The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-14

| has purchased new cylinder pres.
and will be enlarged from live
| column to a six column eight page news
paper.
Our esteemed townsman. Mr.. John a
| Shepard left yesterday for his old homt
| at Sanford, y. c., and in a few days will
| go to Florida for the benefit of his health
| He has resigned his position with tht
Consolidated Railways, Light and Power
Company owing to the Impairment o
his health from the effects OF sever,
ease Of Ia rippe.-Wilmington Messenger
Gastonia is making determined effort
to have the county seat Of Castor county
| moved from Dallas to that place An
election will be held on April 29rd.
Mr.. G. B. Leach, secretary of the To-
bacco Board of Trade, says that to-
days sales will run our market to o.,
100000 pounds for this season.-Wilson
Times.
The people Of Statesville will vote on
prohibition on Monday. Last night
Lieutenant Governor Turner and z. V.
Long spoke at the court house in favor
of making the town dry
Mr.. ]. r. Rosseau, Of North Wilkes
boro, who has been in Johns Hopkins Hos
pital Baltimore. for several weeks, re-
ceiying treatment has returned home.
He is improving slowly
Rocky Mount, ". c.. March 13.-Rev.
A. L. Phillips, d. D., OF Richmond, Va,
Sunday school secretary of the Southern
Presbyterian church. will lecture on
Sunday school work at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning, afternoon
and night
Rev G. D. Graves of Hamilton, Ohio,
has accepted the call to the pastorate of
the Wadesboro Baptist church. lie is a
native of North Carolina. a minister Of
fine ability and will receive a glad well
come back home.
The sales of tobacco on the Greenville
market for the month of February, as
reported by Mr.. F. l.. Walker, secretary
of the board Of trade, amounted to $685.
1913 pounds. This makes total for the
season up to March LIST, of 1851 ,512.
The average price the tobacco brought
was 10.09.-Greenville Reflector.
The fruit outlook at present is good.
1t is never safe to predict what a peach,
plum or pear crop will be from the APP
pearance of the trees at this time, but
conditions are favorable for a very large
crop.-New Bern Journal
The sheriff's office was notified yester-
day to look out for a negro named Peter
Carver, insane, who left his home in
Grays Creek with the expressed intention
of killing all the school teachers in Fay
etteville. lie was spotted as soon as
he arrived in the city, by Deputy Sheriff
Monaghan and is now in jail-Fayette-
willie Observer.
Since the we'll known Speas' Ferry has
passed into the hands of Mr.. S. T. Shore,
many changes have been made and it is
now acknowledged to be the best equip
ped ferry on the Yadkin River. The cable
wire is extra large and strong, the fiat
is model of workmanship and all the
chains and pulleys and cars are new and
safe and insure a swift passage at all
times.-Yadkin Ripple.
Young. the man who killed Williamson
at Hamlet about two weeks ago, was
brought from Rockingham Monday and
keeping. Richmond county jail is as safe
keeping. Richmond county Jail is as sole
as ours so far as we knew, but this ac-
tion was asked for by the prosecution
on the grounds that the keeper of the
Richmond county Jail Is the prisoners
Notwithstanding Exchange.
For Whooping Cough use