The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-12


Monday.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
SO far in 1899 the State has chartered
30 cotton mills. This breaks all rec.
ords.
The Wilbur Opera Company has a
weeks engagement here at the Academy
of Music during the month of Jan
uary.
DIR. Simms starts off tonight with
sermon appropriate to the approaching
Jubilee services of his church.
The Guilford College foot-UaA team
left here yesterday morning at 500
O'Clock for Mebane, where they yester-
day played Bingham School.
At the recital at the First Baptist
church on Tuesday evening next some
splendid music will be rendered. The
collection will be for the Ladies Improve
ment Society.
A young negro, Khan Mcintyre, was
yesterday sent to jail by the mayor TO
await trial at the January term of court.
Mcintyre is charged with the larceny of
about 200 bolts from the Interstate
Telephone Company.
The family of Mr.. ]. e. Booker NOV
ed to Raleigh last week where they
will make their home Mr.. Booker has
employment in cotton seed mill in
Wilmington Sanford Express.
Regular meeting of VIM. G. Hill
Lodge 21S, A. L. and A. NJ, will be
held on Monday morning at 1880 o'clock.
Work in Masters Degree. Members of
the Lodge and visiting brethren invited
TO be present.
Rev. A. d. Woodwork, WHO was for
seven years a missionary in Japan, will
lead a special missionary service at the
Christian church in this city, this even
ing, at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody is in
yited TO be present.
Rev. A. d. Woodworth, who was for
seven years missionary in Japan, will
lead a special missionary service at the
Christian church in this city tomorrow
Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Every
body is cordially invited to be present.
Rev Il. NJ. Jordan breaches at the
Tabernacle this morning and at Fayette
vile Street church tonight. Mr.. Jor-
dan is one of the pioneer ministers of
the State, and held some years ago, one
of the greatest meetings Raleigh has
1aI Ha viii ma old friends
while here.
DugIi is just back from Greensbor),
where he served two fine bancuets. On
Thursday evening he was the caterer at
the Douglas-Myers marriage supper. and
on Friday evening he prepared an alab-
crate banquet for the literary societies
at the Normal and Industrial COLLEGE.
Where there's to be banquet there
you'll find Dughi.
On Friday evening, November the 18th
Seaton Gales Lodge will hold memorial
services in its hail in memory of the
late Mr.. Philip THEM, who had been its
secretary for nearly twenty-five years.
All Odd Fellows, relatives and friends
of Mr.. Then are cordially invited to be
present. The hall will be opened
promptly at o'clock.
At the Agricultural and Mechanical
College here machine is being con-
structed which viii play an important
part in cotton mills. 1t is the invention
of Mr.. Wetmore. a lawyer of Fayetfe
vile. When thread breaks now n 4,
spinning mill the entire frame" stops.
This invention will stop only the spin
die which has the broken thread the
others continuing at work.
Mr.. w. C. Petty, president of he
Carthage Railroad, was here yesterday
ON his crutches, having but recently ;e
turned from Johns Hopkins Hospital ut
Baltimore, where he had an operation
performed ON his foot. Some thirtv-fiye
years ago he cut hls foot very badly with
an axe For many years he suffered no
inconvenience IRON it, but during the last
few years there has been a growth of the
bone that caused him great inconv 'nl-
ence. The operation at the hospital vas
successful anu Mr.. Petty will be airs 1t