The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-27

Maximum lenDeTdluIe 20 Hill
mum temperature IS; Rainfall 0.61
inches.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Rev. McNeely DuBose left yester-
day for Columbia. S. c., to attend the
Educational Conference in session
there.
County Treasurer Williamson says
that there are 4,7OO persons in the
county liable for the road duty, and
only 500. thus far, have paid the tax
The State Treasurer has large
number of copies of the new Revenue
and Machinery Act in his office, one
of which may be obtained upon appli-
cation.
meeting of the Raleigh School
Committee was held yesterday, and
several matters of Importance, but of
usual routine character, were dis
cussed.
Judge r. W. Winston and Major
w. A Guthrie, of Durham; Mr.. r. II.
Hayes, of Pittsboro. and Mr.. 5. M.
Gattis, of Hillsboro, returned to Su-
preme court here yesterday.
The meeting of the creditors in the
bankruptcy case of Mr.. j. A. Mills,
was taken up again yesterday before
Mr. Victor II. Boyden, referee in
bankruptcy. The examination of wit
nesses is going on.
Governor Glenn yesterday afternoon
made the thirty appointments of
North Carolina delegates to the In
ID, s-l1i t1Cr ton
which meets in May. The names will
be given out today.
The plague of locusts, which threat
ems Kentucky and Georgia, and sew
eral other States, will not invade
North Carolina, says the State En-
tomologist, and their return to this
State is not due until 19OS-3.
terday to Edward Hall and Jennie
ones, colored. of Raleigh; 10 Burt
Hodges and Lucy Winston, colored,
of Wake Forest, and to AlonZo
Bridgers and Mckinney Dunston, col
ored, of Clayton.
Inquiry has been made as to the
adaptability of the soil of this State
for growing pears. State Horticultur-
section of North Carolina is as well
adapted to the development of pear
industry as any region in the country,
and that this industry should be de-
veloped.
Travellers from the East say that
the strawberry season has COM
menced, and over $50 cars loads of
this lucious fruit have already been
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continue until the first of June, and
from so to 100 car loads of berries
will be carried to the Northern mar
kets each day.
On the floor of the Governors Of
flee yesterday there were $50 one
. thousand dollar bonds spread out
over the carpet. These were the
bonds authorized by the last Legis-
lature The Governor attached his
signature to them yesterday, and they
were allowed to dry without the use
of the blotter. Treasurer Lacy will
not afiX his signature until they are,
old.
Principal John r. Ray, of the In
stitution for the Blind, and Mr.. c. B.
Edwards, forming a special commit
tee. went to Hampton, Va, yester-
day to inspect several systems of ice
and storage plants. The last Legisla-
ture made an appropriation provid-
ing for the establishment of an ice
and storage plant for the institution
here and the work of installing it will
soon be undertaken.
Deputies Walters and Stell went to
Crabtree creek yesterday morning in
search of the body of Charlie Wealth
ers, who was drowned while swim
ming, Monday. They did not locate
the body, but late in the day the
strong current, caused by the heavy
rain, washed it up, and it was taken
from the water at Boylans Rock, be-
low Whitaker's mill. near the exact
place where the boy was drowned.
Sanitary Inspector T. p. Sale said
yesterday that there had been three
new, but mild cases, of smallpox dis
covered at the institution for the Col
ored Deaf. Dumb and Blind, and for
this reason the quarantine will not be
raised this week, nor will the pest
house be closed May 1st However,
he says he will undoubtedly discharge
all the patients except the three new
ones, this week, and the rest before
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