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VOL. 87. GREENSBORO, N. C. WEDNEpDAYxjbECEIVlBER 9. 1 908. NO..0 - y Or W. J. RICHARDSON OFFICE: McAOOO building hixt to roTorricc' icsioence: 015 west qaston st: J. H. BOYLES. M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offloe In Holton Drag Store Building. Offioe Phone 8C5. - Res. 400 W. Gaston; Res. Phone T68. pr J. E. WYCHR 0ENTIST OFFICE IN CARTLAND BLDQ. UTH KIM ST.. . eftCCNSSORO. M. C. DnvM. P. FOX PHYSICIAN .AND-SURGEON UILFORD COLLEGE. N. C. " e E. A. BURTON DENTIST Offloe In Mrs. watlington building. Next door to Oonyr's Drugstore. Upstairs. C. W. BANNER. M. D. OPPoeiTB posrorrxcx. Practice Limited to the Eye. Ear Note and Throat. Office Hours A. M. to 1 P. Ma 2.30 P. M. to 4 P. M. Sunday, 9 to 10JM A. M. given to the .worthy poor. Otlee Phono 30. Reeidenoe Phone 39a De W. P. Reaves Two rears House Sunreoa New Orleans Eye, Bar, Nose and Throat Hospital. Practice Liaoited to Diseases taO Sur ery f Eye. Ear. Nose mO Throat. Hours 130 to 5 P. M. If tAdoo Building. Next to Postoffloo. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB DENTIST ' . Offloe oyer Sykea Drug Company. , Phone 793. - - V,T Dr.J.R.YfilliamsV Dr.A F Fortune Offices 10S W. Washington. hours: hours: n 10 to 1; to 1. &30 to 10; 1 to 3. ninin nr Vnnr TiAMrvlnsr Patients Consumption. Mondays and Vhursdays. 3to 4. Diseases of women, TuQSdaya and Fridays, I tos. I. . TATLOH. J. t. acALca. Taylor & Scales ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW GfclHSBOKO. H. C Albert M. Douglas.' Robert D. Douglas. DOUGLAS & DOUGLAS ATTORNEYS AT LAW ft'fiss ia retasfcors Lean sad Trast Bldr. THOMAS C. HOYLE ATTORNEY AT LAW City Vat'l Bank Bldr., Greensboro, V. C. Special attention given to collections. Lioaas negotiated. Robert C. Strudwick AT LAW I it Csart tnare, GKXXISB0R0. B. C. F. P. HOBGOOD. Jr. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Olloe in Wright Building, Opposite, Court House Greensboro. N. C S. GLENN BROWN ATTOBKEY AT LAW Wright Buildirj. 105 North Elm St. Lrrl M.8oott. Chas. B. HoLean. SCOTT & McLEAN ATT02UETS AT LAW si ill Csurt Smart. Greeastoro.lf.C. GEORGE M. PATTON ATTORNEY AT LtKVJ t Court 8quare. - jSreensboro, N. C TH. 4 8HAW CHAS. A. MIHEe SHAW&HINES ATTO RNEYS AT LAW Offlcee: Rooms 307 and 208 New McAdoo Building next to Postofflce. LOCiLL 1TEWS. Mr." Thomas Settle, of Asheville, was in the city Monday. CaDt. P. P. Hob?OQd. Jr.. ia In New York on professional business. All Kinds of good ' working gloves for men. , . R, G. HI ATT & ?CO. Mrs. A. B. Kimball has returned from a visit to relatives at Oak Ridge. . . . ' Mrs. R. R. Alley has returned from Petersburg, Va., where- she visited her mother. A few select s'ock Rhode Island Reds for sale, both combs. Call at 126 Smith street. - 50-2t. Mrs. W. P. Davidson, of Black Mountain, Is here to spend the win ter with relatives. - , V ' ' Sam a ernorts for 1fs mnriAV And better goods for same money at Har- ry-Jaelk Bros. - Co. -. Bring me your furs and hides land get the highest spot cash market prices. A. C. FORSYTH. Mr. P. A. Hull, of Asheville. a na- r tional bank examiner, is' spending some time in the city von business. - Mr. George Roberson has given up his position as night clerk at the Fariss-Klutz Company's drug store. Mr. G. S. Bradshaw spent Monday and yesterday in Asheboro in attend ance upon Randolph Superior court. , Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lyon "are re ceiving congratulations over the ar rival oL& fine daughter last week. Have just received a car cf No. 1 cotton seed meal, the highest grade. The price, is right. R. G. HI ATT & CO. . Mr. J. Elwood Cox, of High Point, was in New York to attend the an nual banquet of the North Carolina Society Monday night. " "Talk is cheap," " but you won't find the-man that will sell you shoes, clothing and dry goods as cheap as the Harry-Belk Bros. Co. The local branch of the Salvation Army has begun the work of collect ing funds and provisions with which to supply needy families in Greens boro with Christmas cheer. Dr. H. P. Bowman, who recently moved from Murphy to Greensboro to engage in the practice of medicine, has -opened an office In the McAdoo building. , Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ft Tros: don, of Mooresville, who spent some time here on a visit to the families of Messrs. Samue1. L. ard'W. B.Tfog don. have cone to Florida ' A meeting of the board of directors and trustees of the Youns Women's Christian Association was held at the Carnegie ' library last night, when plans were matured for the erection of a Y. W. C. A. home, at a cost of $20,000 to $25,000.. Dr. A. F. Fortune, a -well known youne physician of this citv. and Miss Edna Wootton, a popular young woman or the soutnsiae, will te mar ried Tuesday evening. December 22nd the ceremony to take place at West minster Presbyterian church. Miss Bessie Edwards and Mr. Jos eph C. Stanley were married on.Mon day by Squire J. M. Guyer at his res idence at KernersviTle. Only a 'few friends were present to witness the ceremony. Both parties are popular young people and their many friends wish them every happiness. Mr. J. F. Fonville. a well known young traveling man of this city, and Miss Bonnie 1? itzpatrlcK, or K.nox ville, Tenn., were married in the lat ter city yesterday afternoon. They will spend their honeymoon in Flor ida and Georgia and will be at home in Greensboro early in January. Marriaee invitations readme: as follows have been issued: "Mrs Charles Wall Westbrook requests the honor of your presence at tne mar riasra of her -daughter. Fay Dixon, to Mr. Ralph James Sykes on .Tuesday evening, December twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and eight, at eight o'clock, at her home, Greens- boro, North Carolina maseball Association, which was char tered last week, organized .uonaay by electing the following officers: M. W. Sterne, president; Mayor L. J. Brandt, vice president E. A. Brown, secretary and treasurer. Manager Mc KevUt, who has been employed for another season, will soon begin the work of recruiting his team. We have a full line of the cele brated Gralchen working gloves, rang ing in price from 25 cents to $1.25. These are the best gloves we have ever handled, and if you want a giove that you can depend on, try a pair. Experience has taught us that there is nothing better of the kind to be found anywhere. R. -G. HIATT & CO. Mr. DeWitt Talmage Edwards, who had been in failing health for along while, died Monday night at the home of his parents, nine miles south of Greensboro. He was 19 years of age and is survived by his father and mother, one sister and three broth ers. The funeral Is to be held at Center church today at noon, inter ment to follow in the graveyard at that place. t The will of the late W. S. Hill has noon fiiAd for probate in the office of iTv rr thfi Superior court. The (home place on -West Market street 'goes to Mrs. H. E. Tate, the only surviving sister, and the heirs of Mrs. Mary Bracken, a deceased sis ter the remainder of the property being divided equally, among all the heirs. "The estate is worth between $30,000 and $50,000. Capt. J. H. Walsh Is the administrator. ; COUNTY OFFICERS SWORN IN. Much Business Transacted at; First , Meeting of Commissioners.' The county commissioners were In session Monday and yesterday. This was the first meeting of the new board, which in fact contains j I only, one new member, Dr. W. G. Brad shaw, of High Point. " The oath ot office was adminstered to the com missioners by Superior Court Clerk CI app, after which the board .organ ized by re-electing Mr. J. A. Davldsoi chairman.' ; : - " '"'",,;: ' 'yf Register of Deeds . Kirkman filed his bond for $10,030; Treasurer G. H McKinney filed h's school bond of $20,000 and state snd county bond of $45,000; Sheriff B. E. Jones filed hla official bond of $5,000: County Sur- veyor Robert Gilchrist filed his bond of $1,000. These officials were then sworn in by the chairman of 'the board. Mr. J. H. Clapp was elected standerd keeper and filed his bond of $500. " Mr. J. W. Tyson was re-elected . su pervisor of the county road forces. - Mr. W. W. Whittington was again elected superintend evt of the county home, while thd"board re-electe0 Mr. G. F. Hackett superintendent of the workhouse. Mr. Ernest Clapp, clerk of the' Su perior court, filed a report showing all money in the clrek's office belong ing to other persors. This report was audited by a committee composed of Commissioners Young and Bradshaw and County Auditor Abbott. Dr. M. F. Fox, of Guilford College, was selected as a irember of the san itary committee of the county. The price of pork was fixed at eigh and a half cents per pound. Couutv Auditor Abbott reported $13,621.72 on hand, or In the differ ent banks of the city, this beingthe amount turned over by Treasurer J- W. McNairy to his successor in of fice, G: H. McKinney. The county has out. besides this amount. $19,000. The steel bridges recently built , by thft count v were accepted and vouch ers ordered drawn in settlement of thf accounts with the builders. Citizens of Greene township pre-. sented a petition asVIne that a new road be ordered extending from a point nefr Kimesvi'le to the Junction point with the Salisbury road. The board ordered that the petition be' ac cepted and the road advertised. A -reauest bv. the hiehway commis sion that the board nav over to them the sum . of $3,000 oa .a part of the 1 - A . 1 money aue tnem unaer tne uoraon act. was eranted. The following jurors were drawn for the civil term of court to con vene December 28th: G. Wash Ap ple, Frank Gerrineer, .1. f. Cohie Jr., Emerson Wyrick, John M. An drew, John R. Coble. D. W. School field, C. M. Glass, T. J. Shepherd J. A. Wilson. W. B. Richardson. J T. McCuiston, J. W. Thomas, John Li. Stanley, w. w. Haywortn, j. u Hilton. J. Lee Charles. W. F. Smith. Jurors for the civil term of court to convene January 11th were drawn as follows: John S. Hufflne. J. B. Ingle, J. B. Coley, Samuel I. May, John A. Brown, Paul Coble, J. E. Stadler, J. P. May, J. C. Hendrix, W. H. Warren. J. C. Teachey. D. E. Fra zier, W. R. Walker, E. A. Beeson, Henry Bundy, J. W. Pegram, J. R. Wilborn, H.(C. Sh'elds. REPORT IS FILED. Solicitor, Judges and Clerks Criticized by Special Attorney. . Mr. David Stern,, who has been en gaged for several months as special attorney for the Guilford county board of education in making an examina tion of . the books and records in the office of the clerk of the Superior court, has submitted a report giving it as his opinion that the school fund has lost a large sum of money as the result of the failure of the court of ficers, including the judges on the bench, the solicitor and the clerks, to perform their duty properly. The Investigation covers the period - from 1899 to 19 OS and the attorney suggests that the board of education take up the matter of the dereliction of duty of these officers at the approaching term of Superior court. - The report alleges that the books in the clerk's office were not kept prop erly and that papers relating to many cases were missing misplaced or lost. The attorney sas: "Much money was lost to the school fund by the way in which the office of the clerk and the criminal docket of the court had been conducted." The report comments on the failure of the solicitor to comply with the law requiring him v to examine the clerk's office at every term of court and report to the ludee in writing, saying this was done only once dur ing the period cohered by the inves tigation. The reoH alleees that the most 'cursory v inspection would have revealed gross irregularities. Comment is roae on the fact that the clerk failed to make, the proper reports to the county commissioners as Provided by law. The report In it? entirety will be printed In next week's Patriot. Given Away Free to the Children, December 24th. One handsome $30 child's silver tea set, one eold filled watch for boy. or girl, six handsome srold set rines. , Come Into the store and find out how to eret these prsents. $1 worth of goods purchased at Bernau's may get either of there. Ask your mother and father to save you the tickets from R. C. Bemau, the popular Jeweler. - " ELKS' MEMORIAL SERVICE. Interesting Exercises Sunday After; noon Address by Whitehead Kluitz. .Whitehead Kluttz, Esq., of Salis bury, delighted a , large audience in the : G rand Opera House Sunday af ternoon with one of tne most beau tiful and" eloquent orations heard in this city in a long while. The occa sion was , the annual memorial ser-vicexc-f Greensboro Lodge No. 602, B. Pi O. Elks,' in memory of the deceas ed members of the . lodge. The ser vice "was pretty and impressive, throughout ; I v ' !The members of the local lodge of Elks, together with a number of vis iting members of the order, marched in a body from the Elks Club to the opera house at 3 o'clock and the meet ing was. organized by Mr. John N. Wilson,' the exalted ruler. After the opening ritualistic exercises and the openinng ode, an invocation was mad by . Rev.- Father . Vincent Taylor, rec tor of St Benedict's Catholic church. A male octette, composed of Messrs. Hammel, Ljung, Stahl, Ridenhour, Al derman, Cook, Lawson and' , Clapp, sang ."Trust insthe Lord with Mr. Claude Robeson as accompanist and Dr. John H. Wheeler as director. Following a prayer, by Rev, T. G. Faulkner, rector of St Barnabas Episcopal church, and a beautiful vo cil solo by Mr. Judson Peele,' the orator of the occasion was present ed in a graceful manner by Mr. Thomas S. Beall. Mr. Kluttz did not speak more than 20 minutes, and was heard with rapt attention as he told, in beautiful and forceful language, of the immortality Of human life, holding up the Son of God as, the great exemplar. The speaker thought it a, hopeful Omen that the minds of men are breaking away from the material conception of death that looks-at a grave when it should fix its gaze upon a star. He said the religion of the future will lay emphasis lupon this present and near world, considering earth pilot ing of more Importance than sky pi-, loting. -In a generation or two love will be exalted above faith in every creed and death will be regarded more like taking ships for 'a foreign country, where loved ones have gone before and are awaiting with a wel come. The brilliant -young speaker laid down the proposition, that the only way to be immortal hereafter is to live an Immortal life here, and said the , only lasting basis of . any civilization." church "or . societvis the Ljo'ud pirit- of f ratrnity- J 4 4"rhe Lost Chord, by Sullivan, was rendered by the male octette7rafter which the meeting was closed with the ritualistic exercises provided for such occasions. During the past two years death has not Invaded the ranks of the Greens boro lodge of Elks, which has a mem bership of over 250, and on this ac count there were no individual tri butes to deceased members. During the existence of the lodge, stretch ing over a period of ten years, the following members have died: Frank W. Dunbar, Milton L. Shields, Judge John Gray Bynum, John E. Catlin, Leon S. Tucker, T. C. McCorkle, Obed W. Carr, Calvin N. McAdoo, Gen. James D. Glenn, Prof. Clarence Vtl Brown, Thomas A. Sharpe, William T. Powe and Alexander Perrow. THE INDUSTRIAL NEWS. Directors Decide to Continue Publica tion of Republican Daily Paper. The bankruptcy proceedings agains the Industrial News came up before Judge Boyd, in the United States Circuit court- Saturday and was con tinued again, Saturday, December 19th being named as the new return day. In the meantime the. order ap pointing the receiver to take charge of the property remains in force. v The directors of the company held a meeting at the Benbow hotel Mon day afternoon and discussed the fu ture of the paper. It was the sense of the board that the publication of the paper should be continued and the following were appointed mem bers of a committee to devise ways and means of carrying out this in tention: Judge Spencer B. Adams, of this city; E. C. Duncan, of Ral eigh, and Thomas S. Rollins, of Ashe ville. A meeting of the stockholders will be held In this city January 14th, by which time it is thought the spe cial committee will have a report to submit. Monticello Gets the New High School - At a meeting of the county board of education Saturday it. was decided to establish the new public high school, recently authorized by an ap nronriatloTi of $250 bv the state board of education, at Monticello, in Madison township. There was keen rivalry among several districts that desired the school, delegations ap pearing before the boardx in behalf of Stokesdale, Guilford College and Bessemer. In selecting Monticello as the loca tion. the board tookr into considera tion the fact that this section of the county is most remote from either of the high schools now n opera tion. The school will be opened as soon as a principal is secured. . Mrs. Faucett and Miss Hattle Webb are teachers of - the Monticello public school," and they will be continued as assistants to the high school princi pal. . . , $4.00 Men's Shoes Reduced to $1.98. About 50 nairs. men's fine shoes to clean up quick, regular $4 shoes, at $1.98. HARRY-BELK BROS. CO. DEATH OF MOSES H. CONE. i-; "Vr : - " The End Came Suddenly in Baltimore - Late Yesterday Afternoon. . Moses H. Cone, known throughout the commercial world as a leader in the industrial de elopment of the South, died suddenly yesterday after- noon at 5 o'clock at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, where he had gone for 3 treatment five weeks ago. ; He had been in ill health since his ; return from a" trio, around, the world over a year ago. but few of his most intimate friends suspected that " his conaiuon was ser.ous. rne news ot OI his death came as a great shock to the people of Greensboro, few. of whom even knew that he had "gone to a hospital for treatment" , The members of the family in Greensboro left last night for Balti more. ; .. - . .'. y - ' ' - ; t V ' Mr. Cone was 61 years old, having been born in' Jonesboro, Tenn., in 1857. After leaving school he began his business career as a clerk in the; dry goods house of Guggenheim & Co., in Lynchburg, Va. Later he went to Baltimore andv was employed by j his father In . the wholesale grocery i business, and after a term of service became ra junior partner in the firm j of H. Cone & Sons. He was one of the most active traveling representa tives of the firm and spent much of his time in North Carolina, making many fast andtrue friends among the business men of this state. There are many merchants in North Caro lina today who bought goods of Moses Cone a quarter of a century ago and recall with pleasure their dealings with the enterprising young salesman. In 1890 Mr. Cone organized and es tablished in New. York the Cone Ex port and Commission Company, which has grown into one of the largest and most successful distributors of cotton fabrics known to the trade. In 189 5 the selling office of thtB house was moved toy Greensboro. Previously he and a brother, Ceasar Cone, had pur chased, several thousand acres of land here and begun the construction of the Proximity M anuf acturing Com pany.. This -plant has been enlarged from time to time until it is now the largest producer of denimns in the world. " ': 'i:r.. ; Mr. Cone took great delight in Flat Top Manor, his Watauga county es tate, in the development :of which he had expended a great deal of money, and where he spent . all the time he could take from his busi ness.' ' . -; - V; r C ' - . ". ".V . Mr.- Cone w?t married in : 1888 to Miss 3ertha Tr."Xlndau, of Baltimore, who 'survives him. There are no chil dren.1 'He was. the- eldest of " eleven children; his brothers and sisters be ing: Messrs. Ceasar, Sol. N;, Julius W. and ' Bernard M.' Cone,- of Greens boro; Clarence N. Cone, of Gibson yllle; Dr. Sydney M. Cone, of Balti more, and Fred W. Cone, of Ashe ville; Mrs. M. D. Long,' of Asheville; Dr. Clarabel Cone and Miss Etta Cone, of Baltimore. The funeral will be held at Mr. Cone's- home near Blowing. Rock Fri day. The body wi'l pass, through Greensboro tomorrow morning and will be accompanied to Blowing Rock by a big delegation from this city. INCREASE IN TAXABLE" VALUES. A Gain of $202,704 in Real and Per sonal Property in Guilford. Mr. J. Leslie Abbott,, the county auditor, has completed the Aask ' of compiling the figures' from the tax books for the various townships in the county. He finds that the real and personal property listed in Guil ford county in 1908 shows a gain of $202,704 over that listed in 1907. In Gilmer township the gain in real and personal property was $237,245, while in, Morehead township there was a loss of $37,021 In real and personal property. In High Point township there was a loss of $69,407. The gain in bank stock is about $213,000. ' The gain in real and personal prop terty is given by townships : Washington $ 6,477.00 Rock Creek ............ .v 6,267.00 Greene . . .. 2,062.00 Madison . 5,503.00 Jefferson 7,941.00 Clay ...... .......... 7,345.00 Monroe 2,047.00 Gilmer . ....... .......... 237,245.00 Fentress ............ ... . . 11,478.00 Center Grove . 3.932T.00 Jethro Sumner ... ... 7.170.00 Friendship .. 4,632.00 Oak Ridge ..... . . .... 7,699.00 Deep River 7,600.00 Total gain ........... . .$317,398.00 The following townships show . a loss in real and personal property list ed for taxation: Morehead ..... $ 37,021.00 Bruce ... 5,381.00 Jamestown . . . . ... ... . . . . 2.885.00 High Point ... ... .. . . . . 69,407.00 Total loss . . . I . ... . . . ..$114,694.00 The total amount of the taxes to be derived from tthe property listedfja taxation in 1908 is $184,008.01 This is proportioned as follows: State taxes $ 41,473.90 48,812.42 '51,435.15 25,219.21 17,067.33 School fund .... .. . . . County taxes ..... . . . Roads In : county .... Special schools .-. . . $184,008.01 There .is a loss in the taxes tor roads of about $2,300. . This is - on account of the deduction or 37 cents from the polls, the Supreme court having decided that the poll tax shall not be more, than $2. The special licenses and license taxes are, of course, to be added to the- above and also the uncollected taxes for 1907. mHHmHHfH g Advantages Of a J Of H i Bank Account ! h However Small It May Be. J j j J ; It is well to pay bills prompt- w ly, but not t0 pay the same bill bTTAwc 0U1UCUU1CQ umiJULocir ers, by mistake, send out bills after they have been, paid. If you pay by check, however, the cancelled checks are returned to you and can be produced as receipts. 5: Checking accounts are, there- fore, more than a convenience ? .... ..... & They are an insurance against S : overpayment Every man or woman who pays bills shoufd UU OU W 11.11 ' Your checking account will be welcomed at this bank, where you are assured of absolute w 4 curity and the., most courteous serviced I American 1 Exchange Bank GREENSBORO, N. C; Capital, $300.000.00.. t K. P. WHARTON, President. J. W. SCOTT, Vice President. R. G. VATTQ HN. Cashier.' P. H NICHOLSON, Asst. Cashier. J. W. CASE, Mgr. Savings. Dept. State Agency of the Aultman-Taylor Company Established Here.. , Mr. B. C. Campbell, of the Petty Reid Company, returned Sunday even ing from a trip to Mansfield, Ohio, where he spent a few days at the main office and factories of the Ault-. man-Taylor Machinery Company, and closed , a deal whereby a state agency for 'that company is established here. The Aultman-Taylor machinery is known and used everywhere, and it is gratifying to know that hereafter all the North Carolina business of this important concern will be handled through a Greensboro agency. The Petty-Reid Company is in a .position to handle this new business admir ably Mr. H; M. Patterson, one of the members of the firm, represent ed the Aultman-Taylor Compa ny in this territory for several years, and is thoroughly conversant with all the machinery it produces, which is amu tual advantage. The deal closed, by Mr. Campbell is an important eae, from a business standpoint - Farm for Sale, 155 acres on macadamized read, two and a -' half . miles from aood school, two miles from Greensboro, N. C. No improvements. MRS. ADA C. KIRKMAN, 38-tf v 208 Buchanan St. City.. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PATRIOT. SAVE your money and start a Bank Ac count while you are young. Yon will be surprised to see how rapidly your BANK ACCOUNT will "grow when you once get used to saving, even a .x little, systematically. No safer place -for your money could be found than this Bank. ' t ' We pay, four per cent. , Interest compounded quarterly. ' HOME SAVINGS BANK r - Opposite City. Hall GREENSBORO. N. C. C'A. Bray. Pres." - Tyre Glenn, Cashier ' LrfT paying : y