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in- r : ..: -4 : ' - --; j . . i--r, '-r - ' ,"" r. Oreemslboro Tie NO. 98. GREENSBORO, N. 6.; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1897. Price Two Cents Eventing' Telegram. VOL- 1 Malaga i Grapes lOe. lb. Today Only ivi.i t,(v new ad tomorrow and eee ,i'thcr tfoj advance or decline. Select Oysters, 35c, qt. KrcsU supply every night. Solid unguaranteed. Thanksgiving Fruits. Prices published tomorrow. ANDREWS. oit.- K. of P. Building. Opp Remember This! You can get Touch Down, Pick Leaf, and other brands of Smok injr Tobaccos-- Also Portuonde, Magistrate, Child. Saborosa, Genl Latrobe, White Knight, and all the leading brands of Cigars, AT South Side Pharmacy. j04 South Elm St., Oppo. Water Tower J. K. McILHENNY, flanajrer. A Fresh Lot of Royster's Candies jnst receivea. Thanksgiving Dinner. Plenty of Turkeys and Cranberries for Thanks giving, and any thing you want in the grocery line that is nice. J. HENRY PtllPPS. X Ashboro street. 'Phone 24 Change of Office. On N'ov 1st. or as soon thereafter as possible. I will move my office to .the elegant H. P. Publishing House, 304 S. Elm St. All persons suffering with their eyes will find me on the second floor, front room, J. T. JOHNSON,- (;i:i:i:nsboiio f.ye specialist,. M. P. Publishing Housa. Examination Free. OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 a m to 12:30 m.: 2:oo to -3-30 p. m. Everybody Invited To call at our store "and get our prices on Groceries, Pro duce and Fruits. You can ave money by dealing with us. All we ast is a trial. Yours ruly, VUNCANON & CO., Reliable Grocers, iith Elm St. 'Phone No. 2, Just In. fyriun.'s Lime Fruit Tablets, at Wards Raspberry Tablets, at Wards Boiu-u'g Pulmonic Cough Tablets, at Wards "-" ton's Lemon Tablets, at Wards Bom. ,n Horehound and Wild Cherry labi..ta at wards rt.jn' Blood Orange Tablets, at Wards DR. J, HENRY SMITH IS DEAD He Passed Peacefully Away This Morning, ' AN ESTIMATE OF THE MAN. Something of Dr. Smith's Early Life And His Work In Other Fields. Funeral Will Take Place To morrow at 3 p. m. Dr. J. Henry Smith, pastor of the First Presbyterian church here and one of the best known divines in the State, died at bis home on Church street this morning'. His death has been expected for sometime though he had rallied somewhat from the critical state of a few weeks ago. Yesterday However Dr. Smith grew rapidly worse and passed a very bad night, sleeping fitfully and only by the aid of opiates. During the latter part of the night he was in a semi conscious state. During the morning he sank continually until about 9 o'clock, when the end came so peace fully that the watchers were hardly aware of it. The funeral services will be conduct ed at the Presbyterian church tomor row at three o'clock. The Elders of Dr. Smith's church will act as honor ary and the deacons as active pall bearers. Dr. Jethro Rumple, of Salisbury will conduct the funeral services ac cording to a request of Dr. Smith sometime before his death. They were old and intimate friends. The church is being draped this evening prepara tory to the service tomorrow. THE MINISTER AND THE MAN. . It is impossible to describe the deep feeling of sadness, which so many hearts have felt as the tidings went from house to house that the voice of Dr. J. Henry Smith will be heard no more. The beloved form, so familiar to us all, will soon be deposited in the grave, no more to meet our view till the res- t urrection morn. The death of such a man is a loss which isdeeply felt, not merely by his own church and congre gation and the entire community, but it will thrill the hearts ' of thousands, irrespective of denominational differ ences, throughout his native state. While it is true the church at large has been deprived of one of its ablest and most useful divines, the blow falls most heavily upon his bereaved fami- y and his own church. He was a model father and husband. His tender affection for and his care ful training of his children awakened in return their filial confidence, love and obedience, and has been rewarded in the position they now occupy in church and society. Amid his ardous, indefatigable and unceasing minister ial duties and labors, he never failed to realize that, as a father, he had a work to do, certainly of as great im portance as any that rested upon him as a minister. Knowing well the dang ers to which small, as well as older children, are exposed when absent from the parental roof, it was his con stant effort, aided by the mother of his children, to make home so attractive that they would not desire to seek happiness or pleasure elsewhere. Both wisdom and care were exercised in di recting their reading and studies as to make pleasant even such tasks as are often considered irksome, or when this could not be done he wisely encour aged such offset as would overcome difficulties. He sympathasized with them in their plays and amusements often himself entering heartily into them, thus making himself their com-, panion while they loved and revered him. : " It is needless to speak of him as a pastor and minister. The deep and ever growing affection in which he has been held by the people of his own charge, or perhaps it is more proper to say the mutual love andf esteem be tween the pastor and his people, tells its own tale. In these days of unfest and change, when long pastorates are exceedingly rare, an exception the rule that the mutual affection of which we have spoken, should have continued, not only with unabated breath, but with ever increasing strength is a more effective and enduring monument to his worth than any one of marble can possibly be. As we look back over these years, how many and tender memories crowd 'themselves upon us. How often, his presence in the chanv ber of sickness ; and death, together with his prayers and wise and divinely directed words of instruction and com fort have cheered and strengthened both the dying and the bereaved sur vivors. How many anxious inquiries after the life and peace have found that which they sought; the Holy Spirit using him as His instrument in leading them to Christ as their Savior; his widely extended fame as an able and sound divine, makes it still less necessary to speak of him in this ca pacity.. Here again his record is in the hearts and the minds of the vast multitndes who have heard him. This day is a day of wide-spread grief and mourning, for a great and a good man has been taken from us. But there is a bright side to the picture. We sorrow not as those without hope. That which we call death is ndt such, but only a transition into ajhigher and nobler life. Write from henceforth "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." Yea, saith the Lord, "that they may rest from their labors and their works, do follow them." The reward awaiting such labors is unspeakably greats Courtesy of the Westminster Presbyterian. SKETCH OP HIS LIFE. Jacob Henry Smith, D. D., the old est son of Samuel R. and Margaret Smith, was born in Lexington, Rock bridge county, Va.. August 13th, 1820. He was prepared for college in his na tive town, and graduated from Wash ington College now Washington and Lee University June 29th, 1843. In the Fall of the same year he entered Union Theological Seminary, Va., and tak ing the full course, received his certi ficate in 1846, and in August of the same year he was licensed by Lexing ton Presbytery, and transferred to West Hanover Presbytery. In Sep tember of this year he took charge of the Church at Pittsylvania C. H., Va., where he was ordained and installed July 31st, 1847. Being invited to take charge of "Samuel Davies Institute," in Halifax county, Va., as Principal and Professor of Greek and Latin, he went thither in the beginning of 1850, and conducted that Institution with great success until 1854. At that time he was invited to Greensboro, N. C, and Charlottesville, Va. Accepting the latter place, he preached at Char lottesville till 1859, when he accepted the renewed, invitation to Greensboro, N. C, and began his work here April 20th, 1850. In June following he was received by Orange Presbytery, and installed in July over the Greensboro Church, where he continued to labor with great success and acceptance. Dr. Smith was an accomplished classical and Belles Lettres scholar, a well-informed theologian, and fairly abreast of the literature of the day. He was the owner of a good, well-selected and well-read library of sacred and polite literature. . But his pecu liar forte was that he was a powerful and impressive preacher. His ser mons were finished" and polished pro ductions, filled with the choicest thought and garnished with graceful allusions, and enlivened with appro priate illustrations. To the polish of the graceful 'composer, Dr. Smith added the attractions of the skillful elocutionist, and the controlling power of a magnificent voice. The Lord has greatly' blessed his labors, granting him revival after revival in his own churches, and in others. In 1872 Hampden-Sidney Col lege conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity, and in 1877 the University of North Carolina repeated the honor. t Dr. J. Henry Smith was twice mar ried. To Miss Catherine Malvina Miller, daughter of Hon. Thomas Miller, of Powhatan county , Va. , March 15th, 1848. She died June 9th, 1854 To Miss Mary Kelly Watson, daugh ter of Judge E. R. Watson, of Char lottesville, Va., Jan. 8th, 1857. A NEW fttSPITE FOR THORN. This Time The Judge Cannot Go Oxi With The Trial. SAND STORMS IN AUSTRALIA. Woman Beaten Into Insensibility By Burglars A Captlllst Falls Into a Cellar in Atlanta and Injures Himself. By. wire to TpK Tklkg bam. New York, 'Nov. 22 Justice Wilmot F. Smith entered the court room at Long Island City this morning 9:30 and announced tbt he was unable to go on with the new Thorn trial. It was t suggested that Justice Maddox of the Supreme court preside but at the con ference which followed the attorneys could reach no agreement. Long be fore the hour for openiHg a large crowd had gathered at the court house and watched the clock impatiently un til 9:30. At that hour Thorn was brought into court smiling but rather nervous. He shows signs of breaking down. It is not stated when the trial will be resumed but district attorney Young 8 aid it w6uld not be delayed long. A. later dispatch says that it has been decided that Judge Maddox will preside at the Thorn, trial and the case will go on without delay. RAISING SAND. By Cable to Thb Tilboram. Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 22 A terrific dust storm has spread over northern Victoria. In separate towns churches, public buildings, dwellings and many' business houses have been wrecked. Many people are reported either killed or injured. FOUND INSENSIBLE. By Wire to Thc Tklecram. Elizabeth, N. J. .Nov. 22 Mrs.Paul- ine Miller, aged eighty-seven years, living on Washington avenue, was beaten over the head during the night' until she was insensible. The outrage is supposed to have been committed by some one who wished to rob her. She was reported to have hoarded money. She was taken to the hospital but will die. DIED OF HIS INJURIES. By Wire to Ths Tklwiram. AtlantaVNov. 22. H. Wiswall, the Boston capitalist who was injured some time ago by falling into the cel lar at the Grand Opera House, died in the Grady Hospital this morning. He never regained . consciousness suffi ciently to tell of the accident. His body will be sent to Boston today. QREENSBORO DISTRICT. The Old Pastors of the City Churches are Coming Back. Special to The Tklkg r am. Asheville, Nov. 22. The Western North Carolina Conference adjourned today at 1:15 o'clock. The appointments for the Greens boro district are as follows: ' Presiding Elder P. J. Carraway. West Market Street J. H. Weaver. Centenary J.'E. Gay. Proximity G. T. Rowe. Greensboro circuit J. B. Tabor. Reidsville Station S. H. Hilliard. Wentworth J. M. Price. Ruffin circuit W. S. Hales. Pleasant Garden S. T. Barber. Ramseur circuit H. H. Jordan. High Point Station J. R. Scroggs Jamestown circuit S. D. Stamey. UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The Law Allowing Imprisonment for Debt. Special to The Telegram. Raleigh, N. C. Nov. 22 The Su perior court Judge Robinson presiding has decided that the law allowing im prisonment for non-payment of taxes is unconstitutional. An appeal ' has been taken to the Supreme court. firs. O'Reilly Dead. By Wire to The Telegram. Boston, Nov. 22.- The widow of the late John Boyle O'Reilly died this morning of pneumonia. USED A ROCK. The Victim Had a Oash Cut In His Cranium The Negro Arrested. "Two fights and a foot race." The foot race has not come off yet, but the fights were pulled off in a hurry. Shortly after the fracas at Wood's barber shop, an account of which is given elsewhere, Mr. W. L. Hepler was standing on the street, near the court house,talking to Mr. J. R. Holt, when a colored carriage driver named Will Mason, drove up and demanded that Hepler get out of his way so the story is told and Hepler told the driver there was plenty of room to go around. A few warm words, and it is said that Hepler called the negro some kind of a rascal, or scoundrel, or words to that effect. The negro watered his horse, and coming up near Mr. Hepler, demand ed: "Are you the man who cursed me?" or language of the same import, and at the same tkne struck Mr. Hep ler on the head with a rock, cutting a large gash from which blood flowed freely. Mason drove off down street near the McAdoo, but in less than five min utes Officer Scott had gently gathered him in, put a handsome pair of brace- eta on his wrists and escorted him to the calaboose where he will have time to reflect on the hardships and cruelties of this unfeeling world. GEORQE AND WILEY. And How They Swatted One Another In de Mawnln." Two of the doughty wielders of "de razoo" in Woods Barber shop had a small misunderstanding this morning. George is the ginger-bread hued wield er and Wiley is of a rich deep ebony. Wiley insinuated that George was not exactly the peer of Solomon in brain power, although he did not use just those words, and George being ginger bread as aforesaid, would not "take dat off no brack nigger" and the fun began. Wiley landed with power and earnestness on George's nose and George reciprocated on Wiley's "Mouf" in one two three order. Then they clinched an tumbled to the floor with George on top when the other employes separated them. And now the wonder is that in the abode of razors neither of the "colored gemmens" thought to use one. The stigma of the razor should henceforth be removed from the brother in black. A COLLIERY ABANDONED. Force of Men Now Tearing Down the Building. By Wire to The' Telegram. Mahoney, Pa. Nov. 22 The Schuyl kill colliery, a familiar land mark of Mahoney valley, which has been in operation since 1863 has been abandoned. A large force of men to day began the destruction of the breaker and other buildings around the entrance to the mine. The Merrymakers. The "Merrymakers" will open a 3 nights' engagement at the Academy Thursday night. The prices of ad mission will be 10, 20, and 30 cts. The Lebanon Times says of the organiza tion: The "Merrymakers" opened a week's engagement in Fisher's Opera House last evening, appearing in"Finmgan's Fortune." The piece was new and af forded the kind of amusement which every person present looked for and enjoyed. It can be said that the com pany gives all they claim, and that our lovers of the theatre have a rich treat in store. To single out the star of the company would be a difficult matter, as each performer proved to be an artist and in the right role. The specialties were original and of the best order. This comedy, as produced by the "Merrymakers," is filled to overflow ing with side-splitting incidents, first class specialties, singing, trick, scene ry, acrobatic feats, etc. Matinees Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Nicaragua Canal Survey. New York, Nov. 21. The Atlas line steamship, Adirondack, which sails today, will take to Grey town, Nicara gua, a large quantity of provisions utensils, and instruments for the use of the. Nicaragua Canal Commission which leaves this port this week on the guuboat Newport to survey a route for the canal. Three employees of the commission will sail on the Adiron dack in charge of the goods. THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK PostmasterGeneral Receives Many Letters Concerning It. THE TURK HAS SUBSIDED. Another Qun Boat Making Her Trial TripThe Reply to Sagasta's Last Note to Be Submlt ' ted to the Cabinet. By Wire To The Txi.tr, hah. Washington, D. C, Nov. 22 Post master-General Gary continues to re ceive many letters regarding the postal savings bank proposition. As a whole the correspondence is a rather general commendation of the scheme. It is said today that the proposition will bear discussion in Congress and that a satisfactory conclusion will be reached. RE-ORGANIZATION POSTPONED. By Cable to Thb Tklbg ram. Constantinople, Nov. 22 The plan of the government to re-organize the navy has been postponed until spring which means that the scheme has been virtually shelved. This is due to the course of Russia in demanding the payment of the arrears of the indem nity of the Russo-Turkish war. THE GUN BOAT WHEELING. By Wire to The Telegram San Franoisco, Nov. 22 The United States gun boat Wheeling started to sea today to complete the trial of her machinery and the other details of her construction. She will be away several days. She behaved well on her trial at Honolulu but the navy department requirements call for fur ther trial. THE REPLY TO SPAIN. By Wire to The Telegram .Washington, D. C, Nov. 22 Pres ident McKinley will submit at the cabinet meeting tomorrow the draft of his reply to the latest note of the Sagasta Ministry. It is an elaborate summary of the steps taken by the United States to prevent filibustering. DISEASE SPREAD BY PENCILS. Sterilization Suggested to Protect Children. Indianapolis, Nov. 21. The health authorities are making an investiga tion of the rapid spread of diphtheria and Other contagious diseases among children since the public schools opened in September, and believe they have found the cause in the system followed in the" use of penholders and lead pencils. All the pencils and pen holders are gathered together each day just befor dismissal and placed in a box on the teacher's desk. The next morning the pencils and pen holtlera are redistributed, so that each child may get different pencils and penholders every day. City Sanita rian Clark says that it is second na ture for children to place pencils and penholders in their mouths when at study, and that thus disease may be communicated from child to child. The City Sanitarian is experimenting with a preparation by which the pen cils and penholders can be sterilized each day. MRS. SETTLE ILL. Apprehensions That She is Threatened With Appendicitis. Special to the CharlotteObserver. Washington, Nov. 20. Ex-Congressman Settle and bride arrived here to day from Wilmington. Mrs. Settle is ill, and apprehensions are expressed that she is threatened with appendici tis. The wedding trip will end here for the present. Saturday's Foot Ball Games. The results of football games throught the country Saturday were as follows: Yale 6; Princeton 0. Pennsylvania 15; Harvard 6. West Point 32; Brown 0. Dartmouth 52; Williams 0. Harvard, freshmen, 34; Yale, fresh men, 0. Naval Cadets 28; Lehigh 6. Dickinson College 42; Franklin and Marshal 0. Virginia Military Institute 42 Hampden bidney Q. Detroit Athletic Club 18; Kalamazoo College 16. University of Michigan 32; Wilten burg 0. Carlisle 23; University of Illinois 6 Dartmouth 52; Williams 0. iraS Hl flV f Attending a Thmnksghring Dinner, or any social function, a .maa should be pro Tided with a dress suit of the latest cut and fashion. Order now. and we vul have It ready for you on time, and will guarantee that la perfection of fit, distinmie style and beauty ot fabrto no one will look more "swell" tbaa a man who wears one of our dress suits. Clean ing, repairing and dyeing done at short not! a. B. L RUBEN, Merchant Tailor, 118 South Elm Street Benbow BuUdin. Is Your Weight Right? People with too light weight, or los ing flesh, should use our Pure Cod Liver Oil Emulsion, Pints, 75c; Half Pints, 50c. You save money, train weight, and get ours always fresh. Richardson & Fariss. Prescriptionists. KODAK guaranteed to stop dead- ache, 10c. Vick's Little Liver Pills, 25c. 'Cure constipation and torpid liver. facts Worth Studying. If the Southern Stock-Mutual pars no larger dividends than the 2d per cent, now paid, and the business in creases during the next seven years in the same ratio it has increased during the last three years; the actual saving for tne ten years to policv-hoiders in North and South Carolina will be $194,822.00, and to the policy-holders in Greensboro alone, 1 26,237.00. Be sides this the Company's assets (rein surance reserve and surplus) repre sented by still larger figures - will be kept at home and invested in the state. What better investment can the publio make than by upholding an institu tion tike this? WHARTON & McA LISTER. AGENTS. " " The New Racket Store offers for- the next Two Days only, a Discount of 10 per cent. on Smyrna Rusts and Lace Curtains. These are special bargains; come and see them, Fordham & Ball, 113 East flarket St. The above cut is merely to call your attention to our large stock of i Tooth Brushes and the numerous other Jl Toilet Articles you will find at our store. Howard Gardner, Druggist Corner Opposite rosT Office. Prescriptions carefully compounded Seasonable Goods. Have just received a large lot of Pine Tar Cough Balsam, King's Discovery, And other cough cures. Holton's Drug Store.
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