The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-13

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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Marriage license was issued yesterday
to Mr.. Walter Simpkins and Miss Lettie
Sauls, both of this county
The Board of. Public Buildings and I'm
provements will meet next Monday even
Ing and elect the keeper OF the capitol.
Little Miss Eugenia Clark, 440 Hall.
fax street, gave birthday party yes
terday CTuesday), to which she insit-
ed 40 of her little girl friends.
Rev. DR.. A. c. Dixon has resigned his
pastorate in Brooklyn and will accept
a call to the wealthiest Baptist church
in Boston.
The applicants from Wake Forest for
license to practice law reflected credit
on the law department of that institu-
ton. Nine men out of eleven passed a
successful examination.
branch of the Womans Auxiliary to
the Board of Missions, are asked to
meet this afternoon in the chapel after
service.
Twenty-Five bales of cotton we're sold
here yesterday at prices ranging from
ga to 912 cents. On the corresponding
day of 1900, twenty-one bales were sold
at s1s cents.
1t was stated yesterday that if the
suit by the County Board of Education
against the city should be decided in ia
vor of the former, similar suits will be
instituted in every town in the county.
There will be a meeting of the paint
ers of the city tonight at the office of
Williams and Glenn. for the purpose of
organizing the Brotherhood of Paint
ers." The committee requests the pres
ence of every painter in the city
Mr. Joseph T. Watts. Jr., has been
appointed travelling freight agent of the
Illinois Central Railroad Company, with
headquarters at Louisville. Mr.. Watts is
a son of Mr.. ]. T. Watts, of this city,
and the appointment is highly gratifying
to his many friends here.
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Miss Nellie Trice. a student Of the
Baptist Female University, has gone to
her home in Lexington to attend The
marriage of her sister, Miss Lille Tree,
to Mr.. Henry Hege. Mr.. Hege is
brother of Mr.. Frank Hege, formerly
of this city.
The County Board of Education met
yesterday in superintendent Clements of !.
flee and made an additional appropriation
OF 10 cents per capita for public schools.
This makes total appropriation of $500
per capita. which is more than ever be-
fore, and ten cents greater than last
year.
Senator j. d. McNeill is arranging to
have a State convention of fire depart
ment chiefs in Raleigh in about ten
days. He is president of the State Ere
mems Association. The Raleigh fire
department will give an exhibition COM
plimentary to the chiefs and the Legis-
lature
There will be a meeting fthe Virginia
North Carolina Baseball League in Nor
folk on Thursday night. at which time
the schedule of games will be announced.
Capt Kelly. the manager Of the Raleigh
team has signed several players and viii
doubtless get up team that will play
fast ball
The Charlotte Carpet Manufacturing
Company was chartered yesterday. The
headquarters are at Charlotte: the CAPT
tai stock is s50,000 which may be in
creased to 100000. The incorporators
are: Messrs. II. L. Ellerbe. A. b. Bierclx.
J. u. Bierck and NJ H. Bierck. The object
of the corporation is to manufacture, buy
and sell. by wholesale and retail, carpets
and all the other kinds of house furnish
ing material The length of time for
which the company IL incorporated is
thirty years.
Messrs r. L. Horton. e. Hugh Lee ard
Edgar Broughton have formed copartner
ship under the firm name of Lee, Horton
& Broughton, and will open a first class
clothing and gents furnishing store at
209 Fayetteville street. Messrs. r. L.
Horton and r. p. Dixon have just re-
turned from the Baltimore and Philadel-
phia markets. where they have purchased
complete and up-to-date stock for their
now store which win open between the
10Th and 18th of March.
Superintendent Thos. L. Toon yesterday
received the proof OF cut for picture
of himself Lieutenant Colonel Brooks, OF
Brunswick county, and Captain Smith, of
Concord all of whom were officers Of the
Twentieth North Carolina regiment. Mr..
Toon was colonel of he regiment though
only % years old having enlisted as pri-
waite only two years before. The cut will
be published in the forthcoming history
of North Carolina troops.