The Greensboro patriot [April 3, 1907]

              THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
/OL 86.
GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3. 1907. NO. 14
W. J. RICHARDSON
OFFICE:
KATZ BUILDING.
IDENCE: 31S WEST GASTON ST.
I L. STAMCV. M. D.
He, «!7 Arliiurtou.
-'none- No. 25.
J. H. BOVLCS. M. O.
. Kill. 40» W. I , MM. MI.
1'boue No. 708.
STAMEY & BOYLES
filYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
S ■ their professional services to tbe prop!"
.; Greensboro sad. surroundine country.
• .'I0K. Over Helms' Drug store.
■ius-i south Kim street. Phone HI.
Dr. J. E. WYCHE
DENTIST V
IFICE IN SAVINGS BANK DLDG.
C9UTH ELM ST.. GRCCNSfJORO. H. C.
•Dr. M. F. FOX
V31CIAN AND SURGEON
Yager's Linimeut—for man or beast.
Mrs. C. G. Harrison and children
have returned from a visit in Balti-more.
Mr. R. K. King, Jr., who is in college
at Orange, V»., spent Easter here with
his parent-.
Mr. C. M. Vanstory spent Easter
with a son and daughter who are in
college at Stauuton, Va.
Buy your pant goods, shirtings and
overall goods from B. P. Gorrell, 527
South Kim street, and save money.
Mies Irene Betts, of Henderson, and
i Miss Agnes Melntyre, ofTorooto. Can-ada,
are the guests of Mrs. W. V. Me-dearla.
Kev. H. M. Blair, editor of the Chris- j medal. The Juuior Order will be in-j
tian Advocate, has an appoiutuieut to j vittd to present the school with a Bible
; preach at Groome church next Sunday jaud raise a flag. There will also he
i at 3 SO P. M. | exercises at night. Everybody is iu-
I Mr. E. Colwell, Jr., was the lir>t
sutouiobilis-r to contribute $."> to the
city for exceeding the speed limits pre-scribed
by the new law.
A cold wave swept over /the state
Suuday and Monday and hopelessly
ruiued the bulk of the fruit. Sunday
afternoon snow fell for several hours
lee half an inch thick formed Monday
morning. It was an abrupt change
from extreme summer heat to a freez-ing
temperature.
Mr. W. A. Gray, a well known citi-zen
of the McLeausville section, died
suddenly last Sunday at the home of
hid abter, .Vh-s. Lambs, near James-town,
and was buried yesteiday at the
family burying ground near Bethel
church, Kev. S. M. Rankiu conducting
the funeral .service.
The Cluing exercises of the Groome
graded school will take place Friday,
Apiil 1:2, commencing nt 10 A. U. The
program embraces a contest for a gold
A MYSTERIOUS BLAZE.
Colored Social Club's Rooms on Third
Floor of Old Telephone Fxchaoge
Building Gutted by Fire—Furniture
Sioci Beneath Damaged by Water—
Drunken Club Manager Makes Trouble.
Monday night about nine o'clock a
troublesome blaze that threatened the
destruction of much valuable property
was discovered on thf third floor of the
McAdoo building, on ihe corner of
PROMISING CAREER CUT SHORT.
Mr. Stephen A. Douglas Dies at the Home
of His Parents Here After a
Long Iiiacss.
Mr. Stephen A. Douglas, one of the
brightest and most promising youug
men ever identified with the Greens-boro
bar, died Friday morning at 1
o'clock at the home of his pareuts,
Judge and Mre. Bobert II. Douglas,
on Douglas street, after au illness cov-
East Market and Davis streets, former-1 ering a period of about four yea
ly occupied by the McAdoo telephone
exchange. The firemen mad;; quick
response to art alarm turned in from
Box 15, hut before they could reach
the building great c.ouds of smoke
were issuing from the top windows,
the stairway that gives access ta the
ftUILFORD COLLEGE. N. C.
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Dz E. A. BURTON
DENTIST
►ifico ©vor R. V. GorreU's Dry Hoods store.
Oppottitti the Southsidc Bank.
SOUTH ELM ST.
C. W. BANNER. M. D.
|>OG IIOl'SF.
Eye, Eox. Nose
H
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Mi.-s Mary Ren bow, who is attend-ing
a finishing school in New York.
spent Easter here with her parents, |
Mr. and .Mrs. C. 1). Beubow.
Mr. Arthur Graven, who is employ-.;
at the store of Ellis, Stone & Go., fell
from his bicycle Wednesday evening]
au.1 broke his light arm at the elbow. !
Two well known gentlemen have
ventured to announce themselves for
aldermen—Vlr. E. A. Brown in the
first wuid and Dr. J. \V. Griffith in the j
second.
The banquet of the Merchants and
Manufacturers CIu'o to Mr. W. W.
Hours—a A. M. to l p. M.; &ao p. M. to i Finley, president of tbeSoulberu Rail-way,
takes place tonight at tbe Guii-,
foid hotel.
A test of the automatic safely brake
recently patented by Mr. John B.
Wright, of this city, will be made here
by officials of the Southern Railway
next Monday. i
The Greensboro District Missionary
Institute of the Western X. ('. Metho-
Resfdenee Phone 8S0. |dtat Conference will be held at Ruffiu,
beginning Thursday night, April 11th,
and will Include the followingSunday.
OPPOSITE M
'rscticc Limited to thi-and
Thro
CIS..
',-. M. Sunday,'.' to lt:.:i»j A. M. given to the
trorthy poor.
•Dr J. J. HILTON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
GREENS30RO. N. C.
Office Third Floor Galloway Drug-Company
Bu'ltti IE.
K.... -•: Prom '.' to 11*. St., ami:; toS P. M.
White Oak office at White Oak Hotel.
Oil?co PhOM
•Dr. W. P. Reaves
vited.
As they do not handle ladies' suits
or leasty-nnile garments, Thacker Jk
Brockmau'n are enabled to give more
attention to dress goods and piece
poods of all kinds than the average
store. Ladies who like nice goods at
moderate prices should take an early
opportunity of seci; g tbe new spring
hues show n at this store.
The receipts at the Greensboro post-
'-fljlce for the quarter ending March 31
snow a big increase over the corre-sponding
three mouths in 1900. The
total for tbe quartet just ended amount*
to $19,380 '.'■!, wiiii--* the receipt! for the
corresponding quarter In 1900 were $17.-
437 13. The increase is $1,949.16, or a
fraction snore than il percent.
Young man, you ought to bave a
I sir of oxford ties to wear this spring
and summer. G*t u nice pair of our
Bostonian or Douglas patent leather or
gun metal calf oxfords and you will
not be ashamed to put your best foot
forward In any toit of company ycu
may sit in.
'! II U'KER & BlMK KMAN.N.
Housekeepers who want nes car-pets,
mattings, rugs or curtains this
spring should by all means take a look
at the large stock now being shown at
mintttm
YOU CAN
DO WITHOUT
LUXURIES
rwo years House Surgeon New Orleans Bye,
Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital.
Practice Limited to Diseases an? Sur-gery
qf llie Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Hours 1 Hi to:> P. M.
■KcAdoo nuildinir. Next to Postoffloe.
Thacker «V: l!r< ckmanu's store. Tliis
Both Federal anil Superior courts are firm is making a specialty of good,
in session this week, light and uuiir
Mr Douglas was born twenty-eight
years ago. After passing through the
graded schools here be took a full
course at Georgetown University, |
Washington. D. U , graduating from |
there iu 1901. A year later hegrad-;
uattd from the University law school
top floor also bsiog ri led with t-tifliug | at Ohapel f I III. aud after being admit.
smoke. The four streams of water j ted to the bar began the practice of L ,
turned into the buildU.gseemiagiy had! law he,-, with a brother, Mr. Bobert |§ today. By aepOS-little
efiect on tbe blsise for some timejDick Douglas. Failing health MOO
as tbe flames weie scarcely subdued at; caused him to give up his profession
one point before they would burst forth and he went to N*« Mexico in the
at another, but the Bremen, with the j hope of regaining his health aud
skill and daring for which they are'strength, but to no avail. There was.
noted, kept ou until they had gained • gradual decline, and scarcely a week 11
tbeuiaB'.ery. Scnicely a person in ihe j before his death he came home to j I
j vase crowd that witnessed the Cue oe-! await the end.
lieved it possible to slop the flames be- j Mr. Douglas was highly esteemed by j A
fore they Had destroyed ail the iullam- '■ a large circle of friends a d his death | B
tiiab'e mac.iai inside ihu four »ails. icauses sorrow wherever he was known I
I While the building itself i< very mil- I He vtas a grandson and namesake ofjg
. autiaiand would perhaps stand were j tbe great Illinois statesman and jurist §
j«i guueil fioni tup u bottom, there wasjai.d also a grandson of an eminent aud \fi
great rear that the flames would spread revered North Care Una jurist. Judge 5
i<-aojoiuiug property, in which event Bobert P Dlok. He is survived by his • f
the foes could not he approximated. I pareuta, tsu oi«mers, iviessrs. RoOeu •;
As it was a few hundred dollars will i). and Mania F. Douglas, and ofte I H
over the setuai lamage by lire. The I sister, lire. E. W. Myers. :
i heaviest loss fairs on Mr. U. <). Furbis, | ^lis
ia furhiture dealer occupying t" e first
laud re.oud floors of (be t
Water .-trfauie-.! through the
floors, damaging almost everything 1st Father Vincent Taylor conducted the ■ U
stock to Mime extent, and while be I ritualistic service and preached a short i §
.-.nied a reasonable amouitt of inaur- sermon. "Lead, Kindly Light" and ii'
|auce he is certain to lose considerable "Abide With .vie" were sung by the! H
by tlie lire. crs i .t the opening aud elo-e of the ' a
I h« colored social club that occupied Uig ly attended and Impressive ser-]§
i..t floor that was gutted by the flames vice. The pallbearers, members of ihe : &
can not have lost heavily. ^The club's Greenebom bar. were Messrs. John N ,8
jiincipal slock in trade, a*couple of Wilson, /.. V. Taylor, A. M. Scales, [8
iwfgon loads of booze, was sci/.e-.l by !•'. 1'. Hobgoed, Jr., U. 8. Ferguson,
the » ilice only a couple ol weeks ago, |jr , and Tune. S. Res'!. Interment
ai.il it is not thought tbe slock had was made at Greeue Hill cemetery.
today that will buy
your necessities
twenty years from
iting dollars with
tht; Southern Life
and Trust Co. you
not only save them
but you get 4 per
cent, interest com- i
pounded quarterly
added to them.
Gee in your first
dollar today.
ifuuerwitook place Saturday af- Southern
f e first terooon ot 3 o'clock from St. Benedict's'R ...» - m .-
uildiug.; Catbolis church, of wh.ch he had been j \[ LlfC tiOO I TUSt i
• upper's member froai 1-in youth. Kev.::; ' :
Company
E Market St., Greensboro, N.C
V.. P. WHABTOK, President.
It. <i. VAI'UHX. Treasurer.
.1. W. ■ A -K, Mar. Savlocs Uept.
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB
DENTIST
UIHcu over Sykes Drug Company.
Phone T'.m.
been u holly replenished Numerous beautiful floral tributes Were
! medium-grade geeds in this line, goods | Soon after the Are, while Fire Chief, strew u about tbe mound that marks.
porUnt dockets being tbe rule In each, j that will wear well and give satlsfac-1 Taylor and some of his meu were look-1 the list resting place of this beloved I'
Tbe criminal docket in Superior court jtlon, sold at prices you can afford to j ing through the club rcoms to make {son and brother aud friend. :c
will probably be disposed of today or [pay. ■ sure that no further danger threatened,
tomorrow. • jhe new bank at Ham-cur will open I»<"»« one fired a pistol in the darkness ' Llsl Takers and Assessors for 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. David Dreyfuss left its doors for business April 10th. The I uaur them. Chief of Police Neeley aud ] The county commissioners st their
another officer rushed up stairs aud regular meeting this week appointed
fou id Pierce Young, manager of tbe I tbe following lint takers ami a^ett-ors
club, and two Other negroes, J. W.'for lSlilT. The lirst named in each town-, dvslil,a,l°" iu I'ennsyivania.
Spauldiug aud
J. I. SCALES.
ESI
m Taylor & Scales
I Friday afternoon for New York to j new building next to the hotel, which
spend a month. They were accempa- is nicely designed and ot brick, has
luted by their neice, Miss Cilia Guggen-!just been completed. It presents a
I helm, who has been their guest during handsome appearance, and supplies
'thewinter. the bank with attractive and commo-
A defective flue in the depot office of ,!'ou" quarters. \V. H. Watkins, Br.,
I the Southern Express Company caused ta lne p«s4sWnt of tbe institution and
Old Blast furnace Down and uut.
The work of dismantling the old
blast furnace ou the North side wss
ompleted last week by (apt. Isaac
Prcsser, a repr sentative of the F.mptM
Sttel and Irou Company who had
charge of the plant w hen it was last in
Operation. Only a few car loads of the
material remain to be shipped to their
All of
Miles Orum, the twoIship Is tbe Hat taker and the other two H1* WOTk ** dismantling the furnace,
former armed with revolvers, Jiidmg tare assessors: some <f it exceedingly difficult, espe-babind
a lunch* counter. The men I Washington—C. A. Tickle, C. AI. I cU">" tul,t of ,aki"K "owu the lVi-foot
were placed under arrest and disarmed. | Zimmerman, J. Lewis Cobb.
'.TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
GREENSBORO. It. C.
were united in marriage last Thur-dey
a small bls/.c last night about Ho'clock,
which resulted in the fire department
being called out. The blaze was eon-fined
to the ceiling, in which a small
hole was burned.
Mr. J. Marvin IfcNairy left Thurs-day
night for Waco. Texas, to take Avenue Christiau chinch, officiated in
)UGLAS & DOUGLAS employment with a large lumber con- the presence of a few relatives and in-ceru.
It is learned that Mr. Azor Shell, , timate friends of the couple. After the
who moved from here to Asheville ceremony an elegant supper was
it. I. Smith, of Greensboro, is cashier. ! Young admitted firing his revolver, | Rock Creek—-O. A. Wbarton, F. M. j
i stack aud Ihe 'JO foot tower, was doue
|by common lalor under the skillful
-. ,, . iM- .. I vbu..t Lcomuilndi ^Kiivie. unotl .r.e.alsuolnl lf.o'tr duouiiinlfg; soou.. >! SUm.uiiltIhI,, Ai>llflrlOed. Cl.tlOrUU'sCe. direction of ('ap■ t. Proseer*, not—a sin°gle
air. arey acott ami Miss Mary Starr , He waH un Influence of liquor. Green- W. A. I'.owunu.;J. ('. Causey, ■«*»««•• "f »"> kind occuning iu tbe
tooert M. Douglas. Bobert I). Douirias.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
uight st 8o'clock at the home ol Mr.
J. r. Plott,ou K.«st Washington street.
Kev. L. K. Johnson, pastor of Walker
: and Hi' it- is a well grounded suspicion
» 'a Greenaborc Loan and Trust Bldr.
i.-IOMAS C. HOYLE
ATORIMEY AT LAW
.' Csart Square. GREENSBORO. B. C.
attention (riven to collections. Louns
■cci.
obert C. Strudwick
inrt Square, GREESSBOSO, If. C.
P. HOBGOOD, Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
in Wright Building, Opposite
lurt House, Greensboro, N. C.
> tuykendalL S. Glenn Ilrown.
rCuykendall O Brown
ATT0BKE7S AT LAW
i MO and :«t. City Nat'l Hank Bldg.
i„„»,. _,,, . , . ... i „ J „,, . r, | Donas or sou each on I some time ago, will he connected with served, ihe groom is au employee of' . ,,
.. .. , ,, ,. ,, ' J [charges. Spauldtng was put uin
. .the same concern. the Justice Drug Company. , . .
' ' for carrying concealed weapons.
The Southern Bell Telephone Com- The highway commission met Men-1 was discharged.
business phones will cost $4 a month
and residence phonet $^' SO a month.
The local system is now said te em-brace
over 1250 phones.
WANTED—To sell or exchange for
tbe main line territory between Mon- j
roe, Va., and Spencer. Mr. Caldwell |
will make (jreeushoro his headquarters.
that he meant to harm the fliemeu or
policemen, whom be could notdistin-gui-
h In the daikuess. He bad just
previously been cursing both. Yester-day
in the mayor's court be wa6 put
under V~>00 tmnil for assault and also
under bonds of $/>0 eacli ou two
other
ider *")ii
Oruni
-_rged.
| pany has giyen notice of au advance in day and iu addition to transacting con- | Mystery su.rounds the origin of the
rates beginning April let. Hereafter | siderable routine business sold road, n re. Members of the club say no one
bonds to the amount of $60,000. The , bad been In the room since early Mon-suceeasfnl
bidders were Bumpue, Bte- jdsy morning, but thai does not sound
vens & Company, of Detroit, Mich, Uaueible, inasmuch aa Easter Monday
and A. J. Hood A Company, also of j, generally observed as a holiday by
Detroit. Each lompauy bought bonds the colored people, aud it is not prob-good
milk cow, a well bred IT months-1to ,ne "mount of 180,000, ihe price paid j Mtlle that tbe club members would
old Jersey bull, just the kind you need! °* e*eh being 932,11ft, which owing la j practice total abstinence on such HU
to keep up your hern. He is a beauti-,lhe weakness ol the money market at
UNEY ant COUNSELLOR fa| Rray cojor. Kjrou waht a bargain, ">« present, was considered a good
AT LAW I write me. J. G. SMITH, [price. I club rooms, but if such an accideot
11 tr. Guilford College, N. C. Mr. W. E. Bevtll has given Win-loecuried it will hardly be admitted by
Mr. J. S. Caldwell of this city has nil,l?"uu* * Pries ihe contract for a!anyone present. Hut one thing is eat- |
been appointed stock and fire claim I h*n<,80lBe Ihree^tory business house taw, and that is that Greensboro uar- j
adjuster for the Danville division of *»*»ch he will erect thla summer on hta
the Southern Railway, which embraces i v*c*Dt M ^tw««« »»«■ "*l? building on I lire. Credit for the deliverance is due
the corner ol f_ortfl Elm and East tis.s-! the Hie department.
ton Streets and the Huntly-Stockton-
Hill bOlldlng. The new buildiug will
| be SO feet wide and 100 feet long, with
The Easter observance iu Greensboro I pressed brick and plate glass front. It
this year was seemingly more general J will make a decided Improvement in
than u-ual, notwithstanding the in-. the appearance of the block whereon it
clement weather. Elaborate musical will staud.
programs were rendered iu several; The te,cher an{, of p.
churches, while there were appropri- Grove wWl t(, allU0iilK.e that ou
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ate sermons or other Easter exercises (w.lMol w,„ have m e|o-|n|? eser(.isw
ln a"- Saturday. April 13. Thechildren's ex-
Two dollars is a favorite price for: ercises will be in the morning, bagiu-ladies
in shoe buyiug, and at two dol- j niug aboul ten. In the afternoon the
lais a pair Thacker & Brockmanu are, school will be presen ted with a Bible i
selling this season some of the neatest j ar d Hag by tbe Juuior Order of Oak
aud best slippers aud shoes ever shown Riiltre. Besides the speeches, dialogues,
■' ". Scott. Cfaas. E. Mr I.rim.
:OTT & McLEAN
TORMEYS AT LAW
ill '"'.urt Square, Greeneboro.H.C.
JRGE M. PATTON
TTORNEY AT LAW
'"'ii.|uurc, - 0recusboro, N. C.
Lewis Holt.
Madison—J. Kichard Moore, Ceorge
Lemons, J. Brooks Wyrick.
Jefierson—W. C. McLean, C. M.
Pritchett, H. L. Cannon.
Clay—H. E. ltankiu, D. H. Coble,
G. A. Garrett.
Monroe—J. A. May, C. B. Bevill, G.
W. Wyrick.
(iiimer—J. Leslie Abbott, William
Love, J. A. ltankiu.
Feutress—J. It. McCulloch, C. T.
Weatheily, Roddy Fields. -
Center Grove—H. C. Browu, I Infos
McNeely, R. W. Winchester.
Moreheari—Ii. O. Gamble, J. Ed.
Albright, J. W. Cook.
Gorrell—E. F. Paschal, J.T. McCuis-toti,
W. M. Kirkman.
Bruee—Frank W. Doggett. W. H.
occasion. One theory Is that a lamp j Moore, William Canuaday.
was knocked over during a fight in the] Friendship—H. M. Crutchtield, L.
W. Smith, James O. Leousrd.
Jamestown—J. H. Smith, J. L. Col-traue,
J M. Davis.
Oak Ridge—Charles case, A. 8.
r "•.. ly escaped having u very i isastrous | Clark, It. \V. Jones.
Deep River—J. Lee Charles, C. T.
Robertson, A. H. Shields.
High Point—W. C. Jones, W. H.
Lafayette University defeated Gui'- Mo( j j We(t.n
ford College in both the ball eames ^ Vommisioners transacted a vast
Played here within the past week, but j >mouut of busine89 during thelr meet.
builford's arch enemy on tbe ball field, j, roa(, mMm M U8ua, clHlmiDg
the State University, went down m I much of ve9ter(Uy,B HeBslon_ Two new
many weeks reituhu! for tlie heavy
task. A failure in the available ore
supply caused the suspension of work
st the furnace.
Opportune Time.
Especially to prove and to test lhe
efficiency of his work, aud to acquaint
himself with tbe people of (jreenshoro,
and surrounding country, Dr. Taylor,
the optometrist, will conduct a series of
free examinations of the eyes for a liu •
lted time only. If you are in a ipiau-dary
about the condition of your eyes,
DOW is the time to settle it, and procure
the proper correction Without paying
an examination tee. Greensboro Na-tional
Ban!; building. 18 St.
Honey Tolu—for coughs and colds.
utter defeat Saturday before an im-mense
crowd, the score being b to 2.
lhe famous Hobbs battery, which wss
admirably supported, did tbe work for
the Chapel Hill heavyweights. It was
the first time Guilford ever vanquished
the U. N. C, but it did it with a flour-ish
wheu tiie proper time came.
here for tbe price. Ten different styles
are shown from which to make a selec-tion—
patent kid, plain vici kid, high
and low heels, heavy or light soles, BO
that all ages and tastes can be fitted
and pleased at the popular figure of
two dollars a pair.
concert, recitations and songs we will
be favored by having the O^ek Ridge
band with us, and we will expect good
music All are invited.
A big lot of low quarter shoes cheap.
R. P. GORRELL.
Cock's Prolific Seed Cora.
I have flfiy bushels of Cock's prolific
seed corn for sale at $L2o per bushel.
F. P. ALBRIGHT.
Boute 7, Greensboro, N. C.
Brine me /our chair logs. Will pay |
you market price, spot casb.
J. FRANK Rose,
12-tf. Pleasant Gsrden, N. C.
new road petitions were tiled sad or-dered
advertised. Petitious for a road
iu Madison and a road in Jamestown
township were granted, while one
from Oak Ridge aod Bruce was held
uppeudinga report from the county
surveyor. Two or three special tax
elections were approved. J. H. Clapp
was reappoiuted standard keeper.
Shoes at Bargain Prices.
We've got them, in all the latest
styles and patterns, and our close prices
will compel them to go. Don't fail to
see us when you want anything in tbe
shoe line. ALLRED A GARRETT,
14-41. Climax, N. C.
IN AFTER LIFE
Is founded upon what you save while
youug—whether you become a busi-ness
man or woman, or enter upon a
professional career.
Without money there can be no suc-cess.
What are your chances?
This bank extends a helping hand to
you. It will beep your savings safely
and increase them with 4 per cent, in-terest.
Start the account at once with
our Savings Department.
CITY NATIONAL BANK
T. B. OaSVUi, Hgf. Savings Ispt,
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