The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-11
RAILWAY COMMISSION
The SIKH Annual Hepurt Contains Ine'eS.-
Ing Statistics as 10 Nj! az and Valua,
MILEAGE is s,4G9; VALUE, s26,576,O9G
The AUDITORS Report for 1903 VIII
SHOW yhnt the Total Value oftlie
Property OF the sintes 10 about
e.3o.O0O,o0O, IL Considerable Fall
Ing OF General News,

Raleigh, n. c., Nov. 1o.-(SpcclaD-
The sixth annual report OF the Railway
Commission was Forwarded to-day by
Mai. James w. Wilson, to Governor
Carr. II says that the new mileage Is
as fclloWs Caldwell and Northern. IL
miles; Hendersonvilie and Breward, o.:
Aberdeen sud West End II. This wrs
for the year ended June /. Since then
the last named road las buitt Over 30
miles more, and connected Mt Ru%bnro
with the Southern railway system. The
total mileage IN the state Is 3,i39. The
valuation of railway property Is now S26,-
SI6,OgG. an increase Of Sli.25i.392 since
the establishment Of the Commission.
The railways now pay one-tenth OF all
the State taxes.
Rev. Or. James A. Weston has arrived
here from Hickory and again becomes
assistant rector of Christ Church, this
city
PROPERTY OF THE STATE.
The value of property for 1925. MS will
be shown In the State Auditors report,
was $3.50. SCI. 13l, a falling OFT OF over
$500 Oce as compared with 1894. The
falling OFF was in real estate. the latest
valuation of which was Sl53, $50. 5Si. The
school taxes for the year aggregate
SSi7,5IS an increase of $4,000 over 1891.
SPECIAL TAX" BONDS.
The special tax" bonds will he no
bugaboo. no matter how the election has
gone. The Supreme Courts decision last
spring In the case of l3ali2er d Taacls.
OF New York, against the Chatham rail
way invaidatcs the entire issue of S20-
100000 or more.
WOULDN'T BE "CUSSED."
At Washington yesterday white man
cursed the tie .eGraph operator. The lat
ter at once drew revolver and shot M
him. The bullet struck Il desk, but partl
OF Il; glanced and struck the man in the
chest. making a bad wound.
President Halliday. of the AGricutu-
rial College; state Chemist Battle and
Profs. Mccarthy Kl!gore and Allen arc
all ct Washington, ID. c., attending the
session of the National Association of
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations.
THE STATE PATRONAGE.
leading Populist said to-day he be-
lieved the patronage under the new
State government would be quite equal
~ divided between the populis;a and
Republicans. He says the last f.egisla-
ture took away all the PATRONAGE from
the Governor and that the Senate cnO-
tro!s most of 1t. He expects there will
be a sweep of Democratic officials. par
ticularly of those who are partisans, but
that specialists, like Superintendent
Ray, of lie institution for the blind. will
hardly be intcrefered with.
Governor Carr and quite Il party of
gentlemen will leave Tomorrow for n
partridge hunt on the new State farm,
near Wadesboro.
1t is said that while the new SheriN
OF this county is n Republican. yet the
Constable of this township. who is n
Democrat. Will have the collection OF
$4,000 of taxes under an act of 1895,
and that his place is worth 5000 a
year.
Considerable cotton yet remains UNI
picked here and there
The corn crop in this section Is found
TO be particularly good one.
BUTLER ON PRITCHARD.
Senator Butler In his paper to-mor-
row opens his guns on Senator pritch-
ard and declares that the Republicans
cannot control the vote OF q single PoDu-
list IN the Legislature. He says they
are ready to buy members. and that the
question is whether any member can he
tempered with or not. and adds that the
amount of money Mark Hanna would
use Is unlimited. He says "a gold SEN
ator from North Carolina gives the gold
combine one majority: silver Senator
gives the people one majority"
cont'agration swept over the bus
mess portion of Gainesville. county sent
OF Gates county n. c.. at O'Clock
this morning. Among the losses are the
kiddicl hotel and several leading stores
al