The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-27
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.


IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Yesterday was Mai Martins 60tl
birthday anniversary, but il brought
no joy to him in confinement in thu
State prison.
Subscribers TO the auditorium fund are
now rapidly paying up their subscrlp'
lions. Those having the matter in
charge are much encouraged.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Mr.. C. r. Bell. Jr., of Raleigh
to Miss Minnie Sewers, of Salisbury
next Wednesday night, May /, 1901.
Mr. II. II. Patterson, of Chapel Hill
who came here 10 Rex Hospital few
days ago to have an operation performed,
Is getting along nicely and hopes to re-
turn home in q week or so.
Miss Mary Davis, a reliable young
lady stenographer and typewriter, is
now TO be found in the office of Mr.. G.
G. Mcdonald. room 2O4 Tucker Build
ing. Bell telephone No 751.
Senator simmons who has been spend
ing a week at Seven Springs with his
family, returned to the city yesterday for
few days He left his family at the
Springs and will himself go back there
in few days.
Prof. Jno. Gibbs is in the city visiting
his parents, Rev DIR. and Mrs. Gibbs
He has just closed a successful term
of his school at Pilot Mountain, where
his enrolment the past session reached
one hundred and three.
Mr.. J. d. Lawrence and family left
yesterday for Richmond MIR. Lawrence
was an engineer with the Seaboard Air
Line, running between Monroe and
Raleigh, but has accepted a position
With the Atlantic Coast Line.
The News and Observer is in receipt
of an invitation to the races at Green's
boro on Memorial Day. The races will
be at the Fair Ground after the me-
mortal exercises and an address by Sen
ator Ransom.
Rev. DR.. A. A. Marshall, pastor Of
the First Baptist church. of Raleigh.
has accepted an invitation to deliver the
commencement address before the Win
gate. High School, of Union county, al
the closing exercises next week.
Messrs Dan Hugh Mclean, w. a.
Sart and j. c. Clifford. of Harnett
have been here representing the
lellee in the case of Young vs.
hodges in the Supreme court, left yes
terday. The case involves the title TO
some $50 acres of land, valued at $15,
900 contiguous to Dunn.
At Edenton Street Methodist church
Sunday morning at IL O'Clock, Rev.
George F. Smith, the pastor will preach
a special sermon to the members of the
Ladies Missionary Society of the
church and the childrens mission
bands All are invited to attend, and
it is hoped that the members of the
societies will all be present.
Judge A. w. Graham of Oxford is
in the city on legal business On Tues
day of this week he addressed the cit
liens of Granville, giving an account
of his stewardship in the Legislature
of 1901. 1t was court week and large
crowd was present many of whom took
occasion to express their approval OF
all the acts of their representative in
the last Legislature.
1t is said that there are two men in
Raleigh who have never been heard
to express an opinion on the catbird~
whippoorwill question DR.. Winston ana
ones as the men. 1t is positively how
ever asserted that these gentlemen en-
terrain very pronounced and learned
convictions on this agitating subject
and it is suggested that they owe it as
duty to themselves and the public
TO make them known.
Mr.. d. A. Richardson of Sampson
county, leaves Saturday for Wichita.
Kansas, TO teach stringed and wind
instruments at the summer term OF
the Agnus Magnus College of Music
He will be associated with Prof Apply,
formerly of the Baptist Female Uni
Versity. under whom Mr.. Richardson
studied in Raleigh At the close of the
summer he will visit Prof Appy's home
The sub commission on text books is
nearing the close of it's work and ex-
pect TO finish by next Tuesday. certain
~ by next Wednesday This body has
been CLOSE corporation" and has
kept the outside public in absolute ig-
norance of what was going on in the
examination and review OF school text
books. If diligence means good books
for North Carolina schools. we are go
ing to have them, for members of the
Sub-commission have been dingent 10
high degree.
Last winter ! was confined TO nv bed
with a very bad cold on the lungs. Moth
ing gave me relief Finally my wife
bought bottle of One Minute Cougr
Cure that effected a speedy cure. I ca,