The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-07
A CASE Of GRAFT2
Members School BUILDING
Committee Accused.
Laying Out of Two Public Roads Or
dered. Hearing Before Judge Boyd
of Exceptions in Wilkes
Matters.
Especial to News and Observer.p

Greensboro, n c., July 6.-The
County Board of Education in session,
here today, audited the amount OF
funds expended during the past fis-
cal year, for the public schools, and
asceTtained it to be $43,337. This
amount does not include the large
sums spent by the cities of High
Point and Greensboro for their graded
schools, except so much of the fund
as those cities receive out of the gen
eral State and county school tax
BY reason of special local school taxes
there will be more than ten thous-
and dollars increase in the school fund
to be expended in the country schools
of Guilford this year in addition TO
the increase from enhanced valuB Or
property this year over last.
The board was called upon today 20
have Il trial of two members OF 8
building committee in ColfaX town.
ship. Charges were made, that in the
building of a school house they had
worked a graft on the funds paia
out, to their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
about 500 each. The hearing aGG
the accusation is something move.
here. and if the board after hearing
all the evidence, conclude that the
accused have been guilty of the rake
off, as alleged, it will not only &C
hard with them but viii be a shining
warning to all other would-be graft.
ers of the sacred school fund in this
or other counties.
The Board of County Commissioners
and the Highway Commissioners are
IN joint session today over the ques-
ton of building iron bridges across
several streams where the new ma
cadam roads are being laid out. TIL.
Highway Commission contends that
the special fund for building ma-e
cadam roads, should not be diverted
towars building bridges, but that this
expense should come out of the GER
will be adopted, it is said will be 20
compromise the matter by the coun
~ assuming it's share of the bridge
building, the Highway Commission
paying one-taird.
10 Lay Out Public Roads.
The board this morning ordered
the laying out of two public roads
one in Madison and one in Rock
Greek townships, and ordered tbs
building of a bridge across Raci.
Creek near Gibsonville.
The hearing before Judge Bovd
of exceptions to the report of MAJ.
ter in Chancery Clement Manly on tina
| Wilkes county bonds matter was Sc
| for $50 o'clock this afternoon. Among
| attorneys interested in the case, pres
/ ent, are Judge Hole, Of New Yori. :.
Judge Avery, of Morganton; Col. W.
| w. Barber, of Wilkesboro; Mr.. J. =.
| Patterson of Winston-S Salem: Majo'
! \. H. Price, of Salisbury: Master III
| Chancery Clement Manly, of Winston
| and Messrs. James r. morehead ".
| p. Bynum and King q Kimbalb o.
| Greensboro. SO far. 1t appears that
| only the lawyers and officers in this
| celebrated case have received any
| part of the more than $4,000 WHICH
has been paid in by Wilkes county
and the bondholders are anxious <
get a settlement of the differences
so that the receiver NAV be authc~-
lied to begin paying out the balance
on hand.
a Military Band.
Band Master Frank Williams began
a canvass among the musicians of the
city this morning for the purpose a:
testing their Willingness to become
members of the State Guards, and or
ganizing into a military band FOR til.
Third regiment. Out of seventeen Oh
this class of musicians here, every,
one had by IL o'clock signed th.
agreement, and with Claude ELAN. rs
chief, an effort will be made to have
the Greensboro band selected by the
both Durham and Raleigh are com
petitors for the honor.
Col. John w. Hinsdale. of Raleigh
who has recently made large real es'
tate investments in Greensboro is here
today, looking after the commencet
ment of the erection of q three-StorM
brick block business building he has
secured city permits to place on South
Davie street, the wholesale district CT
the city.
The news of the success of the anti.
saloon forces in Charlotte was re-
ceived here with great interest by all
and with especial joy by the workers
for prohibition. The election takes
place here July 10th, and while so
far there has been no excitement
whatever over the matter, there has
been much quiet work done on both
sides. The prohibitionists are greatly
encouraged over the splendid victory.
in Charlotte and have already adver-
tised for the first effort at d "big
| rally for next Friday night, the aG-
dress to be delivered by a distin
guishcd Charlotte prohibitionist.
THE SLOCt-M INVESTIGATION.