VOL. 87.
GREENSBORO, N. C. WEDNESDAY, ; JANUARY 1 ..1908.
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W. J.
RICHARDSON
OfflCC: McADOO BUILDING
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RCSTDENCC: 15 WEST OASTOtl ST.
J. H. BOYLES, M. D,
PHYSICIAN AMD SURGEON
Qm ta Ho! ton Drag Store BoUdlnc '
. Ofiloe PhonaSOS. v ".
"Xtoa. 409 W. Gaiton; Be. Phane TES.
J. E. VYCHE
V v' DENTIST
orrtcc lit cartland blog.
M. F. FOX
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
OUILFOrtD COLLEQE, M. G,
Ojc EX A. BURTON
DENTIST :
Otlce in Ur. Watllng-ton bundinjr.
itext door to Conr Dructkora.
UpsUirm.
C W. BANNER, M. D.
amam voffTomca.
Pracitc United to th Eye. Ear. Nose
and Throats - -
Ofloe Hoar- A. M. to 1 P. M4 2J0 P. M. to
1P.M. Sunday. 9 to 1030 A. M. given to the
worthy poor. .
OSd Ftkooe 3. Becldenoe PhoiM S80.
De W. P. Reaves
TWO' yean House 8urron New Orleans Eje,
Ear, Nose and Taroat Hospital.
jPtCcAcm Limited to Diseases m& Stir ,
far? cf Cje. Car. N .Throat.
HoartLw'toSP.M. '
UsAdoo Bulldln. Next lo Postoffloe.
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB
' DENTIST
Phone 793. v. --
DJYilliams Dr.A.F.Fortnne
Offices ICS W. Washington.
HOtrse: - hoots:
18 to 1; 2 to 4. SJOtolOclto.
Tim dinlo for Poor Deferring" Patients:
Ootmption. Mondays aod Thursdays, ato 4.
mrmin ox w omen, iunuaji uw j hu j
".. TAT LOW,
J. I. fCALCa.
Taylor & Scales
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
CEZIISBOEO. V. C.
Robert M. Doala. Robert D. Doaflas.
DOUGLAS & DOUGLAS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
irflM ls Greeasfeere Leas aad Trust Bldr.
THOMAS C. HOYLE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Crtr latn Baak Bldr.. Grtensbore. . C.
Special attention giTen to collections.
Losjls negotiated.
Robert C. Stmdwxck
ftftORN EY a
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) COUNSELLOR
LAW
ZU Ceart Btaart, GKXZVSBOXO. V. C.
P. HOBGOOD. Jr.
ATTORNEY AT. LAW.
Offloe In Wright
BuHdlnr. Opposite
Oonrt House
Greensboro. N. C
B. D. KuykendalL 8. Glenn Brown.
Ktxykendall & Brown
" ATTCSHETS AT LAW
Booms 800 and 3d. City Nst'l Bank Bldjr.
Ln 1L Scott
Chaa, E. McLean.
SCOTT Cs McLEAN
ATT021TEYS AT LAW
eCScai 111 CeartSsaare. GreeasboroJI.C.
GEORGE M. PATTON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
V Court Squared . Greensboro. N. a
THOS, J; SHAW
ATTORNEY AT LAW
WXCXi lot ff. rim st.t Gretsstorr. . C.
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Mr. H. M. Fruit has gone to Ashe
boro to take charge of the bobbin fac
tory at that places
Mayor Michael Schenck, of Hender
sonvnie, was among the throng of hoi
ldsy visitors iu Greensboro, his former
home. . ""t ' V"
IX)6T-y-A(lady'a : mink muff. Five
dollars re wardif returned toMrs. T. J.
Copeland, 411 West Wmkington street,
Greensboro. - :
Prof. W. E. Btone, of Kalelgh, with
his wife and little daughter, spent the
holidays here with Mr. B tone's mother,
Mrs. K. P. Dick.
Mr. G. F. Meroney, who has been in
business at Mscksville for some 'years,
is again .a traveling salesman for the
Odell Hardware Company.
Lot of outing and gingbam remnants
reduced to 121 cents a bundle. &mall
outings and denims 8 cents. .
. W. B. Moore.
A column or more of reports of holi
day marriage ceremonies is left over to
our next issue. Over thirty licenses
were issued last week by the register of
deeds.' ' r ... :
. The tobacco market reopens tomor
row. The warehousemen have no rea
son to anticipate any variation from
the satisfactory prices prevailing before
the holidays.
Bev. John Wakefield, a native' ef
Guilford, has been elected superin
tendent of the Presbyterian Orphanage
at Barium Springs, suceeeding Bev. B.
W. Boyd, resigned. .
A negro (snatched a purse from the
hand of Miss Annie Benn last Thurs
day evening as she entered the gate of
her home on'East Washington street.
The thief made good his escape.
- Messrs. H A. J. and Chas. T. Wag
oner, of Burlington, were among, the
holiday visitors In . Greensboro last
week. They came up to visit their
father, Mr. Henry Wagoner, and other
relatives.
Mr. ATGCorpenlng, one of the pro,
prietors of the Gullford-Benbow hotel,
left iionday - afitrnooa 7orBaleIgl,
where tie will be married today to Miss
Louise Linton, the ceremony taking
place at 6 P. M. '
The county board of education made
settlement last week with County
Treasurer McNalry. While in session
the board shaped up much Of the work
incident to the apportionment of the
county school fund.
Mr. W. P. Turner returned yesterday
I morning from New York after having
completed the- operator-machinist's
course at the Mergantbaler linotype
factory. He has not decided just where
be will locate permanently.
Mr. ThosjH. Tate, general agent of
the Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York, for Louisiana, Arkansas
and Mississippi, spent the holidays
here with his mother, Mrs. H. H. Tate.
He makes New Orleans bis headquar
ters. The Carolina Motor Company, with
an ' authorized capital stock of $10,000,
was chartered by the Secretary of State
last week 'o deal in and manufacture
motor cars. Messrs. L. A. Folger, G.
W. Painter, A. B. Perkins and T. H.
Andrews are the incorporators.
A refrigerator on the rear porch of
Mr. Tom Mayo's residence, on East
Market street, was robbed .of its con
tents Monday night by a sneak. thief
who was evidently familiar with the
premises. A ham, some sausage and,
a number of other eatables were taken.
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Yow, of Bloom
Ingdale, Ind.. who were 'called to
Thorn asvllie recently by the illness of
Mr. Yow's mother, left yesterday for
their ' western home, accompanied by
Mrs. Yow's -father, Mr. W. B. Marsh,
who will spend the winter in Indiana.
Mr. Cornelius Mebane, a well known
citizen of Greensboro, suffered a very
m . s . a '
severe strode or - paraiyBis v;nrisimas
morning while on a visit to his son, B.
S. Mebane) at Graham,. and his condi
tion since has been alarming tohis
many friends. It is feared that he
cannot recover. ' 7
J. P. David, the young Syrian ar
rested in Winston-Salem last week for
passing a questionable check on a
Greensboro bank, was released yester
day under bond only to be-srearreted
In the Jail yard hy uepury enerm
Weatberly on a charge of forgery pre
ferred by a Wilmington business man.
A young white boy named Carroll
was tasen mio cusiuujr ucic uuuua
on information irum ymu iua o
was wanted there for forgery. Police-
m m sr v. m At-. WWV
men uienn ana juarsu au mow;
under surveillance for several hours
previous to his arrest, his actions being
very suspicious, ne wm iseu w
Gamer yesterday.
For straying onto posted land while
bunting the other day Messrs. B. C.
Wyseng, J. B. Pitts and Shelly White
were fined Ave "dollars each and the
costs in Squire Collins1 court Monday.
The game laws are being enforced this
winter as never before, and there is no
symptom of favoritism when it comes
to applying penalties.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Potts
will celebrate the twenty-tifth anniver
sary of their marriage Friday, January
10th, at their borne in Ashland, Va.
Mr. Potts; now auditor of, the Chesa
peake Ohio Railway, was born In
Greensboro, and has many friends here.
He is a ton of the late Capt. R. E.
Potts, an honored citizen In his day
and generation.
Suit for.fo0.000 damsges has been in
stituted In Buncombe Superior court
by the administrator of the late B. Al
ien Bryant, the young traveling repre
sentative of the Richmond Paper Com
pany who, was killed in the wreck at
Budd last, October. -The Southern
Railway and H. C ."Leonard, the brake
man held responsible for the wreck by
trie coroner's jury, are named as de
fendants in the suit.
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MUBMargie Davis, of Guilford Sta
tion, had the wheel and, shaft of her
buggy broken by a street car last
Tbursdayafternoon while driving
along Spnng Garden street near the
Normal College.' Her horse took fright
at a rapidly-approaching car and back
ed the buggy onto the track. The mo
torman did not" get the car stopped : in
time to prevent an accident. Fortu
nately Miss Davis was uninjured. v
Miss KatherlneDari8, of Greens
boro, who has charge of the depart
ment of domestic science of the city
schools of Albany, Ga., is meeting with
unusual success inlier work. The Al
bany Herald recently devoted a column
editorial to Miss Davis and her work
and speaks in praiseworthy terms of
both. The friends of MIsaDavis
throughout North Carolina will be
pleased to learn of her splendid success.
The annual session of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of North Carolina will
be held In Raleigh early iu the cornier
month. Grandmaster John C. Drewry
who was here last Saturday, has about
completed arrangements for tbesesslon.
Special railway rates, it is understood,
have been made from various parts of
the state. A number of representatives
from Greensboro have announced their
intentien of participating in the pro
ceedings.
Dr. John Boy Williams, who ' is
building a tuberculosis sanitarium on
Chestnut street, is about to be enjoined
from completing his structures. Coun
sel has been employed to institute pro
ceedings enjoining him from establish
log the sanitarium, and the matter will
perhaps be threshed over In court, but
he will win out. as such institutions
are -mot a menace to publio health,
however much they may be objected
to ror other reasons which nave no
standing in law.
In the Superior court this week Mrs.
Eliza A. Davis, of McLeansville, was
given a verdict for S500 damages for
being carried a mile past her home
station by a Southern Bailway passen
ger train. She sued for $10,000. Her
daughter, Miss Cora Davis, who had a
like suit against the company for $500,
was given damages in the sum of $100.
The term will adjourn today, Judge
Webb stating yesterday that it was
necessary for him tobe at home a few
days this week ta look after 'some pri
vate matters. He will ride this circuit
the first half of the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. AM. Scales royally
entertained the Emmanuel Bible class
of the First Presbyterian Sunday school
at their home on East Washington
street I aet Friday night, thirty-five
members being present. Mr. Scales,
teacher of the elass, annually enter-
ttlns In Its honor, -but the occasion
this year was the most enjoyable in the
history of these delightful gatherings.
Mr. John A. Gilmer sat at the head of
the banquet table and introduced the
ten speakers of the evening, members
of the class. Remarks were also made
by Mr. J. L. Jamison, president of the
class, and Mr. Scales.
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The children of Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Glass successfully planned and exe
cuted a delightful surprise. for them
Christmas day, the thirty-fifth anni
versary of their marriage. Not until
their neighbors and friends began
crowding in on them in numbers did
Mr. and Mrs. Glass suspect' that any
thing out of the ordinary was about to
happen, but the situation finally dawn
ed on tbem and. they made the best of
it, with all the grace and hospitality
for which they are noted. A sump
tuous dinner was served by the young
ladles, and the day .was spent in the
happiest sort of spcial enjoyment.
Many handsome linen mementos will
serve to remind Mr. and Mrs. Glass of
the occasion.
OSCAR SISK UNDBD tlf .JAIL.
Blockader Near Whose Home. Revenue
OfTicer Hendrix Was Killed Brought
Here Saturday and Committed far Pre
liminary Hearlng--Prisoner Says; Jim
Smith Killed" Hcndnx and Is Row Dcfj
Ing Arrest. :
To wering high ab lye the heads of the"
officers who escorted him, Oscar Siek,
one -of the denizens of the famous
'Smithtown" settlement of , Stokes
county, and near whose home Bevenue
Officer j: W. Heodrix was instantly
killed a few days previous, marched
unconcernedly to jail here Saturday af
ternoon after having been committed
by u S. Commissioner Wolfelindera
$10,000 bond to answer next Monday
at a preliminary hearing to the charge
of illicit j!stlIllog.v " -.
Sisk t one of the three men for
whom the government offered large re
wards immediately after Officer Hen
drix was slain.. He was turned over to
the sheriff of Stokes county, Mr. R J.
Petree, last Friday by two men named
Nelson; one of whom is his brother hi
law, and after remaininjjf under guaid
that night was brought here Saturday
by Sheriff Petree. In appearance Sik
more than fulfilled the romantic ex
pectations of the throng that stood
about the streets and j. II as he was led
to the Iron-bound confines. . He Is con
siderably over six feet in , height, and
weighs over two hundred pounds. 'His
florid complexion, clear bluefeyes and
coal black hair give setting to a harsh
facial expression that he evidently did
not possess in bia youth. .
The prisoner seemed surprised when
told be. was held on a charge of illicit
distilling. He apparently shared the
expectation that he would be charged
with the murder of Officer Heudrix,
but as yet no warrant for this offense
has been issued. Later in the day he
talked freely with newspapermen who
visited his ceil, asserting that he had
nothing to d3 with the killiug of Hen
drlx.V; He sad the officer was shot by
a man namfd Jim Smith who bad
coma ... his (disk's) home to inform
him; lb fct the officers were near7 Sisk
cijim- a- ab readily prove that he
was away from home at the time,
he says bis wife saw Smith and the o
cer meet a short distance from he
doorway and saw the latter fall aftei
an exchange of shots, both being heav
ily armed. Sisk stated that Smith re
turned to his home that night and urg
ed his wife to swear, in ease he was ap
prehended, that he ran when the reve
nue officer appeared, . but tnat Mrs.
Ssk declined to make any such prom
ise. Smith, he says, is a desperate
character, and is going about Smith-
town right now declaring - that he will
never be taken alive. He is one of the
men for whom a reward of $1,000 was
offered, and he goes armed allthe time.
Sisk says he could have gotteQ away
bad be been so disposed, but be pre
ferred to stay and prove bis Innocence
of any charge more serious than block
ading. He say s, he rarely- carries a
weapo of any klndv and bad never
been in trouble before, except for -distilling.
. He fears for the safety of his
wife and children and has written them
to come to Greensboro. . .
Of course the- revenue officers have
not given their version of the affair
but it will probably, develop that there
are some inaccuracies in Sisk's story.
ANOTHER WHOLESALE HOUSE.
Strong Concern Organized to Deal In
Hats, Umbrellas and Gloves rat
Greensboro. . :
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Secretary Kuykendall, of the Cham
ber of Commerce, gave out a gratifying
piece of news Friday evening. He an
nounced the formation of a strong com
pany that will deal in hats, .umbrellas
and gloves at wholesale- in Greensboro,
the organization really being-a""culmi-
nation of his efforts to get together sevf
eral good business men of other sec
tions who for some time had looked
with favor on this city. The corpora
tion will have an authorized capital
stock of $100,000, of which $14,000 had
been subscribed before the matter was
made public, and it hopes to begin bus
iness by the first of next month, mak
ing temporary headquarters on South
Davie street, in the wholesale district,
where there Is a building available
suited to the company's present needs.
Among the incorporators are Messrs.
W. M. Transou, of Jefferson; C. Oc
Murphy, of AtKinson; B. E. Hill, of
Greensboro, and W. E. Bishop, or Pe
tersburg, Va. The papers were sent to
Baleigh the first of the week, and all
minor details of the business will prob
ably be disposed of before the week
CHUB.- .UfBCUBUUlU OUWiu. a v
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to.
location ror jus ucu u '"-''IslviNas Bank this weekend if it is
and It will undoubtedly succeed in the8 Ia as ifc wlll begiQ to draw in-
hands of such splendid men as
are in-
terested;
THE CHRISTMAS LEBRATION. .
Observance . of a Sacred Anniversary
Marred by tbe Thoughtlessness of
Merrymakers Wno Lacked Regard for
. Life or Property.
Many Greensboro people, happily
only a small proportion of our popula
tlon, however, are woefully lacking in
a proper conception of a tru4hrist
mas celebration . There was anything
but "Peace on Earth' here last Tues
day night, as pandemonium held sway
for several " hours, and it is almost a
miracle that greater havoc was not
wrought. The privilege customarily
extended by the city authorities were
shamefully abused this yearyand as a
result: innocent pleasures have-since
been curtailed along with those that
might lead to serious barm.. - Without
waiting for the hours in which there is
annually a suspension of the ordinance
relating to bai ml ess Christmas fire
works the racket began before nightfall
andcontinued until everyone of the
eelebran ts had spent all their - money
for firecrackers "or cannoncrackers or
the stocks of merchants had' been de
pleted. Torpedoes, guns, pistols and
undoubtedly dynamite figured as din
producers with terrifying results! By
seven o'clock, holiday shoppers were
driven from the streets and business
almost came to a standstill, some mer
chants estimating their losses in trade
at as much as ; two hundred dollars.
Two or three large plate glass windows
in business houses were broken, several
accidents were reported, fights, were
precipitated', awnings were torn down
or set on fire and there was the devil to
fay generally. Mrs. J. A. Odell,' who
with others was standing near the
front of the Odell Hardware Company's
retail' store narrowly escaped injury
from aanllet fired through the window
from across the street. Paul Bawlings,
the five-year-bid son of j Mr. W. , H.
Bawlings, suffered a terrible wound in
tbe face and may possibly lose the
sight of one eye through the reckless
ness of some, one who threw a lighted
cannon cracker or dynamite on the
side walkr where the .boy was walking
w-ith an older brother, who was also
knocked down? .
But there Is a brighter side. The
strenuous night ushered in a period' of
pure and peaceful enjoyment which
has not yet come to a close. Churches,
societies and other organizations had
provided a wealth of diversions for the
holidays, and not a night has passed
during the joyous season that there
were not from one "to half a dozen en
tertainments of one sort or another
V
musical, literary or. social. Numerous
family gatherings have added no little
to the joys of the week, and it will long
be remembered for its 4 privileges and
its pleasures.
New Year's Resolutions.
It is a season when many of us make
new resolutions and attempt to start
life anew, which is a good -thing in
many respeots; but resolutions made io4
a general way and not carried out are
rather poor things, forevery failure a
person makes weakens bis ability to
succeed in everything else; therefore
we should all be careful in making res
olutions, for the good intention resolu
tion is the kind that is said to pave
the way to hell." For example the
resolution to live a better fife is hot
near so beneficial to a person as a reso
lution to read a passage of Scripture ey-
erv dav durincr - the coming year. If
w v w
you will read a passage of Scripture the
natural result is that you will become
a better man. If a man resolves to save
more money in the future than he has
done in the past, it is not so valuable a
resolution as a resolution to start a sav
ings bank account j with . a specific
amount, and adding not less than a
certain amount every week, and as
much more as possible. In talking
with an intimate friend during the
Christmas holidays who is well fixed
in this world's goods, he said that for
the first money he saved 'he made a
nice little wooden box with a slot in it,
nailed it up thoroughly and 'began on
the new year to put money in it with
the determination not to put less than
fifty cents a week in thi3 box, and as
much more as he could. He opened it
the next Christmas and found that he
had a litte more than $100 which be
bad saved in this way and said that
never he had been without' money
since. " ' '
The Home Savings Bank has a lit
tle safe which you can carry in your
Docket and drop every penny in it for
safe keeping. As fast aayou fill it you
$an bring it to this bank, and we will
open it and place (he contents to your
credit, where it begins to compound
quarterly at 4 per cent, interest. This
Will help you to a wen me amount. .re
certain to begin the new year right by
oneniner an account with; the MOMS
tprpst from New Year's Day We take
any amount on deposit fromSeents up.
AMERICAN
EXCHANGE BANK
CAPJTAL, $300,000.
s GreenslKNro, N. C
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Save Somctxff Uozzr
Hloncy and be fn
dependent. C
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. When you begin to save
'some of your money, you
have taken the first loner
step towards f i nan oljal In-,
d epende noe. Towards
the time when you, will
want to -enter business
for yourself or perhaps
to tide you oversomoun
expeoted illness or mls
fortu ne. Begi n now to
day. Deposits in our sav
ings d e partm ent b ef o re
the fifth of the month,
draw four per cent Inter
est from the first. 'This
Interest Is compounded
every three months. .
; American
i Exchange Bank
GREENSBORO, N. C.
H Capital. - . $300,000.00. H
B. P: WHAETON, President. .
J. W. 8COTT, Vice President.
B. G. VAUGHN, Cashier. -. ,
J. W. CASE, Mgr. Sayings Dept.
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. Three Sudden Deaths.
Three deaths are reported this morn
ing, two at the hospital and one in
South Greensboro, j Very brief mentioa
can be made of them in this Issue. Mr.
Chas. W. Sapp, a promising young
lawyer of this city, died of heart failure '
at the hospital after an illness of only
three hours.' Col. J. J . . Fuller, a vet- :
eran newspaper man who bad been at
the hospital for several days, died early
this morning from something, akin to -heart
trouble. Mr. B. S. Hunter, aged
68 years, died at" 1 o'clock this morning '
at his" boarding house in Sou tb Greens
boro. He bad been in declining health
a year or more, but was able to be up
town yesterday. He is survived by his '
wife and five sons. The remains will
be taken to Graham this afternoon for
interment tomorrow.
' Her. Dr. Whfte Coming Tomorrow
Bev. J. JLeei White, D. p., of Beau-,,
mont, Texas, who recently accepted a'
call to the pastorate of the First Bap
tist church in this city, Will arrive here
tomorrow -with his. family and will
occupy his new pulpit for the first time
Sunday morning. Jr. White will be
accorded a warm welcome In Greens
boro.. f
. Reward for Lost Ddg. - ;
A young white hound' dbg with a
few spots, long - legs and rather small
body, was lost from a pack while hunt
ing north of Greensboro last week. A '
liberal reward will be paid for his re
urn to ' J. W. Barker or J.VE. MoKnight.
EXCEL IN THE LITTLE
things m Lire
:'::';S:"d .
And you master a few of the
Great . ' ; v;-, . y.:.
What ist more important than
saving a 'part of what you earn
each week or each month?
To be poor is too often a self
made shame. A bank account
helps you ; to save. Four, per
cent, interest, compounded quar
terly, paid in our savings de-1
partment. fl.
CITY NATIONAL BANK
Capital, $100,000? " Surplus. $32,i00.
GREENSBORO. N. C.
W. a. Thomson, J. Vah Iotmt, .
President. : . ' Vice Pres. .
JLa H. BATWJi, Cashier.
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