The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-23
TALK OF PRIMARY
BY REPUBLICANS
They May Make Fight for Sena-
tor:al Seat of F. M.
Simmons.
CANDIDATES DISCUSSED
Morehead and Settle Mentioned
as Likely Aspirants for
Honor.
CANDIDATES DISCUSSED

Raleigh, ". c., November 22.-It "a
being talked here among Republicans
that the party in this State will call r
primary on tho question of the United
States senatorship involving the seat
OF Senator F. NJ. Simmons next fall at
the same time that tho Democratic
party holds It's primary. The Republi-
cans are said to be hopeful OF captur-
Ing the next Legislature and thereby
having the election OF the successor to
Senator Simmons. This primary vote
Ia expected to show the real strength
OF the party and prevent Its members
from being enticed into the Democratic
primary through the sharp competl.
ton of the four Democratic candidates
who are to be in the Democratic fight.
The talk trends. too, toward State
Chairman Morehcad and possibly Hon
Thomas Settle AS the candidate in
the Republican primary for the sena-
torship. There Is an expectation that
Chairman Morehead Will be a candi-
date for Governor. He Is understood
to be moro favorable TO this race than
Tor the senatorship. He has an aspira-
tion TO follow IN the footsteps Of his
grandfather in occupying the execu.
two chair IN the Governors office, Ma
uonal Committeeman e. c. Duncan Is
said to be working In a determined
way for the retenuon OF tho national
comm!tteemanship and for the landing
OF the State chalrmanship for some
member of his wing OF the party as
against Chairman Morehead. This will
DO tho absorbing fight In tho prclim-
mary local conventions and primaries
and IN the State convention.
Charters Issued.
Charters were Issued to-day for the
following four new companies. The
Linden Lumber Company. of Linden,
cumberland county. capital $4,000. by
w. a. Walker. ]. Sprunt Newton, and j
p. Hodges, Jr.: the Goldsboro Laundry
Company. of Goldsboro. capital 10000,
by B. II. Griffin. n. S. Griffin and Fl. +.
Hollowell; the Asheville Talcum Com
pany. capital $4,000 authorized, and
$1,000 subscribed, by F. r. Hewitt and
others. and the Fred E. Shore Co.
winston Salem. capital $4,000, by ]. f.
Newsom. NJ. ]. Shore and Others for
mercantile business.
No Fire Loss In Year.
A compilation of the reports from
sheriffs of the counties. the chiefs OF
fire departments In the towns of che
State and from the insurance com
panies az to losses by Are in the diff
ferent counties. shows that Hertford
county has not sustained a single FIRE
loss during the past year, and that
government only last March. has had
no Are losses yet This statement was
made to-day by Commissioner Of In
surance James r. Young. who says that
there have been fewer reports OF fires
in which incendiarism Is suspected
during the past sixty days than In any
similar period in the history of the de-
partment OF insurance. AS result of
this the two field deputies. who devote
much time to investigating tho fires
suspected OF being incendiary In origin,
Will be assigned to making Inspections
in cities and towns as to observance
of the State and municipal fire regula-
lions.
concrete silo OF 40 tons capacity
has been erected at the North Carolina
Experiment Station here, of which C. B.
Williams Is the director. and thirty
high grade short-horn steers are being
fed from IL with a view to publishing
the results In bulletin form for distri-
button among cattle men and farmers
OF the State. The special effort is to
determine the relative feeding value
of corn silage. corn slower and cotton
seed hulls as roughages when fed In
connection with cotton seed meal as
the sole concentrate.