The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-12

ness mlUOn dollar marx, nut tndt mas
been reached within half that time, and
we are now going to put agents into
Virginia and other States. Agents of
outside companies do n large business in
North Carolina and We intend to do a
large business in other States as we'll as
in North Carolina
Mr. L. D. Robinson. of Wadesboro.
representative from Arson county, was
in the city yesterday He says Mr..
James A. Lockhart will be the nominee
for Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court.
Asked as to what the people Of Arson
thought of Mr.. Lockhart Mr.. Robinson
said: t'You can't say too much for him.
The whole Pee Dee Democracy is for him.
| He is as good a lawyer as there is in
North Carolina. He is a big Drained man
with lot of common horse sense to
| boot. Judging from advices received
| from Mr.. Lockharts friends from other
! counties, it appears that he is going into
the convention a sure winner"
l was talking last night with Hon.
James R. Young, State Insurance Com
missioner. about the steady increase in
the revenues which the State derives
from the insurance business. 81 think
the revenue for the year that will end
March 31st will be in the neighborhood
of $130,000," said Mr.. Young. at may
not be quite that much. but it will not
miss it far. Asked about the increase
| in revenues since the office of Insurance
Commissioner was created Mr., Young
| said:
"In 1898 the amount paid into the
State Treasury by the Secretary of State
on account, of insurance was about eight
| thousand dollars In 1900 that source of
revenue brought in sol 900. For the
eleven months of the present fiscal year
have paid the State Treasurer 1923, 242.
which is $50, 169.0S more than for the
whole of the previous year Yesterday
| paid the State Treasurer $2S,SS775, which
made up the $123,2i2 The receipts for
March promise to be in the neighborhoOd
of $4,000, which will bring the yearly re-
ceipts up to something like $3.50, 000-or
$4,000 more than the sum collected for
the biggest year when the INSURANCE De-
| partment was connected with the office
of Secretary of State.
1t was a good days work when the
State created the office of Insurance
Commissioner / happened to be looking
| over the records few days ago and
! found this TO be a fact: The class of
fees that formerly went to the Secretary
of State now covered into the Treasury,
is more than sufficient to pay the entire
cost Including the salary of the Com
missioner. of the Insurance Department
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81 was reading in the Statesville papers
! last week an incident that the people o:
! Raleigh ought 70 know about" said Z
well known citizen in Raleigh last night
| There was mad dog in that town who
bit two people. Immediately the gooo
citizens of Statesville raised a subscrip-
| ton and secured enough money to senC
! them on to the Pasteur Institute in Bal
! timore for treatment. About the same
! time-in fact during the same weeks
! farmer living near Raleigh Mr.. j. w
Ayent was bitten by mad dog. He is {
poor man-does not own farm but is Z
tenant on the land OF Mr.. Mills-and hs
was advised to go TO Baltimore at once
He borrowed the money from a gooC
friend and was cured. 1t cost him in thu
neighborhood of $3.50. all of which eX
cept SIS he had to borrow. l happen t
know that ne has had to take his chill
dren home from school because this eX
pense leaves him no means TO pay tn
expense It has occurred to me that
the good people of Raleigh knew the cir
cumstances they would be glad to do b.
Mr. Avent in his misfortune and afflictiol
what the people of Statesville did D.
those who were bitten in that place"
| TIT
his name printed, but he said: / VII
give Ave dollars to fund TO help MI
Aycnt" Are there others? If so, tn
, News and Observer will be glad to receiv
! it and turn it over TO Mr.. Avent. Tn
? money ought to be raised in day.
a ~
q Wake county has spent many thou
sand dollars in making good roads lead