The Charlotte Democrat., 1890-12-26
NortI. CaroIina News.

lB. II Williamson has al bis Fairview
stock farm, near this city, a. colt twenty
months old, that measures fifteen hapds
two and half inches high, and weighs
nine hundred and twenty ponnds.-'Stafe
Chronicle.
We hear that an earnest effort WHlS0e
made at the coming session ofthe Leglsia-
ture to have house of reformation estab-
ished in. connection With.the-p penitentiarys
90 that youthful criminals may be sepa
rated from more hardened criminals.
Such an institution is much needed.
THEIR OWN MEN.--A labor agent
named Duncan has, been in the COM
munity several days. but the colored pee,
pie say that they are their own men and
will 90 away when they please and. of
their own accord. They have asked the
agent to let them alone and have organ
lied against any more traffic in laborers.
-Scotland Neck Democrat. >.e, t9s f#
North Carolina has fourteen Peabody
fund scholarships at the Normal college,
Nashville, Tennessee, worth each $500
per annum for two years and tuition.
After this year the annual allowance will
be 500 and travelling expenses. From
the Peabody fund $7,035 has been re-
ceived for city andnormai schools and
county institutes during 1S89-90.
STATE LANDS SoLD.-The State Board
of Education has closed sale with Maj
G. NJ. Stedman, representing the Real
Estate Investment Company of Whining
ton, for nearly $4,000 acres of lands be-
longing to the State educational fund and
lying in Washington, Hyde and Tyrrelf
counties. The price paid was 45 cents
per acre, amounting to about $50, 900, of
which amount one-fourth or about So, 900
| has been paid in cash, the remainder to
| be paid in six months time, with interest
from date. A'.:.' r., ...a . ..'. .'
STRUCK O1L.-Monday while workmen
were engaged in excavating for. the city
sewer on the North Carolina Steel and
Iron Company's property in the north
ern part of the town, they discovered an
oily substance floating on the water which
proved to be petroleum beyond doubt.
As fast as skinned off the oil accumulates
again in a very few minutes, and in the
side of the ditch is to be seen small vein
through which the oil flows in a little
stream. The odor is unmistakable and
men of experience say that there is no
questioning the fact that it is petroleum.
-Greensboro North State. ...'..
Maj. Finger, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, suggests in his report
that children under fourteen years of age
ought not to be employed by any manu-
facturer unless they can read and write.
He also suggests that it is best to reduce
the number of school committeeman from
three to one from each district. He
speaks Of the employment Of persons as
teachers who are of near kin to commit
teemen as a fertile source of trouble and
says this should be prohibited by law.
He takes plain stand on the matter of
higher public education for women. The
colored normal schools are doing very
we'll. The one for the CrOatan Indians
is not effective. There is strange di-
vision of the Croatans into Two factions.
AS to proportion Of the children of the
tES rasSs e. per s Hss9te ef hrs Ehte 81
for white schools and $242,O47 for col
ored, being 66 per cent and 81 per cent
respectively. The average salary of
white male teachers is $3.50, coored
$22.72; white female teachers $22.95,
colored $20.36 The average length of
white school term is 11.85 weeks, colored
1l.81 weeks. There are $4,000 negro
polls returned for taxation, of which
$4,000 are estimated as paid. The col
ored people, it is estimated, pay for schools
$l19,O0O, Their part of the. expenditure
is almost double what they are fairly
estimated to have paid.