The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-03-25
LOANS MAZE TO 81 COUNTIES:
FOR RETIREMENT OF THE RU-
RAJ PUBLIC SCHOOL s.
Sherins Settling State Taxes-FIght
for Assistant to e.. s. District At
torney-Episcopal Convention 10
Meet I'm Raleish-Post Lenfen We'd
ding.
Messenger Bureau.

the office OF the state superintendent
OF public instruction which shows that
up to this date the total amount OF
cans TO Counties for the betterment
OF rural public schools is ss6, 401. The
state secures property by these loans
worth $685.. $50. The counties nave
secured POS improved school houses. 173
of these being new and the Others en-
larged and improved. OF the new
ones. 116 are built in accordance with
plans furnished by the State superin-
tendent- The number Of counties to
which loans have been made is 81. All
the counties to which loans were made
last August were required TO pay the
first instalment OF 10 per cent. and
interest on the remainder February
lst- Every one paid promptly. the to-
tai amount being s4,440.
The number OF convicts in the peni-
tertiary is now small as it has ever
been. only 104. OF the number only
about 40 are able-bodied men. OF these
IS are digging clay, for use i'll making
bricks. The manufacture OF the brick
has begun. The machines were first
used last year and are found to oper-
ate very well. There are a number OF
female convicts and also quite a num-
Der Of sick and disabled ones.
Some of the newspapers are still try
Ing to discover who it was paid the
money to Attorney John w. Hinsdale
here. TO be given to Ed Chambers Smith
In partial payment of the note for 81
700 which <. S. Finch. of New York
CAV Smith for the latter's Al shares OF
stock in the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima railway. Your correspondent has
already stated that Finch did not pay
the money. This much may he stated,
that the money was paid to the attor-
ney by a North Carolinian. Now the
question is whether this North Carroll
MAN, who by the way is a very we'll
known man. paid it for himself or as
the representative of a syndicate who
desired to get control of the road. Men
ton has also been made of the fact hat
w. w. Fleming, attorney. who came
here from New York, had soma con-
nection with this business. Fleming
said he represented an original stock
holder and expressed his regret that
the receivership was knocked out, then
hurried back to New York. A man
named Cuyler is the New Yorker to
whom Fleming referred. Cuyier's
father was an original stakeholder.
Cuyler has only so shares of stock and
of course if he. had started a proceed
Ing, the expenses in the Federal court
would nave consumed all his stock. 1t
is known that Cuyler did not put up
the money.
There has been shipped from Jackson
wa ~ NhNs Nv hooAo SApoSlllcll
to be placed in the North Carolina
exhibit at the exposition there, the
largest walnut tree ever found in this
state. The section sent is IA feet LONG,
and squares 4 feet at the smaller md.
State Treasurer Lacy says about
two-thirds of the sheriffs have settled
last years taxes in full. Under spe-
cial acts of the l~egilature two sheriffs
are allowed until April to settle. about
25 until May and one until June, so of
course these cannot be forced to settle
now. yet the law requires them to pay
monthly, and in fact makes il a mis-
demeanor for any sheriff to fail to pay
by the tenth of each month. if they
make any collection. Some sheriffs
have failed to comply with this very
plain provision of the law and the
treasurer is writing them very sharp
letters.
Oscar j. Spears having been dropped
as first assistant United States District
Attorney here, Edward 4. Johnson, one
of the very few colored ofiiceholders in
North Carolina is to go too, he having
for several years been second assistant.
though some Of the officials chose to
speak of him as a clerk. johnson Is a
man of means and is also the author
Of a history of the negro race, which
has for a number of years been a text
book in the North Carolina colored
public schools, and also in use in some
other states. He has no doubt for a
considerable time expected to go as
there was more or less friction with
the white people in office, it being we'll
known that the white Republicans
lave no owe for the negroes and office
holders. as they very plainly show upon
occasion. For Spears place, there is
quite a lively scramble and plenty of
applicants-at least five, all of whom
are using their utmost endeavors to
make a good SHOW to the attorney gen.
eral and also before Republican State
Chairman Rollins.
Recently matters have been very
quiet aroun the Office CT the State
superintendent of public instruction,
but yet a good deal of work has been
done. At the state fair a large map
made by W. C. Randall, was shown at
the fair grounds. in the educational
exhibit to illustrate the number OF dis
tricts which have voted in favor Of To-
cal taxation for public schools. This
is now on the walls of the State super
.intendent's Office. and new districts
have been added so that the number is
192. This is really very encouraging,
though of course a great deal remains
to be done along this line.
One Of the Raleigh curiosities just
now is a COW thirty-two years old, with
a young calf. The COW was given to
the pISSShl o"liCI, d COlOIG III HAL, dDOul
% years ago..
Mention has been made OF the book
men of Mark in North Carolina"
which is soon to be issued. The pub
Usher will be B. F. Johnson. of Rich
mond. Va. a well known publisher of
school text books.
The Episcopal convention OF the Do
csc Of North Carolina, meets in Christ
church here June Sth. and will be in
session four or five days. The pro-
gramme is being arranged by Rev. Z.
A. Osborne. of Charlotte. Rev. Francis
Joyner, of Salisbury. and Messrs. John
s. Henderson, of Salisbury. and Rich
ard H. Battle, of Raleigh
The North Carolina Agricultural de-
partment is working very earnestly to
enforce the law against adulteration of
food for stock. 1t is found that a
manufacturer in Tennessee and anoth-
er in Virginia are notorious for the
adulterated stuff which they ship
into this state. In fact their
adulterated goods are known to repu-
table dealers. The commissioner of
Agriculture has power to seize adulter-
afed goods and also RI prayenf the