The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-14

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Two hundred and three bales of cot
ton wer sold here yesterday, the price
remaining at nine cents.
It is stated that New York syndi-
cate is, negotiating for large body OF
swamp lands between Goldsboro and
Wilmington.
The Young Ladies' Auxiliary to St.
Luke's Home will meet at the Home
Wednesday at 4 o'clock sharp.
Governor Russell has built a hand
some $4,000 residence at Bellville, his
country home three miles from Will
mington. He will live there.
The building for the water compa-
ny's new filtering plant here is COM
plete and the filters will be put in at
once and at work early in January.
The Kenntniss Club will meet this
afternoon at the home of Miss Eliza
beth Briggs, instead of tomorrow af-
ternoon at the home of Miss Battle.
Crops on the State farms are now
about harvested and in another week
or so convicts will be transferred from
the farms back to railroad and other
contract work.
The case of Gattis VS.. Kilgo and 9th
ers is set for trial in Granville county
at Oxford on Wednesday of next week.
An array of able cousel have been re-
tanned on both sides.
Mr.. r. L. Simmons, of Shelby, one
of the poultry judges of the recent
State fair, was in the city yesterday
on his way to the Newbern fair, at
which place he will also officiate as
poultry judge.
The Association of State Chemists
will meet in Washington, ID. c., next
Friday. North Carolina will be repre-
scented by DR.. II. 3. Klvne, DR.. w. o.
Withers, Mr. c. B. Williams, Mr.. Geo.
TRAITS and Mr.. W. NJ. Allen.
Among the notable presents to the
marriage of Miss Bu1well to Mr..
Whitehead was cabinet of silver
ware sent by the clerks in the Nor
folk National Bank, all appropriately
engraved and the cabinet inscribed to
the 1dIT EGcIIJlGul. uC SIOOln pay
ing teller of that bank.
News has been received here of the
extreme illness of Mrs. Cobb. wife of
Prof Collier Cobb. of Chapel HILL Mrs. |
Cobb is at the home of her parents
in LilesvilIe, Arson county, and has
been unwell for several months. Prof. |
Cobb is at her bedside.
Alderman Parrish, the alderman
from the first precinct of the Second |
ward, has rendered his resignation, |
which will be acted upon at the |
next meeting of the Board. He has
represented his precinct in the Board
for several years.
The two new cotton mills in Wake |
pountv are now nearing completion |
and will begin operations early in the |
Aew year. They are the Neuse River |
mill at Falls and the mill at Wake |
Forest. The machinery is being put |
in place a 1.-THE Neuse mill. 1t will be
ran by water power
The annual meet of the Eastern |
hunting dog trials begins Thursday at |
Newton, n c., and already number |
of trainers with kennels have arrived |
there. The meet promises to be large
ly attended. The trials will be run on
the preserves leased by the club, which
cover a large tract of land and upon
which birds are numerous.
Two members of the executive com
mittee and the manager of the peni
tertiary left her Yesterday to visit
and inspect the State farms, prepare
tory to making a report to the next
Legislature. 1t is claimed that the
cotton crop of the State farms on the
Roanoke river is much larger than eX-
pected, and is now about all picked.
The Jackson Springs Company was
incorporated yesterday. The charter
provides for mining, manufacturing.
selling brick and mineral water and
the conducting of a hoted The char
ter is to last thirty wears. The capt.
tai stock is $23, 900. The incorporators
are Messrs. J. c. Currie, John Blue,
Henry Page and others.
Rev. Mr.. Butler, pastor of the Chris
tian church OF this city. made to the
Eastern North Carolina Christian Con-
ference last week an especially credit
able report of the work accomplished
by the Raleigh Christian church dur
ing the past year. the first of his pas
torate. A notable feature of the re-
port is that during the year the aver
age per capital contributions by the
membership was S1016, against an
average of 1912 during the year pre-
vious. The report shows good pro-
gress made in the church work all
along the lines.
Lee Whitfield, the negro arrested at
the Yarboroueh House. was Yesterday
tried before Mavor Powell and placed
in jail to await the next term of court.
He was arrested for stealing shoes
from his fellow waiter. but when
his trunk was searched several pieces
Of Marlborough silverware were found.
Melvin Chavis and o. S. Croatree were
yesterday fined 1928 for ARRAY !,