The news & observer., 1901-01-12


with Miss Matte Pace this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock.
Mr.. Douglas Shaw, of Carthage, has
moved to Raleigh and taken position in
the express office.
The Raleigh bar will meet in the court
house this afternoon to consider the reso-
luton prepared by the committee relative
to the death Of the late Robert 0. Bur-
ton, Esq.
DR.. EbeW Alexander, of Chapel Hill,
Will lectuee tonight at st. Mary's School.
The friends of St. Mary's and of DR..
Alexander are cordially invited to be
present.
ollie Pool, the young child of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. f. Pool died at Pilot Hill yes
terday. The body will be taken to their
former home in the country today for
interment The child was only three and
half years old.
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The Greensboro Telegra>a speaks in
terms of high praise of Mr. Will Gwalt-
ney who comes to Raleigh to accept a
position in the drug store Of Mr.. Henry
T Hicks. He is son of Rev. w. R.
Gwaltney. we'll known and we'll beloved
here.
Mr.. ]. S. Wynne is quoted as saying:
so great is the need of more hotel ac-
commodations here that if the man who
says he intends to build hotel does moi
act quickly we will form a stock com
pany and build 1T ourselves. We have
have the means and will do it,
The rain area is general over the South
ern and Eastern States and the rainfall
has been extraordinarily heavy in the
Mississippi valley. Vicksburg reported
COZ inches in "a hours Knoxville 2.0S. The
weather is fair and cold over the Plateau
region, but appearances indicate no pos
sibility of severe cold weather yet.
The sale OF reserve seats for Sousa will
open this morning at Bobbitt & Wynne's
drug store. The demand viii he great
and those contemplating attending S0a-
sas concert will do well to secure seats
early. The manager already has over
fifty out-of-town orders. Mai orders for
seats will be promptly attended 10. !'rices
SOC to $3.50.
In the Mayors court yesterday Jerry
Mcintyre was tried for stealing paper
from the Christian Advocate office. The
was found guilty and bound over to court
The witnesses against him were John
Clifton, an Advocate comDositor and
Messrs. Mitchell and Lancaster to whom
the paper had been sold There was two
reams of the paper
There will be an entertainment at the
home of Mrs. Charles e. Johnsons Monday
afternoon at o'clock, at which delight
full program will be rendered consisting
of talks and incidents of travel contribut-
ed by some Raleigh tourists. A few mu-
steal numbers will also be rendered. The
voluntary contributions will be devoted
to the work of the Presbyterian Aid So
cietv.
Hart, the Laugh King will begin weeks
engagement at the Academy of :iusic,
commencing next Monday night and CON
tinue the week Except Wednesday night,
with matinee Saturday. The performances
are highly amusing and startling, and
each performance is full of laughter.
Hypnotism and thought reading, mystnry
and mirth are the features Popular
prices, 15, 25 and 80 cents. Seats now
on sale.
News was received from Franklin yes
ter6ay of the shooting of a young man
named George Ledbetter by 4 sewing
machine agent, named Summers. No cause
could be learned for the shooting. Led
better was we'll known and bor9 an ex-
callent reputation while Summers hai
been in Franklin only few weeks. He
shot young Ledbetter six times, and
every shot made a wound which was
necessarily fatal