The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-14
TO STUDY SCHOOL MATTERS.
Annual Meeting of Educators of the
State to be Held in Greensboro.

Especial 10 news ana ODS6TNGT.)
Greensboro, N. c. Jan. 13-The presi-
dent of the North Carolina Association
OF City School superintendent and Prn-
cipals, Superintendent Matheson of Dur
ham, and the Secretary, Mr. A. j. Bar
wick, principal of the Goldsboro Schools
have announced that the annual meet
ing of this association will be held in
the Benbow Hotel, this city, January
q, %, %, 1904. few of the leading SUD
jects to be discussed and considered be-
school men are: Reports of superlntend-
ents and comparison of course of study
free text books for city schools; home
study; relation of city to country schools
teachers meetings; North Carolina day
in city schools teaching-the develop
ment of self-activity; elementary manual
training, composition work IN primar-
and intermediate grades; the school and
| the community.
| Every superintendent and principal Of
the State should be present and take
| part in the discussions which be founded
upon earnest desire to perfect the sys-
tenn of graded schools throughout the
State. and to do all things leading to the
esta bhshment of local districts thereby
|
may become possible to stir the people
| to a realization of the fact that we'll
graded country school with a 7-montls
term and three we'll prepared, we'll paid
teachers would be better from an edit
cational and financial standpoint, than
a half dozen one-room school houses with
four months term, poorly paid, therefore
poorly prepared teachers.
Local committees here have actively
| gene to work to give all visitors the
time of their lives, and there cannot be
toe many of such important guests.
Rev. DR.. w. S. Rainsford, the notable
New York Episcopal preacher will preach
in st. Barnabas Episcopal church hero
next Sunday He is shooting this week
near Spray, in Rockingham county, but
will get here in time for service Sunday
morning.
The death of Mr.. w. j. Clary last nighi
removed an excellent man from church
social and business realms. He was
| consistent member of the Episcopa
church, and will be buried tomorrow a
II O'Clock, the funeral taking place from
St Barnabas church, of which he was 6
vestryman.
The shippers who are trying to evadc
the law against shipping birds out OF Tho
State are beginning to do some OF then
shipping by through freight, hoping il
that way to evade the vigilance of thC
State Game Wardens, who have seize
and confscated so many quails being sent
by express. Several boxes of birds were
confiscated Saturday from a freight ca.
which a game warden had boarded al
High Point and worked to Greensboro
Monday night three packages containing
quail were seized at the express offce
here by Game Warden Weatherly Two
were the regulation egg crates, with eggs
Oh top and bottom and birds in the cen
ter The third was tierce of butter
When broken open there was the buttol
all right, but just below it was a WOOD
platform, and beneath this were foul
dozen cartridges nicely packed away
feathers and all.
Last night Game Warden Weatherly
overhauled a, large box marked Venison
In it he found seventeen rabbits ONE
deer, forty-eight partridges and one wil(
turkey. The turkey sold at auction tol
$1.60. The entire proceeds of the SALE
OF this contraband game goes to keepin:
up the policing of the shipments.