The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-09

vide for public road Improvement by
lending state aid to countless and a
subcommittee was instructed 10 draft
q Dill embodyinG the features OF the
Skies bill, as well as other pending
public road bills.
The House bill to transfer part OF
| the town OF Saluda irom Henderson
county TO Polk was argued before the
| Senate Committee on Counties, Cities
and Towns this afternoon. Represent
ativc Ewart, or Henderson, leading
the opposition, and Senator Fisher of
! Polk, favoring the transfer. The COM
mittec deferred taking Il Note on the
| proposition. y subcommittee was APP
pointed TO consider the bill TO amend
I lie charter OF Wilmington. The COM
mittee decided TO report favorably the
bill OF Representative billiard OF Gull
ford. reimbursing the members OF the
t3oard of County commissioners anu
| the Highway Commission of Gullford
money which they paid back under a
decision OF the Supreme Court for SER
vices they rendered on committee work
petition signed BY numbers Of res
ldents OF Weldon and points between
! there and Norlna has been filed with
the Corporation Commission TO require
the Seaboard AIR Line to extend its
passenger train service from Norlina TO
| Weldon by making Il longer run fo,
| he train which leaves Raleigh daily
at ) +. NJ
National Guard E.nrH uiI,lncnts.
| The regimentai cncampmcnts Of the
| North Carolina National Guard will 30
held thss summer At Camp Glenn, More
head City, and one or more OF the three
North Carolina regiments Will prob
ably take practice marches. The walk
! ways and silveways OF camp Glenn
VIII be improved The Legislature
VIII be asked TO make certain changes
in the militia law or the State.
! the North Carolina Historical Com
mission has been authorized by Hon
| FRANCIS ID. Winston, chairman OF the
Grand Lodge If Masons, TO raise a
fund for the erection IN the Capitol
Of bust OF Governor samuel John
ston and 10 make contract for the
execution OF the work. BY the time
the bust is completed tho money will
! be in hand Frederick w. Ruckstuhl,
| the artist who made the busts OF Gov
ernor Graham ard General Ransom. is
now In Paris, engaged IN making a
Statue OF the late DR.. Charles d. Me
lver and agniiiccnt monument TO
the women of the Confederacy for the
State Of South Carolina.
Discussing the proposition suggested
by Washington correspondent from
Democrats that in case Congress re-
duccS the number Of congressional dis
tricts TO which North Carolina is enti-
| tied, the State Will not be dislricted.,
but nine congressman Will simply be
elected from the State al large Sena-
tor Bassett takes the view that this
course might he good politics In so far
as 70 insure the election of nine Dem
ocrats TO Congress from this state, but
he does not believe this would be good
policy, for the reason hat tho Con
SresSmen so elected could not keen in
touch with their constituency as at
present, and that while this would be a
great relief to those who make the
congressional race In the districts in
the Western part OF the State. lie thinks
the opposition would be too great for
such course to be pursued The pres
ent session of Congress, he says, will
expire BY limitation on the night Of
March 4. and tho General Assembly will
very likely be In session several days
after that date, giving ample time TO
rcdisirict the State in case the bin
passes Congress. cutting Gown North
Carolina's represent alton.