The Greensboro patriot [August 2, 1899]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
\Vl 78. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1899.
NO. 32.
L CARDS.
j J. RICHARDSON.
-Z BUILDING.
GASTON ST.
II B2ALL, M. D.,
PHYSIC!** AND SURGEON.
Asbeboro St.
: . 9 to 4:30.
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
—SI r. Thomas Woodrofie ie here from
Mt. Airy.
—Mr. V. C. McAdoo is here for a
few days.
—Mrs. W. B. East has been quite ill
for several days.
—Miss Jennie Gilmer is Tisiting
friends lii Ku-: Tennessee.
—Miss I.eauna Curtis, of Madison, is
visiting friends In the city.
— Mr. H. I.. Ilopkins, of Reidsville.
is among the gala week visitors.
— I'nited States Senator McLaurio,
of South Carolina, was here Sunday.
—Feed Meal—100 pounds of No. 1
[ U ti 1, -U. U. feed meal for $1.10. HIATT <fc LAMB.
—Miss Lousie Kankin, of Reidsville,
XIIm. St.
jsn/i Zns Store.
Dr. J. J. BRYAN
: services to the
: vicinity
■..-•.;;'DE'jasTOSi.
snow HOUSE.
Or. j. E. nYCHE.
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, N. C.
J. H. WHEELER,
D NT I ST.
I irug Store.
i.M. SCALES,
^nsellor at Law,
KSBORO, N. C.
US & DOUGLAS,
Attorneys - at - Law.
is visiting her UDCie, Mr. Will R. Ran-kin.
—Mrs. Oscar league, of Waldo, Fla.,
is visiting relatives and friends in the
city.
—Rev. E. C. Glenn, of Raleigh, Is
visiting the family of Mr. John K.
Wheeler.
—Miss Anna Michaux has gone to
Liberty on a visit to her father, Rev.
R. D. M ichaux.
— Prof. J. Y. Joyner is holding a
teacher's institute this week at Web-ster,
Jackson county.
—Mrs. R. M. Roseboro, of Hickory,
is in the city on a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. W. J. Weatuerly.
—Mrs. J. K.,Stewart and baby, of
Charlotte, came up Saturday on a visit
to relatives in this vicinity.
—Mr. M. Thomas Edgerton has been
indisposed for several days, but he is
now at his place of business.
—Visitors are streaming In by the
thousands and the streets are thronged
with happy pleasure-seekers.
—Mr. Scott Brown, a well known
hotelist, is now with the McAdoo
House in the capacity of clerk.
—Mr. J. Van Lindley went to Ral-eigh
Monday to attend a meeting of
the State insect Pest Commission.
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—Mrs. W. G. Crutchiield. of Salis-bury,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. 8. C. Dodson, on East Market
street.
—President J. M. Walker, of the
City National Bank,has returned from
Bedford Springs, Va., much improved
lu healtb.
—A chapter of orphans from the Ox-ford
Orphan Asylum will give a con-cert
in the court house on Tuesday
night, the 15th inst.
—John B. Fariss advertises Bed-ford's
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is sold
at fifty cents and is guaranteed to cure
NUM & TAYLOR, or your money will be refunded.
■ellon at Law. —Mr. J. L. Fonda, of this city, who
has been in New York on business for
some days, sailed last week for Scot-land,
where he will spend three or four
weeks.
—Mr. W. O. Stratford announces in
his advertising space that his car load
of Pennsylvania l.own l>own drillsbas
arrived. You are requested to call and
examine them.
—Mr. and Mrs. James W. Albright
and their little grandson, of Asheville,
arrived in the city Monday to spend
the week. They are stopping at Mr.
: Mutual Life In- Percy A,bri«ht'8-
Company. ~£" [Tak*: Mo,t0D' fT"!rly of
the Benbow House, is conducting a |
rsstaurant in the room formerly occu-pied
by King it Oakley's bar, next doer
to the dispensary.
:;,JUARE.
fS BEACHAM,
thitect and Builder.
w« Building,
- - - N. C.
ttBRAY BROS.
"It 1 HE
interest you.
* T.JOHNSON,
* SPECIALIST, ]
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filiation Free.
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—Rev. Dr. I.. W. Crawferd occupied
the pulpit of the Reidsville Methodist
church Suuday. He was formerly pas-tor
of this church and the people are
reatly attached to him.
—Your attention is inv.ted to the
new advertisement of Harry-Belk Bros.
I Co. They tell you of some of the many
bargains you can And at their store —
"rich goods at poor prices."
30 YEARS.
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—It is reported that Messrs. Moses
and Ceasar Cone are interested In a
projected cotton mill on the I>an river,
tokes county. The proposed mill
be a mammoth concern.
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—The First Regiment Band, which
is adding to the delights of gala week
by its superior music, will go to Hills-boro
Saturday to furnish the music for
la Masonic picnic at Occoneechee Farm.
—Mr. W. J. Blackburn is here from
Fayettsvllle to enjoy the festivities of
the week. The Fayetteville tobacco
market will open on the loth inst., and
Mr. Biaekburn is jubilant over the out-leok.
—Capt. E. L. Gilmer, whose appoint-'
ment to a captaincy in the army we '
noted last week, left last Thursday
night for Fort Thomas, Ky., from
which place he will go to the Philip- :
plnss.
—Lost—A black setter dog, eighteen
( month* old, with a white spot in breast.
Was last seen near McLeansville.
Suitable reward if returned to Ernest
| Ciapp, at Superior court clerk's office,
Greeosbero. •
—The contract has been awarded for
remodeling the old Catholic church
building, which will be used as one of
the public school buildings of the city.
The high school will be conducted in
; this building.
—Mr. T. J. McAdoo, proprietor of
■ the telephone exchange, is improving
his system by putting in cables along
, North Elm and West Market streets.
I An additional cable is also being put
1 up along South Elm.
—Rev. John E. White, of Raleigh,
secretary of the board of mission* of
the Baptist church in this state, oecu-j
pled the pulpit of West Washington
I Street Baptist church Sunday, preach-ing
two able sermons.
—Miss Margarette Kirkpatrick has
| entered the training school at the
State Hospital, Morganton, and will
fit herself for the work of a trained
\ nurse. She will go to the Church
Home, in Baltimore, later on to finish
her course.
—Mr. Charles B. Kendall, editor of
[The Clay County Times, of Green Cove
(Springs, Fla., arrived in the city Sat-
, urday night on a visit. He will return
tonight, accompanied by his wife, who
has been spending some time here with
her parents.
—Mr. \ddison T. Smith, of Wash-ington,
I>. C, spent a portion of last
I week with Mr. J. B. Taylor's family at
■ Guilford College. Mr. Smith is clerk
to the Senate commiitee on Terrilor-
\ ies, and is an exceptionally clever and
intelligent gentleman.
—Mr. J. Van Lindley, who knows
how to farm us well as run a nursery,
threshed his crop of oats last week,
reaping 1,004 bushels from sixty acres.
Fourteen horses had been fed from
; this Held for a month prior to thresh-ing,
or the yield would have been
greater.
—There are in this city two firms
with suggestive names occupying ad-joining
stores. The name of one is
Silver, while the other's sign sears the
name of Golden. We are not informed
that any parity is maintained between
the two firms or that they are vexed by
the question of ratio.
—Mrs. Iiettie Stewart returned Sat-urday
from an extended visit to her
son and other relatives at Cades, Tenn.
On her return she spent some time
with her son in Charlotte, Mr. J. E.
Stewart. She will reside in the future
with her youngest son, Mr. Marshall
C. Stewart, of this city.
—Mr. G. C. Smith left Monday for
Richmond, Va., where he has accepted
a position as train dispatcher for the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad. For
several years he was one of the dis-patchers
for the C. F. & Y. V. at this
place and is a capable and popular
young man. His family will remain
in Greensboro for the present.
—Prof. W. T. Whitsett has accepted
an invitation from the Bethel Presby-terian
Sunday school, near McLeans-ville,
to deliver bis excellent address.
"How We Got Our Bible," at that
church on next Sunday at 11 o'clock a.
m. Prof. Whitsett is a fine speaker,
aid a treat is in store for every one
who hears him on this occasion. All
are cerdially invited.
—In speaking of our recent bond
election, carried by a practically unan-imous
vote, an Indiana paper says
Greensboro goes on record as the most
advanced tewn in America in the mat-ter
of municipal ownership. The sim-ple
fact that Greenseoro has decided
to issus bonds to the amount of $3C0,-
060 is the biggest advertisement our
city has ever received.
—We are glad to note the growth In '
the business of the EliteConfectionery |
Company. Their place has taken a
firm hold upon the better class of peo- '
pie, as it is a restaurant.ice cream par-lor
and soda fountain combined where
ladies and children may come without
any fear of coming in contact with a
rabole. They receive five hundred
loaves of Brede bread daily to meet the
demand for gala week. Go and see
what they have.
Good Roads Meeting. THE WEEK WE CELEBRATE.
While it is to be regretted that the
attendance upon the good roads meet- Immense Crowds and Everything
ing yesterday afternoon was not great- ' Passing Off Smoothly,
er, it is a gratifying fact that the and- ' Greensboro's ga'a week
Greensboro District Conference.
The Greensboro District Conference
which convened at Holt'sChapelMeth-
-UateharehUl Wednesday morning,
afternoon,
he con-ns
were
roads, and who are willing to par the arduousTbut' It'waTperforilied with ta^ad^iilul t
HoIt''J
Ch»Pel ent«-
increased tax necessary to secure them.' that cheerfulness that seeks the olea* « . , aele*at,s and Poachers ID
The meeting was held in the Lind-1 ure of others. The first visitors that" Imi T^Tl !°d W* dare"y th"
say street graded school building, and came in several days ago found to LM ,,1 ^ *° 9™0rt™*T
M,J Van Lindlay called the assem- the city putting on holiday Tre, SflS%££7tt?*
I blage together shortly after 2 o'clock, | and when the last contingent of the lofed nr..i,Hni .M 7°°^ ^ be"
: making a short but practical speech. ' firemen arrived yesterdav evening L, -.,p',,,d,n* elder of '»* district,
I pelled to labor at the outaet-before j The North Carol^a State Firemen's JKu-t? * " "' "* "* - ,ar'7 C"-
the people realized the worth of good Association convened in its eleventh i Th. «L«o. , .u
roads.
sary at this advanced stage of our in-dustrial
activity to speak of the neces- prj7er\, .««.„, v. j »PP<>inted to look after the district as-sity
and importance of good roads: the IlEZSXJXttZ XTS!^ S£"
main question is, "Why have we not; drew of welcome in a charming speech, assessed for these ulf .; ?
good roads?" Prof. Bandy has spent i„ beautiful words he bade the fire Sdta full P P *
much time in studying the road ques-. laddies welcome to the Gate City, and The Lnworth I »...,. an«i ,
; tion and is therefore qualified to speak at the conclusion of his speech h. was ,iona int re a, 0 feeeiv. tlVl
I with authonty. He claims that 0 a gree,ed with a storm of applause that tention of ,h. confe T ^
community of poor roads it costs a , showed the appreciation of the visitors, worth Leagues of the Greensboro dis-farmer2,
centsPerto,,,for each mile | The address was responded to by trict are in^ed condi.ion and „.uch
, money Guilford county is now spend- Chief C. H. Schnibben; Charlotte. Mr. Female College- Rev' E I Bain of
log on the..r.o.ads (,a_bo.u,t,*,S.C00 a y. ea.r, B J Sowwiinussoonu-, Hweenndaeerrssoonn, fi^loauptt. Ww. A» shuevil„leThemae ,Co.,eee. and Pro'* J
is accomp'.islHng but little good: n T Whitteu- Durham Cant T T v H I. , ». • „ '
fact if the grading and other work Cbamoellain'; ST<5? F C. ™^nl™Z^\T£-
now being done is not followed by Meinung; Salisbury, Cb=ef M. V. B. S^SS^J^S^LSiS
V7SS!X^mm'1'Wm>Mh\STi WiD8t°D' ^^ A- J' GakS; ^e report of the committee on luca:
' M,mL7S th HM », Gola8b0"'. ^Pt. L. Weil. tion recommended Trinity College
of Ro;t'gi, 7 h" 1 H ' Aft6r thC8e esPre88ion9 of e°od feel- Trinity High School, Greensboro r'e-ofRovvan
both of which counties are ing toe regular business of theassocia- male College, Asheville Female Cofc
remarks.
ing the appointment by the president College, and Brevard Epworth School
of a committee on credentials. This , it will be seen from this list that the
JZtZlZ ": P, ^. ' "^^""^de its report at the after- Western North Carolina Conference is
state geologist, was present and dehv- noon session, at which time it was as- we.l supplied with educational institu-ered
a most practical address. His ! certained that there were about one tions of a high order
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nKhUndred deleeat68 ln»"e^"~. ^ The following local preachers'license
ound logic and was listened to with addition to the delegates there are were renewed West Market Street,
the closest attention throughout. He several hundred visiting firemen in the E. L. Sides- Centenarv F I Stack-started
out by saying that it is a cus- ; city. R.idsville, 'Joun G. ^ '£ Wen.-'
torn with us to do things as easily as At last night's session, after the mis- worth circuit> j. T. ^trater and g, p.
possible, w.tbout any reference to per- cellaneous business bad been trans- Thomas: Pleasant Garden circuit, R.
manency, and that we deal with our acted, the election of officers was gone M. Gretter: Ramseur circui., C. H.
He esti- i into with the following result: Caviness and J. W. Williams: Jackson
President-Capt. J. D. McNeill, Fay- ! Hill circuit, J. F. Lyndon: Randolph
etteville. circuit, J. B. Craven.
First Vice-President—H. L.Riggins, Before adjourning Saturday the fol-
Winston. lowing delegates to the Annual Con-
Second Vice-President—E. D. Doug- ference, which meets in Concord in
las, Greensboro. November, were elected: John A.
Secretary—Dr.J.W.Grifiith,»ireens- Young. J. A. Odell, Joseph Parkins
and Dr. W. G. Bradshaw. Alternates:
public roads in this manner.
mat i
ford county $100,000 each year,
though our people do not realize
the great loss they sustain through
bad roads for the simple reason that
they have not learned to vaiue time.
The macadam road, he said, is the road
for the poor man. It is costly to build. Doro
but cheap to use, and in this lies its Treag er_T. A_ Greenei Xewber |RSto0? JoliI
great value-it ,s permanent. He ex-! statistician_w. P. Monroe, Wil- and C. E. I.andreth.
plained that there are three waysof se- „.„„,„„
.curing• m.oney for road purposes: First "wu ?' , ,r. - „ , " ™ dedded l° D°ld th* D*Xt Di'" t , ^»'ur»'u',C8- rirsi> Wilmington and Charlotte were each trict
by private subscription; second, by a p]aced ,n Bomination for the next
direct tax, and third, by issuing bond. meeti lace of the conventioDi wn.
At the conclusion of Prof. Holmes' mi ton be, selected 0Q tQe flrgt
address theGuilfordCounty Good Roads
Club was formed, quite a number be-coming
members of the organization,
Mr. J. Van Lindley was elected presi- tests
dent and Mr. John L. King secretary.
ballot.
( We go to press too early to give the
result of any of today's races and eon-
Conference at Pleasant Hill
churcK in Rando ph county.
Several of the ministers and dele-gates
remained over Sunday, the fol-lowing
appointments being filled by
members of the conference :
West Market Street—11 a. m.. Rev.
J. J. Renn, of Reidsville: S.'iO p. m.?
The following gentlemen were ap-| —A civil service examination for the Rev. J. R. Scroggs. of High Point,
pointed to name a committee from each positions of clerk and carrier will be Centenar'—11 a. m., Rev. Dr. W. H.
township to be-known as the township held at the postoffice in this c'ty on Leitb of Randleman: >M p. m.. Rev.
executive committee: J. Van Lindley, September 2nd, commencing at 9 A. W. P.yler, of Asbsboro.
John L. King, S. W. H. Smith, J. L. ,e'clock in the morning. The examina- Holt's Chapsl—11 a. m., Rev. E»r. J.
Groome, J. A. Rankln, Walter Lind- i ti°n will consist of spelling, arithm*- C. Rowe, of this city; 9 p. m.. Rev. A.
tic, letter-writing, penmansnip, copy- W. Plyler, of Asheboro.
ing from plain copy, geography of the ! . , ,
STATE or OHIO. CITT OI TOLEDO. >
Lrc »- Coi NTY. I ■
br.ink J.Cnr:iev uiak« oath that he is the
i ' i.artuer o: the firm of V. J. Cheney A Co
<!• ngbu«iuc-- in the i\tv ,,t Toledo. Coaot.
•">«»«• esaid ai.d that saia tlrji will DSV
;ie »um . ? IISK i.i■\,P|:KI> tX>LL*BS#or|
•acnopdeTci/caaeol ■ ata l. that rannot be
erred by the cso o« Ita "- Catarrh due.
KK4NK J. CUKSET.
Sworn t before me au.t subscribed 'a UIT ,
^e^ence.t .Sib lay oi December. A. D. Usi
cK1L. A. W. CLEASOK.
,, ... _ . , Sotory I'ubi'c. i
H» It Catarrh i. are is takeu inteiaa'W. end
act^dliectly on the b\..-»1 ail mucms siirfacea
of thstT.tem. >cn.i lor testimonial*free.
. ,,k _, F J-CUKSF.Y 4 i«.).. Toledo. O. >
soM by «Uk^.«.. 7S,-
Hall a Family 1 • are the best.
say and John W. Wharton.
Upon adjournment the above-named
committee met and selected as a county
executive committee the following :
Washington—Chas. L. Sockwell.
Sumner—J. A. Groome.
Fentress-W. C. Raskin.
Clay—D. H. Coble.
Greene—Lewis Holt.
Rock Creek—R. C. Dick.
Madison—J. R. Moore.
Friendship—J. D. Hunt.
Monroe—J. W. M. Cardeza.
Jetlerson—W. I.. Lindsay.
Gilmer—E. P. Wharton.
Morehead—G. Will Armtield.
Center Grove—L. A. Walker.
Pummertield—J. L. Ogburn.
Oak Ridge—w. E. Benbow.
Deep River—J. A. Davis.
Jamestown—J. S. Ragsdale.
High Point—J. Elwood Cox.
A meeting to complete the organiza-tion
will be held in the court house at
noon on the first day of the August
term of court, and every member of
United States, and reading addresses.
' The arithmetic will consist of tests in
the fundamental principles, extending
as far as common and decimal frac-tion-
and embracing problems. The
age limitations for this examination
are as follows : Clerk, not less than IS
—Three negro boys—Rufus Austin,
Robert Raok'O and John Ciapp—were
before Justice Pritchett Saturday after-noon
charged with criminally assault-ing
Roberta McMurtay, the ten-year-
old daughter of Lee McMurray,
colored, who lives a few miles south of
years: carrier, between i'l and 40years.the ci[y Adamg and Dou(?lag
Applicants for earner must weigh at ^ for tQe pro3ecutiorj aDd (ol.
least 138 pounds, must be not iess than John A Barringer r,prestnteJ tbe de-
5 feet, 4 inches in height, and must file f,ndtnti. The pro8ecution put four
with their applications a medical cer-
: tificate. For application blanks, full
instructions, specimen examination
questions, and information relative to
tbe duties and salaries of tbe different
positions, apply to the secretary of the
board of examiners at the postottice.
Testimonial.
PLEASANT GAKDKN, N. C,
July 4, 1899.
C. C. TOWXSEND, GEEIX*liORO.
DEAK »IK :—We have tried the Cham-witnessts
on the stand, and from the
evidence it was learned that the crime
was committed on Tuesday afternoon,
July 25th, dur.ng the absence of tbe
parents of the little girl. The father
was at work at the steel and iron fur-nace
and the motbsr was attending
the summer school at the colored Ag-ricultural
and Mechanical College,
From the testimony it seemed that
there was a conspiracy on tbe part of
the three boys, a? Rankin and Ciapp
watched tin house while Austin com-the
executive committee is urged to be P'on Thresher bought of you this sea- mited the C1 me. The defenee put no
' s>osnn aamnd4 iift ddnoneas ana-saa nniiicven wwro.vrkl' aaas a« nny** * ..
machine we have ever seen used. It
present.
It is hoped that this organization will
be instrumental in aroueingsuch asen- saves the gram perfectly, wasting al-timent
in favor of permanent road im- most none. We are now ready to
provement that this coveted goal in , thresh for the public and will guaran-
Guilford's industrial development may tee perfect satisfaction,
•oon be reached. ' (Signed. F. M. WAUOI;± Co.
witnesses on the stand, and after the
hearing, which consumed about one
hour, Enquire Pritchett committed the
defendants to jail to await the action
of the grand jury at the August term
of court.