The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
THE VOTE NINE TO ONE
KING, GRAHAM AND LINEBERRY
PRESENT BUT DIDN'T VOTE.
A THOUSAND FOR FARMERS INSTITUTES
Other Matters That Were Discussed and De-
fered Until the July Meeting
Board Has Adjourned
Sne-die.

Each member of the Board of Agrl-
culture who has been i'll attendance on
this weeks meeting of the Board mas
eighteen wheels in his inside vest
pocket. besides Zoe. mileage for every
mile he Travelled, and over four hundred
dollars of the coveted surplus mas
found an easy way out of the depart
ment's Golfers.
The Board met yesterday morning at
9 o'clock. and soon after meeting, Mr..
]. w. Bailey offered a resolution appoint
ing a committee of three to wait on John
r. Smith and ask him to resign, giving
as his reason that Smith was not suited
for the position.
John RS friends Immediately
began mastering themselves to-
gether under the leadership of j. G.
Logan Harris, and it was soon apparent
that the Bailey resolution would not even
be pigeon-holed for consideration mt the
next meeting. To the contrary, the
Smith men jumped on it vehemently and
mashed the life out of it 10y a vote of .
to 1. Mr.. Bailey being the only man who
had the grit to stand up and he counted
in favor of Smiths dismissal. There
were three members who failed to vote.
John Graham, who, it is understood, was
Stated for Smiths position whenever he
could be gotten rid of. Hill Il. King, a
clerk in the department, was one of
those who failed to vote. as did also
Iineberry, of Chatham. The other nine
members present voted against the APP
pointment of the committee. They were
Messrs. Harris, Ray, Browning, Holt
day, Maltsby, Flow, Allen and Brady,
and thus the scheme to get rid of John
r. has died "a bornin," and he will 20
right on spending his time and drawing
his salary and his breath.
In explanation of his failure to have
his vote recorded on either side of the
question. Mr.. Graham stated that he
was not present at the meeting that
elected Smith, and that if he had been
he should have voted against him, but
now that he was in office he did not feel
that he should cast his vote to turn him
out.
Neither Mr.. Lineberry nor Mr.. King
offered any explanation. They simply
buttoned their lips and said nothing.
The Board took up the Farmers
county institute question and voted an
appropriation of 81 900 for county in
stitutes this summer. The institutes will
re held and the money expended only
under direction of Prof. A. Q. Holiday,
President of the A. and NJ. College: w.
A. Withers. State chemist. and John II.
Smith, Commissioner of Agriculture. So
DIR. ID. Reid Parker may rejoice and be
exceedingly glad. He will perhaps get 4
swing around the circle and be paid 70
swing.
J. G. l.. Harris proposed a resolution
allowing guano manufacturers to sol
only one fertilizer under the same brand.
The resolution confemplates the notifica-
ton of manufacturers whenever appli-
cation has been made for license for any
brand in cash that that particular brand
has previously been registered. This
resolution will also stop the selling of
amonated guano and acid phosphate
under the same brand, even if made by
one concern. The resolution went over
until the July meeting
The question of making an exhibit at
the Omaha Exposition was taken up
and discussed. but it was the concensus
of opinion that the department had moth
ing to exhibit unless it draws on the
museum. and it was not considered
prudent to draw on this exhibit at this
time.
Several other minor matters were dis
cussed. but nothing was done.
At 11:30 O'Clock the Board adjourned
until July 21st. at which meeting it rs
expected that there will be some mighty
interesting talking and acting.
The Board has been in session three
days and the net results Of the meetings
are one thousand dollars appropriated
for Farmers institutes, and--that's ALL