The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-02

agreed % .islt every site eef@Fe any
is selected. They will begin the 7oL
Be- notified in sufficient time t. pre-
pare for tne visit (,
-Aslde from the consideration q
p-ope-y and money that are oTeTee
~ the various towns the ooar1 VII,
consider most seriously the ocston %
the site. and the place selected WiI y
conveniently located, accessible p
railway from the entire East and
must De a place ~ good health.
Every contestant claims all this
The contemporaneous report Il the
session. made by Raleigh correspond
ents. Olds and Martin. % their string
~ papers al oyer the state. Mas a.
follows
Correspondent Martin In Greensboro
News and other papers. June 9th
The state Board of Education vas
IN SESSION for over four hours today.
receiving BIDS from Eastern 1aFoliha
oars for the location or the East Car
DINA Teachers Training school The
board also, in connection With the re-
ception ofthe sealed bids. heard
spok esmen OF delegations in the IN
rerest Of the several towns ~ the
race forthe school
conditions under which the bids
W 81 4 S{E1b ~ AA~1A -
BE- for less man $4,000 towards the
establishment Of the school and
twenty-five acres for the site
The original announcement for the
hearing was to the effect that the
meeting Of the state board would be
open. but when the meeting was cali
Ell to order TODAY. il was announced
that the board would be in executive
session SO that sealed bids would be
received and each delegation heard
separately behind closed doors
Later the board will visit each Of the
towns of1ering sites for the school n
inspect them
Col. Olds, in Charlotte Observer, n
other papers of June 7th:
Raleigh was crowded with promi-
nent men from Eastern North Caro-
State Board of Education in cham
pionship of their various towns as To-
cations for the Eastern Training
for teachers. There were
large delegations from Elizabeth City.
Greenville. Kinston. Washington,
Rocky Mount and Tarboro, and a dele
cation OF three from New Bern.
{" 3 The hearing Of the delega-
tons by the Board Of Education, did
not end until five O'Clock this after
noon, Each had been required to
file with the board, a sealed proposal,
showing its offer Of money and land.
These Are Not Yet Opened.
superintendent Joyner, after the
end of the hearings, announced hat
the board would arrange A series Of
visitations to the competing points
the dates Of the visit to each not being
vet arranged. Not until after these
visitations are completed will the de-
cision be announced as to the loca-
ton.
1T is understood tina the offers are
as follows: Greenyille. $1O0, 900;
Washington, $4,000; Elizabeth City.
$50. 500: Tarbc~o. $4,000; Edenton,
Rocky Mount, kinston and New Bern.
$4,000.
Each place. except kinston. offers
twenty-five acres as a site. Kinston
offers 200"
In the Raleigh afternoon paper of
June 9Th, the day following the meet
ing of the State Board. the
ment was made thai Greenyille was
conceded to have been the winner,
and the p~urported bids made. were
given.
ON June 18th, these figures are re-
produced in the string of papers. in
the Charlotte, Wilmington, Winston.
Greensboro, Asheville and other pap
ers, seved by Col. F. A. Did or Mr..
w. J.. Martin, the Raleigh corresponds
ents.
The News and Observer did not
publish this statement, or those con-
illusions because Of the fact, that it
had been announced by the board
that the session was an executive one,
that the bids were sealed, and upon
application to the Secretary OF the
Icard for the authorized bids q repre-
sentative was informed that me ofi-
cial bids were not to be made public.
and any publication of the same
would have to be from The delegates
themselves, without the endorsement
of the board. Respecting this desire,
on the part of the board, The News
rurrorted bids.
The publication which was made in
the papers referred to although no
decision has been announced by the
authorities, the general impression is
that Greenville VIII GET the Eastern
Training School.
~"Greenville is considered a good 10
cation AM the offer made by that
trWr is far in excess of thae mad by
ans other town. It is but natural fer
delegates from some 81 tAe towns -
be disappointed, but they are generous
enough to say that C~reenvilie offered
the largest amount and is therefore
entitled to the school. The State
Board Of Education hoped for some
large offers, but G~reenville surpassed
all expectations and the offer made
indeed surprising. especially to
some of the towns in the contest. Al
though the Board met IN secret ses-
sion yesterday, the amounts offered
seem to be pretty generally known.
From h can be learned the offers
made We're as follows: G~reenville.
100000 and IS acres: Washington.
$4,000 and site. Elizabeth City, S62,-
900 and site; Edenton, $4,000 and
site: New Bern. $4,000 and site:
Rocky Mount, $4,000 and site. and
Tarboro, $50, 900 and site.
Each town offered some excellent
sites for the school. the largest tract
of land offered being 200 acres. 1t is
said that an unusually good site is
offered at G~reenville in connection
with the 500. 900 offer. The town Of
Greenville submitted eight PROPOSE
tons
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