The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-02
STATE OFFICERS
OBSERVE HOLIDAY
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tNcry Little Business Done i'll
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Raleigh.
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:IHREE CHARTERS GRANTED
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THREE CHARTERS GRANTED
Governor and Business Men En-
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: tllusiastic Over Record Made
in Twelve Months.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch, J

u Raleigh ~ c. January ALL the
State oiiices We're practically closed TO-
day, although q number of the State
officers and clerks were at their desks
- part of the day. The work done was
behind closed doors, Governor Craig
was at his desk II little while about
noon. and only attention to the most
urgent business was given In any OF
the offices.
,,Charters were issued in the Depart
ment of State for three new corpora
tons They were: the Barringcr Ga
rage Company, of Charlotte. Capital.
100000 authorized and $500 subscribed
3y osmond l.. BarrnEcr. 7. IL Andrews
and L. Y. Woward. Tor general ga
rage and automobile business. includ
ing the handling of dying machines.
+. *. Bishop X Co.. New Bern Capt.
v5tal. $4,000 authorized and 5000 sub
scribed by Il. Il. Bishop, j s. Clay
poole and y. II. Brooks, for a general
mercantile business
The Clayton Hotel Company, of Char
{ lotto. Capital, Sl25.O00 authorized and
$500 subscribed by Arthur Brown. X
l.. Little and NJ. c. Propst for operating
hotels, apartment houses and other en-
Ierprises.
May Survive Long Fall.
w l.. Pearce, the salesman in the
McatherS' Furniture Store, who last
evening fell through an elevator shaft
81 distance of three stories, was report
cd much improved at the hospital to-
Ss,ay The only danger is considered to
Hbe Internal injuries and none has de-
Veloped AS yet. The fractured collar
bono and dislocated hip and shoulder
joints are the most serious injuries.
Pearce was looking for stove col
lar OH the third floor of the store
building, when n railing about the ele-
'~vator shaft placed there as guard
gave way precipitatinG him TO the
basement below.
Dividend Day.
This was dividend day" for the Raj
eigh banks and other corporations, and
it Is estimated by conservative bust
ness men that, ut least s76o,U00 will be
distributed 20 stockholders. over $780,
goo of this being on bank stock. Bust
ness conditions in Raleigh have been
especially successful the past year,
declare the best informed business
men. and all are very optimistic in
their forecast for the coming year.
. 1t is estimated that building opera
tions during the past year In Raleigh
aggregated fully sl,2Sl000. and that
the number of buildings started dur
ing the year are worth more than
100000. Included in the buildings
completed are three splendid bank
buildings, two of them eleven stories
aeach, and the third one of the finest in
this part of the country, il II is not SO
tall ms some; Y. NJ. c. a. building;
,the new state administration build
ing The new Church OF the good
Shepherd is just being completed at
al cost OF about $4,000, II Sunday school
addition to the Christ Episcopal Church
is being completed at n cost of $4,000,
and there are hundreds Of other build
ngs in all parts OF the city just COM
aplcted or under way that go TO make
RalciEhs building operations ut this
time far and ahead of all previous re-
cords.
cutures of Yenr's Progress.
Speaking OF the passing OF the old
Year and the coming Of the new. Gov
ernor Craig said to-day that achieve
ments in freight rate adjustment pro-
Sress, iii the construction OF good
highways. and the further awakening
OF interest in the value OF really good
roads and general advancement i'll
rural life conditions and improved
methods OF farming, shining fca-
lures of the advance made in this
state during the past year, lie be-
ii"ves, too, that the progress of the
i,ast year is but the beginning OF
great advance that VIII gain wonder
fully N volume during the year on
which the state is just entering so aus
piciousi!. .
The advent Of tsll nhdy :>orth Caro-
lima wi.h Az State banks with a COM
bined capita: of S1l.0lS,009 compared
ewith ga hanks last year with So
aSi,90b capital u gain Of 80 per cent
The banking resources now amount to
S?l,0oo.0n0, compared with sSS,50o UOu
last year.