The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS,
THE IYDUsTRfAB EXPOSITION or
THE E1BOARD AIR LINE.
IL Proves n Great Success and Draws Large
Crowds-Mandanus suits Against
the state Treasurer.

RALEIGH, y. c.. July 3.-The Seaboard
Air-Line's Industrial Exposition Is PROV
ing great success. At MOncure yes
terday, hot as IL was. i've hundred peo-
pie were present-the biggest crowd ever
seen in the place. IL IS better than the
farmers Institutes 50 FAR as attendance
goes The processes Of fruit canning,
cream separating (the latter by goat
power. stone crushing, &c, attract the
people. Big baskets Of food are brought
by the people and there is plenty for ali.
The July crop returns from the Agu-
cultural Department are coming in quite
rapidly and the commissioner says they
are favorable.
The Supreme Court has never passed
on the matter OF Imprisonment for nom
payment OF taxes. In the case OF George
VS.. Guilford county It was decided that
taxation is "a debt and something moro
than a debt" That opinion cannot be
quoted as an authority In support Of tine
new revenue act relative to imprison-
ment for debt upon the question DIS
cussed by Attorney Walser.
The Secretary OF state to-day granted
a charter 10 the Sloan Roller FIGURING
Mil. in Sury county.
The ex-editor Of the defunct Raleigh
Tribune openly charges its eX-business
manager Kenyon, with $1,000 shortage
in accounts and says Kenyon's where
abouts are not known This charge. not
so direct, was made when the paper was
seized by the sheriff,
Judge Undertake. in the mandamus
case to prevent the private stockholders
OF tho Atlantic and North Carolina from
meeting. orders that they do not meet
until Judge Simonton allows Governor
Russell to appoint a State proxy.
WHAT CAN THEY SAY?
Much interest is felt here In the ques-
ton whether the Governor and the At
torney- General will furnish any test-
mony to Judge Simonton in the lease
case OF the North Carolina railway. What
do they know OF fraud in the caseY what
can they say?
A. c. Hales, a bar-keeper here, and
Mrs. Underwood, both from Moore coun-
~ have been arrested Tor uniawfuily
living together In this city. He had de-
serted his wife and she her husband
They have given bail and departed.
The Railway Commission grants the
Murfreesboro railway permission to take
up its track.
There is clearly a fight 10 the death
now between Marion Butler and Tom
Watson. Butler is determined 10 crush
Watson That is no secret.
The meeting of the Railway Commits
sion on the 18th instant will be the most
important IN its history. The Governor
and Judge Walter Clarke VIII then pe
heard on the question Of reducing ran
way rates and increasing the assessment
on railways. Commissioner wilson mas
a plan for making the valuation as great
as $4,000 .oco-practically double what II
now is. The railway people VIII De
present in great forco ana VIII ha1uIa"'
mako heavy light
SUITS AGAINST THE TREASURE
II is probable that quite number Ok
mandamus suits will be brought against
the State Treasurer 10 force him 10 pay
the special appropriations made THIS
year. He IS trying hard TO avoid dong
this The first OF these cases Is the one
which comes up July 18th. IL Is the one
10 force him 10 pay the appropriation
for oyster lands" in two or three coun-
ties.
The fact that the school tax law OF
1891 is legal in all respects Is now settled
nv the declaration OF the AttOrney-Gene-
raj and the Secretary Of State. The peo-
Die who thought It unconstitutional got
Il mixed with chapter 127 Of the acts,
which IS the act 10 stimulate taxation for
schools in rural districts. This latter act
did not pass properly and Is invalid.
The other act IS chapter AL.
A public school committeeman writes
the Attorney General 10 know whether
he can vote as member OF the board
and also as a chairman 10 settle tie
In other words. whether he has a double
vote. The Attorney General says the
common law doctrine is that double
vots Is not allowed in corporations un-
less by express statute. This rule. IRE
saws. is uniform and we'll settled. lie
adds that this is not the case in legisia
tive bodies. In 1895 he voted twice-oncs
as the member from Davidson and then
as Speaker OF the House.
CONGRESSMAN STROUD.
Congressman stroud. OF this district,
has left Washington and the secretary