The news & observer., 1901-04-30

Local forecast for Raleigh and vicinit
TO p. M: Tuesday fair weather
Local data for Raleigh yesterday: Max
imum temperature, 76; minimum temper
ature, 46 mean temperature, 81; tota
rainfall, none.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Governor Aycock left Saturday fo
Goldsboro. lie is expected to return to
morrow
The fishermen at Milburnie report tha
The first shad of this season was caugh
Sltrrdav
The receipts Of cotton on the local mar
ket yesterday were nine bales with ne
change in price.
The State Auditor has received the alb
stracts of the tax lists and these viii
be ready to send out in few days.
The May Agricultural Bulletin will be
issued this week, and will be devoted
10 fertilizer analysis and registrations
Mr. W. H. Ragan, of High Point just
appointed one Of the Board of Visitors
of the A. and NJ. College, is in the city
Ninety-two counties have notified the
State Auditor as to tie number OF blank
abstracts which they need. This leaves
five yet to hear IRON.
Elders p. d. Gold and w. p. willard will
~ TSl.1 Do1n
heimer at Saints Delight, High Point, on
the second Sunday in May.
Tickets to the Pam American Exposi-
ton at Buffalo over the eSaboard Air Line
go on sale on April 1st. The ffteen-day
rate from Raleigh is $29.2 while the rate
for the season is $32.70.
The police force yesterday took the
oath required by the Aycock anti-gam
bling act. They swore that they had
made diligent inquiry during the past
week and failed to find any gambling car
ried on in the city.
Passengers on the trains from the
West yesterday reported considerable
frost in that section. especially along the
streams, yesterday morning. 1t is said to
have been especially heavy in low places
along the Yadlxin river.
Congressman B. T. Grady reached
the city yesterday from his home at
Turkey. He aeports of fine crop of big
Blues" coming on in his section, the cold
snaps not having injured them. Straw
berries he reports are. doing well also.
Prof. ]. Y Joyner, Of the Normal and
Industrial College, who is the chairman
Of the sub-commission on text books for
the State, has just accepted an invitation
to deliver an address at Farmyille at
the closing of the school, on the 18th of
June.
Sheriff r. Will Johnson of Cabarrus
county, brought in one new convict for
the State Prison yesterday, negro an
der sentence for larceny crazy negro,
his pal, arrested on the same charge, was
brought here to the insane asylum by a
deupty.
Mr.. r. Y Mcpherson, of Charlotte, will
open up headquarters for Eastern Caro-
lima of the New York Life Insurance Com
pany on Wednesday, and the office here
will be in direct touch with the New York
office The office will be in the Tucker
building.
Arrangements are being made for big
banquet on Wednesday of commencement
week at Wake Forest. 1t is to be in the
gymnasium where there is a seating ca
pacity for four hunlred banqueters, who
will gather to celebrate the rejuvenat,pg
of the college.
Mr.. p. c. Rivers has returned from
Wilson, where he has been on business.
He was charmed with that city, which he
saws is one of the prettiest in the State.
He was especially delighted with the
many handsome residences, but says the
place is way behind on an opera house.
Mr., W. d. Terry has a curiosity which
he is going to present the museum today.
II is an old arithmetic, which was written
With pen and ink. 1t seems to have
been written between the dates of 1898
and 1901. 1t has a good, substantial
leather back on it and the hand writing
il good. Mr. Terry bought thls book AZ
a sale some three miles east of Raleigh.
General Toon returned yesterday from
Henrietta. in Rutherford county, where
he addressed the County Teachers Asso-
ciation on Saturday on THE Money Value
of Education. He SAYS that II was a
we'll attended meeting and that the re-
ports of educational progress in Ruther-
ford are encouraging At night by spe-
cial invitation he addressed the factory
people at Carolecn.
As the season advances and fine farm
ing weather is opening up, cotton men
here are beginning to forsake their bull
ish predictions aud lok for abnormally low
prices as the season draws to close
And in all candor. it does now seem that
ona thing alone can avert it, and that
is the failure Of the 1901 crop. Manipula-
tion of prices may be brought about b5
fictitious supplies for speculative deliver
los but the preponderating effects o.
oyersupply and poor consumptive demand
always. in the end, prove triumphant
A FIREMAN'S CLOSE CALL.