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0 fOl 'rS- GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1899. j j N0 . 7. i ri. 1 T il 0& 11 I -W 1 r ,rrqSlONAJLi uaiuo. ajuooj xmxio x&xijuo. ounaaj a naieia ews ana uo- n w ad a o l u ! Xi xlxw A raiUAEY TOIXOHROW -TZr M i U Dr. Benbow went to Raleigh Sat- ffSlCHARBSON. v " i iilL j . We learn that a bank will be I Y T" r i establfthed at Madison. kATZ BTTILDZNO. 615 W, GASTON ST. f P. BEALL, H. D., PHYSICIAN ANDSURGtD I. . fFICriS UNCri : fWsheboro St. AnnrS:il:3Qtbl;3tb4:30. L. STAMET, M. D. nr. J. J. BRYAN V,bis profionl servicfeato the Zn Wfl. S: MISS! DSTJQ ISTOEE. bVrmM DKKllOW HOUSE.! v L H r If CHE Dr. J. E. V. 1 i :isTTCiT. ng Hank Building, v5ontWltlm "eet, Greenoboro, N. C. j. ;H. WHEELER, - II - " 1 OFFICE: Op A. M. Wirds Drug Store. SCALE! I4fnii I fin ;M aisu uuuiiodiiui . at luhj GREENSBORO, N. C. 15CB.ADlHk IJUQS- & - - i - Attorneys, i Robert l. Douglas.- DOUGLAS, at 1 Lw, BiKK BUILDING, St XG & Green slxiro,N.C. . NEWMN, r . , ! i A'.tcnisjs ana Cojonsellors: at &aw. r - (.RE KksBUKO N. C. . j twe in Stat Hndl Federal Courts wher- Miice over vtwt in state kndt Federal Cou 'f ftor -ervr-es ai( lesirel. O ' 'lrujf Ktoic, oipite Itenbow 1 itmm, w.r.W 'SUM, BYNUB1 ioqcou: Louse. M,JB., Z.Y.TAYLOR. Counsellors at ' T. .10 & TAYLOR, W. B. BEACHAM, ect r. -"See in Oil and Builder. Tiellows Build In jr. N. C. -THE u HNSQN, HKEN'SBORO : I SPECIALIST, ;lO 1 h elm s: niiiiition Ftoe. 8 aL nho J1.30 p. m., 2; to 6 p. m. - ii trar's Son EBT AND ADJUSTER. '.k v ,-,lf;ctor of therri Eailway ficiW wAnted!every. w'ii! t ry the Philippines" 16 TWlk H 1 1 Mrlan- to th5 War D. mill:. ax Monpium, lido. and in Bon an - I u;4 ;''Pia w,th. lewej, hu KLnt. f,aU?' ManiiaTBon k rr!'ti , h;, wKinai pictures Wa.4 1 fi ! "if Freight f,Outfl erP trwhyl unofficial mc. J r" corner oppo- Solicitor Brooks is attending Chat ham court at Pittsboro this week. Another meeting of the friends of the dispensary will be held at the court house tonight. Editor Hammer, of the Asheboro Courier, was here Saturday on his re turn from Raleigh. -; A defective flue came near causing a serious conflagration at the Benbow House one evening last week. On account of the severe weather, work in the city graded schools was suspended Monday and Tuesday. Two good second-hand buggies, 1 dray, 1 one-horse wagon, all nearly new, at Townsend's. Will be sold at a bargain. - 6-2t Mr. Charles Pearson, a prominent architect of Raleigh, was in the city last week prospecting with a view to locating here. Last, week $456,000 were deposited in Charlotte banks as a part of the pro ceeds of the rectnt sale of the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad. - Sheriff Gilmer was In Raleigh last week looking in on the legislature. Six years ago he was a member of the house of representatives. -Mr. C. G. Prltchett died at his home, two miles east of Greensboro, Thursday morning and was buried at Mt. Pleasant church Friday. A number of our people claim to have felt a distinct earthquake shock shortly before 5 o'clock Monday morn ingseveral being awakened by it. A statement of the condition of the People's Savings Bank appears In this Issue. This Is one of our soundest financial Institutions, and its affairs are in a prosperous condition. : While chasing a prisoner in the dark one night last week Constable Dave Scott ran against a wire clothes line and narrowly escaped serious in j ury, though he captured his man. Mr. George Merris died at his home near Guilford College Monday afterneon at the advanced age of eighty-five years. He was a most es timable gentleman and will be missed from the community. . The following Greensboro gentle men are among those appointed mar shals for the Newborn Fish and Oyster Fair, which opens on the 20th inst. : R. S. Mebane, John Cator, Charles L Andrews and Dr. J. H. Wheeler. - Mr. C. L. Tucker, of Pleasant Gar den, who has been suffering from a se vere attack of appendicitis, is improv ing. An operation was performed Monday and we are glad to know that he is now on the road to recovery. Salt fish have advanced, but we have a fine barrel of white. fish and mullets that we offer at the old price: White flab, 3 cents a pound; mullets, 7 cents. Low price by the barrel. T Hi att & Lamb. Liberty Register : Mr. John Ellis reports the greatest gain In hog flesh we have ever heard of. He penned a bog that his neighbors guessed to weigh 150 pounds and in eight weeks time he killed it and It weighed 312 pounds." The young man Link confined In jail for forgery wat visited Thursday by his father,, J. C. Link, of Davidson county. He came with a view to se curing the release of his son, but failed to make up the bond, being unable to justify for the required sum. We are under renewed (?) obliga tions to those friends who have made promises of long standing to pay off their Indebtedness with wood. It is unfortunate that those promises will not keep us warm during this severe weather. Last Friday was the one hundred and eighteenth anniversary of General Greene's retreat from Guilford Court House before Lord Cornwallis. We are told by history that It was an ex ceedingly severe winter, and. in that particular history is justiow repeat ing Itself. , Last week we mentioned the fact that two negroes had been arrested for stealing goods from a Reidsvllle store. Since then two more Hamp. Ferrall and Will Jlargraves have been ar rested for the same offence. The four thieves are now in Rockingham jail awaiting trial. ! T-The personal property and real es state of the late J W. Stewart will be sold at public auction on the 23rd Inst. The farm lies about ten miles south east of Greensboro and Is in a good tate of cultivation. See the notice of Sunday's Raleigh News and Ob server: Mr. W. G. Randall, of Greens boro, Is in the city. His reputation as a portrait painter has grown beyond State borders. His last work was a fall life size portrait of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, for the Peabody Normal College at Nashville, Tenn." . j Mr. W. D. Klrkman, agent for the heirs of the late Peter F. Klrkman, will sell, on March 17th. several tracts of valuable land and a lot of personal property. The sale will be held at the late residence of the deceased. For a full description see notice of sale In this Issue. Rankin, Chlsholm, Stroud & Rees advertise trunks and valises this week of which they have !a full and up-to-date line of honest prices. The mack intoshes advertised by this firm recent ly have been greatly in demand, but they still have few which will be sold at the prices advertised. 'Representative Kennett, who was a member of the educational committee here from the legislature Sunday, spent the Sabbath with his family at Pleas ant Garden. Senator Wilson, who was a member of the same committee, went to Morganton Saturday night on a visit to his wife, who is visiting her parents at that place. I Waynesville Courier: Rev. 8. H. HillUrd has purchased a large; farm near Canton, and expects to sow and reap in this field as well as in the gos pel field. He Is building an up-to-date log cabin which he hopes to en joy dur ing the summer months." Mr.Hilllard is remembered as the popular pastor of West Market Street Methodist church ( -! 1 i in this city for four years. Last Thursday Mr. Charlie Hunt, son of Mr. John Hunt, of Friendship township, was kicked on the head by a mule,-sustaining a fracture of the skull. The wound was quite serious. necessitating a surgical operation, which was performed by Dr. Mlchaux, of this city, and Dr. Roberson, of Guil ford College. We trust the young man will soon recover. I : I - h1 '-. I . Last night at 12 o'clock the C. F. & Y. V. railroad went under the con: trol of the Atlantic Coast Line and the road will henceforth be known as the Atlantic and Yadkin, f Mr. J. F. Post, Jr secretary and treasurer of the new road, was here yesterday attending to some business connected with! , the transfer. The employes of the road do not as yet know whether they will re- the tain their positions under management. Last Friday a mule belonging new to an old colored man of this city- was discovered in a most pitiable condition. The animal was almost frozen and had been without food for some time. I An 1 t - officer went around to arrest the own er, who said he bad no place to keep the mule where it could be protected from the severe weather and no money with which to buy food. To escape prosecutioa he offered to give the mule away and a gentleman from the coun try accepted the gift, j For some time the members of a certain family In this city have been greatly annoyed by the frequent re ceipt of annonymoua letters of a most scurrilous and obscene nature, i The matter was reported to the police and resulted in the arrest of Annie Wright, the colored cook of the family. ; She was given a hearing Friday afternoon and bound over to court under a bond of $200, in default of which she was placed In jail. The offence Is a most serious one and a long: term In the pen itentiary will probably be her portion. A friend writes the Patriot to know If the thermometer has register ed below zero In North Carolina within the past fifty years. Our memory doesn't run back quite that far, but from the best information we can ob tain zero weather has prevailed on numerous occasions during the past half-century. We are told that the winter of 1857 was one of the , coldest ever experienced in this country, a heavy snow lying on the ground during the months of January and February and all the streams being frozen over. If our memory is not at fault the mer cury was as low as twelve degrees be low zero eight or ten years ago, re maining so only a short while. Mon day night it registered from, two to three degrees blow, and we tppose the present cold snap Is of long - dura tion than any for some years page. j , ' Earliest Potatoes Known.! 1 If you want to strike aa early market and consequently a-high price for your potatoes, plant the very earliest varie ties. 1 have three or four of these varieties which are fall grown and very fine for seed. Can be had at M. S.Jeff reys', 511 South Elm street. . 7-3t ! W. L. Kivbtt. . i : - - - . . : : . Take Kodak a snap shot on all head The Great Snow Storm in This "Land of Perpetual Spring." The weather we have been called on to endure within the past few days Is almost unprecedented in this sec tion. It is true the thermometer has at times dropped lower, but there have been few times when the snow has been so heavy or the cold wave so unexpected or of such long duration. The cold had been intense for some days, extending over all sections of the country, as will be seen from a pe rusal of oar telegraphic news. This condition was caused, we are U old, by the rapid southerly movement of the northwestern high a era, such a move ment being greatly accelerated by the easterly progress of the Gulf disturb ance, to which is attributable the heavy snowfall. It began snowing here about noon Saturday and continued almost inces santly for about forty-eight hours. reaching an average depth of about fifteen inches. In many places the drifts were several feet deep. All this of course seriously .interfered with travel and caused business to be prac tically suspended for the time being. The malls were all late Sunday, and Monday trains on the Southern stop ped running for the first time in twen ty years. The local passenger was the only train which came in from the north and it was several hours late. The vestibule, the fast mail and the Florida special were annulled, as it was impossible for them to plough through the great mass of snow. As soon as it cleared up hundreds of men were put to work clearing the track. Efforts to run trains on the C. F. & Y. V. road were equally futile. The main line trains were snowbound at Wil mington and Mt. Airy, while the Ram- seur train was detained at this place. Monday an effort was made to take a freight to Summerfleld for wood, but it was impossible to even get the en gine out of the yard.. Coming as it did, the blizzard was a great discomfort to all our people. The supply of wood and coal was short and it seemed as if we were to be fro zen out in fact for once. The town was literally snowed under and the only thing a person could do with any de gree of comfort was to remain indoors and burn what little fuel he chanced to have on hand. Despite its Incon veniences, the snow is doubtless a bles sing in disguise. It will be specially beneficial to farmers, for it is said a heavy snow is always helpful to the grain crop. We axe also tola that num erous snows during a winter are-the forerunners of a long and hot summer. SO let -os content ourselves and be thankful for what we have received. Helping the Needy. The extremely severe waather of the past few days caused much suffering and distress among the poor of the city, and had not measures for their relief been promptly taken the result might have been most serious in many in stances. Sunday committees were ap pointed from the various churches to look up destitute cases and collections were taken to aid them. -The commit tees acted in conjunction with the city authorities and other private citizens and worked faithfully through the bit ing cold and blinding snow in locating needy persons in different sections of the city. The cold weather of last week had placed these poor people in distressing circumstances and many of them were found to be sufferiog from actual want. Our people responded nobly to the call for relief and contributed liberally. Supplies were sent to the mayor in abundance and all day Monday his of fice presented the appearance of a com missary store. The office was thronged by those seeking relief and drays were kept busy supplying those who were unable to present themselves for help. Whilr there was no trouble in supply ing the demand for groceries, it was a different matter in regard to fuel. The prolonged cold weather bad almost ex hausted the supply of coal and wood on band and It was with tbe greatest difficulty that wood was procured at all. The railroads brought in a lot of I j c cross ties Saturday, which, in addition to several car loads of wood secured, was distributed where it was most needed, very little of it being sold. It is impossible to estimate tbe amount of money collected and sup plies donated, but it was considerable. It is a demonstration of tbe fact that our people always stand ready to lend a helping hand to the poor and needy. Such work Is practical Christianity and a true index of a people's nobility of character. cam- Bedford's Anti-Pain Plasten Guaranteed to relieve weak back. Sold by Jno. B. Farias, druggist, 121 South The Dispensary Hatter Will be Set tled and Then the Agony Will be Over. With the exception of the late paign, nothing in recent years has oc casioned so much general interest as the present discussion of the dispen sary matter. People who are not ac customed to taking an active Interest In public matters are bestirring them selves aa if the salvation and future happiness of the community depended upon the solution ef this question ac cording to their way of thinking, jit Is a strange fact, but true nevertheless, that whenever the whiskey business is being agitated it arouses the energy and enthusiasm of people as nothing else can. . j ! . Ai stated In our last issue, a bill for the establishment of a dispensary for the city of Greensboro was introduced in tbe state senate some days ago. The advocates of the measure have been organized and actively engaged for some weeks in keeping the matter before the people and working lup a sentiment In favor of the dispensary. Last Thursday a delegation composed of quite a number of the city's influen tial business and professional men went to Raleigh and appeared before the joint committee on propositions aud grievances in behalf of the bi ll. Several speeches were made, both pro and con, and at the suggestion of Sen ator Wilson It was decided to leavi the matter to be decided by the white qualified voters of the city in a pri mary election. The matter was ac cordingly laid before the board of al dermen Friday night, that body call ing a primary to be held In the erand jury room of the court house tomorrow and appointing Messrs. P. j D. Price, B. E. Sergeant and T. T. Brooks as pollholders. It will be understood that this primary is not a regular elec tion and not legally binding, being called only to ascertain the will of the people in regard to the -dispensary. This will iclve our representatives In the legislature a better understanding of the case and enable them to more intelligently dispose of the matter.! I The calling of the primary aroused tbe opposition and caused them to take their bearings. A meeting was held at the Benbow House Saturday morn ing to formulate some plan of action. Quite a number attended and several speeches were made and numerous suggestions offered. They adjourned to meet in the court house Monday night, tbe call for the meeting being signed bytabout eighty -persons. The meeting was held accordingly, but! on account of the severe weather it Was not so largely attended as it probably otherwise would have been. . Mr. W, Giles Mebane acted as chairman, with Mr. J. L. Fonda as secretary. Mr. R. R. King addressed tbe-assem-bly, setting forth their object In meet ing, etc. He claimed that It was be yond the province of the aldermen to call the primary and that tbe same was unwarranted and illegal. He contend ed that whisky drinking is steadily de creasing and that there is no necessity for a dispensary. " He was followed by Maj. Charles M. Stedman, who thought a dispensary would do great harm to Greensboro In asmuch as it would destroy, to a cer tain extent, local self government, of which we beard so much In the late campaign. The action of the chair men of the Democratic and Republican eounty executive committees in sign ing an address saying the matter was not to be construed as a political move was premature, he said, as ; it was jim- nnaslbla to keen such, matters out of politics. He thought the primary was unfair and Illegal and that our repre sentatives should keep "hands off (Un til they have heard what the people have to say on tbe matter. Mr. D. Schenck, Jr., made a short speech, saying there was some doubt In his mind as to the moral ability of the legislature to pass the bill inj Its present shape. He also thought it a matter of serious concern to tbe Dem ocratic party as It would have a tend ency to stir up strife and create oaq feeling. He termed the bill afccrankyf measure and thought its enactment would place Greensboro at a serious disadvantage with other towns In North Carolina which are seeking to interest capitalists. At hi mnrluilon Jud?e Snencer B. Adams was called for and responded bv giving his personal experience In regard to the liquor traffic. He argued the question from a moral stanapoin contending that If it is wrong for liq uor to be sold In barrooms it Is wrong for a city or town to engage In the business. rfr r.tr Cone expressed himself as being as strongly opposed to drunk oat snness as any man In Greensboro, thought the proposed law would cur tail personal liberty. He thought there were other things more obnoxious than whiskey and that just now there were many other matters that might be dis cussed with more advantage to Greens boro. The next speaker was Mr. Moses H. Cone, who characterized the proposi tion to establish a dispensary as "cold blooded and unchristian." He claimed that the most satisfactory way to reg ulate the whiskey business was by high license and proper police restrictions, saying that a dispensary would in crease rather than deorease drinking. Assurance had been given hlm.he said, that the measure would not be allowed to go through the legislature without, a proposition for submitting it to the people for final settlement, and tho present course being parsued waa therefore unfair to the opposition. n argued the question from a business point or view, saying the enactment of a dispensary law would be detrimental to the business interests of the city of Greensboro. At the conclusion of Mr. Cent's speech resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted protestlnr against the manner of calling the pri mary and advancing arguments against the establishment of the dlsoensarv. These resolutions will be circulated for signatures and presented to the legis lature in the form of a petition when the matter again comes before that body. A resolution was also adopted setting forth the fact that It was the sense of the meeting that those op posed to the dispensary refrain from voting in the primary tomorrow. Inas much as the same is "without warrant and Illegal,'' Mrs.CC. Go rre 11 will open a train ing school on March 1st, 1899, for those who wish to prepare themselves for positions in millinery establishments. For particulars call on. or address Mrs. C. C. Gorrkll, N 109' W. Market St, 6-3t Greensboro, N. C. Bedford's Anti-Pain Plasters Relieve rheumatism. Sold Jy Jno. B. Farias, druggist. m m Another New Enterprise. Greensboro continues to mo?e on ward and upward. The latest enter prise reported in the city's growth and development is the location hereof a mammoth plant for the manufacture of qanton flan del. It is announced as a certainty that the factory will be built during the coming spring. The com pany, which: Is beaded by Messrs. E. and H. Sternberger, of South Carolina, has an authorized capital of $000,000, of which amount $300,000 has already been paid in. We understand that Northern capitalists are largely Inter ested in this enterprise and that the company was induced to locate at Greensboro through tbe Influence of of the Messrs. Cone, who have contrib uted so largely to the material pros perity of our city.' Canton flannel js a fabric not now nyinafactured In the South, and the establishment and future development of this factory will be watched with interest. We are confident that a more suitable location could not have been found In tbe entire South, and tbe ex tensive scale on which it will be oper ated, backed by ripe experience and unlimited eapital, will insure success from the beginning. Tbe concern will give employment to a large number of people and will add stability to tbe rapid growth of Greensboro. , If the present rate of increase con tinues the commercial development of this city during tbe present year will be very great, possibly greater than during any like period in the past. The location of manufacturing pianta and wholesale concerns here during the past few years has been most re markable, and It Is this kind of growth that gives our town a position of prom inence in thecommercial world. With unsurpassed natural advantages' and unexcelled educational institutions, to gether with citizens of push, energy and enthusiasm, tbe future Is Indeed bright for Greensboro and Guilford county. I- . J. ' How's This7 We offer One HundredHDollari Reward for; any cof Catarrh that can not be cured ly Hall's Catarrh Core.- F. J. C I EN ETA CO., Prop- Toledo, O. We the nndertiKBed, kare known F. for the !at 13 years, and beliete him perfectly honorable in all biwmesa transactions and finan cially able to carry out any oblationa made by wSrATiiri, Wholesale Draffiri'ts. Toledo, O. wit DWoTKiiniAX Maetw, Wholesale Dn.- iltir.tir?h S UUkea internally, actinr directly upon the blood and raucous t r fares theVT.tem. Fnce Te. per bottle. Sold by aU Drueit. ' eatimooials free. Business Opportunities. Opportunities for small Investors to loan money on mortgages secured by guaranty. Piedmont Realty Guaranty Co. I r f i t saltan this Issue, 'j aches ana neuralgia iuc. 'Elm street.
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