The news & observer., 1901-03-09

The Young Ladies Auxiliary to. St.
Lukes Home, viii meet this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock at the Home.
The price of cotton went still lower
yesterday. the price paid being 81. S15
SIS No receipts were reported on the
market.
Rev. R. S. Stephenson, the Baptist city
missionary will preach al Pilot Mills sun
day morning at II o'clock a. m
Sheriff J. X. Hughes, of Orange county
was in Raleigh yesterday and settled his
taxes for last year amounting to s., $40 30.
There will be an important meeting of
the Ministering Circle this morning at
the home of the president at II o'clock.
The fire department was called out yes
terday morning about half past eleven
o'clock to extinguish a fire at Johnstons
wood yard where shed had caught The
damage was about $25. new ice wagon
was burned.
Sheriff Alderman of Pender county. ar
rived here yesterday, bringing two negro
boys to the penitentiary.t They are Henry
Lee. who is IS years OF age and who is
10 serve two years for housebreaking. and
Jesse Hayes IA years old, who is to serve
fifteen months for stealing a bicycle.
Lieutenant c. o. Sheriff.. of The United
States army has been ordered to report
for duty at Manila. He is now on visit
10 relatives in statesville lie will leave
Immediately for his post OF duty, which
is as a member of the first battalion Of
Engineers.
The weather bureau has issued val
liable publication on The Protection Of
Food Products from Injurious Tempera-
lures 1t contains much valuable mat
ter relative to the shipment CT perish
able products by farmers.
The Cumberland Manufacturing Com
pany was incorporated yesterday. The in
corporatcrs are Messrs r. w. Bidgood
w. J. McDairmid and j. r. Williams. The
object of the CORPORATION is to manufac-
ture any kind OF garment that may be
made partially or wholly with a sowing
machine. The capital stock is s. 0C0. The
place of business is Fayetteville and the
corporation s.to last 30 years.
Governor Aycock yesterday pardored
William Coble, who was convicted at the
fall term OF 1899 Of Wautaga county SUI
perior court Of murder in the second de-
gree. and sentenced to fye years in the
penitentiary. He granted the pardon "on
the recommendation of the solicitor who
prosecuted: of Representative w. H.
Galloway and the certificate CT the prison
physician that the prisoner has consump-
tion ard confinement is hurtful if not
eventually fatal to him"
Mr. w. d. Kirkland. one of the men
who was injured By the failing of the city
barn. has been stricken With paralysis.
His brother from Durham arrived in the
city yesterday morning. having been
summoned by a telephone message. Mr..
Kirkland is L years old He was recoy
erng from the effects of the accident
very rapidly until paralyaed. IBs condi-
tion was said late yesterday afternoon TO
be serious.
The bankruptcy proceeding gn The case
Of the North State Lumber Company was
argued at length here YESTERDAY. The |,
creditors OF the companS haze Instituted /
involuntary Bankruptcy proceedings, and
the question of jurisdiction was argued !
yesterday. ii being claimed that the COM !
pany is a Michigan corporation. Tile at |
tcrneys in the case are McssFs. Graham |
& Graham, of Durham, for the creditors |
Guthrie & Guthrie for the Bank Of Dur
ham, and Mennng 6. Foushce for the
North State Lumber Company. TIE aygr
ment lasted two hours and Judge Purnell
took the papers and will Announce his
decision shortly.
Bananas they give away at Dughi's to-
day,