The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-01
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.


IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Mr.. j. H. Hinton, manager of the
Seashore Hotel, at Wrightsville, says
that his hotel will remain open I'M
til October the 1st.
Miss w. T. Pollard died in Asheville
Thursday. She was a sister of DR..
Sorrell, of Wake county. The funeral
will be held in Durham.
One Raleigh man has been killed in
action at China. His name was WYATT
Hicks, and he was in the Fourteenth
United States Infantry.
Mr.. John S. Green died at No. 116
N. East street yesterday morning at
4 o'clock. Age 81 years. Funeral this
afternoon at o'clock at the resi-
dence by Rev. G.. T. Adams.
The Fayetteville Observer says that
j. w. Atwater will have no opposition
for nomination to Congress from the
three candidates for the position.
Mr.. John Stevens, overseer on the
; farm of Mr.. Henry Jordan, died yes
terday morning at his home in Cary,
after several weeks illness with ty-
phoid fever. He was only % years
old and leaves young wife.
Capt. w. III. Hood, register of deeds,
during the month of August, ending
yesterday, issued twenty-six mar
rage license; twelve to white couples
and fourteen to negroes. The couples
range in age from seventeen to sixty
five years.
County Superintendent Clements
yesterday stated that School District
No. 3, of Middle Creek township, was
the only one from which the school
census has been returned. He urges
upon the committeeman the necessity
of promptness in this matter.
A railroad agent here says that since
June /, he has sold $50 tickets to me-
groes going North to live, the great
majority going to Massachusetts. He
says that during the months of March
April and May, he sold as many more.
He does not include in this list ne
groes who went North to work tenn
porarily. 1t is after all quite little
exodus.
Articles of agreement for incorpor
alton of the Pantego Ginning Com
pany were received at Secretary
Thompson's office yesterday, but ow-
ing to the fact that there were only
two parties, it could not be incorpor-
ated The incorporators are c. p.
Aycock and L. G. Hyman. The CAPT
tai stock was placed at $1,000.
Last year during the smallpox scare
in Johnston, a railroad employee was
forced to remain in a house in Selma,
in which there was case of smallpox.
He was quarantined there and closely
guarded He sued the county for
$4,000 damages. The suit was
brought in Wake, but was removed
to Johnston. 1t was today agreed
that the legal proposition as to the
county's liability for damages shall be
taken to the Supreme court on appeal
and if the court decides that the cOun-
ty is liable, the case will be again re-
moved to Wake.
William J. Bellamy, Esq, of Will
mington. wired Governor Russell on
Tuesday, TO find out what had been
decided with regard to the petition
for the Communication of the sentence
of Archie Kinsauls. :. tuesday he re-
ceived letter asking him to put his
case in writing and promising to give
it attention. Mr.. Bellamy at once
prepared long document setting
forth the reasons why he thought the
sentence of Kinsauls should be com
muted. The cate for the execution is
September 18th. One week from to-
day, therefore, unless Governor Rus
sell will intervene Kinsauls will hang.
The Agricultural Departments bull
letin for August is out 1t is an in
dustrial number. 1t contains a regis
ter of cattle, swine, sheep and poul-
try, with names and postoffices of
owners. 1t also contains a list of 264
cotton mills, 16 wooden mills and 3
silk mills-a grand showing for North
Carolina. CASTOR leads in cotton
mills, with "a, Alamance following
with 20, while Cabarrus has II, Cleve-
land IA. Cumberland II, Guilford II
AIecklenburg 16. Randolph IA, Rich