The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-15
VOTE UNDER
WATTS LAW
Election to Be Held in Raleigh
on Dispensdry Question.
VETERANS ENCAMPMENT
Great Gathering Of Old Soldiers for
Two Days During the Fair-Pre-
parations for Masonic Fair.
Legislature Criticised.
Especial to The TImes-Dlspatch.)

Especial to The -Dlspatch.)
RALEIGH, N. c.. August 14-The Ra-
leigh Board of Aldermen tonight called
an election for September 9Th on the
question of dispensary. or open saloons,
and also on distilleries. 1t Will be held
under the Watts law.
General j. s. Carr and Chief of Staff
II. A. London, of the North Carolina Con-
federate Veterans, in conference with
the State Fair authorities, decided to-day
to issue at once n general order for
grand campment of veterans here on
Wednesday and Thursday OF fair week.
MASONIC FAIR
Colonel Noble r. Martin, who is to
manage the great Masonic Fair to be
held here during October for the benefit
Of the Grand Lodge Masonic Temple ar
rived to-day, and will take up the work
Immediately. The fair is to be held In
Washington Square. A mammoth tent
will be raised in the center, In which the
fair booths will be erected The whole
square will be used Colonel Martin is
from Utica, n. y. and held a highly sue
cessful Masonic fair at Wilmington a
few years ago.
The North Carolina State Farmers AL
lance at Flillsboro adopted resolutions
condemnnE the last Legislature for not
providing for an agricultural building at
the Agricultural and Mechanical College,
and for requiring the State Agricultural
Department to provide money for finish
ing all buildings in course OF construc-
ton at the college before they undertake
to erect an agricultural building there.
The Legislature. it will be remembered,
failed to pass bill providing for a $4,000
agricultural building.
WANT MONOPOLY SUPPRESSED.
Governor Aycock to-day received from
the recording secretary OF the North Car
DINA State Farmers Alliance a letter
transmitting resolution adopted at the
meeting in IIil!sboro, calling on Governor
Aycock to .co-operateSw with the Governors
Of South Carolina and Virginia in en-
dcavoring to induce President Roosevelt
to enforce any law in existence for the
suppression Of monopoly in the purchase
OF tobacco. Governor Aycock has re-
turned from Wilmington where he at
tended the Fort Fisher reunion which he
rronounces a highly successful and en-
joyable occasion
The Hill Directory Company OF Rich
n:ond. has just gotten out an unusually
complete directory OF tho city Of Raleigh.
REWARD FOR HARRIS.
Governor Aycock this morning offered
reward OF 500 for VIII Harris the negro
convict who escaped from the penten-s
tiary last Friday, and returned to Neck
lenburg county and created such scare
by his outlawry. His sentence is thirty
years, and he has only served a few
months Of the time.
The Standard Turpentine Company, OF
Raleigh was chartered to-day, with sloo.-
coo capital. to erect turpentine plants,
manufacture. refine and deal In turpen-
tine. creosote. tar. etc. Rev. Thomas
Dixon Jr, Of New York; Judge T. B
Womack and John ". Thompson are the
ircorpora tors.
The Foreman-Lentz Mercantile Com
many, OF China Grove. Rowan county.
was chartered, with $4,000 capital. II. G.
Lentz and w. r. Foreman are the pr!n-
cipai ncorporators.