Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-12
ACROSS THE BORDER.
Important School Question-Alleged
Counterfeiting Case-Briefs.


RALEIGH, y. c., December 1l.--(Spe-
cial.)-The State Superintendent Of Pub
lilo instruction rs not satisfied with the
answers OF the Attorney General to his
inquiries regarding the force Of the Su-
preme Courts recent opinions as 10 the
county school boards-that is whether
the old, or fusion boards, or tho new, or
Democratic boards. hold office. The At
torney-General said, sweepingly that the
old boards were entitled 10 office, but
that any and all acts Of the new boards
were valid. The State Superintendent,
knowing that the Supreme Court had de-
cIded in several cases (nOtably the Sum-
mers case, fifty years ago or mOre) that
the failure to make contest for an office
was abandonment. to-day wrote the fol-
lowing letter 10 the Attorney-General:
II wish your opinion upon the following
cases, which have come under my notice
within the last few days. The information
l wish is In regard TO abandonment Of Of
fee The three following cases will cover
practically ell the cases I'm regard 10 the
county boards, and | wish to have your
opinion to-day before ! issue my letter:
l. Where county boards either record a
protest before turning the Office over TO
the board appointed by the Legislature,
but entered no suit I'm the courts to test
their rights. which is the legal board?
2 Where q county board did not enter
verbal protest and withdrew leaving the
school Offices in the hands Of the board
appointed by the Legislature. which IS the
legal board7 g. Where no protest at all
was made, and where the old board did
not even appear at the office. and the
Supervisor turned over the records, books,
Sc 10 the board elected BY the TNgisla-
ture. which is the board? | also wish 10
AJAX a question In regard 10 certificates Is
sued i'm one or two counties by two super
intendents. One OF these was elected by
the old board, and the other by the new
board. Are the certificates issued by both
Of these legal2 IL not which had au-
thority to issue certhcates?"
The State Treasurer to-day made up
the following statement, showing the
payments made this year on. account Of
The penitentiary: Appropriations, S55,iii;
earnings returned. $50 0S9; old debts. sl0S.-
TGo. interest on old-debt bonds. s.. 200: pay
ment for Caledonia Farm, S62, 49s Total,
HE state to-day chartered the Rufin
High school. at Ruftin. Rockingham
county, and the Piedmont Lumber Com
peny Of Charlotte n,or . $1,000 ySoerv ,ba oxt.r
sive annex TO the State Museum was be-
gun II Is said the work, now much de-
layed. will be rushed.
To-day a. J. Marshall. the Wilmington
LAWYER. against whom a. true bill for
counterfeiting silver coins was returned
here in the Federal Court last Friday, ar
rived here, accompanied by Iredell
Mearss. one OF his lawyers. The state
ment having DeeH nldue tiidt mere was
politics in the case against Marshall.
The District Attorney was asked what
were the facts. He said the statement
was entirely false, and that the case
would be tried here before the holidays,
provided Marshall does not block It. Mar
shall said to nee to-day: Tho sooner they
try the case the better" II gives every
promise OF being most sensational case.
Marshalls attorneys say as much. Inc
government is reticent.
Nfrs roltCf of Governor TnOmlS
NJ Holt, died late Saturday night at
Burlington, where she had gone 10 see a
sick sister Her death was very SUDDEN
and was due 10 neuralgia Of the heart.
The funeral was held to-day at Haw
River Her maiden name was Moore, ana
her family lie prominent In the PEG
mont section Her beautiful home at Haw
River was noted for the elegance ana
warmth OF It's hospitality.
Rev. DR.. A. NJ Simms yesterday. by
letter, resigned tho pastorate OF the Bap-
list Tabernacle here. Rev. Il. II. Leavitt
read the letter, DR.. Simms being az Ashe-
Vile attending the Baptist State Conven-
tion DR.. Slmms is a native OF West Nir-
GINA but came hero from Texas six years
ago In the letter he said he thought the
time had come for some one else 10 take
charge. Rev w. c. Barratt has resigned
the pastorate OF the Fayotteville-Street
Baptist church. and Rev DR.. Carter that
OF the First Baptist church, and thus,
strange 10 say. the pulpits OF the three
leading Baptist churches are virtually
vacant.
The oyster-dredging fleet. which went
out from New Berne for six-day cruise,
has RETURNED. c. l.. Stevens. Of the New
Berne journal who was here to-day, says
the TIP was a failure. and that there is
a great disappointment. Instead OF taking
go bushels a day to the boat they got
only fifty for the whole six days. He
saws some Of the canneries will have 10
shut down for lack OF oysters. There are
perhaps a dozen new canneries. Mud and
sand. mainly black mud, ruined the oys-
tiers. This was the work of the great Au-
gust storm. 80 say the oystertneh ae
Beaufort and New Berne.
*. s. Finch. Of Charlotte. has an, OPP
tion on all the swamp lands owned by
the State until February, l9o2-perhaps a
million acres.