The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-25
DAY 0 CHARITY
IN RALEIGH.
School Children Give Provisions
to the Poor by the
Dray Load.
A BLIND N Ne Or CRIME IL
Orders Goods in Fictitious Names
and Buys Them From Express
Company at Reduced Prices.
A BLIND NeGRo's CRIME.

Especial to Tho Times Dlspatch.)
RALEIGH, N. c.. Nov 24.--The obser-
vance OF Thanksgiving Day by religious
services and donations to the poor was
the most general In Raleigh this year 1t
has been In years. Almost a dozen dray
loads OF provisions Of all kinds were
g1Xen to tho Associated Charities by the
public school children. There were great
number of cash donations. too some as
much as s25 each.
Members Of the North Carolina Corpor-
alton Commission have. returned from
their tour Of inspection over several rail-
roads In Western North Carolina. being
we'll pleased with their trip and the con-
ditions they found No orders have yet
been made concerning either Of the roads.
IS State Treasurer B. r. Lacy, who Is
spending some time In Arizona In hope OF
getting. relief from asthma, from which
he has been a great sufferer, writes that
he feels like d we'll man already but will
remain a few weeks longer to make sure
OF his Improvement.
The Supreme Court In the case Of
Daniels VS.. A. G. T.. Railroad, from Pitt
county. hands down an opinion In which
1t holds that a railroad company is
not responsible for acts Of agents. bonded
officers, in causing arrests; on criminal
charges. Daniels sued for $4,000 dam.
ages for false and malicious arrest by an
agent at Grcenville on the charge o: steal
ing q sum OF m oney Daniels indicated
himself In court and then instituted tho
suit against the railroad. i.
a case Of considerable interest argued
In the Supreme Court to-day was Hutch
ms VS.. School Committee from Durham.
in which 1T is sought to compel the DUR
ham Public School Committee to allow
yHutchins' s little daughter attend school
without being vaccinated, there being
rule that all children attending the school
shall be vaccinated. Manning and For
shce and Boone and Reade are represent
ing the plaintiff and ., 4 Crawford Biggs,
the defendant In the fight before Che
court The School Committee won in the
lower court. s. M II u ai95e
W. D. Kings, a blind negro. was bound
over to the Federal Court to-day by
United States Commissioner on the charge
OF using tho mails fraudulently in that he
ordered fish and other pcrishable goods
under e ssrmed rames and then managed
to buy them ercrns the express company
at sacrllce prices, when they We're ur-t =:
called for and We're ordered sold.
This forenoon, On Whining ton Street
a negro snatched a purse from! tho handt
OF Miss Berta Nay, "a, ;sstvdent at Peace sl
1nstltute. The r,rse or bag was pinned
to her belt ana 8 the negro had to jerk
at iSE sevetal times before he broKe IT
from its yfastenings. The negro is stu
at large The purse had a five dollar
bill In it:
The Raleigh Lodge Of F'lks have select
ed plans for rgtsmpleTt to be erected on
Salisbury Street, near Mattln.. The first
floor viii be devoted to- offices and the
second and third to club apartments. It
Will be OF brick and terra Gotta and viii
cost $4,000. s,s NJ ls,s4