The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-04

For North Carolina: Fair Tuesday
and Wednesday,; light to fresh east
erly winds.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature, Sc; minimum
temperature, 81; mean temperature,
rs. Total rainfall o inches.
No local forecast was made on ac-
count of Monday being legal holiday.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Rev. E. c. Glenn will assist in a re-
vival in the Methodist church at Troy.
Mr.. Haywood Bell has accepted a
position at Woolcott's and would be
glad to have his friends call.
Mr. A. L. Morris and Mr.. John T.
Morris yesterday qualified as execu-
tors of the late Gideon w. Morris.
There will be an excursion on the
Seaboard Air Line on next Wednes-
day to Portsmouth and Norfolk. Fare
for round trip 1926.
An excursion will be run on Septem-
Der 4th from GoEdsboro to Ashevllle
over the Southern Railway. Fare for
the round trip, $500.
Mr. Walter Wilburn, of Richmond,
and Mrs. Rosa Apt, of Rocky Mount,
N. c., were married hereby Rev. j. L.
Foster, on last Thursday.
DIR. James Dinwiddie, president of
Peace Institute, says that all indica-
tons point to the largest attendance
this year in the history of the school.
A negro man named William Ma
lone went to Register Hoods office to
get license to marry, but lacked fif-
teen cents of having enough to pay
for the license. He went home with
out it.
A large number of young men arriv-
ed here yesterday to attend the A. and
NJ. College, which will open next We'd
nesday. 1t is probable that more stu
dents than can be accommodated will
be here.
The August number of the North
Carolina Law journal contains hand
some full-page portraits of Hon. Chas.
F. Warren and Hon. Chas. M. Sted-
man. president of the North Carolina
Bar Association.
The county commissioners were in
session yesterday. Only routine bus
mess was transacted. All the com
missioners except Mr.. Brewer were
present. The board will be in session
again today.
The city schools are in readiness
for the opening September 28th. The
suburban schools will be conducted
again this year as they were last SEES
sion There are "a ,eachers in the
public schools of Raleigh township.
The Adams Drug Company, which
occupies the stand on Fayetteville
street, former occupied by the firm
of Adams and Moye, which was dis
solved a month ago, is now open for
business. Mr.. S. NJ. McGeachy is man.
ager of the business.
The electric light plant at the pen
itentiary will be completed by We'd
nesday and tested for the first time
Thursday. Mr.. John ii. Cilley, of
Hickory, supervised the job. The
plant will light the building at the
prison and furnish any power needed.
The Raleigh Male Academy opened
yesterday with 20 students present,
the largest number for the first day
in many years. Others will be com
ing in for the next week or two, until
the number of IS is reached, that be-
ing as many as the school will accom-
MEDIATE.
The body of Tom Jones at Mr.. j.
w. Browns undertaking establish
ment, has been viewed by hundreds
of people since it has been embalmed.
Mr. Brown is confident that more than
5000 people have been there to see
the negro. The body will be dissected
by Shaw University students in De-
tober.
Collector f. c. Duncan went up to
Greensboro yesterday to attend
meeting of the State Republican
executive committee which has been
night. The purpose of the meeting
was to consider plans for conducting
called by Chairman Hoiton for last
the campaign in this State, which it
is expected will begin about Septem-
Der 10Th. .isk
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The Horner Supply Company, of
Manson, Warren county, was incor-
porated yesterday, to deal in general
merchandise. The signers of the ar
ticles of agreement were: j. d. Coop
err, S. S. Parham, j. III. Parham, and
w. Il. Parham, Thos G. Horner, and
A. C. Lollicoffer The company is in
corporated for fifteen years and has
$4,000 capital.
The funeral of Mr.. w. A. Smithurst
was held yesterday afternoon at 4
o'clock from the Tabernacle Baptist
church. The services were conducted
by the pastor, Rev. w. B. Hubbard.
The members of the Masonic frater
nifty attended the funeral in a body.
The interment was in lakewood. The
following gentlemen acted as pail
bearers: Messrs. b. r. Lacy, n. Il.
Broughton, w. w. Wilson, G. S. Ter
rell. w. s. Primrose, w w. Parish,
Garland ToDpS w G. Richardson d.