The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
CONCERNING NEW COURT HOUSE.

On the first Monday IN May the
Board of County Commission
ers held their regular monthly
meeting in Halifax. The writer
of this article was present at
that meeting to report its pro-
ceedings. Concerning the &C
ton in regard to the new court
house that the Commissioners
took, the following report APP
peared in The COMMONWEALTH
of May 9th:
"The Commissioners entered
into a contract with the firm OF
Wheeler, Galliher and Stern, OF
Charlotte. whereby said firm
agreed to deliver to the Board
of County Commissioners on
the first Monday in October,thc
drawings and specifications for
a new court house to cost some
where in the neighborhood of
$40, 900. After these plans have
been delivered the Commission
ers will advertise for bids. In
all probability it will be some
time in 1910 before work on the
court house will be begun.
No report different from the
above concerning the Commits
sioners' action has appeared in
any Halifax county paper.
However, a different report
should have been made, for af-
ter the writer Of this article,
who went to Halifax to report
the Commissioners meeting,
left for Scotland Neck, the Com
missioners in open meeting re-
considered the action they took :,
revoked the contract they had
made with Wheeler, Galliher
& Stern, and entered into a new
one with the same firm. The
following clipping taken from
the Manufacturers Record, a
paper published in Maryland
will speak for itself and prob
ably explain the nature Of the
second contract:
j. H. Norman, clerk of
County Commissioners, will re-
ceive bids until June 7 for cree
ton Of courthouse, according
to plans and specifications pre-
pared by Wheeler. Galliher and
Stern, architects, Charlotte, n
c.: certified check $1,000, pay,
able to w. r. Harvey, chair
man County Commissioners
plans and specifications on file
at office of clerk and at archi
tects' office after May 20; pre-.
sent old courthouse to be sold
June -
Taking into consideration th(
fact that no report has hereto
fore appeared in any of thu
Halifax county papers to tn,
effect that the Commissioner
had revoked their first contrac
with Wheeler, Galliher & Stern
it is quite natural to believ
that no Halifax county pape
was aware of such revocation
This paper certainly was not.
The papers published through
out Halifax county are tn
chief mediums through whic
the citizens learn what is bein
done in the county. 1t seem
then that the papers in th
county should have been il
formed as to the new contrat
the Commissioners made wit
Wheeler, Galliher & Stern s
that they in turn could hay
informed the people. This p;
per made every effort it cou
from time to time to obtain q
information concerning ever
action taken in regard to Il
new court house, but it was O
ly a few days ago that Il
writer saw in a PAPER PU.
LISHED IN MARYLAND Il
report given above concernil
the / Commissioners actio
This report the writer verifi
by 'phoning to Mr.. J. H.. NJ
man, Register of Deeds of H;
flax county, who assured hi
that the Commissioners reco
sidered their former action a.
revoked their first contract
open meeting on the first Nc
day in May. This no O
doubts. It may be that
Commissioners had 90
grounds for taking the ste
they did. This no one know
for no explanation has be
given; probably because no
was needed. The report in t