Thursday, March 28, 1907.
THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
STATE NEWS.
The graded school at Hickory has
closed on account of scarlet fever.
Rev. Geo. H. Cornelson, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Concord, has declined a call to the
pastorate of Moore Memorial church,
Nashville, Tenn.
The remains of Fred Williams, a
white man, were found beside the
railroad track, near Hillsboro, Sun
day. The wounds on the body indi
cated foul play.
The closing exercises of the medi
cal department of the University will
be held at Chapel Hill May 9th. Dr.
Geo. W. Long, of Graham, will de
liver the address.
A State laudrymen's Association
was organized at Raleigh last week,
with P. M. Cave, of Charlotte, presi
dent, and J. W. Morton, of Asheville,
secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Henry L. Vanstory, who has
been chief clerk in the Central Hotel,
at Charlotte, has leased the Connelly
Springs property and will conduct
that resort during the summer.
There are now 1,180 rural delivery
mail carriers in the State. Those on
routes of standard length twenty
four miles get $60 per month. Af
ter July . 1st, they will get $75 per
month.
Mrs. Charley Greer, of Watauga
County, tied her baby in a chair be
fore the fire and left it alone. When
she returned the child had fallen in
the fire on its face and was burned
to death.
In an affray near Andrews, Chero
kee County, .Sunday night, Avery
Pulliam, aged twenty-one years, shot
and instantly killed his brother, El
bert Pulliam. The survivor claims
self-defense, of course. Drinking and
gambling, No eye-witnesses to the
difficulty.'
Miss Tommie Gore, who lives near
Warsaw, Duplin County, passed near
a burning brush heap, he clothes
caught fire and she was burned so
that she died. Two persons who at
tempted to extinguish the flames
were badly burned on the hands and
' face. '
Near Parkton, Robeson County, a
few days ago, Mr, John T. Nihcol
son was helping to fight a forest fire
when he became exhausted and start
ed home in a buggy. Becoming
worse, he was taken to the home of
a neighbor and died before a physi
cian could arrive.
In Charlotte, Saturday, Sam Reid,
fourteen years old and colored, was
riding a bicycle through the streets
rapidly when he collided with the
team of Dr. W. O. Nesbit. A shaft
of the vehicle struck the boy in the
chest, inflicting injuries from which
he died two days later.
The agricultural department Mon
day shipped the first carload for the
State's exhibit at the Jamestown Ex
position. Four more carloads will
be sent. The material consists of dis
plays in agriculture, horticulture,
forestry, fish and game, mining,
building stone and other material.
The rooms of the Colored Business
Men's Social Company, in Greens
boro, were raided by the police Mon
day evening and more than 100 gal
lons of whiskey and beer seized. The
manager, Perry Young, was arrested
on a charge of retailing. The con
cern was a mammoth "blind tiger."
In a head-on collision between a
work train and a freight in Swanna
noa tunnel Monday morning four
Asheville trainmen were badly bruis
ed and traffic delayed. The work
train stalled in the tunnel and a
freight train ran into it. Engineer
J. A. Madison, Fireman Jo. Davidson,
and Brakeman E. A. Hammet and
John Davidson were injured. The
engines were damaged, several cars
derailed and one torn to pieces.
A High Point news item says the
North State Telephone Company, the
independent company of that town,
has increased its business 40 per
cent the past year and paid a hand
some dividend to its stockholders.
The company has .600 'phones in
High Point and long distance con
nection with several towns.
At Smithfield, Johnston County,
telephone rates were regarded as un
reasonably high and a reduction was
refused. By agreement the use of
'phones was discontinued by mer
chants, an independent company was
organized and all the stock has been
subscribed. The company will put in
a telephone system and thus another
town will be freed from the grasp of
a monopoly.
For Mayor.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for mayor of the city of Ra
leigh, subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries. If elected, I
will work for the best interests of
the whole people of the city, regard
less of clicks or rings.
M. S. CLARK.
March 28, 1907-tf.
For Alderman.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for alderman from the First
Division of the Third Ward, subject
to the action of the Democratic prim
ary. If nominated, I will represent
the whole people, and not any click
or combination.
G. M. HARDEN.
(March 21-tf.)
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The new city charter provides for
a Police Commission, consisting of
three members, terms of office two,
four, and six years, respectively.
I am a candidate for the six-year
term, subject to the Democratic prim
ary to be held April 4th.
I believe in a clean, moral city, and
if elected, will strive to make our
police force more efficient than ever
along these lines. I will appreciate
jour support.
Yours respectfully,
JO. II. WEATHERS.
Local Items.
Mrs. Simon Hayes, who was some
thing over eighty years of age, passed
away Sunday evening at 7 o'clock at
the home of Mr. J. N. McRary, on the
corner of Davie and Dawson Streets.
She had been ill for some days with
pneumonia -and the end was not un
expected. Mrs. Hayes was the wife
of the late Simon G. Hayes, who was
in business in Raleigh for a number
of years.
Miss Mattie Smith, a young wo
man nineteen years of age, died of
pneumonia. She had been sick for
about two weeks and the end came
at the Rex Hospital. Miss Smith was
a daughter of Mrs. Lanie Smith, who
lives on West Lane Street. The cir
cumstances connected with her death
were unusually sad. The remains
were sent to Fuquay Springs for in
terment. She died Monday.
The case of two colored women,
Emily Jones and her daughter, Mary
Edwards, who are charged with run
ning an assignation house on West
Edenton Street, near West Street,
which was before Justice Separk, has
been moved to Justice Yearby's
court, to be tried April 6th at 3.30
p. m. Col. J. C. L. Harris and Col.
Argo will appear for the defendants,
and Mr. W. B. Jones for the State.
The trial will draw a large crowd, as
startling information may : be given
out. Since the above was written a
true bill has been found against her
by the grand jury of Wake Superior
Court.
The peace of God will hold you in
safe keeping; and what a peace that
must be! No plummet line cannot
fathom it, no tempest can assail it,
no time can destroy it. J. R. Mc-Dufl.
"Everybody Should Know."
says C. G. Hays a prominent business
man of Bluff, Mo., that Bucklen's
Arnica Salve is the quickest and sur
est healing Salve ever applied to a
sore, burn or wound, or to a case of
piles. I've used it and know what
I'm talking about." Guaranteed by
all Druggists. 25c.
Improved Service for North on the
Southern.
The inauguration of a new passen
ger train between Greensboro and
Goldsboro, effective February 1 0th,
will afford greatly improved service
from this section for Washington,
Baltimore, New York and all points
North.
This train leaves Goldsboro 4.30
p. m., Selma 5.15 p. m., Raleigh
6.30 p. m., Durham 7.30 p. m., ar
riving Greensboro 9.30 p. m., making
close connection at Greensboro with
train No. 34, Washington and Flor
ida Limited, which handles through
sleeper from Charlotte to New York.
Space on this car is on sale at
Raleigh, Durham, and Greensboro,
and requests for reservation made to
agents at these points or to Charlotte
will have prompt attention.
For additional information call on
any agent of Southern Railway or
address, T. E. GREEN, C. T. A.,
Raleigh, N. C.
Renew Promptly.
We often meet subscribers whose
subscriptions have expired and who
say that they wanted the paper on,
didn't want to miss a copy, but neg
lected to renew;, "didn't come to
town," etc. They show their faith by
renewing. But they could often
avoid missing several issues of the
paper by using the U. S. mails, which
were invented for just such purposes.
If it is icecream in fancy shapes
and of the finest quality that you
need Dughi-manufactures it.
The Raleigh Enterprise and the
New York World, thrice-a-week edi
tion, for only $1.60 a whole year.
Think of it!
The Raleigh Enterprise and the
American Farmer both one year for
only $1.00.
Dughi has purchased a fine lot of
singing canaries and cages. If this
is what your wife wants, see them.
Sale of Real Estate.
On Monday, the 28th day of Jan
uary, 1907, at the Court House door,
in the City of Raleigh, I will offer
for sale at public auction for cash,
thirty acres of land belonging to the
estate of Sarah J. Darden, deceased,
lying and being in Middle CreeK
township, Wake County, and adjoin
ing on the north the lands of Penina
Darden; on the east by the land of
A. J. Blalock; on the south by the
land of W. A. Myatt; and on the
west by J. W. Rowland.
The sale will be made in order to
convert this real estate into assets to
pay the debts of Sarah J. Darden.
Title perfect.
J. M. POLLARD,
Commissioner.
J. C. L. HARRIS,
Atty of Commissioner,
January 3, 1907 30d.
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