The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-05
An important adjourned mestlng of

I, SCIDOlS-t dIildDlc ScIioDl Stdti~tICc
Prepared by Prof. Cadet.
An important adjourned mestlns Of
the county board OF education was
held Yesterday afternoon III the ouper-
in%tendent's Office at the court house,
| Messrs. George Rountree and W II.
Sprunt being present and qualifying
| as members of the board as required
Ivy law.
The annual reports of the county
superintendent Of schools, Mr.. Wash
ington Catlctt, and the city superin-
tendent, Mr.. j. J. Blair, and the treas
urer of the school fund, Mr.. H.. McL.
Green were received and heard with
Interest by the board. The election
of committeeman for the 16 school dis
tricts was held and the superintendent
of funds for the different townships
| was made.
The report of the treasurer was as
follows:
Balance on hand June /, 1906, 81
233.51; poll tax, IS, 1e4.50; general prop
erty tax, $21, 423. 80; fines and forfeit
| ures. S2,345.76; liquor licenses, $l2,-
| 1880; rents, $50; tuition collected,
500; corporation tax S25; apportion-
, ment from first $1,000 by state. ST.
| O65. SO; apportionmenU from state fer
| libraries. SIS; by board of education
for libraries, $40. Grand total receipts
| $50,385.22.
Disbursements-County superlnten-
DENT, $3.50; teachers. $31,137.73; JAM
tors $1.243.45; desks, furniture, etc
| $203. so; supplies. fuel, etc, $4.1SL.T5:
library, $127.50; insurance, SOLOS,;
repairs. 5000 treasurer's commits
| sions, $7S4.29; mileage and per lieE1
| of committeeman, $50; expenses u
ty board. S45.1j; census, S31.0S. Total
$40, OO1. Al. leaving balance on nand
July list of $1O,3S3.81.
The treasurer reported funds on
which the apportionmeHt was to be
made amounted to S14,175.52. Of this
| 81, 9O7.5S was appropriated to reim-
burse the treasurer for sum overdraWn
leaving SIP, 267.9 "a to be divided among
the townships. Tie following appor-
tionments were then made:
Wilmington Township-District No.
/, $4,673.60; District No. 2, $4,S30.S3:
total. $9.574.5O.
Cape Fear Township-No. 10. $21O;
No. u, S2O5; No. 6, $172; total, 1857.
Federal Point Township-No. 8.
1920; No. 9, 800; total, 1910.
Masonboro Township-No. 4, s130;
No. 3, S21O; No. 16, $fS5; total. $53J.
Harnett Township No. 7, S205; No.
IS. $205; No. II, S2O5; No. 5. s213; No,
IA, 5000; No. Is, $233,44; total. $1,26f.h
The committeeman for the various
school districts in New Hanover cOun-
ty were elected as follows:
Wilmington, No. il. Allen Taylor,
Sam Bear, w. E. PerdeW.
Wilmington, No. 2-Jas. Fl. Chad
bourn. j. D. Bellamy. Jr., C. w.
Worth, succeeding the late Mr.. ], c.
Stevenson.
Myrtle Grove. No. SC. w. Bishop,
William Hollis. W. G. Fergus.
Masonboro, No. Addison Hewlett,
J. P. Herring, c. W. Melton.
Wrightsyille, No. 5-John H. Handy,
G. w. Westbrook, w. H. Stokely.
Acorn Branch. No. Cd. G.. West
East Wilmington, No. Oscar Pear.
sail, D. F. Klein, w. H. Mills.
Oak Hill, No. st. J. Burnett
Henry Taylor, H. B. Williams.
Federal Point, No. 9-W. A. Aims,
worth, J.. c.. Lewis, G. B. Murray.
Castle Haynes. No. 1O-Sam Blossom
w. H. Shearin, ", B. Hand.
Scots Hill, No. lie. H. Alexander
JOS. NJ. Jarrett, S. G. BatoE.
Rock Hill, No. 12-Geo. w. Trask
c. F. Setter, J. H. Johnson.
Middle Sound. No. 13-B. 3. Hum
? phrey. E. L. Emmett. Jas L. German.
5 Greenville Sound, No. 14-Jas. +
Walton, J. T. kennedy, Jas. T. Hew
lett.
De1gado. No. 15-Jas. A. Jordan, "
. A. Wood, Grin Johnson.
: South Wilmington. No. 1G-OVel
Nfartindale, Geo. r. Tatum. r. NJ. VIII
N.
:. In the report of the county superin
tendent there were some interestin
facts and statistics concerning tn
schools Of New Hanover. From th
census taken last August it was foua
that there are 1903 children of schot
e age in the county. this being a gal
OF only % over the preceding yea
g This, however. is due to the fact tbs
S the census was taken only of the cour
try districts and not the city, so tn
gain represents the increase in til
g country. The census showed a los
It Of 8 white children and an increase