The Greensboro patriot [September 8, 1909]

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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 88. GREENSBORO, N. C. WEDNE8DAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1009. NO. 36
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I. H. BOYLES. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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Dc J. E- WYCHE
DENTIST
OfWiCZ IN CARTLANO .LOO.
Dr. M. F. FOX
JWYS.'CIAN AND SURGEON
■ UiLFORD COLLEGE. N. C.
O: E.A. BURTON
DENTIST
0flve In Mrs. Watllosrtoo building.
«e«t door to Conyer s Drus Store.
Upstairs.
C W. BANNER. M. D.
OPPOSITE POOTOITIOB.
■'ruL-rtc* Limited to the Eye. Car. Noa*
and Throat.
iff oo Houra-4 A. at. to 1 P. M^ &S0 P. M. to
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. -rihr poor.
ngn Phone 30. Beeldenoe Pbone M.
©c W. P. Reaves
v*e yens House Surgeon New Orleans Bye,
Bar. Nose and Throat Hospital.
Practice Limited to Diseases <m3 Sor-
,«y «f feW Eye. Ear. Nose aa9 Throat.
Hours L80 to 5 P. M.
'. A 4oo Building. Next to Poetoffloe.
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB
DENTIST
' lit oo over Syfeas Drue* Ooatpany.
Phone TtB.
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Osttf w«j oe left at Helms' Drug Store.
lipacla attention riven to country practice.
Chai. W. Moseley. M. D.
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THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES
Opposite Ouilford Hotel. Oreenaboro,N.C.
LMBOS phone ML realdenoe phone 13*8.
Hours. » a. a. *J 1 p. m.; 2 p. m. to 8 p. m.
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t'Ju Street; ttetrtdenoe, 30* N. Forbia Street.
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Taylor & Settles
•TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
GEEN8SOE0. ■■ C.
- Ibert M. Douglas. Robert D. Douslaa.
DOUGLAS Ct DOUGLAS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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THOMSON & HOYLE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
omaiertf al lat'l Bank Blag., ftreeassers
'penlal attention given to oolleoUona.
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F. P. HOBGOOD. Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
aflaa in Wright Building. Opposite
Court House Oroensboro. N. C
S. GLENN BROWN
ATTOaifST AT LAW
"•'"ahi Buttdini. «OB North Elm St.
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SCOTT & McLEAN
▲TTOBKBTS AT LAW
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• JEORGE M. PATTON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WCourt Square. - G reensboro, N. a
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
(Woe* Kootns tm and lot New MaAaoa
BuiMlnc next to Pnstofflee,
XOOehT.i 3M.UWSJ.
On© second-hand two-horse wagon
at Petty-Reld Oo.'s.
Mr. A. M. Scales is at Dobson at-tenuing
Surry Superior court.
Mr. Charles D. Benbow has return-ed
from a trip to points in Maine.
Virginia seed oats and rye.
C. SCOTT & CO.
Better buggy tor the same money;
the same buggy for less money, at
Nowell's.
Pine thoroughbred pigs for sale at
S. F. Coe's, south of town. Phone
781. three rings.
Col. J. T. Morehead and Judge W.
P. liynum are attending Alaniance
court this week.
Red and crimson clover, winter
seed oats and Virginia rye.
R. G. HIATT & CO.
The highway commission was in
session Monday passing on accounts
and attending to other routine mat-ters.
The recollection of quality remains
long after the price is forgotten,
when you buy a buggy from the M.
O: Newell Co.
Mr. Henry Doak, who has been
critically ill at the home of his pa-rents
at Guilford College, is reported
as some better.
Mrs. Amanda Craven has returned
to her former home at Climax to
reside. She was accompanied by
three of her children, two sons and
a daughter.
Mr. W. T. Sockwell, a well known
young business man of this city, and
Miss Annie Houston, of Mt. Vernon
Springs, are to be married this after-noon
at the home of the bride's p«
rent*.
Ur. Will A. Phipps, of the Mt.
Hope section, who has held a posi-tion
in this city for some time, has
gone to Blowing Rock on a pleasure
trip. He may decide to remain in
that section of the state.
John Boldin. of White Oak, was
given a hearing before Squire CollinB
Saturday on the charge of blockad-ing,
but the evidence was not con-sidered
sufficient to hold him for the
Superior court and he was discharged
from custody.
Mr. Lewis Strauss, of Burlington,
is preparing to engage lu the cotton
waste business in this city. He has
rented the building on Bollemeade
avenue formerly o'-cupied by the late
G. O. Wltaon for the leaf tobacco
business.
Millinery opening September 16
and 17. Street hats now on sale.
Everything newest style. Not an old
hat left over from last season. See
our misses- and children's school hats
and caps. G. F. BLACKMON.
.22 South Elm Street.
Mr. Max T. Payne, manager of the
Greensboro Drug Company, was call-ed
to Morganton Saturday night by a
message informing him that his fath-er
had been seriously injurd in a
runaway accident. He returned yes-terday
and reported his father's con-dition
as satisfactory.
Mr. Charles G. Harrison underwent
an operation for api>endicitis at St.
Leo's hospital Monday evening. He
s'ood the operation well and his con-dition
is satisfactory. Mr. Harrison
had an attack of appendicitis a few
weeks ago, but an operation was not
deemed advisable at that time.
Mr A L Brooks has returned
from a pleasant visit to the meeting
of the American Bar Association in
Detroit, Mich., and a professional trip
to Chicago. Last week he appeared
for the state in the case in Durham
Superior court charging Reuben Bar-bee
with the murder of Engineer Fred
Holt.
The Greensboro public schools
opened Thursday with the largest
first day's enrollment In the history
of the schools. The attendance is in
the neighborhood of 3,000, taxing the
facilities to the utmost. The schools
at Proximity, Revolution and White
Oak opened Monday with an enroll-ment
of nearly 600.
Work has begun on the mm****
tng house to be erected by the so-ciety
of Friends on the corner of
Asheboro and East Lee streets, it
will be colonial in style and will front
on both street*. The church will
have a seating capacity of over 500
and will be one of the handsomest
houses of worship in the city.
There was a considerable increase
in the legalized liquor business in
Greensboro during August over the
previous month. The total number of
beer and whiskey prescriptions writ-ten
during August was 619 as against
BIT in Julr- The August consumption
of prescription whiskey was 88 gal-lons,
an increase of 13 gallons over
the previous month-
Mr William Archer Pharis, of
Danville. Va., and Miss Ethel V ir-ginla
Martin, of Patrick Springs. Va
were married at the Guilford hotel
Saturday night at 9 o'clock, the cere-mony
being performed by Rev. T. J.
Ogburn in the presence of a rew
friends. They will make their home
tn Danville, where the groom is em-ployed
by the Southern Express Com-pany.
RM William C Hammer, a well
known minister of the Methodist Pro-testant
church, died at his home_In
Aaheboro Monday night He had
been afflicted with paralysis for some
time and recently had grown much
worse. He wss 73 years old and is
sorrived by his widow, throe sons
and throe daughters. Th© funeral
wttl take placa at Browers WPl
soar Ash-boro, hjg zftcmooiL.
ASKS AN INVESTIGATION.
J. L. KING MAKE8 STATEMENT
TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
Chairman of Highway Commission
Makes Explanation of Sale- of Ma-terial
for Public Road Work-
Transaction Was Open and Above
Board—Manv Petitions for Now
Roads—Six Highways Granted and
Other Business Transacted.
By far the most Interesting matter
to come before the September meet-ing
of the board of county commis-sioners,
held Monday and yesterday,
was he request of Mr. John L. King,
chairman of the Guilford county high-way
commission, for an investigation
into his official conduct. The board
will grant the request and have an in-vestigation
made in regular order.
The request for an investigation
was made as the result of various
rumors that have been in circulation
recently. The rumors had to do with
the reputed sale by Mr. King to the
highway commission of material used
In the construction of a public road
in violation of the law prohibiting
public officials from selling goods or
materials to be utilized in work over
which they have jurisdiction. The
transaction was discussed by the
county commissioners and the high-way
commission in a joint meeting
Monday. Yesterday afternoon Attor-ney
R. R. King appeared before the
board of commissioners and made a
request for an investigation, present-ing
the following signed statement
from his brother, Mr. John L. King:
"To the Honorable, the Board of
Commissioners for Guilford County:
"Referring to the interview which
took place between your honorable
body and the highway commission of
Guilford county on yesterday, both
acting in their official capacity, with
reference to the purchase by the high
way commission of certain material
from the undersigned and used in
the construction of a highway lead-ing
north from Greensboro, same be-ing
'he extension of Church street,
beg to say that I shall be glad for
your body, or any member thereof,
acting in hla'official capacity, to make
a full investigation of this matter,
and I shall be glad to give you every
fact within my knowledge and afford
you every facility with reference to
the matters involved.
"The facts are, in short, as stated
to youf board on yesterday: That
when it was decided to construct this
highway, Capt. Fousbee, superintend-ent,
alone or possibly in conjunction
with another or others, made investi-gation
as to the possibility of get-ting
stone in that locality. As a re-sult
of his investigation, he reported
to the undersigned that he was un-able-
to. get conveniently the neces-sary
material, and applied to the un-dersigned
to buy the slag, stone,
bricks and other material of like char-acter
at the old furnace site of the
Empire Steel and Iron Company,
which was in dose proximity to the
road to be constructed. That he rep-resented
that the material was suit-able
for the uses designed, where-upon
the undersigned stated to him
that he doubted whether, under the
law. he could sell this material to the
highway commission, and declined to
negotiate further with reference to
the matter.
"Thereafter, at a meeting of the
board of highway commission. Capt.
Foushee took up this matter with the
board as a whole, and stated to them
that he was unable to find the nec>
essary material in close proximity to
the road to be constructed, and
stated in that connection that the un-dersigned
owned at the site above
mentioned a considerable quantity of
material well adapted for the purpose
and that he hoped that the under-signed
could be prevailed upon to let
the highway commission have it. The
undersigned stated to the board that
he feared some legal impediments
and did not care to in any way em-barrass
himself by such a transac-tion.
That the board Insisted that it
would be a large saving to the coun-ty
to let the highway commission
have this material; and after full con-sultation;
between the undersigned ana
the other members of the highway
commission, and at its request, it
was decided to let the commission
have the material at 50 cents per
cubic yard; that his predecessor in
ownership and he himself had sold
like material for 75 cents per cubic
yard. That Capt. Foushee represent-ed
to the commission, before the ma-terial
was contracted for and since
that there was a saving of at toasts
oer cent in the cost of the construc-tion
rt that portion of said road
wherein this material was used.
"This matter has never been re-garded
as a secret, as the negotia-tions
were conducted in an open and
business-like manner. The undersign
ed has heard recently that the matter
has been whispered around as a
great secret, and for this rea8onthe
undersigned and any and every mem-ber
of the highway 2"">££_*S
afford you every possible facility to
a full Investigation.
"Respectfully,
"JOHN L. KINO."
"Greensboro. Sept 7. 1909."
Petitions for New Roads.
Petitions for new roads were re
celved and ordered advertised as fol-lows:
. , „
In Gilmer township, beginning at r
point on the old HiUsboro road near
Holts chapel and running to tne
point where Phillips avenue Intersect
Summit avenue. ■
In Fentress township, runnlnr
westward from Pleasant Wf** «
the Randleaan read, ne-vr Williair
Ltttle's place, oa rural mail route No.
In Fentress township, beginning at
J. C. Kennett's and thence to the
public road leading from Julian to
Greensboro.
In Morehead township, commencing
at Zion church and running through
Mt. Vernon Heights and Piedmont
Heights to the public road on the
Sosthern Railway near the Atlantic
Lumber Company.
In Bumner township, beginning on
the Greensboro and Asheboro road at
a.W. Vickrey and J. D. Quate's cor-ner
and connecting with the Greens-boro
and Center road at J. E. New-man's.
In Jamestown township, beginning
at W. W. Hayworth's and running
east and north to Mitchell's Grove,
it being contended that the proposed
route is shorter and on better land
than the present road. A counter pe-tition
was filed in this case.
In Jefferson township, beginning at
C. C. Lineberry'8, on the McConnell
road, and Intersecting with the Fay-etteviile
road at Mt. Pleasant church.
New Roads Granted.
The commissioners acted favorably
oa petitions for the following new
roads:
In Clay township, beginning at J-A.
Horney's and ending at a prong
of the old Salisbury road near G. A.
Gerringer's, a distance of about two
and one-half miles.
In Clay and Fentress townships,
beginning at a point on the Alamance
and Tabernacle road, on the land of
Betsy Whiteley, and running through
the lands of various persons to the
Ford lane on the Tabernacle road, a
distance of about four miles.
In Fentress township, beginning at
W. C. Tucker's corner on C. A. Tuck-er's
line and running to a point near
Col. D. G. Neelley's shop, a distance
of about two miles.
In Fentress township, beginning at
Piney Grove school house and run-ning
south with or near the old road
to William Troy's place.
In High Point and Jamestown town-ships,
leading from Greene street to
M. C. Holton's place to Shube Kidd's
place.
In High Point township, beginning
on the Jamestown township line and
running to a point in the public road
at Ellas Eller's.
Other Matters.
The board received and accepted
the resignation of Mr. W. F. Elling-ton
^s supervisor of roads in High
P^int'tdwushlp. Mr. E. G. White was
elected to succeed him.
Citizens of Friendship township
made complaint as to the obstruction
of a public road by J. C. Cooper and
requested that he be compelled to
open the road. County Attorney Wil-son
was instructed to take such ac-tion
as may be necessary In the mat-ter.
I* was ordered that the drainage of
Horsepen creek through the lands of
E. F. Hall be made at his expense,
he having failed to comply with the
orders of the board heretofore made.
Sheriff Jones reported to the board
that certain parties who bid in prop-erty
at the recent land sale for taxes
had failed to comply with the law.
He was ordered to re-sell such prop-erty
at the court house door on Mon-day,
October 18.
Stokesdale Commercial Bank.
The Stokesdale Commercial Bank
does a general banking business, also
pays four per cent, interest on cer-tificates
of deposit of $25 and not
over $2,000, and is a great advantage
to the citizens of that community.
It offers the best burglar proof equip-ment
in that section, and also car-ries
burglar Insurance, which makes
money deposited in the Stokesdale
Commercial Bank absolutely safe;
and, on the other hand, tts manage-ment
is unsurpassed. Its president,
Mr. C. A. Bray, has shown his abil-ity
by increasing the deposits of the
Home Savings Bank, of Greensboro,
N. C, of which he is also president,
over 60 per cent, within the last
year.
The officers of the Stokesdale Com-mercial
Bank will be glad to have
every citizen in the vicinity of Stokes-dale
open an account with them,
[whether large or small, and they will
leave no stone unturned in their con-stant
endeavor to give you such ser-vice
as will be very satisfactory to
you.
Home Savings Bank.
The continuous growth of the
Home Savings Bank only goes to
show that the people are becoming
better acquainted with the absolute
safety of the policy of this bank. The
policy is the same as that followed
by the old school exclusive savings
banks of this country that have
weathered the storm for many years
and only grow stronger all the while.
The Home Savings Bank Is an old
school exclusive savings bank, and
does nothing but a savings bank bus-iness.
Nothing csn be safer. Four
per cent, interest on money In the
savings bank makes it grow daily.
Money in your pocket usually gets
smaller.
Millinery Opening.
September 16 and 17 every lady in
lullford and adjoining counties is
cordially Invited to attend this open-ing.
Every hat in the house latest
*tyle. Not a single hat left over
Yom last season. Street hats now on
isle. O. F. BLACMON.
522 South Elm St.
MAY WOVE COURT HOUSE.
PROPOSITION SUBMITTED TO
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
$7 boys a *taer mill at the Town-
<end BnrtT Co.
County May Sail Present Court House
and Jail and Erect New Buildings
on Kcoley Institute! Property—
Proposition Submitted by J. F. Jor-dan
and What It Means—Matter
to Coma Up for Final Action at
December Meeting of Board.
One of the most Interesting matters
that has come before the people of
Guilford county in many years is In-volved
in a proposition looking to the
removal of the court house and jail
to a new location. The question has
been under advisement for some
time, and at the meeting of the coun-ty
commissioners Monday Mr. J. F.
Jordan submitted a tentative propo-sition
to buy the property at present
occupied by the court house and the
jail and offering to sell the county
property upon which to erect new
structures.
If it should be decided to move the
court house and jail, the new build-ings,
in all probability, will be locat-ed
on the property now occupied by
the Keeley Institute, on West Wash-ington
street, formerly the home
place of the late Governor John M.
Morehead. Mr. Jordan has taken an
option on this property, with the un-derstanding
that, in the event of a
sale, it is to be used for county pur-poses
only, and has made the county
a bona fide offer for the court house
and iail property.
While nothing official has been
given out. It Is understood that Mr.
Jordan has an option on the Keeley
Institute property for a price approx-imating
$66,000 and that he offers the
county about $126,000 for the court
house and jail property, he to deliv-er
the Keeley property in the trade.
This would leave the county about
$60,000-for the construction and equip-ment
of new buildings.
The matter will come up for final
action at the December meeting of
the county commissioners. The de-lay
of 90 days was made necessary
by a section of the Revisal of 1905
which provides that the public shall
be notified this far in advance of
any proposed action looking to the
removal of a court house or jail. The
law gives the commissioners author-ity
In the matter where the proposed
removal Is for a d'stance not exceed-ing
one mile, but it is provided that
action can be taken only at the De-cember
meetlna of the board.
The present'court house occupies
the northwest corner of North Elm
and West Market streets, with a
frontage of a fraction over 172 feet
on North Elm and a fraction over
125 feet on West Market. The build-ing
was enlarged and remodeled
about five years ago, but its location
on a small lot in the heart of the
business district of the city operates
against it. Notwithstanding the fact
that It was enlarged only a few years
ago. it is contended that the build-ing
is now inadequate to the demands,
while the noise of public traffic
makes the transaction of business
difficult and inconvenient. Especial-ly
is this noticeable during the trial
of cases, when It is often impossible
to hear distinctly the evidence of
witnesses, the questions of lawyers or
remarks from the judge on the bench.
It has been apparent for some
time that the removal of the court
house will be necessary sooner or
later, and while they have made no
public expression. It is not improb-able
that those charged with the ad-ministration
of the county's affairs
will look with favor upon the prop-osition
submitted by Mr. Jordan.
Should the trade be consummated,
it is understood that arrangements
will be made whereby the county
will retain the furniture and fixtures
of the court house and jail, thereby
saving a snug sum in the cost of the
new buildings. It is believed that the
difference in the purchase prices of
the county property and the Keeley
property would provide a new court
house, while the material and equip-ment
from the present jail would re-duce
the cost of a new prison to a
minimum. In other words, the build-ing
of a new court house and jail, on
modern and enlarged plans, would
not saddle a heavy debt upon the
county. But all these details will be
worked out later, ar.d it is presumed
the public will be thoroughly Inform-ed
as to the matter before final ac-tion
Is taken by the commissioners
at the December meeting.
In the event the trade Is consum-mated,
the stockholders of the Keeley
Institute will erect a magnificent
structure on a new location. This
property occupies an entire block,
300 by 400 feet, admirably situated
near the center of the city. There Is
not a prettier spot in Greensboro,
and it would afford an ideal location
for a court bouse. Colonel Osborn
and his directors refused positively to
■dve an option on the property until
they learned that It was wanted for
a court house that would be com-mensurate
with the growth and
standing of GulltOrd county.
Mr. Jordan declines to say what
he purposes to do with the Present
court house property, should the
deal go through, but the fact that
he has entered into s trade of such
magnitude is accented as sufficient
evidence that he has some big scheme
In view. There Is a rumcr to the ef-fect
that the present court house is
to be replaced by a modern office
building of eight or ten stories in
height.
I Get a sub-soiler plow. Bold and
guaranteed by the Townaend Buggy
'Jompany.
CnfttiBg & ABUTVA :
Is not difficult once you start
to save money systematically.
But If you ever expect to be
Independent financially through
your own efforts you must
make a start.
Money saved and put awes'
safely will protect you from
misfortune and prepare you to
take advantage of opportunities
that will surely come to you.
Funding the capital of your
working years insures your fa-ture.
But choose the right
place to put your capital, or
the hard-earned savings of a
lifetime may be swept away an
a day.
The American Exchange
Bank is one of the city's
foremost financial institutions
and pay8 4 per cent, compouad
interest on saving deposits.
We have just issued, and
will send to anyone asking for
it, a handsome booklet entitled,
"Some Ways to Save Money."
It gives helpful advice on fin-ancial
matters and tells bow
you can save money.
American
|Exchange Bank |
QREENflORO, N. C.
Capital. B300.ooo.oe.
B. P. WHAHTON. President.
J. W. 8OOTT, Vloe President.
K. Q. VAUGHN. Cashier.
P. H. NICHOLSON, Aut. Cashier. ♦
AFTER THE STATE CAPITAL.
Chamber of Commerce Wants' It
Moved to Greensboro.
The quarterly meeting of the Cham-ber
of Commerce was held last night.
when a number of matters looking to
the welfare of Greensboro were dis-cussed.
The question of the proposed
removal ol the state capital from Ral-eigh
to Greensboro was brought ap
by Capt. J. W. Fry, who made an In-teresting
speech showing the feasibil-ity
and practicability of the proposi-tion.
The following were appointed
members of a committee to look in-to
the matter further and report at
the next meeting of the Chamber at
Commerce: Capt. J. W. Fry. Judge
R. M. Douglas, A. W. McAlister, D.
P. Stern, R. C. Strudwlck and E. J.
Justice.
Messrs. R. C. Hood, J. I. Foust and
C. H. Ireland were appointed mem-bers
of a committee to go before the
board of aldermen and ask that sn
election be called on the proposition
of Issuing $100,000 of bonds to im-prove
the public school facilities of
the city.
The matter of securing additional
passenger train service between this
city and Sanford was referred to the
transportation committee. It is de-sired
to have a train leave Sanford
for Greensboro in the morning and
return in the afternoons
Pink Pain Tablets—Dr. Snoop's—
stop Headache, womanly pains, any
pain, anywhere, in 20 minutes sure.
Formula on the 25c box. Ask your
druggist or doctor about this formula
—It's fine. Greensboro Drug Co.
Cider mills st rock bottom prices.
See Petty-Reld Co.
OOOOOOOOOWJ000000000000003
$20.00 IN GOLD
TO QE GIVEN AWAY.
The Commercial National
Bank will offer a prize of $20
in Gold to the farmer of Guil-ford
who raises the best crop
of tobacco oh one acre of
ground, provided there will be
twenty or more contestants.
The Judges of this contest
will be Mr. J. F. Jordan onths
part of the bank, and someone
choasn by the Greensboro To-bacco
Association, the third to
bo selected by these gentle-men.
Those wishing to enter tht
contaat will please call at the
bank and leave their names
and addressee.
Commercial National
Bank
I mmvmw*m*9ummm<>k i