The Greensboro patriot [July 9, 1902]

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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 81 GREENSBORO, N. C, JULY 9, 1902. NO. 28.
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An Important Address Bearing; on Local
Taxation for Better Schools.
To THE SCHOOL OFFICERS AND CITI-ZENS
OF Gl'ILFORI) ( 'otwry:
As is generally known, there was or-ganized
in Greensboro last April an
association lor the improvement of the
public schools of (jluilford county.
At the same lime a large and enthu-siastic
meeting of the citizen* was held
and plans were formed for tlie purpose
of making effective the object of this
organization. Kight thousand dollars,
§4,000of which comes from the Gen-eral
(education Hoard,was subscribed to
aid those communities where a special
tax should be voted to supplement the
the present school fund, sulllcient to
secure at least a six months school
term.
The money is now available, and is
under the control of a board of trustees.
it will be the policy of the board to
give the most substantial aid to those
communities which act first in voting
jtlie tax and consolidating theii small
districts. We believe that the children
I of the rural districts of (iuilford county
ought to have as good educational fa-cilities,
including as comfortable houses
and as good teachers, as the children
of the cities of North Carolina have.
Thirty cents on one hundred dollars
; worth of property and ninety cents on
each poll would about double the
school fund In almost any community.
About one-half of the tax payers of
(iuilford county are assessed for less
than §300 of property, which means
that il this thirty-tent tax should be
voted throughout the county, it would
cost one-half of the lax payers less than
ninety cents on their pioperty, and the
school facilities would be doubled.
Only one-sixth or one-seventh of the
lax layers of (iuilford county have
properly assessed for more than si.oon.
and only tbat proportion of tax payers
would, therefore, pay more tl.an ■-.:
property tax.
The following figures taken from the
tax books will furnish an illustration
!of how lightly it will fall on the indi-vidual
tax payer of a certain township
in <iuilford county:
White. Colored. Tnta .
Pol - u:i |s Uil
Total Drunvrt)... $ltu.<n« S1.3W illi.Wi-
Taxes paid as follows:
Polls onlj
nn less man S:i">
i HI $MM to •■■""
I III f&M t'i $l.i««l
nn il.ouii I., M.umi
i in more than I3JMI
Total a mi m in now apportioned S '>.'•'» 00
I'M Polls o Wl cents would add... $111 Ml
j|i".'.»i. n Ai cents would add— lt:i -- 5S8 "*
Giving: lor sel Is tl.2l:i ;-
.Nearly doubling fund. Of this four-sevenths
of the tax payer- Would pay
less than SO rents propel ly lax.
In view of the fact that the increase
i in taxes would be so small on each tax
' payer, and that the school facilities oi
the county would lie doubled, and in
view of the further fact thai no com-munity
ill the world has ever been able
to secure a satisfactory school system
without the adopti if the principle
of local taxation, we believe that when
the matter i- properly placed before the
citizens of Ouilford county, they will
be willing to vote this tax just as has
been the case with VVaynesville, A-he-ville,
Charlotte, Statesville, Oastouiu,
Concord, Salisbury, High 1'oint, Albe-marlc,
Lexington, Thomasville, Ml.
Airy, Greensboro, Winston, Reidsville,
Durham, Raleigh, Sanford, Wilming-ton,
Monroe, Uockingham, Burlington,
Mt. olive, (ioldsboro, Wilson, Tarboro,
Washington, Knliold, Kinston, Itocky
Mount. New I'.ern, Selma. I lender-son.
Oxford. Dobson, (iuilford College,
Price's School House. I'nioii county:
lielhaveii. Beaufort county, and a
number of other communities in oilier
counties.
If, after a reasonable length of time,
it should appear that only a few tow u-
-hips or communities in (iuilfordcoun-ty
are w illing to adopt this plan, all of
the $8,000 will be spent in those town-ships,
either to improve the public
school houses and furnish them, or to
lengthen the public school terms.
The board to which has been en-trusted
this fund desires to spend it
wisely and in accordance with the pur-pose
of the subscribers. It would there-tore
be well for the school authorities
who contemplate holding an election
on the question of levying a special
tax, With the hope of receiving help,
to consult this board before deciding
definitely the boundaries of proposed
districts,"the rate of tax upon which
vote is to be taken, etc. By this means
confusion about the distribution of the
funds may lie avoided.
We appeal to all good citizens to aid
in pushing this matter of better schools
to a successful issue. No greater op-portunity
ha- ever been offered Ouil-ford
county.
The paramount question with us is
the substantial education of all our
people, and this county will not be
true to her past history if she is not
found leading this movement.
The work undertaken by this board
is heartily approved by the County
Superintendent and the County Board
ol education. .). VAN LIMH.FA.
\V. II. O.SBOK.N,
c. 11. IRELAND,
E. P. WIIAHTOX,
c. D. MCIVER,
OF.II. A. Oni.Msi.KY,
Hoard of Public School Improvement
Ouilford County.
Townseud has just bought 800,000
more of those cheap shingles. Best
thing you ever saw for the ii\ouey. 2S
Democratic County Convention.
The convention of Ouilford Democ-racy
for the purpose of selecting dele-gates
and alternates to the approach-ing
state, judicial and congressional
conventions was held Saturday. The
attendance was exceptionally good,
every township but one,Clay, respond-
'ing at roll call. Delegates from this
township arrived before the proceed-ings
were well under way.
Chairman A. M. Scales called the
meeting to order and ordered the call
read by Secretary /,. Y. Taylor.
Prof. J. Allen! Holt was made per-manent
chairman, and accepted the
honor in an appropriate speech that
was brief and to the point. Mr. /.. V.
Taylor and representatives of the Dem-
.ocratic press were made secretaries.
An unimportant discussion as to how
; the delegates from the various tow u-j
ships to the conventions referred to is
; passed over briefly because of a lack of
| space. Each township was instructed
| to name its delegates, and they were
I afterward approved in open conven-i
lion.
While the convention waited for the
reports from the townships Secretary
Taylor explained the various impor-
I taut features of the plan of organ i/a-
I lion.
The delegates and alternates named
! are as follows:
Stale Convention—John N. Wilson,
| R. M. Pees, Clias. M. Stedmau, /.. V.
Taylor, VV. II. McLean, c. o. Wright,
A. M. Scales. Dr. J. K. Mrooks. A. I..
I hooks. I). 11. Coble, John C. Keiiucll.
Dr. .). K. Cordon. W. 11. Pagan. It. I).
White, o. S. lioren, It. I!. King, John
I W. Wharlon. Jr., J. A. Davidson. <.
II. Willson.J. M. Ueece, It. K.Dalton,
.!. A. Davis, W. .1. Oroome, Jno. Cray
! Itynuiu, John L. King, J. Itichard
Moore, Uobt. A. Wheeler, A. li. Kiai-ball.
W. T. Whitsett, Dr. M. K. Pox,
j I). 11. Collins, A. W. Cooke, John J.
Nelson, Uobt. A. (iilmer, I.eeS. Smith.
\'.'. X. Wright, C. Mebane, I'. D.tiold,
Jr., W. |{. Land, ( ol. ,1a.-. T. More-head.
J. Henry (iilmer, J. It. Met'ul-loch,
Weseotl liol>erson, J. A. Holt.
John S. Michaux, John A. Harringer,
Jas. W. loibi.-. J. 1. Scale-..!. M. Ihir-lon.
O II. Hancock. II. W. Wharloii,
K. A. Cilchri.-i. J. K. It. i lapp, K. (J.
West, A. J. Lambeth, Win. Love. Jas.
D. i ileun.
Congressional and Judicial Conven-tion
W.N.Wright, C. I.. Sockwell,
J. .1. P.usick, C. A. Whartoil, It. C.
. nick. in. W. T. Whitsett, !•:. II.
Wheeler, Wiu. Bennett, J. I-'. Smith.
T. M. Webb, M. T. Wagoner. 1.. K.
Howerton, W. A. Heath, 11. I.. Can-non.
W. I.. Lindsay, J. \V. Summers,
John M. I'hipp>. O. A. (iarrett, C. W.
'fate, D. H. Coble. /. Chrismon, Jr..
D. L. Thomas, Berry Davidson, J. ('.
Clapp, W. H. loglcman. J. 1". Cobb,
A. o. Itudd, Kll D. <'. Wilson. J. W.
Hanner, Dr. M. P. Pox, R. L. Chilcutt,
.M. O. Bevill, Prank Chilcutt, Jas. May.
Ja-. D. Doiiucll. J. E. McKnighl. June
ii. Stroud, Uobt. (J. Campbell. Sidney
Brown, ('. I). Higgins, \vui. Porsvth,
Joseph lla.ketl, W. If. Kankiu. C." I.'.
Bevill, C. A. Wnitworth, Michael Cat-ley,
John I.. Heiidrix. N. K. Ban-kin,
A. II. Murray, John A. Young,
O. \V. Denny, J. T. Abbott, J. B. Don-nell,
T. T. I'.rook-. (». P. Itoss, W. ('.
fucker. W. II. Warren, J. II. Bohert-son,
Jas. D. (ilenn, Prank Bennett, W.
M. Jordan. < . C. Md.ean. li. K. Cra-ven,
John Hegew I. IS. II. Mcrrimon.
W. A. Scott, S. S. Mitchell. Bobt. Mor-rison.
W. li. Smith, John W. Knight,
J. I!. Smah. Win. K. lienb.w. H. C.
Moore, A. li. Pesrram, James Peoples,
Albeit Cray. A. M. Idol. J. W. Ouyer,
S. D. Idol, Dotigan l)avis, Henry
Ke.uiis, li. II. C. l-iclds. J. M. Davis,
II. A. Oarves, E. J. Porney, < . II. ire-land,
J. P. Jordan, E. J. Stafford, E.
P.. Bain, (i. Y. I .am be, II. c. Briltaiu,
V.i. Dudley, Pd. Parker, S. S. Wiley,
<'. I.eighton Cray, T. E. Whi taker, fi.
S. Wiliiams, Alex. Campbell, (i. W.
Charles, tieo. T. Leach, P. M. Pickett,
P. B. Barber, D. C. Aldridge, li. li.
King, W. li. Land. John N. Wilson,
Seymour Kirkman. J. Henry Phipps,
Paul Bindley, John A. Coble. A. J.
liusick, W'escott Bobcrson. W. 11. Ba-I
gan, W. J. (irooine, E. P. Paschal, J. I
M. Hendrix, John c. Bennett, M. 11.
Holt, c. (i. Wright, .1. T. Morehead,
I). II. Collins. .1. M. Beece, B.M. liees.
T. II. Talc, Will S. Lvon, Cyrus W.
Michael, J. I.. Parrlah, \V. K. Davis.
John L. King. A. I!. Kimball. Uobt.
A. (iilmer, Bobt. A. Wheeler, 'It. V.
Harris, John W. Cook, John Gray By-iiiini,
John J. Nelson, Jas. \Y. Porbis,
A. M. Scales. 11. W. Wharton, W. II. !
Osborn. o. o. Coble, '/.. Y. Taylor, I).
I',. Smith, J. Van l.inilley, J. R. Whar-ton,
I-;. I!. King, S. J. Kaultinan, G.
H. McKinney, M. C. Workman, W.C.
Main, Ed. A. Brown,Prank A. Mrooks,
Walter Oreene, K. P. Walters, John
A. Barringer, C. Mebane, Dr. W. J.
Richardson, John S. Michaux, Gar-land
Daniel, (i. A. Bankin, L. A. Car- i
limn, A. (i. Kirkman, II. K.Jones.
Reports from the primaries through-out
the county were called for. In
many precincts no primaries were held.
In all the others instructions were
given, and without exception the can-didacies
of Joyner, Michaux, Kitchin
and Brooks were unanimously endors-ed.
At this point Mr. R. R. King spoke
on the advisability of recording the
vote of the county on the various
officers, as (iuilford not only acts as!
the host of the state convention this
year but has two candidates for posi-tion's
on the state ticket. He avowed
that the interests of no candidate would
sutler by adopting such a course.
Major Stedmau vigrously opposed
Mr. King's proposition and after con-siderable
discussion the matter was
left to a vote and the convention decid-ed
by an overwhelming majority to]
instruct.
Major Stedmau nominated Judge
Walter Clark for Chief Justice. Here- :
ceived all but -\ votes out of a total of I
lb:! in the convention.
The vote on Associate Justices stood: I
Conner liiO, Brow n 2s, Walker 80. !
Loekuart IM. Armiield 40, Moore 9.
1 he follow ing resolution was passed
by a unanimous rising vote:
Resolved, by the Democratic conven-tion
of (iuilford county that the con-vention
most heartily endorse the
Hon. John s. Michaux for the position
of corporation commissioner, and earn-estly
commend him to the Democrats
ol North Carolina. We know him to
be pure, honest and upright in life and
character. He has always been an ac-tive,
faithful and unflinching Demo-crat
and the party never calls on him
! in vain. We believe that Mr. Michaux
will make an able, experienced and
efficient officer and that the state con-vention
will honor itself by nomiuat-
: ing him for this office.
'1 he convention adjourned afterunan-animously
endorsing also State Super-
1 intelideilt Joyner. Congressman Kitch-in
and .-solicitor Brooks. They w ill all
; undoubtedly be renominated by ac-clamation.
County Commissioners in Session.
The board of county commissioners
was in session yesterday and day lie-fore
disposing of some accumulated
business and considering further the
matter of repairs lo the county court
house. A jury for the criminal court
term ! eginuing August is was drawn
and the applications for pensions re-ceived.
In order that everyone could
be heard in the matter of pensions or
increases of pension it was left open
until next Monday, when the board
w ill be in session again.
flic board is at a loss to know just
I how far to go in the way of repairs to
the court house. While the members
•ire fully aware that some temporary
work must be done on the building
they are very properly loth to s|iend
much money just now, when it is cer-tain
that a new building will be re-quired
in a few years. The idea seems
; to he to make as many of tin- repairs
a- possible of a permanent nature, but
that is no small ta-k. A small ex-peiiditure
will not begin to adapt the
■ ling ;.■ i;- present needs, inside
and out il needs overhauling, aside
from iis lack of room.
follow ing aie the names of the jury-men
-elected for the next term of
i court.
S. A. Kerr. W. M. ilaywoith.
T. !'.. P. Hayworth, S. P.. Orav,
-. 1.. Alderman. P. T. Wh'itchart.
Walter Andrew, John P.. Isley,
J. C. Browning, E. M. Hulliiies,
ii. II. ilemiiig, (has. P. Pong.
I. X. Woodward. D. Donnell,
S. P. Motsillger, Oeo. Yarner,
ii. W. Albright, (has. Hendrix,
,lol ii Phipps. (has. D. Higgins,
! A'. Prow n X. W. Scott,
I. A. Wilson, C. A. Vickory,
James Hodges. '/.. li. Vomits,
.lame- Dillon. c.c. Buchanan,
('has. field-, .1. ( . Pell,
Hugh P. i.ray. W. II. McLean,
t Joe 11. Smith. J. s. (ireesou,
P. W. I'egraui, JoshuaGreeson.
Mrs. Kmnia Pendergast, aged about
twenty-six years, wife of Mr. Kugene
Pendergast. a resident of (irccnsboio
since last Apiil. died of consumption
Sunday night about eight o'clock at
1 heir home on North Porbis street al-ter
an illness of eighteen month-. Mrs.
Pendergast was formerly Miss cia/er.
of Lancaster, Pa. She had been mar-ried
nearly ten year- ami had four
children, three daughters and a -on.
fur some time prior lo their residence
in Greensboro the family lived in
Lynchburg, Va. While they were
comparative stranger- here, nothing
that kind neighbors and friends could
do wa- left undone for the sulfering
woman and her devoted husband and
children. The remains were taken to
Lancaster Sunday night for interment.
accompanied by Mr. Pendergast and
two of his children, the other two hav-ing
gone there some time ago. flic
deceased was a member of the Pirsl
Presbyterian church of this city. To
her pastor and friends she repeatedly
expressed unfaltering trust in her Sav-ior,
a I rust that she had loll since her
childhood. Mrs. Pendergast's parents,
live sisters and a brother are among
her immediate survivors. Mr. Pender-gast
will return lo the city in a short
lime to re.-uine his poMlion with the
Shiftman Jewelry Company, where la-is
employed as an engraver.
County Institute.
As before announced in the county
papers, there will beheld in the court
house in Greensboro a County Insti-tute,
beginning July 2-> and continuing
one week. This institute will be con-j
ducted by Prof. W. T. Whitsett, as- •
sisted by other competent educators. |
At the close of the institute there w ill
be held in the grand jury room an ex-amination
of candidates for teachers'
certificates. This examination will
lake the place of the regular examina-tion
which would lie helil on second
Thursday and Friday of July. Teach-ers
who expect to teach in this county
must attend the whole time unless
providentially hindered. No trivial
excuse will be taken. A number of
teachers last year were prevented from
teaching by non-atlendance. The law-is
strict anil will be enforced.
A teacher who cannot attend this in-stitute,
but does attend some other in
another county for one week, w ill be
allowed to teach on presenting a cer-tificate
of this fact.
Arrangements will be made for
boarding houses for ladies at reasona-ble
rate-. J. P. WlIAKTON,
('ounty Superintendent.
The Worth Manufacturing ('ompaiiy
receivership case came up Monday be-fore
Judge Boyd, and pending his de-cision
yesterday the case was compro-mised,
the Bingham interests disposing
of their stock in the company anil
agreeing to withdraw their suit for the
annulment of the will. It is a happy
disposition of the various suit-involv-ing
much valuable property.
C. D. Higgins,of 926 Asheboro street,
has a four-year-old bay horse ii>erfectly
gentle and second-hand top buggy for
sale at a bargain. Will sell separate, tf
The Fourth at Guilford Battle Ground.
The 1902 Fourth of July celebration
at the historic Ouilford Battle Ground
has passed into history, leaving be-hind
the memories of an event that
'stands unexcelled in point of interest
and pleasure.
Thousands gathered there to spend
a day in honoring the heroes w hose
valor and exertion made possible the
boundless freedom and countless ad-vantages
we now enjoy. Sweet fellow-ship
with neighbor, kindred or friend
is also to be found in plenty on such
occasions.
The day opened bright and clear, and
at an early hour the beautiful park
took on an air of activity that remind-ed
oneofthe earliercelebrations. Every
' description of vehicle and train alter
: train conveyed a steady stream of hu-manity
toward the park until nearly
noon. A happier, more intelligent or
\ better behaved crowd never assembled
; on the sacred spot.
The exercises, delayed somewhat
pending the arrival of the Gate City
Guards and the Proximity band, did
not begin until alter 11 o'clock. The
parade of these organizations, together
with the officers of the Battle Ground
( ompany, speakersand citizens,formed
at the President's cottage and marched
to the amphitheatre, which had al-
I ready been nearly filled. Hundreds
1 were compelled to stand while the pro-gram
was being carried out. Mr. P.
t). Oold was master of ceremonies for
the day.
. Rev. Egbert W. Smith, D. D., fer-vently
and eloquently invoked Divine
blessings on the vast assemblage and
ii- purpose-, the 1 ored president of
the company, Judge Schenck, who is
in declining health, the Daughters of
the Revolution, and all who in any
way had contributed to the success or
pleasure of the occasion.
Hon. Thomas M. Pi tinian. of Hen-derson,
a scholarly gentleman whose
manner readily won the esteem of
every one of his hearers, delivered the
principal address of the day. It was
an accurate, ornate and comprehensive
sketch of the life of one of the greatest
men of the state and nation. Nathaniel
j Macou, and withal a literary and hi.--
torical gem. The Battle Ground ('om-pany
will have il printed in pamphlet
form for preservation. At its close he
was presented with a beautiful boquei
by little Sarah Mason Cooke 0raysou,
a lineal descendant of George Mason,
one of the signers of the Declaration of
I ndependence.
Mr. O. Sam Pradshaw, who had just
recovered from a serious illness, bad
prepared an address dealing with the
.part woman played in Revolutionary
tunes, and particularly Mrs. Kereuhap-puch
Punier, one of the heroines who
was specially honored on thlsoccasion,
but on the advice of his physician he
did not deliver it, but substituted a few
remarks thai embraced graceful tributes
to the women of the time- of which he
would have spoken and the Daughters
ol the American Revolution. The ad-dress
will be printed.
Mr. Robert Dick Douglas presented
to the Pat tie (iron nil ( ompany a hand-some
portrait in oil of Mr. David( lark,
the High Point artist w ho has done so
much for the company. It was re-ceived
on behalf of the company by 1
|Mr. A. Wayland Cooke.
Hon. \Y. W. Kitchin not having
reached the grounds the monuments
were then unveiled. The first was that
of Macou, a huge rough granite block
with an iron tablet bearing the iuscrip-!
tion: "Nathaniel Macou willed that I
his memorial should consist of rude
stones. Here they are."
The procession then moved to the
Turner monument,a much more preten-tious
affair with a broad base, highly
polished die, and cap stone. The ins-cription
on the bronze tablet was "1781-
1902. A Heroine of'7b. Mrs. Kerenhap-puch
Turner, mother of Elizabeth the
wife of Joseph Morehead of North
Carolina and grandmother of Captain
James and of John Morehead. a young
North Carolina soldier under Greene,
rode horseback from her Maryland
home and at (iuilford Court House
nursed to health a badly wounded son.''
On the top of the monument was an
old fashioned spinning wheel almost
hidden with flowers, this and the other
decoration of the monument having
been done by the Daughters of the Rev-olution.
At the proper moment little
Misses Fanny Williams and Adelaide
Donnell Van Noppen pulled the cords
and the red white and blue bunting fell
away and revealed the graceful out-line
of the statue. The little girls, as
before stated, are descendants of Revo- .
lutionary heroes.
After the unveiling there was an ad-journment
for dinner, the Daughters
of the Revolution, who made their;
headquarters at the President's cottage, I
serving a most delightful repast to the
speakers and other guests.
After dinner .Mr. Kitchin. w ho had
arrived in the meantime, was prevail-,
ed upon to go to the speaker's stand
and make a speech, He told of the
passage of the Nash and Davidson
monument bill and gave a history of
the many vicissitudues of the measure
that was most Interesting. As Greens-boro
people already know, Mr. Kitchin
is an interesting speaker. Friday
without any preparation of conse-quence
he delivered a speech that held
the undivided attention of his hearers.
The unqualified success of the cele- •
bration was largely due Major More-head,
whose untiring efforts in behalf
of the Pattle Ground's interests are too
well known to need comment. The
state and nation w ill never be able to
repay Judge Schenck and Major More-head
for the sacrifices they have made
m this worthy cause.
TOBACCO NOTES.
Items of Interest to the Grower, the Deal-er,
and the Manufacturer.
The Imperial Tobacco Company is
building a warehouse at (ioldsboro.
Mr. J. s. Cobb, of Richmond, was
here the lirst of the week on his way
to W inston.
Around seven cents appears lo be the
I prevailing price of primings on the
South Carolnia market-.
The decrease in sales of loose leaf on
the Danville market for ten months of
the current tobacco year is 5,391,554.
The decrease in the 'Winston market
for the same period is 8,942,051 pounds.
It estimated that the production of
leaf tobacco in Mexico, which of late
has shown a large increase, will total
17,000,000 pounds for the present year.
The quality of the tobacco is said to he
excellent.
King Edward is permitted by his
physicians to resume his cigarsmoking.
The world regards this as a good sign,
and looks for his restoration to health.
An inveterate user's physical condition
maybe usually judged by his craving
for his tobacco.
The tobacco crop in most sections of
Stokes county will be exceedingly
short. The Reporter says this is owing
| to the great scarcity of plants, on ac-count
of the dry weather. But some
j theorists say this situation will result
I beneficially to the farmers, thai a much
larger corn crop will be the conse-quence,
while such tobacco as the far-mers
have been enabled to set out w ill
be tended with greater care and thor-oughness
and will realize better prices.
The current State crop bulletin says:
The reports of correspondents for the
week ending Monday, July 7. were
not so favorable as for (he preceding
period. The characteristic features
were the almost complete absence of
rainfall, the intense heat and glaring
sunshine during the latter portion of
the week. The weekly mean tempera-ture
was about 84°, and the daily
means averaged from .v to lo above
the normal; from the 4th to the close
|of the week maximum temperatures
above loo- were recorded throughout
j (lie central-south portion of the state. ,
Except in the extreme northeast,
where showers occuirid on the 1st and
loth, there was practically no rainfall
| anywhere during the entire week. The
sunshine was intense, and brisk winds
dried out the soil very rapidly. While
crops are still generally in good condi-tion,
and early in the week made ex-cellent
growth, they are now begin-ning
to sulfer for lack of moisture, and
another week of drought would cer-tainly
cause serious deterioration. I'liiii^
continued to maintain its excellent
condition, many correspondents re-marking,
"best for many years." but
j toward the close began to sulfer for
lack of moisture, especially early cor.'!,
I which needs rain to till out the grain:
early planted corn is generally in silk
and tassel: laying by corn is approach-i
ing completion even in the extreme
west; there is considerable complaint
[of damage by chinch bugs. Cotton is
not yet suffering materially from
drought, though showers would benefit
;the crop: it has grown considerably,
and appears to be forming squares
freely: complaints of damage by lice
are unusually numerous, though some
reports indicate that the insects are be-ginning
to di-appear. Cutting and
curing tobacco has just commenced,
with some good results: showers are
much needed for the tobacco crop to
secure full growth of upper leaves.
Stacking winter wheat, oals, and rye
is finished; threshing is fully under
way; cutting spring oats is well ad-vanced.
Sweet potatoes are not doing
well, and the crop will be short, chiefly
on account of the scarcity of plants.
General prospects for fruit are disap-pointing
as compared with the favor-able
outlook earlier in the season: the
intense heat of the last few days has
caused some premature ripening. A
good crop of hay was secured in some
places, but pastures are now failing.
State Superintendent of Public In-struction
J. Y. Joyner has been at home
here for a week or more sulfering w it li
an attack of malaria that has threat-ened
complications of typhoid fever.
He is gradually recovering, however,
although he has a trace of fever every
afternoon which does not yield readily
to treatment. His hosts of friends
throughout the state w ill be glad to
known that his condition i- not con-sidered
critical by any means.
CITY
NATIONAL
BANK
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Capital
Surplus and Profits
Stockholders' Li;::.::;- —
Security to Depositors
.$100,000.00
. 23,000.00
. 100,000.00
. 223,000.00
FARM FOB BALE.—One hundred acres ;
of good farming land, over half in tim-ber,
lying near Milboro and Worth-1
ville, can be bought at a bargain. Fine
orchard, plenty of water, good build-;
ings, etc. Write for particulars to W.
B. Webster, Ceutral Palls, N. C. tf.
Beginning tixlay this bank w ill issue
Certificates of Deposit on which inter-est
at the rate of four per cent, w ill be
paid on deposits that remain three
months. Money draws interest froir
date of deposit.
We solicit a share of your business.
J, il. WALKE2,
President.
LEE E. BATTLE,
Cuhltr.
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