The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-07-08
OUR GREENSBORO BUDGET.
Correspondence Of The Messenger.)
Greensboro, n. C, July 5.

OF Inc AeSScnger.1
Greensboro. N. c.. July 5.
Reports from Superintendent Joyner
this morning are more encouraging
than at any time since his sickness.
His fever has greatly abated, he slept
well last night, and is very comfort
able this morning. His physician is
hopeful Of his being able to be out in a
few days, although he Is still quite
sick.
Colonel Thomas NJ. Pittman, who's
splendid address yesterday on the life
Of Nathaniel Macon, pleased and in
in Henderson this morning, carrying
with him the admiration of many new
made friends.
Although the festivities here yester-
day were the cause Of attracting the
largest crowd ever seen in Greensboro
on the fourth, yet there was not the
slightest disturbance from any cause
all day, and there is no aftermath or
swelled heads this morning. There was
not a single fight, and the police in
form me that only seven arrests were
made for minor violations of town or
dinances. At the celebration here sew
eral years ago, I am told that overI
two hundred were taken up for one
offence and hat was a too free pat
ronage of the dispensary.
1t Is current rumor that the South
ern railway is going soon to abandon
its present freight storehouse and
build a very large and modern struc>
ture on the Gorrell property, formerly
occupied by the Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley railroad, and partially occupied
now by the Allen house.
The Battle Ground celebration yes
terday was a great success. From the
pavilion a procession was formed and
proceeded to a erected in
honor of Nathaniel Macon. The veil
was removed by Miss Emma White-I
field, a member of the Morehead FAM
lily and descendant of Mason, and as
he veil was gracefully unrolled and
the handsome stood uncov-I
cred, Miss Helen Schenck came for
ward and placed a magnificent floral
wreath around the apex. Then followed
the unwilling of the monument to Mrs.
Turner, the revolutionary heroine. The
Daughters of the American Revolution.
as in everything else they do. had
placed upon this fire testimonial al
beautiful floral representation of a flax
wheel, which surmounted the broad
table Of the stone, and was the exact
size of the genuine article, used in theI
days of the revolution. An Interestingly
incident was the presentation by Miss
Sarah Marson Grayson Of a handsomeI
bouquet to Mr.. Pittman, and a similarI
offering to Mr.. Bradshaw by Miss Julial
Grayson. These young ladies are del
scendantS of George Macon, the cele-l
brated author of the Virginia Bill of
Rights, and n was dressed in Martial
washington attire, the other in colo
NAL costume.
After a sumptuous dinner prepared
and presided over by the Daughters of
the American Revolution, Hon. w. W..
Kitchin, who had arrived on a belatedI
train was prevailed u0on to make an
address. He was introduced most elo-l
quently by Colonel Joe Morehead. rel
ference being particularly made to the
appropriation Of $1,000 which had just
been secured from ongre by Mr..
Kitchin to erect monuments on the
Battle Ground to Generals DavidsonI
and Nash. Mr.. Kitchin briefly gave al
history Of the ups and downs of this
bill, and the means by which he suc-t
ceeded at the last day to have it pass
ed. He also made some interesting ALL
lusions to the distinguished services Of
these revolutionary heroes and closed
in an eloquent tribute to the grand
work which the f%orefathers did in max
ing America the lane of the free and
home of the brave. This closed the
interesting ceremonies.
United States District Judge Boyd is
up against a proposition he had not
bargained for. At the recent term Of
the federal court at Charlotte it will
be remembered, the Amos Owen Cherry
Tree Grove were convicted of usingI
the United States mails to defraud,
and sentence was deferred until next
term of court, until it was seen what
they would do towards refunding some
$48,0 0 of aScertained funds they had
COOLED out of trusting ONE by their
famous cherry tree endless chainl
swindle. 1t seems that there were
thousands of women who had not madel
their grievances known. but since
reading of the terms of the court, and
hoping to get their money back, theyl
Ore now pouring out their complaintsI
to Judge Boyd, breathing confidencesl
into his ear, as it were, and imploringl
him to see they get their money. His
daily mail is something stupendous,
and / not what he had bargained for.
Nearly all the letters bear evidence of
education n refinement. most OF
them being peper against their one
time friends.