The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-04
ROYSTER CERTAIN
He GAN WIN RACE
Offers to Give Justified Bond to
Defeat Congressman
Morchcad.
HENRY C. BROWN ENDORSED
c. o. McMichacl Enters Race
for Vacant Judge
ship.
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Raleigh. N. c., April 3.-General b.
S. Royster, of oxford, WHO Is in the
race for the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the Fifth District, was
here yesterday speaking with high
degree OF confidence Of his prospect for
landing the nomination. He says II
the party will give him the nomina-
tion. he will give ample justified bond
to defeat Mr. Morehead, the present
Republican Congressman
Acknowledgement ]. f. Armfield, of
the North Carolina National Guard, is
notified bj' the United States War De-
partment that Captain NJ. c. Kirtf. as
sistant to the Chief of Militia Affairs
of the War Department, Will attend
! the annual session of the North Caro-
lima National Guard Association. to be
held in this city April and Z. Captain
ISirth will deliver n number of adj
dresses on matters pertaining to the
betterment of the National Guard
work.
o. E Snow, attorney. of Pilot Noun
tain has assumed charge ,of THE
Pilot Bank and Trust Company there,
being appointed at the request of the
Corporation Commission by Judge f..
b. Jones' The bank was closed Thurs
day by State Bank Examiner j X
IpOuSnlOIl, uHueT lEOIl1 Lie
| commission, for being overloaded with
commercial paper considered worth
less
Endorsed for Corporation Comnhs sion.
The Raleigh Merchants Association
has adopted strong resolutions IN
dorsing the candidacy of Henry G
Brown, now secretary to the Corpora
tion Commission, for the commissioner
ship to be vacated by S. L. Rogers. The
association declared Mr.. Browns long
experience as secretary to the com
mission, his zeal for the interests OF
the people in the thousands of matters
! that go up to the commission in adj
| iusting rates and other differences that
arise with the railroads, and his many
| favors for the merchants associations
| generally IN the struggles they have
| had, constitute pre-emlnent qualifica.
| lions for the advancement TO the COM
! missionership to which he aspires.
The Pittsburg Life and Trust Com
| pany was licensed by the State Com
missioner, of Insurance to do bushes:
in this state.
Raleigh people are delighted. that
Memorial Day, May TO- from Cover
nor Kitchin He has accepted the in
vitation of the local chapter. Daugh'
tiers of the Confederacy. to be the
orator for the Raleigh celebration. i
will be the first speech of any pro
portions, other than brief addresses
OF welcome to visiting organizations
that the Governor has made in Raleigh
since his inaugural address.
aIcNIIchacl Indersed for JudSeship.
In Raleigh, pressing the claims of c
o. McMichael. of Rockingham county
for the appointment at the hands O
Governor Kitchin to the iudgeship o
the Eleventh Judicial District. sue
ceeding Z. B. Jones. resigned. is dele
cation. comprising j. 7. Oliver, Jane
II. Smith, clerk of the court: p. w
Glidewell. II. 2. Lane and j. r. Saint
sing. They say they have secured TIL
unanimous Endorsement of the mem
bers of the Rockingham county bar
Governor kitchin says there VIII b
no appointment for week yet, any
way, and that 1T may be considerably
longer than this, as lie has until Ma,
to appoint. and wants to give TIL
friends of each of the several can
didates opportunity to be fully heard
The Gulford Abstract and It'll
charter. with $4,000 capital. by r
w. Harrison. Edmund Harrison. SIR.
and Edmund Harrison. Jr. Another
charter is to the Montgomerian Pub.
Fishing Company. Troy. N. c.. capital
| s1,5OO. for newspaper and lob printing
ISOLATION. of oxford for promoting the
agricultural, domestic manufactures.
| mechanics arts, natural resources gem
| orally of the county. receives a charter,
with $4,000 capital. by B. NJ. Caldwell
| and others. There was also a char
| ter for the Shaw Bros. Lumber Co..
| Greensboro. capital $4,000. by j. T.
B. Shaw, D. A. Shaw and Ernest Clapp.
| Commissioner OF Insurance James r,
Young announces that the department
has procured the arrest OF w. L
Hill, Lexington. on the charge OF
burning his residence to get the insur-
ance; also that a negro preacher by
the name of Fleming has Just beer
bound over to court In bond of $1,000
at Sanford on the charge of house
burning, and that he has been COM
mitted to Lee county Jail in default OF
lbond
The commissioner says the trial OF
Rev. Balne. the white preacher at Sal
isbury, has been postponed to April Z
this to be merely the preliminary
This Is the case in which the depart
ment inspectors found about $1,000 OF
goods at the preachers home that had
been removed from the State before
the fire occurred that burned the store
| building.
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