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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

witnessed additional progress, and when
IL 1894, superintendent Foust resigned
MS position, the schools had attained
we'll deserved reputation.
superintendent George W. Conner. now
prominent lawyer of the city of Wilson.
was selected to succeed Superintendent
Foust. Mr.. Connor brought into his work
all the enthusiasm of a mind alive to
the needs OF his State and native town
and his energy at once made itself felt
throughout the entire system. The work
was broadened and extended along now
lines, in keeping with the best educa
tional life and movements, and tho
growth of the schools steadily increased.
Superintendent Conner resigned in De-
cember, 1897, to be succeeded by Superin
tendent E. p Mangum, the present in
cumhent. The schools have grown stead
lily in reputation and in usefulness and
they now rank with the best in the
State. The force of teachers numbers IS,
exclusive of the superintendent, thirteen
in the white schools, and five in the
Colored. The enrolment of pupils has in
creased from less than 700 in 1897, to
1,0S2 for the present session. The daily
attendance is far above any in the past
in numbers and in point of regularity and
punctuality, and the work done is easily
comparable with that done in any schools
in the State
AS an evidence of the success of the
schools under Superintendent Mangums
direction, there is now no debt
hanging over the schools, and during the
coming summer, a magnificent, two story,
modern brick building will be erected at
a cost of 100000. This building, in de-
sign unlike any in the State will be UNI
excelled in beauty and convenience, and
Will be lasting monument to the good
that has been done and is being done
by these schools.
Wilson can boast not only of being the
! finest tobacco market in the State, and
of being unsur passed in commercial en-
terprise and business industry, but also
of having one of the best systems of
city public schools in the State The
problem of local taxation" for schools
has been solved here, and the verdict is
in favor of the question The past ten
years have been remarkable ones in the
history of Wilson, and no one thing has
contributed more to it's wonderful prog
ress than its system of public schools.
With past such as has been given above
and the new impetus that will be felt
with the completion Of the new building,
there is bright future ahead of the
Wilson graded schools. and they will con-
tinue to grow in public favor and in
general usefulness.
Superintendent Mangum is easily one
of the most capable and scholarly super
intendents of city schools in North caro-
lima. and his work in Wilson has given
him a position as one of the educatlohal
leaders. He has been called TO teach
in the Normal School at the University
in Teachers Institutes in number OK
counties, and stands high as lecturer
as we'll as city superintendent
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

in both white and colored schools. Keep
ing pace with the growth in popularity
of the schools, there were in 1891 over
600 pupils, all the private schools having
given way to the city public schools,
while the record of attendance shows L.
923 pupils enrolled last year, an increase
of over 200 per cent in ten years.
The school system has five buildings
for whites, and two for colored, among
those fer the whites being Lindsay Street
School, with three buildings, one a
handsome brick structure. Here there
are primary, grammar and high schools,
the other two schools being the Asheboro
Street School and the Practice School at
the Normal College. For the colored
race there are two excellent buildings,
one Of these being of brick In the mat
ter of attendance on the white schools
the record probably surpasses that of any
city in the State, this attendance being
70 per cent of the population between the
ages of and 81, or 95 per cent of the
population between s and 16. At the col
ored schools it is nearly SO per cent.
Greensboro was also the first city to
establish by taxation a regular public
high school, and last year there were
in this school 125 pupils. Here the pu-
pills are fully prepared for the Univer-
isty and other colleges of the State. One
Of the great features of the school is
the School Circulating Library, which was
begun by Superintendent Grimsley In 1883
by means of contributions from children
This library has kept pace with the
growth of the school and there are now
over 5000 volumes in all, there being a
library IL every school.
The new city superintendent, Mr.. Edgar
d. Broadhurst, who a few months ago
succeeded Mr.. Geo. A. Grimsley, is a
man eminently qualified for the response
BILE and important position he has to
fill. His training and experience have
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04
STATESVILLE GRADED
SCHOOLS.

The history of the public school move
ment in Statesville dates back about
fifteen years. The proposition to vote
bonds for establishing system of grad
ed schools in the town was carried III
1891, after it had been defeated in two
previous elections.
On September 23rd, 1891, the States
Vile public schools were opened, taking
their place among the institutions work
ms for the upbuilding of our commons
wealth along educational lines. The
start was made under difficulties. The
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04
THE ASHEVILLE CITY GRADED SCHOOLS

and 800 colored. During the autumn of
1883 the committee erected a building
for white children on Orange street at a
cost Of $11 900 and during that session ten
white teachers and one colored teacher
were added to the corps, and 1900 pupils
We're enrolled. IL 1891, the Legislature
authorized the sale Of $25 900 school
bonds, and during the summer Of 1892,
three brick buildings were erected--the
Montford, on the site of the Asheville
Military Academy, for whites; the Bailey
for whites, and the Catholic Hill build
ing for colored children. This gave an
additional capacity of about geo sittings.
Since 1892 two schools have been added,
CHE at West End for white children and
another on Hill street for colored pupils.
The committee has just sold $1,000 OF
school bonds with the proceeds of which
a modern school will be erected on a
handsome site at West End this summer.
This building will make total capacity
of about 1900 sittings. The value of the
school property at present is estimated
at 100000, including equipment. All Of
the buildings are we'll heated and venti-
lated or will be when the new building
is erected.
After six years of most efficient SER
vice Prof p. p. Claxton resigned to ill
the chairs of pedagogy in the Green's
boro Normal College, and Prof, j. ID.
Eggleston. Jr., was appointed to FIJI the
position of superintendent. To these two
men and the faithful, hard working COM
mitteemen who labored with them during
the thirteen years of their incumbency,
much credit is due for the present stand
ing of the Asheyille city schools Mr..
Eggleston resigned in 1900, after term
of seven years. He was succeeded by
r. j. Tighe, at that time principal of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

n to date grade school, requiring the
services of not less than thirty-fve white
and eight colored teachers. To make a
long story short, suffice it to say that
the resent course of study requires ten
years. In the near future the high school
course will be made longer fuller and
better fitted to the needs of the individ-
ual pupil Under the present conditions
when boy finishes the city high school
course he is prepared for the freshman
class of the University or for work in any
college of the State The public schools
of Greensboro have set the pace for the
city's growth A growing graded school
system, a growing Normal College, q
growing Methodist college and growing
educational institutions for the colored
race have demanded q growing town about
them. They have it, Heretofore the
schools have had the lead in growth. They
stall have the lead, the people Of Green's
boro want them 20 have it now and for
all time
EDGAR d. BROADHURST,
City Superintendent Public Schools.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

1887 by such men as superintendent J..
L. TomIinson, Col Jno f. Buxton, Prof.
E. c. Branson, Prof. Collier Cobb, Prof.
p p. Claxton, assisted by their able
faculties. had left its mark upon the
people, and the mighty forces that had
thus been put in motion, now moved aside
every obstruction, and the people well
coined the return to that system which
had already proved its benefits.
Superintendent J. /. Foust was chosen,
in 1891, to direct the new system. The
rapid growth OF the schools proved the
wisdom of this selection. Each year
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

but in 1889 this was reduced to 20 cents
on $500 and 60 cents on polls. The rates
continued thus until 1897 when, by re-
vision Of the city charter, the tax on
property became 20 cents and on polls
80 cents.
The school committee from the begin
ming has consisted of six members, APP
j pointed by the mayor, with the concur
renee of the board of aldermen. biennial
ly, each member serving six years. The
usual officers are elected annually and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

The city schools of Asheville we're or
ganiZed in 1887 with p. p. Claxton as SUI
pcrintendent. At first there was a special
tax of 16 Is cents levied on each 500
of taxable property and 90. cents on each
pom. IN 1888 the local tax was raised TO
so cents on 800 and 80 cents on poll
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04
GREENSBORO GRADED SCHOOL
THE FIRST TOWN IN NORTH ESTABLISH A
TEN OF PUBLIC GRADED scHooLs-A sPLEN-
+ II SCHOOL.

After ia brief discussion as to what
town or community in North Carolina
could justly clam the honor of being the
first to levy a local tax for the support
of a pubic school, the public was sat
isf1ed that to Greensboro the honor. if
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

Give literally to education and you
bless the whole State; give your money
so freely that all the educational insti-
buttons can say that no man has been
debarred. Patriotism. religion, philan-
thropy and craftsmanship all rejoice over
liberality to Observation-Disclosures H. l..
Smith, OF Davidson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

Public schools are the only instru-
mentality adapted to the masses Free
schools are the off sphing of civilization,
the oucome of the teachings of the Naza-
rine 1t is as necessary function or
the civil government to provide schools
as to furnish pure water and good roads.
j. L. M. Curry.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

We go on building mills, and instead
of placing our young men in the best
positions in them we are compelled to
send to northern States for competent
overseers, superintendent and designers.
This fact alone shows that Industrial
education is the foundation of industrial
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

present building had not yet been erect
ed and the white school was conducted
during the first year in three small
buildings located in different parts of
the town. Notwithstanding this the
work of the first year scored a success.
Prof. d. Matt Thompson was elected as
The first superintendent and organized
the schools He has been unanimously
reelected each year since. 1t has been
under his wise supervision that these
schools have grown TO their present de-
gree of efficiency, usefulness and value to
the town.
When the schools were organized seven
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

Greensboro takes great pride in it's
graded schools, and with some right it
does so, for it was the first city in North
Carolina to establish by taxation sys-
tenn of public graded schools and to-
day no other city in the State ranks
higher in this line of education.
In 1874 the citizens voted a tax to
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

the following standing committees APP
pointed: Auditing Committee, Committee
en- Buildings and Grounds, Executive
Committee, Committee on Finance, Com
mittee on Hygiene, and Committee on
Salaries and Supplies.
In addition to the regular officers there
is also a medical examiner and a super
vising occulist The committee is nom
sectariar and non-partisan in politics.
The schools were opened in January,
1883. with one poor building for colored
pupils and the Ashevlle Military Acad-
envy for the white children The enroll
uent for the fiji st year was 9o0-600 whites
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

the High School. At present the corps
of instructors consists of fortytwo in
structors. including the superintendent,
Supervisor of Manual Training, Supervi-
sor OF Music, and five teachers in the
High School OF this number all are
professionally trained teachers and many
are college graduates as well.
The course of study covers ten years
with TWO divisions to each grade and two
promotions year. The branches taught
below the High School include. reading,
spelling, arithmetic, penmanShlp, Ian
guage and grammar, nature and geogra-
ply, history and ciyics, geometry, vocal
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-28

of all sorts has fallen off to almost
nothing. In short, il may be assert
ed with entire confidence that the
public is ready for a change, and the
fellow who has all along been com
planning of the heat would welcome
a wilted collar just to break the mo-
notony.
The rainfall from o'clock last eV-
ening until I o'clock this morning
was 1.29 inches.
Residents of the part of the coun-
try south of the city who were in
town today stated that the rain last
night was the heaviest of the season
thus far. 1t was a steady pour, and
there was little damage from wash
ing. Although there was no wind,
the weight of the water had the eff
feet of FRUSTRATING many fields of
oats. and some of them, it is feared.
will not rise again. The ground is so
soft that all kinds of growing crops
are easily felled.
Change is Promised.
Rev. Irl Hicks is working hard try
ing to remedy this state of affairs
for the month of July, and has made
the following prognostication:
THE Venus disturbance is central
on the 2nd, extending it's influence
beyond the middle of the month. The
effects of this Venus period will be
very marked during the regular Nul-
can storm period extending from the
4th To the 10th. Friday and Satur-
day, the 4th and 5th, Moon is at
extreme declination north in peri
gee. and at new moon. These facts,
added to other existing causes. fore
shadow a warm wave of great inten-
sitY. low state of barometric pres
sure. high per cent of atmospheric
humidity, and some wicked storms of
thunder, wind, rain and hail. Those
most interested should make all
practical provisions against destruc-
tive hail storms at this and other
storm periods during the Venus dis
turbance. Some of the most disas-
trous hail storms that ever visited
the central and northwestern see
tions occur during astronomie COM
binations similar To those existing
through storm periods in the first
half Of July
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-28

Northern and the Northern Pacific
companies The consolidation, as L
believed, was in violation of the state
law Although not lawyer myself
did not see how il could be possible
that a New Jersey corporation could
violate with impunity our state law.
while other corporations. native of
the state. were compelled to obey
the law. l saw but one course open
to me, and | decided and acted ac-
cordingly. 1t is almost too early yet
TO judge of the ultimate results of
that decision, and it is not for me TO
say what good results have been
achieved ] am convinced that time
will vindicate the wisdom of my ac-
ton, and the wisdom of the laws
which | have endcayored to enforce.
Public support
The decision was made in the alb
scnce of the attorney general who
was buried in the woods on a fishing
and hunting trip. and quite beyond
the reach of the telegraph. The rest
of the executive force was almost all
absent on vacations. l was compell-
ed to act promptly and was given no
tllne 10 take counSel IL L nad 1elJ
tnat il was best TO do SO. If | had
solicited advice | have no doubt I
would have been bountifully supplied
with all kinds: but | did not feel any
doubt that | was doing my duty. and
there was no occasion for suggestion
or discussion on this point. As il
has turned out | have been cordially
indorsed by the people throughout
the entire northwest. and, while l
have aroused some powerful enemies,
have made many new friends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-28
BECOMING SERIOUS
Spell Of Weather That Has Been
Raising Cain in Gen.
eral.
VEGETATION Is GREATEST SUFFERER
Warm Wave of Great Intensity Pre-
dicted tor Coming
Month.

\ number of theories are advanced
To account for the spell of unusual
dampness ana unreasonable coldness
now being experienced. Some say it
is the moon and others that it is the
absence of the sun. Still other wise
acres insist that premature celebra-
tions of the Fourth of July have had
something To do with it.
In some quarters it is maintained
that il is merely an expression of
disapproval on the part of Jupiter
Pluvius and his associates of the
Panama hat and an endeavor to
drive il out of the temperate zone.
Perhaps the largest class, however,
feels that the whole business is in
tended as blow at professional
baseball. Whatever it NAV be. let us
hope that the promotion of j. F..
Walz to the position of weather in
Spcctor for this district Will produce
immediate results for the better.
Viewed from other standpoints.
baseball and Panama hats are not
inc only institutions To suffer under
the present meteorological condi-
tons. First of all, growth of vege-
tatiCn is seriously impeded and veg
ctablc diseases fostercd To an alarm
ing extent II isn't the wetness 50
much as the lack of sun and the 50
and 90 degree temperature that pre-
walls. Corn * ut standstill and the
smaller plants are growing yellow
and conSumptive. Rye. which i ready
To ripen. * suffering with arrested
development. and oats. which have
already made a heavy growth. are
becoming light headed and ready to
keel over when the first windstorm
comes along. The conditions are re-
ally alarming.
M Demand for Fireworks.
In town the sale of Fourth OF July
fireworks has met with Il setback
and the very quality of the goods is
suffering by the dampncss, so that
fizzlCs will he very common when it
comes To applying the punk. Soda
fountains are growing rusty with
disusc. The sale of garden hose has
entirely ceased and the Tri-City
Sprinkler company is having a holt
day. The demand for summer goods
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-28

college education; and 1 knew l was
going somewhere - anywhere - to
hight, perhaps to be shot. l knew it
meant turning my back on home, re-
lations, comfort, friends, everything.
But enlist l would. / was under age
and was at first rejected on account
of extreme youth. | enlisted again,
and was again rejected for the same
reason. My parents objected and did
all i'm their power to keep me from
joining the army; my father talked
to me and urged that [ wait. He
wanted me to stay in school until |
should be old enough to enlist with
out his consent; but | was determined
to go, and after ] had enrolled my
self several times he withdrew his
objections and gave his written con-
sent. There were other boys in my
company | found even younger than
| was, and l have often thought since
and wondered at the number of mere
children there were in that army.
There were 100000 boys of Is or
younger, who are now the flower and
youth of the Grand Army. Well, af-
ter | got in L served with Grierson's
famous raiders, and saw war in all
sections of the southwest.
Reverses in business.
After the war was over | was called
ON To decide about making a living.
| tried to make UP for the Interrupt
ton of schooling. and got as far as
the end of freshman wear at Knox
college when the funds gave out and
went to work. L decided to learn
the trade of ship carpenter and caIk-
cr. and started in as an apprentice.
From this l gradually worked uP to
bc superintendent of the yard, aud.
finally with my fathers aid. we
bought the business. | did pretty
well and began to get ahead. In fact,
l thought | was pretty successful,
and battered myself | was a good
hand at business, when | ran into a
streak of hard weather that nearly
swamped me. That was back in
IS72-the year of the panic. In the
FIRST place a new steamboat which
we had just completed blew up on the
Mississippi. killing eighteen men and
Cntail!nG a total loss of the value of
the boat. The same season my house
burned to the ground, and my only
child died. Then another boat was
caught in the ice and sunk another
total loss. l was just about done for
financially. and otherwise il seemed,
for while.
Credit saved by Pluck.
Then | was called upon to make a
decision to keep up the fight or go
under. | decided to fight it out, and
| never let on that our firm was not
perfectly solvent and everything com
ing our way. | decided. in the first
place, to make an asset out of that
old blown up hulk. | knew if we
gave il up and started out to build
a new steamboat in its place we
could not raise the money. But so
long as there was the hulk of the
vessel in sight and the visible opera
tions for putting her into shape again
were going forward We knew our
money supplies would hold out. SO
| did what was not supposed possible
-Slung a sort of saddle of chains
and rope under the boat and then
supported on either side between two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-28
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Est .te of Magdelin Klein, dece ased
7 h VI d. rSi- ned having been aTpointed fSi-
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late Of tn" county 70 IslAI state OF H.
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will amp EAR be 70 tue county court Of Rock
III I'D c JuntN at the cCunvy cour- T ou 10 he
city of hocs I>laun at he august on
the first Monday in August next. a. which
ii all p srs ouS havi claims "gainst said
= tate are notified al r-Quested To ate nd,
for tn. purp or having the same 40 just, d
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quested To make Immediate payment - the
under isned
Dated this Iltk day of June A D 1902
LENA ktE
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