The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-20

society sent more than a thousand
immigrants to the South, most of them
going to Tennessee, South Carolina,
Georgia, and Alabama.
Strike of Printers.
After several days of negotiations
the union printers who declared
strike on the job printing establish
ment of j. j. Stone & Co., have quit
for good. In addition to stopping
work last week because the Stone
Company would not discharge a nom
union printer, the committee of the
typogra phical union called on the
company yesterday afternoon with a
new scale Of prices and the eight hour
pledge. The company refused to
sign, saying thew would continue to
keep open shop, and could not in
crease wages at the same time de-
creasing hours. The company says it
is prepared to fill orders as hereto
fore.
United States District Judge James
E. Boyd has been designated by Cir
cult Court Judge Golf to act as judge
of the District of South Carolina in
the absence of Judge Brawley, of
that district until October 10th.
DR.. a. F. Fortune has given up the
practice of medicine here to become a
travelling medical expert for the
Greensboro Life Insurance Company
A great many submissions for mis-
demeanors were taken in, the Supe-
rior court yesterday, and sentences
were imposed according to the gravity
of the offense.
There were over twenty submissions
and one man was acquitted by the
jury. Last night forty new cases sent
up by justices We're placed on the
docket SO there were more cases on
this morning with the twenty elimi-
mated yesterday than at the beginning
of the court.
This morning Justice Collins sent
up Tom Watson a Chatham county
darkey, who has been working for
the Southern Express office here. Tom
had stolen a fine dress suit shipped
by Daniel Jones. of Danville, to Mr..
Toms, manager for the American To-
bacco Company, at Durham, and a
package shipped from Collision to
Lynchburg. The goods We're recov-
cred Tom said he was only keeping
them from being hurt by use.
A burglar entered the Columbia
Steam Laundry through rear base
ment window last night. He knew
where the keys were kept, got them
and unlocked every door and drawer
in the building. He burst open the
money drawer, priced open the cash
register and even went i'm the iron
safe. No money had been left i'm the
building and he got none. He was
so disguised he unlocked the front
door, came out that wav left the door
open and took away every one of the
keys
Mr.. j. NJ Fisher, who. was held in
custody by the sheriff, from Satur-
day night until yesterday in a suit
of arrest and bail brought by the
Scott Sparger Company. was released
last night. he havino given a justified
bond in the sum of $4,000
The Pomona Rural graded school
on the car line, near Lindley Park
began its fall term yesterday. There
are eight lady teachers in the school
with Miss Bessie Howard, formerly of
the Winston graded school as princi-
pal. One hundred and sixty pupils
were enrolled at the opening and the
number will probably reach two hun
dred and fifty
Mr.. James w. WOODBURY., formerly
of the Marlborough House, Raleigh
and more recently of the Seaside Hotel
near Wilmington has accepted a posi-
ton as travelling man for the Hudson
Overall Company, of this place, and
took the road this morning.