The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-09
The Pill ROLLERS COMING
THE PHARMACISTS TO MEET
HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY,.
The State Pharmaceutical Conventions
Eighteenth Annual Conven-
ton.

! The eighteenth annual convention of
the North Carolina Pharmaceutical As
ISOLATION will meet in this city next Wed
ncsday morning, and be- in session f1r TWO
days.
splendid programme has been ar
ranged for the entertainment of the pill
rollers and the occasion is being looked
forward to by the people Of this city with
much interest and pleasure. The Raj
: cigh druggists especially are at work 10
make the meeting here surpass any SINH
| lar one ever held in the State. No cx-
pcnse has been spared by the local com
mittcc. Cheap railroad and hotel rates
have been secured, not only for druggists,
but for the members Of their families
The convention will be- called 10 order
! Wednesday morning at 70 O'Clock in Odd
Fellows Hall in the Pullcn building. The
address Of welcome will be delivered by
! Mayor w NJ. Russ, and responded 10 by
! Nicc-Prcsidcnt j. J.. Stcdman, of %.
ford.
! business meetings will br held both
| Wednesday and Thursday, but inter
! apcrscd along through this time will be-
{ fun enough for the JOllicst and most
fun-loying pill-rollcr in the lot. And
! then, az n fitting contamination TO the
whole will come an elegant banquet ut the
Marlborough House, on "Wednesday even
I ing, and german at the Capital Club
y Thursday evening.
! The programme Of entertainment, as ar
! ranged by the local committee is as fol-
lows:
Grand Old Tar Heel Barbecue and
Brunswick Stew; Biggest eater To be
awarded a bottle Of Pcpsin by Sharpe &,
Dohme, Baltimore.
| Baseball-Sugar Coats vs.. Gelatine
! Caps: Winning side to be awarded One
Hundred Cigars by Powers Taylor Drug
Co., Richmond, Va.
Rifle Contest-Free TO All: First Prize
One lot Assayed Powders for Percola-
ton, by Gilpin, Langdon x Co, Balti-
more Second prize-Two dozen Bromo
Settler. by Emerson Drug Co, Balti-
more.
! Throwing Contest-To the druggist
throwing ball the greatest distance: First
Prize--Two dozen Bromo Settler, by EN-
erson Drug Co., Baltimore. Second
Prize-One dozen Bromo Seltzer, by
, Emerson Drug Co., Baltimore.
; Running Race-F'ree to All: First Prize
;
| bacco, by Lyon & Co. Tobacco Works,
Durham. Second Prize-F.fty Cigars, by
S. Kramer q Co, Durham.
| Standing Long Jump-Free to All:
! First Prize--One pound Pepsin, by
Sharpe & Dohme, Baltimore. Second
Prize-One quarter pound Pepsin, by
! Sharpe & Dohme, Baltimore.
| Bicycle Race: To fleetest rider a hand
/ r Il l..
J Co, Raleigh. Second Prize-One Golf
! Cap, by Gross & Linehann, Raleigh. The
| slowest and most awkward rider, one
dozen Kolafre Blocks, by Johnson and
johnson, New Brunswick, n. J.
| Wrestling Match-To heavyweights
only, best two out Of three: The winner
! TO receive One Hundred Cigars, by Frank
| Teller & Co. Philadelphia. Second best
one dozen Ponds Extract. by Pond Elk
/ tract Co, y. Y.
Perfume Contest-To Ladies only
Guessing the correct names OF five per-
! fumes by smelling same, one handsome
Basket Extract, by WinkleInan and
| Brown Drug Co, Baltimore. Second
best. two bottles Extract handsome box
| by Winkleman and Brown Drug Co,
Baltimore. ss.-
| Target Contest-To Ladies Only: First
| Prize--Nearest shot. one Ladies' Mani
| cure Set, by Tower Manufacturing Co.,
New York. Second Prize-To the lady
who misses the mark farthest, one hand
some Purse, by Tower Manufacturing
! Co., New York. ...
| Throwing Contest-To Ladies Only: To
| the lady who throws the way she looks,
| beautiful AtomiZer, by Chieffelin and
| Co., New York. To the lady striking some
one behind her, one toilet box Soap-EX-
tract Powder, by Schieffelin and Co,
| New York
Wheelbarr0w Race-Contestants to be
| blindfolded: First Prize-One dozen An
| ticephalalgine, by James /. Johnson, Raj
| eigh. Second Prize-One dozen Anal
CINE, by =. w. Vaughan, Durham. Third
Prize-One dozen Headeasy, by J. I.
Stedman, Oxford.
| All these contests will take place at the
| Fair Grounds.
| In addition to the above prizes the
Pabst Brewing Co, Milwaukee, Wis,
offers one cask of Malt, divided as fol-
! lows:
| Papers: For best paper on How to
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