The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-04
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Littleton Female College-Littleton,
n. c.
THE WEATHER TODAY.
Local forecast for Raleigh and vi
cinity: Tuesday, Showers, not SO
warm.
The Weather Yesterday.
Local data: Maximum tempera-
ture, SO; minimum temperature, ~;
rainfall, 90.
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Mr.. j. A. Strickland. night clerk at
the Marlboro, is ill, threatened with
malarial fever.
Rev. ]. M. White. of Apex, was here
yesterday returning from Clayton,
where he preached on Sunday.
Half of the young people of the
Methodist Orphanage are now taking
their vacation, and half will take this
in August.
Several military squads were drill
ing on Fayetteville and the nelghbor-
ing streets last night. preparing for
the State encampment.
The city market will close today at
IL O'Clock, not to reopen until the
regular hours tomorrow morning. Hhe
city will enjoy the holiday.
Mr.. Ivey G. Allen of Louisburg, was
here yesterday on his way to Thomas
willie to attend the annual meeting OF
the trustees of the Baptist Orphanage
Mr.. Percy j. Olive, of Apex, was
i'm the CITY Yesterday and said there
was a slight hail that did a little
damage to the tobacco in that vicinity
Sunday night.
Mr. Ceburn ID. Harris, of the State
Chemist Department, is in Ashevllle
and making Investigations of food
stuffs and other matters coming under
the pure food law.
Among those here yesterday return
ing from the Baptist Midsummer
Meeting at Jackson Springs were Rev.
w. C.. Barrett, of Durham, and Rev.
Geo. T. Watkins, of Roxboro.
Rev. r. ]. Bateman returned to Mt.
Olive yesterday. He is considering
the call to the Fayetteville Street
Baptist church here. but has not yet
reached a decision in regard to it.
The first meeting of the creditors
of Fred Woollcott, bankrupt, was held
Yesterday and at the request of the
creditors continuance was held until
five o'clock Friday in the Federal court
building.
Rev. Hight C. Moore left yesterday
for Wilkesboro and will be absent from
the city for month in the mountains,
looking after his work as Sunday
School Secretary of the Baptist State
Convention. ti@
Deputy Sheriffs Stell and Walters
returned from st. Matthews town
ship yesterday, bringing with them
Mack Dunn, a negro man of whom
the people were afraid. believing him
TO be crazy.
DIR. Harry Utley. of Apex, who was
here yesterday says that Saturday
night there was a big hail storm at
section was destroyed about a fourth,
the corn being slightly damaged.
Mr. G. S. Strickland, of the u. S. S.
Amphitryte, is in the city, his old
home. on furlough to see his mother,
Mrs. H. S. Strickland. His vessel is
now stationed at the West India Is
dc 10 will n
about ten days.
We publish elsewhere an adver
tisement of Littleton Female College
to which we wish to call special at
tention. This institution has had "a
remarkable history and is one of the
most successful schools in the South.
Rev. c. w. Blanchard was here yes
terday on his way to Clayton from
Jackson Springs. He reports the Mid
summer meeting of the Baptists as a
great success, with over 400 present,
a greater attendance than at any pre-
vious meeting.
Mr.. 2. P. Smith has gone to Mobile.
Ala, where he will deliver an address
at a big fourth of July out-of-doors
meeting under the auspices of the l. o.
L A. NJ of Mobile. Col Smith will
then go to Meridian. Miss, to institute
the Mississippi State council of Junior
Orders.
The clerks in the State Auditors De-
partment are busy with corporation
and bank reports, and assessing bonds
and corporations. Reports are being
received rapidly. but it is too difficult
yet to estimate the probable amount
of increase in taxes from these insti-
tutions.
Swift & Company, of Chicago, has
changed the Raleigh office from
sub-office to an independent distribut
ing point, and continues Mr.. c.. r. Ed
wards in charge. Hitherto the Raleigh
office has been managed from Dur
ham. Mr.. NJ. r. Hinton. travelling au-
ditor. was here yesterday to make the
change.
Aboard for Fuquay.
Remember the specials To Fuquay.
Chalybeate Springs and Ellington by
Raleigh and Cape Fear railroad this