. ..TiV'---i.'i'-'-t - ' .''.'' ' ."'-'.,.". -.:-.- '' ' i i ..-.- The Enterprise is among the Very Best advertising mediums in Piedmont Worth CarolinaIt reaches the peol (QV A 7jH 1 AS? HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1905. No. 14 "S Vol. XXVIII. n die pi S : MAD PEOPLE An Insolent Negro Curses and Shoots White Man and in Turn is Shot Ed. Walker, a mulatto, created quite a stir on East Green street Sunday afrernoon. He came along the road and commenced cursing where a number women and children were out on the porches and in the yards. Some of the men present took him to task for it and told him they would have him arrested, and started out Jfi find a policeman. The negro suddenly turned on the men and with pistol ia hand said: "I'll kill you right now." He fired five shots within a short dis tance of the men, striking a Mr. Wood in, the arm. By this time some one ran up wilh a pistol and the negro was shot in the shoulder. The negro then ran and concealed hsmself in Allison Gray's wheat field. They surrounded the field and captured the negr. He had a pistol, three razors and a watch Dr. Burrus was called in and ex tracted the bullet from Mr. Wood's arm. Dr. Gerran, colored, probed for the bullet in- the negro but could not find it; The negro was taken to the calaboose by officer Meyers and none too soon for his own good, because the people in the neighborhood thought they had been outraged and would have made quick work of him. Monday morning Mayor Wrenn sent the negro to the roads for qo days and bound him over to court in another case. As soon as be serves " his time on the roads he will be committed to jail to await trial for the more serious offense. SHOT IN THE FOOT. Saturday night about ten-thirty o'clock while some young white men were on their way home near "the graded school building they met a negro who was determined to have trouble. He was very in solent and after a few words pulled out a pistol and shot five times at close range at the young men. One of the balls struck one of the young men in the loot and made a very daugerous wound. The negro after firing all of the loads in the pistol made his escape!. The practice of shooting on the streets at night is getting to be too prevalent and the officers should make extra efforts to apprehend the parties. It seems that every strange negro that comes to town has his pockets full of pistols and razors. C. E. FAIRBANKS DEAD. Mr C. "R. Fairbanks, whose son is interested in the veneering plant at Thomasuille, aiea mere sun- day of Bnght's Diseae. Mr. J . W Jrhrest was called there to em balm the body and express it to the home ot tne aeceasea in Mas sachusetts. Mr. Fairbanks was 74 4 years oia. DROPPED DEAD. George Daniels, a man about 64 years old droppeddead early this morning at his home over Ken nedy's stoie. He moved his fam ily to High Point from Goldsboro , a few weeks ago. He has been ill since arriving and this morning while in a back room fell and ex pired before help arrived. He leaves a wife. Heart disease was the cause of his death. SERMON TO WOODMEN. Rev. E. L. Siler will preach a special sermom to the local camp .Woodmen of the World the third Sunday night in June at the Pres byterian Church. All Woodmen in the city will take notice and govern themselves accordingly. GRUBB AMBUSHED Wounds Received painful-Fired on While in Buggy With Friend EXCITEMENT RUNS QUITE HIGH Mr. Thompson, a Companion, also Wounded.but Not Dangerously So Parties coming from Lexington Monday brought the infor mation tBat H. Clay Grubb, the man who was "acquitted of the murder of Obe Davis in Rowan court Saturday, was shot this morning while en route to Salis bury in a buggy with a Mr. Thompson. Gubb was painfully wounded, as was, also Mr. Thomp son. Sunday Grubb gave a big dinner party at his farm at which a large number of people were present. Mr. Thompson stayed all night at Grubbs house the night before. The following special to the Daily Enterprise at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon gives more informa tion of the shooting: Lexington, May 22. H. Clay Grubb and Clarence Thompson were shot this morning in Boone township while en route to Salis bury. Two men did the shooting. Grubb recognized Nat Crump, col ored, as one of the parties. The wounds were dressed in Salisbury by Dr. Whitehead. Shooting was painful but not serious. Sheriffs Dorsett, of Davidson; Julian, of Rowan, and Sheek, of Davie, have gone to Boone with a posse of men in pursuit of Nat Crump. IT STARTED HERE. The Enterprise was talking with a citizen Saturday who informed us that the Grubb trouble really began in High Point or near here. Last Fall several barrels of whis key were stolen from the ware house of Grubb and Davis. They were in business at the time. Grubb always thought that Davis was re sponsible for the loss of the whis key. He so informed the revenue officers and they came to High Point and found the empty barrels in the woods near town. It is said that Davis and Grubb fell out over this incident and the feeling grew stronger untii the tragedy. It is known that Davis hauled a great deal of blockade whiskey to High Point. DEATH OF YOUNG MAN. Eugene Haugh, son of A.G. and M. E. Haugh, died at the home of his parents on South Main street Thursday afternoon of an affection of the stomach. Aged 18 years. The burial took place Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock. The En terprise sympathiszes with the bereaved parents. HEADQUARTERS HERE. The Furniture Factories in North Carolina making lease goods recently formed an association known as the North Carolina Case Workers' Association. Dr. W. G Bradsbaw Is president, Mr, John L. Borden, of GoWsboro is vice president, and Chas. Ragan Is Secretary and Treasurer. One of the principal features of the As sociation is the ' Committee on Traffic andTransportation.ofiwhich Mr. F. N. Tate is chairman. They have employed C. J. Field who is at present Chief Rate Clerk in the General Freight office of the Sea board Air Line at Atlanta, as Sec retary to this Committee. His headquarters beginning' June 1 will be in High Point. hu W. H. Wakefild, of Char lotte, N. C, will be in High Point at the El wood on Thursday, June 29th, for the purpose of treating diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat, and fitting glasses.- mn$ aw-d 4tw GOT HIS MAN. A deputy sheriff froi Mecklen burg county was here Saturday morning looking for a negro man wanted in that county. Sheriff Parish accompanied the deputy .to the convict camp where they found the man. AT THE UNIVERSITY. The commencement exercises at the University this year give prom ise to be of unusual interest. The sermon is on Sunday, May 28th, and the graduating exercises on 31st. The commencement orator is Hon. Henry Sherman Boutell, of Chicago. Dr. Gardner, oi Rich mond, will preach the sermon. NEW TICKET AGENT. Mr. James Ryan, who has been clerk in the freight office has been appointed ticket agent. This is a very responsible position, requir ing skill and an unusual amount of courtesy, and we believe Mr. Spencer has his upon the right young man. Let him keep his office free from visitors and look close to the public that he has to serve and he will make a record. REGULAR STREET WORK. The Enterprise understands that the Board of Aldermen will em ploy a competent street overseer for the regular work of the city and and give him a force of hands to do any work that may be needed. The policy of the committee will be to do all work permanently so that the same work will not have to be done every year. GRUBB ACQUITTED. Saturday morning the news reached High Point that the jury in the Grubb trial brought in a verdict of acquittal. A conviction for murder was not expected by the prosecution yesterday. Some thought that a verdict for man slaughter would be rendered. BEFORE THE VERDICT. The lengthy speeches of the counsel in the Grubb case were concluded yesterday and the; case given to the jury. It is generally thought that the jury will ruturn a verdict of not guilty or guilty of manslaughter. The state is asking for a verdict of guilty of murder. Much feeling is being shown by the family and friends of Davis, the dead man, and they have been prosecuting the case with vigor. A large number of witnesses were examined and there were ten speeches made, five for the prose cution and a like number for the defense. Mr. E. T. Cansler made the closing speech for the state. Senator Overman's speech for the defense was regarded as a master piece. The speeches of Hon. C.B. Wat son and E. J. Justice were great efforts. Speaking of Mr. Justice there are many people who think that he is about the best equipped lawyer at his age in the state. He is not only well versed in the law but a powerful advocate. FELL AND BROKE BOTH FEET. John Purdue, a carpenter, met with a very painful accident Fri day afternoon about 6 oclock. While at work on a house in the eastern part of the town he fell and ; striking on his tpes broke bones in both feet. One foot is very badly injured. Dr. W. J. McAnally was called and gave sur gical aid. Mrs. SJ3. Coley and children, of Smithfield are here for a few days. We are pleased to know that Mrs. Coley is doing well in the hotel business at Smithfield. ABOUT HIGH POINT Baltimore, Md., May 18. Pro phetic of the South when the full development of its resources shall be under way is an article in this week's Manufacturers' Record in which Mr. Albert Phenis tells of the manifestations at the Southern furniture manufacturing center, High Point, N. C, and explains them. He savs: "But little more than ten years ago High Point was an inconse quential villiage of some 2,000 semi-somnolent souls, much like any one of a hundred similar Southern hamlets to be then found in peaceful occupancy of a few hundred acres of tree studded towrisite. A planing mill, a bob bin factory and a tobacco factory were for years the only manifesta tions of industrial activity here only such factories as could be found in dozens of other places, and of no conspicious promise of importance. Today there are 30 furniture factories here, making every kind of household and office furniture except those of fancy de sign and highest cost, and the pro duct is shipped to the four corners of the globe. In addition there are ten institutions which make some article usjd in the manufacture of furniture, and there are sixteen other industrial plants here.giving a total of 56 factories and produc ing an output of about $4,000,000 estimated value a year. In furni ture there are manufactured kitch en, dining room, bed room, parlor and office chairs from the plainest split bottom to the finest leather upholstered. Several of the fac tories make bed-room sets from the cheapest and plainest to those of massive and handsome design. Chiffoniers, wardrobes, tables, (kitchen, centre and library, )sofas, lounges, sideboards, mantels and office desks from the cheapest to the finest are among the articles made here and brass beds assem bled and bed springs manufactur ed. Dealers are tbus enabled to fill out a practically complete line when making purchases, and to secure the advantages of mixed carload lots, so important an item in many instances." ITS GROWTH RAPID. "At the time this business was begun at High Point, there were only two furniture factories in the State, one at Charlotte and the other at Asheville, and both of them have since been shut down. From the first the High Point fac tory was a success, and in ac cordance with a custom which has become the fixed rule in High Point, the profits of the plant were reinvested, each of the partners starting another factory, so there four in the place of one. Within recent yedrs the growth has been rapid, as many as half dozen fac tories having been started within a year, and so successful has High Point been tint there are a hun dred generally prosperous furni ture factories in North Carolina today in place of the two moribund concerns existing in 1889. The power and value of example was never more clearly shown than in this development Outside of High Point there have been established in North Carolina 14 factories in Thomasville, nearly all of them chair factories, till Thomasville calls hereself the chair town; there are 12 furniture factories at the neighboring town of Lexington; Winston has four or five furniture and desk factories; there are four furniture factories ea h at States ville.Mt. Airy and Mebane .Greens boro, Asheboro and Marion have three each. Hickory has two.and there are more than a dozeu places where there is one. REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION. "In High Point a remarkable trasformation has occurred. School teachers, lawyers, doctors and store keepers have turned from their previous occupations to become owners and officers in fac toriesalways after demonstrating their finess for the place. Young men coming out of college and boys growing up are attracted to industrial activities, instead, of to the professions and the stores. New and different ideas and ambitions have ; taken possession of the peo ple, and the young men of the city strive to get ahead, to get stock in a factory or to work into an owner ship of a plant themselves, instead of trying to see how much money they may spend on themselves or their girls, and how much of a splurge they may cut. The whole city ip orderly, thrifty and steadily progressive. There are no saloons in town, and it is in the charter that there never shall be any The city is well paved with bitulithic paving, and there are 12 miJes of granolithic sidewalks There are sewers, waterwork,selectric lights, and there will be an electric car line. There is one of the hand somest public school buildings to be found in a city of 10,000 people anywhere, and there aTe dozens of private residences that would grace any city of the world. And every bit of thk development is wholly trom within. Such men and mon ey as have come from without have done so because they were attracted by the spirit of the place." A NEW COLONY TO BE PLANTED. One of the Highest Type of Citizen ship. The well known Marshall farm situated two miles from Mt. Airy, and containing 1,300 acres, will very soon be colonized withFrench, German. Swede and Scotch. The land, which is regarded as the finest fruit, vineyard or truckfarm ing land in all the mountain sec tion, will be cut up in lots of one half to five acres each, no one person being allowed to purchase over five acres. Theie are 23 springs on the farm, some of which are mineral, similar to that of the White Sulphur. The place is owned by J. Gilmer Korner, of Kernersville, N.C., who is making his headquarters at High Point for the present. RED MEN MAKE MERRY. A Pale-Face Captured and Tortured and Then a Feast. That was a spectacular sight at Red Men's feast Friday night, tc see the big chiefs, warriors, braves and scouts assembled around the council brand in full trappings Here sat the prophet, the wise man of the tribe; yonder the Sachem, the ruler; over there the Senior Sagamore, heir apparent to the embelished tomahawk, and next in line ot promotion the Junior Sagamore, surrounded by half a hundred Red Men who had under gone the torture and faced death with a smile. The gorgeous uniforms, the many trophies of the war and the hunt displayed, the incessant beat of the torn toms and the entrancing clatter of hoofs and trapping in deed made the scene a spectacular one and which will not soon be forgotten. Promptly at 30 breaths after the 8th run the Sachem called the tribe to order and opened the council in regular form. Warrior Aubrey Hoover being desirous of advanc ing to the chief's degree he was lassoed ai:d passed through the ordeal to the satisfaction of tVe blood thirsty chiefs assembled. The Sachem announced the ol ject of the meeting after which Spirit dancer Junius Wren unraveled the mysteries of the speaking books of the Chickasaws to the edification of the chiefs. He was followed by Big Medicine Man Stanton, a".! others. The overseers having got ten everything in readiness for the great feast it was moved and sec onded that this interesting part of the program be carried out imme diately. And such a feast! no Red Man or paleface ever beheld such a sight: Meat of the real; Buffalo, sandwiches, oranges, bananas, creim, cakes and cigars in such an abundance that there yet re mained a wampum belt full when all assembled had eaten : to the limit. : The occasion was a thor oughly enjoyable one and it was agreed by he tribe to have such a one every month or so. At the eleventh run the scoots announced the path clear and all wended their way to their respective tepees thei e to repose in peaceful slumber, dreaming of the chase of the buf falo and the sumptuous feast in which they had only a few minutes before participated. Note: Big Medicine Man Bur rus arrived too late to follow the hunt but the chiefs took pity on him and allowed him to go the limit. HIGH POINT COMPANY TO THE FIRST. New military companies have been accepted for the North Caro lina National Guards at High Point and Louisburg, subject to the satisfactory inspection by In spector General Bain. The High Point company will be assigned to the First and Louisburg to the Third Regiment. DECLINES THE CALL. Charlotte, N. C, May 22. Rev. L. R. Pruett today gave notice that he had declined the call to the First Baptist Church at High Point. THE STORE DEPARTMENT COX BUILDING, The work on the addition to the Elwood Hotel is progressing as rapidly as this class of work will permit. There will be 4 store rooms on Main Street as handsome y fitted up as any store in the State. Tile floors, metal ceiling, and glass enclosures for the goods. The Newlin-Brooks Co. will occu py the store next to Cannon-Fet-zer Co. Miss Venetia will take the store adjoining this one. These rooms will open into each other. ! High Point Savings & Trust Co. j Will occupy the room next to the Mann Drug Co., and the adjoin ing room which is the second be low Mann Drug Co., will be oc cupied by a clothing company possibly. They will all be ready for the fall goods. MILITARY COMPANY ACCEPTED. The High Point Miiitiiy Com pany has Deen acctpttd by the Governor and the boys will proba bly soon have their equipment, CAN NOW BREATHE EASIER New York, May 19, Dr. Wil liam Osier, recently professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Univer sity, who goes to Oxford Univer sity, to accept regnis of professor ship of medicine there, sailed today on the steamship Cedric for Liver Pool. The people past the meridian of life can now breath easier! A. E. SCARBORO'S FATHER DEAD. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Scarboro came in on the late train last night from Yorkville, S, 0. Mrs. Scar boro stopped over here with her sister, Mrs. Farriss, while Mr. Scarboro went to La Grange hav ing been summoned thtre from Yorkville, on account of the death of his father. Deceased was a man of mature years, over 80 years old, and had been unwell for sometime. Miss Vera Idol has been very ill for a few days, suffering with a slight attack of peritonitis. Mr Lawrence Harrison, of Win ston, clerk at Hotel Jones for some time has accepted the position of clerk at the Elwood. Miss Kate S. Plummer, of Hen derson, is at the Elwood visiting her brother, Mr. W. H. Plummer. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott, parents of (Miss) Dr. Abbott, left last night for the old home in Maine. We are sorry to lose them. V J l ! t t f 1 'u1 ii'i 1 V', ( "VJ i 3 -I .1