Greensboro Patriot.
JJSTABI-ISIIED 1821.
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THEPATEIOT,
Greensboro. N. C.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 1899.
By charging an admission fee to
the house in which Admiral Dewey
first saw the light.of day, the pres
ent owner is demonstrating the
ability of the Yankeerto mix thrift
and patriotism.
When civil government is estab
lished in Cuba the people should
have no trouble in selecting a po
litical party to their liking. There
are said to be no less than twelve
parties onthe island.
Senator Jones, chairman of the
Democratic national committee,
reads public sentiment aright when
he 8 aye that anti-imperialism will
be an important issue of the next
presidental campaign.
President McKinley. cordially
shook hands with Mr. Bryan when
they met in the West a few days
ago. About March 4th, 1901,
President Bryan may as cordially
shake hands with Mr. McKinley.
The fact that the Republican
campaign orators in Ohio this
year are begging the Republican
voters to uphold McKinley shows
conclusively that something is rot
ten in Denmark. It is a sad com
mentary on a president's political
integrity when it becomes neces
sary to implore his party men in
his own state to support him.
For once the farmers who grow
cotton are masters of the situation.
The short crops in Europe and In
dia, as well as in the South, can but
result in higher prices than have
been known for several years past.
Already it has gone past seven
cents, reaching almost eight on
some markets, and if the farmers
hold their cotton it will undoubt
edly go higher.
Brigham H. Roberts, who was
elected to congress from a Utah
district last fall, is preparing to
resist the fight that will be made
against him when congress meets
injDecember, In spite of the fact
that he is a bigamist, having three
living wives, he claims that he is
entitled to a seat in the house of
representatives, saying he was
lected fairly. This may be true,
but no people have a right to elect
a criminal to any office. When
congress assembles Roberts should
be turned out of the legislative
halls and placed in the peniten
tiary, where he belongs.
Last week we copied and com
mented on a paragraph from the
Oxford Public Ledger stating that
a colored woman had been placed
temporarily as one of the managers
of the sewing room in the Oxford
Orphan Asylumlo assist in teach
ing the orphan girls to sew. A
committee from Oxford Lodge No.
396, A. F. and A. M., investigated
the matter and found that, while
the woman in question had been
employed in the sewing room, it
was not for-the purpose of super
intending the work of the girls.
It appears that she was employed
to assist in the fall sewing.
The Republicans of Ohio are in
great straits. In a circular letter
sent out to the federal office-holders
of the country ,L asking for con
tributions to aid in the campaign
now being waged in that state, the
finance committee realizes and ac
knowledges that "a Democratic vic
tory in Ohio this fair would carry
with it almost full control of the
political machinery of the state
thus enabling the opposition to
entrench itself for the presidential
campaign of 1900." Every Repub
lican office-holder in North Caro
lina, as well as in other states, has
received one of these appeals for
financial assistance, and it is to be
presumed that the shekels are roll
incr Inrn the coffers of the Ohio
-
Republican executive committee
When the financial rating of the
head of the Republican party in
the United States, who is a citizen
of Ohio and deeply interested in
the result of the election, is con
sidered it seems rather strange that
appeals for help should be made to
Republicans of other states. Mark
Hanna must have mislaid the bung
starter.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.
What the Returns of the Taxpayers
of Guilford County for the
Present Year Show.
Everybody knows that Guilford is
one of the very best counties in the
state, but we daresay that many of our
own people are not fully aware of the
great progress made by the county in
recent years. We know that new en
terprises have sprung up here and
there to add to the industrial activity
of the community; that the price of
farming lands and other property has
advanced in many instances; that the
schools and colleges of Guilford are
better patronized than ever before, and
that a strong and growing sentiment
for permanent good roads exists. All
this is highly gratifying and tends to
add to the happiness and contentment
of the thrifty people of good old Guil
ford. An inspection of the tax books
of the county will show that this im
provement and progress is founded on
a solid basis an increased value of the
taxable property. The real and per
sonal property, incomes and bank
stock returned for taxation last June
amounted to $7,524,453, an increase of
$568,744 over the assessment of 1898.
This is a most gratifying increase and
there are few counties that can make
a better showing, when the population
is taken into account. Of the aggre
gate amount returned for taxation
$7,320,792 was returned by the white
people and $203,661 by the colored peo
ple. The three townships making the
highest returns are the following:
Morehead, $1,879,542; Gilmer, $1,854,-
229; High Point, $1,196,788. From this
it will be seen that these three town
ships pay more than five-eighths of the
taxes paid In the county, while More
head and Gilmer lack but a small sum
of paying one-half. jj
The following are the total amounts
of the several classes of taxable prop
erty, as returned in June of the pres
ent year: If
Polls .. . ...$ 5,144
Land 2,322,644
Town lots 2,368,212
Horses............. 103,921
Mules 73,905
Jacks and Jennets........... 65
Cattle....... ..... . 82,168
Hogs 24,830
Sheep 2,947
Farming utensils ; . . . . 67,6$3
Mechanics' tools 8.694
Household and kitchen f ur. . . 165.416
Provisions 31,807
Firearms 4.991
Libraries 13,477
Scientific instruments 4 013
Money on hand 7 127.142
Solvent credits 736,991
incorporated companies. .... 147,156
(.Totriui
To'iacCO
Brandy
Musical Instruments.
Bicycles
Silverware. ........
Watches ....... . . ............
AH other property. . .
6,175
28,424
1,807
23,395
5,853
2,707
1S.884
859,424
Total real and personal prop.$7,279,903
Incomes 40,750
Bask stock 203,800
Grand total. $7,524,453
This does not include the assessment
of railroad property, which has not
been returned for taxation this year Ion
account of the suits pending between
the corporation commission and sev
eral railroads of the state to determine
upon what ratio of valuation taxes
shall be paid.
Wanted: .Purchasers for new or
second hand iron safes.vault doors, etc.
We exchange large for small safes,
will buy your second hand safes Itor
cash. We put' on new combination
locks and do all kind of expert repair
work. Our prices are the .lowest.
v O. B. Barnes & Co
Greensboro, X. C. f j
by
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident, is narrated
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, as fol
low : I was in an awful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en, tongue coated, pain continually in
back and sides, no appetite, growing
weaker day by day. Three physicians
bad given me up. Then I was advised
to use Electric Bitters; to my great
joy, the first bottle made a decided im
provement. I continued their use (for
three weeks, and am now a well man.
I know they robbed the grave of an
other victim." No one should fall to
try them. Only 50c, guaranteed vat
nouon 8 arug store.
Bold and Systematic Bobber Ar
rested. The police officers interfered with a
bold and 'systematic robbery when
they arrested L. Eugene Epps late
last Friday afternoon on a warrant
charging-him with stealing cotton
goods from the Southern Finishing
and Warehouse Company. -The goods
were the property of Proximity Man
ufacturing Company, having been fin
ished by the first named concern, in
whose warehouse they were stored.
The accused had been an employe of
the finishing mills until quite recent
ly, but no suspicion rested upon him
until shortly before his arrest.
Since the first of September ging
hams, plaids and denims have been
missed from the warehouse at various
times, and it was evident that the rob
ber was familiar with the surround
ings and conducted his bold scheme
systematically. Epps would enter the
warehouse at night, steal the goods
and store them away until he could
have an opportunity of disposing of
them. He sold portions of his booty
to Thacker & Brockmann, Harry &
Belk Brothers Company, Rankin &
Hod gin and W. H. Dalley.. To these
gentlemen he represented himself as
a country merchant anxious to dis
pose of his stock, saying he was clos
ing out his business with the inten
tion of removing to West Virginia.
He offered the goods at such aston
ishingly low prices that little trouble
was encountered in disposing of them.
When arrested he had a quanity of
denims and plaids stored away in Mr.
Dailey's store. ' The value of the stolen
goods will amount to five or six hun
dred dollars, and probably more.
Epps was given a preliminary hear
ing before 'Squire Eckel Monday
morning at 9.30 o'clock and bound
over to court. The goods were identi
fied as a portion of those stolen from
the Southern Finishing and Ware
house Company and the merchants
who boueht the goods testified as to
their transactions with the defendant
Being unable to give the bond of $500
required by Justice Eckel, the accused
was placed in jail to await the next
term of Superior court.
Coming.
A. K. Hawkes, the famous Atlanta
optician, direct from tbe home office
of this great Optical House, or one of
his practical opticians, will remain a
the store of his agent, Jno. B. Fariss,
druggist, for four days only, beginning
November 1st. This will give the citi
zens of Greensboro and vicinity a rare
opportunity of having their eye sight
tested free by one of the most renown
ed as well as reliable opticians in the
United States.
Mr. Hawkes has all the modern ap
pliances for the scientific adjustment
of spectacles and eye glasses to tbe eye.
There is no optician in the United
States who enjoys the confidence of
the people more than Mr. Hawkes.
His name is a familiar word through
out a section of the country-inhabited
by over twenty-five millions of people.
Mr. Hawkes has probably fitted glasses
to the eyes of more people of national
and international fame than any other
optician living. His wonderful success
is due to his superior grade of glasses,
and to the confidence tbe people have
in his ability as a practical optician.
This firm was established in 1870,
nearly thirty years ago.
call early as he will positively re
main but four days! as he has other
engagements for later dates. Caution
These famous glasses are never peddled.
Some years ago a negro by the
name or Had ley separated from hit
wife here and went to tbe eastern part
of the state, carrying with him their
little girl. While living in the east he
died and left the child to the care of
his brother, John Had ley, who lives in
Greensboro. The little girl's mother
lives in Moore county, and learning
that her daughter was in Greensboro,
she came up Monday, accompanied by
a Moore county officer, and took the
child from her brother-in-law. John
did not like the idea of giving up his
charge and followed the party to
Pleasant Garden, where be took the
child from her mother and returned to
Greensboro, the mother and the Moore
county officer also returning. Arriv
ing here, the matter was laid before a
magistrate, who dismissed the case.
The mother again obtained possession
of the child in some way, and yester
day returned to her home in Moore
county with the little girl,
-Seed Wheat For Sale. We have
75 bushels of Russian Red and 125
bushels of Improved Ktvett Seed Wheat
for sale at 95 cents per busheL This
seed Is pure and clean.
Neelley Bros.,
42-3t. Pleasant Garden.
STATE NEWS.
There are- now fifty camps of
United Confederate Veterans in
North Carolina.
Ed. Straughan, a printer, was
run over and; killed by.a train in
Raleigh Monday night. He was
drinking.- .
Ex-Governor TEHas Carr, who
has been seriously ill at his home
in Edgecombe county, is rapidly
improving.
Rev. William S. Lacy, a well
known and greatly beloved Pres
byterian minister, died in Raleigh
last Saturday.
Miss Katie S. Gause, a highly
esteemed young lady of Wilming-
wu, it i o uiu nucu iu t pUilU
that city yesterday.
A little colored girl
ing a pasture of Mr. Morrow, near
Saxapahaw one day last week
when she was attacked by a vicious
boar, which came very Jnear killing
her. Her flesh was terribly cut
and torn by his tusks. Graham
Tribune.
near
was I cross-
GREENSBORO MARKET REPORT.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
JOHN J. PHOENIX.
wholesale Receivers and Shippers of
uouniry rrouuee.
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Scrap Iron Wanted.
We will buy all your old castings.
wrought iron, plow steel, brass
copper. Will pay highest prices.
G. T. Glascock & Son, -tf.
Greensboro, X. G.
and
. A special to The Raleigh News
and Observer says that W. T.
Adams, ex-president of the Farm
ers' Alliance and former Demo
cratic representative from Gran
ville county, has been brought to
Oxford and put in jail for threat
ening the life of his wife; also for
threatening to burn the property
and shooting at the house of Dr.
Cozart, to which his wife had fled
for protection. . j
- BUYING PRICES.
Beeswax ...... to
Chickens old per lb r. . ! !
Large spring chickens lb...
Small spring chickens lb . .
Eggs ......... .....I.......
Feathers .........
Hides dry . .......
Green
Oats...
Sheep Skins..,.. L. ....1530
22
5
6
12
7
Tallow...
Wheat.
Wool washed ' J. .... . .
Unwashed ...... J
Dried Fruits
Apples lb
Berries lb J
Peaches, pared, lb J
corn, new..
Flaxseed
Onions
Potatoes Irish, new
Sweet J
Rags Cotton J
Bones lb....;....
Cow Feed.
If you want something that
will make your cow give lots
of rich milk send your orders
to me. I have it. New CroD
COTTON SEED MEAL and
HULLS.
G. W. DENNY,
111 East Market Street.
Albert B. Cannady,
I! :
ATTORNEY ASD COUNSELLOR IT LAW.
GREENSBORO. N. C.
The Right1 Sort.
They have been in business to please
their patrons; they know how to dolt;
they will please you every time and
prices the lowest, at I
The Tom Rice Jewelry Co.
Trying to locate the insurgents around Manila. Not
an army so scattered, but Uncle Sam has enough
demoralize the whole fix. Why, you take in the
pecially this portion of the moral vineyard since
MarFy-Belk
HI i
accuitnn.r.
ldierg over ti., I
commercial ice.'?
BroSrCo
Landed, and it is out of the question to even find unriKu-.i..
to tne lour winds. Like Unci .
necsssary. to climb atrM!
Not
the whole business
carrying everything before us.
which way the masses are going, but just take your tand almost i-rv I
you will see them flocking into our establishment by the hundredi i 1 lJ
wonder breaking off the prices so close to the cost of making Eve- tli 1
facturers are wondering how we do it. 'Keeping values up and prfca i 1
good platform surely from which to wage a successful VARFR for T '
Prices powerful In their smallness. Listen 1 Ladies'-Button Shoes uil
pair, Men's Gaiters, 50c and 98o; Suit ot Clothes, $2 48 ; Mcintosh OW
98c ; 25o Dress Goods at 15c ; 5c Calico, 2$c ; Suspenders, oc ; Work
Undershirt, lOo ; and each of the following articles only ONE CENT
Paper, 25 Envelopes, 4 Boxes Matches. 1 Spool Thread. Paner Pir.
aiccuib3 auu (nuusanus oi ubqiui arncies at same price,
f - Trot right along with the rest of the folks to
HARRT-BELK BROS,
CHEAPEST STORE ON EARTH,
225 SOUTH ELM ST.,
K..of P. BULDIi';
J. F. JORDAN,
7 jl. yii
Jordan & Macdonald,
X2ST
Greensboro City and Suburban Prop
Manufacturing sites. Acreage adjoioiDg the citv ia;s
tracts to suit purchasers. Farms and farm icg land?, if
lands, and tracts adapted to colonization purposes in Gc,
county. Special attention given to locating people ircn j
Northern States. Best of connections North aud Soatn. Cj
respondence with home-seekers solicited.
JORDAN & MACDONALD,
10G SOUTH ELM STREET. GREEXSBOIO, X. C.
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mmm &
IniTSfitt." DRY-: GOODS: AND:
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Prices Talk !
We don't claim to have the cheapest goods
sold, but we do sav THERE IS NO FIRM
WHO WILL SELL YOU GOOD RELIABLE
GOODS FOR LESS MONEY THAN WE
WILL. Our store is full of New Goods
Our Prices are Right !
nd
Johhspif f lorsettp PiiiiiL