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2 HE GETS HIS CLAIM JOSIAII TI MER GRANTED 81.- eno ON AN OLD CONTRACT AS PUBLIC PRINTER. FULL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE Though the old Contract has been lost all the Evidence Obtainable was Taken Under Consideration--I>ift'er cnce in Measurement of the Letter “M” and the Quad Em—Two Prac tical Printers Called in by the Com mittee. The Legislature, by a joint resolution, ratified March 11th, having appointed the Secretary of State and the Auditor to re-examine the account between the State and Hon. Josiah Turner, for the difference due him for public printing during the years 1871 -’72, on account of difference in measurement of the letter M and em quad, they decided, after hear ing all the testimony obtainable, that Mr. Turner was due54,030.7>2, as was printed in this paper several days ago. This decision was based upon affidavits by persons connected with the office at the time and by the report of a commit tee of the Legislature of 1871-'72 and the Auditor's report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1872. This com mittee, having found in the Auditor’s re port the amount deducted up to Septem ber 30, 1371, called to their assistance Mr. J. 0. Birdsong, the present State examiner of public printing, and permit ted Mr. Turner to select an examiner for himself. He chose the Hon. Joho Nieh 018, also a practical printer Tnese ex perts were charged to examine only the work done by Mr. Turner as far as could be found, for the year 1872. As*the claim was of long standing, having come up before all the different Legislatures for the last twenty years, and as Mr. Turner was once a very prominent figure in State politics, we give below the report of the committee in full: To Hon. IV. H. Worth, State Treasurer of North Carolina : Sir :—By virtue of a joint resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, known as a resolution in favor of Josiah Turner, a copy of which is hereto attach ed, we have made an examination of the daims of the said Josiah Turner for bal ance due him as State Printer for the period embraced between December, 1870 and December, 1872, and as • re quired by the said resolution, hereby certify our findings to you. We find that the contract made with ome Jas H. Moore, Agent of the said Josiah Turner, during the above named period, cannot be found and is believed to be lost. But the testimony shows be yond all doubt that said James H Moore ! Was the Public Printer during the said period and that said Moore was the Agent, for that purpose, of the said Tur ner. This establishes the fact that said Josiah Turner was the real beneficiary of said contract and the party that exe cuted the contract. The fact that there was a con tract with the State for the pe riod above named, and that Josiah Turner, or his agent, was the contractor or pubfce printer for that period being settled the next question we sougrtt to settle was as to the basis of the measure ment of Turner's work done for the State; i. e. was it on the letter “m” or the “quad m” bads. was no evidence before us to show that the work was to be measured bv the “quad em,” but on the contrary, the statements under oath of seven men who worked with the said Turner at the time, c m cor in the fact that the contract pro vided that the letter “m” should be the basis of measurement of the work done. These men were the book k *eper, Mr Tbeo. Ramsay; the measurer for the office, Mr. J. W. Marcom; the meas urer on part of the State. J. (J. Marcom and J M. Cross, J. C. King, John B Collins and Norfleet Jeffreys who were printers and pressmen. This establishes to our satisfaction, that the basis of the measurement, set forth in the contract, was the letter “m.” That being estab lished, aud ail the testimony going to show that the work was measured by the “quad em,’ the next question is, what amount of money did the .said Turner lose by havi< g h ! s work measured by the “quad em” iu .«tead of the letter “m.” W • find by ex amination of the Auditor’s report for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1872, that in toe month of May of said year, the said Jame 3 H. Moore repre- ; seating Josiah Turner, refund d to the State Treasurer the sum of $3,338 59 "‘being the difference in measurement by letter ‘m’ and “em quad ” This shows , dearly that if the contract provided for measurement by the letter “m” he is en titled to recover back the said sum of $3 ,338 59 taken from him on measure ment by “quad em,” and this we give aim. Tnis amount we declare was due ‘nim on his account as Public Printer on the 30th day of September, 1871 We then selected J 0. Birdsong, a practical and intelligent printer and Mr. Turner selected Hon. John Nichols, another practical and intelligent printei, j and charged them with the measure meat of all work done bv t v e Public 'Printer durirg the year 1872, and up to December of that year. TTttdse two printers made their report, vhich os hereto attached, that they made measurement of the Senate and House journals, public and private laws, pub lic documents, two volumes of Supreme Court reports, and the Shipp Fraud Com mission, and they report rhe amount due the said Turner on those publica cions, as the difference between roeas airements by the letter “m and “quad m” amounts to $591 93 The aggregate of these two sums, $4,- #30.52, is the amount we find to be due to the said Josiah Turner by the State of North Carolina, without interest, on ac count of said printing contract. In the preamble to the said resolution, the com aitteeof the Legislature that recom mended that resolution said “we are satis fie i fr >m the evidence produc-d that there is a balance due Mr. Turner” We beg leave to say that the bal nee due he said Josiah Turner is the said sum of $4,030.52, and in the language of the resolution hereby “certify the same” to i you. Oct. Coke, Secretary of State. Robt. M. Furman, Auditor. Mr. Turner was seen in the capitol yesterday evening, immediately after he j had received the warraut for the money ; from the Auditor, “Are you satisfied with the decision of the committee?” he was asked. “Well,” said he, “it is no more than 1 ought to have bad. I worked for it and ought to have had it long ago, and would, had not the Legislature of 1871 cheated me out of it.” “Saloon” Passengers. Asheville Citizen This story is told on an Asheville pro hibitionist.* He was talking with a friend about the Elbe disaster, which recently shocked the world. “Well,” he said, “I suppose the all wise Providence did what was best in allowing the ship to be destroyed. There were several hundred saloon passengers on board, and if they had been allowed to come to this country there would have been just so many more barrooms.” Famine in Africa. Zanzibar, March 22 —Drought and locusts have caused widespread famine in Eastern Equatorial Africa. Villages have been depopulated and mission schools and churches have been closed. Many natives are selling themselves and their children into slavery to obtain food. The missionaries in Ugoge, Mpwapwa, and M imboa have joined others in an appeal for aid. No News from the Cuban Insurrection. Jacksonville, Fla , March 22.—Noth ing had been heard iu Havanajip to the time of sailing of the Olivetta yesterday tegardine the report that the schooner Irene had b en fired on by a Spanish cruiser There is no reliable news of the insurrection. The Havana papers contain nothing of importance. Two Anarchists Condemned. Rome, March 22.—1 n the Assizes to day two anarchists were condemned to imprisonment, one to twenty months and the other to fifteen months, for man ufacturing bombs. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rbeum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by John Y. Macßae. The Public Printing. Biblical Recorder. 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Imagine, if you can, living for six months iu darkness such as occurs here every night, and you can readily under stand how we were situated. It is a won der that some of us did not go mad. We had not very much to divert our atten tion, and the effect was something like solitary confinement in a dark cell. “I have used Paine’s celery compound for a dozen ills such as a person is lia ble to have at any time, and especially in that desolate country. It has always helped me, and I should be pleased to have more of it should I go north again. “I do not know of any one thing that I ean say more of than Paine's celery compound. It certainly is a great medi cine, and 1 am an advocate of it.” 1 BRASS BAND 4JS# Instruments, Drums, Uniiorms, Equip j ments lot Bands and Drum Corps. Low I est prices ever quoted. Fiw Catalog, 400 VVIB Illustrations, mailed free it give* Band il Vk M usic & Instructions for Amateur Bands. L DOS & BEALL 25-27 Adam* 81, Ckiugt Administrator’s Notice. Having this day qualified as adminietra i tor of the r state of N. R Watkins, deceits ; ed, late of Wake county, this is to notify ! all persons holding claims against the said ! estate to present them to me on or before ' the o'h day of February, 1896, or this notice will be plead in liar of their recovery, and all persons ii deb'ed to the said estate are I hereby notified to make immediate pay ment. J. C, MARCOM. Adm f r. j W N. Jones, Attorney. Feb. 4, 1895. V R ™ n l : In Uw Superior Coun Kilby A rnnvood vs Durands Arm wood- j Notice The defei dant above named will take | notice that an action entitled as above, has j been commenced in the Superior Court of [ | Duplin county by said plaintiff agains' said j I defendant to obtain a divorce from the 1 i bonds of matrimony. The said defendant j will further take notice that she is required to appear.at the next term of the Superi r Court of said county to be held on the j I 2nd Morday liefore the first Monday in ; ! 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