The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-04
Novel Question t} Presented by a Dealer In
DupllR# County,
FERTILIZER i SALES LARGER THAN EVER
,I,nrse ReNhtt, tor the arrest OF ssur.
terror, III, posing ceremony ne We
iniernent or General Clingman's
ltemnins I'iedmon, Bank Failure

OH Raleigh, N. c.. Dec. 3.-(SpecialJ..
John T.. Groom, of Magnolia. writes the
ss4AgriculturaiD Department that h. IS q
IS dealer in commercial fertilizers, and
that the commissioners of his county,
y Duplin insist that he must pay the lntr-
a chants purchase tax on fertilizers. lie
INSISTS that the tonnage tax covers all
taxes on Fertilizers. The commissioner
;iof agriculture did not pass on the mat
i4ter, but sent 1t to the treasurer, together
with section ZOOS of the Code which
Sssays that whenever any manufacturer
Z Of fertilizers shall have paid the ton
mage tax. his goods shall not he iiabie
f5to,taSation by any city, town or county
q The treasurer referred the case to the
5.Attorney General, who says that under
s sectionf22 Of the revenue net of 1897
sFGroom Is clearly liable; that he is simply
# "a buyer and seller of fertilizers. The
treasurer does not take the same vlew
NC doubt Groom will make UP a case.
u SO the Supreme Court,can pass upon The
{tmattcr. This years sales OF fertilizers
in this State exceed four million dollars,
$50 the lax isquite anitem. of course.
gsss The Agricultural Department reports
that the sales or fertilizers this au-
Jytunn are SO 1-3 per cent greater than
they were year ago.
s. Methodist ministers, who are here in
I such great numbers, say they find the
{ people in the State bent upon having
3fsood government. The Pepulists are
VERY earnest about this matter, they
Il say.
Rains are again failing. Tho State is
BADLY behind ION rain. Small grain needs
Gft.g Cotton fields are being ploughcd up
land Put in wheat.
SAyeiI tbs ySa Id tha is >r,s tbo ,,,,r,,,.r,
!sftto-dayyt 10 give away some more trees
from the Capitol square 10 private in
but the Board Of Public
z Buildings and grounds has checked the
Z. movement.
sss. The annual meeting OF the directors OF
che insane asylum here will be held mex
week! a,
.5s This year not a company Of Tho State
aGuan has been diSbandeu
.i+y For Osborne Lambert tho whit,
tramp who murdered Engineer Bum
gardner near HenderSonville, no less
| than $500 reward is offered, 5000 being
by Mrs Bumgardner. 1t is believed tlia /
the murderer is hiding near the scene
Fof his crime
* 8ts'rhe Republicans arc'now saying that
fne&ttyenr they expect to nominate Con
sressmen in each district in The stage.
They think they can do without Popu-
list help.
There Is to be another hearing OF
Governor RusEell's side in the North
Carolina railway lease matter rthis
mopth before Special & Master Kerr
Graige,PThe lime for hearings, ends Jan
nary Goth.
NJ John G. Dancy, colored, says he is
surs|of the appointment rs collector at
Wilmington.
~ snowy owl, five feet from tip to
y ~, was received nj the State Museum
To-day. II was shot Tuesday during The
lin Hyde county 1t Is The second
I one killed In the State, II is u true Arc
tic owl Sometimes during the winter
Il these owls. make a flight as far south
gas Long Island
THE ceremonies NJ the ireintermcnt OF
4 General Clirgman's remains at Ashc-
VILE Will be imposing. There viii be a
sbatt alton OF troops, the Bingham Cadets.
tine Confederate Veterans and the Sons
9pf Yeterans, The Rsvs j. s. Felix ami
AfcNeelys LuBose win ofiiciate. w. II.
4 IS, EBrrgWyn, Theodore +. Davidson ana
$. Lusk Will make memorial ad-
dresses.
I /. The first great Methodist revival In
North Carolina occurred here in 1911,
& during the first meeting of the Nir-