The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-14

etteville.
The decorations in the interior of the
Olivia Raney Library are the handsomest
in the State.
1t is expected that the attendance at
the opening of the Blind Institution here
will reach 275.
DR.. Cooper Curtice leaves tomorrow to
take charge of his position at the expe
riment Station of Rhode Island.
The regular meeting of the w c. T.
u, will be held this afternoon at five
o'clock. A full attendance is desired
Deep interest is felt by the colored peo-
pie in the Holiness meeting held in this
city. Large crowds attend the meetings.
The temperature at Raleigh yesterday
was SO. 1t was the highest temperature
of any town east of the Rocky Noun
tains.
Miss Mary Rem, who graduated at st.
Mary's School last June, has been elected
to a position in the Durham Graded
School.
The Corporation Commission has called
for a statement by the banks under its
Jurisdiction. up to the close of business
September 5.
An extension of fifteen feet is being
built to the platform and shed at the de-
pot, to accommodate the long trains that
are now run on the roads that pass here.
A telegram has been received from Mr..
CASTOR Wilder, now of Galveston, who
formerly lived in Raleigh, announcing his
safety. He owns a drug store at that
place.
Simeon Harris, who has recently con-
victed of murder in Durham county, has
been brought here and placed in the pen
itentiary He is to serve sentence of
ten years.
The Secretary of State is sending out
the public and private acts of the adj
journed session of the last General AS
sembly, held in June, 1900. They make
one small volume.
The Weather Bureau says that the
weather is fair in the Ohio Valley with
very much lower temperature, so that
the hot wave may be considered broken.
Rain is predicted for Raleigh before to-
night.
Gen. Julian S. Carr left yesterday morn
ing for Clayton, where he spoke at Con-
federate Veterans reunion. He carried
with him bottle of pepper sauce manu-
featured at the Soldiers Home here, which
he used on the barbecue.
Tomorrow is the day for the Bryan and
Stevenson clubs to organize the towns.
On Saturday they are to organize in
the country. Don't fail to see that every
White Supremacy club is organized into
q Bryan and Stevenson club.
The Southern Railway has given SO, 900
to the auditorium in Asheville. The Raj
eigh auditorium committee ought to wait
on the railroad men in this city and see
if they will not give a large subscription
for the auditorium in Raleigh.
Prof. Massey says that most of the stu
dents in the A. and M. College are far
mers' sons. but most of the boys prefer
to learn trades. He thinks this is not a
good sign, for the State needs trained far
mers as well as trained mechanics.
The Raleigh Telephone Company has
received five miles of cable weighing TAG
pounds. In each cable are 500 copper
wires with a lead covering. The diane
ter of the cable is two inches. Work is
rapidly progressing in putting up the
wires.
telegram yesterday morning an
nounced the death of Mrs. Jack Faulkner
at Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. Faulkner was
a sister of Mrs. Joseph F. Ferrall, of this
city. Mr. Ferral left yesterday to join
his wife in Virginia. The interment will
take place at Houston, Va.
Mr.. F. c.. Olds sends papers home tell
ing of the results of the awful storm in
Texas. Mr.. Odds was delayed at Elgin,
Texas The train he reached there on
was wrecked ten miles beyond. The train
he was to have taken later was wrecked
twenty miles before it reached Elgn.
DR.. Curt:ce has received advices from
DIR. D. E. Salmon of the United States
Department of Agriculture that cattle will
be allowed to pass from the counties of
Rabun, TONNES. Union and Fannin, OF
Georgia, into this State during the COM
ing fall only on special permit issued
by the department.
Sheriff L. Middleton. of Duplin county,
returned to Kenansville yesterday morn
ing. He brought three colored convicts
from that county, which he placed in the
penitentiary. Two were sent up for at
tempted house breaking and were given