The news & observer., 1905-12-29

Levin y orchestra went " "
yesterday. and will be away several
days.
Mr.. r. T. Gray went 10 Greensboro
yesterday to attend the meeting of the
Board OF Directors of the State Nor
nal and Industrial College.
Mr.. A. Dughi will serve a Sigma AL
pha Epsilon fraternity banquet tonight
at Mccall. S. C. Several North Caro-
linians will respond to toasts.
Mr.. B. G.. Green. an attorney Ncf
Warrenton, was in the city yesterday
making arrangement for the opening
there next week of the new State
bank.
The Board of Stewarts of Central
Methodist Church will meet this
evening in the lecture room of the
church at 1880 o'clock. Every men,
Der of the Board is requested to be
present.
Mr.. Wiley P. Belts has accepted a
position as travelling representative of
The Il. T. Crump Co.. of Richmond
Va, harness and saddle manufactur,
ers. Mr.. Belts will travel in North
Carolina.
r. S. Morgan, colored, was bound
over to court by the Police Justice
yesterday for larceny, the defendant
being charged with the theft of 10
cents. Morgan gave bond for his ap-
pearance at Superior court
Mr.. e. ]. Hill. Tar Heel who fol-
lowed the rising son to San Francisco.
passed through Raleigh yesterday en-
route to his old home in Dublin coun-
ty. Mr.. Hill is we'll remembered here,
and was a member of the Legislature
of 1888.
Mr.. r. H. Hayes, of Pittsboro was
in the city yesterday, and said that
the inquest over the bodies of Mrs.
Emiline Pattishall and her daughter,
who are supposed to have died from
poisoning, will be held next Wednes-
day by the coroner of Chatham county.
There will be a meeting in the Car
olina Trust Building today of the ex-
ecutive committee of the North Caro-
Ina Agricultural Society. AT this
meeting matters relating to the Fair
last October will be considered and
plans will be discussed for the State
Fair for 1906.
A splendid bay horse, belonging t.
Mr.. Charles Woodall was killed We'd
nesday night in horrible manner.
The team broke away from a post to
which they were tied, and ran into
an iron post after running a consid-
erable distance The pole of the vehicle
broke in two, and one end almost pen
etrated to the heart of one of the
animals causing its death.
Mr.. r. L. Boyd, manager of the
Bell Telephone Exchange in Raleigh,
will leave in a few days for Green's
boro, to become manager of the ex-
change of that city Mr.. Boyd will
he succeeded here by Mr.. f. A. Wood
ruff. chief inspector at Charlotte. Mr..
Boyd has been in Raleigh since June
1st and has many friends. who will
regret to learn that he is to leave.
A conference was held yesterday by
Chairman Len H. Adams, of the Board
of County Commissioners, and County
Attorney Herbert e. Norris with rep
reeentativeG Of the Seaboard Air Line
with a view to the elimination of the
Pigeon Branch Railroad crossing and
the Pilot Mills Railroad crossing, and
recommendations will be submitted to
the Board of Commissioners at their
next meeting.
The home of Prof n. F. Roberts.
who is an instructor at Shaw Un1ver-
sity. but resides in Oberlin. was threat
ened with destruction by fire yester-
day morning The fire originated in
the second story, and was caused by
g. defective f1ue. The damages
amounted to about $3.50, chiefly OF
furniture. but except for the timely
aid of the Oberlin fire department.,
composed solely of negroes, the entire
building would doubtless have been
destroyed.