The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-06
NORRIS ELECTED SUPERVISOR
The First Meeting of the County Board
of Education.

of Education.
The county Board of Education, under
the new school law, met yesterday morn
ing at 10 o'clock in the court room and
effected an organization. J. ]. Bagwell
was elected chairman and j. III. Fleming
was chosen temporary secretary.
The clerk of court and register of
deeds were then notified that the Board
was ready to go into the election of a
County Supervisor of Schools, and their
attendance upon the election requested.
Three nominations were made: Pitt
man Stell, Rev. II. w. Norris and Rev.
J. M. White.
Mr.. White is a successful teacher of
twenty-five years standing. In placing
him in nomination, Mr.. Fleming said
that he wanted Mr.. White elected be-
cause he was good teacher and ca
pable administrative officer, and if elect
ed would be entirely non-partisan, look
ing only to the interest of schools. lie
said that he was authorized to say for
Mr. White that if politics were to have
anything to do with the position, Mr..
White could not accept it, for he be-
leved the schools were above politics.
The vote then stood 4 to l, Clerk of
Court Young, Register of Deeds Rogers,
Bagwel and Roberts voting for Norris.
There was some question yesterday as
to whether Mr.. Norris was eligible.
He is preacher and was once State
Senator He is said not to have been
engaged in teaching. If this is true, ac-
cording to Superintendent Mebanes rul-
ing, Mr.. Norris is not eligible to the
position to which he was chosen.
Norris being declared duly elected, was
at once qualified by the clerk of court.
He thereupon became clerk of the Board.
The townships of the county were then
numbered according to position and con-
stituted into school districts as follows:
% Raleigh, (2) ST. Mary's, 90 st. Mat
thews, "a Marks Greek, % Little River,
60 Wake Forest, O Neuse River, (S)
House Greek, 90 Barton's Creek, QO)
New Light, I'D Oak Grove, 90 Cedar
Fork, 03 Cary, Q4 White Oak, 90
Swift Greek, Q6) Panther Branch, 90
Middle Creek, QS) Holly Springs, 90
Buckhorn.
The districts were then called by num-
Der and recommendations of committee
men were received, so far as they were
prepared.
After this a recess of an hour was
taken. On the reassembling of the Board
Mr.. Fleming offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That the Board will elect
no one as committeeman on account OF
his politics, and that we will only con-
slider the politics of the appointee in so
far as it is necessary to comply with the
law, and we request the people to send
us the names of the best men that are
understandable to any of the people, and
that the Board will take up the appoint
ment of committees for Wake Forest
New Light, Little River, Marks Creek,
Barton's Greek and House Creek, on
Monday, 18th of July at 10 o'clock, and
the appointment of committees for Mid
die Greek, Holly Springs, Cary, Cedar
Fork, Buckhorn, White Oak and Swift
Creek will be taken up Tuesday, 18th
at 10 o'clock, and the committees fol-
Neuse River, Oak Grove, st. Mat
thews, st. Mary's and Panther Branch
will be taken up at 10 o'clock on We'd
nesday, July 18th"
The board meets again this morning
at 10 o'clock to consider the apportion-
ment for each school district and other
questions of finance touching the schools