The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-01
ASSESSMENT BY STATE
VALUE OF RAILROAD. sTEANROAT
TELEGRAPH. TELEPHONE COS.
Treasurer Lacy to Deliver Address
at Portsmouth-Audubon Society
at Work-Graded school system
Growing.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh. y. c.. August %.

with a capital Stock OF $50, 900, the
stockholders being Senator f. u.
Simmons. Congressman E. w. Pou and
William T. Dortch. of Goldsboro.
State Treasurer Lacy leaves tomor-
row for Portsmouth. where on sum
day afternoon he will deliver a me-
mortal address on he late F. NJ. Ar
thur, the head of he Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers. The address
will be before the Brotherhood of
Portsmouth and vicinity at their spe-
ciaI invitation.
1t is learned at the Office of the
state auditor that some of the corpor-
atoms are still slow in sending in their
reports. The claim that this is due
to the sloWneSs of the assessors and
boards of equalization. and that they
cannot obtain from the latter the val
uation of their cal and personal prop
erty in order to deduct the abmount
of this from the capital stock. The
delay is giving the auditor a eood deal
of trouble.
Fifteen sheriffs have vet failed to
make total settlement of their state
taxes. All of these except two or three
have made partial payments.
The state department of agriculture
44%S SoAAAE II CIO0 Z
port for August, but is waiting for re-
turns from wv or three countie and
will make the report public Septem-
Der 1st.
The supreme cour+ will on Monday
examine applicants for license as at
torneys Up to this date thirty-eight
of these lave registered. On Tuesday
the first district will be called. There
are no state cases on the docket from
that district.
B. G.. Green, Esq, of Warrenton,
who is here saws that his late towns
man. e~X-Judge Charles H. Cook,
where home is now in the Indian Ter
ritory, is doing very we'll there and
has made soma excellent investments.
Governor Aycock has been sent a
photograph of the BIZ tree in the Vel
loWstone Park named North Caro-
lima" in n OF this state. The tree
is an immense one, exceeded in size
by but few.
General Matt w. Ransom passed here
yesterday afternoon on his way to
Blowing Rock, w"o~n there are most
of the members of his family and
where he spends a part of every sum-
mer.
1t is expected that the attendance
at the Agricultural and Mechanical
College at the opening. NJ in fact
during all of the coming term will
III 1CSoIi-
There are now seven branches of the
North Carolina Audubon Society. The
one here is actively at work against
ViOlatorS Of the game laws. d
Il warrant was issued for a man who
a few days aeO killed a wild turkey.
The warrant is issued upon affidavit
of the county game warden.
The state superintendent has issued
a complete list of the county superin-
tendents Of education and also those
of city and town graded schools OF
the latter there are now no less than
50. The graded school system is GER
tainly growing in North Carolina.
The officials are greatly pleased at
the action of Dare county in going 50
strongly for local aid of public schools.
There are 10 schools districts in the
county and some weeks ago three so
voted. Now 10 more vote that
Later on the other one will be car
ried.
The following is the assessed value
of railway property, steamboat n
telegraph and telephone:
Alamance 500. 7O9.43 :, Alexander
1928, 0O3.67, Arson $91S. 354.55. Beaufort
$449, 100. so. BERTHE s5S7. 354.oG Bladen
$671, 301. AS. Brunswick $685. 1919. Bun
Ctmte &'.256,3S7.5S Burke 'o2,jo..53
Cabarrus S531 ,639.0 90 Caldwell SIP, 1886
Camden $1G3, OO9. SO. CarterrI $1@4.5t=@I.
O. p[''F'i cO.Cc, CG(n ~
Chatham $3.50, 222.50, Cherokee $685.
0G9.96, Cnowan s1S9, 3O7. AZ, Cleveland
ES46. 2S4.55 Columbus 81 liz 91 ~,
Craven $G%1 1894. SO, Cumberland $1,GS%,-
599.S5 Currituck 1915. 3d. 5. Dare SS,-
541.t6, Davidson $764,14S.19, Davie. s17S,-
499.75, Dur!in $3.50, 2o2.9G Durham ST.
4G7.I62.2$. Edgecombe $l,lS1,f:3&S,
Forsyth $1.422, 26S.1O. Franklin !479.-
530.24. CASTOR $1,2O3, 764. "a. Gates $685.
6 !.20, Grecnville 81 9S, 1885, 10. Greene
s172.91, Gujlford $2,261, so i Halifax
s1.937 .352.1S, Harnett s6il.7I6.91. Hay
wood S537,41S.4S, Henderson S259, 3C2.54,
HEREFORD $@93, 1854, Hyde $40 ,0j2.4S.
Johnston $1.N5, 1911, Jones s434,S75.16,
Lenoir S44l,569.75, Lincoln S421 ,349.7G
Macon $G5,297.O4, Madison $.11, 614.05.
Martin S1.244, 031.34, Mcdowell $685.
477.55. Neckienburg 1922, 704.SS. Mitch
ell s199,3G4.13, Montgomery 171,.S1.33.
Moore s1.29., 694.17. Nasn S77+.30O.92.
New Hanover 81. O59, 4O9. SO. Northamp-
ton LOSS. 493.S So. Onslow 1928, S95.5S,
Orange s541, 322.50, Pamlico 1866
Pasquotank S240,471.26, Fender S1,542.-
444.32. Perquimans 1926. SAG. 30. Person
1870, S99.21. Pitt s1.45S. 949.51. Polk 1922
54S.63 Randolph $685.. S1S.61. Richmond
1862, S49.27. Robson $685., $685. SO. Rock
ingham 1919, 3O1.16. Rowan 81. 344. 1854,
Rutherford 1856, 9S2.67. Sampson ST.
-0i.t---C1, HNolIclll oOiJ.JDU.1 To- u
s12O.427.79, Stokes 1868. 43O.O1. .Surry 81
O09. 1888. Swain s95+.Ol7.O7, Transyl-
vania s99.425.S7, Union sS17,461.22.
Vance S772. 994.53. Wake 81. 967. O66. 20.
Warren $3.50, 274.27. Washington s447,-
441.16, Wayne 81, 400. 24O.S SO. Wilkes $780,
3S44S, Wilson $S1IS57.91. Yancey $1S,-
S54.S1.
The following railroad assessment in
the western counties for the years 1898,
1902 and 1903 show how greatly values
have increased:
Buncombe-1S9S. s567.S69.67: 1902,
1913. O6S: 1908. 81. 265.4 SS.7 :.
Haywood-1S9S. So. 454. 10: 1902, s264,-
159. IS: 1908, 1888. 1925.
HendersOn-1S9S. S203, 920. 80: 1902.
1921. S6S.37: 1903, SPAS, 220.41.
Transylvania-1S9S, $22. S26.1I: 1902,
s53.S37.76: 1908, 500. 10000.
swain-1S9S. s146.637.26; 1902, s469.-
1908: 1908. $94S. 800
Jackson-1S9S. $S7.500.65 1902. $780,
325.12; 1908. $685.. $50. 20.
Macon-1ssS. ss,S24.23: 1902. sS1.473.SO;
1903. 500, 1888.
o 1coo 400 I 60. ,ane sot1 =