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THI ASSOCIATED . PRESS DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: FAIR AXD COLD. VOL. XVI. NO. 12. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 21, 1911. Sc PER COPY A LODGED SHELL HAVE FAITH E TO FRUIT I M DIG TOPROVIDEFOR STATE BUILDING KELLEY HOMICIDE CASE 1501 TRIAL Evidence Introduced Relative to the Alleged Killing of Wayne Kelley by Walter Pressley. GENERAL BILLS IRE NEGLECTED , t m IS SEANDALuUS IS PREVEN MURDER ' IT Declares Saunders of Committee, to Which Appropriation for Buller and Associates Has Been Returned. RECEIPTED FOR $20,000 IN FULL TO THE INDIANS Notwithstanding This, He and Others Are Now Endeavoring to Get Big Part of $100,000 Which They Claim to Have Earned. Qassettc-Newn Bureau, Hoiel Hamilton, Washington, Feb. 21. L' Rf 1ISI.ATION respecting the claim of Mariun P.lltU'l- and associates In what is known as the Coville Indian reservation case hu taken n tioiuewhut sensational turn. The sen ate amendment carrying the appro priation has been thrown hack Into conference and Representative Saun ders of Virginia told the writer that the claim of Butler and other Is without merit to a decree not only flagrant but scandalous. He says Butler got $20,000 person ally, giving a receipt In full for ser vices rendered the Indians, and is now endeavoring to net the biggest part of $100,000 which Butler and other lawyers claim they have earned in this Indian practice. Judge Siiunders, who is a member of the conference committee, declared that he would never consent to allow this sum or any part thereof. Collector Brown's New Bond Accepted Congreusmnn Morehead claims that the treasury department has accepted u new bond from Collector Brown of the Western Internal revenue district, and that this may be regarded as equivalent to a reappointment. The president, however, has not said what he would do. W. A. H. Till: I'BESIOKXT, IT IS FKARF.R, MAY VKTO TIIK FORF.ST HIM, There is some f -ar that President TaB. may veto the forest reserve bill. There has leen some suggestion of a conllict between the war depart ment and the geological survey, over which department will supervise the work of field agents. Mr. Taft, who Is not over friendly to the bill nny wav. has. It is believed, referred the mutter to the war department. At uny rate, the bill is there, and Bran degee, Galllnger and the North Caro lina senator, alarmed over the fall- lire of the president to affix his signtii tare, have planned to visit the de liartment with a view to ascertaining the cause of delay. IF EXTRA SESSION CALLED TARIFF WILL BE REVISED Representative Underwood Declare That IlemocratM are Pledged and Twin Will be Revised. Washington. Feb. tl. If an extra session of congress Is called following nn adlournment March 4 the nouse democrats will begin Immediately to revive several schedules of the Payne Aldrlch tariff act An authoritative utatement was given out by Kepresen tative Underwood of Alabama, pros neetlvo phairman of the new ways and means committee. It was made to correct an erroneous report in cir culation during the past few days. Underwood said: "Tho utatement that If an extra ses sion is called the democrats in the house will not begin the work or re -vising the tariff is absolutely un founded. 'Democrat are plodged to revlst thU nrl(T and If we go into extra ses- slon. the house unquestionably will pass some tariff bills revising- some rchedule of the Payne act downwaro liefore It adjourns." ItlTI.IK'V nrvnitKH IBM' OX LAKE SHORE RAILROAD Roller-Mskcj Responded Promptly to Oriler for Strike Prospec t r Settlement Good. Kansas City. Feb. 11. -Fifteen hun dred boiler-makers are Idle, because of a strike on the Lka Hhore Mich igan Houthern line of the New York Central, aecordln to statement by President Franklin of the Boiler- Makers International union.' Reports from tha strike snne show the men resDOtided promptly to the strike or .lor riiittnok for settlement seems Rood. , Must Alot a Mure Reasonable Course Washington. Feb. SI. As a result if protest registered by the British Fonaul. veneral at Port Au-Prince nsalnst the riu of terror In Haital, th state rieDartment has made repre sentation to the Haitian government on the whole sals execution oi rrvu.u tloitarv prisoners, advising the author ities to adopt more reasonable course 1 Pope Has Rex-OTcrcd. ' i. ) Tvjh t.n Vina P nome, reo. ... . - ry - " siinieii aunieneea, nwvnm , , ,,.,,.u t in(lu- ,,,,, , Negro Placed Rifle at Ernest Paxton's Head and Pulled Trigger Trial Is Continued. fCrriest Pavton, an assistant fore man at the Hans Roe tannery, enme near losing his lire at the hands of a negro named Frank Carver, alias Km nk Williams, last evening. But for the fact that a cartridge been me lodged In a rifle III the hands of Car ver or Williams It seems certain that the assistant foreman today would lie a dead man. Incidentally after the rifle, placed hard against Mr. Pax ton's head, failed to lire the assistant foreman used a club, mallet or some other hard Instrument on the negro's head, since the negro appeared In court this morning with blood-stained bandage about the head and evidence of severe hurts. The evidence was not taken this morning. It appears, however, that Carver or Wt'.llamH was drinking, that be and Mr. Piixton disagreed iver Some matter and thai the negro mntcdiatcly l.roiin lit into play a rille inlaldlng several cartridges. He threw a cartridge Into tin- chamber nil pressing the gun against Mr. Paxton's head pulled the trigger. In some manner the cartridge liuc'iun- lodged and the rille failed to lire. Mr. Buxton It is alleged then used some hard Instrument on the negro's head. Both the negro and Mr. I'axton were hurged with an assault one upon the other. They were both In court this morning, the negro in the prisoner's ock. Judge Carter of counsel for the defendant Carver or Williams, asked for a continuance, which W;is granted. The cases will be tried to morrow. Just what started the row Is not definitely stated. EDPLE MUST GET BUST IF BONDS ARE ISSUED Time Is Short and il People Favor Road Bonds They Should Speak up. The question of getting the legisla ture to allow the Buncombe county ounty commissioners the right to Is sue $100,1100 In roail improvement bonds to improve the highways of the county us outlined by the flood Koads association Is a question which should attract the Immediate attention of all the people of the county, as the legis lative session is drawing to a close The representatives from Buncombe, Il Is said, feel that this matter should receive the freest possible discussion among the citizens and they should at once notify them how they stand on the question. The fact that but little time remains in which to act makes It Important for them to be informed at once. The roads proposeu iu w Improved are the Ashevllle-Hender-sonville, ABhevllle-Falrvlew. Ashevllle- Mwannanoa-Bluck Mountain road, Ashevllle-lvy road. Ashevllle-Alexan-der, and Asheville-Turnplke road. making a series of important roaus leading outto'all parts of the county as far as the county line. The repre sentatives, it is believed, will pass the enabling act at this session If the peo ple desire it. In fact, there seems to be a general disposition on the part of the people of the county to Issue Input bonds. The farmers are awak- ..ninir to the benefits of good roads the good roads association are in favor of the bond issue, as are the board of trade and Ketall Merchants association. The issue, it is explain ed, can be effected with no Increase of the tax rale and the roads built at nnce without the long delay construc tion entirely with convicts wouia ne cessitate. MRS. SUTTLEMYRE Death or Well Known Uidy of Ca tawba County Paralysis mo Cause of Death. ' Special to The Oaxette-News. lllrkorv. Feb. !1. Mrs. Fannie M Suttlcmyre. wife of O. Phil Suttlo myre, one of the most prominent eltt .un. of Catawba county, died at, her home In the northwestern corner oi the county last Friday and was buried from Holy Trinity church Baturday, of which she had leen a member al most from the time rt nrst structure was built , Mull Kulnkly Hill Favorably 1 tenor tod Washington, Feb. 21. The ocean mall subsidy bll. which has already nasseit the senate was ordered favora bly reported by the house postofflce committee by a vote oi seven to sis, it ii amended so as to omit trans pacific lines and making It apply only to South America. Col. Rooneielll I Bmy. Chicago, Feb. II Theodore Roose velt, who arrived this afternoon, faces II busy hours. He attended two re- captions and delivers an address at the Harvard club's annual banquet to night ' Will l'yrU Tablet. , Ravannuh, Ga., Feb. tl. A . tablet, marking the place where one of the I sanguinary battles of the ltevo- --- .k. .mi i. ..n lutbiimry war was fought, mill lie un J veiled tomorrow. Asheville Electric Company and Asheville Telephone and Tele graph Company Preparing to Spend Much Money. TOTAt EXPENDITURE WILL PROBABLY REACH $250,000 New Material Being Placed and Lines Extended by Telephone Company While Electric Co. Is Like wise Extending Lines. T HE public service corporations In Asheville are exhibiting great faith' In Asheville's future bv the expenditure ol several hundred thousand dollars ror improvements in I heir properly in Asheville. The Ashe ville IOIeeli-1 I company is spending and will spend during the present year more than $ir.u,00l) In a general over-' hauling of its system in the city; lay ing heavy rails instead of the light ones; extending turnouts and construc tion of tile proposed West College street line; and the construction of Its West Asheville line. The Asheville Telephone & Teh-graph company i expending, upwards of $100,000 ir. this vicinity in a general extension ol Its cable lines, putting In new mate rial and enlarging the switch-board capacity In the Asheville exchange. Both ol' these companies are planning ahead of the actual needs and the fact that they are two of the greatest norporations in the United States In their lines, und that they do not spend money where t'..y sic tnot It will not be a good thing in the way of .in in vestment. It means that these compa nies see In Asheville within no dis tant time a great commercial devel opment. In the local exchange office the tel ephone company Is to install a switch board wllh a capacity for COO new lines, giving the office a full capacity of 4000 lines. The cable lines are be ing extended into West Asheville, tak ing the side of the street opposite that occupied by tile new ar line so as tr let the telephone wires out of the way of the car line. Ail the open wires to West Asheville are being re moved anil replaced with cable. Tbli will give a greatly Improved service to that section and will in a way pre- ent much of the dsiturbani-es causei' during the summer by lightning. Throughout the city cable lines are replacing the open wire lines where there are 15 or more such wires, while the cable lines are being con strutted rar beyond the city llmltf where there Is a demand. The Asheville office Is now In direct onnectlon With Hot Springs, .V. C, through Bluff, N. C, and with the Bryson City Telephone company at Bryson City. The Murphy toll line recently completed, has now been equipped with its full number of toll stations and it Is said that huslncst Is so good on this line that the com pany Is planning to build a second line to Asheville from Allmon where onnectlon Is made with the Franklin Telephone company's line. When completed this line would place Ashe ville In direct communication with all points on the Franklin line. The recent deal by which the Western Un ion Telegraph company and the South ern Bell Telephone & Telegraph com pany came under the same group ol rapltallsts has greatly facilitated the construction of telephone lines by the use of the Western, Union poles. The Fulrvlew Telephone company with a trunk line from Asheville to Fairview will install a complete ex change at Fairview and serve about 50 subscribers in that section. The Fairview, company Is owned by local capital and Its Improvements will be of great benefit to that section The North Buncombe Telephone company has Installed switchboards at Morgan Hill and Murs Hill, with trunk line into Asheville connecting with the Asheville exchange. This gives jjood service to the north Bun combe section. It la understood that the company will soon begin work on a new toll Hps from Marlon to Johnson City, fol lowing the line of the C. C. O. rail way. On this line It Is estimated that about 12 local stations will be in stalled. This line will connect with the main line of the Southern Bell Telephone' A Telegraph company at Marion and thence with tho Ashe ville Telephone A Telegraph com pan over whose lines connection will be mado with all parts of the country Tlis new line by Marion, It Is be Iteved, will open to this secth.u a least telephone communication with Burnsville and HukersvUle, two points which It is now practically Impossible to reach by wire with any rapidity, The Asheville Telephone Tele graph company has just completed the Hendersonvllle exchange at a coat of about fSO.000 and that town now has a service which Is the equal of Ashevllle's and other points. The system has been changed from a mag neto one to common batteries. The plant Is new throughout none of th old material of any kind was used In th new work, nut even furniture In the offices. It Is a thoroughly up-to date plant. Kln Jewrge' lint liPvee, London. Feb. SI. King George gave (he first levee of his reign to day, mainly to diplomatic and o'tteial circles. Perretnry Phillips and others of the American embassy were pres - ent. 1 CROP ISEPORTED Thermometer Goes to 1 0 Above in the Panhandle Section Damage ' In Mississippi. Dalla Tex.,- Feb. 21. Freezes are reported from many sections of Texas. The thermometer went down to ten degrees above aero at Amarillo in the Panhandle-. Orave fears are enter tained for tho. safety or the rruit and ogetuble crops, it is generally he- evod much damage resulted. Severe Xiohh in Mississippi. Vlcltsliurg, Miss., Feb. 21. Freea- ng temperature last night Is expected ilestroy the fruit chrop. Truck farmers probably will suiter a severe loss. , MAN WHO KILLED NEGRO GIVEN A Hi! TODAY r. Allen, Wadesboro Man, Expects to Show That Hammond Had Threatened His Life, and Had Bad Reputation. peelal to The Gazette-Xews. Wadesboro, Feb. 21. The prelim- nary hearing of James Allen, who hot and killed Thez Hammond, a icgro, Saturday afternoon will be held his afternoon. . Mr. Allen Is still in fall held by the eornner on the charge of murder. Hammond bore a bud reputation and It appears that Mr. Allen can Bhow that the negro had repeatedly threatened his life. The witnesses to the shooting all agree that three shots were tired, the last two after Hammond had started way from Allen, The examination of the body of the lead man Bhows' that two shots took I ffect, one, howeves. was merely a turfaue wound end, the other struck Tie man In theF .center Timhe- tanekr uassed through the lung, producing ieath in a tew minutes. Mr. Allen mmedlately surrendered to the sher ff. The shooting took place on one o'f he busiest streets and at a time when the sidewalks were crowded ' with shoppers. BUR LEY TOBACCO SOCIETY VOTES TO "CUT OUT" CROP ilon May Result In a ReMiiiiiXlon of Mglit-KidhiK Vols Was ImiiilnioiiH. Lexington, Uy., Feb. 21. Contrary o expectations the convention of the Surley Tobacco growers In session lere yesterday voted unanimously for "cut out" of the crop this year. Practically every delegate to the neetlng bore instructions to support he movement. The amount of acre- ige that can be pledged to the niove- nent is doubt Oil because of the ap- nirrnt indilTcr, nee of the Hurley To- lacco society. A communication was tent to the older organization asking t to call a convention of Its members n Kentucky. Indiana and Ohio to en- lorse the vote. The result of the meeting Is regard d In some quarters as presaging a esnmptlon of night riding and similar llsorders, as reports received show hat the tobacco growers generally ire inclined to the belief that a crop ihould be raised this year and none n 1012. rWENTY INJURED IN WRECK ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC M'ven Cars Icrt Ralls and Tumbled About In a Confused Wreck Tit Cause. Elko, Nev Peb. SI. More than 20 inssengers were Injured, several futal !y. In a wreck of the Southern Pacific rain No. 10, eastbound, last night. ?even of the rars left the rails, tum bling about In a confused wreck. A woken rail It Is believed caused the wreck. Pittsburg May Have Ku-c-ct Car Strike Pittsburg, Feb. SI. Whether Pitts burg,, will have a streetcar strike will he decided at the union officials meet ing (onlght. Relations between men and Pittsburg Railways company are strained to the . breaking point. Trouble resulted over the dlsmlnsal of 139 shop employes at one local car ham last October. Employes claimed their dismissal was the result of their union affiliations. Will Increase Output. Hartford, Conn., Feb. tl. About 2000 acres in the Connecticut valley tobacco growing section will be de voted to the "shade grown" products this year against 100 acres so culti vated lest year. Growers aay the ex pansion la dim to supplying an In creased demand or such tobacco. Manila's Annual Carnival Opens. Manila, Feb. St. Manila' annual carnival Is opened. Thousands have come In from the provincial districts. The most novel feature was the first flliihl in the orient mad by "Bud' 1 Mars, New . York aviator, who sailed Juluft In a Baldwin biplane. Practically Certain That General Assembly Will Appropriate not Less Than One Half Million. EFFORT TO MAKE $300,000 MAXIMUM SUM VOTED DOWN Bonds Must Not Be Sold for Less Than Par Suitable Site to Be Purchas ed Other Legislative News of Interest Gazette-News Bureau, Chamber of Cnninierce Rooms, llollemon Building, Italciuli, l-'eb. 21. I T is practically certain Dial the state I I :i iliiiitiistrati.nl liifcl will be passed at the oreseut session of the gen eral assembly hi some form. It Is nut probable, however, that tin- Hoyden measure providing for an appropria tion of $1,000,000 will be passe.l. The measure wits in the Semite yesterday afternoon for I he third time. All amendments but two were voted down. One of the amendments cut the pro posed appropriation in half thus mak ing the expenditure .",00,()00 instead of $1,000,000; the other authorized the building commission to erect a lire proof building or buildings on a suitable site, it is provided that the bonds shall not be sold for less than par. The minority sought to have the amount reduced to $300,000 but this amendment was voted down. The House. Representative Commer, as speaker pro tern, culled the house to order at 11 o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Vann of the Meredith college. Representative tlrler presented three largely signed petitions from Mecklenburg county against near beer and liquor in ciiihs. Among hills reported favorably from committee were: Amend article ten of the state constitution so as to allow waiver exemption of home stead. Amend charter of Goldsboro Traction company, incorporat Caro lina Collegiate and Agricultural In stitute. Amend the charter of the llandolpli railroad company. Amend the law relative to he treasurer of .Mecklenburg county. Allow Greens boro to turn over surplus fund to the general fund of the county. New Bills Introduced. Sikes: Amend the law as to chain gang in Union county. Fix salary of surveyor in Union county. Green: Repeal the law of 1908 as to Scotland Neck graded schools. Battle: Amend the revlsat relative to actions against n. reign corpora tions. Devln: Provide for primary elec tions by political parties. Williams of Buncombe: Prohibit (Continued on page x) DISCRIMINATION CHARGED BY TEXAS COTTON BUYERS Concentration of Cotton Accorded .KhlpiH-rs of Houston and Galves ton; Ocnlcd San Antonio. Washington, Feb. 21. Dlscrlmlna tlon against cotton buyers and cotton shippers of San Francisco and Texas Is alleged in a petition tiled with the Interstate commerce commission by Itennert-Millette company of San Antonio against the Galveston, Har- rlsburg and San Antonio railway. By provision of tariffs of Houston and Galveston, while it is denied to those of San Antonio, The complainant claims It is obliged to pay local re tes from points of origin to San Antonio, In addition to charge exacted for out bound shipments Instead of through rates to final destination. The com mission is asked to order a refund of local Inbound rates and restore Bun Antonio's status In cotton tariff. DR. E. R. RUSSELL BUYS PROPERTY IN HICKORY Will Krrct a First Clnsn and Morteruly AiHinled Office Building The Consideration. Spninl to The Gusettc-Newa. Hickory. Feb. SI. nr. and Mrs. K. Reld Russell of Asheville, were In the city last week for a visit of a few days and while here Dr. Russell pur chased th A. F. Abernethy business lot on the corner of Fourteenth street and Eleventh avenue, paying therefor about $4200, which Includes street Improvements. Or. Russell says he will build her a first-class, modernly appointed office building which will Ml a need In Hickory. Th building- will have elec trio lights, be steam heated and in every way up-to-date. . llusHJan Troops Clone Frontier, to Chlncac St. Petersburg, Feb. SI. Harbin dlsiiatche say Russian troop are be ing concentrated at Klakhta, settle ment In Siberia, close to th Chinese frontier and opposite th Chines town of Malmachln. Orders wer Is sued to strengthen the. watch on the frontier. ' When Pupcrinr court opened this morning after adjournment from Fri day afternoon the trial or Walter Pressley for the kiiing of 1). Wayne Kelley was taken up as agreed and the work of selecting a jury was be gun. It did not take very long for the counsel to agree on jurors and about 10:30 o'clock the taking of evi dence on the part of the prosecution began. The outcome promises to be very interesting. The evidence that has been deduced so far. goes to show that the killing was simply the result of a drunken row: that both men were drinking and one minute were very friendly and the next were dis posed to quarrel. Evidence was to the effect that the men were drinking and had started home when thev stopped by the side of the road for no apparent reason and that the quarrel beiaii while Pressley was trying to get Kelley on the horse with lilm in order to take him home; lliat KclJey way unable to gel on the horse and began to Jerk the rein and that Press lev jilmped otT his horse and started at Kelley who i-iin. Pressley pursued and caught up with him and pushed him and both men fell to the ground. Pressley afterwards rose and left Kel ley In the field where the encounter took place. Two of the witnesses tes tified to the presence of a third man. The first three wltneases did not now much of the killing. Mr. Bur et!, who was with the men for a while, said that they were drinking nd that he took a drink with them nil went away. Lois Murdock, a negro girl, near whose home the tragedy occurred. gave some very Interesting testimony nd went through a rather sharp ross examination. She totld of seeing the men come up near where she lived nd that they stood there and talked ror a time; that pressley was on a orse and rode away with another man but that Pressley returned alone. He then proposed to take Kelley ome but Kelley replied that "home was the lust place he wanted to go." Nevertheless Pressley tried to get him on tlie- haute aod when Keliey could not get on he began to Jerk the horse, when Preraley jumped hwn und started at him with the result stated bove. She testified that some time during the dispute that Kelley struck Pressley's horse but Kelley said that he did not mean to do it. She also Raid that after the men fell to the ground she could not see what they were doing as there were some weeds between her and the men. She said she did not see Pressley hit Kelley but saw his push him when they both fell. The testimony of the girl's father was to the same effect as that given by the girl In the Important partic ulars. The defense did not put up any tes- irnony and the taking of evidence was concli-.dcd betore adjournment his morning and the arguments be gan with the i ii nil l lis o court this afternoon. rlOBSON PREDICTS WAR A VERY SHORT TIME Says That America Is Unprepared for War With Japan Which Is Certain to Come. Washington, Feb. 21. Representa tive Hobson of Alabama, inferentially referring to Japan, declared In the house yesterday that the United States might be Involved In war wtlhln ten months. Mr. Hobson declared: 'You can count on the fingers of your two hands the number of months before the United would have a war on its hands. This nation Is not so. Ing to prepare and the day is coming when It will be struck by a nation that Is prepared." 'War Is a visible certainty?" asked Mr. IMiscol! of New York. "Yes, and not very far off." "In event of war between Russia and China would not Japan be forced to Intervene and would not the Inter eats of the United States compel our Intervention by arma or otherwise?" qtierried Mr, HenshaW, Mr. Hobson replied that when Russia Invaded Manchuria and occupied Port Author, America protested and called on Rus sia to evacuate and sent the Amerloan consul" hut w did not have any fleet InPaifno ocean and Russia laughed In our face and w had to stop our consuls in Japan before they got to Dalny and Mukden." "Whether we are struck from th side of th Atlantic ocean or th Pa clflc." Mr. Hobson said, "we are going to And ourselves at a remarkably ear ly stag of the war absolutely help less." Th house had under consideration th naval appropriation bill and Mr. Hobson was speaking of the necessity of the United States adopting a den nil military policy. May Abolish Veto Power of House of London, Feb. St. Th government bill, abolishing the veto power of the house of lords, which, if passed, will accomplish a historic change In Great Britain s parliamentary system, was Introduced In the house of rem mons by Premier Aiolth. Two Weeks of Legislative Term Left and but Little Legislation of State-Wide Importance Has Been Finally Acted Upon. CONSIDERATION TOMORROW OF ALL ANTI-TRUST BILLS Gen. Carr't State Tax Commission and Board of Equalization Bill Is Attract ing Considerable Attention Pro visions of the Measure. Gazette-News Bureau, Chamber of Commerce Rooms, llollemon Building, XI u Till-: 0 days nib the session of semblv are sll Rulclgh, Feb. 21. Iqtted by law for f the general as sembly are slipping by and al though tho session Is due to close-. Just two weeks off. Man.ii 4, remurk ably little legislation of a-tute-wide Importance has been enacted. There are fill bills of general Interest on the calendar of the house and nearly ns many important measures pending In the senate. The usual rueh has begun and from now until final adjournment . there will be no time wasted, sessions being held night and day by both houses, rushing the legislative clerks and newspaper men to the limit of human endurance. So far nothing has been reported from the committee on constitutional amendments. When the Stubbs house bill for a constitu tional pni'.nl nn , I .1 m Islllat n I In the session It was with the under standing that the committees would preparo amendments for ratification- by the oters at the next general elec tion, hut up to this time it has been impossible to get even a quorum at the several meetings announced for the committees on constitutional amendments. Charters Granted. A enarter is issued to me inpp Hart company of Ayden, Pitt county? to do a general mercantile business, authorized capital 150,000. to begin business with $10,000 by J. H. Tripp and others. The Stokes Supply com pany of King, Stokes county, receives a charter to engage In a general mer cantile business with $100,000 author ized capital und to begin business with $:iL',(Hifl by W. T. Pulllam and others. A charter is granted to the Highlands Publishing company of Shelby, au thorised capital $25,000, $3,500 paid in by Broadus H. DePrlest and others of Shelby. The Harris-Young com pany of Henderson, la chartered to engage In leaf tobacco warehouse bus iness with $10,000 authorized capital and $1,500 paid in by S. H. Hurris and others. The Automatic Gas Machine company of Charlotte, amends . its charier, the authorized capital to be $150,000 and husiness to begin with $10.1100. Anti-Trust lleuring Tomorrow. The Judiciary committees have an nounced Tuesday afternoon as the time for a hearing on all the anti trust bills Introduced. Representative Koonce, who has been the most In-. , slstent for anti-trust legislation, says he will make a light to have a sub committee appointed to draft a com posite effective anti-trust bidl. New counties have claimed much attention since the present session opened and now that Piedmont has been killed and Hoke created, interest centers in Avery county, the bill hav ing passed the senato rnd aet lor spe cial order In the house Tuesday night. The bill to create Ransom county out of portions of Wake, Johnston, Wil son, Nash and Franklin will be heard before the Joint committees on coun ties, cities and towns Tuesday after noon. Those who are familiar with tho workings of previous legislatures say that It will b impossible for th pres ent general assembly to finish Its work within the SO days end ruay remain In session another week. kn. Can's Tnx Commission Bill. The bill t'mt has been Introduced by Gen. J. B. Carr for the creation of the state tax commission and board of equalization and which Is attract ing cwnsidenible attention provide for the appointment of a state tax commission and a board of equalisa tion composed of the member from each of the ten congressional districts. The commissioner Is to devot his en tire time to the work of directing tht ussemment of property tor taxation through the local boards of asm-us ers and the general tentative equalisa tion of tax valuation as between tho counties and these matters are subject to complete review by the board of equalisation which would receive $10 per day compensation for the time they are in session. Draslla Proc -ruling Instituted. Columbus, O., Feb. 11. Acting un der th provision of the Sherman anti trust law Attorney General Hogan ha Instituted quo warranto prooeodlngs In the Circuit court to oust from the state th Hocking Valley and Kanaw ha and the Michigan, the Nashville and Western, the Lk Shore and Michigan Southern and th Chesa peake and Ohio railroad companies, excepting the Chesapeake and dint all the roads are Ohio corporstlons. Their dissolution is asked hiuI iiIho the appointment of truatees to wind - ! i lion pestt snd OMn In, m I h,
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