The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-09

to build three more this year. Cherokee
built four the past year. Watauga erect
ed by private subscription one large CEN
trail high school building. Hyde county
is making arrangements to enlarge and
improve, the old buildings. Columbus
county built several new houses last fall.
Hartford erected four new buildings at
a cost of $500 each, one other enlarged
at a cost of $3.50. Others to be greatly
improved. Brunswick has built three the
past year. Currituck is making arrange
ments to equip the schools with better
supplies. In Orange county the people Of
Andrews school house have decided to
build a $3.50 school house. At Pickard's,
same county, 800 was raised toward
building an up-to- date building. move
ment is on foot to erect a better building
at Hillsboro. Mitchell built four new
houses. Wilkes is arranging to build
twenty-five this year. Rutherford has
given contract for three modern school
buildings. Cleveland county has built
four well equipped houses, costing in all
$1,000.
LOCAL TAXATION.
Randolph county has one rural dis
trict ready for local taxation, others are
ripe and will vote next year. Forsyth
county has one township that has petit
toned the County Commissioners for an
election. The County Superintendent of
Mecklenburg county says about one-half
of the county will vote on local taxation
this fall. Beaufort county has one rural
graded school, Union county has one
rural graded school and will have two
others next year supported by private
subscription, free though to all in the
district. Guilford county has five dis
tricts that will ask for a vote on local
taxation. Pitt county will hold an cleo
ton in Bethel township and in Farmville
on September 4th. The schools in New
Hanover all run seven months The
county tax for the present is sufficient.
Davidson county will support one graded
school for nine months by private sub
scription free to all the children in the
district. Wilkes county has two town
ships ready for local taxation; and Stokes
mas one, where an election will be or
dered. The Superintendent of Alamance
county has arranged for six rural graded
schools this fall. Warren county has one
High school free to all the children in
the district for nine months, supported
by private subscription. Caldwell coun-
ty has two districts that will vote on
question of local taxation this fall Gas
ton has two districts, and possibly two
others, that will vote on question of local
taxation this fall. Hyde county has one
rural Graded school. Columbus has six
districts that will vote on locaF taxation:
Rowan county has two districts that will
vote on same question; Vance county has
one. Currituck has one school supported
Tor ten months by Sporting Association
near Poplar Branch. In Rutherford
county several local tax districts are
in contemplation. Cleveland county will
vote on local taxation in two districts on
September 9Th.
Add to this report the work done in
Wake, Durham, Buncombe and other
counties that have not yet reported. and
the great improvements in buildings
equipments and length of term. are re-
markable when compared with the stag
nation that appeared only a few years
ago. One other force should be mentioned
here-the work of the "Woman's Club for
Building Better School Houses" This
club has extended it's usefulness in q
number of counties, and almost daily the
report comes that a Woman's Club has
been organized in another county and
that the citizens are making plans to
avail themselves of the assistance of this
organization
All this work is in the rural districts
or the smaller towns"
Prof. Brooks has completed his Lahore
IN the office of the State Superintendent
or Public Instruction as Secretary of the
educational Executive Committee con
slsting of the State Superintendent tho
Governor, and President Charles y Mo
liver, representing the conference of ed
ucators that met in Raleigh last Febru-
my ne leaVes today to look after his
0chool WORK III Monroe. He has rendered
eihcleht ana valuable service in helping
TO plan and direct the educational cam
palgn IN the State and in collecting VAL
uaple statistics and information ahout
the work In the various couneies and
giving 1t circulation through the news
papers of the State. All of his work has
been done in cooperation with the State
superintendent of Public instruction &C
part OF the work of the department.
Inc truth IS that under the present
progressive educational administration
the work IN the office of the State Super
mtendent has increased so largely that it
IS d great pity that the services of
another efficient man like Prof. Brooks
could not be secured permanently There
is much work that the State Superin-
tendent would like to do that ought to
ne uohe IN awakening educational inter-
est throughout the State, but cannot he
zone Tor lack of another canahIa clark in
the office