The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-26

erly winds.
Local forecast for Raleigh and Vi
cinity to D. m. Sunday Fair; slight
chance for showers Monday.
Local date for Raleigh yeste day
Maximum temperature, 93; minimum
temperature, ~; mean temperature,
81. Total rainfall e i:ehes.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
There will be no services at the |
Christian church this morning.
Mr.. Armistead Jones, who was call |
ed to Fayetteville on legal business, |
has returned home.
Rev. Dr. Bratton, of ST. Mary's, will |
conduct the services of the Good |
Sherherd church at II a. m. today.
Mr.. Cary J. Hunter yesterday shipp- |
ed two monster watermelons to his |
wife at Roanoke Springs, Va. They |
weighed 70 and II pounds respective
ly.
The Coleman Brothers Company |
was incorporated yesterday to conduct |
a general mercantile business at Ma
con, in Warren county. The capital
stock is $4,000.
The work of decorating the interior
of the Raney Memorial Free Library
here in fresco is now in progress.
The library will be completed by Oc-
tober 1.
Col. John w. Hinsda1e and Col. J.
c. L. Harris will leave today for Ashe-
vile, where they. will attend a hear
ing of the tax cases before Special
Master James E. Shepherd.
H. f. Montague has returned from
visit to Blowing Rock He says he
got the News and Observer on the dav
of publication and that it was
source of pleasure.
1t was Mr.. j. Walter Wyatt, of
Preston, who raised the first bale of
cotton, and not Wyatt as was incor-
rectly stated in this paper on the oath
1t was sold by Wyatt and Hunter.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of DIR. Chas. L. Duncan, one of
Beaufort'sl most promising young
men, to Miss Virginia Clyde Mason. Of
Chapel Hill, on the 4th day of Septem-
Der.
The Democratic State Executive
Committee has been called to meet in
Raleigh September the 5th, for the
purpose of devising machinery for
holding Senatorial primary and also
to transact business connected with
the national campaign.
The work of remodelling the resi-
dence of Mr.. j. ID. Boushall, on Blount
street, is proceeding rapidly
This is one of the most excellent To-
cations in the city and when the build
ing is finished it will be very de-
sirable place.
Rev. W. G. Clements and Rev. f. T.
Weston have closed on interesting re-
viyal in the Christian church at Gar
ners. There were six conversions. Mr.
Weston is a Baptist minister at Haw
River and made a fine impression. Mr.
Clements is one of the strong men of
the Christian church.
Arrangements have been effected by
which 1000 mile books issued by the
Seaboard Air Line Railway, are hon
ored through to Washington over the
Pennsylvania Railroad; from Ports
mouth to Baltimore over the Balti-
more Steam Packet Company, and be-
tween Clinton and Columbia over the
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
Railroad.
The funeral service of Herbert Bish-
op, the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. L..
i. Afford, was held from the residence
yesterday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. DIR. Eugene Daniel. The inter-
ment was in lakewood. The little
grave was banked with choice flowers,
sent by sympathizing friends. The
pall-bearers were Messrs. III. w. Jack
son, J. S. Fulghum, 2. V. Hoyle and
Claude Taylor.
Mr.. Geo. S. Kornegay, Jr., left this
morning for Wake Forest College to
accept the position as private secre-
tary to- President Chas. f. Taylor.
While acting in this capacity, Mr..
Kornegay will pursue regular course
Kornegay has secured this much
sought position and do not doubt
that he will make a splendid record
before he quits college-Kinston
Free Press.
The newly elected Senators and
representatives have about all decid-
ed where they will sit next session.
There are only four Senators and nine
members of the House of Represents
tiyes yet to be heard from. Several
of the members here this week say the
the seats should be chosen by lot on
the days of the organization of the
House, as is done in the National
Congress.
Mr.. jos. g. Brown left yesterday
for New York, to attend a meeting o.
the American Bankers Association, t.
revise its constitution. The appoint
ment of Mr.. Brown as a member o
this committee is a well deserved
compliment, the other members be
ing Mr.. p. w. Huntington, Presiden
of Hayden National Bank, of Cleve
land, Ohio. and JOS. G. Cannon, Pres
iden+ of the FOIlrth National Bank o.