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a"- -: 7- r 'XT....1 rirrniatlon Guaranteed.- 6inso0ro Circalatlsa Grcwlsg Dally. 11 .liv VOL. Ill- NO- 3 GREENSBORO, IMC, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, I898s Price Two Cents Bvemng' ore j E2SSSS Trade Is Dull, but we are not kicking, for we have long since learned that it don't do any good. Still, we are very anxious to do more business these days and will sell DRY GOODS and SHOES very cheap in order to keep the ball rolling. Hendrix & Co., 22i S. Elm St. I Repairing and Cleaning. I I make a specialty of Watch Cleaqingr and Repairing of all jj kinds. Work intrusted to me Jj is certain to receive careful J expert and skilled hands. A JJJ good timepiece should be in- trusted only w a compeueni w watchmaker. Clocks cleaned, JJJ repaired, regulated and set in m s fine running order. jj jpwplrv and a11 small wares S 2 mended, cleaned and re polished. All work guaranteed. JJJ Jjj Prices always reasonable. JJJ s W. B. farrar's Son. f Inspector of Southern Railroad ft A Watches. J , m Established 1868 Turnip Seed Just Received. l If you want Good, Fresh Turnip Seed, buy of US." HOWARD GARDNER. Druggist CORNKR OPPOSITK POST OFF1CF.. Guilford College, North Carolina. Five large buildings. Faculty of ten able teachers. Courses of study leading to degrees. Tuition for term $2U to 2t5. Hoard and room $8 per month; in clubs 14 per month. Total exjenses for year need not exceed 413 and can be easily reduced to t90. Correspondence solicited. Catalogue free. Address, GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C. Eatables Best Corn of the season, 10c dozen Country Tomatoes, 10c dozen 1'eaohes, 15c to 20c peck Apples, 10c peck Cabbage, Snaps and all kinds of Vegetables. Chickens, Eggs, Honey. See us and learn our pricey on Flour, Pure Ieaf Lard, Smoked Meats, Hams, Breakfast Bacon, and ;all kinds of eatables, before you buy. VUNCANON & CO., Reliable Grocers. South "Elm Street Fhone No. 2 Whitsett 0 Institute i.Hf-Trtrv. ?Sij-ma. Business, Art, Music, etc. SLu.ii-nts. representing 30 counties. Expe rienced Kaeuity. 25 Free Scholarships. New .1,(1 Convenient Buildings. Location Noted lor health and Beauty. FuUy Incor porated. Kxeellent Advantages, Reasonable Expenses. :(ut term opens August 17th, Foj Illustrated fit v.wc catalogue, address, PROF. v. T. WHITSETT, Ph. D., Whitsett, N. C. WAR NOTES FROM MANILA. Light Thrown Upon the Situation by Letters Pubflihed In lions Kong. San Francisco, Aug. 2 Manila let ters printed in Hong Kong papers up to June 29th give many interesting tales of the peculiar situation at Ma nila, of the insolence of the German naval officers, of Dewey's firmness and his wonderful energy, of Agunaldo's great influence over the insurgents, and the extremecowardice of the Span- I ish troops, which has led many hun dreds of well armed regulars to sur render to less than their own force of poorly equipped natives. The presence of the German fleet in Manila l&y has been a great source of encouragement to the Spanish, and a leading Manila merchant said frankly thaf Augusti would have surrendered soon afterDewey's victory if it had not been for the moral support he re ceived from Admiral Diedrich. All Spaniards construe the presence of five German men-of-war, when one might have done all the work required , as "a direct act not of friendly inter est and warning to the Yankees that they must not go too far." Prominent Englishmen at Manila that Dewey would have been justified in ordering the German admiral to send away all but one ship. A LONDON ACCOUNT. Says Spain's Answer and Protest , We:e Sent Monday. London, Aug. 3 The Madrid cor respondent of the Standard, telegraph ing Tuesday, says: "The government's reply to the American terms was forwarded yes terday evening through M. Cambon, and there is a strong prospect that peace will be concluded. It is not to be supposed that the United States government will object to representa tions being made on the Philippine question and upon some pecuniary claims which were mooted by the Uni ted States in the West Indies. On all the remaining main issues, Spain shows a disposition to assent to the American demands. ' "No cabinet council was held today nor are the ministers likely to meet again until - fresh intelligence is re ceived from Washington. This is not expected at the earliest before tomor row. "The news from Manila still causes anxiety. No foreign ma'ls reached Madrid today in consequence of floods near Burgos. "With regard to the part played in the negotiations by Cambon, the French ambassador at Washington, there is now a marked tendency both here and in Paris to attribute to it considerable importance. Directly the final arrangement is made it is sup posed that the press will be allowed more liberty of comment. The gen eral impression is that both govern ment are disposed to put an end to the war as honorably as possible for Spain, which would have been easier had the United States not imposed such hard conditiona with regard to the Philippines. Sftgasta's Diplomatic Victory. London, August 3 The Gibraltar correspondent of The Daily News, tel egraphing Monday night, says: "The censorship is daily becoming more se vere, and little is known beyond the fact that peace is assured. It is under stood that the note from America asks only part of the Philippines, and that the premier, Senor Sagasta, haviDg re plied that the terms will be accepted, hostilies are consequently suspended. "A commission will be appointed to determine the basis of peace. The chief difficulty, it is asserted in official circles, is as to the date and manner of the evacuation of the Spanish posses sions. "There is also the question of the disposal of the war material in Cuba, Senor Sagasta, if he has a chance, will probably represent the restitution of the material as a diplomatic victory. It has just been asserted here that the Premier has succeeded in obtaining slightly improved terms. The treaty will not be sighed before September." William at Blsmark's Bier. Friedrlchsruhe, Aug. 2 The emper er and empress spent half an hour in this city city afternoon paying honor to the dead. The arrival wa i witness ed by a large crowd. The emperor placed magnificent wreaths on the cof fin of the ex-chancellor. There was a short religious service, upon the con clusion of which the body was blessed according to the Lutheran rites. Before leaving the castle the emper or again expressed his wish that the interment should be in the Cathedral but Prince. Herbert BismarcK again decl'ned the offer, saying he would fulfill his father's wishes to be buried on Schneckenberg, opposite the castle. OUR TOBACCO INTERESTS. An Industry Whose Value is Al most Lost Sight of. SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS. Tobacco Has flade Danville, Winston and Durham and Why May it Not Help Greensboro? In the push and rush of the wide awake citizens of Greensboro to se cure manufacturing industries for the Upbuilding of our fair city, we have to a very great extent lost sight of the value of the tobacco business to our floral city. The locating of new manufacturing industries in our city is a good thing, and something which the writer heart ily endorses. But, in our anxiety to secure new industries, we should not forget to nourish and cherish those that are already here. To illustrate the value of the tobac co business to the town, we will give you the facts in figures. This market will sell this year, about 3,750.000 lbs. of leaf tobacco at an average of 8 cts. per pound, which makes a total of $300,000.00, paid out on this market for tobacco this year. Now we shall estimate that 50 .per cent of this amount is spent with our merchants and business houses, which makes $150,0 0 00 annually spent from this source alone. We believe this esti mate is entirely too low, for these farmers lay this money away, and come to town all through the year and buy such things as they need, with it and no one stops to think or Inquire from what source his customer derived the cash to pay for these goods. Aside from this there is always a vast amount of country produce brought in on tobacco wagons, which we have no means of reckoning the value of, but it will amount to quite a large sum. Furthermore all this vast amount of tobacco has to be handled and this takes labor and a good deal of it. The money annually paid out in Greeosboro for the expense of manu facturing and handling of tobacco amounts to at least $47,500 and all tr.is money is spent in Greensboro for the necessaries and luxuries of life, the latter, however, are very scarce, acd little is known of them among to bacco men.) This makes the value of the tobacco market worth at least $200,000 to the annual trade of Greens boro, and could, by a little effort, be readily doubled in two years' time. G-eensboro has the strongest buying capacity, for its warehouse space, of any market in North Carolina or Vir ginia, and we might double our ware house capacity with prudence, for we know nourishing markets with three big warehouses that have not exceed-, ing one-fifth of the buying capacity that this market has, and all doing a flourishing business. - One thing needful right now is more warehouses. Do not be afraid to in vest in good, cheap warehouse prop erty, well located-- I would not be afraid to wager $100 that two more warehouses as large as those we al ready have here, rould be leased to good, reliable men before September 1st, 1898, if they were built. Ware house property well arranged and well located pays a high rental and has never stood idle here yet and that is more than can be said for any other kind of property here. Another thing needful to the up building of the market is the co-operation of our merchants and business men in encouraging the farmers to sell on this market and always speaking a good word for the market in their presence, while they are transacting business with you. Don't be afraid that you will attach too much impor tance to the tobacco interest of Greens boro, for you can't do that. Tobacco alone built up Danville, Winston and Durham and there are other places in North Carolina and Virginia building up more rapidly than did these. Let us awake to the true value of this great industry and push our market to the front where it naturally belongs, from its central ge ographical location and utilize our great railroad facilities which are not equaled by any other town in the state. Another thing that would help to do this would be a concert of action be tween the tobacco business and the mercantile industry of our city to join hands and "money, and devise some scheme by which all the tobacco grow' ers for thirty-five miles around might be reached with a weekly paper every week for say eight months in the year. This paper should contain an adver tisement from every business firm in Greensboroand should also contain frequent write-ups of our great Indus tries, setting forth the merits -of the Greensboro market as the place to sell tobaeoo, the cheapnee of the goods on the bargain counters of our wide awake merchants, and the abso lute safety of our banks as places of safe keeping for all the surplus money in the hands of these farmers. A lit tle money and brains in these direc tions will bring handsome returns. If ihe clever reporters of our ener getic newspapers would visit the to bacco market as often as they do the passenger depots and keep the happen ings as closely written up it is highly probable that it would prove vastly more profitable to the papers. It would help to increase the business of our town, and anything that increases the business interests of a town in creases the value of its papers, both in advertising and extra circulation. They would gain by having a paper that would keep the tobacco farmer well posted as to the state of the mar ket. Don't forget that tobacco brings in outside capital. The tobacco bought by our manufacturers is worked and sold in the south. That bought by our leaf dealers is sold all over the Unit 3d States, Can ada, and Europe, and the more tobacco we sell the more outside and foreign capital we bring to Greensboro for acclimating as home capital. Citizen. NOTES FROM HIGH POINT. The Local News From Our Neighbor Briefly Told. Telegram Burba tj , I High Point. N. C, Aug. 3,'98. The recrui ing officers who have been here for some time have left. Lieut. W. A. Erwin and Private G. H. Hol- llster will stop at Lexington. Dr. J. F. Re id and Sergt. Q. E. Smith will stop in Concord. While they did not get a large number of recruits here, the have made many friends. The Telegram published a letter a day or two since from Chas. H. Pow ell, one of High Point's boys, who en listed in Co. D, and who is stationed at Land's End, S. C. We are exceed ingly glad to learn that they are all in good health and are having a good time fishing, bathing, etc. Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Harvey, of Weldon, who have been visiting W. E. Johns, have returned home. Capt. W. E. Johns, of Mt. Airy, who has been visiting relatives here, has returned home. About thirty of young people en joyed a hay ride to Archdale and were highly entertained by Misses Bert, De borah and Annie TomlinsOn and oth er friends at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Tomlinson. WHICH WILL IT BE? Hanna Says Congress Will Convene; McKlnley Says Not. Washington Aug. 5--There will be no extra session of congress, though the senate will probably be called to gether for prompt ratification of the treaty of peace if the present plans of the President prevail. It is stated at the White House that unless there should be some extraordinary develop ment the house will not meet until it convenes in regular session December. This statement made on the authority of the President himself, in answer to personal inquiries is in contradiction to reports current among public men that congress will soon meet to draft legislation to meet the demands that will follow the close of the war, as well as give formal assent on the part of the senate to the treaty. Cleveland, Ohio, August 2 Senator Hanna said at noon today that an ex tra session of congress would be called very soon to consider terms of peace. He was not advised as to exact date, but said it would be very soon. To Our Readers. We regret verya much that it was necessary to go to press this evening with such a small amount of telegraph to present to our readers. Owing to a storm in New York, which broke down the telegraph lines, we were unable to get our regular news service and this accounts for the appearance of to day's paper. Lawn Party In tbe Country. The ladies aid society of Buffalo church will give a lawn party In the church grove tomorrow ( Wednesday ) night and requests us to say that they will be glad to see all their Greens boro friends out. Refreshments will be served and the proceeds will go to Barium Springs orphanage. A good timp. ia assured all who attend. Drive out and enjoy a moonlight evening in the country. MILES BLOODLESS VICTORIES Nine More Towns In Porto Rico nrrendcr to Him. THEY DESIRE TO BE ANNEXED. No Official Reply Has Been Received From Spain Yet The Texas In Dry Dock. By Cable The telsubak. Ponce, Aug. 1, via St. Thomas De layed in transmission Nine addition al cities have surrendered to General Miles, besides Juano Diaz, which yielded yesterday. The names of the towns are: Arrago, Patilas, Yabucoa, Salinas, Santa Isabel, Adjutantas, Penuelas, Guayabal and Guamoya. The Spanish troops were captured in most of the cities. All of the cities were taken without fighting, the American troops being enthusiastically welcomed by the citi zens, thus far. No Spanish sympa thizers were found, and in many cases Spanish troops who were garrisoning the cities, have been compelled to leave. They retreated to San Juan. The cruiser St. Louis arrived this morning bringing Porto Rican refu gees who-were ring-leaders in the revo lution of a year ago. They went to Santo Domingo but returned to Porfco Rico and were caught by Spaniards and jailed but were subsequently de parted and have -been to New York. Upon their arrival here -they were re garded as heroes, bands played Amer ican airs and prominent officials made speeches of welcome. The progress to their homes was a continual Qvation. The returned refugees held a confer ence this afternoon with leading citi zens and say ninety per cent of the population 'prefer annexation to the United States to self government. Third Illinois has arrived. A -gov ernmental postoffice will be opened to morrow. IN DRY DOCK. New York, August 3 The battleship Texas was placed in dry dock this morning. A number of plates will be replaced and the vessel thoroughly overhauled. The hospital ship Relief finished loading hospital delicacies and sup plies and will sail this afternoon for Ponce de Puerto Rico. SIGNED BEFORE SATURDAY. London, August 3 The Rome cor respondent of the Daily Chronicle says: "It is asserted. here on good author ity that the representatives of the Spanish government have accepted terms ofjpeace offered by United States with only a few unimportant reserva tions. It is strongly believed that the preliminaries to the final peace treaty will be signed before Saturday." NO OFFICIAL REPORT YET. Washington, Aug. 3 No notice, of Spain's qeply to our peace terms had been officially received. by President McEinley up to 10:30 this morning. Pearson Re-Nominated. Special to The Telegram. Asheville, N. C, Aug. 3 There publican convention of the Nineth con gressional district, which is in session in this city, today re-nominated Repre sentative Richmond Pearson to repre sent that district in the Fifty-sixth congress. Mr. Pearson was nomina ted by acclamation. Troops Reach Honolulu. San Francisco, August 2 The Call says: "The steamer Doric which arrived late last night brought news of the ar rival at Honolulu of the fourth Manila expedition. The Doric left Honolulu last Monday. The transport arrived there the day before with all on board well and on Monday the boys in blue were ashore and were given a royal reception and a grand feast. "The fourth expedition left here July 15th, and reached Honolulu with out mishap to either vessels. Great preparations are being made at the islands for a grand celebration on the arrival of the annexation commis sioners and the raising of the stars and stripes. By Another Name. "This is the parlor eh?" tentatively remarked the real estate agent, who was looking over the house. "Yes," replied the old man Kidder: "but I usually call it the courtroom I've got seven daughters, you Know. Harpers Bazar. One more lot pants patterns in neat checks and stripes for $1.38, $1.75, $2.25, and $2.75 at Thacker & Brock- mann's. We also carry genuine six quarter all wool navy blue Middlesex Flannel, and a variety of styles in single and double width suitings for men's 'and boys wear. DEMOCRATIC HAND BOOK. It Will be Ready f or Dcttvery on the 1 4 th of August! " The democratic hand book will be ready for delivery on the 14th of this month. It will contain about 150 pages. The chairman of the state committee is having struck off for general distri bution 2,500 copies. This will give, after supplying candidates, speakers and newspapers, an average of twenty to the counties. The chairman has made arrangements with Edwards & Broughton, printers, Raleigh, N. C, to supply the county committee with any additional number of copies they may desire at the rate of four cents a piece. It will be necessary that the chair man and others who desire additional copies shouldat once notify the Hon. . m. oimmons, state cnairman. rne forms will be distributed as soon as the orders are filled. The campaign handbook of this year will be particularly valuable and every county should order enoughpopies to put one in the hands of every ' doubt ful voter in the state. If you are not sick drink Aetna Lith- ia water and keep well. Two or three dollars worth -of this pure, wholesome water used at this season may prevent a spell of typhoid fever. If you will use this water freely we guarantee good results. It is not necessary to go to the springs at a cost of HOOper month. R. P. Goad, Agt., Gardner's Drugstore. Rockland Co.'s Vici Kid Goodyear Welt shoes for men, only $J.00, at Thacker & Brockmann's. THE MARKETS. Closing Quotations by Private Wire to W. A. Porterfleld & Co. W. A. Porterfleld & Co. , commission brokers, furnish us with the following closing quotations . of the New York Stock-exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade: The following are the closing quota tions of the New York Stock Exchange: New York, Aug. 3, 1898 American tobacco 7 . . . . 128 Atch., Top. & Santa Fe 34i B. and O C. and 0 22i Chic, Bur. and Quincy 108 Chic. Gas : 99 Del., Lacf. and Western 151 Delaware and Hudson 156 Am. spirits Erie General Electric. 39i Jersey Central 90 Louisville and Nashville 54 Lake Shore 192i Manhattan Elevated '06 Missouri Pacific 36 Metropolitan and S . railway .... 1551 Northwestern 133 Northern Pacific Pr 72i National Lead 37 J New York Central . . ,f 118i Pacific Mail 31i Reading 1 Rock Island ., iWti Southern Railway. . '. ........... 84 Southern Railway Pr ... ..... . 311 St. Paul 101 Sugar Trust , 1391 Tenn. Coal & Iron 254 Texas Pacific U. S. Leather Preferred 681 Western Union Tel 94 Wabash Preferred 191 The following are the closing quota' tions of the Chicago Board of Trade: Chicago, Aug. 3, 1898. Wheat, Aug 67 " Dec 641 ." Sept 651 Corn, Dec 33 " Apr " Sept 321 " Oct ' June " Aug 32f Oats, Sept 20f " Apr.. Dec., Aug.. Pork, Dec... U....' " Apr.... 882 " Sept 887 " Aug 882 Lard, Sept. 520 " Apr " Dec " Aug 515 Ribs, Sept 515 " Dec . ' 1 June " Aug..... 510 Cotton, Sept 591592 " Dec....... ..621605 Feb.. 608609 " March". 619620 " ADril 615fa)617 " May 619620 June , " July g " August 587588 " Oct 5! " Nov 599(2600 Jan 60560( Spot cotton 6 1-16 Puta, 651 Calls, 661 ! Curb 4-Ycar Old VINEGAR - t 40c Gal. This is Ai and now is the time to pickle. Also all kinds of Spices. L. B. Lindau Fariss Has It Odors That Breed Disease especially in the hot weather days, multiply and grow strong unless you nse a powerful disinfectant. Never let your barbage barrels or cans stand too long without emptying them, and it is always - best to put a good disinfectant in the barrel everv dav or so, io keep it sweet. It is a good way to avoid a spell of sickness. Creolium, 25c bottle JOHN B, FARISS, Dependable Drugs, Coca Celery A Fine Nerve Tonic and invigorator Pineapple Pepsin Phosphate A delicious, refreshing:" digestive drink. Try a glass 5c. Stanley & Grissom, (Successors to South' Side Pharmacy) J. K. AI'ILHENNY, Drur&lst, 504 So. Elm. ' Manager. 1 Defective Vision Often Causes Headache and it can be entirely relieved by Perfectly Adjusted Spectacles Mrs. Rev.TY J. Ogburn, of Sum-v merfleld , who" su ff ered almost inoes- santly with headdche. said incidentally in a recent letter; "My glasses have ,, been a perfect relief. Have never had a day of headache sinco putting them on. I could not do without them." Many people suffer intensely with headache who are wearing glasses. It is a sure sign that they are not what is needed. Very Respectfully, J.T.JOHNSON. The Greensboro. Eye Specialist. ' Opposite McAdoo Hotel. OFFICE HOURS: 8:00 a m to 12:30 m.; 2:00 to 6:00 p. m. FOR RENT. Two Good Houses A five room cottage on West Lea street, near C. F. & Y. V. railroad. Price $7.50. A five room house on Cedar street, near Gaston. The Goodman cottage. WHARTON & McALISTER. AGENTS. -WHILE THE War Tax will Increase Prices on a few articles, there will be no increase in the price of prescriptions. We shall continue as heretofore, td use the utmost care, the purest drugs, and charge the same reasonable prices. Hpiton's Drop Store. JtcAdoo House Building. 1 3 i T 4 T ' w ,i. - si"
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