The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-01-01
THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.
Helping the Po0r-Charters by the
State-Other News Notes.
Messenger Bureau,

Messenger Bureau,
Raleigh, N. c.. Dec. a.
State Superintendent Joyner is de-
lighted at the educational progress of
in which the work has been prosecut-
cd There r now 1S4 local tax dis
trfcts. and the work OF securing local
taxation for rural public schools has
only begun Many school houses hav
been built. more in fact h ever be-
fore in n year. OF the loan fund
for country school houses, provided for
by the legislature s7S.S11 has been l.at
to II counties. to cover 200 districts.
this loan securing the building OF
school hOusee valued at over 100000.
There 10 yet so. 500 OF this loan fund
Immediately available. Under the old
law establishing free libraries for rural
public schools 500 were established aid
under the new act about 200 new IL
braries and 80 supplementary ones
have already been established, only 5
counties having no libraries. There
are not less than 5000 volumes in the
700 libraries. During the year the
high-water mark in the history of The
state in the average length OF term in
the public schools have been reached.
this being 1857 weeks. The high water
mark was also reached in the average
salary OF teachers, this being now
S28.35 for whites and $22. So for colored.
The woman'S association for the bet
m OF public chOol house and
grounds has done much work this
year, and will do much more in 1904.
The work of consolidation Of school
districts will be very earnestly prose-
cuted. Tn. total value of school prop
erty is rapidly approaching the s2,ooo,-
0e0 mark.
The State charters the Star Publish
ing Company of Shelby with so, 900 au-
thorized capital. Clyde r. Hoey and
others being the stockholders. 1t will
be a general printing and publishing
company.
Judge Purnell is informed of the
death Of Mr.. Harvey Terry OF CoIum-
bus, Ohio. he was one of the best
known litigants in the Federal courts
here, and in Elizabeth City. being in
terested or having been interested in
timber lands in the northeastern coun
tiss. He had bee here for years, at
every term of court.
1t is understood that the Junior Or
der of American Mechanics all over the
country viii petition the President TO
mrg congress to stop the evils resulting
from the admission into this country Of
the vast 'hordes of ignorant, vicious,
~ap CAto VI oAopS Ciio
other countries. The local order here
takes strong ground On this question.
Superintendent Mann Of the peniten-
tiary has sold 500 bales of Gotten
grown on the state farm on the a
oke river, the sales being made at
Norfolk, at 1888 ceiTts.
A great deal of very earnest work IS
being done among the poor here, by
the Associated charities. the churches.
the Eks, and the saloon men. A
house to house canvass is being made
in the section of the city occupied by
| poor persons.
Senator simmons is here, to remain
until Monday when he goes to New
Bern. where he viii spend next week.
| Large numbers of p~artridges have
been marketed here this season, the
ruling price being 12k cents. Many
sportsInen say the birds have acquired
to an unusual degree the habit of TAX
ing to trees when flushed. Ink that
they notice this more this season than
ever before. So far as can be learned
the shipment of partridges out of this
state has been very greatly checked,
hanks to the work OF the arden Of
audubon society with which Secretary
Gilbert Pearson, who was here today,
Is greatly pleased.
The agricultural department officials
find sthat there a bee much more
demand for agricultural literature this
year than ever before, and more Of It
has been published. This Is one Of the
many Indications Of improved farming.
More farmers institutes are to be held
next year than heretofore. as it is felt
that these are growing mora N more
valuable. The attendance at and the
interest in these Institutions was much
greater this year h ever before, this
being very encouraging to Commission
er Patterson.
The state charters the Caraleigh Aid
Society which is composed of opera
tives of the Caraleigh cotton mills in
the suburbs of Raleigh.
Clarence H. Poe. one of the brightest
young men in this State. and who Is
making a reputation outside of North
Carolina will continue to edit the Pro-
gressive Farmer. which IS now owned
by a strong stock company, chartered
yesterday.