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This Enterprise is among the Very Best advert CarolinaIt reaches the people A 4 ii ii i i ii ii ii' ii i in r i iki r in in ih in i i in ii y lW r III ID m U Vol. XXVI. Our Shipping Industry. The Enterprise has it from rail road authority that the volume of freight at High Point is greater than at any point between Char lotte and DaDville. We do not mean to say that we- handle more cars here than are handled at Greensboro and Salisbury. These towns handle through goods in enormous quantities. But we do mean to say that the incoming and out going freight for our town proper is greater. The number of cars shipped from here every day is 35 xr 40. -n The shifting force handles no less than 100 cars daily We congratulate the town and the Southern Railway on this showing. Watch us Grow. Now is the time for every 'busi ness man in High Point to put his shoulder to the wheel. Our town has reached that point where it needs the combined support of every man. Leave off bickerings and criticisms and pull for the town. If all will do this we will have a population of 10,000 before January 1906. It is easier to ac complish this now than it was to get a population of 5,000 two years ago. The doubling up will be quick work if we have ah eye to bdsjness. People who make a business of standing off and criticising the Tionest efforts of his fellow man do not deserve recognition in a com munity. In fact they have no place. Speak well of your neighbor and give him a helping hand. If you can't, do not put an obstruction in his path. The Orphans Coming. The class from Oxford Orphan Asylum will be at the auditorium on Friday night of this week, Sep tember 16th. Their concert is always attractive, pure and bright. The people of High Point have always given these children a large audience and we trust that the auditorium -may be filled on Friday night. Will Give $100,000. Mr. N. Glenn Williams, who was here Saturday, wants the High Point Inter-Urban Traction Co. , to extend the trolley line to Yadkin county. "Lewisville and other townships in my section will give $100,000 toward the enterprise,'' said Mr. Williams, who also stated that be would guarantee the com pany sufficient freight, to say noth ing of passenger travel, 'to pay a good interest on the investment. Mr. Williams and a number of other citizens of Yadkin are anxious to get a trollr y line and they are willing to do their part to secure it. Winston Cor. Charlotte Ob server. House Burned. The dwelling house of J. 'V. Montgomery was burned in Me chanicsville Sunday morning at , 7 o'clock. Loss about $606, insur ance S400. A detective Hue was the cause of the fire. A Thousand ways of Lying. From "Success." There are a thousand ways of lying, but all lead to the same end. It does not matter; whether you wear lies, tell lies, act lies, or live lies, your character is ruined all the same. , ; There is no more demoralizing influence in modern life that the unnatural straining to seem other than we are. Nothing else so quickly, lowers self-respect, takes the fine edge off honor and blunts the conscience as the sense of being a sham, a gilded fraud, or an un reality. - It cheapens standards, lowers - ideals, saps ambition, and takes the spring and joy out of living. No man can make the most and the best of himself until he is absolutely honest with his own soul, and unfalteringly true to his highest ideals, and this is im possible while he is living a, lie. . Of Course He Would. . 'Will you smile?" asked the photographer - ."Certainly, certainly) ; I 'don't care if I do?" replied Old Soak. : Xt was thus that the photographer got the picture whic took the prize at the last exhibition as the most speaking likeness. ' Mr. and Mrs, J. Elwood Cox left Monday for a trip through : the New England States. The TWo Detectives. One of the detectives who has been here working as a hand in one of the ftctories, closed up his busi ness Monday, having accomplished what be came for. Prof. Aldridge Acts as Principal. The trustees of the Trinity Park High school have not yet named a permanent successor to the late Prof. J. F. Bivins, formerly, princi pal of the school. Prof F. S. Al- dridee. who has been connected with the institution since it was founded, is acting as principal. Highly Appreciated. Already the editor has received substantial appreciation of his ef forts to give the community a live daily, filled with the local and gen eral news. A large number of our citizens have subscribed to it and we hope to announce a large num ber of subscribers in a week. Completed. The new warehouse of the South ern Chair Company, the contract for which was let the 22nd of last month, will b ; ready for occupan cy Monday September 12. Fire Destructive. Mr. W. C. Petty, who was here yesterday, informs the Enterprise that the fire at Carthage was a very destructive one, burning five houses in the center of the town. He hopes that better buildings will be erected on the sites of the old ones. Got Home Safely. Mrs. W. J, Armfield who was instrumental in securing pardons for Goode and Parker and after wards helped them on the way home, received a letter announc ing that they had arrived at Hart ford, Cont? , Safely. This was according to promise that the men would go straight home and begin to lead new lives It seems that they are making: the start. Discriptive Circular. Mr. E. W. Mathewson, of Au- ! gusta, Ga.. will issue next week under the auspicies of the Manu facturers Club, a twenty page cir cular, with a short statement of the business interests here, alone; with cards ol business enterprises. It is designed only as a reminder of a thriving town and no doubt do good. Several thousand copies will be sent out. Miss Lucy Kirkman. Miss Lucy Kirman entertainof twenty five or more of her young friends on Wednesday, August 31, from eight o'clock to eleven thirty. The piazza and lawn were huug with Japanese lanterns Games were played until 10 o'clock when the boys were invited into the hall while the girls remained in the parlor. The door was shut on a bunch of hand painted pansies with a blue ribbon ruu through each, one end hanging in the hall the other In the parlor. The girls took hold of one end and the boys the other, when the door was opened why, there was your partner at the other end of the ribbon. The guests were then invited into the dining room where they were served with peach and vanilla cream and cake The following were present: Misses Janie Spencer, Era Will iard, Genivieve Moore, Frances Moore, Marguette Walker, Maggie Booker, Anna Laura Council, Ava Hall, Grace Kirkman, Ola Homey, Laura Kirkman. Messrs. R. C. Mc Adams, Willis Bagby, Ogburn Wall, Clifford Charter, Vassie Wil son, Ely Denson, John Dyer, Julius Homey, Allie Partridge, Harvy Tilden, Rob White, Wesley Bagby J. Walker, Thurman Mann, Robt. Sechrest, Thurlow Kearns, Robt. Booker. Report Approved. The report of Mr. Heller about the street railway here wa? approv ed by the Construction Co. , at Philadelphia Saturday. Charter Granted Thursday. ' The State chaiters the Moffitt Iron Works, of Sanford, with a capital of 125,000, and the High Point Inter-Urban Street Railway Company, to build railways any where in fifty miles of High Point, with a capital of $000,000. . . HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, More Streets. An observant business man said to the Enterprise: ' "We need more streets opened here so that people may get building lots in desirable localities at reasonable prices." Killed by the Train. Salisbury, N. C, Sept. 12. Northbound passenger No. 40, which passed here about midnight Sunday morning, while running'at a rapid rate of speed, struck Mr. Jeff Lewis, of Spencer, near the Spencer station, inflicting -injuries from which he died last night. It is learned that Mr. Lewis had start ed to the depot to meet a son, who was returning on the same train! and that in walking too near the track he was struck in the back of : the head, his collar bone, eight; ribs and hip bone being broken. Theson, who was a passenger on the train, saw the accident but did not know that it was his father until after the station had been reached. The remains were interred today at Piny, Davidson county. Death for the Burglar. Every once in awhile occur rences are reported which vindicate North Carolina's burglary law, which provides the diath penalty for the first degree. The latest is the invasion of the home of ex Mayor McCue, at Charlottesville by a man armed with a baseball bat. "The unknown man seized Mc Cue who had gotten his hands on the gun, when he was struck a vicious blow in the face with the bat and knocked unconscious. Mrs. McCue heard the struggle and rushed to the hallway. The man had secured the weapon and shot her twice, one load entering the left breast close to the heart and the second the left eye Mrs. McCue menaged to reach the bath room and there fell dead. McCue recovered consciousness and with his four young children found'his wife dead." . v The death penalty too severe for a case like that?- North Carolina has the best law, to'meet such cases of any State in? the Union, but there are sentimentalists who peri odically make efforts to have it repealed. They did succeed in having it amended so las to grade the crime of burglary, but it is to be hoped that the law will be per mitted to stand in its present shape. Evening Chronicle. Bank Note With a History. Rev. Oliver Johnson, of South Carolina, has been presented by Mrs. Adeline McGuiggan, of this city, widow of Arthur J. McGuig gan, with a $10 note which was is sued in 1853 by the Planters' Bank, of Fairfield, at Winnsboro, S. C. This note, which Mrs. McGuiggan has had for forty-three years, bears the signature of Henry Laurens Elliott, as cashier. The note was of special interest to Mr. Johnson, because his wife, formerly Miss Christine Elliott; of Winnsboro, is the youngest child of the man, now twenty years dead, whose autograph appears on it. The note was paid to Mr. McGuiggan, who was a newspaper man, for work done on the old Charleston Mercury. After the fall of Fort Sumter, Mr. Mc- Guiggaa went to Richmond, where he worked on the Richmond Dis patch, and it was in that city, in August, 1861, thai he gave the note along with some other currency of that day, to his wife, who had been allowed, by special passport from Gen. Scott, of the United States ar my, to go from this city to visit her husband at Richmond. Of the cur rency given to her by her husband at that time, Mrs. McGuiggan still has a $5 note issued by the Bank of Wilmington, N. C, in 1856. Mutual Sacrifice. The Maid When two prople are really in love they are each anxious to make some great sacri fice to prove their devotion. The Bachelor-That explains it. The MaidExplains what? The Bachelor The origin of marriage. 1 Terrible. "Why is Belle so bitter against Charlie?" "He arose and gave her his seat in the street cat." "Why, I should have thanked him" "She did, and he said: 'Not at all. Mother always taught me to be polite to old ladies.', " if N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1904. Japanese Persimmons. J. F. Hoffman has a crop of Jap anese Persimmons in his yard. The first years growth , yielded persimmons that weigh pound. Telegraphic Service. The Enterprise is in correspon dence with the press associations for an evening service of dispatch es. It is probable that we shall run a wire into the Enterprise office and receive our own messages. Before begining this service we desire to state frankly that all dispatches to evening papers are in an abridged form, a mere hint at what is con tained utxt day in the Associated , Press. Give Notice Now. The Boad of 'Aldermen May not take any action in regard to hog pens in the community, but notice should be given now that on and after February 1st no hogs shall be kept inside the corporate limits. We are paying out a great deal of money in order to have a nice clean town, but we can not have what we want with hog pens in the city. We must act on this matter, frankly and "stand pat.' Everybody Busy. There is more building going on now in High Point than we have known at this season of the year. A number of two story dwelling houses and a large number of smaller houses. Among the two story hous es are some very nice houses cost ing from $2,500 to $10,000. The contractors all seem to have their hands full for three months. Across the Continent. Mr. Forney Stamey and family, of Seattle, Washington, and the Messrs. Brannock and families, of Olympia, Washington, passed through here on No. 30 this after Lnoon on their way to Grayson coun ty, Virginia. They went to the West about fifteen years ago where they have since made their home, but are now returning to their na tive heath to reside in the future. Mr. Stamey is a brother of the late Rev. P. F. W. Stamey and Dr. E. L. Stamey, of Greensboro, and the Bramock family are relatives of the Stamey family, Mrs. Brannock be ing a sister of Mr. Stamey. Stealing Going On. Some of the agents who have been visiting the homes in the city have been stealing. One of them entered the hallway at Mr. E. A. Snow's house last week and after ringing the bell and no response be gan to take articles from the hat rack. Mr. Will Snow was up stairs boking down in the hall and saw the woman take the things. She was immediately approached by the cook and made to givethem up. New pupils continue to be en tolled at the school. The number ?ow exceeds 800. ! Mr. Robt. Brockett is just com pleting two nice dwelling houses On the new street that leads out (rorn Broad. j Maj. Tucker, of Greensboro, is here today. I Small Beginnings. ( Marsh ville Home.) We know two men in this sec tion who started fifteen or twenty years ago as farm laborers at eight and a third dollars a month and board. They were poor boys and had absolutely nothing to begin with. We said they got eight and a third dollars a month, but it would be more appropriate to say that they got one hundred dollars a year, for they worked by the the year and not by the month They liekd a job that was confin ing. ' Year after year they put in full time unless hindered by sick ness. They didn't part their hair in the middle and strike out into "society" on Sundays with a hired horse and buggy. They refused to "take np" their wages, and their pile grew bigger at the rate ot abou) ope hundred dollars a year until they were able to buy small tracts of land on which they began farming on their own ac count. It Is necessary for us to tell the balar-ce that . happened? Would yon expect men ; of : that kind of industry and economy to fail? They both own several tracts of land and are siill fond of an oc cupation that is confining. Market Reports. J. W. Cole & Co. have the mar ket reports posted in the lobby of the hotel every evening. They will appear regularly in the Daily En terprise at 4 o'clock in a day or so. New Warehouse. Mr. M. J. Wrenn, proprietor of the High Point Furniture Co., has given the contract for a mammoth brick warehouse which will be lo cated north of the present ware house. It will be 150x200 feet, three stories. First Baptist Church. The lot has been cleaned off for the new church and the excavation will begin to-morrow. Fine Work. The illustrated pamphlet just from the Enterprise presses, by the Manufacturers Club has been high ly complimented. New Firm. C. D. Busick & Co., have opened a millinery and dry goods store in the Wrenn building. Mr. Busick says that he will keep a new stock of up-to-date goods. They Want It. The boys are falling in line on the proposition for a military com pany. Who would make a good captain? Enlarged Already. The Daily Enterprise is only 4 days old and has been forced to en large already as will be seen by a comparison of today's issue with others. Yesterday we had to issue a supplement to accomodate the news and the enlargement today is for the same reason. It is only a question of a little while before we will be compelled to issue a six column four-page paper, same size the Semi-Weekly was. Personal. Mrs. Jos. D. Smith is expecting a number of young lady visitors Tuesday: Misses Chadbourne, Mary, Emma, and Lizzie May Northrop and Carrie Wright and Little Miss Sue Wright, all t of Wilmington. Rev. Eli Reese has moved to the Capt. Snow house which is now located on Green street, near the Graded School. The building committee for the new Graded School is waiting on the plans. In the meantime the lot is being put in order. J. Elwood Cox is having Warren Bros, to put down cement pave ment the entire length of his prop erty on Green street. The Board of County Commis sioners will probably consider the Electric Railway franchise Friday. One of the school boys, a little tot, fell on the rocks in the streets today and cut a great gash in his head He was not seriouslv injur ed, however. Argument in the White case at Salisbury began Monday by L. H. Clement for the State, followed by Judge Montgomery for the defense. Cy Watson will close for the de fense. A Boys Future. When my mind begins to wonder Of the bos of this day and time Just to think about the future before them, As they march all in line, Some have books and papers with them, Others have not a thing Now they are going home thinking What the morrow will bring. Ere they have growa into manhood, Some ambitious and others are not. The ambitious are toiling day by day, Until they have won their plot. They have worked hard for their fame, While the others do not care And of work the ambitious are not ashamed, As the others now are aware. They have awakened from their slumber To see their school mates and the toys. While the ambitious see the others toiling in weir snops. Boys let us not be the sluggards. Who care not for their future name, But let us strive to pretect and honor it With all the vigor and vim in our frame. Composed by Small School Boy. A Little Later. They had just thrown the Ro man traitor from the walls. : "Did he appear to realize the enormity of his offense?;' inquired C. Gracchus. VNot At first," replied Publius Mencio. "But a little later he much cast down.J' ' . - 1 , No. 32 News Happenings Told in Paragraph W. C. Jones returned Monday from a trip to the eastern part of the State. Mr. D F. Maddox is building a ten-room house on Broad street. Mrs. B. A. Clark went North last night to buy Fall millinery. The condition of Mr. Jas Holt, who was stricken with paralysis, is practically unchanged. Mr. Frank Gurley's house has been beautified by the painters re cently. Miss Anna T. Jones, of Lexing ton, is visiting Mrs. Anna F. Tom linson, on English street. Prof. C. F. Tomlinson is visit ing in Winston. Mrs. D. H. Ritenbery is recov ering from an attack of fever. Little Maud Owen has typhoid fever, Dr. Stanton has the case in charge. Mrs. Jule Harris is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. J. Welch. Mrs. Harris expects to move into her new home in about two weeks. Dr. W. O. Jones is on the sick list. Miss Minnie Pickett had a friend from Maryland visiting ' her last week. Mrs. John Lindsay has not yet recovered from the fall which she received while attending the House Party at Dr. Fullers. The members of the Ladies AM Society ol the Methodist Protestant cnurch are requested to meet in a called session at 4 o'clock this af ternoon, September 13, 1904, Mrs. W. P. Pickett, president. Mrs. Emerson Allred is soend- ing a few weeks at Blask Moun tain, tone is regaining strength af ter her severe illness. Miss Mamie Sechrest goes to the State Normal this year. t :4-i ri. o. 1 . j j,ilhc viai a oiecic was operated on by Dr. Long Thursday for Ad noids, she is doing nicely; Clara has a little pony to brighten the days of convalescing. The kind people of Trinity wil please accept my heartfelt appre ciation for their great kindness to me during my very sore afflic tions. Josib Mendhnhall. The Mothers' meetings conduct ed by Mrs. Anna Tomlinson, are appreciated by many who cannot attend church. They were held in the west end of town Thursday, in the east end Tuesday of each week at the home of any one requesting it. Saturday evening Miss Geni vieve Moore gave a farewell party to her cousin, Miss Louise Moore. of Washington City. Thirty young people assembled on the lawn at six o clock and enjoyed out-door games. Iced lemonade was served on the porch and later, dainty re freshments in the dining room, which looked very pretty in its pink and white decorations. The daily continues to get sub scribers. It should eo reeularlv into every home in the city. Armfield & Co., D. I. Brooks and Mr Silman.merchants on South Mam street.are building up a cood trade centre in that locality. Mr. R. E. Causey would like a position as bookkeeper or any of fice work. Would work for a reason able salary. Mrs. C. T. Hamilton is visiting relatives in Sanford. Dr. and Mrs. J. T" Hyde, of Ellerbe Springs.who have been vis iting the family of Mr. W.N. Rush have returned home. Jno. B. Booth and H. C.Youne. of Dunn, were at the Elwood Mon day. Mrs. J. D. Mendenhall. who has been visiting at Deep River, left for her home at Arbuckle, Califor nia, this morning. R. G. Lea, of Greensboro, is in the city. Mr. A. E. Tate sent some of his fine chickens to the State Expere ment Station yesterday. Col. Geo. T. Leach and 'Soulre Sechrest had a big time I fishing with Sheriff Jordan at Manchester last week. . Col. Leach says Sheriff Jordan caught some of the largest Jack and Chub he has seen In fresh water. Hosnitfll Ttnort ,511 r.1..... at office of W. H. Regan to-niht at 7:30. Every member requested to be present, , A
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