The Greensboro patriot [July 26, 1899]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 'S. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1899. NO. 30.
,5SI0NAL CARDS. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Jr.
RICHARDSON.
LDING.
GASTON ST.
. BEALL, H. D.,
NO SURGEON.
\- -. boro St.
I; 3 to 4:30.
NO. 17-
I L'AMEY, M. D.
. Elaao. St.
::.-. : Drag Store.
Dr. J. J. BRYAN
rial service! to the
..': vicinity
FA8ISS' DEUO STOBi.
•U HOVSS.
-I.
I""
Or. J. E. V/YCHE,
VTIHTi
I
. s. C.
J. H. WHEELER,
IT 1ST.
Drug -''.re.
V. 31. SCALES,
Counsellor at Law,
N. C.
I >. Utii i.l- \:-
lADAMS & DOUGLAS,
Attorneys - at - Law.
' DING,
j-—~z.rz BOHO, 2tf\C
Bradsliaw & Newlin,
:mSELLOSSATUW,
Si.
n her-
I 0|)|H>-
l., Z. V.l 1YL0K.
BYNUM & TAYLOR,
.-.:■:■'.'.:-- at Law.
I SQUARE.
W.B. BEACHAM,
llrchitect and Builder.
How* Building,
- - - N. C.
MI'IUMY I5H0S.
UK 1 HE
nix Mutual Life In-ice
Company.
nteresl you.
r. JOHNSON,
K SPECIALIST
II ELM ST.
lion Five.
0 YEARS.
B. Farrafs SOD
XPERT
.11 ADJUSTER.
W. PRITCHETT,
N. C.
SEE, WOOD AHJ
I
II .-
—Come to the road congress.
—Rev. Dr. .John R. Brooke, of Salis-bury,
is in the city.
—Miss Ethel Armtield. of Mt. Airy,
is visiting in the city.
-Prof. D. M. Weatherly, of Ram-seur,
was here Monday.
— Miss Ruby Glascock has returned
from a visit to Charlotte.
—Mr. A. B. Homey, of High Point,
il in the city on business.
—Senator Pritchard was here Friday
night «n his way to Washington.
— Mr. and Mr-.'.. C. Smith left at
DOOD today on a trip to Washington
city.
—Mr. John R. Schenck, of Charlotte,
is spending a few days here with his
parent-.
r-Rev. Dr. K. W. Smith Is at Chapel
Hill this week assisting in a revival
meeting.
— Mr. W. B. Stewart, of the post-office
force, has been indisposed for a
few days.
—Dr. Charles D. Mclver will go to
Concord Friday to speak at an educa-
; tional rallv.
—Mr. and Mrs. C. E. nolton have
"returned from a pleasant outing at
Virginia Beach.
—Capt. B. J. Fisher has gone to
Washington city to spend some time
with his family.
-Mr. R, H. Brooks, of the Odell
Hardware Company, is recuperating
at Mt. Veraon Springs.
— Mr. W. M. Jordan, proprietor of
the Carrollton Hotel, Raleigh, came up
Saturday morning on a short visit.
— Mrs. W. H. Branson and children
returned the latter part of last week
from a visit to relatives at Concord.
—A representative of a Cuban land
and investment company has been in
the city several days in the interest of
his company.
-Dr. Charles D. Mclver will deliver
the address at the annual Masonic pic-
. nic, which will be held at Mocksville
00 Thursday, August lUth.
— With their accustomed urbanity, J.
W. Scott & Co. invite you to make
their store headquarters while attend-ing
the gala Wbek exercises.
—Mr. J. B. Britt and daughter, Miss
Minnie, of Miama, Flu., are visiting
the family of Mr. B. N. Smith. Mr.
liritt is a former resident of this couu-ty.
—Rev. E. L. Bain, of the Asheville
Female College, arrived in the city
this morning and went out to Holt's
Chapel to attend the district confer-ence.
— Howard Gardner will have a booth
at the Banner Warehouse next week,
and he invites you to call and get some
of the things that will be given away
there.
—Mr. W. s. Weatherspoon and
family have gone to Sanford on a visit
to relatives. They will spend a few
days at Carolina Beach before return-ing
home.
— The building on the corner of
Si.nth Elm and Depot streets, formerly
occupied by K. P. Gomll's bar, is be-ing
remodeled, it will be occupied by
a grocery linn.
— Mr. A. R. Perking, of New York.
who formerly held a position with the
Cone Export and Commission Com*
pany at this place, il spending a tew
days iu the city.
— Mr. John W. Crawford returned
^Monday night from a visit to his
father, who resides near Graham. His
father is quite aged and has been in
feeble health for some time.
—The lawn party at Guilford Col-lege
Friday night was attended by a
large crowd and all present enjoyed
the occasion. Quite a numnerof youug
people went out from this place.
—We call the attention of our read-ers
to the advertisement of Elon Col-lege,
to be found in this issue. This
institution is doing a good work and
richly deserves the support it receives.
—A cordial invitation to the festivi-ties
of gala week will be found in the
advertising space of the Waketield
Hardware Co. You are invited to
make their store headquarters while iu
. the city.
— The contract has been given for a
line new pipe organ f<-r the First l'res-byterian
church. The cost will be
, something over $3,500 aud it is hoped
to have the instrument in place within
ninety days.
—The Hook and Ladder Company
gave a lawn party on the court house
square last Thursday night. It *rai
well attended and was a success finan-cially,
about ISO being realized over
and above expenses.
— When loading up your wallet to
come to Greensboro next week drop in
tan extra dollar for the printer. Our
office will be open every day, and we
have sufficient subscription receipts
to meet all demands.
—Lee Xelson and Cicero Coble, col-ored,
are in jail charged with robbing
Troxler Brothers' safe of something
over $40 in cash. The money was
found iu their posse-ion, after which
they admitted their guilt.
—Capt. J. D. McNeill, of Fayette-ville,
president of the North Carolina
State Firemen's Association, was in
: the city Sunday afternoou and Mon-day
morning. He is jubilant over the
1 prospects of next week's tournament.
—Mr. N. C. lirandon, who is well
known in this city, where he was em-ployed
in the drug business for several
! years, was married last Thursday eve-ning
to Miss Elizabeth Campbell, of
N'ewton, at which place he now re-sides.
—G. 8. Gaulden & Co., the harness
people, invite you to call at their store
, while in the city next week. They
I will take pleasure in showing goods
and quoting prices. Their stock of
harness, saddles, etc., is large and com-plete.
—The Wholesale Grocers' Associa-tion
of North Carolina will be in ses-sion
here next Wednesday and Thurs-day.
All the leading wholesale gro-cers
of the state are members of the
association and a full attendance is ex-
: pected.
—Judge W. P. Bynuin, Jr., went to
Raleigh Friday to appear befo.e
Judge Purnell in regard to the excep-tions
iu the Breese-Dickerson bank
cases, from Asheville. Judge Bynuni
represents the government as a special
attorney.
—C. €. Townsend has a new ad. in
this issue. He is on the market with a
big stock of vehicles, wheat drills,
chilled plows and other farm machin-
; ery. lie also carries a nice line of har-ness
and will be glad to receive a call
: from you.
—Gen. Wade Hampton, the noble
"Old Roman'' of South Carolina, spent
several hours in the city Saturday af-ternoon
and evening. He was on his
way ;• Greenbrier White Sulphur
; Springs, Ya, where he will spend
i some time.
—Mr. H. C. Berger is arranging for
a bicycle parade in connection with
the general parade next Wednesday
morning;. Thirty dollars will be given
away in premiums and every bicycle
rider who wishes to join the parade is
requested to notify Mr. Berger.
—Our correspondents will confer a
favor by sending in their communica-tions
a little earlier than usual next
week. Our otlice force hopes to share
In a portion of the gala week festivi-ties
and it will be necessary to issue
the paper a little earlier than usual.
—The Greensboro District Confer-ence
couvened at Holt's Chapel this
morning at U o'clock. The conference
was opened with a missionary insti-tute,
followed by a sermon at 11 o'clock
by Rev. J. R. Scroggs. We hope to
have a report of the conference in our
. next issue.
—In calling attention to the change
in W. o. Stratford's advertisement this
week we will say that he speaks in no
uncertain terms concerning his drills.
His proposition to take corn, wheat,
oats, rye or peas will suit many farm-ers.
He sells his drills to sow these
grains and then takes them in pay-ment.
—The First Regiment Band, which
will furnish the music for our gala
week, has re-enlisted in the service of
the United States and will join the
Twenty-ninth Infantry, now being re-cruited
at Atlanta, Ga. The band will
join its regiment soon after gala week
and will probably be sent to the Phil-ippines.
—Capt. Mack Jones, a well known
conductor on the main line of the
Southern, was struck by a stone thrown
through the car window Monday morn-ing.
The train was running between
Danville and Reidsville when thestone
was thrown, striking the conductor
with considerable force on the side of
his neck.
—Clary .v Stack have decided to go
out of business, and with this end in
view Mr. W. J. Ridge has been ap-pointed
receiver to wind up the firm's
affairs. It is not an assignment, as
the firm is able to meet all obligations.
The stock is now being closed out by
the receiver at and below cost. See
his ad. In this issue.
Scrap Iron Wanted.
We want all the old scrap iron cast-ings
in Guilford county and will pay
more for same now than ever before.
G. T. Gi.Aseoi K A Sox,
27-Jt. Greensboro, N. C.
—Rev. P. D. Rislnger. of Lexington,:
who is pastor of the Lutheran congre-gation
at this place, was married last
Wednesday evening to Miss Ida May
Brown, of Monroe. After the cere-mony
Mr. and Mrs. Risinger went to
' Leesburg,S.C.,ona visit to the groom's
parents. They have our best wishes
for a long and happy life.
-The beautiful Memorial Hall, at
Guilford College, came near being de-stroyed
by fire Friday night. The
ohemical laboratory is situated in this
building and the tire was caused by
the explosion of a jar of chemicals.
Fortunately the blaze was discovered
in time to be extinguished before any
considerable damage had been done.
—Mr. L. W. Fournier, of Washing-ton,
D. C, has been in the city several
days representing Spofford's New Cab-inet
Cyclopedia, a most valuable refer-ence
work just from the press. It has
the endorsement of the highest author-ities
and is sold at a reasonable price.
Mr. Fournier has been successful in
securing quite a numberof orders here.
—The Harry-Belk Bros. Co. will put
on some special bargains during gala
week, and if you fail to visit their store
you will miss a good chance to buy
i goods at astonishingly low prices.
I Their immense stocK has been in-
. creased to meet the demands of this
; special occasion and you will be given
; a cordial welcome at their establish- .
j ment.
—Miss Emma Fulford died Monday '
at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. B. ,
Bogart, with whom she had made her
home for several years. She was a na-tive
of Xewbern and had been an inva-lid
since early in life. She was a sin-cere
Christian and a devout member of
the Episcopal church. The remains
were taken to Newbern yesterday for
interment.
—Dr. George T. Winston, the newly
elected president of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College at Raleigh,
spent Monday night in the city. He
left yesterday morning for Raleigh to ,
assume the duties of his new position.
j His live years residence in Texas has
not lessened his love for the Old North
; state, and he returns filled with vigor
j and enthusiasm.
—Judge Spencer B. Adams, the new-ly
elected secretary and treasurer of
j the North Carolina Railroad Company,
formally assumed the duties of his
office Saturday. While the office will
remain in Burlington, Judge Adams
will not remove his family from this
city. He will keep a clerk at Bur-
, lingtoo who will look after the routine
I work of the office.
—Capt. B. J. Fisher has brought suit
against the Greensboro Water Com pany
for an alleged failure to furnish suffi-cient
water pressure when his hotel,
the Benbow House, was recently de-stroyed
by fire. The case is returna-ble
at the December term of court. A
pretty point of law is involved and the
case will be hard fought, Capt. Fisher
will sue to recover $40,000.
—Work on the carpet factory is
progressing nicely. It is stated by the
general manager that the equipment
will be greater than was at first an-
I ticipated. About one hundred looms
will be installed, along with steam
power, electric lighting and dyeing
plants. As has been before stated,
this enterprise will be operated by the
Yan Deventer Carpet Company, of
New Jersey.
—C. M. Yanstory & Co. have inaug-urated
a special cash sale to clear their
stock of a number of suits in order to
make room for new goods. These suits
are new goods and in the latest styles.
The sizes run from 34 to 42, and if you
can wear anything within these num-bers
it will pay you to examine these
goods. While they last they will be
sold at one-half price for cash. Read
the advertisement in this issue.
—We had a pleasant call yesterday
afternoon from 1'rof. M. H. Holt, of
Oak Ridge Institute. He tells us that
the outlook for the next session of the
Institute is very bright. We have re-ceived
one of the catalogues of this
school, and as usual, it is filled with
valuable information in regard to edu-cational
matters in general and Oak
Ridge Institute in particular. The
catalogue is one of the handsomest we
have seen from any institution.
—The Blue Ridge Copper Company
was organized here a few days ago
with an authorized capital stock of
$1.0"0,000. The company is organized
for the purpose of doing a general
mining, milling and smelting business.
Messrs. J. F. Jordan. D. J. Sinclair,
F. A. Macdonald. Austin Moody and
R. R. King are the incorporators. It
is reported that these gentlemen will
be aided in the operation of the con-cern
by a number of outsidecapita'.ists.
—In addition to his display of nur-sery
stock, Mr. John A. Young will
have on exhibition during gala week
representatives of his famous herds of
Poland China and Mammoth Black
hogs. They will be in the lot in the
rear of the Banner Warehouse, and
those interested in fine stock are in-vited
to call and inspect them. Mr.
Young will have a temporary office in
the riar end of Will H. Matthews &
Co.'s clothing store, where any one
wishing to see him may call.
—Sheriff Giimer yesterday received
a pardon from (iovernor Russell for
Martin Kelly, who has served out
about one-half of a three year's sen-tence
on the county roads for larceny.
He was convicted of robbing E. G.
West's saloon. This is the second
time within the past few weeks that
Governor Russell has exercised execu-tive
clemency with Guilford criminals,
the former case being Sam I.ucas,
whose sentence of death was changed
to a life term in the penitentiary.
—Mr. E. L. Giimer, who was first
lieutenant in the Greensboro company
on the late Second North Carolina reg-iment,
received a telegram from Sena-tor
Pritchard Saturday stating that he
bad been appointed captain of volun-teers
in one of the regiments now be-ing
formed for service in the Philip-pines.
Theappointment wasconflrmed
by the War Department Monday.
Capt. Giimer does not yet know when
he will enter the service, but he is ex-pecting
to be called to the front in a
few days. He is not without military
training and experience and will make
a good officer.
—A meeting of those public spirited
men who have voluntarily subscribed
money toward building macadamized
roads in Guilford County, was held in
the office of Wharton & McAlister
Monday night. The subject was dis-cussed
in its different phases, and it
was decided to organize a Good Roads
Society. The organization will be ef-fected
after the meeting in the court
house next Tuesday afternoon, and it
is hoped that every person in the
county who is interested in the matter
will join and assist in the good work.
The money subscribed to this purpose
now amounts to $G,600.
—Mr. G. H. Royster tells us that it
is imperative that his stock of goods be
closed out within the next few days.
With this end in view he is offering
his entire stock of dry goods, clothing,
shoes, hats, etc., at astonishingly low
prices. It is his los9 and your gain,
aud you 9hould not fail to avail your-self
of this opportunity to purchase
goods at and below first cost. He is
located in the McAdoo building, on the
corner of East Market and South.Davie
streets, and will be glad to receive a
call from you. He will have a new
ad. next week telling of the many rare
bargains to be found at his store.
Court Adjourns.
The special term of Guilford Superior
court adjourned Saturuay morning,
leaving the civil docket in better shape
than it has been for years. Judge
Timberlakeisahard worker and knows
how to dispatch business. In addition
to this he has the knack of making
things as agreeable as possible with
lawyers, jurors and others in the court
room. On motion of Col. John A. Bar-ringer,
just before adjournment, the
members of the bar. by a rising vote,
gave an expression of their apprecia-tion
of Judge Timberlake's courtesy,
kindness and ability in transacting the
business of the court.
In our last issue we gave a report of
the cases disposed of up to the time of
going to press, (inly two cases were
disposed of afterward—Bolden vs-
Southern Railway Company, and J. C.
Short vs John Gill, receiver of the C.
F. ft Y. Y. Railway Company. In the
first case a verdict was returned in
favor of the defendant company. The
plaintiff was suing for damages to the
amount of $2,000. Mr. Short sued for
damages to the amount of $10,000 for
injuries received in August, 1896, while
in the employment of the C. F. & Y. V.
He was represented by Bynuni. Bynum
& Taylor, Mr. Taylor conducting the
case in an able manner. George M.
Rose, of Fayetteville, and Col. James
T. Morehead appeared for the defen-dant.
The jury returned a verdict Fri-day
evening, allowing the plaintiff
$i;,500. Notice of appeal to the Su-preme
court was given by the attor-neys
for the defendant.
Memorial exercises in honor of the
late D. Schenck, Jr, were held in the
court room Friday morning. Solictor
Brooks presented suitable resolutions
of respect in a touching and eloquent
speech, depicting iu beautiful words
the great worth and ability of the de-ceased.
The resolutions and proceed-ings
were ordered spread on the min-utes
of the courr.
GALA WEEK PROGRAM.
Everything in Readiness to Wel-come
the Throng That Will Visit
the Gate City.
Everything is in readiness for the
gala week and state firemen's tourna-ment,
to be held in this city next week,
and the indications are that the occa-sion
will be a success in every particu-lar.
The city will be tilled with visi-tor*
during the entire four days and a
pleasant time is assured for all. For
the benefit of our readers we give be-low
the program of each day's exer-cises
:
TCESHAY.
•The North Carolina State Firemen's
Association will meet in the K. of P.
hall, on South Elm street, at lOo'oloek,
a. m. The meeting will be opened
with prayer by Rev. Charles E. Hod-gin,
of Westminister Presbyterian
church. Mayor /.. Y. Taylor will de-liver
the address of welcome, after
which the regular business of the as-sociation
will be gone into.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon a good
roads congress will be held In the
court house, and it is hoped that every
person in the county interested in the
subject will be present. The principal
address will be delivered by Prof. J.
A. Holmes, state geologist.
President J. Van I.indley has called
the State Horticultural Society to meet
in the court house at 8 o'clock in the
evening. All persons interested in the
cultivation of fruit, plants, etc.. are in-vited
to attend and bring samples of
fruit for exhibition. Dr. E. Dwight
Sanderson, assistant entomologist of
the United States Department of Ag-riculture,
and others will deliver ad-dresses.
WEDNESDAY1.
The street parade will form on Sum-mit
Avenue at'.'o'clock in the morn-ing
and will move over the principal
streets of the city. The line of march
will be composed of two bauds, the
marshals (mounted on horseback), a
ladies' cavalry company, the various
lire companies that will take part in
the tournament, numerous floats, car-riages,
etc.
The quiek-steaming contest will
come off at 1 O'clock p. m. Four
prizes, aggregating $115, will be con-tested
for.
The horse races at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon will be the remaining feature
of the day's attractions. The follow-ing
purses are offered: Trotting and
pacing, 3.0 J class, $100: trotting and
pacing, 2.30 class, $1.10: "free-for-all"
trottiug and pacing, $200.
THfRSDAY.
0 o'clock a. m.—Hand reel race. Two
prizes—$123 and $73.
11a.m.—Grab reel race. Two prizes
—Id) and $60.
2 p. in.—Horse hook and ladder race.
Two prizes—$125 and $75.
3 p. m.—Junior hand reel race. Two
prizes—$25 and $10.
4.30 p. m.—Hand hook and ladder
race. Two prizes.
KI'.IDAY.
9 o'clock a. m.—Championship reel
race. This will be the most exciting
contest cf the tournament. The prize
is the championship belt.
11 a. m.— Individual foot race. Two
prizes—a suit of clothes donated by
Will H. Matthews cv. Co. for the first,
and •*■"> for the second.
■J p. m.—Horse hose wagon race.
Two prizes—$125 and $75.
4 p. m.—Special race-.
The industrial exhibits and trades
display will be found at the lianner
Warehouse each day. The warehouse
has been beautifully decorated for the
occasion, and the exhibits and displays
will be very creditable. The First
Regiment Band will give continuous
concerts each day.
The odd Fellows' hall, on West
Market street, will be utilized for the
fine art exhibit. A competent commit-tee
has the matter in charge and visi-tors
may expect to -ee much of interest.
— It is specially re-quested
tbat every
farmer in Guilford
county who is inter-
■ 'g ested in the improve-ment
of our public
roads ■ 111 attend the
'vWj 'JJK fcood roads meeting,
which will be held in the court house
next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Helpful and interesting topics will be
discussed by intelligent men who have
ha.l practical experience in road-building,
and it is hoped that every
tax-payer in the county will be present
and take a [art in the meeting. Those
who were compelled to travel over the
miserable highways last winter feel
most for IblT the ne°d of an improve-ment
in the system of working and
maintaining our public roads, an I It is
for the purpose of making a «tsrt in
this direction that the meeting i» to be
held. Come!