The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-13
SPECIAL TAX FOR SCHOOLS.
Suureme Court to Decide upon
ifs ConstitutionaIlty
nr Moment m With TyDhom
Ev.r-Rate Case Hearing at WASH
inston-Year's Work SHOWS chs-.
tent Results in Many Lhnes
fers Granted.
Messenger Bureau

.t.re will be arguments in the case
e., E,ranklin county, which involves
the right of a county unoer the oon
stitution to levy special tax IN OF
dor to bring the terms OF its PUBIC
schools up to four months III edch
uear Just twenty-one years ago IN
s.e Rarksdals case, the state supreme
cnurt decided that taxes could not
he levied in excess of 66 % cents
ON the s1OO and 50 on the polls That
decision gave black eye to taxes for
school purposes. But things nave
E,roadened since that time and now
if is contended that such tax IS
not only necessary but must be levied
to keep pace with public improve
ments in an educational, as well as in
q material way The state is there
fore confident that it will win in
this new endeavor. The state itself
has tried to aid in every way in feep-
ing the schools open 10 lthe four
months period, but as matter of
fact that duty properly devolves Don
the counties The constitution in MN
datory. Nothing can be clearer.
Insurance Commissioner Young o.
day turned into the Treasury his Al
gust collection, SAL ,3O1. 73. |
Rev. Dr. A. H. Moment, the paste
of the First Presbyterian church hereI
is sick, his disease being typhoid fev5
er. His many friends here and ha
has them among all denominations,
are much concerned about him. He is
one of the ablest preachers in the
state and is most accomplished schol
AT, who has travelled a great deal Ov-
er the world.
A charter is granted to HOrsefOrd
Power Company of Hickory, which is
TO develop electric power at HOrseford
Shoals, On the Catawba river, in Ca
tawba, Burke and Caldwell counties,
the amount of capital stock being
$125,000 and A. A ShufOrd and 9TH
ers being stockholders.
"A charter is granted the Goodwill
Telephone Company, of StOkesdale,
the amount of it's capital stock being
$4,000
The Peoples Savings Bank and Trust
p Company of Randleman, is granted
charter the capital stock being $5O,
900.
TO the surprise of the other com
,nissioners, Chairman McNeill of the
90 c,ornoration commission and Secretar!
RHswn came in this morning from
Washington bringing news that. t.ere
Southern railway rate hearirgomer,1
before Special Masteraid that n
would end today. 11nade of t'e next
nouncement we-0 nedrln@ "ouiu pe
place w -...'S
,a1-eCevening the annual meeting of
= Chamber of commerce and indus
2 tfy was held for election of officers The
year work was reviewed, excellent re-
SUITS shown along a number of lines.
'Such as the winning of greater Rail
eigh; the extension of the street rail- |
way to nearly double the old mill |
cage; the formation of half million |
life insurance company; a 25 per cent |
increase in the sale Of leaf tobacco, and |
general awakening of life in MAN.
ways ii f,SI3I
A great deal of sympathy was ex-
pressed here today for the Charlotte
observer because of the fire which
damaged its plant to dome extent.
Governor Glenn wrote a letter TO Ed |
itor Caldwell in which he expressed
his regret.
Few people have an idea of the ex-
tent to which beverages are sonsum-
ed in drug stores by the thirsty pub
hc. Only two drug stores are opened
here on Sunday and last Sunday one
OF these sold nearly two thousand
glasses of one thing or another, list
OF beverages at all such places being
NOW very large one.
A manufactOry has been established
at Raleigh of fine tiles, and it is in
eended to go into art work along this
line.
The brick business has been more
Ahnportant mere this summer than ever
before. The peniteneiary has a large
plant and so have the Carolina Press
ed Brick Co, and the Johnston Brick
Co. The output has been heavy at
all these plants, and much new ma
chinery has been insalled Another
company here make brick at the cop
per mine property on the Raleigh and
southport railway, few miles from
the city. The demand for all kinds
of building material was never so
great as at present.
An aged confederate veteran, who
gave MS name as Sykes, was before
tne police Justice here today, for car
ry1ng concealed weapon, but Mr. Bad
ger was merciful, and let him off with
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