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HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1905.
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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.
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