The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-04
until you see LUMINA You haven't
seen the SOuth's greatest pavilion.
NEWS OF ALL SORTS
GREENSBORO Shown to be Fully Alive
as Usual. But Not in IA Mood
for Big Head.
Especial to News and Observer }

w. l.. Land who has been a success
full real estate dealer here for fifteen
years, and c. w. Jennings, who has
grown wealthy in merchandise, and
who has also been dealing in real es-
state for five years, have formed a
partnership, their incorporation being
known as the City Real Estate Ex-
change.
Mr.. A. L. Rankin, president OF the
Greensboro Real Estate Exchange,
says there is no boom in the business,
but that almose every day people from
the West, North and Northwest are
dropping down here buying farm
lands. Asked as to what became of
the native farmer and his family
when farm was sold to these out
siderS, he replied that in most cases
the natives had two farms and only
sold one of them, in others only a part
of larger holding was sold off. When
they sold only part of their hold
ings the money was used to improve
what they had reserved, often follow
ing the advanced methods of the new
corners. He said that the city real
estate dealings here at present were
not speculative, but consisted prin-
cipally in the purchase of lots or
dwellings by people desiring a home.
Mr.. j. W. Glaister, of Darlington.
England, is spending a few days here.
the entire output of the Greensboro
Spoke and Handle factory, and comes
to America and Greensboro nearly ev-
cry year.
The Greensboro Lodge of Eiks held
it's last meeting in it's old quarters
last night, and celebrated the occasion
by having a nota bic initiating cere-
mony over two acquisitions Supern-
tendent of the Southern Railway
Coapman, and Mr.. Lacy II. Sellers.
The returns made by the druggists
licensed to sell whiskey here on pre-
scription of physicians for July show
that only 339 were filled. compar-
ative statement just issued of arrests
for drunkenness. for the months of Ju-
ly, 1904, under high licenses and 1906
under prohibition indicates a decrease
of more than two thirds of drunken
ness arrests and one for assaults and
batteries.
Willie e. Denny, eleven years old,
son of r. NJ. Denny while going to
Hardie's pond on a fishing expedition
yesterday, had a fiobert rifle lying
across his knees as he was riding
along in the hack with party of fish
ermen. The rifle dropped. struck one
of the wheels, went off and sent ball
through Wilie's right hand No per-
manent injury was done, he losing no
time in getting back to town where n
physician pronounced it only flesh
wound and attended to his case.
Her many friends will be glad to
learn that Mrs. Fl. NJ. Blair. wife of
the the editor of The Christian Advo-
cate, who has undergone a serious
surgical operation at Greensboro hos
pital, has so far improved as to be
out of danger.
Mr.. Manly Edwards, of Laurinburg,
arrived here today to accept a posi-
ton in the office of the Division Super
intendent of the Southern Railway.
A. r. Smith. of Danvlle, who is a
brakeman of the Southern fell from
the top of a freight car near the coal
chute yesterday afternoon, and was
badly bruised. If not Internally In
jured, being now in the hospital. The
coupling to a box car next to the en-
CINE on which ne was standing, broke,
precipitating him on a parallel track
his Abody striking the tender of the
engine as he fell.
Changes i'm Faculty.
The State Normal and Industrial
changes in the faculty: DIR. e. w.
Gudger. of Johns Hopkins University,
has been elected to the chair OF biol
ogy, made vacant through the resig
nation Of DR.. Bryant. DR.. Gudger Is
native of this state. He has had
moro than ten years successful expe-
rience as a science teacher, during
that time in the high schools of Ashe-
Vile Little Rock, Ark, and as assist
| ant in general biology in Johns Hop
kins University. He holds the
degrees of doctor of philosophy from
Johns Hopkins University. A Jealous
worker, an earnest student and sue
cessful teacher, DR.. Gudger is a well
come addition to the already strong
teaching force of the science depart
ment of the college.
/ Another welcome addition to the
faculty is Miss Cora Strong, of Wal
halla, S. c., who enters upon her
work this fall as assistant in the de-
partment of mathematics Miss
Strong is an honor graduate of Agnes
Scott Institute of Decatur Georgia,
and of Cornell University. At Cornell
she did special work in mathematics
and also made an enviable record in
Physics and English Literature. She
has enjoyed unusual advantages.
Honor Won by Tar Heel.
1t will please a host of his North
Carolina friends, especially those OF
his Greensboro home folks who have
always watched his course with eager
pride, to learn that Mr.. Richard M.
| Crawford, who has just completed
with honor the teachers course in
Columbia University, has been elected
to a professorship in William and
Mary College of Virginia. William
and Mary, as is well known. being
| one of the oldest and most substan-
! tial seats of learning in the South. it
is no small honor to have chair in
| its faculty. Mr. Crawford is the son
of Rev. and Mrs. l.. w. Crawford.
Returns from Guilford county wheat
harvests are not all in yet, but c. ID.
Benbow, VINO sowed for 5000 has
threshed out but twenty-five hundred,
and d. r. Huf1fnes had better luck
with a WELD of 900 bushels from Al
acres Mr.. Renbow had to plow under
about seventy acres without cutting,
| it being drowned by heavy rains and
| overflow just before harvest time.
| Mr. Frank Pearce who left here for
| the wild and woolly west thirty years
ago, is on a two weeks visit to his
! brothers, Messrs. Oscar, Will and John
| r. Pearce. He is now living in In
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