The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-04
GOVERNOR CRAIG IS
MUCH ENCOURAGED
He Sees Growth Of Sentiment for
System Of National
Parks.
PREPARES FOR REAL WORK
He Will Spend Two Days With
Pick and Shovel on
Roads.
Especial 10 The Times Dispatch. j


Raleigh, n. c.. November slower
nor Craig returned this morning from
Washington, and says he found very
great encouragement for the probable
successful outcome OF the effort to
have the United States government APP
ply tho national park idea to tho
Appalachian forest reserve movement.
Nothing definite was accomplished by
tho Governor in this direction, but he
Is we'll satisfied with tho outcome Of
the trip In the formation Of scntt-
mcnt favorablc 10 the movement which
must take time To develop and accom-
plish.
The Governor will leave tomorrow
for Asherilie TO be on hand I'm Bun
combe County for road working We'd
nesday and Thursday. North Carolina
good roads days. He has given up
the idea OF making u trip through the
state, Morchead TO Ashevillc during
the two days. stopping at several
points for road work. He fears his
plan would detract from the main idea
OF accomplishing all the work possible
on these days and tend to disorganize
the forces along tho limo that he
trnvcrsed.
The Governor has invited the Cover
nor of Missouri and the Governor OF
Arkansas to come and take hand In
tho North Carolina road work, and he
was assured by the congressional dele
sslltpuS from lueEe states ut WASH
ington that both chief executives
would accept tho invitation. Governor
Mann, OF Virginia; Governor Hooper, of
Tennessee. and Governor Blease, of
South Carolina, havo also been In
vited.
The Governor Is receiving cards,
posters and other methods being used
In various parts or the State 10 get
the people out for the road work, and
there Is every indication that there will
be a very general response. One OF the
most striking movements to line up
the people for the road work is for
the Hickory Nut Gap Road Ruther-
fordton to Bat Cave. and people for
FIVE miles around this line OF road are
10 be assembled for the work.
War by Correspondence.
a special order will be made at once
for an examination OF Coast Artillery
officers OF the North Carolina National
Guard, 10 be held ut Greensboro No
rember 10. on the basic course" which
las Just been completed through "A
correspondence school. The order will
be issued by Adjutant- General Young,
and the examinations Will be by Cap
tain Gregg, detailed by tho War De-
partment as inspector-instructo for
the Coast Artillery. Those officers who
pass the examination will be awarded
certificates Of proficiency. They will
then take up the next highest CORE
spondence school course. Captain Gregg
has just returned from a months
vacation. which he spent in Massachu-
sets principally.
New Corporations.
Two new corporations were charter
ed to -day-Thc Grecnville Cotton Mills
Inc. Greenville, capital s250.00O author
lied and $4,000 subscribed. for cardng
and spinning cotton and knitting ho-
siery and other lines OF goods. The
incorporators are II. r. Cotton, W. H.
Harris, Hart Iiadley, 6. ]. Gurrctt and
others.
The Goldsboro Loan Co. Of Colds
boro, capital $500 authorized and sub
scribed by y. j. Edwards. u. j. Ed
wards, Sol Isaacs and others.
The Corporation Commissioners will
go TO Charlotte Tuesday to resume the
hearing III the matter OF the petition
from citizens OF Charlotte for a union
passenger station that has been dis
turbing that city for quito a while
On Friday tho commissioners Will be
at Hillsboro to hear the matter Of the
petition of citizens of the County Of
Orange to have the Southern Railway
Company provide underpasses for the
Central Highway at two crossings.
Next Monday the commission goes TO
Elizabeth City TO hear a petition from
the Norfolk Southern Railroad Com
T'any. to be permitted to erect a new
passenger station on its main line The
present station is down on the wharf
and II is necessary to make q circuit
and back. Some citizens are opposing
the change of location the company
desires.