !"r the last IS years, anil believe him
perfectly honorable in all bu«nee» irai i I -.
■naflnancu able to i irryoutanj obligation
made by theifflrm.
Wcsi ATK.II x,Wholesale Druggists, i
Ohio,
Wai.lilSi.. h;ss»N A MAKVI.V, WlnSe«a!e
DragsuM Toledo. I'
Hall's Catarrh CUM- i« taken internally, acting
GreeHsboro. ""'"' M!i^5np^1
e«Sriya,,rT,"l0B . GaVdSr?" Deg'eCted C°'d8' U°W"d •&drugSgis%ts. TZeattitm*un?ialsmfreZe. SrEte&