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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 87.
GREENSBORO, N7 C. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 14. 1908. NO. 42
lot W. J. RICHARDSON
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Upstairs.
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trortnr poor.
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
GREENSBORO. R. C.
iobert M. Douglas. Robert D. Douglas.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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THOMAS C. HOYLE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Special attention given to collections.
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Robert C. Strudwick
'. TORNEY mt COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
S Csart Stnsre, GREEISB0R0. E. C.
P. P. HOBGOOD. Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Mae In Wright Building, Opposite
Oourt House Greensboro. N. C.
S. GLENN BROWN
ATTOBNEY AT LAW
Wright Building, 108 North Elm St.
-•»! M. Scott. Chas. E. McLean.
SCOTT & McLEAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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G*tORGE M. PATTON
ATTORNEY AT l^AW
•Court Square. - Greensboro, N. C.
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SHAW&HTNES
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
'" s: Kooms a07 and MB New McAdoo
Building next to Tostofllce.
GREENSBORO CENTENNIAL
Thousands Here to Celebrate One Hundredth Anniver-sary
of Gate City of North Carolina.
The Dispersed Abroad Join With Citizens of the Com-munity
in Great Civic Celebration to Commemo-rate
Founding of City One Hundred Years Ago-
Municipal. County. State and National Govern-ments
Lend Aid to the Success of the Occasion—
A Century's Growth Along Industrial. Commercial
and Educational Lines.
Greensboro is celebrating this week
the one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of the little village that has
grown Into one of the livest and most
progressive cities on the map. The
gates of the city have been thrown
wide open and a most cordial wel-come
is extended to each of the thou-sands
of visitors who have come to
join in the celeorr.tion of this im-portant
event in the life of Greens-boro.
The sons and daughters of
North Carolina dispersed abroad are
here in large numbers, among them
being many who went out from Guil-ford
and other counties many years
ago to seek their fortunes far from
kindred and amid new surroundings.
It is not exaggerating to say that
the event is decidedly the biggest
civic celebration ever undertaken in
North Carolina. It is greater than tiie
people of Greensboro had any Idea
it would be. and the success of tin-occasion
in every particular is a.i
that could be desired.
SPECAIL SERVICES SUNDAY.
Greensboro Pulpits Occupied by Emi-nent
Divines.
The celebration of Greensboro's one
hundreth anniversary was opened Sun-day
witn special services in the city
churches. The pulpits were occupied
by distinguished sons of North Caro-lina.
All the choirs had prepared
special music for the occasion and
the congregations were unusually
large. In fact, it is doubtful if so
many people ever before attended di-vine
services in Greensboro in one
day.
The congregation at West Market
Street Methodist churcu was address-ed
by Rev. Wilbur F. fillet, I). I).,
dean of the theological depart-ment
of Vanderiiilt University. Nash-ville.
Tenn., who chose for his
theme. "The Place of Religion in the
Making and the Mission of a Chris-tian
Nation.'' He discussed the con-nection
between a nation's prosperity
and its recognition of God and laid
down the proposition that perfect
prosperity is possible only when all
the people praise God. The speaker
discussed in a most learned and in-teresting
manner the influence of
the Christian religion in the civiliza-tion
of the world, saying that in no
country has the relation between
church and state been adjusted so
happily as in the United States.
The sermon at the First Presby-terian
church was delivered by Rev.
Samuel M. Smith, I). I)., pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of Co-lumbia,
S. C, who spoke with great
eloquence and power from the pas-sage
of Scripture reading: "Except
the Lord build a house, they labor in
vain that keep it; except the Lord
keep a city, the watchmen waketh
in vain." Dr. Smith spoke of the
wonderful progress of Greensboro,
with special reference to the esprit
de corps exnnmed by the citizenship
in religion, business and society.
Dr. Smith went out from the First
church, having been the eldest son
of the late Rev. Jacob Henry Smith.
D. D., for nearly half a century pas-tor
of the congregation, and he was
heard by one of the largest congrega-tions
that ever filled a church in
Greensboro. Many of his hearers pro-nounce
the sermon the greatest ef-fort
of his life.
Dr. William Louis Poeat, president
of Wake Forest College, delivered a
learned and instructive address from
the pulpit of the First Baptist church
and in the same edifice at night an
able sermon was preached by Rev.
J. B. Hawthorne, D. D., of Richmond,
Va., one of the most eminent divines
of the Baptist denomination.
Among others who preached in the
morning were: Rev. Shuford Peeler,
at the First Reformed cuurch; Rev.
Ci A. Weiss, at the Lutheran church;
Rev. Joseph *. Watts, at Forest
Avenue Baptist church; Rev. William
A. Barr, D. D.. at St. Barnabas Epis-copal
church; Rev. William G. Hub-bard.
D. D., at the Friends' meeting
house; Rev. T. J. Ogburn, D. D.. at
Grace Methouist Protestant church;
Rev. T. A. Wharton. D. D.. at West-minister.
Presbyterian church; Rev.
John N. Cole. D. D.. at Centenary
Methodist church: Rt. Rev. Joseph
Blount Cheshire.bishop of the diocese
of North Carolina, at St. Andrew's
Episcopal church.
Sacred Concert in Auditorium.
The largest audience that ever
gathered under one roof in this part
of the South'assembled in Greens-boro's
new auditorium Sunday after-noon
to witness the sacred concert
given by the Greensboro Musical As-sociation,
assisted by the centennial
orchestra and the band of the Twelftu
United States cavalry. Every avail-able
Beat in the immense auditorium
was occupied and several taousand
people stood on their feet while the
programme was being rendered. Toe
streets surrounding the structure-were
filled with people unable to gain ad-mission.
No such crowd has ever
been seen in Greensboro.
Mr. G. S. Bradshaw, president of
the centennial board of managers,
presided over the meeting and pre-sented
Rev. Samuel M. Smith. D. D..
of Columbia, S. C, who delivered the
Invocation.
A special musical program was ren-dered,
A feature of special interest
was the singing of patriotic songs by
a choir of 2,VV<J school cnildren.
The pulpits of the city Sunday
night were occupied by eminent lay-men
and ministers who delivered ad-dresses
and preached sermon:. Appro-priate
to the centennial occasion. A
union meeting of the Methodists of
the city was held at West Market
Street church, where Dr. Edwin
Minis, of the faculty of Trinity Col-lege,
delivered an historical addr:».,s
on the advancement of .Methodism
during the past century. Rev. J. Ern
est Thacker. pastor of the Second
Presbyterian church of Norfolk, Va.,
and a native of Greensboro, s;pol:e at
the First Baptist church; Hon. Rich-ard
H. Battle, of Raleigh, at .St. Bar-nabas
Episcopal church, anil Dr. L. L.
Hobbs. president of Guilford College,
at the Friends church.
THE ATTRACTIONS MONDAY.
Big Parade by School Pupils—Centen-nial
Oration by Dr. Winston.
The formal exercises of the centen-nial
.Monday were held in the audi-torium,
following a mammoth parade
of the pupils of the colleges and
schools of Guilford county. The au-ditorium
was crowded as on Sun-day
afternoon, thousands of people
being turned away.
The educational parade began to
move from the campus of Greensboro
Female College shortly after. "- 10
o'clock, passing along West Market
street to court square; thence down
South Elm to Washington: thence
along East Washington and Forbis
streets to the auditorium. The pro-cession,
numbering more than 7.000
school boys and girls, presented a
most imposing spectacle and elicited
frequent and prolonged applause from
the many thousands of people who
lined the sidewalks and occupied
every point of vantage along the line.
The procession moved in the follow-ing
order: Mounted police officers
and marshals, followed by the White
Oak band, the musicians being attir-ed
in natty uniforms of white duck;
students of Greensboro Female Col-lege,
wearing white dresses and
white hats with light green bands, th
combination forming the college col-ors;
students of the State Normal
and Industrial College., dressed in
pure white and carrying tiny North
Carolina flags and the Normal col-ors,
white and yellow: pupils of the
Jamestown High School, in maroon
and black; Pleasant Garden High
School, in orange and black and
wearing jaunty caps: the Mill Point
school, in white: the Brlghtwood
school, in green and white; the Bes-semer
High School, in red and white
and wearing velvet caps:, the South
Buffalo public school, reel and blue;
Proximity graded school, white and
yellow; White Oak graded school, or-ange
and white; the Revolution
graded school, nile green and white;
the Oak Hill public school, white
and dark green; the Scalesville pub-lic
school, navy blue and white; the
Gethsemane public school, red and
white; the Pomona graded school,
white and green; the Muir's chapel
public school, light blue and white;
the Crow Hill public school, blue and
white; the Battle Ground public
school, blue and white, with United
States flags; Guilford College graded
school, maroon and white; Stokesdale
public school, in green and white;
the Greensboro graded schools, head-ed
by the practice school of the State
Normal and Industrial College, in pur-ple
and white, and followed by the
Asheboro street school, in orange and
black, the girls wearing yellow sashe
and the boys attired in Continental
uniforms; the Davie street school, in
blue and white; the Lindsay street
school and the Greensboro High
Sschool, in orange and purple.
All the schools received liberal ap-plause,
perhaps the most vociferous
being accorded the pupils of the
Asheboro street school and the graded
schools at Proximity, Revolution and
White Oak Cotton Mills. There were
no happier, brighter or more attrac-tive
children in the procession than
those of the mill schools.
Master Will Bain, the eight-year-old
son of Alderman and Mrs. E. E.
Bain, rode his Shetland pony at the
head of his playmates of the Ashe-boro
street school,impersonating Gen.
Nathanael Greene. The sturdy little
fellows marched through the streets
with the air of conquering heroes and
bore themselves like real soldiers in
their Continental uniforms. The pu-pils
of this school were awarded the
prize of $13 for making the best show-ing
in the parade. The prize was
j awarded by a committee of the fol-lowing
ladies: Mrs. Charles D. Me-ilver,
of this city; Mrs. Mary Menden-
Ihall Hobbs, of Guilford College; Mrs.
J. El wood Cox, of High Point, and
! Mrs. W. G. Ragsdale, of Jamestown.
It was after 11 o'clock when the
] army or school children marched In-
, to the auditorium in perfect order
| and took seats in the section re-i
served for them. When Gen. Na-thaneal
Greene (Master Will Bain)
! rode his little pony through the en-
1 trance at the east end of toe buflil-i
ing in command of his playmates, the
1 immense audience gave a mighty
I cheer.
In the Auditorium.
While the audience was arriving
and being seated the White Oak
Band, which has been designated as
the official centennial band, rendered
several selections of lively music.
The exercises were opened with the
song "America," rendered by the stu-dents
of the State Normal and In-dustrial
College, tinder the direction
of Prof. Herman Hoexter. This was
followed by the invocation, which was
made by Rev. T. J. Ogburn, pastor of
Grace Methodist Protestant church,af-ter
which Mr. G. S. Bradshaw, pres-ident
of the centennial board of man-agers,
presented Col. James T. More-head
as the presiding officer of the
centennial exercises. In performing
this duty Mr. Braushaw spoke brief-ly
and most eloquently of the signifi-cance
of the occasion.
Co!. Morehead presented Mr. A. B.
Kim nun. who delivered the address of
welcome on behalf of the city. Mr.
Kimball was very happy in his re-marks,
saying Greensboro bids the
! thousands of visitors thrice welcome
i to this prosperous and hospitable city.
At the conclusion of Mr. Kimball's
I address, the White Oak Band ren-
'■ dered "The Centennial March," which
| was composed for the occasion by.
j Mr. R. L. Martin, director of the
band.
Presenting the state government.
I Lieutenant Governor Francis D, Win-ston
extended a welcome to the sons
and daughters of North Carolina and
all other visitors. His speech, while
short, was a most eloquent and pa-triotic
utterance. Mr. Winston caught
the crowu by declaring that, for a
long time. North Carolina has been
busy managing her own affairs and
furnishing leaders for the other states
of the union. Every sentence of his
speech was punctuated with applause.
Rev. Turner A. Wharton. of Colum-bia.
Tenn., a native of Greensboro,
responded to the addresses of wel-come
in a felicitous manner.
The Centennial Oration.
The centennial choir and the stu-dents
of the State Normal and In-dustrial
College sang "The Old North
State," alter which Col. Morehead
presented the centennial orator. Dr.
George T. Winston. /
Dr. v.inston. always eloquent and
pleasing, was at his best on this
occasion. He chose for his subject
"The Old North State as a Nursery
of Men." Dr. Winston declared
Greensooro to be the center of gravity
of North Carolina and briefly review-ed
the history of the state and its
wonderful development during the
past century. He gave a birdseye
view of human progress in science,
philosophy, war a... industry, inter-spersing
his remarks with frequent
humorous thrusts at the follies of
modern life.
The learned orator made an earties.
plea for universal peace, comnulsory
education, prohibition and for the res-ulr-.
tion of hours and places of labor
by women and children. He justi-fied
the disfranchisement of the ne-gro
in the Southern states and the
government of inferior races in Asia,
Africa and America by the Anglo-
Saxon, with hi* more humane, more
peaceful and more progressive civili-zation.
Opening of Peace Congress.
The opening session of the North
Carolina Peace congress was held in
the Smith memorial building Monday
afternoon at 2.Z0 o'clock and was at-tended
by a large audience, many dis-tinguished
people' being present.
Lieutenant Governor Winston was -he
presiding officer.
Mayor Branot delivered the address
of welcome in a brief and appropriate
speech. The response was made by
Lieutenant Governor Winston, who al
so presented the orator of the occa-sion.
United States Senator Mc-
Creary, of Kentucky. Senator Mc-
Creary, who is one of the most dis-tinguished
men in the country made
an eloquent and entertaining address
on "The Possibilities of the Pan-
American Union."
The auditorium was filled again
Monday afternoon to witness the drill-ing
of the infantry and cavalry sol-diers
sent here by the government
under the command of Capt. Robert
E. Lee Mitchie. Company L of the
Seventeenth infantry drilled from 4 tc
4.30 o'clock and Troop L of the
Twelfth cavalry from 4.30 to 5.30
o'clock, the Twelfth cavalry band fur-nishing
music the meanwhne. The
pretty evolutions and difficult ma-noeuvers
greatly pleased the crowd,
which gave evidence of its appre-ciation
by liberal applause.
Grand Concert.
The principal attraction at night
was the grand concert which was
given in the auditorium by the Greens-boro
Musical Association, directed by
Mr. R. Blinn Owen, and the centen-nial
orchestra, directed by Dr. John
H. Wheeler. It was one of the most
artistic and interesting musical events
ever given in this city, the program
being rendered with exceptional skill
and ability.
SHAM BATTLE YESTERDAY.
British and American Forces Meet at
Guilford Court House.
The military feature was the ci-ef
attraction of the centennial yester-day,
the event of principal interest
being a reproduction of the battle of
Guilford Court House. The sham bat
tie, participated in by the regulars
of the infantry and cavalry branches
of the United States government and
eight companies of the North Carolina
National Guard, was witnessed by one
of the largest crowds thct ever as-sembled
on this historic spot. It is
estimated that the crowd of specta-tors
numbered 15,000 or more people.
The companies participating in the
sham battle were: Company L of the
Seventeenth Infantry. Troop L of the
Twelfth cavalry and the following
companies of the North Carolina Na-tional
Guard: Greensboro, Reidsville.
Winston-Salem, High Point, Burling-ton,
ML Airy, Lexington and Con-cord.
The British forces were command-ed
by Col. W. S. Minor, of Durham,
and the American by Col. J. N.
Craig, of Reidsville.
The soldiers mobilized at the au-ditorium
at 9 o'clock in the morn-ing,
and after parading the streets,
moved to the West Market street
crossing of the Southern Railway,
where they uoarded a train for the
Battle Ground. Col. Craig, in com-mand
of the American forces, de-trained
his men at the intersection of
the new Salisbury road, from which
l>oint he took his nosition in defense
of the old Guilford Court House site.
Col. Minor detrained his men at Bat-tle
Ground station and about noon
marched upon the American forces,
the combatants meeting ten minutes
iater in the ravine near Lake Wll-fong,
where most of the fighting
took place. The firing continued for
an hour.
The umpires—Maj. Max Barker, of
Salisbury, and Capt. R. E. L. Mit-chie,
of the Twelfth cavalry—will ren-der
their decision later as' to the
winning side.
The firing of the blank cartridges
sounded like the "real thing," al-though
veteran soldiers present were
not impressed with the idea that tue
movements of the soldiers represent-ed
real war. The officers in com-mand
say that the thousands of peo-ple
on the field made It Impossible
to follow the original lines of bat-tle
in their entirety.
A WORD TO
FARMERS
Every farmer ought to
put his surplus money in
a bank. It encourages
thrift, insures safety, in-creases
his independence.
Deposit a little each week,
each month, and watch
the account grow. We
give the depositor a small
bank book in which is
kept a record of the
money deposited and
taken out,* and this book
is valuable to keep, since
it shows the amount of
money you handle.
Then encourage your
boys and girls to have a
bank account.
Many of the best farm-ers
in Guilford county
have favored us with
their patronage.
If you have not opened
an account with us, do
so now.
American
Exchange Bank
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Capital, ■ . I3O0.0O0.00.
y R. P. WHARTON. President. J
► J. W. 8COTT, Vice President. ♦
J R. G. VAUGHN, Cashier. T
► P. H. NICHOLSON, Asst. Cashier. *
I, J. W. CASK, Mrr. Savings Dept. X
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stand and also bordering both sides
of an avenue that has been openeu
from the main building to the new
Agricultural building is a bewildering
array of attractions that are calcu-lated
o amuse and instruct, accord-ing
to the tastes of sightseers. Chief
among these attractions are Captain
Sorcho's deep sea diving exhibit.
Koran's wild animal show, a Wild
West show, two Ferris wheels, a BUT-rygoround.
Old Plantation show, Ko-gan's
"Merry Widows," the Electric
theatre, the original Aztec Twins, the
Fat Boy. snake shows, etc., while in
addition are the airship, the govern-ment
troops, the bands and no end of
other auractions.
Cotton Ginning Days.
Beginning Thursday, October 8th.
we will gin cotton every Tuesday and
Thursday of each week. We have the
latest improved machinery and will
give you entire satisfaction, and buy
your cotton at market price on the da
it is ginned.
Bring us your cotton.
PLEASANT GARDEN CO..
41-4t Pleasant Garden, N. C.
THE GOOD ROADS CONGRESS.
First Session Addressed by Gover-nor
Ansel and Others.
The opening session of the good
roads congress was held in the Grand
opera house yesterday afternoon at .'!
o'clock and was presided over by
Lieutenant Governor Winston, who
made a strong, practical speech in
calling the body to order.
The meeting was attended by a
large crowd of people including
many visitors. Among the latter wer
uiu.iy members of the North Carolina
Association of County Commissioners,
v.'.i.ch is nolding a meeting here in
connection wnu the good roads con-gress.
The principal address of the meet-ing
was delivered by Hon. M. F. An-sel,
of Soutu Carolina, whose effort
gave great pleasure to his hearers.
He was voted a resolution of thanks
for his splendid presentation of the
subject of good roads.
Another striking speech was made
by Mr. M. V. Richards, of Washing-ton,
land and industrial agent of the
Southern Railway.
Another session of the congress will
be held tomorrow, when addresses
will be delivered by Mr. E. J. Wat-son,
commissioner of immigration for
South .Carolina; Dr. Joseph Hyde
Pratt, North Carolina state geolog-ist;
Congressman Richards, of Ala-bama,
and others.
Midway Attractions Galore.
The biggest Midway that was ever
seen at a Greensboro fair greets the
sight of visitors at the Central Car-olina
fair this week. Stretching from
the ol driveway gate to the grand-
The Fair in Progress.
The Central Carolina Fair opened
yesterday under the most favorable
auspices in the history of the asso-ciation.
The weatner was all that
could be desired and the attendance
was large for the opening day. The
exhibits are in place and are pro-nounced
decidedly the best ever made
at a fair in this section.
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