The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-04
PERSONALS.

beck rom Aiorehead.
Mr.. w. Is. MerrimOn yesterday after
noon went to Greensboro.
Mrs. George Gatling has returned from
visit to friends in Virginia.
Miss Bessie Brown is visiting at Mrs.
T. l.. Reds in Greensboro.
Governor Russell will return to the
city to-day from Wrightsyille.
Miss Lizzie Briggs is visiting at Mrs.
NJ. Z. Selden's. in Greensboro.
Misses Lula Briggs and Maggie Hall
went to Wake Forest yesterday.
Rev. O. l.. Struggled, who has been
quite sick, is able to be out again.
DR.. and Mrs. d. II. Abbott left yes
terday for their home in Pamlico county.
Miss Callum, of Greensboro, is visiting
at Mr.. Fleming Bates, on Morgan street.
Mr.. j. ID. Boushall has returned from
trip to the Western part of the State.
Miss Mary benson has returned from
Wilmington, where she has been visiting
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs f. c. Smith have gone
to the Western part of the State on a
pleasure trip.
Mr.. John Il. Ray and family and Hick-
man Carter have returned from visit
to Southport.
Miss Nilliken, of the Marlborough
House. has gone to Morehead for a ten
days vacation.
Mr.. A. NJ McPheeters has been quite
unwell for several days but was again
able to out yesterday.
Mr.. r. Nick. Goodwin, superintendent
of the School for the Deaf and Dumb at
Morganton, is in the city.
Mr.. j. III. Cutler, of Boston, is in the
city. He is the largest stakeholder in
the Raleigh Electric Company.
Miss Annie Powell, of Savannah, Ga,
is visiting at the home of Mrs. NJ. L.
Norris, on North Blount street.
Miss Lottie Shively left yesterday TO
visit her aunt in Washington, ID. c.,
accompanied by Mr.. Sam Young.
Mrs. w. 4. Habel and son, left the city
for an extended pleasure trip to Lincoln
ton. Asheyille and Blowing Rock.
Mr. w. ID. Hay and daughter went
up yesterday afternoon to spend the
month of August in Western North
Carolina.
Miss Mamie Simmons. who has been
spending the summer at Morehead, is
now at Newbern, the guest of the Misses
Stevenson.
Mr. J. p. II. Adams, of Cary, was
here yesterday. lie says he is confident
the local taxation election will carry in
his township.
Mr.. Y. L. Ormond and wife are visit
ing at Rev. r. II. Whitaker's. Mr..
Ormond, who has been living at Burling-
ton, will move to Kinston to practice law.
Mr.. and Mrs. il. \. Webb, of shelby,
were here yesterday on their way home
from Wake Forest, where they have
been on visit to Mrs. Webbs relatives.
Mrs. NJ Y. Norris and daughter, Miss
Mamie, are visiting at Mr.. A. II. Slo-
cumb's, in Fayetteville. Miss Ethel
Norris is visiting Miss Elizabeth Under
wood.
Rev. DR.. J. w. Carter, pastor OF the
First Baptist church, leaves next week
for months vacation. He will spend
most of the time at his mothers, in West
Virginia.
Dr. Chas. Baskerville. of the Uniyer-
sity of North Carolina, was here yester-
day on his way to Detroit, Michigan, to
attend the meeting of the National
Chemical Society
Maj. John ID. Shaw, of Rockingham,
was here yesterday to go before the
Railroad Commission to ask a reduction
in the tax valuation of certain lines of
the Seaboard system.
Capt. John r. Smith has gone to Seven
Springs with Mr.. Hiram ]. Ham, who
has hired one hundred convicts to i'm
prove the Rural Retreat property, which
he has recently purchased.
Mr.. r. Percy Gray, who has been
here at the bedside of his sister, Mrs.
George G. Heck, has returned to his
home in Greensboro. Mrs. Heck has
been seriously i'll but is now better.
Mrs. A. M. McAulay, of Rockingham,
passed through the city yesterday
on her way to Franklinton from jackson
Springs, where she has been spending
sometime with her daughter, Mrs. j. r.
Page, of Aberdeen. Mrs. McAulay will
visit her daughter, Mrs. C. M. Hobbs. at
FranGi;nton.
Mr.. III. Il. Bonitz, of Wilmington, who
is here for a few days as one of the
committee of the board of trustees of the
A. and M. College to erect the new
building, is a graduate of that institution
who made many friends during his stay
in Raleigh. Mr.. Bonitz is looking after
the heating apparatus of the college so
that the experience of last winter will
not be repeated.