X. - GREENSBORO. N. O.. WEDNESDAY. M AY 29, 190L ! Price Five Gents. SPECIAL NOTICES All advertisements under this head 5 cents per line; no advertisement Inserted for less than 15 cents. PHOTO BUTTONS THREE FOR 10 cents. Call and see samples. MAN GUM &COBB, 330 1-2, South Elm Street. m29-4t POCKET BOOK LOST, BETWEEN C. W. Denny's store, and Gereens cro Female College. Finder will be rewarded by leaving same at G. V. Denny's. It GEORGIA PEACHES, FIRST AT PEARCE'S GROCERY, 210 N. Elm Street. Phone 205. It LADIES' COMMON SENSE OXFORD ties, with low heels and wide soles, four grades, $1.75, $1.50, $1.25 and S3 cents, at THACKER & BROCK MANN'S. FOR SALE A LOT OF SHAFTING, belts, pulleys, and hangers, sligh iy used and in good condition. Address Pox 87, City. TASTE AND ABILITY MAKE OUR work the best. The economy In our garments is their wearing qualities. HARRY POEZOLT, Merchant Tai lor. 57-lmo TURKISH BATHS MAY BE HAD every Saturday afternoon or even ing at 407 Lithia street. Price 50 cents. m23-tf DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK how much it cost you to use gas with out a torch and wax tapers from the consequences of hanging on Chande lier to light the gas or standing on your plush bottom chair? More damage may be done by lighting one chandelier one time without these -conveniences than it would cost to buy a outfit for each and every room in the house. We have them at all prices, 15, 20 and 25 cents Jor torch and wax tapers. Stop and get one, and thereby stop a nuisance In your house. GATE CITY SUPPLY CO., 217 South Elm Street. Phone 161. FOR SALE CHEAP MWSON TYFE writer. No. 3. New and unused. P. P. CLAXTON. tl IF IT IS YOUR WATCH THAT needs looking after, let ua do tie looking We will put at in a heal thy condition at a moderate price. ROSENBLATTS ELLINGTON. UPHOLSTERING AND REPAIRING neatly and promptly done. Mattress es renovated or refilled. Work guar antee!. Best city reference, J. J. NICHOLS, 112 Lewis street. Im FOR SALE STEAM ENGINE A"!D boiler,2 -horse power gasoline fuel also 1 gasoline tar.k; used but a short time and as good as new. Ad dress "B ', Care of Telegram. WANTED AN INDUSTRIOUS youth of 18 wants work. Not afraid of work and can give good refer ences. Two years exeperience in dry goods store. Apply C, Telegram. mi 1 Or your pocket book, or your umbrel la, or your hired girl, or your job? A Telegram want ad will bring you anything you have lost. No matter what you want, depend on The Telegram want ad getting it for you. " . . Our want ads are tiny In price, but mighty in results." .; t i r i -i rr . v i Mid-summer Millinery Opening of New York Pattern Hats, will take place on Thursday, May 30th, at the store of Mrs. Ned. Ireland Thacker & Co., showing a full line of shirt waist hats, and the latest thing in Gainsbo ro's. The pattern hats are the latest importations and decided changes from the style offered first in the season, and being patterns, bought from drummers, you can be sure of mid-summer prices. SOLICITING AGENTS WANTED Address Box 280, City. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT SHIRTING reduced to 5 cents a yard at Gilmer's. WANTED EMPLOYMENT BY A young man experienced in office work. Good character and referen ces. Address A. 1. care of Telegram FOR SALE FOUR FRESH MILCH cows, two Jersey and and two half Jersey. Address J. A. GROOME City. DRIVEN OFF BY FARMERS. Party of Surveyors Looking Af ter oil Rights Banished from Louisiana. New Orleans, May 27. A mob of armed farmers in Edgerly in Calcasieu parish today drove out a mining lawyer and an engineering party, some twenty in number, who were surveying the lands and who, it was reported were preparing to obtain the mineral rights on all homesteads in the parish. The movement against the surveyors.which has been gaining force for some days, Is the result of the discovery of oil in Calcasieu parish and the consequent demand for land. la that region. More oe farmers In Calcasieu are homesteads than, have been entered 07 their present' nolaers. Many of the holders, however, have not yet completed their patents. This gives an outsider a right to buy the mineral rights of these lands by paying cash. A demand was made on the Unit ed States Land Office in . New Orleans for a list of all the homesteads where the patents have not been completed This list being refused a party; set. out from Texas composed of several engi neers and backed by some twenty Cali fornians, to make an examination and survey of the homesteads in the par ish. ' It was understood by the Calcasieu farmers that this party was employed by the Standard Oil Cohrpanw and U was rumored rtKat: this company in tended tdfeuy $p thfe mineral rights on all homesteads. This rumor made a great i deaY citeTaent When the surveying -alrij eached; Buxton's Creek, near 'Edgerly, Some of the lead ers of the farmers rdde up and ordered the surveyors at' once to, abandon their work. There wsa disposition, to re sist at first, but whe&Vasifoijnd that there were 150 aegex .the party the engineers aDandoi. survey and surrendered' air notes,' pipers and certificates they had. c J '" The engineering party declare that they were not attempting t" deprive any settler of hls'hbmestead, but only to locate some United States land they bad bought in that section. STOLE A WATCH. American Soldier Steals Watch Valued at $5,000. Birmingham, Ala., May 27. A mag nificent gold watch studded with dia monds and valued at $5,000 which was stolen from an English army officer at Tien Tsin, China, was recovered at Woodlawn, Ala., today by United States postofflce inspectors.lt is alleged that a United States soldier from Bir mingham, stationed at Tien Tsin, who was a watchmaker.was given the watch together with time piece of an Eng lishr lady, to repair. The soldier desert ed his post and the watches disappear ed with him. The superintendent of mails at Tien Tsin found that the sol dier had sent a registered package to Woodlawn, Ala., before his departure, and this gave the inspector a clew. Today the watch was recovered and sent to Washington to te returned to the English officer. The United States officials refuse to give the name of the soldier or the . recipient of the watch. Mrs. W. H Lawson, of South Boston, Va.,is visiting Mrs. E. Poole. Mrs. LaW sbn is an alumnae of Greensboro Fe male College and is attending commencement. ALUMNiE BANQUET. The Meeting Yesterday After noon an Interesting One Of ficers Elected. The business meeting of the Greens boro Female College Alumnae was held yesterday afternoon at' 4 o'clock in Irving Hall, the president, Mrs. L. A. Cunninggim, presiding. Miss Mae Hendren welcomed the vis iting Alumnae and Miss Myrtle Mc- Masters of the "Lone Star" State, re sponded. Interesting class histories were read by Mrs. Cotton '63. Miss Walker Fry, '95 and ?diss Minnie Clarke '96 and short talks were made by members of several other classes. Mrs. Buford read the original prophecy of the class of 81, much of it having been fulfilled. Officers were elected as rollows: President Mrs. L. A. Cunninggim. First Vice President Miss Mae Hen dren. Second Vice- President Mrs. A Bu ford. Third Vice President Mrs. Sallie Southall Cotton. Treasurer Mrs. E. L. Sides. Corresponding Secretary Miss Ma bel Chadwick. Recording Secretary Miss Nannie Lee Smith. At the conclusion of the business meeting they adjourned to the Ban quet HalL which was artistically de corated with ereen and white. The menu conslted of Sherbert, chicken sa lad on lettuce leaves, tongue, sand wiches, wafers, beaten biscuit, pickles, olives, salted almonds, cream, cake, coffee. Mrs. Lucy C. Robertson with her usual ease presided as toast . master. Among the well chosen toasts being "Our Guests" Mrs. Chas H. Ireland. "Our Alma Mater" Mrs. L. A. Cun- nlngglm,class '58; Mrs. Jlobert Thomas clas 56. "The Girl of the Olden Time" Mrs., S. A. Cotton 63. "The Girl of the Present" Miss Ma- "" -idwick; &3. "The Glass of TSrenl& Yesxs;Asp Mrs. T. L. Johnson, 81. - ; "The Daughters- of G. F-, C' Df- Jno. CI Kllgo; Rev. R. C Beaman. "The Girl of the Future" Rev.-J.,M. Hugglns. t The Home Orclfcstral fciulr furnish ed music for theoccasion and a delight ful evening was Spent as. the vgirl ,off the "Olden Time'? and the girl of ,tjbe , Present" mingled - happily together. Represehtafrvessf'of 34 classes . were , present. Farmer Commencement, Correspondence of The Telegram. , Farmer, N. C, May 25. he Commencemnt exercises of Far mer institute were this year of unusual interest The crowds were very large, an dthe exercises unusually good. The virmon was oreached by Dr. 1. I.. oom, of Greensboro, from th text t John, first chapter ana tweirtn Verse, "As. many as receiver mm, 10 them gave he power to become the sons 4f God." The treatment of the sud- ject was practical, scholarly and lofty, and stamped the preacher as a bold speakerand an original thinker.. The address was delivered by Prof. P. P. Claxton of the Stae Normal College, and the many that heard it say that was one of the finest speeches ever made here. For nearly an hour and a half the speaker held his audience In closest attention. His subject was ea ucation, and was handled in a pleasant and convincing, mariner. The musi cal contests for medals, graduating ex ercises and, drama, were all of a high order,and elicited much favorable com ment by those that heard them. Prof. Bost. the principal, resigned to go to other fields of work. The school enjoyed a bright history under efficient management has his In the Mayor's Court. Several cases were contiued in the mayor's court yesterday afternoon until this afternoon. One case was dis posed of, Jack Sprwell, colored, as sisted the city by contributing $7 for being drunk and disorderly at the sta tion. Mr. W. T. Bundick; the eloquent tem perance lecturer, will give an address at.ihe First Presbyterian church, Fri day evening at 8 o'clock. It will be a great privilege to hear Mr. Bundick?' HIGH POINT DOINGS. A Lamp Explosion Shakes Up Things Personal Mention. High Point, May 29. Yesterday af ternoon about four o'clock the still ness of the hour was broken by a tre mendous report which shook the sur rounding territory and brought people from all direction to see what was up. The explosion or whatever it was, took place in the rear lot of Sapp's Racket Store, on Main street Strange to say no one has been found wbo knows anything about it, more than ,they heard the noise. What occasion ed the report is a deep mystery. Some say a devilish boy set fire to an enor mous cannon cracker. Others suggest the possibility of some heavenly body, while falling through space exploded in this locality just before striking the ground, leaving no fragments for veri fication, while others speak of spooks and the like. The police are now look ing into the matter and some startling discoveries are expected. MR. ODELL'S HOUSE FIRED. It ' Was Struck by Lightening and the Furniture Injured by Removal. Concord, May 28. A heavy rain am. hail storm passed over Concord this afternoon, hail fallin gat three differ ent times. Lightning struck the resi dnce of Mr. W. R. Odell, setting fire to it. The fire department was called out and the crowd of excited persons which surrounded the house did much dam age by throwing out furniture, carpets etc. The fire was soon extinguished but considerable loss resulted from the wel-meaning. but mlsdfrectett7refforts of the people. Mr. and MrS.'l Od.elFie in Greensboro and only the housekeep er was at home. FOUND LOST VEIN OF GOLD. Georgia Miner Working Night ... and Day to IRake EU Fortune Dahicmega,- Ga., May 2$: -Like a Stevenson- romance reads the experi ence of James. Wltta,.iiatlve miner, of this place, who is working night and day to gain a forutne from a rich gold chute" which he' discovered, before his lease on the El Dorado expires. The mine which Witt is working is the old 1 Findley chute, fourteen years ,ago ac tcpunie4 the richest mine in Georgia gold regions. It suddenly disappeared from yiew, and up to a J&fope)i$..p$6 persistent efforts -tliad. faU? (9 Witt lg&sed the property, for a. noni., nal sum on speculation, and had about abandoned ; hope of making salt out of his investment, when, as suddenly as it had vanished, the chute reappear ed and Witt began taking out large quantities of the precious metal. The owners in some way learned of his good luck, and absolutely refused to extend his lease. He is working desperately in order to make the most out of his op portunity, and is abstracting gold at the rate of about $1,000 per day. His lease expires shortly, but he will then have gained sufficient to enable him to live in luxury the remainder of his days. Shoots His Son. New and Observer. Rutherfordton, N. C, May 28. Mack McDowell, a farmer, forty-five years old, in a row yesterday with several members of hfs family, shot and inst antly killed his 16-year-old son Jake with a 38-callibre pistol. The deed was at his home near Henrietta, in this county. Jake had driven his 14-year-old bro ther from the field and thrashed him until he was almost unconscious. Later they met at the house and the second attack was. made upon the young boy by Jake, when a third brother pulled him0ff- When this was done Jake de mandedhis pistol from the his father ito kill the third brother, taking up an Man axe ahd following his father, swear ing he would split open his head if he did not give up the pistol. McDowell, knowing the boy would fulfill his threat took his pistol from his pocket and fired one shot, the ball, taking ef fect in the right lung. While the father was gone for the doctor he was ar rested and brought to jailiHe says that his life is a sweet to J4m as his; son's, . . : . ..... ... fcw.v ?' I was. to him, and- that he saved own life by committing the dj?ad." DIED IN WASHINGTON. Lieut. Col. Michler Passes Away After Protracted Illness. By Wire to The Telegram. Washington, May 29. Lieutenant Colonel Francis Michler, military sec- retray to Lieutenant General Miies,dled today after a protracted illness. He was a graduate of West Point, and was ap pointed from Pennsylvania in 1866. Charlotte Observer. Jewelry Store Dynamited. By Wire to The Telegram. New York, May 29. Gleason & Com pany's jewelry store on 125th street was wrecked by dynamite this morning. The whole front was blown in by the explosion of a nitro glycerine cartridge. The police say the explosion is a clear case of malice. Gleason & Company had some trouble with their neighbors recently, which would indicate in cue opinion of the police that the place was blown up for revenge. BAD CNTS COMING FN. Sub-Treasury Now Receiving From 500 to 600 of Them Each Day. New York Sun. Counterfeit cents are coming into the United States Sub-treasury nowadays with a rush. Apparently the counter feiters are working over time, and all the efforts of the United States Secret Service men have not availed in locat ing the plants from which the humble little counterfeits are turned out More bad cents arje now being received at the sub-treasury for redemption than ever befor in the history of the institution. Between 500 and 600 of the bogus coins are arriving daily. In April, of 373, 870 cents turned in, 13,108 were coun terfeit The range of dates on the bad coins covers practically all the years during; which the small bronze cents have been. Issued, and the metal of which . they are made is becoming more and more like that of the genuine cent1 Never theless it is not the same and it-is the dUretSnces in -color that most -easily 'gfves away the bad cents to the sub treasury: money counters. The work manship . upon the had coins, too, is ietfcihi ; better and better; The die froth which the coins have been struck; are excellent and it is evident that Hhe counterfeiting are experimenting' r constantly upon alloys for the purpose pof better .simulating the genuine cents.' liven 3wth;the.; jricef copper afthe !3gji 4je of incepts a pound there" is offo!lt teethe cburitetf eiters, pro- 9nW-?coue,:py the bad- Summer! Completed, WashlngtoSSti JJ , ; " The annual spring renovation at the White House thas .ressed rapidly during ithesbseacei Jtf the president's party, andrnow remains nly for a few finishing touches to be-(ajpiied to have the mansion ready for-the -return of the household. Every carpet has tiing, window lace and draperies remoV ting, window laces apd raperies remov ed , and the upholstered furniture cloth ed with its summer linen. Fresh coats of white paint have been applied to both the rear and front por ticos, and the private corridor down stars is also being retouched with the painter's brush. This work is yet la rrcress. but will be completed before the President arrives. It is likely the entire building will be repainted out side, but as this work will be done from swinging scaffolds and no ham- merlng will De necessary, it uau. w done at any time without annoyance to the occupants of the White House. The only repairs now in progress that will not be completed within the next few days are about the conserva tory. The work there is rather on an extensive scale and has made necessary , the removal of most of the potted plants. These have been arranged about the grounds in artiste groups, and form an attractive addition to the shrubbery. The constant use of water in the green houses quickly rots the woodwork, and much of this now being. Replaced. u. Wift L. Charles, stud-en'aC Wke Forest College, is at home $or the hoUf days. if S 1 1 5 3 V . J -1 . 1 - i '1 'D 5 V, c;j: ' 'J3 . . . f. v..