The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-18
GREENSBORO
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Fears the Seaboard Deal VIII
Interfere WITH New Roads.
KILLED DAY POLICY GIVEN
Considerable Criticism over ths Loose
Way II Which Affairs OF Newborn
Bank Were Conductsd-old
Citizen Dropped Dead.
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GREENSBORO, NJ Cos. AUG. IL.
Greensboro has felt especially concerned
over the recent change In the railroad
! situation. Two important railroads, the
Durham and Charlotte and the Raleigh
and Western, have been heading this
way, and both would have given. the
Beaboard Air Line valuable connections
here. where the Southern has d COM.
plete monopoly OF passenger, freight and
express service.
Il. II ths Southern Railway ID AZ the bot.
tom OF the recent deal, which many sur
mise. It will, Of course, stop further pro-
gress on their lines. 81 N,
Work on tho Durham and Charlotte
road Is progressing actively. grading
now being done by large force from
Pittsboro to Greensboro, and surveys
being located All along the line.
General Manager Frank p. Jones who
was at the Benhow Hotel here yesterday,
says that he has no idea that the South
srn is mixed up IN the deal. or that
work on tho Durham and Charlotte road
will stop. or that the Southern and Sea-
6pard Will cease their active tcompetl-
ton for business.
He has received no intImution from
the owners OF the road that any plans
for It's early completion have been
y CuAu6Cu ID
a$ NOT GOBBLED UP.
To show that the seaboard has not
been sobbled up no points to the fact
that It has seven OF the twelve members
forming the voting stock between 1t and
the Rock Island and that It's president.
John Shelton Williams. retains his posi-
ton and is In full c.jatrol Of the man
agement as Of old. 5 se5
Mr.. Jones thinks the merger means n
great deal for railroad development In
tho South. and Will prove Of vast bene
At In giving outlets and connections
which formerly were closed to this. the
only real competitor to the Southern
Railway in this part OF the South.
The widow OF Engineer D. s. Davis.
who was killed In a wreck near Concord
some time ago, has Just been paid 5000
being the amount OF policy her husband
had In Division 375. Brotherhood OF Loco
3 motive Engineers. Engineer Davis paid
only one dollar on this policy, and It
was placed In his hand on his cab an he
passed through Greensboro the very da,
he was killed.
The widow OF James Mccormick, an
other engineer killed In a recent wreck,
will receive 5000 brotherhood Insurance
y In few dayH
There is said to be considerable criti-
cism over the loose way In which the
directors ana otncers OF the ASeWpeiHe
bank, recently wrecked by Dewey looked.
after affairs. An instance OF gross II not
criminal negligence was cited by a gen
tleman here yesterday from Kinston lie
said that It had been discovered that
Deweys bond for $4,000 given fourteen
years ago. had never been renewed. and
that at least two Of the bondsrnen had
died and their estates settled and distrib-
uted among the heirs years ago. He also
said that It was thought all OF these
bondsmen would be relieved by pleading
the statute OF limitations. He also said
that 1t was generally understood that
under the banking laws OF North Caro-
lima, depositors would lose nothing. as
the directors and stockholders would
make every cent good.
Mr.. d. D. Gillespie. an aged and highly
respected citizen. dropped dead Saturday
night, while conversing with his daugh-
ter and son-ln-law, Professor and Mrs.
Lee T.. Blair. He was devoted Chris
tian, member OF the Westminster Presby-
terrain Church, and one OF the first elders.
A large number of friends and relatives
attended his funeral to-day, which was
held In Westminster Church.