The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-20
MILLIONS | N; Of.
INCREASE.
Eighty-hvc Out Of Ninety-seven
Counties Make a Fair
i. Showing.
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~4raNA@ asa nNrs. AN AtAPA
TOBACCO MARKET ADVANCES
Flag Ruising Exercises to Mark ark
the Celebration Of Thanks
giving Day in Raleigh.
1snccIal "a ,l,ho Ttnea. 8 ispatchJ

II a tSpecial.to Tho -Dfsphtch.) j
RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. IDA conplla-
! zion OF tho abstracts Of property tax
! valuatio from eighty-fivs Of the ninety
. seven counties. furnished as REQUIRED by
4 law. TO the state Auditor, shows an In
crease Of $40. s11 III over the valuations
previously In FORCE. There are fourteen
counties yet to report, aud II H. stinnated
i that thesc will run tho total assessments
! up to about $685. ,0W increase. s.
rho abstracts show that tho largest In
crease was In Buncombe-$2, Oh. 110-and
tho smallest. Polk, with S42, $50 lncrdase.
Counties having mere than two millions
4 increase are Buncombe, Mecklenburg and
Z Wake. Seven others have moro than ohe
million Increase. IA ls. |.
Friends OF Lieutenant Clarence O..
I. Bherrell, son OF State Librarian ID. 0.
sherrcll, learn with pleasure OF the
I lieutenant assignment to serve With
several other army officers at White
House social functions.
MARKET ADVANCES.
The Raleigh tobacco market has ad-
yanced, dealers say, from $3.50 to $500
Der hundred pounds the past few days.
ana farmers arc much better pleased with
tho prices. Planters eenerally continue
to hold the best grades OF their tobacco
for higher prices &. 81
rhe Special committee appointed by the
last convention Of tho North Carolina
Bar Association to proceed to establish
I. a, North Carolina Law Journal. met In
thls city and elected Judge James G.
MacRao. dean of law in the University
OF North Carolina, as edftor-tn Chief.
and expressed the hope that Professor
N. y. Gully, dean OF law In Wake Forest
College, may DO associated with him
The association guarantees the running
expenses of the publication for tho first
1 year.
Attorney General Robert D. Gilmer, at
tho request OF state Treasurer Lacy.
renders an opinion TO the effect that
tunIr>er, poles, croas tio5, logs. etc, shipped
to some central point and held there unt,l
sufficient quantities Of certain sizes and
grades are accumulated before reshlp-
ment to points out OF the State, are not
exempt from, taxation ns FOODS In transit
Interstate. Tho test case CANA from
Wilmington. where such material had
been gathered for export BY the Standard
Polo and rio Company, who resisted tax
alton. a$1 !.
/ FEATURE OF THANKSGIVING.
feature OF Thanksgiving observance
In Raleigh will be .'flag-raising cxer-
cises," under the auspices OF the Junior
i Order O0llnO AIIleTILuIl 90
the Centennial public. school building,
S.Attorney-Ge rieral;G iimer will make the
speech presenting the flag. and State
Auditor B. F. Dixon that presenting the
bible.
State superintendent OF Public lnstruc-
( ton + y. Joyner has perfected tho pro-
gramme to be used in the public schools
OF the State In Observance OF North
Carolina Day. December 18th. Tho sub
feet will be The Lower Cape Fear
Section" and readings and declarations
relate almost exclusively to this suo'
ject.
some days ago State Commissioner
OF Agriculture s. l.. Patterson wrote TO
the sty,aster.General at Washington
asking that some steps be taken TO pre-
vent boil weevils from being sent through
tho malls. as It seems that they are
spread around considerably in this way.
Tho postmaster-G General. replied this
morning that he has Just issued rigid
instructions to postmasters throughout
the cotton belt to receive none. undes any
consideration for transmission for any
purpose. "A,
! Tho Secretary OF state to-day chartered
tho Rowland High School Company. OF
Rowland; Robson county, with $4,000
capital.