The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-19

Mr. James Tugwell, of Pitt, county,
has taken a position with Crowells
drug store as prescription clerk.
on Thursday there will be union
picnic i'm Raleigh of the various col
ored Sunday Schools of Kinston.
The excursion to Richmond over the
Seaboard Air Line leaving here yes
terday morning for Richmond, carried
q very large crowd.
The Minstrel entertainment to be
repeated by local talent to aid the
Raleigh firemen will be given on
Thursday night the 9th of this
month.
The friends of Mr. George Norwood.
chief clerk i'll the office of the Secre-
tary of State, will regret to know Inae
both Mr. Norwood and his son, VIII
liam. continue very i'll with typnold
fever.
Raleigh sent more visitors to VIM
ston Yesterday to attend the Firemen S
Tournament, and in the party were:
Messrs. j. r. Watson, E. d. PEBBLES,
l.. ID. Bagwell, Gus Hilker and Luther
Sorrell.
On Thursday, July goth, there will
be a union picnic from Kinston TO
Raleigh of the various colored Sunday
schools of that town. The colored
citizens of Raleigh are expected to
turn out in masses and entertain the
visitors.
Mr. w. NJ Wogstiff, of Roxboro,
who graduated from Johns Hopkins
with splendid honors is at work with
7 L. To, of
ton, in the State Library among the
old archives.
The Sunday School of st. Saviours
Chapel will go on a picnic to Chaly-
beate Springs today. The train
viii leave at o'clock and the fare
will be sixty cents round trip; children
thirty-five cents.
Superintendent of Schools j. Y. JOY
FER will go to Pinehurst, in Moore
county, on Saturday to make an ad-
dress at "a grand educational rally to
be held there on that day when
number of addresses will be made:
Members of the North Carolina
Literary and Historical Association
held a meeting in the office of the
Secretary of State last night, and be"
gan preparations for the annual meet
ing of the association here next Octo-
Der.
The condition of Mr.. William Battle,
son of Hon. r. III. Battle, brought mere
from Richmond to Rex Hospital, suf-
fering from an abscess of the liver,
was somewhat improved yesterday,
Mr.. Battle recovering from the fatigue
of the trip.
Mr.. John Dockery, who is in Rex
Hospital, being treated for bullet
wounds, continues to Improve. he
was put in a sitting position in bed
Yesterday and though he complained
that this gave pain there were no I'M
favorable results.
Rev. r. S Stephenson left yesterday
afternoon for INcCullers where he
goes to preach today, the occasion be-
ing the rally at the opening OF the
Baptist church there. This Will be
the first sermon in the new chufch,
and large crowd is expected.
Chief Justice Walter Clark, editor
of The State and Colonial Records,
1ays that the Volumes containing the
census of the heads of families In
North Carolina. in 1900, will be vol
ume 26, of the State Records. This
will contain only the heads of fami-
lies
Superintendent John E. Ray, of the
Blind Institution, left yesterday fer
Cleveland county where at Shelby he
will attend the "home coming" cele-
bration so as to meet the parents or
some half dozen blind children living
near Shelby. He spent last night In
Charlotte and will be there this morn
ing.
Mr.. e. Lee, the Mayor of Dunn,
was in Raleigh yesterday. "All the
talk now in Harnett is about the big
celebration on the third of August,
he said. "and at that time the fiji
tieth anniversary of Harnetts exis-
tence as county, we expect over
ten thousand people to be present at
Ellington"
Mr. Samuel NJ. Hanff graduating
in theology recently at Sewanee. viii
be ordained for the priesthood by
Bishop Cheshire at the Church of the
Good Shepherd on Sunday 1t is eX>
pected that during the six weeks abb
sence of Rev. /. Nick. Pittenger he
will act as rector of the Church of
the Good Shepherd.
D0HNSiil i1eiy NooN, tiiC yoUiS W III
ed man who was fined 1888 Monday |
by the Police Justice for snatching a |
hat from another colored boys head, |
Gin playfulness," the youth explained |
is not content with the disposition |
made of the case by Justice Badger. |
and says he has employed an attor-
ney to take the matter up for him.
Prof. J. y Ta'.ye, of Wake Forest, |
who has spent a week at Jackson |
Springs, was here yesterday on his /
way home. He says there are about |
hundred people there now, and all |
We're pleased. AS to the alumni build
ing" at Wake Forest, work on it is
being pushed as rapidly as possible |
and this Will not cease until it is COM
oleted.
Mr. Inhn w Manenm Chief of the