The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-12-18
OUR RALEIGHLETTER
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD AT THE
STATE CAPITAL THE PAST WEEK.
Our Correspondent Has Christmas in
His Bones-The General Assembly,
United States Senatorship-AG Great
Teachers Summer School-Meeting
of the Directors of State Hospital
Various Other Matters Of Interest.
RALEIGH. n. C.. Dec. Is. 'O2

of these Ralei oh Letters, cup full of
and running over with health and
happiness and prosperity, at the
close of the third year of this service;
that the year 1908 may hold in store
for us all many rich blessings to be
received at the hands of Him who
marketh even the sparrow's fall and
who tenderly and wisely careth for
His own in this world where SO much
sin and consequent sorrow is en-
countered every day. But
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The chief source of political and
general public anticipation just now
is the approaching session OF the
Legislature, which assemblies on We'd
nesday, January Z. The election OF
a Senator to succeed Mr.. Pritchard
is by no means the only matter OF
great Importance which that body
will be called upon to deal with. The
session will be one of the most impOr-
tant held in generation-filled with
interest from the opening day-and
these Raleigh letters will endeavor
to portray it's more important work
faithfully and readably to all the
readers of your paper.
US. sENATORSHIP.
There is a good deal of speculation
over the probable outcome of the
contest for the Senatorship, but no
man can foretell at this hour whether
Messrs. Overman, Carr, Craig, Wat
son, Hoke, Alexander, Glenn, or "a
dark horse" will win. 1t all depends
of course, on the Democratic caucus,
and it cannot be indicated with any
degree of accuracy what it will do
until after the lawmakers arrive
here and can be sounded"
probably not then, In the meantime
it seems to be free-for-all fight
(within party lines, of course).
A GREAT TEACHERS SUMNER SCHOOL.
Last week there was organized here
a great summer-schOOl for teachers,
with DR.. George T. Winston, head of
the A. & NJ. College, as president, and
with Prof. Burkett, dean of the in
dustrial, and Prof. Moses, of the
normal department. Besides COM
mon school branches, languages, lit
erature, music, kindergarten and
child study will be taught. Special
emphasis will be laid upon manual
training, nature study and agricul-
ture. A model practice school will
also be organized and conducted.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College buildings will be used, where
there are accommodations for 500.
The session will be from the middle
of June to the middle of July. Board
and furnished room will cost $40,
tuition IS.
VARIOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST.
Chief Clerk Duckett, of the Office of
the Superintendent of Education,
has completed the apportionment of
the first 100000 of the State APP
preparation forpublic schools among
the counties. 1t was made on the
basis of Is cents per capita. In
order to maintain this basis it was
necessary to supplement the $780,
900 appropriation with $2,7S9.85
from the swamp land interest fund.
There being CTS, 500 children in the
State, it required $1O1,7S9.95 to
make the Is cents per capita appor-
tiOnment.
The sixth Annual meeting of the
North Carolina Association of Acad-
emies will be held in the Senate
Chamber Of the Capitol, this city,
December 26 and 81.
HHl,o l~..I IS 6 4l,o
Hospital at Raleigh met last week
and endorsed the report of Superin-
tendent Mckee, which urgently rec
ommends the appropriations hereto
fore indicated in these letters, viz,
ST. 800 for maintenance annually;
SIT 200 for engineering department;
IS, 500 for carpenters work on dor
mitories, laundry, ETC.; $4,000 for
connecting with Wake Water Com
pany; $500 annually for water
rent; $1,000 to furnish additional
land for farm; $500 for fence and
painting Of buildings; $1,000 out
standing Indebtedness; $4,000 for
the erection of two additional wings
to main building. Total $27O,OOO.
Without the additional wings to
main building, $4,000. The Leg
islature should deal literally with
this institution. 1t is high time that
it received justice at the hands OF
our General Assembly.
Among the bills to be introduced
to the Legislature next month is one
to re-establish the ante-bellum whip
ping-post.
Senator Simmons has introduced
the bill creating the new Federal
Judgeship, which it is generally be-
lieved will be filled by Senator
Pritchard
President J. S. Cunningham has
called a meeting of the \. {. Tobacco
Growers Association to be held at
Rocky Mount next Friday, December
10.
Capt. John B. Hussey, formerly Il
| well-known newspaper man in this
State, and of late in the Government
employ at Washington, was found
dead in a sleeping car on the 18th
inst, when the Pullman arrived at
Washington.
There are now 4OS rural public
school libraries in 81 counties in this
State. with nearly 33, 900 volumes,
costing over $4,000.
Heretofore, for a number of rea-
sons, the North Carolina College OF
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts has
not had fraternities among it's stu
| dents, but now they are able to be
organized and given full sway under
the most careful supervision and
| safeguards, however, so that the ben
efits and none of the Objectionable
effects may be reaped by the student
body. A petition from the students
was presented to the faculty asking
for fraternities to be allowed and DIR.
Winston recommended such action.
The faculty voted favorably and a
committee of five members of the
faculty was appointed to confer with
the faculty as to regulations. The