The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-19
.UNlO|NiDEP0T,.
CHARIOT 'TE
Petition from the Corporation
Commission to the Mayor.
ALSO ONE AT LlNCOLNTON
Governor Aycock Names Many Dele
gates to the National. Farmers Con-
gress-A Boiler Expiodes and
Lands 200 Feet Away.
fsn.c,o, q me Times 8 spat CHI

s1EBb Especial to The ftl1neS-DleptitcHi NE
RALEIGH, N. O.. September 1s-rno
Mayor o. Charlotte filed petition ,troih
!, tho Board OF Aldermen with the North
Carolina Corporation Commission tlis
morning for a union depot in that city.
II sets forth that the two roads-south.
ern and seabonrd Air Line-already nave
tracks near together and physical connee:
ton. SO q union depot is entirely practica.
BILE. The depots arc nearly mile apart
now.
A petition was also filed with tho coin
mission from the Mayor and Alderman
ofhLincolnton to require n Union oepot
there between the Seaboard Air Line anu
the Carolina and Southwestern roaos
there. These roads. the petition aec'u te,
are now connected by a platform DIV
the Carolina and Northwestern Is pre-
pairing to build a depot half mile from
I the connecting point.
I'M NEW CHARTERS.
"A charter was issued to-day to tho
Lumberton Improvement Company, OF
.Lumberton Robson county. Tho capital
stock is s125,010 authorized, and Rroa'
number OF citizens are Stockholders. ".
The Currituch Telephone Company, o'
Coinjack, Currltuck county. Is also
+ to construct telephone lines between tho
principal towns OF that and adjacent
counties. 49,
H9 Governor Aycock this morning all
gnounced long list Of delegates to Inc
National Farmers Congress to be held at
Niagara Falls. September ed to October
10th. The delegates arc prominent f9s-
mers in all parts of tho State.
aS STATE FAIR.
President ]. "A. Long. Secretary ]. u.
Pogue and Chief Marshal George L. Mar
IL. -. l.,, Sar ry{fi
the social features Of tho coming state
fair. They will announce tho assistant
marshals within tho next few days. There
will be probably hundred or more
Social features OF TIL sare to be the
most elaborate ever held In the State,
ii. A FLYING BOILER.
Yesterday evening OF Millbrook. neas
Raleigh. the boiler In tho cotton gin Of
w. o. Terrell, exploded and wrecked the
building. Fortunately no, ono was In jureA
all being out for dinner. The boiler wen
through the roof and landed IN COTTON
field 200 feet away. .g VIII
The State school for the blind has ar
enrolment Of 29l. the largest oneninE II
its history. There were 252 last year.
General Carl A. Woodruff has present
ed a handsome picture OF General Rober,
e. Lee to the North Carolina Soldiers
Home. It Is elegenatly framed. It Is g
likeness OF Leo when he was forty-seVer
years old, captain Of engineers, hreyet
colonel, U. 8. A.. and superintendent q
| the Military Academy at West Point. slsaa
{ State Insurance Commissioner James Z
Young has brought about the arrest OF Fl
L. Humphreys, Mt Goldsboro, for violating
insurance laws BY issuing policies In com
panies not licensed to do business In IN
state; also Of J. ". Forbes. at Tarhoro
for similar offenses. Humphreys plead
guilty and was dismissed on the paymen
OF costs. and Forbes is yet to- he tried.
| INSURANCE VIOLATIONS.
The Insurance Commissioner says h
| has memorandas Of several violation:
Of insurance laws In different parts OF tn
| State, and is determined to see that cltl
zens are no longer imposed upon BY
worthless policies and the State cheated
! out Of the revenue due her by ever!
/: company operating in the State.
A Daniel G. Fowle, student at the Uni
yers!ty Of North Carolina, who Is her
4 for a day or two. says practice for tn
baseball season has begun three week
earlier than usual. and coach Reynolds
| Of Yale. is throwing his whole soul int
making the team the best in the South.