The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-04

mayor rover Hneu FRED Harris,
colored, 1928 yesterday for assault
The Polk residence on Person street
has been bought by Mrs. j. w. Den
mark, daughter of the late Colonel
Polk. for S3,421.
The city school committee met in
the mayors office yesterday afternoon
in regular monthly session and trans
acted routine business.
A. S. Thomas, of Durham, was yes
terday declared Il bankrupt i'm the
Federal Court here, upon petition of
the Winston Furniture Company and
others.
Frank Belts team defeated Willie
Rays team yesterday by a score of 8
to 4. Batteries for Frank Belts
team, Pears and Kimball; Willie Rays
team, Ray and Upchurch.
One transfer of real estate was le-
corded yesterday by the Register of
Deeds, David P. Lane to William IL.
Womack and wife, for $3.50, lot in
eastern suburbs of Raleigh, AZ IL by
SO feet.
Sealed bids for the township onds
sold for account Of the Raleigh and
Pamlico Sound Railroad Company,
will be received by Coulty "rraSuI er
B. P. Williamson at his Office until ] 2
o'clock today.
Prof. Hume. the State Horticultur-
list, is arranging for a visit to various
points in the State. He goes first to
Fayetteville, and then to the other
points in the East and will make care
full studies.
The Corporation Commission is
sending off its annual letter of in
structions to tax-listers, as required
by the Machinery Act. This OF
course is an off year, no real estate
being valued.
Messrs. M. P. Ray, w. E. Faison,
Telfair Horton, O. d. Green. E. Z.
Farmer and L. w. Alderman will go
to Cary tomorrow afternoon and will
institute lodge of J. o. U. A. M.
at that place.
Deputy Revenue Collector Starkey
Hare destroyed a SiXty-gallon illicit
distillery near Smithfield, operated by
Mrs. Rob Eason, was found at work
there. Her husband runs a mill and
furnishes the grain.
State superintendent of Public In
structfon j. Y. Joyner, who was one
of the judges at the Trinity debate on
the Protective tariff, says he had
good time there, and that the debate
was a good one and very close.
Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire,
Rev. Nj. M. Marshall and Rev. A. b.
Hunter left for Pittsboro yesterday
to be at the ordination TO the priest
hood of Rev. T. A. Cheatham. of st.
Bartholomew church at that place.
Memorial exercises will be held at
Chicora Cemetery on May 10th. The
orator will be Col. w. II. S. Burgwyn
of Weldon. There will be a special
train leaving Apex after breakfast and
returning leave Dunn before tea. A
baseball game will be played, if it
can be arranged.
Eleven new rural free delivery
routes have been ordered put in OPP
Grafton, one each from South WASH
ington, Redwood, Ivanhoe, Durham,
Apex, three from Rougemont and two
from New Hill. These are temporary
appointments but it is safe to say that
they will be made permanent
Mr.. Charles C. Mcdonald, Jr., pop
ular Raleigh boy, who has been in the
United States navy several years, is
in the city on a leave of absence, and
is quite i'll at the home of his father
on Halifax street. Mr.. McDonalds
ship, the Abarenda, has recently re-
turned from Cuba, and is now at the
Norfolk navy yard. The Abarenda
will sail for Europe on the 10th of
this month. and if Mr. Mcdonald has
sufficiently recovered he will sail