a trolley party, some crime
1905-07-09 - Raleigh Morning Post
- Mr. & Mrs. Romulus Ballantine
- Trolley Party in Durham, delightful, thrown by Lila Wright for her friends, but especially for Miss Kate Watkins, Miss Rebecca Watkins, and Miss Elkins, visiting. After a trip around the trolley line, the 30 or so partygoers went to Lakewood Park and enjoyed refreshments while the park orchestra played. Once the orchestra’s time slot was over, Miss Wright paid them for the rest of the night and there was a dance until midnight
- Julia Wacksmith
- Mr. Major (handsome, debonair) & Mrs. Major, “resplendent in the beauty of her lovely womanhood” whoa there
- Criminal docket is light, Wake Co had 73 cases this term
- “Two murder cases - Sherwood Hinton at large - Procuring Emigrants, Highway Robbery, Assault & Larceny the Next Most Serious Alleged Offenses”
- Bynum to be arraigned next Fri. for killing Jas. B. Alford
- 2 men jailed for contempt of court and, uh, “embracery?”
- NC National Guard 1904 Report, by Adjutant General Royster
- Greensboro’s Proximity Cotton Mills baseball team won 1-0 against an amateur team from Raleigh.