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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-11-27

2: a. Irving spent Sunday in Park
erburg.
n: D. curkendan visited friends in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
SUNDAY SCHOOL TOUR PARTY.
Held a Great Convention Last Week in Halifax
County.
Especial to News and Observ

tSDtCidl 10 4NG"S Ill oboCI N1I'J
Enfield, N. c., April 11.-The Tour
Party of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association. reached here We'd
ncsday evening last. The town was full
of expectation for the meeting of Hall
fax County Convention had been thor
oughly published.
On Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock the
convention was called to order by Mr..
w. c. Whitaker, who for several years
has been the very efficient President.
A large crowd was present and almost
every white Sunday School in the county
was represented with a full delegation.
Prof. S. NJ. Smith, Rev. John T. jenkins
and Mr.. Charles Elmer Furman, of the
Tour Party, were present and the regular
program of the convention was entered
upon.
The meeting lasted through Thursday
and Friday with three sessions each day
the hall being packed each time. A grc9;
children's meeting was held Friday al
tcrnoon, preceded with a grand street
parade.
Rev. Walter Holcomb, of the Toul
| Party, reached Enfield Friday afternoon
and he and Mr.. Jenkins made strong
addresses in the closing session Friday
night.
Mr.. w. c. Whitaker was reelected
| president of the convention.
The Tour Party went from Enfield tC
Rocky Mount, where the Nash anC
Edgecombe County Convention assemble
| on yesterday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE.
Competitive Examination for Annapolis
Rural Fres Delivery Extension.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial TO News and ObSerEer)
Maxton n. c., April lin the com
pctitiye examination for Annapolis, held
hero on Monday, Mr.. T. ". DutSon. Of
Raeford. stood the best examination and
Mr.. Y. II. McKinnon, son Of DR.. McKin-
non, Of Red Springs, stood second. Rev
y. II. p. Wilson, pastor Of the Methodist
church here. conducted the examination
After Sunday Maxton is to have double
daily passenger service over the Atlantic
Coast Line extending from here to Ben
iEettsvilIe. The additional train viii leave
here ABOUT six o'clock in the morning for
Bonnettsville and return about eleven
O'Clock. BY this arrangement the trip
from here TO Charleston and return can
be made in a day.
Rural free delivery No. 3 is now in OPP
Grafton out from Maxton Two additional
routes Will be established at any early
date. The postoffce here has been re-
modelled and much improved. Among the
other improvements are a new and inn
proved system Of lock boxes.
Hon. G. r. Patterson has been advised
by the Acting First Assistant Post Mas
ter General that the rural free delivery
service out of Ashpole Robinson coun-
ty, Pailston, Robinson county, Lumber
Bridge, Robinson county, Lumberton,
Robson county, has been ordered OK
! tended, commencing May 1st. Two addi-
tional carriers are added from each OF
these points except Ashpole. Rural free
delivery service has been ordered estab-
lished from GAINESVILLE, Robson county
to begin May 1st.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
THREW HIM SELF INTO POND.
Not Believed TO Have 2een a Case Of Suicide
Klnstoa steam Laundry Burned.

Especial to NcWs and Obscrver.)
Kinston, n. c., April 11.-This morning
about ten O'Clock Mr. j. A. Braxton was
drowned in a shallow slough near the
baseball park under rather peculiar cir
~cumstances. Persons at two hundred
yards distance saw him leave the grand
stand of the ball park, walk to the water
ard deliberately plunge into it. Mr..
Braxton was a well-connected young man,
but owing to alcoholism, was said to
have been suffering from mania a potu
at the time. which was the cause of the
rash act. He was Immediately taken
from the water and physicians summoned
who labored with him for an hour or more
but were unable to resuscitate him. 1t
is not thought to have been a deliberate
suicide from the fact that the place was
iIl-chosen, the water being only about
three feet deep. He was twenty-seven
years of age and leaves a father, mother
and three sisters.
Last night about II O'Clock fire entirely
destroyed the Kinston Steam Laundry,
owned by Wick Bros, of Kinston and
Washington. The laundry was situated
in the extreme northern portion of the
city and although every effort was made
to that end the building could not be
soycd, owing to the distance from the
fire station and the lnfanmable nature OF
the building and contents. The loss is
about 80 900, with 1,7G0 insurance. Tbs
! firm of Wick Bros, own and run the
laundry at Washington, N. c., to Which
all Kinston laundry will be sent unit
the firm can rebuild here. which theJ
announce they viii DO at once.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
AS1R0NG ARGUMENT
c,eensboro's Object Lesson
in City Ownership.
7,s City Clears $1,000 Month on Water and
Iirb,s Notwithstanding the Heavy
Extra Expenses.
...faI to News and Observer

.GLts'El @ Wv SHN
-.toro. \. c., April 1.-THE report
c.,v Water and Light Commission
BOARD Of Aldermen last night
good showing for municipal
rshin. The plant was purchased
, months ago for $4,000. The re-
last night showed receipts over ex-
70 be nearly eighteen thousand
r.r. IN. about one thousand dollars a
north.
Considerable extra expense has been
..tared by the r%eplanting of water
-..r- and pipes, made necessary by the
'l.I.sa1c grading of streets. A water
g,..~ costing about S., 200 has also been
installed.
The commission viii soon have COM
.r.tad electric pumps, owned by the city,
and a 80. geo gallon metal water resor-
,,i~ There is now on hand about $50, 00G,
- The water system, and improvements
,o The plant. At the meeting last night
Mr. p. II. Morrison, a member Of this
,|yccIent water and light commission,
WAS reelected for a term Of three years.
The Grand jury in the Federal court
gamr1rted their work, and were dis
charged this morning, They found fifty
four true bills, all of them being of the
regulation revenue law violations.
The term of the court has been a busy
one with only two convictions by the
7ctit Jury. and those in small cases.
verdict of not guilty was returned in
every other case, and all through the
week. District Attorneys Holton, Hash
and Price, have worked hard, and fought
hard for the government, but they have
reen plainly ratified by the frequent &C
initials. SO far, no one has been sent
to prison.
John \. Rcncy, former postmaster at
Gihsonville, is now on trial for false re-
ports of cancelled letters to the depart
ment. Messrs. Bradshaw and Stedman
are making a strong fight for him.
When this case Is concluded, it is *
Qectod that court will adjourn for the
term.
Robert Stanford, who was shot at a
dis0rderly house here Sunday night, and
who fingered between life and death for
three days, is reported out of danger.
The woman, Mag Harriss, he accused OF
doing the shooting, was discharged from
Jail yesterday, and another woman,
Della Johnson, who admits the shooting,
was arrested. She says and is we'll cor
roborated, that Stanford broke down heI
door, and when he entered, she shot for
self protection.
J. n. Roney, ex-postmaster of Gibson
Vile, convicted in Federal court of false
returns was fined fifty dollars.
Capt. b. J. Fisher, former resident and
large property owner here, died at his
home in New York this evening. Col
John Staples, his close friend and attor-
ney. left for New York tonight by re-
quest Of Mrs. Fisher.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14

.Monteiro Magic Bitters best spring
tonic. Monteiro Medico Mfg. Co, Rich
mond, Va.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
THE SOUTH DAKOTA SUIT.
Attorneys Leave to Argue it IN the Supreme
Ccurt---Confederate Veterans.
Especial to News and Observcr.)

Especial to News and Observer
Wilmington, N. c., April 11.-Hon.
George Rountrce left last night for
Washington, d. c., to argue with other
attorneys, the South Dakota bono suit,
which has at last reached the Supreme
Court of the United States. Governor
Russell has also zone tt Washington 10
argue in behalf of the plaintiff in the
suit, The brief upon which the case Will
be argued for the State of North Caro-
lima was prepared by Mr.. Rountrec.
Cape Fear Camp No. 254, United Con
f|edoratc Veterans, held it's fifteenth an
nual meeting last night and elected Off
GERS for the ensuing year as follows
Commander, Col. w. J. Woodard; first
lieutenant, con member, Gait. Henry
Savage; second lieutenant commander
Capt. DeLeon Fillyaw; adjutant, Capt
A.. L. DeRos5et; chaplain, Rev. Df
James Carmichael; surgeon, Dr. w. d
Mcmillan; sergeant major, a. G.. Hank
ms; treasurer, o. NJ. Fillyaw; standard
bearer, Jesse Wilder. An appropriation
Of $40 was made to the jefferson Davis
monument fund recently established by
tho Ladies' Confederate Bazaar Asso.
cation, of Richmond. and the commander
was empowered to appoint representa-
ttfes from the camp to the re-unio II
New Orleans in May.
S 2. Swain was r~e-nominated 70!
mayor Of Southport Thursday night, ant
the citizens of that enterprising littl'
city entered upon an educational discus
sion, and it was decided at once to chang
III" present system of schools there to {
graded institution. and to divert all o
inns years appropriation to the cost o
a new building. Mr.. VIM. Weeks, al
entorprising citizen, donated the site
southport will hold a local option cleo
ton on tho first Monday. in June. Th'
town now has open bars and the idea i
to get ria Of them.
Mr.. !. II. Brand, Atlantic Coast Lin
@Ip"ri"tondcnt Of transportation for tn
hr9t o.Vision, has been transferred t
S@Farrah, Ga, and made superintendent
OF ta' second division. lie is succccde'
A'F" thy Mr.. W. J. Haylow, formerly sup
'.l@.'1dent Of the second division trans
Ior,atiOn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

New York, April 1.-THE statement CT
averages of the closing house banks Of
this, city for the week shows: Loans
500, 779,500, decrease $1,000 400; deposit
1854. $50. 900, decrease $3,931 500: circula-
tion s43, 126, 400, increase s155.70O; lega
tenders $65. 1914, 300; decrease $3.50. 500.
specie $l5S, 954 700, increase $S0S, 500; re
serves 1924, ?f9 900, increase s627 600; re-.
serve required $221, 3O7, 700, decrease sos,
S75; surplus So, IA 300, increase 81, 6l0.475
cx-U. s. deposit, s13, 06O, 775, increass
81, O3O, 400.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
COTTON RECEIPTS.

New York, April 1.-THE following arc
the. total net receipts of cotton at al
ports since September 1st: Galveston
/ 1858, SIS; New Orleans, 2,OS3,S52 Mobile
200. 292: Savannah, 1,249,G cot; Charleston
.2o7. $50: Wilmington, 323,123; Norfolk
1863. 500; Baltimore, 35,60S; New York
1871; Boston, S4,092; Newport News
IA. 401; Philadelphia, 23,077; Brunswick
'1O7, 3t6; Fernandina, 3,134: Pensacola, 132,
$50: Port Arthur, 1926; Port Townsend
IS, 1922: San Francisco, 32,993; Portland
Orc, 1,541: VoncouVer, b. c., -; Z
Paso, 1898; Eagle Pass, 1926; Laredo
L, 1923. Total 7,151.217 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14

ChsH quotations. We're IS rCfl0Wst
Flour unsettled; winter patepts3 30
03.Jj: str.tguJs - l0fI3 81. clears = 7GGr 10.
Q s2r'aS specials i.2l; sprlug patr7ts $50
30 DO s~traights 3."n3 -. uukers e. 20t27 20
I'd. 1s807iss. Corn ,a ,. 49, No Z yellow
10. Ga. No. 2 5a,0 529s; y. :, Whit 3 {
carey 5>n49 fair u choice msirInq 4705l ~.
Prime timothy seed $50; Mess gors per DO.
sh9ft ribs slles Goose, s9.6s0e .. Dry
- !ted 5 90 ders (boSed) S. -51S.o1n -noTt rtear
sides tboxed) 10 c00 70 %: Wofs1ey basis high
grade win l30. Glover. contract tra--. ST. -.
NEW YoRK
NEW YoEK. April R-F,our doll ard
nominal winter patents 1917 St MInnesota
Rye 10 sufet; rir 10 goo4 es0132,; ca Ice
Buckwhe, flour steady =. 9oG2l IS
Corn meal quiet; yelow Ne. 80 Sos.
Bye d'll: .e.'e-o 5ob,i sts 80
Ratie; MAT ste.dyi western 6Mth
Wheat-p DOT easy No. ,, r"Q, S9I. Closi-g
May ~; July 1874 septenber ~
Corn-opot du |; No Z. nonAp il ~; May
t0N; July 1914 September 40.
Q IS s OF cry, y" :. 81. May 80
BeeL easy; family sltW9lla; aess 5000
1000; beef ans s20.COQa2l.J 30 packe+ S1l 500l2.5J
Cut meats quiet; picked be lies 4AGlll4;
plcs].d .ho@l. efs "aaa; pick'ed ha,". ll1sMla
quiet; Continent II 81: corl oun 7>,Mo.
PorE quiet: family slA50; shorl cienr Is -
mess SlS.MlS 80
Tallow steady: city per package 81; coantrv
packages e 4Qtf.
Rosin quiet; strained common to good. s2.25
@2.30.
,ufpentine nom; Ar 55H056
Rice quiet; domestic, fair TO estrA AS;
Japan 44GI-314.
MClass9s nom: New Orleans 'op n kettle
good 10 caoGce 3l0i3.
Cotce-spot Rio quiet, No. I inroice 81
Sugsr-raw firm ihlr Q renn'n firm.
kutrer steady, eAta creamery -; : 80 lasrY
1927.
Cnease finn: small color-d fali made, 10; small
wn,te. il myde, 42.
Eggs strong; 1unte Ind Pennsylvania lEQl"H
S)4thern, ltH.
.'otn,oes quiet: Southern l.aM2C0; State
ana western y r i80 lbs. l1o0I.87 noAg Island
200; south Jersey sweess s2.50l02,3
Peanuts qu1 t; fancy ttAnu-ploAed 44OfH
domestic 2Au4h
Cabbages qulce; Charleston new 2000300
Fraights TO 4i7erpcus. -eGtoh - sGesaner -:
grain Id.
Cotton oil was quiet and firmly held; Pri"'
crude here romi"aI: Prime crude !. Q. 2 mill
summer yellow. 37m 90; prime white -. prime
winter yellow A., prime meal S26.501 y on noAi
BALTIMORE Provisions
RALrImoRr. Apri u Flour inactive ;tsa4'
liehr: Winter patents 3.75G3.90; spring fatent'
4. .3G3j.Z0.
er No req slutf,rf" wfos7 Nv SIM .5@s)
Com easier; spot 4036049h; April 49U49S
Southern wlitrcorn 49A
oats dull: No. wnlte, 420121; No. 2 mixed
I'VE steady; Nc 2 57h; No. 2 western
Butter nrm and lower; fancy lnltst'nl
fancy 2l022; creamery 30; fancy !adle
fancy ron l10lo; good roll 6Ol7; store pacze'
1A0lz.
Cheese firm, large IA; inealeAn E0l
s'E Sugar atAg steady; sne aud coarse gran.
uiated 5.01n.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON. N. c.. Apr. Ia Torpentlne
receipts IL casks.
Rosin firm at 81 IS; %rece'nts =,
Crude, quiet at s.. OOI3.5003 IS; receipts
p barrels.
Tar firm at s1.65 receipts 2i5.
CaARLEsToN. =. c.. Apr. 10 Spirits fur-
pentine nominal AZ; receipts ~; sales
Rosin nomins receipts :. = safes = OK
Quote A. p. C.1.oo; p. $3.50 F. sI,9o; T,
lbs. q. eco. II, >.3o; l., as: :, go u
$40; n. 3. 81: VIC, SIS; W, 4'SO
WANNA Ga. Apr 10 Turpentihe nom at
at ~; receipts :, sales exports
Rosin nom; receipts =. sales
Quote A. b, c. s2.o5: ., SOS; f
20 +, $40; q. SEQ; Il. $50;
2.85; K. $50, NJ, $50; n. $3.50; W"
S3.eS; WV S3.75.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
Market Report
by the Associated Press )

Chicago, April 1.-THE wheat pit was
the center OF attraction on the Board q
Trade today and as a result OF the ma
n pulation which has been in progress
The past week. May options declined
three cents md July otzc. 6at rallied
later. May closing :. 70 &C lower With
July down u. May corn closed shade
higher With oats unchanged. while proy.s-
ions were from PIC lower to 12i4c higher.
i.ea1lne futures ra1seo Is lolo~s
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
Negro Who Robbed Lady Caught.

Ashevillc, ~. c., April 1o.-A negro
named John Bracket was arrested this
morning, charged with the hold up and
robbery of Miss Campbell Wednesday or
Swannanoa Drive. Bracket said that al
one stage of the chase the ~oodhoun
were SO close on him that he had tc
climb a tree.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
Officers of Clayton Oil Mill Co

Especial to News and Observer)
.7|ion, =. c., April 1.-THE Clayton
'1I NH Company had it's first meeting
stockholders today and elected the fol-
.."iaS officers: President and General
1"A"s"r, A. j. Barbour; Vicc-President,
'' H. MrCullers. No secretary and treas
..'' was appointed but the following di-
..'"fa were chosen: Charles w. Horne
. J" Hinton, T.. b. McCullcrs, d. II
''' dIlers, G. =. Ellis and a. j.. Bar
Hour.
'"' company is to be incorporated
10y" " capital stock Of $40, 600. The To-
''''"R has been. secured near the depot
aug " side track viii! be put in at once
'"' building will go up Immediately
intended to have the mill ready
'' business by the first of October.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
NEW YORK \

NEW York. Apr. II = p. m-Cl2s.Irim
mercantile PAGER $500 per cent; sterd4s
exchange steady with actual buslnes II
HANGERS ills at 48i. tea so. 10 tor damAnl and
at 4l3.l0l83 - 80 day BIT Posted "a e,
4s41 m4S7n; Commercial bills 1919; Bar
silver 49A; Mexican dollars 81.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT

New York, April 11.-For the week
ending Friday, April 10th. Net receipts
at all u. S. ports same week last year
1871. Total receipts since September
1st.. 7.151277: total receipts to same date
last wear. 7O34SS7: exports for the week,
119 AZ. exports for same week last year,
43.s41. total exports since September 1st,,
: 944 q67. total exports same date last
year ! geo $50: stock at all United states
norts. 23n $50. stock at all United States
norts same time last year. 654,4 04 stock
II all inferior towns. 1S9. S91: stock at all
interior towns same time last year oof,-
GS2; stock at Liverpool, 69o,oeo' stock q
Liverpool same time last year l,---,ooo'
stock of American aoat Tor Great l'IlI-
ain, 19S, 900; stock of American al1oaI lol
Great Britain same time last year 'o'0oo'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14

nose Tersed in woodcraft can tell a
"'S"ood tree by its bark.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-24

VILE. 1t is to be hoped that the report
is not true, and that the county town
will not invite the perpetuation of con-
ditions worse than those already depicted
by the people. Whiskey tears down. in
dividually, commercially politically.
Here is Yadkinville's chance: Initiate
Elkin in forbidding the sale or manufac-
ture of whiskey and in time it will be-
come a centre of business and manu-
featuring. The whiskey stills in Yadkin
county have been an injury to that county
If the corn that has gone into whiskey
for twenty years had been put into hogs
and all the demoralizing influences of
the stills had been kept out OF the county
it would show more progress in every
way. There are as noble people in that
county as anywhere in the world. n
spite Of the demoralizing. influence of the
stills, they have improved their schools
Hundreds of devoted mothers and faith
ers rejoice that the temptations from the
stills will shortly be removed. They
hope and believe that a brighter day has
dawned for their county and that its
morals and its politics will improve.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-24
WHY THEY CARRY THEIR HANDS
IN THEIR POCKETS.
Savannah Morning News.

Savannah Morning News.
Why do the men of North Carolina put
their hands into their pockets at the rail
way stations and other public places? An
observant Chicagoan passing through
North Carolina recently counted 1853 men
at the stations. Of these 721 had their
hands in their pockets and 916 were lean
ing up against something, as if they were
too feeble to stand. An appeal was made
to DR.. Dabney, Of the University of Ten
nessee, to explain the phenomenon He
said that the men were merely enjoying
temporary relaxation from their Gus
tomary habits of life and had assumed
what might be termed an attitude of re-
pose. BY placing their hands in their
pockets they added to the ease and grace
fulness of their positions and disposed of
what might otherwise be awkward mem
bers A North Carolina mountaineer. he
explained, puts his hands into his pock-
cts for the same reason that Spanish
senorita handles a fan.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-24
CAN STOP MOST OF IT.

Referring to a recent editorial in this
paper about frauds practised by New
York commission merchants who handle
North Carolina truck and other perisha-
bic stuff, North Carolnian, residing in
New York, who has learned much oil
the trickery in business in the metropo-
lis in a private letter, says:
"You cannot get Northern men to fight
apparent success. Money here is a neces-
sity; in the South a convenience. Hence
the greater sensibilities of the South
erner and his greater Willingness to con-
tend for the right. Pretended virtue in
the North Stops over. Test it and you
will find how spurious much of it is
1t is too true that there are many
men in the large cities who have sys-
tematically robbed truckers and others
by false returns-a very easy thing to do,
owing to their perishable character and
the rapid market fluctuations. Unfortun-
There are even some truckers who would
put the finest berries at the top of the
basket and some apple growers who
would put the finest apples at the top Of
the barrel.
The truckers have stopped much of the
robbery by organization. They can bring
it to a minimum if they will have per-
feet organization.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-24
BIBLES AND FLAGS PRESENTED.
Or. Winston Speaks as Governors Representa-.
tivs---State Councillor Hood Presents
Tokens
Especial to News and Observor)

Especial to News and Observer.)
ceremonies attending the presentation of
handsome Bibles and United States flags
to Union and Henenway public schools
of Wilmington by the two councils o.
junior Order OF United American Me-
chanics of the city, were held last even
ing in the Academy of Music.
DR.. Geo. T. Winston. who ably repre-
scented the Governor, delivered a capital
address, emphasizing the need of indus
trial training in the common schools Of
the State and paying a high tribute to
the principles Of the Jr. o. U. A. M. The
presentation of the tokens was by State
Councillor Geo. Il. Hood, of Goldsboro
who arrived on the evening train with
DR.. Winston. The visitors were met at
the station by the local military a COM
mittee from the junior Order, members
of the city school committees and the
Jr O. U. A. NJ battalion commanded
by Col, A. Watkins and Capts. w E.
Yopp and R. H Cowan The Naval Re-
serves fired a governors salute in honor
of DR.. Winston who came as the off
cial representative of the chief executive
of the State, and the visitors were escort
ed to the orion, where State Councillor
Hood was entertained. DR.. Winston was
the guest while in the city, of President
Jas. H. Chadbourn, of the Chamber Of
Commerce Chairman VIM. ]. Belamy of
the local arrangement committee. was
master of the ceremonies at the Academy
and prime feature of the exercises was
the singing of national airs by two hun
dred school children, dressed in pure
white and occupying seats in the dress
circle of the theatre. The flags were
received in behalf Of the schools by
Misses Carrie Duffy and Edith Butler,
each of whom made a neat and very APP
propriate little address. The flags were
unfurled from over the school buildings
this morning in the presence of hun
dreds of delighted little folks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-24
TAX DODGING.
Asheboro Courier.

ASheboro Courier.
There are others besides corporations
that should be classed occasionally as tax
dodgers. We know of a tract of about
100 acres of land off of which the owner
has sold within the last year about $500
worth of timber and recently refused $3.50
for the timber remaining on the land:
yet this tract of land is on the tax books
assessed at s100. Suppose the assessrs
were To raise the valuation of this tract
to IS or Sc per acre, in the neighborhood
of it's true value, there would be a howl
in that mans household.
We recently heard a gentleman from
one of the best townships in the county
talking about the heavy taxes paid by
the township in which he lived. We re-
Gently had occasion to investigate the
valuation of property in his township
and found where several tracts of land
had been sold at from three to five times
their assessed value. There are many
tracts of land in the county and near the
towns which are not assessed any higher