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Vol. XXVII.
HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1905.
No. 4
VOTES APRIL 11TH.
CLIMAX OF GREAT BATTLE.
THE LAST ACTS.
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Winston Has Definitely Decided to
Build the Southbound Railroad.
Winston has taken the first im
portant step to build the railroad
to Wadesboro. The Board of Coun
ry Commissioners met yesterday
and ordered an election op April
nth, for the $100,000 bond issue.
The Journal this morning says:
The question of voting $100,030
of bonds to the Winston-Salem
Southbound railway will be sub
mitted to the voters of Winston
township Tuesday, April nth, and
there will be a new registration for
this purpose. So reads the order
signed yesterday morning by the
Board of County Commissioners.
The petition presented to the
commissioners by the committee
appointed by the Board of Trade,
was signed by all of the heaviest
tax payers and largest mercantile
establishments in Winston town
ship. There was never a petition
presented that was more represen.
tative in personnel.
There can be no question as to
the citizens of Winston township
being fully determined to carry
this enterprise to completion and
as rapidly as possible.
No. it is not enthusiasm that is
making the people act, and act
promptly, but strong conviction,
common sense after thirteen years
of sober reflection. And now that
the opportunity is at hand, they
will allow nothing to interfere with
carrying this enterprise, so full of
promise, of prosperity aftd develop
ment to completion.
If High Point secures this road
it will give us two other outlets
putting us on a main line running
from Cincinnati via Roanoke and
Winston on to Charleston, S. C.
The Enterprise presents these
k. ur(n..., nini i
and other ousiness men ot the
town. Let us take decided action
in the matter at once.
A Runaway.
A team of horses belonging to
Welch Furniture Co. became
frightened at a bicycle near the
graded school building this morn
ing and ran away,- demolishing
the wagon and entire load of fur
niture. Pieces of furniture v were
scattered the length of a block.
The street torce is doing some
good work on Main street today,
removing the dirt accumulated on
the bitulithic from the side streets
not yet macademized.
Mr. Beaver Arrives.
Mr. A. T. Beaver, who succeeds
Mr. High as manager for the Pitts
burg Plate Glass Com pany here,
arrived this week. Mr. Beaver
will - make High Point his head
quarters and will move his family
here about "April 1st we wel
come them to the city.
Just a Word.
About four years ago the editor
Eater prise had a talk with Mr. S.
, H. Wiley o f Salisbury , who was
spending tne aay nere, aoout me
growth of High Point and asked
him to interest some " one : in a
. knitting mill for this place. Mr.
lJ, ( Wiley, who is assisting in starting
off the Centaur mm here, told us
last night that, that conversation
.four years ago was practically? the
beginning of the decision to move
the mill here. ; We mention this
for no other reason than to show
what ; tnay: come of a little thing
' and it always pays to speak a good
. word for your townjpt ft-fv
Notice.
Sheriff Jordan will be at 4he of
fice of , JL. ParnshDeputy; on
' ' . . March 15th, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
t" -s A promiisinieni.js aesirea,-;:;;! ; iJia Marcn come in use & lampf otout s.M:;'s;!S:;: ? : -a :,;pfj
Russians Facing Disasterous Defeat,
Probably Surrounded by Japs.
The was no cessation of the
fighting between the Russian and
Japanese armies in Macburia yes
terday. Russian rt ports state that
at a distance the tide of battle in
the .Immediate vicinity of Mukden
seemed to be ebbing.
The most that the war critics at
St. Petersburg stem Jo hope for at
present is that General Kuropatkin
uas succeeded in re-establishing
his line of retreat in the direction
of Harbin. Word has reached New
Chwang, however without con
grmation from other .sources, that
the Japanese are already north of
Mukden with a a large force and
that the Russians are facing a dis
astrous defeat. There appears to
be a possibility that General Ku
roki has drawn off a portion of bis
army from the centre and sent
to re-inforce the.divisions engaged
in flanking movements. General
Kaulbars, the most trusted of Gen.
Kuropatkin's officers, is personal
ly in command of the Russian
forces in the triangle between the
railway and the Hun river, which
vital position the Japanese have
been assailing for several days
Russia reports that i2,coo men
have been wounded, but make no
mention of the number killed, a d
at the same time assert that the
Japanese have lost 30,000 in killed
and wounded.
THE GLEE CLUB
Auditorium Thursday Night, March
9th.
"We sing of Alma Mater of TRINITY
Let Melody flow
Wherever we go;
In years that are to come we will ever be
Loyal and truealway"
PROGRAM.
The New Medley
Glee Club
Moonlight
Maadolin and Guitar-Club
I'd Like to Go Down South
Quartette
I Jack and Jill...
Octette
I uuuiii uuiu nsuicr
A. B Stainback
Salo "Bill, the Bos'um"-..-
P H Elkins
Backward, Turn Backward
Glee Club
PART II.
Elixir Juventatis -
Glee Club
A nona ...
Mnndolins and Guitars
Take Back the Heajt
Quartette
Reading-Sockery Kadatacuts-Kax
P. H. Elkins
Poor, Ned
Glee Club
Medley
Mandolins and Guitars
Oh, She Was Out of Sight
Glee Club
(Program Subject to Change)
Sad Funeral.
Wednesday while the outside
world was busy with its affairs there
was a funeral service at Mr. J. W.
Sechrest's undertakers shop which
carried with it more than the usual
degree of sadness. Some time ago
a young man applied at Globe-
Home for work giving his name as
Ernest Lancaster. After working
sometime was stricken with pneu
moma. I he case was a very Severe
one and he soon became delirious.
He died in this condition and be
fore the time of unconsciousness
he failed to tell of his relations.
The officers of the Globe-Home
Co. endeavored to get some infor
mation bnt failed consequently the
burial bad to take place here The
services were conducted by Rev. J.
M. Hilliard, of Green Street Bap
tist church, : There were present
the officers and many of the work
men at the factory as well as sev
eral of our. citiz ns. The young
man , was well ' liked. - by his asso
ciates and, had the confidence of
his employers. '.
Large Hens.
v:.Mr. E. E. Puih bought; 11 hens
at Archdale ' that - weighed ;. in
the aggregate 90 pounds, averag-
ng; in price 38 cents each ; v
BIG ROBBERY.
Burglars Rifle Safe at McAden Mills
and Secure $2,000.
The office of the McAden Mills,
at McAdensvillt, was broken into
either Saturday or Sunday night,
and about $1,800 or$2,oooin mon
ey was taken, in addition to papers
valued at from $10,000 to $12,000.
A private wallet, the property of
Mr. R. R. Ray, the secretary and
treasurer of the McAdensville
Mills, valued at $8,0 o and con
taining papers of all kinds, is missing.
A large lot of notes, certificates
of stock and other papers of value
were also taken by the burglars.-.
Mr. R. H. Merrltt, bookkeeper
for the McAden Mills, on going to
the office that morning, found the
door unlocked. Knowing he bad
taken extra precautions to see that
the door was locked Saturday even
ing,he suspected something wrong.
He did not have to go far to con
firm this suspicion, foi lying near
the safe was a large, peculiar
wrench that showed unmistakably
that a professional had visited the
place and had made good.
An examination of the desk
drawers revealed the fact that the
burglars had investigated the con
tents of all and had taken such
articles as they thought could be
converted into money.
An examination of the safe
showed that the thieves had, ran
sacked it from bottom to top, and
had, with the wrench found near
by, broken the frame work and
taken from the drawers all the
cash, amounting to about $2,009
and long list of valuable papers.
A private book in which were
$8,000 worth of papers which was
the individual property of Mr. Ray,
was ransacked, and all of these are
missing.
Another wallet containing $20,-
000 worth of certificates was broken
open, but the contents remained
intact.
A large number of oav checks
that circulate over Gaston county,
issued by the McAden Mills and
considered as guilt edge taking
the place of money were left un
disturbed
Capt. Boling Resigns.
Capt. M. J. Boling, who has
been engineer on the Asheboro &
Aberdeen railroad for ten years,
has resigned his posiiion in order
to give all of his time to the estate
of his father, who died recently.
Capt. Boling will reside at New
Hill, Wake county.
The Asheboro road will not look
right without his towering form.
Book Club.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs.
Aubrey Hoover was the charming
hostess Of the W.O. T. Club Dur
ing the afternoon, delicious re
freshments were served. Those
present were Mesdames J. J. Far-
riss, S. H. Tomlinson, Aubrey
Hoover, Misses Deborah Tomlin
son, Connie Charles, I. Irvin Pay
lor, Mary Alexander and Berta
Ragan.
The club is proving quite inter
esting to all the members.
Enjoyable Meeting.
The Music Lovers Club had a
delightful meeting Tuesday at
the honie of the president, Mrs. E.
L. Siler. ' The program was very
much enjoyed. These meetings
are growing iu interest and are the
source of much pleasure to the
members. ; , . '
"Paw, what's a man-trap?", v;
"Well, I wouldn't swear o it,
Johnny but I think you big sister
would come under that heading.'
Detroit Triburne.
PLENTY vof 'seed potatoes vat
Stout's.,;
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Legislature of 1905 Passes Into
History.
Raleigh, March 6 The legisla
ture this afternoon adjourned bine
die.
A bill was passed appropriating
thirty thousand dollars for the
Noith Carolina exhibit at the
Jauietown exposition provided the
United States spends as much as
one million in the exposition.
The bill for textile school at
Spray was defeated in tie Senate
as was the bill for a normal school
at Elizabeth itv.
Ihe $250,000 bond issue to take
np the South Dakota judgment and
the Schafer holdings, passed.
A bill passed repealing the act
relieving Treasurer Logan, of
Yadkin county, of the amount
taken by safe crackers.
Among the directors named by
he governor today and confirmed
by the Senate were J. B. Minor, of
Greensboro, for the Colored A. &
M. College.
Mr. Meredith's House Burned.
The residence of Mr. J. W. Mere
dith at Kernersville. was totally
destroyed by fire Sunday morn
ing about 6:30 o'clock. The
household effects were almost all
saved.
1 he hre started in the rear ot
the house, which was a large two-
story frame building, and it is sup
posed to ..have originated from
sparks fall! g on tha roof from the
kitchen chimney.
The loss is estimated at $2,000
Mr. Meredith was for many years
a citizen of High Point being em
ployed at Snow Lumber Co. . He
moved to Kernersville about five
years ago.
Municipal Matters.
Although our ritv clpptinn ie n
, weeks off, there is an under cur-
lent tof interest among the people
We do not hesitate to say that the
present board has done some good
work tor the city, a work which
will emphasize itself more and more
every year Two years ago most
of those on the board did not receive
the personal support of the editor
Enterprise, but after they were in
ducted into office we did all we
could to aid them in furthering the
interests of the communitv. All
of us have our preferences, if we
have convictions, but no man who
has the interest of the city at heart
should allow his feelings to carry
him beyond an election. It takes
only a small man to do this There
are some men on the present board
who should be re-elected if they
will serve. Then there are other
men in the community who are
well qualified for this important
work and it behooves all good cit
izens to interest themselves in
selecting them. As far as the Enter
prise is concerned we trust that the
best business judgement will pre
vail, the same as selecting men to
take charge of any enterprise in
which $25,000 a year is involved.
Let us go about it in a business
way.
As to the office of mayor we hear
the names of several of our citi
zens mentioned along with the
present incumbent: F. N. Tate,
M. J. Wrenn. Dr. W. G. Brad
shaw and Rev. J. M. Hilliard.
Charter Granted.
The bill chartering North State
1 elephone Company passed both
Houses of the legislature Saturday.
Mr. Hayden desires a meeting of
all stockholders at the Mayor's
office Wednesday night 7:30 o'clock.
Don't fail to be present.
Bought John Gurley Property.
Messrs Campbell, Newton and
Field have bought the John Gur
ley property in the western part of
the 1 city and will lay it off in lots
and offer them for sale. This is a
section of ihe community rapidly
building up and these lots should
sell rapidly.
Special Services.
All of the pastors of the city are
interested in a religious awakening
for the town. To this end services
will be held in the different
churches during the . next week
as the" pastors will Mnnnnnn
During the week services will be
held every nignt at the First Pres
byterian church.
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Road? Does Not the Situation
Look Dangerous?
ine nnterprise has run up
against a serious question just now
confronting the town We are
satisfied in our own mind that we
should take up aggressively the
Southbound railroad proposition
now agitating the minds of the
Winston Salem people, but some
how our people. do uot move out as
they have done on other matters
not even as important as this one
We would like to ee the business
men here move forward as one man
and extend their hands to the
winsion people ano say; ' let us
build this road." Now the ques-1
tion is a plain one: We must have
either the co-operation and means
of the business men here or the
people must give assurance of a
bond issue or both, if we gpt re
cognition in this new enterprise
It is a live question as the follow
ing news item from the Winston
Sentinel will show:
"A call was issued this morning
for a meeting of the executive com
mittee chosen from the Winston
Board of Trade, to take in charge
the Southbound railroad proposi
tion, to be held at 4 'o'clock this
afternoon to consider some matters
relating to the enterprise.
At the meeting of the Board of
Trade Thursday night it was stated
that Winston township would be
asked to vote bonds to the amount
of $150,000 for the building of the
Southbound railway. Since then
the subject has been thoroughly
discussed and the question has
been asked if the road could not
be secured if Winston-Salem con
tributed $100,000. This is one of
the matters to be considered by the
executive committee this afternoon
and the opinion was expressed to
day that the $150,000 proposition
would be reduced to $100,000
The committee appointed to se
cure names to the petition asking
the county commissioners to call
an election to vote bonds for the
proposed railroad, were active yes
terday and today and the gentle
men met with a hearty response, as
is shown by the large number of
signatures obtained."
We cannot believe that the peo
ple of High Point will fold their
hands, sit down unconcernedly .and
let such a proposition as this one
take tangible shape without even
the mention of our name. If this
our policy, we see no use of
looking up contractors and build
ers for thi future. This is putting
it very plain, but the question
arises is our town finished? If
not, then let us wake up.
Inter-Urban Road.
A meeting af the Board of Trade
has been called for tonight to con
sider the question of petitioning
the county fathers to. order an elec
tion on the same day that the
Southbound railway proposition is
voted upon.
Mr. W. A. Heller, of Danville,
Pa., and other promoters ot the
proposed electric line between
Winston-Salem and High Point
will address the Board of Trade
tonight. These gentlemen ask
Winston township to give the$37,
500 and guarantee that as soon as
assurance is given that the bonds
will be voted work on the inter
urban line will begin at once.
Winston Sentinel.
The Enterprise is pleased to see
so much interest being taken in
this road. We expect soon to see
some track laying.
Is High Point Satisfied With One
Miss Elizabeth Gurley and Mr. W. P.
Ragan.
The home of Mr. Frank Gurley
was the scene of a pretty wedding
Thursday, when Mr. W. P. Ragan
led to Hyrmen's alter Miss Eliza
beth Guiley. The ceremony took
place iu the parlor, which was
beautifully decorated with ever
greens and cut flowers.
Just prior to the ceremony Mrs.
Claud C. Barbee sang, very sweet
ie, "I Love Thee.'' Mrs. Geo. H.
Crowell presided at the piano.play
ng he accompaniment and also the
wedding march. Mendelsohn's
was used, at the familiar notes of
this, the officiating ministers.Revs.
Eli Reese and A. G. Kirkman en
tered, followed by two sweet lit
tle children, Clara Gurley and
Carlton Kirkman. who carried the
the ribbons. The bride and groom
followed. There were other at
tendants. The bride carried bride's
roses and wore a going-away gown
of grey which was very becoming.
Alter receiving the good wishes
ano congratulations of friends re
freshments were served. The bride
and groom left on the 10:30 train
r Baltimore. They will spend
their honeymoon most of the time
n Washington and New York.
The bride is a vounir ladv nf
pleasing disposition and popular
with her friends, all of whom wish
her much happiness.
The groom is a promising young
attorney here and is receiving the
congratulations of his numereus
friends on the happy event.
A. L. Tilden Dead.
A. L- Tilden. nearlv relatoH f
the late Samuel J. Tilden, died to
New York City February 28. He
was a noted financier, traveler and
scholar. At one time he was in
terested in the gold aining indus
try of this State, and was well
known and beloved by many North
Carolinians who will be sorry to
bear of his(deatb. His son, C.W.V
F. Tilden, of Greensboro,' is in
New Yoik now. The funeral oc
curred today. Greensboro Record.
Deceased was well known in
High Point, having been a fre
quent visitor here when the min
ing interests In this vicinity were
on a boom. He was the father f
Mr. Harry Tilden, who resided
here up to 8 years ago.
Death of Mrs. S. F. Tomlinson.
Mrs. Tomlinson, wife of Major
S. F. Tomlinson, of Durham, died
suddenly at her home Sunday
morning about two o'clock. Mrs.
Tomlinson was 60 years of age and
leaves, besideB the bereaved
husband, two daughters and two
sons.
The deceased is an adopted sis
ter of Mrs. G. E. Weeb, of this
city, and an aunt of Prof. C. F
Tomli nson, formerly superinten
dent of the Winston graded schools
but now of High Point.
Mrs. lomhnson was highly es
teemed by all who knew her and
had many friends in this city who
deeply sympathize with the be
reaved relatives. Winston Senti
nel Deceased was well known in this ;
vicinity where she has many rela
tions. The Enterprise understands
that her death was sudden, due to
heart disease. The evening before
she was in her usual health.
Chance for Another Guest.
"A friend of mine, who went to
pay his bill not long since at a"
fashionable Florida hotel," saidE. ,
P. Converse, "was given a state- -'
ment which showed him indebted
to the house to the extent of $124," j
"As he had been there only four
days and had had only a few extras A
he thought ft a little steep, but he ' -i
never flinched. Opening up a fat ,
roll he extended a huge bunch of .
Dins to the cashier, with the re
marks: "Guess again. I've got
more money than that. "-Washington
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