The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-18
TO GET NO PAY.
PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEEMAN
MUST WORK FOR NOTHING.
j. b. Fortune to be Federal Court Clerk at
Raleigh-This q Condition Precedent to
Purnelrs Appointment-A Clean Sweep
of Democrats at the Blind Asylum-Ne-
groes Tired of Russell Republication.
Survey OF the Durham and Charlotte
Railway.


Survey of the Durham and Charlotte
Railway.
Messenger Bureau, Park Hotel
Raleigh, y. c., June Is.
Public school committeeman can get
no pay. Such is the ruling Of the at
torney general. The state superintend-
ent Of public instruction desired to pay
them and asked the opinion of the at
torney general. The latter in reply says
he can find nothing in the law which
justifies their payment.
j. B. Fortune, late of Shelby, now Of
Raleigh, is to be the clerk Of the United
States district and circuit courts here,
succeeding n. J. Riddick, who has held
this position thirty-one years. The ap-
pointment of Fortune, a devoted friend
of Senator Pritchard, was a 'condi-
tion precedent to the appointment Of
Judge Purnell' Fortune expects to
get the appointment before the end Of
June and file his bond, and to go in Of
fee about July 1st. He says: THE
powers that be say l must have Rid
dicks place"
The trustees of the institution for the
blind here were in session until after /
O'Clock this morning. They reelected
John f.. Ray principal, dropped w. j.
Young as assistant principal and elect
ed j. K. Rogers steward. They made
clean sweep of all democratic employees.
c. II. Bailey, who has SO actively Op-
posed Governor Russell, was elected
chairman Of the board, vice 3. F. Mon
tague. This was quite a victory for
Bailey.
Professor l. c. Blair was not re-
elected William L Royal, Of Wake
forest was elected instructor and will
have most of Mr.. Blair's classes. Mary
p Wright succeeds Anna Jones in the
kindergarten department. The follow
ing teachers were reelected: w. A.
White. Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Simpson,
Maggie Bromley, Mary Scheneck, Fan
ny Floyd, Laura Cosby, Elizabeth
Grow. The new teachers besides those
above named, are Evelyn Ellis, Laura
Newson and Mary Davis. DR.. Hubert
Haywood was reelected physician and
Mrs. G. w. COstner housekeeper This
board is also the board of the colOred
institution for deaf mutes and blind
and at this it makes the following
changes: w. A. Caldwell, colOred, sue
ceeds Thomas II. Tillinghast. white,
as teacher. A. w. Pegues is reelected
supervisor. NJ. d. Brown, colored, ply
Scian and Jonas COStner, white, is re-
elected teacher
The revenue collections in this dis
trict during May were $S7, ,773.49, which
was over s.. 600 more than in May, 1876.
One of the finest residences in Ran
dolph county, that of George ). Brad
shaw, was burned Sunday. The loss is
said to be over $4,000 and the insurance
$5.250.
From the Van Lindley peach orchard
near Southern Pines. where there is
about One-fifth of d crop. some 5000
crates Of peaches are expected to be
shipped this season.
The new board of agriculture met at
o'clock this afternoon, in semi-annual
session. Some of the members are
talking about ousting Herbert Brim-
ley, the curator of the museum, very
accomplished man. and putting in
man named HyamS, a brOther-ln-laW
of Senator Pritchard. One member of
the board said Hyams would very prob
ably be put in and if in a fortnight 1T
was discovered that he could not fill
the place" he would be dropped. This
same member said he favored abolish
ing any office which no republican or
pOpulist could not be found competent
to fill.
A negro voter tells me that 10000
voters of his race in this state are
ready to revolt against Russell repub-
licansm.' as he terms it. He says all
they ask is that democrats recognize
them
The wheat crop in Guilford county is
pronounced the best in several years.
One man has sold his 1,5OO bushel crop
in the field for 81 bushel.
Surveyors this week begin the survey
of a line from Gulf, Chatham county,
to Durham, for the line to be known as
the Durham and Charlotte railway.
Pennsylvania people are interested iE
this line.
The commissioners of Cabarrus cOun-
ty notify the incorporators of the
Moore County and West End railway
that they have $4,000 in bonds ready to
turn over to them as soon as that road
is put in operation. The purpose is
that it shall extend from Aberdeen or
thereabouts to Concord.
The car wheel works here. after some
months suspension, have resumed work.
They are a branch of the Lobdeli
works. of Wilmington, Del. Wheels are
now cast three times a week.
1t is said that taking all the trucking
and berry interests in this state. the
season just ended has been the most
profitable on record The hot wealth
.er in May cut the potato crop short, but
nor all sou SooN PRICES were ootdiileu.
The truckers have money and that in
terest is looking up.
The condition of wheat compared
with an average in the state is 100 per
cent, against 1902 in May; that of oats
a. against 1O4 in May.
State Superintendent Mebane left to-
day for Morehead City for the teachers
assembly. The orchestra from the blind
institution here also went there.
1t rs intimated that the purchase of
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