The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-07
lEDUCAT1oNAL ~cAMPAGN.
Work Outlined for Next Few Months.
Judge Pritchard the Subject OF
CongratulatiOn-15 A. and NJ. Stu
dents to be Dropped. ~
"HSI
dents to be
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, y. C., June 4, 1901.

Raleigh, n. e., June 4, 1914 T.
Judge Pritchard expected TO leave
here this afternoon for Asheville. but
decided TO go direct TO Washington
He said he would. go to Asheviile
about the sth or 9Th of the month.
He received a great many callers dur
ing his brief here A great
many compliments are paid him, n
people without regard to party ex-
press pleasure at his appointment as
judge. One very prominent man re-
marked that during the past % years
nc man had been luckier than Judge
Pritchard. and that he deserved every
one of tae good things which had
Come TO him,
The secretary Of state finds that
since 1900. when the present admin
istration came in, more charters have
been granted than during all the time
previous to hat date. Up 10 1900
the total number was only 1,15S. n
number now is 2,s25. The secretary
is very much gratifed at this fine
nowIng -a-,t r.r
The chairs and window glass for
the Methodist Orphanage here v
arrived. The trustees meet on the
21st and will fix the time for the
dedication of the building, which Will
not be entirely completed until the
heating plant is installed.
The quiet here to-day after the
terrible rush of the week was really
it. AS Attorney B. c. Beckwith re-
marked. everybody felt like a lot Of
people who had hold of the handles
of electric machines and were mighty
glad to turn loose. COG
Ii a quarrel at a baseball game
here a, negro struck another with a
bat, smashing his skull. Death soon
resulted. hi slayer has fed.
Charles D. McIver. State Superin-
tendent Joyner and Governor Aycock
to-day had a consultation here re-
garding the educational campaign for
the mex six or eight months. 1t viii
not be as great a campaign as usual
| because the political campaign is on.
| 1t is decided to simply send speakers
| where they are wanted. Meanwhile
the work Of voting local tax fol
| schools in various districts goes on
| so far PIP districts having thus voted
| When the educational campaign be.
gan, two years ago, there were only
Sc such. districts. The counties art
now beginning to do what the cite!
and towns have been doing for many
years. Taxation of a public charac'
| ter by the state and counties has beer
carried to the limit and now loca
taxation and community efforts hav,
to do the work. Only place in Nortf
Carolina of any Importance which
has no graded school and has votet
no local tax is Elizabeth City, a tow
of 5000 people. This is very re
markable. :
There are many applications TO
the position of professor of electrical
engineering at the A. and NJ. Colleg'
here. The salary is now increase
to $4,000. Applications come from
all owe the country.
President McIver says the Stat
Normal and Industrial College a
Greensboro will not open until Sep
TENDER 18th, in order to give tim
for the completion of the new dor
mitory, which will be ready Septem
Der 18th.
At a faculty meeting at the A. an
M. College here it was decided t
drop IS of the old students whicl
were not making the showing the
should have made. There are
great many applications for admis
sion. -
State Auditor Dixon has returne
from Marion, where he delivered a
address at the Academy, which is Il
charge Of Professor Sans. p