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Wienterpriselis anions the Oery: Best advertising mediums In Piedmont forth Carolina'-It reaches me people T fl llll 4 KJ'K,;' C.- 'v - '- Waif----' i6tS' ;"''' . AB K- 1 i J .1 ?M .. in, V1 Vol. XXVII. Board of Aldermen. ; It met in regular session last night. During the meeting Alder man F. N. Tate submitted the fol lowing new ordinances which were adopted. SLAUGHTER PBNS ' Slaughter pern are hereby der clared a nuisance and shall not be permitted within the city limits under any consideration. Any violation of this ordinance will sub ject the offender to a fine of twenty five dollars for esch offense. This , ordinance to be in effect on and after March ist, 1905. TELEPHONE POLES It is hereby ordered bat all elec tric railway, Light, Power, Tele graph and Telephone Companies whose poles are erected along any of the streets of thecity.shall with in ninety days from the passage of this ordinance be required to paint said poles in a' manner satisfactory to the city: It is further ordered that poles as described above, erected along the streets of the city from time to time shall be painted as soou as erected. Upon failure to comply with this ordinance a fine of $5 00 per day shall be im posed. This ordinance to be in effect or and after March ist, 1905 SPITTING ON SIDEWALK. It is hereby ordered that it shall be a misdemeanor for any person to spit upon any sidewalk pave ment, or upon the steps, columns or floors of any public building, such as depots, post office, schools or churches, within the city limits. Any person found guilty of the above shall be fined not less than $2.00 fcr each offense. This ordi nance to be in effect on and after March 1st, 1905. CLEAN PAVEMENTS. It is hereby ordered that all property owners in front of whose property Granulithic.brick'or other hard pavement hag been laid shall be required to thorougly clean such pavements of all snow, sleet or ice within six ' hours after same has fallen thereon; and upon failure of such property owner or his tenant to promptly comply with this ordi nance he shall be fined not Jess than $5 00 for each day said snow, sleet or ice is allowed to so re main. Provided: That if it becomes necessary for the ci'y street force to perform this labor, the cost of same shall be levied against the abutting property ard collected if found necessary, as provided by law. This ordinance to be in full force and effect on and after March 1st, 1905. BANANA SKINS, ETC. It is hereby ordered that it shall be declared a misdemeanor to throw, sweep, or in any other man ner, place banana or any other fruit skins upon any sidewalk of the city and any person found guil ty of so offending shall be fined not less than $ 1 for each offense. This ordinance to be in effect on and after March 1st, 1905. HOGS. It is hereby ordered that any and all ordinances pertaining to the keeping of hogs witnin the city limits be, and the same are hereby repealed and in lieu thereof the following ordinance is adopted: That it shall -be unlawful for any firm, corporation, person or per sons to keep or maintain any pigs or hogs within the (pity limits, ex- ' cept as herewith provided: - That no pen or other inclosure in which pigs or hogs are confined shall be . permitted nearer than 200 feet to any dwelling house, office, factory or other building inwhich persons v live or are employed located on Main street, beginning at . Clay street on the South and ending' at Howell street on the North and in all other parts of the city;: no hog pen, as described , above; shall be permitted nearer than 100 feet to any dwelling house, office, factory or building in which persons . live or ate employed,; and in all cases the Sanitary officer .shall have ab solute authority to maketftequent inspections, and. where owners are fonnd guilty of maintaining a filthy pen said owner shall be fined; not H,less than $5.00 for each and every offense. " f ,.- " " This ordinance to be in full force and effect on and after March 1st, ' ' : -.'..'. f ;-'. 'V.'v ; V ' t- ' "'.t .: Commencement Speakers. Tbe school is fortunate in the selection of speakers for commence ment this year. Dr H.W. Battl", of Greensboro, will preach the sermon and Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, of the Chair of English at the University, will deliver the ad dress. Dr Battle, it his letter, says: "It will give me creat pleasure to comply with your appreciated request .... I am fond of the people ot High Point, and, would also be glad to accomodate you in any manner in my power." Dr. Smith says: "I had resolved not to accept any mre invitations for commence ment addresses; but I cannot re fuse a request from Guilford coun ty and especially from a city that I admire as much as I do High Point. If nothing unfortunatepre vents, you may expect me on May 2nd." Short Lived Bachelors. "Do bachelors die young? Do they die earlier than married men?" asked a single man. "It would seem so. I was just read ing a report which seems to argue strongly in favor of the matrimo nial idea The report shows that the mortality among bachelors from tbe age of 30 to 45 years is said to be 27 per cent., while among married men of the same age it is 18 per cent. For forty one bachelors who attain the age of forty yeais there are seventy-eight married men who attain tbe same age. The difference is still more striking in persons of advanced age. At sixty years ot age there remain but twenty-two bachelors for forty-eight married men, at seventy years, eleven bachelors for twenty-seven married men and at eighty vears three bachelors for nine married men. These figures seem to indicate that the best thing for a man to do is to get him a wife and shake wearing cares of bachelorhood. We all want to live as long as possible and live happily if we can. Some bachelors are reasonably happy.' But all of them are not. Get married. That's the proper caper." New Orleans Times-Democrat. It Brings Them Out. A citizen 'remarked Sunday that since the dog law passed, the town is filled with the canines. We expect thai he has been im pressed by several troublesome dogs that run after horses od several of the streets. There are about a dozen of these dogs here that may yet get their owners into trouble. Called to Wilson. Dr. Dred Peacock received a telegram late Friday night calling him to the bedside of his sister at Wilson, who was reported extreme ly ill. Dr. Peacock left on the first train. House on Railroad Matters. The house Friday took up as its special order the hill to regulate railway passenger fare, making first class three cents and second class two and one-half conts, ex cept ,as to branch lines less than 75 miles in length. An amendment was offered requiring the issue of thousand mile tickets for $22 50, interchangeable on all roads. There was two hours and a half of debate. Feimster submitted an amendment requiring interchangeable thou sand mile tickets to be issued for $25. .This was adopted and the bill passed second reading 70 to 31. The rules were suspended and it passed final reading. Superior Court. In Guilford Superior' Court the case of A. E. Fowler vs. Southern Railway Company was taken up at Hi o'clock today and. is still in progress. Plaintiff is suing for two thousand dollars damages for hav ing been put off a train. '..'' Tbe case of Samuel Fawcett vs. Carolina Bridge Co., which was in progress when the Record went to press yesterday afternoon, went. to the jury, this morning at , eleven o'clock. .. ' 4 At 4- o'clock yesterday . after noon the Jury agreed, giving Faw cett $1,030. - , .' HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, Capt., Jones' Railroad. The following item about Capt. M. L. Jones' railroad is taken from the Raleigh News & Observer. "Capt. M. L- Jones, of Tbomas ville, is in the city on business. Mr. Jones is president of the North Carolina Mining, Manufacturing and Development Company which whs granted a charter some time ago. Captain Jones says his com pany is now constructing a rail road from Tbomaeville to Denton, which is in Davidson county. That it is the intention of the company to develop the water power in that stction of the country, which is ad jacent to the proposed railroad. That the outcome of this proposed railroad will be the erecting of an electric line into Winston-Salem, and probably to Wadesboro. It is paid that this line will be a great blessing to that section of the State, What's the Use. The editor recived a note this morning insinuating that enough had been said about the banquet. Oh! Well! The object of the En terprise is so far above the mind and experience of its critic, on this particular subject and its ultimate result, that it would be wor.-e than throwing pearls before swine to at tempt any explanations at all. We have other things in the paper every day which would perhaps be more interesting to him, such as the reports of the public courts, hog law etc. Getting Ready. A special from Washington to day says: "The only thing to prevent next Saturday from presenting the most brilliant spectacle ever witnessed in Washington, if not in the coun try, is tbe weather. The inaugural crowds have commenced to pour in, but not before the capital has prepared for them. The workmen who for days have been busy put ting np stands, from which the great public will witness the pa geant as it moves up Pennsylvania avenue have about completed their work and the decorators are show ing their art. Everything will be in readiness next Friday night and if the weather is only propitious, Saturday will be a gala day for the Capitol." High Point will have a large delegation of visitors at the Inau guration about 20 perhaps. Called to Virginia. Mr. D. F. Maddox left Saturday for Front Royal, Va . on account of the continued illness of his sister, Mrs.) Compton. The En terprise trusts that Mr. Maddox may find the condition of his sister improved. The Southern Won. The suit against the Southern for $20,000 brought by the adminis trators of N. S. Bridges, who was killed while sitting on the track some time ago, was decided Satur day in' favor of the railroad com pany. Passed. The biU chartering the Win-ston-Salem-High Point Inter-Urban Railway passed the Senate Friday. Must Not Average. Among other instructions that Judge Peebles gave to the court incidentally while in Guilford last week: Judge Peebles Friday after noon set aside the verdict of $1,030 in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Samuel Fawcett vs. the Carolina Bridge and Construction Company. The verdict was unlawful, he said, because the jurors reached it by putting their estimates on slips of naner. throwing the slips into a bat, I then taking them out and striking an average. We understand that the Judge held the lawyers right to the point against bringing out any sentiment in damage eases against corpora tions. " FOR SALE Four good lots 50 by 200 each on Bast Green street. Prices low - John N. Tate. N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1905. MR. R. J. REYNOLDS. Rumored That He Will Soon Marry . Miss Mary Katherine Smith. Winston Salem, N. C, Feb. 23 A well founded rumor U current here to the effect that R. J. Rey nolds, the president of the R J; Reynold's Tobiccd Company, and the wealthiest man in North Caro lina, is soon to become a benedict, that the popular and widely known bachelor and tobacconist will wd Miss Mary Katherine Smith, who has been his private secretary for two years or more. According to the report the marriage will be celebrated at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Z T. Smith, at Mount Airy, at 8 o'clock next Tuesday morning, that Rev. D, Clay Lilly, pastor of tbe First Preshvterian church, of this city will officiate. It is also learned that the couple will leave Mt. Airy shortly after the ceremony for New York, from which place the will sail March 1, for Europe. They will be away two months or more; upon their return they will occupy the groom's model stone residence in this city. Mr. Reynold's is well known as a business man of splendid ability, as is attested by the prominent place he holds in the financial world. In addition be enjoys wide popularity in the social circles. Miss Smith, who is 24 years old, is a young lady or rare accomplish ments and Is extremely popular wherever she is known, her lova ble disposition having endeared her to hosts of friends, She is the great-grandneice of the late Gen. Gains, and is a distant cousin of the bridegroom. Dr. Krebs. The audience at the auditorium Thursday was given an insight in to the advanced school of psychol ogy and psychics by Dr. Krebs. The lecture was something out ot the ordinary and was so handled by.,. Dr. Krebs as to make it inter esting to all. Students of the school to which Dr. Krebs belongs are as a rule so enthusiastic over their work, that they never finish telling you about one branch of their wok before they go off on some new phase of their scientific experiments. Dr. Krebs vas somewhat this way, but he told enough to make his talk rather interesting. He demonstrated the sense of smell perfectly (?) by opening a bottle of distilled water, which had no odor at all. This however did not prevent dozens in the audience detecting the odor! Prof. Krebs did this merely to bring out the law of sjggestiveness. The lecture was well taken by a majority present. He really needed about four hours to demonstrate his work. Recovered Everything. Mr. R. B. White returned from Walnut Cove yesterday where he went to rerover his buggy, stolen by Wm Libass. He recovered the horse the day before at Winston. Libiss first sold the horse and bug gy for $50. A man here yesterday informed Mr. White that he saw and talked with Libass at Waughtown Mon day. He 'phoned the Chief Police at Winston to go after Libass, but so far has not heard from him. Lost Money. Mr. L. O. Williard has had the misfortune to lose $120 to $130 in bills. He lost the money between town and his place three miles from town. There were four $20 bills and the balance in $10 bills and a small amonnt ef silver. Any infor mation about the money will be thankfully received and rewarded by Mr. Williard. Trinity Glee Club. '. The Trinity Glee Club will beat the auditorium on the night of March oth. A letter item the man ager says that the boys are work ing day and bight as time will permit, with trainers, and hope to have a splendid program to sub mit. A We shall be pleased to wel come the Trinity boys to High Pointagain. THE BIG TRIAL Will Come Off at Lexington This Week. A great array of legal talent will defend H. Clay Grubb, wbo is to be tried for murder at the Febru ary term of Davidson county Su perior court which convenes in Lexington Monday, the 27th. Judge Henry R. Bryan, of New bern, will preside. Grubb will be represented at the trial by the fo.lowing attorneys: Emery E. Raper. Walser & Walser. F. C Robbins. McCrary & Ruark and 3. E. Williams, of Lexington. A. F. Samms, of Thomasville. T.C Linn and Lee S. Overman, of Salisbury. Watson, Button & Watson, of Winston-Salem. In addition to Solicitor W C. Hammer, the State will be repre sented by R. T. Pickens and Wade H. Phillips, of Lexington. L H. Clement, of Salisbury. E. J. Justice, of Greensboro. Tbe crime was committed at Piney Church, Davidson county, last October. Immediately after the homicide, Grubb surrendered to an officer and was taken to Lex ington and placed in in jail. He employed every lawyer in that town, except two, and also engaged prominent attorneys from adjoin ing towns. His attorneys made strong efforts to get their client re leased on bond, but judge O. H. Allen refused the application and Grubb has been in jail since last October. The Passing of a Miser. The most miserable being on earth is the one who loves money, not for what it will buy, but for itself. It is a kind of human sel fishness that dries up all good im pulses and makes the individual not only a world hater, but an object of universal condemnation. Firman Dubeli died at Burling ton, N. J., the other day. Why Providence left the breath of life in him for 86 years, unless it was that he should pose as a terrible example to the rest of humanity, is a mystery. He had money, lots of it, and he schemed and groveled and grasped tor more. He had a fine home, but lived in two rear rooms. He could not bear to use his silverware and comforts that constantly reminded him of tbe expenditure of money. His sister died. He refused to pay for her burial. It mattered .not to him where her body was laid. And he kept life in his body on a diet of mush and molasses, bread and cheese, with an occasional ex travagance in the shape of a bit of salt pork. Finally he died. He had injured the world for 86 years by living in it. He had left behind him mort gages, notes, gold hidden in dark corners, and the total of his hold ings was close to a half million dollars. And yet, when he lay dying and was told that he must have more nourishment, he ordered eggs sent back to the store because they cost four cents each. We condemn a spendthrift. But better a thousand spend thrifts tnan one mises. Fx. A Bargain. I have for sale 22 acres of land with two housesUhereon inside in corporation which I offer at $2,600 for the next ten days. J. J. Farriss. $500,000 For Virginia University. Washington, Feb, 24, The Post tomorrow will say: "It was relia bly .reported in Washington last night that Andrew Cam ?gie had offered to give $500,000 to the University of Virginia on condition that the authorities would, raise a similar amount from other sources. Mr. Carnegie's offer, it is stated, was made several days ago and will be accepted. - Efforts will be put forth immediately in behalf of the University to secure donations to make up the fund. It is not an ticipated that there will beany dif ficulty in procuring the amount stipulated by Mr. Carnegie in his endowment. No. 3 SENATOR BEASLEY'S SON. It Is Believed Now That He Was Kidnapped. A gentleman in Raleigh received a letter from a party living near the home of Senator Beasley, from which the following extract is taken : "They are searching for Beas ley's boy yet but have not found him. They has searched the po tato houses and hills and wells, under the hall and houses, every outhouse, fodder loft, barn, woods and swamp. Tbe searching party go in on one side of theswampand go clear through, the men being about five feet apart. "The bloodhound went to a Yankee's house, and the Yankee lives back in the swamp with no one but a boy and the Yankee said that the last time he saw the boy that bis dog barked and he jumped behind a bunch of bushes. That was his first tale. The next tale was that the last time he saw him he ran by his house and the next tale was that the last time be saw him he was in his yard, but he never told that until the blood hound trailed the boy to the Yan kee man's house. When the dog got to the door he locked his door and put his key into his" pocket and would not let them search in his house, but the men made him let them in and searched his house but did not find the boy. "There tvas a strange man seen up about Barco postofnee and two more places by different men. He was in a buggy drawn by a black tnule, and bad the boy down be tween his knees, but t he people saw him before they heard that the boy was missing. The men say that saw him that tbe boy was crying and seemed to be dissatis fied, but the man was talking to him rough News & Observer. BIG FIRE. $5,000,000 Loss at New Orleans. New Orleans, Feb. 26. Fire in volving millions of dollars loss in physical property and that strikes a serious, it temporary, blow at the immense export trade of New Orleans, swept the river front to night and wiped out the vast freight terminals of the Illinois Central Railroad, known as the Stuy vesant docks. Nearly a dozen squares of modern wharves and freight sheds, two magnificent grain elevators, hundreds of loaded cars and vast quantities of freight, including 20,000 bales of cotton, were destroyed, together with a large number of small residences. The fire was still raging furiously at midnight, at which time it bad almost reached the upper end of the Illinois Central property. It has not been determined whether there has been any loss of life. The ocean going shipping seems to have escaped serious damage. A number of firemen and employes of the docks were injured. Actual estimates of the losses are impos sible to-night, though they may exceed $5,000,000. The Junior Order. The excellent reports of the State Council Jr. Order United American Mechanics brings to mind the work of the largest local council here during the past year. This coun cil now numbers 375 We give below the annual re port last submitted to the council: RECEIPTS 1904. Initiation, card fees, etc $ 290.00 Dues 2 924.65 Funeral Benefit Association 1,812.50 Other sources 1 ...163.00 Total I5.190.r5 DISBURSEMENTS 1904. Sick benefits..; $ 802.50 Death benefits 2,162.50 Funeral benefit assets 1,062.40 Percaptai tax 95-oo Other purposes .089.47 Total $4,971.87 Mr. Kearns Elected. Mr. O. E. Kearns has been elec ted Alderman for the Second ward in place of J. J. Farriss, resigned. Call on Us. Whenever the ticket office is closed the Enterprise willbe pleas ed to fnrnish information at its disposal about special rates, etc. v! 01
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