The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-03
CITY IN BRIEF.

The Board of Directors of the Peniten-
tiary will meet next Tuesday to receive
the report Of the superintendent.
The Private Secretary" Company,
with Edwin Travers in the lead, will fill
return date at Metropolitan Opera
House January 7th.
An interesting hour will be at Metro
poIitan Hall at $3.50 this afternoon when
DIR. Kilgo speaks to men on Moses.
You don't want to miss it.
Mrs. Ann Johnson died Friday even
ing at the residence of her husband about
five miles west of the city near Method
The funeral will occur Sunday from
Hphesus church.
State bank examiners Crowder and
Joyce have just completed their examin-
alton of all the banks and Treasurer
Worth says it shows the banks to be in
fine condition.
Mrs. w. S. Primrose, Mrs John A.
Mills. Miss Lollie Williams and Miss
Ollie Brown were omitted from the list
Of those who received at the Y. NJ. G. A.
reception Friday evening.
The contract for furnishing the station
cry supplies to the Legislature has been
awarded to Alfred Williams & Co. 1t is
the first successful bid for this contract
by Raleigh firm in many years.
Rev. J. @. Kilgo, president of Trinity
college, viii preach at Central M. e.
church to day at III a. M and at Edenton
Street at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Edwin q.
Glenn. the new pastor of Central church,
will fill his pulpit at 7:30 p. m. All are
cordially invited.
There viii be preaching at Brooklyn
at IL o'clock this morning by Rev. L.
Branson, u. D., and at night Rev. e. A.
Yates, ID. d., will preach at Epworth
chapel and hold his first quarterly con-
ference for the Raleigh city mission.
Public cordially invited.
Mr. Needham Jones, who was in the
city yesterday, says the has has been busy
all the week harvesting his ice crop, and
he says it is a fine crop. 1t has to be
a very mild winter when Mr. Jones fails
to house enough ice to keep his family
cool in the summer.
Mr.. Frank L. Ward, the popular junior
member Of the firm of julius Lewis
Hardware Company, entertained a num-
Der of the employees of the firm at dinner
at the Park Hotel ON the evening of the
first. Those present were Messrs. Gra-
ham Haywood, Jos. #. Watson, Sam NJ.
Young, II. T. Rand and r.. @. Irby.
Rev. %. A. Yates, d. d., presiding eld-
er, will preach at Epworth Chapel this
evening at 7:30 o'clock, and hold his
first quarterly conference for the Raleigh
city mission. No preaching at Epworth
this morning at IL o'clock, but there
will be preaching at Brooklyn of that
hour by Rev. Levi Branson.
Raleigh Methodists have their big guns
to-day. DIR. Yates will preach and admin
lister communion at Edenton street Meth
odist church this morning, and at Ep-
worth chapel tonight. DR.. Kilgo will
preach at Central church this morning;
address the Y. NJ. G. A. this afternoon
and preach at Edenton street church to-
night.
The Commercial and Farmers Bank
has declared and paid its usual semi
annual dividend of per cent. The
growth Of this bank has been remarka-
ole and it stands to-day one of the
strongest financial institutions in North
Carolina. The aggregate wealth or the
directors and owners of this bank is prob
able larger than any in the State.
The work the Baptists have done in
city missions in the past year has been
notable. Rev. Mr.. Belts has proved an
efficient laborer in that field, and he has
had much assistance. The rally at the
First Baptist church tonight is to inau-
gurate greater plans for 1897 Among the
fpeakers will be Rev. John 70. White, the
eloquent missionary secretary, who will
preaeh this morning at the Baptist Tab
ernacle.