The Greensboro patriot [April 12, 1899]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT.
VOL. 78. GREENSBORO, N. 0„ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1899. NO. 15.
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
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If. P. BEALL, M. D.f
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NIAMEY, M. D.
ic-atls. Elzn St.
isom'l Srug Store.
—Our Center letter came too late for
publication this week.
—Mr. R. W. Brooks went to Cbar-lottesville,
Va., Monday.
— Mrs. Rosa Hamner-Carter has a
new roillnery ad. this week.
—Mr. A. M. Scales spent a few days
in Washington City last week.
—Charles E. McLean, Esq., of Bur-lington,
was in the city yesterday.
—Brother Varner, of the Lexington Virginia.
Dispatch, called on us yesterday after-noon.
—Mrs. A. W. McAlister and children
went to Asheboro Saturday on a visit
to relatives.
The King Murder Trial.
The case agaiost W. W. King, charged
—Mr. J. R. Cocklereece's governoaent I —Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Edgerton, who
distillery, three miles north of the city, : returned last fall from Dallas, Texas,
was seized by Deputy Collector O. A.' where they lived for a number of years,
Starbuck Monday afternoon on ac- have decided to make their future home
count of some irregularities. About in Greensboro. Mr. Edgerton has
i four hundred gallons of whiskey were bought the business of Mr. S. L. Uhler
! Miz,d- j "d 7«« ■ confectionery store and | pointed Mr. Ed. L. Ragan ,
-A revival meeting is in progress • cafe in the room now occupied by Mr.! ,,oner t0 iun,mon g M TtQ,re
at the West Washington Street Baptist i L'hler. Tbey are both natives of Gull- [ tae jury
church, services being held at 4 and S 'ord, Mrs. Edgerton being a daughter ! morning,
p.m. daily. Rev. Livingston Johnson, of ex-Sheriff R. M. Stafford, of Oak | wa
the pastor, is being assisted by Rev. J. ] Ridge, and their many friends will
Love, an able preacher of Suffolk, be glad to know that they will Make |concluded until Friday." Able counsel | wa7d7foT
was employed on botn sides and the
trial
Two AiTeets Made.
It
and
tht-ir home in our midst.
atrocious
will be remembered that
some time in December a number of
was empanelled Thursday beautiful young shade trees on he a.
nornlng, when the taking of evldenee .nue were destroyed, a. effort, to an*
TJtT°- H,rH WM-: U'*e DUmber PreheDd ,hC «*» Parties proving fu*- Z22Stt£2*-r!L~ I ^notwithstanding the <L thaf ll
wards for their detection were offered
by both the Summit Avenue Buildlnr
-The board of county school direc- I ir"il w" watched with interest ! Company and the city Some weeks
tors, appointed by the legislature, j throuK»<>ut- K. B. Glenn,of Winston; ago the deviltry broke out afresh
uth-,th. Mr.C. W. Tillett, a leading quaiirtect bfifore the clerk of the supe-! &,,llcitor M- L- Mott, of Wilkesboro, costly plate glass in a door of one of
attorney of Charlotte, will deliver the ; rior court Monday. Under the new law and Reid * Re>d, of Wentworth, coo- i the handsome new Sumnit Avenue re.-
literary address. The annual sermon l the board of directors succeeds the i ducted th« Prosecution, while the de- idences being shattered Additional
-Mr. II. I.. Hopkins came over from | will be preached by Rev. E. W. Smith, I board of education, and after qualify- r«ndant was represented by District At- \ rewards were offered for the «„»„!-
D. D., of this city. iDK the report of th, old board WM re. , torney Holton, C. B. Watson, of Win- of the depradator. and the officers
—Orange Presbytery met in the ceived and the first meeting of the new [8ton; John D- Pannill, of Reidsville, forth renewed efforts for
i * • _ i »_ . «. T i ». *_-«., •.!■ m. ■ .. > . find Thnmsfl <alrU Mf tUi. ,:». I •
—The closing exercises of the Higb
Point graded schools will be held May
Dr. J. J. BRYAN
services to the
iboro and vicinity
.;.B.FABBS'DBTOSTOB*.
I « BOW BOUSE.
n.
Dr. J. E. WYCcE,
DKNTISTi
Reidsville Monday and went to Ker-nersville
on business.
—J. W. Ellis, of Liberty, sold tobacco
at the Banner Warehouse today for
$25, |3S and $40 per hundred.
— Are you on the grand highway
thut leads to good fortune? Read the
new ad. of J. M. llendrix & Co.
— His friends will regret to learn
that Maj. Joseph M. Morehead is con-il
r i - - -1 to his home on Eugene street by
, sickness.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McAdoo have
returned from Baltimore with their
Presbyterian church at Lexington last hoard held. The board Is composed of
night. Quite a number of our Presby- ; Prof. J. Allen Holt, of Oak Ridge In-terns,
friendsare in attendance, among stitufe; Prof. W. T. Whitsett, of Whit-their
the number being Revs. Dr. E. W.
Smith, C. K. Hodgin, H. D. Leqaeux
and J. McL. Seabrook, and Mr. D. E.
Albright.
—Their friends have been so kind in
relieving them of their supply of tin
wash basins that Rankin, Chlsholm,
Stroud & Rees are encouraged to offer
their customers another pleasant sur-sett
Institute, and Prof. W. F. Alder-man,
of this city. Profs. Holt and
Whitsett were members of the county
board of education.
—One of the prominent features of
put
appre-and
Thomas Settle, of this city. I hension
foi.t«^Vh,Td -°? lhl tri" that bad The ma"er ,a,ne t0 » f0CU8 »"1 "«*»< feeling had ex.a ed between the two , witb the arrest of «eorge Ozment an
men for some time various threat, employe of the Proximity cotton mills.
having been made by them. Two He had a hearing before EsquireEckel
nights previous to the tragedy King,
who is a deputy United States marshal,
bad accompanied two other revenue
officers in a raid on an illicit dietilley
; the Famous Mexioan Bull Fighters is j operated by 8aunders, and after he
daughter, who has been there for med-' Pr,8e iB the near '«■>«■•• i«" "»« mean-
- 11 ink Building,
. eentboro, N. C.
J. H. WHEELER,
UEHSTTIST.
srd's l>run; Store.
A. M. SCALES,
. and Counsellor at Law,
SBOBO, N. C.
i KlIIIKKT l>. l'HI I.LAS.
■DAMS & DOUGLAS,
Attorneys - at - Law,
«SK 1,1 Il.niSG,
5-.-ElTSBOIiO, IT. C.
ll "II » I.II.Ml,
ttroensboro, N.C.
LONG k XEWLIN,
^cunsellors at Law.
Kedei si Courts whor-i
HI; ■■■ over
, te Benbow House.
■.. IK., I. r. TAYLOR.
IYNUM, BYNUM & TAYLOR,
1 x.i Ccunsellors at Law.
)URT SQUARE.
ire
W. B. BEACHAM,
Meet and Builder.
sllows Building,
- - - N. C.
MURRAY BROS.,
!M. INSIIIANCE.
AND ACCIDENT.
' i'u RIOT readers.
i STREET.
T. JOHNSON,
I SSBOBO
WE SPECIALIST,
I! ELM BT.
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HED 30 YEARS.
K. Farrar's Son
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ioal treatment.
-Prof. M. H. Holt, of Oak Ridge,
attended a meeting of the executive
committee of the state hospital at
Mor^anton last weok.
—Mrs. Oscar Teague, of l>elaud, Fla.,
arrived in the city Saturday, being
called here by the serious illness of
her uncle, Mr. H. II. Cartland.
—Mr. 8. E. Murrow and Mrs. Emma
Hodgin were married by'Squire Joseph
Hodgia on Thursday evening of last
week, at the latter's residence near
Center.
—Wanted—Reliable salesmen to sell
our complete line of paints, varnishes,
etc. Good position for right man.
Address W, VV. Stoddard & Co., Cleve-land,
Ohio. 11-Gt
—Justice Pritchett's court was en-livened
Monday by a libel suit brought
by J. H. Wast against T. (). Tuttle, of
Durham. The defendant was bound
oyer to court.
—Mr. A. M. Harry, formerly with
Belk Brothers, of Charlotte, has ac-cepted
a position with Harry & Belk
Brothers. He is a brother of Mr. D.R.
Harry, of this firm.
— Mrs. D. E. Osborne, of this city,
will read a paper before the conven-tion
of business men and northern cap-italists,
to be held at Southern Pines
on the 17th and 18th inst.
—The secretary of state Saturday
issued papers of incorporation to '.he
Klsbblate-Katz Company, of this city.
The incorporators are R. I. Katz, Rob-ert
Well! and Elizabeth Katz.
—Our stock of seed potatoes is com-plete,
including New York State, Bur-bank,
Early Rose and Eastern North
Carolina sweet potatoes.
HiATT & LAMB.
—Will sell twenty-live shares new
stock in paying business at $105 each
in order to increase capital stock, or
will borrow ten thousand. Address
Box 35:S, Greensboro, N. C. 14-2t
—Mr. J. A. Gorhaui, of Charlotte,
and Miss Annie Sbober, a popular
young lady of this city, will be married
in the First Presbyterian church at 11
o'clock Thursday morning, the 27th
inst.
—Next Sunday a revival meeting
will be begun at the First Presbyterian
church. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Smith,
will be assisted by Rev. E. E. Giliespie,
who has been doing evangelical work
for some time.
—We are pleased to note that the
I harness business of (J. S. Gaulden .t
I Co. continues to grow and expand.
Among the several shipments made
this week was a set of tine buggy bar- '
ness to a point in Mississippi.
—Col. John S. Cunningham, of Cun-ningham,
Person county, chairman of
time you will find them "on the corner':
ready to serve you.
—Mr. Manliff Raper, who lived four
Jose Trigo's performing Mexican bull
A feature that cannot be duplicated,
the marvelous exploits of this bovine
wonder being almost incredible. He
is as active as a deer, and exceedingly
tractable. He teeters or plays see-saw,
rolls a hugh ball with his fore fe«t,
miles north of High Point, was stricken, flre9 off a pjgtol, waltzes, and jumps
Friday afternoon, and although the
evidence was not very direct orstrong,
it was considered sufficient to bind the
prisoner over to court, Ozment being
placed under a bond of $100. Friends
were preparing to make up the bond,
wheo the prisoner made an almost suc-abused
him for the part he had taken „.„,„, attempt to „ from
in the matter. On the day of themur-, Cers. He made a leap from the
der Saunders came to the home of the ! and began running up North
defendant ostensibly for the purpose gtr,et, running across lots to Ureen
of collecting a bill owed him by King.! and down that gtreet ,0 the Far ,
In the settlement of the account the
(King) had returned home Saunders
and bis two brothers came by and
door
Elm
with paralysis Sunday afternoon and j hordles-an'exempliflcation of a'nimal two men "became'embrou'edTnTquar-' ' * "^ "* *'" ovcrtaken"
died that night. He was eighty-seven training of most extraordinary char- rel, when Saunders knocked his neigh-years
old and was a gentleman of many
floe traits of character. The remains
were interred at Abbott's Creek yester-day
morning at 11 o'clock.
—The commencement of Greensboro
Female College will be held this year
on the 30th and 31st of May. Rev. Dr.
J. J. Tigert, of Nashville, Tenn., one
of the foremost men in the Southern
Methodist church, will preach the an-nual
sermon. The alumae address will
be delivered by Miss M. E. Carter, of
Virginia.
—Mr. 11. H. Cartland, whose illness
we noted last week, is lying at the
point of death and it is not thought
that he can survive throughout the
acter. Remember the day and date of
this aggregation of famous foreign at-tractions.
Will exhibit at Greensboro
April 17th.
—Mr. Austin Chandler died at the
residence of his parents in this city
last Thursday afternoon. He was
twenty-one years old ami had been in
declining health for eight or nine
months. The funeral services were
conducted Friday afternoon by Rev.L.
Johnson and the remains interred in
Greene Hill cemetery with the burial
ceremony of the Jr. O. U. A.M., of
which the deceased was a member.
Mr. Chandler was a most exemplary
bor down with a double-barrel shot-gun.
King's wife then came to her
husband's assistance, bringing him a
revolver, and in the melee that follow-ed
Saunders was shot three times—once
in the back. Saunder's gun was not
Bred, though the stock was broken by
the blows he gave King.
After the murder King went imme-
Hla strong desire for liberty shook the
faith of his friends in his innocence,
who refused to become surety for hie
appearance at the next term of court.
He was then placed behind the bars.
The case was worked up by persons
at Burlington who learned of the mat-ter
through Pleas. Goley, a formerem-ploye
of the Proximity mills. Goley
was thought to be interested in the
matter, so Constable Dave Scott went
diately to Reidsville and gave himself to Burlington Friday night and arrest-
, young man and bad many friends,
day. I B the passing away of this good „ , .... . . . .. . .
* _ , ... , * • He was a faithful Christian and a de-man
Greensboro will lose one of her
best and most beloved citizens, a man
iu whom everybody has the utmost
confidence.
—Business in the Federal court has
been moving along briskly and it is
hoped to wind up the criminal docket
today. An unusual case against two
men came up yesterday morning, the
defendants being charged with imper-sonating
revenue officers. Although
the evidence against them was strong,
they were acquitted.
—Mr. John T. Pullen, of Raleigh,
one of the best known and most suc-cessful
church workers in the state,
spent Sunday in tbe city. He made a
feeling and touching talk at the 11
o'clock service at the West Washington
Street Baptist church, and addressed
the young ladies at the State Normal
and Industrial College in the evening,
—Work for the coming season was
started in the tobacco factory of E. J.
and A. G. Stafford Monday morning,
an accumulation of orders making it
[necessary to resume operations this
! early. We understand that every box
, of tobacoo manufactured by this Arm
last vear has been disposed of. A
steam plant will probably be added to
the equipment to enable the factory to
run the year round.
—The Democratic ward primaries
for the city will be held Thursday
vout member of West
Street Baptist church.
Washington
up to the officers. The next day a writ
of habeas corpus was sworn out and
the prisoner brought before Judge W.
P. Bynum, Jr., in Greensboro, who re-leased
him under a bond of $500.
The lawyers for both sides conducted
the case in an able manner and made
strong speeches. Self-defense was the
ed him. His hearing came up before
Justice Eckel yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock, several lawyers being retained
in the ease. It was soon seen that
there was no evidence against the ac-cused,
so the warrant was dismissed
after the examination of two witnesses.
While no evidence was brought out
main plea of the defendant's attorneys.! against Goley, it is believed that he
Tbe argument was closed Friday night! knows lomething of the matter, and it
at 7 30, Hon. R. B. Gleno, for the is very probable that other arrests will
—Some time during Saturday night prosecution, making the last speech, j be made. It is hoped that the guilty
a bold but clumsy robber made a sue- The jury was out less than an hour,re- parties will be reached and punished
cessful raid on the Wakefield Hard-ware
Company's store. An entrance
was effected through a rear door, the
thief knocking out a large pane of
glass and pryiag loose two iron bars
which were screwed across the door.
Had the midnight visitor been an ex-perienced
burglar he would have un-screwed
the bars, which would have
been much quicker and easier than
prizing them off.
turning with a verdict of not guilty.
So far as we know the verdict is gen-erally
approved by tbe public.
Tha Only Exhibition of its Kind in
America.
to the full extent of the law, for such
diabolical crimes should not go unpun-ished.
An Enterprising Firm.
—It is a pleasure to invite the at-
The Famous Mexican Bull Fighters \teDtion of our readers to the full-page
advertisement of the Greensboro Hard-ware
Company in this issue. This
progressive tlrm sells the renowned
Osborne farm impinnrnt-, wbii'h never
fail to give entire satlafaotlon. If -.. u
want a harvester and biudur, a mower,
a hay rake or a harrow the eoternrie-tbat
will exhibit at Greensboro, Monday
April 17th, is the ouly exhibition of Its
kind ever brought to this country. It
After gaining ac- I affords the American people an oppor-cess
to the store the thief appropriated tunity of witnessing an eutirely for-eight
of the finest revolvers in the eign amusement. AD American Amuse-bouse
and five or six good pooket ! ment Syndicate that is ever abreast of
knives to his own use, besides robbing the times and up-to-date, have organ- in* Kentlemen composing th's Urn
the cash register of about three dollars ized this novel exhibition, consisting weu'd he glad to receive a call from
in change. Twe young men were , of an entire Caudrilla of genuine Mex- 7"". and tl.ey will take pleasure m ex-sleeping
in a room over the store and ' lean Matadors, Espadas, Toreros, Pica-heard
the man walking below, but sup-idores, Banderillerois, Capeadores.Chu-posed
it to be Mr. R. B. Beall, the man-1 las—famous in their natiyecountry for
ager of the store. If the robbershould their daring exploits in the arenas,
be captured he will be tried for bur- h„ , b , h h formldable
g.ary, which is a hanging crime. :. . _. . .
. . . ho vines. The management of this pop-
—A returned "patriot" from the late i ular attraction has imported for this,
war tanked up with the "reeking red" their first annual tour, genuine Mexi-
Sunday afternoon and Imagined that can Bulls direct from the famous pas-ha
was able to put a whole regiment to Hires of Jalisco, Mexico, also genuine
flight. He mistook the old Southern Mexican Cow Boys, with their Bucking
passenger station for a Spanish block- Bronchos; genuine Mexican Rough
house, but was intercepted before de- I Riders and Sharp Shooters. These
molishing it. An idea then seized him : fear-defying artists will give exhibi-nlght,
the 27th inst., for the purpose of to take charge of one of the Southern's tions of their daring skill at each and
nominating aldermen and selecting passenger trains, and when the south- every performance.
plaining the merits of their imple-ments.
Each of them being a practi-cal
farmer, they are in a position to
appreciate the needs of farmers, and
they will always be found ready to
supply these needs with tbe latest and
most up-to-date farm machinery at tho
most reasonable prices.
The Greensboro Hardware Compaoy
deserves tbe liberal support giveD it
by the public, and we are glad to know
that its business is growing with each
succeeding season.
aldermen and
a candidate for mayor. The city con-vention
will be held in the court house
the following night to ratify the nomi-nations
of the primaries and to nomi-nate
a candidate for mayor. The elec-tion
will he held on the following
Monday, which will be tbe first day of
May.
—Representatives of the Maloney
Directory Company, of Atlanta. G.i.,
bound local came in he crawled up in
the cab and informed the engineer that
he would run the train to Charlotte.
Policeman Jordan gently persuaded
him to postpone his trip, but by this
time the soldier was in a bad humor
and bent on deviltry.
Mr. A. L. McLean the Winner.
The contest for the Oliver chilled
plow, advertised in the PATRIOT by the
Wakefield Hardware Company, closed
April 1st, when the reasons for the
After making Oliver's superiority that had been re-an
unsuccessful attempt to break into
an express car tbe officer took him in
charge, but was compelled to use his
the state board of agriculture, and one are now engaged in compiling a new club twice on theobstreperous prisoner
of the most extensive farmers in the and complete city directory of Greens- before reaching the jail. Monday af-state,
was here Thursday night on his boro. We believe that such a book as ternoon tbe mavor sentenced him to
AND ADJUSTER.
tbera Railway
LADIES
pe.
PFINE TASTE desiring
the ad-
• i id Boononic
■J -lor,-, af Puil*.
i nt. » iK-i aooal
'* and exquisite taste to
• • '- for themselves or
*ln, vddross, Mattel
•Moore A WUI.TH,
I'lnlailelplua, Fa.
return from a business trip to Raleigh.
—Prof. J. Y. Joyner, of the State
Normal and Industrial College, went
to Raleigh yesterday to attend a meet-ing
of the board of directorsof the Bap-tist
Female University. It is hoped to
have this institution open by Septem-ber.
-Mr. T.C. Boscher, of Pomona, came
these gentlemen propose to turn out
will meet with general favor and we
are pleased to know that they are
meeting with success. They have
published directoriea for Asheville.
Charlotte and Raleigh, and a large
number of other Southern cities.
the roads, but finally changed the
sentence to a fine after tbe prisoner
bad made some fair promises.
ceived were sent by us to tbe manufac-turers,
who decided the contest. The
Oliver Chilled Flow Works, of Rich-mond,
Va.. write under date of April
8th that they had carefully examined
all tbe reasons and awarded the plow
to the author of the set of reasons
marked "No. 10.v These reasons were
submitted by Mr. Archie L. McLean, a
The Famous Mexican Bull fighters.
This tnummoth organization of Mex-ican
Matadors, Espadas, Toreros, Ban-derillerois,
Capeadores, Picadores and
Chulas, will give a true representation
of Mexico's National Soort, the Bull
Fight, in Greensboro, Monday, April
17th. Prominent among 'bis noted
caudrilla of Mexicans is Antonio Fer-nandez,
the greatest of all Mexican
Bull Fighters. This renowned Mata-dor
wih appear at each and every per-formance.
Uis inconceivable suppll-ness
and agility, while tormenting tho
formidable bull, is unrivaled in his na-tive
eountry. The honor bestowed
upon him for his daring exploits en-titles
him Matador De Antonio Fer-nandez.
Veterans Reunion Charleston. S. C, pro8peroug young farmer of McLeans- STiI£^T^T^^ TOL.DO ,
Wanted:
Reliable man for manager of branch
near losing bis life in a well yesterday. | ot&ce , wish t0 open in ,hig vic,nitv
While removing some bricks the well • lf your record i8 0. K. here is a good
caved in, burying him under a mass of i0pcninK Kindly mention this paper
dirt and other debris. He was reaoneu when writing. 10-6t
after remaining in tbe well for sooie A. T. MORRIS, Cincinnati, O.
time. Illustrated catalogue 4 cents postage.
May 10-13,1899.
Tickets on sale by Southern and At-lantic
& Yadkin Railways May Stb,
Oth and 10th. Good to May 21st. Round
trip |6.60. J. W. SCOTT,
Com. Guilford Co. Camp.
Business Opportunities.
Opportunities for small investors to
loan money on mortgages secured by
guaranty.
Piedmont Realty & Guaranty Co.
ville, and he is consequently the win-ner
of the plow. We congratulate Mr.
McLeao upon winning this valuable
prize, and the Wakefield Hardware
Company upon their enterprise dis-played
in the matter.
—We take care of estates and proper-ties
for owners or heirs, pay taxes, in-surance,
look after general conditions,
collect rents, etc.
Piedmont Realty A Guaranty Co.
I.!H- COI STT.
Frank J. *'h*ney makes oath that he IS IfeO
senior partner "t the arm of I*. J. Cheney A i ■> .
ilomc Easiness m the City o(Tol»lo.i
an<l "tat** aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the »D'ii "f OKE iil'.NKttEl) DOLLARS for
ea-h and eierv ca»" of Catarrh that cannot he
cored by the use of Hair. Catarrh '.-"";•.„_„
FRANK J. CHIMTi
gwon before me and mbSWIbad in my pres-ence,
this «th day of December. A. 1» 1**.
A. w. QLBASOH,
Notary Publ.e.
Hall'* Catarrh Cure i- taken internally and acte
directly on the blood and mucou/i surfaces of
the«ystem. Send for testimonials, free.
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Hall's Family Pills are tbe best.