The Greensboro patriot [September 20, 1899]

              HE GREENSBORO PATRIOT.
L. 8. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,.1899. NO. 39.
,SI0NAL CARDS.
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
T
j. RICHARDSON.
iZ ED1LDINO.
L5W. GASTON ST.
BEALL, I. D.,
;|A«UN0 SURGEON.
.; Asbeboro St.
i to 4:30.
. '.I NO. 17-
, STAMEY, M. D.
,-,-Atli. Elzn. St.
;. Srlssom'i Zng Store.
Dr J. J. BRYAN
Mill services to the
r'tanil vicinity
.••.r^.B.FAaiSS'DBUaSTOai.
MCNBOW HOCK.
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Dr. J. E. WYCHET"
l>I iNTWTi
Building,
. H. C.
H. WHEELER,
-NTIST.
Ward's Drug Store.
A. M. SCALES,
; bnsellof at Law,
?SBORO, N. C.
Z. V. TAYLOK,
^.ttoraa-e3T
ENSBORO. N. C
— Mr. S. Bryant, of Randleman, was
here on business Friday.
— Mr. J. 6. Hunter is spending a
brief vacation at Hot .Springs. Ark.
—Mrs. J. Y. Joyner has returned
from an extended visit to LaGrange.
—Mountain seed rye for sale.
HIATT & LAMB.
—Rev. William A. Murray is spend-ing
some time at his how* in this city.
— Mr. J.H.Shetlner.of Laorosse, was
one of our wet-wsather callers yester-day.
—Your attention is directed to the
professional card of Attorney Z. V.
Taylor.
—Miss Minnie liorrell has returned
to Xew York to resume her musical
studies.
—Mr.S.C.Dodson has returned from
Patrick Springs, Va., much improved
in health.
—Mr. H. E. Teela has returned from
Moore's Springs somewhat improved
in health.
—Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Denny returned
last night from a visit to relatives in
Reidsville.
—Col. and Mrs. John A. Barringer
have returned from a pleasaut visit to
Waynesville.
-Mrs. Nannie C. Weatherly in in
Xew York purchasing fall and winter
millinery goods.
—Excellent apples are being shipped
here in quantities from the mountain
region west of us.
—The camp meeting at Gray's
('hapel, Randolph coimty, will coni-mence
next Sunday.
—The Greensboro Loan and Trust
Company announces that it will open
for business October 2d.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McAdoo and
little daughter. Miss Mary, are at Buf-falo
I.ithia Springs, Va.
—Mr. W. L. Scott, a young attorney
of this city, is preparing to move to
New York in a few daya.
—Mr. E. R. Fishblate Is recovering
from his second attack of fever and is
able to be at his place of business.
—We were in error last week in —Recently we mentioned the fact -Thursday night two or three po-stating
that the funeral of the late , that Mr. John Schenck, of Charlotte, a licemen were attemptlngtoarrest John
—Revival services will be commenced
at Westminster Presbyterian cburcb
on the fourth Sunday in this month. I Rev. Dr. A. W. Lineberry would be I son of Judge and Mrs. D. Scbenck, of Taylor, colored, when the necro i
The pastor will be assisted by Rev. preached at Gray's Chapel on the fifth j this c.ty, was in Baltimore for the pur- a murderous assault upon Officer Whit-
Mr. Murray, of Mebane. i Sunday in this month. The services 1 pose of hi.ng his eyes treated. From i tlngton, striking him a severe blow on
—The eleven-montbs-old infant «,r will be conducted next Sunday. There
Rev. J. C. Schmidt, pastor of the Ashe "e five Saturdays in this month, but
street Lutheran mission, died Friday only 'our Sundays,
night and was buried in Greene Hill —If it's a $1.25 shoe you want to
cemetery Sunday afternoon. buy, Thacker & Brockmann make it a
yesterday's Charlotte Observer we learn ' the arm with a small section of gas
that the attending physicians think his I pipe. The blow was aimed at Mr.
case almost hopeless. He haa inttam- ; Whittington's head and had he net
mation of the nerves of both eyes-' warded it off with bis arm it would
Mr. Scbenck has the sympathy of many doubtless bave proved serious. After
-We regret to learn of the illness of | P°int t0 *ive y°u ,he TeiT be9t 8DOe friends ln nla «"»ction. striking the policeman the negro ran,
Rev. H. D. Lequeux, the popular pas- that can be made for
tor of Alamance and Springwood Pres-byterian
churches. We hope that
health and vigor may soon be his again.
—Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Odell and Miss
Mary Trotter left yesterday on a visit
to Xew York. On their retarn they
will spend several days in Philadelphia
taking in the national export exposi-tion.
—Mr. D. M. Harry, of the Harry-
Belk Bros. Co., has returned from the
northern bargain centers, where he
bought an immense stock of goods for
his lirm. Read their new ad. in this
issue.
—The millinery business formerly
conducted by Mrs. C. C. Gorrell is now
owned by Mrs. Carrie L. Gorrell and
Mr. C. H. Dorsett. Mrs. Gorrell went
to New York last Friday to purchase
new goods.
—Mr. Henry Boyles, who recently
returned from Cuba, where he was
connected with the hospital service of
the Seventh army corps, has gone to
Chapel IIill to take a medical course
at the University.
—It is reported that Col. L. A.
Thrasher, in charge of the revenue
office at this place, will soon resign his
position. Mr. A. C. Patterson, one of
Col. Thrasher's subordinates, will
probably succeed him.
the price. And
if a $3.00 or $4.00 shoe is wanted, the
same rule holds good. They give you
the yery finest and best that can be
produced for the price asked.
—Dr. Charles L. Scott, of Mebane,
mention of whose location in our midst
was recently made, has arrived and oc-
—A negro giving his name as Bill
Evans was arrested here last Thursday
for breaking into the house of Mr. L..
A. Atkinson, one of the Southern's
engineers. He is an escaped convict i
from Rowan oounty and is thought to
Mr. Whittington firing at him.twice.
Taylor was finally captured and locked
up, and when the next term of Superior
court convenes he will bo called upon
to answer a serious charge—that of
resisting an officer. He will doubtless
be the thief who recently entered the ! " ' *" °n the county road force for
residence of Mr. J. W.Shaw,of tbe Mc-a
good long term.
cupiea an office over Fariss' drug store, j Leansville section. Judge Brown will I
We are informed that another young
physician will alao locate here at an
early date. Greensboro now has be-tween
twenty-five and thirty physi-cians.
—The olty aldermen have imposed a
tax of $3 annually on each boot-black,
exoept those employed in barber shops.
For some time our streets have been
infested with a small army of young
negro boot-blacks who have made
themselves a general nuisance. It ie
thought that the tax will put a quietus
on some of them.
—"Wanted:—Purchasers for new or
second hand iron safes,vault doors, etc.
We exchange large for small safes,
will buy your second hand safes for
cash. We put on new combination
locks and do all kind of expert repair
work. Our prices are the lowest.
O. B. BAR.NKS & Co.,
Greensboro, N. C.
—Mr. Hoagland Davis, of Fayette-ville,
spent Monday night In the city
on his way to Davidson College, where
probably have the privilege of sentenc-ing
him at the next term of court.
A Sad Death.
Mrs. O. F. Cox died at her home six
miles southwest of Greensboro, In the
—Upon complaint of Mr. W. T. Ser- Hi" ToP neighborhood, last Thursday
geant, a member of the board of alder-1 night. She had been in a feeble state of
men, the Southern Railway Company ] nealth for some time, though she had
was indicted for obstructing the King
street croesing.near Sergeant's foundry.
The hearing came up in the mayor's
been confined to her room only a week.
A peculiar sadness is attached to this
dispensation of providence, for ln the
court Saturday afternoon and the evl- | death of Mrs- Cox her family, which
dence was that the crossing has been :has re°ent|y been sorely alllieted, is
frequently obstructed by freight trains left in a Pitiable condition. Her hus-for
a considerable length of time, which ' band> who on,y afew snort months ago
is in violation of acity ordinance. The was in the possession of all his facul-
Southern was ordered to pay a fine of ;ties-is hopelessly insane, with no pros-
«20. I pects of an early recovery. The once
* ' * happy home is thus made desolate to
-When a shipment of shoes is re- tne four ,.hlldren who are ,eft to fai.e
ceived at Thacker & Brockmann's hfe's battles alone.
every single pair is taken out of the
box and carefully inspected to see if
they are free from imperfections and
up to the mark before they are put in
stock. If any shoes are found imper-fect
or Hanky tb9y are returned to the
factory. This takes some time and
trouble, but pays in the long run, as it
Mrs. Cox was the daughter of Mr.
Henry Ledbetter, of Julian, and was
forty-four years old. She was a woman
of education and refinement and had a
large number of true friends. For
many years she had been a member of
the Methodist Protestant church. The
remains were interred at Shiloh M. P.
-The postoftlce department has sent j he will attend school during the coming makes it certain that every customer church> Dear juHan, Saturday after-out
advertisements for proposals for
carrying the mails by screen wagon,
mail messenger, transfer and mail sta-tion
service in Greensboro and several
other North Carolina cities.
—Mr. W. L. Ferrell, who represented
the American Tobacco Company on
this market last season, Is seriously ill
at his old home in Durham. He was
attacked by fever some time ago and
year. He will represent the clothing wiU *?et a Pair of 8QOe8 that are a11
firm of Will H. Matthews A Co. at
Davidson. Several years ago Mr. Davis
right.
—Mr. II. J. Hartsell, formerly of
was employed >n the telegraph office of | this county and who has been a stu-the
C. F.& Y.V. Rail way at this place, i dent at Western Maryland College,
—Mr. J. B. Baylor, of the United j Westminster, Md., the past three years,
States const survey, working in oon-noon.
We learn that the husband and chil-dren
will be cared for by the parents
of the deceased, who will move to Mr.
Cox's farm at Hill Top. Efforts have
been made to have Mr. Cox treated at
graduating with the class of '9'.', was tbe state hospital for the insane at
nection with the state geological sur- here the first of the week on his return I Morganton, but the over-crowded con-dition
of the institution makes it im-possible
for him to be received there.
vey, is here for the purpose of jstafr- to Westminster, where he will enter
lishlng meridian posts and magnetic ; the M. P. Theological Seminary for a
UOIIKHT 1>. DOCOIAS.
I&DAMS & DOUGLAS,
Attorneys - at - Law,
ISK 111 11.1)1 HO,
^---iTSBORO. 2ST. C.
, M'll.JU., Z.V. T4VI.DK.
|EYHUM. BYNUM & TAYLOR,
ad Sounsellors at Law.
i; v SOTJARE.
w. .{."BEACHAJH,
Itahitect and Builder.
Follows Building,
RO, - - - N. C.
—The Great Southern Minstrels ; i8 Bow in a precarious condition.
Company will open the season at the
Academy of Music tomorrow night.
—No. 1 red rust proof and white
winter seed oats for sale.
HIATT & LAMB.
—Charlotte News: "I. W. Durham,
the marble man, is erecting a hand-some
monument to the late Hon. R. P.
Dick, of Greensboro, for so many years
judge of the Federal court for this dis-
—Mr. II. M. Wright, of Salisbury, is trict. It is an imposing granite shaft."
opening a new drug store at High
—The infant daughter of Prof, and
Mrs. C. C. Teague, of Fremont, died
Point, giving that town three pharma-cies.
-Mr. M. V. Richards, industrial ,
agent of the Southern Railway Com- we)1 known t0 manT 0f*our readers,
'j having resided at Summerileld about
two vears.
observations. This is for the benefit
of surveyors and for the purpose of
testing surveyors'chains, and the work
is being done in accordance with an
act of tbe last legislature.
—Elkin and Gainesville home-made
shoes are made of home-tanned leather,
by Southern shoemakers. There are
no better shoes made for farm and
general country wear; and they are
two years' course. During the sum-mer
months he has assisted his father,
Rev. J. E. Hartsell, In his work in
Cleveland county, where he is now
stationed.
some dayiago, aged about^seventeen | gold at priceg whlch place tnem within
the reach of all by Thacker & Broek-mann,
who carry a full stock of these
day.
—Claude M. Bernard, United States
district attorney for the eastern dis-trict
of Xorth Carolina, was here last
Thursday. Bernard is tbe man who
was connected with the recent scandal
Transferred to Heaven.
Mrs. Betty Elizabeth Stewart, whose
serious illness we noted last week, died
at the residence of her son, Mr. M. C.
Stewart, on East Washington street,
shortly after 11 o'clock Monday morn-ing.
Mrs. Stewart was born on Octo-ber
8th, 1832, and was tbe daughter of
tbe late Marshall and Elizabeth Mc-
Lean, of this county. She was married
excellent shoes in men's,
boys', girls' and children's shoes.
—John A. Young advertises the
! Greensboro herd of Registered Poland
' China and Mammoth Black Hogs in a
! rather unique way this week. He has
been quite successful in developing
—For Sale—Good 5-room cottage on
Walker avenue, near Xormal School.
Call on or address W. P. Turner, this
office.
—Druggist Howard Gardner adver-tises
trusses this week. He carries an
elegant assortment from which to make published in this paper.
selections. „,, ... . . , ,
— I he time has arrived when people
For Sale.-A high-grade Victor bi- , wi„ be ca„ed upon t0 purchage
cycle, in splendid condition, or would |bookg and gchool 8UppIie9. wharton and learn the advantages of raising
exchange for a small horse. Apply at> T,,.,KO„ „„„„ „ «•„,, „„0 onH „„., I ,,,-h.
—At Randleman last Saturday even-ing
a shooting scrape occurred be-tween
a number of boys employed in
one of the cotton factories and several
country boys. It seems that tbe coun-try
youths had been warned to keep ' to Mr. John W.Stewart on October 8th,
away from the factory neighborhood isoo, with whom she lived happily un-and
when they made their appearance til the death of Mr. Stewart last Feb-women's,
|on tnig occa8jori a fight was precipi- ruary. This union was blessed by the
tated, three of the boys from the coun-| birth of live children, three of whom
try being shot. At the preliminary , are living—Messrs.Charles M.Stewart,
trial several of the participants were of Gibson county, Tenn.; J. Ed. Stew-bound
over to court. art, of Charlotte, and M. C. Stewart, of
•"•"• " this city. In addition to these two
-Every time a circus comes to town brothepi_MeMH< Ein3iey N McLean.
at Greenville, the facts of which were j hih de gtocki yet what he has . numerous persons are picked up by of CarroU count Tenn-f aniJ Jame8 M.
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i done can be done by every other in-telligent
farmer in Guilford. Call on
cbool or write bim in regard to this stock
Ml KRAI BROS.
i \ I - I oK TIIK
enix Mutual Life In-surance
Company.
ir plans.
can interest you.
fakirs connected with the aggregation,
but all the thieves do not follow the
circus tent. We have a few in Greens-boro.
For instance, while Robinson's
ticket agent was paying a business
man of this city a bill last Wednesday
night, having counted out and laid
McLean, of this county—are left to
mourn her death.
Mrs. Stewart's illness dated from
early in the spring of this year. After
the death of her husband she accom-panied
her son to his home in west
Tennessee, visi ting him and her brother
^ change at | Brothers carry a ful, „ne and gell at ,uch.
PATRIOT office. reasonable prices. They buy your j —Mr. John Plint, who has been
—Orange Presbytery is in session at second-hand books if in good condl- i spending his annual vacation at his
Hawfield's church, Alamance county. L|OB, See their new ad. j farm a few miles wast of the city, re-
A number of our Presbyterian friends w_ . „, „ „ , „,,.,_u _.,,.__ ! turned to Xew York Monday evenine.
her youngest son. Since her return to
re-enter the Uniyerelty to complete a I -— -—- __ . ; this city she had gradually grown
course in the languages, of which he | _s„ u, stateiaent of the People's worse, and although loving hearts am
are in attendance.
—Mrs. E. B. McKenzie, of Salisbury,
and Mrs. A M. Scales, of Danville. Va.,
of the Biblical Recorder, spoke to the f
congregation of West Washington
Street Baptist church Sunday morning
down $30, an unknown negro grabbed ^about eight weekg ag0i when ghe
the entire amount and ran with the returned t0 ,;reen8boro to reside with
fleetness of a deer. Pursuit was made,
but the bold thief made his escape.
J T. JOHNSON,
i\SBOSO
IRE SPECIALIST,
I
• " ' Mreet Baptise cuurcn sunaav morning " —■—» — - -sie iu« SIHCBCUI ». —= * -~K.» - .. ^_»- mjn-ar.
RO-f of Mrs. E. 11. Scales, on aDd g He was greeted by large wil1 mast«r eigQt before completing SaTings Bank of Greensboro in another '^i*^^^SS£^
East Washington street. congregations and both discourses were discourse. Both father and son are column. It i9 with pleasure we note «•»«' °*»'"«". "«" ■'"PO-We to
11 ELM ST.
iiination Five.
,2to8 p. ni.
I ED 30 YEARS.
".B.Farm's SOD
EIR.T
M ADJUSTER.
— D. .1. t.ilmer. colored, recently ap-pointed
a lieutenant in the army, went
to Raleigh yesterday to assist in the
work of enlisting recruits.
— Mr.S.C. Pool, who holds a position
in the Treasury department at Wash-ington
city, is visiting the family of
his father, Rev. Dr. Solomon Pool.
—Capt. B. J. Fisher has entered suit
against the Greensboro Water Supply
Company for $40,000 damages instead
of $3O,0Oi), as was published last week.
congregati
listened to with much interest.
—Robinson's circus, which was here
last Wednesday,exhibited at Chatham,
Va., Friday. Some time during the
day some fiendish person mixed poison
or ground glass in the horses' food. It
caused intense suffering and resulted
in the death of one or twoflneanimals.
I continued growth and prosperity "fford any permanent relief.
cne couu u K . „£,,„„,,' in early life the deceased connected
-Asa Hynn, a Rocklngham county, of this, one of our most useful and re- T ^^ .,„,„„„
country merchant who recently shot liable institutions. It has-been in ac- tran8ferring her membership to
and killed his brother, J. B. Flynn, at- tive operation for more than twelve cuurcn, transierr * rnarri,rp
tempted to commit suicide in the jail years, has handled over ha.f a million JJ^£SS^TSf£
at Wentworth a few days ago. He ' dollars in depo.it. alone, and has the JJ^Sft,; ^j devout foll-wer
gashed his threat with a pen knife, but remarkable record of having never lost
this method proving ineffectual, he a dollar. For several years it has paid
very clever intelligent gentlemen.
inenectual, ne dollar,
stabbed himself in the breast with the its depositors interest at the rate of 4
—Associate Justice R. M. Douglas, same weapon. The blade of the knife per cent, per annum, compounded
life of a faithful and
of the Master, always setting an ex-ample
of meekness, patience and devo-tion
to duty that was helpful and in-spiring
to those with whom she came
in contact.
The funeral party left the borne of
Mr. M. C. Stewart yesterday afternoon
who has been sick at his home in this was too short to reach a vital spot and every six months. Interest commences
city, is improving, we are glad to state, this saved his life. quarterly. October 1st is the begin-though
he will be unable to be present _Among our regular advertisers ninj> of the next interest period and
-Mr. J. B. Taylor, of Guilford Col- when the Supreme court meets in Ral- nereafter wiI| be founJ the A. D.Jones all m.
lego, left today at noon for Cambridge, eigh next Monday. He expects to go Mlwic aDd Sewing Machine Company, will b.
Ohio, being called there by the serious to Philadelphia within a few days fo.- |ucceM,jri r,) Jones J: Cox, and doing kn«.w of no safer or more convenient performed. Tbe services were con-illness
of his brother. Hon. Jowph D. treatment. ba.lo«. at 128 South Blm street, next way or place than the Savings
Bank iaeUd by Bov. J. MeL. ag^^tK
*"*"• -Evangelist T. C. Hodgin, who door sooth of Far.*.' drug .tor.. This tor tbe laboring man or any one des.r- ^^"V^r^uin^ere in-been
con- created quite a sensation by his preach-ing
at the Friends church in this city,
D.neys deposited on or before theB «r.———ede(J
bar interest from that date. We *nurch> where the last sad rite, were
ducting a boarding house on West
Washington street for two or three
months, will again enter tbe uiillinery
■ tea..
succe?- ira
business 123 Elm soiith Farias' store. lor the a
company is the general fa.'tory repre-sentative
for the Carolinas of the W.
PRITCHETT,
i
1 kUCHIHZBT.
11. Estl-
H..- always
Knguiw- a;.
is coudueting a meeting under a tent w. Kioiball Company, Chicago, the
at Randleman. From the reports we largest concern in the world making
have heard of the meeting it seems pianos and organs. Sewing machines
—Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Farlowe have that he didn't take his "holy laugh" to 0f standard make are handled both
succeeded Mr.and Mrs,Calvin Osbome Randleman. wholesale and retail. We can com-iporlntondent
and matron of the -Mews Parkins & Hall nrot.rie- mend the new coim-any to r.ur readers
„ . ' . , . ... erain? *. nan. oropne- being both reliable and trustworthy.
Friends orphanage, located south of tors of the McAdoo House, have leased ——
High Point. the second floor of the Fields builuing. Scrap Iron Wanted.
— Dr. A. K. Turner, of Yorkville, on South Elm street, formerly occu- \\e will buy all your old castings.
Tenn., who was called here by the pied as a boarding house. The rooms wrought iron, plow steel, brass and
K-ti- J serious illness of his mother, returned will be overhauled and nicely fitted up copper. Will pay highest prices,
home Mouday. Mrs. Turner is now on ' for the accommodation of the Mc- G. T. GLASCOCI A Sox,
iug to -ave money by depositing small
amounts at a time. It is where he can
draw on it at any time in case of sick-
DOM or any ..ther cause, and at the
same time it is steadily drawing him
interest.
terred°by"t"he side"of her husbaud and
one child.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured
N A I. iPPMOAnoNS
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the road to recovery. Adoo's guests. tf. Greensboro, !f. C.
Seed Wheat for Sale.
I have at my farm. 1" miles east of
Greensboro. 250 or 300 bushels of Ful-caster
bearded seed wheat for sale at
|LO0 per bushel. Guaranteed to be
free of cockle, trash, etc.
Jso. R. STEWART,
At Greensboro Hardware Co.
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.nug catarrh. SeidJsrie.
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3oldbydrncm*U. 75c.
Hall iTaaulj PuTsaiette best.