North Carolina Newspapers

THE CHATHAM RECORD H A. LONDON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 Per Year Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Ady ertisi n g One Square, on msertioa One Square, two fossrtioM J QnScpaare, om moatk $2& For L&gor Advertisements Liberal Contracts yIH bo-rocda. VOL. XXXV. PITTSBOnO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N .C, JULY 30. 1913. NO. 51. INTEREST OF PRESS SAME US RAILWAYS DECLARES PRESIDENT FINL.EY TO N. C. ' EDITORS. RAILWAYS AND PRESS ALLIED Mr. Finley-, at Asheville, Dis cusses Mutual Interests of Press and Railways and Their Aid in Community Development. Asheville, N. C. July 24 At the meeting of the North Carolina Press Association in Asheville to-day Pres ident Finley, of the Southern Railway Company, delivered an address on "The Relations of the Press and the Railways and the Value of their Co operation in Community Develop ment." Mr. Finley pointed out the natural basis f5r co-operation between the press and the railways growing out of the substantial identity of their in terests in community development and prosperity, bringing to the newspapers additional subscribers and advertising and to the railways increased traffic and making it logical that the press and the railways, in their respective fields, should work in close co-operation for community development. He recognized that, while the newspapers and the railways were thus natural allies in community development, it did not follow that there should not be fair criticism of the railways, and said: "Fair and just criticism is a proper function of a free press, but criti cism of the agencies which provide the transportation facilities of the community should take account of the economic conditions under which those agencies must work and should aim, in respect to a factor so essential to community development, to be helpful and edu cational rather than , being along lines tending to create unreason ing prejudice. "Personally, I am a great reader of the newspapers. I appreciate at its full value the work they are do ing and ' recognize in their editors, in many cases, the spokesmen of their communities. I do not ignore what is said in the newspapers rel ative to our policies. I always take note of newspaper criticism on mat ters that it may be within our power to remedy and all such matters are given attention so far as it may be practicable to do so." Referring to the fact that a railway can not win the support of public opinion through the exercise of politi cal influence or in any other way ex cept by the intelligent and effective performance of its functions as a car rier and by its responsiveness to fair criticism, Mr. Finley pointed out that its position can enly be secure when the economic conditions t surrounding its operation and the importance of its enlargement of opportunity are appre ciated by the people of the com munity, and that this appreciation was dependent upon enlightened citizen ship. He spoke of the moral respons ibility of the press in thi3 connection and of its power, by presenting fully and fairly, the economic situation of the railways and the interest of all of the people in their prosperity and effi ciency, to bring about that mutual good understanding which is indis pensable to effective co-operation. As, in an economic sense, produc tion is not complete until goods are put in a position for consumption, Mr. Finley spoke of the railways as crea tors of value and as an indispensable part of the producing equipment of every community and of every farmer and manufacturer in it and said that unjust criticism directed against farmers and manufacturers would be just as logical as against the railways. Speaking of the right of the rail ways, just as of any other business enterprise to present their cause, fully and freely, before courts, administra tive tribunals, legislatures, and' the bar of public opinion, Mr. Finley said: "Enlightened public opinion in the United States will not justify the relegation of the railways to the status of the Jew in sJngland in the Middle Ages, when, as we read in Madoxe's History of the Exchequer: 'Josce Quartebuch gave forty marks that his son Hekelin might be dealt with according to justice'; and 'Jur net of Norwich gave 1,800 marks that he might reside In England with the King's good will.' "The railways are asking for no special favors. They askonly that their importance in the development of the country and that the inter est which each individual has in their efficiency shall be frankly recognized. . They ask that differ ences which may arise between them and individuals or communities shall be subjects of full and free conference to be adjusted in accord ance with sound business principles, or that, failing such adjustment, they, shall be adjudicated by the tribunals constituted by law." Having outlined the condition which lie believed to be necessary to the most effective co-operation between th press and the railways for com munity development, Mr. Finley ex pressed the opinion that such co-operation was esesntial to the fullest de velopment and prosperity of any com munity because intelligence and trans portation w.ere fundamental factors In development, it being the function of the press to disseminate the first and of the railways to provide the second. He outlined the work which the Southern Railway Company is doing to aid In the development of the ter ritory traversed by its lines, express ing the opinion that it could be said, without boastfulness, to be more com prehensive than similar work being done by any other railway organiza tion in the United (States. He said: "In our work for community de velopment it is our policy to co-operate closely with individuals and or ganizations. That it may have been more effective in some localities than in others has ceen due largely to local conditions, including the de gree of co-operation that we have received. We believe that it has been particularly effective in West ern North Carolina where we have participated in the organization and activities of the Greater Western North Carolina Association, the single purpose of which is the de velopment of this part of the State. We should be very' glad to partici pate in other territorial movements or in a State-wide movement of the same kind, if carried on directly un der the auspices of the State or through a responsible organization similar to that in this region. "In all of the development work that we are doing, we look upon the newspapers of the Southeast as our helpful allies. With very few ex ceptions we have found them ready, at all times, toypublish information relative to our -work and to give space in their columns to matter that we have sent them from time to time which we believed might be helpful to their readers. They have very generously given space to the publication of our views on subjects relative to the upbuilding of the Southeast. Many of the newspapers have gone farther than this and have commended our policies edi torially." Suggesting methods in which the press could be of aid in community de velopment, Mr. Finley spoke of the publication of matter that would be Lhelpful to the people already living In the Southeast, emphasizing the im portance of farm papers and of devot ing space in the daily and weekly pa pers to information as to the best farm methods. He suggested that each newspaper should be a booster for the Southeast as a whole and for its own particular community, not exaggerat ing or overstating advantages and op portunities, for the truth about the Southeast was good enugh. He sug gested that newspaper men acting as correspondents of papers published in other localities should embrace every proper opportunity to incorporate in their news letters and despatches mat ter that would serve to attract favor able attention to their comniunitles. Speaking of the exceptional opportuni ties for community development In the Southeast, Mr. Finley said: "It is a field in which Intelligent ly directed efforts are sure to bring results. In no State are the oppor tunities greater than in North Caro lina. In no State has progress with in recent years been more rapid. The members of this Association have been among the most effective workers for community development in the past and I know that your efforts will be continued. I wish each one of you the largest measure of success and assure you "of the hearty co-operation df the Southern Railway Company in community de velopment." Good Roads in Durham. Durham The county road force has completed that part of the central highway in Durham county and when Orange oounty connects with this road leading out of West Durham there will be a good road from this city to Greensboro: One gang of the convict force is now working on the Durham end of the Quebec and Miami road, which is known asuthe Oxford road. It will take something like three month's to get a four-mile gap in this road put into the proper condition for travel. Held On Serious Charge. Greensboro W. C. Tise, a Winston Salem business man, and his stenog rapher, Miss Lillie Tess, are under bonds of 400 to appear in police court and answer to charges of im morality. Some time ago the woman came to Greensboro and took apart ments and to her a child was born. After the birth, man, woman and child left in an automobile. The child was left with a woman in the suburbs of Winston-Salem, -where it died. Inves tigation when a burial certificate was requested furnished the clue. To Start Drainage Work. Fayetteville.: The Breatt Engineer ing & Construction C5. of Wilson has been awarded the contract to do the excavating work in connection "with the drainage of the swamp lands of Flea Hill township. The work will be begun as soon as the commission ers of the drainage district sell the bonds. The property will be assessed according to the classification of the lands which will be made before the sale of the bonds. The Brett Com pany was given the tontract at 6.37 cents the cubic yard. 1 ; BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THE BUSY rfGST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN v V CONDENSED FORM. WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED Complete Review of Happenings of Greatest Interest From All Parts of World, s Southern. i Sixty barrels of whiskey, shipped from Chattanooga, Tenn., to various persons at Decatur, Ala., were attach ed by Sheriff R. N. McCullough and locked in the county jail. The sheriff met the steamer carrying the ship ment before it Bad reached the boun daries of Morgan county. As soon as the line was crosesd the sheriff made the attachment. Eighteen charred bodies of convicts were removed from the .ruins of the Oakley, Miss., state oonvict prison fire in which a total of 35 convicts, all ne groes, perished. The" bodies were found huddled together in the corner farthest from where the fire started. When the alarm was given all pos sible means of escape for the Imprison ed men had been cut off by the flames, but prisoners In another pen were formed in a relief squad and worked desperately to fight back the fire. The thirty-five prisoners had perished in less than an hour after the fire started. A 17-year-old express wagon driver, Ierschel Pierce, confessed that he stole $22,000 in currency from the Wells-Fargo company at Lake Charles, La., last November, according to the police. Hegained access to the com pany's money chest at the railroad station there by a key he had secretly obtained and after extricating the package of money, which was con signed to a abnk, substituted a pack age containing only paper. Mutiny of 26 Chinese on the steam ship Comus arriving from New York at New Orleans resulted in a panic among the passengers, the probable fatal shooting of one of the mutineers, the wounding of three others and slight injuries 'to First Officer M. L. Proctor of the Comus. The general fight occurred on the forward deck of the steamer. Proctor owes his lift to the bravery of Mrs. Florence Shaw, a stewardess, who saved him from being thrown overboard by the in furiated Chinese. : General Sixty convicts in the dregs of the New York criminal class were taken one by one from their cells in Sing Sing prison and placed aboard a train for the state prison at Auburn. Re cent riots in Sing Sing caused the war den to take no chances. Each convict was heavily handcuffed and shackled and then chained to his place In the railroad car which had been brought inside the prison enclosure. A hun dred prison guards did this work while in the state armory; not far away a company of naval militia waited. With six militia companies on duty and other state troops en route, the strike of copper miners settled meas urably towards a state of dull rou tine. Some of the more enthusiastic union members marched through sev eral locations, but there was practical ly no disorder. The union leaders of Calumet, Mich., hold fast to their at titude demanding- recognition of the Western Federation of Miners, but this was not even considered by the company management. . The Vatican at Rome is in a verita ble state of siege. This was the out come of them utiny of Swiss guards, whose demands, in form of a memorial relating their grievances and setting forth the conditions on which they would remain in the service, were re jected. Three leaders in the move ment were expelled from the Vatican Four others left and twelve have re quested leave to depart for their homes In October. Archibold C. Hart, Democrat, was elected to the house from the sixth congressional district of New Jersey to succeed the late James Martin Hart had the support of President Wil son. The Republican candidate, S Woods McClave, who was mentioned in the Mulhall testimony before the senate lobby investigators, ran second, and Herbert M. Bailey, progressive, third, the returns are incomplete but indications were that Hart ran ahead of McClave by more than 5,000 votes. At Binghampton, N. Y., fiifty persons were killed, and as many injured, a dozen or. more fatally, in a fire which swept the four-story factory building of the Binghampton Clothing company. The victims were chiefly women and girls. Twenty-two bodies have been recovered. In the city hospital and in private institutions are thirty injured. Half a million dollars as a penalty and the transfer of 21,596 of the 24,- 500 shares of stock in the Magnolia Petroleum company of Texas state from the individual control of H. C. Folger, Jr., and John D. Archbold to a trustee mutually agreed upon was ac cepted by the state of Texas in settle ment of the $102,000,000 penalty and ouster suit instituted recently by the state attorney general against the Magnolia and Corsicana Petroleum companies of Texas, the Standard Oil companies of New Jersey and New York and 28 individuals. Judge Austin was appointed trustee. . In Chicago true bills, charging com plicity in Incendiary fires, were voted by the grand jury against Joseph Fish, wealthy clubman, public fire insurance adjuster, and nine others, two of whom are reported to be women. The action followed the tsetimoiy of Mrs. Fan nie Korshak, whose husband is a fu gitive from justice in connection with indictments previously returned by the grand jury as a result of its investi gation of the alleged "arson trust." The London Pekin correspondent of The Daily Telegraph . sends the fol lowing dispatch: . "Th declaration of martial law here shows that the north ern government admits its desperate position. This synchronizes with the creation of a complete confederate gov ernment at Nanking. . Parliament has not yet.been dissolved, bat it la unlike ly that it will survived . The war news is baffling, but foreign' military ex perts now believe1 the southerners are in far greater strength tnan has been supposed. The European concert is faced by a most delicate and diffict.lt suitation, requiring the exercise of the , utmost diplomatic tact, if Europe is not to be plunged into a general war by the Turkish reoccupation of Adrlanople and Kirk Killisseh. Burgaiia, helpless, sees the fruits of her dearly won vic tories snatched from her hand," and, while negotiation for an aimistice are proceeding in . a leisurely manner at Nish, the- Greeks and Seivlans con tinue to push their advantage. The mystery of the bomb sent to An drew Carnegie In care of th 3 secretary of the Carneglee corporation was solv ed in New York. It was a j-iicy cheese inclosed in a smell-proof case of zinc, a Scotch cheese, according to. an ex pert called into conference after the bureau had definitely determined that the bomb contained neither nitro glycerine, dynamite or other deadly ex plosives. On a vacant lot officials of the bureau of combustibles fired four bullets from a safe distance through the box before they opened it. Washington Representative Clark of Florida In troduced a concurrent resolution re affirming the Monroe doctrine. It was directed particularly against "people with whom the Caucasian cannot and will not assimilate." Ther esolution was referred to the foreign affairs committee. , Postmaster General Burleson ap peared before the senate committee on postoffice and post roads to ex plain new . regulations in the parcel post service to become effective Au gust 15. He indicated that the serv ice will ultimately : be extended to handle 100-pound packages as demand ed by various parcel post experts? in congress. The first payment of $250,000 to Pan ama for the annual rental of the ca nal zone has been, made. The install, ment was actually duel ast February, though it was deferred for determina tion whether it should go to Panama or the parent state, Colombia. The money was paid to a representative of William Nelson Cromwell of New York, agent for the Panama govern ment. Secretary Houston announced that hereafter the department of agricul ture would send a weekly letter to its 35,000 townships and 2,800 county cor respondents of the department, giv ing the latest agricultural information of value to the fatrner. The letters will treat of crop conditions and prices, the discovery of new plant or animal pests, pure food decisions and those which affect users of irrigated lands and the national forests and any other work of the department which can benefit the farmer. At Washington President Wilson has determined that no faction in the pres ent Mexican revolution shall obtain arms or ammunition from the United States and that neutrality must be ob served in its strictest sense. This was the Interpretation of the neutrality laws decided upon by the president after conferences with Senator Bacon and Representative Flood, chairman of the two congressional committees on foreign relations. The U. Si gunboat Wheeling was or dered to Frontera, . Tabascoe state, Mexico, where revolutionary activity has endangered the lives and property of Americans. She sailed from Key West. The gunboat has 150 bluejack ets, but no marines,- j, Concerted opposition has developed in congreess to Postmaster General Burleson's order reduring parcel post rates and increasing the maximum size of packages to be handled in the ser vice. . The order was issued to become effective August 15, and the senate postoffice committee requested Mr. Burleson to appear before the com mittee with an explanation for the authority for his action. This was the first step in what promises to be a bitter contest.' President Wilson ended a lot of spec ulation by sending to the senate the name ' of Joseph S. Davis of Albany, Georgia, as marshal for the southern district of Georgia. Ever since Senator Bacon announced the selection of Mr. Davis for this place there had been very positive predictions that he would never be accepted by the department of justice or the president. Federal experts estimate tht a loss of almost $108,000,000 a year to cotton growers in Alabama, Georgia, Ten nessee and Florida would result from the adoption c.f the .plan proposed re cently by -Senator Smith of South Caro lina, which contemplated the establish ment of a belt in which the growth of cotton should be prohibited by law, in an effort to keep the cotton boll weevil from spreading eastward into the Atlantic coast states. This con clusion has-been reached by the , de partment of agriculture, based on nrovislon for the elimination of a striD I about 100 miles. STATE BANKS ARE SHOWING IIP WELL - -... ( THE LAST REPORT OF THE COR PORATION . COMMISSION IS NOW OUT. MAKE VERY GOOD SHOWING Million in Capital Paid in and An In crease in Nearly All Items of Bank ing. .There Are 'Four.. Hundred Banks in State. Raleigh. The corporation commis sion has issued its latest bank state ment which shows 400 state banks, in cluding 16 branches, disclosing a gain of $9,33i2,039.91 in loans and discounts and $11,525,102.47 in total resources. The figures June 4, ' 1912, showed total resources amounting to $71,144; 154.23, June 4, 1913, they had gone to $93,642,067.29. The greatest in crease is in loans and discounts, the only decrease being in the amount of state bonds held There was. a drop ping oft in overdrafts of $10,669.47, a decrease that is an increase. The capital stock paid in amounts to $10,826,968.52 for June 4, 1913, as against $9,935,709.96 for June, 1912. This Is a gain of $873,258.56. The sur plus fund is increased by $469,102.37 and the undivided profits by $410,-1-54.17.' There is a large gain in time certificates of $1,579,242.34. The savings deposits are better still. Last year when the commission closed its report the saving deposits amounted to $10,571,650.36. At the end of the year, June 4, 1913, they amount ed to $12,617,106.53. Thjs is a gain of $2,045,456.17. These be healthy signs. In that conection it is to be remembered that since the June report of 1912, the corporation commission has lost 20 banks by its activities in prosecuting the State Trust Company's plan of instituting -banks. Three such banks had been organized and all have been closed. Fifteen more had been con templated, perhaps twenty were in mind. It Is hardly probable that their paid-up capital would have been more than a million, certainly their "paid1 in" amounts would not have been a munificent amount unless they suc ceeded in having discounted the paper of their victims. There have been two small failures since the June report of 1912, but these have been made good and the use of the banks have been made by the people generally shows how they grow in public confidence. . . , Many Teachers To Attend. Scores of teachers in the county schools will attend the Mecklenburg County Institute, which will be con ducted at Davidson College, August 11 to 23. Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, pro fessor of education in Wake Forest. College, will have the courses in edu cation and pedagogy, besides a class in. English. Miss Mary Owen Graham, assistant county superintendent, will teach classes in primary and elemen tary school methods. To Be Located at Fayette vi lie. The commission for the location and erection of the North Carolina Home for wives and widows of Con federate veterans in session at Raleigh selected Fayetteville as the location and will determine upon one of the three sites offered there within the next few days. The Fayetteville offer was $3,000 in cash and the choice of three locations. The state appropri ates $10,000. The only other bid was from Durham. Politics in Franklin County. The political pot is beginning to simmer a little in this county over the election of a representative to the ex tra session of the legislature, recently called by the governor. Hon. James A. Turner, Franklin's representative re signed some time ago, having been elected mayor of Louisburg and" so it becomes necessary to elect his suc cessor. - , Officers Capture Illicit Still. Situated In a spot where only by accident-it would be ' discovered, the still operated until recently by George Jones, the notorious moonshiner who was arrested after openly carrying a load of whiskey Into the town of Pink Hill and is now in jail in Kinston, has been located in Jones county near the Lenoir line. Men who worked In the neighboring woods reported its location to the sheriff here. Other ad vice received was that just before be ing arrested Jones had moved his still Into this county. " Protest Game Law Regulations. Accompanied by the . two North Carolina senators, John M. Morehead of Spray, T. M. Washington of Wilson and W. P. Anderson of Wilson called at the, department of , agriculture- to protest against the game law regula tions. They ! learned . that a special exception had been made in the case of North Carolina and were assured that the protest would be given con sideration. Representative Stedman ended one of the most spectacular postoffice fights by selecting JamesT. Dick' as postmaster at Mebane. TO HOLD MUNICIPAL MEETING Gathering at Wrightsville Beach Will Recommend Changes in Laws So as to Secure Justice. Charlotte. One of the m6st Inter esting of the many conventions of the Summer will be that of the North Car olina League of Municipalities, which, will be held at Wrightsville Beach August 14, 15, and 16. Attention will be attracted by the deliberations and recommendations of the legislative committee, which will devise amendments to the con stitution devised fo secure a more adequate measure of justice for . the cities and towns which have sprung into existence since the days when the Constitution was written, when seemingly "the fathers of the Com monwealth" did not expect that any would arise.; This committee is com posed of Messrs. T. McNeill of Fay etteville; J. A. Wellons of Smithfield; T. M. Pittman of Henderson and James T. Johnson of Raleigh. Following are the officers of . the association: ' President, Charles A. Bland, mayor of Charlotte; first Vice president, O. P. Dickinson, mayor of Wilson; sec ond vice - president, H. L.- Perrin, mayor of Henderson; third vice presi dent, J. E. Rankin, mayor of Ashe ville; fourth vice president, J. D. Smith, mayor of Wilmington; fifth vice president, R. L. Dalton, mayor of Winston; secretary and treasurer, O. P. Shell of .Fayetteville. Executive committee : C A. Bland, Charlotte; F. N. Tate, High Point; J. E. Rankin, Asheville; O. B. Eaton, Winston-Salem; T. J. Murphy, Greens boro ; John Underwood, Fayetteville ; J. A. . Wellons, Smithfield, and O. P. Shell, Dunn. North Carolina New Enterprises. ' Three charters for new concerns in North Carolina were filed for rec ord in the office of secretary of state. The Chronicle Publishing Company of Concord, Cabarrus county, s a new firm granted a charter to publish a newspaper and conduct a general job printing business. The firm's au thorized capital is $10,000, with. $1,750 subscribed by J. F. Honeycutt, H. S. Williams, J.. M. Burrage and W. B. Moose of Concord. The Electrical Amusement Company, of Durham, is a new concern privileged to conduct a moving picture show; authorized capital $25,000, with $700 subscribed by iN. Underwod, R. B. Suitt and W. R. Lyon of Durham. For the purpose of disseminating learning in the branches of industrial and agricultural arts, the Whlttier Collegiate and Agri cultural Institute, of Whlttier, has been granted a charter. The incorpor ators are: Wm. R. Truitt, F. McLean and J. L. Hindrow of Whlttier. Premium List of State Fair. Full information, concise in form and carefully arranged, the book con taining the premium list and regula tions of the fifty-third Great State Fair of North Carolina has been is sued and is being sent out. All who desire a copy should write at once to Col. Joseph E. Pogue, the secretary at Raleigh. The premium list sets forth the many premiums and prizes which are to be awarded, and it should be in the hands of all who think of making exhibits. In fact, the premiums offered are so liberal that those who read the list .will be in duced to compete for them. Good Small Grain Crop in Durham. The recent harvest of the small grain crops in Durham has been an agreeable surprise to the farmers, who had looked for an unusual yield. How ever, the crops have turned out even better than had been expected. It has been the biggest yield that Durham county farmers have ever had, and the big yield has been uniform in all sec tions of the county. The growing crops are also looking pretty good. The re cent -rains have helped, though the farmers say they still need rain, as the ground in - this county has not been thoroughly wet for a long time. Governor Issues Requisition. Governor Craig issued a requisition, on the governor of Virginia for Tom Cooper, now in jail at Lynchburg, who is wanted in Alamance county on a charge of stealing a cow. Government Wants Land. Nearly one thousand acres of land are involved in a proceeding brought by the governnment for the purpose of quieting title and getting posses sion of the same for forest preserve in Swain county. The government has contracted to buy the land and make it a part of the Appalachian forest reserve and the proceeding is brought to litigate claims anad contin gent interests so that the title will be absolutely beyond dispute . before it pays. The secretary, of agriculture has recommended the purchase. Near Fatal Automobile. Accident. A near fatal automobile accident which occurred over in Halifax coun ty in which one lady was almost kill ed. - Jerry Jenkins, his wife, little child, anfl Mrs. Howard, were on their way to Panacea Springs. The machine was traveling at a gait of twenty-five of thirty miles an hour, anl over what is said to be one of the very best roads in that part of the state. Just as they, rounded a sharp curve they struk a tree about ten Inches in diam eter which had blown over ' Into the road. LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE Latest News of General Interest That Has "Been Collected From Many Towns and Counties. -- Asheville. The management of th Western North Carolina fair is hope ful that it will be able to secure Sec retary of the ravy Josephus Daniels for an address here during the annual fair. v Washington. Louis Phelph, of Rc-. per, Washington county, jumped off a Norfolk Southern passenger train while it" was crossing the long bridge oyer . Albemarle sound, and wa drowned. ' Newton. A horse show will be held at St. James -Bchool house Monday, August 4, In connection with the farm ers institute. - The Shuford National Bank of Newton offers $60 in gold to be divided up into smaller prizes. Vaughan. Isaac PilandXdied sever al days ago as the result of being shot at his home heer recently. Littleton Bright is alleged to have done the shooting that ended Piland's life. Both men lived here.v Statesville. During a thunderstorm which passed over Concord township the barn on the Cottrell place was struck by lightning and burned The farm is occupied by. Ives MdLelland, a colored farmer, who lost his mule, harness and grain crop in the flames. Ashville. At the annual meeting of the boaVd of trade which was held recently more than 200 members of the organization heard the reports of the various committees regarding the work of the organization during the year. , . Spencer. Aeek Irving, colored, who shot up Spencer during the week of a carnival here a month ago and who was captured at Greenville, S. C, soon afterwards, was brought back for trial recently by Sheriff McKenzie. He will be tried in Rowan county before Judge Kluttz. Durham. Eight citizens of Russia have made applications for naturaliza tion papers from the Superior courts of Durham county, and have filed these applications with the clerk of the court and published their inten tion of asking for tne rights of citi zenship in the public places of the town. Washington. President Wilson sent these nominations of North Carolina postmasters to the senate: L. T. Sum mer, Ahoskie; Daniel L. Windley, Bel haven; A. C. Link, Hickory; D. Earl Best; Warsaw; John F. Saunders, Troy. There was no opposition to any of them and their confirmation is expected at an early date. Goldsboro. Including . work now in progress and authorized, Investments in Goldsboro during the past i year have been $265,000 additional bank ing capital, $118,000 in 44 new resi dences, $100,000 in. new business blocks, $150,000 in public buildings, $150,000 In public utilities, $100,000 in good roads and $75,000 in manufac tories. V' Charlotte. The county recently put to work on the Statesville-Davldson highway at the Cabarrus line a force of workmen who will grade that high way in preparation for laying a sand clay road upon that stretch from the Cabarrus line to Davidson which will first be graded and then that be tween Davidson and Huntersville will te begun.' Asheville. The Asheville Motor Clubwill ask Governor Craig to put a force of convicts to work on the road in Madison county which forms a portion of the Central Highway of North Carolina. The organization feels that the state -is badly in need of an outlet for automobiles to Knox ville and other points north of here, and it is felt that the improvement of the Madison link of the Central Highway will mean much to this state in many ways. Charlote. Much Interest centres in the coming here of the state corpor ation commission on August 1st ,to hear first-hand the wishes of the Charlotte people in regard to the union passenger station. The commis sion will hold its session at the court house on Friday -morning, of that date and it Is expected that besides the at torneys representing the railroads and the advocates of the union sta tion, -that there will be a good at tendance of citizens who are Inter ested in the matter. , Fayetteville. Entering a room where two Hoke county boys were sleeping in one bed, a bolt of-lightning killed Newton McFayden at his father's home, near Sandy Grove church. George Langston, his bedfel low was unharmed. The house was partly wrecked. Dunn. A negro named Jim Lewis was killed at Tilghman's lumber camp in Sampson county several days ago by Willie Gray, another negro. The dead negro had over $300 on his per son when found. It is thought that he had won the money gambling. Willie Gray has not been captured. Belhaven. Tom Mason was sen tenced by Recorder J. A. Leigh to the county, roads for six months for retailing to lads. It is said he had for some time kept some of the small boys in the neighbornood drunk a good portion of the time. . Asheville. Following orders from the department at Washington, the local postoffice authorities during the month of June kept a record of the work of the rural carriers out of Asheville. All matter delivered and collected by them was counted and weighted, the pieces counted and the postage ascertained.