VOL. XXXVL-NO. 45.
S if-
RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, DECE 6EE 12, 1896.
$3.00? PER YEAR.
Civil Docket Continaed Until
,; January Uth
MANY, SENTENCES
- - Ab4 Finee itnpoeed by J edge Seymour
-, Today 111 tb Criminal Caees
Have Bean Diapoaed of Our
' ' v - S tat lha Waak, '
1 ' ' Judge Seymour adjourned Fed
eral court today until January four-
teenth, when the civil docket will
be taken un and i9ifiTwuu4 if
a A vast amount 6f work has been
' "done Id the court 4hts week. .At
.-' ' - " . least one hundred and fifty cases
" " v' were, disposed ol and many others
.l -v-"S continued until the next term. The
; ' : - criminal docket was exhausted with
- -t out one or two exceptions and these
" will possibly come up at the contin
i . ued term in February when the trial
- or civil cases occurs."
' S'S" Most of the' cases arcTconfined to
- ' the - uncommunicative moonshiner
- " - and the trial of them is a very tedl
' "-v ' oua and troublesome undertaking,
' , J udge Seymour has disposed of
r - . these cases with great rapidity. Mr.
"""-' , Ayoock and his able assistant, Mr,
0. 8. Spruill, have done their part
of the program with their usual
fc skiu ana aouity. . ..
-J - . Mr. Tertruvius Boyster, the gen-
' i -v w , tlemanly clerk, has had a great vol
- " ume of work before him, which he
v S ' disposed of with dispatch and
;'t,;lfacUity.: Judge Riddick has hand
'I - led the crowds ' that swarm upon
him' with his accustomed serenity
and skill.;, ."-'".'.''"'
; s - Below are sentences imposed upon
' " ' i prisoners today who had been con-
v . . victear. - ,
'V. --Jf-' Fred Seymour, of Chatham, was
fj"K-i sentenced to sixty days imprison
V,' f raent for working at a'still.
Spencer Woody, of Chatham, was
. given thirty days imprisonment for
.-. , . i irvruun m m suit. : - ,
" ',' - thirty days Imprisonment for work-
- ' r ihg at an illicit distillery. . , ,
. ,r , 't'. fII-Ande,ragn of Peraon county,
',r - k plead guilty. of retailing without
. . - : license, and was fined flOO'V'and
J sentenced to imprisonment for 30
Bomble Hall of Granville county,
r 1 " ' " reoeived 30 days . Imprisonment for
I "J Illicit distilling.
' " "";5 r Doc Allen of Granville county was
sentenced to 30 days imprisonment
-" - and fined 1100 for retailing. :
. - v' ( ; sentenced to 18 months at hard labor
n ai Albany penitenary 'and fined a
. -." sixpence. a. j . - fuve wast aen
, v""r ; tencedtofour months imprisonment,;
; ' These are the par ties who attempted
' to pass a one dollar bill for a five
" , , dollar one by substituting impres-
' , ' sions of V's taken from Confederate
' bills. ; ' -- " v-
Chas. Broadway and Sam Bun-
- aeau were sentenced to four months
" imprisonment in Richmond county
r. tail for passing counterfeit coin.
Price Rogers of Moore county was
- given . 80 flays, imprisonment, and
fined $100, for retailing. v .; r;,
' Buen Ashley of Durham was gives
- ' - three months Imprisonment for illicit
dlstming.r:&iWv.-: ..
i , Alex; Knight of Moorecounty was
sentenced to 30 days for working at
an illicit still. vv .-
- Chas. Ingram of - Johnston was
sentenced to four' months imprision
' t 7 ment ahd find $100 for breaking in
to a government bonded warehouse.
c. ' Moses I vey was given 4 months
ar-d fined 1100 for realling. ;,J if
Wr M.: Dillibn' of GranvUie was
" given the usual-30 days and fined
$100 for retailing. , -
' Oscar Johnston of Harnett county
" was given 30 days for illicit idistill-
Robert Walls, of Chatham county,
; .submitted to a charge of retailing
, and paidthe costs. . - -j
John Lewis, of Robertson county,
" "was fined $100 and sentenced to 80
days imprisonment on a. charge of
retailing without', license. Others
who reoeived, a similar fine and
term of imprisonment for the same
offence were: Chas. McNeil, of Har
nelt county; Andrew Davis, of
, Richmond county, Wm. Tyson, of
' ? , Richmond county, Ulyses Glover, of
1 Chatham county, Wm. Crab tree, of
Moore county, and Neil Townsend,
of Robinson.
;adt Molvar to Raalfo. . -
Reports are current that Judge
Mclver, of the Superior Court, who
has had two attacks, of paralysis,
will resign this month. In such
case, Governor Carr will appoint
his successor, who will serve tmtll
the next election- - ' '.
WAXES WARM;
j Aa Coatrovaray Batweea Bev.
r .''i Smith Mit VAim Duma
E. W.
? The tilt between Rev. Egbert W.
Smith, the Presbyterian ,j pastor
at Greensboro, and .Editor Joseph
M, Reece. of the Greensboro
Record, on the question of immoral
theatrical performances, ! continues
with hieghtened vigor. Mr. Smith
has published another card in which
he says:
''With most of your article of yes
terday on the social purity question,
I am in perfect accord. . I cheerfully
admit that , a lady may at times at
tend an indecent performance, know
ing its true character. So may a
man, as I know from experience.
Of this undesigned patronage of im
purity I was not speaking yester
day, nor am I today.
The language.of my ."protest" was
carefully chosen. I retract not one
syllable. I said then and I now re
peat, "No lady of Greensboro would
Complacently witness this unspeak
able degradation of her sex. " Mark
that word "complacently," -and
keep it carefully in mind through
out this whole article. It desig
nates a pleased state of mind. It
means with pleasure, with enjoy
ment. If any woman enjoys and is
pleased with the degrading specta
cle of one of her own sex marching
about the stage with half her body
exposed in tights to the coarse gaze
of a male audience, she does not
come up to our definition of a tody.
The Standard Dictionary defines a
lady to be "a refined and well bred
woman." Can you imagine "a re
fined and well bred woman" "enjoy
ing'" so horribly immodest a per
formance? Can you think of her as
"pleased" 'with this, unspeakable
degradation of her sex? I cannot;
and I repeat with emphasis what I
said yesterday, that "no lady would
become a party, " that is, a consent
ing partner, "to such wholesale
massacre of modesty. "
I say this not knowing the name
of a single woman in Greensboro
who is an habitue of such immodest
performances I never dreamed we
bad such in our churches till I saw
the statement in yesterday's paper.
I can account for it only on the sup
position that as a Christian1 gentle
man may sometimes dv, an' unchris
tian and ungenQemanly thing, so it
may seem credible , to some that "a
refined and well-bred woman" may
occasionally derive deep satisfaction
from the dirty spectacle of half naked
women posturing and parading their
unclothed bodies before the greedy
"eyes of a male audience. Some peo
ple may think -it characteristic of
'refined and; well-bred women to
gloat oyer, the, public perpetration
by other women of hideous indecen
cies whose commission by members
of their own families would kill them
with shame. We did hot dream
there were suoh "ladies" In Greens
boro. It is incredible to us. We
are heartily glad we have not the
'east idea who they are. We can
only reaffirm our settled conviction
thatany woman, while eagerly-Jeast-
ing her eyes upon a spectacle of hor
ribles indecency, abdicates for the
time being her right to the sacred
title of lady. For "no lady would
complacently witness this unspeak
able degradation of her sex. No
lady would become a party to such
wholesale massacre of modesty.
Reply ing to the above Editor Reece
says in the Record : . ,
Dr. E. W. Smith comes back today
with considerable vim. : i :
Those 'who read our comments
yesterday will remember that out
only criticism was in the- young
Doctor's broad assertion regarding
"females'' attending a show where
tights are worn.S We said jm Tues
day that ladies could have gone
without -;. being ; offended. - Why?
Because we have seen them at places
of amusement ' where tights were
worn. Remember it , is noli a con
troversy of going to see the White
Crook, but of any place where tights
are on exhibition. t , , ,
' We have no desire or the least
inclination to urge any one lady or
man to go to see ' suoh perfor
mances," but Dr. Smith' trouble Is
la classing any andc all such as
"marching' about the stage with
half her body exposed." t
s This Is untrue, to start w,tlWthal
is with the majority of such shows
but If it were true, what. Is tberdif.'
kerence between exposing the lower
part or. upper part of one s body,
the latter of which Is sanctioned In
the highest soctetyT;$gri
v Please remember, now, as we go
along, that we are not condemning
Or approving any of these things,
but in the condemning process both
should go together. .
He further falls into error in class
ing alt stockinet shows under one
head "wholesale massacre of mod
esty," proceeded by several other
3-
like phrases. " f'i-
Upon this the Doctor will flpd
that scores of the purest women in
Greensboro and elsewhere will take
issue with him. Let any man put
dqwn his own premises and- argue
from them and he will win. If all
places of amusement where tights
are worn are as the young Doctor
says, he is right beyond per-adven-
ture; but the trouble is his premi
ses are incorrect they are not one
and the same. Everybody knows
thjs. . i
THE NEXT ATTRACTIONS
Evangelina, tha Great New York Success,
Wednesday; Kobsoo Thursday.
Of. the beautiful ; ' 'Evangeline, '
whloib has " charmed more people
than any 'piece on the stage, the
New, York World had this to say no
lohger than a few weeks ago: "Twen
ty years ago two young men of Bos
ton in their spare moments wrote a
musical "extravaganza' which fairly
revolutionized the burlesque stage.
The work still lives after all, these
years, with its inherent charms as
fresh and as potent as two decades
ago. Surely, J. Cheever Goodwin
and Edward E. Rice when they buil
ded 'Evangeline' builded better than
they knew. It served as a model
for scores of similar productions and
it gave to the American stage more
famous comedians than any other
piece ever written in this country."
This is the attraction that is to bo
at. the Apademy of Music on next
Wednesday night.
It is said that as Matthew Ponder-
bury, Stuart Robson's interpretation
of the much domineered husband is
as humorous as was his "Bertie,
the lamb." An able coadjutant in
this great comedy is Madame Jau
nescek, the best tragedienne of the
present stage era, who enacts the
role of Mrs. Ponderbury, the auto
cratical wife. This mirthful comedy,
together with a one-act play, will be
seen at the Academy of Music on
Thursday, when Mr. Rubsonandhis
company of excellent actors come to
entertain his friends and cllentelle.
AN XCTSECOMMISSiON.
The Legislature Kill be Asked to Estab
lish It To Issue All Whiskey License.
One of the most important matters
coming before the general assembly
is the determination of the prohibi
tion question. As is already known
Editor Bailey, of the Biblical Re
corder, Dr.Tuttle and other tem
perance workers intend to make a
vigorous fight against the whiskey
nterests.
The saloon men are mindful of this
fact but they express themselves as
being satisfied that no legislation
antagonistic to their interests will
be enacted. It is not a well known
fact, but the liquer dealers, through
their president and advisory com
mittee took a hand in the late cam
paign. They confined their ener
gies to the legislative contest, and
it is said defeated a number of can
didates who favored prohibition.
They did this in Wake.
Mr. E. V. Denton, one of the most
prominent liquor dealers in the
state, say 8 that if the prohibitionists
interfere with the whiskey interests
the liquor dealers will ask for the
establishment sf an excise commis
sion. The legislature will be asked,
regardless of this,, to establish an
excise commission consisting of
three commissioners who shall have
control; of Issuing license every
where in. the state. ' This would take
the license matter from the Board of
Aldermen and commissioners. '
: Propose a Taa Par Cant Rednetton.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. .
WAsaiKdToi, Deer-12. Senator
Chandler has introduced a bill in
the Senate for a ten per cent, reduc
tion of the salaries of all Federal em
ployes. The reduction is to begin
on - una 30, 1897.- and continue for
three years, and shall Include all of
fleers and employes of the United
States whose salaries are paid from
the treasury either annually, quar
terly, monthly or semi-monthly, ex
cept those whose compensation can
not be diminished during their con
tinuance in office. . 't. .',
Serrloes at Centra LXharote Tomiaorrow.
Dr. Hill, an Evangelist from New
York will preach mornlngand night
at the usual hours for church service
in the Central M, E. Church. Dri
Hill anticipates spending the winter
in our statej holding revival meet
ings his wife and himself are sing
er.. - -
Will be Taken by the Present
Congress. 1
AN EXTRA SESSION
Of Congress Will be Called Arter tha
Fourth of March to Pass a Tariff
nill-.-McKlnley's Policy'
Outlined.
By Telegraph to the Press Visitor,
Vvashinojon, D. C, Dec. 12.
That McKinley's legislative pro
gramme is to be put into execution
the beginning of bis term is now de-1
finitely known. ."'It comprises the
immediate preparation of a protec
tive tarriff measure by the present
ways and means committee at an
extra session of the fifth-fifth con
gress shortly after Marchthefourth.
Already work hascommenced under
the plan agreed to by Dingley at
the recent long conference with
McKinley. The work of f.-aming a
tariff bill has already begun. The
extra session will be urged to ad
journ as soon as' it accomplishes the
work of passing a tariff bill. No
financial legislation of importance
will be attempted. Notwithstand
ing the eagej rush of Senators to
bring on the Cuban debate it seems
determined by the leaders of the
Senate that there will be no action
on the Cuban question at the pres
ent session unless the situation
chances leading the President to re
commend it.
Dallas, Tex., Doc. 12 Tbe head
of the local Cuban committee today
received dispatches from Key Wesi
making absolute denial of the Span
ish report from Ha vanaof the alleged
killing of General Antonio Maceo.
The dispatches state that at 9
o'clock last night Maceo was safe in
Pinar del Rio province, and his armv
was making successful operations
again ts General Weyler's forcos;
that since the turning of Weylcr's
left flank, on. December 1st, Maceo
had cagturecJ-inore than twelve thou
sand stand of arms and immense
quantities trfommunitWrr medi
cines add commissary supplies. The
dispatches also stated that within
the next three days the Cubans are
likely to turn Weyler's other flank
and win a decisive victory.
Francisco Gomez has not been
with Maceo in any of his recent
movements, and is safe in Matanzas
province. The head of the local
committee said :
. "We know positively that the
most sensational and glorious news
for the patriots will come from Cuba
on or about December 15th. Texas
is doing more to help the patriots
than any other State in tho union
just now, and is favorpbly located
for effective ajd. Dallas and Galves
ton will be in close confidential rela
tions with Key West than will anv
point in the cast for some time to
come."
A GILTED LOVER
Puts a Pistol to his Brain, but It Is
Snatched Away.
Ed. Pool, ayoung man just grown,
made a futile attempt to end his life
last evening.
Pool is an operative in the Pilot
Cotton Mill. Of late he has paid a
great deal of attention to a young
lady. But Pool's case of true love
did not run smooth. He loved, he
wooed and he lost.
Disappointment was tured to des
peration and last evening the love
sick operative pointed a pistol to his
head with the intention of killing
himself. An associate of Pool 's w ho
Was near by snatched the pistol to
one side as the trigger was pulled.
The ball went wide of its mark.
The lover still lives.
VAMMOSE AT WILMINGTON.
Believed to be Loaded With Ammunition
.-;"-i-.;-;.j-J' .- . For Cubans;
. Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 11. The
famous steam yacht Vammose, of
New York, put into Wilmington for
coal today. She is credited as being
a dispatch boat between Cuba and
the Florida coast . for a prominent
New York newspaper, but It is gen
erally believed she is loaded with
ammunition for the Insurgents. She
steams thirty miles an hour, and can
easily outrun anything that the Uni
ted States bas. K't'-'
' Subsoribera will please" add to
their telephone lists, George T. Car
roll's residence, No, 192 D.'
ODD FELLOWS' COLUMN.
Matters of Interest Pertaining to the
Tripple Link Order.
Our grand secretary's office is
room 27, Pullen building.
Those who failed to attend Seaton
Gales Lodge, Thursday night missed
more than they can imagine.
There are now twenty-five chil-,
dren in the Orphan's Home atGolds
boro, fourteen boys and eleven girls.
Grand Secretary Woodell paid a visit
to Neuse Lodge and also to the Or
phan's Home this week: having busi
ness with theGrand Master in Golds
boro. The board of trustees of the Or
phan's Home, consisting of W. C.
Douglass, chairman iC. B. Edwards,
treasurer; Nathaniel Jacobi, W. D.
Gastor. W. T. Dortch and W. A. J.
Peacock held an important meeting
this week.
A petition for a Rebekah Lodge at
Henrietta in Rutherford county has
been sent in and accepted and the
Lodge will be instituted in the next
few ?a's.
We clip the following from last
Sundays Wilmington Messenger :
Cape Fear Lodge No. 2, I. O. O. F.,
will confer the inititory degree on
Tuesday night, at which time Orion,
Wilmington and Hanover lodges
will make a friendly call.
A series of Odd Fellows' visita
tions was commenced November
27th when Cape Fear, Orion and
Wilmington lodge visited Hanover
lodge, the visiting brethren furnish
ing the refreshments. A very pleas
ant time was spent. The Odd Fel
lows, we learn, propose to keep up
these visits during tho winter. Odd
Fellows are invited to Cape Fear
ruesday night."
A similar visitation will occur at
tho meeting of Capital Lodge on
fuesday evening next. No. 8 and
64 will visit Capital Lodge.
Brother Kidder says: "Fifty
years' cxperienc in the Order war
rants one saying that no human or
ganization more fully meets its obli
gations to the living and the dead
than Odd Fellowship. Such testi
mony is valuable -to prudent men."
Such is the testimony of every in
telligent member.
Brother Past Grands, we shall
expect you to air your views in this
column, pro and con, upon the adop
tion of the pending amendment,
which, if adopted, will give to every
Past Grand in good standing, the
privilege, as well as the right which
he already has, of casting a vote for
each of the grand officers when they
are to be elocted. Do you favor the
amendment, or not? We shall ex:
pect to hear from you.
The compiler of the Odd Fellows'
column desires to announce, in place
of a salutatory, that he has made an
arrangement, with the Press-Visitor
by which this column will appear
regularly every Saturday evening
and will be devoted entirely to the
interests of Odd Fellowship. To
this end he invites and expects the
earnest hearty co-operation of all its
members, not only the male, but
the female members as well. It
will be open to you each week in
viting you to give any news you may
have or to express your views upon
any subject pertaining to the Or
der's interest. All communicatione
must necessarily be short and to the
point, as space is limited, but let us
hear from you, each and all of you,
just as often as you please.
Remember, it is not the compilers
interests, but the Orders interests
you are contributing to, and it is as
little as you could do to let us know
what you think about an Order you
profses to love, The PaKss-Yisrron
has kindly and very generously do
nated to us this means of helping on
our fraternity, and it is the earnest
wish of the compiler that the paper
may find its way into the home of
every member : this much you can
do if no more, read and pay for the
paper, and we promise you that we
will do our best to give you value
received.
An Endless Chain.
An original Rhamkatte farmer got
oft a good one here today when he
remarked that farming was the only
occupation at which a man could
continually break and keep on doing
business. -
A farmer can work a year and fail,
he says, and then move on to another
farm and work that a year and fail
and move again, but he can keep on
farming. It Is the only business
which is hot affected by foreclosures
or failures. Thefarme can break
but he can always farm.,
MANY APPLICANTS.
But Ammunition and Not Men are Needed
for Cuba.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
New York, Dec. 12. Although
the Cuban patriots need men to help
them fight against Spanish tyranny
and oppression, it is not so easy as
some imagine to lend assistance. Of
the many thousands who offer their
lives for Cuba few are accepted
The reason is men are not needed so
badly as arms and ammunition. This
is the answer one is likely to get
when applying to go to Cuba to fight
for "Freedom '8 cause. " If all men
were taken who apply a regiment
would be enlisted weekly. Most of
the applicants are young Americans
having the war fever. Many con
sumptives apply to take advantage
of the mild climate in Cuba to avoid
a hard winter. Also many Spanish
spies apply.
TODAY'S MARKETS.
New York, Dec. 12.
Market quotations furnished by .
B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street,
New York, and 305 Wilmington
street, Raleigh, N. C, over their
special wire:
MONTHS.
OPEN- HIGH- LOW- CLOS-
INQ. EST. EST. INO
1 03 7 07 7 02 7 03-
7 12 7 13 7 10 7 11-
7 21 7 23 7 18 7 19-
7 25 7 27 7 2f, 7 25
7 32 7 35 7 30 7 31-
7 3ti 7 30 7 3(i 7 35 -
7 6i 7 02 ii 9 0 wi-
January,
eeDruary,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
Sept'mb'r,
October,
Novemb r,
December,
Closed quiet; sales 79,100 bales.
The following were the closing
quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today:
New York Stock Market.
Sugar 117
American Tobacco 75
Burlington and Quincy 774
Chicago Gas 741
Des. and Ctt. Feed
General Electric 32i
Louisville and Nashville i'Jl
Manhattan
Rock Island
Southern Preferred
St. Paul
90
68
29
Hi
27i
80i
Tennessee Coal nd I rot.
Western Union
Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Thefollowingwere the closing quo
tations ou the ChicagoGrain and Pro
vision market today:
Wheat December, 7i; May, 801 .
Corn December, 22 ; May, 25 2.
Oats December 17; May 20 J.
Pork January, 7.02; May, 7. 92.
Lard January 3. 87; May, 4.0".
Clear Rib Sides January 3.87;
May 4.07.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
December 4.02J s
December-January 3.63i s
January-February 3.63 b
February-March 3.631 s
March-April 4.00
April-May 4.00
Closed steady, sales 10,000 bales.
New York, Dec. 12. The cotton
market showed a disposition to re
cover further today from its violent
break of Thursday, but was checked
by the port receipts for the day
pointing t3 50,000 bales against 3fv
000 last week and 32,703 last year.
Trading was light throughout and
mostly of a Saturday half-holiday
character. The closing was quiet
and barely steady at 3 to 4 points
decline for the more active options
after sales of 79,000 bales. After the
close New Orleans receipts for Mon
day was estimated at 16,000 bales
against 10,000 last week and 14,734
last year and Houston at 11,000 to
12.000 acainst 6,806 last year. This
caused easier feeling and led to be
lief that movement of crop during
the coming week will continue lib
eral.
Important Meeting.
There will be held in Indianapolis
about the middle of January a meet
ing of business men from every state
in the union. The meeting was
called by the Chamber of Commerce
of that city, after consultation with
representatives from ' neighboring
cities.
The Chamber of Commerce and In
dustry of Raleigh is invited to send
two delegates, and it is important
that the matter should be fully dis
cussed at the monthly meeting on
Tuesday evening next. The pro
posed meeting is . ne of national im
portance. Matters affecting the wel
fare of every business man in the
country will be discussed. And it
this chamber sends delegates, it
should select the best and safest
members.
Minor Matters Manipulated
for the Many.
AROUND THE CITY.
Pot pourri of the Newa Pictured on Pa
per Points and People Pertinently
Picked and Pithily Pn- In
Print.
The annual meeting of the State
Board of Charities occurs next Frl.
dav.
Every day marks a new record in
the county -ail. Yesterday the num
ber of prisoners reached 74.
Regular meeting of Wm. G. Hill
Lodge, No. 218, A. F. and A. M.,
Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. Elec
tion of officers.
The box sheet for Evangeline
was opened at King's drug store
this afternoon. Tonight will be a
good time to mark off your seats for
the great attraction.
Rev. A. M. Simms will preach at
the Tabernacle at 11 o'clock tomor
row morning on ''Studying the Bi
ble." At night his subject will be
Quickening Moral Sentiment."
The Seaboard Air Line announces
a one-half rate on Wednesday, the
sixteenth, from Henderson and all
ntermediate points to Raleigh, on
accountof the appearance of Evange
line at the Academy of Music.
Miss Pattie Montgomery has ac
cepted a position with the enter
prising firm of Sherwood Higgs &
Co , where she will be pleased to
see jo u during the Christmas holi
days. The largest sales of tobacco this
season have occurred on the Raleigh
market this week. The breaks have
been spirited and the prices have
been good and entirely satisfactory.
Raleigh's tobacco market continues
to develop.
Capt. J. T. Alderman, of the Sea
board Air-Line, is to be married to
Miss Anna B. Crow, one ef Ral
eigh's fairest and most popular
young ladies, next Tuesday morning
at 11 o'clock. It will be a quiet
home wedding, only intimate friends
having been invited.
Charles W. Lea, who has been
connected with the Farmers' Ware
house in this city, but who has
severed his connection with that
warehouse, is now connected with
the Banner Warehouse in Durham.
Messrs. Berwanger's beautiful
Christmas window isnotonly strictly
n it, but it is strictly in the lead.
The display of beautiful and showy
neck wear, suspenders, handker
chiefs, etc., has never been sur
passed here.
Henry J. Brown, a nephew of the
Hon. J. W. Brown, of Raleigh, was
ith his uncle in Baltimore last
month, and took a course in em
balming and went home with his
diploma and is doing such a class of
work that any one would be proud
of. In fact, it seems quite natural
for me to say ' Prof. Brown." New
York Sunnyside.
The following marriage announce
ment marks quite an event in colored
social circles : Mrs. Adelpbia
O'Kelly requests your presence At
the marriage of her daughter Fannie
Margurette.to Mr. William H. Peace,
Wednesday morning, December six
teenth, at half-past ten o'clock, St.
Paul's A. M. E. Church, Raleigh, N.
C, Rev. C. G. O Kelly and Rev. R.
H. W. Leak will perform the cere
mony .
Died.
At the residence of Mrs. John H.
Bsckham this morningat7:30o'clock
the beloved wife of Mr. Cornelius
H. Beckham. The funeral services
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
3:30 o'clock from Edenton Street M.
E church. Services will be con
ducted by Dr. J. W- Caater in the
absence of Dr. Norman. Friends
are invited to attend.
j. E. UoweU Weed,
Died, at the residence of his son,
W. A. Howell, of malaral fever, at
Morman, Salem county, Arkansas,
M r. James E. Howell, aged 71 years, -.
formerly of Chapel HiU;. He was
well known in Raleigh, leaving here
twenty -six years ago. He leaves a
lfe, two daughters and three sons. -
Chapel Hill papers please copy.