The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-06
CANDIDATES FOR
THE SPEAK-RSHIP
The Genera Assembly convsnes
in January Next.
THE VALUE OF COUNTY MAPS
Movement 10 Secure Them in Schools.
Case IN the Federal Court in REGARD
10 sero.ns oosce"e Literature
Through the l4.aus.
THE VALUE OF COUNTY MAPS
Especial Dispatc, 10 The Times ,

RALEIGH, N. c, December 5.-Dor-
Ing tue recent state conference of county
saPer-iitenaeats CT pubnc schools here
great saess was put on the importance
Of detailed ana accurate county mags
10 BE- pa; in the school houses and for
ass in planning consultations OF dis
t9lets II was found that only five
coLat4es IN tie State had them. Arson
u tAe IL ST u place an oroer Tor suru
Pap ia 'ins ordered one at a cost OF
s-g5, 70 be pad Tor, thr.e-1ourths by the
county board OF eaucauon and one-fourth
py Inc county commissioner
IN. W. e Baker. VINO was struck by
SoUthen train al Fayetteville Street
c:osslns tT%o weeks ago. died st Rex
Hospital at ll:f5 o'clock last night lie
vas sixty years old and leaves a wife
aid four children. His skull was slightly
fractured in the accident. but it was not
thought TOR several days that death
would result Eye Witnesses say no
blame can be attached to the railroad
people for the acci~ent.
There is considerable oushwl1acking
going on now over tbs Office of Speaker
10, the lower house of the State Gen5ral
Assembly. which conrenes early in Janu-
sry, The most formidable candidates are
S. NJ. Gattis. of f3ilisboro. and George L.
MORON, OF New Hanover. and while ex-
1.cutenant- Governor r A Doughton. OF
Allegheny. is not an active candidate, his
fl.snds are urging him for the place
The place carries with ii consi6era BILE
prestige and patronage. and the fight for
!. is waxing warm Mr.. Gattis is here
to-day and seems conadent OF winning
out
-be y-,i+sa c-..es nfSt~;.- Court is
In session this week, Judge Purcell pre-
siding The most important case trisd
was against Charles Il. Randall. J. A.
Wilson and J. c. Wilson for
sending obscene literature through
the mails They are highly con-
nccted in Harn-tt county. and are
81 under twerty-one years. They re-
ceived letters from a. Chicag go house and
agreed to act as agents for a notorious
beck, only a Boy Orders were taken
and the books Sent by the publishers di-
rcct to the purchasers. When the case
came up for trial Randall plead guilty.
and the cases against the Wilson's were
not pressed.
state officials do not receive very fav-
orahly the legislative recommendation
o: the North Carolina exposition com
mission bearing on the scheme of taxa
ton published in this correspondence
recently. 4 number OF the proposed
changes are regarded as too radical. and
some would require constitutional amend
rnents TO put them in operation. There
is a diversity or opinion as to the ad-
Visibility OF advancing personal property
exemptions from S25 to $500. Some be
Ijeve this would practically do away
with q large per cent. OF the present IN
come from these sources. The Consttu-
ten provides that there shall be an ad
vaIornm tax and the commission rec
onnn1ends that it be dispensed with and
frcone. franchise and Inheritance taxes
Re substituted State Auditor Dixon
said to-day:
Whine more revenue VIII be needed
and must b. raised and some changes
s-e necessary in the present revenue Avs.
] DO not think Tat the system should
be upset