Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-17
In NORTH CAROLINA.
THE FIGHT on STATE AID To
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Expense of Public schoois-Prifch-
ard's Lacking Notes.-The Rows OF
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and General Mention.

RALEIGH, ~. c., December i6-CSpe-
cial.)-A clvil-service revenue examina-
ton. special. will be held here January
18th. Applications by candidates for eS-
animation must be filed by January l2th'
n. A. Brown will furnish blanks. There
are only three ellgibles on the list at
present.
20 The fight on the question of State aid
10 higher education IL becoming hot but
in a month will be hotter.
IT is asserted that $4,000 VIII meet the
expense Of keeping public school open III
each Of the 1890 school districts -FOUR
months in each year.
This morning officer Henry Gasque' OF
Marion. s. c., took away George Jones'
a well-dressed and well-appearing white
man Of Durham, who is charged with oe-
frauding various people in Marion county
S. c., out of money.
The plan TO doublc-track the North
Carolina railway between Greensboro anu
Salisbury will be carried out, 1t - salu
II the Legislature and the courts do not
rullfy the lease OF that road TO the
Southern.
II IS learned that Governor Russell VIII
warmly urge the establishment OF re-
formatory for young criminals.
Last night John Dowden, the father OF
the negro who murdered Seaooard AIT
Line engineer at Weldon and was hanged
was robbed of all his money In par
room here. He Is an employee Of the
Seaboard Airline.
Otho Wilson says Senator Pritchard IS
of -
needs to elect him. Wilson says one Re
publican voluntarily told him he wouid
not 20 into the Republican caucus or the
senatorial caucus Wilson declined 10
give the name of this Republican MEM
ber-elect Of the Legislature
The Executive Committee Of the Penl-
tertiary Directors is examining the year
vouchers in the State Treasury Inc
/ fiscal year Of the penitentiary ENDS De-
cember Sist This is in order to give
! time to gather all the crops at the farms
and report on them.
ANOTHER COMPLAINT.
This morning the Seaboard Airline
/ Nled a further complaint against the
Southern Passenger Association, charg-
! ing that 1t is not granted by that asso-
citation the privilege Of through rates 10
| Texas and Arkansas, and an exchange
| of cars for that connection; and, also
claiming that there is discrimination
against Il by the association from North
/ Carolina. South Carolina, and Georgia
/ points to those In Texas and Arkansas.
/ This complaint is filed with the Railway
| Commission, which is asked to carry the
matter up 10 the Interstate Commerce
| Commission.
The public printer to-day delivered
the thirteenth volume OF the state Re-
/ cards" There were ten volumes Of the
/ Colonial Records" edited by Colonel
W. l.. Saunders. In the eleventh volume
which is the first OF the state Records, "
/ compiled by Judge Walter Clark, there
IS an index and supplement 10 the "Co-
lonial Records" Volume XIV. is nearly
ready for delivery, and Volume XIV is
IN press. There viii be four or five more
volumes bringing the State history down
10 17gO as ordered by the last Legisla-
/ ture.
Rev. y. w. Spilman has resigned as
/ Sunday-school missionary OF the North
/ Carolina Baptsts, and as manager OF
their supply-store here. For the mis-
/ sion work Of that Church I'm this State
/ s. 800 is appropriated, and two more APP
/ proprlations. Of the same amount, viii
I be made later on.
The Caucasian Senator Buffers paper
saws to-day that the only State aid 70
} higher education, which the Baptsts OBJ
/ ject to Is the appropriation 10 the State
/ University. The paper then declares that
the $1,000 annually given the university
does do some good and that IL is wrong
TO tear IL away.
The Caucasian declares that the lie.
! gislature should support Governor Rus.
sell in his position against the lease
OF the North Carolian railway. 1t says
two leading attorneys of the Southern
railway were sent TO see Russell about
this lease matter.