The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-04
CHM & co. GET NOTHING
That Was Surprise as Sub.Commis-
sion Favored Their Books.
SETTLED SATURDAY BUT READERS
Fourteen Ballots Were Taken Before the Readers
Were Adopted, and Adjournment Was
Had Before Agreement Could
be Reached.

Ihe textbooks have been adopted.
The agony is over for the book publish
ers and agents who, for many lays, weeks
and months have been anxiously awaiting
to know which OF their books would get
on the State List for the next five years.
1t is over also for the public and for the
patrons of the schools of North Care
lima, who have been waiting to see what
books were to be purchased.
Yesterday the. State Text Book Com
mission held two sessions, and after the
afternoon session announced that de-
csion had been reached. The list of
books which were announced as having
been adopted is as follows:
UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY.
HauselPs Smaller U. S. History, old
price, 60 cents; adoption price, 40 cents.
Hausells Larger History, old price, ST.;
adoption price, 20 cents.
Maury's Elementary Geography old
price, So cents; adoption price, 40 cents.
Maury's Manual, old price, S1.25, adop-
tion price, SS cents.
Maury's Physical Geography, old price,
$l.20; adoption price, 80 cents.
Holmes Readers, entire series of five
l2tAS. Cd r.iGc $500; adoption price, in
LoalLs, $125, in cloth, $1.40.
B. F. JOHNSON & COMPANY.
Johnson's Physical Culture, 25 cents
Colan & Elwoods Arithmetics Smaller
Book, boards, % cents cloth, "a cents
Advanced Book, boards, As cents, cloth,
46 cents
Smithdeals Slant Copy Books, cents
and cents.
HEATH & COMPANY.
Language Lessons-Hydes New Book,
q cents.
Vertical Writings 6 books, and cents.
NEWSOM & COMPANY.
Beuhler's Grammar. SO cents
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.
Harringtpn's Speller old price 20 cents;
adoption price, Is cents.
Steeles Physics, old price so cents:
adoption price, 45 cents
Miners Mental Arithmetic, 25 cents.
SILVER BURDETT & COMPANY.
Normal Course in Drawing, 8 books
Nos. 1 to 8, S cents each; Nos. to Is
cents each
MAYNARD MERRILL & COMPANY
Weymouth's Pedagogy, $1O0
An examination of the list shows that
the University Publishing Company of
New York, carries off the largest num-
Der of the books adopted, having received
the award on Histories, Biographies and
Readers. The Grammars go to Newsom
& Company, of Philadelphia, the Arithme-
tics 10 b. f. Johnson & Co.. of Richmond.
the Spoilers to the American Book Com
pany of New York, while Johnson e Co.
and Heath & Co., of New York share in
the copy books, johnson & Co., getting the
best of the division as that company gets
the slant copy books, while Heath & Co..
get the vertical. Language Lessons also
go TO Heath & Co.
Not single book on the list has been
secured by CHM & Co., of New York, and
this is one of the surprises, as it has
been thought on the outside that goodly
share ofsthe books would go to them, it
having been understood that the Sub
Commission recommended humber of
their books.
The estimate is that under the new con-
tracts, the reduction in price is 371a per
cent. Hereafter books will cost more
than one-third less than heretofore.
READEN THE TUG OF WAR.
Everything was decided upon Saturday
night except the Readers, the most de-
sirable book on the entire list and the
one all the companies wanted most Four
teen ballots were taken without any
agreement, and then an adjournment was
had until Monday when the University
Publishing Company was awarded the
contract for readers at 1.25, reduction
from $2.02.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
The official report of the State Text
Book Commission, composed of the State
officers. Governor Aycock Lieutenant
Governor Turner, Secretary of State
Grimes, Treasurer Lacy, Auditor Dixon
Attorney General Gilmer and Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction Toon, is as
follows:
NORTH CAROLINA,
Raleigh, N. G.
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lima by an act entitled IAN Act to estab-
lish a Textbook Commission ratified
February Sth, 1901, constituted the State
Board of Education a State Text-B Book
Commission, whose duty it is to select
a uniform series or system of Text-B Books
for use in the public schools in the State
of North Carolina, to include the follow
ing branches, towit:
Orthography defining, reading writing,