The Greensboro Patriot from Greensboro, North Carolina • Page 1

II '-t VOL. 87. GREENSBORO, N. C.i WE DIMES DAY. JULY 8 1 908.

NO. 28 1 ME mMEEN SB RQ KllmlQT' I 7" I Vi ROAD PETITIONS GRANTED. IMPORTANT LAW "POINTS. it Dt W. J.

RICHARDSON OFFlCCr McADOO BUILDING NEXT TO POSTOFriCt residence: eis west gaston stI 3) ni The large capital and onservatiye Tiianage-nlerit of thisbank afford absolute security for all I money entrusted to its care. 4 Four per cent, interest on savingsr deposits. We cordially invite your patronage. American 1 Exchange Bank! GREENSBORO. N.

C. Capital. 1300.000.00. E. P.

WHARTON, President. ir onnmm ttj jI a. j. vt.ovvjxa', vice irresiaenu R. G.

VAUGHN. Cashier. H. NICHOLSON. Asst.

Cashier. J. W. CASE, Mgr. Savings Dept.

tmuimiuuiuxuii MARKET REPORT. Butter .10 to 25 12 to 14 Spring Chickens, per lb 1 16 to 18 Hens 1 25 to 35 Geese 30 to 35 Turkeys 12 Country Hams 14 to 16 Sweet Potatoes 90 Irish Potatoes 60 to 75 Corn 85 Wheat 11.00 65 Green 4 Green Sheep Skins. 20 to 35 Dry Hides, salt 6 to 7 Dry Hides, flint 7 to 8 Beeswax. 23 Tallow. 4 Wool, washed 22 to 2-5 Wool, unwashed 16 to 18 How's We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.

F. J. Cheney Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known P. J.

Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him Ssrf ectly honorable in all business transac-ons and financially able to carry, out any obligations made by their firm. Walding, Kinnan Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toiedo, Ohio. Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting1 directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle.

Sold by all Droggrists. Testimonials free. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Rubber tires applied by Oettinger Buggy Company. 25-4t.

This Space ia Reserved for the Commercial National Banh. TV! GOOD BASEBALL The Greensboro Team Takes Two Games Prom Greenville. The Greensboro baeebair.team Is do ing itself proud this week, having taken two games from Greenville, the lead- Ing teaxxf In Ithe league. These two games "are pronounced the 'prettiest exhibitions' of ball-playing teen on the local diamond during the season; In Monday's game the ecore etood 4 to 4 in the eleventh inning, when 4he Greenville team raised Va kick over a decision of the umpire and walked "off the field. The game was declared forfeited Greensboro by a score of 9 to 0.

The kick of the Greenville nlavers was occasioned by the fact that, the umpire called7 a ball fair' when they contended it was a foul ball. The locals won yesterday's game in the twelfth ioning, the score standing to 0. The one run was scored by Manager McKevitt. The closing game of the series ia be ing played this afternoon. Tomorrow Winston comes to Greensboro for the remainder of the week.

Following is the standing of the clubs in the Carolinajeague: Won Lost Pet .630 .554 .509 .500 .426 .382 Greenville 34 20 Spartanburg 31 25 28 27 Winston 29 29 Anderson 23 31 Charlotte 21 34 BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. Judge Boyd Names Receivers of Pomona Cotton Mills. An involuntary petition of bank ruptcy was filed in the United States court yesterday against thePomonaCo t- tonManuf acturingCompany, which has been in the hands of receivers for some time. The petition was filed by J. E.

Latham cotton! brokers; Lv Williams, receiver of the City National Bank, and other creditors. Judge Boyd appointed Fries, of- Winston-Salem, and J. C. Watkins, of Greensboro, temporary receivers and made the order returnable July 14th. f- H.

Fries and A. E. Moore, of Gas-tonia, appointed receivers of the company by Judge -Fred Moore, in Mecklenburg Superior court, March If the company is adjudged bankrupt; It is understood that the plant, which has been idle for the past five or six months, will be operated by the receivers named by the Federal court. County Superintendent Foust requests the Patriot to direct the attention of all white public school teachers in the county to the fact that the teachers' institute will be held during the week beginning Monday; August 17th. All persons desiring to teach in the public schools of Guilford next year will be required to attend the institute continuously.

A competent corps of instructors will assist Superintendent Foust in the work of the institute. Two of our good friends, Messrs. John A. Young and F. P.

"Albright, have favored us this season with baskets of fine peaches. Mr. Young sent in a generous sample of Connet's Southern Early. Mr. Albright sent a big basket of the famous Greensboro peaches.

Both varieties have yielded an abundance-of perfect fruit this year. Just before going to press we received a copy of the program of the Sunday School Convention of the North Carolina and Virginia Christian Conference, to be held at Bethlehem Christian, church, Alamance county, July 14 and 15. We regret that it was not received in time for publication. Underbuy, undersell! That's the stuflV See Townsend vehicles before you All grades. Everyone guaranteed.

Tne Callahan-Dobson Shoe Ccr. is going to give away four "pair of shoes to PATRioTread era simply as an advertisement of their summer clearing sale. Their large the last page of this issue contains, a valuable it. A demonstration of the advantages of the Majestic ranges will be made all next week at the. Crescent Hardware Company's store.

See the half-page announcement in this issue. Free 10c package Conkey's Liice Powder and "25c Poultry Book. Bring ad. to Howard Gardner, Greensboro, N. C.

Mail 7c. 20tf Rears Soebuck laid in the shade. See Townsend -pnees on buggies. Read their big adv. 28-4 1.

Sow cain and millett to make hay for' winter. 28-4t. C. Scott Co. Something new in mowers at Town-send Nothing, like it ever shown before.

28-4 1. County Commissioners Order Sevjcral New Highwajs Opened Report of Prisoners and Otner Matters. The monthly meeting of the board of county commissioners was held Monday and yesterday, a large amount of routine and special but in ess being transacted. The clerk of the Superior court was instructed to prepare a permanent record of the voters of the county who have registered under the "grandfather clause" and transmit the same to the. secretary of state.

The tax valuation of the Whitehead lands, in. Jamestown was reduced from $10,000 to $8,000 and the valuation of the North State, mine property from $8,500 to $8,000. The commissioners authorized the purchase of a North Carolina Btate flag for the court house. report was filed by the highway commissioners making the following showing as to convicts under their care during the month of June: Prisoners on hand 33 Prisoners received 10 Total for the month. Prisoners Prisoners escaped 43 10 1 'Prisoners on band July 1st 32 The following public road petitions, which bad been filed at; previous meetings of the board, were granted: For a public road in High Point township, leading from a point on the macadamized road near D.

H. Baker's residence along the line of Rufus King and Amos Ragan to the top of the hill near Joash Reynolds' place. For a road in Fentress township, beginning at Pleasant Garden and running to the Greensboro and Asheboro road, at a point near J. D. Quate's.

For a road in Madison and Jefferson townships, beginning near D. R. Huf-fines' bridge and running to David Sock well's place. The board denied a petition for a new road in Monroe township, to run through the lands of Mrs. E.

T. Lambeth, J. W. Scboolfield and others, but ordered the opening of a road in that section to run as follows: To begin on the west side of Doggett's mill road, on a line separating the lands of W. T.

Smith-and Tyre Glenn, and to run west by H. L. Schoolfleld's house; thence west along the tobacco barns on the lands of Mrs. E. T.

Lambeth to the public road. A joint meeting of the county com missioners 'and the highway commissioners was held Monday afternoon to receive a petition asking that the Thomasville road between the corporate limits of High Point 'and the Davidson county line, a distance of about two miles, be macadamized. The petition was presented by a big delegation of High Point citizens, among whom were the following gentlemen: J. El wood Cox, W.H. Ragan, A.

E. Tate, J. JrFarris, J. J. Welch, R.

A. Wheeler, W. T. Parker, F. M.

Pickett, J. P. Redding, S. L. Davis, Dr.

D. A. Stanton and Dr. J. Al Turner.

After considering the matter, the petition was "withdrawn for the pres- eDt Death of Mrs. A. A. Chandler. Mrs.

Augustus A. Chandlor died yes terday afternoon at her home on Gull-ford after a lingering illness of tuberculosis. She had been critically ill for many weeks and the end was not un-pected. The funeral was held from the family residence this afternoon, the service being conducted by Rev. Dr.

G. H. Detwiler and Rev. Dr. J.

li. White and interment1 made in Greene Hill cemetery. iuiii vuauuiu tt aa a ucv ULCU UiCiXI ber of West Market Street Methodist church. In. addition to her husband, she is survived two young children and two brothers Messrs.

T. and W. R. PickardV Thief Makes Away With $2,100. A short time ago Miss Ella Gardner, who had managed to save the sum of $2,100 during her residence in Greensboro, concluded the money would be safer in a burea drawer or an old stocking than in a bank, and accordingly withdrew the entire amount from one of the local banks and sent it to the home of her father, Mr.

Alfred Gardner, lives two and a half miles north of Jamestown. AneighborWho was in town Monday reported that, during the absence of the family one day during the past week.ia thief en tered the Gardner residence and stole the entire amount. Free 10c package Conkey'a Iiice Powder and 25c Poultry Book. Bring ad. to Howard Gardner, Greensboro, N.C.

Mail 7c. 1 20-tf 1 Litigation in Progress in United states Court. ueiore the special term of United States District; court adjourned last week Judge Boyd 6ard" argument by attorneys on some very important law. points, in which many' people are cop- cernea. The cases are what are called sci ias against forfeited 'bonds of de fendants thV courts, as well as on distillers and tobacco manufacturers.

They run back for.a period of twenty and thirty years. These cases are against sureties on bonds, against whom nothing could be collected at the time of the forfeiture after judgment absolute was taken against them and execution run out. For a year or more the -government has had officers examining the tax lists and deed books of every county in which one of these former insolvent sureties lived, with the result that when one was found to have accumulated property as he grewiolder, a new execution was issued against him and in i many instances the Amount has been paid on a fair It is said that one of the wealthiest men in this section paid oved $1,800 recently on compromise to escape the penalty of a $5,000 bond he signed while he was a young man, for the to" bacco manufacturer for whom he was working at a salary of $30 a month. A great many others have paid up. The amounts generally range from' $200 to $500.

But many of the bondsmen, rather than pay, joined together, aud retained ex-Judge Bynum, of Greens boro, and Mr. Mull, an attorney of Morgan ton to test the cases for them. The total amount involved is said to be over $30,000. A case will be carried up to the Unit ed States Circuit court of Appeals, in Richmond, for a decision. Farmers Institutes.

Farmers' Institutes will be held in Guilford county during the next few weeks as follows: Jamestown, 'Mon July 2fth; Brown Summit, Thurs day, July 30th; McLeansville, Friday, August 7th. At each institute there will be two or three speakers, furnished by the state department of agriculture, and probably one from the United States department of agriculture, in addition to local speakers. These institutes are for a free and informal discussion of very-day farm problems. A Surprise Harrlage. The friends of Mr.

Mack Greeaon and Miss Viola PaiBley, prominent young people of eastern Guilford, will be surprised to learn that they were married at Gibsonville April 27th by Rev F. M. Harr, the Lutheran pastor. Mr. Greeson is a son of Mr.

M. N. Greeson, of Brick Church. His bride is a daughter of Mr. J.

R. Paisley, of McLeansville. The marriage was not known to the most intimate friends of the young couple until a few days ago. Reidsville Review: Rev. D.

I Craig preached his thirtieth anniversary' sermon at the Fiist Presbyterian church Sunday. His text was the same one be selected when he preached his, first sermon here. Of the present membership, only ten were members of the church thirty years ago, and bnly one of these was able to be present Sunday. His congregation hopes that he may continue to lead them for many more years. The biggest furniture sale ever contemplated in.

Greensboro will open tomorrow at N. J.McDuffie'a store, opposite the McA'dbo. Everything in stock is advertised to be sold at sacrifice prices. Look up the full. nouncement in this issue.

page an- Timber for Sale. I have 500,000 feet of good timber on the stump or eale at my place four miles east of Greensboro. W. A. FifcLD, 437 Arlington street, Greensboro.

Wood Wanted. i If you liave wood, to sell call; and see me. I think we can trade. 8-tf Sam Browne, Walker Avenue, Greensboro. The' big excursion to Wilmington is advertised, in this issue.

Messrs. Tom-linson and Daniel have made preparations to handle a big crowd on this attractive trip, and they will see that everyone has a good time. Towneend guarantee goes with each vehicle they sell. Your neighbor will tell you it's better than gold. 28t.

For Sale Cheap A good brood mare with Red Cloud colt four months old. J. p. Morris, I 'iy Greensboro, Best $10 buggy harness ever shown in Greensboro at Townsend Other styles from $6 50 to 28-4t. Kev.

Drj 8. B.Turrentine spent Bungay In Reidsville. MIsi Blanche May, of Oxford, Is at home for the Bummer, Mr. Edmund Layton, living on' Bell-vue'street, ia sick with typhoid. Good 6-horse second hand steam engine cheap at Towneend 2t.

Mr J. F. Fonville and daughter have gone ta Norfolk and Ocean View for a stay of ten days. -f The North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends will open at Guilford Wednesday, August 5th. New crop turnip seed the kind that got first priza at the fair.

28 4t. C. Scott Co. Miss Nan Gray Fisher, of Fayette-yille', is visiting Miss Elizabeth Adams, 303 West Washington street. Iam paying the advanced market price in cash for hides.

A. C. Forsyth. Miss Agnes Margin, who has been the guest of Miss Cordye Weatherly, has returned to her home in Beidsville. All the Southern's southbound trains were delayed last night by an accident that befell No.

So near Alexandia, Va. County Superintendent Foust will conduct an examination of public school teachers at the court house tomorrow. No, don't kick yourself, but you will want to if you look at Towneend vehicles after you have bought elsewhere. Mr. W.

G. Balsley is Asheville attending the annual meeting of the State League of Building and Loan Associations. Fifteen solid peach trains passed through Greensboro yesterday en route for the Northern markets, mostly for New York city. Misses Ethel and Grace Springer, of Orangeburgr are in the cjty visiting the family of W. B.

McGregor, on Summit avenue. Postmaster N. R. Wood, of Gibson-ville, was in the-city Monday. Last week he made a busmesw trip to New York and New Jersey.

Mr. Karl Hicks has gone to his former home at Knoxvilie, to become assistant circulation manager of the Knoxvilie Sentinel. Mr. E. T.

Hetherington, of Philadelphia) one of the traveling representatives of the MeClamroch Mantel Company, is here for a short stay. Mr. Chalmers C. McLean has returned from Milwaukee, be attended the national convention of the Travelers' Protective Association. O.

H. Davis and wife, of De Land, are here on their bridal tour and will visit the families of A. andM. SchirTman, on Washington street. Townsend Co.

have nothing to whisper in your ear, but they have the goods and prices that speak out loud for themselves. their biiradv. The largest lot of crimson clover seed ever brought to Greensboro, and we will meet all prices. 23 4t. Scott Co.

Mr. J. F. Hackett. of (Jlimax, was in the city yesterday and reported his first cotton bloom as opening July 4th.

The crop is promising in his section. Townsend Co's goods are not consigned, but bought for spot cash where-ever they can get the best prices. It will surely pay you to take a look before you buy. The work of remodeling and enlarging the Guilfordjiotel building, is progressing very satisfactorily. The buildr ing is to be made much larger by the erection of a wing in the rear.

Mr. Harry L.Birchard, of Charleroi, is the guest of Secretary Vance, of the White' Oak Y. M. C. A.

Mr. Birchard is to take up a similar woric among the mill people at Haw River. The Methodist Sunday school at Jamestown observed Children's Day last Sunday with a very interesting program. There was an address at the close by the pastor, Rev. J.

A. Bowles. Mr. Rankin Lineberry, a well known merchant living near Gray's Chapel, Randolph county, died suddenly Sunday evening. He was about 75 years old and leaves a wife.and several chil dren, Prof.

M. S. Giles, of Milton, has been engaged as principal of the Pleasant Garden high school for next year. comes' to Pleasant.Garden from H6pe Mills, where he was principal of a graded school last year. -In a quick and sharp game of baseball in this city this morning, the North Greensboro team defeated Ker- nersville by a score of 3 to 1.

Each team made three errors. Greensboro got seven and hits. J. H. BOYLES, M.

D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offloe In HoltonsDru Store Building. OCBce Phone 805. Bes. 409 W.

Gaston; Res. Phone 768. J. E. WYCHE DENTIST OFFICE IN CARTLAND BLDG.

iouth elm mr.m miNitoROi m. e. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON GUILFORD COLLEGE, N. C. 0r A.

BURTON DENTIST Office In Mrs. Watlington building. Next door to Conyer's Drag Store. Upstairs. W.

BANNER, M. D. 0FPOIT POSTOrriCK. Practice Limited to the Eye. Ear.

Nose and Throat. Office Hours- A. M. to 1 P. 2J30 P.

M.Vo P. M. Bxmday, 9 to 10J0 A. M. Riven to the worthy poor.

Ofiee Phone 30. Residenoe Phone 390. Dr. W. P.

Reaves Two years House Surpreon New Orleans Eye, Bar, Nose and Throat Hospital. Practice Limited to Diseases -w3 Sur-4rr cf Eye. Ear. Nose coi3 Throat. Hours 1J30 to P.

M. IfsAdoo Next to Postoffice. Dr. C. T.

LIPSCOMB DENTIST Offloe OTer Sykea Drug company. Phone 793. Dr.J.R.Vi!!iams Or.A.F.Fortune Offices ICS W. Washiwton. hottbjb: 10 to 1:3 to 4.

hotbs: 8 JO to 10; 1 to 3. Free for Poor Deservin Patients: Oonsumptlon, Mondays and Thursdays, 3 to 4. Diseases of Women. Tuesdays and lfridays, to 3. a.

ravLO. j. i. ecALce. Taylor 3 Scales ATTORNEYS AND CQUNSELLORS AT LAW GSZZVSB0K0.

B. C. jtobfcrt M. Doug-las. Robert D.

Douglas. DOUGLAS POUGLAS ATTORNEYS AT. LAW tlii ia Crseasfcsre Leaa and Trust Bldr. THOMAS C. HOYLE ATTORNEY AT LAW City JTat'l Bank Grcensoero.

B. C. SpecisJ attention g-iven to collections. Loam negotiated. Robert C.

Strudwick ATTORNEY COUNSELLOR AT LAW Hi Cawxt Smarc. GRXZVSB0R0, B. C. F. P.

HOBGOOD, Jr. ATTORNEY AT LAW. oace in Wrigfct BuUdinff, Opposite Court House Greensboro N. C. S.

GLENN BROWN 1T70SNEY: kT LAW Wriglit Building. I0S North Elaa Str Lerl M. Scott. Chas. B.

McLean. SCOTT 3 McLEAN ATTOSNEtS AT LAW flits: 111 CsmrtScanre. Greensbsro.B.C. GEORGE M. PATTON ATTORNEY AT LAW 108 Court Square, Greensboro, N.

C. rko. j. SHAW CHAS A. HINCS shines; atto 9 eysXt law Offices: Rooms 207 and.

208 New McAdoo Bulldinff next to Postoffice. 1 --r I.