The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-11
FEAT or \ TURKEY HUNTER.
Greensboro to be in the League-Gos-
sip Political of the Gate City.
Especial to News and Observers

Especial to News and Observer.)
Greensboro. N. c., March 10.-At
Danville last night a number of base
ball experts held a meeting looking
to the formation Of a Virginia Caro-
lima League for the coming season.
1t is understood that Greensboro will
have a membership in the league.
Messrs. L. J. Brandt and G.. G. Jones,
of this city, to finance the Greensboro
club. They are dead game baseball
men, and have first class business
qualifications and financial standing.
Sheriff Jordan, who besides being a
model business sheriff, is also one of
the best shots in the United States,
and fine hunter, is somewhat rat
tied over a feat performed by Gull
ford county farmer last Tuesday. Mr.
b. J. Walker. who lives ON his farm
near Geneva, went out after turkeys,
and in two shots killed sixty pounds
Of wild turkey.
Mr. Walker was in blind and was
watching for big gobbler approach
ing. Just as he drew a bead, he saw
fine large hen coming in haste; he
waited a moment before firing, and
when the smoke cleared away. he
found both turkeys ready to his hand,
even their legs being turned up. His
blind was a rocky ledge which
shielded him entirely from view of
the turkeys, and just as he was about
to spring out to get the two waiting
for him, six others flew UP and he
fired at the bunch, through the
bushes and killed two. Sheriff Jor-
dan weighed the turkeys, and the
four turned the beam at sixty pounds,
and he is getting anxious about re-
taling the belt.
Candidates for Office.
Col. w. H. Osborne, who is serving
his second term as mayor of Green's
boro, refusing to stand for a third
term, has caused the actual and re-
ported entrance into the contest of
several candidates. The election
will come off in May and promises
to be warm in the primaries before
hand Mr. e. ]. Stafford. member of
the board of aldermen, and present
mayor protein and Mr. ID. j. Muir
ply, stirring young lawyer and en-
terprising public spirited citizen, have
through the public press formally an
nounced themselves, but it is said
there are others. Among those often
mentioned as soon to come out or to
be brought out are three other mem
bers of the board OF aldermen,
Messrs. B. H. Merrimon. o. o. Wy
song and S. Fl. Boyd. Among the
just plain citizens mentioned are ex-
aldermen o. w. Monroe and John L.
King, ex-Mayor John w. Forbis, Mr..
p. D. Gold, Jr., c. A. Bray and Cap
tain F. p. Hobgood, Jr. There is
also persistent rumors that Mr.. Julian
Price, will be run as an Independent
candidate, without regard to the
primaries, and on a non-partisan
anti-prohibition platform.
There is going to be something do
ing in the municipal campaign this
year, not only in the matter of Sc
curing a mayor, but for the six al
dermen as we'll. If all the aldermen
run for mayor. it will mean an en-
tirely new deal as to their successors
on the board. and this very fact may
cause some of them. at the earnest
solicitations of well satisfied citizens
at their record on the board, to desist
from being candidates for the mayor
atty. 1t is predicted this early in the
game, that the most sprightly contest
will be between Messrs. T. j. Murphy
and Mayor Problem +. ]. Stafford.