The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-26
SUP RENE COURT
/ BEGINS FALL TERM
First Day Given Up to Examina-
ton of Applicants for License
to Practice Law.
WILL ANNOUNCE LIST LATER
War Declared Between Book
Dealers and Management
Of Public Schools.
Especial to The rimes-pIspatcn.

! Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
| Raleigh. ~ c., August 25.-The North
Carolina Supreme Court convened for
the fall term to-day with all FIVE OF
the justices on hand, and took up at
! once the examination of applicants for
| license to practice law in this State
the first day OF the court being de-
voted to this work There were sew
enty-siX applicants for licenses who
undertook the examinations Three
of them are negroes. One young woman
animation. but decided to wait for the
opening of the spring term In Febru-
airy. The list OF tho successful appli-
cants will be announced the latter part
OF the week The argument of appeals
from TIE First District will be called
| Tuesday morning
The Realty Improvement Corporation,
OF Charlotte. Is chartered with SI5,-
600 capital authorized and $500 sub
scr!bed by ]. f. Flowers, j. L. Jones.
c. a. Springs and others for real es-
tate development: also the. Quaker
Laboratory, Wilmington. capital $780,
600 authorized and $1,000 subscribed
by W. Z. Edmundson, G. H. Zibilin, c..
5. Mcdaniel and others for manufac-
ture or limo of family medicines
There was an amendment for the char
ter OF the Smith Manufacturing Co.
OF Durham, whereby the company adds
S1l.5oO per cent preferred stock and
makes the capital stock $4,000.
Governor Craig honored rcquisi-
ton to-day from the Governor of Mis-
souri, for l. F. Long, who is wanted
IN Jefferson County. that State. for en-
oezzlement. Long is lawyer and is
In Charlotte. He has indicated that
ne VIII noe resist the movement for
eNtradition.
dealers of Raleigh and the manage
ment IF the Raleigh public schools, and
some OF the book publishers are talk
ing SIDES with the dealers to force the
school authorities to negotiate with
the dealers for whatever books they
purchase The trouble has grown out
or i plan on the part Oh tire school
management to rent books and other
school supplies 10 the children The
proposition of the schools is to rent
these to the children for 81 per year
from the first to the fourth grades
Now the dealers come out in fam
ing announcements that they will sell
the new books and supplies, the same
that the school authorities will fur
HlSn lor Sl.oV for the III st grade; Si.IZ
for the second: s2.63 for the third, and
f3.!I for the fourth grade and then
the books will be left in the family
for the younger children, or they can
be sold back 10 dealers for half price
mus assuring great saving to the
parents in final cost of books This
as the r 80 year that the school man
o4ement has undertaken to conduct
a rental department for books, and the
experiment. is being watched with
keen Interest and varying degrees or
commendaticn and criticism. Parents
can rent the books from the school
authorities a. purchase them from
dealers as che, Please.
TIE SIMMER series of farmers in
stiiutes by the State Department OF
Agriculture closed to-day after
most successful series that started
July 25, there having been l53 each of
Jesuit l;c" 20! men and for women
Another series is being arranged TO
h":in early in September. TO be held
in Caldwell, Ashe, Allegheny ana
Wat"rca Counties The attendance
for the series just closed was very
good, he largest on record, In fact
for tile institutes for the farmers
wives and daughters. Captain T. b.
Parker. d,i.ctor OF the farmers in
Htitute division, says the crop condi-
tons whore me institute workers have
hoc' arc VERY good The corn crop
VIII b. record breaker. Cotton is
very good. ard crops generall.. a much
higher average than usual. The
farmers 1le in fine spirits and bent
on the Improvement of farming