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VOL. III. NO. 22
GREENSBORO, N O., THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1898.
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bairini and Cleaning;,
I make a specialty of Watch
(..'leaning and Repairing of all jj
kinds. Work intrusted to me JJj
is certain to receive careful
and intelligent treatment from j
expert and skill! hands. A JJJ
o-ood timepiece should be in-
trusted only to a competent J
watchmaker. Clocks cleaned, JJJ
repaired, regulated and set in
tine running order. JJ
Jewelry and all small wares JJJ
mended, cleaned and repolished.
All work guaranteed. jj
Prices always reasonable. 3J
W. B. farrar's Son.
2 Inspector of Southern Railroad
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corner Opposite wst Oftice.
i'.i.-ycles TEMPLE Sundries
The best equipped bicycle shop in
Ninth Carolina. Renting, repairing,
ami anything a cyclist waDts.
.-. .ie Tube Tires guaranteed, per pair, 5,00
s.'.jle Tube Tires, guaranteed, per pair, $4.50
.Klil.es were 13.50 now 50
Kim'. Pumps were 1.00 now 50
li.iMl iumps were 25 now 20
T'n-Clips were 25 now 15
li tmiie Bars were 2 50 now 1.50
' Ti.t-m was 10 now 05
":' re Tape was 10 now 05
'I'm ;-cr aurds were 10 now 06
I V'i.i.s from tl to 82
1 t Jrips 20 cents pair
:4.ns 11.25
These were the prices before I came
t" (Greensboro. Mail orders filled
I"' ;nptly.
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115 East Market Street.
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The Best Grades
of Flour, Bacon, Hams,
Hure Leaf Lard, and all
kinds of Smoked Aeats.
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'it considered. See us before jou
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W. T. WHITSETT, PH. D.,
Whitsett, N. c.
I'll.
kicked nin OUT.
His Object Was to Get the Price of a
Witness Ticket.
There has been, for several weeks,
perhaps mohths, a tall, lank, saff-on-hued,
one-legged, banjo-pickin' coon
around Greensboro. Business in nis
line of late, has, evidently, not been
very flush, and he set about to devise
ways and means to raise a small stake
of filthy lucre. In the fertility of his
brain he hatched up a story and bad a
negro in High Point arrested on a
charge of selling whiskey.
Yesterday afternoon "the cause
coming on to be heard" Mr. W. P.
Ragan was on hand to represent the
High Point darkey. Solicitor Bynum,
who has been helping Judge Timber
lake hustle business along at a lively
rate, and possibly with visions of an
other eaay victory before his gaze,
and the subsequent fee helping to swell
his wallet, briskly called No. . The
"merschaum colored coon" was quick
ly hustled to the witness stand to tell
his story which was to convict the
High Point fellow.
In due time he Was turned over to
Mr. Ragan who began by asking him:
'Who told you to swear out a war
rant against this man?" To which he
answered:
"Nobody."
"How many times have you been in
dicted for selling liquor?" This ques
tion tickled him, evidently, and he an
swered: "I don't know how many; but I al
ways paid out and made it up."
Mr. Ragan then took another tack
and asked him: "Didn't you tell So
and So on the streets today, that you
had never bought any liquor from this
man here?"
"I was not on the witness stand,
then."
The solicitor here took a hand and
asked: "Did you say that?"
"Yes, sir; but I was not swearing."
Mr. Bynum: "Well, get off that
stand; we don t want any liars here."
Judge Timberlake: "Don't let this
witness prove any ticket in this case,
Mr. Clerk. Call the next case Mr.
Solicitor."
s Guilford College Notes.
Guilford College, Aug. 24.
School opened Tuesday with over
100 new students. Every available
room about the college is being used
for dormitories and the old students
who come a day late find it difficult to
get their old rooms. The buildings
have been thoroughly overhauled and
on the inside have a bright and at
tractive appearance.
A complete system of water works
and sewerage have been put in during
the summer, which adds much to the
convenience of the college. The
water is brought to the college by
a hydraulic ram or "sheep what aint
got no wool" as some call it.
Every available foot-ball suit is in
use and the prospects for a good team
this year are very promising. A num
ber of last years team have returned
and Captain Armfield has had his
men out every day this week and is
getting down to hard work.
Society work is going on quietly but
persistently.
The usual Y. M. C. A. reception
comes off Saturday night.
A Mining Company Formed.
The White's Creek Mining company
of Burke county, was yesterday incor
porated by the secretary of state. Its
business is the mining and milling of
gold and other mineral and ores. The
main office is to be at Johnson City,
Tenn., with branch offices in North
Carolina.
The incorporators are A. M. Young,
of Waterbury, Conn.; A. B. Biddle
and E. E. Els worth, of Johnson City,
Tenn. The capital stock is to 110,000.
News and Observer.
In the Seventh.
Mr. John M. Julian, chairman of
the democratic executive committee of
Rowan county, who was in the city to
day, tells the Telegram that the elec
tion of Hon. Theo. F. Klutz, the dem
ocratic nominee for congress in the
Seventh, is as near a certainty as
such events can be at. this distance
from election day. He says Rowan
county will nearly overcome Shuford's
majority of two years ago in the en
tire district.
Fatal Ice Cream.
Bj Wire to Thi Tkl.bg ram.
Middleton.N.Y., Aug. 25 Ice cream
prepared with lemon extract, which
was purchased from a traveling sales
man a few days ago, has caused the
death of three persons. Four others
are sick and more fatalities are ex
pected. Those afflicted are summer residents
of Greenfield. It is expected that six
others will die. i . - t
MURDER OR MANSLAUGHTER?
Sam Lucas On Trial for Killing
Henry Wood.
DEFENCE OFFERED NO EVIDENCE
The Argument of Council is Going
On as We Qo to Press A Sum
mary of The Evidence Given.
At 10:15 o'clock this morning the
case of State vs. Sam Lucas for the
murder of Henry Wood, which oc
curred in this city last Saturday after
noon, was called. Col. Jno. N.
Staples and D. Schenck, Jr., counsel
for the prisoner, asked for a continu
ance on the ground that the wife of
defendant was absent, in Boston, Mass.,
where she is at work; that it was es
sential that she be here to assist in
making preparations for her husbands
defence; that after diligent effort a
message had been received in which
she stated she would come at the ear
liest possible moment; that Lucas is
poor and totally without means to
prosecute the case; that his wife has
the means and would be of great ser
vice in giving Lucas a fair chance
for his life.
To these appeals the judge announced
that he had anticipated this state of
things and on Tuesday had made in
quiry as co who would represent Lucas
and had been told by Col. Staples that
he would represent him. Otherwise he
would then have appointed counsel to J
defend him. hToceea with the case
gentlemen."
Mr. Schenck then announced that as
be had appeared in the case thus far
he would, with His Honor's permis
sion, continue as associate counsel
with Col. Staples.
Over an hour was cobsumed in the
selection of a jury and at 12:10 the ex
amination of witnesses began. C. C.
Collins was the first witness called.
He testified in substance as follows:
I know Henry Wood. About 2:30
o'clock he came to the express office.
Sam Lucas passed by with a compan
ion and stood a few moments in front
of Fergeson's store. Then walked
partly across the street and talked
awhile, then returned to the sidewalk
in front of Fergeson's. Then walked
toward the express office and put his
hand in his pocket as if to get a
weapon. By this time he reached the
sidewalk in front of the office door.
Here he drew his pistol. Wood saw
him and ran. Lucas advanced toward
the door and fired. Wood was run
ning and was about twelve feet away.'
Lucas advanced and snapped his pistol.
Wood had gotten about 50 feet through
the office and Lucas fired again. I saw
Wood put his hand up to his back
at the second shot. Lucas still ad
vanced and fired again. The fifth time
he attempted to fire Wood was in the
back yard attempting to get over the
fence. The first attempt to get over
the fence he failed, but in the second
he succeeded and rolled over. I said,
"Sam, you are a fool to come in a
place and shoot, you might hit some
body." He said, "that's all right,
captain, I wasn't after anybody but
that negro." He further said, "If
there is a policeman here he can take
and lock me up." Lucas was in front
of the office eight or ten minutes be
fora he fired the first shot.
Cross examined: I think Lucas was
there at least eight minutes "before the
first shot was Bred.
W. J. Weatherly: I arrested Lucas.
He was on the sidewalk when I got
.there. While under 6ustody he said:
"I am afraid I haven't got him." I
took his pistol. He again said: "I
shot that negro and am afraid I have
not killed him. I shot two other ne
groes, and if you'll let me have your
gun and turn me loose I'll go back
and fix that negro."
Cross-examined: The first I heard of
the difficulty was the shots fired. I
heard them and hurried there. Lucas
had been drinking. Lucas told me
Wood had called him a d n liar, and
he didn't allow no man to call him
that, black or white.
Dr. J. T. J. Battle: Was called to
Wood about three o'clock Satur
day afternoon. Found him on the
ground between express office and
Ashe street. I saw he was severely
wounded. The doctor described the
wound just as was printed in this pa
per on Monday. Wood died about
one oVlock Sunday morning. The
wound was the cause of his death.
F. V. Snell: I saw Lucas just before
the shooting. He went up stairs at the
Piedmont House and was gone only a
moment. He came back and hesitated
at the foot the stairs, and putting his
hand to his pocket remarked: "I'll kill
the son ."
Cross-examined: No change in his
evidence.
On reassembling , after the noon re
cess W. J. Weatherly was recalled:
Lucus said he went to his room to get
his own pistol, but it wasn't there. If
he had got his own pistol he would
have fixed him right there, there
wouldn't have been any jumping and
running about it.
Cross-examined: The witness re
interated his former statements.
State rested its case.
The defense introduced no testimony
and the argument to the jury began.
Col. Staples led in an eloquent appeal
for the prisoner's life.
The speeches of counsel will proba
bly occupy the remainder of the day.
Maj. Stedman and Solicitor Bynum
follow Col. Staples, speaking for the
prosecution, and D. Schenck, Jr., for
the defence, will close the argument.
NOTES FROM HIOM POINT.
The Local News From Our Neighbor
Briefly Told.
Telegram Bureau , i
High Point. N. C, Aug. 25, '98.
Moose's art car that has been here
for several days left this morning for
Salisbury.
Several trains of passenger coaches
have passed through going so tth, pos
sibly to bring troops north.
Branson Jacksoi s putting the fin
ishing touch on the rew front of Mil
les building opposi tte postoffice.
V. Sapp returr . this morning
from New York. M e. Sapp and chil
dren who ha" t visiting relatives
in Greensbc urned also.
T H. Toml. cn left this morning
tor Winston in the interest of the
Globe Furniture Co.
Prof. G. H. Crowell went to Guil
ford College this morning on business.
Miss Carrie Norman, of South Bos
ton, Va., is visiting Miss Estelle Car
lee. J. A. Marsh went to Concord this
morning.
Prof. Blair returned last night from
Winston.
Bud Wrenn and Capt. Rankin went
south last night about 10 o'clock. It
is stated on good authority that they
were going a courting.
E.J. Poole, of Greensboro, was in
the city this morning on business-
Miss Berta Ross who bas been
spending the summer at White Sul
phur springs passed through this
morning enroute to her home in Ashe
boro. Ex-Sheriff Ross, of Asheboro, was
in the city this morning.
Sam Mock has been sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary for steal
ing a coat here two weeks ago. Yes
terday h saw Chief Police Bennett,
whom he used to work for in Greens
boro and ask him to give him ten
cents to buy some tobacco with and
said that he was going to take a trip
and would not see him again soon
and wanted something to remember
him by.
There will be a sociable in Archdale
tonight, the main event will be a coon
boiling. All of our young people will
be there.
Mrs. Wharton Dead.
The sad news was received here to
day of the death of Mrs. Dr. L. D.
Wharton, of Smithfield. She was a
sister of our townsman Mr. W. L.
Wharton, of the Banner Warehouse.
The remains were brough to her home
at McLeansville today where they will
be interred tomorrow.
The Store Breaking Case.
The case of the state vs. Lon Smith
and Alex. Jarrell, for breaking in a
store at Morehead on August 7, was
finished in the superior court this
morning and Smith was sentenced' to
ten years in the peniteniary, while Jar
rell, who "turned state's evidence,"
gets four months in jail, with leave to
commissioner sto work on the roads.
Don't Forget.
Julian's excursion to Norfolk passes
Greensboro Tuesday morning, Sept.
6th. Round trip $3.50. Special car
for ladies and escorts.
Threaten Fresh Rebellion.
Manila, Philippine Islands, August
24 At a conference today between the
insurgents and the Americans the for
mer declared emphatically that they
were willing to co-operate with the
Americans if assured that the islands
would remain either an American or a
British qolony or under the protecto
rate of the United States or Great
Britain.
Otherwise, the insurgent leaders as
serted, they would- not dare disarm.
They threaten a fresh rebellion within
a month if the Americans withdraw. ;
MR. ALGER IS INVESTIGATING
The Rumors of Incompetency at
Montank Point
STORE FULL OF COTS AND BEDS
And Yet the Men Were Sleeping on
the around The Affairs Being
Bettered Other News.
By Wire to The Txxjdqkam.
Montauk, August 25 Secretary Al
ger passed his first night in camp in
his private car, and was up bright
and early this morning conducting an
investigation of the rumors of incom
petency in the management of the
quartermasters department, which is
already showing the effect of his visit.
While s at the camp of the Second
Massachusetts regiment Secretary Al
ger found many soldiers sleeping on
the ground, many of them having
no blankets. He expressed surprise
at such conditions existing while there
were several thousand cots and bed
ticks in the store house, and it was not
long before wagon trains from the de
pot began the wholesale distribution
of these much needed" articles, with
tons of straw for extra warmth as
well.
Many of the new patients in the hos
pital owe their illness to the fact that
after the last storm subsided they had
to lie down on the wet ground to sleep.
The hospital situation is now much
more serious, owing to the prevalence
of pneumonia, and many new tents for
hospitals are being hurriedly erected.
TROOPS ORDERED HOME.
Washington, Aug. 2'5 Orders have
been sent to Gene -al Miles directing
him to send home all the troops not
actually needed in Porto Rico. No
point has ye1 been selected for disem
barkation in the United States, but a
number of sites are under discussion.
STILL MOVING.
Chickamauga, Aug. 25 The First
Illinois cavalry left for Fort Sheridan
today. The One Hundred and Fifty
Eighth Indiana, First West Virginia
and Sixth Ohio will-leave this evening
for Knoxville where they will await
further orders. Preparations are being
made to muster out the Second Ne
braska, also the light cavalry and the
artillery batteries now here.
Fishing Schooner Sunk.
By Wire to Thi Telegram.
New York, Aug. 25 The Thingvalla
line steamer, Norge, arrived here this
morning and reports having run down
and sunk the French fishing schooner,
La Coquette, of Bayonne, France, on
Saturday, on the Grand Banks. The
captain and eight seamen were saved;
sixteen of the crew were drowned.
The captain of the Norge lays the
blame on the captain of the fishing
schooner.
Studying Their Duties.
By Wire to Thb Telegram.
Washington, Aug. 25 Senators Da
vis and Frye, who have been selected
for peace commissioners, arrived at
the white house this morning and im
mediately began a conference with the
president over the coming labors of
the commission at Paris.
t Too Late to Kick.
By Cable to Thb Tklbqram.
Madrid, Aug. 25 Newspapers and
the general public express considera
ble disgust at the early surrender of
Santiago, since hearing stories with
regard to the adequate defensive con
ditions prevailing there as told by the
returned troops.
Six more deaths have occurred since
the troops landed.
Baseball Yesterday.
At St. Louis:
St. Louis 14
Washington 5
At Cleveland :
Cleveland 4
New York 1
At Chicago:
Chicago 2
-Boston 1
At Pittsburg:
Pittsburg 1
Brooklyn 5
At Louisville:
Louisville 11
Philadelphia : 6
STANDING OP THE CLUBS.
Clubs. Won
Boston 69
Cincinnati 67
Baltimore..'. 63
Cleveland 63
New York 60
Chicago 59.
Pittsburg 54
Philadelphia .49
Washington. 39
Louisville... 39
Brooklyn it ... .. . .39,
St. Iiouis.v.v, i,3l
Lost
37
40
38
43
45
49
54
52
61
67
63
P. Ct.
651
626
624
542
500
485
390
390
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SCHLEY HAS RECOVERED.
On His Way to New York He Is OIv
en Rousing Reception.
By Wire to Thx Txlbgram .
Norwalk, Aug. 25 Admiral Schley
has fully recovered from his recent ill
ness. He rested well last night and
this morning boarded the train for
New York where he will report imme
diately on board the flag ship.
The admiral contemplates going at
once to Washington, but may delay
his departure until tomorrow.
At the stations along the route
to New York he was given rousing
receptions.
Posel Suicides.
By Cable The Telegram.
Paris, August 25 Ernest Joseph
Posel, the German who has been try
ing to collect a claim for ten thousand
pounds insurance on 'his .late wife
from the Urbain Insurance Co., which
resisted payment on the ground that
he had thrown her over a cliff near
Florence, committed suicide last night
at Duran's restaurant. Posel was un
der heavy bail, the authorities having
ordered his wife's body exhumed.
Miners Return to Work.
By Wire to Thb Tklegram.
Hazleton, Pa., Aug. 25 Seven hun
dred coal miners and laborers, em
ployed by the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre coal company, who went out
on a strike yesterday .returned to work
this morning. All is quiet and no
further trouble is expected.
THE MARKETS.
Closing Quotations by Private Wire
to W. A. Porterfield & Co.
W. A. Porterfield & 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 Chicago Board of Trade:
The following are the closing quota
tions of the New York Stock Exchange:
New York, Aug. 25, 1898
American tobacco 143i
Atch., Top. & Santa Fe 361
B. and O
C. and O 24
Chic, Bur. and Quincy 118f
Chic. Gas 105
Del., LacK. and Western
Delaware and Hudson 108
Am. spirits
Erie 14i
General Electric 40i
Jersey Central 92i
Louisville and Nashville 59i
Lake Shore
Manhattan Elevated 961
Missouri Pacific 36i
Metropolitan and S. railway.... 166i
Northwestern 136
Northern Pacific Pr 76f
National Lead
New York Central 118
Pacific Mail 34i
Reading 18f
Rock Island 1051
Southern Railway 9i
Southern Railway Pr 35J
St. Paul 1124
Sugar Trust 143f
Tenn. Coal & Iron 32f
Texas Pacific
U. S. Leather Preferred.. 72
Western Union Tel 94 J
Wabash Preferred 21f
Chicago, Aug. 25 1898.
Wheat, Aug 67
" Dec 6H
" Sept.... 63f
Corn, Dec 30
" Apr
" Sept 30
" Oct
" May
" Aug 30
Oats, Sept 19f
" Apr ,
" Dec 19f
" Aug 19f
Prk, Dec 892
" Apr
" Sept . ; 889
" Aug 887
Lard, Sept 507
" Apr
" Dec 512
" Aug 507
Ribs, Sept 517
" Dec 517
" June
" Aug 517
Cotton, Sept 547(559
" Dec 559560
" Feb 567568
" March 571572
" April ...574576
" May ....577579
" June "
July..
" August
"' Oct 554555
Nov 556557
' "Jan..-.. . . . .'. ... . . .. . . :.563564
T Spot - cotton. . . . . .,'. . .5 1 :
Puts, .'21 a i Calli . 64 Oarbv Jt-
Just Opened
New Lot
Bensborps
Van Houtens
Blookers Dutch
Bakers Chocalate
Bakers Maillards
L. B. Lindau
"Refreshing"
and "Delicious"
are words tnat are often heard after
people have tried Orange Phosphate
at our fountain. Orange Phosphare
is so common that it takes something '
extra to call forth such remarks. The
secret of ours is that we are careful to
have fresh syrups, made from the best
material we can find. Fresh syrup
means syrup made not longer than
the day before you taste it.
Our Orange Phosphate
is delicious because it hasn't that
celery pine wood taste. It has that,
acid taste that pleases.
30HN B. FARISS,
Dependable Drugs, fiftS
Stamps, to oblige.
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. M'lLHENNY, Druggist,
504 So. Elm. . Manager.
At Six O'ciock
. rionday Afternoon
we will-sell at auction to the highest
bidder, the building known as the
Planters Hotel, same to be moved off
in ten days after Sept. 1st. A compe
tent house mover " will be present at
the sale.
WHARTON ft McAUSTER.
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