VOL. 8S.
!V,:
GREENSBORO, N. C.f AVE D WES DAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1907.
no. t
s
f)s W. J. RICHARDSON
office:
KATZ BUILDING.
" . -V. s -' t j
tSIDEN.CE: 318 WEST JQ ASTON ST.
L. Stamcy. M. D. I J. H. Boylcs. MrD.
STAMEY 6 BOYLES
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
nror their prof essional services to the people
ui yt- - -
, rx-oi- TTlTna 'nruir Store. -
1,11 308X South Elm Street. Phone 69.
Dr J;.E. WYCHE
DENTIST
CfrlCE IN SAVINGS BANKBLDG
UTH CLM T., ttRKNfiiORO, H. C.
Di; M. F. FOX:
PHYSICIAN AND SURGON
CUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C.
Dr. E. A. BURTON
DENTIST
Office oyer R. P. Gorrell's Dry Goods Store,
South Elm St.
C. W. BANNER, M. D,
OPPOSITE M'ADOO HOUSB. 1
Practice Umited to the Eye. Ear. Nose
&nd Throat. '"'-'''l -
Cfftoe Hours-9 A. M. to 1 P. M.; 2.30 P. M. to
RM? Sunday. 9 to 10.30 A. M. given to the
worthy poor. ,
Dr J. J. HILTON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
GREENSBORO, N. C. f
, Offloe Third Floor Galloway Drug Company
ourK From 9 to II A. M., and 3 to 5 P. M.
White Oak office at .White Oak Hotel ,
Office Phone 30.
- Residence Phone 390.
- Dr. W. P. Reaves
Twt Tears House Surtreon New Orleans Eye,
Ear, Nose and Throat. Hospital. J j
Practice Limited to Diseases and Sur
gery qf tkt Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat.
Hours 1 30 to 5 P. M. '
MeAdoo Building. -:- .,-Next to POstofBce.
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB
DENTIST
Offioe over Sykes Drug CJompany.
Phone 793.-
. V. TAYLOR.
J. I. SCALES.
Taylor & Scales
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW "':.
" GREENSBORO, H . C.
itooert M. Douglas. Robert D. Douglas.
DOUGLAS & DOUGLAS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
8 itftyfl In Greensboro Loan and Trust Bid.
THOMAS C. HOYLE
ATORNEY AT LAW "
- iXsj Curt Square, GREEHSBORO, H. C.
cvoial attention given to collections. "Loans
fcftroUatod. ,
Robert C. Strudwick
ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
MS Court Sauare, GREEKSE0R0, Hf. C.
.F. P. HOBGOOD, Jr.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OfSioe in Wright Building, Opposite
Court House, Greensboro
E. D. Kuykendall.
S. Glenn Brown.:
Kuykendall O Brown
ATTOENfiYS AT LAW
Kooma 300 aud 301, City Nat'l Bank Bldg.
Levi M. Scott.
Chas. E. McLean.
SCOTT & McLEAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Ottice: 111 Court Square, Greenshoro.IT.C.
GEORGE M. PATTON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
- ' Tr, :..S'.-;.-
Roooo. 7 Greensboro Loan and Trust
Company Building.
: Yager Liniment for man or beast.
Fresh garden seeds now at Howard
Gardner's.
Mr. JR. JR. King is confined to his
home bjr a slight indisposition.
Ten styies of disc and epqe harrows
atTownsend & Co. 's. Lowest prices
in. town. , . S-8t.
Mrs. J. B. Stroud. and children have
returned from a visit A to relatives in
Alamance county. . , -
Mr. Waiter F. Bandy is at St. Lbo'b
hospital suflering with the prevailing
malady la grippe. , v " : -
Senator Holt yesterday introduced a
bill in the legislature to incorporate
the town of Stokesdale. r
Mrs. M. Lit Sherwood ia quite sick at
herome on West Gaston street. The
infirmities of age bave'overtaken her.
;';:V? Jr ' .-' " .:'
A Dot her car of the celebrated Vulcan
plQws on the track for Townsend &Co.
The third one this winter they go like
hot cakes; " , t w.
Rev., W. M( Curtis, secretary and
treasurer of Greensboro Female Col
lege, has returned from a visit to Mt.
Airy and 1 km. : j - L-if ).
Rev. A. G. Kirk man is still con fined
to his room. A slight rise of tempera
ture every day prevents him from re
gaining his strength. ; j" ;
Cotton and wool rags advanced to.
one cent. Fifty thousand pounds
wanted. Best spring rat add mouse
traps I ever.saw. W S. Moore.
The family of Rev. Melton Clark,
the new pastor of the First' Presby
terian church, is expected to . arrive in
Greensboro from South Carolina tomor
row night. ' ' :..
Mr. S.'J. Kaufman is in Alexandria,
Va., to attend the marriage of his sis
ter, Miss Rena Kaufman and Mr.
Raymond Blumenfield tomorrow. lie
will extend his trip to New York.
Today is the beginning of the Lenten
season, in commemoration of Christ's
fast of 40 days. Easter will come on
March Slstwhich s the flrst JSunday
after .lhei. first full -moonafter, March
2i8t4""-:" ,
The taking of testimony in the Har
din bankruptcy, case, on trial in the
United States District court, was com
pleted Saturday, since which time
court, has been hearing argument of
counsel, -
Mr. C. P. Vanstory left last night for
Baltimore and New York to consult
specialists in regard to the condition of
his health, which has been very poor
for some time. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Vanstory.
M. H. L. Hopkins, Southern man
ager for the Atlantic Refining Com
pany, of Cleveland, Ohio, hajs returned
fiom a business trip to Cuba. It .was
his intention to visit Jamaica alfo, but
the Kingston earthquake caused him
to defer that part of the trip.
Mr. H. D. Moffltt died at his home
on Wesi Lee street Saturday night,
aged 48 years. The funeral took place
at jthe Holiness church, on Silver Run
avenue, Sunday afternoon, the services
being conducted " by Rev. Mr. Cox.
luterment was made in Greene Hill
cemetery. i v . ' :
Mr. Ernest Clapp and Mr. E. D.
Golden have purchased from Mr. J. D.
White the valuable and beautiful grove
lot on the corner of North Forbis and
Lindsay streets. It has a frontage ofj
160 feet on Lindsay and Jl 70 on North
Forbis. The property was purchased
as an investment.
Judge W. P. Bynum, Jr., went to
Richmond, Va., Sunday to appear for
the defendant in the case of the United
States vs. the Old Nick Williams Dis
tilling Company, which comes up for
a hearing in the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals this week. District
Attorney Hoiton represents the govern
ment K-'rlt
Mr. -A. Th Sheiton, who has been
chief dispatcher of the Durham division
of the Southern Railway since that di
vision came into being on January 1,
has been transferred back to his old
post of chief dispatcher of the Danville
division, sjitb. headquarters here. Mr.
D. B. Nolan? who has been chief dis
patcher while Mr. Sheiton has been in
Durham, takes back his old place as
night chief dispatcher. : I
I Col. and Mrs., W. S. Bali, of Ne w
York, are on a visit- to friends in
Greensboro They formerly resided in
this city, "Col. Ball practicing law here
and taking an active part in politics.
He was assistant United States district
attorney under the administration of
President Hayes. For the past fifteen
years or more Col. Ball has been con
nected with the district attorney's I
office for the county of New York.
Go to Gardner's for -all kinds of .gar
den seeds. V,
6
FRANK; BOHANNON HANGED.
Pays Penalty; of Law for Crime of Murder
Faced Death With Unsurpassed Nerve
Issues: Statement and Tells of tne
Murder, r ' -
In the county jail last Friday at noon
Franki Bohannon, colored, paid the
supreme penalty of the' law for. the
crime bf murder.; He went to his exe
cutioni with unfaltering step, admit
ting the justice of the fate that had
overtaken him and' professing bis
readiness to meet the Great Judge
whose law he bad traosgressed. The
trap was sbrung a few. minutes, before
12 o'clock, and in 13 minutes life was
pronouueert extinct. . - -
i; Sheriff Jones conducted the execu
tion, assisted by Deputies W. J. Weath
erly, George ; P. Crutchfield, C. O.
Reynolds, J. L. Parish, George T. Lane,
John H. Barker, J. H. Shaw, and Mr.
W. H. Foushee. The physicians in
attendance were: Dr. Z. T. Brooks
and pr. Edmund Harrison, qf Greens
boro, and Dr. J E Fescue, of James
tbwnj Several "newspaper reporters
and a1 few other persons completed the
small, body of spectators. - -l
It Js doubtful; if; any criminal ever
met death with greater nerve and seif
pssestion than was displayed, by Bo
hannon. Accompanied by his spirit
ual adyiser, Rev. W. Jl; To'lliverV col
ored,! the : condemned man-walked
from iis cell to the corridor on the sec
ond floor of the jail and, without ' the
tremor of a muscle, stood ready, to be
swung oil into eternity. Apparently he
was the coolest and most collected-person
in the crowd. ,
When he had stepped upon the trap,
Bohannon 'turned " and addressed the
crowd in a few words, saying: V'Gentle
men this is the death of a murderer; ; I
have ctme to' pay the penalty for; my
crime but I have made my peace with
God paid feel that my sins are forgiven
It is right that I should answer for the
crime
to die,
I committed but I am not afraid
and am going home to rest." This
T KaHva ia all T hav frrt DQl? if ...
At the conclusion of this brief speech,
the colored minister conducted a short
I religious service. After flering afer-
vent and well worded prayer, he asked
thoseipresent to join In pinging1 Mother.
I'll he There." Th4 minister raised the
tune and sang the first verse alone, but
when; be began the second stanza Bo
hannoo joined him, singing in a clear,
distinct voice. v
" Wieu the rope had ".: been placed
around his neck, the black Cap pulled
over his bead, and his hands and feet
securely tied, Bohannon was asked if
he was ready. : "Fare well, good people,"
came the reply from the doomed man.
"Lord, have mercy," was. beard in a
muffled sound from the black-cap as
Sheriff Jones moved to spring the
trigger. The trap fell with a cjicfc, tbe
body of the murd erer shot downward ,
and his soul y went out into eternity.
The murder of last July was expiated.
As the body swung at the end of the
taut hangman's rope, the attending
physicians gathered around 1 the sus
pended form and couuted the heart
beats until life was extinct. s
' The body was placed in a plain black
coffin and shipped, to Davidson College
for dissecting purposes, at the North
Carolina Medical College. This was
done in accordance with sa state law
giving to medical colleges the bodies of
executed criminals when friends or rel
atives do not defray Jthe ex pense of
burial. It is understood that Bohan
noh's wife and sister undertook to raise
money to defray the.burial expenses of
their husband and brother," but were
unsuccessful. - " V 1 ; ' '
j BOHANNON 'S LAST NIGHT.
The condemned man tested well the
night before the execution. He went
to Bleep early, and if he a woke again
his guard did not notice it. He was as
calm as - a May morning; and appar
entiy happy when he aked the jailer
for breakfast, which he ate with eeem-
k - -t ' . k.
ing reusn. Me tola tnose present tnac
he was feeling fine, and that he. was
sure he could go through the ordeal
without logins: his nerve. ' v - ,. v
After eating his breakfast, be asked
Jailer May for a better suit of clothipg.
This' was secured for him, and he wore
the hew suit, a heat, plain, black outfit,
with a small black tie. These clothes
hewore to the scaffold. Sheriff Jones
read the death wanaut to him in his
cell after which Rev. W. R. Tol liver,
who had been his spiritual adviser for
several Weeks, conducted a service iu i
the presence of Bohannon and Crazier
Jones. The latter displayed a great;
deal more nervousness than did Bo
hannon. Jones had been, in the cell
with Bohannon since he was" brought
here on the day he killed his wife at
Gibson ville.
: The story of Bphannon's crime is told :
on another page iu a statement made
by the condemned man a short time ,
prior to his execution; 1
I
SUPERIOR COURT I If SESSION.
Civil Term Began HondayJudsre Ward
on the Bench.
A two-weeks1 term of Guilford Supe
rior court, for the trial of civil cases,
was convened in the county; court
house - Monday mornings It will be
followed ' by; a criminal term of one
week's duration. Judge Ward, of
Elizabeth City, will preside over both
terms, he having exchanged courts
with Judge Justice.
'Both the criminal and civil dockets
are in a very congested condition, and
as Is usually the case only a small part
of the cases can be tried at these termsl
There are several important cases on
the criminal docket. , ;
The principal case tried Monday was
that of Monroe Graves vs.' the Greens
boro Electric Company. He sued for
damages fori injuries sustained when
be came in contact with a live wire
some time ago during or after a storm.
He was represented by Col. Barringer,
while ex-Judge Shaw and Z. V 'Taylor,
appeared 'fori the defendant company.
The jury gave the plaintiff a,verdict of
one hundred dollars, v ; , f
A' divorce was granted in the case of
Frank Flint vs. Alice Flint. V r
Tbe following cases were continued:
Estella M.. Hanes vs.' Southern Rail
way Company; Singer Manufacturing
Co. vs. G. A. Summers; Gaar, Scott &
Co. va. Ri F. Loman; Cape Fear Man
ufacturing Co. vs. T. A. Armstrong. ;
The talis jurors were excused for. 'the
term just before court took a recess for
the day, the regular jurors being told
to return yesterday ' morning at 10
o'clock. . ; ' . i :
Hattie Matthews was i granted a di
vorce from VVilllam Matthews.
The case of Dr. John Thames against
E. D. Golden 'consumed the greater
part of the day in court yesterday, re
sulting in a verdict in favgr of the de
fendant. Dr. Thames was suing for an
amount alleged to have been due for
professional services and hospital treat
ment received by a sister rof JMr.
Goiden's. ,-r-" ,
The case of W. J. Tate. vs. the North
Carolina Railroad Company was ; com
promised, tbf plaintiff receiving $1,900.
The court; will not even -meet ted ay
as there are no cases ready for trial.
The sickness of Mr. R, R. King and
the circumstance ef Mr. A. B. Kimball
being engaged in .federal court' have
iiad a good deal to do with the diffi
culty that has been experienced in
arranging cases for trial. It is also
contended on the part of some of the
bar that a more ' expeditious arrange
ment of the calendar is posible. .
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Young Men, Meet English Girls and Be
come Entangled With Uncle Sam
Lonnle Hardin and . Albert Taylor,
two young men of this city, appeared
before Judge Boyd, in the - United
States District court j- Saturday- to an
swer a rule citing them to show 'cause
why they should not be attached for
contempt iu interfering with two wit
nesses of the court. The case grew out
of the disappearance. for a night of two
of the English girls held here as wit
nesses against the1 Charlotte cotton mill
men, as related in last'week's Patriot.
When the case was called Maj. Chas.
M. S ted man, attorney for the defend
ants, read affidavits from the young
men denying thatthey aided or abetted
in the 'detention bf the young, women
and affirming that they had no ac
quaintance with the English lassies.
The affidavit of Taylor recited that the
girls went into Hardin'sjstaurant, on
South'- Elm street, and asked to be
served with . coca "cola. It appeared
that Hardin offered to treat his foreign
customers to' whiskey if they would go
to his room, and it was in evidence
that the invitation was accepted. m
Affidavits were read from the girls to
the effect that they went into ths Har
din restaurant to buy coca. cola and
were induced to gb upstairs and given,
whiskey and persuaded to spend the
night there. :
Judge Boyd reserved his decision un
til Monday, wheaTie imposed upon
eachoif the defendants a fine of $40 and
costs. -
New Enterprise for Greensboro.
The secretary of state has granted a
charter to the Aden'. Axle Lubricating
Company, Greensboro; authorized cap
ital 8t ck, $25,000, with privilege of
commencing business with ,$750, shares
to be $50 each. v Incorporators are C.
M. Vanstory, 5 shares; F.,P. Hobgood,
Jr., 5, and Joseph' Aden, 5. Object is
to take over aXertain "mechanical de
vice known as the "Aden Axle Lubri
cator," and to sell said device either by
wholesale or retail; to own and operate
plant for manufacturing such device,
etc.. . '
I
Fresh garden seeds at Gardner's.
PASSED AWAY AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS.
Wr. J. B. Taylor, of Guilford College,
: Succumbs to Attack of La Grippe.
Mr. James; Byron Taylor, a highly
esteemed citizen of Friendshi p town
shipi died this morning at 1 o'clock -at
his home near Guilford College after
suffering for a few-days with la grippe.
His funeral will take p! ace Friday
morning at 11 o'clotk, with interment
at Greene Hill cemetery here after
services which will be conducted by
Rev. J. A. Bowles and Rev. C. E.
Hodgin at his late residence. -j
Mr. Taylor was a native of Ohio and
came of one of the most prominent
families in the southeastern portion f
that state. He was born about seventy
two years ago ,and, spent most of his
life in his native county 6r Guernsey.
In early manhood he studied law,
practicing successfully for several years.
Later he was associated with a brother,
the late David D. Taylor, in tho publi
cation of the. Guernsey Times, one of
O hio's leading n e wspa pere.. -For four
years he was postmaster at Cambridge,
retiring from that Office with an envia
ble record. Soon afterward, when the
weight of years began to bear heavily,
he brought his family South, and for
more than a decade Guilford has been
their home. The first few years here
were spent in Greensboro, but later, in
order to give his children the 'advant
age of the educational facilities afford
ed by the old Quaker college, Mr. Tay
lor bsught a large farm ' near Guiiford
College and had siuce resided there.
Of late years Mr. Taylor had suffered
with Bright's; disease, and the result
ing complicitions in his last illness
caused his friends to fear from .the
start that no human aid could prolong
his life beyond a brief period. The de
ceased was an upright christian gen
tlemen and his entire life: was in ac
cord with all that term implies. We
valued his friendships from our youth
and feel a deep personal loss in his
death.
Mr. Ta v lor is survived by his-" wife,
Mrs,; Ella CI Taylor; two daughters,
Mrs.-John W.- Lesley. and Miss Mary
Taylor, - apd two sons, Messrs.'.H. C
and B. M. Taylor. Both the latter are
clerks ;, in the Greensboro postofflce.
They have the sympathy of a very
widecircle of friends.
WOUNDED NEGRO DIES.
George Wilson Succumbs to Bullet
' Wound Inflicted by Policeman.
, Afer lingering at the point of death
for many weeks, George Wilson,
colored, died at St: Leo's hospital last
Friday morning, death being the result
of a pistol shot wound inflicted by Po
lice Officer keen es several mootbs ago,
It will be remembered that Wilson was
shot while attempting to escape after
he hack been placed uuder arrest by the
policeman. The bullet penetrated the
negro's "'spinal cord . and resulted ip
paralysis. - - -. . : ;. ;-'' . .v
- After the death of Wilson, Coroner
Turner summoned a jury and conduct
ed anexhaustive inquest,. A number
of witnesses were examined Saturday
and Sunday, and after all the facts had
been ascertained, the following verdict
was rendered: .
'We, 'the undersigned, being duly
summoned 'and sworn as jurors to in
vestigate the death of George Wilson,
do find and say for our verdict thajt he
came to his death by a pistol shot fired
by Robert Y. Skeehes while in the dis
charge ; of his: duty as augpfficer. We
further .find that from alKtfie evidence
that we coulbTfind that he wasx justifi
able in the act. (Sign,ed.) C. M . Vam
story, E. G. West, B. A. Stone, J. C.
Watkius, C. W. Lee,(R. A Gray; and
Dr. J."P. Turner, coroner."
-L
It will be remembered that, after the
shooting of Wilson, the matter was
formally investigated by the board of
aldermen, the investigation resulting
in the exoneration;- of Policeman
Skeenes. Not satisfied , with the find
ing of the board, relatives of the wound
ed negro employed counsel and had
tife offi cer indicted in a .magistrate's
court. The presiding justice, 'Squire
Wolfe, held the policeman for an in
vestigation by the grand jury. , -
It is presumed that the verdict of the
coroner's jury will practically end the
matter.
Last week the Patriot published an
item to the effect that Hon Joseph G.
Cannon, Speaker of the national House
of Representatives, would probably re
turn to the state of his nativity and de
liver the commencement address at
Guilford College' in May, but it appears
now that the matter is in grave doubt.
Jt is said that Mr. Cannon has been
careful not to commit himself to an
acceptance of the invitation. , ; "
; Wanted Six bright neat girls to
wor2. in sample department and make
up room. : ; -
Coulter & Lowrey Co. ,
46-tf
Finishing Mill.
-
.
tt
it
- several
bargains in
stocks
of several
companies.
Call at
once and we
will take
4
4
tt
tt
ti
4
4
Jt
!i
n
i?
ure in
it
tt
4
4
U
tt
4
4
4
i
!
it
if
f
If
i?
a
!!
4 t
i
'!
s ?
it
u
:::
giving
you prices
TRUST DEPARTMENT
Southern
Life and Trust
Company
GREENSDOftO, N. C.
4
FREIGHT CONFERENCE.
Chamber of Commerce to Send Delegates
to Richmond.
At a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce Monday night a communi
cation to Mr. C. H. Ireland from
Messrs. T. Peyton Giles and John
Donnan, of Richmond, was read, ask
ing co operation in the formation of an
association to improve freight service
by sending representative to attend a
meeting . to be held at the Jefferson
Hotel iu RichmoD, Msrcb 7, at hich
time the association is to be formecl.
After discussion the president was in
structed and authorized to appoint five
representative men for this purpose.
The secretary read a communication
from the Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce, calling attention to certain
resolutions recently adopted 'by that
body with reference to pending legisla
tion in regard to railroad rates, and
asking the co-operation of the, Greens
boro Chamber of Commerced After
some discussion th3 whole matter was,
on motion of Mr.'R. M. Phillips, re
ferred to the committee on legislation,
with power to act.
Don't forget the Guilford v buggy
when you want a" good one. Made
right here at home. See Townsend &
Co. or call at the factojry. 3-13t.
Sweet Early Jersey Wakefield cab
bage seed at Gardner's. '
BArjurj3 c:zr.:z
with this bank. Established in 1EC9.
We want every Corporation, Individ
ual, Merchant and ' the Treasurers of
School Districts and Societies to realize
the safety of funds deposited here.-
A glance over, our recent 'statement
together with a knowledge of our offi
cers and board of directors will impress
you with a sense of security.
Resources over $1,000,000.
We pay 4 per cent on savings deposits.
' O1"
: - -
forSfflle