The Greensboro patriot [November 22, 1899]

              HE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 78. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1899.
NO. 48.
ESSIONAL CARDS.
tfj RICHARDSON.
!Z BUILDING.
W. GASTON ST.
II. pr.. BEALL, ffl. D.,
UN AND SURGEON.
: 11 Asheboro St.
O 1; 3 to 4:30.
IE NO. 17-
L'AMEY, 31. D.
:-. Elm. St.
I'I Drug Store.
Or. J. J. BRYAN"
-hni.il services to the
- ■ .maud vicinity
3.FAaiSS'DEUSST0S^
I \ BOW HOUSE.
S rth Kim St.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. —Mr. George Gregory left Monday
for .Sweet Chalybeate Springs, Va.,
— Miss Lucy OotHn visited in High where be was married today at noon
Point last week. to Miss Sadie Beyers. He will return
—Miss Edna Hardin, of Julian, was home with his bride tomorrow night,
in the city yesterday. —Madison Observer: -Mr. W. E.
—Gen. and Mrs. James D. Glenn are Thomas, who has been with W. B.
visiting relatives in Virginia. Gentry for some time, left for Stokes-
-l)r. J. J. Bryan and wife are visit- dale Saturday. Mr. Thomas is a good
ing relatives in Granville county. j fellow and we ■" «0"y he has left us."
—Mr. A. J. Fair, of Walnut Cove, ' —Tbe Philagorean Literary Society
was a visitor to the city last week. j of [Guilford College is preparing to
—Mr. J. C. Murchison, of mining- ' «ive an entertainment at seme time in
ton, spent Sunday here with his fanii- the near future- The proceeds will go
ly_ 'toward furnishing the society's new
—Messrs. John R. Stewart and A. C. haU-Forsythe
spent Sunday at Brick I —Rev. A. G. Kirkman has been miss-
Church, ed from his oflice in the court house
—Mr. Will H. Matthews returned for several days. Rheumatism, with
yesterday from a short business trip to which he has been atllicted for some
Baltimore. time, has confined him to his home at
—We were pleased to receive a call Friendship.
Monday from L)r. J. C. Ector, of —A number of our Methodist Pro-
Friendship, testant friends are in attendance upon
— Mrs. M. VV. Mitchell, of Washing- the North Carolina Conference of the
ton, L). C, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Church, which convenes at
Dr. J. E. WYCHE,
it i :prriST.
Building,
. . :. ( ,i.ii. It . H. C.
J. H. WHEELER,
NTIST.
\ i ; - Drug Store.
B. H. Merrimon.
—Mr. Ed. L. Kagan returned this
morning from High Point, where he
spent several days.
—Mr. W, G. Crutchfleld, the South-
Friendship churcb, in Stanly county,
this afternoon.
—The line of dress goods at Thacker
& Brocknann's is very complete this
season. Misses Jennie Hardin, Callie
ern Railway Corapany'sagent at Salis-I Rankin and Vir2ie Hil1 are in this
A. M. SCALES,
Counsellor at Law,
l iKO, N. C.
bury, spent Sunday here.
— A. J. Warner, of this city, has been
appointed chief engineer at the Salis-bury
electric power house.
—Mr. Percy Albright, of Raleigh,
was here Saturday. He had just re-covered
from a slight illness.
—W. B. Farrar's Son, jeweler, has a
tiew advertisement in this issue to
which your attention is invited.
— Mr. W. J. Blackburn returned to
Fayetteville Monday after spending
several days here with his family.
— You will get low prices, not prom-ises,
if you attend our bargain sale.
J. M. HKXIHIIX & Co.
department and will be glad to see
and serve their friends.
—Mr. S. T. Hodgin, of Stoneville,
Rockingham county, spent several
days here last week recuperating from
a three months' attack of typhoid fev-er.
He is gaining strength rapidly
and will soon be himself again.
—Come to our bargain day sale and
look, and if you have looked elsewhere
we are sure of your trade. WK don't
claim to have the best store, but we
try to make a better one impossible.
J. M. HBNDRIX & Co.
—Anyone hiving a tract of land em-bracing
from 5 to '2~> acres, with a com-fortable
small dwelling thereon, and
L V. TAYLOR,
.ttom©3r
iREENSBORO. N. C
—W. G. Kirkman, lormerly musical located not over four miles from Greens-instructor
at Oak Ridge Institute, has boro, can find a tenant and possible
located in Salisbury as a piano tuner. purchaser by inquiring at the PATRIOT
— Mrs. T. W. Fields returned to her oflice.
home in Leakiville Saturday after
spending some time visiting Mrs. T.
A. Lyon,
—Mr. W. H. Woods, of south-eastern
Guilford, left Monday for Patrick
county, Va., where he will superintend
ttOBKKT 1). Dm i.l. 18.
US & DOUGLAS,
Attorneys - at - Law.
INK BCII.DINO,
^r-m-rsBOi^o, IT. O.
■ . P. SYNCH, JK.,
IBYNUM & BYNUM,
—Call at our office and yet a copy of'the development of the Coveland or-the
Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal, chards, which are owned by a Greens-
We will send it and the PATRIOT one ' boro company headed by Mr. Jno. A.
year for $1.50. ' Young.
—The Southern Loan and Trust —Nero Addled while Rome burned.
Company's new building will be | w« e»"'t believe any one will Addle
thrown open to the public tomorrow away the chauce to buy bargains at
evening from 7 to 11 o'clock. j our store Friday and Saturday, Decem-
-Gardner's Tar and Wild Cherry ' ber lst and 2nd> unl88S they have
Cough Cure is a safe and reliable rem-edy
for coughs and colds. It is sold
by Howard Gardner, druggist.
-Rev. E. K. Gillespie went to New- State Normal and Industrial College
bern Saturday in the interest of th. ] held a meeting at the institution last
money to burn.
J. M. HBNDRIX & Co.
—The executive committee of the
[1 COUnSellOrS at LaW. home .It*, department of the Pres- ' "*£ SZT^T^ST^.
I' SQUARE.
Oliver S. Newlin,
K! AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
SSBORO, N. C.
ii ng, easi HI Court
ii -in--- en-byterian
Church in North Carolina.
—A harvest of bargains Friday and
Saturday, December 1st and 2nd. Our
store the field, the public the reapers.
J. M. HKNDRIX & Co.
— Mr. R. T. Pickens, of Lexington,
and Miss Blanche ArmAeld, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. VV. J. ArmAeld, of
of R. D. Gilmer. of Waynesville; W.
I). Turner, of Statesville, and S. M.
Uattis, of Hillsboro.
— Kx-Governor "Bob" Taylor, of
Tennessee, is in the city and will lec-ture
at the Academy of Music tonuht
on the subject of "Love, Laughter and
Sunshine." He is a prime favorite
with (ireensboro people and will be
[Albert B. Cannady,
) COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
» nerever
urea.
i & 2r::ks,
Hondenhall Building.
High Point, will be married this even- j gfeeted by a ]arge audience>
ing at (j o'clock.
—"lhey lived happily ever after.
-Dr. VV. H. WakeAeld. of Charlotte, That jg tQe way tQe favorite fajry
will be in Greensboro, at the McAdoo ta]e> of chndhood used t0 end; and
House, OD Thursday, December 7th,
IHlRRAY BROS.
NT8 FOB 1 11 K
nix Mutual Life In-surance
Company.
can interest you.
one day. His practice is limited to the
eye, ear. nose and throat. 4S-3t
—A number of local sportsmen,
members of the Greensboro Hunting
Club, left on the noon train today for
Manchester, where they will remain
several days fox bunting.
FANCY GOODS.
1899.
-lies, Cut Glass,
-in Sterling Silver,
'. Designs in Clock", ard
ty Designs in Novelties.
W. B. FARRAR S SON,
.:: a^d Engraver.
. II
trgeol W. i...
V. PRITCHETT,
oro, pr, <-.
KK1 K i R
'■-. A"Y SISS, TOODACT
] JCA0HUJBB7.
•.. Esti-ii
i- always
I room cottage on
r (formal School.
W. P. Turner, this
tf
that is the way the buyer's tale of
trouble ends when he trades with us
on bargain day.
J. If. HKNDRIX & Co.
—Our thanks are due the publisher,
Mr. James H. F.nniss, of Raleigh, for a
copy of Turner's North Carolina Alma-nac
for 1 ■|i»i. It contains an abuad-
-The Asheboro Courier says Rev. ance of useful information and is a val-
C. C. Cretter has sold his farm at Uable state publication. It may be ob-
Providence and will move to a farm tained from the publisher for ten cents
which be recently purchased eight l a copy.
miles north of Greensboro. _Mjg9 ViPK,nla Bernard, a charm.
—Last week tbe police officers cap- iag younK udy of this city, will be
tured several boxes of tobacco which married to Mr. W. A. Devin, a young
had been stolen by negroes from E. J. attorney of Oxford, next Wednesday
and A. G. Stafford's and the Southern evening. The ceremony will be per-
Toaacco Company's factories. formed at the home of the bride. Mr.
— Mr. W. K. McMasters, of Hintoo, Dsvin formerly held a positiou iu the
has left at our oAice a piece of stone revenue office at this place.
closely resembling iron ore. He has —Those of our citizens who lost
discovered a rich deposit on his farm h|eep !a<t weeK; watching for the stars
and will investigate the matter. .tlV didn»t fall are not supposed to
—Mr. Joseph Parsons, of Randleman, have tbe kindliest feelings for the as-who
has been suffering from paralysis tronomera who announced the meteo-for
the past two weeks, died at bis ric display. It may bo some consola-home
Monday night and was buried at tion to learn that the shower really
Mt. Lebanon church yesterday. occurred and was visible in Europe.
-Mr. G. R. Chrismon, driver of the _c. A. Snow & Co-i patent lawyers,
steamer company's hose wagon, No. 1, opposite the United States patent
is quite sick with typhoid fever. His offlce( Washington, D. C. who have
condition is as favorable as could be actUal clients in every citv and town
, expected under the circumstances. j of the United States and Canada, re-
—Have you had your Anger in our port that never before in their 25
'bargain pie? If not you had better years' practice has the work of the
| come next time sure. Tbe plums are office been so well up to date. They
plentiful and the picking is full of claim that patents can now be pro-proiit
for you. cured in less than half tbe time for-
J. M. HENDRIX £ Co. I merly required. tf
—Can you stuff an elephant into a i
bushel? No, of course not,and neither
can we tell you the story of our bar-gains
on bargain day in a two-column
advertisement. Those who are truly'
economical will come and make dis-coveries
for themselves. Remember
the date—December 1st and 2d.
J. M. HENDRIX & Co.
—The Southern Loan and Trust
Company advertises an auction sale of
city real estate on Thursday, Novem-ber
30th—Thanksgiving day. The lots
are valuable property and tbe terms
upon which they are offered will en-able
anyone wishing; to invest in real
estate to buy. See the advertisement
in this issue for further particulars.
—Mr. S. A. Hodgin and Mrs. Liura
Fields were married last Wednesday
night at 9:30 o'clock. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Meade A. Kel- !
sey, of High Point, and was witnessed
by a few relatives and intimate friends |
of the contracting parties. After the
marriage the bride and groom left for
Raleigh, where they will make their
home in the future. The PATRIOT
joins their many friends in congratula-tions.
—Mr. J. H. Neese left last night for '
Philadelphia and New York. After
spending several days in those cities !
he will go on to the marble and granite
quarries of Vermont to contract for
several car loads of stock which he will!
have made up this winter and delivered
next year for his spring trade. Mr.
Neese has just closed his ninth year in
the marble business. By fair dealing
and strict attention to business be has
built up a good trade in this state.
—Millionaire George J. Gould, of I
I.akewood, X. J., has leased Afty-three
tracts of land in High Point and
Jamestown townships forhuntingpur-poses.
The land comprises 9.181 acres
and the leases are for terms of three
and live years. The leases were Aled
in the register of deeds' office a few
days ago and the work of recording
them is a considerable task. We un-derstand
that Mr.Gould's agent is now-engaged
in leasing other land in the
.-aim; section.
—Mr. Walter L. Wharton, formerly |
connected with the Banner warehouse,'
has purchased the grocery business of
Mr. 8. A. Kerr, taking charge of the
business yesterday. Mr. Wharton is a
clever gentleman and a good business
mail, being possessed of tbe conserva-tism
and energy necessary to a suc-cessful
business career. Mr. Kerr will
remain with bim until tbe Arst of Jan-uary,
when he will engage in other
business. Both gentlemen have the
PATRIOT'S best wishes for success.
—Rev. R. R. Michaux, of Liberty,
died at his home Monday afternoon af-ter
an illness of several months dura-tion.
He was about seventy-seven
years of age and was a well known
minister of the Methodist Protestant
churcb, though he had not been en-gaged
in active work for several years
on account of old age and increasing
feebleness. An aged widow and sev-en
children survive him. Ha was a
brother of the late Rev. J. L. Michaux
and an uncle of Dr. E. R. and Mr. J.
S. Michaux, of this city.
—The Southern Loan and Trust j
Company, which has been steadily'
growing since its organization, will go
into the bankiug business January lst,
l'.iOO. Mr. Robert G. Vaughn, who has
been cashier of the Piedmont and later
the City National Bank, has purchased
stock in the Southern Loan and Trust
Company and will be elected treasurer
of the company and cashier of the
bank. He is a competent banker and
will add strength to the new enter-prise.
His successor at the City Na-tional
will be elected later.
—The ^V5?Stt2L,5L£:r1 STATE —MAL CL0SED-suming
a.l the available ore. Xout- E"ri8-"be Suspended.
Hut is sixty tons per day. The ore is Coil " h^'w T .*nd Indu9trial
secured from the company's mines at H"**'*£" ?»"?d. Untj' '«"**
Ore Hill, Chapel Hill, Bessemer Citv i", „, ' b*'°* deemed ad"
Wilson's Mills and front Covington' Vha * 7 ^'T °f SiCkne" am00*
Va. A high quality of ore ba. recent* JLS2S £ *?* Weeks "
been discovered near Elkin and it is . , th' students "»" ^^ *ick
probable that it will be d.(vveelloopneedd bbvy !mfen"t ?"?! f6Ver aad 0ther «*"» ail-called
the faculty and student body to-
—The Methodist ministers and a j 8etl,er, informed them of the true sit-number
of laymen left this morning uatioD an<i stated that all college exer-for
Concord to attend the Western c'3es wou,(1 he suspended until Janu-
North Carolina Conference of the M. : ary 2nd* w'th the exception of those
E. Church, South. Among the number • WQ0 are to° '" to travel and some who
were Rev. F. H. Wood, D. D.presiding nHve rel»*ined to nurse relatives or
elder of the Greensboro district; Rev. friend8> a" the young ladies of the in-
W. L. Grissom, presiding elder of the 8titution have returned to their res-
Morganton district; Rev. P. J. Carra- Pective homes.
way, presiding elder of the Winston dis- President Mclver has furnished the
trict; Rev. J. C. Rowe, D. D., and Public with a statement in which he
Messrs. J. A. Odell, O. W. Carr and C-' exPlains the exact situation as it ex-
H. Ireland, of West Market street; Uts at tne colleKe- '1'his statement will
church; Rev. T. E. Wagg, of Cente-! be found in another column. While
nary churcb, aad Rev. J. B. Tabor and thera nave been three deaths, there is
Messrs. John A. Young and C. E. Lan- ; no ufu,ue excitement and no panic ex-dreth,
of the Greensboro circuit. It is 'ists' eitner among tbe students or the
presumed that the resident Methodist Public- The death of Miss Linda
ministers of Greensboro and Guilford 'Toms, of Rutherfonlton, on last Wed-county
will be returned to their re- ne9day was the Arst to occur. She
spective charges for another year. So was not considered seriously ill, her
far as we know they are universally deatn being mainly caused by heart
popular with their people. ' trouble. Miss Abbie Deans, of Wilson,
——•*- died Saturday morning at 11 o'clock.
A Card. | Her death was followed Saturday night
Everybody who reads newspapers by that of Miss Daisy Caldwell, of Da-and
most of the people who don't have vidson College. The last two died of
found out by this time that shoe fac- typhoid fever. No deaths have oc-tories
and wholesale shoe dealers have curred since, though several of tbe pa-advanced
their prices on shoes. Hides tients are seriously ill.
are higher, leather is higher, every- On every hand are heard expressions
thing that goes into a shoe is higher, of sympathy and the deepest regret
consequently the shoe factories are that this misfortune should have over-obliged
to charge more for shoes. But taken the institution. It can be stated
we had the good luck to buy largely in as a certainty that the sickness is due
July and August, before the advance, to a local cause, as no fever exists any-and
we are very glad to be able to in- where else in Greensboro. It is also
form our customers that we can sell certain that the cause will be speedily
them all the shoes they want at old removed. President Mclver and the
prices at least until Christmas. We other members of the faculty are doing
knew prfoaa were bound to go up and everything in their power for the re-
"prepared for war in time of peace," so i lief of the situation, being aided in
now we have in our store the largest this work by members of the state
and best stook of shoes we ever owned board of health, resident physicians of
and can seil them to you just as low as; Greensboro and trained nurses.
we ever did. Respectfully, * ' *
THACKER & BBOCKMAKN. —The twentieth anniversary of the
— marriage of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Merri-
-Early last Friday morning the mon was celebrated in a most charm-body
of Albert Hull, a white man, was ing manner by those worthy people
found in an old Aeld in Monroe town- j iast Friday evening. They invited a
ship, near the house of Henry Wat- hundred or more of their friends to
lington, colored. It was impossible to their hospitable home, "Tbe Cedars,"
tell how long he had been dead.though and entertained them royally. The
he probably died during the previous beuse was tastefully decorated for the
night. W. A. neath, Esq.,and a num- occasion, presenting a scene of almost
berof other gentlemen examined the bewildering beauty to fie guests as
body, and finding nothing to indicate they entered its portals. A word of
foul play, deemed it unnecessary to welcome was spoken bv Mrs. Trngden,
have an inquest held. Hull had been | Mrs. Robertsou and Mr. and Mrs. Will
on a protracted spree and this is sup- ! Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Merrimon,assisted
posed to have caused his death. The by Mrs. M. VV. Mitchell, of Washing-body
was burled at the county home ton, D. C, received their guests in the
Saturday morning. The deceased was main parlor. Delightful refreshments
an Irishman and was fifty-Ave years prepared by a Richmond caterer were
old. He bad lived in the community served during the evening in the din-about
Ave years, having been employed jng room, which was a bower of beauty
on various farms. When not underthe in its elaborate decorations. Thebeau-intluence
of liquor he was a steady and tiful and accomplished daughters of
industrious man. He had only recent- Mr. and Mr*. Merrimon, tbe Misses
ly Anished serving a sentence on the kj „, d „ . Merrimon, assisted
county roads for larceny committed
while en a spree. Nothing is known
of the dead man's relatives or his life
before coming to this county.
— We And the following item in last
Sunday's Raleigh Pest: "A new vari-ety
of corn has been sent us from Oak
Ridge, grown on the plantation of Mr.
Waters, of Guilford county. It is a
good-sized ear, but each grain is snug-ly
but completely enveloped in a tight-fitting
shuck, as perfect as the shuck
that usually grows upon the whole ear.
Tbe whole ear also bad the usual
shuck. Tbe grains are a perfect flinty
corn. If such a variety could be de-veloped,
what a magnificent stock feed,
ground together, it would make. W«
shall turn over this specimen to our
State Agricultural Department for
careful experiment."
graciously in the honors of the even-ing,
sparing no effort to add to the
multiplied pleasures of the guests.
-Mr.JohnD.CaVnon.ason of Mr. Manv rare and beautiful mementos or
and Mrs. John C. Cannon, who lived the occasion in fine china werebestow-six
miles northeast of Greensboro,died ^ upon the host and hostess. Time
at the Wingate Sanitarium. Asbeville, ha9 dealt gently and fortune has
Saturday afternoon. He had been af- smiled benl8n|y °° Mr. and Mrs. Mer-flicted
with lung trouble for some time r,mon ,n tne 9Core of vears wuich have
and went to Asheyille about two weeks ela:,8ed 8iDce tbey we'e joined in the
ago for treatment. At that time bis holv Dond» of ""trimony. That the
condition was not considered alarming, future holds an unlimited store of such
Six Frightful Failuies.
Six terrible failures of six different
doctors nearly sent Wm. II. Mullen, of
Lockland, 0., to an early grav». All
said be had a fatal lung trouble and
that he must soon die. But he was
urged to try Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption. After taking five
bottles he was entirely cured. It is pos-itively
guaranteed to cure all diseases
of Throat, Chest and Lungs, including
Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Pneumonia.
Bronchi'is, Asthma. Hay Fever. Croup,
Whooping Cough. 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottles free at Holton's drug store.
and it was hoped that with a cbangeef ble39in«?9 Ior tneul is the wish of their
climate and the care ef experienced friends and acquaintances without ex-hospital
nurses and physicians he ceP"lon"
would soon regain strength and health. _The water works at Guilford Col-
It seems that he contracted a cold on lege have been giving trouble of late,
the trip, and his body being in a wasted Some days ago the supply stopped al-condition,
he was unable to withstand together, and upon investigation it
the attack of pleurisy which followed. was found that a portion of the main
The remains were brought heme Sun- pipe wag flued witn a growth of some-day
and interred intheburyingground thing resembling very fine roots. Af-at
Buffalo churcb, of which the de- ter they had been removed the water
ceased was a member, Monday morning again flowed freely.
at 11.30 o'clock. The funeral services -»--
were conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. $100 Reward, $100
McL. Seabrook. Mr. Cannon died on; The reader* <>f thi* iisper will be ploaw. t"
bis twentv-seventh birthday. He 'earn that there u at leaat one dreaded duaaee
leaves a father and mother, one brother. •"-«3 » !v". r^rrh%?UvP.M,£e
several si-ters and a large number of .-u, Ijr positive core now known to tbe aed-other
relative". " '■ fratemitj. Catarrh be mi; a oenstitntiocal
disease, require* a costitntionaJ treatment.
Hall'sCa*arrh Curt i- taken internally, a'-tm£
dire tly upon Hie iili»»i an>i mucous turfaoeeol
-.-:IMII. thereby deettoytng tin- f"umiation
iif the disease, and giving the patient !-tr<-ogtli
by bQiidlng up the constitution anil assisting
nature in doing ii- w<>rk The proprietor, b.vw
BO much faith in its curative powers that tln-y
■;T-i One Honored Hollars for any ca*e lint u
fails to cure. Send for li-t of Te.tiincn:als.
Address, ¥. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
So d .v drueuists. Too.
Hall's"Family Pills are the beat.
Made Young Again.
•'One of Dr. King's New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me
in mv 'teens' again" writes D. H. Tur-
■ ner,of Dempseytown, Pa. They're tbe
■ best in the world for Liver, Stomach
: and Bowels. Purelv vegetable. Never
: gripe. Only 25c at Holton's Drug Store.