The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-15

Statesville Yesterday where he is To
conduct "a series of meetings.
The funeral of Thomas Sanderford,
a well-known colored carpenter, who
died here Monday, was held yesterday.
The Corporation Commission yester-
day called for a statement of the con-
diIion of banks at the close of bust
ness Thursday, November 9TH
Warrants for rural libraries We're is
sued yesterday as follows: Bladen: |;
Wayne, l; Beaufort l; Stokes, 3: Yad-
kin, 1; Columbus, 5; Harnett /.
An insane negro woman was
brought here yesterday from Mark s
Creek by Deputy Sheriffs Walters and
Stell. being taken to GOldSboro IN the
afternoon.
Mr Forest Taylor. of Sumpter, s.
g, arrived in the city yesterday and
viii locate here as district manager of
the Travellers Insurance Company with
headquarters here.
Yesterday afternoon the Southern
train due here at 4:36 was over two
hours late. and the day previous
nearly two hours. Waiting on trains
Deputy Sheriff Lambeth. of Rock
ingham county, yesterday brought to
Raleigh and placed in the penlten>
tiary here Chase Price white man
convicted of murder and sentenced to
five years Imprisonment.
Prof. B. F. Sledd. of Wake Forest,
is preparing the programme of the
of prnci6ant POtp9t
Wake Forest College. which occurs
December 7th. at Wake Forest. Gov.
ernor Glenn will be the principal
speaker.
Assistant State Chemist c. d. Har-
ris has discovered feeds in Raleigh
stores not bearing the guaranteed
analysis tags required by law. and has
written the manufacturers informing
them that unless the law was obeyed
the department would hold the feeds.
Mr.. Perrin Busbee left yesterday af-
ternoon for Jonesboro, where he will
deliver an address on Odd Fellowship
at a public meeting of the Jonesboro
lodge tonight. Mr.. Busbee is Grand
Warden of the State Grand Lodge.
Tile Encanpment Committee may
reopen the bids for the encampment
site. as only two towns are in the bids,
which have been closed, and one bid
has been secured since the bids We're
closed, and other towns desire to COM
pete.
Charlie Cobb was fined $S.15 yester-
DAY BY the Police Justice for an as
sault on w. b. Bond. and Cobb was
fined S13.15 for an assault on Bond's
wife. Being unable to pay the fines
Cobb was sent to the roads to serve a
term of about three months. All the
parties are white.
In front If the store of Crowder &
Rand on Wilmington street is a
stock of cotton with 102 open bolls
and 76 not yet open. 1t was brought
10 Raleigh by Mr.. J. r. Young. who
lives near Cary who has the record
# making 5000 pounds of seed cot
ION on one acre this year. and 5000
pounds on two acres last year.
Mr.. Joe Hunter. a most popular
young man of this city, succeeds Mr..
Leroy THEM as Translator of the AS
sociated Press Morse" for the News
and Observer Mr.. Hunter has rapidly
risen into the ranks 81 the finished
operators employed by the Associated
Press and is doing excellent work. Mr..
Hunter is warmly welcomed by the
entire News and Observer force.
Mr.. Leroy THEM, expert telegraph
operator and all round good fellow.
who for the past three years has held
down" the Associated Press wire in
the News and Observer office has been
transferred from the night service to
the day and is now taking the A. p.
report for the afternoon paper here.
Faithful and efficient, Mr.. Them is a
general favorite, ana all the boys