The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-21

dollars. The loss is fully covered Dy IN
| surance The cause of the fire is I'M
| known, but it was thought to be from
| spontaneous combustion.
Greensboro, N. c.. Nov. 2O.-Rev r.
S. Webb, upon whom an operation was
!, recently performed, is very sick.
| Purley, N. c., Nov. 20.--Dr. George
| Gum. aged IS, died here yesterday He
was prominent Mason and Methodist.
Salisbury, N. c., Nov. 20.-The Salisbury
! Supply Company is adding to it's plant and
! in the new year will be ready to manu-
| facture iron fences.
Farmville. N. c., Nov. 2O.-Mrs. r. M.
Dupree, who dropped dead here yesterday,
| has son in the United States Navy in
| the Philippines.
| Oxford, n. c., Nov. 20.--h is doubtful
i whether the Kilgo- Gattis case will be
/ reached this week. 1t will certainly not
be taken up before Friday or Saturday.
/ Pates N. c., Nov 20.-On Thanksgiv-
ing day the students of Croatan Normal
School will have notable celebration,
including addresses, Rotations, etc.
Wilson. N c., Nov 2O-Mrs. Laurine
Barnes, widow of Mr.. f. Barnes is crit
,.ically i'll with Bright's disease. DR.. J.
| F. Miller, of Goldsboro, has been called
/ in consultation.
Ivanhoe, N. c., Nov. 20--At one haul
l,xf -o1 q mn
| pounds We're caught in Black river by
| Mr. w. NJ Corbett, Jr., of Beattie's
| Bridge
Wilmington, N. c., Nov 20.-The local
bankers will extend an invitation to the
| State Bankers Association to hold the
| next meeting here or at the resorts near
| here next summer.
Marion, n. c. Nov. 20.-The stores OF
! Goodson and Birddix and Thos. Meads
| were broken into by thieves in the night
/ They took shoes, hats, ETC., but no money
| except the change in the drawers.
| Wadesboro, N. c.. Nov. 20.-The pre-
| carious condition of the health of Rev.
! Frank H. Wood d. D., Methodist min
/ lister here. makes it necessary for him
| to retire from the active ministry. He
has held the most important positions in
! his church and is an able preacher.
| Scotland Neck, n. c., Nov. 2e.-At Pal
! myra, six miles from Scotland Neck. Mr..
| L. j. Baker lost his gin house by fire
| Monday night. Besides the loss of the
! gin twenty bales of cotton were burned
| with peanut thresher and a quantity of
| cotton seed. The loss is estimated at
! about 80 COO
| Greensboro, N. c., Nov 2O-Mr. Hardy
| T. Gregory. postoffice inspector. who has
/ been in Cuba nearly a year getting evil
| dence to convict Nicely and Rathbone, is
/ home for a weeks vacation the trial
having been postponed. He is easily one
| of Uncle Sans ablest and most efficient
| officials.
| Goldsbcro N. c., Nov. 2O-Rev NJ. r.
| Dickinson, who secured license at this
/ session of the Supreme court, has loca-
| ted here for the practice of law and will
/ occupy an office w tn Hon +. A. Daniels
/ here. M. Dickins, graduated at Trinity
!, College, also taking postgraduate
/ course. He afterwards spent three years
| at the law school of the University Of
Michigan. He comes we'll equipped and
| we wish him abundant success in his cho-
] sen profession He is a son of Mr. Leon
| ard Dickinson, of this county.
| Goldsboro, Nov. 2O-Blanchard, the
! Harnett county boy who had his foot and
| leg badly mangled at Fremont yesterday,
| was on the southbound passenger train,
| and as it pulled out from Fremont he
rsarr
/ against a box car on the side track. AS
! stated yesterday he was brought here
! to the Emergency Hospital where
| his wounds were dressed. Last night he
was taken to the hospital at Rocky Mount
| by the railroad authorities.
/ Rockingham, N. c., Nov. 20.-Rev T. S.
| Wright, sheriff of Richmond county who
has been urged to run for Congress- de-
| clines and gives as his reason that it
| would force him to resign as pastor OF
| several churches, and says that while
| they are financially weak / would not
| quit them for a seat rendered me in the
! United States Congress at this time.
Parson Wright is an original and sue
cessful campaigner. In 1898 he made great
reputation as the Sam Jones of the
Richmond county campaigners.
Newbern n c., Nov. 20.-Last week
was not one of good fortune to the
operators of gambling machines in this
city The proprietor of every saloon
in town which boosted a machine-and
some of them ran two-was indicted by
the grand jury for violating the State
/, law as to gambling. devices. 1t is stat
ed that the earnings of these machines
for the past three or four months have
been enormous, and that their owner,
whose policy was to divide the spoils
with the saloon men, has Melted quite
a nice sum.
Postofice News
(By the Associated Press)