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Vol. XXVIII.
HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, Iff. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1905.
No. 25
THE CONVENTION
Large Attendance and a Good
Day .
The Township Sunday School
Convention held at Springfield
Saturday was one of the beat in
the history of the county organiza
tion. Mr. H. A. Moffitt the presi
dent, was gratified at the success
of the meeting. There were about
300 present, filling the meeting
bouse and the beeches in the
grove. There were many instruc
tive talks, among those speaking
were Mr. Spicer, of New York,
President Johnson-, ot Greensboro,
the county president, Rev. D E.
Bowers, Rev. EH Reece, Miss Em
ma Blair, Rev. J. M. Billiard and
others.
At 12 o'clock dinner was
served out in the grove. It was
' one of the traditional Springfield
dinners, always among the best
that cm be served. The exercises
through the entire day were enjoy
ed by all the attendants and the
Senday School, Workers present
were instructed'in their work.
Mr. H. A. Moffitt was re-elected
president, and Mr. A. M. Idol was
elected secretary.
' FUNERAL OF MRS. CARLISLE
Babylon, L. 1., Aug- 5 The
funeral of the late Mary J. Car
lisle, wife of John G. Carlisle,
Secretary of the Treasury under
President Cleveland, was held at
West Islip this evening, the Rev.
George Dowing Sparks, of Christ
Episcopal Church, officiating.
The body was then removed tc the
vault in the rural cemetery here,
where it will rest until fall, when
it will be removed to Covington,
Ky. Among those present were
Former President and Mrs Cleve
land, Senator J. B. Foraker, Col.
Henry Watterson.and Mayor God
sen, of Covington, a brother of
Mrs. Carlisle.
MRS. DR. COX HURT
Mrs. Dr. J. J. Cox had a very
serious fall Thursday night 9:30
o'clock which gave the family and
her friends much concern for
awhile. As she started down the
steps of the porch at Miss Nellie
Dundas house she took a misstep
and fell out on the walk, her head
striking the hard concrete pave
ment. She was unconscious for a
few minutes.and remained quite ill
through the entire night and this
morning. The extreme nausea that
she has been suffering from is
not so bad this afternoon and her
physician says that she is much
better. Mrs. Cox's hosts of friends
will regret exceedingly to hear of
the accident.
GOOD ROADS MASS
MEETING
A large number of citizens own
ing property along Freeman's mill
road, leading southwest from the
city, held an enthusiastic mass
meeting and rally at Hall's school
house last night. Addresses were
made by Col. John A. Barringer,
ex-State Treasurer W. H. Worth-,
Alderman Wysoug and others, and
committees were appointed to go
before the board of county com
missioners and the highway com
mission at the meetings held next
Monday and Tuesday and urge the
necessity of macadamizing the
road from this city to Jamestown.
Another meeting will be held by
the citizens of that section Satur
day night to decide upon some plan
for putting forth greater efforts to
get the a two boards to agree to
macadamize the road. -Telegram.
, Messrs. J. L. and W. J. Allen,
of Haw River, will open Bp a dry.
goods notion and shoe stort here
about Sept. ist, in , the Co build
ing corner Washington and Main
streets. r 4 , " , -
,. f; WILL INCREASE -
: H. Harris & Bro. re, arranging
to increase their stock about
double. The upstairs over ' the
store 1s being fitted op with about
the same capacity as the first floor :
EIGHT HURT IN (CAR COLLISION
Baltimore, Aug. 6 Eight per
sons, including both motormen,
were injured in a collision between
two cars on the Hartford avenue
line at the entrance to Clifton Park
today. A nortb-bound car jumped
the track and crashed into one
south-bound, throwing it from the
track and turning it completely
around.
DISTINGUISHED CIVIL ENGINEER
DEAD
New York, Aug. 6. Seneral
Rov Stone, a veteran of the Civil
and Spanish American wars, and
a distinguished civil engiueer.died
late last night in his 69th year at
his home in Mendham, N- J. He
leaves a widow, who was Miss
Marker of Pennsylvania, and one
daughter, Lady Monsbn, wife of
Lord Monson, of England.
;WANTS AN ELECTION
A petition signed by 623 voters
has been presented to Raleigh
aldermen, asking that an election
on the question of dispensary or
saloons at high lisense, and the
board has referred the petition to a
special committee of investigation.
Final action is to be taken at the
September meeting.
Raleigh now has the dispensary
and this last move is on the part
of those who desire to re-instate
bar rooms.
MILITARY SCHOOL
Mavor Wrenn tells us that par
ties having under the considera
tion the establishment of a military
school are writing for information
about the city.
DlbD
Percy Sheppsrd, one of Mr. H.
L Paylor's twin boys.died at home
in Greensboro last night of men
ingetis, ae 4 years.
VALUABLE NEW CITIZEN
High Point gains a splendid
citizen in the person of Mr. J. L.
Ferguson, Jr., who has purchased
an interest in the Smith Furniture
Company, taking the position of
Secretary and Treasurer of the
corporation, Mr. Ferguson is a
young man of fine business quali
fications and will receive a cordial
welcome to the commercial and
social life of the city. For several
years he represented Bradst eet's
agency in Charlotte and Greens
boro, but more recently he was
with the Ocean Accident and
Guaranty corporation of London.
Eng., in Va., N. C, and Tenn.
J. J. WELCH
Id writing Mr. Welch's name we
came very near giving him a title
but we knew he did not want it.
We could have done so because he
has held many responsible posi
tions in life from the time he en
listed in the Army at the age of 18
until today. We might have passed
over the fact that he several times
served his town in a public way as
Alderman and Mayor during many
terms, and said that he was a cap
italist, which be is, to a large ex
tent but we prefer to just say
"Mr. Welch." He likes that and
all of his freinds do.
Mr. Welch jsone of the ablest
men financially in Guilford coun
ty, one of the mainstays in
High Point and is identi
fied largely with the banking and
manufacturing business of the
town.: He is a director in the Com
mercial National Band and Presi
dent ;: of the furniture company
hat bears his name.
"THE CLANSMAN" AT WINSTON
' - The Winston Journal says:
It is learned from good authori
ty, that "The Clansman," by Rev.
Thomas Dixon , which has recently
been dramatized, will be presented
at the Elks' Auditorium sometime
during the coming season, which
opens about October first. 1 1
. The leading character , in this
play is Miss Flossie Settle, daugh
ter of the . .late Judge Settle, of
Greensboro.
"THE BABY " A GOOD ONE
Company M. of High Point
familiarly called "The Baby"
company, is one of the best com
panies in camp It is just 35 days
old, but the men take pride in it
and are about as well trained as
best of the older companies. Capt.
Dodamead and the other officers
know their business and are well
liked. Charlotte Chronicie.
WILL MOVE TO WASHINGTON .
C. M. Chasi has Purchased
Wood & Coal plant in Washington
and the family expects to move to
tbatcity soon.Mesdames Chase will
probably go next week.
The Enterprise regrets very
much the departure of these most
excellent people. During their
stay here they have made many
warm friends.
CARRIAGE BUILDERS TO
MEET HERE
The Southern Carriage Builders
Association will hold its annual
meeting here August 10th One
representative from each manu
facturing plant in the South is ex
pected to be present.
OUT GROWN IT
Mr. Green practically admitted
Tuesdaytnorning that the furniture
business here had outgrown the
facilities of the Southern railway.
He said ihat it wou'd be an impos
sibility to equip enough cars to
handle the product. This was a
centre shot for onr man 'facturers.
They seemed to awake at once to
their position. The light seemed
to blind them fcr (he momen , Is
it possible tat the great business
of this hustling town must forever
be dependent on one road an 1 that
road admitting that the business is
crowding them too much.
Gentlemen, it would pay us in
the end to sell half that we havs
and get another road. Our busi
ness must be taken care of, if we
prosper.
CHANGE AT SMITH FURNITURE CO.
Mr. Ferguson who has been with i
tne Bradstreet Agency has been
elected Secretary & Treasurer
Smith Furniture Co. and will as
sume the duties of his office at
once.
Mr. E. T. Kearas who has held
the position for two years or more
will take the place of Superintend
ent of the factory.
SEVENTEEN NEW HOUSES
The building boom, if we may
call it a boom, continues. Since
our report last week the follbwing
have given contracts for houses:
Ed Burns.
G. O. Burton.
J. N. Ingram.
Frank Bain
0. W. Jones.
Arthur Newton.
J. A. Newton.
J. E. Wade.
O. McPherson.
J. A. Lindsay. (3)
W. C. Jones. (2)
Some of these houses cost as
much as $2,500 Mr. J. N. Ingram
will bund on S. Main street and
will have all the modern conven
iences in the house.
The Women's Christian Tem
perance Union will meet Thursday
Aug loth, 3:30 p. m. at Mrs. Anna
Tomlinson's. It will be a mother's
meeting and parents problems will
be presented.
An interesting program will be
prepared and the mothers of High
Point are invited to attend.
Upon a visit to the hospital, I
find table linen is needed, napkins,
doyles and tray cloths. 1 feel sure
the ladies of our union will take
pleasure in supplying this need
without further notice.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Moore.
DOWEL FACTORY
Mr. C. L. Stewart, of Michigan,
arrived here Saturday and is look
ing over the city and consulting
with some of our manufacturers as
to the advlsibillty of starting a
dowel factory. Mr. Stewart is t
practical man in the business and
we understand is very favorably
impressed. ' ,
$250,000TO FIGHT FEVER
Citizens Pledge Government
Conditions Precedent Re
garding Cost of Labor and
Material Having Been Ful
filled.
New Orleans. Aug. 6. Fever
report to 6 p. id:
New cases, 28
Total cases to date, 533.
D-aths, 8.
Total deaths to date, 105.
New sub-foci, 2.
Total sub foci to date, 93.
The fever report today is a great
improvement over those during
the middle of the week, and the
fact that there were only two new
sub-foci, one up town and one
down town, is a source of special
encouragement. An effort is being
made to determine the number of
cases of fever under treatment, and
allowing ten days, which is a
liberal estimate for a pitient to
either recover or die, it is figured
that there are now 233 cases under
treatment.
The Marine Hospital service
has not yet assumed control of the
situation, but it is expected to do
so tomorrow. The conditions
precedent to their assumption, that
the citizens of New Orleans pledge
themselves to put up $250,000 to
defray the cost of labor and mater
ial, has been met and Surgeon
White is in a momentary expec
tatiun of receiving the formal order
from Surgeon General Wyman to
take charge. President Roosevelt
and Surgeon General Wyman have
both been wired by the citizens'
committee of New Orleans that all
the funds that the service may re
quire outside its own stated ex
penditures will be supplied by the
people of the city. This action
was taken at noon at a special
meeting of the finance committee
held in the St. Charles Hotel. It
f'llowed the news received from
'S3!i White that Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman had asked for a defi
nite statement of the financial in
tentions of the people here and
had given a definite statement
himself of what ibe Marine Hospi
tal Service could do with the funds
at its disposal.
This telegram was sent to Sur
geon General Wyman:
"Surgeon General Wyman,
Washington, D. C : The (.it zens
of New Orleans pledge themselves
to secure rnd furnish all the funds
necessary to pay the expenses
which your service may incur for
labor and materials in dealing with
the situation here I his is in ac
cordance with Dr. White's tele
gram to you.
Martin Brhrmam, Mayor.
Charles Janvier,
Gus Lehmann, Sr.,
William Adler,
W. G. Teabatjlt,
Citizens Committee.
This telegram was sent to Presi
dent Rooseveli at Oyster Bay:
The President, Oyster Bay, N.
Y. : We heartily thank you for
your prompt action, which,thoi1gh
expected, we none the less find
most gratifying. We pledge our
selves to do our share, and have
wired Surgeon General Wyman
that we would secure and furnish
all the funds the service may re
quire. This was signed by the same
committee.
The action today was to follow
out the suggestions and give the
information asked by Surgeon
General Wyman in the following
telegram received by Surgeon
White yesterday morning:
Surgeon White, St. Charles,
New Orleans: In your telegram
of August 4, you state that the
citizens have raised a large fund
and promise to raise more, though
amount is not definitely settled
It is very important that this
matter should be settled before
definite action can be taken. Youf
estimate, in second 1 telegram or
August 4, makes total expenses for
eradication at $1,500 to $2,006 per
day.
You did not state whether this
amount is expected of the service.
Bureau estimate forty officers men
tioned by you as being required
would be about $500 per day
. The epidemic fund will not
stand or permit of $1 ,500 to $2,000
per day.
; This is absolute. Bureau would
WILLIAM A. E. MOORE
PARDONED BYHIGGINS
Albany, N. Y., August 3
William A. E. Moore, husband of
Fayne Straban Moore, who achiev
ed notoriety seven years ago by
working the "badger" game on
MartbaMahon at the New Amster
dam Hotel, in New York city, was
pardoned today by Governor Hig
gins. Moore was sentenced in
December, 1898. for twenty years.
A number of prominent citizens of
Cleveland, Ohio, where he used to
live, including Governor Herrick,
signed the petition for his release.
A good position is waiting for
Moore as soon as he leaves prison.
A vit.it to the water works near
the city lately showed everything
to b in good order. The water is
a little muddy in the seservoir
fr.m recent rains, but the filter is
a good one. The drain does much
good. "But we all see our mis
take in not placing a bottom vent
in the reservior when construct
ed," said a prominent citizen in
speaking of the matter.
H. A. MOFFITT'S STORE
Workmen are pushing the im
provements on H.A. Moffitt's store.
It will run back 50 feet or more
and the entrance from College and
Sroad streets will be made very at
tractive. RLX FURNITURE COMPANY FAILS
Involuntary bankruptcy pro
ceedings against the Bex Furni
ture Company, of Lexington, were
filed with Judge Boyd Saturday.
Notice to show why the said com
pany should not be adjudged bank
rupt was made returnable next
Wednesday, the qth. Mr. i,. Ii.
Raper, ef Lexington, was attorney
for the petitioning creditors. Chief
Office, Deputy Marshal McCrary
left last night for Lexington to
serve the papers in the case. Mr.
McCrary will spend Sunday with
relatives in Lexington.
The company began business as
the Atlas Furniture Company,
with Capt. Trice as secretary and
treasurer. Recently it was rp-or-ganized
and the line of goods
changed from kitchen and dininvt
tables to fancy parlor tables and
tabourettes.
HE THREW A FIT
About a year ago one John
Sullivan was tried before Judge
Boyd at Statesville for violating
the pension law. He was convict
ed, but before sentence had been
passed on him he threw a fit in the
court room. Whereupon, Judge
Bovd dismissed him.
From Statesville he went to
Virginia, and there boasted of
having fooled the court by sumu
lating a fit,
Some time ago it was learned
that Sullivan was in Virginia, and
a bench warrant was issued for
him. He was arrested at Ading
ton, Va., where he went by the
name of John Owens, by Deputy
Marshall W. M. Pucket and
brought here and delivered to the
United States marshall last night
and committed to jail.
Sullivan is said to be a notorious
character in Mitchell county where
he is said to be wanted for the
crim; of incest. Telegram.
be willing to give you all the medi
cal officers necessary, but the labor
and materials should be furnished
by the city, as has been done be
fore.
Wire promptly whether this ar
rangement can be effected, that I
may give my opinion to the Presi
dent. Attention should be called to
the fact that the government is
now maintaining detention camps
in the interest of New Orleans,
and expenses must be met for inter-State
measures. Rush answer
ONE hLACE OF REFUGE
Hundreds of persons are tem
porarily moving from New Orleans
to St. Tammany parish, the only
near haven to which they can go.
Yellow fever has never developed
in St. Tammany pgrish during the
most serious epidemics.
A thorough inspection of the
redlight quarter today disclosed
not a suspicious case of fever.
Business houses are feeling the
effect of the quarantine There
has been a reduction in business
and trade is quiet.
Wyman,
THE MAD DOG
A mad dog was flushed on the
streets Friday afternoon and for
a time there was a panic and con
sternation reigned. People with
pistols, guns, hams, bedsteads,
chairs, chiffoniers, coffiiDs, cradles,
bureaus, sash doors aud blinds,
mantels, electric cars, sideboards,
tin safes, desks, engines and every
other conctivabie article that
could be used as a weapon wi re in
pursuit of the dog The course of
the chase was down Main, across
the Boulevard, up by the laundry,
1 own College over to Commerce.
By this time there were 500 people
in the race. Ernest Carr.who had
Will Jones' pistol mounted a
bicycle and was ahead of the pro
cession. At the Snow Lumber
Co. corner Ernest suddenly ran up
on the dog. Although be had his
big pistol, he literplly fell off the
wheel and took a back track at a
mile a minute. Looking back and
observing that the dog, which by
this time was riddled with bullets,
was not after him, he bravely
turned back and sent a bullet
through ite bead
We understand that the dog bit
two other dogs. It snapped at
two children but did not bite
them.
Now is a good time to muzzle
your dogs or kill them. By the
way, there is not one dog in 100
such as we have, that is worth
keeping.
NEWSPAPER TALK
Many a merchant who has suffi
cient confidence in his wares to be
lieve that he could sell more of
them if he could personally inter
view more of the people who needs
them hesitates to do his talking
through the advertising columns
because it costs more than talking
across the counter. But the news
paper "ad" reaches more prospec
tive customers in one day than the
merchant can reach personally in
a life time; it gives him the advan
tage of doing all the talking him
self, and it fixes his claims perma
nently in the minds of his listen
ers, while oral pleas leave but a
fleeting impression. These privi
leges and powers are well worth
paying for and they cost little in
comparison with the actual cash
returns. The proof is to be fourd
in the experience of all successful
traders. Philadelphia Record.
HONORS FOR HISH POINT
The following was not reteivH
from Cant. Dodomead who liaaiiio
company in camp at Charlotte:
just a lew words regarding Co.
M" who is representing Hih
Point at the encainomenr. Sn for
we have been fortunate enough to
receive two honors from the Col.
commandine in the wav of having
our First Sergeant J. S.Spencer
promoted to iiatallion Sergeant
Major, the othr having private
Stewart detailed Col's, orderly
The boys together with the officers
are having a great time. Co "M"
took part yesterday in the regular
sKirmisn arm. me Major com
manding our Batallion enn cm filiat
ed us on being as efficient and
making such a good showing on
such a short enlistment.
BIG CROWD
The Township Sunday School
Convention at Springfield today is
largely attended. At 12 o'clock
dinner was served in regular pic
nic style, reminding the visitor of
like occasions held there from time
to time in the last century. The
speaking during the day has been
good and beneficial to the Sunday
benool works.
The whistle oi the threshing
machine is heard in the land. The
rapid blowing recently startled a
number of people who thought
there was another fire on hand.
The removal of the old Baptist
church has about been completed.lt
has been placed on one of the
streets in West High Point and
will be made a desirable dwelling.
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