The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-07-14

few returns that are already in from
the counties show increases in tax
values of from two to three millions
and numbers are expected to run up
to as much as five millions or morre
increase. Commissioner E. L. Travis,
appointed Tuesday by the Governor
to succeed the late H. G. Brown, has
joined Chairman Mcneil and Com
missioner Lee and is taking up his
part of the arduous work that is
ahead of the commission for the next
ninety days.
A conference between Governor
Capt. George J. Studard, of Washing
ton, N c., representing the Malta
muskeet Railroad Company, has just
resulted in an agreement on the part
of the Governor and his Council to
allow an additional thirty days for the
people of Washington to make the ar
rangements necessary for assuring
proper terminals for the railroad at
Washington under the pending pro-
position for the immediate completion
of the equipment and the operation
of the railroad which the State has
acquired a large interest in through
the grading of the road with convict
labor in exchange for stock. The
time for the adjustment of terminal
conditions at Washington originally
allowed expires within two weeks.
Then there will lbe the thirty days
extension of time just granted. 1t is
understood that there is every assur-
ance that the arrangements will be
made.
The North Carolina Historical Com
mission is taking steps to have guam
titles of the old and very valuable
historical papers that are in a bad
state of preservation reinforced
in such way as to assure ther preser-
vation, the process of treatment IN
c1luding the application of very fine
transparent linen material to the sur
face of the old manuscript that will
admit of the free use of the papers
without the danger of further wear
and assuring their preservation.
The Last Speech.
Ex-Gov ernor Aycock gives the fol
lowing as some of the reasons for the
Ware-Kramer failure:
Some Reasons for Failure.
Ex-Governor Aycock declared that a
reason for the Ware-Kramer Compa-
ny's failure was that it started with
too small capital, that with S25,00
capital there was bought $4,000
worth of tobacco, machinery had to
be bought. The factory was burned
in May, 1906; there was need to buy
new machinery, there was four
months idle time and then in June,
1906, was the removal to Norfolk,
where the plant was enlarged. There
was a change from an open shop to
a union shop, and this was not for
the love of union labor, but to get
union labor patronage, and such con-
SumerS were not secured; that then
the business became non-uniOn again.
The advertising was declared to have
been a matter of great extravaganza,
enormous in amount, unwisely and
carelessly used. That expenses had
run away with and eaten up the
Ware-Kramer Tobacco Company as
had been admitted by Mr.. Ware IN
1907, and these expenses of those
statesmen, that at the very height of
the business, there was a loss of 27
cents thousand on white Rolls.
Ex-Governor Aycock here discussed
the matter of figures in the books,
showing the condition of the Ware
Kramer Tobacco Company, and that
from these it would be deduced that
tobacco had been written up one year
$35, 900. 1t was argued by ex-Govern-
or Aycock that the books had been
written up to cover up mismanage-
ment.
Here he was interrupted by Mr..
Daniels who stated that there was no
evidence to that effect, but the evi-
dence showed that tobacco was not SO
written up.
Discussing the matter of damages
asked for, Governor Aycock said that
it was not until 1908 that the Ware
Kramer Company put a value on it's