The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-20
PERSONALS.


Solicitor E. w. Pou is in the city.
Mr.. ]. A. Briggs left yesterday for
New York
Mrs. V. II. Cassidy, of Washington,
is at the Park.
Mr.. Julius Mailer returned yester-
day to Durham.
Deputy Collector Shelburn, of Dur
ham, was here yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs G. B. Coopman, OF Nor
folk, Va, are at the Park.
Mr.. ". II. Overton Secretary of the
Y. NJ. C. A. leaves to-day for New York.
At the Park: T.. i. Hinton. Whining
ton; j. c. Hundley, Oxford; E. W. Pou,
Smithfield
Messrs. J. B. owen and G. B. Harris,
prominent citizens of Henderson, were
here yesterday.
Hon. C. B Watson was here for few
hours yesterday but left in the after
noon for Winston.
Mr.. Henry A. Page, of Aberdeen, one
of the owners of the Park hotel, was
here yesterday.
Mr.. w. Fl. Branson, secretary of the
Durham cotton mills and the Pearl
mills, was here yesterday.
Master Neville Brown, son Of Mr.. l..
T. Brown, who has been very sick for
several weeks, is much better.
Mr.. j. C. Logan Harris returned yes
terday from Washington, where he
had been in some revenue cases.
Misses Love and May Crawford have
returned from three weeks trip
through the western part Of the State.
Mr.. w. A. Graham, of Lincoln coun-
ty, one of the most prominent Ali
ancemen in the State, is registered at
the Park.
Mrs. James l. McRae and children,
of Richmond, Va, are visiting her
brother, Mr.. Charles f. Johnson, on
Hillsboro street.
Mr.. j. Ii. Separl1 left yesterday for
Burlington, where he goes to take
charge of the Burlington High School.
The prospects are for prosperous
term.
Prof. +. f. Emery left yesterday for
the Western part of the State, where
he will assist Commissioner Patterson
in a series of Farmers Institutes, at
Walnut Cove, Madison and other
points.
: DIR. /. +. Green, of Weldon, one of
the leading Democrats of Halifax, was
here last night to attend a meeting
of the executive board of the State
penitentiary. He returned home on
the ATLANTA Special this morning. 9
4 charming young lady of Durham,
Miss Bessie Holman, is to be married
September 10th, to DR.. Will Holt, of
Willardsville, one of the leading physi-
clans of the county. Miss Holman,
has relatives and many friends in Raj
eigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Sanderlin, of
Charlotte, are at the Park Mr. San
derlin is general southwestern agent
of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Co, and has his headquarters at Char
lotte, with agencies all through the
South. He is an enthusiastic Bryan
man and believes the Nebraskan will
sweep the country.
Mr.. II. S. Harrison, of Medoc, Hall
fax county, extensively engaged in
wine production, was here yester-
day morning. Mr.. Harrison's revenue
tax ran up to $3.50, concerning which
NE came to the city. This is a pretty
big tax considering the fact that
Rockefeller, worth $125,000,000 pays
taxes on only 100000.
Mr.. C. b. Edwards, Jr., who has for
two years been in the Government
Printing Office at Washington, has re-
signed his position, and with his fam
lily returned to Raleigh which he will
ROW make his home Mr.. Edwards
took this step on account of the bad
health of his wife, and viii hereafter
be engaged in the publishing house of
Messrs. Edwards and Broughton. He
will be gladly welcomed back 10y his
host Of friends.