The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-16

Mr.. S. c. Vann, president of the
cotton mills at Franblinton, is i'll the
city.
Rev. L. n. Ivey is to deliver the
literary address at Trenton High
School.
A big farmers Institute is to be
held in Stokes county beginning on
June 9th.
f. W. Pou will speak at Wakefield
by invitation, Friday, May 18th, at
o'clock p. IN.
The minstrel show under canvass
that will be here tomorrow is com
posed entirely of colored people.
Mr.. T. X. Bruner. in private letter
20 a friend here states that he Will
reach New York by the lst of June.
DR.. j. II. Bobbitt is back from
Richmond. where he attended the ses-
sion of the Pharmaceutical Associa-
ton.
Mr.. w. G. Briggs of the Times-Nis-
itor, who spent Sunday and Monday
in Wilmington. returned to Raleigh
yesterday.
The experiment farm just beyond
the Fair grounds has been greatly
improved and beautfied under the
management of Prof. Massey.
The Seaboard Air Line has this
week sold upwards of 100 tickets to
Richmond on account of the Street
Fair and Carnival now in progress
there.
Rev. i. T.. Foster has returned from
points in Virginia and Warren corn-
ty, which he visited after attending
the Christian convention at Frank
lin, Virginia.
On account of the smallpox scare
in that section, the pupils of Mt. Mo-
riah Male and Female Academy will
not give any school exhibition next
Friday night. the 18TH
On Monday. May 21st. a recital by
Miss Robbins, Miss Potwin and Mr..
Mack will be given at the Governor
Mansion. Seats now on sale at Kings
drug store.
DR.. Geo. I. Winston. president Of
the \. and NJ. College, this city. will
deliver the literary address before
the students of the graded schools
of Greensboro, on the evening of May
21st
Mr.. i. ID. Winston. of Windsor. ar
rived in the city yesterday afternoon
and will be here for the next two
weeks organizing throughout the
State "a number of White Government
Clubs. similar TO those organized so
effectively by him last campaign
Mrs. Garland Jones of this city. was
elected auditor of the Woman For
"n Mission Society. of North Caro-
lima. which has ust adjourned at
Wilmington. Mrs. Il. b. Adams
Four Oaks, is treasurer of the society.
and Mrs. Il. H. Whitaker is district
secretary for the Raleigh district.
Remember the picnic at Trinity
Park, Saturday. May 10Th Edenton
Street Sunday school and their friends
will go that day. Baseball by a team
from A. and NJ. College and Trinity.
Special programme arranged. Train
leaves Union depot at S:45 a. M
Tickets at DR.. j. Martin Fleming's
office and Citizens National Bank
Special rate for outside friends IS
cents. Reduced rate for servants.
Prof. W. +. Massey. of the North
Carolina College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts. will spend the sum
mer writing a book on plants and
Plant Food" The book will comprise
about 300 pages and will be Il popular
treatise on plant growth and fertil-
izing. He has sold the copyright of
the book to Philadelphia publisher
for $1,000 and is under contract to
have it finished by December 1st
The Board of County Commissions
ers will meet on Thursday to make
a final settlement for the year with
Sheriff Page. who has been ready to
settle for some time. a special com
mittee of the board. composed of
Armistead Jones. Milard Mial and Jul
Jus Lewis. met yesterday and spent
the day going over the books of the
sheriff and examining accounts that
they may report to the meeting of the
board on Thursday.
Prof j. {. Hardy. the new presi-
dent of the Mississippi Agricultural
and Mechanical College arrived here
Sunday and spent Monday and yester-
day inspecting the North Carolina
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts. He was elected president of the
Mississippi college about a month ago
and is now making visit to a num-
Der of institutions of similar charac-
ter with view to getting sugges-
tons and ideas as TO their work and
management. He was very highly
pleased with the college here. espe-
cialIy with the beauty of the college
and college grounds and the disci-
pine of the students. Prof. Hardy
is a young man, about 50 years old,
and is very enthusiastic in the work
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