The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-14
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Cold Brick Matt Has Able Cot'li-
sci to Appear Before Cow
crnor Aycock.
MAsoNs TO BUILD TEMPLE e. Y , !.
Grand Master Clark Says North
Carolina Is to Have Finest
f5.2 in Entire Soutl.
(specIal to Tlc Timcs-Dispatch.)

ESPECIAL to Tho Timcs-Dlspatch.)
RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 1s.-1Ioward,
one OF the notorious Chicago gold brick
men, sentenced to th.e penitentinry for ten
.ycnrs FOR trying to swindle Paul Garrett
nt Weldon, and whose cases have been
frtilc1y fought through The United States
courts, has been brought up to the Cen
trail prison pending ali investigation py
Governor Aycocls, with view 70 granting
him q pardon or taking some other ac-
ton. stephen A. Douglas, Of Chicago,
d brother Of Associate Justice r. D..
Douglas, OF the North Carolina Supreme
Court, has been hers fol several days urg-
ing tho Governor to grant tho pardon
,rhe other gold brick men were Fln"'ey
and Daley The latter has already bceh
hardened by the GcWarnor.
Directors OF tho Oxford Orphanage
direct attention Of the Grand Lodge OF
Masons to the magnanimous action OF
Colonel r. w. Hicks. superintendent OF
the institution, who has only drawn
about 5000 of the s4,so0 due him az salary
70, the past four years - ana ne ne, now
donates the balance-S3, 00o-to the IN
stitution. They ask to be allowed to
mako some suitab.e recognition OF Colonel
Hicks generosity. The enrolment the
rnst year In tbs OrphaDnge has been ~.
no BUILD TEMPLE.
In his report of the Grand Lodge Of
Musons Grand Master Clark SAID iast
night that, from reports received. ne
feels sure that the Masons Of the state
are going to build q temp, tnat WI .,. =,
the handsonest home for q Grand Lodge
in the South. Tho great part Of the
funds have been raised and work Will
now soon begin.
A charter was granted this morning
FOR tho Durham and Southern Railway
Com pany, the special object being the
construction Of a road from Durham 10
4 Cary. In Wake county Specifca ton IS
made that the road shall traverse DUR
counties. The capitalEis 100000. d. n.
Duke, u. B. Duke, u. Z. Stage and George
w, Watts are among tho incorporators,
there being about thirty In nI.
The George A. Rose Company, OF Hem
derson. Is granted q charter to conduct
!, general mercantile business. The cap
ital IS $4,000, and the incorporates are
George A. Rose. J. D. Cooper and "A. Z.
Zcllicoffer.
Police this morning arrested Charles
Alexander colored, on the charge OF beat
ing we'll nigh to death tho negro boy,
Wesley Morgan, and leaving him near the
road to die about week ago. 1t VIII
to remembered that the boys assalant
also took the load of wood the boy was
diving to town for farmer. and drove
into Raleigh with it and sold 1t. The
boy lowered between life and death for
several days. but is now ont Of danger
Republican State Chairman Rollins has
given statement 70 the press to the eff
feet that everybody who knows G. d.
Bernard, ex-distrlct attorney, knows he
is mad and kicking because he was not
reappointed and little weight attaches
to- his utterances. Bernard, 1t Will be
remembered has recently issued mani
festo to the Republicans OF the State.
urging that delegates be sent to the con-
ventlon who will defeat Rollins as chair
II an Bernard is also anti-Roosevelt.