The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-29

VIII be observed by the 1altnIu Ior
week.
The lien bonds on the crops to he
raised in this county in 1900 are already
coming in for registration. 1t seems
that the country is not so prosperous
after all.
"A dance was given at the Capital
Club last night complimentary to Mr.
and Mrs. H. w. Miller and Mr.. and
Mrs. III. e. Litchford. Dancing began
at $50 o'clock.
1t is said that there are already
nearly $50 cases on the docket of the
Federal court which convenes here next
week. 1t is thought it will take two
weeks to dispose of the business.
The following lawyers We're on Mon
day admitted as attorneys of the Cir
cult Court of Appeals at Rchmond:
T. Moorehead, Robert r. King and
John n. Wilson, of Greensboro, y. G.
Four new convicts were brought TO tho
penitentiary yesterday-twp from New
of the Lenoir men and one of the New
Hanover men We're negroes. The white
man from New Hanover is a Portuguese.
The executive committee Of rhe North
Carolina Underwriters Association llet
here at noon yesterday, IL the Yarbo-
rough House. Only routine business was
transacted. The time ana place for the
will toa
Health Officer Sale advises people in
buying oysters during this warm sea
son to buy only the best quality and to
be sure they are in good condition. Large
quantities of bad oysters have recently
been seized and condemned on this mar
ket.
Mr. s. f. Mordecai, referee, yester
day heard evidence for both parties
touching the collision late Saturday af
ternoon between the shifting engine OF
the S. A. L. and the Raleigh and Cape
Fear Railroad. The hearing was not
public.
Up to last night the body of young
Turner Jones, who lost his life by the
sinking of the tug Jory in Hampton
Roads ON Saturday, had not been recov-
cred. The Merritt Wrecking Company
is at work endeavoring to raise the tug
and recover the body.
1t is very probable that the next State
convention of the North Carolina Under
writer's Association will be held at More
head in August, 1900. The last meeting
was at Asheville, and it has heretofore
been the policy of the Association to
meet in the mountains one vel and at
the seacoast the next.
A special meeting of all the travelling
men in that territory at the time has
been called to be held in Charlotte. N.
c., at the Central hotel on Thanksgiving
day, Thursday The Thanksgiving DIN
ner to be provided will doubtless be
greatly enjoyed. 1t is proposed l,
have similar gathering and dinner
in Columbia, S. c., on New Years day.
Rev. G. A. Thomas has resigned as
pastor of the Fayetteville Baptist church
and will become a travelling representa-
tive of the Baptist Female University.
He is one of the strong men of his
church, full of faith and works, and
will do great things for the University
as he presses its claims upon the Bap-
list hosts.
The engagement of Mr.. Geo. l.. Wal
kerr of Georgia, and Miss Nettie Beck
with, of Clayton, is announced They
will be married at noon on December
18th, in Clayton. DIR. James r. Rogers,
of this city, will be best man. Mr..
Walker is a popular and successful
travelling man. Miss Beckwith is ii
very beautiful young woman; a sister
of Mrs o. L. Struggled, of this city.
The Superintendent of Public In
struction's office is being bomDardcd by
queries from teachers and school off
Gals asking for the effect IF he SUI
preme courts Lewiston in the county
school board cases. Mr.. Mebaue Is cS-
pected to return today from Greensboro
where he went to attend a meeting Of
the board of directors of the Normal
School He will probably make pnolic
Attorney General Walser's opinion when'
he returns.
In the United States Circut Court
of Appeals at Richmond yes.erdlY tie
case Of Charles ID. Benbow, ID. W.
Benbow, petitioners, VS.. The Southern
Loan and Trust Company, trustee in
bankruptcy of d. w. G.. Benocw, re-
spondents, was argued on petition for re-
view to the District Court Of the Yves
tern district Of North Caroline. al
Greensboro, n. G. The case was argued
by James T. Moorehead ana X. u.
King, of Greensboro, n. c., for the pc
titioners and by John n. Wilson, OF
Greensboro, n. c., and by Ionn Srrunt
Hill, Of New York, for the respondents.