The Greensboro patriot [May 11, 1910]

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State U¥Sf* fltL GREENSBORO PATRIOT
GREENSBORO. N. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1910. NO. 19
federate Veterans that we are -great-ly
Indebted to the Daughters or the
Confederacy and the ladies of Greens-
NY GRIZZLED VETERANS -IN fr— far their genuine hospitality and
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED.
THE LINE OF MARCH. the many kind favors shown to old
soldiers.
-r K,.t. Paid to Valor and "We deslre to thank a11 the dti-
Fitting Tr,bu/e
ro
P"fld
(te;°l0 soldier- zens for tnelr helD in ***** the day
Hero.sm of Confe
L.aer"l"^8O,i°,0,'_: an enjoyable and memoorable one for
Greensboro yest^lay paid a splen-did'and
loving tnuute to the valor
. heroism of the Confederate sol-
"'i"- The public exercises of memo-
' d.iv were held in the Grand opera
'' i .it the soldiers' plot
in
LOCAL NEW8 IN BRIEF FORM.! DEATH OF REV. ALLEN JAY. I THE Y. M. C. A. SITE SELECTED. I f♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»»»»»»»»»M»^
Call at Townsend's Variety Store. Society of Friends, died Monday;a«*r £^ hS d«WeU to pur
Something new for every one. 18-4t. morning * hi._ hornejaRichmond. ^ ^hat\ known as the Smith
Sycamore
y across
site for
Men's pants, overalls, shirts and ■ Z^JTS^ST^^STTZmji^mm *«,,.*. !**• building to be erected by the as-nriHerwear
at
Store>
Townsand's
'te'.A K h PKeDKS-HM^° '.a,„^; w« reached at a meeting of the
Point. May --This m„rn.. 2,^granulated 8ugar tl.„«:«!j^L^J^ ^g*^ ~
0 o'clock, in the school audi- at c D Kenny Companys, 225 South have gone t0 IndUna for the funeral. ; 5^SHJ-!2^
Variety
18-4t.
at-
„ and at ....,.„,. Hill cemetery and were
ed by a great many people. The
in the opera house
Observed at Hijh Point.
High Point, 10.—This morn-ing
at 1
torium, memorial day exercises were I Elm street
-.""vSf™1.^ Ctah^P Hi^'i^Sri Rambler,' Crescent and Iver John-
Mr. %'. J. Gold, of this city, made ' Boys' suits, shirts, bodies, stock-
SAVING
MONEY
Mr. Jay was one of the best known
Quakers in his generation and had
visited as a minister of the gospel
all the leading Quaker churches of
the world. For several years Just
after the civil war he resided in
Burton, Esq.. of Wins ent.
an! I>re
casion, •'• *-• -
■; ilem Mr. Buxton was at his
j'. .. and delivered an eloquent and veteT&Da marched to tne
naming address on the conted- followed by the chanter of the Daugh-
Young men, don't fail to see our
, „ „» new lot of spring straw hats from 50
Kmm h a"li"nr"ml ,he
cSery! cents up to $2. G. F. Blackmon.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Alderman are
era'.e veteran
woman.
and the ante-bellum,--—t-——-— ^ml a in Ashevllle in attendance upon the
Norman
I P. \V. Schenck and S. Clay Williams
were appointed members of a commit-tee
to formulate the by-laws of the
association, a report to be made at
another meeting of the committee
next Monday night.
The property purchased for the Y.
Syca-treets
the
the
option
owners
is
His name will ever be held in loving . ^^oy^'^^"^^!,.^^ net
memory by the friends of Guilford ( ' ve„ $13,000.
College and other Quaker education- ! L0^a
alte seJect€^ wlll be genrally
al institutions , approveed, and these is no question
Mr. Jay took the leadI in estab- -« ^ . ^ - wJse Qne_ ,
!
. SSSU GeneralConference of the Methodist Ushlng and equipping sscchnooool.ss aainmd ■ ; "~ ,~^ accommodate a good build-„,
oke firsti noff tthhPe^veetteerraann aaas aa s^hort reli^gio-us exercise was held and General t,onierence oi <-uC colleges of his church, and it is not »»•*" , ft f dead ^ cnurcn ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ generally Jng^ndjhen hav. „.
soldier, then as a patriotic ' rated. There was an abundance of Mrs. George Penn returned yester-1| aemgiasrsdetdo aaasy that he «"*.«"-r~' tennis courts, etc.
the most distinguished .„.. .' ,
8 ' «^JS£« ZS^S^ASS?\&*tt*JVri£2 -SSS? oT tnT S=y"oT-FH= : pother plan for £^™™
'"""ft" ^^■SS«h"**^-*JlS]riL,l^ thS favUy °f ' A friend at Guilford College writes «»»• to^ nave ^r^unded, thus L^r,^^^ -ofhim: ^laaerta - sxs »**
against the union they did what they , th,8 than on any for-
, wa6 riant, and after it was exercises this year
Il.Wjed they «ere in the wrong they «■" occasion,
re-entered the union, and now there
ar< no more patriotic citizens in the
United States than the .men who
fought for the Confederacy.
Th- speaker referred to the fact
that the old veterans are rapidly-pass-'
GIBSONVILLE COMMENCEMENT.
> luigu. ot Um. maklne a court and giving much
without melons Is a crop , ..No member of the Friends chorch »» |treet space It was stated
All kins of reliable wa-|ln America was more widely known « "» corner owner8 had
canteloupe seeds at | and none nave wielded a wider in- j eed to aUow ten Ieet Qf their
Tucker & Erwin's. fluence. In cases of confusion or dis- j £>£ and Jf {he third party come8 ln.
Do you want a splendid metal towel turbance he has been the Pacl"er> ! to {he agreement this will be done.
A crop
Incomplete,
termelon and
i wain a »IIKUUI« ^. —--.— .- — -^— _.,i... ,'AS ■ >-o me ssrecmom imo "— -- -----
^ «.«vs/i.h racl or kitchen hanger? Hendrix & under his strong personality contes cutting ten feet from the Elks
njoyable Program earned Out W'th^gVf„g these awav absolutely '■■• —,„
Spiendiy tTTov*.
The commencement exercises
free to customers.
"' President Moffitt, of Blon College.
and some are in need, the Gibsonville graded schools open- recently underwent a serious
others are more fortunate. It be- ed Thursday night with an enJoyaDie operation at St. Leo'9 hospital, is
, , s those who have plenty to re- program rendered by the P"l»ls "■ improving very satisfactorily.
tants were persuaded to wait until ^ tm feet from the iot
the final outcome, when all extremes j Q{ R p Dalton the view from Elm
would be modified. , street would be much better; in faet
"When debt threatened the life of , of the builalng could
any of the Friends colleges it »a« i be p,aln,y ^^ for ,t ls the plan
are com- came to a close Sunday with the an-
Allen Jay who took the field until , Q{ ^ commlttee to navc the building
The exercises of the opening night market prices all *••^B-— ed the people notwithstanding the, architects, contractors and
Jsist'd of an operatta drills, tab- A- C- FOR.B, ™' t ' ^Pediment In h:s speech^ H« preliminaries necessary before
?«.„ o„* .n=tr„ment»l solos by the Don't fall to see our line of low; cut beaming face and th~
other in •very possible way. he de- Rev. E. K. McLarty, of this city,
clured. The veterans have but a
few more years on earth, he said ad
Is more important than hard
work and some people consider
saving hard work in itself, but
only until the start is made.
After the frlst dollar, saving be-comes
a pleasure—there ls an
absolute fascination in watch-ing
a bank account grow.
You can save if you will make
the start. Our bank offers you
every encouragement, every
protection and the experience
of others who began banking on
much les, perhaps, than you
are earning.
We are ready to help you—
will you allow us?
April 1st begins a new inter-est
quarter. Open an account
now.
American
Exchange Bank|
OnCKNSBORO. N. C.
Capital. . I300.ooo.oo.
COE
■;. audience at large, and leaux, and Instrumental solos by -..- -—-—■----•-- h ,)ur 8tyies
„ ,,„,„ all strive to make, their pupO. ot t*>.—* "*£?"±J**\**".^.Jf^J^JZLnT
last days just as happy
maKe ineir pupils OI tne music ucy.—~— "— —." - . th (ntereat'ne
f and bright the exercises by the..grades and he and (^BR^OW•N,jRHANKI'NSft CO.
, confederacy, Robert E. greeted"With" rounds of applause by TOWNSEND BUGGY CO.
and Stonewall Jackson taueht tne iarge audience present on the ,f you Want grain cradles made or
:. :mr. h-w to love and fear God opening night. ..,_.,. repaired, see W. A. Clapp at Mc- tMJ«M^'e^a
to barge «■■• .ossfully the forces of The exercises- of Friday ni8htwe^ Knight's mill or leave orders *u^ ^. ' "»*«"* > n throughout the
. : one fust as they taught them attended by a large crowd and the A at lhe odeU Hardware Com- *m »nl" *^.",
f nritain in lament-successfully
charge the breast- 1)rogram was enjoyed to the utmost panv natiioi and ure
«■ ,rks of the enemy. In conclusion by everyone. Opening with a seiec- ScTeen doors and widows afford lnB nls
spei ker said that the veterans tlon by the Gibsonville cornet nana
!. ... higher obligations as citizens and a quartet by the school giee •
•: i tl,.v did as soldiers. He urged club, the exercises put everybody in
* - *--. I.n''"'ll Pr'CeS6riLFORD HARDWARE CO.
-«. ■» — the sparkle of his startin actlve work on the building.
kindly eyes were the best expression ft ~j announced that action would
of his overflowing heart. De talten relative to the plans, etc.,
Several years of his life were w|thln the next few days lt wasthe
general opinion that a three-story
building should bo erected and that
it should cost WIT 160.000. TWs
would leave a surplus of about *S.-
000 from the amount of pledges In
hand, but if this isn't lost In collec-tions
the committee has no fears
about being able to dispose of It.
Two More Candidate*.
, r , The Patriot this week carries the
Tidal Call for Congress.onal con-1 formal announcements of two more
vention. candidates who have entered for the
„_ __,,-_ of the executive commit- Democratic primaries—Mr. J. E.
By order of w m Gpeen8bon) |Urkman> of Hlgh Point, who desires
S. P. WHARTON. Pretldant.
J. W. SCOTT. Vloa PraaMant.
R. O. VAUGHN, Cashier.
F. H. NICHOLSON, AMt. Caahicr.
he came agai..
lift the burdens of the church or or
friends in this state
l those
nation and Great Britain In
xercises and Is visit- „onal convention for the Fit* a» lature and MI- v i
t:. m to stand ready when the sum- the rigbt sort of humor to begin
avma come. with, and the essays and papers on
Touching on the second part of his school echoes were each recenea
subject the speaker referred to the Wjth generous applause.
part t.' women of the South played superintendent of Schools Thomas
ui::inti<- struggle. Touching R poost made a short address in
. thrilling w;,s his account of the presenting certificates to the gradu-
• - and heartaches and the hero- ates ne taking occasion to compii- lllc v—..„^...„ candidate tor .tnc«...- Uieu oic "*■' - ,,„„„.,
- lisplayed by those noble women. men't the citizens of Gibsonville not the High Point graded "hoola took inaung c
a
ongress and for transacting citizens and will have strong »«W»«|
Th.y fought battles of which there is onl/upon the excellent school sys- placc Monday and £«»****■ ^as ' such other business as may properly Several other ■"*■£■£&"*_■
ord: they fought against odds tora
y
but upon securing such an able address to the gradualtag_ class w as such o her convention. mentioned as county commissioners.
_ a. no one will ever know. His aud'ef{iclent corps of teachers delivered last night by Prcf. E. C. come "f^g*^ each county in among them *tafj£~***£i ™.
, tribute to the women of the Saturday was commencement da> Brooks, of Trinity College. Ahe di^-lct is entitled to one dele- , san. of Bruce; George Barrett
• : ,v was a beautiful and prope» the event of chief interest be- Th Pomona graded school ^closed « d one alternate for every 50 I Greene, and Al.
-,...' [ng an address by Governor Kitchin. a h.ghly satisfactory year with -
' '" ' "' ■.■-..!...■ i '"« • —-.cuoiis «> ; mat «... -• — •
cast there- be a candidate for the nomination for
ceding county treasurer
tes
ne veterans: B. F. Coe, W. M. of -character" and made a deep im- Mlg8eg Bettie Aiken Land, Bessie e-i-
■•-"in. 0. L. Huff, James Hutclu- pre8slon on aU who heard him. lef Whitaker, Fitzgerald, Ledbetter
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED.
of
North
ss by uoveruor a"*»•■■• a highly satistactory yem ».;.. -•• V,emocralll. votes, and one «i»6a« , uuraer. " '" '„ K "» Rrnre mav
delightful musical selec- ^ governor wa!i introduced to the priate exercises Friday. During the wi o t aIternate for fractions of | that Mr. J. C. Bunch, of ' ruce, ^ay
were rendered during the ex- audjence by Mr. J. A. Davidson and ,....., tne school was under tne |™,, » .,.; n,,e.-m,,,ocratlc votes cas
- r the dose of which cros^s ^, one ot Us characteristic good directIon 0, Miss Bessie Howard as governor att he last precedii
■ ..;■: were presented to the fol- speeches. He spoke on the subject rlncipal and the following assistant,• "»' J ,, election, said delegat
Alfred King, J. B. Laster, De-is
l.ev.i?. .\. C. Myers. S. W.
M«thell. H. \v. Reinhart. G. W. Rick.
P. Sim-iions. D. S. Stack, James
im, James Thomas, A. U York,
m Calvin Kirkman, S. H. Howard,
these exercises, the pro-
DEATH OF GOOD WOMAN.
! and Craven.
The Guilford College Horse Com-pany
has purchased a fine black im-
Wldow of Well Known Minister ned Percheron stallion four years
Passes to Her Reward. fM and weighing 1.700 pounds. He
Mrs. Jennie Clegg Webb.Jhe^wld-; can^b^found^Lee S^h^place
part
Ciiilford Grays. lilies northeast of the c.t>, »--
• irning to the city, the veterans • she had made her no™e 'or. ■",,, [or
entertained by the Daughter* of i years. She had been critical) .1 for
confederacy at a bountiful and a week and the end was not une*
netizing repast in the Banner ware- pected. The body was carried to
The'me"nu'"conSisted of sliced , "Mebane this J»°rning *|L*Sifgj2
baked chicken, dressing, crack-. and interment, which uill take pi
broad, stuffed eggs, ice cream, at Bethlehem church, near hat piace
: lemonade and cake. Mrs. Webb was a member cf a
dinner was followed by a 'leading Chatham county familJ.naN
ker. every vet-ran present being ing been born at W*«' «3 »ear*
ago. She is survived by two daugn
ters and four sons—Mrs. Haword L.
CO.,
Mgr.
If you buy anything at Thacker &
Brockmanns that does not turn out
right, tell them about it. They won t
look sour—in fact, they will thank
you for letting them know the goods
and alternates to be elected by the
respective county conventions in eacn
county; and none but delegates and
alternates so elected shall be en-titled
to seats in the «« «""»
tlon T C. HOYLE. Chairman.
G. H. Hastings, Secretary.
Merchants Approve Good Roads
Scheme.
At a meeting of the Greensboro
Retail Merchants Association Friday
night the proposed highways between
Greensboro and Ra'.eigh—one by wa>
of Durham and another by way oi
Pinehurst—were discussed and resolu
tions encouraging the efforts being
made along this line were unanl-
Commencement Exercises at Greens-boro
Female College.
The commencement exercises at
Greensboro Female College will open
Sunday and come to^a close next
Wednesday. The program is as fol-
J)ws:
Sunday, May 15, at 8 P. M.. Y. W.
C. A. anniversary. Sermon by Rev.
D. M. Lltaker, pastor of Centenary
Methodist church.
Monday, May 16, evening. Recital
by pupils of the expression depart-ment.
Tuesday, May 17, at 11 A. M. Bac-calaureate
sermon by Rev. G. T.
Rowe, pastor of Tryon Street Meth-odist
church, Charlotte.
Tuesday, May 17, afternoon. Bus-iness
meeting of the alumnae asso-ciation.
-
Tuesday, May 17, at 8.C0 P. M. Re-union
of the alumnae.
Wednesday, May 18, at 10..!0 A. M.,
Graduating exercises. Address by Dr.
Merrill E. Gates, of Washington.
Wednesday, May 18, at 8.30 P. M.,
annual concert by the pupils of the
music department.
Death of a Promising Young Man.
Mr. John R. Spoon died at - o' CIOCK mousl adopted.
Monday morning at his boarding | The matter of getting out a new
nted with a pipe and a package
. tobacco.
Meeting of Guilford Camp.
''<■■■■ annual meeting of Guilford
; imp Xo. "!»."., United Confederate
x 'nans, was held in the court house
' rterday morning at 9 o'clock. Com-mander
J. Y. Whitted presided and
there was a good attendance of vet-rins
from all sections of the coun-
"••• All the officers were re-elected
for the ensuing year.
The death of the following mem-hers
of the camp during the year was
reported: Thomas Cooper, C. H.
Hancock, John. W. Wharton, Dr. D.
V Armfield, John Y. Smith, Adam
'•yall, Rudy Elliott, D. Leonard and
Foust Morrow.
M ssrs. George H. Gregory, W. H.
Itankin and David Scott were appoint-
I members of a committee to draft
- iolutlons of respect to the de-
"■' *ed members.
* committee* appointed to draft res-olutlons
of thanks to the Daughters
•' the Confederacy and all others
••ho assisted in making the observ-ance
of memorial day a success sub-mitted
the following, which was
adopted:
"Be it resolved by the members of
are not what they ought to he. and
they will make everything satisfac-tory,
if they have to return your
money to do it.
When people want shoes they're
absolutely sure of. they usually go
Cannon" Mr""" TTISS^ST*?* S J. M^ Hendrix * Co. Ask for a
H it °™,ntv nr W A Webb, of present when you buy.
Favette Mo Prof A. S Webb, of Selling shoes for over twenty years
™. ;' Rufus Webb, of Iredell I means that we sell good ones, or
^.?ntv 'nnd Mr RichLd Webb, of I else we would have "played out'
toTLl, long ago. A useful present to every
Mrf Webb was a woman of be«.- ; customer while the,.resents las^
tiful Christian character and endear- .,. M ULM.KIN ..
ed hersr to a wide circle of friends
place on West Market street, follow- i f book was considered and it
ing a brief illness of pneumonia. The , wag {.naUy decided to get out a new
remains were carried to liberty a»d b k eariy as possible,
the funeral held from Mt. Zlon church pre,gnt rates were a so discussed
yesterday. .. B , ! in a general way. and the meaibm
Mr. Spoon was 24 years old and weU pleased over the fact that
had been a resident of Greensboro ,g now considering in a
for several vears. coming here from . fav0
6
rable way a bill that will afford
Farm for Sale.
Located four miles southwest of
Guilford College and contains 106
acres. . There is about fifteen acres
of first-class bottom land not subject
to damage from high water. The up-land
is good and in good condition.
There is considerable pine and oak
timber. For further information see
or address D. H. Couch, Guilford Col-lege,
N. C. 16-tf.
some relief.
the Guilford Camp of the United Con-1 tlon in Charlotte.
Democratic Congressional Convention
Called.
The Democratic executive commit-tee
of the Fifth congressional dis^
trict held a meeting ln the office of
the chairman, Mr. Thomas C. Hoyie,
In this city, Saturday afternoon to
select a time and date 'or holding
the next nominating convention. Af-ter
canvassing the situation, it was
decided to hold the convention in
Greensboro on Tuesday. July 5, at J
o'clock in the afternoon. It is re-lieved
that this date will be as con-venient
as any that could have been
selected, and it Is understood that It
is satisfactory to all the canddiates
It will fall the day after the Fourth
of July celebration and JusC prior
to the meeting of the state conven-
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Glenn and lit-tle
son left Sunday for an extended
trip to Northern and Western cities
and will be absent a month. They
will go to Detroit, Mich., where Mr.
Glenn is sent as a delegate to the
national convention of locomotive en-gineers.
From Detroit they will go
to Cleveland, Ohio, to wtlness the
dedication of the national home for
locomotive engineers.
The first two hundred and twenty-five
ladles who call at our store can
buy a hat shape for less than half
what they could have bought one be-fore
this season, and get the newest
shapes too. That's Just how many
sample hats we bought from a trav-eling
man yesterday. Drummers
samples and only been on the road
two weeks. Lots of other. bargains
Just as good can always be found at
the Original Racket Store.
Haw River, where his motherland
Dr° SS SS% -» **?*&£ I A Mortgage for $10,000,000.
Proximity, Revolution and W hue Y terday the Southern Power Corn-
Oak, also survives. Until at^ked the offlce of the clerk of
deceased had been employed by , {, u
y
ford Superior court for registra-
Rowe & Roach as bookkeeper and Jio.000.000 5 per cent, gold
with the fatal illness last Friday the mort.age made in favor of the
his emnlovers as well as a host or „ ,„„„ anri Trust Company.
Wend™, will mourn his untimely pass-
Ing with genuine regret.
Death of Will L. Price.
Mr. WillL. Price died at his home
about four miles from Summerfield.
ty, Friday morning after a brief ill
across the line In Rockingham coun-ness.
He was about 33 years_ old
and unmarried. . He is survived by
two brothers. J. B. Price, a former
member of the legislature from Rock-ingham.
and S. T. Price, of Summer-field,
with whom he was engaged in
business, the two brothers.operating
a roller mill at Summerfield.
Pine Stallion for Service.
My four-year-old Clyesdale and
Percheron stallion is now ready for
service at my farm one mile north-east
of Tabernacle church. Quail-ties
extra good, heavy bone and com-pact
build. Service to Insure foal, $8-
C. U. HINSHAW,
Il8-4t. Greensboro, N. C, R. D. 6.
Farmers Loan and Trust Company
of New York. The document cover-ed
140 printed pages and the registra-tion
fees amounted to $43. The mort-gage
ls signed by James B. Duke as
president of the Southern Power Com-pand
and Richard B. Arrlngton as,
secretary. The same mortgage will
be recorded In all the counties in
North Carolina and South Carolina
where the Southern Power Company
has wires, poles and waterpower and
other property^
Special Tax Election Carries.
The people of the Concord school
district, in Sumner township, yester-day
voted a special school tax by a
majority of 14 votes. There were 41
names on the registration books, and
of this number 28 voted for the spe-cial
tax; five did not vote atjU and
eight voted against lt Th*Jlieasure
was voted down in this district six
years ago, but by yesterday's action
the children will not only have bet-ter
accommodations, but longer school
terms.
8UB3CRIBE TO THE PATRIOT.
0<H>«KKKHKHJO<«KHKHXKKKKK>05
$20.00 IN GOLD
TO OE GIVEN AWAY.
The Commercial National
Bank will offer a prire of $20
In Gold to the farmer of Guil-ford
who raises the best crop
of tobacco on one acre of
ground, provided there will be
twenty or more contestants.
The judges of this contest
will be Mr. J. F. Jordan on the
part of the bank, and some one
chosen by the Greensboro To-bacco
Association, the third to
be selected by these gentle-men.
Those wishing to enter the
contest will please call at the
bank and leave their names
and addrei
Commercial National
Bank
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