The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-21
Enforced by Raleigh Au-
thOTitieS.
WALKING SMALLPOX CASES
Tn Police in Search of Two such Pa
tients-DecisiOn Of State Treasurer as
TO Dfspensary Taxes-The Base bali
Tax-lnvestigatfon of the Asricul>
tural College by Committee OF Trus.
tee.-SmalIpOx-Infec Houses to be
Burned.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., April 19


The state treasurer decided today
that under the new revenue act, though
its terms are contradictory, all taxes
derived from dispensaries go to the
county and not to the state. He says
the last provision so requires and is
mandatory, being like a codicil to a
will.
The attorney general writes the state
treasurer: cit seems that all base ball
games to which any admission fee is
charged are liable to tax, no matter
what the purpose for which such ad-
mission fee is charged Your corre-
spondent heard j. c. L. Harris, one of
Governor Russell's counsel say that this
did not apply to college or school
law was in force in 1897, enacted by the
fusionists, but no tax was then COL
lected.
The state superintendent of public
instruction left today for Elizabeth
City to inspect the negro normal
schools there and at six other points
Professor M C. Noble will join him
and accompany him on the tour
Next week E. c. Beddingfeld, cor
poration commissioner, will have to
answer the complaint of D. H. Abbott,
who seeks to get his place on the COM
mission. The case comes up in Wake
court The supreme court will no
doubt advance the case.
The members of the corporation COM
mission will be at Wilmington to-
morrow, so as to be present during the
commission there.
Compulsory vaccination began here
today. Last night the doctors were at
work until late hour. The people are
thoroughly scared, which is exactly the
proper state of mind. There is rush
to be vaccinated. The negroes who are
in hiding with the disease are the real
menace There are now two walking
cases." who are avoiding arrest, one
having been at large since Saturday
Judge Hoke decides that James A.
Bryan is legally the president of the
Atlantic and North Carolina railroad.
D. M. Patrick appeals. The supreme
court will advance the case On Bryan's
motion.
The special committee OF the trustees
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College is at work here, making inves-
tigation with view to partial reorgan-
ization of the faculty, etc. A, @. Hol-
liday desires reelection as president.
Augustus Leazar says he is no candi-
date for that position and does not
want it. w. L. Primrose, of RaleOgh,
has been for weeks quite prominently
spoken of in connection with the posi-
| tion.
Day after tomorrow the president OF
the Baptist female university here will
| be elected. 1t appears that the man is
agreed On, though the trustees decline
to intimate who he will be.
Guitar Lee arrived here today to ar
range for the performance of the
Paint and Powder Club" here this
week at the Academy Of Music.
| Haywood Williams, daring negro
burglar, who had committed a number
of crimes here, was captured yesterday
in Portsmouth and was brought here
last night.
1t may be that some houses here
which are centers of smallpox infec-
ton will be burned. Out Of one house
six people with smallpox have been
taken. The negroes cannot understand
why smallpox has attacked no white
people.
Brick making at the penitentiary has
at last been resumed. About fifty fed
eral convicts will be employed in the
brick yards.
A. B. Andrews, Julian S. Carr, W.
G. Stronach and John A. Ramsey are
appointed by Governor Russell direc-
tors OF the soldiers home.