The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-06-07
THE ~SUB-COMMISSIONS REPORT
Given slight Consideration by the
Commission Great Reduction in
Financially swamped by the Recent
Board Of Agriculture Regarding the
Agricultural College-New Profess
sors to be Chosen-DeIegates to the
Southern Industrial Convention.
Especial to the Messenger.l

Especial to the Messenger)
Raleigh, n. c., June AT Z o'clock
this evening the text book commission
gave out its report. 1t also gave out
the report Of it's sub-commission. Ii
riddled the latter like a sieve. SO great
were the changes.
Following are the awards: Geogra-
plies. the University Publishing Com
papy-for Maury's biographies ele-
mentary 40 cents, formerly So cents;
Manual SO cents, formerly s1.25; Phys
ical. 80 cents, formerly s1:2O. Modern
English grammar, Newson & Co., so
cents. Hydes language lessons, D. c..
Heath & Co.. "a cents. Color & Ell
woods arithmetics. B. F. johnson &
Co., 2 book series % and 40 cents. Mil
mes Mental Arithmetic, American Book
Company. % cents. Normal course in
drawing (nine books Silver Burdette
& Co. Writing books divided between
Heath & Co., and B. F. Johnson & Co..
H~arrington's speller, Is cents, formerly
20. Holmes readers, University Pub
fishing Company 5 books for S1.2O form
erly SOP. Hanselrs Primary History
and Hanselrs Higher History, prices
40 and 20 cents, formerly 60 and s1.OO,
University Publishing Company. john
sons Physical Culture % cents, B. F.
Johnson & Co. Pedagogy "Waymarks
for Teachers" Maynard Merrill & Co..
$1.Oo.
n commission will advertise for
/ bids TO furnish North Carol;no h;e+or,-
civil government and principles of ag-
r~1culture. as none of the books submit
ted on these three subjects are accept
able.
Dictionaries are not finally accepted
as the prices are too high and the bid
ders promise to give as low prices as
are given in n other state
1t will be seen that the reductions in
prices are great and that there are sew
eral new books and that CHM G. Co.,
get nothing on the list. There were
twenty bidders.
Director j. A. Brown. of the peniten-
tiary board says that at today's session
1T was found that the penitentiary is
completely swamped. The report Of
Director Crosslands on the damage tn
the Caledonia farm by the flood is that
800 out of LOO acres of cotton are gone,
500 Of peanuts Cor the entire crop, $50
acres of wheat centre crop 1900 feet
of Dyke destroyed, and that it will
cost SIC, 900 to repair the dye and clear
out the bitches. The penitentiary has
no funds The board is face to face
with the situation. 1t is said the cotton
and peanuts can be replanted.
At the board Of agriculture session a
motion made by w. A. Graham was
adopted that Commissioner Patterson
take means to give relief Tor the peo-
pie on Catawba river by enforcing the
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look after other stream in the same
a
1t is found that the board will have
to decide some interesting questions to-
morrow in connection with the Agri-
cultural n Mechanical college, as
Professors Irby and Johnson who were
dropped last week by the board of col
lege trustees, whose term of office ex-
pired last Saturday. are kicking and
nave appealed to the board of agricul-
ture for reinstatement. The. question
now is will the latter board take it up
or not, that is, will it sanction the ac-
ton of the defunct board. 1t is aid
that if the new board does let the &C
ton stand it will put in as professor of
agriculture one of the strongest men in
the country. Inference is that the COL
lege is top heavy as to mechanics.
The board of visitors of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college recon-
/ IlSnOS CndI the pTOIeSSOTSnlpS Vi dSTl-
culture be filled with a thoroughly
we'll educated and practical agri-
cuitnrist, with salary Of 81, 500, that the
professorship of animal industry and
veterinary science be elected with sal
airy of 81. 800 Ito serve also as state vet
erinarian), that the instructorship OF
biology be established with a salary OF
81, 200; that W F. Massey be made
state lecturer and farmers institute
conductor. editor of bulletins, with gen.
eral supervision of horticulture depart
ment and station, with salary of 81. 800;
that the position of field a be
created; that 100 acres OF college land
be made the experiment farm. The
need of more dCmitory room and of an
assembly hall is set forth. 1t is recon-
mended that engagement CT instructors
and others for the college be by the
year.
The governor appoints the following
delegates to the southern industrial
convention at Philadelphia June 18th:
r. H. Kicks. Rocky Mount; r. T.. Rey-
holds. Winston-Salem; Garrett D. Ray,
Burnsville: H. S. Lucas, Cullosija, Ma
con county: s. E. Gidney, Shelby;
John Nail. Bold Creek. Yancey county;
J.. S. Westbrook. Faison; j. a. Holmes,
Chapel Hill: j. E. Elwood Cox, High
Point: Charles McNamee. Biltmore: J.
NJ. Odell, Concord; L. Banks Holt,
Burlington, DIR. w. r. Capehart, Avo-
ca: VIM. Dunn. New Bern; c. E. Foy,
New Bern. ]. A. Brown, Chadbourn,
w. B. Blades, New Bern; ]. a Lin
dey, Pomona: J. K. Hoyt. Luther; H. P.
Bilyeu, Southern Pines; F. II. Fries,
W~inston-Salem: II. G.. Chatham, Ell
kin: F. Dilling. Kings Mountain; H L.
Schenck, Lawndale; A. G.. Miller,
Shelby; W. B. Ferguson, Waynesville,
r. D. Caldwell Lumberton; A. G.
Floyd, Ashpole; George w. Livermon,
Kelford: julian S. Carr. Durham; John
Wilbur jenkins. Raleigh: D. Y. Cooper,
Henderson,; 7. s. ALLEN, Henderson
Vile. :.
(By Associated Press.)
Raleigh. N. c., une 3.-The board OF
visitors of the North Carolina College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts es-
tablished two new chairs OF instruc-
ton today, professor of animal indus
try and veterinary science, salary
81, $780,. and instructor Of biology at a
salary of $1,000. Besides these chairs
two vacant chairs are to be filled