The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-28


Two hundred thirty-five bales of
cotton were sold here yesterday. The
highest price was 97s.
The fourth quarterly meeting for
Central M. E. Church was held last
night at 1880 o'clock, DR.. j. T. Gibbs,
the presiding elder presiding.
The students of the Centennial and
Wiley graded schools played match
game of football yesterday which re-
suited in a victory in favor of the
Wiley boys by a score of II to 0.
Rev. B. w. Spilman has declined to
accept the call to the passionate of the
Fuller Memorial church in Baltimore.
This church is a new one and has 400
members.
There will be meeting of the Press
Club this afternoon at o'clock. The
bylaws and constitution will be con-
sidered and the name of the club de-
cided upon.
The East Goldsboro Land Improve
ment Company was chartered yester-
day. The incorporators were Judge
w. II. Allen and others. The company
is to last thirty years and the capital
stock is 100000.
Mr.. S. J. Kennedy, of Durham, was
here yesterday to secure the pardon
of Julia Carter, a negro girl serving a
term in Durham county work house.
Governor Russell granted the pardon
aIOnC p1 of
once.
Marriage license was yesterday grant.
eded to Mr.. Fred Sloan, of Weldon, and
Miss Mary Hines Crawford, of Raleigh.
Mr.. j. w. johnson, Rogers Store, and
Miss Rebecca Holloway, of the same
place: Mr.. w. p. Taylor, of Pittsboro,
and. Miss Sewers P. Angler of this
county.
The Experiment Station had its
hog-killing" yesterday. Five hogs
were killed the total weight being
1885 pounds. The largest one weigh
ed 700 pounds Two of them were I'M
der nine months old. They were of
Poland China stock, and there was
nothing unusual in the method of rails
ing or fattening them.
Fair, fine weather prevails though
out the South, with light heavy frosts
as far South as New Orleans and
Jacksonville. From Norfalk to Port
land, Me-, there is cloudy weather.
The storm has moved from Philadel-
plia to the Atlantic Ocean, but it's in
fuence is felt ON the North Atlantic
coast. A new storm is forming over
Western Texas.
There will be bal poudre at the
Olivia Raney Library auditorium on
Friday night. The chaperones are
Mrs. G. NJ Busbee, Mrs. George
Thompson, Mrs. James Mckee, Mrs.
Thos Kenan, Mrs. Ludlow Skinner,
Mrs. w. T. MCGEE, Mrs. VIM. Grimes,
Mrs. J. Turner, Mrs. A. j. Andrews,
Mrs. Joseph Pogue. Mrs. Julian Tim
berlake, and Mrs. H. w. Miller.
The State Auditor reports that the
States receipts during the eleven
months ended October 81, were $1,432.-
594, and the disbursements $1,469,S11
making the excess of disbursements
over receipts $37,217. There was sold
during the IL months $4,000 in per
cent bonds, and these brought $144,-
600. The extended expenditures dur
ing the year exceed the receipts by
something like 100000. OF this
amount the $4,000 was paid to the
penitentiary.
The next attraction in the Peoples
Popular Entertainment Course is The
Metropolitan Star Quintette. They
will appear at the Academy of Music
Friday night, December 18th. Reserve
seats will be on sale at Kings drug
store Wednesday, December 5th. This
is a musical organization composed
entirely of young ladies. The press of
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Washington and Baltimore is warm in
praise of their excellent and artistic
merit.
President Geo. T. Winston of the
A. and NJ. College has just returned
from trip to New York. While there,
be, in company with his son, Mr.. p
HI. Winston, visited the Stock EX-
change and was shown through the
various points of interest by Deacon
White. native of Chatham county and
one of the most extensive operators In
Wall street. While in one of the vaults
Mr.. p. HI. Winston held in hand $11,-
100000 in gold certificates.
The Berzelius Chemical Society held
its monthly meeting yesterday after
noon in the office of the State chemist.
The paper of this meeting was read by
Mr.. J. A. Bizzell on Recent Work on
the Composition of the Atmosphere.
Mr.. c. ID. Harris read paper on the
Substitution of Aluminium for copper.
Interesting talks were made by DR..
Fraps and Prof. Withers on Argon.
by Prof. Kilgore on the proceedings of
recent convention of agricultural
chemists, and by DIR. Winston on the
convention of the Directors of the Ag-
ricultural Experiment Stations and
Colleges.