The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-08

To the state From the New corporation
Tax Law-The states Special school
Appropriation Condition or state
Guard Not Good
Messenger Burteau.
Raleigh. n. C. November :.

Raleigh, ~. c.. November =
In the course of an interview with
an official of the state treasury he said
there would be but little increase in
the states receipts from taxes this year
under the new law imposing a new tax
on corporations Looking over the
books he found that the receipts from
this new tax have so far been only
$500. Great results had been expected
from this tax II fails to meet the ex-
pectations.
The chairman OF the corporation COM
mission says there viii in the aggregate
be q considerable increase in the states
income. He Is now making a calcuia-
ton and says the result will in a few
days be made public.
The state charters the Charlotte Pipe
and Foundry Comapny. capital SIC. 900:
W. F. Dowd and Others stockholders.
The competition here by buyers OF
cotton seed is the most active ever
known. Charlotte has buyers and a
a mill at another point. The manager
OF the local mill says the receipts OF
Seed so far are good. larger than had
been expected.
Your correspondent had n special In
terview with Inspector General Balm.
OF the state guard. Colonel Balm, when
49, ~ NAN vi AAf uaA4
said: The force is not In good shape.
Yet II is in better shape than ever be-
fore. n encampments last summer
were certainly the most successful.
both as TO drill and discipline OF all
ever held. There is wide room for I'm
provement OF the guard. As to sug-
gestions looking 10 this end there ought
TO be an appropriation to pay the men
for duty in camp. There also TO
be a change as 10 the election of off,
GERS. These ought 10 stay In service
as long as competent. The frequent
changes are damaging. Then the en-
listed men ought to be required. save
for the very best reasons, 10 serve out
their three years term. / find that
now the average time served is only
about fifteen months in fact the ma
Jority emains only about h time.
The discipline is very poor. II ought to
be far mere rigid. / nave nearly COM
pleted the inspection. In a fortnight
they will be completed"
The sheriff OF this county is a farm
er and an observant one. He says that
he finds that more moving machines
have been sold here his year than in
the ten years previous. The burgers
are using them largely TO cut grass for
persons in their neighborhood. In Thu
way he says the hay crop will be a
very large one here.
Claude Barbee, a well known cotton
buyer here. says that a great many
farmers abandoned their crops last
spring and in the early summer. after
the great and nearly steady rains. He
says the condition OF those rme
who have gone in debt for their sup
plies is deplorable; that he cannot re-
collect when they were in so bad n
a as at present. Their ability to
pay is less than ever before. Many OF
this class of farmers are very despon-
uenf They FnDQF6 this nc hHr Fn- a..
worst year since 1867.
Assistant State Librarian Marshall
Delaney Haywood will soon publish
a life of Governor William Tryon. and
a history of his administration in the
province of North Carolina, 1765-1T1I.