The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-24
COMES HIGH
Estimated Cost of The Public School EIec-
B ton to Be Held In August.
MORE OF PUBLIC PRINTERS G0UGIEG
Snm1ncr Schools Open
s sSss ID elesntes o the Gold Aiming Con.
ss gress State treasurer Mnkcsa Sur
ssS sprisirg RultnE-Nr. Butler writes
sssssssa About AN Infnul oHs Compact.

HIS Raleigh N. c.. June 23.-(Special)-
&&SS The5 Superintendent OF Public Ins,ruc-
ssssss,Saeion to-day submitted to the Attorney
s Gene ral the. question whether the cN
S pgnEes OF the election i'll August on the
ssarueStion Of local aid TO the public schools
fHa are to be paid out Of the school fund
sorS the county fund. The chief clerk
fto the State Superintendent expressed
the fapinion that as it IS TO be an elac-
ion for schools the cost must be borne
the school fund.- and he added that
I'D fsssaEsWill be q costly election, the same as
Hs sgeneral election, in fact. IT is his
E&sest Innate tina { the cost will exceed $50,
300. as a report from Davidson county
says the cost there Will be over a thou
SNssand dollars.
EsS w. H. Bagley. OF this city, is now
|SssshEY Johns Hopkins Hospital, where an
ESg1peration for appendicitis has just been
SSS The State Public Printing Board met
ssStosday. in the executive office. Recent
EEgsSSsfa tements, made by public officials, too,
(s$haXes charged the present public printers
It'll heavy overcharges.
The university summer school has
P@ggasonened with good attendance. This
|;ssyY!ll be Increased after F.iday, when the
ISssession of the Teachers assembly at
81 an1crehead City comes to an end. At
session OF the latter the
|Esspaes1dents Of the leading colleges spoke
II@5on specially selected topics. To-day
EEs&f mere We're addresses by superintendent
of the Goldsboro public schools,
land burlington, OF burlington Insti-
nfe;;& President Hobgood, Of Oxford
Female Seminary, and Prof. Atkinson of
Zion college. a musical and clocutlon-
s8SsarYsen tertainment was given this even
I Il There are hints that at the next meet
EEsssngG OF the Agricultural Board here the
fSarnount given the Agricultural and Me
eefSsSEhnnical College for making analysis Of
fertilizers may be largely in
perhaps even doubled and made
EEsS20, GOO a year. At the late meeting there
Eisgyas an effort to make 1t $4,000.
North Carolina Is to be represented by
Eaa hraeg delegates 10 the international gold
yNsSssln 1n1ffE congress at DenVer-Geologist
Ii ss AZ Holmes, Richard Eames and J T.
EsEN Newman. The two last named Will
sak on gold mining in this Stale and
54s 4he erection Of suitable reduction works
ssAassS The frs OF the farmers institutes TO
Enc eld this year Is TO be in GuLlford
Es%sSobun ~, July 7th and Sth. 1t is often very
EEsssaeIa cult TO induce the farmers to attend
FAY hese institutes. No reaSo was ever
S&giXen for the non-attendancc save that
lGssszaany farmers will never go anywhere
{@assss "a Cherokee Indian, from Swain coun-
Is one OF the latest arrivals at the
He is in for manslanGhter
sssss ssSuperintendent Smith, Of the Peniten-
u Issst tnry,tsi Is at the farm OF Castle Hayne
33ssso investigate the escap pc OF seven con-
ElSsssY1cts. NJ One or two of these were per-
hapH hit by the guards, who shot at
ssSehem. It is odd that Of the thrty-fve
fsSy no made the break only seven got
SSSlaWAy.$ The thick 'bu shes near the MA ce
|SRhese the convicrs load phosphate On
5sSsa IN trains are to be cut down as to
E{4s;fhase bushes it is said the escape was
llSSss Whe ruling Of the State Treasurer as
}}Sss1I0sthe meaning and intent OF sections SO
land 50 Of the new revenue law Is of
EaErant public interest The sections In
S#esAneStton render liable to Indictment
8Rssorltntnelly those persons who did not
pay their taxes. The question
Whe ther this referred only 10
1csnBe tax or to all The ruling that the
tons. refer to all taxes in the revenue
ssssss .under schedules a, Is. and G, and
MI g n he machinery act also. Is truly q
one.
enator Marion Butler in his paper
sstos1-d1ay. IN signed editorial, says that
eesSsaA lot OF the so-cailed Populist newspa-
Spers are pursuing q policy which all
e.Popuhsts repudlat e; this being the
xssertion that the National Popul!s
fEfS somml tee has conspired to sell out 10
S $ssana mocratic party. Senator Butler
eEsssssays Hsthis is the reprehensible and infa-
esannus compact that some so-caIled Pop
list papers are now engaged in" ii
&S8nere Is "a, single Popu1ist In the United
44Statss who is In favor of disband,ng the
sssssEsseople's party and merging It Into the
81 sGas1ennoaranc party we do not know him.
there are any ouch they are certainly
s@yeWar ia number than those so-caIIed
88S SBsssapl1lists who tried to help elect Nc
98as5k 1nley In the last campaign
81 s1!heS Council OF State gives to Guy V.
snrnes, Of Raleigh, all the job printing
Sorthe State, and defines this to include
sE9al1 publications numbering $50 pages or
IS The other printing is to be let to
bidder as occasion arises but
NO Council is vested with full discretion.
Il HERTFnRD