The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02

most rapid possible progress in con
! strnction during the past few months
The Virginia Carolina and Southern
has completed an extension from Lum-
/ berton to Hope Mills.
| The Raleigh and Southport has under
/ way an extension of Its Raleigh
/ Fayetteville Line to Hope Mills, look
Ing to ultimate through train service
from Raleigh to Georgetown.
AT Foercn. on the Murphey Branch.
tile Southern Railway has constructed
seven miles of road out toGthe Chero-
kee Indian school.
Engineering corps have made extern
sive surveys for the projected road
from Holly Springs to Raleigh that is
designed TO give Raleigh direct con-
neetion with the Atlantic Coast Line
at Rocky Mount.
The Carolina. Tennessee southern
mas constructed fourteen miles of road
from Bushville 10 Eagle Creek. lack
ing only very short distance now
of connecting With the Southern be-
Nond the mountain to provide a
through line to Knoxville. Tenn.
The North and South Carolina Com
pany has built during the year from
Gibson to Mccall. connecting for Dill
Ion, s. C.
Ihe Laurinburg and Southern has
constructed ten miles of road to Rae-
ford that promises to be an important
link in that section of the State.
The State Department of Education
shows that since 1903 loans from the
State loan fund to aid in the erection of
schoolhouses have been made in eighty
s466,oo0. This money has gone to 1,0o0
districts for providing adequate pub
lie school buildings for $4,000 chill.
dren.
pnI,, , ,,.,i. . a.. .nst
of the schoolhouse to be erected Is in
Guided in the State loan. SO that the
value of the schoolhouscs actually pro-
vided through the state loans is about
S1,125,o00. well-nigh all of them being
erected In accordance with plans APP
proved by the State Department of
Education, which furnishes plans for
various grades of approved school
buildings, from the one-room build
ing to two story high school build
worked out.
General T. r. Robertson OF the North
Carolina National Guard has returned from
Beaufort, where he spent several days, and
weather conditions there. The thermometer
was at fifteen degrees. and the white sand
on tho edge OF the sound was frozen hard.
Mrs, Robertson was with the general.
Interest In Laymen's Movement.
The Raleigh laymen have appointed spe-
cial committee to visit various points in
Eastern Carolina and work up interest in
the Laynen's Convention to be held in
Greensboro January IL to IA. On January
Rev. George w. Lay, Hon. James II. Young
and Prof. Y. v. Judd will visit Rocky
Mount, and Or. y. +. Dixon. ". j. Peele
aud j. W. Bailey will 90 to Wilson TO make
addresses in the interest OF the Greensboro
convention. On January n. B. Broughton.
Joseph G.. Brown and j. r. Young will 60
to Greenville: z. v. Judd, w. A. Graham
and f. II. Battle to Goldsboro, and Or. =.
+. Dixon, Colonel f. A. Olds and Dr. j. II.
Hunter to Washington to deliver addresses.
Tho statement is made in the office OF
tho Adjutant- General of the North Carolina
National Guard that every company OF the
North Carolina National Guard is now
amply equipped for assuring acceptance un-
der the Dick bill by the War Department
as a part of the national military forces.
The limit under the act within which COM
panies of the guards in the various states
must be equipped in compliance with the
regulations is January q. The North Caro-
quirement for month or SO now.
Ready for Federal Court.
The United states courtroom in the gov
eminent building here is about ready now
for the converting of the term OF Federal,
district and circuit courts that Will be held
by Judge II. G. Conner January 4. The
renovation Is about completed. with entirely
new finish to the walls, refnished wood
work, remodcled and newly carpeted bar.
and q general rcadiustment OF the place.
There are iof entirely new cases awaiting
trial at this term of the court in addition
TO a big docket OF cases brought over from
former terms. 1t is an interesting fact that
of the 107 new cases that have been dock
eted forty-sev of them have come up
sioner John Nichols hero. being Wake coun-
" cases. mostly for retailing.