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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07

ONLY one arrest by the police on July 4th!
Wen, well, what is the matter with Shenan-
doah2 Some of our esteemed cotemporaries
will be astoui5hed at such a report and
possibly doubt its correctness, but it is true
nevertheless. For a big live town this is an
unusual record, but give dog bad name
ctc. etc
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET.

THE defeat of the Yale crew by the
Leander crew in the first heat of the Henley
regatta in England this morning was not
unexpected, as all the dispatches fore
shadowed such a result. Their trainer
appeared to be trying experiments too close to
the contest.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07

IT will soon be time for our borough Coun-
ell to enact legislation regulating the use Of
bicycles in town While the majority Of
riders use good Judgment there are many
who do not, and it is a question whether the
borough may not, in the absence Of regula.
tions governing the use Of the silent steed,
become responsible for damages in some cases
Of nccident.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07
ExpIorer stanley Critically Ill.

LONDON, July Henry Nj. STANLEY, the
African explorer and member Of parlia-
ment from North Lambeth, who has been
III for several weeks with gastritis, suf-
fercd relapse sunday night, and is now
lying in q critical condition.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07

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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07
rnInted and Te1l overboard.

WILMINGTON, Del, July DR.. Harry
L. Clayton, who lived near Eighteenth
and Oxford streets, Philadelphia, was
drowned in Silver lake Middlctown, yes
serday afternoon. He tainted in boat
and fell overheard.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07

Ask your grocer for the Royal Patent"
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AO,tr made
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-07
EVENING HERALD
EsTABLIsHED 1870.

Published every Evening, Except Sunday, at
sourH JARD1N STREET, NEAR CENTRE,
The Herald is deliveie ed In Shenandoah and the
surrounding towns for six cents week pay
able to the carriers. BY mail $500 year or %
cents a month, payable in advance. Advertise
ments charged according to space and position
The publishers reserve the right TO change the
position of advertisements whenever the pup
iication OF news demands it, The right is
reserved to reject any advertisement, whether
paid for or not, that the publishers may deem
improper. Advertising rates made known
upon application.
Entered at the postofice at Shenandoah, Pa, as
second class mail matter.
TELEPHONE CONNECTION.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS
Who They Are, And What
They Have Done
SKETCHES AND PICTURES
HON. A. j. CONNoR,

County Examiner for NOrthamptOn
Il has been said that under the
nrasant mIblic school laws no safe
Guards are thrown around the schools
- keen incomDetent and unworthy
nersops from having charge of them.
int there Is at leasf q yestire OF the
former law still In force which affords
some protection. and that is inc
"Counfy FNaminer" feature In their
,affarts 70 bara are,.v nbase ~ +bc
school onestion disc9espa 81 the npyt
,neatino. of The Assa15bIy the r9anaaa,,s
ba.s aSeionaa j ,,1ana nm ana 7rn-
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added to the permanent endowment. of
Gu.lford
Pres dent Hobbs has attended many
of he educational conferences held in
djfferaH parts Of the United States
Sd promote the cause of education ina
ahe various yearly meetings Of Friends
America, ADD n aim efforts there
an he has sought to present the needs
O the South, and especially of his MAJ
tve State, u respect to Ghe endowment
Of our colleges. as well ms their more
adequate equ Ement He Is am ardent
friend Of he public schools, and has
advocated ON many occasions the meth
oh OF increasing our funds for these
schools by ioaal taxation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
PRESIDENT CHARLES D. MCIyER

PRESIDENT CHARLES d. MCIYER
State Normal and Industrial School
OF those who have labored with I'M
firing zeal for the cause of educa ton
in North Carolina, no man is more
closely identified with the educational
awakening Of the last decade and with
the causes that produced this awaken
ing than that of Charles d. McTver,
President of the State Normal and In
dustrial School
DR.. McIver is a native Of Moore coun-
tv, North Carolina, and received his
college education at the State Univer-
sity Graduating from this institu-
ton in the class of 81, he Immediately
began the work that has ever been
nearest his heart-the education OF the
children OF the Old North State
I'm 1852 he assisted in the Organiza-
ton of the graded schools of Durham,
and i'm 1881 performed the same ser
vice for the town Of Winston. While
IN Winston in 1885 he was married to
Miss Lula Martin, who was herself a
teacher. and who has effectively CO.
d Grated with him in all of his cduca-
tioual undertakings.
It vi It'll &c EtuIS liz WIS q lltIlDCb
of the faculty of Peace Institute, Raj
eigh He resigned this position for
that Of institute Instructor in 1899.
IN this capacity he lectured through
out the State and aroused educational
enthusiasm wherever he went.
DR. Mc[yer has been superintendent
of several summer normal schools in
the State. and i'm 1892 was president
OF the North Carolina Teachers As
sembiy.
I'm 1892 he was elected President of
the State Normal and Industrial School
lin the establishment of which
school he had been largely instrument
al. having been chairman Of the com
mittoe from the Teachers Assembly
which presented the question to the
Legislature and secured the passage
OF the act establishing the institution.
His varied experience, thorough ac-
quaintance with his State and deyo-
ton to her interests, together with his
untiring energy and contagious en-
thusasm iii the education of women
fit him for the position
which he now holds.
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President Elon College.

Rev. W. w. Staley, President of Elon
College and pastor of the Christian
church, Suffolk. Va, was born Feb.
"A, 1849, IN Alamance county, \. c. The
present hourishing county of Ala
nance and the honored President Of
the only college within ner borders
gre Of the same age and both are yet
only In the prime of y.gor, and OF act
i've, Industrious, energetic life.
Dr Staley was prepared for college
by those well kJnwn educators Drs.
w. S. and ID. A. Long In Graham High
School from 1867 to 1871. Through this
school as through college Dr.. Staley
literally worked his way paying his
fees by labor of hand and muscle even
Lg, mornings, nights and Saturdays
~ hen not in the school room. He en-
tered Trinity College in 1871 and grad
mated four years later with the degree
of A. b. From 1871 10 1880 he was em-
,loyed as teacher i'm the school at Ora
nam, except year 77-iS, which be
s. eEt at the University of Virginia,
taxing a University course Of study,
making mathematics a speciality, which
branch of study was his lavorite while
al college.
g. he years 1881 amt 1892 found him
superintendent of Public Schools for
AIamance county, This position be re-
s.gEed to become paste: OF tne Suffolk,
NJ, Christian church III 1852. When
d. Staley went to Suffolk he found
snail church of some over 100 mem
bers in a small building of 40 seating
capacity. Since that time bis con-
g1cgatlon has built ry ice, EO,y Occu-
pying a handsome brick editce IN the
nea1t of the city with seating capacl-
III of COO and aggregatirg a cost 933,-
q lot, parsonage and church.
In 1877 Trinity College conferred
j m the degree Of A. NJ, and in1 1892, I'm
on Christian College Of Indiana gave
the title Of d. d. DR.. Staley is close
student not only OF books, but OF men
and affairs. He spent last fall in Eu-
rose and Asia and his experience and
observations abroad, as told through
the press and from lheplauform, nave
been received with delight and enthus-
fasm by those to whom he mas address
ed himself. He is charming as
writer and lucid as a speaker ano
never fails to be interesting.
Since becoming pres dent of Elon
College in 1894, though nonresident
president and only at the college a.
meetings of its executive boards and
trustees, and when occasion demands
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
SUPT. GEO. w. CONNOR,
Wilson Graded Schools.

Geo. w. Connor the subject Of this
sketch, was horn in Wilson, " C.. Dc
tober "a, 1872, being the oldest son Of
ex-Judge H. G. Conror, of the North
Carolina Superior Court. He entered
the Wilson Graded School while very
young, showing himself to be one of
the brightest pupils in that excellent
Institution ia It's palmiest days.
After leaving the Graded School he
: ace special preparation for college
under the direction of Rev Il. s. Bron-
son, now Of Warrenton, but at tllat
tine rector of St. Timothy's Episcopal
church, Wilson. Mr.. Connor entered
the University of North Carolina in
the fall Of 1883, where he at once took
rank as a student Of promise. His col
lcge record was one of note. In the
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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, SUNDAY MORNING. NAY H. 1896

lish in that institution. For two years
he delivered a course of lectures on
before the Norfolk Shake
speare Club. In July, 1885, ne was
elected professor of the English Ian
guage and literature in the University
Of North Carolina The interest in
this department is recognized every
where and the impetus it has given to
the more thorough study of the phil
0Iogy and literature of our own ton
que. by frequent lectures in many
sections Of our State and 10y CORES
Uoudence he has excited enthusiasm
for Shakespeare and other classics
and induced many to pursue "a regular
method in their clubs and societies
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HoN. JoHN c. scARBoRouGH.
STATE supt. Of PubIic Instruction.

Was born in Wake county, n. c., in
ts41 He received his preparatory ed
ucation in the Common School of
the district in which he was born and
in Buffalo Academy. Wake county.
When he was about prepared to enter
College. the war between the
States broke out He enlisted as a pri-
rate soldier in the Raleigh Rifles in
April. 1861. He participated in the
battles fought BY the army in Virginia
under Joseph f. Johnston afterwards
under Cen r. +. Lee and Jubal a.
Farley iii his valley of Virginia and
Maryland campaign
He Vas several times slightly
wounded. once quite seriously, at the
battle of Cedar Creek on October 10,
1864. This kept him from service un-
Ell March q, 1865, on which day he re-
turned to his command Al Petersburg,
engaging in the battles fought around
Petersburg and in the retreat to
the last battle of the army, Appoma-
t0x.
Returning home he went TO work on
his fathers farm. IN January, 1866 he
entered Wake Forest College, from
which Institution he graduated IN
Tuue 1869
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

Gle, at Raleigh, where he has lived
since that date Was elected State
printer by the legislatures Of 1887,
1889, 1891 and 1898 In March, 1893,
he was appointed to a clerkship in
the Interior Department AZ Washing
ton, and vas soon made chief clerk at
a handsome salary, but his newspaper
alent and love for native State did
not suffer him to remain out OF her
borders for any considerable length
d time In January, 1891, he re-
urned to Raleigh to assume editorial
charge of the News and Observer.
Trough this medium, Mr. Daniels
las always shown laudable interest
and enterprise in fostering the mate
rial and educational development Of
the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
+. L. HOBBS.
President Guilford College

PfeSld@Hb huiIIOia 1OltSt.
President L. L. Hobbs, of Gu.ifor1
College, IS a native of Guilford couDts
md received h.s early education ~
shat was known as New Garden Board
,ng School.
He entered Haverford College in 1872,
md spent four years in that excellent
institution, graduating in 1876 among
The first students Of MS class.
He was then employed to take an
important place N the school as New
Garden, and two years LATER was made
principal. This place he held for a
Of years, and in the meantime
took the degree Of master Of arts, taking
the prescribed course at Harvard Cot
lege for said degree, in the Latin Lam
euage and Ancient Philosophy. Upon
he enlargement Of the school at New
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contest for the Representative medal
ia 1891 he came off victor over strong
opponents. He was one of the corps
Of editors Of the University Magazine,
aud won the debaters' medal in the
Phi Society in 1892 In June of that
year ne graduated cum laude
Before graduating Mr. Connor was
elected Principal Of the Goldsboro
GRADED School which position he held
FOR two years. In June 1894, he was
elected superintendent of the Wilson
laded Schools, which position ne has
since held. Under his supervision the
schools have increased in efficiency
and popularity. In June, 1894 he was
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
June, 1869

The following fall be accepted a po-
sition as Tutor in the College and re-
NAMED in the position two years.
IN August. 1871 he established an
Academy mt Selma, Johnston county,
n. G., and conducted this school until
the summer of 1876, when he was nom
irated by the State Democratic Con
yention for the office Of State Super
intendent Of Public instruction, to
which he was elected by popular vote
in August, 1876, and was inaugurated
on January LIST, 1877.
lie served in this capacity two
terms, retiring from the office in 1886
re is the author Of the late system Of
county supervision Of public schools.
His work in that line has had lasting
effects ON the elevation of the pro-
fession in the State After retiring
from fhe office of superintendent of
Public instruction he was engaged as
teacher in the High Point College
from which position he was called in
1852 10 the office of Commissioners of
Labor Statistics In 1892 he was nom
mated by the Democratic party for the
Office Of State Superintendent and was
elected for a third term which he is
filing with old time zeal and ability.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
C. M. TOMS
supt Durham Graded Schools.


Is native of Hartford, Perquimans
county After graduating at the State
University i'm 1889, he took charge of
The Plymouth High School which he
conducted successfully for two years
or more While there he married
Miss Mary Newly, of HEREFORD Mr..
Toms left Plymouth to become a teach
er i'm the Durham Graded School He
was soon made Principal of the School,
and i'm June, 1894, upon the resignation
of Superintendent Kennedy Mr. Toms
vs. as elected to succeed him
As teacher and Principal Mr. Toms
showed unusual skill as instructor and
manager Of the children AS Super
mteudeut he has shown himself to be
aus wen "a student of educational pro-
uiems and "a man of progressive ideas,
But Mr. Toms chief work i'm Dur
ham is the Introduction of manual
training into the common school
course. Indeed I'M this ne has done
% service TO the State. For he Is the
only man who has made a successful
application of the principles of man
u9I training i'm amy school i'm North
Carolina This course Ina the Durham
Schools includes, Clay modelling in the
lowest grades, and paper folding and
cutting mechanical and free hand
drawing, wood carving, the study Of
aesthetics and the history of Art A
special teacher trained at Pratt Insti-
tute is i'm charge OF this department
superintendent Toms has succeeded
because he has not tried 10 make his
school a trade school This manual
training gives preparation for any
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While a very young man he has
shown remarkable aptitude for school
work, and is to-day, perhaps, one of
he most progressive school men in
North Carolina In his work in Will
son he has put to fight the old maxim
that a prophet is not without honor
save in his own country, for he was
born and reared in Wilson, and is I'M
Nersally esteemed by the people of
the town and county. The Wilson pub
lie schools have a bright future be
fore them, and if Mr. Connors plans
for their grcater effici nc. are car led
out no schools in the South viii be
better
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

Editor Of the News and Observer.
Born in Washington. II, c., May Is,
1862. Educated at Wilson Collegiate
Institute, where he spent his boyhood
days. At the age Of eighteen he be-
came local editor Of the Wilson Ad-
vance, which paper he bought the
nsxt year, and displayed remarkable
talent As a newspaper man. In 1888,
he became editor Of the State Chroni-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

IL june, 1890, he was elected County
ssaueE nfieIf OF guDlc INSTRUCTION
receiving frFo-thirds Of the votes east.
tie other third being divided between
five candidates for the position. a
friend IL one of he candidates after
walds aska,l MIR. Common where was
he graduated at?" and he promptly
replied, at the pillow handles, and by
reading nep spa{9ers. In 1892, and
again III 1854. ne was reelected Super
Intefdent without opposition, and in
1895 mas appointed County Examiner
Under the 6eN lax.
I'll 1881 ha Wsts instrumental in or
gsafgssg She Northampton Teachers
ASCENT n and was elected IS first
tfe at ard has been reelected at
e subsequent election, 4 body
vheh has done much for the cause Of
education in northampton. and has
oeeu addressed of different rimes by
sneh men IS Hons. II. ID. Winston, Jno
G. scarborough, Thomas w. Mason
President Winston, President Taylor
and President Crowell
FL January 1892, he began the pub
Iieaision of the Cleaner" as a month
ig educational journal.
I'm April Of nat year the Roanoke
Patron. hict had been the organ OF
the Sta anRe for over twelve years
suspended publ.cati3n and the owners
af tho 53ff rendered the same to Mr.
Connor, free OF charge. aa ~ e3ud
ton hat he would change "The
Cleaner 10 a weekly. The offer was
accepted and in July of that year the
Patron and Cleaner was started,
which has attained great success and
wide circulation and is to-day the
only weekly newspaper in North Caro-
lima whose Speed am d adyane.
the elm at.9Haj interests Of the entire
State.
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sort of manual occupation just as the
ordinary school course in writing,
English composition, and arithmetic
gives preparation for any kind of BUSH
ness. He has succeeded also because
ne recognizes the educational value Of
such study. Manual training is men
tai training 1t trains the eye to see,
it trains the Judgment; it trains the
reason; it trains Imagination: One
must see before he can draw, one must
think before he can make, one must
i'm agine before ne can create.
If the object of school training is to
rrel are children for the completest
living, and if a school is to be known
by its fruits, superintendent Toms
has given to Durham a most efficient
school. and has furnished a model for
other communities.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
BENZ. r. LACY,

Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
Form in Raleigh, June 10. 1854, the
ne, year, his father became president
of Davidson College, where young
acy spent his early boyhood. AT the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

(only venty-seven years old and a
lawyer by profession, has proved HIM
self d very valuable public school
man. Each summer he holds insti-
tutes for both races.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

Prof. of Mechanical Engineering, A..
and NJ. College.
Born February ~, 1872 in Balti-
more. A son Of Gen. w. p Craighill,
Chief Engineer, United States Army
Educated at Charleston, ". Va; Alex
andria. Va. and Massachusetts In
situte Of Technology, from which in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
HON. GEO. +. BUTLER, COUNTY
EXAMINER, SAMPSON COUNTY.

Mr.. Butter was prepared for college
at Salem High School, Sampson
county. Graduated at State Eniyer-
sity in 1889. and accepted principal
ship Of the Salem High School. where
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
Or. THOs. HUME. d. d., Ill. D.,

pr THOs. HUME, d. d., Ill. D.,
Professor OF English, State University.
Thomas Hume is the SON OF the
ReyeIeTd Thomas Hume, for foTtY-one
years Eas tor in Portsmouth and Nor
folk, Virginia, grd was bonn ia the
former city, Aftcr preparatory train.
ing there he attended Redmond col
lege, where he received the degree Of
a. b. ard A. NJ. and then graduated
in several schools Of the University of
Virginia. a tle UniyeTsitt he pre-
pared the / Ian OF the first known col
lege Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. Re had fairly tgun work as
professor of Latin ard French IN the
ChcsaEe axe College. here also he en-
cred the ministry when the civil war
called him 10 the field and he was made
capita n of the Third Virginia Infan-
ny. As the lines Of a protracted siege
were closing about Petersburg, he was
tran sfcrlcd to the chapla Hcy Of that
rnst. his Y ork being mainly amongst
North Carolina soldiers. When the
az ended I've revived the Petersburg
Classical II stitutc, ard after a success
fal administration Of several years,
sEent soue time i'm European travel
He then Eecane principal Of the Roa-
MOLE Female College, at Danyille. Va.
and pastor Of the Zap list church in
that town. On the death of his
father. he as aalled to su ccecd him
as pastor in Norfolk, ard added to his
duties the professorshio of Latin and
Enplish literature III the Norfolk,
Collegiate Institute. On being inyi ed
to sid i'm the establishment of the
Norfolk College, he entered on a FIVE
years prof ssorship of Latin and Eng
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ard the month following was elected
assistant Professor Of English in
Clemson college, South Carolina. His
rank was afterwards raised to that of
Associate Professor. This position
9s held until last October, when Doc
tor Harrison was elected Professor of
II gI.sh in Davidson College, North
Carolina.