The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-12-08

county, Is miles from Raleigh, could
be purchased for $4,000. This farm
was the property of DIR. Calvin Jones
The Convention accepted this PROPOSE
ton unanimously and declared that it
deemed it eXpedient to establish q
Baptist literary institution" on the
manual labor principle"
Manual labor schools at this time
were popular. Richmond College was
working on this principle. The Con-
vention appointed a committee to Sc
cure by private subscription enough
funds to purchase the plantation.
This committee was composed OF Will
liam Hooper, of Chapel Hill; j. G..
Hall, of Currituck Gray Huckaby, of
Orange; William r. Hinton, of Raj
e!gh, and A. S. Winn, of Wake. This
committee was authorized to make the
purchase and report the same to
president of the board of managers
that he might call a meeting of the
board. But there were men who OPP
posed this idea of a school and they
industriously circulated the report
that the design was to suppress the
preaching of those not favored with
these advantages. The Convention by
resolution declared that this was not
its design and that even if it wished
it it had no power to accomplish it.
The education fund at this Convention
went up to s697.70.
Farm Purchased.
A month after the close of the Con-
vention the committee on purchase
reported to the board that they had
purchased the farm of 615 acres. had
$1,525 in pledges, note of the North
Carolina Missionary Society for $500
and that $3.50 of pledges were unpaid
but that the committee had advanced
the money, and that Cullen Battle, of
Georgia, had donated $500.
In November. 1882. John Armstrong
outlined the plan of the institute in
The Raleigh Register In December,
1882, the board met again to make
an estimate of expenses for the first
year and calculated that to furnish
and provision the farm would require
$3.063. The board further decided
that it would not be possible to start
the school in 1888 for lack of teach
ers. so they put the farm in care OF
John Purefoy. William Crenshaw, Eos
ter Fort and G. W. Thompson. In
May, 1888. the board met in BERTHE
county and elected Samuel Wait prin-
cipal. Wait had been the general
travelling agent of the Convention since
its foundation in 1890. He was known
i'm every part or the state, nad gone
into Burke, Buncombe and Ruther-
ford and back to the east again.
All these things were reported to
the Convention at Dockery's meeting
house i'm November. 1888, The Con-
vention endorsed ii and appointed a
committee to report a board of trus-
tees. which board was to be incorpor-
| ated by the Legislature. The commit
! tee on charter was composed of Steph-
/ on Graham. Of Duplin; Joseph B.
! OUTLAW, BERTHE; Alfred Dockery Rich
mond: David Thompson, Johnston
z <. Biddle. Lenoir
Fo,4 rstees were appointed. They
were ch, from various section OF
the state. pm Craven to BunCombe
from ChoWan 10 Arson.
still another committee was ap-
pointed. and this one was TO prepare
a schedule of items necessary for tn,
institute. The committee was com
posed of Thomas Meredith, Joseph
outlaw and ID. Thompson. They re-
ported that the newly appointed trus
tees should meet as soon as possible
and select an agent, appoint a farm
err furnish the farm, provide buildings
and repairs, receive applications Of
students, appoint a steward and make