The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-03
RALEIGH
!. ..DISPENSAR|'Y!l'
Docs 4 Fairly Good Business on,
tile First Day It
Opens.
the NEW CHlLD.LABoR LAW
No One Under Twelve Years Of
Age May be Employed III
North Carolina.

North Carolina.
& 4 !, (special to The Times fspatch.)
r. ArTtG1I, N. e., jan, 2.---Aftcr the an
Mai meeting Of tho board Of directors
OF The State pcnitentiary last:ngh de-
stalled statement Of the operations OF tho
lng.itution for tho past year was trans.
tn!tted 10 Governor Aycock, general
summary OF which shows the assets to be
s1os, sOs.T8, with no liabilities. The as
sets are stated MS follows:
Ealancc in treasury, $2S3Sl.S9; eme.-
IT,, s45 ,S07.10; two hundred and sixty
bales OF cotton at $G5, SIG 900; s. 500 bushels
cotton seed at 25 cents, $3.50: $500 BUSH
e!s peanuts at 3s7I1 cents.JS7 ,262bO; 1900
jt,iishels corn a 20 cents. $500; sixty tons
hacked shucks; 5000. Grand total, $lo0,-
SQ376
1he first days business by tho Ra-i
ss,jgh dispensarys shows 523 packages sold,
sfSr $331.OO The profit on these sales IS
AZ the rntea OF vG5 g2-3 cents The dispen-
ssr5 opens at sunrise and closes at sun
set.
sEAn investigation BY the coroner Into
the death OF the negro, Will Joyner, al
Cary Thursday night resulted In a decl-
sion that no Inquest was necessary, as
every one seemed satisfied death was
cnused by Joyner's going on the railroad
track while drunk and being struck by
a passing train.
q Thnf'child lnbor law OF this state went
into effect yesterday, prohibiting the en-
ployment OF children under twelve years
Of age. The labor commissioner said
to-day that there are very few children
Indeed under that ago being employed
In mills now in this state.
NEW CHARTERS.
Charters were Issued this morning for
four new corporations by the Secretary
Of State. 5.s Z ts a VI q An !.
King brothers Tobacco Company Of
greensboro; capital, $4,000; 3incorporators,
j. w. King, Ewerette King and A.. B..
$Kimt.ell THE company will manufac-
ture cigars. chcroots: also chewing to-
hacco and smoking tobacco. etc.
THE Burton-Rose Company, OF Ren-
gdcrson: to buy cotton and cotton seed
arid operate cotton gins. G. {J& Burton Is
1900. = 80.
Merchants Hotel Company, OF Selma;
to erect and operate a hotel The CAPT.,
tai is SO, 900, and r. B. Darlington and
DR. r. j.. Noble are among the incorpo-
rutors IS
The fourth companyiiss the ". B. War.
ron$ Company, os5 Wade, Cumber and
county: incorporated with 5000 capital.
to operate lumber plant.
Congressman c. r. Thomas, OF the
First District Ia In the city en- route from
hin home to Washington to resume his
duties in Congress. He has strong hopes
OF getting his inland waterway scheme
In favorable shape before Congress ad-
touring this session. He st11inksthc Senate
will certainly ratify the Panama canal
treaty.
Judge Thomas r. Purnell, Of the United
States court, Issues an order Remaining
tho case OF w. T. Hughes and Company
KS Peper Tobacco Warehouse Company
Is Franklin county Superior Court for
trial, for the reason that the amount In
viewed is less than 5000.
ANNUAL REPORT.
Tho North Carolina Corporation Com
mission issues their annual report as
state tax commission, which shows,
among numerous other important Items.
thar 7.7s3.s94 acres OF land are valued
at s4.a5 per acre, CASTOR county leading,
With sl3.43 per acre valuation, and Dare
court least, with 90 cents per acre.
The towns showing largest real and
rtrsonaI property valuation are: Ashe-
Vile 81, osG, 31S; Charlotte. IS. c4S 6GO; Sails
bbry; S2,160, 7os; Greensboro; 50 ,s8 ,59I !;
Durham s03so,et2; Raleigh, 5.s1s o02;
Wilmington; s. 171,lo0
Solvent CTeQllS IN LIE sotduS ~
$2S, 456,158 Forsythe leading, with 81 $780,
e5s: Dare least; with IS ,sN.
Counties showing largest Indebtedness
are Mecklen burg: 1854 SOS: Rutherford.
sl4S; 300; Cumberland $123,3O0 Z
Towns showing largest Indebtedness:
Asheyille, 81, 100000: Charlotte, s605 200;
Greensboro; s452,740 Wilmington, $685.
Co.,
Tax rates, Including municipal, State,
al in q v q
in towns, are: Ashevi2e,f $3.50; Whining
ton. $2,.4s Greensboro. 500; Raleigh.
$685.: Salisbury, Sl.s6.
H The total amount Of taxes levied In
North Carolina for 1902 for State, school,
county and municipal was SIPS, 445.74.
1'bic was on total property valuations,
etc. amounting to s346, S7s.o3.
The report Of Corporation Commission
shows that during the year only 6S.O3
mi es OF railroad were constructed and
nut into operation the total ut the end
Sof the year being s,76oss niles in ope-
ration. Net earnings were greater than
ever before. Gross earnings amounted
. to $1a,mGS15 and opera ting expenses
sic, 1861 SRI. There are 1852 men em-
ployed against i ,40l for the previous
ysar. G5fl
During the year le1 persons were killed
and 1857 injured, against 81 killed and
1860 injured during the year previous
@. those killed this year. were passen-
gers, 4s employees, slNtrespassers and -
not trespassers.
There were $3.50 complaints made to the
commission during 1908. the greater part
bong settled by correspondence satlsfac-
torily to all parties.
The commission reports that there are
new 1855 banks In the State. against 100
last year, the present. total resources be-
Ing So6,1Ss,2so. There arc 80 building
and loan associations operating In the
State, with assets aggregating S2,232,507.