The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-17


Greensboro, N. c., Nov. ia private
sanitarium will be opened here by DR..
John Thames, to supply a long felt
want
Jackson. Nov. 1.-THE county commits
to grant license to retail liquor at Mar
grettsvile.
Rowland, Nov. 16.-Mr. w L. Townsend
has started up the cotton seed oil mill
and is rapidly making cotton seed oil from
cotton seed.
Salisbury ~ c., Nov. 1.-THE Brown
Furniture Company will soon begin the
manufacture Of furniture here with ample
capital.
Goldsbcro, N. c., Nov. 16.-Col. T. H.
Balm, Inspector General, will inspect Com
pany B, Capt. Hood commanding, next
Wednesday night.
Rocky Mount, Nov. 16.-Thc license to
retail liquor has been raised from $500 10
$400. written application for license
must also be made ten DAYS before The
meeting of the board.
Jackson, Nov. rs l-|nrfhnmnton county
loses one of its best citizens in the death
of William barrow, a capable county COM
missioner. He was found in his store III
an unconscious condition.
Laurinburg, Nov. 16-A mulatto commit
ted an assault upon a fifteen year old
Croatan girl, the daughter of Turtle
Lockyear, and has been lodgedlin Jail, and
will be tried at the next term of court.
Beaufort N. c., Nov 16.-Fshing is
very profitable now. One boat crew
made htree hundred dollars on one haul.
The oysters are of finer flavor than us
ual and the prices good.
Wilson, n. c.. Nov. 16.-Judgc Conner
has been given an English penny by Mr..
Whistler, an Englishman who is here in
the tobacco business-the first money
paid here for the Raleigh Monument.
| Salisbury, n. c., Nov. ia bacte-
biological examination of Salisbury's
water. made in Jersey, shows it to be
| the purest. The town has bought the
| waterworks plant for $56,014.
Wilson, Nov. 16-The trustees of the
| new college formed by the Church of the
| Disciples church are in session here.
| president is to be chosen. The college will
| not open until next fall.
| Como, N. c., Nov. 16.-Mr. Joseph
! Quemener, Frenchman, has sold his
plantation bought of Mr.. Joseph Ma
| jette, %reaping handsome profit. He in
| tends soon to return to France to see his
mother, who lives in Paris
| Asheville, N. c., Nov. 16.-The w T.
Weaver Co., organized here will establish
| large water power on the French
Broad river. The company owns valua-
BILE water power and three hundred acres
of very fine land
| Waynesville, n. c., Nov. 16.-On Fri
day evening after Thanksgiving day the
graded schools will celebrate North
| Carolina Day and Hon. w. T. Crawford
will make an address.
Wilmington, Nov ia large new
single mill is to be built here by C. w
! Mitchell, ]. M. Myers, j. r. Crider. of
Aulander, and w. P Taylor, of Winston
will build here. 1t will employ 20 men
and will have a capacity of SC. 900 shingles
! day.
Rich Square. Nov 16-The Roanoke
Chowan Times today says the out going
negro postmaster has conducted his Of
nee in satisfactory manner. The new
postmaster, Mr.. Herbert Peele. is a
capable and excellent young man.
Williamson N. c., Nov 16.-The pro-
gressive citizens have raised SIS. 900 for
the purpose of erecting warehouses and
prize houses to make Williamson a to-
bacco market. Real estate has gone up
here and the outlook for business is
| good.
| Dover, n. c., Nov, 16-The Goldsboro
| Lumber Company's store at Dover. on
| yesterday sustained loss by fire, esti-
! mated damage a thousand dollars or
more. The fire was confined to the in
terror of the store and the damage is
| to stock.
/ Tarboro, ~ c.. Nov 16-Mrs. Margaret
cromwell was buried here this afternoon
ihe services were held in the Primitive
| Baptist church by Elder P. D. Gold.
! Herald Square Opera Company held the
boards tonight. They are favorites here
and always welcomed by Tarboro.
i Currituck G. H., Nov. ia party of
prominent citizen from Elizabeth City in
Guiding 1t Crisp, Judge George H. Brown.
! DR.. Pendleton, Messrs. Baxter. Seldom,
| Bell and Flora are at Kitty Hawk, the
| guests of DR.. Cogswell on hunting ex-
petition.
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