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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1892
Page
2
The opinion by Judge AL Seymour of the U S Circuit Court Eastern District of North Carolina details a 67 447 60 recovery for the state from Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad on stock tax dating to 1869. It notes legislative committee work, statutory tax rates, appeals, and remarks on health and political figures of the era.
The Progressive Farmer extracts editorials from the Progressive Warner, dated April 1 1890 to September 2 1890, discussing alliance politics, party moves, and calls for nonpartisan reform within the Farmers Alliance. It endorses Elias Carr for Congress in North Carolina and cites Senator Winn and Senator Vance speeches while warning against third-party shifts and racial tensions in party strategies.
In a North Carolina circuit decision from 1892 the court holds the state may tax the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad as a franchise price per share, not a property tax. It affirms the levy of twenty cents per share on all shares, dating back to 1866, and determines the Seaboard stockholders in North Carolina are not the sole taxable group.
A political history piece argues the Republican Party is corrupted by tariff favoritism and money power, while the Democratic Party offers a living policy with strong Cleveland prospects. It warns of force bill risks and predicts tariff shifts under either party, noting vigorous postmaster and revenue officer involvement in 1888 conventions.
NCHEUEG and Durham Railroad short line offers local and through trains from Durham with connections at Denniston Junction to Richmond and Danville, Atlantic and Danville, and at Lynchburg to several lines. Timetables list Nos. 22 and 12 as locals and mixed trains, Nos. 2 and 1 as through mail and express. For information contact R C Stanard, Assistant Superintendent, Lynchburg VA.
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