The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-06
FEAR FOR PEOPLE
IN STORM REGION
State Officials Deeply Interested
i'll Conditions on North
Carolina Coast.
TERM OF COURT ON MONDAY
Nearly One Hundred Cases
Already on Dockct-Chartcrs
Granted by State.
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Raleigh, y. c.. September 5.--statc
officials were deeply Interested to-day
IN the situation in tho storm area on
The Carolina coast. but news is still
extremely mcagrc. and there was keen
anxiety as to the cato OF tho 400 or
800 people Ocracoke. Frank
Thompson. prominent lawyer OF Jack
sonTille. arrived to-day, having been
In Newbcrn at tho height OF the storm
there He says there is strong indica-
ton that the centre OF the storm
passed above Ocracokc. and II this was
inc case, the Inhabitants OF that Island
are safe. There was much fear for the
fate of the big Norfolk Southern bridge
over -hlbcmarle sound. but it was
found that the sweep OF the storm had
drawn the water away from that
bridge. instead OF submerginS II, as
was feared. All the overflow damage
VAS from the water being driven from
the ocean OF bunds into the rivers.
This was tho trouble at Newborn and
all the ether points that suffered from
water. Mr.. Thompson believes that
the estimate of 100000 damage by
the storm is very conservative. Ware
houses and fertilizer and other plants
on the waterfront at Newbern suffered
worst there. Small water crafts were
driven ashore or smashed.
n one-weeis criminal term OF Su-
perior Court for Wake County will
open on Monday, with Judge Charles
NJ. Cook presiding. There re now nine
ty-sevcn cases docketcd for trial and
there Will be about 1875 by the time tho
court convenes The case OF most pub
lie interest is that against J. ]. Hol-
land, section master oe the Seaboard
Air Line who shot and KILLED a negro
several days ago ar Milbrcok. for per-
sistent annoyance OF the Holland fam
ily. Holland Is out under $4,000 bond
Columbus Cuilcy and Maggie Hodges.
negroes. arc TO be tried for murder.
They killed another negro at Wake
Forest.
Charters By state.
Charters were issued to-day for the
Ayden Furniture Co. OF Ayden, Pitt
County, capital $4,000 authorized and
5000 subscribed by z. c. Coward and
others. and tho Tabor D-ug Co, Of
Tabor, Columbus County. capital So
900 subscribed by e. l. Muse and
others.
Commissioner Of Insurance James II
Young issued statement to-day
showing that there were 1925 fires in
this state during 1912. and 1905 dur
ing the first SIX months OF 1918. OF the
1912 fires, coo were of unknown origin;
2i2 from defective nucs iO4 from light
ming, and 2si from sparks. OF tho fires
for the arst six months OF 1913. i65
We're caused by lightning; only sew
enty four from defective dues and
l25 from sparks.
I. s Warlick. OF Catawba County.
has been appointed oil inspector for
the Ninth District Of North Carolina
10 succeed y. S. Clark. resigned.
Roy Taylor, white boy OF Durham
County, pardoncd by Governor K!tchin
from the remainder of an eighteen
months sentence for larceny. has been
recommitted By Governor Craig ON an
affidavit by the chief OF police OF Dur
nam that the boy is bad that he
should not be longer out under execu-
live c!emency.
Pleased With Showing.
The Raleigh baseball fans, headed
by President Joe Ellington, OF the
Baseball Association. are we'll pleased
with the record os Earl Mack as man
ager in spite OF the fact that the
Raleigh team failed TO land the pennant
AS an evidence of this, Mack has been
signed for the next season. and in
strucied TO push along the signing of
the most desirable men on the team
just disbanded. and get any others ne
may ind that are desirable before the
opening ~ the 1914 season II is as
certa!ned that the receipts AT the four
towns in which league ball was played
Labor Day aggregated sl.SlS-Raleigh,
s795; Winston-S Salem. s32i; Durham,
saO3; Charlotte, s236. and Greensboro,
SI4S
state Food Chemist ". " Allen has
returned from Blowing Rock, in the
sapphire country and other Western
Carolina resorts whore ne SneHt