The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-22
MANAGING EDITOR.
Roscoe Mitchell With In
dustrial News.
Cyrus Watson and Ex.6ov. Aycock
Retained by Indicted Wilkesboro
Federal Officials. Insurance Bus
mess Attracting Good Men.
Especial to News and Observer.

Greensboro, n. G., sept. ZI-Mf
Roscoe c. Mitchell well known in
political and newspaper circles in
North Carolina, and well liked gener-
ally is to be the managing news edi-
tor of the Industrial News. the
Rollins Butler Republican daily pa
per, to be started here October first.
Mr.. Mitchell, who has been here the
past few days negotiating, will leave
for Norfolk today TO arrange his mat
ters there. and will return here in the
next few days to begin organizing the
news and correspondence force of the
paper. He has just resigned the posi-
ton of managing editor of the Nor
folk Evening Ledger to accept the
position here. He takes the place
that was offered first to Howard
Banks, and more recently to Gordon
Cilley, of the Philadelphia Record.
The formal opening exercises of
the State Normal and Industrial Col
lege We're held this morning. There
were present over five hundred stu
dents. The exercises We're brief, the
whole college getting down to work
i'm less than an hour. The attendance
this year will be more than the ca
pacity of the buildings as there will
be at least six hundred and fifty stu
dents before the enrolment is COM
pleted.
Upon affidavit made before Judge
Boyd by the Cincinnati Buggy Com
pany that j. II. Hardin, of Wilkesboro,
whose goods are now in the hands Of a
receiver on charges of fraud and bank
ruptcy on motion OF other creditors,
Deputy Marshall Joe Millikan left to-
day for Marshville with an order from
the court directed to j. w. Hasty, re-
straining him from disposing of a
car load of buggieS which affiant
claims Hardin has shipped there for
the purpose OF concealment or fraud.
Hasty is the Deputy Collector recently
removed and now indicted in Federal
court with Hardin for alleged frauds,
as an officer, against the government.
He is also the party to whom it was
testified in the bankruptcy proceedings
yesterday. Hardin had executed a
chattel mortgage for three thousand
dollars on his entire stock of hard
ware. The case grows in interest and
importance with every development.
The insurance business of Green's
boro has been attracting many good
men here from other towns and many
of those here from other callings. Now
it seems Greensboro is to lose some
valuable citizens to spread abroad
Greensboro's insurance features TO
other States.
Mr.. j. A. Gorham, who for the past
year has been manager of Bradstreet
agency here, has resigned his position
with that company TO take effect Oc-
tober 1st With Mr.. John M. Ham
mer, he will go to Columbia. S. c.,
and open an insurance agency in that
State for the Greensboro Life, under
the name of Hammer and Gorham.
They will have supervision of agencies
in
secured five experienced and success
full solicitors. Since coming to Green's
boro, Mr.. Gorham has greatly ingratia-
ted himself with the people here, es-
pecially with the business world. The
superintendent of Bradstreet writes
him that the company greatly regrets
losing his services. The many friends
here are glad to know that Mrs. Cor
ham, nee Miss Shober, of Greensboro,
and the other interesting members of
the family, will continue to reside
here.
Mr.. John Hammer was a good
newspaper man lured to insurance
work from ASHORE. AS an insur-
ance man Hammer became a hum
mer. and i'm seven weeks working for
the Greensboro Life. led all other
agents by securing $4,000 of paid
insurance policies for his company in
when the whole party secured one mil
lion. He did this in the seven ada
cent counties to Guilford
Greensboro's Life and Fire COM
panies are now doing good business in
five States, and with Gorham and
Hammer in South Carolina the
Greensboro Life will be represented
i'm six States.
United States District Attorney Hol-
ton passed through here this morn
ing for his home in Winston from
Washington. where he has been in
consultation with the Departments of
Justice and Revenue over the situation
i'm this district Mr. Holton has es-
capped all kinds of threatened bodily
harm at home, only to come near get
ting killed in Washington yesterday
by being run over by an automobile.
His ankle was .paining him so this
morning that he could hardly walk
from one train to another. and his
face is quite badly disfigured. He and
Deputy Commissioner Robert VIII
liams. on Pennsylvania avenue, i'm es-
Gaping one machine. got in the way
of another. Being unusually spry Mr..
Holton was knocked down and one
ankle, only. run over by the red
devil. His companion was run all
over, and was very badly hurt, be-
ing taken tC hospital for repairs.
1t had been reported that Hon. c.
II. Watson and Ex-Governor c. b.
Aycock have been retained by the
indicted Wilkesboro Federal officials
TO appear for them in the Federal
court. Ex-Judge Spencer b. Adams,
leading counsel for the defendants in
three eases when seen this morning
about the report said that So far no
lawyers had been engaged besides,
himself, ex-Judge w. P. Bynum, of
Greensboro, and j. w. McNeill. of
Wilkesboro. There might be others
later on but certainly there are no
others now.
A man named Austin Smith, who
has been locked up repeatedly in the
past week for getting drunk on CO.
caine, as was thought, is now discoy-
orad u he chrnnin IL Lite.