The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
BOY IS RUN DOWN
BY FIR { c HE T
Lad Terribly Bruised and May
Have Suffered Internal
Injuries.
MANY CHARTERS GRANTED
Annual Reports OF Charities
Board and of School for
Blind.
Especial to The Times-pispatch.

Especial to me IlfneS-DiSpatch.l
Raleigh, ~ o. December 29.-Chief
Lonnie Lumsden of the Raleigh Fire
Department ran down Alma High
smith, messenger boy for the Postal
Telegraph Company, to-day, at the
corner OF Fayetteville and Martin
Streets. cutting and bruising the lad
terribly. with developments being
anxiously awaited as to internal in
juries. The boy was dragged some
distance, before the machine could be
brought to stop. The little fellows
father is in a dying condition from a
long illness, and his mother had leg
broken several weeks ago
Governor Kitchin issued to-day a
requisition on the Governor OF Mary
land for L. NJ HUNTER. who is wanted
in Charlotte for obtaining money un-
der false pretenses. He is now in Jail
at Havre de Grace. being held for the
North Carolina authorities.
Wake Superior Court for the trial of
criminal cases will convene January o.
for a two weeks term, Judge W. Fl.
Whedbee presiding This will be Judge
Whedbee's first term in Raleigh. There
will not be more than an average
number of cases, and no notable cases
at all.
There is a considerable New Years
rush in the office of the Secretary or
State in the issuance of charters for
new corporations. Seven were issued
to-day as follows:
The Scott Brokerage and Commits
sion CO., Charlotte, capital $4,000, by
j. L. Scott, j. l.. Everett and others;
The Salisbury Supply Co, OF Hasselt.
nj h,, Gall
bury and others: The warrenton Elec-
trio Light Co. Warrenton, capital s2o,s
600, by W. G. Rogers, j. WILDER White
and others; The Plymouth Light and
| Ice Co, of Plymouth, Capital $4,000,
! by a L. Owens and others; The w. FL.
| Hampton & Son Co., Plymouth. capt.
| tai $4,000 by W. H. Hampton and
| others; The Standard Garage Co. of
| Raeford, Cumberland county. capital
$1,000, by j. W Johnson and others.
The annual report of the state Board
/ of Charities recommends to the Genera
/ Assembly that the appropriation for
/ the maintenance of the three State hos
| pitfalls for the insane be increased from
! S545,000 to s6S5.000. and insists that
| there should be additional room pro-
| vided at the Raleigh hospital and al
the Goldsboro hospital for negroes. The
/ board also wants $4,000 receiving
building provided. where special cases
can be received and treated specially
! by experts. The board recommends q
parole board to relieve the Governor
of the pardon burden.
The board of directors and superin.
tendent John L. Ray, of the State
School for the Blind here, in their an
| nual report to Governor kitchin ant
the General Assembly, ask for an in
crease of the general maintenance from
$4,000 to $4,000. The salaries pait
I in this institution, they complain. are
i lower than those of any other State
institution. For the past year the at
[ tendance was $50. The school author
tiles are anxious for the institution
to be moved to larger quarters where
there can be ample exercise ground:
suffering for. The report suggests tina
/ the Soldiers Home property on New,
4 bern Avenue be taken for the Schoo
for the Blind, and that the old sol
diers be moved to the main building
OF the present School for the Blind. ant
verted into a State library, and quar-
tiers for the State Department of In
/ surance Then the other buildings anC
upper floors of the main school build
ing could be used, they say, fol-
storage. They insist that sometime
4 grounds for the school If the insti
tuition is not to be moved, then the,
! insist that there must be an appro
/ priation of $4,000 for the purchase o
additional land adjacent to the pres
ent Caswell Square property. In ad
dition to the $4,000 maintenance de
sired, the report asks for 100000 ad
! ditional land fund: $4,000 for additional
1 plumbing; $4,000 for furniture, ant
schoolroom appliances: S12.500 TO
kitchen and bakery. SO 900 for painting
fences and metal ceilings.