The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-14
CRAIG HAS MOST
OF THE Delegates
In the Seven Counties Which
Have INSTRUCTED lie Has
Large Majority.
CHANGE CONVENTION DATE
North Carolina Diocesan Meeting
to Be Held May o-8-Clarters
Granted.
CHANGE CONVENTION DATE.
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RALEIGH. N. c.. April 1S.--Thus far
seven counties have held primaries, IN
which the delegates to the state con-
Nention were instructed as to the vote
liz be cast for Governor In the Demo
cratic State Convention at Charlotte.
and the status of the Instructed vote
follows:
Buncombe. 90 votes for Craig; Ca
ham. votes for Craig: Mitchell, votes
for Craig: Yancey. I votes for Craig;
POLK. 3 votes for Craig: ;Stanly, 3 votes
Craig. 3; Horne, 81: Kitchin. l; 1redell,
il votes--Craig, IL la. Kitchin, 1-2:
Horne. Ia.
Ashe county held It's primary SAT-
urday, and so did Alexander but no
official statement has been received
here as to the result.
Charles r. Barnes. w. NJ. Wells. j. c.
Winstead and j. G.. Anderson, of Elm
/ City, made run across the country to
Raleigh Sunday to test new automo-
I bile. The trip was made in three and
one half hours. with ons hour stop for
lunch. The distance across the country
Is fifty miles. They came Saturday
night and returned Sunday night.
The ninety second annual convention
OF the North Carolina Dioctse is to be
held with the Church OF the Good Shop
held in Raleigh May 9th to 9Th, instead
changed in order that the Rt. Rev
James Blount Cheshire, D. D.. bishop
OF the diocese, may.presidc at the con-
vention and still have time to sail for
England to attend the Pan An lican
Council In London June 18th and the
Lambeth Conference of Bishops there
after. Bishop Cheshire was at the
Church Of the Good Shepherd Palm
Sunday night for an official visitation.
tnyp ,R,y,, typr <,fn ,f
eighteen persons.
Daughters to the Rescue.
A committee composed of Mrs. Mary
F. Simmons, Mrs. C. S. Hines and Miss
NJ. Winiford Faison, writing for the
Faison-Hicks Chapter, Daughters "t
the Confederacy. AT Faison. N. G., urses
that William Fillmore and his wife, the
faged couple who came to North Caro-
lima from Missouri in the hope of get
ting Confederate pension, be retained
in the Soldiers Home here, and pledg-
Ing cooperation with other Chapters
of Daughters in raising any fund neces-
sary to this end. The condition that
confronts the management OF the home
is that under the law the couple, no,
being residents OF the State, have nc
right to live at the home However
State Auditor B. r. Dixon, as chairman
OF the board of trustees. has decided tc
retain them there and depend on dona
lions. such as that pledged by the Fai.
son Chapter and Individual donations
for their support. C. II. Russell, OF
Belle Haven. writes DR.. Dixon. pledgina
So II dona lions are called for. Il
seems that donations are in order aut
should be sent TO B. F. Dixon. Stat,
Auditor. Raleigh, N. c.
For New Bank.
A charter was issued to-day for tho
Bank OF stony Point, Alexander county
ca p.tal, $4,000 authorized and 5000
subscribed, by j. w. Watts..A. L. Watts
a. w. White. Eugene Morrison and
- NJ. Ansley, for general and saving.
banking business.
Another charter Is TO the Graves
Warehouse and Skating Rink Company
MI. Airy; capital. $1,000. by j. d. Smith
u. y Graves and A. Quesenberry. foi
selling leaf tobacco and operating ;
skating rink on the game floor.
a charter is issued for the S. s.
McNincn Realty Company, Cha rIotte
capital, $4,000; S. S. McNnch. Hs
shares and r. Fl. Bethel, Fort Mills
and w. c. Hinson. Charlotte. one shar,
feaEh.
I'ritchard to Speak.
A list of appointments for United
States Judge j. C. Pritchard in tho
prchibitlon campaign are announce,
from State prohibition headquarters
here to-day as follows:
4 Winston Salem, April 18th; Yadkln
vile. April goth; wilkesboro. Apri
sist; Dobson, AHl ed; Mount Airy
April ed, at night: Danbury. Apri
esd; Reidsville, April 24th Greensboro
April 25th: Lexington, April 25th, a
night; Concord. April Goth; Ashboro
April 18th; Carthage, April 2sth; Fay
etteviie. April Goth; Smithheld, Apri
a0th; New Bern, May 1st; Jacksonville
May I'd; Raleigh, May Sd; Washington
May 4th; Rocky Mount May 4th, a
night
Judge TIL omas r. Purnell, Distric
Attorney Harry Skinner, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney j. "A. Giles. United State
Marshal Claudius Dockery, Deputy Mar
shall ?. A. Mitchell left day TO
Elizabeth City, where the April teri
tof the United States District and Cir
cult Courts will convene tomorrow
One Of the most important cases