The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-07
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, \. c., July 8.
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Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., July 8.
Up to this late 81 sheriffs have made
full settlement of county taxes with the
lstate treasurer, Pitt being the last to
settle.
State Superintendent Joyner spent
most Of the day at the Agricultural and
Mechanical college seeing the work at
the summe school there. This after
moon he went to Chapel Hill, where he
made an address at the University
Summer school. On Sunday he and
Igoing by sea from Norfolk, to attend
the National Educational Association,
which the governor will address. After
Mr.. Joyner's return from Boston he will
Igo to Knoxville, Tenn, to be there a
iweek.
3. G. Crisp county superintendent of
dare county, writes to the state SUPER
~lintendent that he hopes and expects to
lcarry the question of local aid to public
lcounty.
Senator Simmons says hat he has
for his " satisfaction made a critical
investigation as to the constitutionali-
lty and legality of the Watts Liquor
Regulation law, and finds that there is
mo matter more thoroughly covered and
Sustained by the decisions Of the Unit
ed States supreme court than the right
Of a state to restrain. regulate and alb
solutely prohibit the sale, and manu-
fracture Of liquor, n that the granting
Iof license on the part of the govern
Iment is a mere declaration by it that it
will not interfere with the sale if al
flowed by the state. Indeed, the Unit
ed States supreme court says that what
is commonly spoken Of as license from
the government is merely a tax by the
government and not an authority on the
Ipart of the government to sell, because
the government has no control Of the
internal trade of the state. and can only
authorize when under the constitution
it has control as to interstate COM
Werce, etc.
q bASlI1l0 oIlS 4oNSS N14ICS
Charles Price, of Salisbury, that the
l~latter's winning the Wilkes county
bond case is the greatest legal victory
ever Won in North Carolina. Prices
fee of s25,O 100 is by far the largest ever
received by a lawyer in this state. The
decision in this Wilkes county bond case
carries with it the Buncombe, Stanley
land Henderson and other cases, and be-
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other suits of like character ready to
be Matched. AS the lawyer who wrote
Ito Mr.. Price said, the decision has COM
pletely killed the reputation business.
J.. c. Maroon, Esq, for many years
well known magistrate here, died last
might. During the war he served in the
Confederate artillery.
Among today's arrivals were F. NJ.
Register, Tillery; A. A. Hicks, Oxford;
Walter E. Daniel, Weldon: George r.
King, Wilson; NJ. H. Holt, Oak Ridge.
The attendance at the Summer school
lat the Agricultural college increases
considerably Nearly all the Wake
Icounty teachers are there, n all from
the Raleigh school district are present.
Senator Simmons, who has been I'M
well here for some days, will probably
leave in a few days for Jackson Springs.
y new lodge Of the Junior Order Of
United American Mechanics was insti-
Ituted last night at the Caraleigh Cotton
mills here and State treasurer Lacy,
who was present. was elected one of its
~officers. He is the first state officer who
is a member Of the order.
There is quite a lively local fight here
along the telephone line. Raleigh en-
joys the unique distinction of being the
!only place in the world to have three
systems of telephone, the Bell, the In
ter-State and the Raleigh. Now the
Grocers' Union has started a beautiful
boycott against the Interstate and to-
day flooded the town with circulars,
calling on the people to drop the Inter-
State. 1t does not appear that many
private citizens will heed the advice.
A North Carolina lobster is the latest
.~arrival at the State Museum. and it is
a monster, weighing slightly over 10
pounds. 1t Would pass for a big lob
lster ever up IN New Foundland. 1t was
icaught at Currituck Inlet and is the
first ever known to have been taken on
the North Carolina coast. A special
case will be prepared for it.
The contest for locations for the en-
campments Of the three regiments Of
the national guard of this state wakes
even warmer, and the committee Of Of
icers has its hands full looking after
places and making decisions. AS yet
mo place IS named.
Strawberries are remarkab bly, late this
year, being yet tolerably abundant in
this section. They We're ripe last year
las late as December 10Th Another Gu
rious feature Of this summer is that
several varieties OF trees and flowers
are already in bloom the second time.
The news which comes from Jackson
Springs regarding the condition of Rev.
DR.. T. Z. Skinner is that he is a shade
better. He has. however, a severe at
tack Of pneumonia.
Tomorrow the State BCard of Educa-
ton Will settle the veXed question OF
consolidating the seven negro Normal
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