The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-04
THEY WANT TO CUT
OUT MIDDLE MEN.
North Carolina Farmers Advocate
General Cooperation
IN BOTH BUYING AND SELLING
New Paint Company Chartered, and
Literary Club at r eidsviIIe lncor-
porated-Mysterious Matrmon-
ial Affair in Norfolk.
IN BOTH BUYING AND SELLING
fspecia, Dispatch to The Times.)


RALEIGH, n. c.. September S.-The
State Farmers Association held their
semi-annual meeting here to-day and
adopted resolutions presented by Com
missioner of Agriculture S. L. Patterson
and Secretary CT State j. Bryan Grimes,
commenting the neighborhood on coop
era tive cotton seed oil mills, and urging
cooperation generally in buying supplied
Machinery, etc, and in marketing pro-
ducts 1t is proposed that State Secre-
tary T. B. Parker. who will open his Of
lice here soon shall act as purchasing
agent to buy supplies, etc, for any and
al! who will cooperate.
Officers elected are: DR.. r. II. Speisht,
of Edgecombe, president; T. B. Parker,
secretary; Commissioner Of Agriculture
Patterson and Secretary Of State j. Bryan
Grimes and F.. F. Lamb, Elizabeth City,
Executive Committee
NEW CHARTERS.
A charter was granted to-day by the
Secretary of State to the Pannill Paint
Company of Wilmington. The capital is
$4,000. and the incorporators are Henry
F'annll, Iredell Meares and P. Helms
berger. Jr Their business will be the
ma nufacture and sale of all kinds Of
paints. varnishes, shellacs. etc.
Another company Incorporated was the
Piedmont Literary Club, of ReidsviIe,
having for its object the literary, social
and educational betterment of its mem
bers.
Mr.. Ed. H. Lee left yesterday for Ma
con, where he will engage in the cotton
brokerage business. He has been promi-
nen; on the Raleigh market as an active
member CT the firm Of Lee and Latta
since 1873.
SCHOOL OPENING.
The North Carolina, Baptist Female
University opened for the fall term this
morning. with 375 students. There Will be
400 within the next two weeks
This was also opening day for the North
Carolina College of Agricultural and Me-
chanic Arts. and their register shows
S97 boys present. There are IS others
booked, and some to arrive within the
next two weeks Owing to limited room,
the college has been obliged to decline
to admit any students from other States.
except those who began the course III
previous years.
MYSTERIOUS MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Raleigh has been stirred considerably
the past few days by a mysterious matri-
monial affair involving quite a we'll
known and popular couple-Mr. Harry
Lee and Miss Estel Haywood. A license
was issued last Saturday for their mar
riage, the registrar OF deeds being re-
Quested not to let the newspapers know
of it. There was a later report that they
were married Monday near Raleigh, the
supposed groom having at the time adj
mtted the marriage. and them, along
with other members and friends OF the
family, strenuously denied it.
The young lady declares that she
knew nothing of the issuance of the IL
cense, and never had any idea of marry
ing the young man. No one can ascertain
the wherea bouts of the license
The supposed groom at one time de-
clared that he destroyed the document.
This. taken along with his admission at
another time that the marriage really
took place, only increases the mystery.