GREENSBORO DAILY WORKMAN.
Fol. IX,—No. 80-
GEEENSBOEO. N. MONDAY AFTEBNOON, AUGUST 31, 1891,
Price $3.00 Per Year
SPECIAL ITEMS.
Glass Fruit Jars.—Large stuck at
low prices. Houston & Bro.
I used Simmons Liver Regulator
for indigesiion with immediate relief.
—O. G. Sparks, ex Mayor, Macon,
Ga.
Another Lot of of those “ Eagle ”
brand pig hams just opened. All sizes
7 to lolbs. at Scott & Go’s
MEI.ONS! melons ! — From
Georgia, 15c to 25c. Send along your
orders to J. W SCOTT & CO.
FOR SALE—A good fresh milch
cow. Apply to
T. F. McCulloch,
39 tf Pleasant Garden, N. C.
IVORY SOAP! IVORY soap ! !—
The genuine article made by Proctor
& Gamble, juG received by
;. W. SCOTT & CO.
Don’t Forget we are “ Head
quarters ” for Buist’s reliable turnip
seed. The se." r for sowing will soon
be here. J. W. Scott & Co.
DO YOU PLAY LAWN TENNIS ?
THEN YOU CAN FIND
PRETTY BLUE
OR WHITE
TENNIS
CAPS
AT
IF'”'-?*
104 South Elm St.
iMoCaldclgugliSk
WHAT OUR REPORTERS SEE
AND HEAR
HEAr^TARTERS
for
CHINA,
CROCKERY
AND
GLASSWARE.
Just received a very large stock
CHINA, CEOCKEEI AND GLASSWARE
Fine Lamps,
Gpposite Benbow Hall, South Elm St.,
Greensboro, N. C. m6-im
And What Other People Tell
Them—News Briefly Noted,
Personal Notes &c.
Regular meeting of Directors of
Chamber of Commeice tonight at 8
o’clock.
Messrs. Jackson & Barnes will build
a saw-mill on South Elm Street
beyond the water tower. The mill,
the engine and the boiler all to be
made here.
Great improvements ?’'e being
made on our s eets, and on Greene
street near Price, quite an important
change is being made for the escape
of the water which has heretofore
come down to that point
Mr. B. Volz, who’ ves out on Ashe-
boro street, and who has given his
attention to the cultivation of \cgita-
bles and small fruits, is now m the
midst of the grape season, and is fur
nishing his customers with fine speci
mens of luscious giapes
The Workman was glad to see here
Capt. Jas. M. McMurray, who went up
to the western part of the State a
number of pears ago, and has since
been closely confined to that section.
He is now in charge of the convict
force which is to dig the canal and
basin for the N. C. Steel ard Iron Co.
Messrs Raymond & Powell, in
order to make rioom for new goods,
are going to run off a large quantity
of desirable articles at very low rates ;
at coft, and many articles below cost.
It will be a sweeping sale, as every
body knows who jhas “watched the
professor.’ Of course the people will
take notice and act accordingly. See
what they say.
To Members of the Choral Asso
ciation.
Meeting tonight at Music School
rooms at 8 o’clock. Please attend.
Resolutions of Respect.
At a special meeting of Greensboro
Lodge No. 28, K. of P., held August
28 th, the following resolutions were
adopted;
Whereas, It has pleased God in
His infinite wisdom to remove from us
our esteemed and beloved brother
Knight, Wm. M. Houston, the
members of Greensboro Lodge, No.
28, Knights of Pythias, m Castle Hr’l,
assembled, do ♦
Resolve, ist, That in the sudden
and tragic doath of Brother Houston
this Lodge sustains the loss of a l.ue
Knight, a faithful lend and an
earnest, consecrated Christian, who has
but laid aside his armou; to wear the
crown of victory with the united
brotherhood above.
Resolved, 2d, That the heartfelt
sympathy of eveiy member of this
Lodge be tendered the stricken wife
and family in their sad and untimely
bereavement.
Resolved, 3d, That a Knight jewel
be draped in mou aing for th‘ ty days.
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be furnished the afflicted
family, and also be published in our
city papers and be spread upon our
record books
R. W. Brooks,
J. A. Hodgin,
Rufus Weaver,
Committee.
At Bellville, Texas, yesterday,
sparks from a passing locomotive set
fire to the cotton platform of the;Santa
Fe railroacl. About 200 bales of cotton
were badly damaged or destroyed.J
Resolutions of Thanks.
The members of the “Little Giant
Fire Engine Company,” of Greens
boro, N. C.. fully appreciating the
many courtesies extended to them
during their recent sit to the city of
Durham ; and being desirous in some
public manner of making known the
same; do
Resolve, That our thanks are oue
and are hereby tendered to each and
all the citizens of Durham who so
cordially welcomed us, and so
generously entertained us duting our
recent visit to their city.
Resolved, That our thanks are also
due and are hereby tendered to our
Greensboro friends for the many acts
of kindness and words of encourage,
ment given us just before sta ting for
the “seat of war.|’
Resolved, That these resolutions be
furnished to the Durham Globe and
Sun, and the Greensboro Workman
and Record, with a request to publish
the same.
Walter Sergeant,
Willie Hoeney,
Claudie Elam,
Davie Sergeant,
Walter Griffith,
Lonn e Hardin,
Ji&fNNNiE Smith,
Austin Spencer,
Jimmie Lewis,
Johnnie Thomas,
Eddie Duffy,
Lonnie Swaim
Mentor Flannigan.
Greensboro, Aug. 29th, 1891.
The Second Presbyterian Church.
Yesterday was regular Communion
day with this chu’rch, The pastor
announced t’ 'Truy persons had been
before the Jldsibn as applicants for
membership, one by letter and three
by examination, and they were
received in the usual form, one of the
number receiving baptism. Dr. Smith
stated that 23 members had been
received during the year, up to the
present time, and that several others
were expected to join in the near
future. The Seimon, which was
specially adapted to the occasion, was
founded on Luke XXHI; 32, 33, and
was an Instructive and edifying
discomse. The congregation was
large.
A Female Delegate.
The Indiana Annual Conference of
the Methodist Protestant Church, at
its recent session, elected Mrs. M. J.
Morgan a delegate to the General
Conference.
The Methodist Recorder, in
commenting on the incident, says:
“The election of a female delegate by
this Conference wi'l bring before our
next General Conference the question
which has given so much perplexity to
the Methodist Episcopal Church for
the past few years.”
ABOUT POLKS YOU .'KNOW.
The Anniversary.
Today, August 31st, is the anniver-
s? y of the great earthquake, the first
that ever gave much alarm to the
people of this section. But time flies,
and people forget, and unless the next
earthquake shah be more severe than
the last, the impression w’fl not be
very peimanent.
Although the sky is not as it was at
the time of last earthquake, the
temperature is about the same as it
was then.
Official estimate of the damage by
the recent cyclone at Martinique,
places the amount at $1,000,000, and
says that 27S people lost their live?.
Hon. Charles ^rice, of Salisbuiy,
is here today.
Capt. A. M. Smith went to
Salisbury this moi.T'ng.
Mr. Charles M. Vance went to Black
Mountain this morning.
Hon. F. H. Bu^^ee, of Raleigh, is
in the city on bus..less today.
Mr. Hardee, of ttie State Chromcle
was here th’s mo .I’n", on bis way to
Wilkesboro.
Mr. Geo. Lef witch, now of
Wilmington, came in Saturday, and
will return home tomorrow.
Miss Rowenna Moffitt, and her
brother, of Asheboro, passed on down
to Elon College this moumg.
Mrs. E. D. Hundley, who has been
absent some time on a v 'it to
Richmond, Va , has returned.
Mr. Wallace N. Scales is in the city
on a visit to his mother’s family and to
his uncle. General A M. Scales, wl o
is seriously
A number of hands went up to
Guilford College this morning to work
on the Y. M. C A. hall, which it
being constructed at that place.
Miss Lizzie Turner and her brother.
Master Richard, who have been spend
ing some time in Richmond, Va.,
have returned to the' home in tb’''
city.
The matter of building the Baptist
Female University at Raleig is not yet
fu''y decided, and ’s now being
considered by the Chamber of
Commerce of that city.
Col. David L. Clark, the veteran
a tist, of High Point, was here this
morning,, and informed The Work
man that he was going on a visit to
Abingdon, Va., and to the places in
that section, which were his hunting
and fishing grounds in b's boyhood—
“Then,” he added, “to see my old
friend. Rev. Dr. Geo. R. Barr.” Dr
Ba’i- is a venerable minister of high
chaiacter, and for some time before
the war was editor of the Abingdon
Virginian. He is now quite old.
II
SAT.FiI.
OUR ENTIRE STOCK
—OF—
Dry Goods
and Notions.
G. P. College.
Siudents are coming in so rapidly
r.iat no one can tell where U is to end-
Superior Court.
Superior Court met this morning at
10 o’clock. Judge Winston presiding.
Capt. E. S. Parker was in his place
as Solicitor for the State.
His Honor’s cha-ge to the Grand
Jury was full and able.,
There were a few cases of minor
importance disposed of this morning.
Sales To-day.
There were two sales of property
here to day at publ’C auction:
One was the knitting mi”, which
was knocked off to Mr, J. A. OdeU for
$5,550 : the other was 9 acres of land,
lying on the South side of the R. &
D. railroad, and a short distance east
of the coal shute—sold by Mr. Wm.
H. Worth, commissioner, and bought
by Mr. Daniel Worth, at $1,500.
An Apt Scholar.
' Senator Vance was at "Vienna,
Austria, on the 3rd of August, at
which time he reports that he is
rapidly acquiring the Dutch accent in
talking and the Dutch palate for beer.
The beer part is all a joke, but that
about the accent is true.
Mountain Honey ! Honey in the
comb from the western pr t of the
State, nice and palatable at
Scovr& Co’s.
Sale will begin September lo.. d
continue until our New Fall Stock ar
rives. The object of this sale is to
make room for our New Fall Str ' ,
On our large Centre Tables will be
found Hundreds of Dollars worth of
nice Des’''able Dress Goods, etc.,
which will be sold AT and BELOW
COST.
A substantial Reduction on all oth
er goods in our establishment will be
made.
This is the greatest offer of the
season and those who n Di/
Goods will do themselves an injustice
if they do not take advantage of th's
special opportunity.
RAYNION & POWELL.
NAT. BANK BUILDIN
SPJEClAt. NOTICES.
Drury Howell will continue to has e
ivesh fish at his stall in the market.
f25-tf.
Handy for travellers is Simmons
Liver Regulator in powder. It can be
carried in the pocket.
Pure Gvlm rings for fruit jars, r
better than the cheap compos
rings and cost very little more, at
Scott &
Something New in Umbrellas.—
New design of steel rod umbrellas at
Cartland’s. Call and get one. 'They
are the newest thing out and are
lurab e. 121 tf.
Royster’s Candy has had a “ big
run ” for the last few days—Fresh lot
expected by the middle of the week —
Royster’s price in Raleigh 50c., our
price here 40c. J. W. Scott & Co.
A Conundrum—How can anything
salty be FRESH? We answer try our
“ Salted cream wafers ” and you will
find them both fresh and palatable, at
J. W. Scott & Co’s.
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS
Cures Dyspepsia, In
digestion Si Debi lity.
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AT COST! AT COST!!
29 Boys Suits to be closed out s t
cost. Pitts & Love.
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Painting the town red means head
ache in the morning. Simmons Liver
Regulator prevents it.
lif'
Melons ! Melons !1—Send us your
orders for car load lots or less quaniity.
Houston & Bro.
1 '1#^;
Breakfast bacon put up in parch,
ment paper, weighing from 2 to 4 lbs.
each. This is something extra nice—^
at Scott’s.
Try a pair of Redpath Bros. $3.0®
Shoes ( for gents ) waranted to give
satisfaction or money refunded. For
sale by Pitts & Love.
aug. II iw.
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