The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-10
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Pencil scratcli$tt Issttc III Case
Now . Occupying Nortl,
Carolina Court.
LIBRARIES For .: / \ I: R !: s

Proceeds From Dog Tax )sed33
55to Provids School 4 ting
Jury III, Seaboaair.dtg Case g: Sc
3!s Especial to The n les- lspatcl1.)
a i, Il ,T1t,11.i N, $ q, March {, Standing!
Master Eugene Martin, Q. Carr, co lln5.}
scl Tor bondhosders and ex-Judge II. Is
Bryan, counsel for @ commissioners & of
lOnslow county, Ill three OF Wilmington,
arc here examining records In the onslow
county. bond case, in which the county
seeks to repudiato $4,000 bonds issued I. y!
under an "a ct OF 1886. a ccordlng q q
ruling ofthe Supreme Court both the ~ aye
and the no vote must be ecorded int ne
slcgislat,lre when vot ting BY yoll r kt AZ
rs + Bond tissue bills. "a In this case n the
sanyo', vote 4 Is recorded and there isS q
mark after tho '.no'' vote which the
county commissioners contend is only q
comma ana tile bondholde rs Binsist js the g.
figure "onci" signlfylng ono vote II ca ~.
II they IRE II ght tile bond s&s a list, Vald
underline ruling. \ n ! sds only g comma
then the bonds are good " s93@
Libraries for Negroes
,rho secretary 81 state issued u charter
to the a shevillos Furniture Company Of,
Ashevillc, capital s. 900 J. Ramsey
principal Incorporate md ITO the Lex
ington Merchandise Compatl " u capita VI, VI.
COO subscrlb bed NY 81 ]. GolyS and OF lers.
8,rhe state superintendent OF public 10 in
struction is Informed that Ed oonmbhe;
county has, out Of tho proceeds Of g dog
tax provided a lbraries for i the coiore So
public schools In the county I,tbr g ~
had previously been prov ided for allSWn ~
schools SS IS A gg5
National councillor;31y ". =. T aison, Of
tho Junior Order United I American y Me- ls
chanlcs, n says the order In this state N,5t'
has grown z IN i ten years from ne TAI,
OF the procession to I he second 4 10 rgest
membership OF any secret order IN ne
state, there being q $50 members. I'd q Pill
"a tons were received & vest erdaY 70 new;
Hodges SIM Forsythes and lford n co url-
ties Ss The Nat onal Councillor has JUS re-
turned from Florida. whore he ~ insti-s
tuted a Stat ouncl. Io$5yill 9 soon q
to Louisiana on a similar rnlsslon. N 81
Internal revenue 9 fficials % here 70 90. day
goldtto the Raleigh "a spensnry $40 gallons
OF whiskey that had been 4 seized Il from
John Blue, at Hoffman, Richmond Scoun-
ty The whlskey was found /, hid 9 Vt
tho woods & M sIS4 }s5
a ovcrnor Glenn Is anxious II to find II.
AT Sledg &c, or some near rela tive OF Mss
to whom can be delivered a Blood STAINED
Testament picked up on the bat y efleld
ut Fort Fisher in 1864 by ] p. r cid y g
Massachusetts, a Federal u sold ie The
Testament bears a. ynliab Die insert p ton
New School II ouses. 4
ri rrho9 state + Board ZOE iEIlrca ton has
dust approved loans IL to he amount 81 OF
s21,742 from the sta to- loan fund n to thirty
ono 4 counties for use y In building new
school houses The largest amount is 70
Pnmllco county. Other no able loans are
Sampson, 81 $50 Robcson, 81 500; Cleye!a
$3.50; SDuplin, 1850 These loans are. 70
be repaid ! in annual instruments with
Interest within ten years. .is
q rho Legislature re-cnacted rs the AZ rural
school library law, allowing each county
ten dollars each for six libraries and
Six supplementary libraries over and
above any libraries that may have been
gotten under the previous opera ton o g the
law. s5l5 Already applI cations are coming in
under the new lay. Vance Is first, ask
Ing for five, Durham county for six and
Guilford for five. 8
There is hung Jury In the cnse of
Cunningham & Hlnshaw vs., Seaboard
or cotton In the Hamlet compress two
years go. The case has consumed more
Ethan a week Of the time Of tho court
and there is no probabillt yS OF O YER
dict being reached. 8s ,s gJ Es3
Price Of Cotton and Tobacco.
Colonel ohm s. Cunningham, president
Of tho North Carolina Cotton Growers
Association, and the North Carolina To-
bacco Growers Association, after attcnd-
|ing the Legislature US tho rcprcsentatlv e
from Pearson county, gave to the press
an address to tho members o { tho two
associations. urging them ito red uce ma
terialqy both these crops and TO- ma axe g
speciality Of growing all their supplies.
II this is carried out he $ls c Z:
the SUCCESS of the efforts Of tho farmers
to keen the prices Of cotton and tobacco
on aaprofitable basis. NJ IL b ss ~
II NEW COURT REP RTER. s3l
The Supreme Court elected q. Craw-
ford Blggs, OF Durham, court reporter,
to succeed w, Walser. OF Lexlng ton,
whose torn Of office expired February
list. Mr.. Bggs Is elected to- hold office
at the will 4 Of the court, !. instead "a OF "a
fixed term, as has been the practice N
the past. He finished at the State Unl-
yersity and was assistant professor Of
| law Il there several years, 5 reslgnlng 10
begin practice OF his profession In, Dur
lham six years ago. IIot is secretary OF
| tho North Carolina Bar Assoca tion, The
salary as reporter is 81 200 and the court
does not interfere with. his practice,
rho jury In the cese of CUNNING ham
| ana IIInshaw VS.. tho Seaboard All Line,
Involving $4,000 damages for the burn
| ing OF! cotton$in the Hamlet compress fire
two years ago, returned q verdict to-dayi
a fter being out twenty three hours. the
finding being that tho fire was not due 70
n INV negligence on the part Of the rail-
road company, which was. therefore, not
liable. .S ~
GREAT BUILDING.