The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-01
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
APPOINTMENT UNDER THE NEW
INTERyAL REFENUE COLLECTOR
Cadets Hold an Indignation Meeting and
Demand Better Fare and Better Ser
vice In the Dining Hall.

RALEIGH, n. c.. Jan. 3i.-Specal.-E.
c. Duncan. when he takes charge OF the
revenue Office tomorrow. will make the
following appointments; Henry c. Thomp-
son. OF Orange county. will succeed ex
Judge Thomas b. Womack, as chief dep
uty; salary 81. SEQ. Oliver II. Dockery. Jr.,
will succeed Capt. $. A. Ashe, as cashier
OF was thought he would be chief dep
uty). The cashiers salary Is $500. J. r.
Joyce. of Reidsville will be made stamp
clerk at that place: salary 81, 200. Mr..
Duncan SAYS he will let II be known to-
morrow what he will do as 10 clerks VINO
claim retaining under the civil service
regulations.
Unless smallpox makes its appearance
I'm this city, compulsory vaccination VIII
not be resorted to. though the Board or
Health earnestly urges upon the people
the advisability OF being vaccinated and
many are following this advice.
INDIGNATION MEETING.
The cadets at the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College here held an indignation
meeting a few nights ago, ana demand
better fare and better service IN thtu
dining hall. These boys pay - month
for board 0he same that the University
boys pay in Commons HalD NJ the Agl,
cultural and Mechanical College, ana
here there is never a table cloth or nap
Kin used fDOln are USED at the UNIV tiNiNF
An oil cloth is tackled to the table ana
washed of once n day. The amount paid
I'm TO the mess hall here Is about SL.V
and at Commons Hall only about SLlD-
The faculty will look into the matter TINS
week.
Fifteen convcts were sent to GOldsboro
Saturday 10 work on some dykes there.
The forty convicts that were expected 20
go TO Cabarras county FOR WORK on tHe
public roads could not be spared. so says
Superintendent Mewburne. lie also noti-
fies the Agricultural and Mechanical Col,
lege cadets that they can nave squtd
of cOrvicts 20 put the athletic grounds IN
order II they will pay sixty-iive cents
day for them.
no DEED
When It was first proposed TO put the
Agricultural and Mechanical College mere
the city donated $500 for a. site. \ piece
of property northwest OF the CITY was
bought for s. 100 and the other 800 de-
posted with tho State Treasurer. Later
Mr. Pullen gave the present site TO the
promoters Of the enterprise. ana the SITE
purchased left as belonging to the Col
legc Now there is purchaser lot the
land. but no deed can be found.
The University held 5000 of the stan
ley county bonds and $1,000 OF the Wiike5
county bonds Now these are declared lll-
valid. so the University will lose Sll,pO.
The money invested was that given by the
alumni for one Of the chairs OF the Uni
versity. .
Collector Duncan says lhat 1T v .
Luck wishes %. step into EWdrt snoeS,
Governor Russell will give him the place;
otherwise +. ID. Carter. OF Ashevllle, Will
be the lucky man.
THE RALEIGH POSTOFFlCE.
The political piece OF pie now being
watched here Is the postmastership. fN-
limited states Marshal j. b. Hill says that
Pritchard promised him the place ana
G.. II. Bailey claims that Pritchard prom
Used II 10 him.
News as TO new cotton mills and big
improvements ON old ones continues 20
come in Cotton mill industry Is certainly
assuming large proportions I'm this state.
Superintendent Mewberne says that 100
convicts are grading the road from Ashe-
pole to Elrod and have finished eleven
miles.
Sunday though IL was. the work or
transferring the revenue Office from the
old collector to the new one went on yes
terday. The work will be done by .
o'clock tomorrow morning.