The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-14
.DULS APPOINTED
JUDGE BY CRAIG
Charlotte Lawyer Is Elevated TO
North Carolina Superior
Court Bench.
ENTIRE SUM FOR ONE ROAD
Change i'll Plans for Building
Model Highway-Sentenccs
in Federal Court.
Especial to The Times-pispatch.l


nouncemcn, from Asheville of the APP
poirtment of c. l.. Duls. of Charlotte
rs the Superior Court Judge. leaves only
the appointment Of one more solicitor
by the Governor before the new force
Of twenty Judges and twenty solicitors
Will lie complete. ready for the act of
the last Legislature. making the State
into twenty instead of sixteen districts
which goes into effect July l. The
solicitor remaining to be appointed is
for the new Fourth District. consist
Ing Of the Counties of Wayne. John
ston Harnctt. Chatham and Lee. The
candidates for the place are l.. H.
Alfred. Johnston County: w. d. Siler
Lee: +. II. Bynum, Chatham, and Alfred
Mclean. OF lIarnctt County. Mr.. Nc
Lean was the reading clerk for the
House of Representatives at the 1913
session.
The Baltimore Mutual Fire Insurance
Company. OF Baltimore. has just pro-
cured license for n North Carolina bust
ness fiom the State Department of In
surance.
a charter is issued for the Appn-
lachian Lumber COMPANY. Of Ashevile.
capital. $4,000, authorized. and Sl2.0 900
subscribed by T. +. Roland, j. II. Pat
ton. T. r. Green and others for general
the charter of the Cole larry Hard
ware Company, Littleton. changes the
capital from $4,000 to $4,000. NJ. l..
Cole is president. An amendment for
the charter of tho Moody Carroll Com
pany, Wilson, changes the name to the
Carroll Grocery Company, IL. l. Bailey
being the president OF the corporation.
Official Information from Washing
ton that all of the $4,000 that North
Carolina is 10 receive for model rural
route road building will have to be
expended on consecutive piece of road
completely changes the lineup of the
contests for apportionmcnt of this fund.
Governor Craig having stated that he
would divide ii In three or four por-
tons for different sections of the
State. there had come In applications
from very many towns and sections.
but now the fight will have TO he he
tween different central or very acces-
sble sections for the whole amount,
entailing on the locality getting it tho
raising OF $4,000 in addition No con-
victs can be used, and eight hours must
constitute days work in tho con-
struction of the road unde~ special pro-
visions Of the act.
An especially notable case in the
Federal court to-day was that OF Lewis
johnson. who has figured as a block
Rder since the administration OF PrcSi-
dent Harrison. He was convicted to-
day and sentenced TO five years in the
Atlanta prison. His operations have
and Chatham Counties. He was not
actually caught until the morning of
June ]. when he was surprised and
overpowerod mt his home by revenue
raiders His five year sentence is the
longest Judge Conner has imposed in
a long while.
y. w. Cook. OF Durham County. was
sentenced 10 thirty days in Jail and
500 fine for blockading. Claude Nc
l-eod. OF Moore County. received a sem
tence OF ono year In the penitentiary
for blockading in that county. X.
Wicker. of Sanford, was convicted of
blockading, but has not been sentenced
yet.
Although the Raleigh Council de-
cided several days ago TO grant drug
stores licenses TO fill whiskcy prcscrip-
tions 1T $500 per year. not single
white drug store has taken out license.
Three negro drug stores have. The
State charges $500 and the county can
charge as much. This would max
$500. The county may reduce its tax
10 500 or 5000 White druggists say
IL would be impossible to make any
profit on whiskey prescriptions unless
they sold as blind tigers also
Tho North Carolina Christian En-
deavor Union. that has just closed its
annual convention here. takes up the
work of new year with every prom
Use OF record breaking progress. 4. d
Mcclure. the able pastor of st. An
drcw's Presbyterian Church, of Will
mington, heads the union as president
and the vice presidents are Rev. Earl
! iiarald, Greensboro: DR.. T. G. Amick
Elon College: Rev. II. =. Smith Kin
ston; secretary. Miss Florence Ledbet-
Ter Greensboro: treasurer. Captain j
j. Russell Lumberton. Department,
rintendents-Press. Miss Mamie
BAYS. Charlotte: prison work. Rev j
Lee Johnson, Cardcnas; Junior and in
ternedlate work. Airs. A. O. Dixon
High Point: missionary, Rev. Shuford
iee!er. Greensboro; business board
Rev. r. NJ Andrews, Mr. Mitchell. VIII
lnington; Mr.. Kendall, Burlington: Mr
Johnson Wilmington.
Reports n the annual meeting OF
the directors just held. show that there
was not single death at the oxford
Drphan Asylum during the past year
There arc $50 children being cared for
and trained. The affairs of the fnsti
tuhon. which are directed and support
90 Jointly By the Masons and the state.
are n fac shape. The directors order
ca the erection Of a nursery building
~ which children under six years old
tan he cared for. heretofore no chill
'F"n under six years have been re-
rclvcd at all