The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-03-08
A Great Deal Of Interest Manifested In the
Case Now Before The Supreme Court.
lnccmdlnry Fire and Explosion Mt
DurhnIn-South CnrOitna Fctlcrnl
ciSh--PnpcrS Served an Vice Priests
dent Andrews, OF the southern.

Raleigh. y. c., March T.-(SpeciaD-
The extraordinary dryness Of February
VIII be made plain by the statement
that only furty-twO hundrcdths Of an
inch OF rain fell. The average for that
month being ahou; four inches. The
mean temperature was II degrees or
three inches the uvcragc.
The Railway Commission has not yet
passed upon the question of It's right
to forbid the issue Of Interstate free
passes
Superintendent Mcwbournc. of the
renitentiary. says the manufacture Of
hrlck there VIII begin this week and
VIII be on Il larger scale than ever
before. lie finds the manufacture DAYS
Ihcre Is good d,ai Of interest in the
result OF the case now before the United
states Supreme Court involving the
lcSa!!tY OF the tonnage tax on fcrtil-
Tiers Only ono company and one at
torhey have pressed this case. 1t is
said that the other companies DO not
In the least object TO The tax of %
cents per ton. y bill was introduced
IN the last Legislature, at the sug-
Eesti"n of the Agricultural Dcpartm
reducing the tax 10 20 cents pc, ton,
but II dih not pass.
Most Nf the companies Of the state
Huard are recruiting quite largely.
Some arc advertising for recruits. be-
'h''E ZIG ayes OIL II ana no.
cSterdny morning there was an in
csnn'ary lire, accompanied by an en-
E.cslon. in Il Durham drug store. which
wrecked the windows. Some clerks,
VINO Were asleep in tho building barely
escaped with their lives.
me promoters Of the State Textile
Hchool, which II is proposed 10 cs;ab-
ilsh mere as an adjunct II the Agrtcul-
,ural and Mechanical College. say they
"a 10
yer IN very strong way before the
next Legislature
ne penitentiary superintendent saws
ne IS NJ loss 10 know why the Federal
cHnVicts from South Carolina are not
10 be sent here. They ave not includ-
ed III the order Of the Attorney General
Conv!cts are to grade the railway
from here 70 the Cape Fear river. II
IS expected 10 have ii in operation by
July,
EX-Pr!vutc Secretary j. l.. Alexander
was out to-day after quite Il severe at
tack OF the measles.
Inc Supreme Court has heard urgu-
meht in the important eases IF State
treasurer Worth against Stewart
Bros. Of Winston. cx-S,ntc printers, in
NoivinG $.9,o0J which the Treasurer
claims wGs collected by the Stewards
improperly. being III excess of the real
cGst Of the work
ne Sher.T here to-day served papers
on E:ce-Prcsidcnt y. T. Andrews. of
me southern railway. in the matter Of
the order of Judge Newer as to the
appointment Of II RECEIVER. In 1850 at
q special session Of the Legislature
the Richmond and Eanvilc railway
bought for $I5O.000 the states interest
in this road, The State was attemr;-
Ing 70 build the road and there was a
great cl"mor for q sale. The money
was PAID N cash ANA that year there
was no State tax. The Legislature
made the sale and there was joy that
the State was rid Of the road al So fine
bargain. The buyers also paid in
tereSt OF three millions Of first mort
gage bonds. there being about the
same amount Of second MORTGAGE
bonds on which none was paid. There
was also a floating debt. quite LARGE.
mainly from accrued interest on scc>nI
mortgage bonds In 1888 the Southern
bought in the ROAD III foreclosure sale
by virtue OF a Federal court deere.
under the second mortgage. subject to
the Zen Of the first mortgage. The
sale under the foreclosure of the sec
0nd mortgage, IL is now rontcndcd. did
not carry charter rights ava It'll. to
the properly, ana it Is further contend