The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-14
Under tho Dome

The Committee on Education that Wis
tied the University. the Greensboro Nor
nal, and the colored A. and NJ. College.
returned yesterday afternoon. From the
Senate, those who went were Senators
Smith, Chairman, James, Williams and
Wilson; from the House, Craig, chair
man. and Messrs. Wall. Carr. BRYAN
Davis, of Franklin, Williams. of Yadkjn
They report delightful time and if
theX consult their feelings will vote for
any appropriation desired Senator VII
lams. who had been in the Senate wheI~
the Normal was projected. said teSter-
day that he felt more than repaid for
the vote he gave to establish the school
when he saw the great work it was do
ing. A concert was given compliment
tary to the committee, and they were
all charmed with the character of the
performance DR.. McIver called upon
all the members of the committee 10
speak and the 400 girls gave such an
audience as would inspire the dulles
speaker.
At Chapel Hill, in the presence of tn
SEQ students. all Of the members of tn
committee made speeches. Chairman
was upon his old hunting grounds and
gave pleasing incidents of his school
days Mr.. Wall who left Chapel Hill
to enter the army where he won renown
as a brave soldier, gave most interest
ing address full of "reminiscences of the
olden time.
"There is no institution in the State"
said Chairman Smith 80 well fixed as
the coored 4. and NJ. College. They
have everything they need in the way
of equipment and the best of everything,
too. The attendance is about 12J and
the accommodations are better than |
have seen at any public institution in the
State. They have more money in pro-
portion to attendance than any other
college"
mo we have not agreed upon our re-
port yet as TO appropriations for educa
t'oral institutions" said Chairman
Smith. I'VE will try to present our re-
commentator as to the changes in the
public school law and the recommends
tons as TO the higher institutions of
learning. We recognize that the people
of the whole State are deeply interested
in the public school and we have tried
to shape our hill so that it will he ac
ceptahle to the people and develop and
improve the schools"
The following resolutions show the po-
siton which the legislators from Gull
ford take on the proposition to establish
a dispensary at Greensboro:
"Ralcigh, n. c.. Feb. 10, 1899.
"Whereas. there has been presented
to us, the representatives of the peo-
pie of Guilford county in the General
Assembly of North Carolina petitions
for and against the establishment of a
dispensary for the city of Greensboro,
and
"Whereas, it was antended before the
committee of the Sei7ate having the bill
in charge. that ny written petite was
not a proper method of asccrtaining the
will Of the white voters in regard there
to. and
"Whereas. we desire to know the will
of the white voters of Greensboro in
this matter, so that we may be guided
by them in our action@
"Now, therefore in order to ascertain
what our duty in the matter is, we ask
the board of aldermen 10 call a white
primary to he held on Thursday the
10Th day of February, 1899, Mt the
grand jury room in the court house and
to appoint three poll holders to hold
said primary. at which primary every
white voter shall be permitted to vote
who is registered on the county reg.stra-
ton books for precincts l. =. 3 and t,
and shall cast ballot on which shall be
written and partly printed the words
'For Dispensary cor Against Dispen-
sary"
1--WE shall consider this primary as a
command from the people and will de-
eide our duty in the matter in~accord-
ance with the majority of the votes cast
thereat.
We call upon the people to give
full expression Mt this primary as we
shall certainly be governed thereby.
John n. WILSON,
q LNIC-N