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Thb Enterprise is read twice each The Enterprise, office prints' to please the dol lar is essential yet a secondary mat ter. Anything printed, from a visiting card to week by nine teenths of the peo- pie of High Pointi and by several thousand in the surrounding terri tory. A wise ad a 6-foot circular, vertiser will read and we do it well ily see the point Work Solicited. Vcfl. XXVI. HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1904. No. 25 flilit jfntmmaf If rff n LI UIL j II !IL, L I IL JlV B JIL II . JU IL D Ml 4 . All Adjusted. The loss sustained by Chair Company in the week has been adjusted Southern fire last and the policies paid in full. Prof. Davis will rebuild the warehouse and finishing rooms at once, and as he will have the first floor to begin on, he hopes to be under cover to some extent in 15 or 20 days. Jordan Property Sold. The Drooertv of Mrs. B. F. Tor dan on Main street, which includes the dwelling house and store occu pied by Peoples House Furnishing Go., was sold Wednesday to Mr, Bagby, brother of Rev. W. M, Bagby. The price paid.we under stand was $10,000. This property is situated ltf the centre of the bus iness part of the town and is very desirable. Will lest it Monday. Work on the Filter and Canal is about completed and the man is here to test it. He will do this Monday. After this we may ex pect clear water. Jail Crowded. The county jail received another prisoner Monday afternoon. This was Sam Ingram, who was bound ' over to court by the mayor for larceny. This makes fifty-five prisoners now in jail, awaiting the regular term ot superior court, which meets next Monday, the 22d. and the special term, which will be held the following week This is about the largest number the county jail has ever held at anv one time. There are seven cells on the second floor of the jail that contain thirty-four prisoners, an average of about five to each cell. House Party. Miss Harriet R. Tomlinson is entertaining a house party at her home "The Oaks' in Archdale. The following young ladies are the guests: Misses Rachael and Mar tha Petty, Greensboro; Rachael Mauney, Salisbury; Emma King, Deborah and Annie : Tomlinson, High Point. There are many pleasant features in connection with this house par ty. On Sunday an old-fashioned eight course dinner, which was served out on the lawn, and a loox-er-on saw some of the sterner sex around this hospitable board. On Monday evening the guests were treated to an impromptu mu sical, after which delicious fruits and melons were served. Tuesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Tomlinson were "At Home" to Miss Tomlinson and her guests. On Wednesday evening a moon light drive, . to an old country homestead was enjoyed by all. Time does not hang heavy on the hands of the guests in this lovelv home. But the days are passing all too quickly, for on Fri day the house party breaks up. Senator Hoar Dying. Worcester, Mass., Aug. 17. Senator George Hoar is dying. His physicians . and his son said this, morning that the venerable senator would not live perhaps morelthan three deys The sena tor's illness began several weeks ago with lumbago and last night he suffered a relapse. Senator Tillman. We are told by one of our con temporaries that Judge Parker "will offer Tillman the secretary of the navy portfolio," . and that "there is no doubt but what Till man stock has gone way up since he showed himself such a 'conser vative' at the St. Louis convention, and by . bis wise counsels helped the party in arriving at a sane basis." We do not know w bat Judge Parker's intentions are towards Mr. Tillman, but we are sure he appreciates the good work that was done at the convention in St. Louis by the senior Senator from South Carolina. 'The ap pointment of Mr. Tillman as secre tary of the navv would result in fair treatment for the South; and would strengthen the. naval estab lishments in this part of the coun try at least, News & Courier. . v v Miss Ethel Diffee who has been spending some time at Mr, Vernon Springs returned home last week Democratic Primaries. NORTH HIGH POINT. The Democratic Primaries fjr North High Point were held in the opera house Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. E. M. Armfield pre siding with local press representa tives as secretaries. There was a large attendance and everything passed off pleasantly. The following is the result: SENATE. A. M. Scales received unanimous vote. HOUSE. Wescott Roberson, J. M. Sechrest, Dr. Fox, M.. Kennett, sheriff. J. F. Jordan, John Whitt, Mr. Carmon, 61 67 3i 38 J. W. Forbis, REGISTER DEEDS. A. G. Kirkrnan by acclamation. TREASURER. m .. Mr. in en airy, 92 Mr. McKinney. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS W. H. Ragan. W. C. Tucker. Jno. A. Young, J. A. Davidson, W. H. Rankin. These received unanimous vote CORONER. Dr. Jno. L. Moore. SURVEYOR. L. Johnson. On motion it was agreed to leave the appointment of delegates to the Chairman. The following is a list of them. J. W. Guyer, W. R. Davis. J. t Farriss, M. J. Wrenn, Wm, Part ridge, J. L. Sechrest. S. T. Lowe. J. D. Paylor, A. E. Tate, A. M Rankin, W. -G. Brown, O. E. Kearns. ALTERNATES Jno. W. Wilborn, W. D. Bur gess, C. F. Long, M. C. Welch, A. E. Alexander, Claud Welborn, L. J. Ingram, R. B. White, A. R. Hammer, J. T. Bain, A. A Gor- d6J, J. C. Boiling. SOUTH HIGH POINT. In accordance with call issued by A. M. Scales, Chairman Guil ford County Democratic Executive Committee, the South High Point Democratic primaries was held at U. Welch's Livery Stable Tues day night, Aug. 1 6th, at 8:30 o' clock and was called to order by the Chairman Pro-Tem, Fred N. Tate. H. C. Field was elected Secretary of the Primaries. The call of Chairman Scales was read by the Chairman after which the following votes were taken: A. M. Scales was unanimously nominated for the Senate. Wescott Robesnson was unani mously nominated for the House of Representatives. J. M. Sechrest received 62 votes for House of Representatives. J. C. Kennett received 24 votes for the House of Representatives. J. F. Jordan received 79 votes for sheriff. W. R Forbis received 5 votes for sheriff. L A. Carmon received 6 votes for sheriff. John H. Whitt received 29 votes for sheriff. A. G. Kirkman unanimous Register of Deeds, J. W. McNairy unanimous Treasurer. June A. Johnson unanimous County Surveyor. for for for Dr. W. G. McAnally unanimous for Coroner. The entire present Board of County Commissioners was unani mously endorsed for re-election. - By the unanimous vote of the Primaries the Chairman Pro-Tem was Instructed to appoint 12 dele gates and twelve Alternates to the Democratic County Convention to be held ; In ; Greensboro, Saturday Aug. 20th. j- I he following were appointed: DELEGATES. J. H. Millis, D. C. Aldridge, Cyrus . Cummings, W. T. Kirkman, Thiers Leach, J. R. Holt. Eugene Parrish, Geo. T. Penny, S. L. Davis, W. T. Parker, E. H. C. Field, W. G. Bradshaw. ALTERNATES. 4 Ed. Kearns. Nerlus Hodson,' H C. Kearns. T. H.Adams, Joe Stray- horn, Will Kanoy, A. E. Prim,'. P. V. Kirkman, Dr. J. A.' Turner, J. 1 W. Johnson, Dougan Davis. J. F. H off man. ' " Mr. Strickland Loses Three Fingers. Mr. R. B. Strickland met with a very unfortunate accident yester day morning at the Victor Chair Co. , of which he is secretary and treasurer. While working at one of the machines his hand ' was caught and so lacerated that it was necessary for Dr. Stanton to am putate three of the fingers of the left hand. Mr. Strickland's friends deplore the accident very much. Rummage Sale. Don't forget the Rummage Sale in the store next door co Chase's, Friday and Saturday, August 26- 27. This sale will be under tne auspicies of the Ladies Aid Society, Washington street M. E. Church. The object is a worthy one and toward which all should contri bute. Succeed Mr. Ferguson. Mr. T. S. Neal, of Danville,,Va., has been appointed assistant sup erintendent of the Life Insurance Co. of Va.,Mr. J. E. Ferguson, the former manager of the company here, having been transferred to Winston, N. C. The Enterprise welcomes Mr. Neal to the city. McKnight Sues a Bank. Washington, Aug. 16. Dr, Harry P. McKnight, who resided in North Carolina for a time and who was arrested here last June on a charge of attempting to obtain money under false pretense for the benefit of a hospital at bouthern Pines. N. C., has entered suit in the district Supreme court against the Columbia National Bank, to recover $27,000 damages for the alleged dishonoring of his checks. After his arrest in June Mc Knight drew a check on the Col umbia National Bank for $210, to be disposited as collateral for his release. The bank, he says, re fused to honor his check, and as a result he was detained in jail for forty-two hours. A. F. Fox, president of the Col umbia National Bank, states that a deposit of $300 was made by Dr. McKnight, cons'sting or a dralton a Philadelphia bans. Payment on this draft was stopped in Philadel phia, President Fox says, when sent there for collection. 2 Washington Street Methodist Church. Preaching 11 a. m. by Rev. Hugh Paylor. of the Virginia Con ference. Bro Paylor is one of the growing young men in his Confer ence and we snail expect a iuii Bouse to hear him. At 8 p. m. Bro. Siler will preach, this being the third sermon in the series of union meetings. The choir is pre paring to give us good 'music. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Bought Newlin Property. Mr. J. Elwood Cox and Dr. W. G. Bradshaw have bought the re maining lots on the Newlin prop erty. Miss Pattie Newlin reserves a 65 foot building lot at the corner of Main and Ureen streets. It was James G. Blaine who said that the Democratic party could be depended upon to play the fool at the right time. This was an ex travagant remark but at times the oroohecv seems to come true. It might be applicable to , the Demo crats of High Point sometimes, but for obvious reasons we shall not go into details todav. We will, how ever, refer to the action of our pri maries in dividing on two men for the same county office. Such oc currences as this one simply makes us tired. Then again, while High Point was sitting up at night, pull ing hair and endorsing candidates from other townships unanimously, those same communities were rip pine up the back the only two can didates that High Point had. High Point should first get her self right and then assert her rights in the county or pull out altogether. Bank of Mt. Gilead. Mr. Virgil Idol who went to Mt. Gilead to start the new Bank there arrived home Monday. . He reports that the bank began business under very flattering circumstances. We wish to return our cincere thanks to our neighbors and friends during the sickness and death of our dear little baby. " Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Snider. CLOSE CONTEST. Results Received From Primaries Very Slowly. News from the country precincts comes in slowly. Only a part of the rural primaries have been heard from. Chairman Scales said last night that it was impossible to ar rive at any estimate as to who would be nominated for treasurer and for the house of representa tives. These candidates will be named at the county convention Saturday. Mr. A. M. Scales will be the nominee for senator, and Sheriff Jordan, Register of Deeds Kirkman, Coroner Turner, and Gilchrist will be nominated tor re election. As to the nominees for county commissioners it is difficult to foretell who will be named There is a large number of candi dates, many of them having a large number of supporters. There will be quite a number of delegates that will come to the con ventionun instructed. Upon these delegates in a large measure will depend the nominations in the con vention. For the offices of treas urer, representatives and county commissioners there will doubtless be quite a fight in the convention, but the other officers will in all probability he nominated on the first ballot. There was a good deal of inter est here among the friends of the different candidates for the house to know how the total vote in Greensboro was. The totals for the four precincts voting in the city were: Gordon, 274;Roberson,234; Kennett, 217; Fox, 163. The friends of Treasurer Mc Kinney were surprised at the re sult of the primaries. They had been quite sure all the while that he would receive the majority of the votes in the primaries. The instructed vote that has been heard from shows that Mr. McNairy re ceived more votes than Treasurer McKinney. There is a large un- iustructed vote and of this Mr. Mc- Kinney's friends expect him to re ceive a hearty support. The news from High Point was conflicting Tuesday night. On the vote for treasurer The Telegram was informed through one source that Mr. McNairy was the unani mous choice of both North and South High Point and through an other that South High Point was solid for McKinney and North High Point was divided. Weigh ing all the circumstances, we took what appeared to be the correct re port. But it turned out to be the wrong one. Mr. McNairy gets all of High Point's strength in the convention with the exception of one vote and a fraction out of 24. Retail Furniture Men. The first meeting of what will no doubt eventually be a large organi zation was held here last Tuesday, the Retail Furniture Dealers of the State. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock at the Manufacturers Club and for the first meeting there was a good attendance- A per manent organization was effected with the following officers: President. Mr. Cole, of Smith- field; vice-presidents, B. F. Hunt ley, of Winston-Salem: J. T. Por ter, of Charlotte; Mr. Barnhardt, of Lenoir; T. P. Dillon, of Mon roe; Mr. Chance, of Reidsville. The officers compose the board of directors. Several matters of vital importance to the retail furni ture business were discussed and suitable committees were appoint ed to take them in charge. Xne meeting was considered a success, and the furniture dealers generally look forward to a num ber of benefits to be derived from this organization. The visitors were royally enter tained by the Manufacturers' club. A banquet was given at the Hotel Elwood. ' At the night session it was un animously voted to accept the "gen erous invitation to hold the next annual meeting in High Point. The association adopted the Southern Furniture Journal as its official organ. A rising vote of thanks was tendered the Journal and its efficient manager, Wilber Jones, for active interest taken in the movement to get the furniture dealers to organize. , After the meeting in the after noon, the visitors called at many of the factories and took a look at our little city la general. They ex pressed themselves as highly pleas ed with their visit and we are sure High Point never had a greater pleasure in entertaining visitors. The Banquet. The manufacturers of Hjgh Point gave a banquet at the Elwood Hotel Tuesday evening compli mentaiy to the Retail Furnit ire Dealers of North Carolian, in ses sion here all the afternoon on that day. Handsome souvenir menu cards were printed, on the front cover was a silver knife and fork with the words, "Yours to com mand" in gold letters all embossed with the following additional word ing. "Banquet Elwood Hotel, High Point, N. C, Tuesday Aug. 16th, 1904. Complimentary Re tail Furniture Dealers of North Carolina, by the Manufacturers of High Point." On the right inside was the menu an elaborate one and on the back a cut of the El wood Hotel, making an unusually handsome menu card. There were fifty or more present and the occassion proved a most enjoyable one indeed. The spread was an excellent one in all respects and did credit to Mr. Cole, prop rietor of the hotel. There were numerous toasts. Orphans In September. The class from Oxford Orphan Asylum are expected here Septem ber 16th. High Point is always pleased to entertain these children and enjoy their singing. Lt. Gov. Reynolds to Speak. Lt Govtrnor Reynolds is ex pected to speak, at Davis School House six miles north of High Jroint Saturday night Aug. 27th. Narrow Escape. Anotner terrible accident was narrowly averted Saturday morn ing at the crossing. A team of mules got caught between the gates and the early passenger trains brushed the mules heads. Same old trouble the gateman could not see the incoming train for the box cars on the siding and the shifting in the yards, which we un derstand was going on at the time. Why don't the officers enforce the law about moving two trains in the yard at the same time; also standing across the street longer than 5 minutes, loud whistling, and fast running through the city? In New Quarters. The boys of North Side Fire De partment have been busy this week, fixing up their new quarters on East Washington street, the head quarters of the North Side having been moved there. The building has been made larger, the ladders and other apparatus' painted and everything is as nice as you please. That's right boys do your part and perhaps things will come your way. Misses Snow Entertain. Misses Helen and Winnie Snow gave a most brilliant reception Wednesday evening, August 17th, at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Snow, on Main street, complimentary to their visi tors, Miss Louise Breeden, of Ben- nettsville, S. C, and Miss Laura Thompson, of Salisbury. The eruests included a large number of their young friends. The occasion was a most delightful one in every respect. The following is a list of the party: Hisses Georgia Lowe, Charlotte, Hattie Toney, Johnson, S. C. ;Car rie Joyce, Detroit, Carrie Prince, Cheraw, Rhett Leach, Lily Sher rod, Deborah Sherrod, Mary Ellen English, Irvin Paylor, Minnie Al exander, Connie Charles, Annie Tomlinson, Deborah Tomlinson, Blanche Bradshaw, Clara Cox, An na Kirkman. Messrs. Will Pe gram, Durham, Aubrey Hoover, Albion Millis, J. E. Burton, Fred Eshelman, A. S. Caldwell, Frank Ogburn, Sibley Burton, Bascom Hosk ins, Ward Eshelman, Dr. Mm.' Hayes, Oscar Moffitt, C. M. Hau ser, A. S. Parker, R. H. Wheeler, V. A. J. Idol. Those receiving were Misses Helen Snow and Berta Ragan in front ball. Miss Winnie Snow with her visitors, Misses Louise Breeden pof Bennettsville.and Laura Thomp son, of Salisbury, in the parlor. Miss Ruby Snow at the punch bowl. Mr. Curtis, of Winston, was here Monday to look Into the circum stances surrounding the trouble his son got iuto last week. FAILURE OF LUMBER COMPANY. Liabilties Exceed the Assets by Abont $30,000. Raleigh, Aug. 17 The Walter W. Mills Lumber Company, of Raleigh, is embarrassed, the lia bilities exceeded the assets by about $30,000. The company owns a half interest in the Biscoe Lum ber Company, and employs many saw mills. The embarrassment does not affect in any way the rail road or bank in which Mr. Mills is interested. He has written to each creditor offering to assume all the liabilities and pay every cent. The creditors appear to be willing. He is a member of the Atlantic Rail way Company, one of the two bid ders for the lease of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railway, and is building under contract the rail road from Newbern in Pamlico county. P0ST0FFICE ROBBED. Burglars Get $300 in Stamps and $40 in Money at Clinton. Goldsboro, Aug 17. A telegram addressed to the chief of police of this city, was received this morn ing, stating that the postoffice at Clinton was broken into last night by unknown parties and robbed of about $300 in stamps and $40 in cash. Two men seen there yester day are supposed to have commit ted the robbery, a description of whom is now in the hand of the police. DR. McADEN'S FUNERAL. Honorary and Active Pall-Bearers. The funeral of the late Dr. J.H. McAden was held at Charlotte yes terday at 10 o'clock from the fami ly residence. Honorary Pall-Bearers George E V ilson, Dr. Joseph Graham, George H. King, J. H. Van Ness, B. D. Heath, George B. Hiss. W. E. Holt, W. E. Shaw, Frank Gil reath and W. C. Maxwell. Active Pall-Bearers-J.C. Springs. C. N. Evans. W. C. Wilkinson, R. R. Ray, R. S. Gray, John B. Ross. A. L- Smith and I. H. Wearn. Rev. Dr. E. H. Harding, in con junction with Rev. D. A. Barron, conducted the funeral. During the funeral all the banks of the city were closed as a mark of respect to the dead banker. For 25 Years. Mr. I Hughes Fisher, of Chica go, in renewing his subscription - says: "Enclosed find check for $1.00 paying my subscription to paper for year ending July 20th, 1905. This makes my 25th year. Regards to Mr. I-arriss." Death of an Infant. The Enterprise sympathizes .with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Snider on ac count of the death of their little daughter which occurred on Wednesday of cholera infantum; age 18 months. The funeral services were held from the house yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev.W. M. Bagby, of Washington street M. E. Church. Orinoco Items. Orinoco, Aug. bells arc ringing 17. Wedding in this corn- munity. Wheat is turning out good in this section, we have all had good crops. Mr. Doso Wire and family visit ed L. F. Clodfelter last Sunday. Messrs. T. V. and D. W. Weavil visited Wm. Collett last Sunday evening. Mr. Daniel Crrel's little child accidently got a piece of grass down its throat so far that its folks could not get it out. They sent for Dr. Dorsett who succeeded in getting it out. The little fellow suffered, severely. Last Saturday, Mr. Jap Pane led to the altar Miss Alma Mot singer, of near Wallburg. We wish them a long and happy life. . Las! evening the 16. Mr. Noah Weavel, formerly of Wallburg but now of Lexington, led to the altar Miss Hedrick, of near Lexington. We wish them a long and happy life. Mrs. Nancy Osbond died; last Saturday morning the thirteenth and was buried at 11 o'clock Satur day at Friedburg., Farmer Boy? . ! i X.. I ' I , 1 V
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