The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-20
THE TAX INVESTIGATION.
Charley Mangum's Skull Lifted from
His Brain-Death of y. A.
Pearson.

(SDeclal TO News ana oDSeINcl'J
Durham, N. c., Sept. 19.-The board
of city aldermen met again tonight.
the session being adjourned from last
night. The business transacted at
these various meetings of the board, is
i'm regard to the tax question that was
raised a short while ago when some
members OF the beard of aldermen
discovered that many of the corpora
tionS were paying to the county ana
State ta--es on larger valuations thah
they We're paying to the city. Notices
have been sent out to about thirty
five of these corporations to show
cause why the property valuation
should not be increased and also why
back taxes should not be assessed for
n period covering tive, years.
This investigation is moving along
smoothly and without a hitch up to
this time. The CORPORATIONS are not
resisting where II is shown that two
values eyist on property within the
city. 1t is understood that there will
be little or no kick coming regarding
the back tax question. Both the al
dermen and the corDorations are
working to get at the proper amount
that shall be paid into the city treas
ury i'm order TO even up and settle
the question.
AS stated IN this correspondence at
the time the investigation first started
the fault is not with the corporations
but with former city officials who
failed TO transcribe the amounts of
excess as assessed by the Corporation
Commission.
When the matter is finally settled 1t
will add several thousand dollars TO
the city treasury in the way of back
taxes and the property valuations in
the future will be considerably larger
than in the past. 1t is expected that
the entire matter will be fully and
finally settled within the next week
or so.
Fire i'm West Durham.
At an early hour this-morning there
was a small fire in West Durham.
| One residence. a two story structure,
| belonging to the Erwin Cotton Mill
| Company and occupied by T. II.
Hodge, was destroyed. The firemen
! of West Durham prevented a spread
| of the flames and Durham sent up
one company to be used in case of
! emergency The building and furni-
ture were tnsured.
Died Of Poisoning.
J. A. Pearson. who was about fifty
years of age. died at the Watts Hos
| pital this morning between and 8
O'CLOCK. ttOf'dlIe DolSODlnS WAS lHe
cause of his death. He was brought
| here from his home in Hillsboro on
| the early morning train. reaching the
hospital soon after four o'clock. He
| was then close to deaths door and
| had very little pulse. He never rail-
| lied end died at the hour mentioned.
| Mr.. Pearson was taken i'll Sunday
night. having eaten beef. corn and
beans that day. He left a wife and
several children. all of whom live in
! Hillsboro The body was taken back
| to Hil!sbOro on the afternoon train.
| The interment and burial will take
| place tomorrow.
Under an Operation.
Charley Mangum. the white man
| who was seriously hurt in Mangum
township several Sundays ago. was
| brought to the Watts Hospital late
| last night and he underwent an op-
Grafton this morning. Ir this case it
| is claimed that the wounded man and
| several companions were under the
| influence of whiskey, and We're play
| ing when Mangum fell backward into
spring branch In the fall the back
| part of his head struck a stone, and
| from that time to the present he had
been unconscious. DR.. j. M. O'Kelly
went out to Bahama yesterday for
consultation. and it was found that his
skull was fractured. He was then
| brought here and this morning the
operation was performed by four or
five doctors and the skull lifted from
the brain. At this time it is impossi-
bic 20 tel what will be the outcome
| of the hurt.
| Killed an Eagle.
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