The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-15

MANY CANDIDATES
. TO SUCCEED WARD
Several Lawyers Urged for Ap-
pointment to Superior
Court Bench.
STATE GRANTS CHARTERS
S. A. l.. Asks Permission to Dis,
continue Ralcigh-H
Shortly.
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Raleigh, N. c.. December 14.--Lstters
and kilograms In the interest of one
and another OF tho three or four aspi-
rants tor the appointment ns successor
to George w. Ward. as Judge for the
First District. are pouring dnto Gov
crnor Kitchin. The Governor Will not
make public tho names OF tho.e being
urged for the appointment.
Colonel w. c. Rodman. Hon. Stenhen
c. Bragaw. of Washington. and VIII
liam Bond. of Edenton, are known 10
DO among the number. The reslgne-
ton OF Judge Ward Is not effective I'M
til January J. and there is no lntimatlon
as to when the appointment will De
announced.
The Textile Bank. OF White Oak vll-
lage, Guilford county. manufacturing
suburb OF Greensboro, was chartered
to-day with $4,000 capital authorized
and $4,000 subscribed. by Caesar Cone
Bcrnard Como. a C. Holt. J. Il. Har-
den. j. II. Cole. a. ID. High, for cav
tnss and commercial banking business
ana with power to operate branch
banks.
The Greater Western North caro-.
lima Association, Inc, was chartered
to-day with principal Office ct Ashe-
Ville, the purpose being the exploita-
ton and development OF tho famous
Land OF the Sky" section of Weetern
Carolina Tho incorporators, head
I'D by George s. Powell, OF Asheville,
are from Asheviilo. Brevard. waynea-
Vile. Hendersonvillc. Webster. Balsam.
Dillsboro. Sylvia. Hot Springs. Marshall
and Tryon- There are directors named
for each county represented. those for
Buncombe being D. Harris, n. Buckner,
II. w. Plummer. George S Powell The
other counties represented are Hay
wood. Henderson. jackson, Polk, Trans
.ylvania ALEC the Southern Railway
has representa- ton of a half-dozcn
directors on tho board 4,
z. w. Hill. OF Raleigh, has brought
suit for $4,000 agains, the city OF Ra-
leigh, alleging damages through being
Imprisoned In an unsanitary coll in
the municipal jail, and through lack
OF providing medical attention for an
injury inflicted by Policeman Barrow,
OF the city force. with the result thai
e:ysipelas developed. Hill was twice
imprisoned. once for an ARRAY and
again for drunkenness On the latter
occasion he was found drunk in the
second.story framework of the new
Wyatt building and policemen had TO
use rope and tackle to lower him TO
tho sidewalk. and get him into tho
patrol wagon.
Tho Corporation Commission re-
ceired to-day a formal npplica ton
from General Manager c. Ii. Hir. OF
The Scabcard Air Line Railroad Com
pnny. for permission to take off the
HaieiBh- Hamlet shoo-fly January /, on
the ground that II Is not earning the
expense OF Its operation. This train
was put on last August at tho in
siatance OF the Corporation Commits
sion. with the understanding that II
49, he =
which time there could be hearing
ON the question OF taking 1t off, il
not self-sustaining. Tho Seaboard
comes forward with a statement pur-
porting TO show that IL Is being oper-
ated at a loss and should, therefore,
be discontinued. The commission has
not made public the report that the
railroad company has submitted as TO
the operation of tho train. but II is
Understood that the train carried
from August to December l more
than 1900 people. The commission
will arrange with Mr. HiX for hear
Ing on the showing that the company
makes Of the earnings of the train.
There are being mailed from the
office OF the state Department of
Labor and Printing to ull the manu-
featuring plants in the State copies
of the State labor law as amended at
The last session OF the Legislature, cf-
iectivc January /. 1912. This amend
mcnt reduces the hours of labor from
sixty-six Der week to e. ty per week
Otherwise. the labor law OF the State
Is the same that has been In force
since the 1907 session OF the Lcgis-
lature.
Governor kitchin has commissioned
A. ". F'aison. OF Ponder county, as
member OF the board Of directors for
the State Hospital for Tho Insane at
Raleigh, in place of Edwin Smith, of
Harnott county. resigned.
Roanoke Visited nv storm