The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-16
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, \. 9, juno l..
State Treasurer Lacy says there win
be needed this year an increase Of the
valuation of property Of between $780,
GOO. 900 and $3.50, coo, 600. III order to get
ONT of debt and stay out. OF course this
Will not meet the appropriations for
1903 because the taxes on the ASSESS
ment made this year will not be avail
able until 1904. The state tra2surer
made an estimate of the cost OF operat-
ing the state government for the Years
1884 as being 50 H99. 600. To this sum
the Legislature added S152,OOU Tor TWO
years. The present assessed value OF
property is S341. go. 209. 1t appears that
the deficit for the two years, lSo5-i,
will be something like 5000, 900, when
the legislature hoped would be made up
by the increased tax derived from the
license for diStillerieS and the increased
LIQUOR tax. these it being calculated,
will raise S156, 900. Estimates Of the
increase in valuation of property vary
very widely ranging from fifty to one
hundred and fifty millions. Some of the
officials seem to think SeVenty-hVe mil
ions will be something Hke the inquire,
this being a little over 20 per cent. IN
crease on the assessment made four
wears ago. 1t seems to be the view that
most of the increase Will be in town,
but there Will be some in the
of country property.
1t is learned, and is confirnatory of
the statements of the largeneSS of the
movement of negroes out of the state,
that never before were so many houses
vacant of the class occupied by negroes.
Persons who have the renting OF houses
! say this.
DR.. Watson. of Davenport, Iowa. IS
| here, as an expert on building stones,
| and Is making Il special study of the
| Nor+h "a ro1in1 GRANTEES This Stn6N is
| with a view of aScertaining their
| economic value and geological lmpOr-
| lance. in connection with the geological
surveys. He is now at work III the state
| museum. where there is a large COllec-
! ton of granite. and also IN the quarrleS
in this vicinity and will from here go
to other parts of the state.
It is learned from Commissioners OF
| Agriculture Patterson that Congress
man John II. Small has for nearly Il
year been working very earnestly TO IN
duce the United States department OF
| agriculture to collect statistics of the
| truck crops, these to be available py
truckers during the growing period of
| such crops, in order to AID them in Sc
curing proper prices and to avoid gIut-
tins the markets..
The legislature made provision for the
use of 5000, 900 held by the state board
of education. as n loan fund. to be lent
to counties desiring to improve public
school buildings or erect new ones. IT
is learned from the superintendent of
public instruction that applications for
the loan fund are pouring in, the aggre-
gate is not yet known. but must already
approach the 800, 900 figure Wake coun-
ty, for example. wants $4,000. This is
the largest amount SO far desired by
one county.
While on a recent trip to the ECrth-
eastern part Of the state, Governor
Aycock was the guest of Mr.. Horton
Corwin. Jr., on the latter's vessel, the
Arm and Hammer. Today the governor
sent Mr.. Corwin a state flag, to be dis
played on that vessel. The governor
today returned from Asheville and says
he enjoyed greatly his visit there and
the meeting of the American Society of
civil engineers.
In an interview with T. 3. Carther.
secretary of the state Farmers Alliance
he said that that organization was
taking on new life in many sections,
notably in Granville, Vance. Franklin,
Nash and Columbus. and that he has
letters from several other unit say
ing armer are ready to re-organize
as soon as lecturers can be SeEt TO
them. He regards the outlook for the
alliance more hopeful now than at any
time during the last few ears When
asked as to the future quality Of the
alliance. he said it would foster bet
ter methods of farming and education.
especially agricultural education. would
endeavOr to promote cooperation in
business matters and would seek TO I'M
prove the social life Of the country.
A charter is granted the ChipsO
: Brick and Tile Co, of Fayetteville, cap
itaI $780, 600.
Today the widow of the late Phile-
man Z. Hawkins, or Warrenton, was
buried here. She was ar aunt of Colo
mel A. B. Andrews.
The Vfrginia-C Carolina Co, is arrang-
ing to build another plant here, with a
capacity of $4,000 tons annually.
The weather continues so cool that
as Yet there is not much Of an exodus
to the summer resorts.
A number of the North Carolina cot
ton mills are sending funds for the Ie-
lief of the South Carolina flood suf-
ferers.