The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-14
GOVERNOR &c rs
HIS RESIGNATION
Judge George w. Wards Ser
vices Will Terminate
December 81.
HIS SUCCESSOR NOT KNOWN
No Intimation Comes From
Kitchin as to Who Will
Be Appointed.
HIS SUCCESSOR NOT KNOWN
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Special to The Times-Dispatch.
italeigh. y. c., December 13.-The
resignation of Hon. George w. Ward
as Superior Court judge for tho First
Judicial District reached Governor
Kitchin this morning. his service to
terminate December 81. There is no
intimation as to who will be appointed
by the Governor to succeed him or
when the appointment will BIO made
1t Is possible that the appointment
may be delayed until just before tho
resignation takes effect. Urged for
the appointmeat arc Colonel w. C.
Sodman. of Washington. and stephen
! Bragaw. of washington. Judge ward
mas been OIL tho bench for seven years
and writes tho Governor that his
resignation Is actuated more from a
desire to resume his practice of law
than on account OF poor health FOR
two months pas. he has been abln to
handle fully his duties on the bench,
end prospects, no writes, are for his
| full restoration to health.
Site Selected.
The State Board Of Public Buildings
and Grounds has selected the site TOR
the $4,000 monument Hon. Ashley
| Horne. of Clayton. will erect to the
memory OF the North Carolina women
of the Confederacy. The location is
IN Capitol Square. halfway between
gan and Salisbury Street corner.
Tho question OF tho title to about
$4,000 acres OF land in several sections
OF Western Carolina is involved In APP
peals argued before the Supreme Court
to-day In combination OF Fowler vs.
Union Development Company and
county of Clay and Richards VS.. Ritter
Lumber Company and Macon county
against the Same defendants It is the
cid Cherokee reservation that is IN
VOWED, or rather a multiplication Of
land grants Involving portions of these
lands following their opening to set
ments early in the nineteenth century
Tho main question at issue Is whether
1t Is necessary for the signature OF
the Secretary Of State at tho time The
grant was secured to appear on the
grants giving title. In some of the
grants involved the grant is signed
by the chief clerk for the Secretary
of State and in others there is only
the Endorsement of the document on
the back by the Secretary OF State.
Charters Granted.
The Goldsboro. Seven Springs and
SwansborO Railroad Company, with
Goldsboro as the principal office. was
charter to-day by the State with ST.
100000 capital FOR the construction OF
| railroad from Goldsboro through
sections Of Wayne, Lenoir Jones and
! Onslow counties to Swansboro in Ons-
/ low county. Tho incorporators are
Frank Thompson. Jacksonville: T. A
| Pritchard, Swausboro; ]. D. I.angston
w. A. Robertson. M H. Allen and r.
p. Young. OF Goldsboro,
There are also charters for the Heal
ing Springs Company, Lexington, capt.
tai $4,000. by w a. Burgin, z. 1. Wal
ser, w. II. Phillips and others for the
development OF the Healing Springs
property near Lexington; and the Hol-
land Realty and Insurance Company,
Gastonia, capital 100000, by ]. w.
Holland, p. w. Garland and others,
real estate development and operation
of cotton milling being included In the
powers OF tho corporation.
Commissioner of Agriculture w. A.
Graham is sticking to his original
position that no mistake will be mad q
In holding cotton for higher prices-12
to 10 cents-ahd now Is calling atten-
ton to the last government report
which shows that the whole yield of
cotton, amounting to 12.S14,s32 pounds
to tho last ginning period, is far be-
hind the previous high mark in past
years. This was December, 1908,
when 13,0S6.b60 pounds had been GIN
ned. He Is advising the planters in
North Carolina to hold for higher
prices in spite Of the record break
ing yield thus far shown for this sea-
son in North Carolina