The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-11
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At the Agricultural Collexe-Pre-ene
Tax Law Co be Discussed ae state Bar
Association Neeeing-The Election
Case In Federal Court at Charlotte.
Messenger Bureau.

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. C. June 6.
The very poor playing OF the Raleigh
base ball team is greatly reducing the
formerly large attendance. The team
has very property cropped Meade. its
shortstop. and ought to drop Pitcher
Sutch. whose work this a Is very
oor
The attorney general is preparing en-
opinion as to whether the salaries Of
judges n state officers can be taxed.
He leaves tomorrow for his home at
Waynesyille, to remain until about the
end OF August
The board OF agriculture establishes
LEO tree scholarships at the Agricultural
and Mechanical college these being re-
stricted exclusively to agricultural stu
dents. The retiring professor OF agri-
culture. Irby. told the board with great
plainness that the college trustees
paid little or no to the agrf-
cultural work. The dc board tried to
defend itself and insisted that Irby had
had a show. The board OF agriculture
also gives s.. zoe to be expended in pay
ing agricultural students for h work
they do on the college farm. The free
scholarship Is worth $50. The other aid
given will enable such students to save
about one half of their expenses.
The board of agriculture has not only
appropriated all Ii has in the way OF
funds but has evidently as the printed
budget shows. drawn heavily upon ext
years income. in fact TO the extent OF
Some 5000 or more, IL appears.
In the federal court here today as in
teresting case was tried-that OF a man
named Lunsford. OF Roxboro. charged
with embezzling mail matter. Con-
gresham w. w. Kitchin is OF counsel
for him.
Saturday Chief Clerk Moody OF h
state treasury goes to Charlotte. As on
Monday the case against him in the
federal court comes up. the charge be-
ing that as registrar for the election
last August he refused registration TO
negroes. He says the case will proba-
bly, end with a mol pres. but hat he
will go prepared for business I'm any
event. and that no snap judgment will
be taken on him. II is understood that
all these elections cases will go of the
docket. as did the case at Greensboro.
A very prominent gentleman who has
made the calculation says hat IL the
money which the legislature has in the
last 80 years expended on the peniten-
tiary had been applied to the public
debt. ii would have entirely e~xtinguish-
ed the latter. including the 81. 500. 900
mortgage on the North Carolina rail-
way.
At the annual meeting of the state
bar association at Wrightsville. June
9th. James H. Pou Of Raleigh will
make a speech by request. on the new
tax laws of the state. He will handle
the matter without gloves. He will
say hat the law is too inquisitorial
ard bears too heavily upon corpora
tons: that it more than tends to dis
courage the association Of men OF
small means in chartered companies.
that in regard TO such corporations IL is
as inquisitive and g%rasping as IL they.
like railways. had far more extensive
rights, the right OF eminent domain for
example.
Summer religious meetings are to be
held here in a tent.
The work of collecting exhibits for
the negro department at the Charleston
exposition is in progress here. Many
exhibits will be transferred from the
negro state fair.