The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-18
SONS OF THE
REVOLUTION.
An Anniversary Banquet Ar
ranged for and New Officers
Elected for the Year.
FORTUNE TELLER's SAD LOT
After Running Anuck While
Crazy Drunk is Sent to Work
on the Public Roads.
tBy Associated press,

(By Associated Press.)
RALEIGH, N. c.. Nov. 17.--At a meet-
Ing of North Carolina Sons Of the Rev.
olution to-day, Mr.. Whitehead Klutt.. OF
Salisbury, wa selected a member, and a
committee was appointed for an anniver.
sary banquet next February. DR.. d. p.
Hines was elected president: Colonel
Thomas s. Kenan vice-president; Mr..
Marshall De Lancy Haywood secretary;
r. w. Jackson treasurer: Professor D.
H. Hill, registrar, and Rev. Robert Brent
Drane. chaplain. The managers arc Cap
tain 8. A. Ashe r. H. Busbee. General
Garlic A. Woodruff, Stephen a. White
General ]. s. Carr. George B. Curtis
Heriot GARRISON. A. B. Andrews. Jr., and
Professor Collier Cobb.
A. we'll executed 'life-size oil painting
OF the late Coonel w. H. Cheek. OF tho
First North Carolina Calvary, has been
presented to the State Library by his
children. 1t will be given place in the
gallery Of prominent North Carolinans
Colonel Check died about Il year ago at
his home in Henderson.
Governor Aycock returned to-day from
Goldsboro where he delivered tho address
openging the knights OF Pythias carni-
val.
Professor W. A. Withers went to WASH
ington, D. c.. to-day to represent the
North Carolina A. and NJ. College and
Experiment Station, at the annual meet
ing OF the Association OF Agricultural Col
leges and Experiment Stations, which
convenes tonight
COTTON RECEIPTS.
Cotton receipts to date this year on the
Raleigh market are 6.972 bales as COM
pnred with 1896 to the same date last
year. It is believed that threc-fourths OF
the Wake crop has been marketed.
John Russell and Ed. Abrum wero to-
day acquitted OF the charge Of we'll nigh
fatally injurinE William stonclll, colored.
about month ago by shooting him In the
side and fracturing his skull with
rock. Evidence shows that Dolph Rus
sell, a deserter from tho United States
navy. who has since disappeared, Is tho
guilty party.
DIR" wilkerson. patent medicine
vender and fortune teller, who created
considerable disturbance in Alamnnce
county was sent to the roads by Mayor
Powell, OF Raleigh, ycsterdayfor thirty
days. He became crazy drunk, was elected
from the Marlborough and Park Hotels.
and threatened 10 kill policemen generally
before he was finally arrested.
MEMS RELIGIOUS CLUB.
unique organization was formed in
this city Sunday. 1t was Mems Religious
Club, the plan being to have all the
unobjectionable features OF the fraternal
organizations. and provide loaflng place
for men to tako the place OF saloons,
which close January LIST.
The club is under the auspices OF Taber-,
nacle Baptist Church. and the club rooms
will be In tho church.
Charters were granted to-day by the
secretary Of State for six new stock COM
panies, and the name OF another. the
C1eyeand Cotton Mill Company. changed
to Lawndae Railroad and Industrial
Company. OF Lawndale, Cleveland. coun-
ty Fl. F. schenck is president. The cap
ital stock Is reduced from 100000 to
10000.
The Yadkin Lumber Company is char
i tered with $4,000 capital authorized. and
100000 subscribed by number OF Penn
svlvania and New York capitalists. also
Edmond Jones, Of Lenoir and 8. A.
Richie, OF Richmond.
The Edward Manufacturing Company,
Of Edward,N Beaufort county. capital
$4,000. incorporators w. B. Riddett. w. II.
Dixon, w. r. Boyd, N. w. Potter, w. y.
Smith.
shaw Brothers, Greensboro, Is chartered
with 5000 capital to do a general grocery
business. James H., Charles S. and Claude
c. Shaw are the incorporators.
Fremont Building and Improvement
comnany is chartered with $4,000 capital
to do a rea estate business at Fremont.
Wayne county.
The W. ]. Davis Machine Company. OF
wilson. is incorporated with $4,000 capl'
tai to conduct machine and woodworking
shops. The incorporators arc W. ]. and
]. w. Wilson.
The Moyock Academy Association, OF
Moyock, Currituck county, was chartered
with 5000 capital to conduct Graded
school at that pace. DR.. Fred W. Ritter Is
secretary OF the company,
The residence OF Mr.. r, NJ. Horton. six
mics from Raleigh. was destroyed by
fire early this morning. He and three
children had narrow escape from burn
Ing to death. they having been awakened
by falling timbers They saved practically
| nothing. Horton was for many years an
engineer on the seaboard Air Limo. being
ror, on the sllperanuuated list.