The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-30
WORK FOR
EDUCATION.
What Is Now Being DOnein
North Carolina.
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SCHOOL TRUSTEES MEET
More Facilities Needed for the Great
Number Of Chillren-The Southern
May Have Trouble Building
Shifting Yards. w. e1,
Especial to The Times.p,spa.eh.,


.sEENsBoRo, N. c., July 2s.-The
county and city Boards Of Education
have provided a suite of rooms In the
second story of the Cortland building,
opposite the Guilford Hotel. as joint ed
ucational headquarters. County Superin-
tendent Sharpe and City Superintendent
Broadhurst moved In to-day, and In the
future teachers, school officers, friends OF
education and all parties having business
with the officials will have access to them,
besides the satisfaction OF feeling that
public education In Guilford county and
Greensboro Is properly considered OF
enough Importance to justify the same
attention and respect as the banking.
mercantile or any other high-clasS ocou-
Dation.
THE SCHOOL LAW.
Next Saturday all the township school
committeeman or trustees OF the county
will meet here to receive Instructions on
fhe school law from State Superintendent
Of Public Instruction ]. Y. Joyner, County
Superintendent Sharp and Professor
Wharton. The session will be important
and interesting. a full attendance being
expected.
Superintendent OF City School ., D.
Broadhurst is getting uneasy ABOUT the
means OF accommodating the large M
nux OF new children to the city. He say.
ego OF children OF old residents Will M
the various school buildings to overflow
ing. From the number OF heads OF fanI'
lies he has noted within tho past lew
Sundays who have been read out IN only
tho Presbyterian, Baptist and Methoolst
Churches. as having their membership
transferred here from come other point
and allowing only one and hall chiid
(or children) to the family, he will need
a 1east two additional teachers.
When II is considered that this can
only be small proportion Of the families
who have nome here since tho last school
year opened. and that many OF these
newcomers have large families. coming
here largely TO get the benefits OF Green's.
boro's excellent schools. this space problem
becomes serious sure enough.
NEW SHIFTING YARDS.
Some days ago it was semi-offlclally an,
nounced that the Southern Railway had
concluded to build its new shifting yards
about a mila west OF ]. Van Lindley's
home and nurseries at Pomona, at the
Junction OF the Winston-salem with the
main line road Everybody was delighted
ut this decsion for the proposition to
build at tho Fair Grounds and Lindley's
had been met with organized opposition
Of reodents and property-holders IN that
delightful section OF suburban Green's
boro.
Last week engineers we're at work eur.
vey!ng the "Y'' site, and made report to
the effect that owing 10 the topography
of the locality It would be next TO Inn
possible to operate shifting trains there.
AT session OF the railroad authorities
Monday night It was concluded TO locate
the yards at the Fair Grounds running
seven ira cks 5000 feet. which will reach
to L!ndley's new conservatory. and a few
yards OF his residence. aIr. Lind!ey re-
celved notice to this effect to-day Par
ties interested are now consulting lawyers
with e view to stopping. II possible the
work.