The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-07
BOARD.
ELECTIONS.
Meet to Appoint THE County,
Boards Of Elections, Who
Will Appoint Officers.
GLENN TO ADDRESS oUAKERsI
Corporation Commission Orders
Better Railroad Facilities
3ass nj, at Hickory. Y 5.5 III
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ii ,RALE1G CIT, M. q, August CT Tic state
5Bonrd Of Elections met here ut noon to-
day for the purpose Of appointing the
county boards Of elections, Under .wlloss
directions the elections will be held thla
sfall tho appointments being a5ls made
through Recommendations from tho Dcir--.l
.ocratic and Republican State llnirincn,5
who received Recommendations In II turn
from the county chnlrincn, Tho 5lmeni-
sbers OF tho state Board OF Elect tons, nll
OF whom were here 3forEtho meeting arc
William G.. Lamb, Willinmston CHAIR
NAM J. r. Lowellyn, Dobson; r. SsT.
sClnywell, Morganton;R AZ. B. Freeman,
Hendersonvlle, ana "A Clnrcnco Cali
SWllkosboro, the 4 two last named being
Republicans IA s3 ~ .is
Governor Glenn will bo In his Office this
week. until w ednesday morning, whc,,i
llo viii no. to Gullford College to- deliver
ran address for ofyonrly meeting q the
Society Of Friends. rs II
IA letter rece1 Ved this morning from
Mr. H. G.. Brown chief clork to- the Cor
poration Commission WHO liz at the bed.
side Of his brother, State Senator j. N.
Brown, at Albcmarle. Is TO- the Seffect
TINT there Is no improV cement II his con-
tdltion. Flo suffered a stroke OF paralysis
Saturday q II condition Is very serious.
-
ton 8 j. Y. Joyner has II returned from
Elizabeth City, whero he nttended q dig;
.trict conference Sof county superlntcll-SaS
dents OF public schools. n O will tend
q isinlilnr conference for the gouthenstern
district at Wrightsvllle Beach NYedn es-G
day ana Thursday Of this week.. 5
85fTlie Corporation. Commission mad VIZ II
order today for the Southern Ri way
4 Company ana the Carolina and Nortt-,s
western Railroad Company to proceed sel' /
without further delay with, the provision
of better and snfer passenger and freight
facilities Mt Hickory. 1t WAS in 1903 that
the commission made tho original order
5forElmproyemcnt In the facilities at Kick
DRY, and in compliance with this order
tho two Y companies # began $&s to NJ make
changes lii depot fncilit los mt the present
old dfrelghtfand passcng ger sta lon In the;
center Of tho town. Citizens a1oined the
companies from proceeding NJ thu this, on
the ground that the location Wns dan GER +.
Gus ia the life and limb OF people, and,
furthermore, that the ground on which
tho depot was located real ~ belonged tc
tile town I Of Hickory. This case Was.
brought up to the Supreme Court and and
the injunction inade perpetual. 3D. : ga. 3! y
held by tho court, however, 4 tiiatss the
Southern Railway Company really owned.
the site in question.
X In view of the 3inJunctlPn WHlcn 9staiiusl
against Improving facilities ut tho pres
.cnt depot. ana the la test order by tho
commission that facilities must be iHl-ii
proved the next II tbs will - agreeing
on s1jow slocntio for freight and Stl3ass \
scngnf depots. 81, The ford err scnl ls for Inns
,1p3rovenent within thirty days. II;
Mr.. II. d NJ Phillips nilno,inces thatTfe
will accept tile secretaryships Of the
Greensboro Chamber Of Commerce, To
this end he to-day tendered his resignaaS-.5
ton as secretary Of tho Raleigh CHAM IA
Der Of Commerce and Industry. q position
lie has filled since last December.