The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-08
Things DO Not Happen; the Hand
Of God in ii All.
LICENSE TAXES POOR SHOW
Mother and Son Enter the Penitentlary
Together for Murder-Negro Fair
Association Elects Officers,
Farmers Institutes Appoint'd
Especial Dispatch to The Times. )

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RALEIGH. n. c., November Gov,
ernor Aycock to-day issued prociama
ton designating Thursday, November
9th. as thanksgiving day 1t has ,nt
following preamble: The State has
greatly prospered during the past year
In the main our farmers have made good
crops and received fair prices for them
Manufacturers have reasonably succeeded,
labor has received q just reward for ser
vice, The State has had peace, quiet and
good order For all OF these blessings We
owe acknowledgment to the Lord. Things
do not happen, but the hand OF God is
In every happiness that comes. to the
people.
1T is appropriate that a Christian
State should acknowledge its obligation
to God for the blessings which it has
enjoyed
In conclusion, the Governor. says: Il
urge all people to meet in their respec-
tive places of worship, and there to
thank God for the manifold mercies which
He has shown to US individually and as
people, and to ask for Ills protection
and guidance in the future
@ Il earnestly recommend that on this
day a our people shall give as God has
prospercd rs unto those who are needy.
phans.
CUT THE SHOW.
Walter L. Mains circus was In town
to-day. and the crowds reminded one OF
the throngs here during the State Fair.
Owing to the new clause OF the State rev
enue act imposing rather eXorbltant IL
cense taxes on various Sides of shows
the Nam show here to-day was bauly
cut, hut seemed to have been greatly ems
loved fyN r1raba bly 10 900 people.
The Sheriff of Madison county brought
Mrs Mamie Richart and her sixteen
year-old son. Dan Richart. to the peni-
Tertiary to-day to serve terms OF. respec-
lively. eighteen and ten years for the
murder OF Nathan Waddlll about 1lve
months ago near Hot Springs in that coun-
~. Both seem to be inoffensive people, and
The sheriff reports that they have much
sympathy in the county, inasinuch as
Waddil was pursuing them at the time
they turned on him and killed him.
THE COLORED FAIR.
The North Carolina Industrial Associa-
ton. under the auspices of which the
negro State fairs are held. has elected
for the ensuing year "A. T. middleton,
president; Rev. c. 81. King Slce-Presl-
dent: C. w Hoover. treasurer; James y
Dudley, secretary IL ;. Smltil, az lsaii
secretary.
The Commissioner of Agriculture has
arranged for farmers institutes to be
held at Tal,boro Novemhei, 18th, wilson
Nove,llberal9til, lit; Olive Nove111 Der ~
E,ayettevi.lc November I'D. COMMISSIONS
Patterson, State Chemist hilsore FRO
lessor w #. Massey ana DR.. Butier WIZ VII!
participate as lecturers
OLD MINISTER DYING
News was received. here this morning
that the father OF DR.. L \. Ivey. editor
Of the Christian Advocate, is dying at
Granite Falls. He is seventy--slX years
old. and has been in The Methodist m1n-
istrv or&tiftv-t.yo years, and never missed
but two appointments from any cause.
He vas taken sick last Sunday While
filing an appointment near his home
III Wake Superior Court the ~
NO nf Joseph f. Hicks vs. the RAJ
leigh Ice and Electric Company has re
turned =. verdict for 5000. The suit
vas for $4,000. Hicks had both hands
severely asaed while working as a ma
schiaist in tie defendants power plant at
NelIse River.