The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-02
THE FIGHT IN DURHAM
A Second Aldermanic Ticket
in the Field.
Col. Carr TO Speak in Detroit at a Banquet Of
the Loyal Legion. Field Dav at
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Durham, N. c., May 1.-The combat in
city politics deepens Up till yesterday
the fight was practically between the diff
ferent candidates for the mayoralty. But
now there is full aldermanic ticket in
the field in opposition to the one regularly
nominated This came out yesterday af-
ternoon. There is nothing political in the
fight On both tickets there are Demo
Gratis and, Republicans and the man having
the largest number of friends and admir-
ers will get the office. The most impor-
tant question to decide at the election
next week will be whether more bonds
shall be issued, Propositions will be
submitted to the people to issue $50, 900
in bonds for the erection of a city hall,
the site of which has already been pur-
chased and $25, 600 in bonds for the erec-
tion of additional school houses 1t is
the general opinion that both will carry.
The internal revenue receipts for the
month of April were the largest in the
history of the office here. The cash
taken in for Uncle Sam amounted to $685.
G45.27, or at the rate of nearly three and
half million dollars for the year. The
tobacco factories are all rushed with or
ders and much extra work is being done
In the above is not included the export
work, and if all goods shipped from here
during the month had been stamped as
domestic goods the sales of stamps would
have been more than half million dol
lars
The annual commencement exercises of
the Durham Graded and High schools will
take place on the 30th and 31st of this
month. The ANNUAL sermon will be
preached in the First Baptist church on
the evening of May both. The next morn
ing the annual address will be delivered
by Prof. Plato Durham, of Trinity Col
lege. and the alumni address will be de-
livered by Rev. Cary Newton, of Green's
b0ro The graduating exercises will fol
low these addresses on May. 31st. There
will be very large graduating class.
A runaway marriage, ceremony was SOL
emniZed at the home of Mrs. +. C. Pleas
ants last night. The contracting parties
were Thos. j. Rosemond. an employee of
the Seaboard Air Line road, and Miss
Lucy B. Chamblee. Mr., Rosemond's home
is in HillsborO, but he has been here for
sometime. The young lady has lived here
for a number of years.
On Friday of this week the athletic as
sociation of Trinity College will hold a
field day. There will be contest in
field and track athletics. There will be
one hundred yards and two hundred and
twenty yard dashes, quarter, half and
mile runs, hurdle race, jumping, shot
putting, hammer throwing and pole vault
ing Most of the events promise to be
closely contested. On Thursday of next
week the Trinity athletes will meet Wake
Forest here in duel contest of field and
track athletics.
Col. J. S. Carr returned from New Or
leans, where he had been attending the
meeting of the general missionary con-
ference as a delegate from the North Car
olina conference, only to leave at once for
Detroit, a trip from the Gulf to the
Lakes. In Detroit next Thursday he will
respond to the toast, "One Country and
One Flag" at banquet of the Loyal
Legion. Col. Carr is the first Confederate
soldier who was ever invited to speak be-
fore the Loyal Legion, a society composed
of gentlemen who served with distinction
throughout the Civil War in the Union
army.
During the month of April Register of
Deeds Suit issued nineteen marriage Ii
cenSe.
The annual meeting of the North Caro-
lima athletic association OF colleges and
schools will be held in the parlors of
Hotel Carolina next Saturday 1t is ex-
pected that there will be a large at
tendance Prof Walter Skies, of Wake
Forest College, is president of the asso-
ciation