The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-05
Commencement 1T ST. MlRY's
Diplomas Presented to Graduates
by Bishop Cheshire
A. and NJ. Students Want to Retain
Professor Burkett-S0me Facts Con-
corning Public Schools i'm the State.
Trial Of the Famous king Bee''
Illicit Dissilling Case.
Messenger Bureau
Raleigh, n. c., MAY 81.

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board Of visitors of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college were in joint
session yesterday afternoon and last
considering matters connected
with the college, a notable feature of
the session being the appearance before
the board OF the agricultural students
Of the college 'to urge that the resigna-
ton of G. w. Burkett as professor of
agriculture be not accepted. He has
resigned to take a professorship in the
Agricultural and Mechanical college of
Ohio, his native state. The board is
hearing reports from the college visi-
tors, President Winston and members
of the faculty and are planning to re-
adjust affairs for protection against
a recurrence of clashes between stu |
dents and faculty such as have seri-
ously disturbed the past session.
The graduating exercises of st.
Mary's school were held this morning
at II o'clock. The diplomas were pre-
sented by BIT. Rev. James Blount Che
shire, bishop of the diocese of North
Carolina. His charge to the young
ladies in presenting the diplomas was
beautiful and especially appropriate.
Those receiving diplomas were Ruth
Foster, st. Simons Mills, S. c.: Jane
Iredell Green, Wilmington; Annie Eliza
koonce, Richards; Mary Thornton
I q cCit0r LInrffOrI. n1-~-
reux Mackey, Raleigh; harriet EIlzx-
beth Ruff, Ridgeway, SC; Annie Whit
ner Sloan, Columbia, S. c.; Sarah Ger
trude Sullivan, Savannah, Ga; Francis
Elizabeth Woolf, Demopolis.
The session just closed has been one
OF the most successful in the history
Of the school and the outlook, os the
trustees declare is for a large increase
in the enrolment for the opening of
the fall term.
The st. Marys Alumnae association
have reelected the following officers:
Miss Mary Iredell, Raleigh, president:
Miss Kate McKinnin, secretary and
treasurer; Mrs. Kate deRosset Meares.
Wilmington; Mrs. Bessie Leak of West
Durham, Mrs. Florence Z. Tucker Of
Raleigh; Mrs. l. NICK. Pittinger, Ra-
leigh, vice presidents. A memorial
gavel in honor of Madam Charlotte
Yoer-Gouye for many years a beloved
instructor in French at St. Marys' has
been presented to the Alumnae associ-
alton through Mrs. Mary NICK. Nash of
New Bern, formerly Miss Mary Dawes.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction J. Y. Joyner returned this
morning from Greensboro where he at
tended the commencement of the state
normal which he p%rOnOunces n of the
most creditable the school has ever
had. The affairs of the college are. he
says, in excellent condition as evidenc-
ed by the reports of officers to the trus-
tees.
The trial of the famous king Bee
illicit distilling case was began in the
federal court today and will require
two days or longer. The defendant is
D. T. Turner of Durham a man of large
means who is charged with furnishing
meal and other supplies for a great
number of distilleries in that section
he having bought them in car lots and
supplied blockade stills for a part Of
the output of the still. Very able
counsel has been employed for the de-
tense and a big legal fight is on.
It will be some time before the report
is put before the public by the educa-
tional department Of this state, but By
the direction of State Superintendent
| Joyner some interesting figures have
been prepared, for immediate use.
| These show for city public schools
| there is now available $685. 47 and for
country schools s1,713,6S1. By local
taxation 60 per cent of the city school
| funds is raised and nearly three per
| cent of that for country schools. The
| value of city property is S11S, 764 ,704
and of country property s314,923,1 04
| There are in the cities 1906 children
Of school age and in the country co.,
BIG. The amount Of taxable property
for each child of school age in the cities
averages S1.32 while in the country 1t
is Is cents. The amount applied to
each child of school age in the cities
averages $6.66 and in the country $1.93.
The average amount for the whole
state for each child Of school age is
only S2.41, while in the whole country
the average is SILT, so that North
Carolina lacks sS.76 of raising the aver
age annual amount now being raised in
L4C O0lLCo oldlCS. IL AAooA ca
pended on an average in the cities for
each child in average daily attendance
Is s15.43 and in the country districts.
s5.79, this being for both whites and
blacks. OF the amount spent for city
public schools 1876 per cent went to the
negroes and In the country 1873. The
negro children compos So per cent of
the city school population and 81 per
cent of that in the country. There are
in the cities a school population totall-
ing $3.50 and the average daily attend
ance is only 24,S92. There are 414,596
children of school age in the country.
of whom On an average 172,045 attend
school. There are in the cities 1926
negro children of school age of whom
1882 attend daily OF an average. In
the country district there are 49,. 100
negro children of school age, the aver
age attendance being 1855. There are
So cities and towns which have a sep
crate school system There are zoos