POLL TAX QUESTION.
ATTORNEY- . GENERAL . SAYS
TAX FOE, 1902 MUST BE PAID.
TAYLOR DIRECTED THE DEED
SO DECLARES YOUTSEY ON THE
A WITNESS STAND.
The Law Interpreted to Apply:, to
the Toll Tax for 1902. So Far as
the 1903 Elections are C oncern-
The opinion of the'Attorney Gen
eral has been requested with ref
rencee to the poU .tax required to
be paid by a voter before lie is
eligable to vote in the coming mil
nicipal elections. The following
extracts are taken from it; '
'Section 4. article 6 of the
Constitution declares that before
any elector shall be entitled? to .vote,
'he shall have paid on or before
the first day of May of the year in
which he proposes to vote, his poll
lax for the previous year, as pre
scribed by article 5, section 1 of
the Constitution'. ,
"The question submitted is, does
this provision relate to the poll tax
of 1902 or to that of . 1901? 'The
answer depends upon the f meaning
of the expression fthe previous
year' as used in the Contitu I
tion. - ' ,
"All taxes due on
day in September in . each year.
The law requires the sheriff or
other accounting officer to settle
the State taxes on or before the
second Monday in January in each
year. " - ' v
hThe foregoing references-to the
statutes are made" for the rpurpose
showing that the poll tax for the
year previous to' 1903 became due
on the first day of September, 1902',
and is supposed to be collected or
returned on the insolvent list in
We Feared No Punishment," Says
Youtsey, for We Knew We had the
Governor and the Pardoning Pow
erBehind Us. , v
Frankfort, ' ky., - April 20.-
Henry B;Youtsey today for the
first time told on the witness stand
his story of the killing of the late
Governor Goebell He named Jas.
Howard, the defendant as the man
who fired the shot. Youtsey ; said
he' saw Howard for the first time1 a
few minutes before the shooting.
Howard had a let ter sent him f ev
eral days before by the witness at
Governor-Taylor's dictation. ; Yout-
sey says he took Howard into the
office of Caleb Powers, the Secre
tary of State, which had been es
pecially arranged for the shooting.
He showed Howard the MTt;n
rifle, tne bullets and the " window
from which the shooting wasto : be
done. He says Howard asked what
he was to get for doing the shoot -ing.
"What do you want for it?"
I Youtsey said he asked, and that
r! Howard, said he wanted a pardon
luc mot. xtx.ju. 1 -.,. . .
tor Killing Ueorge iJaKer.
ROBISON AS A PEACEMAKER.
"I told him he could have that
and more too," y-. said . Youtsey.
About that time' said the wit
ness, 'Gobel cme ill the - gate and
I, pointed him out to Howard . and
then ran from the room. , As I dis
appeared down " the -'tepsv-vto.; the
basement. I heard the crack V of
Howard's rifle.,,' . .
Youtsey said that after the shoot
The National Committeeman Settles
the Contest for the Hillsboro pps
office in Favor of Unas. 1 GK Rose
mond. ' . v?
Durham, April 18, The Hills-'
boro postoffice squabble was settled
here this afternoon by ex Judge W
S. O.B. Robinson , national commit-
teeman. , He decided that Charles
Gi Roseman was entitled to the
office and his recommendation will
carry , as Judge Robinson ( was v ap
pointed to set tie the metter. ';- .There
were four applications for the office,
all of whom were present at .' the
meeting held at Durham, , N.C.
These were D. A. Rosemond, Ohas.
R. Rosemond. his nephew, Deyer-
eaux -Turner, and , Chester D. Tuf.
ner, brothers. Accompanying the
applicants were T. Lloyd and W.
E. Lindsay, of Chapel Hill. "Trot
in your claims," said Judge Robin
son when the partyof office-seekers
began to enter .the ' parlor of the
Carr-olma. In a few minutes he
convinced three ; of the . applicants
that the younger of the two llose-
rnonds, Charles G.y was entitled to
succeed J. . Clyde Cheek as postmas
ter at Hillsboro. f They all accepted
the decision and went away seem
ingly happy. ' ' Oil has been poured
on the troubled waters," said Judge
Robinson "And every thins: is now
The
In-
SEIZOR THURSDAY.
GATTIS-KJLGO SUIT AT OXFORD
; THIS WEEK
Corporation . Commission
structlng Assessors. .
The members of the Corporation
Commission met yesterday morning
in the Court House with the list
ing he passed through , the - Stete takers and conferred with them in
House basement and a few minutes regard to the duties imposed upon
later cauje.bick intothe executive them bv the law
time for the sheriff or other account" building fro. the east aide enJ of the total of 63 appointees for
mgomcerto maxe :ms kiuoucui trance , ; the entire county, forty were pre
with btate authorities on or oeiore , ,j ta ed - the office Qr the As . vesterdav mornine: besides all
the second Monday in January, Qtor n( Rtntf " airf hfu ffit-c Mr- T. TJ
'for a few moments and saw Mat- Allen, of the Board of County Com-
The general law governing -the thews break into Cafeb Powers of- missioners. . - :
payment of poll tax obtains in mu gce an(i find the guns that had been The CorporatioxrCommission took
4 eft in -there," , up the Machinery act and showed
Youtsey said that at the time of what property was to be assessed
the shooting he was private secre- by the county assessors, how the
tary to Auditor Sweeney, but that valuation was to be assesed and
The opinion then refers to . some whiie his political status was not how the valuation was to he arrived
decision of the Supreme court of definatelv fixed. it was understood at, by determining the, true cash
Missouri holding" that certain e was t0 have a good place under value of thef property that is, what
special elections for the purpose of Taylor. "Governor Taylor,,, r said it wnuld bring in a private' sae un
local taxation shoul'd be conducted Vnntvv 'directed evervthinsr we der normal i conditions. . It was
accordance with the general ym We knew we had the Gover- shown what property the State fyi-
Australian ballot system which nr and the oardohinsr tower be- ditof shall assess,
v : - - ' y ' - . i J- I
lines were clerly drawn defining the
nicipal elections, and elections
conducted in municipalities should
conform to the provisions of the
Constitution."
and what the
prevailed in that State, and con- hjnd us ana we were not afraid of Corporation Commission itselt. ine
eludes as follows: - ' ' LnnUhrnent for killiriff Goebel.
of the tax-listers and
therefore relating to the payment said tnat after he, was arrested and assessors.
of poll tax for generaL elections 1flter sent to - the . tehitentiarv he - Every county in the State will
will knnlv tr rniinirinal : iertinnRv One member
. . 71 1 r , ' 1 SLiii uau iiui'ui fcuiuiuk uu : - ...... ,.
and I am of
Judge W . R. Allen Presiding Fourth
Time1 in Granville Court Three
Times in Supreme Court. .
Oxford, N; C, April.. 20. The
Gattis-Kilgo case has' been set for
trial here on Thursday of this
week.-;t
This famous suit" for slander
brought by Rev.' T. J. Gatts, of
Oxford, against Rev. John C. Kilgo
president of Trinity ; College, v Dur
ham, has been tried before a iurv
twice before this, and has:: been in
the - Su preme Court three times.
.This will be actually the fourth-time
it will have been in the- Granville
county court - . . . '
Here is( a brief history of the
litigation in the widely . known
suit. J .e : -'i. '
This case . first came ; up in - the
Granvill county court at the - April
term, 1899 .and the judge sustained
the defendant's demurrer. ' The
plaintiff appealed and , at. the. fall
tern, 1899, the Supreme Court re
versed that action- and sent the
case back for trial before a iurv. -
A the November term, 1900,
the case came- up for trial before
a jiiiy in the Granville court and
the plaintiff obtained a verdict of
$20,000. . ' " , ' ". ' '
. The defendant appealed this
time, arid at the: spring term, 1901
tne supreme tjourr grantea a new
trial. , 3 5 ' , ,
'' Then the case again came before
a iurv at the November term, of
court, 1901, and Mr.,"GattiV ob
tained a yerdict of $15,000! The
defendant again, appealed. . ; .
. At the spring term,; 1902 the
Supreme Court carried the - case
over till the fall, term without de
ciding it. At the fall term, y 1902 a
new trial was granted, by the Su
preme Court, and ' the "case now
comes up before a jury , this week
for the third time. ,
Judge.W. R., Allen, of Golds
boro, wilt be the presiding judge!
. The counsel in the case are: For
the plaintiff Mr: .Gattis- - Messrs.
Boone, Bryant & Brigg,; of Dur
ham; Maj W.'A. Guthrie, of DuTf
ham; Judge A.' W.- Graham, of
Oxford; Hon. S. M. Gattis, of
Hillsooro; Hon., C. ., B. Watson,
of Winston-Salem, andt Senator A.
A. Hicks,of Oxford " . ;; '
- For: the v defendant J ; President
Kilgo: Messrs Winston & . Fuller;
of Durham; Royster & Hobgood,
rtF Ovfnrd arid T. T. Hkks. Of
Henderson. -; . ' ,
if Osborne
f'l-i' crs, :
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(DrEoceries.
; This is pur ,I?ne, and
this is what we tudy;
c 4 Our aim is to at all
; times keep ;, such ?'a
'. linepi v 'groceries - and
; confectioneries tliat
mf ,t; will suit pur tradei , :
When you want
The very' best Flour,
, Sugar, Meal or Fane7
, Groceries come to ub
and we will serve you
; prompt and ' will , al
ways guarantee prices,
If you can't come just
'phone lis and lyour
order . will - hav.e'
prompt attention..
Sergeant, Clayton & Co.
Successor to , W. V Johnson & Co
the opinion that an TTf tVinnp-ht.Vrkes was de
elector in order to be permitted - to feated, -however, and about a year
vote in such elections must have ago he decided to talk and , did tell
paid his poll tax for the year 1902 hjs story to prison physician ToW.
on or befoie the first day of : May Youtsey said.further that he had
ot that year."' ' , : oojUfinriakinopntivp to tell the
It is understood' that the question fl; Tavlor.: Powers and others
was submitted by parties residing . - catsoaw and
iiaU fc--. - -..".TV
scapegoat and then deserted 4 him
when he got into trouble. , , -
YOU'LL GET THAT :
YOU ORDEI "
Aud "get it Promptly; .
There will be no slighting: of
; th8 matter from the time you
gend your order to us until the ;
, goods are in your home. ' " 'J
Sb udy Your 'Wants. ;
Every grocery order is welcomef
and every customer js treated aa
5: well as we cans treat him. , : ; , . --
I can save you money on Shoes, ,
give me a call,. ' . . , ;
; f . :Yours to set ;.
G - H:HTTNTE B. '
Beaistia
of ' i
fhsKindwSAlnysEj
in Asheville, Shelby and. Hickory.
-News and Observer.
Scaffold t ails Two Men flnrC.
Durham, N. C., ApriL ; 18. A
soaffold fell with four, workmen at
Lakewood Park this afternoon and
two men were seriously hurt. On
the scaffold were four menr W.A.
Wilkerson, John fGilbert, James
Christain and E'.' W. Gunter. The
first t wo were seriously hurt by be
ing thrown on their backs and $ the
other two escaped without - any ser
ious injury. The men fell about
fifteen feet! troinir down with the
scaffold, which . pulled loose, from
the building. . . ' ; ?
The editor of the Greenville Re
flector noting the fact that one of
bur preachers has found "conditions
such as to render, Asheyille the mot
corrnpt5city of . its size he has ever
known," makes this eminently sen
sible an pertinent comment: "Apy
aia1ra who will look : for e?il in
anv city will find the same thmg.-j
Aeheville Citizen.
of the i Corporation Commission , be- t rl ;
tween now and the first of July and1 The pQy8ic ? Chamberlain's
the hole matter gone over ;, as it stomach and Liver Tablets. Easy to
was yesterday with the Hst; takers take; pleasant in effect. or sale by
' c W. R. Hambrick. . . - - ,
ana assesors oi uuo acvciai cuuu ,
tips. News and Observer.- . -: : TT"' ' ,J ;V ' '' ' - ' ' " '
lBig Blaze in Cotton. , XJlGlreBS VJlUUUO ' '
Reidsville, N. at April x8..-The V;:, J ' : T'lA " cfnnV
ouuhouse of theLiiiy Mill at Spray Fashionable gooas are wnai you uuu 0.
containing 250 bales of cotton, were ha8 been ffathered with a yievr ot meeting e vei
destroyed by hre at nine o'ciocjc 10- A . Fr0rii the lowest fabrics, tnat are wormy,
day. r ioss 12.000. ; irt in , - 0 QO w qT, nnr Rtock is complete, uur
I.ater-oThe fire in - the storage uwuiuoiuuw j , :
, . u;.---! v.- ofrtrA lfl.fTip. rinmft 01 low Drices. "
irom the sparks of a passing engine, Mrs. W. A. )7instead is in our dress goods : aepai t
A later estimate of the loss places it ent ana wai take pleasure in assisting you in select-
a.ooo. This . . j x " Wo nlr a -nlftaRnre m
onA.nivvy-,-: Tf" , i Tl (T TTI QTAH fl. H Mil I 1,1' I 1U 111 UDt i ' vr -
showing goods whether you buy, or not. .
v . ' ' ' 1,0-.
is covered by insurance. The hre
was extingaisheoTbefore the cotton j
was entirely consumed, but two
hundred or more tabs were badly
damped." - : "
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