The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-17
CONSIGER PLANS
FOR ORGANIZATION
North Carolina Chamber Of Com
merclA to Have Statewide
Membership.

R.l.igh. M c.. October N.-rhirty repre-
,.,,vs. ~ chambers Of commerce and
boards OF tsade in various sections Of the
state. in adjourned session here. per-
fected the crsanixation OF the North Caro-
lima chamb.v of Commerce. preliminary
steps for thu organization Of which were
taken RECENTLY in Greensboro. Officers elect
ed to-day are As follows: President. Fred
\. Tate, High Point: vice-presidents Gen.
era, J. s. Carr. Durham. II. A. Ramsour.
Fayetteville. ind A. X. Joy. Hickory: sscre-
,sry and orxa nicer. Fred A. oids. Raleigh;
treasurer Joha O. Ellington. Raleigh; ex-
ecutive committee. the president and ssere-
,ary, and f.. vi. Thompson. Charlotte. =. l.
sutton, K;nstoiL and X. c. Hood. 0oldsboro
In psrfeesiIH the ors wsns hs1s from
Greensboro. Oh Rrlotte. Goidsooro, winston
salem. High Point. Fayetteville. Aickory'
Statesville.
Following the organization there was an
informal discussion OF freight rate dtscrim-
ins lions and cont empiated night In the Leg
isisture and othtrwiss against such eondi-
Douglas, Greensboro: r. c. Hood. Green's
boro; A. X. Joy. Hickory; W. 5. Craighton.
Charlotte; J. T. Ludlow, Winston-salem
Tn. first busIna IS meeting Is to be In
Raleigh soon after the Legislature consenes
in January. Each OF the commercial or
eapizotions in the State that joins the STATE
association 10 to eiact member OF the board
Of directors.
DR.. b. w. Kiixo. State chemist and man
ager OF the State Experiment Farms, has
brought the speciaa exhibit car showing re-
suits OF State tess farm work 10 Raleigh
this week for tho state Fair. and II Is at
tracing special ATTENTION. This car has been
on the road for s,srne time. II has already
spent some time en- Ashevilie, waynesvilie.
Gre nsboro Whist, bn-S Salem, North Wilkes
boro, and after spe pding the week here Will
be in Concord and Charlotte next week Also
visiting Hickory. Nooresyi!ie and o,nsr
to the people IN Ill parts Of the STATE
where it Is shown the results being ootsined
from the State Experiment Farms. conduct
ed by the State D. partnent OF Agriculture,
under the immediat . supervision Of DR.. XII
gore. II shows var; bites Of farm crops best
adapted TO dinerend so;ls. fertilizers that
should be used unds v various conditions.
charter has best Issued for the Onion
Bank Of oxford. CA! kitsl. $4,000 authorized
and $1,000 subscribed by w. l.. Pearce. j.
son. for general saw tngs ana commerciai
barking business.
CAPTAIN II. E. Fame ,. OF the United states
Infantry. recently dei niled BY the War De-
rar,ment at Washing yton for service with
the North Carolina Rational Guard in
spector Instructor. ma. arrived and re-
ported for duty to Ac ting Adtutant General
Gordon Smith He 81 tceeds Captain A. J..
Daugher:y. who has ,ejoined his regiment
in the Philippine Isls snd service.
Here this week in col EGection with the State
FaIr IS a special meet tSS OF farm Demon
strators. sixty-nve OF tn TN. from every Sec
t!on OF the State. Gale q Ogether by c. r.
Hudson, of the United hates Dpear,rlen, of
Agriculture. in charge OF the corn club work
in this state These q have direct charge
OF a mammoth exhibit tH corn from over 5p}
cor tcstants in the North Carolina Corn Club
contests These demons traitors are making
their final reports OF tn + work OF the sea
son TO Director Hudson. and planning for
greater campaigns next season.
The North Carolina i'ate Fair opened
mos: auspiciousiy yestert tAy with the fines,
sort OF weather conditio Is. In spite OF the
rains that fell yesterday and much OF last
night There was large crowd in the Fair
Grounds FOR the formal opening this after
noon at l2:p O'Clock. VII. n the address 81 as
delivered by Governor ktlGnin. President s.
hacRae' OF the fair association. intro
duced him.