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L L ' " ' ' . ... -' "' '"' " '1 '. ''' ' ''. "' ' ' ... VOL. VL-KO.' 12. " ' . V KINBTON.,N,.0 SATURDAY." APRIL 18, 1903. , . ; , PRICE TWO CCTItE 110RTH STATE HSUS LIOIIDAY'S MARY TAXATION QUEST IOII OUR GRADED SCHOOLS QTIZENS SAVINGS BMS - li .iiiiiii jii..i"i)"h hi I- irr.''..""L...ii'i ' '" '' V'' Clipped &nd Culled Jroa Our Kcrtl - Carolina Exchanges. ':ri.''v si's' ' x ' ''''' " ' :'t',: ''; 'i "f ifX i,L. ; , ", ' ':. ..' ' IUI " J L " " M"?? -V Begins at 6 O'clock A. I. Instead o: The Present Irregularity Dne to Kataral Circumstances. A Ccscbe Report Is Rendered to The " ' K Pecpie of Kinston, ' ' r ' 9, as Stated Before. ODD AID IITERESTISS HIPPEIIJGS Gossip Gathered from Murphy To ' , Manteo of Importance to Our Tai Heel Readers. . ' - Charlotte News: A terriflo cyclone, .' the track of which was about lOOyards wide, passed through the lower edge of Steel Creek and York county Monday afternoon. Houses were blown down, trees uprooted and general destruc tion followed in its wake. . , Goldsboro Argus; The grand jury railed to and a true bin against jas per Warrick for killins Elijah Smith, in Grantham township, last Christ mas. . The killing was done in self-de fence and Warrick , was only found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. Superintendent of Public Instruction R. C. Burnett, pf Iowa, writes asking , If he can secure one hundred copies of Superintendent J. Y. Joyner's recent pamphlet on "Plans for V ubiic scnooi Houses." Mr. Burnett says he wants every county- superintendent in Iowa to hare a copy. s A company for the manufacture of electric cars has been organized, at High Point.; The Messrs. Briggs, of Amesburg, Mass., made a proposition : to the business men of the city and it was at once accepted and the necessary capital raised. The company will com mence with a capital of from 87i,ixxj to ioo,ooo. i . , - a William E. Springer was nominated for mayor in the municipal primaries I nttrsdarrftt w limlncrton, ty a major ' ity of 404 over Col. A. M. Waddell, the present - incumbent The contest was-exciting, but there were no unto ward incidents during the day. A larger vote was polled than in the first primary by more than a hundred. Retdsville, April W. John Broad' nax, the negro boy murderer of Sid ney Blair, will hang- for his crime on the 22nd of this month, between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock in the after noon. The jury reached a verdict of guilty within fifteen minutes after they ad retired. Sentenoe was passed by Judge Long today.- Counsel for de fensemadea stubborn fight. Solici tor Graves' speech was a strong and noble effort. Broadnax shot the farm er and his niece, Miss Sallie Walker, - and was in the act of plundering the house when arrested.- Miss Walker's Injuries were slight. - A special term of court convened at Wentwortb on Monday to try the case.. r v ,;, " ! Am Ailolr ( Dibm . OpeaUnii of Alexandre Dumas. ' writer says that hia, chief cnaracteria s tic was bis utter disregard of money. He made millions, but never bad a franc at his command.. "For example," said he, "upon one occasion pumas had Invited company to dinner, and. find ing that he did not stand possessed of .single 'cent, drove" ta a friend's and asked him to lend him 2 louis. This his friend readily did. and as Dumas was taking his leave suggested, as be bad Just been getting sotue very fine pic kles, he would be glud to give him a Jaf to add to bin dinner.- The servant was sent for the pickles, and when be put the jar In the carriage. Dumas, having no other clunge About him, dropped the 2 louls in the man's baud." -' A Dread Ordeal. ' , , ' r The Rev. Mr. Inch of Dumbarton tells bow on one occasion in his old church In Dnndee a brother minister had preach d a rather long sermon, and he (Mr. Inch) had occasion later on to enter the pnlpit to make an intimation, where upon a "wee: MacgregQr.t, who. was in the gallery with : hfs, mother and the rest of the family, took fright and ex claimed very loudly: "Come awa maw. There'snltber man gvan tae beglnr Glasgow Times. Tm Etcer For UU Off Frolt- Hewitt I overreaehed myself the otfier day. v - Jewett How? ' , Hewitt I was so anxious to unload a lot of pennies on a street car con ductor that I forgot 1 bad a transfer ticket In my pocket. Brooklyn Life. The best physic: Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Easy to I ike; pleasant in effect. For sale by J E. Hood's drug store, i : i z i z. t z i z. i z tz t z i zi ziziziz Did you zay DHUG3 ? ( ThenHCCD'G! ; M H ! I t H M M ! I M M " H H - See Our liliw PAT' V x CAKDIDATES MOST FAT $1 TO ESTER Voters in Primary Must be Qualified And Pledge Themselves to Support The Nominees of the Primary.- At a called meeting of the town Dem ocratic executive committee held Thurs day afternoon In the ; mayor's office several changes In J the program were made In regard to holding the primary next Monday, to nominate candidates for mayor and aldermen, The most Important change was the time for owning th p) which was changed from v o'clock a. m. to 6 o'clock a. m. for the benefit of those who might want to or have to leave on the early train. , A resolution was passed the sub stance of which is, thai every candi date who allows his name to go before the primary must accede to the require ments of the executive committee, who are empowered to make any rules to govern the primary tnat they see nt. Especially must the rules concerning the entrance fee of $1.00 be; complied with, to defray the expenses of hold ing the primary: and no man's name can be voted on in this primary who has not paid the $1.00 entrance fee for that purpose. The following will . be poll holders for the primary: l-c hi. vox, if. Lewis, R. F. Hill, Geo., L. . Kilpatrick and C. W. Forlaw. , . v Below we give the rules and regula tions governing the primary, ; RULES AND EBGULATIONS. - Section !. There shall be held on Mondav the 2oth day of April, 1903. primary election to nominate Demo cratic candidates for mayor and alder men of the town ot iunston, ss. u. Sec. 2 Said primary election shall be held at the court house In said town of Kinston, and there shall be pre pared one box in which shall be de posited all the votes cast for mayor, and one box for each ward in which shall be deposited all the votes east for aldermen for the respective wards. Sec. s. -The said primary - election shall be held and conducted, both for mavor and : aldermen, or five poll holders to be named by the Democratic executive committee- of the town of Kinston. . . r ! - ' ' Sflft. 4. At said primary election. every--white male; person 21 years of age'ana 'trpwaras' aha 'Who mm oe legally entitled to register and rote at the town election to be held on the first Monday in May, 1903, and who will support the Democratic nominees " at aaid election shall be entitled to yote at said primary election. t x i Sec; b.i ' At said primary election the polls shall be open at 6 o'clock a. m., and remain open until 9 o'clock m., and said poll holders shall keep a record ot the name oi eacn voter, together with his ward in which he re sides. ' ' ' ! ' ' ' . -Sec. 6. The poll holders shall have the right to propound such questions as will enable them to pass upon the qualifications of voters and may re quire the answers of such questions to be made under oath, and the decision of said poll holders as to the qualifi cation of voters shall be final. , Sec 7. In the event that any poll holder named by this committee shall for any reason be unable or decline to serve, the chairman of the town Demo cratic executive committee shall ap point some one else to serve in his h tead. ' K:V ' :; .' Sec. o. , When the ' polls shall hate been closed, it shall be the duty of said poll holders to count the votes cast for mayor- and for aldermen of the several i wards, and to certify the result In writing to the Democratic ex ecutive committee of the town, accom panying therewith the original record of the .voters at said election. The executive committee shall meet in the town hall Tuesday, April 21st, at 10 o'clock, to canvass the returns of said primary, and declare the result. Seo, If either of the persons voted for at said primary shall have received a majority of the votes cast for mayor, he shall be declared the nominee of the Democratic party for mayor at the election to be held on the first Monday in May, 1903. If neither shall have received a majority of the votes so cast, then and in that event another primary shall be held on Wednesday the 22nd day of April, 1903, under the same rules and regulations and by the same poll holders as provided for the said election of Monday, April 20th. Sec. 10. At the primary election held on April 20th, 1903, the two per sons receiving votes for aldermen in any ward who shall receive the highest number of votes, provided the same be a majority of the votes cast, shall be the nominees of said ward for alder-nu-n; but if neither shall receive a ma jority of said votes cast, or if only one shall receive a majority, of said rr j, then another primary shall be !.t ,d on Wednesday, 2Jnd day of April, 1"03, under the same rules and r-ulaf ions as govern the primary of Ap-il :h. A t f r 1 i 3 y c r i V. . A JUST ASSESSIEHT IS PRESUMED Property Increased in Value from 28 To 1 00 Per Cent. Saloons Ars Not Bearing Thsir Shars of Taxes, . Collecting and distributing taxes has been a vexed problem among all tribes, peoples and nations ever since the be ginning of governments. One is equally as Important as the other. . Taxes may be ever so equally and justly- levied and collected, but very unequally and uuwlsely distributed or even squan- The' citizens of Kinston seem " very much concerned and agitated because of the law and unequal value of real property in the town as it now appears on the tax books. It is an indisputable fact that real property is valued too low and also that the valuation is not equal. There are good and natural reasons for this. When the property was last appraised for taxation, property In Kinston was not worth as much by - from 25 per cent, to 100 per cent, as It is today. The change of environments by : the location of improvements and other wise has enhanced the value of some property much more than some other hence the inequality. Property ,is all to be revalued this year, xne genuemen appointed to ao this, under their oaths, are gentlemen of high character ana spienaia dusi ness ability and judgment. They know thn tval .value of Kinston property and they know the: law: and it is doing these gentlemen a gross' injustice to presume that they will do otherwise than see to it that every piece of prop erty in Kinston Is put on the tax bcoits at its truft value according so iaw. Hence the cause , for the low and un equal valuation of property in Kins ton is a natural one for, ; which no one is to blame and will soon be remedied. But there is another source of revenue from which Kinston is not receiving a just share of taxesnor an equal share when compared with other towns of like- size, growm ana prosperuy. m refer to the liquor traffic, ana in doing so I wish to discuss it as a legalized source from; which to derive revenue and not as endorsing any particular plan of sale under any plan. I am in- formed that the 12 bar rooms In Kins ton only, pay into the town .treasury $125 each a total of $1,500. , : The chamber of commerce recom- mended that the price of liauor license in the amended charter be fixed at sow each, with 12 bar rooms the increase of revenue . from this source would have amounted to $4,500 or about half the entire income from property tax. But for some reason the city board ignored this recommendation and made the price $150 a total increase on 12 bar rooms of only $300. ' Should Kins ton decide to follow the example of our sister towns of Loulsburg, Clay ton, Wilson and others and establish a dispensary It is sate to say, suppos ing that there will be one-third .less liquor sold than is now sold by all the barrooms, that the ; net revenue turned into the town treasury, If divided as required under the : Watts bilL would not be less than $10,000 per an numor more than the entire revenue from property tax. This looks like equalization and reform is needed in this direction as well as applied to the valuation of real property- . , - ' . Kinston is fast growing into a city so -far as population and business, is concerned, but is not keeping, pace with our sister towns in permanent im provements.' Since 1897 the rate on property per siou oi vaiuauon nas been increased from 50 per cent to 70 per cent and the amount collected from ess than 83.000 to more than $9,000. The total amount ot revenue collected from all sources, including the electric light plant and the little water system on Queen street (both of t which con structed by bond money) and disbursed during the last year, approximates $25,000. j As the property valuation increases and the rate of taxation in creases bringing in greater revenue, we should begin to point to permanent improvements to show for it. Let us elect a mayor and aldermen next Monday who are in every way capable and who will wisely and suc cessfully manage the Increasing busi ness Interest of ureater Kinston. j t)B BONDS. Tn riirViim. TTpnrv MnCain. a- line man for the Bell Telephone Company, had almost a miraculous escape from instant . death, Thursday. While at ork on a pole he lost his balance and H to the stone pavement Deiow, a istance of thirty or more feet. In the fall h' turned a complete somersault tnd landed on his feet. Ills ankle was praind and he was bruised in sev eral- places, but was not seriously urt. lie is at the hospital for treat ment. A Prominent M iist'r llwommcndsChniii. berlain'i Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Iv. Frar.ois J. Davidson, pator of t. 1,1 a' ' '"-v ;i! '!t C!iur i and ' -t f t Tl 1 L tn'-! . . 1 r! f , : ( )r v . , ' I 1 n p i i v. -, c : i f - 1 in- 1 ;. -.- f r t: l .15 . , ; ; ! i i: . - .. t. ' t i i t c . r- 1 c ,c v 1 ' ' i -':- ' r' - . ; i i: - r ': i'or KEEDUESS THiK CURREIT IKCOSE '5" TT Will School Taxes be Lessened For Tha Future. School Interests Have .4 .1.,: - ; !., " Seen Safeguarded. ' - lln? EprroR I cheerfully comply with the Inquiry contained In your 1s suo of April 15, relative to the applica tion and disbursement of the taxes collected for school purposes for the school year now aooui to ciose. The Income for the support of Our graded schools is derived from three sources, to-wltt (li tax levied and col lected in Kijnston and paid direct by the town tax collector to the town treasurer who is by virtue of his office treasurer of the board of trustees of Kinston graded schools (2) The town's pro-rata share of the general county school fund which amount Is paid to the town treasurer by the county treas urers which last named officer is treas unerif the county board of education (3i Tuition charged and collected from noii-resident pupils woo are not en t.itiori tn frwia tnirinn. , ' There has been paid to this date by tha-town tax collector to Mr. i!.. H. Pittman. the school treasurer, $3,8M. 05: i bv the county treasurer ? to Mr. Pitkaan treasurer, $3,570.00; making a t tal of $7,470.05 that has come into Uie hands of the school treasurer dur ing this school year; of this amount there has been disbursed and expended 1. For salaries of th auperlntendent. -- principals of the white and colored ; anhiMil!,.. iDnlv tMusheru and four- ' teenreirular teachers..... j.. si.ora.! 1 For fuel. m.4t) 8 For prtntlnu... ........ 4. For insurance h. For Janitor erviee... is. i 88. H0 93.32 82.00 & School furniture....... T. Labor, etc, Tibi 8, fiL , Freight and merchandlae. . . . , 7.M T.Kiur census.. 90.00 138.00 la Bent, eoiietre' buuding. part oeuur for preoedlmr year .................. U. Hardware, utovea, etc 83.90 Makinj total disbursement to date. Deducting disbursements as above front the receipts above mentioned. there should be to the credit of the school In the hands of Mr. E. 8. Pitt- man, treasurer, tne sum or s,?hj.oo which amount is in fact in his hands at this time and available for school purposes, in tnis connection l desire to y tiiiit tue town tax eouecior;': wiu soort pay over whatever delinquent taxi tnat may come to his hand from sales for taxes or,otherwise, whlchr he estimates at about i50. .. The expense of running the schools for the remainder of the year will probably be less than $1,500, so that the present board of trustees will have the pleasure 'of turning over to their successors In office, after all the ex penses of running and maintaining the school's for the present year have been paid-in full, more. than $1,500. The moneys derived from tuition, the board has Intended to expend in the purchase of suitable books for the school library; and has expended a portion for that purpose. ' Tne amount remaining un expended for books from that source is now m the bands of tne board ana amounts at this time to $254.73. ; ; The amount received . for tuition annually is small, amounting ! this year, which is the largest year, to less than $150 now received,, and the school library is yet entirely inadequate to the re quirements of the schools. tor tne furtner ' information oi me public, I think It is proper for me to say that out of the revenues derived from taxes for school purposes, the present i board ;. of trustees has .: been compelled to incur large expense for additions and improvements to tne oia school building, two new , rooms had to be added and two rooms' had to be fitted up' ob' the second floor of the building: and considerable outlay was compelled, to ' be made for new desks; and further, ID at none or tne amount that the town treasurer had on deposit in S. U. Loftin's bank at the time of his assignment has been repaid, but that the board of trustees have a judg ment duly docketed in Jjenolr county for the amount due the schools,' same being vrith Interest more - than $!W0, which judgement I believe to be good and collectable. Now treating Loftin udsrment as a cash asset, as it really s. the new board of trustees will enter upon their duties with at least $2,500 to the credit of the graded schools, every dollar of which has been saved from the current taxes. This situation is in pleasing contrast to that which confronted the present board of trus tees during tne nrst two years oi the life of the school. , Then we began with a building too small to pack the chil dren in; then we bad an empty treas ury, the members of the board of trus tees having personally to assume large pecuniary obligations to start the schools and to continue them run ning. 1 1 - - It will be seen, therefore, that under their present managements the graded schools , have been brought to that basis, that they are at present requir ing considerably less than the current income from taxes for in their main tenance and suppott, for addition to the Lcf;in judgment which represents unused money, the ( cost of desks and (coxnxro to second page.) The severe couhin, wheezin? and whooT cou ;h or croup so common in X.ii c . i '-s of Ft'bruarv and March are quK.uy and safely relieved hv-:!!-? f Anwa vs C'oii . h f vrr'i 11. i i 'y is I---.; f ,r i i r '. - - ' i i : ! " '. v ! ; KINSTON, IN.' C; ' ;i( ; : r , N. J. ROUSE. President , C. F. HARVEY, Ctahisrt - Accounts received on favorable terms. . 'k'i'cAccommbdat!on'extended at.reasonable rates. ," . -Transacts a. General and iSaviags Banking Business! . ; Three per cent, interest paid on time deposits. " , . . . , It's what you SAVE, not what you EARN, that makes wealth. . ' Youplave the Bank Gtizens . J V KINSTON" ' TBIS IS THE BANK EXACT SIZE. WE Per 3 INTEREST "A Savings Friend in Adversity." i The more limited your i income, i the more imperative your duty to SAVE. : i..We have been educated us educate ourselves to SAVE ing the various, slot , machines small amounts, or needlessly it is so small." s ' ' f)0pen a savings account BANK and DUOP SOME AMOUNT INTO IT EVERY DAY7-you will soon be surprised at the amount tp your. credit ., in the back. ,-. . 1 u- '. .Begin saving today and in have p, capital with which to go in btisiness'or buy a homeC -' , Do you know that if you will save only 25 cents each working' day for only five years,' you will have accumulated, by the aid of interest . r '. S419.10 THIS fflLl BE YOURS IF YOU HAKE THE EFFORT. - ' The $1.00 with which you open the account draws at THREE 'PER CENT and will your account. It s what you save and not what you earn, that ' make3 wealth. Our representative will callon you to explain our . savings plan, and will leave a Home Savings . Bank with you if you deposit the account. I)id You Ever Consider 1 v now mucn money you were . spending tnougnuessiy r You are earning money every day. -Are you saving any money? : : --r 4" Could you easily save money ? . Save Your NicMes, The interest ycu get makes the dollars. ; And thus the little savings will grow into mighty - 1 ret cr.2 cf thece We Have the Key PAY Account Is a.i , . , i to SPEND. MONEYnow let t MONEY ' instead of patroniz-, and devices for collecting . spending it "just because." . . .... ' take , a HOME SAVINGS: a few .short years you will 4 - ' ' be returned when you close ' $ 1 .00 : with ' which to bpea 1 Pennies and Dimes Little Hems Zzxlr-s ' T. .z I
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