The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-05-02

Local data for Raleigh yesterday.
Maximum temperature, 80; minimum
temperature, Sd; mean temperature, 72
Total rainfall, none.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The Afternoon Euchre Club will meet
with Miss Sadie Root Friday afternoon
at AGO..
The Kentness Book Club meets this
afternoon at 4:30 with Miss Margaret
Smedes.
st. Lukes Circle will meet this after
noon at o'clock with Miss Brown, cor
ner West Morgan and West streets.
A series of meetings is being con-
Quoted at Epworth chapel by Rev
Marvin Culbreth. Services each even
ing at 8:15 o'clock.
DR.. Cyrus Thompson, ex-Secretary of
State. will move back to Onslow county
to live. He was yesterday engaged in
shipping his household effects.
The revival services going on at the
Fayetteville Street Baptist church con-
tinue with increasing interest. These
are conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. a.
Butler.
Rev. T.. N. Ivey, of Raleigh, editor
of the Christian Advocate, will preach
the annual sermon at the commence
ment of Catawba College at Newton
Sunday, May 18th.
The new Methodist church at Youngs
vile, of which Rev. r. H. Whitaker
is pastor will be dedicated on Sunday
May 18th. The dedicatory sermon will
be preached by DR.. b. F. Dixon.
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Mr.. j. G. l.. Harris expresses great
satisfaction with the line of argument
used by Rev. Thos. Dixon in his New
America" lecture. He says the whole
country will soon be converts to i'm
perialism.
Mr. S. L. Patterson Commissioner of
Agriculture, is now at his home in
Caldwell county, where he has gone to
investigate and repair the damage done
by the recent storm on his large valley
farm in Yadkin Valley.
State Auditor Dixon rules that soli-
citor is not entitled to the $50 fee a.!
lowed for each court unless he attends
the court. The question arose on the
application for the $40 by a western
solicitor who had not attended the
court. His application was not hon
ored.
In the damage suit of Mitchell Va.
Raleigh Electric Company, tried i'll
Wake Superior court, the jury yester-
day brought in verdict finding that
the death of James Mitchell by live
wire was not due to any negligence OF
the defendant company, and therefore
no damage was awarded.
Mr.. L. E. Cooper, a prominent tobacco
warehouseman of Wilson. who was here
yesterday. tells of the increasing growth
of that city. 1t is reported as settled
fact that Schoolfield Boatwright & Co.,
of Danville, are going to establish
large stemmery business there, and
thus make it an even stronger market
The game of ball Friday at 430 be-
tween the insurance men and lawyers
of this city promises to be one of great
interest. Let all Raleigh turn out in
full force to witness this game, and
while you will be doubly repaid for go
ing, you will be aiding most. worthy
cause, as the proceeds are for the
benefit of ST. Luke's Home for Aged
Women.
Mr.. George Green, of Newbern, AMI
his daughter, Miss Clara, passed Raj
eigh yesterday on their way home from
the Methodist Missionary Conference in
New Orleans. THE meeting there,
said Mr.. Green, proved the grandest
in the history of the Methodist church.
The enthusiasm was enormous and
great impetus was given to mission
work in the Methodist church,
Mr.. J. S. Mann, of Hyde, a member
of the Penitentiary Board, arrived yes
terday to be present at the meeting
of the board today. He reports that
considerable damage was done the
crops in Hyde county by the storms a
few days ago and that much of the
early planting must be done over. With
the present weather conditions con
tinuing he says the damage will soon
be overcome.
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