The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-31
GREENsBoRo's INJUNCTION CASE


A special train with an indignant
crowd Of Greensboro's citizens came
down Saturday night to see Judge
Coble in reference to the restraining
order secured by opponents of Sum
nit avenue forbidding an election to-
day.
As is well-known to the readers of
the News and Observer that Mr.. Caesar
Cone, head of the Cone Export Com
pany. of New York, sometime ago
made very liberal offer to the citizens
of Greensboro in regard to opening
a certain avenue leading out the large
cotton mills that he is now erect
ing in that city. He agreed to estab-
lish several very large industries and
that he would pay for the land con-
demned for the avenue, provided, the
city would pay for having it maca-
denied to the corporate limits.
1t was very liberal offer and the
city aldermen agreed to leave il 10 the
voters whether the city should issue
bonds for $4,000, the amount required
to macademize the road, at an election
to be held to-day (Monday.)
It seems that one w. O. Stratford OPP
posed the election knowing that the
bonds would be ordered and he was
opposed to that and got his attorneys,
Morehead and Wilson, to have an in
junction issued to stop the whole BUSH
ness-election and all. This injunction
was secured from Judge Coble Friday
night by John n Wilson, Of the above
named firm, who returned home Sat
urday morning with the papers all
signed up.
These facts did not become known
until about o'clock Saturday after
noon and at 6:35 a special train OF one
car started to Durham with about for
ty or forty-five of her citizens and at 8
o'clock they pulled in here-haying
made the run i'm one hour and twenty
five minutes
Their mission here was to explain 70
the Judge and ask him to modify the
injunction so the election could be had
Monday as was expected.
The matter was laid before him and
| he was asked-not to dissolve the in
junction, but to modify that part OF it
| relating to the election which is to be
held to-day.
After argument lasting perhaps an
| hour, His Honor signed an order, mod
/ flying it, so that the election could be
| held 1T is as follows:
''The foregoing order is so far modi-
| fed as to permit the defendant City
Of Greensboro, its officers, agents, reg
istrars and judges Of election to pro
| ceed with said election on Monday,
| March 30th, 1896, as the same has been
called, and no further. This is with
out prejudice to any right Of the plain
| tiff in this action.
'sThis, 28th day of March, 1896.
"ALBERT IL. COBLE,
Judge Riding 5th Judicial Dist.
This done the party again boarded
| the special and returned to Greensboro
! The hearing Of the case as to wheth-
4 er the bonds shall be issued or not will
i be had before His Honor in Rozboro
on April 10th
In the crowd who came down were:
| Col. Jsa f. Boyd, w. p. Bynum, }
i II. billiard, Jr., r.. r. King, A. M. Scales
/ ID. Schenck, Jr., r. G. Hiatt, Rev. j. r
| Jeffreys, r. M. Mckenzie, Thos. Stroud
| Mayor Nelson, Jno S. MichauX, j. ;
| Hunter, II. w. Coob, G. n. McAdoo, i
| A. Pierce, L. N. Winslow, VIM Simp
son, J. w. Cone. G. G. Wright, b. Franz
Mebane, c. Cone, w. ). Blackburn, ]. A
Pritchett, r. NJ Rees, R. G. Vaughn
Gen. j. d. Glenn, Neil Ellington, p. T
Wharton, III. G. Martin, j. w Scott, I
| A. Lyon.