The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-09-28
Sale Made To Satisfy Mort
gage, But Purposes of School
VIII Remain as Formerly.
Editor Bailey, of The Hous-
ton Post, Visits Old Friends
at Durham
News and Observer Bureau,
). r. Winters, Manager,

LUZ ldAli september 20.
The National Religious Training
School, one OF the important negro
educational institutions in the South,
was sold under the auctioneer'S ham
mer at moo today. The purchase
price was $25,1OO, and the property
passed into the hands Of The Golden
Belt Realty Company, Il newly char
tered corporation Of Durham. The in
corporators Of the realty company are
Il. NJ. German and j. 3. Mason, of
Durham, and f. E. Broughton, Of Ra-
leigh.
The school was sold to meet the re-
quirements of q mortgage, and Judge
j. S. Manning, Of Raleigh. one of the
mortgages, conducted the sale. The
school will be operated along the lines
which have formerly made it's exist
nee possible as a religious II in
dustriaI fitting school for negroes Of
Durham and North Carolina. J. =.
Shepherd, the superintendent of the
institution since it's formation, will be
eetained in that capacity. He an
aoanced that the opening day Of the
schc oil will be October s. Six acces
sions will be made to the teaching
stair. and the enrolment Of 1914 wiz
probably be considerably supple
mented. The registration for last
session was 1879.
The school is located one ara one
half miles from Durham, in a south
easterly direction. The situation has
desirable qualifications for h sue
cessful conduct Of the various depart
ments. AS the am Of the institution
would indicate its chief object is t1s
preparation of negroes for the minis.
t.y. An Industrial department ane
other courses having as theic i'm
the betterruput of negroes are main
tanned.
Editor Bailey a Visitor.
Editor George M. Bailey, OF III
Houston Post, Houston, Texas, is
visitor to Durham. He came to tn
city Friday and is spending severa
days with James IL. Southgate. MI
Bailey is particularly interested in tn
movement over the South which ha
for it's ultimate contamination h de
velopment of the cities. He is inter
ested in the planning Of parks an
amusement centers for city folk an
he will later issue an interview o
that subject as how such an institu
ton would help Durham. Broachin
the subject, he jocularly remarke
that the passing of a millionaire /
Houston cleared the way for the ger
eral development of that city. II
progress has been phenomenal in lat
years. Mr.. Bailey made passing re-
erence to his boyhood days in Durhar
when he first entered the journalist
field. He was one of the pioneers i
the ncWspaper-,naking business ]
Durham. When he moved TO HoustO
his information Of North Carolina at
his shrewd discussion of her conditio
as presented in the Texas paper was
constant wonderment to the late Joi
eph Caldwell. He made inquiries in
the preponderous question of a Tex
man knowing so much and in such a
intimate way the condition in the II
Heel State. Mr.. Bailey has a big rel
utation in the South as a paragraph
and Tar Heel doings are subtec
which he constantly exploits.
To Have New Officers.
The new officers Of h Durha
chamber of Commerce will be mann
at a meeting next Tuesday nigh
Committees were appointed today
make out a list OF nominations
president, vice president, Secreta
and treasurer. The directors OF t
organization have already been che
en-. They are: James III. SOuthga'
y. II. Green, w. ID. Carmichael, II.
Seeman, w. &. Bramham, w. j. Bro
den, and Il. A. Knight. The preside
will be chosen from the board of
r%ectors. Permanent headQuarte
viii be determined on next Tuesday.
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