The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-24


ature, 40; mean temperature, Sc; total
rainfall, Trace.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Next Saturday the Democratic primaries
in this county will be held to name dele
gates to the county convention.
Mrs. Geo. H. Williams will shortly oc
cupy the new Ibuse on Hargett street,
fronting Nash square.
The recent mad dog scare at Cary is said
to have resulted in great good to the
tOwn-hardly a day passes that one or
more ours are not killed.
The tobacco growers of White Oak
township, this county, are called to meet
today at II o'clock, at Salem church, for
the purpose of organization.
1t is learned that a Democratic weekly
paper-the Pamlico Enterprise-will be
started at Bayboro, in Pamlico county,
next week. Mr.. w. T. Caho will edit it.
The town of Angler on the Cape Fear
growing very rapidly. new hotel is be-
ing built there and aSgood business is
being done by it's merchants.
Mrs ]. w. Carter and Miss Mary
Carter have returned to their home in
West Virginia. Miss Pattie remains and
is domiciled at Mrs. ]. S. Johnson's.
n ~ nerTnc emo
Grady, of Sampson county, has been
suggested for the Democratic nomination
for State Superintendent of Public In
structiOn
Mrs. w. w. Robbins, who had wrist
broken in a runaway Salisbury street
Thursday evening, was resting easily yes
terday. She sustained no injuries other
than the broken wrist
The choirs of the various churches of
the city will render elaborate musical
programs on Easter Sunday. Some of
the choirs are already preparing their
programs.
Mr.. j. G. Crawford, sheriff of Martin
county, is IN the city. He brought one
prisoner to the penitentiary Augustus
Purvis, cOlored, convicted of manslaught-
er and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
At the request of the Executive COM
mittee of the North Carolina Democratic
Press Association, President Dowd has
called a meeting of the association to be
held in the city of Raleigh on Thursday
morning, April 18th, at 10 o'clock.
Another meeting of the Water Investi-
eating committee has been called. The
time fixed is O'Clock Monday night in
the mayors office. Messrs. Watson and
Correll have declared their purpose to
attend this meeting.
With the rapid rise in the price of
lumber and the great demand for it,
small SawmillS have sprung up all over
the country and farmers find it difficult
to employ hands, as the wages paid by
saw mills are higher than they can afford
to pay.
1t is with genuine pleasure that the
friends of Mr.. John r. Giles note from
an announcement of Columbia College
that he leads his class, 1902. This is no
small honor in SO great an institution.
Mr.. Giles is the son of Mrs. Norwood
Giles, of this city, and a grandson of
the late Judge Strong.
Mr.. Herbert E. Norris yesterday return
ed from Concord where he went on busi-
ness connected with the settlement of
the estate of the late Joseph Young.
This estate was valued at $1,000, and
was left to five heirs. One of these is
Mrs. E. B. Sturgeon, of Apex, whom Mr..
Norris represented. The other four live
in Washington.
Mr.. S. L. Patterson, Commissioner of
Agriculture, and Prof. B. w. Kilgore,
State Chemist, went down to Louisburg
yesterday to hold Farmers Institute.
They were accompanied by Prof. j. A.
Holmes, State Geologist, who last night
delivered lecture, illustrated by stere-
optican, on good roads. The Institute
will be in session two days, closing this
afternoon.
Owing to an accident to the engine on
the Raleigh and Cape Fear railroad. no
trains were run on that road yesterday.
1t will probably be as late as Monday be-
fore traffic will be resumed on the road.
Mr. Mills, the owner of the road, has
ordered a new engine, but it will be
several months before the shops can fur
nish it. He is now in Richmond having
his broken engine repaired.
Reports which have reached the Agri-
cultural Department recently show that
the movement of fertilizers from the
manufacturers has to a large extent
ceased, but that the greatest activity ex-
lists between the country merchant and