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V '' ; 1 - ''''' x yj A-1 . .' - ' '" 1 1 ........ be figfi uwnptm VOL. 13, NO. 170 HIGH POINT. NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1910 fXCURSIQHS THAT WILL BE RUN BY THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY PLACES HIMSELE IN OP POSITION TO SHERMAN RUN AND SNOW AID THOSE FIGHTING THE GREAT FOREST EIRES the Mori 0tll OLJ KING COLE. is reputed to have been font! of irootl things ' to nil hid t spacious paunch. Hut he misMed the aid of what we supply ICK-UjcooI liquid)), beverages, arhinir brown; Ice tu keep milk and tampers sweet; ice to keep your tem perature normal; ice to preserve health; ice to conserve wealth; ice that's gutid. ice that's pur: ice that is worth every rent you pay us fof it. Should you fail to tet proper service and weights from wagon, don't fail to ad vise our orllcfl. It is our buttiness to please you and irive you what you pay for. HighPoint Ice&Fuel Co. Both 'F hones 109 Htttl ft 1 t Wanted i One Thousand Bushels WHITE EATING IRISH POTATOES Stout-Rankin Company MM)M EASTERN COLLEGE MANASS.;S, VA. 's a high-grade, non-sectarian insti tution, chartired with fi ll University privileges, and stands for character, high scholarship and noble manhood and womanhood, and offers the stu dent: I. r ive four inr r.ni - "f -tudi'-. .trh hmui l.-iuliiiM Li ih. d K'--"f HiiWn-l.tr A 1 1 -.!.-. a r.ur-y-ar Aciuli-mv curw. a IV;i t. i Trainim: puriiii'n1 and Strlnmh f Mm-ir. Kxini'ish'ii. rine Arl ari'i t 'omim-rrf. 2 An able faculty, nik'li t ui.l.inl, prut res, vr method, a well hcI -ted Mum 3 Km ironment uf th- m-wl h l.ful t huracter In hocial. moral and relitfimn- life 4 Five hmldintfti. well etuiit-d. A dm- Mh letir hVld. An idi-al luralum A national put onture. Fall term opens Septemln-r Mh HERV1N U. R00P, Ph.D. LL. 0.. President. BUY Dependable Turnip SEED More than a dozen varie- & ties to select from at Matton Drug Gompany '4 OOCHK000H00HKHKKJOOH3 Woods Fresh Turnip Seed Large quantity. All popular kinds. MANN DRUG COMPANY O000OOOOQOOOC LOW ROUND TRIP RATES VIA SOUTHERN RY. On Account of the Following Occasions : X.uth ( andina Volunteer l ire Association, WinMon-Salein, !. ( ., September dth to Nth, 1910. Ticket-- on sale September 4th, 5th and 0th with final return limit September loth. ( )iio Vallev Kxpo-.it ion. C in cinnati. Ohio, August jth-Sep-tetnher 4th, njm. Tickets on sale August jSth to September J4th with final limit to reach or iginal starting i 1 1 1 within live days from date of sale. Appalachian Kxposit ion, Knox ville, Tenn., September uth to October uth. Tickets on sale September loth to October uth Limits according to rate. Several low fares with short limi; and higher rates with Ion., limit ( irand Fountain of the I'niie.l Older of True Reformers. Rich in.'inl. .1 . September lth joth, I'jio. Tickets ,,n sale Septemlier 1 lib and uth final limit Septem ber -'Jth. National llapli-t ( 'onu en'.ion 1 ( oh Ted I cu ( Irleans, Septcm 1 -er 14th to K)th. i,,i,i I'ickets I'll sale September uth. itll. Otli with linal limit September J 1 si I'.icmiiel Movable Confcnncc of the I'nited ( )rder of ( hid Fcl lons 1 ("o, ,.,!,, Ilaltiniore. Md.. September I 1 1 1 -1 1 1 1 . l)ln. Tick els M sale September 'th. loth linal limit September -'1st. FRIENDS PICNIC The Sunday school of the Tneiids church is having their picnic loda at the water shed. MRS. OWEN TO ENTERTAIN M 1 s I ( lu en w ill entertain it .1 reception toiiioiiow alter in... 11 at her home on T.ioail street in honor of her guest. Miss Marv ( w en, 1 if t hester. S, ( . DEATH OF C. M. CRAW FORD. I be friends ,,i Ml. t . M. (raw foul will regret l learn ol his death which occurred at the unio I Irder I lospital late tins afternoon, as we go 'o press. The deceased was a sufferer from lirights Disease, and was taken to the I lospital just one week ago. I lis brothers and other rel atives will arrive here tonight. Mis Kauf.lt. Miss Sallie Kau fell and Miss Annie Schmidt, who have been visiting Mrs. ('. 1 ). Smith, returned to Richmond to-dav HOKE SMITH THE VICTOR IN THE GOVERNORSHIP RACE IN GEORGIA (liy Li'UHwl Wire to the Knlerprlse.) Atlanta, (ia., Aug. J4 lloke Smith's majority over (iovcrnor lirovvn in the Democratic con vention will be 25. His popular majoritv is estimated this morn ing at aluLHit 25,cxx). Impartial estimates place Smith's majority at 40 votes when the state convention meets to rat ify the action of the primary, lirown has issued a statement to the effect that the race was rather close, hut that from the most careful estimates he would 'have a majority of six convention votes. lioth sides claim to be very confident of success, but in the minds of those who have no in terest whatever in the outcome there is little doubt that Hoke Smith will again le governor of Georgia. In some of the counties the fight is exceedingly close, Sovereign I irand Lodge of 1. ( ). t ). I Atlanta, ( la., with linal limit September jHth with priv ilege extension bv depositing ticket with Joint Agent and upon pa inent of lee of $1.00. National Kncampnienl i. A. R. Atlantic City, Septemlier njlh 24th. lc;io. Tickets ,,,, sale Se tember 15th to t li inclusive w ith linal limit September 29th with privilege of extension to Octob er .'Kth by depositiing ticket with joint agent and upon payment of fee of $1 .00. Ilrotlurh.od of St. Andrew. Nashville. Tenn . Septembei jdth to Vtoher iid.. 1 V0 Tickets ,,n sale September -'4H1 to j;th in clusive with return limit October 5th and privilege of extension bv depositing ticket and payment of lee 1 if Si ,ki ieneral Assembly of the Kpis eopal t'hurch ( inciiiiiati. ( Ihl,,. 1 Mober 5th jMh tickets on sale )etober ,fnl. 4th, 5th. Oh and '"tli limn ( ici,,ber (oth National League of l,s. Mas Vh.iii.,, j.,,, -IV,,,,., ( Mo 'er stli-.-i.ih tickets o sale ( )c 1"l,t'r 11,111 nth with linal l,,n" "i-tol-er 17th ami privilege extension t,, t i. tober .(i t by deposit,,,,, ticket and up.',,, p,,v iilcnt of Si ,ki fee I'or further information and r: ;ip'l.v to w.ur ticket agent or write to R. II. Dcliutts. Travelling I 'ass. Kt., ' I harlotte. N ( . ' SWALLOWED GLASS. Ibis morning the ten-v ear-ohl son oi Mr and Mrs M Ship h tt happened to a v ei serious accident bile pl.iv nig i the ar'l 1"" a piece "I l.iss j '"s in. .uth and a few minutes later be till down. su;li,uing the glass. hoi tunatcl v it lodged in liis throat anil this fact piobablv saved bis lnY I 'h v su iaiis u ere- hurt ieillv -mil. m. .lied and an . .pel an, . 1 1 w as per lornied t 1 remove the glass I be piece was about two inches long and very sharp at one end and it is probable if it bad not lodged 111 his throat that it would have caused serious trouble While the operation was pain ful and the 1mi has suffered a goo,l deal, it is thought that he will be alright i a feU .lavs. Miss Lafayette I'asdiall. of Keidsville. is visiting Mrs. ! S ( uniinings and is honor guest at the liridge ( 1 11 1 ,. which Mrs. ( uniinings is entertaining this aft crnoi hi. towns own countv going over into the Smith column bv a nar- , row margin In l'urke county ! Itrown got a majority of four I ........ I l,.it, il. mitli led with 21 votes. ( hit of thirty dour counties that had reported comparatively early in the night 20 give Smith a ma jority. The race is close and it is bare ly possible, though not probable, that the result will have a differ ent complexion when the final re turns are in. Great interest has centered around the candidacy of the two men. Political rivals and person al enemies, the men have work ed as never candidates worked before. Very little interest has been manifested in the campaigns for other state offices, though there have been lint fights in many dis tricts over the congressmen. COLONEL STARTS ON WESTERN TRIP L'tica, X. Y., Aug. 23. Theo dore Roosevelt Wiound up 'he lirst day of his pilgrimage into the West bv placing himself direct ly in opposition to Vice-President Sherman. Speaking to.lav in the Vice-President's own conn t iv he warmly indorsed State Senator Frederick Davenport, who is a staunch Progressive, and whom Mr. Sherman has said that we would not support. Mr Sherman was out of town to.lav. and did not see Colonel Roose velt. It was late in the afternoon when C olonel Roosevelt reached Summit Park, ten miles west of here, a summer resort overlook ing the Mohawk River. Ten thousand persons who attendtd were waiting for limi. and raised a cheer as the e-President ap peare.l on the platform. At evcrv slopping place along the wav I'loiii 'ew Vork I,, Clica the c .1 ni-l was cheered, but the roar ..i applause which went up from the throng at the park shook the i'av 1I1. 111. ( . 'I' iiiel Koosev el t spied Sena t"i Davenport at .nice. and gieete.l him warinlv. As s,,on a be began his speech he turned t., the Senator and said : d am glad to see you on the platform, Senator Davenport. The only kind of politics I care for is the kind of politics in which decencv is combined with efticiencv. I hold that the only way in which a politician can reallv serve his party is h helping that partv el lu-iciitly t,. se, v e the people, lie cause the Senator and the men who have acted with him havi stood lor this principle. am gla.l '" ''c '"I the platfoi in vv i'h linn.' I here w as 111, ,1 . cheering a. Ihe colonel uttered these words W ben he cuhl be heard again b, added: "Von will at least notice that mv utterances a,,, free from am liigu it v , " THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE COMPLETED. I he Memorial liridge near the "Id Mdlis farm, was completed vesterdav. This bridge was built with the thousand dollar award money given Guilford couutv b the Atlanta Journal this countv having the best roads between Roanoke and Atlanta. ( ur read ers will remember that this money was turned over to the t 1 Mint v (. ', iiiimissj, huts, w ho in joint session gave it over to the Highway Commission. u , u (T(. responsible for the building f tu. splendid public roads of ( iuilford It was through Mr. F. M. Pickett that the amount -,s donated for a bridge over Smith creek The undoing of this, however, ami substituting the Millis creek lo cation for the Smith creek is well remembered, when a number of High Point's representative citi "ens headed by Mayor Tale. W G. Itradshavv. S. I. Davis, c Jones and others, appeared before 1 joint meeting ,,f the llighwav ( oinmissjoiiers and the Countv C ommissioners. c would like to reproduce some of the remarks offi-red by his committee, l,,it they are well remembered by our readers. NEW FIRM. Geo. T. McLamb & Co. is the name of the new wholesale gro cery firm which is opening up in the brick store house belonging to Mr. A. K. Tate on Rankin street. Mr. Mcl.amb will be manager of the firm and comes from Greensboro. The stock of goods is being moved in this week and the store will be open ed for business the first of September. (By Leased Wire to the Enterprise) Spokane, Wash., Aug. 24- -While new fatalities add to the horors ..f forest Tires in which the dead are now estimated at from 300 l" kk), the first hopeful news in three days came out of the furnace-like district today. Rain and snow have conic to aid the lire lighters in Montana. Idaho. Washington and ' bcgoii. Not enough rainfall has come et. however, to stop the tires but it has given the troops and foresters a new impetus. Two inches oi snow fell in western Montana last night. Hundreds of people are still missing some say as inaiiv as 1.000 Great task ot work is now given to the rescue of the living. Iluttc, Mont.. Aug. J.v Re fugees arriving here tonight from the district which is being swept with forest lues, report that prob ablv nine hundred persons arc dead Six bundle lire lighters who left 'Thompson Tails four day ago are unheard from. The entile panhandle section of Idaho is now ablae A tierce wind is blowing to night which is sweeping the llamcs in evcrv direction. At Spokane it is estimated that three hundred more are dead in addition to the six hundred un accounted tor at Thompson Tails. Spokane. Wash.. Aug. 2.? The heroism of women saved T.Ik ( ity ' from the ravages of the forest ! Tires. While the male population is lighting the advance ol the con llagration ihev guarded the homes and business houses, extinguish ing incipient blaes started bv In anils fr, m the burning forests I Manv staved oil the roofs ol buildings all Saturday night 1 The t. .vv n is out . i danger bill the Tir.- continues in the -Hi rounding regions, and is growing' vv . u se. RECEIVING BIDS FOR NEW COTTON MILL I odav is the day set apart to uceive bids f. .1 the building oi the new cotton mill to be known .. .1. 1 1: .1. .. 1 ;n ..,.1 I .IS .lie I IUU1 V Ol.on .Mills, ai,W .1 good manv bidders are here to dav The bids will be received through the architects, Messrs. l.ockwoo.l (iieen cv to, of lios oii. whose southern office is at ( .11 eiiv ill.-. S ( . Among the contractors who. have representatives here today arc Khaugh and Hbaugh, ( ir. eiiv ille. S. C. T. C. Thomp son l'o.. liirminghani. Central Carolina Construction Company. Greensboro. Tiske ( alter Con struction Co., Mass., Gallivan Pudding ( 1 .. Spartanburg. Mr. T. M. Pickett, secretary and treasuerr of the company sas the work will be pushed ahead from now on. Mr and Mrs S. L. Davis and their guests, Mrs. John-on. Mrs. McMillan. Misses Capitola King and May llolb.lay and Miss 1-11 it h lira.lshaw formed a pleasant au di party spending the day in Sal-isburv. NEW PRESIDENT OF MONON RAIL- BOAP ASSUMES ACTIVE DUTIES Mly I.eaHl Wire to the Enterprise.) o Chicago, Aug. 24. Fairfax (iish his former position as vice Harrison, who was elected presi- president of the Southern Rail dent of the Monon Railroad to way and make Chicago his per succeed the late Ira G. Rawn, as- manent headquarters. 'The burned district, generally speaking, extends east to Mis soula Montana; north to the headwater of St. Joe, and in other directions nobody knows how far. 'The losses at Wallace are still estimated at a million dollars with $35o,(xxj insurance, (lifers of assistance have been received from many sources, but none have been accepted Tires are reported all around Munav. but the town is still untouched. The Tires along the .Northern Pacific in Western Montana have diminished. The Pen d'Oreille Valley, heavilv timbered, is on lire in several places, ami Loss of life is feared. It is difficult to get news from that region Dispatches state that four sol diers of Coinpaiiv G Tweiitv fifth Inlanliv 1 colored 1. are missing, and also that a number oi fam ilies near verv have been burn ed "lit. and manv persons arc dead . .1 missing Railroad einpT.es at Averv s.iv that all the Hitter Root Mountains are burning, and that the entire Coeur d'Alene nation al forest may be .lest roved. Tour families ,,f homestead ers, reported burned to death on La lour ( reek. Kootenai coun tv. Idaho, escaped to St. Joe, wad ing lift ecu miles along the bed of the creek, with lire burning down to the water's edge, forcing the refugees fre.ptently to sub merge themselves when the flames reached their faces. An old man in the party was borne "ii a stretcher all the wav. Their clothes were nearlv burned off. W bile .(.m forest rangers are missing I,, Idaho and Montana, it is probable that most of them will escape death. I lie telephone lines through the national forest have been de stroyed or interupted. and the rangers might be safe, but unable to rcort GAYNOR ABLE TO LEAVE HOSPITAL. illv l.easwl Wire tu (lie Knlerprlse ) llobokeii. Aug 24. Robert A.lanison, secretarv to Mavor Gavtior announced to.lav that the mavor had so far improved that be would be taken out for a ride so, in. Phvsiciaus -ai he w ill be able to leave the hospital next week. One of the lirst things the mayor said this morning' was that he would like to go for a ride. DEATH OF SENATOR. I Hy Leau.xl Wire to the Knlerprise I Washington. I ). ( '.. Aug. -'4 Former Senator Wilkinson Call, "i Florida, died here to.lav 1 le was stricken with appoplcxv Sat urday, lie served ill the Senate from 1K71) to 1H07 A TWENTY OUNCE PIPPIN Mr. . ('. Sapp sends the T'.n terprise an enormous apple of the Pippin variety, weighing 20 ounces and measuring 1 1-2 inches in circumference. NEW ADS. Victor Clothing Co. A great er reduction at our store. Blair-Hoskins "Time and tide waits for no man" 4 more days. Newlin-Brooks Tomorrow the sale begins. M,mel his duties here today. He announced that he would rclin- WHEN you have your clothes cleaned and pressed at the High Point Steam Cleaning and Pressing they will go back to you perfectly sterilized and dis infected and all ordor of gasoline is removed. DRY CLEANED CLOTHES. It revives the finish and im parts a new lustre; raises the nap and leaves a finish peculior to new clothes only It is impossible to scorch or .-di. k the goods in our method. Give us a call. HIGH POINT STEAM CLEAN ING & PRESSING COMPANY Rear Holder's Barber Shop J. H. HUNTER, Proprietor 0KXKC BUILT ON HONOR G. V. JACKSON CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Estimates given on all kinds of work. Satisfaction guaran teed. Office over Southern Realty Co. The North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College Maintained by the State for the Women of North Carolina. Four regular Courses leading to De grees. Special Courses for Teach ers, rail csession begins beptetii ler 14, tyto. Those desiring to enter should apply as early as pos sible. For catalogue and other in- foimation address JULIUS I. FOUST, Pretidsnt, (reensboro, N L. Trinity College Five Departments Collegiate, (raduate, Engineering, Law, and Education. Large library facilities. Well-equipped laboratories in all de partments of science. Gymnasium furnished with bust apparatus. Ex penses very moderate. Aid for worthy students. Teachers and Students ex pecting to engage in teaching should investigate the super, ior advantages offered by the new Department of Education in Trinity College For ratologue aad furteer informa tion, address R. I.. FLOWERS. Secretary DURHAM, N. C. Trnity Park School A Firt-CIM Preparatory School CertificaU-B of Graduation Accented for Entrance to Leading Southern Colleges Faculty of ten offlrnra and tparhora Campus of Mtvnty-fv acras. Library oontainlnir iruira than forty thouuand bound volumes. Well vqufppnd gym nasium, jltirh stand an) s and modern methods of Instruction. Frequent lectures by prominent lecturers. Ex penses exceedingly moderate. Twelve years of phenomenal growth. For catalogue and other Information address F. S. ALDRIDGE, Bu.ur Durham, N. C.
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