The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
THE CRAIG CORPORATION Law
Legislators Pronounce it a Mistake.
state Treasurer After the lakes.
High Price for State Bonds.
Messenger Bureau,


messenger bureau,
Raleigh, N. c., May Is.
The Raleigh amateurs tonight pre-
scented the Pirates of Penzance," with
about 100 persons in the cast. The fea-
ture was the singing Of Miss Alice Tay-
lor, OF Durham.
The Rocky Mount p~ostoffice embez-
element case in which ex-Postmaster
Hargett is the defendant, is n only
one of these cases to be taken up In
the United States court here this week.
The Southern Fire Insurance Com
pany. OF New Orleans, domesticates
itself in this state.
The Sunday school of the Baptist
tabernacle, the largest in this state,
will have it's annual excursion this
wear to Richmond.
St. Mary's school here IS yet under
the direction of Rev. Edward A. Os-
borne, as n newly elected rector,
Rev. DR.. Bratton, of South Carolina,
has not yet decided whether he will
accept, and in any ven will not take
charge until September.
A white federal convict named Nc
Laughlin, from Georgia, made his es-
cape from the penitentiary brickyard
yesterday afternoon. Blood hounds are
on his trail. He was fired at seven
times.
North Carolina G per cent. bonds sold
here yesterday at 141.
The Manhattan Life Insurance Com
pany withdraws from the state.
A strong movement against disorder
ly houses on residence streets has be-
III here.
State Treasurer Worth sends to the
various sheriffs the following circular
letter:
Section 81, Revenue Act, of 1899,
leVyS a 2 per cent. tax on the gross
receipts of all express, telegraph and
telephone companies or lines doing
business in this state. And h same
section requires the sheriff of each
county to report the name of any
such companies and the name and ad-
dress Of the proper officer to whom
correspondence may be directed Of any
company or line doing business in his
county.
"As L have reason to believe that
several such companies or lines have
not yet paid their taxes, I earnestly
request that o make your report to
this office at earliest possible date, and
oblige.
Below l give you a list of sewing
machine companies which have license
(see section 26, event act of 1890 to
do business in North Carolina. In Or
der that all companies may be treated
fairly and the proper amount of rev.
enue collected under this section, we
request that you keep this list on file,
n see hat no unlicensed sewing ma
chimes are sold in your county.
white, of Cleveland, Ohio; Singer,
of Richmond, Va; Standard, of Rich
mond, Va; New Hope, of Orange,
Mass; Wheeler & Wilson, Of Atlanta,
Ga; Household, of Richmond, Va"
The public printers raise the point
that the law which requires them to
print all the acts of the Legislature
within ninety days after it's adjourn
ment, means ninety working days. 1t
is a new question. The public printers
need time. The haggle about the pub
lie printing lasted so long that it was
only at the last moment that the pub
lie printers were elected.
Much of the talk here is regarding
the Craig bill. Speaker Conner, of the
house, who is here, says the bill was
ut from the start. Representative D. H.
Mclean, of Harnett, who is also here,
says there was a sentiment against
corporations which was manifested in
this act, but that he never pandered
to it.
Wheeler Martin, of the First district,
n of the most active republicans
there, says his people will not talk
about "e amendment limiting the ne
gro fra Mise.