Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-27
GREENSBORO.
Record of Q Young Crook-Hon. Frank
 Whites Speech-Sad News.
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Record of Q Young Crook-Hon. Frank
 Whites Speech-Sad News.
 Greensboro Oct. 26.-(Special Corre- spondence.) .)-The circuit court adjourned on last Friday night. Of thirteen indict- ments tried, there were eleven convic- tions, six to hard labor for the county and four to the penitentiary. This is a fine showing for Solicitors Quarles and Knight. Two of the penitentiary convicts are old offenders, Dave Harris who has served a term at Coalburg, and George Wilron, who has served three terms, one at Coalburg and two in the peniten- tiary, although he Is not over 21 years old.
 Hon. Frank White of Birmingham, on Saturday night, addressed the people of Greensboro in the court house on the is- sues of the day. Saturday night is al- ways a bad time for getting together a crowd, on account of the fact that 1t is a busy period with the merchants and their clerks. Notwithstanding this drawback the court house was comfortably filled with an audience, one-third of whom were negroes, who listened attentively to the speaker and demonstrated their ap- preciation of his remarks by frequent ap- plause. Colonel Whites speech was forci- ble, clear and convincing, and the unani- nous verdict of the audience was that it was one of the best political speeches ever delivered in the court house. The supporters of Palmer and Buckner were conspicuous by their absence, but never theless the speaker paid his compliments to this class of democrats (so-called) in no uncertain terms. He announced that Jef- ferson county would give Bryan and Se- wall and Underwood a majority of 2000 votes, which was received with vocifer- ouS applause. Hale will roll up her usual majority for the democratic ticket.
 Dr. Grove and Skaggs passed through Greensboro on Saturday morning on their way to Marion, where they delivered speeches in the evening. In the morn ing Colonel White delivered speech there to an audience of TOO or 800 people.
 The drought has at last been broken by fine rain, which has settled the dust, which had become almost unbearable and has given the planters an opportuni- ty to sow winter grain of which they are taking advantage.
 The Sunday school convention closed last Saturday. There was a large num- Der of delegates present, and the proceed ings were very interesting and instruc- tive. A number of addresses were made and essays read by the delegates. Among the latter was one by Mrs w. w. Powers on the conditions of Sunday schools now and when she was girl, which is spoken of in the highest terms by those present. Mrs. Powers is a lady of fine literary tastes and attachments, and everything she writes Is in good style and instruc- tive.
 The friends of Miss Mary Atkins, who was born and reared in Greensboro, will regret to learn that her mother. Mrs. Ade- laide Atkins of Birmingham, has been mo- tlfied that her daughter is very i'll in a convent in Chicago, and that there is but little hope of her recovery. Miss Mary was bright and beautiful girl. with many friends and admirers in Greens boro, and several years ago, just in the bloom of early womanhood, she con- ceived it to be her duty to devote her life to the cause of her Maker and be- came an inmate of the convent in New Orleans, from which place she removed several months ago to convent in Chi cago. She is niece of Mrs. Stephen Sto1- lenwerck of this place and Dr. Charles Whelan of Birmingham