The Greensboro patriot [March 21, 1906]

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GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1906. NO. 12
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OFFICE:
KATZ BUILDING.
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3CNCE: 318 WEST GASTON ST.
I^OC-^XJ 1TEWS.
ST—I' * D.IJ.H. BOVLES. M. D. ■',;- I ^SSU'
4EY 6 BOYLES
ICIANS AND SURGEONS
il sendees to thepeople
. surrounding country.
-■ Drug store.
uth Blm Street l'boncro.
Dr. J. E. WYCHE
DENTIST
: IN SAVINGS BANKBLDG.
-- IL> «T., mttmioiio, N. e.
Or. M. F. FOX
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
aUUFORD COLLEGE. N. C.
Dr. E. A. BURTON
DENTIST
OFFICE IN LASH BLDG .
SOOTH ELM ST.
W. BANNER. M. D.
SI i M' IDOO BOUSB,
,- Limited to the Eye. Ear. Noie
and Throat.
I, M.tol P. M.: -'.»' !'• M-to
i to 10.1 A. M. riven to the
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Or. J. J. HILTON
/SICIAN AND SURGEON
GREENSBORO. N. C.
Thirl Floor Qallowa] Drug Company
Proms to li A. M.,and8to5 P. M. ,
,.,ikk ooffffiiccee aatt WWlhite dak Hotel.
ir. W. P.
Residence Phone HO.
Reaves
ie Burgeon New I Irleani Bye,
Sose and Throat H ispital.
Limited to Diseases cn3 Sur-
|ery qf 1/* Eye. Ear. Nose am) Throat.
Hours l:» to 3 I". M.
litiK- Next to Poetofflce.
•e*Lce i.i.Tinoi. j. i. acai.ce.
cales, Taylor & Scales
ATTORNEYS
a2COUNSELLORS AT LAW
GREENSBORO. B. C.
as. Robert l>. Dousrias.
DOUGLAS & DOUGLAS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
i In Greensboro Loan and Trust Bide-
C. G. WRIGHT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
*4-T BUILDING, OPP COUNT riouac.
GREENSBORO. N. C.
THOMAS C. HOYLE
ATORNEY AT LAW
-art Sqnare, GREEHSB0RO, B. C.
>ti ifisL-n tocolloctlons. Loans
abert C. Strudwick
RNEY ani COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
-iort Square. GREEHSBOKO, B. C.
P. HOBGOOD. Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Wright lluilding. Opposite
IM, Greensboro, N. C.
S. Glenn Brown.
kendall G Brown
ATT0BNE7S AT LAW
i !. City Naf! Hank Bids.
RLES E. McLEAN
'TORNEY AT LAW
Square, Greensboro, N- C.
>RGE M. PATTON
TTORNEY AT LAW
■ ", '■rconsboro Loan and Trust
' ompany Building.
Alfalfa and tots, beans at C. Scott A
CO.'8.
Dr. John H. Wheeler is laid up with
au attack of pneumonia.
Bulbs for -1 1111v_r planting at Gard-nerV.
Not on the Corner.
Mr. A. W. MeAlister has returned
from a vacaliou spent iu Florida.
He sure to call at Gardner')* and get
one of the large calendars before they
are all gone.
Several retailing cases have been
brought to the attention of the mayor
within the past week.
Steps were taken here last night to
form a state S. P. C. A. society with
headquarter* in Gieenshoro.
Mrs. W. I). McAdoo and daughter
Mary have returned from a visit to Mr.
J. B. Moore at Brown Summit.
Another shipment of Wood's red
rust proof oat* just received.
Tit KER & KKWI.N.
Hev. ('has. F. Kaiikin, of Orange
Presbytery, is holding a series of meet-ings
at Westminster church this week.
International, Lee's, Pratt'*, White's
and Sloan's horse, cattle and poultry
powders at Gardner's. Not on the cor-ner.
Mi** Myrtle Detwiler has resigned
as teacher of the third gride in the
Lindsay street school and is succeeded
by Mies Lynch Garrett.
Insurance adjusters are at work at
the Udell Hardware Company's lire
loss. Several days may yet be required
to complete the adjustment.
Dorothy, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. A Brown, fell from a
velocipede Saturday afternoon and sus-tained
a severe scalp wound.
The cold wave which came with
the equinoctial storm extended to the
Gulf states. It gave a very good Imi-tation
of whiter weather here.
Buir floor, the very best that's made.
only/$2.80 per sack, at my mill eight
miles east of (ireenstMiro.
JOHN B. STEWART.
Mr. Herbert P. Leak has resigned
his position a* bookkeeper for the Lenk-
Halliriay Company to accept a similar
place with the Security Life and Au-nuity
Company.
Are you going to want some new
mattings or carpets this spring? If so
you will find it well worth while to
look at Tbacker d Brockmann'a line.
They can also supply you with rugs,
square*, lace curtains and window
shades at right prices.
It is reported that Hon. Jacob A.
Long, of Graham, is a candidate for
the judgeship of tin-, the Ninth judi-cial
district. Mr. Long lived in
Greensboro a couple of years anil ha*
many friends here who would be de-lighted
to bonor him were not Judge
Shaw a candidate for re-election.
Our spring goods arc coming in. We
have BD endless variety of dry g Is,
plenty of white goods for shirt waist*,
men'*, women's and children's shoes,
men's clothing, etc. < tome in and take
a look at our good*.
B. P. GI.KKEU.,
527 South Elm Street.
Postoffiec Inspector C. B. Keeue,
who spent a week here investigating
charge* against Prof. C. P. Frazier,
] whose a) pointment as postmaster ha*
' been held up at the instance of Judge
Douglas, returned to Washington last
night. Of course his conclusions were
not disclosed, but he will be heard
from very soon.
Mr. F. A. Weston, who has been
vice-president of the Central Carolina
Construction Company ever since its
organization, tendered hi* resignation
Thursday at a called meeting of the di-rectors.
Mr. Weston has beeu a very
capable and active member of the firm
and his resignation is very much re-gretted
by the company. He will re-sunie
his private business as architect.
County Superintendent Foust was at
Graham Saturday afternoon atteudiug
the preliminary heariugofN.C.Aaron,
a traveling photographer who is
charged with failing to deliver pictures
of schools that he had collected for in
advance. Aaron was arrested in Gas-tonia
and brought back to Alamauce
for a hearing. There are similar charges
pending against him iu Guilford and
he will likely lie brought here at au
early date.
Seven or eight big Seaboard Air Line
passenger trains were detoured from
Cary to Sanford over the Southern last
Friday, a freight wreck between those
those two points blocking the Sea-board's
traffic for nearly a whole day.
A number of people were heard to re-mark
that the Seaboard traius looked
mighty well In a Greensboro setting
ana some went so far as to say they
would like to see more of them coming
he e on a regular schedule.
CITY ENJOINED FROM FAYING PAVING
CONTRACTORS.
ONE FRANCHISE AT A TIME.
South Elm Street Property Owners Allege
That Work Does Not Comply With Spec-ifications—
City Officials Cbarg-ed Wlih
Negligence in the Matter.
The opposition of certain South Elm
street property owners who have hith-erto
objected to the methods imposed
by the city In bringing about an im-provement
iu Greensboro's leading
thoroughfare found a vent in iu au un-expected
quarter Thursday, when
Messrs., B. H. Merrimou and C. D.
Policy Adopter at Last Re?ular Meeting
of County Board Reaffirmed
Friday.
The tiuiisual situation which pre-sented
itself at the last regular meet-ing
of the board of county commis-sioners,
that of two separate and dis-tinct
companies seeking franchises for
au electric line from Greensboro to
High Point, neither having previously
given any Intimation of its plans or
purposes to the board and both being
oblivious of each other's existauce, was
Kenhow, of this city, and Mrs. Weill, met by the board in a manner clearly
a resident of New York but a property l'xeM Hie policy of that body, as
owner here, secured a temporary In-;at preseut (instituted. It will be re-junction,
sigued by Judge W. R. Allen [called lhat on the first day of the
at Asheville, enjoining the city offi-cial*
Of Greensboro from making fur-ther
payments to the Southern Paving
and Construction Company on account
of the work being done on South Film
street. The restraining order provides
thai the plain ml- may'appear before
Judge Fergusonou April 2nd and show
cause why the injunction should not
be continued to the final hearing of
this case. Houd to cover costs In the
case was lixed at $200.
The jolut affidavit of plaintiffs, on
which the restraining order was based,
board's last regular monthly meeting
Mr. E. J. Justice, styled as trustee, se-cure.!
a franchise such as is iudicated
above, withholding from the public
the name* of the men identified with
the enterprise. On Tuesday, the sec-ond
day of the board meetiug, Mr. B.
It. King, ol this Uty, aud Mr. K. D.
Steele, of High Polut, presented an ap-plication
for a similar franchise em-bodying
virtually the same privileges
anil provisions, for Philadelphia oapi- i
talists who-e names were given, viz:
Messrs. Downs, Hraiulette and Van
charges among other things, 1st, that I Brunt Tins franchise the board with-tlie
defendant paving contractors have I held, but the matter did not end there,
practiced upon the city of Greensboro I On Friday the hoard had a special:
a gross fraud, in that they have failed | meeting an I the application of the
to comply with the paving contract In I Downa-Bramlette franchise was re-!
the most material and important res-1 newed, Mr King and Mr. Steele both
pects: 2nd, that T. A. Hunter, chair- i appearing a id urging favorable action
man of the street committee, and W. j by i ie board. In the meantime Mr.
C. Potter,city engineer, have neglected Steele hail secured a local franchise for
their duties, in that they have failed to his compan) al High Point, the Jus-give
the work proper supervision, thus tlce franchise having been held up
permitting the defendant contractors Mayor menn and Aldermen Kirkmao
to practice fraud upon the city; Bid, [and Millie, of High Point, wu* here at
That the cement, band and stone used the meeting Friday aud explained the
in making the concrete base for the I position of their municipal body In the
Btreet pavement were Improperly mixed matter. They declared tliey hud no
and laid aud lhat the pavement will preference but simply wanted to see
necessarily soon become uneven aud the line constructed, stating that the
irregular; 4th, that the defendant W. sentiment of their body sesmed to
C. Potter was present when the cemeut i favor graining both franchise*. Mr.
was being mixed in a machine and j Justice Fa not present at this meet- I
when the proportions of stoneand sand j ing, telephoning from Asheville that
to cement were grossly in excess of be had been detained iu court there
what was provided in the ityeeiiicu- and urging that the hoard take no ac-tions;
5th, that the defendant paving tion until be returned. The county
company has ignored the specilica- boaid, after an executive session, ie op-tions
and contract in all matters per-' eued the matter at the in.-istance of
taming to the quality of the brick used, Mr. Steele and Mr. Kimball, who was
the manner of their laying anil subse- j tlieu present as the representative of
quent Ailing of open joint* with pitch; King A Kimball, and by a unanimous
Oth, that the defendants Potter and vote again denied the second franchise,
Hunter could have protected the city J giving those present to understand that
against inferior work aud materials while it had no preferences it thought
had they exercised their authority un- ■ best to give the possessors of the Jus-der
the provisions of the contract; 7th, tice franchise the short liny- they had
that the defendant paving company, requested to determine whether or not,
iu collusion with the defendants Potter they should build the road, thirty
and Hunter, practiced fraud upon the ! day* being all that was asked for a
city by wrongfully receiving money j preliminary survey. An onlooker
from the city to which It was not eu- jeoold not help but be impressed with
titled, inasmuch as the work done did the earnestness which characterized
not comply with the terms of the con-1 those seeking these franchises. Mr. |
tract; sth, that .e defendants Hunter j Justice had previously satislied the,
aud Potter will, it is feared and be- ] board thai his people meant business,
sieved, continue to receive defective ! while Mr. King and Mr. Steele were
work, thus causing great aud irrepara-ble
damage to the plaintifls unless the
defeat city is enjoined from farther
payments to defendant paving com-pany.
Contrary to evident expectations the
work of the contractors was not even
equally positive that their client* stood
ready to begin operations at once, in
proof of which they ollered to make
their forfeiture limit only fifteeu days.
Before adjournment Friday the com-missioners
passed a resolution request-ing
Mr. Justice to make public the
momentarily interruped by the serving names of the principals iu his com-of
papers on the joint defendants. Al-! pany, and here they are: Messrs. J.
derman Hunter and City Engineer
Potter have since repeatedly asserted
that they have taken all reasonable
precautions to have the paving work
done in a satisfactory manner and
while minor defects have developed a
certain proportion of the money—10
per cent—has beeu retained by the city
to cover the cost of remedying all such
defects. Iu one instance, where the
street car track has suu.-: a few inches,
the paving company has beeu notified
that even though it holds that the
track was not properly ballasted it
must correct the trouble iu accordance
with the contract before that portion
of the work will be approved. The
city officials al! say they court the full-est
investigation of the matter, believ-ing
that the facts as found upon care-ful
Investigation will sustain them in
every particular. Disinterested people
H. Dawes and H. Bayard Hodge, of
Philadelphia, and Mr. J. W. Perry, of
Norfolk, and others. They are all not \
only interested in similar enterprises, j
as are the gentlemen named iu the
other franchise, but are likewise men
of recognized standing iu the financial
world. At the next regular meeting'
of the board of alderman Mr. Justice
Will apply for a local franchise which
Will enable his company to secure au i
eutrauce and proper terminal facilities |
iu Greensboro, obligating the company
to have the line to High Point com-pleted
within eighteen mouths. Work
ou the preliminary survey will begin
the first of uext week.
Since Friday Mr. Steele has an-1
nouueed that he will secure a state
franchise for his company and build a
liue regardless of the action of the
county board. Nothing will please
who are not paving experts have to us better, as it is then almost certain
content themselves with the hope that
the new pavement will »ot only meas-ure
up to the city's requirements and
prove both a permauent and pleasing
improvement, but that a period of liti-gation
may not be necessary before a
than one of the companies would build
by way of Guilford College aud possi
bly Guilford Battle Ground, two points
that we have long wanted to see fav-ored
With electric communication with
Greensboro. Jamestown would also
proper understanding can be reached I come into its own. Hut no matter
by the conflicting interests. There is j where the line or lines run, desirable
no reason, however, why the property . territory would be opened up aud the
owners along South Elm, who have to j county would be the real hsneflciary.
one or
bomas-ii'
in li as the price paid for the"work is ville is another possible feature of these
certainly generous enough to cover the enterpriser that is almost too good to
cost of a lirst class pavement. thinb about aud we wi|| conrtne our |
Seamless bags and bunch cotton at Joyous anticip»tfcu« to the portion that
C. Scott & Co.'a. seems moil i ertaiu of realization.
rcouiii r.im. wno nave i bsnefl
n^Hs-un,^
proper return for their money, iuas- \ ^th lines to Burlington aud IT
Mirehead Town<hlp Sunday School Con-vention
Organized.
The Sunday schools of Morehead
township met in convention pursuant
to a call of President T. M.Johnson
last Friday evening at West Market
M. E. church and selected delegates to
the forthcoming county and state Sun-day
school conventions. The following
schools and their superintendents were
represented;
West Market Street II. E., 8. L. Al-deiman;
First Baptist, Lee H. Battle:
Christian, B. C. Campbell; Spring Gar-den
If. E., E. L. Sides; Reformed, John
H. Lowe; Forest Avenue Baptist, W.
E. Harrison: Muir's Chapel, H. L.
Bergmau.
Delegates to the couuty convention
are:
West Market Street M. E. Church—
Dr. J. H. Wheeler, Mrs. S. L. Alder-mau.
Mr. C. H. Ireland, Miss Hattie
Eldridge, Dr. J. 8. Belts, Dr. J. E.!
Wyche aud Mr. 8. C. Anderson.
First Baptist—M. W. Thompson, W.
D. Marrow, A. A. Chandler, H. H. j
Swan, J. L. Spencer, A. W. Cooke, J.,
L. Harris, A. Shell, J. L. Kich aud
Mr. Lincoln.
F'orest Avenue Baptist—U. W. Mou- I
roe, Mrs. J. S. Moore, O. J. Howaid
and H. E. Peele.
Muir's Chupel— Mrs. Dora Edwards, l
R. A. Williams, Miss Rosa Case, Miss
Delia Shoberai.d Mr. Johnson Harvey. I
Christian Church—R. 8. Petty,. G.
W. Ellington, Miss Brouua Clymer, ;
Mrs. Nettie Truitt. Mrs. Armfield.
Delegates to the state convention are: '
Mt.ii s Chapel—Mr. H. L. Bergman
and Richard Barnes.
West Market Street M, E.—8. C.
Anderson, s. L. Alderman,T.C. Hoyle,
Dr. J. B. Betts and C. H. Ireland.
Christian—L. M. Clitner, G. W. El-lington,
Mr. Snider, Mrs. L. M. Cly-mer
and Mis* Cora Lawrence.
First Baptist—J. L. Kich, T. VV. Al-derman,
H. 11. Swan, M. W. Thomp-son
and W. D. Marrow.
Forest Avenue Baptist—J. W. IJlox-ton
ami U. W. Monroe.
The schools that were not represent-ed
were asked to appoint delegates and
give their names to the secretary, Mr.
B. w. ;:aimy.
Academy of Medicine.
There was a full attendance Of the
doctors at the meeting of the Academy
of Medicine last Friday night. The
meeting was presided over by Vice-
President Harrison. "Measles" was
•in--., i- t under discussion, and a
very interesting paper was read by Dr.
Anna M. Gove, of the State Normal
College, which was freely discussed by-all
lire doctors pieseut.
The committee of arrangements for
a luncheon to be given to the county
society on April oth, leporled that
they had arranged for the luncheon to
lie served at Hotel Clegg.
An invitation lias been extended by
the Sisters of Charity to the Couuty
Society to visit the hospital after the
luncheon. A car will be charteied by
the Academy of Medicine to take the
visiting physicians to the hospital.
Mr. E. J. Stafford on the Tobacco Market
Again.
Mr. E. J. Stafford went ou the tobac-co
market again this morning to buy
leaf for his factory ou North Greene
street, which he intends starting up
again as soou as conditions are favor-able.
While engaged in the mercan-tile
business the past year or so Mr.
Stafford has not paid much attention
to his tobacco interests, but now that
he is no longer a member of the i.rm of
Domett A Stafford he is free to give al
his time to his first love, the maiiufac
ture of nigh grade plug tobacco. His
return to the market even so near the
close of the seasou will stimulate the
tobacco market materially, as he will
have to make the best of the short
available time iu which to purchase
his leaf stock.
Native of Guilford Dies in Caldwell.
Mr. Solomou 8. King, a native of
Guilford county, died at his home in
Caldwell county last Thursday and
was buried was Masonic honors the
uext day, Rev. W. H. McNairy, of
Lenoir, conducting the service. Mr.
Kiug was 88 years of age and had been
ill since he was here last fall ou a visit
to relatives. He is survived by six
sons, two daughters, two sisters and
three brothers. His brother* and sisters
are Mrs. Mary F. Curtis and Messrs.
Lee, Alfred and Thomas Kiug, of this
city, and Miss Ruth King, of Ken-tucky.
Plant-Bed Cloth.
We had the good luck to secure one
more lot at 2j cents a yard. Last
chance. Better get all you need.
TllACKEK & BROI KMANN.
Our plan of banking by
mail will afford you a
safe and convenient »
method of saving money.
You can start with as li -
tie as one dollar. You
may add to your deposit
at any time, or you can
draw any part of your
account, under ordinary
circumstances, without
notice. We pay 4% in- |
terestonsavingsaccounJs
Send for our booklet,
"Banking by Mail."
Southern
Life and Trust
Company
Capit&i, $:::,:::. surplus,$::.,:::.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
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GREENSBORO TOBACCO MARKET.
MARKET REPORT.
The receipts ou this market for the
past week, while not as small as for
the previous week, were railier light,
due considerably to the fact that far-mers
are busy With their crops and not
taking time to come to market, and to
the further fact that tobacco is mostly
all sold out aud not much remains to
be brought to maiket. Those who did
venture to market last week were well
repaid for the trouble it look to get
ready to come, for prices were good aud
buyers anxious for tin weed. Allgrades
of tobacco are in active demand, espec-ially
the common grades under fit 00
per hundred. and all good to fine wrap
pers. Our buyers are still very anx-ious
for the weed and are paying out-side
prices ou everything ofleied on
this market.
Fatber and Mother Both Dead.
Mention was made last week of the
critical illness of Mr. Thomas A. Hill,
a well known farmer living just west
of the city. Before the paper was mail-ed
news of Mr. Hil"s death reached
the city. He suffered with dysentery
following measles. Ou Saturday Mrs.
Hill died, leasing eight young children
doubly bereaved. Her funeral took
place Sunday at Zink's chapel, south
iftown. Mr. and Mrs. Hill were ex-
■elleut people and their death causes
much sorrow among their friends.
All kinds of garden seeds at the risrht
price at C. Scott & Co.'s.
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The
City National Bank
Greensboro, N. C.
Only fifty bales of those cotton seed
hulls left—86 cents a bale while they
last. iddoa COMMISSION CO.
DON'T WAIT
till you get a hundred dollars
to start a bank account. If
you do, you may never have
the hundred, and therefore
never experience the pleasure
of doing business with a re-liable
bank. Open an account
in the Savings Department of
The City National Bank with
that you have; you will get
the hundred much sooner.
T. B. OGBURN, Mgr. Sav. Dept.