Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-15
OUR RALEIGH
news BUDGET
Trouble in Adjustment of Military
II
THE OLD AND TIE NEW
OLD Companies Return TO Find Now
i'm tho Way-Legaiity OF Payments
90 Peuttentinry Directors Ques-
tioned-Tho Carolina and North.
ern Railroud- Convicts landed
Now cotton Seed OIL MIL,

Raleigh, ". c., June 14-The adjutant
general is having considerable difficulty
in adjusting military matters at Ra-
leigh, Charlotte and Asheville. New
companies were formed at these places
during the absence, in Cuba, of the old
companies and they were accepted In
the State Guard. Now the old COM
panies, having returned, also make APP
plication for admission and must be
taken In, and the trouble arises over
an attempt to amalgamate the old and
new companies.
In Raleigh, for instance. there are
the old Governors Guard Company
~, and the new Governors Guard
Company b. In Asheville there are
the Asheville Light Infantry (old) and
the Blue Ridge Rifles (new). Charlotte
has three communicative old, Queen
City Guards and Hornets Nest Rifles
and one new, Lee Rifles,
In Raleigh there is considerable feel
Ing between the two companies and the
prospect of amalmagation Is by no
means bright. said the adjutant gene
raj yesterday.
1t looks as If both companies will be
commissioned and recognized in the
Guard. That seems to be the only solu
ton OF the difficulty Captain Beavers,
OF the old Governors Guard, expressed
much the same opinion. He sees little
likelihood OF any agreement between the
two companies. Both he and the adj
jutant general thought 1T might not be
altogether bad idea to have two COM
pnnies here; thnt the rivalry between
them would make both better
PENITENTIARY DIRECTORS PAY.
presenting their bills for per diem and
mileage to Captain Day. the superin-
tendcnt, and receiving from him a
check for the amount
Now question arises as to the regu-
larity and legality of such payments of
the penitentiary money.
The act Incorporating the States pris-
on and providing for It's government
(chapter "A. laws of 1899, section - pro-
vides:
That the compensation of all dlrec-
tors of the State Prison of North Caro-
lima shall be 81 per day each and cents
per mile each way OF travel, while in
the discharge of their official duties,
which compensation shall be paid upon
duly temiZed statement flied with
the State Auditor and approved by
him."
CAROLINA NORTHERN RAILROAD
A speciul from Lumberton says: The
Carolina Northern railroad is pushing
work rapidly. a large number of hands
are grading in the direction OF Marion,
S. G., and they commenced the survey
this morning westward toward the
Cane Fear river. Tho general under
standing now is that the road will be
built to Goldsboro. A large mill is al
ready erected at Hewitt Cox's, six miles
from Lumberton. and another mill will
be put up at LlImbcrton."
CONVICTS LANDED.
Sheriff Lane of Burke county. yes
terday brought two new convicts to the
peniteDtiary. They are Tom Moses n
white man. who gets five years for
horse stealing, and Dolph Twitty, n
negro. sent up for ten years for bur-
glary In the second degree.
NEW COTTON SEED OH. MILL.
The Concord Cotton Seed Oil Com
pany was yesterday Incorporated by the
secretary of state, with u capital stock
or S3O'0O0 divided into shares of 500
each The business proposed is that of
buying and selling cotton. cotton seed
ginning cotton and manufacturing cot
ton goods, chemicals. oils and fertil-
izers; The incorporators are: w. r.
Odell, ]. NJ. OdeU, r. A. Brown. NJ. Z,
Buchanan. j. S. Harris, YIN. a. Smith
Q. NJ. Mcdonald, John A. Sims. NJ l..
Yorke. NJ. Fl. Caldwell, J. T.. Goodman.
w. II. Lilly and John P. Allison.