The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-03
Messenger Bureau.

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. n. c., February 26.
A charter was today granted by the
state to the Winston Handle Company,
Of Winston, capital s25. 900. w. A. B.air
and others stockholders. The company
will make handles Of all kinds, golf
clubs and novelties. and is gwen power
to operate furniture factories. etc.
The legislature is now working under
what may be called high pressure. The
house was in session until after mid
night last night.
Today. a favorable report was made
by the committee on public buildings
and grounds on a bill providing for
the erection of a state arsenal and hall
of records. on a site purchased by the
state several years ago, adjoining the
capitol square. 1t is SO late in the ses-
sion that there is fear the bill may not
pass.
Il. NJ. Parker, postmaster at Key,
Harnett county. was arraigned today
before a United States commissioner
charged with making false returns as
to the amount Of stamps cancelled at
his office. for the purpose of Increasing
his compensation. He is also charged
with having sent away a large amount
of stamps in payment for goods. Par
ker was held to appear at the federal
court here. His discrepancy is nearly
s40e.
ThaTp wa Lose folk fnGnU q hOnf the
HAYWOOD murder case. Haywood's at
torneys are in nearly constant confer
ence with him In his cell. The attor-
news for the prosecution. Messrs. Wood
ard, Norris Gillian, Graham, Daniel,
also have daily conferences. There is
in some quarters comment on the fact
that only one of the Raleigh bar ap-
pears for the prosecution and it ap
pears that there is also outside of RAJ
leigh a good deal Of talk about the same
hin The search for witnesses of
course continues.
Among today's arrivals were w. w.
Barber, Wadesboro; j. F. Ray, Frank
Ray, P. H. Cooke. Gastonia.
Today the typewriter finished the
long report of the Investigating COM
mittee on the charges of cruelty to con-
victs at Marion. Senator Warren the
chairman said the committee would at
once max up it's report on the evil
dence.
Ex-President Frank O'Donnell Of the
State Liquor Dealers association is here
and said of the Watts bill that it was
not "a very bad bill. He declared that
rumor that big distilleries particularly
In Kentucky were backing the Watts
bill was absolutely false.
tiona Correspondent school, OF Scran-
ton, Penn, for $4,000 for SANDER.
The case will be heard in the federal
court here in May.
! The Revenue Act.
In the house the consideration of the
revenue act was completed by commit
| tee Of the hole The changes made in
the bill as presented by the finance
committee are really few and unim-
portant.
Section &c providing how liquor license
may be procured was adopted.
Section 81, the merchants purchase
tax provision was mex considered. Mr..
Watts of Iredell moved to strike out the
whole section. He wanted to protect
| the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS q tax which is
J clearly unjust and oppressive. The
amendment was lost. Mr.. Moore, OF
| Cumberland, moved to amend to make
a uniform rate of twenty-five cents on
each thousand dollars sold. This
amendment was lost. Nh. Freeman, Of
| Mecklenburg. moved to make it thirty
| cents. Lost. Mr.. Love, of CASTOR,
] moved to amend to provide that no
county. city or town shall levy any
additional tax. Section 81 was then
| adopted.
Section 6S relating to insurance COM
panies. SO to dealers in pistols. 20 to
pianos and organs, Il cigarette dealers
and manufacturers, y public ferries n
bridges. 70 liquor dealers purchase tax,
"A emigrant agents. IS itinerant occu-
lists. &c trading stamps, a defining
taxes in schedule c.. IS privilege tax on
railroads, 79 rate of taxation, so eX-
press and telegraph companies, 81 tax
on corporations. 81 one dollar for each
marriage license, SO seal affixed by
officers, "a licenses to be counterSigned,
IS inc for benefit of school fund, SIS
misrepresentation of taxes deemed en-
bezzlement. 81 duty of sheriff in cases
of violation. So unless prohibited, coun-
ty may levy same license tax as the
state. SO appropriation for auditor and
treasurer. 80 license to be exhibited on
demand, 81 subjects of taxation revised
in this act not otherwise taxable. All
the sections being adopted the commit
tee rose.
No Action Taken on New Stock Issue
New York, February 25.-At a meet
ing of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railroad Company today no ac-
ton was taken On the new stock issue.
Routine business was transacted.