The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-26
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STATISTICAL IL. Samuel |. L.
whom We Al enjoy seeing again IN h>
cu,tomed nAunt>. has remembered l>w.-
a copy Of his auniai Report Tor the Il
year ending Sept. On 1879. 1t Is,
of dry facts and figures. but ,he>e fh
ought to pe tuote Considered by the pa
They are apt TO come hune Ia ever,
citizen once a year ~ %oftener in the >l..
the ~taN-cotiector, with hI> III lie ut-> nu H..
artn Let III glance Al Il lev H.
receipts TO- the year Were ~ .,..,y>
~cational Funi. S5,264 % i'uD... FL
3d.. 5000: Total, sos. ~" 10 TH, 80
peniIug,> ran ~ SJ...p3> :. y
Fnni |. AMI $4.O.4 toc The Eln4tlonl F,sl
But he. t was a balance ut Sis ~ t..
the rretIou> wear. \ nrIg the he u..,
len>e> were 81. 953 ~ % that oHnA .,.f
Institution the Department ot A~-r,rtur~
81 $40. % tor thai invaiuaracl Institution. ...
Geu.ogical Survey Sl35 30 for thai .....
un-do-without able Institution. the Bead :,
Internal improvements Sl.i25.4 40 in r,,.
away tugltlves "irom justice; Sl.>Oj A..
preparation for Engraving Bonds Uayr.
>lty, $500; interest Oh the Western y.
Railroad bonds, SIS, $4,000; Oxioni ar
phans So 5000; Pubic Printing. ST.. luq To-
State Library, $912.72: Capitol S1nan4
1891 SO; convicts, So, $50. -; pcnitentiary
4 opf.fO anu Suldi tbt1tiifgtntlpN
oniy SIG, l31.25. Under the heal ot En-
gitives from Justice are inle esting lien,
of lawyers fees. a ' follows Il. p. Devereur
for legal services in case of State Is. Sven,
son and Littletield, $500 in April, $lWID
} une. $3.50 in July, (expen>es for gong to
Florida to catch Littletield. 500 in Augu,
for ditto. Gillian and Calling for legal ser,
vices in same case, $500; Maj A. VI. Lew,
Is for services In same case, $500 Capt ].
w. Lee, AZ messenger to catch Littiefell,
5000 in May; - in Sept. f.. W Thonp
son for same service, 500. K. n. MtcE-
oil. $50. q. NJ. Roberts, If
Asheyille, and f. w. Patten. witness
in same case, $500; f. w Herndon, Of
A>heville, two transcripts, $lI.3O; tele
grams from Florida in the Littletield and
SwepsOn case. $lO5.OO (this exclusive nt
$50. 80 for kilograms sent and received in
May $ll7.15 in j nne and $50. SO in July
total 1914. ga worth of t~elegraphing in three
months,) j. NJ. Alexander, expenses to
New York and New Jersey, to catch Little
field. $3.50; Hartridge & Cahoon, Florida
lawyers. $50 for legal services in trying to
scallawag always managed to ''carpetbag it"
just a little out of the way, after all the Isgal
talk and teIegraphing (Qnery: wonder if
telegraph wires ever leak5 But let u,
farther. Battle s. NJ rdecai, legal ser.
vices in the Swazey case. $3.50: Moore and
in same case, $3.50. won't it /.
nice when the State gets rid of it's ~intere,t
In all the so-called ''State railroads." and
no longer need to pay big fees for such
There are some other curious item. of dis
but we do not know that il il
while speaking of them.
The tabulated returns show that the va
1ation of real and personal property in tn.
State reaches 1857, 967, 4Sl, which is sIj,
379 increase over the previous year.
The Increase in some Of the counties was a,
In Wake, 81, 1925, 625; in Orange,
,62s, 6lS; in Chatham, sl9s 1924; in
franklin, See. 300; in Warren, $l62, Cos;
n Granville, $ll9, 5S7 in Johnston, 1920
,l3: in Moore, $685., 1913; in Halifax, 1896
,ol in Cumberland, $2l7,247, in Union,
S44, 100. Strange to say there was a de
,rease of valuation in twelve counties, all Of
hem Eastern counties, except one viz.
decrease in Edgecombe, SAL. O7O; in Jones,
s55, 1928 in Martin, $l1I,S72; in Pamlico,
10, 733; Tyrrell, 81, ia; Brunswick, slO2,
81; Chowan, Sic, 672; Columbus, $3S,
,!6 The one exception was Rockingham,
95e.