The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-09

success in TOUR, DoSoioi' :an Colo
of the Rocky Mountain region. 40 he
rado Idaho Montant and NeVaud 10
regards as reasonably sa1e anu noe-
are chances in Wyoming anu
Sibility in Titan. vyo.+ or old
In the big Middle west Irwin
Northwest the chance OF Non
some States is deemed leasio ,,.i, Su-
- Tho decree of the Wisconsin, ou
nron1e Court should have the elect
as II might slightly to improve I'oo r.
Ho1+ and Fairbanks prospects, TIC
Dnrooorots have a fine opportunity Wy
giving a large majority IN nf I1,i
n control the electoral VoIe VI ~.
nois. AT headquarters mere IL - oalu w
ie tbiS ma ioritv should be as mucn us
! ~ t ano 80 state is now for the Demo-
49, 49, The Democratic municipal
ticisat has even obtained $4,000 there.
Much depends on the campaign Wagei
~ Mr. Rryan from and after the lIth
;nc+ont as to Indiana. Good work is
hairtg done in that state, which gives
* votes in the electoral college.
Mr. Pou went home because the
congressional committee could not
succeed in arranging a canvass for
him in West Virginia 1t is said here
that the West Virginians are conduct
ing the campaign mainly on state is
sues, on which the Republicans are
on the defensive and being hard
pressed by their adversaries.
Postoffice Matters.
Willard F. Blevens has been APP
pointed postmaster at Parsons, Asne
county. w. Bynum Wyatt. resigned.
Rural free delivery TO begin No
yember l has been ordered as follows:
AT Burlington. Alamance county, adj
ditional service. routes 5, 6, Z; length.
z7 1-3, 20 IL, 80 IA miles; area
Ia
houses, 415. Francisco. Stokes coun-
ty, route No. /, length, IS $40; area
IL square miles; population, 462,
houses, 104. Newcastle, Wilkes county,
route No. ], length, % 1864 miles;
area, IL square miles; population, 80;
houses, 12O. Keepsville. Lincoln
county. route No. l. length, 20 miles;
area, 10 square miles: population,
$40; houses. 80. Stedman. Cumber-
land county, route No. 1. length. IS
miles; area. % square miles: popula-
ton, $50; houses. 1872. Wilkesboro
Wilkes county, route No. l. longth.
% 9-16 miles; area, II square miles,
population, 4S9; houses. lis.
Rural carriers to begin November 1
have been appointed by the post office
department as follows: At Aurora on
route 2. VIM. A. 4. Litchfield with
Robert Bonner as substitute: at
Corapeake, 10. A. Ellis. with w. j.
Ellis as substitute, on route l, at
Oxford, Andrew y. Spencer. Jr.. with
Frank Z. Fort as substitute on
route 7.
New schedules have been arranged
as follows: on route 3. rural free de-
livery, from oxford; on Nos | and2
Pennert, Robson county. to take eff
feet October Is; on rural delivery ds
established at the following. on No
Eember l: Cary, Wake county, no. 2:
Dalton, Stokes county: Lumber
Bridge. Robson county. No. 3; Mar
garet, Franklin county: Shelmerdine,
Pitt county; Siler City. Chatham
county, No. 2; Undertake. Person
There went into effect October
new star mail schedules on the routes
between Manteo and Scyco.
Among the Light House Board
items of news is this: Wallace Cham
mel Channel buoy, a red spar. was
established September 8 in 9 feet of
water: Ocracoke Light House, east
northeast, Portsmouth Life-SavinG
Station south by west, Southwest
Point, Royal Shoal Light House.
norweSt by west SIS west
The following North Carolina rural
free deliveries to begin November l
Were ordered established on October
6: Car, Wake county. additional SER
VICE, route mo. Z IenSlH OF route,
II ga miles; area covered, 9 square
miles; population served. 454: num-
Der of horses on route, 101. Dalton.
Stokes county, route No. l: length of
route, 20 3-S miles; area covered. Is
square miles; population served, 4S6;
number of houses on route, 10S.
Lumber Bridge, Robson county, ad-
ditional service. route No. 81 length
of route, "a miles; area covered, Fl
number of houses on route, 123. Mar
giant. Franklin county; route No. /:
length of route 22 1-2 miles, area
covered, 8 square miles: population
served, ia; number of houses on
route. 172. Meadows. Stokes county
route No. l; length of route. Is IL
miles; area covered, IL square miles;
houses on route, 81. Shelmerdine. Pitt
county, route No. 1; length of route.
% $40 miles; area covered. 1S square
miles; population served. sos; num-
Der of houses on route. 1875. Timber
lake, Person county, route No. l.;
length of route. % miles; area COW
cred. II square miles: population
served, 400; number of houses on
route. 100.
Additional r. p. O. service has been
authorized by the Post Office Depart
ment on the line of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway. to be performed on
trains "A and As. between Wilmington
and Hamlet, 111.40 miles-the line to
be known as a short run of the Will
mington and Monroe Railway Post
Office.
Commission has been sent to these
North Carolina postmaSterS: Lizzie
Howard. New Castle; Charles Scronce.
Plateau.
A new post office has been estab-
lished at Dwight. Chowan county. with
Horea j. Lane as postmaster.
The site has been changed in each
of the following post offices: Actor,
Buncombe county: Nestor, Davie
county, Ransomville, Beaufort county.
The post office at Americas, Hyde
county, has been ordered discon-
tinued on October Is. The mail gill
go to Leechviile.
Commission has been sent to Bessie
NOVEL; and Mar F. Corpening as
postmasters, respectively, at Wendell
and Woodlawn.
Post office sites have been changed
lat Lagoon, Bladen county. and Reno.
Wilkes county, the former one-half
mile north. the latter one mile south
east.
In attendance on the Boys Brigade
here are Col. Walker Taylor and
Lieut.-Col. Joseph Laughlin, of the
Wilmington Company.
Arrivals: H. L. Pippen and wife.
To ,1,;1+op OF tho MQtr0nO1itan. Miss