The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-01
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The Rescue Reel Team will meet to-
night at o'clock: business of import
ance. r. T. Uzzle. Capt.
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The Capital Hose Reel Team, winners
of the championship hand-reeI race, have
had their pictures taken for the Sporting
Life.
Mr.. James A. Briggs, Jr., who has
been i'll for the past five weeks, is now
convalescent and is sitting up in his
room.
Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire has
gone to Greensboro, where it is reported
that he will settle the trouble in st. Bar
nabas church.
Mr.. E. 7. Scarborough, of Marks
Creek Township, one of the primaries
nominees for county Commissioner, was
in the city yesterday.
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President Geo. T. Winston, of the A. &
NJ. College, left yesterday for Gainesville.
where he goes to take part in big
educational rally in Gates county.
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Mr.. A. Dughi, who for some time past
mas been confined to his home as the ,e-
suit of badly sprained foot, is i'm
proving and expects to be out shortly.
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Mr. Henry A. Page, of Aberdeen, was
in the city yesterday and has gone to
Hamlet to attend the Senatorial Con-
vention of the Twenty-second district
today.
Rev. w. d. Hubbard, pastor IF the
Baptist Tabernacle, is now on the ranch
of Garrett Brothers, at Fowler, Colorado
where he will be for some time during
his vacation.
Governor G. B. Aycock has received a
letter inviting him to deliver an address
before a Confederate veterans picnic at
Providence church in Mecklenburg county
August 18th
Mr.. G. Won Herman. of the Weather
Bureau, is preparing to visit the volun-
teer observers of this State and confer
with them concerning the service and its
best development.
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Rev, Livingston johnson will preach
at, the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday
morning The church has not made ar
rangements yet for their supply during
the rest of Pastor Hubbard's absence. -
So u
Mr.. A. B. Andrews, Jr., has returned |
from Dare county, where he sold a tract !
of land advertised for some time of about
900 acres at auction. 1t was bought |
by c. T. Williams, of Buffalo, N. Y. for |
s52, 600.
Prof j. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest, |
and Mr.. R. B. White, of Franklinton.
were here yesterday and have gone to
Western North Carolina. where they are
to speak at a number of educational
meetings.
officer Jasper McRary has returned
from Norfolk where he carried Deserter
Afford back to the Navy. He was
treated cordially by the naval officers
and the reward of $40 was promptly paid
over to him.
superintendent j. S. Mann, of the
States Prison. has just returned from the
Roanoke farms and says the crops there
are excellent and that the outlook is
that the State will do well with its
farms this season.
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Mr.. ]. b. Whitley, of this city, lost a
large barn of tobacco last Monday by
fire worth about two hundred dollars.
Mr. Whitley will have over two thousand
pounds at the opening sale on the Raj
eigh market today.
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Little Marvin Darden, the eight-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Darden,
met with very painful accident on Oak
wood Avenue. In trying to get on the
back of passing wagon he fell, striking
This head on a rock.
So
Rev. W. e. Edwundson, chaplain of the
navy who spent last winter in Raleigh
and went to Denver for his health, has
been made presiding elder of the Denver
district. This causes his friends to hope
he has fully recovered his health.
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Rev. and Mrs. l.. G.. Broughton OF
Atlanta, Ca, passed through the city
yesterday on their way north. Mr..
Broughton will preach in New York and
Boston, then go to Norfield, Mass, Where
he will assist in the Summer Bible
School.
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The work on Watauga Hall at the A.
and M. College is coming on fast. The
roof is about half completed, and the
building is now being wired throughout.
The plastering of the interior will begin
next week Work on the second floor of
the Pullen Memorial Building will soon
be commenced.
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Rev. A. b. Vincent, colored, missionary
of the Central District of North Carolina,
has sent in his resignation, and 1t took
effect yesterday He has served the board
L. I'll R..o ,,nn-r In has heen tendered