VOL. VIIL NO. 74.
GREENSBORO. N. O, FRIDAY. MAY 3, 190L
Price Five Cents.
THE CONVENTION LAST NICHT.
THE MEETING DOES ITS WORK IN
A HURRY.
Mr. Wright Makes Witty Speech All De
feated Candidates in Good vH amor Glas
cock Ratified Sir. Scales Motion.
The Convention which met in the
court house last night to hear the
reports from the Executive Committee
of the primaries held last Tuesday
night, was called to order a few minu
tes after eight o'clock by Mr. John N.
Wilson. The reports from the Exe
cutive Committee were then called for,
but before they were given Mr. B. B.
Bouldin arose and wanted to know if
he would be allowed to participate in
the Convention in view of the fact that
he refused to vote for any man who
had voted for McKinley. The chair
man refused to make any ruling in re
gard to the matter, but left it before
the Convention. No motion was made
regarding the matter, and consequent
ly uo action taken.
Mr. H. W. Wharton read the report
of j the Executive Committee showing
that 393 votes were cast tor mayor at
the primaries and that Col. W. H. Os
bo'rn had received a majority and he
was declared the Democratic nominee
for mayor. Mr. A. M. Scales moved
that the nomination be ratified. Mo
tion unanimously carried.
In response to calls, Col. Osborn
made a short speech thanking his
friends who supported him, and pledg
ing himself to discharge the obliga
tions of the office to the best of his
ability.
Mr. J. H. Phipps reported that the
Sixth ward renominated Mr. G. T.
Glascock for alderman from that ward,
and their action was ratified, only two
votes in oposition being cast.
Mr. John L. King ocupied the floor
a few minutes thanking his friends for
their support and congratulating the
city on its selection for mayor, saying
that Col. Osborn would make as good
a mayor as the city had ever had.
Mr. J. W. Forbis followed in a short
speech thanking his constituency for
their support and congratulating Col.
Osborn on his nomination.
Calls were then made in succession
for Mr. Wright, Mr. Glascock and Mr.
Phipps. Mr. Wright, after being re
peatedly called, came forward, saying
that he was not in the,. buiding:, when
his name had first been . called.
He shook hands with the defeated
candidates and with Col. Osborn, ex
pressing bis sympathy for the former
and offering congratulations to the lat
ter. This, he said, "looks like the
case in which the Wright man got
left." This sally was. .'greeted by a
burst of laughter. An Incident which
occurred in the forenoon, he said, he
tWj repfSt for the?sutxf.
Jn&vwn ahttwine that'fiS sweet
Co-,
&tout -its fitter. He had been ap
proached by a darkey who said, "Mr.
Wright, I hears youze rx$nnin for may,
or, an Ize agwine to support you. . Has
you got any change I could git a dram
with?"
After talking for several minutes
in lighter vein he called the atten
tion of those present io the fact that
an election on the question of good
roads wold be held in November and
urging thatthe matter receive their ser
ious attention.
Mr. Scales moved that in view of the
fact that the present method of hold
ing the primaries had been criticised,
that the Executive Committee be em
powered to map outand adopt some
Plan of procedure before the next elc
tion. Motion unanimously carried,
i Moved and carried that the Conven
tion adjourn.
Greeniboro Man Leads
Mr. G. H. Royster yesterday received
.a letter from the president of the Board
of Control of the Endowment . Rank
j Knights of Pythias, '-stating that he
? lead all the organizers in the United
! States in point of sending in more ap
plications for insurance in the Endow
ment Rank during the past month.
LIBRARY FUND GROWING
Nineteen Hundred Dollars Al
ready Subscribed Book Clubs
Contribution.
The committee on the Public Libra
ry met yesterday afternoon in the
court house.
Superintendent Grimsley for the so
liciting committee reported $1,900
subscribed, and this with only such
effort as the committee could make
in a canVass of a few afternoons. The
Board of Aldermen have given the
whole front of the third story for the
use of the library which gives it an
excellent home.
It was announced that the Wednes
day afternoon and the Friday after
noon Books Clubs had each subscribed
$100 to the fund.
Messrs. Scales and Thompson, ap
appointed for the purpose, reported the
following resolution which was adopt
ed unanimously.
Resolved.That the thanks of the li
brary committee be and are hereby
tendered to the Board of Aldermen
for their liberality in granting such
elegant quarters to the library;' and
that the liberal and generous subscrip
tions of the Friday afternoon and Wed
nesday afternoon books clubs are
highly appreciated and commended to
similar organizations in the city; and
further, that the thanks of the com
mittee be extended to every one who
has aided or encouraged in any way.
M'LAURIII AS BRYAII SEES HIM
THE NEBRASKA TAKES THE SENA-
TOR TO TASK.
Declares a New Era Is Dawning- In the
South MeLamrln Will Not Iead the
HoTimtat bat Another Leader Will
Arise.
LitKi-ln. Neb.. May 2. In a state-
meet made today, W. J. Bryan takes
Senator McLaurin; of South Carolina,
to task for what he declares is liis politi
cal Hod. At the same time. Mr. Brni
' v.
admits that Senator McLaurin's action
marks the beginning of a movement in
the South which will have an influence
upon the politics of the nation. He
says :
It is not likely that Mr. McLaurin
will be the leader "of "the movement,
because heMsJ talrtdcaped by the fact
that he is using nisrofflclal position to
misrepresent theviewsv and interests
of hid constituents but some leader
will arise to give direction and force to
the aristocracy and plutocracy element
for which Mr. McLaurin speaks. These
is such an element in every community
and now that the race question no lon
ger unifies the white people of the
southern states it will doubtless mani
fest itself. Senator Tillman has. al
ready taken up the gage of battle
hriowiid355!fjEW Msiarin,aud J
will doubtless . oe ame to- aarsxia a
considerable majority in that state, but
the same influences are at work in
other states where there is greater dan
ger of their success.
"The Democratic sentiment Is strong
enough to resist and overcome the Mc
Laurin movement, but those who be
lieve that the man is more important
than the dollar will have to bestir
themselves."
Cupid's Victims.
Mr. F. S. Lowe, a school teacher liv
ing near Wilkesboro and Miss Ray, of
Roger's Store, were married yesterday
morning at the home of the bride.
They spent last night at the Allen
House and left this morning for their
future home in Wilkes.
Strike In New York.
By Wire to The Telegram.
New York, May 3. A strike on the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit railroad is im
minent. A committee of skilled em
ployees called today on President
Greatsinger, and presented an ultima
tum that unless three discharged em
ployees were reinstated and a higher
ware scale was adopted a strike would
be declared. PresidenCJftSrngWT-1
fuses: to yield.
THE GOVERNOR
IN MOUNT AIRY.
THE OCCASION
uALA DAY,
MET AT THE STATION T A BRASS
BAND AND THE MILITARY.
Over a Thousand People In the Procession
Formed to Welcome Him Young Ladies
in a Float Propose and Raise Three Cheers
for Got. Aycock. His Educational ad
dress a Good One.
Governor Aycock spent a short while
in the city yesterday afternoon on his
way to Mt. Airy where he delivered
an educatK nal address last night in
the opera house. He returned from
?5t.-Airy on the noon tar in today, and
left this afternoon for Henderson and
Oxford where he will speak tomorrow.
When seen by a Telegram reporter
Governor Aycock said that they had a
line time 'ast night at Mt Airy, but a
poor speech, that he was a judge of a
j.ood speech, and they had a poor one
there.
Not less than a thousand people gath-
rred to hear the Chief Executive of
North C'". cjina- speak on the subject
that lies near to his heart, tbe educa
tion of the people of the Old North
State. Wben he arrived at the station
he was n.et by a procession of over a
thousand people, including which were
a brass Land, the military company of
Mt Airy and numbers of young ladies
r dressed in white, and riding in float
The presence of the Governor was
greeted v.itfeu,' cheers and he was es
corted to the hotel, accompanied by
enlivening strains from the band. At
the hotel the young ladies sang "The
Old North State'and the military com
pany then proposed three cheers for
the Governor and they were given with
a will. In response Mt. Ajfcock pro
posed th ee cheers for the yonng, ladies
and as the Governor himself could not
give them, the younrmen present gave
them for aim. The young ladies not
to be ou xione, . immediately proposed
and raised three cheers for Mr. Ay-
Scock.
The Governor's Speech was notwiib-
standing his -statement of its - quality;
a good kone, and made a deep impres
sion upon the large audience who heard
. -'..
him. Tfi point most particularly
stressed was ' the necessity, growing
cut ; of - fbe Constitutional Amendment,
for the white children of North Caro
lina to be educated, and he showed.
tne advantages and successes that lay
within their grasp if educated, and
their corresponding failures If unedu
cated.
Yesterday was a gala day in Mt Airy
and the nTent of the Governor's visit
tc their town will be long remembered
Si
Says that tbe Woods are Fall of
Wires.
(Deferred from Thursday.)
Robert Foard, one of the negro pris
oners who escaped from the county
jail Monday morning, returned this
morning and gayja-himself up. Foard
is the United States' prisoner and is
sentenced to eighteen months In the
penitentiary a Nashville, Tenn. His
return to the Jail was made about three
o'clock this morning and the story
he told is that he walked through the
country to Winston and that the po
lice there go.atter him and he had to
leave, rie saiu. mot mens yvvw wio
all through" the woods and he knew he
could not escape rrom tnem. and so
he concluded to return: The others
who escaped have not yet been heard
from. buUit is only a matter of time
when they , will be caught
Mr. G. Sam Bradshaw returned this
afternoon,, from a business trip to Cin
cinnati.
DT.TL. M. Humphrey, or Goldsboro,
--.f . 'jr
is in the dty today visiting friends.
"OUR MUTUAL. FRIEND."
Tbe Entertainment at tbe Nor
mal Tonight. Tbe Program a
Good One.
"Our Mutual Friend" at the Normal
ton i fVi t mwmlaoa tn ho a m rvat tHw-
ble. occasion. The entertainments giv
en by the young ladies ot that institu
tion are always good and this one will
be no exception; to iJie rule.
The program is given below:
Orchestra.
Act I. Home of the Wilfers.
Chorus Dragon Flies Bargial.
Act II Drawing room in Mr. Bof
fin's mansion.
Third Ballade Chopin Miss Lily
E. Jackson.
Act III Scene I, as in Act I.
Scene II An Office.
Quartette The Owl and the Pussy Cat
Quartette The Owl and the Pussy
Cat.
Act IV Home of the Wilfers.
CHARACTERS.
John Rokesmith, (Our Mutual Friend)
Nettie Parker:
R. Wilfer ("Cherubic Pa") Annie
Beaman.
Mr. Boffin ("The Golden Dustman's")
Mary Cator.
George Sampson ("The Friend of the
Family") Wil Warder Steele.
Bella Wilfer ("The Lovely Woman")
Bert Albright.
Mrs. Wilfer ("The Irre pressible
Larry") Pearl Long.
Mrs. Baffin ("a dear, the best of
dears") Magie Burkett
ARMOUR STOCK YARDS BURNED.
FIRE ST4RTED THIS MORNING
AT
EIGHT O'CLOCK.
Origin of the Fire Unknown Feared
Property Will Be Entire Loss.
By Wire to The Telegram. .
Chicago May 3. Armour's stock
yards have been burning since eight
thirty o'clock this morning. The fire
originated in the beef house, which has
aready been destroyed. The cause of
the conflagration is unknown. The
largest part of the Are department has
been called out, and it is feared that
the entire property will be a total loss.
- LATER The damage to. Armoury
restrictexl to one hundred and . flftx.
thousand Hollars, On the fourth floor
of the burning beef house were fifteen,
hundred '.. live cattle which were res-
cued with great difficulty. .
A DOUBLE WEDDING.
Two of Greensboro's Fair
. Daughters to wed on the Fif
teenth, Mr. P. D. Gold and Dr
Li. 51. Ilumpherj, the Fortu
nate Gentleman.
The following invitations have been
iestged: . :
lrK antt ri.'nYnnawreoEg:
;rfcquest-r nonor"1 ofryour presence
at tne marriage or ineir aaugnxer
Elizabeth Faust '
to
Mr. Pleasant Daniel Gold, Jr.,
on Wednesday evening, May 15th,
one thousand nine hundred one
at nine o'clock
143 North -Mendenhall street
Greensboro, North Carolina.
M. and Mrs. William George Balsley
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
PesstMaie
to
Dr. Lymfon. Meer "Humphrey
On Wednesd ay evening, May 15th
One thousand nine hundred one
at nine o'clock
134 Mendenhall street
Greensboro North Carolina.
The Misses Balsley have a host of
friends in this city who wish for them
a happy voyage through life. Mr.
Gold Is manager of Bradstreet's, this
city, and has many friends here. Dr.
Humphrey is a graduate of
the Baltimore College;of Jental Sur
gery, and willjocajcjjy short
ly. His hoie is in Goldsboro.
THE MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.
LARGEST CONTENTION EVER
IN THE SOOTH.
HELD
Its Influence for For Good, Wide and Far
Reaching Some of Those Present A
Spirit of Giving in Evidence
Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Crawford, Mrs.
Lucy Cunningham and Mrs. Lucy Ro
bertson returned yesterday afternoon
from New Orleans where they attended
the Missionary Conference recently;
held there. Dr. Crawford was seen this
morning by a Telegram reporter and
upon being Questioned, spoke of the
meeting and of the interest manifested
by those in attendance.
There were nine hundred delegates,
from all parts of the Southern church
present, and thirty-two missionaries
from different parts of the world.
Among the countries represented by
the missionaries " were Japan, China.
India, Brazil, Cuba,. South America,and
Korea. The sessions of the Conference
were held in Tulane Hall in New Or
leans. This hall has a seating capaci
ty two thousand people. In addition
to the delegates .there were one thous
and people from a distance in attend
ance upon the Conference. The Con
ference met on the 24th and continued
throughout the night service on the
30th, three sessions being hed each,
day.
Among the distinguished missionaries
who were present were Bishop Tho
burn, who has been in India for 40
yjfars; Dr. Young, J. Alen, for 40 years -
a" misisonary in China; Dr. Reid, of
Korea; Dr. Taboux, of Brazil; and Dr.
and Mrs. Taylor, of China.
On Sunday night at the close of a
sermon by. Bishop Charles B. Galloway,
a gentleman in the audience rose from
his seat and offered a subscription of
$1,500 to build a. college in SocrChow
China, This was followed by another
gentleman who offered & subscription
of $1,0,00 for the same purpose. No col
lection for this, purpose had been ask- -
ed for, buf it was'a'one voluntarily on
the part of both gentlemen and the
statement Vas tjien made that If other
rersons wanted :to" giving anything for
that purpose, they could do so at that
.. . ' . . . . .
t'rte, and the giving continued for one
cur and a half, and at the close of
' -'- - - -" . . .
yutx. , liu4 me uuu amount or me cos jii
trjbutions amounted to over- $5O;00O"
,, On. Tuesday night before the fad
jor.inmeutj, a siniilar spontaneous splr
t ol giving broke forth, aud-$3,000 was
subscribed for the Laura 'Haygood Wo
man's Colege in SooMhow.
'ihis Conference is said to be the lar
gest convention ever held in the South.
V.'d possibly the most wide-reaching
in its influence for good.
To make Educational Addresses
Prof. P. P. Claxton left this morn
ing for Kinston, where tomorrow he
will deliver an addres in favor of that
school, ,hoises. ;tTmorroS , ni&Lt.w'M
will deliver an address at the Joseph
K. Brick Agricultural School at En
field. Mrs. Claxton also left this morn
ing for Tarboro to visit relatives.
The Recital Last Night
The graduating recital at the Greens
boro Female College of Misses Leonora
Irene Balsley, Willie Adelaide Click,
and Elma Courtney was attended by a
large number of the music loving peo
ple of the city. The problem was well
arranged and the rendition by the
young ladies reflected credi tupon them
selves; their teacher and the institu
tion. Each of the young ladies sang
a solo. Miss Courtney's voice has been
heard in Grenesboro on previous oc
casions, and. her selection last night
was much appreciated, as was testified
by. the repeated bursts of applause.
The graduateing recitals at the col
lege each year are an event in the col
lege life, and are always enjoyed and
appreciated by the music loving peo
ple of the city.
President George T. Winston, of the
A. & M. College, Raleigh, was in. the
city this, afternoon.