Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-14
NORTH CAROLINA STATISTICS.
Condition or state Tinnnccs-Adju-
tant-GencraI!s Report.

RALEIGH. N c. December 1S.-(Sre-
ciaI.)-The legislative joint committee.
having finished its examination Of the
books. vouchers etc. in the offices Of
the State Treasurer and Auditor, to-day
made its report
The receipts Of the general fund, the
repott saws. were 81, a97. a5S FOR the fiscal
wears ended November Goth last while
,he disbursements were 81 .S6f Goa, leaving
s:.a54 balance 4 year ago the balance
was S. 900 on tho wrong side OF the ledger
The receipts o. the educational fund
were S16.l75 the balance December i, 1901,
teirg $355c4, the disbursements We're
8. 100: leaving on hand sfS,ao9. There is a
public school fund of sI45, $50 in state
bonds in the Treasurers hands. this De
ing the property Of the State Board of
Education 1t may be that this fund or
most Of il. will be applied to the public
,sSaoois III 1907. If tits is done. it will
lake a strain off the treasury. The fund
came from the sale OF swamp lands and
tic bonds have been in the treasury a
number OF years.
The legislative COMMITTEES found the
books Of The Treasurer and Auditor to be
admirably and correctly kept
GRANITE COMPANY CHARTERED.
a charter is granted the Hidderite
Granite Company capital s1Oe,0o0, with
headquarters at Salisbury. It's quarries
Nf be IN 4AbeInarle county. near Hid
tseDite
The Legislative. halls are being ti1orough-
~ cleaned, for the first time in many
years. All the woodwork and the walls
as We'll are being cleaned with soap ano
water. and the Improvement is remark
able
4 mad dog was killed here today after
IL had tried TO bite three men and had
5itten horse and eight dogs
Among to-iay's arrivals We're c. D.
NcTvor, OF Greensboro: George Badger
Harris, Henderson; II. N Heath, Char
iotte.
AS yet not 81 has been received from
the public schools of the State as re-
suit Of the appeal for contributions on
North Carolina Day this year for the
Sir Walter Raleigh statue fund. The
money will have TO be raised by other
means thar this.
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
The report Of Acknowledgement Beverly
g RoysteI, 10 the Governor was made
t"-day and says that during the year
,!2ere has been very decided Improvement
IN the general condition OF the State
Guard. The officers are impressed with
the need Of attention to details and The
result is gratifying. The dick bill" now
before Congress. Will Greatlv DeCefit the
gua;d Ind give It S2G,0a0 mere OF sun
ifli'Fo II VIII EGlSp pay ISi III
stIuctiou OF troops in field service. The
strength of the guard q year ago was
2,0S2. II is now 1896; there being two
Infantry regiments, Of twelve companies
each and one of eleven companies; q bat
terry Of light artillery: four naval militia
divisions. and three regimenta bancs
There are one company and one division
less than last year. and many companies
have discharged all inactive and iueffi-
Gent men.
The troops are well distributed in the
State. so as TO give all sections the bene-
ii Of their services. During the year five
srtanuF companies and one division Of
nasai militia were disbanded ana four
new companies accepted There are so
many applications on file that 1t would
he caE:' to double the present strength
OF the guard. The condition of the guard
Is ia m"st respects better than ever be-
fore. Khaki uniforms will be Issued TO
the troops in the spring. Five times ar-
ring the Year al Wilson f2dertor1, Sails
bury. Henderson. and Charlotte, the