The Greensboro patriot [January 2, 1901]

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PATRIOT
VOL. 80. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1901. NO. 1.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
•.W.J.RICHABDSON.
OFFICE: KATZ BUTLDINGr.
BIDBNCE: 615 W. QA8T0N ST.
/TPTBEALL, H. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
I FFICE: Loan and Trust Bldg.
RESIDENCE: 404 Asheboro St.
Office Hours. 11:30 to 1; 3 to 4:30.
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DENTIST.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
■ Ode* in Savings Bank Building,
South Kim street. Greensboro. N.C.
1Dr. M. FTFOX,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Gnllford College, N. C.
EDWARD BAUM. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND STJS3E0N.
Office: 121S. Elm St., Greensboro, N. C.
(OVER FARI6S' DBU(1 STORE.)
Special attention paid to the diseases of the
EYE, EAR, NOSE, THROAT.
Uonsultating Hours:
9 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 I . M.
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Scales & Scales,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Z. V. TAYLOR,
GREENSBORO, N. C
^RO^OTDOUGLAS,
Attorney 4 at - Law,
SAVIN03 BANI BBILDINO,
GREEtTSBOBO, XT.C
l. O.BTNCM, W. P. BYNUM, JR..
BYNUM & BYNUM,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
10< COTJET SQtTABE.
Oliver S. Newlin,
ITTORKEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Office in Wright Building, east of Court
House. „ ,
Prompt attention given to all business en-trusted
to him.
C.G.WRIGHT
^^Attorney at Law.
WRIUTtT BUll.l>IvU.
OPPOSITE COURT HOISK,
GREENSBORO, N.C.
DR. BURBANK
Ophthalmologist.
Southern
Loan and Trust Co.
Building.
Rooms 301-8CS,
Greensboro. N. C.
Prescription
Glasses Only.
1868. 1900.
FANCY GOODS. We are -howing a beamitul line
Diamonds, Watches, Cut Olass,
Fancy Piecesiin Sterling Silver,
Elegant Designs in Clocks, and
Pretty Designs in Novelties.
Call and see us ami save money.
We want your trade
W. B. FARRAR'S SON,
Jeweler and Engraver.
Official Watch Inspector for Southern Railway.
Our optical Department is in charge of W. G.
Frazior, Graduate Optician.
HARRY POEZOLT.
■ Merchant Tailor,
217.^ S. Elm St., GBEENSBOSO.
Latest Styles of Suitings and Trous-erings
to select from. Fit guaranteed.
GEO. W. PRITCHETT,
Greensboro, IV. C
OKNBRAL AND SPECIAL AGENT FOR
ENGINES, BOLLEES, ANY SIZE, WOOD AND
ISON WOEEING MACHINES?.
Gas and Gasoline Engines a specialty. Esti-mates
furnished upon application. Has always
n hand Second Hand Engines and Boilers.
' rYrite for prices.
—Mr. Daniel Albright, of Mt. Airy,
is Tisiting in the city.
—The spring term of Gullford Col-lege
opened yesterday.
—Good Cnba molasses at 30 cents a
gallon at Htatt & Lamb's. 2t
—Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Denny have
returned from a visit to Red Springs.
—Mr. A. T. Whltsett, formerly of
Grabam, is now making his home in
Greensboro.
—Mr. W. J. Clary was called to Man-chester,
Va., Friday night by the death
of a brother.
—One more bag of green coffee,
worth 15 cents, going at 12'«. cents a
pound at Hiatt & Lamb's. 3t
—Mr. W. A. Robinson has moved
from the Osslpee cotton mills, near
Klon College, to Greensboro.
—Mr. Robert Wharton was called to
South Carolina the latter part of last
week on a very interesting trip.
—The Woman's Christian Temper-ance
Union served a dinner to the in-mates
of the oounty home one day last
week.
—It's hard to tell which is best, our
New York state or Wisconsin cheese.
We have both; take your choice. J. W.
SCOTT <fc Co.
—Mr. W. A. Underwood, one of the
L. Richardson Drug Company's travel-ing
salesmen, is opening a drug store
in Randleman.
—Rev. Dr. E. W. Smith went to Gra-ham
yesterday to unite in marriage
Mr. Charles C. Thompson and Miss
Esta Clendeuin.
—It is' reported that smallpox has
made its appearance in Rockingham
county. It is to be hoped that Guil-ford
will escape this season.
—The county commissioner.} met
Monday and drew the jurors for the
three weeks' special term of court to
convene here on the 11th inst.
—The Graham Tribune, one of our
sprightly contemporaries, now issues
a daily edition, launching the new en-terprise
yesterday. Success to it.
—Frof. P. P. Claxton, of this city,
was re-elected secretary of the South-ern
Educational Association at a
meeting held in Richmond last week.
—The Southern's through fast train,
known as the "Florida special," and
said to be the finest equipped train in
the country, will be put on January
14th.
—The champion hog of the season
was killed last week by Mr. C. A.
Ward, of Jamestown. The porker
weighed just 558 pounds, an unusually
heavy weight.
—Thacker & Brockmann have a big
lot of girl's spring heel Sunday shoes
to close out at $100, $1.15 and $125.
Ttiese are good solid shoes and the
prices are "way down."
—The Southern Finishingand Ware-house
Company yesterday made a ship-ment
of fourteen solid car loads of fin-ished
cotton goods, one of the biggest
ever made in the South.
—Congressman Jno. W. Atwater and
wife, of Chatham county, came up yes-terday
on a visit to the family of Rev.
Dr. S. B. Turrentine. Mr. Atwater
left today for Washington.
—It is thought by some that the
death of Chief Justice Faircloth may
result in Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr.. of
this city, being appointed to a position
on the Supreme court bench.
—Mr. Pinkney and Miss Mary
Groome, son and daughter of Rev. Dr-and
Mrs. P. L. Groome, left Monday
for Laurinburg and Farmer, respec-tively,
where they are teaching.
i —We want to thank each and every
one Of oar friends who patronized us
M liberally all last year, and wish one
and all a very happy new year and
new century. J. W. SCOTT & Co.
—The Deep River gold mines, in the
western part of the county, have been
sold to a big New Yprk coucern and
will be operated on an increased scale-
Both copper and gold will be mined, it
is said.
—Mr. John W. Stack, who has been
acting janitor at the government build-ing
in this city for the past year or
two, has been appointed to that posi-tion.
He received his commission last
Thursday.
—A few nights ago a burglar entered
the residences of Capt. H. D. Knight
and Mr. J. N. Longest. He was
frightened away from the first place
and nothing of any value Was taken
from Mr. Longest's.
—Ogburn Brothers, liverymen, had
a good horse stolen from them a few
days ago. A stranger hired the ani-mal
for a few hours and failed to re-turn.
Nothing has been heard from
either him or the horse.
—It is said that several well known
business men here are making an ef-fort
to organize a company to engage
in the cotton commission business on
a big scale. If organized the company
will have strong financial backing.
—During the last six months of 1900
the net earnings of the Greensboro
dispensary were $5,000, and yesterday
this amount was turned over to the
city of Greensboro *nd the county, the
former receiving »i,u.O a«.d lua latter
$1,000.
—Tom Johnson, the demented white
man, mention of whose discovery near
Pomona was made in the last issue of
the PATRIOT, was carried to bis home
in Charlotte Saturday night. He is a
mechanic and has a wife and several
oblldren.
—Monday 175 gallons of corn whis-key
and 50 ballons of brandy, which
had been seized by revenue offlcers>
were sold at the government ware-house
in this city. The whiskey sold
at an average price of $1.26 per gallon
and the brandy at $1 66.
—It has been rnmored here this
week that the division of the Southern
Railway between Mt. Airy and San-ford,
a distance of 130 miles, has passed
under the control of the Norfolk &
Western. However, the report is un-verified
and is generally discredited.
—The Washington Post announces
the marriage of Mr. Orlo Epps, a mem-ber
of the faculty of the colored Agri-cultural
and Mechanical College, and
Miss Charlotte Makley, of Oneonta, N-Y.
Mr. Epps has resided in Washing-ton
for several years, recently return-ing
to Greensboro.
—L. L. Lucke, formerly the Stand-ard
Oil Company's agent at High Point,
was arrested in Richmond, Va., last
week on a requisition from the governor
I and brought to Greensboro Friday.
The arrest was made by Deputy Sher-iff
Weatherly. Lucke is charged with
embezzling the funds of the company
by which he was employed.
—Yesterday the city assumed con-trol
of the property of the Greensboro
HOLIDAY WEDDINGS.
—Some of the elder citizens of
Greensboro are engaged in a discus-sion
as to the location of the exact
geographical center of the county,
which is somewhere near the center of
the city. Some contend that it is near
the lot upon which St. Barnabas Epis-copal
church formerly stood, while
others think it is on the east side of ,,i ,,,,._„,.
M».««.. *- „,.<.„,... 2.?£szrzr£.-2z
weddings were on a pretentious scale
Cupid's Sly Work Culminates in the
Union of Many Happy Young
; People.
The Christmas season is always fa-vorable
for the oulmlnation of Cupid's
sly work in the marriage of fond lov-front
of the PATRIOT office.
— Miss Male Carr, daughter of Prof,
and Mrs. O. W. Carr, died at her home
at Trinity, Randolph county, Friday
evening after a lingering illness of
consumption. She was a lovable young
lady and was greatly esteemed by a
large circle of friends. For some time
after her graduation at the institution
she was librarian at Greensboro Female
College, being forced to give up the
position on acoountof feeble health.
—The congregation of West Wash-ington
Street Baptist church has ex-tended
a call to Rev. Dr. W. C. Tyree,
of Durham,to succeed Rev. Livingston
Johnson as pastor of the ohurch. Dr.
Tryee is one of the best known and
most eloquent Baptist ministers in the
state, and while it is not definitely
known, it is generally believed that he
will accept the call. He has been pas-tor
of the First Baptist church of Dur-ham
for the past ten years.
—The dry goods firm of Johnson &
Dorsett, one of the oldest business
houses in Greensboro, will be dis-solved,
owing to a decision of the
members of the firm to engage in other
lines of business. Mr. A. A. Johnson,
the senior partner, will engage in the
manufacture of shoes, as announced
elsewhere. Mr. Dorsett will devote
his time and attention to the millinery
and carpet business. Mr. C. C^fohn-son,
the other partner, has net decided
in what business he will engage.
—Mr. A. E. Staley.of Baltimore, was
here yesterday en route to bis old
home at Julian for a brief visit. He
la at the head of a prosperous starch
manufacturing company which be
established three years ago. in Balti- | ing this ceremony also.
mor
and others were quiet affairs, but It is
to behoped that all of them will re-sult
in the same great happiness.
* • *
Wednesday night of last week Mist
Mary Forbis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Rj Forbis, was married to Mr. E.
C. Penn, ef the Southern Railway.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
C. E. Hodgin in Westminster Presby-terian
church and was witnessed by a
large crowd. The bride and groom
went to New York on a bridal tour.
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Their friends were surprised when
it was learned here last Wednesday
that Mr. W. D. Mendenhall and Miss
Marietta Blair had been married the
previous afternoon. They drove out
to Guilford College and were quietly
married at the residence of Rev. James
R. Jones, the ceremony being perform-ed
by that gentleman. Mr. Mendenhall
is secretary and treasurer of the Guil-ford
Lumber Company. His bride is a
sister of his deceased wife.
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At a dance at the country home of
Mr. John Barker, seven miles north of
Greensboro, last Wednesday night,
John E. McKnight, Esq., was called on
to unite in holy wedlock Mr. Roddie
("Bud") Coble and Miss Ella Lambeth,
well known young people. The young
people who had gathered to attend the
dance had not been apprised.of the
marriage, which was consequently a
great surprise.
* » *
Mr Walter Kirkman and Miss Mat-tie
Powe were married at Proximity
last week, 'Squire McKnight perform-ed
is doing well, notwithstand-
Water Supply Company, recently pur- | iup m act that hi? plant was damaged
by fire a few weeks ago. The repairs
and improvements now nearly com-pleted
will almost double the outpntof
his establishment. The PATRIOT is
pleased to note the success of this en-terprisingyoung
gentleman.
chased. The business will be under
the control of the water committee of
the board of aldermen, no superintend-ent
or manager being employed. Mr.
Luther Wyrick, who has been the col-lector
for several years, retains his
position.
— Mr. T. P. North, who was former-ly
a citizen of Greensboro, being a
member of the firm of North & Wat-son,
proprietors of the Greensboro
roller flour mills, died of jaundice Sat-urday
at his home in High Point. He
was a native of EJgland, but had re-sided
in the United States for many
years. He leaves a wife and several
children.
—Watch-night services were held in |
several of the Greensboro churches
Monday night, when many people
gathered to watch the dying of the old
year and century and the ushering in
of the new. Interesting and itnpres- —A. H. Everett, a young white man
sive programs were rendered at West ■ who is charged with having caused
—Guilford eounty has recently fur-nished
an illustration of the state's
inability to properly care for its In-sane.
The subject was a man who
died after having been demented for
two years, his condition at times being
dangerous. When his mind first be-came
diseased it was believed that the
proper treatment would restore bim,
but when application for his admission
into the western hospitals was made it
was found that the institution was
then overcrowded, and thus it was a
citizen was denied the care and pro-tection
due him by the state.
; Market Street, the First Presbyterian,
Grace, the Catholic and other
churches.
—A considerable stir was created
here Friday by a report that a dead
baby had been discovered in the bot-tom
of a well in South Greensboro by
a negro who had been employed to
clean out the well. An investigation
revealed the fact that the well con-tained
nothing more gruesome than a
dead rooster, which produced a most
offensive odor.
—Prof. J. R. Wharton, superinten-dent
of public 'schools in Guilford
county, has written State Treasurer
Worth to know if the appropriation of
$100,000 for the public schools for 1901,
which was due yesterday, will be paid
• » »
Miss Florence Smith and Mr. Wil-liam
Dailey were united in marriage
at the home of Mr. John W. Stack, on
South Elm street, last Thursday night.
The bride is from the southern part of
the county, but has resided in Greens-boro
for some time. The groom is a
son of W. H. Dailey, a merchant of this
city.
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Mr. Seth Taylor, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Taylor, of this city, was
married at Elon College last Thursday
to Miss Lula Pritchard, of Bertie
county, a student at the State Normal
and Industrial College. Rev. Mr. At-kinson,
a member of the faculty of
Elon College, performed the ceremony.
The marrisge was a great surprise to
the friends of the contracting parties.
The bride and groom took dinner with
friends at Whitsett and returned to
Greensboro Thursday evening. They
are stopping at the home of the groom's
parents, on Litbia street.
TOBACCO NOTES.
Items of Interest to the Qrower, the
Dealer, and the Manufacturer.
Mr. C. A. Bray has returned from a
visit to relatives and friends In Vir-ginia
and is ready to bid on the far-mers'
tobacco.
The most valuable pipe is the world
is said to be the State pipe of the Shab
ef Persia. It is, set with precious
stones, and is worth $400,000.
There is one thing of whloh tobacco
growers may rest assured : They can-not
do better than sell their tobacco
on the Greensboro market; they might
do worse.
All the leaf dealers and warehouse-men
who went away for the holidays
have returned and are ready for busi-ness.
They are prepared to make
things hum, too.
The warehouses held their first sales
for the new year this morning. The
buyers were all eager for the weed and
bidding was lively. Heavy sales are
expected for the next few weeks.
The marriage of Mr. A. H. Stack,the
bookkeeper at the Banner warehouse,
and Miss S. B. Denning is announced
to take place tomorrow evening at 9
o'clock at the home of the bride's
mother, on Church street.
It is announced that Mr. James T.
Parkinson, of the T. C. Williams To-bacco
Company, Richmond, will be
married next Monday to Miss Flor-ence
Glenn, of South Boston, Va. Mr.
Parkinson is well known in Greens-boro.
The Christmas edition of the South-ern
Tobacco Journal was the hand-somest
of the many handsome editions
that progressive publication has yet
issued. It was printed on fine paper,
richly illustrated and filled with a
wealth of interesting reading matter.
The Journal is probably the best paper
of its kind published in the United
States.
The Hadley-Smith Tobacco Com-pany,
of Mt. Airy, was formed here
Monday. It is a consolidation of the
factories owned and operated by Spar-ger
Brothers, J. A. Hartley and A. E.
Smith, all of Mt. Airy. In addition to
these gentlemen, the organization of
the company was attended by Messrs.
S. T. Mayo, W. S. Foibes aud J. D.
Patton, of Richmond, Va.
LEAK DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS
BUYING TOBACCO ON THE GRENS-BORO
MARKET.
Bray Brothers.
G. O. Wilson & Co.
J. F. Jordan & Co.
John W. King.
H. C. Berger & Co.
W. H. Rankin.
J. H. Whitt & Co.
Smith <fc Gamble.
E. J. A A. G. Stafford.
Southern Tobacco Co.
Berger-Wood Tobacco Co.
W. P. Pickett & Co.
the explosion in this city on Christmas
eve which damaged several buildings I
and injured Simon Lane, a negro fire-man
on the Southern Railway, has
been bound over to the Superior court
under a bond of $100.
It is a mystery why women endure
Backache, Headache, Nervousness
Sleeplessness, Melancholy. Fainting
and Dizzy Spells when thousands have
proved that Electric Bitters will quick-ly
cure such troubles. "I suffered for
years with kidney trouble, writes Mrs.
i Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, la., "and a
The warrant i «al years, and a Miss Morris, of Wal- | lame back paln'ed me 8„ .' could not
A Hebrew marriage was celebrated
in this city Thursday night, the con-tracting
parties being Mr. M. Shevel,
who has resided in Greensboro forsev-
A Deep Mystery.
charges him simply with the desruc- '• nut Cove. The ceremony was per- , dress myself, but Electric Bitters whol-ly
cured me, aud, although 73 years old,
I now am able todoall my housework."
i It overcomes Constipation, improves
laundry, In the rear of which the ex-- 'Squire Pritchett, who handles the | Appetite, gives perfect health. Only
plosion occurred. The injured man is i scales of justice or unites fond hearts
tion of personal property. Everett is formed by a rabbi from Durham,
the fireman at the Gate City steam I * • •
improving. His wounds are not
dangerous as was at first thought.
as
—A shoe factory will shortly be
; added to the list of Greensboro's man-ufacturing
enterprises. It will be
operated by Messrs. A. A. Johnson and
i C. S. Watson under the firm name of
for life with equal grace and ease, was
called on last Wednesday to say the
words which made Mr. John L. Moore
and Miss Mary B. Evans one. The
contracting parties both resided in
Greensboro.
50c at Holton's drug store.
Johnson & Watson. Ihe factory will
promptly. He is in receipt of a reply.. ,„„„,„ , •_ »«. c,- , , t ,,_,.
Tv.„ ! be locate<1 m tne Fields building, on
Fayetteville street. The necessary
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
City National Bank
OF GREENSBORO, N. C.
saying the payment depends upon the
promptness with which the sheriffs
settle with the state.
—A postoffice inspector was here
last week looking up the record of J.
L. York, a former resident of Greens- I factured, the capacity of the plan
boro, but who was recently convicted j Deinfr about 250 pairs a day. This will
of using the mails for fraudulent pur- j make the second shoe factory for
poses. The inspector desired the in- Guilford county, the other one being I great sufferin
i million concerning York's record operated very successfully by Johnson
Brothers, at Jamestown.
—A family of professional beggarsi
by the name of Smith, and consisting
of a husband, wife and several child-! AT CLO3E OF BUSINESS APBIL«*I, isM.
reo, reside out north of the city, near !
machinery has been purchased, and as'the Revolution mills. For months
soon as it can be put in running order i tbey have lived by imposing on char-operations
will begin. All grades of I itably disposed persons of the neigh-boys'aud
youths'shoes will be raanu- borhbod and city. The begging is
Condensed from
Report to Comptroller of the Currency.
for use In a history of the case, which
is to be tiled by the government, along
with a photograph of the condemned
man.
—It is understood that some import-ant
changes are to be made in the
management of the Cooleemee cotton
mills, at Cooleemee, Davie county. Mr.
B. Frank Mebane, president, has re-signed
bis office with the intention, it
is presumed, of returning to Spray,
where he has interests. Mr. W. A,
Erwin, of the Erwin cotton mills,
Durham, will be elected president of
the Cooleemee mill.
Brought Oood fortune.
A small item in his own paper lately
brought amazing good fortune to Edi-tor
Chris. Reitter, of the Saginaw
(Mich.) Post and Zeitung. He and his
family had the Grip in its worst form.
Their doctor did them no good. Then
he read that Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds
was a guaranteed cure for La Grippe
and all Throat and Lung troubles;
tried It and says: "Three bottles cured
the whole family. No other medicine
on earth equals it." Only 50c and $1.00
at Holton's drug store. Trial bottles
free.
usually done by two of the children, a
boy and a girl, who tell a well con-nected
story of much sickness and
in the family. Tbey
begin by saying that their father has
been sick and unable to work for
months and conclude by telling of
their little bare-footed brothers and
sisters, who are home sick and very
hungry. Afler listening to their tale
of woe the sympathetic housekeeper
usually loads them down with eata-bles,
probably giving tbem some cast-off
clothing and shoes or other wear-ing
apparel. An investigation was
made a few days ago, and it is said the
beggars have been so successful that
they have more to eat and more cloth-ing
than is possessed by the family of
the average working man.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts fJ0I.234 08
Overdrafts (secured and unsecured).. 7.179 SO
U.S. Bonds and Premiums 164.JXI 31
Banking House. Furn. and Fixt 8,000 00
Revenue Stamps M I52 93
Cash on Hand and in Banks 78.SSQ 07
Total $»*V« *>
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock 1100.000 OS
Surplus and Profits, Net 14.866 31
Circulation 50.000 60
Bills Payable 60,000 00
U. S. l>euosit» » 47,RoOOO
Other Deposits 271,550 89 319.060 88
Total tS4S,717 M
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT:
Deposits April Mth. 1899 $115,845 00
Profits " ■ 3<**<*
Deposits April Mth, 1900 H19.0M 00
Profit* " J 14,686 00
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