The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-02
OFFICERS BREAK
UP TWO STILLS
Penitentiary Cannot Fill Order Of
Legislature for Brick Walks
in Capitol Square.
DEMAND BEYOND CAPACITY
Colonel Sanders Arranging to
Build a New Railroad in
Swain County.
BEYOND CAPACITY
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RALEIGH, N. c., March 1.-Two big
blockade distilleries. both of them within
one mile of Oak Forest Baptist Church.
Johnston county, were destroyed last
night by a posse of revenue officers, con-
sisting OF D. c. Downing, j. p. H. Adams
and X. w. Merritt. one had a 15o-gal-
Ion still, g copper worms. 16 fermenters
and 800 gallons of beer. and the other a
65-gallon still, 10 fermenters and $50 gall
Ions OF beer. The smoke from both OF
the stills could be seen from both the
church and the road.
Colonel Sanders, Of Swain county. spent
the day here in conference with the Cor
@poration Commission with reference to
plans which he has for the construction
OF a railroad from Writers, in that
county, to Occoney Lufty, a distance OF
about two hundred miles. He was In
vestigating the schedule of freight and
passenger rates that would have to be
accepted for the road, the special object
OF which is to- be the development OF
vast timber resources.
President E.. l.. Daughtridge, Of the
North Carolina Agricultural Society, I'M
der the auspices OF which the State fairs
are held annually in this city, announces
his appointments Of executive committee
men for the ensuing year. there being
more than one hundred Of them In all
parts OF the State. Secretary Joseph u.
Pogue says the committee will be called
together very soon now to discuss and
formulate plans for the 4-J6 fair, next
October.
The entire session of the Superior Court
to-day. was taken UP with the trial Of
the case OF l.. N. Jackson VS.. the Neuse
River Cotton Mills. In which Jackson sues
for SO. 900 damages for tho loss of a
leg by being caught under a pile of rock
that caved In while the plaintiff was
doing SOME excavation. 8. g. Ryan re-
presents the plaintiff ard +. H. Battle
the defendant.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the coming OF President Harvey Jor-
dan, of the Southern Cotton Growers
Association, to Raleigh Saturday, March
Sd. The A. and M. College brass ban
has been engaged to furnish the music
A committee OF twenty-five farmers.
headed by T. j. Johns, as chairman. mas
been selected to serve as an escort for
President Jordan from the hotel to the
Academy OF Music, wh,re the address
will be delivered.
Or the rostrum with The distinguished
visitor will be members OF the State
and county farmers association executive
committees, editors of the local WI
papers, officers OF the Raleigh Chamber
of Commerce and Industry, State Off
Gals, except Governor Glenn, who will
not be in the city.
The exercises will DO opened with
prayer, and the speaker will be intro
duced by Mayor J.%I, johnson,
President Jordan's first address In the
State will be at Tarboro tomorrow. He
speaks at Goldshoro Friday, n comes
from there to Raleigh. this being his last
engagement for this trip In North Caro-
lima,
The last Legislature Tnssed an act au!-
thorizing the State officials and the peni-s
Tertiary authorities to pave the several
walks In the Capitol Square With brick
to BIO made In the p~en'tentiary brick
yards, and the work of paving to be done
by convict labor. During the past few
days an estimate has been, made which
shows thai this work Will require about
900, 900 brick, the Value Of which to tho
penitentiary management, II sold In the
market, would be SO, 400. superintendent
Mann, of the p%enitentlary, says the d.