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tlh-VISETOR -4. 1 -4 RALEIGH. N,C, SATURDAY EfENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1900. 25 Cents a Month , No. 9,097 BOER FORCES IN HASTY RETREAT The British Have Overtaken Cronje's Rear Guard A BATTLE NOW IMMINENT Boers Hemmed Is at Magertfonteli Brltish Now Meeting with Marvelous Su.oeit oreat Endiiuiatm bhown la Cape Coluney. Indun. Feb. 17. A despatch from Jacobsdal, dated last night, says thtit . the Boer commander, Coiije, with nine thousand men, all the force which has been surrounding Kimberley, are now iu fuo retreat with Kelly-Kenny pursuing. ' Conjc's forces are traveling light. They have bee compelled to abandon their provision und ammunition trains, which are being picked up by the British cavalry. The forces of General , Kelly-Kenny are harassing the Boer j reur and many prisoners are falling into the baniUi of the British. Cronje is making all possible baste to reach 1 Bloom touteio. The Boers ore reported to le leaving , Spytfontein aud going in a northwester- j ly direction. j The Boers captured a large convoy a ' a result of Thursday's lighting at Jtiet River. The British casualties were coii.'p.irtively slight, in view of the tre mendous bombardment. The loss thirty wounded and one killed. London, Feb. 17 A despatch from Oeneral Koberts to the war office says that Oeneral Kellcy-Krnncy yesterday captured seventy-eight wagons of stores aud ammunition from Cronje's forces, and two wagons k tided with Mausers, boxes of shells, ten barrels explosives, ami a large quantity of stores, all be- i longing to Crouje at Laager, which 1 was still being shell by our artillery when General Kitchener dospatcher his messenger. I The London Chronicle's second edition says thi.nt following the Water Yaal Prilt last Friday, Oeneral Roberts, with the Sixth and Seventh Divisions also a cavalry division, marching to relieve Kimberley, rendezvous at Enlen, tliea marched toward Orauge Free State. The Sixth division crossed lUet river at Water Vaal Drift, and mrached olong the right bank. The Boers showed fight and we had several casualties. The Division then inarched to Jacobsdal. The ctfvalry captured Brown's Drift on the leftof 'the Boers' main position. ieueraT French's troops were outhnsi Msticully received at Kimberley. The officers were dined at the club last night. ' ' ..-i. Both column are now marching north, probably to effect, a junction of his force. The enemy is retiring north. The Ninth Division. under (Jeneral Collvillo, is in the rear of the Sixth Di vision. The enemy has so far made 110 determined stand. Thousands or stock have been captured. CRONJE ATTACKED. Modder Hiver, Feb. HV Midnight. Boer Comma nd1 1 nt Cronje, with a large force, has retreated from the head ul Laager, on Modder River, towards Blooinfoiitein. Oeneral Kelley-Kcnncj is now attacking him. BOWKS AOAIN DRIVEN OUT. Loudon. Feb. 17 -A Jaeosdal des patch, dated yesterday, says th.it after the Sixth DJvision evacuated Jacobsdal Thursday, under the older to move north, 1he enemy reoecupiid the place. The Fifteenth Brigade, including the London Imperial Volunteers, attacked aud shelled 4 he IWrs. The men ad vanced steadily iu splendid order aud drove the enemy over the ridges north ward. The volunteers who had scouted right and left showed veteran-like pluck and steadiness. At Staffordshire- they made a bayonet charge, but the enemy did not wait. The town was recaptured iu three hours and mounted 'the inftmtry is pursuing the Boers. BOERS HEMMED IX. Cane Town, Feb. 16 The Boers at Mugcrffontfin are now completely hem med in by Oeneral Melhueti's forces nt Modder river, General Koberts' men at Klip Drift, and General MacDounld's Highland Brigade "a Koodo Osherg. BOERS ROUND FOR MOLTOXO. Sterkstrom, Feb. 17. The Boers this morning are advancing toward Moltono. They hnve several large guns. The Boers fired upon (Jeneral Oataere's t ickets and some have advanced within rifle distance of the English troops. COMMOXICATIOX BROKEN. New York. Feb. 17 The Anglo-American, and Direct United .States Cable Company give notice that communica tion with Kimberley is interrupted. DEMONSTRATION AT CAPE TOWN. Cape Town, Feb. 17 When the news of the relief of Kimberley reached here today an immense crowd rushed to the Government house, where they sang pa triotic Bongs and cheered enthusiastical ly. An attempt wan made to get Gov. Mllner to sipwvk, but he declined, CROXJB OVBKTAK EX. Jacobsdal, Feb. 17. Gt-ueral Kellv Kenny, with his British force, overtook the Boer Oeneral CronjeVt erar guard this morning, and a battle is now immin ent. General Cronje had to stop to . protect bis transportation. General Kitchener direct General Kelley-Ken-ny'n operations. JUDGEMENTS A3AINST N. Y. CITY Xew York, Feb. 17. Judgments con tinue to pile up against the city for arrears of wages under the prevailing rate net. Three Long Island City men who worked as steam-fitters on Kimdnll's . Ibdand from the time of the passage of the act at $.S0 a month, whereas the prevailing rate of wage said to be f.1.7o a day, are the latest to file judg ments.. Their total is 5,354.32 Bl'ntl- Inr judgments to the extent of nearly $50,000 obtained by others bare been Died. . - I - - ' DURHAM'S SMALL POX . Only One Case hat Appared la West Durham The family of Mr. John C. Angier, who has a host of rionds in Raleigh, is now quarantined iu Durham on account ZZTtoiZeZ has been working for Mr. Angier the information reached Raleigh today that ' Mr. Angior's family is quarantined. The negro's name is Tom Lucky. It is the first and only cane of small pox in Durham, and no alarm is felt, since every precaution is being taken against a spread of the disease. Strict quaran tine regulations were established in Durham today and the county commis sioners have fitted up the pest house and provided all things considered necessa ry. The negro who has the disease is driv er for Mr. John C. Angier, who lives on Caswell Hill, in West Durham. Re cently he has been at work on the In terstate telephone line from Durham to Greensboro, and later worked for the Postal telegraph company, fie worked for Mr. Angler befoe going with the conipuun-s named, and when he came back about fl wiH-k ago he again entered into the employ of Mr. Angier. It is supposed that he contracted the disease while in Greensboro. Dr. .Brooks, of Durham, in The Dur ham Herald of this moruiug. the fol lowing: "Tom Lucky came to me this after noon," said the doctor, "for treatment. 1 As soon as I saw him I was satisfied that he hud the small pox and had him to go back to Mr, Angier's barn, where he came from. I then sent for Dr. J. M. Mumiing to get him to go with me to examine the negro. He came and aNo j pronounced it smallx. Immediately T, began to make arrangements to prevent a spread of the disease and intended to send Lucky and his wife and child out to the pest house tonight, but could uot get nurses and make all necessary arrangements. The family will be taken out this morning. They are now in their home under quarantine and the houses adjacent to it are guarded. "Lucky came home about a week aeo." continued Dr. Broks, "from Greensboro, when1 he hfid been at work for the Postal Company. Last Monday he lie gnn to work for Mr. Angier. doing the tarriage driving and general servant's work. His wife has been cooking for the family of Mr. .7. R. Warren. "Every person who has come in con tact with Lucky since his return from Creoiifr'boro will immediately be placed under a strict quarantine. I will use every power given me under the health laws of the State lo prevent a spread of the disease. Tile vicitim has been exposed to a large number of jwople, but I hope that the disease can be stopped now." PRF.FERRE0 THE JAIL. Gloucester City, Feb. 17. trs. Sarah Eguer, a well-to-do widow, who lives in Cnin'berlaml street, went 10 jail here because she would not allow her daughter's husband to come iuto her house. V She wns brought before Justice of the IlVnce Snydi r on the charge of using offensive language to her daughter, I Mrs. Whartniiby. Mrs. Whartnaby ex plained thai she and her husband had lived with her mother since their re turn from Atlantic City, several months ago. and that recently a little domestic 1 I war had broken out. Last evening Mr. : j and Mrs. Wharttmby made a call, and j when they returned Mrs. Kgncr refused i to let them in. The defeuibuit told the ' Justice that the house was h"rs and , that she would run it as she pleaded, j Her daughter, she said, was always wed- I'onie to live with her, but her son-in- j law was net. Justice Snyder fixed bail at .f.'il'O. .Mrs. Egner s-rld she preferred to go to jail, and the constable led her nwny through the rain to the lockup. PHYSICAL TEST Omaha. Xeb.. Feb. 17. Physical ex aminations for employees at . Union Pa cific hewbiuarters will soon be ordered. The system as proie.sed is that each en: loyee, present or prospective, shall be examined by the chief surgeon as to his or her condition of health, of which a ncorl will be preserved for use to de termine the employee's physical condi tion f'r rentetion in- service, or for promotion. The examination and regis tration fee for the health certificate ii to be fixed ill $1. M A G I ST It AT E D AKRESTED. Justice Who Tried Kcitlien Koss Xow Charged With Same Crime. Lumber, Bridge. X. C. Feb. 111. S. .T. MeLeod was arrested here yesterday morning for criminal assault on a crip ple negro woman mimed Dora Patterson. He is n fusion magistrate and held the preliminary 'rial of Reulien Ross, who wns hnng.sl in Lumborron 011 the Oth of this month for n wmilar offence. The trial will come off Monday next. The Texas Steer appears tonight iu the Academy of Music. This is one or Hoyt's best prodmtions. unit more en joyable play will not be presented in Ii'.leigh this season. Tlie north bound Atlanta Special did not rench Raleigh until 7:15 this morn ing on account of a fast freight being ditched near Clinton. S. C. A hrenk mnni was killinl and the colored fireman fatally inuvrei!. A washout was the cause of the wreck. 1 Mr. Chide B. Pnsnnore, who has been tnkinar a mou-th's vacation, has returned to Raleigh, where on February 1st he entered dulv at his new position with the popular firm of Boylfln, Pearr and Company. Charlie i a yonnjr man w,ith. stiperior business, quWitics; and has confidence of all who know him, and we are assured that he will carry witti him a targe patronage. Wo con gratulate Messrs. Roytan, Pcnree and ICompSiwpi upon securing the services of such a popular salesman and thorough, business young man. Apex Xews. ! BRINGS STRAIGHT CHARGE OF LIBEL Holland Arrested for Libelling 5 , Toi:ofai. aenaiOr 1 UllUieiTO , ANOTHER SCANDAL I FROM FLORID Holland Charged wi n laveetigating an Article In a New York P per Concern ing the Sena or From Florida Washington, Feb. 17 Jay C. Hollmid, says the Citizen of Jacksonville, Fin., was arrested Inst evening upon a war rant charging him wtli criminal libel ngainM United States Senator Taliafer ro, of Florida. The warrant was sworn out by Joseph W. llarroek, also of Jacksonville, who is ti messenger in the Semite. The war rant charges Holland with publishing a defamatory article in a Xew York newsKiHr charging that Major Kuth ers, of the United States Army, had un lawfully disposed of 215,000 pounds or government bacon, wul that the officer. Senator Taliaferro, and one other per son, were ti divide the profits. LEPER. IN NORTH DAKOTA Tw0 Dy)ng of jni8 Drea(, Disease-Both ' foreian S I Foreign s Grand Forks, X. I)., Feb. 17,-Doc- ' tor J. E. Engslnilt has returned from Wash County, when' he went to inves tigate the condition of two lepers. He found them confined in a hovel, with but one don- ti itl one window a Xor- , wegiaii, aged oil. and a Swede, aged . .17. the olilcr in the last stages of lep- j rosy, blind and helpless, with his flesh : literally dropping from his bones. thi ; younger still aide to wait on his com- : pam'on. The older man has a wife and j five children, who live on a farm a short distance away. The younger is unmarried. APPROPRIATION FOR ARMY. Washington, Feb. 17. The house com mittee on military alT.iirs has completed the army appropriation bill. It carries Smi.7iO,:'.lU against .fSO.llSO.KU in the bill for the current year. The great seeming increase is accounted for by (he fact that the aproprintions for the current fiscal year wen- Inadequate and Ilie urgent Ueiieieiicy lull recently pass- ed carried a large additional appropri i- I1011 for the army for the current year. The new also includi year legislation in the s an increase of J0 per bill cent in the pay ef enlisted men and 10 per cent in the p.iy of officers serving beyond the limits of the United Stales. PANIC AT FUNERAL. linger.- town. Md., Feb. 17. A panic was Mrangoiy caused at the funeral of Jeremiah Brown. no i;r Brnwsvilic, Washington county. The corpse 111 taken into the church. which was crowded with colored and white people. Tlic body was carried to the chancel and the crowd which surrounded the coffin caused one of the girders in the il 'or to give way. which resulted in the floor sinking several inches. Evcryliody was in a f olic and groat xeiteiiieiil prevail ed for a time, women shrieking and men shouting. Kc-. Mr. Keeis. who preached the fu ller;:! sermon, mounted the puipit ami bid the audience keep still, as there was no further danger. His words pacified the crowd, which became orderly once mote, and the servii es were concluded. The body was buried in the cemetery ad joining the church. BIG STEAMSHIP DEAL Xew York, Feb. 17.-The report that the .Scottish Oriental Sleani.'ihip Com pany, operating between Hong Kong and New England, had been sold at Dong Kong to the .Vutli (Jenuan l.loyd n 1 nt- lot j ..iiiiiiihi it 'i .i.tito-oioo yesterday at the offices of the latter com pi.iiy in this city. The pur base in cludes twentyffotir steamers, varying from 4US to l.if'0 tons burden, and twontynine river steamers and tenders, aggregating o,!H7 tons. The ste.-nters are to be registered under the German flag. It is said that the Xoilh German Lloyd Company is prep 1 ring to extend its servite (run Oriental ports to i'u get Sound or California. Wake county has at present, so far as the public know, two candidates only for positions ou the Democratic State ticket. They are Mr. J. D. Boushail and Mr. B. U. Lacy, who are ct.iuiliates for Stale Treasurer. Both gentlemen hare a host of persounl friends, and both have experience which would abundantly qualify them for the issl tion. United States District Court Eastern District of X'orlh Carolina: NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the matter of F. M. Dickens, Bank rupt: The petition of F. M. Ihokens for a full iluseliuvgc 111 bankruptcy having been filed 111 said court, it is ordered by the court that a hearing be hud on the 2Hth day of February. A. D.. 1900, before the referee, 1 hennas P. Devereux. of said court nt Raleigh, N. C nt 12 o'clock, noon, and that all known credi tors ami other persons interested may appear at said time and place and show cause, if any they have, whv the prayer of said rctitiouor should not- be granted. - ; 1 This 17th day of February, A. D. 1900. II. L. GRANT. Clerk. By GEO. L. TOXXOFFBKI, Di C. TRAINING SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS Snptrlntendtnt Moses Designates Rooms ' for Work lo Future. ' - Superintendent B. F. Moses, of the City Graded Schools, has made new as signments Of the young women who are ..ing c.,o, winch has been inaugurated iu Raleigh during the pres ent; school year. The following assignments will go into effeit t 011 Monday morning: At the Centennial Graded School: To assis- Miss Itedford, Miss Crow and Mi's Touuoffski. the Murphy Graded School: To as- at .. Miss Hicks, Miss Holuwn, Mis LILojn nnd Miss Gibbs. V the Murphy Onded School: To asms- Miss Bates, Miss Clark, Miss DodJ, M .1 Hiuthcs mid Miss Bnwn. the Murphy Graded Srhool: To ash'st .Mrs. Sherweod, Miss Underwood. T.ie establishment of a training school Ss,.-ni is an idea that Siqieriiiieiidcnl I M. "s lireiilil wilh hii.i friMii the Ni-tun-ii 1 i'llige ot South ("a ml in a. one lh.it he 'ouml to exei'llctit during his ex r.erli'in'e as 11 menilter of t!ii lacuity of that instiiiiiiiui. It is conducted without a ,' iiny's cxieuse to the sch'hd fund and results in the greatest good for the yttfjjls, the tcacherx and the future of the school. I , . regularly a-ppointcd hours each we ; SiiH'rir.teiidem Moses lc'lures to the members of the training s liool and gin them luwtruetien regarding the nnn'rigi'ineiit of a school ro.un, the treat ment that should be accorded young pu pils, the proper methods of imparting information to the young minds anil other mutters concerning the welfare of Ibe' public school child. ' ; ;Tlie yoiia' women who intend teach g or 'are interested in this manner of w'rk "'"1 l't'" regular- IjT otieed the lectures' ami in this way liecomc prepared for the work of teach ing, whi' h they intend tnkiin; up when tfccj fed themselves to lie equipped for 1 lie work. The members of the Training School an1, from time to time, transferred from one room to another and there, under the supervision of Snpcrinlendent Moses or the recnlar teacher, they have charge of a section 01 a grade for a pvrt of the ilny. The number of pupils in the public 'cho-Is is so lari:e that it is almo-t im possible for the proper amount of indi vidunl attention to lie jtivoti each pupil by the teacher in eharire of the room, bu! by having the :t.--N: ::.n-ee of the members of the Training School, who are being instructed in. the work, the pupi's of the lower grad-'s are given more attention than has -ever before been ffiveu in the school here. It is in the lower grades that the training of the yoimir pupil is of greatest importance. and the advantage of the new system M.ssBifeadjf v..fc,w dflnVinstrateA. Ijy JHwuMtavn !tn':fiv.i'i!tent in the work of the children March ; .,, In( ,ini,.kness with which ihey have j h-nn,,-,) to systematize their siudving. 1 er(k, c,,rl )K, I,,..,,, effected in this way ami the credit for it belongs to th, vonng wi'ieen v, ho give their time to practical npplieatii 11 10 prepare them for teaching, and ! Simer;nteinlei!.t Moses fer the conception cf this schcm,' nnd for the excellent instruction that he is giving the mmd-or-' of the Train ing School. And it is all for the good of the city. THE LITTLE HUSSAR Fxcellently Presented Las; Night by the j Portsmouth's Taleeied Amateurs. "The Little Iln--ar." as presented by an aiualiiir opera company from Pi rts n c nth. under the aide direct ion of Mrs. i J. B. Phipp. is one of the greMest events j to be record, d this theatrical season in. j Raleigh, and the p rfonnance last night j was worthy of a crowded auditorium. It ' was fully equal lo any professional pro 1 iluelion that h ' - been presented here this M'ltsoii, nod the voices were fresher and sweeter than those of professional sing ers. The acting as excellent. and though the oimt:i is not die best, it was made exeelhnt lnt night bv the good work of the members of Mrs. Shipn's company, eaili one of whom put the grr'tcst life into the character parts, aitcd to the ho-t .".Iv.mtago to display true talent, and thoroughly charmed the audience. The cast is composed of popular youns men and won en carefully selected for j their talerl. am! the chorus ahlv six- 1 1 mined their reputation for beamy and , j grace as will ns for the strong voices : that have been so highly mentioned , wherever the company bus boon. j The acting and 'n-.'ing of Mr. Me- j Dermott. Mr. Dunbar. Miss Mabel Bur ton, Mis Man- Worth. Mi-s Agnes Trufteti and Mb? Elizabeth Hill were n st deserving of high praise. The eoirp.any left on the Atlanta Stic ciiil Inst nirrht for Portsmouth. In !?i eich they won n permanent place ill the t hearts of those who were present hist : night. IMMORAL PLAYS Dr. Parkhurat Will Begin Another Crusade. New York. Feb. 17.-The R Dr. Charles IT. I'arkhurst and the Society for the Prevention of Crime, according to report., arc treditnling another cru sade. Thov consider that certain pl.ivs now beiire produced are corrupting public morals and1 should -lie suppress ed or pruned. The plavs in view are "Sapho" and "The Degenerates." There is also seme discussion ot portions of '"When We Were Twtntv-one," "Papa's Wife" and "Naughty Anthnwv." "Sapho," it is thought, with liberal priming, mav he made at lot negative, 111 its effects upon public morals. As Dr. Parkliurst is ill with a severe cold the crusade will not be started un til he can direct it in person. PLANTS. . Good Ti'irdy ealibngo plants to set out now. Fine tuitnc and all kind of spring plants now growing for the trade, and will he ready for encrly sale. H. STEIN METZ. BIG BALL GAMES FOR THIS YEAR Large Number Scheduled for this City Carolina college i BOYS IN FOR SPORT The Schedule lor the Various College Teams as tbe Have Been Arranged to Date Athletic Interest Increases. Aibleties are now taking much of the Mil-plus ijnie of the students at the vari ous male institutions in tins State, unci it appears at. the present time as 1 hough the Base Kail season ..f l'.MW will be one of the most brilliant in the history of tiiat sport in North Carolina. No city or town in the State is favored with such 11 large number of gui.ies as are to be pulled off in Raleigh, aud from the work thai is proaiis, d by the le.-inis that are lo play here, and from the material from which the trained ball twirlers are to be selected, it is safely judged that some interesting and exciting game- will be played by the college teams. Capt. F. D. Ross of Salisbury, who U to lead the ball twirlers of the Agri cultural and Met lianieal College this year, says that there is excellent matc riil at the college, and that the men are of the sort that know how to play and love to do it. Manager It. I. P.ti: nbai'dt, of Salis bury, who has diarge of the lii'.'Uci.il matters and of the arranging of the g.:ines for the team, is of the opinion that the year w ill not be an, unsuccessful me for his nun. He has been given good reason to believe that the sport lovers in Raleigh will 1tronize all of the games at the A. and M. College ir tlic I' am is a good one, and aw there is noilollln on that score, he feels confident of the jear's being a good one. Manager Burnhar.lt has already 1 planned for the team a trip South, where the Farmer l.oys expect to cross bais with the hard hitters from Cleuison Col lege. S. ('.. Mercer University. Ga.. the University of Georgia, and the Poly technic 'hrtitnte of Georgia, at Atlanta. He also expects to arrange games with Trinity College and the University ot North Carolina, ind it is probable that these games willlic played in this city. The schedule thus far arranged is as I T. and D. School, of Mor- ganton, at Raleigh. March MO I.aF.ayette University, at Raleigh. April n-Gnilford College, at Raleigh. April 11-I.chigh University, at Ral eigh. April 21-Oak Ridge, at Raleigh. Mav I - Universit v of Marvhind, 'it Ral-oigh. The d' Hi's left unfilled will be taken u; by the triii Sotiih and by the games with tile University of North Carolina and Trinliy College. THE STATE UNIVERSITY. The schedule of games for the base bull team of the University of North Carolina has not bet n completed, bin it :s on the r.ear read to perfection. Then arc few g tin's at ranged w ith Nortncni Colli -.-is as y,-t. though the Southern tour of Vale or Princeton may bring some larger games to the State. No Xorthern tour lias been arranged, ami it is p.ihaMo that the Carolina 'Varsity will i"i: go North this year. Virginia and Carolina will not oivss hats, the dis ruption caused l.y Virginia's manlier 0 inking defeat in football extending to the sun nier sjiol as well as other athletic contests.. The schedule so far arranged includes the following games: M.-in-h "7 -.LaFayelte. at Chapel Hill. March -7 -Lal'a.u tie. at Chapel Hill. March Lal'ayctte. at Chapel Hill. April .'-Cornell, at Chapel Hill. Airil 7-Horner's, at Chapel Hill. April Hi - Univeril v of Georgia, ai Chapel Hill. April 17--Uuiversity of Ginrgia, nt Chapel Dili. April L'l - Soroh Carolina Slate Col- lege, a' Columbia. April 1!7- Univers at At- lama. A;-ril University of Georgia, at At lanta. April .10- Sew-:. nee. at Atlanta. May I S-'Witiiee. at Atlanta. May ."-Universit v of Mnrvland Chi.rrl Hill. Mav 7 Universitv of Tennessee. ( Impel Hill. May S. University of Toiincsse. at 111 at Chapel Hill. From the above schedule it will bo seen that the 'Varsity boys are to lie In Atlanta for four games, and at that lime they will be given the usual cordial reception accorded them in the Georgia Capital. OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE. Mr. R. IT. Wright, Assist int Manager of. tilt- Oak Ridge Institute Baseball Club, is in Raleigh today. Mr. Wright sny that the Oak Ridge team this year will play fast ball, and will give a bird fight to all corners. J,. states that the list of games 1" oked to dale is as fol lows: March .11 Wliitsett Institute, nt Oak Ridge. Aprd -t Horner's, at d:k Ridge. April .!. and D School, at Mor- i gllllfon. April 7 Bingham, of Ashevillc, at . Morgaiiton. April lft-Bingham, of Mebnne. at Me ba ne. April 17 Universitv of North Caro lina, at Chapel Hill. April 18 TWncr's. "it Oxford. Ai.nl lf Wake forest (Vlloee. at Wake Fdrcsf. April 21 A. aud M. College, nY Ral eigh. April 27 University of Tennessee, nt Oak Ridge. The Oak Ridge team has a reputation to uphold for good ball twirling and for excellent batting records. This year's tennii is composed of experienced amateur hall players, tind is to do good work It their promises are lived up to. GUILFORD COLLEGE. The schedule of games for Guilford College has not been arranged yet. though the manager, Mr. W. C. Ham mond, is in correspondence with a num ber of teams of colleges in this State. The only giums announced as certain nt this time are as follows: March 121 IloniHr's, at Oxford. .March 111 Wake Forest, at Wake Forest. April 13 A. and M. College, at RmI eigh. The game scheduled for Ralegh will lie one of the most interesting to the contesiants ihat they will play this year. Tile two teams in the past have been about evenly matched, ami it is probable that this year's contests will lie as In teresting as tiiose of the pnsl few years. WAKE l-'OKEST COLLEGE. Though the sc'ni dale of games to be played by the Wake Forest ball team lias not been completed, Miinagi-r A. R. Dunning has arranged i.a ior!ion of It lie is confident of the good qualities or his team and it has many strong rooters who will cheer the boys on to victory in many of the einnliais. The schedule for the si aon as it stands today is as; fol low: March ill-Guilford, at Wake Forest. " April 4- Binham. at Wake Forest. April II -Trinity, ai Durham. April 7 -Horner, at Oxford. April !i Horner, at W ike Forest. Aril 111 1.1k Ridge, at Wake Forest. April 20 -l d; Ridge, at Wake Forest. April L'o- Wi fford. at Sptirtausburg. April 21 Ch'inson. at Fort Hill. April 25 Tech., at Atlanta. April 2i 1 Mercer, at Mlieon. Aprii 27 Mercer, at Macon. April 2S May 1 Kb liniond, at Wake Forest. The Wake Forest team is composed of excellent material. Several of the 1111 11 who made up the hette. of last .tear's nine are li'.ick at College, and are to play ball again ibis year. The team is not the Inst in the history of the college, but it is going to make some people think thnt there is nothing bet ter to he found in Norlh Carolina ihis season. HORNER'S SCHOOL No school in the State is being so w iilcly talked about lainning lovers of the baseball sport as is Homer's Military Shook The team is bound to lie a good one and will have probable the best battery ill the Slate. Prof. Jestte Old ham, who is remembered as the'best man behind the bit in the history of the University of North Carolina athletics, is in the faculty at Horner's and he is always the life of a team. He gives confidence lo 1 he players, nnd has been the making of the teams of sevefal pre i pnratory school in, the State since he : loade himself famous by his billiant j work at the University. ! The schedule arranged for Homer's , Military Silmol to date is as follows: March 21 Guilford College, at Oi I ford. I M 1 nh 2.1 Trinity Colege, at Durham. ; A) ril I (Ink Ridge, at Oak Ridge. April li Guilford College, nt Guilford ! College. April H-Whitsett Institute, at Whit- , sell. April 7 Universitv of North Carolina, i at Chapel Hill. Al'rd It -Wake Forest, at Wake For est. April 12 -Oak Ridge Institute, at Ox ford. April 111 Wake Forest, at Oxford. I In more ways than one is the schedule if Horner's School of importance. Be--:ites l.-ing one of the most promising tenuis in the Stale, it is tbe only team ihat has up to this time arranged dtites with the University, Trinity and Wake l'on-t Coll 'ge. and by the games be tween Horner and the respectively nam ed lollegcs tin- superiority of Wake Forest. Trinity end the University will , be judged. thiM' trains having 110 con- : test tiiis year as in the years of long , ago. j April '.'nth will be lutereoilcgiate Field ! I':ly at Horner's Milit-irv Seh.iol, and all of the colleges in the St'rte have been ; invited to pl;c part in the field nnd track 1 ci.ntists. This promises to he an oeca ! si. n of unusual interest in Iho State, j and means nim-h for the future or ! aii"ttciir ;itlih lies iu ilie e dlegi-s and j schools of North Curolii:'i. An cxc-el-1 lent 1 rograni has been arranged, anil , the tr'oi lecii! to he neen-ded the visitors ! on that day will be right royal. All ill nil the vein- promises to be one of the most brilliant in the history of . the 1 aseball svort in the South, .and j North Carolina's pirt in making the record this year will be ihat of covering I tl'e top round of the bidder. That's how- it .ippears now. Mini there is nothing in the wind to show tha there is the slighter! djin-ycr cf a change. SWEARS FAIR MARRIED Hf R. Mrs. Craven's Testimony In Her Suit Aeainst Senator' Estate. S.n Francisco. F has been created Cravi n by her to? ataiiist the estate Fair for ?5.000 n lew.iine since the eh. 17. A sensation by Mrs. Nettie R. timoiiy ill a suit of the l.ilt- Sunntor month widow's nl death of the Sena - lor. Mi's. Cnvcii testified that she and Senator Fair were married bv contract 111 June. ISO.', and that one month later, at th" request of her daughter Margaret, ttinn I or Fair and Mrs. Craven were mirnci! by Justice of the Peace Smip lo.i of Sniisiihto. Judge Snnptoii is liv ing and will he called upon to substan tiate Mrs. Craven's statement. 'Hie testimony of Mrs. Craven iu this) particular was totally unlooked for, nnd ilie facts which she swore to today have never appeared 111 anv of the great limss of testimony heretofore offered iu this case. COTOX QUOTATIONS. New York. Feb. 17-sOnttou: March, R.IS5; April, 8.65: May. 8.48; June, 8.57; July. 8.58; August, 8.46. -
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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