The Greensboro patriot [December 9, 1903]

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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 82.
GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1903. NO. 49
Dr. W. J. RICHARDSON
OFFICE:
KATZ BUILDING.
DENCE: 318 WEST GASTON ST.
;• HE 41.1-
-Til St.
Tims. II. I.1TT1.K.
4ns S. L. 4 T. M<Ig.
3EALL G LITTLE
.SICIANS art SURGEONS
So. SIS So. Loan ft Trust IlWlg.
- • (ofl A. M.; 11:30to 1, Stol P.M.
tice in Greenriboro ami surround-iinttr.
E. L. STAMEY, M. D.
RESIDENCE:
200 North Davle Strwet.
OFFICE:
• pvinlham .V tlrissom'fl Drug store.
Dr. J. E. WYCHE
DENTIST
•ICE IN SAVINGS BANK BLDG.
iOUTM LLM ST.. CRCCNSBORO. N. C.
Dr. M. F. FOX
iYSICIAN AND SURGEON
3LOCA-Xi iTE-WS.
Mr. E. E. Bain 1ms developed a case
»f appendicitis,
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Thacker, of Ral-eigh,
visited here over Sunday.
Cream cheese, domestic and import-ed
macaroni at Hlatt & Lamb's.
Building operations at the new ice
factory are progressing favorably.
Mr. F. A. Pierce, the civil engineer,
was here from Spartanburg last week.
Maple syrup and prepared and un-prepared
buckwheat Hour at Hiatt <fc I u,
Lamb's.
A Greensboro poultry raiser made a
shipment of game chickens to Arizona
last week.
The December term of civil court
opens next Monday. Judge <). H.
Allen will preside.
Mr. V. C. McAdoo has given out a
contract for the erection of twelve more
houses on Gorrell street.
('. Scott & Co., the grocers, can
A timely operation for appendicitis
was made on Roderick Staiuey, one of
the bright little sous of Dr. E. L.
Stanley, last Saturday at the Greens-
Smlih Memorial Building; Dedicated.
Exercises of a very interesting order
attended the dedication of the new
Smith Memorial building, the mag-bora
hospital. Theope.at.ot. followed rdficent ,tru.-ture erected by the First
the second attack of the disease and re-; Presbyterian congregation the
iSougntne^^^^^ *"—■ —*- «" *«- colimins a week or
complaining much r • ' thfa I,,lI>"- eo ago being followed as far as practi-la.
mngnuah. Unquestionably it is better adapted to cable. Present J. B. Mendenhall
Bev. II. M. Ulair and wife were Bible school work, or Sunday school presided
The Sunday School Convention.
A largely attended and pleasant and
profitable convention of the Sunday
school workers of Guilford county was
held in the Smith Memorial Bible
past hgchool building Saturday, the program
nbers of the .North Carolina Press | work, as it is commonly termed, than ' fecUoTo/ov'e'r «50 was tokeli'lii
Association party at Washington last any structure of its kind on the face of the state as-week,
returning home Saturday morn- j the earth. This claim is made with a
ing. On Friday Brother Biair made full significance of Its scope. It stands
A col-aid
of
work. The coiu-a
mittee appointed to recommend offl-pe.
It stands cers for the coming year reported as
e opening prayer in the! nitedStates | n a monument toDr.J. Henry Smith, ' follows:
Senate, by invitation of the Chaplain, a faithful and beloved shepherd of this! Presideut-J R Mendenhall
Rev. F. J. Prettyman, pastor of ML large flock for over a third of a century. Secretary and Treawirer-Rev V (;
\emou I lace M. E. Church, South, 'Every dollar ofthe cost ofconstruction, Kirkmau
Wi,Sl,i"KtoU- over $25,000, is paid. I Executive Committee-C. II. I.e-
Prof. Alfred Palmer, a talented Eng-1 Jll«-' exercises really began at the land, chairman; M. W. Thompson S.
lisli musician, has located in (ireens- opening of the Sunday school in the A. Kerr, L. M. Clyuier a
boro to beeomeorgaiustatSt. Barnabas ''norniug, when Dr.Henry Louis Smith, Wills,
church. He will give instruction in | president of Davidson College, deliver- Secretary Normal
piano, pipe organ, the theory of music, °'' ;l "'oat appropriate and beautiful ad- Prof. T. A. Sharp.
harmony, etc. He has held various dress to a packed auditorium of chll- \ Secretary Home Department—Mrs.
important positions abroad and being tiren »nd grown people. At the regu- Lucy Cunninggim.
Dish most any kind of fireworks want* Ia 8raduate «*two "'" the leading Lon- lar services Rev. Dr. G. B. stickler, Secretary Primary Department —
ed for the holiday celebration don colleges is qualified for the work P»fessor of Theology in Union Thee- J Mrs. Beulab Swift
Solicitor Brooks is at Durham this T**** un<tort*ken- |*S .BTBtaMy» . ^ChUMmd, Vu., ' This report was adopted and the
week prosecuting
mil J. Norman
Department —
The
Strength
of a Bank
Is represented by its capital, surplus
and careful management.
The Southern
Loan and Trust Company
fur-
GUILFOBD COLLEGE, N. C.
Dr. E. A. BURTON
DENTIST
OFFICE IN LASH BLDG..
SOUTH ELM ST.
which
is at Durham this
a
includes
SCALES Z. V. TAYLOR.
Scales, Taylor & Scales
ATTORNEYS
an? COUNSELLORS AT LAW
GREENSBORO, B. C.
i'.-rt :>. Douglas. Stephen A. Douglas.
DOUGLAS & DOUGLAS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
tfice in Greenstoro Loan and Trust Bide.
€. G. WRIGHT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
'GMT BUILDING. OPP. COURT HOUSE.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
"HOMAS C. HOYLE
ATORNEY AT LAW
Court Square, GREEHSBORO. 1!. C.
■ ut.on grivcD to coileotioDS. Loans
Robert C. Strudwick
LTTO RN EY on? COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
I Square. GREENSBORO. H. C.
. P. HOBGOOD, Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Wright Building, Opposite
-., t!rw iisboro. N C.
:!CrIAEL SCHENCK
ATTORNEY
ID COUNSELLOR AT LAW
uare. Greensboro, R. C.
■ Combined
Assets over
,0O0 $500,000
docket,
cases.
An addition is being built at the rear
I of the McClamroch Mantel Company's
building on South Kim. to be used as a
I warehouse.
Charlotte la the mecca of North Car-olina
Baptists this week, the state con-vention
being in session there. Greens-boro
will be well represented.
No Installment business at Thacker
>v Brockmauu's, but they sell carpets,
mattings, ruga, window shades and
curtains at very low prices for cash.
The PATRIOT regrets to state that
Prof. J. It. VYhartpn is critically ill
with a complication of diseases. His
condition i- the source ofmucb concern
to bis many friends.
Mrs. Henry Farias, of Butte, Mont.,
was here (Saturday on her way to
Winston-Salem to attend the marriage
of her brother, Mi. Peter A. Condi, to
Miss Bertha Shelton.
A couple more seizures of birds were
made by Came Warden Weatherly the
pas) week. They were from points
some distance from < ireensboro, but the
usual prosecutions will follow.
Bev. .1. A. Dailey, of Milton, was the
guest of Mr. Howard Gardner Sunday
evening u bile en route from the North
Carolina conference to his home, lie
will serve the Milton charge another
year.
Miss Prances Byers, of Greenville,
Pa., who ha- been the guest of Miss
Maude Hunter for several weeks, lilt
on No. ."••■ at noon Saturday for Wash-ington
tn spent a few days en route
home.
Mr. c. It. Sherwood, of the Depart-ment
of Justice, Washington, came
down last week to make his annual in-spection
of the books of the Federal
officials here, lie is accompanied by
bis wife.
Nothing further has been beard from
the officers at Fm|K>ria, Va., who
thought they had Green McAdoo un-der
arrest there, and the presumption
is that they became satisfied the pris-oner
was not McAdoo.
The new rooms [>f the Young Wo-men
"s Christian Association, in the
King building, corner of Wesl Market
and Greene streets, were formally
opened last night with an appropriate
musical and literary entertainment.
building in High Point and the pur-chase
of the Forsyth county court house
at a cost of $135,000, an additional sum
of $25,000 to be used in making altera-tions
and improvements to the build-ing.
Congressman Klutlzasks for$75,-
(KMI for a public building at Salisbury.
We would call special attention to
the entertainment to be given at Blown
Summit cm the night of December 25th.
In addition to the other attractive fea-tures
of tlic program Mr. Henry Kas-ley,
Greensboro's wonderful blind mu-sican,
will entertain the audience in a
manner beyond expectations. A small
admission lee will be charged, the pro-ceeds
to be devoted to worthy uburch
purposes.
The old Kirkpatrick place of BOO
acres lying north of the city, in receut
Was organized in 1890, but has been
doing a Hanking business only about
three years. During this time its
th has been rapid but healthful,
today it is in the front of Banking
The Shorter Catechism,'' and his ing will be decided later by the exei u- j »>Ktitulions in (iuilford county.
discourse was both instructive and iu-Jtive committee. All the delegates toI Statement below shows growth since
ig. The pastor, Kev. Dr. Egbert the convention took dinner at tbeGuil-presided,
and was assisted in ford, which made special rates for the
large criminal Congressman W. W. Kitchiu has In- P'^^ed to one of the largest audi-j above officers were unanimously elect-Lrow.
es two canital troduoed bu,s '" the House providing j ^Vf ever assembled in Greensboro for ed.
for the construction of a $60,000 public ;rellgl0U8 WOrahlp. His subject was! The time and place of the next meet- I
Smith
th • services by Rev. ('. K. Hodgiu, of
Westminster church. The services in
BI veral other churches of the city were
suspended /or the purpose of assisting
in 1 lie glorious celebration.
There was another overflow congre-gational
meeting at the annex Sunday
night, presided over by the pastor, at
which slirriiia.aildres.-es were made by
the following distinguished laymen:
Subject, "The Future," Hon. A. M.
Scales: -The Present," Dr. Charles D.
Mclver; "The Past," Col. James T.
Morehead; "Our Church," Dr. E. W.
Smith.
Monday evening the Men's Brother-hood
of the church held a banquet in
February 1st, 181*9, to April 9th, 190S:
Capital and surplus Fob,
1st, Ism
i-'c-i.
years owned by a Philadelphia syndi- the large basement room of the Memo-cale,
has beeu purchased by the (ones,
making au aggregate of 4,000 acres now
owned by them in that locality. The
land is admirably adapted to manu-facturing
site-, and if things goon as
they have been going for a few years
theowners will soon have it all covered
with textile plants.
The Carnegie library proposition was
discussed before the board of aldermen
at called meetings last Wednesday and
Friday evenings, addresses being made
by a number of pu ilic-spirited gentle-men
interested in the development of
the city. Final action was postponed
uutil last night, when the board had
another meeting at which it was de-cided
by a unauimous vote to accept
Mr. Carnegie's proposition.
The Southern .Kailway Company
last week sent a check for ■<•<> to the
(ireensboro lire department in recogni-tion
oi the valuable service- of the de-partment
in subduing a dangerous fire
in the shifting yards here early in
October, in which two freight cars
were destroyed.
and hi- subordii.
r i
<:
lullding. An hour or more was
occasion.
Mr. J. A. Lindsay, secretary and
treasurer of the People's Building and
Loan Association, High Point, was
here last week for the purpose of can-celing
the first series of matured securi-ties
held by the association. Twenty- Capitol and surplus Feh.
eight mortgages were satisfied. Mr.
Lindsay talked enthusiastically of bis
association. It was organized six years
ago with a subscribed capital of $225,-
(XK), and has since been instrumental in
building 286 houses, 55 additions to
houses, paying II mortgages and buy-!
ing for others 75 houses, a total of 457
transactions Involving an aggregate of E. P. WHARTON
$180,000. The average monthly income President.
of the association is now over $8,800. R. Q, VAUGHN
Another series of stock will be issued Treasurer.
Capital anil surplus
1st, 110)
Capital and surplus Feb.
1st. l'.KII
1st. line
! Capital and surplus Feb.
1st. I8UD
Capital and surplus April
Bth.l9tB
{Totai assets April Hh,
$ 44,372.95
66,227.55
103,789.13
129,543.47
155,236.42
166,696.66
570,689.76
.ted to an inspection of the build- this month to replace thatjust expired.
i ig, which was brilliantly lighted and As H ,•.„.,,„. Ul tl
A. \V. Mi AI.ISTHR,
Vice i'res.
DAvi11 WHITS,
Secretary.
ie developmentof High . ,,-.- .,
,,,,,,,. , , , In addition to the routif-business
1 omt the association has a record oi . , , , .,
„,!■ , j, „. ,, . , transacted at the meeting ofthccoiinty
winch its officers may well be proud. ., , ., . J
commissioners this week the board ex-
Mr, J. M. Connor, manager of agen-''amined the bonds of the county ofli-cies
in North and Bouth Carolina for c'als, made settlement with the county
the (ilobe Tailoring Company of Cln- treasurer, re-elected Mr. S. J. Scott
cinnati, and Miss Maie Harrison were kee|-er of the county home, fixed the
married at 8.30 o'clock yesterday after- price of pork for the coining year at a
noon :it the First Baptist church, liev. cents, drew a jury for the January term
Dr. II. \V. Buttle officiating. The of court and ordered the opening of a
maid of honor was Miss Bessie Merri- new road in Fentrcss township. An
mon and the lies: man was Mr. S. H. adjourned meeting of the hoard will be
A lister. McGhee, president of the Firet Na- held December 28th to consider un-
•i ie Building and Finance Com- tionai Bank of Greenwood, S. C. The finished business and pass upon appli-
Itesponse, Mr. G.VV Denny. „.<heis were Messrs. John H. Whitt, cations for liquor license.
comfortably heated throughout. Wil-liam-'
orchestra discoursed sweet
music. A bouutiful spread had been
prepared by the ladies of the church,
the li UL.' lai.lis. with covers l"i three or
four hundred guests, being decoraltd
with urns. Americau Beauty roses and
chrysanthemums. Mr. Z. V. Taylor,
president of the Brotherhood, presided
and acted as toasuna -ter. The toasts
and res|Hiuses were as follows:
"Our Pastor"—Uesisinse, Mr. A. \V.
M
"The Dead-Line in Bible Study"-
Bespouse, Dr. Igierl W.Smith.
"The Women of Our Church"- -Ke-s;
ioti-c. Judge l{. C. Strudwick.
"Morbus Bahbaticus" - Itesponse,
Mr. ('.<;. Wright.
"'A hat Kind of a Church Would
Our Church Be, if livery Member
Were Just Like Me'.'" Open Discus-sion.
Too much could not he said in prai-e
chief i-'. N Taylor: of the sentiments expressed by the va-les
were highly grat- nous speakers, but lack of space forbids
Hied by the handsome remittance, extended mention.
George W. Patterson, S. Glenn Brown
and W. B. Harrison. The bride was
given away by her brother, Mr. W. E.
Harrison. Mr. Connor and ids btide
left on the 7 o'clock southbound Uain
for Greeuwood, S. C, to visit his rela-tives
until January 1st, when Ihey will
return to (Ireensboro and be at the
home of Mrs. J. T. J, Battle on ('hutch
street.
A defective pipe leading from the
furnace to a chimney at St. Benedict's
Catholic church caused the basement
rooms of that structure to become filled
with smoke Saturday evening and per-sons
passing the church about 7 o'clock
were led to believe the building was on
lire and hastily turned in an alarm.
The lire department found that no
which came as a pleasing surprise.
Rev. 14. I!. Moore moved to Ore Hill
'Die
Greensboro
surance Companies
■. ill.- last eiirht years.
|„ r,|,!,. ,.| Ci-.-i-ns
thii i j MWOn in ili<-
. ■ insurance When
call lor your home
yesterday, where he lakes charge of a
fine farm belonging to his wife's
mother. The farm lies near the famous
Mt. Yernon mineral springs and is
well adapted to trucking and stock
raising, which Mr. Moore will follow.
His property here on Walker avenue is
Herbert, the infant son of Mr. and leased to Mr. W. F. Banner, who came
iMrs. C. W. Bain, died at the family l() Greensboro from Mt. Airy recently
resilience on West Lee street last j.to engage iu the manufacture of brick.
Thursday morning and was buried
After adopting a suggestion of Dr.
Mil ver's that similar receptions be held
from time to time, at which prominent
men should be invited to speak, the
meeting adjourned with a rising vote of
thanks to the good Women who bad
prepared the feast spread before the as-sembled
throne. Ail in all it was an
epoch-marking event that will have a
distinctive influeuceon the religious life
of the community.
damage had been done. It wasimpossi-
Game Warden Weatherly was to-fMe_to _repair the pipe
dined to be wratby last week when he
could
vices.
so the church
be heated for the Sunday ser-
Bev. Father Vincent was out
saw by the s-iler ( ity Enterprise oi the „r u,e city at the time.
2nd that Messrs. Cooper and Gilbert,
the Slier merchants who tried to evade A C0S,ly Mls,ake-the
game law by packing birds in the Blunders are sometimes veryexpen-bottoma
of egg crates consigned to ph
i
e' <'"'=«>'""='"y li«e itself is the
, fi . price of a mistake, but von II never be
Washington, I). ('., that a fine of tllwroug if you take Dr. King's New
each and costs bad been Imposed by Life i'ills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness,
Squire O. A. Hanner. Mr. Weatherly Headache, Liver or Kowel troubles.
was the prosecuting witness at the trial *bey are gentle yet thorough.
»S on Schenck, Agent
Friday at Oreene i I ill cemetery, Kev,
1;. M. Andrews conducting tin' funeral
service.
Sam Grillith, the telephone lineman
Who was so painfully injured la.-l
week by a fall from a pole, is getting
along as well as could he expected and
his chances for recovery are increasing
rapidly. He will not lose either of
his injured limbs.
Mr. John II. Clodfelter, of this city,
ami Miss Alice I). Hrinson, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Brinsoo, of
Newbern, were united in marriage
Sunday at the CenHal Methodist church
of that city by Rev. J. O. Outline.
They will make their home iu Oreens-boro.
Dr. S. W. Staley, of Aurora, was here
lasi week witii his bride, who was Miss
Janey Griftiu, vi-iting his sister, Mrs.
S. F. Coe. who lives just south of the
city. Dr. Staley formerly lived at Lib-aud
he is now iu Randolph and Chat-ham
visiting relatives and friends. He
located in Aurora last year and has
built up a splendid practice. His mar-riage
occurred last month, his wedding
tour embracing a visit to several North-ern
cities.
The memorial service of the Klks at
the opera bouse Sunday was attended
by the usual immense assemblage.
Toe features of the occasion were the
addresses of Mr. I). K. Smith, of Char-lotte,
and Mr. A. B. Kimball, of this
city, and the music, which was under
the direction of Prof. Clarence K.
the day previous and left with the un-derstanding
that the merchants were
A change in the condition of Lev! fined $20each. It is now claimed that
Iticlin.oiid, one of the colored men so the magistrate had no jurisdiction iu
terribly injured iu the light with W. the ease, which will be investigated by
J. and AIvis Peacock on the night of Solicitor Robinson at the next term of
November Pith, caused the I'eacocks Chatham court, when new indictments
to be arrested Friday and committed are to be drawn.
to jail without bail. It is believed
thai Richmond will die, and if so a
charge of manslaughter will be pie-ferred
against the prisoners. Tom
The Ural floor rooms of Mr. C. W.
Jennings' new building are already oc- Brown, since its orgauizatiou the
S3 cupied by restaurant keepers. The Greensboro lodge mourns the loss, by
cellar is being lilted up for a storage death, of Frank W. Duubar, Milton L.
warerooni. The building will not be Shields, John Gray Bynum ami John
completed until next spring, when it E. Catlin.
w ill be made three or four stories, with
a depth of perhaps 1")0 feet.
-■I lirc.lof cj-pprlraeutlnif. then
: i in- Heel Cough Syrup, invalua-
- \-tliuia, Bronchitis and woak
i 33 ■ cuts. All druggists.
WANTED—A man with family to take
' charge of slaughter pen and attend to
WANTED—Bright neat white girls to cattle. Place -Z\ miles from city. Hef-work
in make-up room. Apply to erence required. See me at once.
oo.tf FINISHING MILLS. | 48-2t J. C. OLIVE.
Richmond, the brother of Lev), is get-ting
along all right, although bis
wounds were al.-o something fearful to
behold after the Peacocks got through
with him. So far no light lias beeu
thrown on the case. win.-h seems mere-ly
to have been a general row.
The Gate City land furnished music
Saturday at the Junior order flag rais-ing
at Graham, which was attended
with exercises oi a very interesting
character. In the absence of Governor
Aycock, who was unavoidably absent,
Dr. Charles D. Mclver made the prin-cipal
address of the occasion. Graham
has a modem new school building,
equipped, among other things, with a
thousand-dollar library, the gift of Mr.
L. Banks Holt. The full term of
school opened Monday with a lull
corps of teachers.
William Ingiaiu,' colored, wanted
i '
here for the minder of Scales Morris at
!the Battle Ground on July 4th, 1900,
has been apprehended at Harrlsburg,
Pa., where he is under arrest. He ad-mit.-
that lie i- the man wanted, and
an officer will I* sent for him as soon
as requisition papers can be secured.
Morris and Ingram fell out over an ac-
, count and the shooting occurred in the
presence of hundreds of people. It
will he recalled that the murderer was
chased for a longdistance by the crowd,
and it was reported that he had been
Caught by some of Morris' friends and
swung to a convenient limb, but the
story was not given credence at the
time. i
all d rue gists.
Nice line of roasted coffees from IU!
cents up. Dependable goods.
('. Scorr <v Co..
McAdoo House Block.
THE
City National Bank
Of Greensboro, N. C.
With assets of over half a
million dollars, oilers abso-luie
security to depositors.
We want accounts of all
kinds,both large and small,
and pay interest when you
desire it. Give us a part
of your business, :: :: ::
Molasses from 25 to -A) cents a gallon
—the same kind you used to get from
J. W. Scott .*c Co. c. SCOTT4 Co.,
Grocers and Seedsmen.
MULES FOB SALE—Three pairs good
work mules for sale. Apply to Lee
Uroome, It. F. D. a, Greensboro, N. C.
J. If. WALKER,
President.
J. VAN LINDLBT,
Vice Pres.
I.HE H. BATTLE, Cashier.