Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-25
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been instituted by State Treasurer
Worth to recover between $4,000 and
$4,000 that was paid by the county for
making out the tax lists and deducted
by the sheriffs in settling with the
State.
In regard to the case Mr.. w. C.
Douglas, attorney for the State Treas
urer. says:
Since 1898 the Board of Commission
ers for Wake county have authorized
the sherffs in settling with the Audi
tor FOR State taxes, to deduct the entire
cost for making out taX-lists and alb
stracts. which some years amounts to
$1,000 a year and in the aggregate for
the last six years has amounted to
over $1,000.
Our view of the matter under the
law s that the entire expense of eX-
ccuting the tax levy and revenue acts
is on the county and no 0ttler County,,
SO far as we have been able to find,
have ever deducted anything on this
account.
THE demand for payment of this
money was made on the board at it's
last meeting, but we received no an
swer to the demand. Therefore we
have instituted this action for recovery
VI tic PlliltlDdl WIFI INTEREST
THE state will. If possible, have the
case heard and determined at the July
term OF court. 1t can, however. be
heard then only by consent. If the
county objects It will 60 over until the
October term"
VANCE MONUMENT UNWILLING.
1t is now believed that the monument
to be erected to the late Zebulon Vance
will be unveiled on July llth, or July
18th. The foundry that is making it
now promises to ship the statue from
New York on June Goth. For various
reasons it has been deemed best to
have the unwilling on or about one
of the dates stated above.
HENRY MATHIS PARDoNED.
Governor Russell has pardoned Henry
Mathis, n white convict from Burke
county. Mathis killed man in a
drunken row and was sentenced for
twenty years. Five years of this have
been served out, and during that time
Mathis has been one of the best con-
victs in the penitentiary never having
had n black mark against him since he
has been inside the prison walls. This,
together with the fact that it is gen
orally thought that Mathis sentence
was excessive, induced the Governor to
pardon him.
CONFEDERATE SHAFT AT WIN
CHESTER.
a monument to the Confederate dead
from North Carolina. who are buried
in Stonewall Cemetery Mt Winchester,
Va, will be unveiled on June 9th. Gen.
Julian s. Carr, of Durham, the ex-
Governor of North Carolina, will be the
orator of the occasion. Various Confed-
crate organiza tons from North Caro-
lima and Virginia will be present on the
occasion. The monument was erected
by the North Carolina people. assisted
by Mr.. Charles neutrality-suspicious., OF
New York, who subscribed one-half of
The cost of the monument.
TO VIEW THE ECLIPSE.
The party of scientists and astrolo-
gers from Johns Hopkins University
has taken up headquarters at Pine
hurst, from which point it will OBJ
serve the total eclipse Of the sun. MAY
25tb.
Tie party from the Johns Hopkins
Ia the largest of any in the whole path
of the ecllpse's totality, numbering
'Profs. Skinner and Eichelberg, of the
Navy; Mr. King, assistant astronomer
Of the Naval Observatory: DR.. Chase,
Of Yale University; Mcssrs. Lawton.
Cotton and Cleve, OF the Naval Oh
Johns Hopkins University's physical
department. In addition to these sew
eral more Hopkins professors and stu
dents are expected to come this weeI,
and enc or two more from the Naval
Observatory. Some five or ten others
;;ove been pressed into service as as
sistants or observers.
Fret Baner, of the United States
Cora. and Geodetic Survey, has prom
t.oI ta a-.fo hi feI,
tory here, and Prof. Wood of the Uni
versity OF Wisconsin. n former Johns
Hopkins man, is expected to-day. When
completed the observing party at Pine
hurst will number nearly thirty.
An attempt is to be made to solve
many interesting questions which have
never been satisfactorily solved by the
observations ut previous eclipses. The
two most important problems deal with
the nature and constitution of the
corona and chromosphere of the sun.
CONDITION OF STATE BANKS.
A summary OF the reports of the con-
d!tien Of the State. private and savings
hank, OF North Carolina at the close of
business on April 90, 1900. has been is
sued by the Corporation Commission
TIE resources and liabilities of these
banks amounted TO $i422e.6ts.S9 The
-nc.rrccs and liabilities of the State
bansa wero sio.4s1 $3.50: ot the private
hani:s. s, .9teG Ca 4s; and OF the savings
hanks. 81 .S2o,370.52.
tho resources end liabilities of the
s:stc. private and savings banks are
r.-cn In detail MS follows:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. $685. 1852
Oyerdrafts .... ......... 19S17o.0S
United Statef, bonds.. $500 90
North Carolina State bonds. 1SS $3.50