The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-21
y I,S ~, POND q s. due as Of January

tI7,oo found to be due as Of January y
| 1850. \ NJ.
Under The language Of the statute q, ne g
controller decided that South Carolina
Srnust not only be pnid the $4,000, put ,l IN
Aterest on tho amount from January, l sN
h III will not be many years before VIZ
sinia Will collect d similar claim from Tue
Government.
AMUSING Bt5D11NT.
IA II will atn,ise Virginia Democrats 70
4 know that Republicans express the opln.
ion that the State Will propaply east
al electoral vote fur Roosevelt next year.
$r,nnrrcssman Slemp expressed that opln-
5nn If, III, interview last week. and now WI w
4 III "A 4 Davis, OF franklin county, Il Re-
4 n,,hiran. who Is hero seeking posi-
Ftjn,,i "a tho Department Of Commerce
y saws lie thinks 1t very likely that the I =,
r,,blicans will carry the state IN one
4 PRESIDENTIAL election in the fall or iso4.
Ntr6 Davis says he thinks the dlsfratl
N rh,setne,,t will prove a boomerang to the,
Il T1amorrats. 1t will be recalled That ne
& and Colonel Summers and Mr.. Podigo anu
thc other Republican members Of the Con-
stit,Itional Convention, did all In their
j nowerI 20 shield the Democrats from inc
boomerang. H, .,,a,.
hi 4 washington newspaper the other
IA dav. referring to Hon. a. p. Thorn, o.
X. : +.
him as n former Republican chndluate
Sfor Governor Mr.. Thoin. who was here
4 ynst nrday. said that in his lifc he hatl
bean accused of many things, but had
,cver before been called n Republican. III
50 absolutely certain that the man WHY
wrote the paragraph referred 10 uin ny.
$,,cnr The speeches made by Mr.. Thom
~ thc con fcrcnces held by Democratic
d Inennbers or the constitutional ConVen-
tfon 10 consider the franchise question.
s{sy1 Renrescntative Hay has been at work
A matters concerning his constituents
ever since Congress adjourned. He SAID
To-day no expected to Join his wife IN
Richmond on next "Wednesday. lie mas
gsucceeded in doing a good deal LOT ms
Il alin,,rned especially In the way OF Sc
i curing rural free mail delivery routes.
He now has forty-nine routes In the cis-
trict, nearly all Of them in Rockingham
\ county !, ,,} n>, e1,rnns
5 This is the season when uncle sans
mails are loaded down with garden seeds
sent out by Congressman ana oehstoss
& 10 rural constituents. The Virginia oeie-
cation has sent out its full quota. f}'
"a Nearly all the seeds sent are IN TO
Spouse to requests for them
INF. Henry Carlyn, of Alexandra, was
at Senator Martins Office to-day.
Mr.. ]. II. Drake, of Richmond, as
sistant general freight agent OF the
Southern Railway, is in Washington to-
K day. -,
ness man Of charlotte, n. G., Is at the
National.
Senator Martin and family expect to
leave Washington Monday night for their
home in Scottsyille.
n Senator Daniel will probably return 10
5Lynchburg tomorrow.
Il The Postofilce Department. has an
nounced the following reimbursement OF
salaries in postofflces in Virginia ana
North Carolina:
t Virginia Charlottesville, one addition
al clerk at $500; three promotions from
$500 to 5000 each. :, !,
Petersburg-On promotion from 500
x Ia 5000 and two from $500 to 5000.
North Carolina: Charlotte-one now
clerk at 5000 one promotion from $500 10
5000 and two from 5000 to 500. -.
88t5g Cioldsboro-One additional clerk az soov'
y ono promotion from 5000 to s7oO and one
from $500 to $500 49,,
Greensboro-One promotion from 500
n $500 and ono from 5000 to $500.
jS5 SRaleieh-One additional clerk at $6o0
yYilmington-Thre promotions from
$500 to 5000; one from $500 to SOU; Two
from 500 to $500: four from $500 to sso w
one from 800 to 81 900 and one IRON sl'V'o
iS to s1,1oo os+.
b X James r. Morton is appointed post
at Ellis, Grayson county, Va''
sftn succeed Mrs. Nettie Pool
I New rural free. delivery routes VIII De
y established in North Carolina on May
list as follows:
5 Ashpoe Robson county one carrier:
Atkinson. Fender county. one carrier.
8Postoffice at Moore's Creek to be dscon-
#tinued. Mail to Atkinson. Barnesvlllc,
Robson county, ono carrier. Postoiflce
at Sterling to be discontinued. Mail to
Barnesville.