The Greensboro patriot [August 24, 1898]

              EENSBORO PATRIOT.
VOL. 77. GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1898. NO. 34.
-IONAL CARDS. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Dr w. J. RICHARDSON.
: KATZ BUILDING.
315W.GA8TONST.
W. P. BEALL, M. D.,
AH AND SURGEON.
—Mr. Walter Marsh, first miller at |
I the Greensboro Roller Mills, is at his
some nice country ' home, Thomasville, seriously sick with
G. W. DlKKT. typhoid fever. Mr. W. A. Watsou \.s-
— I want to buy
hams.
—Miss Irvin Scales has returned ited him Sunday and reports some lit-froni
Virginia. tie improvement in his condition.
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1 Asheboro St.
I to 1; 3 to 4:30.
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STAMEY, 31. D.
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:..-i. Elm St.
I jf.zzc^'s Drag Store.
—School suits are advertised by C.
M. Vanstory it Co.
—Mrs. W. J. lilackhurn and children
are visiting Reidsville friends.
—Rev. Rufus W. Weaver returned
to Kentucky the lirst of the week.
—The Southern is erecting its new
iron bridge over East Market street.
—Mr. X. W. Gordon, of Stokesdale,
was our iir.~t caller Monday morning.
— Miss Virginia Taylor left last week
for Gibson, where she becomes assis-tant
principal in GibsoD Acadetnv, one
of the bestschoolsin Richmond county.
She is a teacher of rare ability and her
services were very much in demand.
—James M. Jol>e, of Burlington, died
of heart failure Aug. l!»th and was
buried at St. Mark's Refomed church
on the 21st in the presence of a host of
sympathizing friends. His funeral
—DeWolff & Christiansen, preBrie- j THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
tors of the Greensboro Evaporating i
Company, have some of their apple Guilford Democrats Choose Their!
evaporators in place and ready for' Standard-Bearers—The Ticket and
operation; Others are being built as I the Details of its Formation,
rapidly as possible. Farmers can be-1 The Democrats of Guilford county
gin bringing in apples at once and it | have reason to be proud of the conven-will
be totheirinteresttodoso. Prices tion which was held here Saturday to j
range for second and third quality i determine who should lead the party!
fruit from 15 to 20 cents. It is expect-11„ the coming campaign. It was a!
ed to have the plant in full operation . notable gathering of the best element'
by Sept. 1st. It is located in the old j of our people. infused with the desire ,
Crown cotton mill building on East t0 promote the welfare of every citizen
Washington street.
Turnip Seed just received. If you
want fresh, reliable seed buy of Gard-ner,
corner opposite postorlice.
— liuist's prize medal turnip seed at was preached by his pastor, Rev. J. D.,
Farias' drug store, opposite Iienbow
Boose.
—There were about two hundred ex-cursionists
on the train from Mt. Airy
Monday.
Andrew.
—Mr. L. M. Stewart has purchased
from Mr. D. A. White forty-eight acres
of land lying a half mile east of Guil-ford
College and will erect an eight-
Dr. J. J- BRYAN
iMtonal services to the
ensboroand vicinity.
—Buist's turnip seed are the best—I room house thereon at an early date,
at Fariss' drug store, opposite the Ben-' He will move out there as soon as the
bow House.
-Mrs. J. B. Taylor and Mr. Harold
I C. Taylor, of Guilford College, were
12 <TD.B.7ABISS" DSZSSTOSE, ■ here Monday.
—Charley Abbott, who has been in
the regular army the past three years,
returned home Saturda/y Morning■,» bar- iI p~ru'Cd\en»ce andJ"con"s\idjerat1i7o"!nTthTeTfoililow-of
the county by choosing for its public
officers men of recognized ability and
integrity, men identified with the best
interests of this favored section of Tar
Heeldom, men who will inspire others
in the attainment of a nobler citizen-ship.
That the convention acted with
•p BBltBOW HOU8R.
Dr. J. E. WYCHE,
DENTI8T1
tr B
— Buist's reliable turnip seed are on
sale at Fariss" drug store, opposite the
I Benbow House.
—See the announcement of theopen-
I ing of the Brockmann School of Music,
on another page.
—Mrs. Arthur Jordan has returned
from a visit to High Point somewhat
• ,N. C. .
, improved in health.
Dr. J. H. WHEELER,
DENTIST.
Ward's Drug Store.
Dr. W.H. Waiefield,
will be in Greens-
McAdoo House on Thurs-
-:h.
LIMITED TO
i;»r, None aud Throat.
Robert Dick Douglas,
tad Counsellor at Law,
house is ready for occupancy.
—Mr. John J. Phoenix talks about
groceries in bis ad. this week. He has i
familiarized himself with the wants of
the people in that line and is prepared |
to serve them satisfactorily. He buys
most everything produced on a farm.!
Give his new department a trial.
—A negro whose life was insured for j
live thousand dollars died here Satur- j
day of fever. He took out the policy \
two or three years ago, making his sis- j
ter the beneficiary. Her husband has j
paid the premiums for a year or more
-Mr. .1. W. Jones is sick with fever and c4)I18iders it a good investment.
at l'emberton'a boarding" house, on —,C..i„ty E,,ngi.nee.r B_.icn. ar_d,son»d_e.s!i«it..n,- 1•
South Greene street. ed, an el. eva.tor and, st,orage .bi.n.s _w«h.«i-e»b,
—Two of the children of Mr. W..I. bave just been #rected at the roei
Hendrlx, living north of the city, are , qnMTy out near Summit aveeue. The
sick with bilious fever. , b.ns hKV, a caE.a,jtT of over one hun-
—Mr. C. C. Moore, wife and daugh- dred tons and will materially facilitate '
ter, of Charlotte, spent Suuday here the operation of the rock crusher to
with Mr. C. C. Townsend's family. j advantage.
—Mrs. Lassiter and two children, of —Judge Timberlake is here holding
Northampton county, are here visiting ' the August term of Superior court.;
Mrs. 1:;atic'iiarl. on Walker Avenue. : over a hundred cases are en the orimi- I
—Rev. J. D. Andrew has returned nal docket, but they are being disposed
from Chicago and resumes his pastoral J of lo a manner that is commendable.;
duties in eastern Guilford this week, j The only case of much Importance is
that of the State vs. Lucas, which
ing come direct from Santiago, where
his command was stationed when bis
term of enlistment expired. He was
among the tlrst to reach Cuba at the
opening of hostilities and witnessed
all the important events of the military
campaign there. He was a member of
the hospital corps, and his accounts of
the suffering, privation and hardships
encountered by our army in that aw-ful
climate are thrilling in the ex-treme.
He has three months in which
to re-enlist and retain the rank which
he had attained.
ing ticket demonstrates:
Senate—John N. Wilson.
House—John C. Kennett and John
C. Bunch.
Sheriff—J. Henry Gilmer.
Clerk—John J. Nelson.
Register of Deeds—A. G. Kirkman.
Treasurer—G. II. McKinney.
Surveyor—W. P. McLean.
Coroner—Dr. J. P. Turner.
Commissioners—W. C. Boren, W. H.
Ragan and W. C. Michael.
The convention was called to order
When you call for DeWitt's Witch j at 11 40 A. M. by County Chairman
Hazel Salve the great pile cure, don't 1 Jno. J. Nelson and at his suggestion
accept anything else. Don't be talked j the call was read by Secretary Z. V.
into accepting a substitute, for piles, I „ , ,,,,,, . .
for sores, for burns. Howard Gardner, j Taylor. Roll call showed every town-m
»- Iship and voting precinct represented.
—Henry Odell, living a few miles j A glance at the mass of humanity that
south of the city, was arrested Satur- ] occupied every portion of the big court
day night by Constable Dave Scott on j room impressed one with the idea that
a larceny warrant sworn out by Lee
E. Troxler, of Danville, Va. It seems
Odell had purchased a horse and wa-gon
from Troxler, who Anally brought
suit to recover the property under the
terms of a mortgage given at the time
of the sale. While the case was being
heard Odell had some of his friends re-move
the property and it was brought
each township was well represented.
A larger convention has not been held
in years.
The time-honored custom of consid-ering
every Democrat a delegate to the
convention, with equal privileges in its
deliberations, relieved the necessity of
a r-tsnniittee on credentials.
Kuril voting precinct was requested
to this county, where he has been liv- | by the Chair to rnmie a member of the
ing for three months. Sunday morn-j committee on permanent organization,
ing the case was compromised, Odell's j The following names were submitted :
■
.JUTSBOEO, OST. C.
—Mr. B. H. Woodell. secretary of the
Odd Fellows' grand lodge in North
Carolina, spent Saturday here among
his many friends.
— Miss Rosa Belle I'lowden, of Green-comes
up tomorrow.
—Rev T. A. Smoot and wife, nee
Miss McGirt, cam* up from Wilming-ton
Thursday and spent the day with
brother-in-law, Mr. Oakley, assuming j
the indebtedness.
I wood, B. C, who has been visiting her '■ Prof' *•*•**'" f*mi|y betore *oi"K 0R
"aunt, Mrs. Alexander, east of the city, jto Salisb.ry, where they will visit a
CHAS. I. STEDMAN, papers
rORNEY AT LAW.
• hall Building,
- - - N.t.
A. II. SCALES.
SHAW k SCALES,
rxeys a* r_,a,-sA7-
i NSBORO, N. C.
Truth wears well. People have
learned that DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are reliable little pills for regu-latiug
the bowels, curing constipation
and sick headache. They don't gripe.
Howard Gardner.
returned home yestesday.
—SPX' Sunday i« the time fixed for
holding the quarterly meeting service
few days. The Wilmington
speak of their inarriago as being an
exceptionally happy event.
—Tabernacle Academy opened last
week with our friend II. L. Coble at Its
head. Monday Miss Carrie Smith, of
Summerfield, took charge of the musi-cal
department of the Academy. A
thoroughly good school Is assured the
patrous, as both the instructors arc
thoroughbred regis-1 fullT C9mr.et8nt to fill their responsi-
I at Muir's chapel camp ground. Rev.
Dr. Carraway will be present.
—Frank Gorrell.Eduey Ridge.Clenn
Brown and Dudley Weatherly are
among the Greensboro boys attending
school at Oak Ridge tbii term.
—Notic
tered bull, "Romola's Chief," will stand , j|e potions.
.. ..ir'.'1 ' ' at my stable near Finishing Mill. _Mf QM
. . 7. V. T LVLOB.
BYNUM, BYtlUM
-:rj and CotlBiellors at Law.
tf.
— One
J. w. LIN DA V.
-'RT SQUARE.
W. a liEACHAM,
Architect and Builder.
id Fellows Building,
BORO, - - - N. C.
J. T. JOHNSON,
:. SEN SB' >R>>
EYE SPECIALIST,
ry Wilson is marketing
*niue of the finest watermelon* raised
of the ar.gle glass in the . around h-r, tni8 Tear. ua brought in
& TAYLUH, i;reensboro Hardware Co.'s front win-! a loaa of M Saturday that readily sold
dows was smashed Saturday by a cou-, fop „ tTtraf, of 0ver Ifteen eents,
pie of belligerents—a white man »*d , ronlizing over gll for the load. Mon-
» darkey. | day u, fevered this Tiice with a big
— Mr. T. B. Doggett, the Soethere's v«:«a that was uo»u:ito"sly voted the
clever agent at Beaaja, was here : !>„>. t*« force had tackled this season.
Thursday on bis way to Piedeaont
Springs, where he will spend a portioe
of his vacation.
—Mr. S. B. Ellis has rsntad Hon.
John L. Kings handsome new house
on the corner of North Davie and East
Graston streets and will move her board-ing
house there in a few days.
— Married at the residence of the
bride's mother, near Alainance church.
August Is. 1898, by Rev. H. D. Le-queux,
Mr. Riley D Ingold and Miss
Marv E. Aikeu, both of this county.
— Mr. Herbert MeNairy. principal of
the Chester. S. C, schools, and who is
at home htre for lbs summer vacation,
lost two fingers at the Greensb'-ro Sash
and Blind Company's plant Saturday
while eonstrueiinx an apparatus to be
use4 iu bis school work. He failed to
heed the notice usually posted in all
lumber mills, "D^n't monkey with the
buzz saw."
—The Democratic hardbr.ok for 1899
^ out and should be procured at once
Washington—R. Zimmerman.
North Rock Creek—E. B. Wheeler.
South Rock Creek—Prof. Whitsett.
Greene—J. M. Coble.
North Madison—Dr. Denny.
South Madison—L. E. Howerton.
North Jefferson—Dr. IfcDaniei.
South Jefferson—J. W. Summers.
Clay—Dr. Fox.
North Monroe—C. E. Elmore.
South Monroe—Robt. Gilchrist.
North Gilmer—N. E. Rankin.
South Gilmer—A. H. Murray.
Precinct No. il—T. A Lyon.
Precinct No. 4—J. S. Michaux.
Fentress—O. F. Ross.
Centre Grove—J. W. Wharton.
North Morehead—C. W. Tate.
South Morehead—I no. W. Cook.
Precinct No. 1—w. E. Sohenok.
Precinot No. 2—E. J. Stafford.
Unmoor—W. J. Groome.
Summerfield—H. G. Moore.
Friendship—J. W. Brown.
Jamestown—Dr. Gordon.
Oak Ridge-Prof. Whitaker.
North High Point-A. R. Hammer.
South High Peint-W. H. Ragan.
While the committee deliberated in
_ . ., „,.!,'*_ T , lone of the jury rooms the convention,
Bunts Reliable Turnipr Seed i upon mo,t.ion„ of. M„.r. J,. rC. BRlul.rtfo„nn, eonn-
At Fariss' drug store, apposite Ben-1 ioTKi th# 8uta Democratic platform
in no uncertain manner.
—Mr. ("has. L. Andrews, of this city, |
was seriously injured in Baltimore1
Tuesday evening of last week and is .
now at the Maryland General Hospital.
According to the SUB, Mr. Andrews
was spending the evening with a friend,
Dr. C. G. Hill, who lives in the sub-urbs
of Baltimore. When he left the
latter's house about ten o'clock to re-turn
to the city he saw a car nearby ■
! which he attempted to catch, running !
between two buggies to reach it. As j
he reached the track he stumbled, and
was knocked some distance by the car j
fender,sulferingseverecutsand bruises !
about the face and arms and possibly
internal injuries, but the extent of the
latter can not be determined as yst.
His mother, Mrs. L. W. Andrsws, went
Ito Baltimore Wadnssday evening to
render anyassistancs within bsr powsr.
bow House.
Peaches Wanted.
I want to buy 500 bushels of peaches
suitable for canning. Will pay cash.
HENRY HUNTER,
34-"2: Greensboro, X. C.
Upon its rsturn the committee sub-mitted
the following recommendations :
For Permanent Chairman—Judge
i John Gray Bynum.
For Permanent Secretary—Hon. Z.
! V. Taylor, assisted by representatives
of the Democratic press.
The report was favorably received
1 I'll ELM ST.
Examination Free.
STONE
by ever) voter in the 6tate. It is a
—Cloudbursts in Cabarrus and Meek- clear, logical, forcible presentation of
lenburg counties Friday night did the issues of the campaign and is in-great
property damage. Trains over teresting from the preface to the end.
the Southern were compelled to go Liberal extracts from its pages will ap-
- around by Mocksville for several days, pear in these columns. Its compilers
♦ are to be congratulated on the thor-
—The Mt. Airy Granite Co. secured 0ughuess of their work.
♦ a contract last week for over ten thou- _Un j £ Lambeth< wife of a for.
♦ sand tons of crushed granite to be used ^citjzen of ft|i eountVi d,eJ a£ faer
1, ♦ by the government in extending the home iQ Reid5viHe ,Mt Wednesday
'•; ooast fortifications near rort Caswell. about noon after an ;,lness of several
— Miss Lillian Martin, daughter of months. Mrs. Lambeth was formerly
Mr. '.. W. Martin, of Madison, died Miss Lessie Williamson, of Caswell
last Thursday of consumption. She county. She was married to Mr. Lani-was
known and had many friends in beth about eighteen mouths ago. Her
Business Opportunities.
Opportunities for small investors to
ioan money on mortgages secured by and Judge Bynum upon assuming the
guaranty. chair made a few appropriate remarks,
Piedmont Realty tv Guaranty Co. punctuated with an occasional broad-
_, Z * ' ". r~r~ side for the enemy. He pointed out a
Sav* Your Teetn anu Eyes, few of the abu9es f0 which the state
Two of the most important organs of had been subjected under the deplor-
I am again in my ab]e and iniquit0U8 fU8iou rule and
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the human system.
office ready to do your Dental and Eye
work at prices in your reach. When
you need such service, remember I am
still doing business at the same place
and will alwavs treat you right.
J. W. GRIFFITH, Dentist,
K. of P. Building.
this city, having been a student at the age was about twenty-two years. Sev-eral
friends from here attended her
LYFl'RSIS •
. STONE, j
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LIVER PIUS 1
THE FAMILY WELL.
*PE-VEGETABLE.
*!!■ ORUC STORES.
G. F.C.
—Mr. B. R. Smith, a prominent
Reidsville young man. was drowned
while swimming in Boyd's pond, near
that place, Thursday evening. His
body was not recovered until the fol-lowing
evening.
funeral, which was very sad.
—The tennis championship of this
city was settled in a series of games
betweeu Messrs. B. W. and L. G.
Wharton, representing the North Side,
and Messrs. S. A. and R. M. Douglas,
J. R. Donnell and Cameron Gales rep-
-Don't forget the excursion to W U- resenting the South side. The Whw_
'mington August 30th. A pleasanter tong came out vict0rious. Those con-
I trip is not possible. The fare is low versant witQ the points of the
and the time is ample to see all the 9ay Mr L Q Wbarton ,, unquestiona-
I places of interest along the coast. Diy the finest tennis player in the
i Read the ad. once more. ' Sfste.
Turnip Seed just received. If you
want fresh, reliable seed buy of Gard-ner,
corner opposite postofflce.
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at le:i^t one dreaded disease
that science :«.i* been able t" cute in al! it? sta-
!'•- and that .* Catarrh. Hall's < atarih Core la
the only positive cure now known to the medi-cal
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
disease, requires a c<>ij-iitutionai treatment.
Hall's Patarru cure i* taken internally, acting
directly noon tl e I 100 I and mnr"us surface 01
the system, thereby destroying the fouDrtari-.r.
of the disease, an-1 giv.n^ the jtacient ?tren^tn
by buildine up the contti'uti n and assisting
nature iu doing It* work. The proprietors hare
so much faith 111 its< urative powers, that tnev
offer One Hundied Dollar* for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials
address. F. i. CHENEY, a CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druxztst*. 75c.
"»"'i Fa Li .. fiii a:e the best.
urged his hearers to rally as one man
in defense of the principles embodied
in the state and national platforms.
The speech was enthusiastically re-ceived
throughout. At its conclusion
the convention was asked to decide
whether the votes should be taken by
townships or by precincts. The former
was decided upon and each township
was informed of the vote to wiiich it
was entitled. There being 138 votes in
the convention, the Chair announced
that it would require 70 to nominate.
Nominations were then declared in
order.
FOR THE SENATE.
T. A. Lyon presentad the name of
Hon. John N. Wilson.
J. C. Burton presented the name of
John C. Kennett.
Prof. Whitsett presented the name
of Hon. A. M. Scales.
For good and sufllcient reasons the
last named gentlemen urged that their
names be withdrawn.
Prof. Holt seconded the nomination
of Mr. Wilson in an elegant little speech.
FOR THE HOOSS.
J. C. Burton nominated John C. Ken-nett.
Seconded by A. M. Scales.
C. H. Willson nominated John C.
Bunch. Seconded by Prof. Whitaker.
W. R. Land nominated Prof. T. E.
Whitaker. The latter declined to be a
candidate, stating that it would be im-possible
for him to accept.
FOR BBBBIPF.
R. R. King nominated J. Henry Gil-mer
and at once there wasadisposition
to tender the nomination by acclama-tion.
Mr. Burton presented the name of
John W. Cook, but the latter stated he
was in no sense a candidate.
There being noother nominations the
convention tendered Mr. Gilmer the
honor by acclamation.
FOR CLERK.
R. A. Wheeler nominated John J.
Nelson. Seconded by D. Schenck, Jr.
W. O. Doggett uominated G. A. Ran-kin.
Seconded by W. D. Wharton.
Hon. A. L. Brooks nominated Hon.
John L. King. Seconded by Mr. Rags-dale,
Dr. Fox and J. A. Davidson.
John Cannon nominated W. p. Mc-
Lean, who withdrew.
C. H. Ireland endorsed all the can-didates
for this office aud submitted a
few appropriate remarks.
FOR REGISTER OF DEED*.
Rev. A. G. Kirkman was the favorite
| with the convention and he was placed
in nomination by perhaps more than
half a dozen gentlemen,each designat-ing
him by some of the titles by which
he is familiarly known, such as "Uncle
Abe," "Brother Abe." "Abel Gardner,"
etc.
At this point Prof. Holt, at the re-j
quest of Mr. Gilmer, asked that the
vote for sheriff be reconsidered and
nominations for that office again be in
order, other names having been men-tioned
prior to the convention. The
name of R. M. Rees was proposed but
he promptly stated that he was not
and had not been a candidate. The
I nomination of Mr. Gilmer was again
made by acclamation.
Mr. Kirkman was then by acclama-tion
made the nominee for Register of
Deeds.
FOR TREASl'&VH.
Prof. Whitsett nominated W. H.
McLean. Withdrawn.
John C. Bunch nominated S. Starr
Higgins. Seconded by Prof. D. B.
Smith.
Col. Morehead nominated <;. II. Mc-
Kinney. Seconded by H. (". P.erger
and J. J. Thornton.
D. H. Collins uominated S. S. Mitch-ell.
W. H. Case nominated F. W. Dog-gett.
Seconded by J. F. Jordan.
W. R. Land nominated W. C. Boren.
: Withdrawn.
Jas. W. Forbis nominated W.C. Eng-land.
D.H.Collins nominated Milt. Cun-ningham.
Dr. Broadnax nominated Dr. J. P.
Turner. Seconded by Dr. Fox.
D. Schenck, Jr., nominated T. A.
Lyon.
Mr. Parrisb nominated J. W. Se-christ.
Withdrawn.
FOR -t'RVEYOR.
T. A. Lyon nominated John G. Gam-i
ble but that gentleman stated he would
j not accept and his name was with-
: drawn.
J. W. Merritt nominated W. P. Mc-
Lean.
I FOR COMMISSIONER.
J. F. Jordan nominated Frank For-bis.
Seconded by Peter Brown.
J. S. Ragsdale nominated W. H. Ra-gan.
Seconded by R. A. Wheeler.
Prof. Holt nominated John B. Og-burn.
Sam Browne nominated W. (. Bo-ren.
seconded by J.J.Thornton and
Prof. Holt.
Jacob Wagoner nominated W. C.
Michaei. Seconded by J. A. Davidson
and L. A. Camion.
C. A. Whitworth nominated W. ().
Doggett.
J. H. Robertson nominated Geo. W.
Long.
Adjourned to meet at 3 P. M.
Upon the reassembling of the con-vention
the secretary again read the
number of votes to w hich each town-ship
was entitled and the Chair re-quested
that ballots be prepared for
the various offices.
As Mr. Wilson was the only candi-date
for the Senate his nomination was
made unanimous.
By the same method Messrs. Bunch
and Kennett were nominated for the
House.
Mr. King asked the indulgence of the
: convention for a few remarks and con-
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