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r VOL. VI NO. 2 GREENSBORO, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1900 j Price Five Cents GOOD ROADS AND GOOD SCHOOLS FOR GUILFORD COUNTY THE BEST INVESTMENT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO MAKE! fie Greeiis Evenins Telesrarar-- Roro I I Here's The Prices Ladies Tailor Made Suits Four $10.00 Suits re duced to - - 6 33 Four $12.00 Suits re duced to - - 7 6S Four $12.50 Suits re duced to - - 8 10 Four $13.50 Suits re duced to - - 9 OO One $15-25 Suit re duced to - - 9 90 Two $15.65 Suits re duced to - - 10 8 Four $16.00 Suits re duced to - - II 3 One 19.50 Suit re duced to - -13 95 Yt have named very low prices on i! .(-' goods in order to sell them quick. T! hv are well made, all-wool, correct tyl. silk lined Jackets and up-to-date in every respect. i happed Hands ard Lips Are paioiul and annoy, because they Ueiract from personal beauty. For turately, no one need be troublec witn tnem for long. Onr flarshmallow Lotion gives a quick and sure relief. It is to'd under an abso ute guarantee. If u d'es not do what we claim for it, viit cDoner will be cheerfully refunded. .ve could fill pages with testimonials HoS ton's Drug Store, McAdoo House Building "Prescription work a specialty. JOHN THAME?, M O. PHYSICIAN andSUROEON Specialties: SURGERY and 0PTH 4LM0L06Y Glass fitted when needed. All v. ir prompt y attended 0v' in Grias-m Building, opp. Me Adno Hous?. Telephone, f9. Hours H o II a. m.. 3 to 4, 7 to 8 p m. Resi dence. 2:55 Ed je worth St. Phone, 173 DR. hURBANK, Ophthalmologist. GLASSES ADJUSTED. OXce 301-30 Southern Loan & TrU9t Co's B lilding. To Our Friends and Customers. We regret to announce to our friends and customers that on the morning of Feb. 4th. 1900, our stock of Clothing, Hats and Furnishings was almost entirely destroyed by fire and water, ard our building badly damaged, which will unavoidably cause a suspension of our basin ss for a short lime. Contracts have been made and the workmen are rebuilding our s'.orc. wbich will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, and 'e hope to be able to reopen on or about April 1st, at our old stand, wth an entire new and beautiful stock of Clothing and Gents' Fur nishings. All tbe s'ock saved from the fire has been sold to Mr. Jacob Gold stein of Danville, Va., and Mr J. Rostngartner, of Raleigb, N C. Wo feel graU ful to all onr friends and customers for their very liix nl patronage in the past, and hope by fair dealing and a strict attention to business to merit a continuanee of same. We would thank all parties indebted to us to call and sett'e same, as we are anxious to balance our books. Also request all parties h iving- accounts against us to present same. Our office is at present No. 106 South Davie street, two (2) doors north of C. P. Vanstory's Livery b tables, in the McAdoo House building. Very Respectfully, C. IN. VANSTORY & CO. Prices Talk ! cp? To move them out in a hurry wc offer the follow- 5 ing: nr- lot Boys Linen Collars, sizes 12, 121 and 13 2c eah. 3k; -.ie lut Boys Waterproof Collars, sizes 12i and 13 2c each. jakC One iot Men's Linen Standing Collars, all sizes 2c each. Men's oO-cent Canton Flannel Drawers 33 cents. hildren's Black Ribbed Hose, small 6izes 4 cents. Skj Men's Colored Laundered Shirts 23, 37 and 41 cents. lo pieces', 3i and 25 cent wool Dress Goods 19 cents. 12 pieces tj and 5 ' cent wool dress goods 33 cents. jic 4 pieees new fancy 50 cent wool dress goods 35 cents. One lot boys white and colored shirts 33 cents. cJ Men's home-made 25 cent wool sox, white and brown . .19 cents. . Thacker & Brockmann. Taylor ! brought you this" suit six months ago, and you haven't paid me a cent." Harduppe 'But it didn't suit: it was damaged " Tailor "I'm afraid I shall have to bring another suit for damages." No Car (So Pay. That is the way all druggists eel G rove's Tasteless Chill Tonlo for Chills and Malaria. It is simply iron and quinine Id a tasteless form. Children lore it. Adults prefer it to bitter, nausestlntr tonion. PHe. WV. One-Cent- a- Word rAdrertiaementa inserted In uua column at one sent per word for eeh Insertion. 1 PICTURE FRAMES made to order at McDuffie'a furniture store. 127 nOO roUa WU paper, with bor UJJJ dera to match. All this sea son's designs, for sale cheap at Mc Duffle's furniture store. f23-3t UREE SHOW at M. G. Newell & Co.'s. Six Btyles rubber-tire buggies now in stock. Others to fol- follow. ( all and see our display of Sterling, Eagle and Crescent bicycles. T ARBOUR buggies are best. Hung on anv serine Sold only bv Towscnd. feb 24 lw 3 GOOD road carta at unheard of low prices at Tovrsend's. 1. fpWO good second hand Bicycles cheap at Townsend's. It. UPHOLSTERING Furniture. Over hauled, repaired, cleaned and varnished Cook stoves repaired Send us a postal or call at 110 West V arket street. 3 f m w. T7 ANTED AT ON E 5 good, live " men to sell and collect in and round Greensboro, M. C. Address, The SiDger Mfg. Co , Winston, N. C. EASTMAN'S kodags and supplies sold by John B. Farias, Drug gist. n4-tf. npOWNSEND is closing out winter Lap Robes and Horse Blankets at cost. It IF YOU have a harness or value or other feather goods that need re pairing, take them to Townsend's. His prices are right It. B EST Corn Plaster made can be seen at Townaend's. It. KODAKS $5.00 to 25.00 All kinds of supplies. John B. Farias, Druggist. n4-tf. rpHERE is only one kodak East man's. Sold by John B. F arias, Druggist. LARGE stock fresh Garden seeds at FOR SAI E Good stove and are place wood, also fat pine kindling wood. Pitts & Monroe, wood and lumber dealers. fl9 2w MERCHANTS know many goods have advanced. We bought a large stock before recent advances. If you want to save money, look thiough our stock before you pur chase. J W. Scott & Co. f20-lw FREE SHOW at M. G. Newell & Co. Call and see our dispUy of Sterling, Crescent and Eagle bicvcles. f 1 tf ADX'T you better get ahead of tbe next rain or snow by buying a pair of 6boes? We sell good shoes cheap J. M. Hendrix & C o. f2l tf TIRED aching feet find perfect ease, warmth and comfort in a pair of "UUra" shoes. Ladies try a pair for tou " next r.ew shoes. For sale only br J M. Hendrix & Co. f20 tf "VyE n s-llicg- eboes at remarkably ' If).- priced these days J. M. Hcrdrix & C o. Try Vck'i Lsx tlve Quinine Tab. lets, ioc Box. Cures cold in one nieht. ENQUIRER ASKS QUESTIONS AND SAYS flAKE HASTE SLOWLY IN SALE OP BONDS Thinks tbe Question of Spending Three Hundred Thousand Dol lars Is a Bis One. To the Editor of the Telegram. There has been more or less discus sion as to the deliberate manner in which the board of aldermen have ad dressed themselves to the issue of the 300,PO0of bonds which were voted last spring for publio Improvements. This deliberation has been construed by some as neglect. Now let us see if such is the fact. Phe ancient Latin proverb, ''hasten slowly." is a prac tical and sensible saying, and it may be that the board of aldermen of the city of Greensboro have considered it the safes", and wisest thing to do for the city's interests, to make haste slowly. There were some who wanted to hurry matters up last year by the purchase of the plant of tbe Greens boro Water Company. The board of aldermen preferred to take ample time to investigate the value of the plant, and the opinion is hazarded right here that wnen all reports and data are in, they would not now have it as a gracious gift. Tbe spending of t300,000 of other people's money is no small affair, and oneevidence we have that tbe present board is competent to do it, is that they have gone about it cautiously, and witn a due appreciation oi its re sponsibility. Tbe proposed water works for the city is the mostr impor tant investment the city canevrr make. There are several very serious consid erations. ir tbe source of supply should after thelapse of a decade ortwo prove to be inadequate for tbe city's increase of population, that would be a very serious contingency, or if this soucce of supply should be found af ter a while to be contaminated, and an epidemic of disease should follow, that would be a far-reaching public calam ity. The people of Greensboro can -berefore afford to wait patiently, if the city fathers find it necessary to consume nine or ten months in inform ing themselves with tbe best expert tes timony as to the source of water sup ply, which is to furnish the city with this primal neoes-ary of life, for the next fifty or hundred years. We un derstand that one of the best experts in the country has been at work on the subject for several months and that his report is expeotad in the near future The question of water works has to be sett ed first, for all other contem plated improvements hinge on it, the profits from the sale of water being tbe city's depenendene for tbe interest on the bonds, whose proceeds are to be invested in sewerage, street improve ments, etc. In this view of tbe case, it would sem that in going slow in the disbursements of this $300,000 of pub lic funds ent- usted to their hands, they have merely exercised a wise and con servative disc etioo in the interest of thepublic which they serve. We do not mean to underrate the im por a nee of securing an adequate water supply with as little delay as possible, for judging from the expe rience of recent fires, the city is prac tically without any water protection, and not a day should be lost uuneces sarily by the board of aldermen in giving the city this much needed pro tection. The writer is inclined to think that it would be entirely in order for tbot-e who are chafing at the delay in the sale of the city's bonds, to address their attention for a season to tbe city's finances and find out what is the matter with thecity's exchequer. Dur ing this current fiscal year, tne city's revenues have been, or should be if they have been collected, greater from every source than they hive ever been before, and the public ex penses are little if any greater than they have been heretofore, and yet the city treasury is practically bankrupt so far as getting any money is con cerned, and the bard worked teachers in our city schools, in order to get money for their necessary living ex penses, are obliged to discount the city's obligations. When did it ever happen before that the city's paper was hawked around the streets at less than par? What is responsible for it These are questions that may better engage the attention of any who are dissatisfied with the present adminis tration of the city government, than question as to the time of issue of bonds or the creation of greater debts in addition to those wbich tbe city al ready owes and does not pay. We desire to olose this communica tion with a few inquiries. 1. What is the amount of the city's present floating debt? 2. Haa this debt ben created by spending more money than the' city's income, and if so, has the present board of aldermen lived above i's means, or did some former board do it? 3. If the city has not been living beyond its current revenues, is tbe present floating debt due to a failure to collect the revenues due the city? 4. Something or somebody must be responsible for the present deplorable condition of the city's finances. What is responsible or who is responsible? Let somebody turn on tbe light. Inquirer. Mt. Vernon Springs. Correspondence of the Telegram. Mt. Vernon Springs, Feb. 23 The topic of conversation is the constitu tional amendment and stock-law. And the ladies are almost as enthusiastic as the voters. There is a flourishing school here under the auspices of tbe Baptist As sociation, with Prof. E. L. Womble, of Durham, principal; Miss Brooks, of Jonesboro, assistant, and Miss Bailey, of Raleigh, music teacher. We don't want the Greensboro peo ple to forget us. They come in sum mer when they want good water, and if they can't come now and want some of it, they may go to Grissom & Fordham's. They have it for sale. There has been an abundance of rain lately, which may deter some from coming to Mt. Vernon just now, but such things as small brooks and even snows can't stop some of Greens boro young men. We read a lot of papers, but none we enjoy more than the Evening Tele gram. Long may it live and prosper. Constant Reader. doing to Aid Crorje. London, Feb. 24 Four generals are known to be hurrying to the aid of Cronje, namely, Prlnsloo, Bataba, Grobler and Dew'et. COMPLIMENTS THIS SECTION Mr. Mebane Speaks Is High Praise of Work In Education. REFERS TO HIS PREDECESSORS, Thanks the Press for Its Co-operation In tht Work-Remarks at the Normal. This is superintendentC.H.Mebane'8 native county, also the county which gave th state its first superintendent, Calvin H. Wiley. A Telegram reporter saw Mr. Mebane during his visit yes terday and asked him as to the educa tional outlook. The superintendent said :"I am proud of the educational life of Greensboro and Guilford county. Its public and private institutions of learning are an hoaor to the county and state. Be sides the State Normal and industrial College, Greensboro Female College, the Colored Agricultural and Mechan ical College and Bennett's Seminary located in Greensb ro, there are Gull ford College, Oak Ridge Institute and Whittsett Institute all doing such ex cellent work as to make their name familiar to the people of the state. "Moreover, Guilford county is the only county in tbe state which has two graded school systems. Greens boro's primacy in voting special local tax for publio schools is a matter of history, and during the past few years High Point has voted a local tax and established a system of public schools whose spirit and excellence rank it among the best in the state. "While th public school term in the county is not what it ought to be, nor what it will be after the people give the matter tbe propper considera tion, yettba publio schools of Guilford county as a wbole will compare favor ably with those af any other large county in the state. "Without local tax, of coarse it is impossible to have schools of the best grade in town or county. I feel greatly encouraged by the desire in many communities of the state where there are small towns and villages to vote on tbe question of levying a spe cial school tax. 'In response to my recent cir cular to tbe mayors of the state, I have been requested to address the people of Rocky Mount, Randle man, Lagrange, and other points I expect to see in all such localities within the next few years good public schools supported by the state tax and the special local tax just as the pub lic schools of Greensboro, High Point, and similar communities support their excellent public schools now. "I have no other ambition since com ing into the office of State Superin tendent of Publio Instruction than to secure the best possible management of the meager public school funds now at our command, and to promote a healthy public sentiment in favor of increasing these funds and strengthen the public school cause throughout the s'.ate. Realizing as I do its over whelming importance, above that of any other question before the people, I have been thankful for the opportu nity to aid and direct in sooje meas ure the great struggle now going on for better educational facilities for all the children of the state. "I appreciate the confidence and support of the press of the state and for the aid it has given me during the past three years in the discharge of the duties incident to my office. Un doubtedly the disposion on the part of the people to improve the puplic sys tem of the state is largely due to the teaching of the press. It is well for us all to remember that a gaod school, system is a long, slow growth, A peo ple widely scatterred over a large ter ritory do not take steps rapidly. Ev ery : atriot ought to help the cause along. While I have had many great difficulties in the publio school work, yet fortunately, for me, I do not need to fight some of the battles which my predecessors in office were called upon to face. I am building upon their work as they built upon that of Calvin H. Wiley and others". In this connection we notice some remarks of Mr. Mebane, at the State Normal. Mr. Mebane said that he was not present to pay idle compliments, but that he was glad to say that he had never seen a student from the State Normal & Industrial College in any part of the state who was not a genuine friend to the cause of publio educa tion; and that because of this spirit and because such a large proportion of the Normal students become teachers he believed that the investment of the state upon this hill w uld bring better educational returns than any invest ment of similar amount that the state has ever made. Mr. Mebare gave instances of va'u able work done in certain communities of North Carolina by students trained at tbe State Normal and Industrial College, and expressed h s hope and belief that its students would always stand for tbe betterment of the public schools, whether by local tax or other wise. He expressed his regret that in some communities the public school is regarded as an institution to aid in the financial support of families living in that community; that the committee men would say, "we will give the school this year to Mr. A's daughter, next year to Mr. B's daughter, and the next year to Mr. C's daughter," when the truth is that no committee has the r'?ht to "gtve" the school to any one The committee mn has a publio trust to discharge, and ti at is to secure the best possible teacher for the ohildreo Undou1 tedly there is need not only for training teachers but for training the people to employ sompeteot teachers. EDICA1 ION AND THE AMENDMENT INTERESTING ARTICLE BY A . SCHOOL TEACHER. Why Educators and All Interested In Fdacatlon of tbe Masses Should Support It. ' On of the best things in the pro posed amendment to our constitution is the educa'lonal qualification. It is so arranged as to p -event temporary injustice to anybody, and to accom plish lasting good for all. By pro moting and stimulating education, it will prove a blessing to the rising gen eration. Meanwhile it takes away the ballot from nobody that is worthy to vote. The educational qualification is con tained in sections 4 and 5 of the pro posed amendment. "Section 4. Every person present ing himself for registration shall be able to read and write any section o' the constitution in tbe English lan guage." This section makes reading and writ ing a permanent qalification for vot ing in North Carolina. If it stood alone without modification or excep tions, it would disfranchise all voters who cannot read and writs But very many voters Id our state, although il literate, are qualified by character, po litical education and general intelli- gecci for the use of the ballot. They grew up without opportunities for edu cation. It is not their fault that they cannot read and write. They have al- r Rdy demonstrated their fitness for suff rage by intelligently and courage ously exercising the right of the suf frage. They are justly entitled to vote, and their children who have grown up under similar conditions are also entitled to vote. Therefore all person belonging to this class are ex empt from the operation of the educa tional qualification prescribed in sec tion 4. These exempted persons are carefully enumerated and generously provided for in section 5, as follows: 'Section 5. No male person who was on January 1st, 1867, or at any time prior thereto, entitled to vote un der the laws of any state in the United States, wherein he then -eslded, and no lineal deecendent of any such per son, shall be denied the right to regis ter and vote at any election In this state by reason of his failure to pos sess tbe educational qualification pre scribed in section 4 of this article: Provided, be shall have registered in accordance with the terms of this sec tion prior to D comber 1, 1908." There are two parts to the education al qualification: First, the qualifica tion itself; second, its exemptions. Let us look flrat at the exemptions and see whether all classes are exempted that should be? 1. Uneducated white ( natives ). All uneducated white, natives of North Carolina, who are now twenty- one years old are exempt. All uneducated whites, natives of other states in the Union, now twenty one years old, who could have voted under tee law of those states prior to January 1, 1367, are exempt. All uneducated white boys, natives of North Carolina or of other states and over twelve years of age, whose fathers were entitled to vote are ex empt. Thus all uneducated whites who are now voters and all uneducated whites who would become voters in the next nine years are exempt from the educa tional qualification. This exemption is both just and generous. It includes all those who have demonstrated their fitness for the ballot and have grown up, or are now growing up, under sim ilar conditions unfavorable to their education. It includes also the chil dren of such men, who may have grown up, or are now growing up, un der similar conditions, and who for some reason may be unable hereafter to learn to read and v. rite. The only class of uneducated white natives who will be disfranchised are boys wbo shall not learn to read and write be fore December 1, 1908. 2. Uneduoated whites (foreigners). Uneducated white foreigners and their cnildren are exempted from this qualification, precisely as uneducated white natives, If they have had the same experience of our political insti tutions as uneducateed white natives. Otherwise they are not allowed to vote unless they can read and write. An uneducated white foreigner who was a voter in any state prior to January 1, 1867, or whose father orgrandfather was a voter January 1, 1867, or prior thereto, and who thus has grown up as it were into citizenship, is entitled to read and write. The same reason ex ists here as in the oase of uneducated white natives. 3. Illiterate negroes (slaves). Illiterate negroes, once slaves with no educational qualification and with a record that shows unmistakably their utter unfitness for the ballot will be at once disfranchised. 4. Illiterate negroes (old free ne groes), illiterate negroes.formerly f ree, if they were voters January 1, 1887, or prior thereto, and their descendants will be exempt from the qaul'fica tion. 1 bese people have had longer expe rience and shown more fitness for citi zenship than the other negroes. It may be doubtful whether they should be permitted to vote, but the amend ment gives them tbe benefit of tbe doubt. It thus appears that the exemptions from the qualification include all who are clearly competent to vote and all whose cases are doubtful, while ex cluding all wbo are dearly incompe tent. Let us now look at the educational qualification, as it will operate after December 1, 1908. Two important fact8must be remembered in consider ing this qualification. 1. All who are voters December 1st, 1908, will remain voters the rest of their lives. 3. All persons coming of age after December 1st, 1908; that is, all persons now under twelve years of age, must learn to read and write before they they can vote. Is this a ju?t qualification? We think it not only just but in the high est degree wise and calculated to pro mote the best interests of North Caro lina: 1. The qualification is not excessive. It requires of a voter only tbe ability to read and write. There is no exam ination in arithmetic, geograpy, gram mar and the like. Nothing is demand ed but the ability to read and write. Surely it would be better for every man thai he should be able to read and write, and better for North Caro lina that not one of her citizens should be ugable to read and write. Boys who cannot now red and wr't3, it older than twelve, are exempted from the requirements; f under twelve tbey will have at least nine yars to learn in. Our present school facil ties are not very good, but ihey are sufficient to teach every boy in North Carolina to read acd write within the next nine years. 2. Tbe educational qualification will stimulate boys to go to s ;bool, will stimulate teachers to do better teach ing, will stimulate political parties to promote education, will stimulate the state to enlarge and multiply school facilites, will give education its proper place as the foundation for suffrage, and will tet up in publie life for the youth of ourgeneration a nobler and a loftier ideal of life. 3. The promotion of education will be a promotion of material prosperity. It will develop skilled labor. It will train the hand and brain to work to gether, and through them develop the unlimited .natural resources of North Carolina. It will supply native tal ent, trained and educated in skilled labor, for the proper utilization of our timber, minerals, cotton, tobacco and other raw material -and the profitable employment of our water power, fish eries, soil, climate and and other nat ural resourses. Let us educate onr boys and we shall cease to be hewers of wood and drawers of water for oth er states. We shall cease to produce only raw material whose profits are enjoyed by other states with better trained and better edu -ated workmen. We thall become a state of educated laborers, skilled workmen, enjoying the profits of our own resources, and working up tbe raw material of other peoples, whose lacs of skill and lack of education will make them our ser vants. 4. Education will mean more happi ness and more knowledgo in each household, better order in each com- ir unity, improved health, comfort and morality throughout the state. It will cause a more general diffusion of knowledge and a more active intelligence among all classes of our people and in all lines of industrial activity. Farm boys will read more and learn more. Mechanics will read more and learn more. Mechanics will keep abreast of the world's progress in their lines. The whole mass of the people will be lifted up and strength ened fdr the ceaselss struggle of life. Popular government will daily be come stronger instead of weaker. Pop ular demands for reforms will be based upon intelligent comprehension o evils to be reformed, and will defy re- sisteuce 5. Even the negro recognizes the ad visability of an educational qualifica tion. He knows that it is best for even negro boys to learn to read and write. There are some who maintain that the negro will outstrip the white boy in the race for education and will out number him at the polls; that an edu cational qualification will ultimately disfranchise more whites than negroes. This fear i not confirmed by statis tics. Tbe percentage of neero chil dren enrolled in school to school pop ulation is not so large as the percent age of white children, nor is the per centage of negro attendance at school as large as the percentage of white at tendance. It is an insult to white chil dren and to the white race to say that the white boy will not learn to read and write as eagerly and as. quickly as the negro boy. If education shall fit the negro to vote, it will be cause for rejiolng, but if education shall not fit him to vote, the white race will again protect itself against negro suffrage. The North Carolina white boy needs education, not to compete with the ne gro boy, but to compete with the edu cated boy in Massachusetts and Con necticut. These two great states are making more money from ootton ( al though they do not raise an ouuee of ootton) than North Carolina. Massa chusetts has the largest average of wealth, per capita, of all the states in the Union. It has accumulated this wealth by educated labor. The educational qualification im posed upon the boys becoming of age after 1908 in the proposed amendment requires only a minimum of education, to-wit: reading and writing. It thus deprives no one of an opportunity to become a voter. But while the re quirement is &mal , its moral effect will be tremendous. It creates an ed ucational ideal, and starts a popular movement that must and will produoe most wholesome results. It will arouse popular interest In education and will strengthen and develop our whole educational system It will not only guard and protect the ballot, but will accomplish more lor tne moral, social and material elevation of our people than any other agenoy that can be devised. Every teacher, every preacher, every intelligent man who desires the prosperity of the state, who knows that popular happiness and prosperity no less than popular government, depend upon intelligence, who believes that education is not a machine but a strong vital force, must support this amendment. Every man who believes the negro to be capable of any improvement, who recognizes the fact that negro suffrage has been a failure and a detriment to both races, who desras the negro to have a fair chance to fit himself for the bal lot, and who wishes peace and friend ship between tbe races instead of en mity and war, must support the amendment. School Teacher. SEVENTEEN HUNDRED KILLED. Cronje Reinforced Wild Statements Wh'cb are not Substantiated London, Feb. 24 A. Durban dis patch contains rumors of British suc cesses, which, if true, means the prac tical ending of the Boer war. Their reports, which are believed at Dur ban, are that Ladysmith has been re lieved and that Cronje, with eight thousand men had surrendered. It is reported that both Kitchener and Cronje are slightly wounded. Seven teen hundred Boers were killed or vi-unded at Modder Rivtr. A noon dispatch says little credence is given to the reported surrender of Cronje. Paardeberg, Feb. 24 There is little change in t.ie situation. Intermittent shelling w s kept up during the night and day. Last ni ght after tbe last gun had been fired the Shropshires rushed forward two hundred yards further towards the river bed and found a number of the Boers dead. Gen. French captured 75 more prison ers who had escaped, and later 30 more were taken. London, Feb. 24 The latest news from Pretoria dated the 22nd said communication with Cronje was still open, but no news received. Reinforce ments by the Boers at Gaberones, where Col Plum has been trying to pass the Burghers on his way to Maf- eking since the Feb. 16. Operation for Appendicitis. Charlotte Observer. Mrs. George A. Howell, wife of Mr. Geo. A. Howell, secretary and treas urer of the Edna Cotton Mill of Reids- ville, was operated upon for appendi citis at the hospital of Dr. W.Gil. Wylie in New York city on Monday. Mrs. H. H. Orr, of this city, is with Mrs. Howell. Up to yesterday the pa tient had been doing very well, and the chances for her complete restora tion to health were considered good. Mrs. Howell is a sister of Sheriff Wal lace. Death In Thomasvllle. Charlotte Observer. A telegram received here last night stated that Mrs. J. E. Summer, of Thomas ville, had died at her home in that place at 11 o'clock p. m. Mrs. Summer has a number of relatives in this city and in Lincolnton and Salis bury. Four ladies' long cloaks, size 32 and 34, former price IS 00, now on dollar each. Five ladies' jacketo, large sleeves, former price $2 50 and $3 00, now $150. One size 34, nice all wool jacket, large sleeves, former price to 50, now two dollars. One size 32, navy blue jacket, former price $4.50, now $1.75. Three children's jackets, former price $1.50, now ninety cents. Two children's jackets, former price $2.50, now $1.5 J. Twochildren's jack ets, former price $2 00, now $1 25, at Thacker& Brockmann . W. S. Philpot, Albany, Ga., says: "DeWitt's Little Early Risers did me more good than any pills I ever took." The famous little pills for constipa tion, biliousness and liver and bowel troubles. Howard Gardner. 'After doctors failed to cure me of pneumonia I used One Minute Cough Cure and three bottles of it cured me. It is also the best remedy on earth for whooping cough. It cured my grand children of the worst cases," writes Jno. Berry, Loganton, Pa. It is the only harmless remedy that gives im mediate results. Cures coughs, colds, croup and throat and lung troubles. It prevents consumption. Children al ways like it. Mothers endorse it. Howard Gardner. TRY THE TELEGRAM'S PENNY COLUMN. SICK HEADACHE If a very m disagreeable and troublesome ailment, but you may prevent it 2 or cure it by using HICKS CAPUDINE Headache cure. J 15, 25, and 50 cts. at Drugstores. j Harris Ulna Fresh At Gardners Cob. Opposite Post Office. This Doss Not mean that we haven't all the other sizes in Boy's Suits. Ages 3 to 16. But we have 36 Styles in 11 -year-olds, consist ing of Cheviots, Cassi meres, Worsteds, Gray and Blue Serges, Tricots, Corduroys, &c. And for Toirorrov; you will buy this particu lar size for less money than you would think possible. To get choice you must come early. Rankin, Chisholm, Stroud & Rees. 300 S. Elm Street A Fair Sight. Our ancestors were not blind to the Beautiful, but a a great many in this age are almost so through defective vision. Want of properly adjusted glasses, and abuse by neglect, waitng too long before using glasses, is the' cause of much of this trouble. Don't you think saving your sight will be a paying investment? We 0 adjust glasses that enable you to see with pleasure. Our g work is guaranteed. Drs. RL&E. n. MOORE, 112 E. Market Street. Greensboro, - N. C. 1 FRBSH BUTTER 20c lb. E?gs Chickens, Canned Goods, Kinghams smoked meats, King ham's Hams, Kinghams Lard and everything in the Groceries line, at prices as low as any one in the country. Give us a' call before buying. VUNCANON & CO., Reliable Grocers. South Elm Street Phone No. i A Bargain IN Hair Brushes. $1.00 Hair Brush for See Window Display. JNO. B. FARISS, Druggist, 121 South Elm Street. 'Si !
Greensboro Telegram (Greensboro, N.C.)
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