The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-12-14
IT MAS 4 hot MEETING
Board of Agriculture and
Commissioner Graham
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Apologies for Language Ted
The State Board Of Agriculture
heid their annual meeting IN Raj
eigh last week and received the re-
/ port Of Major ". 4. Graham. the
Commissioner OF Agriculture. The
Commissioner IN his report said that
the Board had tried 10 assume con
troll Of some OF his duties and be
gave them 10 understand that he
knew his duties and performed them:
that he was responsible TO the people
for his acts and not TO the Board.
There was . proposition on foot 10
I re-organize the forces Of the Depart
ment In connection with the cooper
ative work with the A. & II. College
and the Test Farm work
Imported Regulator"
! In his report Commissioner Gra-
ham said that he was displeased with
the action OF some members OF the
Board and the position taken by the
heads Of the Departments of Chem
. istry and Entomology. Dr. b. w.
, Kilgore and Mr.. Franklin Sherman.
| to whom he referred as imported
regulators"
| This term was probably applied TO
) these officials from the fact that they
| hailed from other States. There was
} no installing the fact that the Com
? missioner was mad, and he did hesi-
/ tate to give the Board several pieces
of his mind. The State Chemist. n
[ seems, is not under direct control OF
, the Commissioner, but he thinks tina,
3 1t should be. and Ii Is probably well
: for DR.. Kilgore that he isn't an ap.
{ pointee of the Commissioner, for be
: would have been discharged many
months ago.
5 The trouble is concerning matters
2 having to do with the work OF the
!. State Chemist in the control of the
!, test farms, and Major Graham says
: in his report that he does not think
| DIR. Kilgore, while a competent chem.
r ist, Is fitted for the position of di.
r recting the test farm work; that he
9 thinks a practical farmer should be
e given charge. AS to the re-organiza-
tion of the forces of the Department,
in carrying out plans for cooperative
work with the A. G NJ College, he
says that he thinks employees OF the
Board, referring to DR.. Kilgore and
!. Mr.. Sherman are exceeding the au.
, thority they may have, as the Board
could not give authority to them
. whim it does not possess. He re.
fers to the acts of these gentlemen
as illegal and discourteous; thai
these imported regulators" seem to
think that resolution Of the Board
gives them the right to be discourte-
q Gus to him. He gays that any EN-.
ploye attempting TO interfere with
his duties would have been promptl.
: discharged; that ore Of these gentle.
men, Mr.. Sherman, is employed by
him, while the other. Mr.. Kilgore, Il
employed by the Board and his du.
ties defined by law.
y Appeals to Attorney General.
: The Commissioner appealed to the
= Attorney-General and secured a rul
: ing as TO his prerogatives. The fol
: lowing is an excerpt from the Com.
= missioner's report:
{ There seems to be an idea, ol
0 rather presumption. with some tha'
e this division OF the work is separat
b OF the Department, and is committet
b to the Director and the Test Farm
Committee. This is an error; IL h
L as much subject 10 the direction o.
: the Commissioner, and under ths
t control of the Board, as any othel
e division.
An attempt was made to this emf
e at the June meeting. 1910. Tn.
n Commissioner opposed 1t as an In
;. fringement upon his duties and con
Il trary to law; the subject was sub
mitted to the Acknowledgement wis
sustained the position OF the Com
missioner
Threatens to Go to Court.
The oath of the Commissioner 4
; to obey the laws OF the State l
s this is not done it win be necessar,
for the Commissioner in his own de
It Tense and in respect to the Law d
It carry the matter into court, or t,
It compel any one attempting to ac