The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-07-08
RALEIGH NEWS LETTER.
Working for Consolidation Of School
Districts-Onc Vacancy in the Ma
tional Guard-Aycock Says Parker
VIII be the Nominee-Iarge Attend
ance ut the Summer School
Messenger Bureau
RalsiCh n C IulY z

Raleigh. y. c.. July 6.
Governor Aycoci returned this morn (
ing from Fremont and says his brother. /
John ". Aycock IS better. The Gov
ernor was asked what was the news in |;
Wayne county and replied: Nothing |
but good crops: the best in the his |
tory OF the county" The Governor |
was asked 10 predict who would be |
the Democratic nominee at Chicago |
and said Parker. certainly. He was
then asked about the condition OF the |
North Carolina Democracy is solid
and in fine shape. The more active the
Republicans are the larger the Demo-
| cratic majority will be-"
The Inspector OF rife practice OF the
national guard OF this state is very
/ anxious for the formation OF q rifle
| ASSOCIATION, and says there is not
| enough practice. He has issued al
| circular regarding the matter and says
| that a. the last encampment the aver
! ages made by the regiment were First
| p, Second II, Third s. out OF a possible
| %, this year there will be no rifle prac-
| tice in camp at Morehead City. There is
| nc range there and it is said 10 be con-
| sidered best to have range for each
| regiment, a some fixed points in the
| state.
At Lumoerton Insurance Commission.
er Young secured the arrest of a man
! named Roberts from Chicago who
| was representing the Order Washing
| ton, which has no license in North Car
oliria.
| 1here is only one vacancy in the ma
uonal guard in this state, due to the
| oisbandment Of the Redsville compa-
| ny. A company OF North Wilkesboro
is endeavoring to get the vacancy.
The Naval Militia of this state is
certainly well equipped SO far as arms
| is concerned. 1t has four rapid fire
| colt rifles, two long barreled howitzers
| two smooth bore howitZers and one
| one ounder Hotchkiss gun. 1t has
also - cInf-ei and twenty Lee mag
azinc --aeS. The trouble is it can draw
no r2i. o. m, as the navy department
! does not furnish these and all the force.
has it has privately bought A claim
has been made that in other states the
| naval militia had drawn clothing but
| the navy department says this is
| inaccurate.
President Winston says there is now
| over 600 teachers a the Summer school
l
| and Mechanical college are filled and
| so are the rented rooms near by a
| new dormltory has been thrown open
! at the Baptist University for Women
| and there and at the school for the
/ blind there are accommodations for
i 100 more. The people of the city will
be called on to open their homes to-
the teachers. Next Monday the county
| superintendents meet here and there is
call for the opening Of the homes to
/ these.
i The eastern Carolina Land Owners
Labor Association is pushing the mat
ter of inducing English and Scotch
i families to go to that section. The
| first families are expected to arrive in
about a month from England.
| Convicts arrive in very small num-
bers at the penitentiary. Since June
2lst not one has arrived.
| The educational forces OF this state
| are pressing with all their power the
4 movement for the consolidation of pub
/ Ec school districts, so that several
| weak ones will be built into strong one.
| The board of education of Richmond
| county has consolidated eight white
| and two colored districts. There are
| more than thrice as many districts in
| the state as there ought to be-
| Most Of the corporations report an
| nuany to State Auditor Dixon and he
| Is now making assessment upon their
| return. There will be a considerable
! increase IN the amount-ef assessment
| this year.
| Commi issioner of Agriculture Patter-
| son has not yet issued any report on
] the crops this season, but hopes to issue
one later, giving percentage of con-
dition. He thinks it will be much bet
| ter if the United States Weather Bu-
| reau enlarged its reports SO that there
! will be at least thrice the number OF
| correspondence and that percentages
| Of conditions should be given. The
| government reports are issued each
| week, and in his opinion if this extern
| sion were effected it would be unnec-
| essary for state reports TO be issued
| anywhere, so complete and so valuable
| would the others be-
The Adjutant General of this state
| has received a letter from Secretary or
| War in which it is announced that
| militia organization not participants
| in the maneuvers at Manassas in Sep
tember can be the guests of participant
| ing organizations of the National
| Guard, provided there is no cost to the
| United states. The War Department
| evidently favors the presence there, at
| this great training school. o. as many
| officers IS possible. 1t is known that
| a number will go from this state, and
be the guests of the officers of the
| First regiment
In an interview with Father Price,
| who is n charge of the Catholic Or
| phanage at Nazarath, a couple of miles
| from Raleigh, he stated that the first
[ legacy t. the Orphanage had been made
by a South Carolinian, amounting TO
tabout fifteen hundred dollars. The Or
| phanage is for boys entirely, at present
| only fifteen are there The new build
| ing, for use as a dormitory, is not yet
| occupied but will accommodate forty
| more. j. is the plan to transfer the
| larger boys 10 the school of which the
Priests md not the Sisters of Charity
| are in charge. These toys are taught
| trades q nd there is room for about
| forty of hem. Situations for them will
be obtained in Raleigh as they finish