The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-18
0 H|O GOVERNOR
VISITS RALEIGH
Harmon Will Make Address al
Opening OF State Fair
To-Day.
ENTERTAINED BY KITcHIN
Extensive Tracts OF Land In
volved in Hearing Before
CORPORATION Commission

Raleigh. N. c.. October 17.-This al.
ternoon from 5 to 5 O'Clock there wa.
n constant stream of citizens In and
out of the executive offices OF Cover
nor kitchin to meet Governor Judson
Harmon. of Ohio. who is here as the
guest OF the North Carolina State Fair
10 deliver the address at the fair We'd
ncsday noon. He arrived at 1890
O'Clock from the West. and was met
ut the station By Governor Kitchin
and big committee of State officers
and prominent citizens, who accom-
panied him to the Governors man
sion. where he and n company Of
distinguished guests lunched at 1870
o'clock, before going To the executive
oihces for the reception. Tonight he
was the most prominent parsonage
on the platform. in connection with
the exercises for the dedication of
the fine new auditorium. He expresses
himself as delighted with Raleigh. and
with North Carolina lie Will go to
the State Fair tomorrow. and deliver
his address at noon
state Chemist B. w kilgore, lust
back from the annual session OF tho
a location OF Southern Agricultural
w rkers. held at Nashville, Tenn. IL
enthusiastic over having captured In.
1912 session of this great agricui-
tural organization for Raleigh Or
ki!gorc has been secretary OF tho
association for the past ten years ana
was reelected TO that position Major
w. A. Graham was chosen as presi.
dent About 100 agricultural worker.
in agricultural colleges. experiment
stations and State departments OF ag-
r!culture attended the Nashville meet
Ing, representing ten Southern states
They represented the foremost agricul.
tural thought OF the country. Plan.
are on foot to greatly extend the
scope of the session for 1912 and.
among other things. 1t Is planned to
have a big attendance OF North Caro-
lima farmers here TO beneAt by the
very valuable discussions and paper.
on farm methods and kindred problems
with which the association members.
all DISTINGUISHED specialist. deal
There has been pardon granted by
Governor Kitchin for Dan Curry,
Davidson county. who has served two
months OF a six months sentence mr.
the roads for selling whiskey. Tho
old negro is seventy years old. ana
had never been in court before. Phy-
sicians certify that the continued i'm
prisonment would cause his death. n.
Is required to give 800 bond for his
good behavior.
Charters by the State
charter was issued this afternoon
~. t"e VI ~. Brcnner Company
Wilmington. capital SO. 900 author-
lied. and $4,000 subscribed. bv n
Moore. NJ. II. Brenner and others for
undertaking business.
the Home Savings Bank of Whining
ton, was chartered to-day with sion
200 capital authorized and $4,000 sub
scribrd by j. w. Little. j. II. James.
Z. Van Leven and w. W. Love.
Editor T. a. stovail. OF tie savan-
a h4-
on his way to Richmond TO attend
the session Of the Deeper WATERWAYS
association there. He has a daugb-
ter In st. Mary's College here. and 70
taking in the State Fair.
Before the Corporation commissio,
to-day there was a hearing that In
VoiNes extensive tracts of land in Yad
KIN county. owned by N. Glenn vii.
Hams, Walter Martin and tho Rhodes
Manufacturing Company. The nett.
TONERS claim that the local and county
tax assessors Disseminated aeains,
their lands in fixing the assessments
The County Board of Equalization
sustained the local assessors, and now
the appeal comes to the Corporation
Commission as State tax commission
for final settlement.
One Of the appeals argued TO-DAY
before the Supreme Court from thu
iSiBHtn bistrlct was Clark VS. Cas-
ualty Company, from wadesboro
which involves a question of law that
has been undecided in this State for
long while, that is the liability az
Employers Liability Insurance Com
pany in connection with a suit for
damages. In this case John S. ClarI,
lost his life at Blewitt Fails power
plant while in the employ of Bonsal
Company, construction contractors
who were insured against damages by
injury to employees in the Maryland
Causalty Company, Baltimore In
suing for damages. the Casualty Com
pany was made CO. defendant with
Bonsal Company and demurred, the
appeal being from this. counsel for
tho plaintiff insisting that the Cas-
ualty Company. having assumed TO
protect Bonsal Company from loss in
such damages, employed the counsel
to fight the suit. and they are equally
liable. Lockhart & Dunlap and Rob
erson & Caudle represent the plain
tin, and Mclean & Mclean & Varsar
the defendant In the accident that
killed Clark, three men fell into tho
great pond, and one John T. Howell,
was rescued hours afterwards after