The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-04

Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature, 48; minimum
temperature, 35; mean temperature,
Az Total rainfall .08 inches.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Appeals from the Eleventh district
will be called in the Supreme court
today.
Forty-eight bales of cotton were
sold here yesterday. The price was
9% cents.
Inspector Moir, of Washington, D.
c., inspected the offices in the reve-
nue. building yesterday.
Apex is getting ready to hold a
grand Street Fair and Carnival on the
18th and goth of this month.
A german will be given at the Capt.
tai Club tonight complimentary to Mr..
and Mrs. S. Browne Shepherd and Mr..
and Mrs. Joel K. Marshall.
Mr.. Kenyon Jones' body was in
tered at Ephesus, near Cary, yester-
day, Rev. Jesse Page conducting the
service. Many friends attended.
The Charlotte Observer says Mr.. o.
J. Carroll has gone into the insurance
business and will soon sell his prop
erty in Raleigh and move to Charlotte
to live.
Clerk Russ announces that the time
prescribed for the magistrates to
qualify has arrived, and that he is
waiting patiently, with broad smile
and stub pen, ready to perform the
job.
In the extreme West yesterday, the
weather was reported as below the
freezing point. Much rain has fallen
in the Mississippi valley. The weather
was cloudy almost over the entire Sec
ton East of the Rocky Mountains.
A comedy 'tToo Rich to Marry" is
the attraction at Metropolitan Hall to-
morrow night. tt is full of fun from
start to- finish and, it is claimed, makes
more fun in three short acts than
any half dozen ordinary farces. Seats
now on sale.
Mr.. C. G. Crowell died at his home
on East Hargett street Sunday morn
ing at 1918 and the funeral services
will be held from the house this after
noon at $780, Mr.. Crowell was a ma
tive of Newark. N. j., but had resided
in Raleigh for the past five years. He
leaves wife and two children.
The report of Edenton Street Meth
odist church to be read at the next
conference will show that the total
membership of the church is 500. Dur
ing the year there have been 116 men,
bers received. and the total loss dur
ing the year has been 81, making the
net increase SO. The amount raised
for all purposes amounted to 1918.
Prof. w. F. Massey, of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College. has just
completed the manuscript of his new
book, 1.-THE Uses of Commercial Fer
tilizers in the Improvement OF Soils, !"
From Practical Farmers standpoint
The book is soon to be published by
the Practical Farmer Co., Philadelphia,
which has bought the copyright.
Mrs. r. p. Jones died yesterday at
ternoon at o'clock, at her home near
Caraleigh Mills. in her 34th year. She
leaves seven children, five boys and two
girls. The funeral will be held from
the residence this afternoon at 2
o'clock. Mrs. Jones was daughter
of Mr.. BRYANT Smith, member of the
Baptist Tabernacle church, and de-
voted Christian.
The ST. Mary's Guild bazaar will be-
gin Wednesday morning in the parish
rooms of the Church of the Good
Shepherd and continue three days.
There will be good things to eat, pref
tv things to look at and useful things
to sell. IF you are in search of a suit
able Christmas present you'll find it
there These bazaafs are given an
nually by all the chapters of the st.
Mary's Guild, and are for most
worthy object.
Three corporations were chartered
Yesterday. The SOAK Grove Lumber
Company has $4,000 capital stock, and
is to last thirty years The incorpor-
ators are T. P. Howell. 7. @. Vann, and
C. F. Howell. The "Jno. S. McEarch-
ans Sons" has a capital stock of $4,000
and will do general merchandise bus
mess. The Sherwood Boblin and Man
ufacturing Company, of Greensboro.
has a capital stock of $4,000. The in
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