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HIGH POINT, GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1905.
No. 3
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CHICAGO'S RICHEST MAN
Marshall Field's Wealth Esti
mated at $200,000,000.
Chicago, 111., Aug. 16 The
contributions of Marshall Field to
the public coffers of Cook county
this year were announced today by
the (Board of Review. They will
far exceed those from any other
individual source, and will be lar
ger than any he has ever made be
fore in the course Of his long career
it Chicago.
Mr. Field, will pay taxes on a
real estate valuation of $63,000,060
and on a personal property valua
tion of $10,000,000 as nearly as
can be estimated at this time, when
the members of the Board of Re
view are readjusting on thousands
of complaints based on the Board
of Assessors' valuations. : He pays
Europe and Asia taxes on factories
that turn on the linenn, silks and
hundreds of other things that go
to make up the stock carried in his
Chicago store.
There are those who declare
that Mr. Field, were he to realize
full value on all his possessions,
could sign a check for $200,000,
000. The more conserved ve.how
ever.estimate his wealth at between
$100,000,000 and $150,000,000.
Nobody but Marshall Field knows
how wealthy Marshall Field con
siders himself to be.
Mr. Field pays out millions of
dollars every year on railroad and
industrial holdings in other States,
and it is said his dealings with the
authorities in other communities
are quite as congenial as are those
with the Cook county officials.
"People generally don't stop to
think how fai Mr. Field's taxes go
toward keeping np our institutions'
said one of the county officials.
"Take them away and you would
see the officials rubbing their hands
to find a way to make both ends
meet "
I THE SOUTHERN'S
NEW ENGINES
Cost of 'a
Sixty Bought at
Million Dollars.
. The Southern Railway Company
has just received a delivery of six
ty of the largest locomotives ever
seen in the South. They were
made by the Richmond branch of
the American locomotive Works.
The engines have already been
forwarded to Spencer to be used on
the Danville and Charlotte division
of the road. Of the lot fifty ore to
be used for freight Uaffic, while
tea additional locomotives will be
placed into passenger service on
the main line of the Southern.
"When equipped' and ready 'for
service the engines will weigh
about 150 tons each, being, among
the heaviest now in use by the
company. The purchase of the
lot represents an expenditure of
nearly one million dollars, or to be
exact $980,000. Twenty-five new
engines were also delivered at
Knoxville and smaller deliveries
were made at other points.
60 On Norfolk Excursion Drown
-Inability of Engineer of At
lantic Coast Line Excursion
to Control Air Brakes
TERRIFIC STORM
A terrific storm passed over
Archdale last week doing much
damage to crops, blowing down
trees and unroofing houses. A
large tree was blown down in the
yard of Mr. Amos Ragan. Jt fell
on a buggy, smashing it to pieces.
Several chairs on the porch were
blown out in the field. The barn
of Mr. Bob English was blown
down. Several large trees in and
around Archdale were uprooted.
The storm came from the south
east .and for a time some of the
dwelling houses were in danger.
It was the hardest storm experienc
ed in that neighborhood in several
years.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT TRAIN DIVES THROUGH DRAW
Kernersville, Aug. 16 A mur
derous assault was made on Mr,
R. L. Blackburn last night at his
home two miles North of this place
by Lee Watkins, colored, a tenant
of Mr Blackburn's.
The negro went to the home of
Mr. Blackburn and called him out
on the pretense of selling him his
tobacco crop. Upon reaching the
road the assailant made a pass 1 at
Mr. Blackburn's neck with a knife
but the lick was warded off by the
left hand of Mr. Blackburn. He
wa not quite as successful In the
next blow which landed on his left
breast cutting a gash about three
inches in length.
At this stage of the game Mr.
Blackburn took a hand, and being
a man ot considerate physical
strength, knocked the man down
and held him until help arrived,
which Mr. Blackburn told them
was an hour and a half.
The negro was brought here
last night and given a hearing be
fore 'Squire J. M. Guyer, who
bound him over to next term of
criminal court.
Mr. Blackburn is a quiet, peacea
ble citizen and has never had a
difficulty with anyone and to this
tenant had extended a considerable
amount of credit, and it seems
that the man's idea of settling it
was to kill the man who had been
a good friend to him.
NO BALL ON SCHOOL GROUNDS
The School Board has passed
regulations forbidding the playing
of ball on the school - grounds ex
cept during school term by school
i boys . & The: reason, is obvious.
JAPS REPEL THREE' ATTACKS
Tokio, Aug. 16. An official re
port says:
"Early on August 14, in the di
rection of Changtn, a Russian
force consisting of a batallion of
infantry, two sections of cavalry,
eight field guns and six machine
guns, attack. d our position at
Brhshiplipa, eight miles north of
Changtu. but was immediately re
pulsed. Our casualties amounted
to one and and the Russians' lost
35. Simultaneously, three compa
nies ot infantry and two squadrons
of cavalry attacked us eight miles
northwest of Changtu. This at
tack was repulsed and at a. 30 the
Bussians retreated northward,
leaving 10 dead.
"The Russians also made a
small attack on Wei Huan Paolen,
which was repulsed."
NO STATE RE-UNION
Many of the Confederate veter
ans have inquired as to the State
re-union this year. The following
letter will .give the desired infor-
uittiiuu. a- K
Durham, N. C,
Aug. 7th.
Mr. J. D. Paylor,
High Point, N. C.
Dear Sir:
There will be no State Be-Uuion
this year, as we will meet in Ra
leigh during the week of the State
Fair for a business meeting, and
we will be glad to see you in Ra
leigh, Yours truly,
J. S. Carr.
BRUTAL MURDER
Asheville, Ang. 16. P. M.
Jordan, of the Sothern Bailway
special agent iorce, was in the city
today from the western section of
the State, where he has been on
official business. He brought the
news of a brutal murder committed
in Jackson connty, some two miles
from Whitlier, Saturday night
when a white man named Holden
returning to his home in an untox
kated condition, began quarreling
with and abusing his wife and
finally kicking and beating her in
to a state of insensibility. Mrs.
Hold en never recovered conscious
ness and died during the night
from the effect of the terrible treat
ment. A small son of Mrs. Holden,
who was at home when the father
returned, was an eye witness to
the affair.but left before his moth
diedr-Mr. Jordan said that Holden
had been arrested and lodged in
jail at Webster and that feeling was
high against him. Holden has the
reputation of being s worthless
man.
THE
TO IMPROVE THE GROUNDS
At the meeting of the School
Board Tuesday Prof. Crowell was
given the authority improve the
school grounds. The work will
begin soon and in a few months
the school park will be an orna
ment to the city.
PEIDMONT
ASSOCIATION
The Peidmont Baptist Associa
tion comprising several of the
strong churches in the Peidmont
section convened at Randleman last
week, and continned for three
days or more.
DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT
Wednesday morning atTomlinson
Chair Company, a son of Mr, W.
- K. Teague lost ah eye by a very
uncommon accident. . He was
working with some, chair arms
with another employee, and while
some screws were, being put in the
arm of the chair with brace and
bit the brace slipped and the bit
penetrated . young league s eve.
The physicians are of the opinion
that the sight is destroyed. The
accident I a very deplorable one.
WILL TAKE VACATION
Mr. N. B, Allred, who is a great
home man usually, will leave soon
with his family for Chambersburg,
N. Y. , for a visit to the home of
Dr. Jones, who was a resident here
12 years ago. They will be absent
two weeks or more.
J. D. MANN ELECTED
The Board of Aldermen had a
special meeting Tuesday to elect
a successor to Mr. D. C. Aldridge,
Alderman from the fourth ward,
who resigned. Mr. J. D. Mann,
manager Mann Drug Company,
was elected to fill the vacancy.
BIG
A SENSATION CREATED
Saratoga, to, Y-, Aug. 14.
. Booker T. Washington's appear
ance at dinner yesterday in the
great dinning room of the United
States hotel caused a mild sensa
tion among the diners.
Washington was the guest of
John Wannamaker, former post
master general, and acted as escort
for Mrs. Barclay War burton, Mr,
Wannamaker 's daughter, while
Mr. Wannamaker walked to the
table with J. R. E. Roberts,
Washington preached here three
times yesterday, first at the Pres
byterian Church, in the Baptist
Church, and late in the evening
in the African Methodist Church.
EVENT FOR HIGH
POINT
New arrangements : have just
been completed by the Ladies Aid
Society of the First Baptist church
to give High Point a gigantic af
fair on Aug. 31st, instead of the
children's play before contemplat
ed and to this end they have se
cured the .services of J. S. Atkin
son to train our people for the new
TO SELL YEARLY MEETING HOUSE
It having been definitely decided
to hold the Yearly Meetings at
Guilford College in the future, the
Meeting gave authority to Mr. J.
ElwoodCox to sell the Meeting
House here and the lot on which
it is situated. This is very desir
able property and the Yearly Meet
ing will have little trouble finding
buyers. The large grove is not
offered for sale.
THINK OF IT
The little town of Aberdeen
with i3oo people runs its electric
lights all night. High Point with
9,000 people shuts down before 1a
production of Echoes." In the j o'clock, Washington time,
intertainment there will be one
hundred end fifty, people, fifty
cnucren, mty misses and- fifty
ladies and gentlmen. The society
promises wgn rant a great treat
Greensboro is now In training for
the same production. .
Notice All children that were
to have taken part in the : Mother
Goose pity will be Included in the
production of "Echoes", and all
are earnestly requested to take
part. - ... - c-: . . L ,
IS IT TOO HIGH?
A citizen remarked this morning
that in many instances rents in
High Point are 25 per cent too
high. It is all right as long as
you can get it, looking at it cold
ly, but if a slump ever cornel it
will be a hard hitter and the rule
i that the momentuem is so great
In such cases, the bottom is reach
ed.
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17. Owing
to the inability of Engineer D.
L. Reig to control his air brakes,
an excursion train from Kinston,
N. C, bound to this city, plunged
through an open draw in a bridge
over the western branch of the
Elizabeth river at Bruce station,
eight miles from Norfolk, this af
ternoon, and half a hundred per
sons, mostly negroes, were drown
ed. Up to a late hour tonight
only seven bod.es bad been recov
ered from the wreckage. The list
of injured, S3 far as can be ascer
tained, numbers nearly one hun
dred, though most of these are
slightly hurt. A large number of
physicians from this and nearby
cities have gone to the scene.
Among the victims, the only
white ones were Edward Joliffe,
manager of the excursion, and
Edward Forbes, who assisted him,
both of Greenville, N. C.
The Merritt wrecking organiza
tion tonight dispatched an expedi
tion to the scene for the purpose
of raising the sunken cars, which
He in about 35 feet of water. Until
the cars are raised no accurate esti
mate of the number of dead can be
given.
1 ne train was composed 01 an
engine and six passenger cars. The
engine and two cars went through
the draw, leaving the four rear
cars on the track. One car was
completely submerged. Nothing
is visible of the locomotive, not
even the smokestack. It is be
lieved every occupant of the first
car perished. The dead can be
gotten out only by diving under
the car,
The scene following the wreck
was one of indescribable horror,
with the shrieking of men, women
and children, who were drowning,
struggling out of the partly sub
merged car and floating in the riv
er The passengers who were un
injured immediately started to res
cue those imprisoned in the cars.
Norfolk and Portsmouth were
2op1nuuicated with and the phy
sicians were sent out on a wreck
ing; train. Many people in the
neighborhood went to the scene of
wrick and helped in the rescue
lap injured were taken to the
track embankment and there at
tended by the physicians.
Collins Furgeson, the colored
bridge tender of the Atlantic Coast
Line, was knocked from the bridge
dv the impact and killed. Engi
neer Reig and Fireman Alfred
Cooper, colored, escaped by jump
ing.
The wrecked train left Kinston.
N. C. , at 7 o'clock this morning
with 165 colored excursionists for
Norfolk. It was due to arrive at
Norfolk at t o'clock this after
.11 .at
noon, rouowmg tnis train was
another excursion over the same
road bringing 300 excursionists
from Rocky Mount, N. C. Pre
ceeding the wrecked train was still
another excursion train carrying
some 300 merchants and others
from Augusta, Ga., Charleston, S,
C, and Jacksonville, Fla., bound
to Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York for the purchase of fall
goods.
ihehrst train arrived here at
8:30 o'clock this morning without
accident and the merchants left
for the North tonight by water.
The Rocky Mount excursionists
and the survivors of the wr.ck
were brought here over the Nor
folk& Western.
The Atlantic Coast Line officials
are at a loss to know why Engi
neer Reigs failed to stop bis train
before coming to the draw, as re
quired by the rules ot the road.
An investigation of the cause of
the wreck twill be made at once
and the responsibility placed where
it belongs
Reigs, himself, could make no
explanation. He was brought to
Norfolk tonight on a transfer
barge. He was taken from the
barge on the shoulders of thre
men He entered the hosnital am.
bulanceonhis knees, crawled to
a pillow in the front and buried
his head in H. ? He could onlv tell
that his name was S. B. Reigs and
that his home was in East Radford,
WHAT THE PRESIDENT DID DEATH OF PROF. 0. W. CARR
Urged Czar to Arbitration
Outline of Proposition to
Baron Rosen Becomes Known
Portsmouth, N. H , Aug. 20.
It cannot be authoritatively stated
that the feature of the proposition
of President Roosevelt communi
cated through Baron Rosen to Mr.
Witte and transmitted by the latter
to Emperor Nicholas was based
upon the principle of arbitration.
Whether the proposal contemplates
arbitration of all the articles upon
which the plenipotentaries have
tailed to agree, or upon the ques
tion of indemnity, cannot be state
ed with positiveness, but it is more
than probable that it relates only
to indemnity or to indemnity and
the cession of the island of Sakha
lin. Neither is it possible to say
whether the President has yet made
a similar proposition to Japan. The
customary diplomatic proceedings
in such a case would be to submit
the proposal simultaneously to both
countries, but there might be an
advantage in securing the adher
ence of one before submitting it to
tne otner.
To Emperor Nicholas, the au
thor of The Hague peace confer
ence, the suggestion of arbitration
which will necessarily immediately
command the sympathy of the
public opinion of the world will be
particularly hard to reject. If he
agrees,Japan, if she has not al
ready done so, would be all the
more bound to submit her claim to
the decision of an impartial arbi
trator. Acceptance by both sides
would involve a great extension of
the principle of arbitration, as na
tions have heretofore declined to
arbitrate questions involving their
"honor and dignity." Both Mr.
Takahira and Mr. Witte in the
earlier stages of the conference ab
solutely rejected the idea of arbi
tration, and only yesterday both
reiterated their disbelief in such a
solution. It was noticed, however,
that Mr. Witte's opinion was not
expressed as strongly as it was last
week.
NOT A TRUE BILL AS TO THREE
la Davidson Suoerior Cnnrt
Thursday the grand jury returned
not a true bill as to three others
in case vs. Crump, Frank Hair
ston, Lester Davis, Henry Charles
and Dave Leonard, charged with
conspiracy to kill and murder H.
Clay Grubbs and Clarence Thomp
son, on May 22, 1905, in Boone
township. Frank Hairston, one
vi me uckiucb. nas not oeen seen
since the shooting; Nat Crump,
the other, was convicted Tuesday.
The three white, men, Lester
Davis, Henry Charles aid Dave
Leonard were bound over by a
magistrate on a chareeof planning
and procuring Crump Hairston to
waylay and shoot Grubb and
Thompson. ,
HE MISSED THE WAGON
Capt. Brown, Yard Master, has
been upset lately on account of
cars first in the head and now in
the stomach. Thursday night st 7
o'clock he took a nap. While
asleep he dreamed that St. Peter
notlhed him to have all his force
ready at a certain hour that he
would be along to take hetn awav
irom nign roint. At the appoint
ed hour St. Peter came in a wa?on
and Capt. Brown was ready. He
was about to take a seat in the
wagon when he loot ed over on
the side track and saw about 30
furniture cars which had to b
placed. He hurried off with bis
crew to place the cars, but when
he returned St. Peter had departed.
capt. Brown wants the Enter
prise to interpret his dream-which
is easy enough: "If vou don't
mind out, Captain, this Question
of furniture cars will keep you
away from the pearly gates."
DELEGATION ATTEND FUNERAL
A delegation, from the Tr. Order
here, of about seventeen members
went to Graham Sunday to at
tend the funeral of Mr. T. T. TW-
land, whose illness was reported in
the Enterprise Saturday. Ur
Freeland was a steady, useful citi
zen and his death is deplored by
his numerous friends here.
Va. He could not eive the ranu
of the disaster, and the ambulance
was hnrried with him to the hos
pital. -
Prof. O. W. Carr. who has been
confined to his home at Trinity
most of the time for the past 18
months, died Sunday morning at
4 o'clock. During his confine
ment, especially during the last
few months of it, Prof. Carr has
been "almost on the other side,"
so thin was the veil between life
and death. Death was a relief to
his sufferings.
It was perhaps fifteen years ago
one morning, the first time we ever
saw Prof. Carr, and we shall never
forget his cordial greeting. He was
a man full of life and rAifoinn
mixed in with a sprinkli g of hu
mor wtich, when rightly direct
ed, helps religion and always had
a pleasant word for all. He was
kind hearted, sympathetic, liberal
and charitable. He was a man
who always looked on the bright
side of life if possible. We remem
ber a remark he made once to two
policeman who seemed to be busy
musing np some case, baid he;
"Why don't you have policemen
to look up all the good in the
world as well as the bad, as we had
rather see the good deeds aired in
a court house and talked through
the newspapers as this case you
have will be." We had never
heard the idea advanced before,
and it impressed us. We give this
incident to show how Prof. Carr's
thoughts ran. He wanted every
body to do well and regretted to
see anyone in trouble. He was
especially interested in young men;
he knew them. This came, per
haps, through many years expe
rience as Professor at Trinity Col
lege. In this position he was
capable as an officer and very pop
ular among the students.
Prof. Obed William Carr was
born in Duplin county, March 12
1833. He departed this life at 4
o'ctock on the morning of August
20, ,1905, aged 72 years, .5 months
and 8 days. He was married to
Miss Roxanna M. Leach, of Trin
ity, Bandolph county, who, with
three children, today mourn their
irreparable loss. The children
are: Mrs. Dred Peacock, of this
place; Mrs. James Pepper, oiTrin
ity. and Mr. Ernest R. Carr, of
this place. A sister and brother
also survive, both living in Duplin
county. Mr. Carr received his
early education at Sprunt Hill In
stitute, Duplin county, and his
degree at old Trinity College,
graduating during the war. when
he enlisted and erved as long as
his health would permit.
He suffered greatly with asthma
even during those times. Notwilb
standing all this affliction he was
always a ready and willing work
er. After the war was over Mr. Carr
returned to lrinity and when the
college was again in running or
der he accepted the chair of Greek.
Up to the time of his illness
Prof. Carr was at the head of a
successful insurance business in
Greensboro.
The funeral exercises were
held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock
and were nnder the supervision
of the Masonic Lodge of Greens
boro, of which the deceased was
a prominent member. The Greens
boro Lodge will be joined by the
lodge here.
The Enterprise extends sympa
thy to the bereaved family.
ALL AROUND
Call a girl a chick and she smiles:
call a woman a hen and she howls.
Call a young woman a witch and
she is pleased; call an old woman
a witch and she is indlenant. Call
a girl a kitten and she rather likes
it; call a woman a cat and she
hates you. Women are queer.
If you call a man a eav dnr it
will flatter him; call him a pup, or
a hound, or a cur, and he will try
to alter the map of your face. He
doesn't mind being called a bnll
or a besr; yet he wiil object to be
ing mentioned as a calf or cub.
Men are queer, too. London rn.
bits.
MRS. LEAK AT HOSPITAL
Mrs. D. S. Leak la t
boro at Dr. Long's Sanitorium
with the chances of ultimate ie
covery from her affliction. '