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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1891
Page
8
Washington dispatch reports frequent showers and easterly winds for North and South Carolina with no clear temperature change. Showers are probable Friday.
Sunshine returns after rain as Raleigh reports varied local news. Notables include Denson's recovery from typhoid, Patersonville GA born Prof Pritchett joining A and M College, and A F Page buying half of the Adams building for 9000 dollars with Farmers Bank purchasing the other half.
O F Regular meeting of Seaton Gales Lodge No. 64 I O O F tonight at 8 o clock sharp. The 3rd Degree will be conferred at 8 15. All members and visiting brethren are requested to attend promptly. Turens, Secretary.
Notes from the Cotton Mills report July production of 76,000 pounds of fine hosiery yarns by Mr. J. S. Wynne. He says August looks to match the record. Mills operated by day only, with day and night operation accelerating wear.
The Baptist State Mission Board moves the next State Convention from Raleigh to Goldsboro because the Tabernacle is not ready and Exposition crowds will fill the city. Next year a large Baptist gathering will return to Raleigh for the Foreign Mission Board celebration in North Carolina.
At eight this evening a mass meeting will be held at Metropolitan hall for supporters of locating the new colored agricultural college here. Attendance should be full and prompt to push the matter forward.
Citizens of Raleigh are invited to a Thursday eight o'clock meeting in the Mayor's office to discuss the proposed Baptist Female University and to welcome Trustees visiting Monday. Governor Holt pardoned two convicts, Law rence Axendine and Staton, both with prior sentences. A fourth man Joshua Harris, held in Atlanta for burglary, is sought for transfer for trial.
The State Board of Public Charities met and praised local boards in 60 of 96 counties. Leaders include Congressmen T. G. Skinner Elias Carr Dr Benbow and W F Kornegay. Boards will oversee county prisons and charities to push reforms and report to the Governor. Capt C B Denson led the effort with notable summer work.
Oscar T. Robinson of the county nearly drowned when the Milburnie road bridge over Crabtree Creek gave way in flood water. His horse and wagon were drowned, but help arrived quickly and his life was saved. The article also notes a trustees meeting of the Colored Agricultural and Mechanical College seeking funds and site options in Raleigh area, with proposals from Winston, Wilmington, Greensboro, and Durham and plans for a later decision and a citizens’ meeting.
After a brief illness this gentle man died yesterday of pneumonia at his home on North Harrington street aged 70 years He was one of the best known citizens of Raleigh and had held many public positions He was in the contracting and building trade in partnership with Jacob B Allen now of Richmond and Anderson Betts of Cary under Betts Allen Co He served as a director of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind from 1877 to 1891 street commissioner during Mayor Manlys first term turnkey at the station house 1881 2 engineer at the U S post office and court house to 1884 1888 since then employed in the wood working department at the Raleigh Gaston railroad shops He was a zealous Mason Tiler of Hiram lodge and Grand lodge member of the First Baptist church He leaves a wife four sons and three daughters Funeral at First Baptist church at 4 30 this afternoon
A help wanted ad seeks a skilled man to run the retail grocery department with stated salary expectations. Also notes a Grand Exhibit at Swindll's Mammoth Emporium in Rilleigh North Carolina featuring carpeting, rugs, and a September sale with velvet carpeting at one dollar per yard, selling well below usual prices.
A young man with steady habits seeks work and has bookkeeping experience with good references. A curious note follows on a bargain: 25 dollars worth of furniture for 15 dollars by trading with Tromas & Maxwell.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve marketed as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Promises perfect satisfaction or money refunded. 25 cents per box. Sold by John Y. MacRae.
A fragment lists Rev R L Abernethy as president and professor, with Arthur T Abernethy and others in law, mathematics, history, and medicine. Mentions a building fire in August and a fall term starting on Wednesday. Professor Boekbinder noted as a Berlin graduate in music.
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