The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
CARL O.A.D RATES
ON GOAL REDUCED
Order Of North Carolina Corpo-
ration Commission--P1an-
ming for State Exposition.
tspecial to The mines. pIspatch.1

| Raleigh. N. G., January S.--The COT
poratlon Commission makes an order,
effective at once, cutting the freisht
rates on carload shipments of coal, IN
trastate, about SO 1-3 per cent, the
carload minimum being 10000 pounds.
The schedule begins with five miles
for S5 cents, advancing at five-mlle
clips to s1.14 for 100 miles, and then
by ten-mile units, making the rate for
200 miles s1.s0; ESQ miles. $2.25; 300
miles, $266; $50 miles, $2.95. This
rate applies to all shipments within
the State, the commission having no
authority in Interstate shipments.
The Charlotte Traction Company. OF
which w. S. Lee, of Charlotte, is pres
ident, and L. G. Harrison, OF Char
lotte, Is secretary, demonstrated to-day,
being New Jersey corporation, with
100000 capital authorized and $1,000
paid in, for opera ting @ street car
system and generating electric power
for general purposes.
Traction Company. Gastonia. capital
100000 authorized and $4,000 sub
scribed, for operating street railways
in and around Gastonia; w. S. Lee,
L. c. Harrison, F. I. Osborne. Char
1otte. and C. E. HUTCHINSON, Mount
neutrality-suspicious. Also to the Ed
wards Con structlon Company. Hickory.
capital SIS. 900. by j. NJ. Edwards, z. B.
Line and Others for water works. sew
erage and other contract construction
work.
Unwilling OF Graham Bust.
A handsome brass-grilled guard,
semi-circular, was placed to-day about
the niche in the rotunda Of the State
House in which the marble bust Of
Governor w. w. Graham is set up,
ready for the unwilling and presenta-
ton to the State by the State Hlstor-
ical Commission next Wednesday, The
program for this ceremony, which Is
of Statewide interest. will comprise
addresses by Frank Nash, Eillsboro;
Captain T. W. Mason, Nortnamrton
county; presentation address by Col
opel ]. Bryan Crimes, president of the
Historical Commission; acceptance by
Governor Kitchin on the part OF the
State. The bust will be unveiled by
Master w a. Graham. J-., fourth. OF
Durham, great of Governor
Graham, who served as secretary of the
United States Navy and was the nom
inee Of his party for the vice-presi-
dency OF the United States.
Judge Conner Is making vigorous
pTOttStS d5d tic LIE VI q
large number OF the petit cases that
come up to the Federal court, Many
of them. he declares, should be left
for the local magistrates to dispose of.
instead of burdening the United
States court with them. There was a
case this morning, John Moore, SIX
teen-year- old boy, charged with SELL
ing liquor. that elected from the judge
his latest protest against bringing
such trivial matters into the Federal
court. The boy had been selling IN
few Instances to neighborhood boys
without the knowledge of his father.
getting the liquor sold from I. Stew
art, charged with being a blockader.
The Judge left the case open, with the
intimation that he would dismiss the
case with the payment of the costs.
The executive committee of The North
Carolina State Fair will hold It's an
nual meeting here January 10. when
the reports OF Secretary Pogue, Treas
urer Rotter and other officers of the
fair Will be received, showing the de-
tails of administration for the last
| fair. There will also be general dis
cussion and important action as to the
fair for 1910, which 1t is hoped to be
| made a great two weeks exposition,
| in honor of the seni-centennial of the
State Fair.