The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-13
INSURANCE FIGHT
BEGINS IN HOUSE
Propositions and Grievance
Committee to Take Up
Matter.
FUNDS 70 REDEEM BONDS
New State Auditor Takes Oath.
Masonic Grand Lodge
Adjourns.
FUNDS TO REDEEM BONDS
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lSIpeciai 70 The Times-Dispa,ch.
Ka!eish y. G.. January l3.-In the
House today the Stubs Joint resoIu-
ton for Constitutional Convention
was made a special order for Wcdncs
day. January 20 II has a favorable
report from the Committee on CON
sututional Amendment.
merry discussion developed in tho
House over the proposed Investigation
OF conduct Of fire Insurance companies
In North Carolina The Judiciary Com
mittec returned it with the recon.
mendation that IL go TO the Pronosi
tions and Grievances Committee,
koonce. chairman. He IS author of
the resolution. which proposes thai
the LEGISLATURE commission the COM
mittee with court powers 10 compel at
tendance OF witnesses
Demand was made that II 90 tn mo
insurance Committee Koonce protest.
cd, charging thai this committee. made
up largely OF insurance men, might ba
hnduly influenced. This was resented
By Wardson, of Cleveland. and others
Wardson Charging that l<ooncc. law.
yer, knows nothing or insurance mat
iers himself. although author of this
bill TO deal radically with Insurance.
interests, He and those lighting with
MN contendcd that practical insurance
men OF the Assembly were the ones To
pass upon the bill.
the bin 10 his Proposition and Griev-
ances Committee.
In the Senate. Senator Graham in
troduced an important bill as TO bonds
Tor taking care of bonds falling dun
January ]. 1918, and authorizing the
state Treasurer 10 borrow money 10
pay the difference between the amount
appropriated at this session and the
revenue received or If loans cannot b.
made he is authorized to issue bonds
not exceeding 100000
inc Ashcville Country Club files n
charter amendment. Increasing The
capital to $4,000 from $4,000. Tho
Rank OF Townsville Increases it's
capital to $4,000. New charters have
been issued for The scdgc Garden
Telephone Company. OF Kernersville
| capital $4,000. by u. a Smith and
others. and for the Hardison- Rivers
Co, Morven n. c.. capital $50. 900. nv j
" hardison and others. for mercantile
business. The Interstate IInproveuen,
Co., OF Charlotte. has been chartered
with $4,000 capital, by T. L. Propst
!. a. Smith and others. Another char
Yer was TO the Howard White Lumber
Co. Of Raleigh. capital 10000. by
Howard White and others
Colonel w. r. Wood. the new State
Auditor. has taken the oath OF office
before Justice Walker, OF the Supreme
Court, and entered on the duties OF
inc authorship. succeeding b. r.
Dixon. 'Jr.. who was appointed by
Governor Ititchin to succeed his ia
mented father
Sam Whitson. white is under $3.50
pond In case in which he is charged
with perjury. in that he sworc, upon
appiYinE for marriage license, that
there was no impeachment, when lie had
living wife in Winston Salem. He
was given hearing before the police
Justice and his case will now he con-
sidercd by n Wake county jury.
r. w. Habel, of Raleigh, has been
appointed by Governor Kitchin as n
member of the board OF directors OF the
Colored State Hospital, at C;oldsboro, 10
fill the vacancy caused by the rcsig-
nation of DR.. f. 6. Moore of Elm CITY.
At least one seed corn meeting
Will be held during January and Feb
ruary In each of the forty-four co,ln-
ties where tho work Is being carried
on These meetings will he held un-
der the auspices of the Farmers CO.
operative Demonstration Work. United
states Department OF Agriculture. The
day Will be spent at each place, study
ing corn and discussing the bcs. meth
DDS of corn growing. Farmers will
take their seed corn for exhibition and
comparison with their neighbors The
| meeting Will be conducted by corn ex-
pcrts Of the National and State De-
partmcnts of Agriculture.
Tho Wake county grand jury re-
turned true bill to-day against
Claude Sanders, the negro arrested
| last week on the charge of numbering
his wife and two stepchildren, and then
| burning them in their home. a few
| hours after the house was burned. sus-
picion pointed to Sanders. and no was
held by the coroner for the grand jury.
The Grand Lodge of Masons complet-
-.
! ton to-day and adjourned All tho
old officers, reelected last night were
Installed to-day. Hon. II. n. Hackctt,
| Of WillScsboro. Is grand master, and
William B. Mccoy. Of Wilmington. dep
uty grand mater. The Grand Lodge
raised a collection of $4,000 for the
Masonic Homo for Aged and In6rul, to
be established at Greensboro.