The Enterprise is among the Veiy 7 n A XV M 1 1 1 1 1 I'll' I Ln 1 i i ill nn V V I II I I II II Vol. XXYI, - - , The Engineer Here. . people fire saying rvery - little and ' , nnahinsr riirht ahead. The civil v engineer 'arrived here last week ; ' for tbe purpose of going to work 'on the line between here and Win iuiu, , laccuuici wu kuucu ijr the legislature on the ' loth and ' everything seems to be primed for ' the work, i This is a great under ' taking and is entitled to all of the , aid and encouragement our people can give it. " Cigar Factory. - A communication from Hamp ton, VaM from an experienced - cigar manufacturer asks informa , tion about the town wth'a view to establishing a - factory here I; The Enterprise thinks that a factory of the kind would pay here, a nere , are so many traveling men going out from High Point that anything of this kind would be made to pay In other words we could sell the ' product of a factory easier than ny town in the South. ;, Set For February 6th. E. G. Gilmer, of Statesvllle, was in city Saturday and served sum mons on a number of our citizens to appear as witnesses in the case of E. G. Gilmer vs F.H. McAlpine St CoM which comes up at States vllle February 6th. The suit is for f 2,000 damages claimed by Mr. Gilmer on non-compliance of verbal contract in renting tbe El wood hotel. McAlpine & Co, fi nally sold their interest in the hotel to J; W. Cole & Co. , while Mr, Gilmer claimed he had already made a trade with McAlpine & Co, It the other; witnesses know as lit ' tie about the case as some that have been summoned we don't see how . It will ever come to a head. , : New Buildings. Tbe contractors tell us that they are figuring on five or six nice buildings which will be erected th'n spring. -j-- - - )- Changed Its Name. The Southern Loan and Trust Co., of Greensboro, was yesterday allowed by the Secretary of State to amend its charter in order to change its name to the Southern Life & Trust Co. The Poor-Ye Have With You. A man walked into our office just now and asked us to give him enough to eat for bis tamuy over Sunday. He was sober and really felt the condition of his family, Without questioning whether the man is any account, it seems de ; plorable that in a land of plenty, a' town tiled with wealth, tnat sucn a things exist. It is uncommon it is true, but it is not right that " a mother and children go hungry , and cold over Sunday.or any other. day for that matter, in our midst Tt is just as important to look after such oases as it is to open the ba bath schools tomorrow morning. i But suppose the case is an unwor- thy one, it was not the , righteous ' to save. All of us, are unworthy more or less in some way. ' ' Permanent Receivership. Before Judge Shaw Thursday VTannf aettirinc Comoanv. manu- ! facturers of yarns at Gibsonville, . asked tnat tne appointment 01 mr. ' J. A. Davidson by Judge Shaw last .week as receiver be made perma nent, with some one else, as co- ; receiver. They could not decide on the co-receiver and Judge Shaw took the paper pending the ap- ; pointment. ( v ; 4 ; The Coming of Mr. Metcajf. "President Speucer's private car will be attached t 97 bn Feb. 6th, bringing the Washington and Vir glnla guests to the Manufacturers Banquet, The party -will consist of Secretary ' Metcalf,'. the Cuban Ulnister. Mr. Richards. Senators Simmons and Overman, Congress men, Kltchin, Page and Dixon Thos Nelspn Page : and probably Dr. Edwin A. Alderman., ; The Enterprise is t very much pleased that these gentlemen will reach Ilih Point in time to look ' over the city and meet our business i:.ca. - - ' ' ' THE WANDERERS. - Letter From Mr. E. A. Snow. 1 Havana, Jan. 23, 1905. Dear JSarrfcs: :: I promised to write you, but really I have had no time and be sides, my Eugl'sh vocabulary it too limited to describe this place, es pecially in adjectives. One can not begin to tell the attractions and functions of his place od paper. 'It is the most beautiful place I have evir seen, so odd and quaint it is that it simply facinates yoJ. - The city contains nearly a half tqillion of people; moUy Cu bans and Spaniards, but flb U. S has about 20,00a of her people here and when this place is better known there will be many more here. Every day 'the steamers land them by the hu dreds. Span ish is generally spoken bnt you can hear our harsh English most everywhere. In all the larger es tablishments both languages are spoken so it is no trouble to get along on that score.' The harbor is very pretty with its blue waters, dotted with ships from very nation. Old Morro fort and Cubanna for tress are especially interesting. I saw the awful dungeons and re mains of the Gnilotlne where Gen. Weylerput so many Cubans to death. Tbe streets are all as clean as our house floors. Not a speck of dirt is allowed to remain on them ten minutes. Men dressed in white on every block constantly sweep ing so there is hot a paiticle of dust. Every one lives and eats out of doors. This is the dry sea son and no rain will fall for some time yet. The main business streets are about 20 to 25 yards wide with sidewalks 2 to 5 feet wide and are paved with cement like our new walks. People walk in these streets as sidewalks are too narrow for passing, bnt there is no danger of being run over as every vehicle has a gong or bell which the driver rings almost constantly They are all very careful indeed and one sees no reckless driving. The Prado is a long wide street over 200 feet wide with walks and twp rows of snade trees in the middle with numerous parks and monu ments. Iron chairs and settees are placetl here where people sit to talk, smoke eat and drink. Every one smokes, every one drinks, yet I have not seen a single drunken person here and am told that only Americans ever get drunk here Coffee; chocolate, wine and beer are the favorite drinks, but my friend. Sam Davis, always takes "Rum Barcaler." a strong drink made from sugar cane. sam is getting to - be quite a Spanish linguist and expect he will not talk English very much when be gets home, v I have just return ed from morning mass in - the old catnederal wnere Columbus was buried.' Yesterdav I worshiped at a Presbyterian Mission. 1 found most all Evangelistic churches have missions here but of course the Roman Catholics have , full sway here. Yesterday everything was wide open here. I went to see the national game of Jai Alai in Lafternoon and this was the most wonderful game I ever saw. Over $50,000, wa lost or won in bets on the game by the 5,000 specta tors. My letter must be too short to tell of . it. Saturday we went over to the next provice Matanaas; where we saw some .wonderful caves ancr a famous .cathedral. This-place has a fine harbor where yon - will remember Capt. Bob Evans shelled the town and killed a mule. . Tomorrow we go into the interior to see a sugar plantation and mills. ; Sugar is - very high priced now, and they haye a big crop this year, so they are feeling good. Tobacco is mostly raised in the province of Santiago. , It takes two or three , days to go there, so we will cut that out T just cannot spate very much time to write so will close right now. Don't know when: I shall ' start home,' certainly not as long as our money holds out. ; -" ' Yours having a good time, . , - 1 ' E. A. Snow.'- S. M. Relsey of Cleveland, . is here. P d Jenkins, of Winston, was at the Elwood last night. F. O. Hawley, or New York, is at the Elwood. "... A. M. Ozlcsby was at the El wood list night. ' HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, . The New Elwood Plans. Mr. C. C. Hook, of the firm of Hook & Sawyer, architects. Char lotte, was in the city last'week with the drawing for the addition to tbe Elwood hotel. Tt represents the extension of the hotel to the Welch building, shout 85 feet, of the same design as tbe present structure. In the centre of the Main street front age will be a wide portico from the second story and a smaller one ex tending from tbe third story. There will be no entrance to the hotel from Main street. There will be four handsome store buildings in the new part of the building, on Main street. The plans were exceedingly at tractive and Mr. Hook himself says that it will be the handsomest hotel building in State. A Pitiable Story. A pitiable story comes from Rus sia direct to High Point in which one of the much persecuted Jews of that country figures prominent ly. The Enterprise had a talk last evening with a Jew who knows the facts in the case. Tbe story would make the basis of an inter esting novel: A young Jew in Russia was on his way home to sick wife. He had gone hurriedly for a physician. He was stopped on the way by two conscript offi cials and told he was wanted for the army. He begged to go home to see his sick wife but was refused the request. He was hustled off to the front and the story goes, he fought one way and prayed an other. His daily prayer to the God of Abraham was that Port Arthur might fall. This soldier was at Poit Arthur when it fell and he believes in his heart that the God of Abraham answered the prayers of his obosen people. He was taken prisoner, and he begged for the privilege of writing to his. sick wife 'but this request was also refused by the Russian officer. Un daunted.the Jew writes to relatives in New York tells his story and they cable to St. Petersburg to get the news of his family and com municate witn tne Jew, a prisoner at Port Arthur. This, said our informant, is one of the thousands of instances of persecution and shows the heartless methods of the Russians. But tbe Jews in that country are not down cast. They believe, as in the case with Spain, that Jehovah will yet punish the Russians. They also believe that Jehovah has the time fixed for these things, hence the remarkable patience of the Jewish race. Are We to Have a Y. M. C A. Building? Is the Y. M. C. A. building to be realized? Probably nothing could be mentioned of a temporal character which is so much needed as this. The matter has be n in telligently and forcibly placed be fore the men upon whom the re sponsibility rests, for the finances Of the undertaking. If they will not take it up manfully and carry it through it must fall. ' But this is not like High Point business men to let a thing fall that is needed. Lei all pull and pull together and see this great need met. If not we will suffer and busintss will suffer and douls will be lost. , , E1.1 Rbbcb, For the Pastors' Association. , Novelty Works. The Enterprise has a communi cation from a large manufacturing concern in , New York stating that the management had decided to move their plant South and after due consideration they had about concluded that High Point was the most desirable location, j hey ask for facts concerning the town, its population, tax rate,; etc. The Enterprise in looking up these par ties finds that they have a substan tial business and have built up a large industry r ' " - , . .-, Its diffiicult . for the average woman to say what she means. The less advice a man hands out the more listeners he will have. N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1905. FIRE AT W. B. VAILS. An Alarm Sent in But Not Answered The Flames at Last Subdued. Tbe.residence of Mr. W.B. Vail caught fire Friday afternoon at one .o'clock and for a time it seemed that the house would be destroyed in spite of the heroic efforts of the family and neighbors. It caught from a drum between the floor and ceiling. While this was burning another blaze shot out from the roof of the porch. Tbe few present had to divide their time between the two places and with axes and buckets of water finally succeeded in extinguishing the flames but not before considerable damage had, been done. Mrs. Vail does not understand why the alarm was not given as a telephone message was stnt to the central office and also Some of the factories. Of course there must have been some misunderstanding, but the misun derstanding came very costing Mrs. Vail her home and tbe contents. The house was insured in the Birmingham-AtlattaCo., formerly the Sigh Point Company. Wild Rumors. It as reported on the streets this morning that there had been a wreck near Danville in which a large number of people lost their lives. The report scattered like wild fire and by 10 o'clock "the' Enterprise was besieged for ' infor mation. The Enterprise called Op headquarters and found that there was some trouble near Danville, but i amounted to very little: A freight train in moving to. a side track just beyond the Dan River, ran into No. 39, but no one was serious' v injured. The delay to the through trains was caused by snow storms North They were so far behind when this accident was reported that some of them were annulled. Enjoyable Luncheon. Mrs L J. Ingram gave a de lightful luncheon Monday after noon complimentary to the visiting college girls from Greensboro, Misses Shattucx, Blalock, Neal, Wilson, Gulley, Pierce and Tuttle. 1 ne luncheon was irom 3 to 4 o'clock and was quite an enjoyable affair in respect. The home guests were Mesdames W. H. Ragan, W. G. Bradshaw, W. B. Vail, J. J Farriss, Geo. H. Crowell and Miss Irvin Paylor. To-day's News. Latest dispatches claim extensive fighting in which thejapanese bold their own, yesterday nearMukden, Russians claim advantage for ef fect's sake, their flanking move ment is checked with their right wing reoulsed. Warsaw Poland's capital continues revolt, revolu tionists seize arms and Nihilists resolve on massacre. Banks fail to recall large loans, France and Belgium cease loans, Witte fails to finance, ' inflow of funds ceases while business is par alyzed, starvation threatened. Victories of peace are strangely associated wit wars, havoc and interval conflicts. God's providence, even if imper ceptible is operative on collective individuals also active. Czar Nicholas shows himself no coward though defended by Vlad imir, loyal monarchist, while blame for military executions shifts from Trepoff to Sergius, ' Free principle is more than ever prominent and government :: professing 'concillia tion enforces order. Law is of first mportahce while . opportunity is seized by revolutionists. A crisis focalizing from a great past is both present and future and Russia's last , decads is maked by great gains for humanity after . conflicts ; and long suffering. K. We call attention to the state ment of the Life Insurance Co. of Virginia in this issue . A M. Clark, of Baltimore, is at the Elwood. B. L. Blair, of Indianapolis, is registered at the Elwood. The Entertainment The re ital at auditorium Monday night by Miss Blanche Etta Shat tuck, undtr the auspecies of the Emerson Society, of Greensboro Female College, was well attended notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. Six of the oung ladies of tbe society accompanied Miss Sbattuck and acted as ushers. The original dramatization "If I were King," by Justin McCarthy is very difficult but was handled hy Miss Shattuck in a highly credit able manner. To assume the role of half dozen characters requires experience and good training along tbe line of this branch of elocution and Miss Shattuck demonstrated in a high degree that she possessed these qualifications. The instru mental 'music was fur lished by Miss Blalock, to the enjoyment of all present. The Enterprise congratulates tbe young ladies on the success of tbe entertainment and will say again that our people were pleased in deed to have them with us. Those composing the party were Misses Shattuck, Blalock, Kate Ingram, Neal, Gulley, Wilson and Pierce. Dr. Moore to Leave. Dr John L. Moore, who has made his home in High Point for the past few years and who has built up quite a good practice, has decided to go to Nebraska and will leave here next Tuesday. Dr. Moore's family will be in Raleigh for a short while before joining him in his western home. Dr., Moore, his estimable wife and daughter have made many strong friends in High Point who willegret exceedingly to hear of their intention of leaving. The Enterprise wishes them well in their new home and hereby com mends the doctor and his family to the good people of Nebraska. Attacks on Mr. Varner. The American, which is the national organ of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, continues today its attack upon State Labor Commissioner Varner. There are intimations that other things are to follow. The paper renews its statement that children under 12 years of age are employed in the mills. The order, of which the papef is the organ, has declared against the establishment of an im migration bureau for this State. It tells Dr. Ar J. McKelway that the 10,000 and more members of the order in North Carolina are with him to a man in his movement to raise the age limit in cotton mills from 12 to 14 years for girls, and from 12 to 14 years for boys who can not read and write. Raleigh Correspondence Charlotte Obser ver. Resolutions of Respect. We the undersigned committee appointed by the councilor of Guilford Council No. 23, Jr. O U. A. M. to draft resolutions showing our last tribute of respect to our deceased brother, D. W. McPher son, beg to submit tbe following: Whereas, It has pleased the All Wise Providence, in his own mys terious way, by invading our order and removing therefrom our be loved brother, D. W. McPherson, yet while we bow iu humble sub mission to. Him who rules the universe, this Council deeply de plore its loss, therefore be it Resolved: That we neither ques tion the mysterious Providence which has caused a vacancy in the ranks of our Council nor murmur at the hands of Him who has in his taking away brought this sor row upon us, but bow in bumble reverence to Him who doeth all things well, and say, "Not our but Thy will be done." Resolved; That in this hour of deep affliction, we tender the be reaved family of our deceased brother our sincere condolence and deeply sympathize with them, and further Resolved: That as a token of respect, our charter be draped in mourning for 30 data, ana that these resolutions be placed on a memorial page in our Journal and a copy be sent to the family of our deceased brother, and published in the High Point Enterprise and the Weekly Ledger. D. C. Aldridge, 1 J. W. Secbrest, V Committee r J. B. Johnson, J No. 51 GREENSBORO MAN MISSING. Mrs. J. C. Reid Went to Providence to "Attend Mother's Funeral Came Back and Husband was Gone. Mrs. Reid, who lives in one of Dr. Lash's fiats on Lyndon street, this city, is very much distressed on account of her husband, Mr. J. C. Reid, superintendent of Alta mahaw Mills. Two weeks agolast Sunday he received a telegram stating that Mrs. Reid's mother had just died at Providence, Rhode Is land. She went to Providence and attended the funeral. As soon as his wife left he went to'the Southern Loan & Trust Co. and drew out $250, which he had deposited, and since that time no one has seen or heard anything of blm. Mrs. Reid did not hear from him while she was away, and was surprised at his not writing. She was even more surprised when she reached Greensboro Sunday night and learned that no one had seen her husband since she left. The police talked to Altamahaw over the long distance phone, and it was said he had not been seen there in two weeks. As yet the police have no clue. For the Good of All. The Board of Alderman in e n acting the bog law was doing what it was thought was best for High Point. The editor Enterprise was not associated with the board when the hog law was passed but we de sire here publicly to endorse it because we are conscientious in our belief that it is better for the health of the community. We know that it seems hard to some that they are not permitted to "raise their meat.' There are some very good citizens here mov ing in from the country who be lieve it a downright hardship on them to be thus deprived of a priv ilege they have always enjoyed. am we are satlsbed that if they knew positivelv the disease, bred from the hog pejf iu a neighbor hood they would realize e change of heart. We believe that these Questions should be discussed in a conversative way, face to face in an honest, upright manner. The man who takes it ud in anv other light is not & friend to the town or tne man he is trying to prejudice against his neighbor. We have been a5ociaed with the Board of Aldermen only for a little while but we know that the men composing the board wonld not do anything that they did not think was for the good of the com munity. The Enterprise would ask the people of High Point to try the hog law for two vears. At the end of that time we don't be lieve that the hoe's could ha coft.pn back in the community. Why spend thousands of dollars on water works and sewerace in order to secure a healthy condition and then allow other things that would kill th effect of all other objec tionable things removed. We ask the neoole to think se riously over the matter and not agitate a cnange until the matter is looked into thoroughly. The board meets next Monday night and will gladly hear both sides on the question Made a Change. Will "Binks" Partridge, who enlisted in the Navv about three years ago writes to the Enterprise that he has been transferred to the "Cincinnati " He was in the Philippines when he wrote but was to sail on the 27th for Chefoo, China where the ships will be for three months. Chefoo is 60 miles from Port Arthur. We don't believe Binks will re enlist Death of D. W. McPherson. - Mr. D. W. McPherson a young man who had many friends here,' died last Saturday and was buried here Sunday. The funeral ser- ; vices were held from the M. E. church at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Mr. Whitaker of the M. P. church, r assisted by Rev. D. B. Bowers, of the Reformed church; ; Deceased was a member of the Jr.; Order and Odd Fellows and was buried with the . honors of these' two orders. The procession was quite a large one, there being 250 men in line. 1