The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-20
MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

What Is TraDSpiPIEg in North Carolina
and Other States.
The Roanoke Navigation and Wa
ter Power Company is having pow
erful dredge built to be put in the
canal for dredging and keeping it
cleaned out. 1t is being constructed
by the Albany Dredge Company, and
will be completed within the next
six weeks.
Suit has been entered by the
County Board Of Education of Wake
County against ex-Chief of Police j.
H. Mullins, of Raleigh, for the sum
of S.. 500, this being the difference
between the amount of fines and
penalties endorsed on warrants is
sued by the Police Justice from De
cember 1st, 1905 to March 29th, 1909,
and the amount receipted for by the
county treasurer.
Confirmation has been had of the
report that w. A. Garrett, president
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway,
and chief executive officer under the
receivers of the road would resign
his position, resignation to take eff
feet November 1st Of this year, at
which time Mr.. Garrett will become
vice-president of the T. H. Syming-
ton Company of Baltimore, extensive
manufacturers of railway equip
ment.
The recent massacres in Turkey
have caused many of the inhabitants
much suffering. The National Red
Cross Society that did such splendid
and effective work in aiding the
earthquake sufferers at Messina has
to aid those who have
suffered from the massacres in Tur-
key. 1t has already sent 100000
to Ambassador Leishman at Constan-
tinople for relief work and has made
appeal to Washington for funds to
aid in this work.
At the convention of the Daugh-
ters of the Revolution that met in
Boston last week, Miss Mary Hilliard
I Ii:gs,tto:-, Of Raleigh, by her especial
ly clever remarks in the capacity of
toastmistress, made the big personal
hit of the meeting. After a gracious
introduction by the president gener-
al, Mrs. Fritz, Miss Hinton told her
hearers she had that feeling graph
ically described by "Uncle Remus"
as midway betwixt a balk and
a breakdown" This captured her
hearers at once. Her other remarks
were equally as clever.
On Wednesday Of last week mon
ument to Captain Henry Wirz was
at Andersonville, Ga. Dur
ing the Civil War Captain Wirz was
Commander Of the Andersonville
prison. At the close Of the war he
was taken to Washington, tried be-
fore a military commission for mur-
der and fragrant cruelty, and execut-
ed at the commissioners order
martyred not executed say the
of the Confederacy who
the monument in the hope
that it will stand to see Wirz's mem
ory considered everywhere in a
friendly light.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South,
most distinguished di-
vine, who ranked among the great
est pulpit orators of America, died
at his home in Jackson. Miss, We'd
May 18th, after several days
illness with a mild case Of pneumon-
ia complicated with heart trouble
Bishop Galloway has Travelled exten-
sively; his writings covered wider
range perhaps than those OF any
other person connected with the
church of which he was q member.
For several years he took an active
interest in the prohibition campaigns
in Mississippi and other Southern
States.
A communication was received
from Asheville some days ago to the
effect that gold had been discovered
near Black Mountain, and there is
much excitement in that section over
the prospect of a bonanza. That
there is some gold in that section is