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No. 36.
NEW BERN, CRAVEN
N. C. FRIDAY AUGUST. 3. 1906.-SECOND SECTION.
29th YEAR
TELEGRAPHIC
NEWS
Events of Past Throe Days
Tersely Told For Jour-
nal Uenders.
TERRITORY INCLUDED
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Industrial, Commercial, Swiiil, Ki-lijd-ons,
Oriminul and I'olilieal
lliippeiiiniri Condensed in
- ; Few Lines.
f Greensboro, July 31 This afternoon
a negro named Frank Bohunnon at the
camp of the Souttiern railway doublo
tracking force near High Point shot
and killed a ' white overseer named
Beachman. The negro fled after emp
tying both loads of a double barreled
shot gun into the body of the unsus
pecting overseer. ' Blood "hounds from
High Point and Winston are tracking
the negro. ' Beachman is from South
Carolinp. T
The shooting created intense excite
ment in the camp and the adjacent
country as it was the baldest crime of
blood ever occurring in the county.
Monday afternoon because of unsatis
factory work and behavior Beachman
discharged Bohannon. This angered
the negro and after remaining away
for a short time, he returned to the
camp to raise' a row. . He - was driven
awav and left in ugly mood, swearing
vengeance. He secured a double barrel
shot gun and this afternoon as Mr.
Beachman was passing along he fired
upon him, both loads taking effect in
the bowels. ' v
Friends rushed to his assistance and
the wounded man was placed on the
south bound local train and taker! to
High Point but he flied in the depot
just after reaching there. '
' New York, July Si-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw indignantly denied that she had
quarrelled with her husband's mother.
Washington; July '31 Thtf meat in
spection law passed by the iast Con
gress is now in effect. It is being
generally complied with and there is do
trouble in executing it,
Raleigh, July 31 Tomorrow the hotel
Tfarboro will inaugurate a new order of
things by having young white women
waiters in ths dining hall. The negro
servants were dismissed last night;
they were troublesome. ,
Rome, July 31. A delegation of pil
grims led by Bishop Gabriel of New
York were received by Pope Pius to
day. The venerable pondiff read felic
itous address in which h spake in high
praise Of th Americans,, Ha said the
growth of the church in the United
States was due to the freedom and
'good will of American officials. ; He
- said he had been assured by President
Roosevelt himself that in the matter of
appointments he would treat Protes
tants and Roman Catholics alike.
Troy, July 81 James Sage, nephew
of the late Russell Sage, will bring
suit to break his uncle's will charging
that undue influence was brought to
bear on the millionaire during the past
past few years. , "
jst. Petersburg, July aL That a
great civil was has commenced seems
clear from the fact that a battle is now
in progress at the fort on the Island of
Sveaburg. There has been heavy fir
ing from both cannon and rifles, and
the fighting is reported as being fierce.
The rebels captured the fort and killed
five hundred Russian soldies. Machine
guns were used with deadly effect. Of-
fleer's families and wounded men were
sent to Hilsingford, whi;h u the" best
. protected place within the " fortifica
tions. . The cause of the mutiny among
the sailors at Hilsingford was the death
of sailor whj was ill-treated. His ar
tillery comrades rose and defeated the
loyal soldiers. At another engagement
at Skatudden, the officers were all ta
ken prisoners. Warships have been
sent to the scene. " " . J "
Bessemer, N. C.,' Aug 1 One hour
after his marriage to Miss Belle Perry
W. M. Brown was shot and killed by
JohnKincard. It is alleged that Brown
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months ago and later promised to marry
uiegiri.
Kincard went to the house and called
him to the door and shot him five times.
Kincard urromferl tn th. iwlW ..
For the sun will be shining bright,
Ahovil!e, 'Aug. 1-A man calling ifyou take Rocky Mountain Tea to
l.ln !' LorJ Do igluHs, wh I ns di- ' night For Sale by fr F. Duffy.
ceived many women and whose tlops
ment with a prominent youtgAshoville
woman caused a great sensation gome
time ago, is believed to have been ar
rested in Portland, Maine.
P.io Do Janiero, Aug 1. Secretary
Root reviewed the guard at the Garri
son and was the recipient of many hon
ors both from officials and members of
the nobility.
Washington Aupr, I Secretary of!
Ar'(:u'tUTe Wileon has cawed some
surprise among the packers by declar-
ins that he expected soon to take a
t ur of the larger ctties located in the
middle west and make a personal in
spection of the Packing industries. "
Raleigh, Aug. 1:--Fire broke out this
morning in the laundry at the hospital
for the insane here, a stove pipe being
the cause. The employees worked very
rapidly and effectively and extinguished
the fire before the city fire department
arrived. The damage will not exceed
one thousand dollars, and is covered by
insurance. The laundry is considerably
in the rear of Lhe building occupied by
patients und is connected by a covered
way. . ;" .
The water supply is furnished from
the city lmins,. and there is a'sa an ar
rangement whereby the city fire da
partment answers calls, there being
alarm boxes at the institution. Super
intendent McKee is much gratified at,
the effective work done by the em
ployees. Raleigh,. Aug 1. The Secretary of
State charters the Goldsboro Knitting
Mills, with a capital stock of a quarter
of a million dollars.
. St. Petersburg, Aug 1 Intense ex
citment prevails all over in regard to
the last uprising of the people in the
meetings at Sveabord and other cities
which is inimical to the Government.
At . Helising foTe capital of Finland
mutineers have taken possession of the
city; fighting continued all night; the
barracks outside the fortifications were
greatly damaged by the 11 inch shells
fired from ships. The officials are great
ly dismayed.
y Elizabeth City, Aug 2. The steamer
Newton, plying between this place and
Norfolk,' collided with a "tug from
Philadelphia last night and sank. The
steamer had a load of lime aboard
which set fire to the sinking ship and
burned it.
Norfolk, Aug. 2. The great rain
which, has fallen during the past few
weeks has endangered the new million
dollar dock, recently constructed at
the navy yard. Special protection
against further damage has been re
quired until permanent repairs can be
made. ' .
Raleigh,' Aug 2 The council of State
and the executive committee of the
trustees of the Agricultural and Me'
chanical College, held a conference to
day and decided that $7,500 of the col
lege fund be appropriated for a sewer
age system. Work is to begin at once
so as to be ready for the next term.
. St. Petersburg, Auf, 2 At an extra
ordinary session of all trades unions and
revolutionary bodies a great general
strike was ordered.'. The Czar and his
family have fled from Peterhof to Tsa-
rsko Selo. '
Cornstadt Aug. -2; Mutineers seized
an important fort here last night but
did r ot hold it long as " they were de
feated by two lopal regiments after a
severe fight in which one hundred men
were killed and a great many wounded
Amoung the wounded was an - admiral.
Four naval captains and, one of the ar
tillery were killed. .; Mutiny has broke
out on warships. 1
Parkersburg, Aug. 2. The railway
officials and a Maryland doctor have
been arrested for importing a Syrian
who was found to be suffering with
leprousy. He remained all day ahd all
night in a place enclosed by'a rope and
was stared at by hundreds of people.
He was sent out to Elkina where his
relatives live. .'" " ' .7:. :
Raleigh Aug. 2nd.r The Corporation
Commission as a result of its visit to
inspect the track of the Pittsboro
branch of the Seaboard Air L:ne makes
an order that while it is not authorized
by law to order the improvements
needed ft urges the railrod to immedi
ately make the branch safe for pas sen-
, gera'
Many of the rails are badly worn
ftnd W9 badly ProviJel w'th a ties,
m-ny of these being decayed, this sec-
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, tion being unsafe for travel only three
- men have been employed on the road
i maintenance torce.
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D Jnt vou thi"k you'd better let it,
. When U fa '""W, rain away, .
I
DITIONS BAD
I
Crop Reports Show
FfillinK Off of Cotton on
Account of Rain.
INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE
SYSTEM HIGHLY APPROVED
Fatal Cases of Typhoid Fever. Pe
culiar Case of Marriage of Youths. ;
Kulcixli & Southport Railroad
- Finished to Fayetteville.
Quarters for Adjutant -Onerol
' Be in g
Fitted For
Use.
(Special Correspendence. )
Raleigh, July 31. The weather re
port today issued by the government for
North Carolina, says the rains have
been very frequent and in most places
showers occurred every day, the rain
fall for the State, averaging something
above the normal and being heaviest in
the east and north, the greatest fall
being in Surry county, four inches. A
threat deal of damage, particularly in
lowlands-has been caused by the ex
cessive moisture. Considerable dam
age was done by a hail storm in Stokes
county. There has been very little
sunshine, and this is now greatly need
ed. The temperature for the week was
uniform and averaged about two de
grees below the normal, the most
marked coolness being in the eastern
half the State,
Today Mr. Alex Green, for many
years the well known merchant at
Wilson, died here after two years ill
ness. He married a daughter of Col.
.1. B. Stillery of Pitt county.
Prof. Carlyle of Wake Forest is now
pushing the work of raising the money
for the $9,000 infirmary there. It is
nearly completed and has 20 rooms.
He ties devoted his vacation to the col
lection of funds. Among the gifts for
this worthy purpose are three of $1,000
each. ,-
Your correspondent had a special in
terview with Mr. William Wynne of
ROIeigh, the president of the new in
dependent Telephone Company, just
organized at Greensboro.- The chief
office will be here. Mr. Wynne says
there are 70 different telephone sys
tems in the State. Of these the Bell
is the largest.' It controls the line it
owns and also numbers of other lines
which use Bell interests, peraaps half
a dozen such lines. The next moat im
portant line are the Home, which is
thus handled by the Bell and the East
ern, which is also operated by the Bell.
The new company, the Independent, will
be composed of about 61 companies.
from Waynesville to Edenton and will
put in long distance systems as rapidly
as possible. In the center of the State
there are already many long distance
linos now in this company. Work will
begin in a fortnight and will be kept
up until the whole State is covered and
also all the Southern States. Mr.
Wynne says the company will cut the
rates at least one-third, not only for
local rates but for long distance rates
and also for rentals, I For residences
the rate is to be made $18 and $30 for
business houses.
At the A, & M. College, in the hos
pital three young ladies, who attended
the summer school had fever, these be
ing Misses Stella Passmore, Stella
Burt and Stella Franklin, all having
occupied one room during the school
session and all being from this county.
Mies Franklin died seven! days ago
and today news came of the death of
Miss Passmore. The cases have attrac
ted much attention in the country, .
Yesterday , there appeared here
white youth, apparently about 16, with
whom was a tiny girl, in long skirts,
wno appeared to do not over 12 yean
of ape and who yet looked like a dwarf
He first said her age was 14 and later
that it was 15 and that they were man
an J wife. Today they appeared at the
Associated Charities and at his request
were snt to a cotton mill to work, he
stating that his wife had worked in
such a mill. He fold a number of
stories, no two alike. One that he
come from Massachusetts, a second
that he was from Cuba and a third that
he was from Georgia. Finally claiming
Sparks, in the latter State his homo
whore he saij he and the girl were
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married, and where he went to school.
The case is being investigated and will
be quite a curious one.
The finishing touches are being put
on the Raleigh and Southport railway
at Fayetteville. The work of construc-
, tion southward from there to Lumber
j ton, it seems will rest for a little while.
Great It is believed that the company of
which John S, Williams is trie head will
build from Fayetteville to Lumberton,
this company being very friendly with
the Raleigh and Southport line.
Une of the best cotton tarmers in
this county said today that the crop
looked to him like a sixty per cent one,
said he had never known it so sorry,
and conditions were really critical as if
August was dry .there, would be very
great shedding of bolls and other dam
age to the plant '
The office of Adjutant General Rob
ertson in the capitol is being refitted.
He will now make Raleigh his home
and be in his office regularly. The
Quartermaster General's office is at
Henderson, and there the military
stores are to be kept, these being not
at all the property of the State, but of
the United States to which the Quar
master General is directly responsible.
The State arsenal in the capitol square
has been for several years too small
for any such use and ought to have
been removed long ago, but is kept as
a storage place for laws and other doc
uments. It is a very unsightly blot up
on the capitol square.
SIXTEEN RAINY DAYS.
Is July Record Assessment of
Railways and Common
Carriers By Corpora
tion Commission.
July Fire Los
ses Large.
(Special Correspondence.)
Raleigh, E. C. August 1st The
Crporation Commission today announ
ces its assessment of the various rail
ways and other common carrier comp
anies, The totaljamount is ?7b,U&0,548
which is an increase of $677,215 over
last year. The railways aggregate $70,-
077,361, of these the Atlantic Coast
Line being $24,454,014; the Seaboard
Air Line $12,500,000, the Southern for
owned lines $14,736,250 and for leased
lines $11, 739,582 miscellaneous railways
$6,648,405. Telegraph companies aggre
gate $1,016,025; telephone $938,956; ex
press $408,109; pullman $176,906: elect
ric light and gas $808,084: street rail
ways $1,749,650; Waterworks $547,670;
Steamboat tax $142,259; bridge and
canal company $80,106; refrigerator
companies mill, 427, the total of such
companies being $5,973,187.
-During the months of July just ended
the rainfall aggregation 5,35 inches,
rain having fallen on no Jess than 16
days the normal rainfall here for July 15
4.99 iuches. There was heavy rain today
The damage to the crops continued,
corn standing the rain better than any
other crop.
There were a number of fires in July
in the State, the largest at Rutherford-
ton with about $53,000 loss; the losses
this year by fire has been heavy in the
State and it is said that not a company
operating in the State whose losses and
expenses have not exceeded its premium
income. One of the leading companies
Bhows a loss rate of about 120.
The penitentiary authorities announce
that George Haady, a dark negro, aged
thirty, escaped from the convict camp
near Wilmington Monday. He was
serving a twelve years sentence for
burglary, the crime having been com
mitted in Bertie county, eight years
ago. Twenty-five dollars wilKbe paid
for his arrest '
SUPPOSED MUR
DERER CAUGHT
Negro . Who Shot Foreman
Beachman last Monday.
Three Other Negroes
In Conspiracy.
Special to Journal.'
Greensboro, Aug. 2. Sheriff Jordan
was notified late this afternoon, that a
negro answering perfectly the descrip
tion of Frank Bohannon, who murdered
Foreman Beachman, near Jamestown
Monday, was arrested and was being
held in Roanoke Va. An officer of
Winston, who has arrested the negro a
number of times has been sent to iden
tify and bring the negro back. Anoth
er deputy has gone to Jamestown to
night with a warrant for arrest of
three other negroes, against whom
there Is strong evidence of having con- J
nlrAil with Rnhnnnnn tn frill TtABr-li-'
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morninpr, and assisting Bohannon in
escsplnjf after tho murder.
flaintr tha (run hara TiiABiiav
A
FAMOUS LAND
SCAPE ENGINEER
Will Improve the Grounds
and Campus of Greens
yboro Female College.
DIXIE FIRE INSURANCE
CO. FULLY ORGANIZED.
Consolidated Furniture Company, a
Xev And Prosperous Concern.
Jfaw Fire Iesuranee Agency.
' R. M. Phillips of Raleigh
Elwted Secretary of
Chamber of Com
iii e r c e .
(Special Correspondence.)
Greensboro, Aug. 1. Already beauti-
fcl-with it natural location, on a com
mending eminence, surrounded by a
glorious grove of grand old oaks, the
edifice and campus of Greensboro Fe
male College is to be further improved
by the skill of the artist
Mr. H. Buchenham, landscape engi
neer of New York City, is here looking
over the campus with a view of draw
ing plans ard specifications for improv
ing the'grounds. , The work will begin
in a short time1, and it is expected that
the college campus in point of heauty
will be second to none in the State. Mr.
Buchenham is an artist of experience
and ability. He drew the plans for the
magnificent Vanderbilt estate near
Asheville and the J. B. Duke estate in
New Jersey and has recently completed
plans for the improvement of the cam
pus at Trinity College.
The stockholders of the Dixie Fire
Insurance Company will meet in the
direectors' room of the City National
bank at 3 o'clock this afternoon for the
purpose of organizing the company.
The company will be capitalized at
$500,000 and will have a surplus of
$250,000. All of the stock has been
subscribed and will he paid in at to
morrow's meeting. The company will
do a general fire insurance busi
ness..'." .
The Consolidated Furniture Comp
any is the name of a new Greensboro
enterprise that has been chartered by
the secretary of State. The company
is chartered with an authorized capital
of $250,000 Of this amount $100,000
is preferred and the other $150,000
common stock. The incorporators are
J. Van Lindley, W. E. Harrison, J. C.
Murchison, W. D. Mendenhall, C. E.
Holton, J. W. Fry, J T J Battle, C W
Battle, J D Helme, C W Jennings, and
A L Brooks.
Mr. W B Memmon, who has repre
sented the Aetna Life here for a long
time, has formed a copartnership with
Mr. D. S. Cowan, formerly of Wilming
and they will do a general fire insurance
business, including casuality, steam boil
er, and plate glass insurance, to be con
ducted from Mr. Merrimon's office in
the City National Bank building, Mr.
Merrimon will countinue to represent
the Aetna.
The board of directors of the Cham
ber held a meeting last night and elect
ed R U Philips secretary of the Raleigh
Chamber Commerce as secretary to
succeed G. F. Newman resignad to en
gage in other dusiness September first.
Mr. Philips was formerly a Greensboro
newspaper man, Editor of the Raleigh
Post, and last year President of the
North Carolina Press Association. This
selection is considered an excellent
one.
ELECTRIC STREET CARS
Operated at Loss. Chamber of
Commerce to Assist Tobac
co Trade-
(Special Correspondence)
Raleigh, N. C, August 1st T h e
Raleigh Electric St car Company which
operates the street railway will almost
double the size of the power plant It
had been hoped that the company would
build a line into east Raleigh, but there
does not now seem to be any prospect
of it It is said that the company op
e rates the street cars at a loss of some
thing like :$12,000 a year. It makes
money on the lights, public and private.
There are two leaf tobacco ware
houses here and they have been taken
for the coming season by R. T. Cowan,
S. T. Wiggins.and B. Hobgood. This
year the Chamber of Comment will do
everything it can to aid the leaf toboc
co trade here, which has not had the
public attention it deserves. The first
warehouse was opened about 20 years
ago. ,
Secietary of State Bryan Grimes re
turned today -from Wilson, where he
went with the body of Mr. Alexander
Green, whose death was reported yes
terday.
Our collar sunnortera with the ad'
Ifu
o ,
are showing them in a variety, pearl
get ones included. J. O. Baxter, Lead-
tng Jeweler.
STRIKING
CARPENTERS
At
Raleigh are Backed
National Organi
zations. by
WEATHER TOO RAINY
FOR COTTON CROP.
Great Plant at Buekhorn Shoal. Third
Regiment Goes to Chickamanga
For Encampment, Filing Ex
ecutive Correspondence In
Regular Cases.
(Special correspondence).
Raleigh, N. C, Angust 2nd-1906-
Coltector Duncan returned today from
a short visit to Atlantic City.
Farmers today brought in the news
that, thanks to the continued rains and
the remarkable lack of sunshine, cotton
is begining to shed on sandy lands.
There is less of this trouble on clay
soils. There were more rains today-
Night before last there was a washout
between here and Goldsboro on the
Southern Railway which delayed the
train several hours.
Work on the great plant of the Cape
Fear Power Company at Buckhorn
Shoals, near Haywood, in Chatham
county has been entirely stopped. The
Company is in the Federal court. $100,.
000 has been spent and $100,000 more
is needed to complete the work. Un
paid interests will bring the sum up to
$6,000. The court ordered that the con
tractors should go on with -their work,
but they will not do this, some of them
being dependent upon others. The Judge
is now at Mt. Vernon Springs and the
Receivers will go to see him this week
and see what can be done. Owing to
the stoppage of work, the property is
deperciating. There were three princi
pal contractors, in Pennsylvania, Virgin
ia and local
Your correspondent went to the hall
where the striking carpenters have
their headquarters and talked with
them about the strike here which began
yesterday morning. They say there are
120 members in their union, all white
and that these have been working un
der 14 contractors, the day's work
having been strictly ten hours. The
average wages are about $2 per day, a
good many men getting $1,75 and some
foremen as much as $3. The Union men
say there are a few. carpenters outside
of the union but do not know the num
ber, though they estimate it at only
about a dozen who have been employed
on outside work.
They do not know how many are in
the shops. They say that in two cases
the contractors have acceded to the de
mands of the strikers and that today
they will go to work on the same basis
on the East Raleigh public school The
national organization has endorsed the
strike, and George C. Griffin, of Indian
apolis, is here to look into the matter.
The striVe was declared Tuesday night
but had been on the hooks 3 months and
the contractors were notified 3 months
ago, the exact date having been sta
ted to them 30 days ago. Organizer
Griffin was seen and said that he had
been sent here by the national office to
carry out the plans of the strikers
which had been fully endorsed and that
the national organization was backing
the fight considering the demand rea
sonable and that the demands would be
enforced by modest efforts, and not in
a way to injure the Raleigh public. He
added that there were funds back of
the movement and that if .the strike
continued long he would transfer the
carpenters to other cities for work.
The encampment of the Third Regi
ment at Chickamauga will be for eight
days. The United States government
nays for this with its own paymasters
and not through state officials, the site
having nothing to do with the matter
except to send troops there. -
J. G. DeRoulhas Hamilton is now at
work filling nil the executive corres
pondence by administrations in regular
filing cases. There have been thous
ands of these letters in the Governor's
office tied up in bundles without regard
to arrangement Some extremely val
uable letters have been found.
Officers New Bern Banking and Trui
Company.
At a meeting of the directors of the
New Bern Banking and Trust Company
held this week. Mr. James B. Blades
was elected President and Mr. W. B
Blades Vice President The selection
of book keeper and teller was he'd over
until another meeting. It la under
stood however, that the men for this
place have been recommended and will
very likely be engaged at the proper
time. -.
Heath &nd Milligan Paint
is the best ioryour house,
Cover your roof with Paroid
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Hard-
HUMOR
COVERED
HEAD AMD SCALP
Bothered With Itching for a Long
Time Found No Relief Until
Cuticura Was Used Kentucky
Lady Now Completely Well,
WISHES SUCCESS TO
CUTICURA REMEDIES
"After using Cuticura Soat). Oint
ment, ana fills, l am very glad to say
I am entirely .relieved of that itching .
humor of the head and scalp which I
was bothered with quite a length of
time. I did not use the Cuticura Rem
edies more than three times before I
began to get better, and now I am com
pletely well. I suffered with that humor
on my head, and found no relief until I
took tne uutioura Kennedies, i tunic
used several cakes of Cuticura Soap,
three boxes of Ointment and two vials
of Pills. I am doinc all I can to publish
the Cuticura Remedies, for they have
done me good, and I know they will do
others the same. With best wishes for
'our success." Mrs. Mattw Jackson,
une 12, 1905. - Mortonsville, Ky.
12 YEARS' SUFFERING
Cured Sound and Well By Cuti
cura Soap and Cuticura Oint
ment at Expense of 75c
"I had been sufferine for twelve
years with a sore on my limb, and had
pnysicians give me treatment, ana none
gave me any relief until I got hold of
the Uiticura Boap ana uinimeiit, ana
I was cured sound and well with one
cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of
Ointment. I have confidence in Cuticura
and I would not take ten dollars for one
box if I knew that I could not get any
more. If. Al. KODertson,
Sept. 29, 1905. Newton, Miss.
Complete External end iinvrMI Tnumenr for crerj-
Humnr. tan Ptmnln In Setofule. from llil&ttCV fc) Af.
ooaietliif of Cntknr Boap. iic., Olotmeut, 40c., Reeoi
nnt, Uc7 ie form of Chocclu CiMei Wu, Stc- per Ttel
of 00), nur be had of all drontieu. A flof 1 ert often nm
Fitter Drug Chem. Corp- Sole Prop,., Boetoi, Meee.
P-aUlledTree, "How to Cere for 8tlo,ecelp,tnflHelr,
jPjS uUew o cn Itorturiag aMM.
FIRE INSURANCE CO.
The Dixie Starts Up Under
Auspicious Circumstances.
Changes in Industrial
News- ,
(Special Correspondence.) ,
Greensboro Aug. 2. Yesterday after
noon, there was an organization meeting
of the stock holders of the Dixie Fire
Insurance Company here. There were
many prominent capitalists present
from all parts of the State, and thh as
semblage is said to have been the larg-
Mt mot.inr nf North Carolina mnnied
men, ever before together on a common
purpose. Of the five thousand shares,
all taken, four thousand were represent
ed by their owners at the meeting. Fol
lowing officers were elected: president
J B Blades, New Bern, vice presidents,
W S Thompson, Greensboro, Ashley
Horne, Clayton, George Harney Wilson
Secretary C F Cobb, Greensboro:-
Treasurer, C D Benbow, Greensboro.
The Company begins business August
fifteenth, with headquarters in Greens
boro, with a paid in capital of half mil
lion dollars, and a surplus of quarter of
million.
Board of Directors: Ashley Borne,
Clayton, W B Blades, J A Meadows,
Wo. Dunn, A D Ward, New Bern; R
F Dalton W S Thompson, C D Benbow
H L Hopkins, J F Cobb Lee H Battle,
C D Benbow Greensboro; William Cal-
der, Wilmington, Col. Weill, Goldsboro:
R U Wright J B Wilson, Durham: J H
Little, R M Miller, Charlotte: Dr L S
Blades, McMullen, W C Elloit, Elixa-
beth City, J B Bowers, Scotland Neck,
John F Bruton, George Hackney, Wil
son: John F McNai.v W J Council, Red
Springs W H Ragan, E M ArnflekJ,
High Point: J P Sawyer, Henry Red
mond, Frederick Rutledge, Dr J F Mer
ri weather,, Asheville: C J Harris, DiU
boro, J W Granger Kinston.
The company will begin business An
gust fifteenth, its headquarters and
main offices being in Greensboro. It
will be one of the largest Fire Compan
ies in the South, having a paid in capi-
ital of half a million dollars, and a sur
plus of a quarter of a million. It la
understood that the new president. Mr.
J B Blades of New Bern will more to
Greensboro, and personally direct the
affairs of the Company.
At a meeting of the Board of Direct
ors of the Industrial News her this
afternoon. John Humphry formerly of
Washington Post, wss elected business
manager to succeed S H Hodgin resign
ed and the position of Managing Editor
now filled by A B Parkhurat Jr. was
abolished, R D Douglas Editor in chief
now postmaster of Greensboro, will con
tinue to serve as editor. It is un ' -r-stood
that the paper's expenses tave
Often largely exceeding its inpoir an 4
several changes were made J to
more economical mansrerncnt.
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