Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-26
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the Orient yesterday, and arrested l..
E. Knollys, whose description is SAID
to tally with that of L. g. Hancock,
wanted by the authorities of Winston
Salem. N. c., on charge of alleged
embezZlcment.
Wilmington Nov. 24:-Perhaps the
largest congregation ever assembled III
the building was present Sunday even
ing to participate in an appropriate
climax to a series of exercises In cele-
hration OF the semicentennial OF the
founding OF Saint Andrews Presby-
terrain church, this city, OF which the
beloved Rev. A. D. Mcclure, ID. d., is
pastor.
Richmond, ". Nov. 24.-The trial OF
Alexander E. Gilbert, assistant freight
agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road, chargedtwith violating the inter
state commerce law, by giving spsclal
rebates to shippers of grain and pack
ing house provisions, is now going on
in the United States Circuit Court 1or
the eastern district of Virginia, Judge
Waddill on the bench.
London, Nov. 23-Werd has been
received here that the balloon owned
bv The Daily Graphic, which assembled
from this city Wednesday morning IN
an attempt to reach Siberia ana oreak
the long distance record. was compel
led to descend in gale on Thursday
night near Novoalexandrovsk, Russia,
Yfter having travelled about 1, SO miles.
The hest long distance record was
made by Count de La Vaulx' who sue
ceeded in covering distance OF l,l95
miles.
New York, Nov. "a Credit for the
creation of the Standard Oh trust
which counsel for the federal govern
uent claims still exists as the STAND
ard Oil Company of New Jersey, was
given Yesterday by John D. Rockefeller
as a j. witness under cross ex ami
nation suit to dissolve the Standard to
two nen-H enry NJ. Flagler and Sam
uej G. Dodd. To these master arch1-
tects of the oil combine Mr. Rocke-
felIor gave tull credit, saying that ne
did not possess the ability for so pro
gressive move.
New York, Nov. ga notable ar
ticle from Andrew Carnegie, deallne
with the tariff, will appear in the forth
coming December number OF the Cen
tury Magazine, in which the iron mas
ter takes the position that Infant IN
dustries" no longer need protection
that the steel and other Industries have
now grown beyond the need OF tarln
protection ;p that duties on luxurles
used by the rich should be maintained
hnt that those on manufactured ar
ticles should be reduced greatly, o.
abolished entirely when no longer
needed.
Wilmington, Nov. 24.-Ten bids oi
more than par and accrued interest to1
the county's four and a halt per ceDi
road improvement bonds and anothe
upon a five per cent, basis, which, how
ever, was rejected, were received yes.
terday afternoon by the Board of Com
missioners OF New Hanover alta specla
meeting held at sthe Court House for
the purpose OF sopening the proposals
as advertised. The award was to
III. Rollins & Son, OF Boston, at $l.Ol
and fraction, plus the accrued inter
est, the sale having later been confirm
ed with Massachusetts, brokers at th'
amount named.
Louis Vile, KY, Nov. 20.-The big
deal between the American Tobacco
Company and the Burley To bacco So
ciety for the 1906 and part of the 1907
crops of tobacco, which has been hang
ing fire for several weeks, was closed
here late last night. The price agreed
en- in the transaction, said to be the
largest of it's kind ever put through. l.
an average of 20 IL cents for the 1906
crop and II cents per pound for the
1907 product. The deal involved nearly
5000, 900 pounds of tobacco held il
the pool by the Burley Tobacco Society
and an outlay OF something like $14,
OOO, 900 on the part of the America
Tobacco Company.
Asheyille. Nov. 2O-The feature O.
yesterdays session of the WesterI
North Carolina Methodist conference
was the adoption of resolution by the
conference that it would as individuals
AID members sign notes by which the
one hundred thousand dollars endow-
ment fund OF the Greensb boro Female
College would be secured. The reso-
luton was adopted with but one dis
senting vote. This means that the COL
lege will be the only. woman's college
in Southern Methodism owned by
the church with such an endowment.