Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-27
seen |: + / !. and ] heard
h. in RALEIGH
Two Important. Steps In the Inter
y, ssttof Cotton Growers.
RAILWAY,
EXTENSION
Csnsoiidat,en OF sho Raleigh ANA
\ Gasson RaiIroad WIN tho sea.
bnard Afr Line stem-The Abor-
deen ana Rock n IN IRaiirond to he
Extended Twenty miles Further
East- \, issing winston Merchant.

Extenued Twenty Miles Further
Isast N issing winston Merchant.
Il Raleigh, N. c., Sept. 2e.-Two steps
have been taken in the interest Of cot
ton growers In Wake and adjoining
! counties that should commend them
7 selves to the people of every county in
the cotton belt of the State. Vie steps
are:
IL. ]. A plah to enable farmers to hold
their cotton for better prices and OBJ
|, tain advances on 1t while waiting.
3. A call for q cotton growers con-
d yention to send delegates to the State
4 gathering Of the same sort here dur
Ing the fair.
The wisdom OF the first is sufficiently
+, plain in view Of the undcniable fact
| that the cotton crop this year Is far
Tor raw cotton Is greater than ever
( before, The purpose Of the conference
OF cotton growers Is largely to pro-
mote this first object
The Peoples Mercantile and Storage
g Company, which proposes to store cot
ton, insure 1t and advance money on IL
; while the farmer Is holding for q rise
IN price. was incorporated by the las
Legislature. Tho company is capital
lied at $4,000. and has Its hcadaunr-
fers in the ]. j. Thomas Warehouse on
Wilmington street. The company
5000 to 5000 bales and room can be
had for 10000 bales or more, IL needed.
captain j. j. Thomas, president OF the
Commercial and Farmers Bank, is
president OF the company and Mr.. r
w. Brewer is secretary md treasurer
WAS -
firm.
M RAILROAD MATTERS.
The stockholders of the Raleigh and
CASTOR railroad will meet here on
Wednesday. OF this week to arrange the
nnancIaI loses of the consolIda ton OF
the Raleigh and CASTOR with the great.
er Seaboard System. This will be q
very important meeting, as 1t will de-
termine the exchange value of the
stock OF the consolidated system A
very full meeting Of the stockholders
. Is desired and cxpected
EXTENSION.
Mr.. John. Blue, president OF the
Aberdeen and Rock Fish railroad, was
In Raleigh yesterday. He Is the own
er Of twenty-slX miles Of the best pay
1nE new railroad In North Carolina
It has not a cent of lncumbrance upon
1t, not dollar of mortgage or Of
bonds 1t goes through a fine country
, from Aberdeen towards the Care Fear
Its present Eastern terminus being
/. Radford, which is growing into a fine
village and Is destined to be q large
town.
Mr.. Blue is now planning to extend
the road twenty miles further East
and has arranged through the Ameri
can Promoting and Trust Company. OF
Boston, to issue $4,000 OF bonds to rs
sist IN the extension Of the road. The
q Will 1A
of the twenty miles of extension.
Asked about the Eastern terminus
{. Mr.. Blue said It had been determined
to build twenty miles. but the terminus
had not yet been settled. The road
goes through fine farming and timber
seotion and the extension will traverse
a specially hne section. rich in timber
and fine agricultural lands. Convicts
have; been employed and six miles of
the new extension has been built. The
work or grading was temporarily slIs-
pended because the State needed the
conVicts TO pick cotton. They will
soon be at work again grading the new
road. -'e"
1t has been stated that the present
twenty-six miles OF road has an in
come OF something like $4,000 a year.
wh1le the operating expenses are about
S*so'oVo, having net income OF $4,000
THEOLOGICAL COURSE.
Kew. ~. l.. Belts left this morning
for Louisville, Ky. to take a special
course IN the Southern Baptist Theo-
illogical Seminary.S Rev. Bolts has been
a pastor In Raleigh for three and
half years. FIRST as city missionary and
West Raleigh Church, and subseuuent-
" as pastor also OF Pilot Baptist
Church, which he organized. The sue
cessor OF Mr.. Belts has not vet been
selected.
nThe first Presbyterian Church here
contributes $3.50 for support OF a mis-
sionary lin Stokes county. Rev. Cor
rielius Miller will have charge of the
& work.
He was the first Presbyterian mis-
sonary in that county. BY his efforts
seven churches were esta blished and
members OF the denomination increased
Z from Six to two hundred
4 MISSING WINSTON MERCHANT.
John L. Brietz. who was sent to
Phila delphia last week in search Of
Robert Hendricks. returned tonight.
He failed to End him. A letter was
received here to-day from Mr.. Hen
drioks. It Is reported he Is in Chicago.