The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-14
Lula "a Chaser Unable to Ap.
pear In Dolly Warden.
EMA|NY5WERE DISAPPOINTED
American II telephone ard Telegraph
COMPANY installing q local Plant in
ll6l Greensboro Another Corn
pany Nov There.

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GREENSBORO, N. Ct, March l3.-rhe
advance sale OF seats for Lulu CHASER, In
Dolly Warden, at the Grand last night
was Ilargcr thanga any house ever sold In
Greensboro. There we're over o hundred
ticket holders in the cityNfrom near by
towns, Reidsyille, Burlington, High Point,
etc. But all were doomed to dlsappointJ
ment. as Miss Chaser was very sick. g
physician beng teIegraphad for TO meet
the train, on arrival from Richmond.
Dry!sJ. E.sGI3rooks attended her in her
car at the station. and said at once that
she had a bad case OF the grip. She In
sisted on the doctor prescribing some
thing to enable her to appear LAST night.
After administering medicine he returned
at 6 d clock, and her condition was such
she was positively forbidden to think Of
coming out. Her mother, Who was
equally grieved over the sltuation;S agreed
With the doctor, and the play was called
Off. the money rsadvaneed sales being
refunded. Il, " tsa
Mr.. Z. y. B Bowsell, district representa-
|5tlvelof3the American Telephone and ,rele-
graph Company, arrived here yesterday
| and will to-day begin the work of! install!
boro. Many people here regret the pros
poets OF having tWo systems. and efforts
are being made to effect consolidation OF
the present system with the news Mr..
/ Bowscll states that a local system gby his
company hGre;is made imperative on acr
count Of its long distance connections, as
under present conditions all long q stai i
calls have TO be served through messen.
gers, whereas with a local telephone SER
vice this annoyance and delay to patrons
and expense to the company would be
avoided. IL is said that the new system
will begin witttsa large number OF local
patrons. @ st 5a Il i q IS
Sergeant Lewis w. Martin. OF s.. the
United States Marine Corps arrived here
last night. ana, this morning secured
quarters III the Greensboro Loan and
Trust Company's building for a. marine
corps rcndezvous.1{GO Other members Of the
party, Captain Bansey, Corporal Torrens,
prIyates Williams and Daughtery, VIII
arrive from Danville next Monday. The
station will be open here for one week
only. The following week they Will 90
TO Salisbury, then to- Charlotte. This
party is one OF several going in all of
| the States getting recruits for the marine
corns. under q recent act of Congress
| 3forgincreasing this the. police department
of theinaYyt ~, e. rs rs
Sergeant Martin stfys that iyohng men
entering the service have their choice Of
serving aboard ship or in one Of The new
possessions, Porto Rico, Guam, Philin-
lSplnes, Havana, or Alaska. They, will be
veil paid and have an opportunity Of
seeing all parts Of the world. When told
that the recruiting station here for the
army and navy had almost ceased TO
have applications for service, Sergeant
Martin replied that such was the case
now in nearly all interior points, but that
the marine corps, where 1t has yet been,
has been very successful in getting re-
crrlits. 81 Being in the nature Of police
service, it was more attractive and ,popu-
lar than THE regular army or navy SER
vices, and possessed many advantages
theyfdid not have.
II Oh Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o CLOCK
there will be held at the First Baptist
Church a service Of welcome to Rev. Dr.
Henry ". Battle, the new
listers Of the other churches in the city
viii participate In the services, and a..
interesting programme has been IN ar,
ranged 1.
d Captain Earl Holt OF the University
base. ball team, has been here completing
arrangements for the great college base
ball game to be played in this City
March 2Sth between Brown University
and the University Of North Carolina,
Judge Boyd to- day declared J. g. Posey,
merchant Of Hendersonvillc a bank-
rupt. L
ProfessorER. D. Nv, Conner, principal Of
the Washington graded schools, and his
wife, passed through here last night,
going to MocksYille to attend the burial
Of Nh, Philip Hanes, father of Mrs, Con-
nor '53s 9s,aa5 lft