The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-08-09
Mr.. A. CANNON RETURNS.
Was Called to Raleigh on Impor-
tant Business Connected With
Board Of Agriculture.

Hon. A. Cannon, of Horse Shoe, who
is member of the executive committee
of the North Carolina Board of Agri-
culture, returned from Raleigh last
Saturday. The object of his visit is full
ly told in the following from the Raleigh
Evening Times:
ga complete sewerage system is to be
installed at the A. and M. College, the
work to begin at the earliest possible
minute so that the system can be ready
for service as soon after the opening of
the college as possible. The sum of
81, 800 now ine6he state treasury has
been set aside for this purpose.
An order to this effect was made this
morning during conference in which
Governor Glenn, the members of the
council of state, the executive commit
tee of the board of college trustees and
a special sewerage committee of the col
lege partici pated. The state treasurer
is to arrange for advancing the money
required and Governor Glenn will call
on the next General Assembly to make
a special appropriation to meet the obli
CATION"
The following is the resolution adopt
ed during the conference:
Resolved by the Executive Commit
tee of the North Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical College, and the Coun-
Gil of State in joint meeting that an
amount not exceeding the sum of seven
Thousand five hundred ($7 5000 dollars,
out of the general fund appropriated for
the support and maintenance of said
college, be used for the construction OF
an adequate sewerage system for the
college.
st is further resolved, that the col
lege authorities be requested to i'm
mediately contract for the work, and
push the same TO as speedy a compile
tion as possible, to the end that said
system be ready for use at the com
mencement of the next college term"
Executive Committee Acts.
After the conference in the govern
or's office for the adoption of the above
resolution there was meeting of the
~uexecutive committee of the college
trustees in the Office or Commissioner of
Agriculture ). L Patterson.
At this meeting special committee
consisting of Commissioner Patterson,
Prof. w. L. Hilland Prof. Riddick of
the College was appointed to have di-
rectly under their supervision the work
of constructing the sewer system. This
committee will also receive propositions
from private parties in the vicinity to
connect with the college sewer. 1t Is
expected that a number OF private sub
scribers can be secured in this way and
thereby materially reduce the cost OF
the system to the state.
The executive committee of the col
lege issues the following statement to
the public, it being signed by S. L Pat
tersnn, commissioner, r. w. Scott, A.
Cannon and j. 5. Stokes: "The trustees
desire to assure the people of the state
that everything possible to make the
sanitary conditions at the college per-
feet will be done at once. Neither ex
pense nor trouble will be spared in TAX
ing every precaution for the health OF
the students. IJ is believed that the
completion of the sewer system, which
has long been needed, will put the insti-
tuition in a thoroughly good sanitary
condition.
''In view of some reports as to cases
of fever supposed to be contracted dur
ING the sessionz6fs the Summer School
at the college, the board wishes to say
that it has no desire to conceal any
facts from the public. Several persons
out of the eight hundred who attended
the Summer school have since been sick
with typhoid feve-. But in view of the
fact that so few cases out of the large
number in attendance occurred and that
the general health of the college com
munity has been as good as usual, the
board feels that it is not probable that
the fever was contracted there. This
belief IS emphasized by the fact that
typhoid fever has been unusually prev
alent in many parts Of the state during
this summer, and that it is practically
impossible for large number OF people
to he assembled without some fever-in-
fected person being in the number. Two
of those who have since been sick were
unwen when they reached the Summer
School.
can inspection of the college seems
to show that there is nothing unsanl-
tary there, unless it is the absence OF
modern sewer system and this, as al
ready stated, will be provided at once.
world of truth in few words: 'tNearly
all, other cough cures are constlpatlng'