The Greensboro patriot [March 8, 1899]

              fHE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
\Vl- 7' 8. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1899. NO. 10.
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A. M. SCALES,
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Attorneys - at - Law,
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
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III ADJUSTER.
Railway
°gs and Pigs
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MISTERED
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HOGS!
liable
—Rev. P. J. Carraway Las recovered
frein his recent illness.
— Mrs. W. W. Ellington has returned
from a visit to Ricbmond.
— Remember W. F. Clegg & Bro.
keep up the prices on hides.
—Judge John Gray Bynum went to i
Raieigh Monday on business.
—Mr. Frank A. Pierce has returned '
from a busiuess trip to .'South Carolina. ;
—Miss Daisy Phoenix left Sunday
night on a visit to friends at C'orbin,
Ky.
—Mr. R. T. Beck and little son, of
dormanton.gave us a pleasant call last
week.
—Mrs. Judge Shaw left Monday on
a visit to relatives and friends at
Carthage.
—Mrs. W. F. Ellis, of Durham, is
visiting her parents, Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
P. S. Wood.
—Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Copeland left
yesterday on a trip to New York and I
other.points.
—Judge Shaw went to Lexington
Monday to preside over Davidson Su-peri
T court.
— Jiaj. Charles M. Stedman went to
Raleigh Monday to appear before the
Supreme court.
—Mr. <). N. Richardson, of the High
Point Machine Works,gave us a pleas-ant
call Monday.
—Alamance Superior court will con-vene
at Graham next Monday. Judge
Bryan will preside.
—Messrs. II. II. Cartland and J. G.
Fowler left Monday on a business trip
to Winston and Raleigh.
—J. M. Hendrix & Ce., the people's j
money-saving store, have plenty of I
tobacco canvass for sale cheap.
—LOST—Two beautiful black and
white setter dogs. Will pay liberally
for their recovery. J.F.JORDAN.
—Just received, one car lead high
grade Acid Phosphate for making com-post.
S. S. MlTCHRLI. & Co.
—Dr. J. B. Gunter, of Ward's drug
store, has returned from a month's va-cation
very much improved In health.
—Messrs. A. M. Scales and A. -L.
Brooks went to Raleigh Monday to ar-gue
some oases before the Supreme
court.
— Our stock of garden seed, onion I
sets ami seed Irish potatoes is com- i
plete; and at prices as low as the I
lowest. HIATT & LAM li.
—Mr. W. R; Rankln went to New
York Thursday night to purchase goods
for his firm—Rankln, Chisholm, Stroud
& Rees.
—The Burlington News, which has
been conducted by Parker, Mood &
Parker, has been sold to John M. Cook
and O. F. Crowson.
—Dr. J. B. Golding was lat>t Thurs-day
appointed postmaster at Dana-more.
He has been acting in that
capacity for some time.
—Mr. II. M. York, of Ramseur, and
his son, Malthus, who is assistant agent
of the Seuthern Railway at Lion Col-lege,
were here Monday.
— While Mr. C. M. Vanstory was
closing bis safe yesterday morning his
left thumb was painfully mashed by
one of the heavy iron doors.
-Mr. W. II. Ragan, of High Point,
has been elected a member of the board
of trustee? of the white Agricultural ft
Mechanical College at Raleigh.
—G. W. Denny, the East Market
street grocer, can sell you spring seed
—the equal of any sold—at reasonable
prices. Read his advertisement.
—Mr. R. G. Callum, of Washington
City, was called here last week by the
critical illness of his mother. We are
glad to know that she is now better.
—Don't fail to see the seven South-erland
sisters' exhibit at my store,
commencing on the 18th, for one week.
JOHM B. Fauna, Druggist.
—Mr. Jesse F. Hoskins, the "Duke
of »>ummerfleld," has recovered from
his recent illness. His friends were
delighted to see him in town this week.
—Mr. W. J. Blackburn, who has been
confined to his home by sickness, is
able to be out and look after the inter-ests
of his farmer friends at the Banner
Warehouse.
—Wanted—Reliable men to put in
all o? part of time taking orders for
our lubricating oils and greases. Lib-eral
commitsion. The Federal Oil Co.,
Clevelaud, Ohio. 10-2t
—Mr. '.W. H. Belk, of Charlotte, a
member of the lirm of Harry & Belk
Bros., spent Thursday in the city. He
is now on the northern markets pur-chasing
spring goods.
—A severe wind storm passed ever a
portion of the western part of the
couoty Saturday night. Several houses
were unroofed and a number of trees,
fences, Ac, blown down.
—Don't waste time looking for the
best place to buy shoes, but go to J. M.
Hendrix & Co., the people's money-saving
store, where you can find all
kinds of shoes at the lowest prices.
—The Greensboro Hardware Com-pany
talks to you this week about the
Chattanooga chilled plow and the Os-borne
disc barrow. These articles
have genuine worth and are sold on
their merits.
—Superior court closed Friday after-noon
after having heard only one civil
case—Bodenbamer vs. Wagoner. This
was a suit for damages for malicious
prosecution and the plaintiff was
awarded $1,000.
—William K. Vanderbilt and family,
of New York, passed through Greens-boro
at an early hour Saturday morn-ing.
They were traveling on a special
train of three coaches and were en
route to Florida.
—John J. Phoenix offers you Early
Cjueen Rose seed potatoes at $2 25 per
bag or $1.00 per bushel. The price of
potatoes has advanced, but as long as
his supply lasts Mr. Phoenix will sell
them at the above prices.
—We are glad to know that the
smallpox scare in Burlington has sub-sided.
Our friend Rev. J. D. Andrew,
of that place, writes us thaWthere were
only three suspected cases and that no
new cases have developed.
—D. Getaz & Co., who are just com-pleting
the Southern's handsoma pas-senger
station at this place, have been
awarded the contract for erecting the
new Masonic temple at Wilmington.
The structure is to cost $40,000.
-M. G. Newell & Co. are still
agents for the Syracuse plow and the
Farmers' Friend planter. They also sell
the Empire and the Bickford & Huff-man
grain drills, and carry a large
stock of buggies, harness, etc. See
their new ad.
—The people's money-saving store
sells strictly for cash. So if you ex-pect
to pay cash for your dry goods
and shoes don't fail to see tjiem, for
yon can save from ten to fifteen cents
on every dollar's worth of goods you
buy from them.
—Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, D.
D., bishop of the Diocese of North Car-olina,
preached at St. Barnabas Episco-pal
church Sunday morning. At the
evening service he administered the
apostolic rite of confirmation, or the
laying on of hands.
- Prof. J. Allen Halt, of Oak Ridge;
Prof. W. T. Whitsett, of Whiteett, and
Mr. W. F. Alderman, of this city, were
named by the legislature on Monday
as the Guilford county board of school
directors. The board will meet and
—Col. J. P. Dillard, a well known
and most highly esteemed oitizen, died
at bis home at Leaksville recently. He
was about seventy-five years old and
had been suffering from heart affection
for tome time. He was a member of
the Episcopal church and a brother of
the late Judge Dillard, of this city.
—Rev. D. W. S. Raineford, the emi-
! nent Episcapal divine of New York,
who spent a few days here some weeks
ago, arrived in the city Monday night,
accompanied by John Gill, the receiver
of the late C. F. & Y. V. railroad.
The left on the A. & Y. noon train
yesterday to spend a few days hunting
•long the line.
—"Our friends" have certainly been
telling their friends about "Oriole"
C(.ll'ee,as we arc having new customers
on it almost every day. "The best
package coffee on the market" is what
we claim for it. No more, no less.
Our price, 12,'^ cents a pound.
J. W. SCOTT & Co.,
Agents for "Oriole."
—The three Republican commission-ers
of Forsythe county resigned Mon-day,
leaving the business of the county
in the hands of the Democratic com-missioners
elected by the legislature
last week. The chairman of the old
board says they resigned because ef
the indignity heaped upon the Repub-lican
members of the general assembly.
—Henry Wiley, a tough negro citi-zen
of this city, was last week arrested
in Raleigh for carrying concealed
weapons. He is a worthless character
and an inveterate gambler and is want-ed
by the officers of Greensboro, Win-ston,
Reidsville and other places.
When the authorities at Raleigh get
through with him he will be brought
here.
—At a meeting in the court bouse
Friday night the bill establishing a
dispensary in Greensboro, as passed by
the legislature, was read and resolutions
adopted commending our senator and
representatives for their stand in the
matter and thanking all who in any
way aided the cause. Owing to the
very inclement weather the crowd was
not large.
—The advertisement of the Wake-field
Hardware Company will be of
special interest to farmers. To the
reader of the PATRIOT who gives the
best five new and original reasons why
the Oliver chilled is the best plow on
the market this progressive Arm pro-poses
to make a present of one of these
plows. If you wish to receive this
valuable present read the advertise-ment
and learn how it can be done.
—Mr. Walter Page, of Boston, Mass.,
editor of the Atlantic Monthly, will de-liver
a lecture at the State Normal and
Industrial College Friday night, to
which the public is cordially invited.
Mr. Page is a native North Carolinian
and a most brilliant young man. His
—Saturday night the wholesale
j liquor warehouse of Mr. John Barker,
j which is situated in the rear of his
[•tore, was entered by thieves and
robbed of a barrel of whiskey. The
. barrel was rolled out on the ground
and a good portion of the contents
! drawn and carried away. When the
; robbery was discovered Sunday only a
I few gallons of whiskey remained in the
j barrel. There must be a peculiar fas-j
cination for thieves about Mr. Barker's
i establishment, as they have visited
; him before.
Lightning's Deadly Work.
During the thunder storm Thursday
afternoon James Younger and Das
Kasley, two negro men employed by
Mr. John A. Young at his nurseries,
two miles east of the city, were in-stantly
killed bylightoing. They were
at work in an open field when the
storm came up and went to a nearby
barn for shelter from the rain. Thev
were standing in the door of the barn
removing the harness from a horse
when the building was struck by light-ning
and both men killed. Kasley was
—Mr. W. A. Chaffln, a prominent'the #nly man struck, his body "being
citizen of Stokes county, died at his j Durne°^*nd his shoes torn from his
home at Germanton last Wednesday.; feet" YoUDK« was killed by the shock.
He was in his seventy-fourth year and The horse wa» knocked down and se-had
spent his life in that community, . verely stunned, but soon recovered,
where he was regarded as a man of:
Jeff I>onne11- another negro, was
many virtues. He was specially noted ,t'ndinK near with a pair of mules and
for his strength of character and liber-ality
of views, being always ready to
throw the mantle of charity over the
was knocked down by the shock, but
beyond being badly frightened, waa
not injured. A quantity of hay and
faults of others. The deceased was the othtr feed stuff was «°red in the build-father
of Mrs. R. T. Beck, of German- in£'.but wae not imaged,
ton, and Mr. J. H. Mclver, of Sanford.
His wife died about seven years ago.
—In response to the notice in last
week's paper Rankin,Chisholm, Stroud
& Rees have received numerous re-quests
for the tin basins which they
are giving away to any person who
will clip their ad. out of the PATRIOT
and hand or send to them. Quite a
number of persons from different towns
have written them, enclosing the ad-vertisement
and expressing their ap-preciation
of the generosity and pro-gressive
spirit displayed by this firm.
They bought a large supply of these
The two dead men were from
Brown's Summit and their remains
were carried there for burial.
—Say, do you know you can buy
dress goods, shoes and hats cheaper
at Royster's than any place in this city?
County Commissioners Meet.
The county commissioners met Mon-day
to transact their regular monthly
business, a full board being present.
A petition was presented to them ask-ing
that two miles of the road leading
out from Greensboro by Pomona be
macadamized. Accompanying the pe-
.n hind" tition were the subscriptions of a num-ber
of substantial citizens living along
the road aggregating 11,800. This
amount, if we understand it aright,
will pay about half the expenses of
macadamizing this section of road, and
—3,000 yards plant bed muslic cheap
at Royster's.
—Saturday night some cowardly
scoundrel threw a stone through theI^ato^S ~"^"££,£'^M*
plate glass door of one of the hand- ; ,ad tQ 9ee tQe couuty make ^ M
some new reSIdence8 on Summit Ave-toward pernlanently improvinR the
nue, smashing it into smithereens. roadi. Several per90ns appeared be_
The house was unoccupied and there ; fore the comml88ioners and urged the
is no clue as to who committed the ; importanCe of the matter, but it is
dastardly deed. It has been only a | probttble that nothing will be ;done-short
while since the young shade trees igt ,ea8t for tD9 pre8ent- Tne„ pr._
recently planted alongthe avenue were gre88iTe citizens are to be commended
broken and cut down, and although a j for their pubIi, 8pirit and ant,rprUein
reward of $100 was offered for the cap- j tbug offering to assist the county in
ture of the guilty parties, they were this work) and we lrugt tutir petition
not apprehended. Such depredations .wil, bear fruit
The commissioners were in session
again yesterday afternoon for the pur-pose
of making a final settlement with
Mr. John A. Hodgin, ex-county treas-urer.
While Mr. Ilodgin went out of
; are committed by persons dead to every
sense of honor, and when captured
I they should be dealt with in a drastic
I manner. __^^
—The people's money-saving store,
J. M. Hendrix & Co., are selling a lot office in December, sickness and other
causes have prevented him from set-tling
with the county earlier.
of 12>2 cent percales at 8 cents.
—Cyrus Young, a colored man, met
a horrible death about noon Saturday —We take care of estates and proper-while
walking along the track of the [ ties for owners or heirs, pay taxes, in-
Southern Railway. He was crossing < surance, look after general conditions,
the trestle under which runs the track j collect rents, etc.
organize on the second Monday in lectur«at the Normal eommencement
in 1897 on "The Forgotten Man" elec-iriried
and thrilled those who heard it
April.
—The fourteen-months-old child of
Mr. VV. C. Whitworth got possession of
a small bottle of carbolic acid Friday
morning and its mouth and hands were
badly burned. Physiciaus were sum-
' of the Atlantic & Yadkin, when the
j Southern's northbound fast mail struck
| him. knocking him high in the air. He
\ was dead when discovered, almost ev-
Piedment Realty & Guaranty Co.
and created a profound impression
throughout the state.
— The board of aldermen met Monday
nigbt and appointed the following
moned who alleviated the suffering of registrar and pollholders for the city
the little one and It was soon out of
danger.
—The contract for the electrical
equipment of the elegant new insur-ance
building on East Market street
has been awarded to the Southern
ilection in May: Registrar—M. C.
Workman; Pollholders—First ward,
A. M. McAdoo; second, J. T. Abbott;
third, B. E. Sergeant; fourth, John H.
Rankin; fifth, W. G.Lewis; sixth, G.
T. Glascock. It is probable that the
Suit Against an Estate.
The estate of the late D. F. Caldwell
ery bone in his body being broken, is to get into litigation on account of a
The dead man's home was near by and certain transfer of stock in the Bank
he was coming up town when the ac- of Guilford held by the deceased. The
cident occurred. The southbound A. bank held notes against the North
& Y. train was passing under the tres-. State Improvement Company to the
tie at the time, and it is thought the | amount of $15,000 when that corpora-noise
made by it prevented him from i tion failed, and some years ago l»r. D.
hearing the approach of the other| W. C. Benbow, one of the endorsers.
Electric Company, of Charlotte. Thejelection on the issuing of bonds for
Odell Hardware Company has secured 'citv improvements will be held at the
the contract for the steam heating and ; same ,ime- though the matter is not
plumbling.
—The fifth annual meeting of the
train. Neither the fireman nor engi-neer
of the fast mail saw the man, as
; the escaping steam and smoke from
the locomotive of the other train ob-scured
the view.
Guilford county branch of the Far-mers'
Mutual Fire Insurance Associa-tion
will be held in the court house
Saturday at 12 o'clock sharp. This is
a reorganization meeting and it is
yet determined.
—The stockholders of the Bank of
Guilford held a meeting at the bank
last Tnursday afternoon, at which
time the papers and claims tiled were
gone over carefully. Mr. J. S. Cox,
the receiver, has had charge of the
—Wanted.—One copy of the second
edition of "The Old North State," by
Caruthers. Liberal price paid.
9-3t. WHARTON BROS.
very important that all who are inter- bank about six weeks and has accom-ested
should attend. ] plished a good deal of work. If noth-
—Before adjourning court last week | iaS happens it is hoped to soon begin
Jndge Bryan issued an order instruct- i th« wor,£ of P»ymg off the depositors,
ing the county commissioners to have ! Tnls will probably be done in install-ene
of the rooms upstairs in the court' ments and an order of court must be
house connected with the city sewer secured before any money can be paid
and to place a carpet on the fioor in- out-side
the bar. This floor is at present ] —We take pleasure in calling the
covered with oil cloth. ; attention of our readers to the adver-
—Ten prisoners sentenced to work tisement of Harry & Belk Bros., which
on the public roads were taken from cannot fail to interest you. Their store
jail Friday morning, their destination ls located in the K. of P. building, on
being High Point. While Mr. Berg- the east side of South Elm street, where
man. the superintendent, was buying foa wiu always find a mammoth stock
tickets for the crowd at the Southern ■ of shoes, clothing, dry goods, hats,
depot oneof the number, Alfred Graves, notions, etc. This firm is interested
a negro sentenced to six months for re- 'n several large stores, and between
tailing whiskey, slipped through the them they keep a man on the northern
crowd and made good his escape. He markets a good portion of the'time,
was the only prisoner not chained or They are thus enabled to gather up
handcuffed and this accounts for his many rare bargains, the benefits of
Seed lush Potatoes.
Just received! A car of fine seed
Irish potatoes, guaranteed true to
name—early rose, peerless, burbank, uteiy prove worthless by the time the
offered the bank $10,500 for the notes
in an effort to compromise his indebt-edness.
It was owing to Mr. Cald-well's
objection that the proposition
was not accepted. He believed the
notes to be good and that the full
amount would ultimately be paid, and
offered to transfer to the bank stock
held by him to the amount of the notes.
This proposition was readily accepted
by the directors and the transfer duly
made.
It is thought that the bank stock will
w-hite star. W. F. CLEGG & BKO. affairs of the institution are wound up,
while the notes are worth $10,500, and
Business Opportunities. ^ egtate of Mr Caldwe„ ., just th|.
Opportunities for small investors to amaunt abead sf the g,me. It is con-loan
money on mortgages secured by tended tnat a bank hag no legal right
guaranty.
Piedmont Realty & Guaranty Co.
Wanted!
Reliable man for manager of branch
office I wish to open in this vicinity.
If yeur record is O. K. here is a good
opening. Kindly mention this paper
when writing. 10-6t
A. T. MORRIS, Cincinnati, O.
Illustrated catalogue 4 cents postage.
to thus trade with its officers and di-rectors,
and on this contention the re-ceiver,
Mr. J. S. Cox, has obtained an
order from the Superior court to bring
suit against the estate to set aside the
transaction. The executors of the es-tate
will, of course, fight the suit, and
it will probably prove a warm legal
battle.
$100 Reward $100.
The rea-lers of ibti pai*r will be plea-<- I to
learn that there io al least .me ilrea-U-1 llieai
thai science ha- bees able to cure in all .t-> -
t». ami that is Catarrh Hall s Catarrh Cui
sac-re
is
the me.lical
. »ouie prices.
—Don't fail to see the seven South-erland
sisters' exhibit at my store,
commencing on the 13th, for one week.
JOHN B. FABISB, Druggist.
escape.
—Don't fail to see the seven South-
•rland sister's exhibit at my store,
commencing on the 13th, for one week.
JOHH B. FAKISS, Druggist.
which they give their customers.
—Don't fail to see the seven South-erland
sisters' exhibit at my store,
commencing on the 13th, for one week.
JOHN B. FARISS, Druggist.
Notice to Stockholders of the Guil-ford
Bank.
Th
bold
Sat
Bank
is earnestly hoped that there will be a oy'bii'lduw"nptne"ron"ti7uii.'.n and *■**&■*
full attendance, as matters of import- f^ATiMSSg£
ance will be discussed. 100--22tt fer One Hundred lx.llar. for any «••*■•< ■'
Take Kodak—a snap shot on all head-aches
and neuralgia—10c.
fer One
fails to cure
Add
SoW by HrnMisu, "6c.
Hair. Family Pills
Send for list "f lestuuoD'ala.
F. J.CHKSET * CO.Toledo, O.
are the beat.