The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-08
FAvoRs AYCocK FOR SENATE
Personnel Of State Textbook
Commission Announced.
Other Raleigh News.
lspeclal to The Times olspa tch.


cratic principles. lie decidedly prefers
| Judson Hartman as tho Democratic
| nominee for the presidency, and he
/ lieves that Wilson's stand for the ini-
| tiative and referendum has especially
weakened him. Governor Jarvis Is al
vocating Charles B. Aycock for the
United States Senate to succeed -Se~ :
ator Simmons. and Locke Craig OF
! Asheviiic for Governor. He insists.
that these are two things that arc
| fixed in the political calendar of tho
State for the next campaign.
Last week w. c.. Poland was sent
! to Jail for six months for selling
whlskey at his newsstand and cigar
store in the Academy OF Music. and
! the place has been closed UP ever
since. Last night some one broke
| In and carried OF half barrel of
bottled whiskey and some other
things. The police have been unable
to get any clue to the housebreak ers.
Lumber Bridge Wins.
Company I. secorA Regiment, Lum-
Der Bridge, won in the contest held
here the past two days for honors In
the championship target practice, par
ticipated in BY the teams that made
the highest scores In each of the
three rifle range shoots held at Ra-
leigh, Goldsboro and Gastonia. and in
which Raleigh won the Dupont silver
cup. The cup was to be awarded to
the winner of the highest score ct
the championship shoot Just held, but
there Is question raised as to this
personnel of all the three teams not
having been the Same that they were
at the other shoots. so that this may
result In the cup being retained by
the Raleigh company. In the shoot
Just closed, Lumber Bridge made l.16s.
out OF a possible 1900. The next high
est vas Ashevilie. With 1.16T
Raleigh's score was I'LL. The win
ming score in the initial contests was
,oeo By Raleigh team.
The personnel Of the sub-teStbook
commission, that has been profound
secret by State superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction j. y. Joyner and Gov
ernor Kitchin. by whom the appoint
ments were made. for the past ten
days, was announced tonight by SUI
perintendent Joyner. and the appoint.
| ees are to report here tomorrow for
| the initial joint meeting Of the COM
| mission and sub commiseion, to receive
bids for public school textbook adop-
| tion and the preliminary work that is
| to keep the commission busy, un-
I'll August s. when the adoption Is to
be completed.
The sub commission consists OF ~
". Walker, OF the Department of Ed
ucation. University OF North Carolina;
a. c. Reynolds, county superintendent
of public instruction. Buncombe coun-
ty; E. T. Atkinson, county superintend-
| ent OF public Instruction. of Wayne
county; Z. V. Judd. county superntend-
| ent OF public instruction, Wake county;
r. J. Cochran, county superintendent
of public instruction.. Mecklenburg
county; N. c. Newbold. superintendent
of public schools, of Washington. n. C.
Special Term OF Court.
Governor Kitchin orders a special
term OF Buncombe county Superior
Court, to continue two weeks from
July 3, to be known as the tiger
court" in that 1t is TO try a bunch OF
| the sensational retailing cases that
have stirred this "mountain city" the
past several weeks. Judge j. !. Webt
/ is to preside. There Is also special
| term OF court ordered for Edgecombe
/, county. to continue one week from
| June 90. Judge Whedbee presiding
This court is TO be for civil causes.
i An exchange OF courts is approved
| by Governor Kitchin between Judge
| Ward and Judge o. H. Allen. by which
| Judge Allen is to preside over the
Lenoir County Court in the stead OF
| Judge Ward beginning Jnly g.
/ The Thompson Publishing Company
! OF Raleigh. Is chartered for Raleigh
| with $4,000 capital subscribed and
! $4,000 authorized. the incorporates
including 4. A. Thompson, j. W. Bailey
/ Joseph G. Brown, c.. ]. Parker and
/ others.
Officers left to-day for Portsmouth
/, to deliver to the naval authorities
Oscar Q. Cothrell, who is wanted 70,
deserving from the training shr
Franklin in 1903 He was sentenced
| to the roads In this county for selling
liquor, and his idNntlty has been dis
| covered since his arrest IT seems
that he went first to Culpeper. Va, af.
ter deserving the Franklin. There he
married a girl and went with her tc
| Richmond and deserted her
Adjutant- General r. L Leinster. OF
/! the North Carolina National Guard
made an order to-day for the disba nd
Ing of Company X. Third Infantry
| Weldon, on account Of the company
having failed 10 meet the requirements
ut the time OF the last inspection, last
February. by Inspector General Thomas
| Struggled and Lieutenant NJ A. Well
| Of the Seventeenth Infantry, United
States Army NJ. NJ. Drake was cap.
! tain Of the company Just disbanded
|! There arc ten applications on file from
I, as many towns TO be allowed to form
| company W bah6 lHo place or int
Weldon company. Two of these are
said to be desirably located to succeed
| Weldon. However. It is probable tina
there will be no action as to filline
the vacancy until after the encamp.
ments this summer.
| Conferences of Clergy,
Tbs Wednesday morning and after.
noon sessions of the second st. AIary's
! conference Of the Episcopal clere,
and prominent laity OF North ant
South Carolina was characterized b,
/ number OF strong addresses bcarins
on important phases OF church work
| This forenoon there were addresses d,
Rev. J. f. Mallett, of Salisbury. OF
An Open Door; or, Filling the Rank.
/ of tho Ministry" and by Rev, Level
Ign L Galley, philadelphia. on "Tht
Teacher: Fills Personality and Prac
tice. In the early afternoon there was
! an address by Eugene NJ Camp. Of New