The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-23
nuDGEr FROM THoMAsv1LI.E.
\ Glance at What is Going Forward
in That Busy Town. .;.>~
(Speciai to News and Observer


brownsville. N c., August 22.-Dr
VIII "A. Lambeth, formerly one OF
Thomasville,s boys, but now a mem
Der of the faculty of the University oil
Virginia. spent a few days i'm the city
last Week with hi5 parents Mr.. T. c.
Taylor, of Charleston, S. c., spent a
few days last week in the city in con-
sultation with Captain Jones and. other
citizens here. Mr.. Taylor is one of the
promoters OF the inland water way.
Mr.. p. L. MuFphy,%>of Red Rock
Arizona, formerly of this place, ar
rived in the village Sunday and will
spend several weeks in the community
visiting relatives and friends
Mr.. Sam o. Perkins. a student of
the A. and NJ. College, Raleigh, who
has been spending the summer in
Europe, visiting London, Liverpool,
Paris, Brussels, Rotterdam and many
others cities on the Eastern Continent,
arrived in the city Monday and spent
a few days with his sister Mrs. Chas.
II. Thomas They both left Wednes-
day for their old home i'm the western
part of the State for a visit.
Last week for q few days we had
the pleasure of a visit of one of the
former members of the faculty of the
University of Virginia, Dr. William G..
Christian, who anticipates locating
here for the practice of his profession
in the near future. His coming will BE-
a great accession for our town and
will no doubt be the means of estab-
fishing a hospital here.
The foundation for the Wyche block
is being laid and work is progressing
nicely Soon we shall see another
block of business houses completed.
AT a meeting Of the board of direc-
tors of the Thomasvlle Loan & Trust
Company the following new directors
were elected to the board Messrs.
j. Elwood Cox and ]. p. Redding, of
High Point, and Messrs. T. f. Harris,
r. l.. Lambeth and T. j. Finch, of
Thomasville.
1 am reliably informed that Mr.. w.
O. Burgin, of the Burgin Company,
has sold his stock in the company to
Mr.. G. L. Harris, our city's wide
awake groceryman, who does business
in the same block. Mr.. j. p. Gilbert
will still remain with the Burgin Com
pany.
Mr.. A. H. Olive leaves this week for
Wake Forest College, where he has
accepted a professorship i'm that in
stitution. Mr. Olive is a very bright
young man and Wake Forest is in
deed fortunate in securing him.
Mr. W. O. Burgin will soon estab-
lish a real estate business in this city.
/ am informed and Will place for
sale number of very desirable lots on
the market.
Our brilliant young lawyer, Hon. A.
r. Sans, is eXerting every effort pos
sible to reorganize the building and
loan association in our town and to
put it on a firm foundation. He has
worked up a sentiment for such a
thing and l hope that ere long we will
hear of the association doing great
things for our town. Our people will
help MI Sans to make this institution
success.
Mr.. j. c. Smith, of Newton. was in
the city the first of the week. He is
contemplating building a cotton mill
here i'm the near future and was look
ing over the different building sites
offered. He is an experienced cotton
mill man, having been connected with
the business for number of years and
is now president of the Clyde Cotton
Mills of Newton. and secretarv and
treasurer of the Newton Cotton Mills
You've got to be pretty noisy about
your religion TO make people believe
you mean it.