The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-24
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS,
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rExTIAEF DEFIbs THs BOARD.
The Tax Returns show Large Increase
In Work Animals In tho Cotton Co"nH
ties Miss.shipp Enters Cambridge

RALEIGH. n. c., August 23.-SpeciaL-
Superintendent Smith, OF tho pehl'eh-
ilary, has refused TO make any appoint
sasnts to hn the places declared vacant
liy the board at the last meeting, TOT nc
So the changes arc made without his
consent and against his judgment, ana
he will not be responsible for the result.
The hoard abolished the Finance COM
,nittce. which was composed OF one
Democrat, ono POpulist, and one kepuD-
lean. so there IS no one 10 pass upon
vouchers and accounts. Mr.. smith seems
20 bo a voriiablc thorn In the nesh' 10
the Board OF Directors.
Tho tents that were shipped back from
ocean View, where the several compa-
MES had been in camp, were IN most
duapidattd condition. heretofore inc
0uartcrmaster- General has been held re-
sponsible for the condition OF the Sla'o
property used in the eDcampments OF inc
State Guard.
Tho elegant portrait OF the three gal
LIANT men who commanded the Twenty
rtxth Regiment OF North Carolina tdoops
dnring the war Is nearly completed, ana
The artist. Mr.. w. G.. Randall. asks any
Of the survivors OF that regiment 10 CONC
AID see the work and make any sugses-
t,oos they may wish, as he desires 10
hsve the portraits OF Vance, Burgwyn
snd Lane as near like them as they were
I'm the sixties as It is possible. The pic
ture will be presented to the STATE anu
hung IN the state Library.
INCREASE IN WORK ANIMALS.
The tax returns show that In the SIX
,ssn counties in the largest cotton belt
~ me state. there are $500 more mules
ond horses than there was this time
year ago. There is an increase OF about
ii per cent.
copgresman Skinner will be herse this
week so will Senator Butler They can
then watch the movements one OF the
other.
Mr.. n. p. Bachelor, who for seventeen
years has been in the Secretary OF state
effice. has retired TO be succeeded BY MI
A. -. X. Wallace.
The fact that Miss Kate Ship, OF Lin
colnton. has been admitted TO the Uniyer-
sity Of Cambridge, England VIII be heard
with pleasure by her friends. Miss Ship
was for some time connected win 81
Mary's School. in Raleigh.
RALEIGH WATER WORKS.
The question as TO the cost Of the water
works here was asked by a Western
town that contempla.es putting in a wa
ter works system, and II was stated
the cost was $4,000 There are l4o public
and priyate hydranta. and about LOO
water takers. 1t was put IN by prl-
vate company, and much or the STOCK
is held in Dayton, o.
Ex-Governor Jarvis and wife are here.
Roth are In good health. He says when
a man deserts principles for pie, as
Senator Butler has done, he has a rocky
road TO travel. lie declares that IN the
next campaign all questions must fade
into nothingness, when compared 10 the
overwhelming one of white supremacy.
The earnings Of the SeaDoard and Roa-
noke railroad FOR the year ending June
3D. 1897. show a good increase over 1896.
The gross earnings were 1891, Oils. Ope-
rating expenses. including taxes, were
ssl2 .gS7 .25: net earnings, $SlS,03395. This
road Is part Of the Seaboard Airline sys-
ten. ,,
STRAIGHTOUT REPUBLICANS.
There are many Republicans who are In
favor OF cutting lose from the fOpulsts
and running a straight ticket. Ihey
sneak OF Governor Russell as a Populist.
and declare he cannot be elected to Con-
gress from a single district In the state
Governor Russell has suppoenaod ID. A.
Tompkins, +. S. Spruill, II. c. Holman,
presdent Of the SeabOard Air Line ana
Herbert Norris, 10 appear before Special
Master Craige at the next hearing In
the lease question. on September SIN.
A son Of the late Chief Justice Merri-
man will soon leave for Alaska, 10 so TO
the Klondyke mines.
There were fine rains all over this part
of the country las Saturday and Sun
day. and the farmers are way up In the
seventh heaven" OF delight
Labor Commissioner Hamrick has now
completed the statistics OF mills There
are sO6 cotton mills, II woollen. and silk.
There are 100000 Sfindles and $4,000
looms. There are mills in AZ of the 90
counties