The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-12
To be Taught at Public
Schools.
The SECOND REGIMENT
Has at Last Received its Equipment
The Soldiers Anxious to Get to a Large
: Camp-Improyements at the Capitol.
Cooks Chances for the BrigadiershiP
Very Slim-Rafsing More Companies
for the Negro Regiment.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, n. c., July z.

Raleigh, N. c., July Z.
Apropos of the announcement now
appearing in a number of state papers
that the university would teach Span
ish next year, your correspondent
learns that at the meeting of the exec
utive committee of the State Normal
and Industrial college in June it was
decided that the Spanish language
should be taught as a part of the reg
ular course of that progressive insti-
tuition, just as French and German
now are. With state colleges and such
public schools as those of Atlanta in
Producing the teaching Of Spanish,
we may expect that language to
claim a large part of the attention
heretofore given to French and Ger
man. The executive committee of the
State Normal and Industrial college
has taken steps for the erection of a
large, commodious kitchen, and a
steam laundry.
Today arrangements were made by
the agricultural department for the
holding of farmers Institutes in the
counties of Mitchell, Watauga, Alex
ander, Yadkin, Stokes, Forsyth, Gull
ford, Rockingham and Caswell.
The state board of public buildings
and grounds today made a contract
with A. N. Shroyer to lay granOlithic
pavement nine feet wild on the side
walks around the capitol square. Out
side of this will be a border three feet
wide, of grass and flowers.
Today Mr.. Bogart and two others, of
Greensboro, and Messrs. H.. H. Scales
and B. B. Boyd came here and were
given transportation by the adjutant
general to Jacksonville as members of
the hospital corps of the Seventh army
corps.
Rev. John L.. MichauX, a well known
minister of the Methodist Protestant
church, is dead.
The Second regiment has as yet
made no practice marches, nor is
likely to do much in this line until it
is transferred to the point where it
will be brigaded. Officers and men
alike are extremely anxious to be sent
to a great camp. The sooner they go
tie better for the regiment.
Equipment for recruits of the
Second regiment has been received,
after considerable delay.
John Dawson, Of Wilkes county, is
the last man to enlist in the Second
regiment. His brother was killed in
tie battle of Santiago.
The adjutant general is liberal in
his expressions of disgust at the con-
duct of so many of the negro volun-
teers in backing out at the last mo-
ment, and not going to join their reg
iment. He attributes it all to coward
ice. To fill the gaps made by the
"finchers" he has requested V. s.
Lusk, of Asheville, and Colonel Ly-
brook, of Winston, to have a. company
of 100 each raised at each place. This
is being done. The eastern negroes
are slow about volunteering. They
are the principal "finchers."
It is understood hat the Second
regiment will be paid tomorrow or
Saturday.
The adjutant general has endorsed
c.. A. Cook for brigadier general. 1t
is perfectly we'll understood among
we'll informed republicans here that
Cook does not stand a ghost of a
chance for the position. They say so
openly.
Chairman Dockery of the peniten-
tiary board says the long delayed re-
port of ex-Superintendent John r.
Smith will be made to the July meet
ing. 1t is very doubtful.