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VOL. 86. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1907. NO. 17
j>, W. J. RICHARDSON
OFFICE:
KATZ BUILDING.
■ ■•lOCNCC: 318 WEST GASTON ST.
. I. STAMIV. M. D.
KJS *H Arlinirton.
J. H. BOVLCS. M. D.
Hes. 40!t W. Gastou.
Phoae No. 768.
XJOOAJ* ^IJ^VAT-S.
Lpao No. 25.
§TAMEY © BOYLES
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Ifel their professional services to the people
ot Greensboro and surrounding country.
>mOK Over Helms' Drug Store.
SOsjf South Elm street. Phone 8».
Mr.C. P. Vanstory has been critically
ill for a few days.
Mr. aud Mrs. E. P. Wharton are in
New York tbia week.
Have you bought a manure spreader
yet? If not, write the Petty-Reid Co.
for catalogue.
Mrs. M. L. Sherwood ia critically ill
at her home on West Gastou, suffer-ing
with pneumonia.
The death of Mrs. C. W. Holden ia
expected at any moment. She has
been quite tuck for some time.
There will be a due game of ball at
GREENSBORO'S FIRST PRIMARY. A. k M. COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.
No Nomination for Major—Brandt Leads
by Firty-FiYe Votes—Contest to be
Settled Next Tuesday.
Greensboro's flist legalized primary
was pulled ofl yesterday in a very sat-isfactory
manuer, notwithstanding
that the system was new alike to man-agers
as well as voters.
Iu the mayoralty contest, where the
chief Interest was centered. Mr. L. J.
Brandt received 456 vote*, Mayor T. J.
Murphy 400 and Mr. E.J.Stafford 204.
Another primary to vote on mayor
alone will be held next Tuesday, when
the eoutest will be between Messrs.
Dr. J. E. WYCHE
DENTIST
0 .ICE IN SAVINGS BANK BLDG.
UOUTH ELM »T.. «mtN«bO«0, N. C.
•Dr. M. F. FOX
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
VT PYL8a'U^8y afternoou- GulU Brandt and Murphy, the two men re-ford
and Wake torest are.the oppos-' lvlng lhe niKheBt votc yebterday.
ing teams. j,^ clailU9 the bulb of „ie Ktanord
WANTED —A good farm horse. Must | vote.
be well broken. Apply to * For aldermen Messrs. E. A. \tov/a
W. J. GROOMS, ' received the unanimous vote of the
17 tf. Route 3, Greensboro, N.O. j first ward, E. E. Bain the vote of the
Mr John Nest, who is employed by .third ward, Neil Ellington the vote of
lhe Southern Express Company, un- the fourth ward and C.C. McLean the
Baccalaureate Sermon on Snnday—Y. M.
C. A. Anniversary Honday Nigh;.
Sunday marked the beginning of the
commencement exercises at the A. &
M. College, at which time the Bacca-laureate
sermon was preached by Rev.
A. Sbepard, D. D, of Durham. Dr.
Sbepard took for his theme, "Practical
Religion," and delivered a very able
discourse to a large and appreciative
audience. The college chapel was
taxed to its utmost capacity and a large
number of persons were uuahle to gain
admittance.
Monday night the Young Men's
Christian Association had their anni-versary
exercises, the principal feature
of which was an address by Rev. J. W.
Mnrpb, B. D., of Wilmington. Rev.
Murph is well and favorably known in
Greensboro, having been pastor of the
African Methodist church here for
DEATH OF MB. D. N. tlRKPAIRICK.
Heaet Failure, Following a long Period
of Illness. Ends the Life of This
useful Citizen.
Mr. David N. Kirkpatriek, for many
years an active and u.-elul citizen of
Greensboro, died Monday morning at
10.30 at hie home just north of lhe city.
Mr. Kirkpatriek was in hi* seventy-second
year at the time of his death.
For many years he was actively en-gaged
in the manufacture of icick here,
but of late the business has been man-aged
by one of his sons, Mr. D. A.
Kirkpatriek. About two years ago he
suffered au attack of pneumonia, since j
wbicn his health had been very poor, j
Kidney .and heart troubles had com- j
pli-rkUd matters jjreat'y w ithin rc-ceut
months, and bis heart suddenly failed
under lhe great strain. He lived up-rightly
in the eight of God and bis fei-lowmen
all daring lite unusual spun of
mmiiiiiiiiiiiinii
A PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT
SU1LFORD COLLEGE. N. C.
Dr. E. A. BURTON
DENTIST
ifnoeoverR. P. Gorrell's Dry foods store.
Opposite the Mjuthbide Bank.
derweot an operation for appendicitis
at St. Leo's hospital Monday morning.
vote of the sixth ward.
Iu the two wards where there were
His condition is considered favorable.; opposing candidates the vote was as
Do you want slippers and oxford tieo follow*: Second ward-John L. King
for your little girls? If you do, don't !5'4' J- W Uandretb 448; Fifth ward-fail
to see the new lines being Bold at ]T- A- Clascock 535, R. G. Hiatt 427.
Thacker & Brockmauu's. They have
all sizes, all sold at quite reasonable
prices.
The ladies of St. Barnabas church
are preparing for a bazaar, which they
will give on the 2nd and 3rd of May in
Mr. E. M. CeJdcleugh'a store building
on South l-'lm, whish has just been re-modeled.
Mies Bessie M. Case, a young Bister
|of Mr. J. W. Case, Of the American
Security Company, underwent a seri-1
OBeeHours-eA. M.tol P. M.j :!,.* P.M.to I „IIH operation at St. Leo's hospital Sun- !
P. M. Sunday, '.' to 1U.3U A. M. given to tue I
SOUTH Em ST.
C. W. BANNER. M. D
OPPOU1T8 M'ADOO HOrsR.
Practice Limited to the Eye. Ear. Nose
and Throat.
wo/tfc-T poor.
Dr. J. J. HILTON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
GREENSSORO. N. C.
jt~.-.:- Third Floor Galloway Drug Company
I day, but rallied nicely A»d ia in a fair
way to recover.
Members of the executive committee
I were uomiuatul HS follows:
First Ward -John S. Michaux.
Second Ward—Heury W. Wharton.
Third Ward—W. L. Cranford.
Fourth Ward—W. P. Button.
Fifth Want—Robert Morrison.
Sixth Ward—D. H. Collins.
The only contest for executive com-mitteeinau
was iu the fifth ward, Rob-
I ert Morrison, the successful candidate,
'receiving 542 votes and H. G. Lewis
' 210.
Theouly objection raised to the pri-mary
yesterday was the lack of voting
Self Realization the Chier Aim of
IChristianity," was timely and well
j handled. Last uight the Agricultural
| aud Mechanical Literary Societies held
| their anniversary exercises. The prin-cipal
feature of the program Whsau
i address by Prof. S. B. Jones, St. Augus-j
tine school, Raleigh. This evening a
,dr»u;:a will be presented by the students
1 and industrial exhibits i. ill be given.
some lime. Thesubjeet of hisdiscourse, j years allotted to him, and bis family
" and friends know thai he was prepared
for the great cbauge tint ushered his
soul iuio the presence of his Maker.
He leaves a wife and four children—
three sons aud a daughter. The fu-neral
Services were he'd yesterday af-teruoon
at the family residence, ton-ducted
by Rev. Melton Clark, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, after
which lutatment * as made iu Gieene
The graduating exercises will be held Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were
Messrs. 0. 1C. Holton, C. .VI. Vanstory,
J. H. Rankln, it. (.'. liernau, E. M.
: tuiHonow afternoon at t<«o o'clock
I when the annual address ia to be de-
I livered by the Rev. Dr. A. C. True, A'.- I Hcuclrix and W. (». Balsley.
Irector of experiment stxtious, Wash-,
! ington, D. C.
The public is cordially iuvltcd lo
, attend the exercises.
booths. It had been estimated that
Mr. J.F.Taylor, a former traveling the vcU, waU be ,.aBt intwboni
representative of the PATRIOT, is sen-; Late |n the day tW(, BddltIolla, ^^
Ba-.io
Boj ' Krom '•' toll A.M., and 3 ton P. M.
f aits <I»K olflce at White Oak Hotel.
Ottos l-'hone •'*". Hesidoncc Phone JtPfl.
Dr. W. P. Reaves
Xvj years House Bunreon Sew Orleans Eye.
Ear. Nose and Throat Hospital.
ou.flv ill at 1m home on Lithia street. I were opened, facilitating matters very
He ia suffering with a complication of; luucn
diseases and does not respond to treat- j Tiie inclement weather did not seem
ment as his many fiieuds would like, j to iuterfere wUn the voter8 or worke„.
Miss Bessie Gold, of Wilson, and ; A large crowd stood about the city hall
Mrs. William Spicer, of Goldsboro, I all day, notwithstanding the fact that
who have been spending a short time I rain fell most all forenoon aud well up
here With P. D. Gold, Jr., will go to , iuio the afternoon. The vote was the
High Point today to attend the mar- largest ever cast here fit any sort of a
Practice Limited to Disease. ss9 Sur- *•■ °T »* br"Uler' T' J tio,d- and \ pn-n^y.
go* «f Me tye. Ear. No«, a* Throat. , Mfee Nina \* heeler ; crmitory to be Enlarges and Audl'.o-
HounlSOtoSF.M. Foit SALE—A good Nlssen two-horse I riurn Complcted#
■AcAir.a r.uildii.ir. Neit to Postofflee. j wagon and double set of harness tbftt
Christian Endezvorers Here fsday.
| The state convention of Cluistiau
: K-.:deavor s cieties meets bore today
! under conditioua that promise a help-
; I'ul and interesting annual session.
'lhe program, which we published
| last week, wasarranged with the great-e
»t care and with the oiject iu view of
Glenwoed Pari lr, lire Llmr'igat.
The snnouiicemenl of an ali-ilay car
strvice Sunday on the new tVeetLoel
street electric lioe caused two or three;
thousand people to make a nihtrlnsags !
11 Glen wood, an important new mih
urbtbat is just being opened on West
Lee street extended, in addition to
the many other improvements made
by tin? owners of this desirable prop-erty
a nice pars is beini; opened tbeie,
a large force of men having been em*
making the entire convention one tbat ■ ployed In its bsautinostl
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB
DENTIST
Offlao over Sykes Drun (Jouipany.
Phone 793.
J. I. SCALES.
Taylor & Scales
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
GR2ERSB0R0. 5. C.
ecr-iff M. Douglas. Robert D. Douirla3.
DOUGLAS & DOUGLAS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
have beeu in use IS months but are iu
I good condition. They cast SS4. We
j will take $50 for the entire outfit. Also
I a nine-year-old medium «i/e horse for
$S0. Call on or address Hines& Littie,
Route l, McLeansville, N. C. 17 2
Au audience composed of students
j and a large number of townspeople
| enjoyed the concert given ut lhe State
; Normal and Industrial College Satur-
Iday night by the glee clob and orches-
Ttra of the Uuiversily ofNorthCarolina.
jThe program was varied and eutertaiu-
| log and every number was heartily ap-plauded.
Superior court has been occupied this | ato|K:eiS( ,]u „eA. ,i|o|i|r.
la Greensboro Loan and Tract Blae.
THOMAS C. HOYLE
ATORNEY AT LAW
"onrt Square. GREEHSBOKO. H. C.
■ilattentiongiven to collections. Loans
... ted.
obert C. Strudwick
vRNEY as* COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
:oart Sqaare, GREEHSB0R0. H. C.
At a meeting of the executive com-mittee
of the State Normal and I tidus-trlal
College trustees held in PiU <i:y
last week it was decided to expend the
special appropriation made the Institu-tion
by the last general assembly in
providing additional dormitory room
and completing the auditorium in the
Students' building. A wing, fronting
Walker avenue, will be added to the
new Spencer dormitory, thus increas-ing
its capacity by thirty-live rooms.
ArchitectC. C. Hook will prepare the
plans at once an,I submit tinm to tha
trustees at their annu ii mcetiug next
month, if approved, work wiil begin
which will
accommodate seventy studetils, will
be ready for occupancy this fall. The
auditorium in the Students' building
will be completed without further de-lay.
These are foremost among the
urgent needs of the institution and it
is gratifying to know they are provided
for.
Mr. F. i''i. watson Dies of Pneumonia.
Mr. K. M. Watson, a prominent citi-zen
of southern Guilford wiio moved
to Greensboro a few years *po and had
since resided on Ashebo o street netr
the end of the car line, died Monday
afternoon at ".tfO of pneumonia, which
I followed au attack of lagrippe. He
P. HOBGOOD. Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
In Wright Building:. Opposite
' jurt House, Greensboro, N.. CC.
D. Kuykendall. 8. Glenn Brown.
..ykendall Ct Brown
ATTOBNEYS AT LAW
• II m and 301. City Nat'l Bank Bid*.
M. Scott. Cfaas. E. McLean.
SCOTT O McLEAN
'TTQRNEYS AT LAW
■•*'«: 11! Court S«nare. Greenaboro.H.C.
^RGE M. PATTON
^TORNEY AT LAW
r '"ourt Square, - Grocnsboro, N. C.
week with the $30,000 damage suit of
Mrs. I'.otelia M Hanes, of Winston,
who is suing the Southern for injuries
alleged to have been siistainol in an
accident near Pomona two or three
• years ago, when a coach on the Wins-
I ton train was overturned. The case
I may get to lhe jury today.
Because Thacker & iirockmaun ad-i
vertise lloslouian and Douglas (8.60
and $4.00 shoe-" so extensively and
have such a iarge trade in this grade,
it will not do to jump to the conclusion
that they do not sell the less expensive
kinds. The fact is that they cany also
a bie stock of Ib-i best ?2. $2 SO and $:',
men's shoe- to be found anywhere.
A niess.i-.-e fioon Trinity last night j *** *bout *'xty-eUht years old and
announce-! the s-udden death of Mrs, ! *•**•■ u «*'« and three son", tlie Inner
ICa/l .-carborough, a highly esteemed j toem» wel1 known railroadmen. The
young woman well known m Greene- MDMlne were taken to Pleaaaut Gar-boro,
where she live! several years. dea to* '"termeut j esterday -afternoon.
The funer.il will take place tomorrow Mr- VVatsou enjoyed the eateem of a
afternooa at 2 o'clock from West Mar- j wide ,iroIe "f friends who sympathize
ket M. E. church. Mrs. Scarborough : ^eep'y »«•> «w bereaved family.
was a daughter of Rev. Frank Wood, ! _. ~ ~ _.
. lhe revival meeting at the Ftr*t
° '" y' _, ^, I Baptist church opened Sunday with
The giocery store of Wrenn & Din- ; |i;Werful sermons morning and evening
ble, at 817 Ea't Market street, was j uy Rev w w Hamiltou D D an
robbed some time Friday night of over j evaugelw of worldwide reputation,
a hundred dollars' worth of goods, in-, ilBluen8e congregations attending each
eluding several bams, two barrels of I s?rviec. prof. W. D. Wakelield adds
flour and li". pounds of sugar. En-, ,<( lhe iBlereBt of the uleeUug eai;b
trance to the store waeettected by prl2-}mght ,,ya half-hour song service which
lug opeu a rear window. A wagon I preeede9 the evangelistic service. The
was evidently reeuirsd to carry away j pa6tor_ Dr. Battle, stated Sunday that
he was really dedicating his haodsome
would be. equally beneticial to the
members of all denominations who at-tend
the sessions.
- C ristitn Endeavor stands first for
loyalty to, Christ, next for loyalty to
one's own denomination, and for true
Christian fellowship SS found in the
interdenominational feature of the
movement;
The convention will be ''.e!u in Grace
M. J' i hurch at the corner of Greene
and West Washington streets, and the
j Endeavorert of Greensboro have so ar-
I ranged for the entertainment of the
delegates that none of them will be at
au inconvenient distance fr»m the
church.
The music Will be one of the meet
attractive and inspiring features of the
program.
Mr. William Shaw, of Boston, gen-eral
secretary of the United Societies
of Christian Endesvcr, will be present
and address the convention several
iimas: and if no other kble speaker had
been engaged to come it would bo well
worth the trip to Greensboro to hear
Mr. Slaw alone. He is a Christian
business man who thoroughly uuder-
'.-laniis Christian work for people of all
hges aud one who has studied the
problem of Christian work for young
people, and how to keep thsm iuteisst-ed
in it, as not many men havestudied
it, and his success in the application of
his knowledge is known in every land.
Mr. Shaw is a man of personal mag-netism,
he i'- an eloquent speaker aud
one that will arid peculiar charm to
any program upon wbteb he appears.
the plunder.
Capt. A. J. Clark, a resident of
Greensboro or its suburbs for several
years, coming here from Virginia, died
yesterday morning at bis home near
the fair grounds, aged sixty eight
years. He bad been in poor health for
sometime. The remains were taken
to Danville this morning for interment
in the family burying ground six miles
from that city.
new church ediflce to God's service by
this series of meetings Bud he hopes the
entire community will profit by the
influence of this means of grace.
WANTED—Six bright neat girls to
work in sample department and make-up
room.
COULTER & LOWREY CO.,
46-tf Finishing Mill.
Telfalr instt.ute Chartered.
Dr. W. C Ashworth and Air. J. M.
Millikan. of Greensboro, and Mr. John
i A. Lowrey, of Kerneraville, obtained a
j charter last week for a Telfsit Institute
at Ashevlile for the treatment of all
alcohol and drug addictions and ner-vous
diseases, using the Teifalr systtm
which has beeu so successful elsewhere
Dr. Aehworlh and Mr. Lowrey are
already iu Asheville to prepare for the
opeuiug of the iustitutiou the lirrt Of
next month. One of the most attract-ive
hotel buildings there is being fitted
to the needs of the new company,
which aims to provide accommoda-tions
at the start for one hundred pa-tienls.
Notice of Annual Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that the an-nual
meeting of the Guilford Branch
of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Associa-tion
will be held at the court bouse in
Greensboro, N.C., on Saturday, May
4, 1907, at 11 A M. All members of the
association are invited to attend.
By order of
J. A. RASKIN, President.
G. H. MCKINNEY, Secretary. 16-at.
Mr. Walter Greene came up from
Raleigh Monday to take a hand in the
primary.
. The Greensboro Boiler and Ma*
chine Company was able to de-clare
a stock dividend of 40 per
ceut. aud a cash dividend of 10
per ceut. within 17 mouths after
beginning active operations—
TH US PAYING 50 PKR CENT
ON THE INVESTMENT.
Such a concern was, is aud al-ways
will be a necessity in our
community, and will contiuue to
pay large proriis.
To reasonably extend the busi-ness
a new issue ofcommou stock
has been authorized, and we
have some of it for sale to prompt
purcha.-ersat 1.02i.
The management is active, yet
s.<fe and conservative, aud we
advise the purchase.
TR0ST DEPAIUMENT
Southern
Life and Trust| n
E Market St .Greensboro, N.c.
lion for several
days. By the time warm weather
oomos it will be a delightful place for
recreation, lhe shady wa'.ks, cool [
springs and restful seats making it es-pecially
attractive to iudies and chil-d
"!•':.
Glenwood it'-e'f deserves mote than
pissing notice, There Hie over three
hundred nice building loin there,
grouped intelligently into blocks ;ual
abut upon graded streets along whleb
are shade trees, water mains, electric
light liuss, etc. Friday and Saturday
of this week these lots will be sold at
auction, as advertised in the PATRIOT
and oilier local new-ipapers, and it i*
certain lhe sale will attract a Urge
number of interested bidders. A regu-lar
car schedule will be established on
t'-e new liue before the sale takes
place, and there will be no difficulty in
reaching Glenwood from this lime on.
The many friends of Mrs. Myrtle
Cook Roach, a daughter «f Mr. John
W. Cook, were shocked last night by
the announceaaeut that the failed to
rally fiom au operation performed yes-terday
and passed away at six o'clock.
Mrs. Roach, whoae home is in Dan-ville,
had basu iu ill health for some
time, and came to her old home here a
couple of weeks ago for treatment. An
operation was found necessary, but it
failed to prolong her life. She was L'9
years old and bad one child. The be-reaved
husband, father and many
other close friend* of Mrs. Roach have
unbounded sympathy in their great j
bereavement. Tue funeral will take
place tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock,
with interment at Guilford College.
K. P. V.HAKTOX. President.
i It. (i. VAUGHN. Treasurer.
f J. w. CASE, Xgr. Ravings ucpt.
SlS8tt«t..tttK«;.UUUUU
Over two thousand people saw the
uotable contest for supremacy on the
baseball field between the University
teams of Virginia and North Caiolina
here Saturday, the weather being al-moat
Ideal lor f.-.st v, CM k on the dia-mond.
Virginia, with Suuing in the
stellar position, he'd her opponents
do^u until the eighth Inning, when u
timely two-bagger by Story brought in
two luns, tying the score. In lie last
half of the Inning the visitors gained a
lead uf three runs that could not bo
overcome. Thompson pitched a fine
game foi North Carolina. Mr. Bar's
Holt vmuii id the game to lhe satisfac-tion
of everyone. The Salem Boys'
Hut d added to the pleasure >••' the of-teriioon
by discoursing sweet music
and plenty of it.
Ladies who read the PATRIOT are
given a cordial invitation lo visit this
store aud see the new spring and sum-mer
goods shown here. You may no-tice
that iu all our advertising we sel-dom
ask you t,. buy. If we c-ia Inter-est
you to the extent of looking, the
rest is easy. The goods aru new, at-tractive
and fresh and sell Without an
effort. We are glad to have you GOBBS
aud the clerks trill not "talk you to
death'' nor insist ou your buying till
your patience is worn out.
THACKER it BROCKHAXH.
Mr. W. R. /- iirin.riii-.in, of Gibson.
ville, is In the city today.
Mr. T. L. Royal, a young fireman on
the Southern who had been living in
Greensboro for i-ome time, coming here
from Dunn, was instantly kilie i iu a
wreck on the Spencer yards yesterday.
With Engineer Will Roach he had
taken an extra train to Spencer, col-liding
there with a northbound freight
that was just starting out. Engineer
Roach saved his life by jumping.
Royal's body was terrib'y mangled.
His remains weie sent here last night
aud later forwarded to Dunn tor inter-ment.
He ha.1 dreamed Sunday night
that he would be killed and was tinea
greatly depressed.
The Guilford Cotillion Club gave a
dance Saturday uight in the assembly
hall ef The Ben bow complimentary to
the members of the North Carolina aud
Virginia baseball teams. Over oue
huudred young people participated and
the occasion was greatly enjoyed by
everyone. The ball was appropriately
and attractively decorated. Elam's
orchestra furnished the music.
Mr. R. R. Patterson, the A. T. Co
buyer on the Greenaboro tobacco mar-ket,
is rapidly recovering from a recent
operation for appendicitis.
IN AFTER LIFE
Is founded upon what you save while
young—whether you become a busi-ness
man or woman, or enter upon a
professional career.
Without money there cau be uo suc-cess.
What are your chances?
This bank extends a helping hand to
you. It will keep your savings safely
and increase them with 4 per cent. In-terest.
Start the account at once with
our Savings Department.
CITY NATIONAL BANK
T. B. OaSVBV, H|r. Savings rapt. fl
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