The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-19

up for dormtories, and the depart
ment moved to the basement, IN
rooms which had not been considered
necessary to furnish this year.
Another prominent professional
man has joined the ranks of the IN
surance forces. Prof. S. H. Hodgln, or
this county who has been conducting
a successful high school at Union
Springs, near New York, has enter
ed permanently into life insurance
work, and will represent the Security
Life and Annuity Company OF
Greensboro.
Two of the Officers of the Gate
City Guards, First Lieut., Joe Smith
and Second Lieut., E. p. Motley, re-
signed their positions Saturday.
Augmented by private contribu-
tions from Masons here, the receipts
of the entertainment given here by
a Chapter of the Oxford Orphanage
here last Thursday night amounted
to $125.
j. M. Fisher, President of the
Greensboro Grocery Company was
arrested by Sheriff Jordan late Sat
urday night under papers in a civic
suit of bail and arrest brought by
Scott Sparger & Co., wholesale gro
GERS of Greensboro. The allegations
are that Scott Sparger & Co. purchas-
ed $4,000 worth of cheese fromFisher
paying him $1,000 cash and giving
notes for the other Fisher is said to
have represented that that was the
amount of cash he had paid and the
notes represented the exact amount
and the time of falling due of the
balance. Upon investigation 1t is
learned that Fisher had only paid
$500 cash for the cheese and that he
took the notes to the bank and dis
counted them for cash. The papers
were issued for both members of
the firm Fisher and j. w. Cole, but
the latter is out of town and they
have not been served on him.
Mr.. Fisher is in custody of the
sheriff and has not been locked up
as he expectes friends here to give
the four thousand dollar bond requir-
ed. The papers are made returnable
October 23rd, at the next term of the
Superior court.
A young negro, Mike Jones,s was
brought from High Point and placed
in jail here Saturday night, accused of
tampering with switches of the
Southern Railway there recently. y
still younger chap, brother to the one
jailed, is charged with participating
in the perlous mischief of changing
switches, but he was not jailed his
father promising to see to it that
he was brought to court this week.
They will probably get tired Of
switches before the matter is ended.
There were three alarms sent in
to police headquarters Saturday night
of burglars, but at two of the homes
they proved to be false.
Last night the wife of street car
conductor, Walter Elliott. discovered
a big black man in her kitchen try
ing to break the lock on the door
leading to the dining room. She gave
the alarm, but before help arrived the
burglar had fed to a safe place.
Charles Williams, colored, was ar
rested this morning with bag OF
chickens on his shoulder. investiga-
tfon proved that he had stolen nine
and sold four.
Mrs. Mary Reynolds, wife of Mr..
Jno r. Reynolds. of Company Mills.
six miles from here, was found dead
in bed yesterday morning. Mr.. Rey-
mold called her to get up. and recelv-
ing no response, found her dead. She
had not been we'll, but had been get
ting about for some time. saturday
she was about her usual household
duties.