The Greensboro patriot [April 9, 1902]

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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 81. GREENSBORO, N. C, APRIL 9, 1902.
NO. 15.
•dr. W. J. RICHARDSON
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Inauguration of a Movement to Improve
the Public School System of North Car-olina
-Gov. Aycock anj Other Distin-guished
Men Present.
The brightest anticipations of the
promoters of education in North Caro-lina
wore more than realized in the
practical results of thegreateducational
conference hold in this city last week.
The conference began Thursday night
at the State Normal and Industrial
College, and until the close confined
itself to the subject in hand, the bet-terment
of the public schools and the
improvement of the country school
houses. Such widespread interest and
such unanimity of purpose were in a
sense surprising even t«> those who
planned the conference. Every work
spoken was a plea for betterand higher
things for the public schools or North
Carolina. Nothing was said of the uni-versities
or colleges, or even of the high
schools or graded schools; it was the
neglected and poorly equipped ••free
schools" in the rural districts that
claimed the attention and thought of
Iall. And while the picture held up
; was of necessity a dark one, a spirit of
I optimism pervaded the utterances of
those who portrayed conditions as they
| exist.
The meeting Thursday night was un-der
the auspice- of the Women's Asso-ciation
for the Betterment of the Public
School Houses of North Carolina, an
organization recently formed among
the 400 young women of the State Nor-mal
and Industrial College. Miss
Laura Kirby, of Raleigh, president of
the association, opened the meeting in
a few words of welcome to the visitors.
She expressed the hope that the asso-ciation
would be able to accomplish
great things for North Carolina and
asked the county superintendents and
others present to oiler suggestions of
lines of work to be followed.
Miss Annie Ki/er. of Salisbury, ex-plained
that the object of the associa-tion
«as to unite the women citizens of
North Carolina in a movement that
would result in improving and beauti-fying
the public school bouses of the
state. While it was a woman's organ-ization,
she explained that the help of
the men was desired that the influence
of the movement should be felt in
every rural school district in North
< 'arolina.
Practical suggestions were made in
speeches followiug by Prof. Chits. L.
Coon, of Salisbury; Prof. J. M. Smith.
lofElon College: State Superintendent
I Joytier, Hon. c. ll. Mebane, Dr. W. s.
! Long. Rev. .1. C. Troy. Dr. Geo. T.
i Winston, President Mel ver and cithers.
Friday morning's session of the ron-fereiice
was conducted by state Super-intendent
Joyner, in the Grand Opera
House, and was well attended. The
consolidation of school districts to the
end that better schools and stronger
teachers may be secured was the prin-cipal
subject considered. In arguing
for the consolidation of districts, Mr.
I Joytier called attention to the fact that
•".7 per cent, of the public school dis-tricts
in North Carolina have a school
population of le-s than bo, the mini-mum
prescrilied by law. He thought
1 the districts in most counties could be
reduced by one-half to very good ad-vantage,
lie said the people of North
< 'arolina had shouted themselves hoarse
a ho ut their great material re-sources
and hnd left their intellectual
resources to perish. "To my mind," he
said, "this is the most serious side of
this stupendous problem, and unless
we go to work and build up the rural
schools, a few generations more Will
find the country district of North ('aro-lina
Tilled with the poorest sort of pea-sant
population, made up of negroes
and what is commonly known as
'white trash.'" Many of the visiting
superintendents and tcn-hers were
heard at this session. Governor Ay-cock
and Superintendent Ray, of the
Institution for the lilind, at Italeigh,
also made brief addresses.
At the afternoon session the question
of rural libraries was taken up and
full.v discussed, as well as other features
of the educational problem. The coun-ty
superintendents present submitted
reports showing the actual condition of
the various schools under their charge.
The discussion which followed brought
up the 'piestion of the treatment of the
negroes in school matters in North Car-olina.
11 was very evident from the
expressions of a number of gentlemen
that the leaders in the movement would
sec to il that the negro was dealt with
in a generous manner. Superintendent
Joyner said he anticipated no trouble
whatever along this score.
The grand climax of the conference
was reached, however, at the session of
Friday night. It was then and there
that Greensboro and Ouilford county
demonstrated their leadership in edu.
eational matters aud once more set the
pace for the state in devotion to public
school interests. The meeting was
opened by Superintendent.Joyner, who
spoke with enthusiasm of the educa-tional
awakening in the state and de-clared
that the education of the children
was the greatest problem that ever con-fronted
a free people.
Mr. F. c. Abbott, of Charlotte, made
a plea for the support of public educa-tion
by the business men. He thought
the paramount needs in North Carolina
were better school houses, more capable
teachers and longer terms. He con-tended
that without these conditions, a
compulsory school law would be worth-less.
Governor Aycock was introduced as
the only man in North Carolina who
had ever had the courage to make a
political campaign on the 'piestion of
j education. He was received with great
I enthusiasm and niadeastirriiigspeech.
I It is a source of regret that we cannot
Hnd space to print his speech in full.
He was at his best and showed the
most thorough intimacy with his sub-ject
as well as the deepest interest in the
cause of education.
Five minute speeches by Mr. Charles
II. Ireland, Mr. (i. A. (irimsley, Itev.
!>r. Smith, Prof. J. B. Carlyle, ofWake
Forest, Dr. L. W. Crawford, Dr. Vena-ble,
Dr. Winston, and others. In the
course of Mr. (irimsley's remarks In-stated
that he had been commissioned
by Mr. J. Van Lindley to offer $1,000
| tor the improvement of the rural free
schools in Guilford county. This al-most
took the great assembly off its
feet, but before the applause had died
away men all over thegreat auditorium
were heard offering contrihutions'raiig-iug
from si'.", to $100] Dr. Wallace
Buttrick, secretary and executive officer
of the General Education Hoard, of
New York, who was present, stated that
he had been commissioned toduplicate
all private subscriptions made by the
people of Guilford county, North Caro-lina,
for the public schools in Guilford
c unity to an amount not exceeding
four thousand dollars in all, provided
that in each case school districts where
such gifts are made shall have levied a
tax for free public schools. The ap-plause
which followed his announce-ment
is difficult to describe. It seems
to stimulate the giving, and there was,
a deluge of subscriptions, among which i
was another of $1,000 by Mr. K. P.
j Wharton. Theothercontributors were:
One Hundred Dollars. Dr. C. D.
.Mclver. I'rof. .1. Y. Joyner, Dr. E. w!
Smith, Uee II. Battle, C. <;. Wright,
C. M. YaiDstory, i'rof. J. A. Holt, The
Ladies of the Faculty of the State Nor-mal
and Industrial College. It. I-'. Dal-ton.
J. L. King ami Prof. E. I). Broad-
• hurst.
I Seventy-live Dollars—V. C. McAdoo.
Fifty Dollars -G. A. (irimslev, J. I.
Foust. J. N. Longest. John M. Dick,
A. Ii. Brooks, J. F. Jordan, C. II. Ire-land.
D. It. Harry, J. W. Fry and
, President J. I!. Dudley.
Twenty-live Dollars—Dr. .). ]■;.
1 W.vche. It. A. P. Smith, S. I., (iilmer,
I/. V. Taylor, It. C. Beruau, E. W.
| Lyon, Dr. <i. W. Whitsett, and W. S.
i Moore.
Mayor Osborn contributed $125 to
'round out the $4,000 and.'thus reach
at once the limit of Dr. Buttrick's fund.
Mr. C. A. Bray thought it a good plan
| to go a little beyond the mark set by
I thedistinguished visitor and contributed
$•"» re Mr. /,. V. Taylor, on behalf
of the Greensboro* Electric Company,
offered one-half of the receipts from
car fare on the opening day of the
street railway. Dr. Mclver announced
that several gentlemen who were un-able
to be present had'ox pressed a de-sire
to contribute to the'fund also, and
it is safe to say that it will reach ten or
twelve thousand dollars. And the
beauty of il is that every cent of it goes
to the rural public schools in Guilford
county. Such on outburst of gen-erosity
in such a cause has never be-j
fore been seen in any southern state.
After the adoption of resolutions sub-mitted
by Dr. II. I.. Smith, of David-son
College, the greatest educational
.meeting ever held in the>tate adjourn-j
ed after singing a stanza >f "'The Old
I North State," followed by a benedic-tion
spoken by Dr. Huttrick.
State Superintendent Joyner lias ap-pointed
the following as members of
the Executive Committee for the Im-i
provement or the Rural Public Schools
of Guilford county: (J. A. (irimslev E.
I'. Wharton, J. Van Lindley, C. I).
; Mclver, W. H. Osborn, C. II. Ireland.
'The following are among those at-tending
the conference:
C. W. Massey, .1. W. Cmstead and
Rev. J. C. Troy, Durham county: A.
F. Henderson, Caswell; C. K. Maddrv,
Orange: W. S. Long, S. M. Smith, J.
IO. Atkinson and Superintendent Cur-tiss,
Alamance; F. p. Ellington, Rock-lingham;
W. (>. Box, Forsyth; W. p.
|Harrf.i and Prof. Bondurant, Stokes;
J. II. Allen, Surry: C. C. Wright,
Wilkes; J. A. Butler, hedell; J. D.
Hodges, Davie; P. L. Ledford and Sup-
April Meeting; of the County Board.
The board of county commissioners
met itx regular monthly session Mon-day.
The day was occupied almost ex-clusively
w ith routine matters and the
session had to he continued until yes-terday,
when various matters of public
interest were considererd. A petition
For the opening of a public road four
miles in length, leading from Bethel
I church northward to Winding Hill
schoolhouse, in Oak Ridge township,
w as considered by the board and will
be passed upon finally at tie next
meeting. Preliminary steps were taken
toward calling for a special term of
«<>urt in June to hear the Revolution
dam case. The purchase of some new-road
machinery was also discussed.
Franchises'were granted for a street
railway track to Pomona and Prox-imity,
beyond the city limits.
Yesterday the board selected a jury
ror.the criminal term of Superior court
beginning May 5 and continuing one
week, as follows:
TOBACCO NOTES.
Frank Causey,
A. K. Pitts,
0. H. Lewis,
Samuel Stack,
Julius F. Dillon,
John w. Layton,
John ('. Short,
Gilbert Sharp,
Geo. W. Small,
1. N. Payne,
J. I.. Shepherd,
N. E. Rankin,
John 'Thomas
J. S. Wcvill,
C. T. Willis,
C. C Hardin,
W. C. Andrews,
W. A. Heath.
1902 were
W. P. Welch,
John I,. Cobb,
T. A. Amick,
I M. C Stewart,
J. W.Fry,
A. ll. Shields,
F. M. Harrison
S. C Blaylock,
'' W. W. Shields,
M. E. Futreli,
J. D. Gladson,
■I. T. Highfill,
J. W. Guyer,
It. <'. Fortune.
II. A. Carves,
W. I.. Frazicr,
Kobi. T. Cook
II. W. Steele,
List-takers for the year
named as follows
Washington—T. J. Busick.
Pock Creek—C. A. Wharton.
(•reeiie -Geo. M. Amick.
Madison—J. lib-hard Moore.
Jefferson—C. M. Pritchett.
Clay I). H. Coble.
Monroe—I-'. G. Chilcult.
( iilmer -M. C. Workman.
Fentress- J. K. McCuHoch.
Center Grove H. c. Brown.
Moreliead—S. S. Mitchell.
Suinuer—W. .1. Grooine.
Suiumerfield ('. F. Johnson.
Friendship—A. T. Millis.
.' .mestown—J. Lee ArmHeld.
Oak liiilge Charles Case.
Deep River J. A. Davis.
High Point F. J. Homey.
Another Convention for Greensboro.
The Republican State Executive Com-mittee
met here Saturday afternoon for
the purpose of selecting a time and
place for holding the next State con-vention
of that party. Among those
present, in addition to Senator Pritch-ard.
chairman of the organization, and
Secretary W. S. Hyams, .were D. C.
I Pearson. Morganton; J. W. c. Long,
Slatesx ille: C. (i. Bailey, Davie countv:
.1. E. Norton, Asheville; D. W. Patrick,
Snow Hill: Robert Hancock, Newbern:
Congressmen Moody and Blackburn:
I'.. C. Duncan and H. C. Doekerv, Ral-eigh;
W. J. Sutton, Fayetteville; T. S.
Rollins, Marshall: J. T. Donaho, Cas-well:
J. Z. Waller, Burlington: A. H.
Price, Salisbury; II. C. Cowles. States-villc;
I). K. Pop, Charlotte; 7.. I. Wal-serand
'/.. V. Walser, Lexington: Clar-ence
Call. Wilkesboro; C. A. Reynolds
ainIA. I-:. Holton, Winston: R. J. Lewis,
Whiteville: 11. B. Cheatham, Hender-son;
Starkey Hare. First district. Of
course the local Republicans were out
in full force.
Mr. W. S. Hymns resigned as secre-tary
and on motion of Congressman
I'.lack burn Mr. D. C. Pearson, of Mor-ganton,
was elected to succeed him.
'The committee unanimously adopted
a resolution of thanks to the retiring
secretary for the satisfactory manner in
which he performed the duties of his
position.
A committee composed of Mayor Os-born,
representing the city: Mr. C. Ci.
, Wright, representing the Industrial and
Immigration Association: Mr. R. D.
Douglas, representing the Young Men's
Business Association, and Mr. W.I.
I Underwood, representing the press,
. went before the committee and invited
I the convention to Greensboro. Italeigh
was the only other applicant. On the I
lirst ballot Greensboro received nine
votes and Raleigh six. The matter was
promptly made unanimous. Inasmuch
as it \ras known before the meeting
that < ireensboro stood a chance of get-tingonly
four votes on this proposition,
i the result speaks well for the persuasive
eloquence of the gentlemen of the local
! invitation committee. Thursday, Au-
! gust -1st, was lixed as the time for
i holding the State convention.
After the committee hail held an ex-ecutive
session a numberof visiting Re-publicans
were invited in for a confer-
1 ence as to the condition of the party in
I different parts of the Stale.
Senator Pritchard is preparing an ad-dress
to the voters of the parly in
| North < arolina w Inch w ill be issued in
a feu days.
Congressman W. W. Kitchin was1
here a few hours Saturday morning on
his way to Durham and Roxboro. Hei
says the fate of the public building!
bills for this district is still an uncer-tainty,
yet he hopes that (ireensboro
may receive consideration. He talked
witli a number of our people while
here and understands the local situa-
! tion fully.
Items of Interest to the Grower, the Deal-er,
and the Manufacturer.
MARK1CT HKPOKT.
The receipts for the past week have
not been as large as they were for the
preceding week, but buyers and manu-facturers
have been kept reasonably
busy handling their purchases. The
quality of the offerings has been good
to line working tobacco, with some
smokers and cutters and a sprinkling
Of good to line wrappers. Prices on all
grades remain unchanged, with the
market very active and buyers and
manufacturers apparently very anx-ious
for the weed at present prices.
The weather has opened up fairly well
for farming operations and we look for
a material falling oil- in the receipts
from now on; in fact, tobacco is pretty
nearly all sold and we do not look for
very much more this season, but would
advise fanners to clean up the remaind-er
of their crop and get it on the mar-ket
as early as convenient.
WE HAVE
FOR SALE
100 BUSHELS
as!
AT $1.50 A BUSHEL
THE GREAT TOBACCO WAIi.
RICHMOND, April 7.—A copy of the
charter of the Imperial Tobacco Com-pany
of Great Britain and Ireland, to-gether
with the articles of the associa-tion
and a power of attorney to James
MacDonald to represent the corpora*
Ron in this country, was Tilled in the
Chancery Court here today. The pri-mary
object of the association is to ac-quire
ami take over certain of the prin-cipal
tobacco manufacturing concerns
in the Fnited Kingdom, to carry on
not only the business of manufacturers
but that also of planters and growers,
exporters, importers and merchants.
The company may prepare for^niar-ket,
manufacture, buy and sell tobacco
together with machinery, and may
own tobacco saloons, cafes, or carry on
the business of refreshment contractors
and licensed victuallers. They may
charter ships or vessels; may undertake
all kinds of financial guarantee and in-demnity
business, as well as all kinds
of agency business; the company may
lay out land for building purposes,may
acquire licenses and enter into agree-ment
with governments or authorities',
supreme, municipal or local. TheVapi-tat
stock of the company is £6,000,000.
Another item of interest in tobacco
circles is that letters received here from
MERCANTILE CO.
JOHN J. PHOENIX. President.
England state that the independent
factories in England which allied them-selves
with neither the American To-bacco
Company, nor the Imperial, are
likely to develop into an unexpected
power and may even take the stand of
a rival of the Imperial Company for
British favor. They are showing a dis-position
to buy considerable tobacco at
present and apparently renew business.
The retailers, say the letters, appear
disposed to back up the independent
factories.
W. J. Blackburn has accepted a ]>o-sltion
with the American Cigar Com-pany,
with headquarters in Atlanta,
and left for that place last week. Mr.
Blackburn has sjient the most of his
life in the tobacco business and what
be does not know about the leaf is not
worth learning.
[Concluded ou Page Six.]
We are unloading today another ear
of Continental disc cultivators. Farm-ers
know a good thing when they see it
GREENSBORO STORAGE AND TRANSFER
Co.
Much progress is being made in the
affairs of the new canning factory
which is to be established here. Plans
for the buildings are in the hands of
contractors for estimates, machinery
has been ordered and seeds are on the
way here from Baltimore. Everything
is being pushed as rapidly as possible.
Somehow we are very favorably Im-pressed
with this enterprise. We be-lieve
it will turn a great deal of money
into channels that are not overburden-ed.
An exchange, speaking recently
of a similar enterprise elsewhere, said,
"This will be quite a boon to the farm-ers
oftliis section, as an acre or two
put in tomatoes and given the right
care will bring more returns for the
money and labor invested than any
other acre on the farm." We believe
the farmers of Guilford would be wise
to test the matter, anyhow. If there
is money in raising vegetables on a
large scale for a cannery we want them
to know it. 'The seed costs nothing,
and the additional labor involved will
not amount to a great deal. In a sense
it is merely diversifying the interests
of the farmer, and that is advisable at
all times. The time is short for secur-ing
seed and planting, as the company
advertises in this issue that it must
know by April 15th the names of those
who will plant for the cannery.
Death of Mr. W. C. Porter.
Mr. W. ('. Porter, one of the best
known and most highly respected citi-zens
of Greensboro, died Saturday
afternoon after a lingering illness from
a complication of diseases, aged about
sixty-eight years. While confined to
ids room but a few days prior to bis
death, Mr. Porter had been afflicted for
a long time, ('.right's disease being the
principal source of his troubles. Few
men have had the good fortune to at-tain
the standing in the community
reached by Mr. Porter. For years he
was the leading druggist of this city,
occupying the stand since acquired by
Mr. J. B. Fariss. His friends were
without number, his generous disposi-tion
drawing all men unto him. Mr.
Porter's wife was the daughter of the
venerable It. M. Sloan of this city.
Four children were born to them,Clark,
Logan and Waldo and Miss Ruth Por-ter.
They all survive him. Funeral
services were conducted Sunday after-noon
by Rev. K. W. Smith, 1). I>., in-terment
being made at Greene Hill
cemetery. Beuna Vista lodge of Odd
Fellows, of which the deceased was a
charter member, attended the funeral
in a body, participating In the solemn
services. A large number of friends
were present to pay their last respects
to the good man whose face is to be
seen no more.
Federal Court Business Moving- Briskly.
The spring term of Federal court
opened Monday w ith Judge James K.
Boyd on the bench. The order requir-ing
Fnited States circuit and district
judges to wear gowns was put into ef-fect
here with the opening of this court
and Judge Boyd appeared to g<xxt ad-vantage
in the long flowing robe which
encircled him as he entered the court
room. Everyone present stood until
court was .formally opened. Mr. J. F.
George, of Yadkin county, is the fore-man
of the grand jury. Fortunately
the docket is not quite as large as usual
and the criminal cases may all be dis-posed
of before the end of the week,
when the term must close to make
way for the April term of Superior
court which meets Monday. The civil
cases will all be continued. 'The bus-iness
of the court is being moved along
at as brisk a rate as is consistent with
the demands of justice. A number of
visiting attorneys are here.
We are selling: go-cent California
lemon cling peaches now at IS cents a
can. (iot too many and don't want
to carry them over.
J. W. SCOTT & (Jo.
CITY
NATIONAL
BANK
GREENSBORO, N. C.
CAPITAL $100,000.00
SUBPLUS AND PROFITS 21,500.00
TOTAL ASSETS, OVES 600,000.00
If you have money to deposit
we oiler you
Wields a Sharp Axe.
Millions marvel at the multitude of
maladies cut off by Dr. King's New
Life Pills the most distressing too.
Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Jaundice,
Biliousness, Fever, Malaria, all fall be-fore
these wonder workers. 25c at C.
E. Holton's drug store.
SAFETY AND SECURITY
Polite attention to all business.
We want your account.
J, M. WALKEB, LEE H. BATTLE,
President. Guliier.
J. VAN LINDLEY,
Vie«-Pre«ident.
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