The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-20
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, y. c., September II.
Governor Aycock is greatly in ear
nest in his language regarding the pro-
ceedlngs for mandamus to force the
corporation commission to assess rail-
ways Tor taxation this year. He says
the corporation commission acted in
exact accordance with the agreement
made and with the legislative will"
He added "see my special message TO
the legislature OF this subject" This
message will be made part OF the ans
Wer Which the attorney general will
make 10 the application for mandamus.
IL Is the opinion of able attorneys here
tnat the answer Will Illuminate the en-
tire attempt to overturn a very Salemn
agreement in which the faith Of the
governor is pledged. 1t may be Said in
passing that Governor Aycock always
keeps his pledges and he says he in
tends to stand by them here. In his
message, on which the legislature acted
so promptly, that he transmitted the
report of the corporation commission
which showed that the railway tax
cases, so long in the federal courts,
were compromised and settled; that
the state was willing that the property
OF railways should only be assessed as
other state property is assessed; that
this settlement is just IND he there
fore recommended that the legislature
pioSC ie railways upon an equality
with all other taxable property in the
state as to the time of assessment, and
that the railway property therefore be
not again assessed until 1903. The rail-
ways under this compromise n agree
ment, have paid in to the state S44, SCI
general taxes. 1920 s into the school
fund, $101, $50 to the counties and
besides this have paid back to the state
all he latter expended for attorneys
fees. The governor said in concluding
his message that this is an instance in
which it vas wise both for the state
Inc the railways to come to an agree
ment.
The refusal of Governor Aycock to
pardon Mallett n Michigan, the ex-
business men of Tarboro, convicted of
swindling, was fully expected. They
Will have to serve their term of three
years in the pe%nitentiary.
During the state fair here in October
there will be a clay pigeon tournament
under the auspices of the Raleigh Gun
Club. There will be twenty events,
with S. added money in each.
d Thomas G. Fuller has return
ed here from Asheville, where he has
been for we months. His health con-
tinues very feeble.
w. K. Davis, one of the best known
residents of county, is dead.
He was buried here. He represented
that county thrice in the legislature.
Governor Aycock, when asked the
best way to protect the lives of presi-
dents said: by stamping out anarchy
n all organizations of anarchists.
You can accomplish nothing by enact
ing laws to protect the officer, for those
laws now exist. The way to prevent is
to provide against h advocacy of an
archist Doctrines
This morning neal Kittrell, while En-
gineer Thomas Enniss, of the Seaboard
Air Line, was making rapid time, both
side rods of the engine broke, and the
cab was wrecked. His injuries are
critical. He was brought here to a hos
pital. His home is in his city. He is
a son of the late James H. Enniss, so
we'll known all over the state.
In the supreme court this mornina
Attorney General Gilmer made the
formal announcement Of the death of
President Mckinley. The chief justice
responded and directed that the proper
entry be made upon the minutes. The
court as a further mark of respect ad-
Journed without transacting n bust
ness. All the members Of the Raleigh
bar in the city were present.
The capital was again closed today.
There will be public exercises here al
the time Of the presidents funeral.
A prominent lawyer informs your
correspondent that on the supreme
courts docket, from Nash county,
there is a case, a civil suit, which is
made a blind" for an outrageous at
tack upon an ex-judge Of the superior
our A motion is made to set aside
a Judgment, in order to make it appear
that his conduct was not what it
ought to have been. Ny informant
says that "the language used in the
brief is disgraceful and that it is an
effort to crafty private Spleen"
The state commissioner of agricul-
ture gives his hearty official endorse
ment to the call for a state convention
or cattle-growerS in this city this
month. to take steps to maintain the
price Of cotton seed and thus foil the
trust, which is seeking to greatly re-
duce prices.
GOLDSRORO GOSSIP.