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THE GAZETTE. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. JAMES H. TOUirG",....Editor and Proprietor, t I' R3, Gencrl Traveling Agenti. SUBSCRIPTION One year, Six months. Three months - rates: ti.50 75 50 Entered at the Post-office for transmission through the United States mails as matter coming under second-class rates. B3J-AU communications intended for pub lication must reach the office by Tuesday morning. Anonymous letters will receive no attention. " jgy Address all communications to THE Gazette, Raleigh, N. C. RALEIGH, N. C, MAY 29, 1897. OUR FOURTH MILE-POST. On March 4, 1893, Hod. Grover Cleve land was inaugurated President of the United States and promptly announced his cabinet on the day following. In a day or two thereafter, Hon. John G. Carlisle, who was the new Secretary of the Treasury, informed James H. Young, who was then Special Inspector of Cus toms, that his services would be no longer needed af cer the 1 1th day of March, 1893, for the simple and sufficient reason that the place had been given to a person in political sympathy with the- adminis tration. We answered his letter promptly and courteously and thanked him for allowing us to serve one week under him, and also informed him that being a firm believer in the doctrine that '"to the vic tors belong the spoils," we had no com plaint to make, but would gracefully yield the position to our Democratic suc cessor. We were the first Republican to be removed in all North Carolina by the Cleveland admini.-tration, and a it was done at the p rsonal request of Hon. M. W. Ransom, then U S. Senator, we took it as a compliment to our Republicanism. Not daunted nor discouraged by our re moval we left the service, with the de terminatian to keep up our fight for the political freedom f the people of North Carolina, and if possible to enlarge our sphere of us-fulnets. In a few weeks thereafter we acquired an interest in the Gazette and assumed editorial charge thereof, is&uing our first number with our salutatory on May 27, 1893. At that time the Democrats were in absolute and undisputed control of every branch of the government in North Carolina and of almost every county thereof, as well as in the different departments of the Nation: and as we look back through these four years just passed we are forced to confess that it required a great amount of confidence and faith in the belief that right would ultimately triumph over wrong, and that with a great financial stringency just beginning, the people would give of their scanty means to help support such a stupendous undertaking, Our faith .was equal tothe emergency, and while our expectations may not have been fully realized, and the paper given such support at all times as we had a right to expect it should receive, yet we have no complaint to make, and we thank God to-day that we undertook the great task. We knew that there were injus tices against our race to be stopped, abuses to be corrected, and wrongs to be righted, and set ourselves to work to help in the great struggle, and to-day we can boast of admitiitrations in Nation, State and counties against Democracy. The Gazette has done its full duty in bring ing about these mighty and much needed changes. The paper lias stood and will continue to stand as the unfaltering friend of the oppressed. Its voyage . on the journalistic sea has not been without its conflicts, for thrice has it been attacked f h Bnlns which were saiiiun unaer raise colors, but as many times did it see its antagonists go down, never to rise again. For these four years of financial de pression, the greatest which were ever known in this country, the Gazette has not failed to Come out promptly each week and make its weekly visit to the homes of its many subscribers, and to carry unto them the glad news that it was Btill battling against Democracy, the arch enemy of the people's rights. It has steadily and with a loyalty uuequaled by any other paper in North Carolina, bat tied for Co-operation and the results it has accomplisned. There has not been a single hour when you did not know what its tune would be, and like a great beacon light it has stood for the right and warned the people against pitfalls prepared by Demociacy and its various allies. The people of North Carolina to-day, regarUleos of "race, color or pre vious condition of nervitude," breathe a purer and freer political atmosphere than they did four yeais ago, or even-two years ago, and toe Gazette will labor in the future to maintain what has 'been accomplished in the past along this line. We must apologize to our readers for taking up so much space with a matter personal to us, but our causes for re joicing, as we look back over the ast four years, are so many that we must ask a little indulgence. We are not unmind ful of the great services performed by the late W. S. Mitchell, and A. J. Rogers, and J. L Pair, nor of the many others who have helped us in the great work of making and spreading the Gazette. Our subscription lisc Las increased five fold during tue past four years, and we tee no reaeon why 11 should not increase five fold during the next four years from what it is to day. Will our readers help us to reach that goal ? We believe that thev will. Thanking all who have so generously subscribed tor the Gazette and assisted it in any other way, the paper promises to keep up the battle of the people against the oppressions of Democracy and to continue to stand for the right, regardless of the consequences. "Hitherto the Lord hath helped us," and now let us all thank God and take courage and prepare for the tattles that await us in the future. With this issue we round our fourth mile-Dost and set sail for the next four. and invite all who love truth, justice and liberty to embark with us. EETISION OF THE JURY LISTS. The County Commissioners of each county will, on the first Monday in June next (thanks to the last Legislature), re vise the jury lists of their respective counties. Prior to 1889 the Commission ers of the various counties were required by law to revise the lists at their meeting on the hrst Monday in September of each year, but as that was too frequent for the Democratic ringsters, and too favorable to the interest ot the people, the Demo cratic Legislature of 1889 amended The Code so as to provide that the lists should be revised only every four years. The reason for this change was so plain that "the wayfaring man, though a fool," could understand it. It was simply and purely to place the jury in the hands of the unscrupulous Democratic rings that infested the various counties of the State. It reduced the serving upon the jury to tne minimum, and created a set of pro fessional jurors at each county seat who were summoned as regularly to sit upon me juries bb iub provisions ror tne nolo. ing ot tne uourts. under that system. to be found " not guilty," you simply had to stand in witn tne Democratic bosses, and to be sure of conviction you only had to have the enmity of the aforesaid ringsters. If a white Republican. Podu , list or colored man happened to be in the controversy it was only necessary for some Democrat to give the wink to the jury, especially if there was any politics in the case, and the finding of the jury would be in accordance with the wink. The rule was to exclude every name from the jury-box except those of Democratic partisans and- by this method a simple charge against anybody who did not be long to the Democratio ring was already convicted before the evidence was heard. As a rule, under this system, no colored man was allowed on the jury unless he was the pliant tool of some Democrat, regard less of what his interest or those of his race might be in the controversy. But, as one of the good results of Co-operation, this state of affairs have changed, and in the future the people will sit in the jury-box and administer justice to the litigants instead of the ringsters of the Democratic party. When the "life, liberty, the enjoy ment of the fruits of their own labor and the pursuit of happiness," guaranteed to each individual by the Constitution of our State, is protected in the jury-box, then there can be no just complaint among the people; but when these are curtailed by the partisans of any party, the people will eventually rebel against that party. This jury system, of which we complain , did as much to revolutionize politics in North Carolina for the past two elections as any other one cause. Let the Commissioners acting under the new law comply strictly with the require ments in placing the names in the jury box, and there will be no cause for just complaint among the people in future. The act of the last Legislature requiring the revising of the jury lists on the first Monday in June is as follows: AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE COUNTY COM MISSIONERS OF EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE TO MEET ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE OF EACH YEAR AND REVISE THE JURY LISTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact : Section 1. That section 1722 of the Code of North Carolina be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "September," in hne two of said section, and inserting the word "June" in lieu thereof. Sec. 2. That section 1725 of the Code be -and the same is hereby amended by strik ing out the word "September," in lines one and two of said section, and inserting the word "June" in lieu thereof. Sec. 3. That chapter 559 of the Laws of 1889 be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 4. That chapter 96 of the Laws of 1891 be and the same is hereby repealed. Sec. 5. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification. In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this 2d of February, 1897. JUDGE ADAMS AFFIRMED. The Supreme Court yt sterday after noon, without a dissenting voice, affirm ed the decision of Judge Adams that the act repealing the charter of the insane asylums is not law. The effect of the de cision is to continue the six directors in each institution whose terms have not expired. This will give the Governor the right to appoint three new directors. It will give the Republicans and Populists a majority of the boards, but they cannot remove any officer until his term expires. The decision in full, written by J ustice Montgomery, is as follows: The defendant, Kirby, at the time of his election, and the other defendants, at the time of their appointment, were pub lic officers, and they are entitled to hold their offices, their terms not having yet expired, until their right to the same has been divested, by an act of the last Gen eral Assembly, ratified on the 8th day of March, 1897, and entitled, "An Act to Charter the Eastern Hospital for the Col ored Insane, and the Western Hospital for the Insane, and North Carolina In sane, at Raleigh, and to provide for their government. In examining that act with a. viw"bf arrivine at its construction nrt tllWl, We aTBaimbposeuxoinquire into the motives of the Legislators in enacting the bill into law, nor is it necessary to do so to arrive at a proper legal conclusion. If the General Assembly has in some of the provisions of the statute gone beyond its powers, such a course may be attri buted to another motive than a wilful at tempt to violate the Constitution. In the great opinion delivered in the case of Hoke v. Henderson, 4 Dev., 1, Chief Jus tice Ruffin said for the court: "All men 1 i ai . m are faunae, ana in ine aispaicn 01 ousi- ness, the heat of controversy and the wish to effect a particular end, may in advertently omit to scrutinize their pow ers, and adapt means inadequate indeed, to the end. but beyond those pow ers." Before proceeding to an examina tion of the statute, it will be in order to announce that after able argument and after a careful examination ol authorities cited by counsel from the courts of this and other States, we adhere to the opin ion that an office is property, and is the subject of protection like any other prop erty under the provisions of section 17 of Article 1 or tne constitution, none v. Henderson, supra; King v. Hunter, 65 N. C, 603; Cotten v. Ellis, 7 Jones, 545; Bailey v. Caldwell, 68 N. C, 472; Bunting V. Gales, 77 JN. U., And yet; it is true that, public offices being for the public good and public con venience, are not so completely the sub ject of property as are many other species OI possessions, .r roper ty m au omce is qualified to some extent by the duties which the holder owes to the public in their performance. As for instance, a public office cannot be sold or assigned. The holder cannot, as a rule, depute to another the performance of the duties of the office, and for misfeasance or mal feasance, the c6urt8, or other competent authority under such laws as may be in force on the subject, may deprive the holder of the same. But if such limitations and restrictions may be excepted, a public office is as much the subject of property as a man can have in anything. . The emoluments of the office are private property, "as much," as was said in Hoke v. Hender son, supra, " as the land which one tills, or the horse he rides, or the debt which is owing to him." The emoluments of a public office be ing, then, private property, it would seem to follow logically, that the terms for which the defendants were elected and appointed respectively not having ex- ?ired, they could not be ousted, except or cause, for the committal of some mal feasance in office, or unless the offices themselves had been abolished. As long as the office is continued, the term of office, it does seem in reason and justice, ought to be the private property of the holder; and to take it from him and give it to another by legislation is, in effect and reality, a judicial act, and the sen tence is pronounced without a trial and without a hearing. And the law is to that effect. It is clearly decided in Hoke v. Henderson, supra, and approved in Bunting v. Gales, 77 N. C, 283, that as long as the office is in existence, the term likened to a grant for which the holder has been elected or appointed can not be lessened to the prejudice of the grantee. In Cotten v. Ellis, supra, it appeared that the office of Adjutant Gen eral had not been abolished, but that the duties of the office had been transferred to another before the plaintiff's term had expired, and Chief Justice Pearson, in delivering the opinion for the Court, said: " The legal effect of the first appoint ment was to give the office to the appli cant (in mandamus) and he became en titled to it as a 'vested right', for the term of three years, from which he could only be removed in the manner prescribed by law, and of which the Legislature had no power to deprive him. This is settled. Hoke v. Henderson, 4 Dev., 1." In King v. Hunter, supra, Judge Reade, who delivered the opinion of the Court, said: "Nothing is better settled than that an office is property. The in cumbent"has the same right to it that he has to any other property. . There is a contract between him and the State that be will discharge the duties of the of fice and be is p. edged by his bond and his oath, and that he shall have the emol uments and the State is pledged by its honor. When the contract is struck, it is as complete and binding as a contract be tween individuals, and it cannot be abro gated or impaired except by the consent of both parties." And in Bailey v. Caldwell, the opinion was in these words: "The case of Cotten v. Ellis, 7 Jones, 545, ia directly in point. Cotten had been appointed Adjutant Gen eral for three years, with a salary of $200. The Legislature passed an act re pealling the law under which Cotten had been appointed, both as to hit appoint ment and salary. Cotten served out his term and demanded pay which the Gov ernor (Ellis) refused. And this court de cided that he was entitled to it. The principles of that case are the same as in this, and it is unnecessary to repeat them." . So that whatever the law may be in other States, it is settled beyond ques tion in North Carolina that a public office is property, is a vested right, exists by contract between the State and holder, and that as long as the office is continued the holder cannot be deprived of his term against his consent, unless he has omitted some act which was a forfeiture. We have no desire to disturb the decis ions of our Court on this subject. They are founded on the principles of justice and of safe public policy. But the plaintiffs further contend that the offices which 'the defendants hold were abolished by the Act of 1897, and that they themselves are now the persons entitled to the same. It is undoubtedly the law in North Carolina that an office can be abolished and that as a result the officer loses his office and his property in it. This is no breach of the contract on the part of the State. The holder accepted the office subject to this contin gency. No one could contend tha', be cause an office was in the estimation of the Legislature useful and necessary at the time of its creation, that such an office would continue to be forever a public ne cessity. If an office once useful should become useless and an ' unnecessary charge upon the people, it is not only a right of the Legislature to abolish it, but it is its duty to do so. And, as we have said, every man elected or appointed to an office created by the Legislature takes it witn the implied understanding that the continuance of the office is a matter of legislative discretion, the office de pending upon the public necessity for it. In Hoke v. Henderson, supra, it is said, that " it may be quite competent to abol ish an office, and true that the property of the office is thereby of necessity lost. Yet it is quite a different proposition that, although the office be continued, the officer maybe discharged at pleasure and his office given to another. The office may be abolished because the Leg islature esteems it unnecessary." Of course an office created by the Con stitution cannot be abolished by the Leg islature. x We are now brought to the consider ation of the contention of the plaintiffs that the offices which the defendants have been, and are now, in possession of, have been abolished by the Act of 1897. The first section of the Act provides "That section 2240 of The Code be amend ed by striking out the following words 'Eastern North Carolina Hospital,' located near Goldsboro' and the State Insane Asylum near Raleigh.? The In sane Asylums near Goldsboro and Ral eigh are not known by the names of " Eastern North Carolina Hospital" and "State Insane Asylum" in section 2240 of The Code. The draftsman of the bill semed to be ignorant of the corporate - . IrnnTT.T-p.: . Orainari.ytES faiiurenT this State. Act to give the compete and full name of a corporation where there could be no reasonable doubt as to which institution was meant, would be of no significance; but where it is undertaken by legislative enactment to change the names of such institutions and to confer new names upon them it does seem that pains would be taken to at least find out the true cor poration names of those discarded. And when such is not done the presumption of fact arises that the change was of no material consequence or importance in the mind of the legislature. Such care lessness would not have happened if the legislators themselves had thought the matter of any importance. Throughout this Act, and also the one passed at the same session providing for the support of these institutions, the old and new names of incorpo ation are frequently used in terchangeably. But suppose the true cor porate names bad been called in section 1 of the Act and the new names properly cenf erred, tould any reasonable man im agine that the change in the names of these asylums could possibly have altered the foundations of them or affected the duties and rights of any person officially connected with them? Surely no one would answer in the affirmative. " But the plaintiffs further contend that, because the Act declares that the office of Superintendents of the eld corporations are abolished and the office of principal and resident physicians substituted there for, the latter, elected for four years in stead of six, as was the superintendent, and that because tne government of the new corporation shall be under the man agement of nine trustees called the Board of Trustees elected for a term of four years instead of in classes of three for six years, the terms expiring at different times as under The Code and called the Board of Directors, the offices under the old corporation are abolished, and the new ones take their places. This conten tion cannot be sustained. The Legislature of 1870-'71, upon the re turn to power of one of the political par ties, undertook to remove the officers of the North Carolina Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, who were of another political faith, and in the Act for that purpose (Chapter 55) resorted to this same device 01 changing the names of the offices to carry out their purpose. That Act (1870-'71) called the new board which it created the Board of Trustees in substitution of the old board which was called the Board of Directors, and used the very word used in the Act of 1897 " abolished." It declared that the B jard of Directors should be abolished and the powers, rights and duties heretofore pre scribed by law to said board shall here after be granted to and imposed upon the Board of Tru-jtees." It seems that the new Board, called the Board of Trustees. 1 m 1.1 . - iook possession 01 tne property and af fairs of the corporation, but upon an ac tion being commenced by the old Board of Directors against the Board of Trus tees, and brought to this court on appeal, it was held that the legislative annninr.. ment was invalid and that the title to the offices was in the old board of directors. It was also held that the Legislature had the right to change tne name of the board by .which the institution was eov- erned, from the Board of Directors to that of the Jtfjard 01 .trustees, but that in doing so it left the Board the office to be filled by officers. JNichols v. McKee, 68 N. C, 429. Ihe Act did not in fact abol- ish the offices by changing the name of the Hoard, aitnougn the Act declared that the Hoard 01 Liirectors was abolish ed. The offices were left as befnm nH the abolition of the Board of Directors was one 01 words only. The draftsman of the Act of 1897 would have done well to have looked at the Act of 1870-'71 and the decision of this Court upon it. We nave examined the Act of ltsy-f careiuuy ana were is not one single duty required of the new Board of Trus tees that was not required of the old B ard of Directors. There is no change at to duties, rights or powers. There is nothing in the act but the same old offi ces with changed names, with' the same duties, right! and privileges as were pro vided under the old law. In fact, the latter part of section 3 which amends sections 2241, 2242, 2243 and2244 of The Code by striking out the old names of the Asylums and substituting new ones declares that "Those sections of The Code thus amended and chapter 2, Vol. 2 of The Code, except as hereinafter pro vided, are re-enacted.!' There follows the above proviso no other provision ex cept the one changing the name of the office of Superintendent to that of Prin cipal and Resident Physician. And the latter part of section 6 of the act provides " that chapter 2, volume 2 of The Code shall in all respects apply to the corpora tions hereby created except as modified by section 8 of this act " section 8 being in these words : " It is the intention of the General Assembly that the trustees herein provided for shall ba offices with in the meaning of section 7 of Article XIV of the Constitution, and they are declared to be special trustees for the special purposes of this act." These E laces have been held to be offices, as we ave declared in this opinion; and the Legislature, by jsimply declaring that they shall not be offices, does not change the nature of the thing. In the case of Clark vs. Stanly, 66 N. C, 63, Chief Justice Pearson, delivering the opinion of the Court, defining what a public office is, said: "A public office is an agency for the State, and the per son whose duty it is to perform this agency is a public officer. The essence of it is the duty of performing an agency; that is, of doing some act or acts or series of acts for the State. It is as idle under the decisions of this Court to say that such a position as these defendants hold is not an office, as it would be to say that a horse is not a horse because one may choose to call him some other animal." We are of the opinion, upon a careful examination of the act, that it is an amendment, as it declares itself to be, of chapter 2, volume 2 of The Code, and not. a repeal of that chapter. It is true that in the first section it declares that " the charters of said hospitals, by whatever name, and all acts amendatory of said charters, are hereby repealed;" yet, with the exception of a change in the names of the offices and of the institutions (with some insignificant details about the sala ries of the superintendents and the ap pointment of the directors) the whole of chapter 2, volume 2 of The Code, appli cable to the directors of the North Caro lina Insane Afeylum, not in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby made applicable to tha Board of Trustees of the State Hospital .for the Insane and the Western Hospital for the Insane, and as modified by this act, are hereby re enacted." In State vs. Williams, 117 N. C, 753, it is said: "The re enactment by the Leg islature of a law in the' terms of a former law at the same time it repeals the for mer law, whose provisions are thus re pealed is but a reaffirmance of the for mer law, whose provisions are thus con tinued without any intermission." The effect of the act then is that it has only a prospective operation as to the change of the name of the institution and the names of the offices connected with it, and that the defendants (the incumbents) are en titled to hold on to their offices the de fendant Kirby for the term for which he was elected, and the other defendants for the term 8 for which they were appointed and until their successors are duly elected and appointed and qualify. There is no error in the judgment of the Court below and the same is affirmed. State Teachers' Association Meet mt Shaw University Jane 15-20, '97. Jniicions atd wise agitation far a Paublic A00 8J8t6m ia North Judicious axd wise agitation far refcults already. And since the closing years of the 19 h century are witnessing very remarkable changes in thought, In vestigation arjd invention in the great educational world, atd all indications of progress point to a new era for better taings, it becomes indispenstble that North Carolina colored teachers should not be in the rear of advanced and ag gressive gf tion in this progressive period. Therefore a new line of work has been planned for the-next annuil gathering on June 15 There will be a meeting and conference of college Presidents and Pnnciptls of high schools for better work. This wilt be conducted by one of oar college presidents on a broad acd satisfactory pltw. In addition to several addresses duly by eminent educators on practical sub jects, there will be class room work, conducted under the direction and man agement of experts in all the branches usuilly taught in oar public and graded schools, demonstrating the best methods of teaching sach subjects as Eaglish grammar, mathematics, beginning with the fundamental principles end con tinned to higher woik Reading and Geography will be made specialties. Talks on civil government, political economy, school government and peda gogy, drawing and industrial work and similar subjects will be presented each day from the beginning of the session. It is to be hoped that fully five hundred teachers will be present. President Meserve will entertain all teachers for $2 during the week or 25c. per meal. Snaw University buildings and grounds are light d by electricity, and everything will be in keeping with the electricity- Low rates over all roads A. B. Vincent, President. A. J. Griffin. Secretary. Rileigh. Aid Asked for a Church. Nasbyillk, N. C., May 1,4897. Dear Brithsxn: This is to certify that we. the undersigned, have pur cnased a lot in the town of Nnsbville. on which to build a church. Oar present fund for building purposes is very in adequate. Therefore, we send this ap peal to the various Baptist Churches in the State asking for aid We pray that God will open the hearts of our Christian brethren, that they may help us in building a place of worship. This is mission work, brethren, and we hope you will kindly assist us. . Hoping to hear from you at the earli est possible moment, we are yours in Christ. Jas Boddik, H. C. Battle, Jas A. Drake, G. H Peace, , J D Battle. Ssnd all money to J. D Battle, secre tary and treasurer building committee, Nhville, N. C Done by order of Mount Vernon Bap tist Church. Jas. A Drake, Clerk. Rev N. H. Abbington, Pastor. : .-" Raleigh April 9, 1897. 4 Hon James H Young: I have jast c!oel a successful term of school last ing three and three fourths months. I had a grand concert Friday n'gSt, April 21. The school house was overcrowded with visitors, parents and friends. We had over one hucdrel recitations, songs, duets and soles, and no better dressed or acting children has ever been seen in a mral concert. After the exercises the audience was waited on with candy and cake, Claudia a. Hinton. The Wake County Teachers' Association. According to call, the public school teachers of Wake mt Siturday of last week, May 15:h, 1897, at Apex, ia the Apex Academy school building, of which school Rev. W. H Morris is prio cipal. Mr. S. C. Dixon, the President of the Assentation, having called the house to order, asked Mr. A Stroud and Mrs. G. W. Hosvell to conduct the devotional exercises. " Having concluded the opening exer cise?, the President stated that the time had arrived for the execution of the programme. Oa taking up the programme it was found that owing toineaosenceof some who were appointed to lead off on cer tain subjects, it was impossible to carry oat the whole programme. The phonetic method of teaching was discussed. Rev W. H." Morris having been appointed to lead in the discussion, he was followed by Messrs. A Sirond, G. W. Howell, J. Lftvister. P. R. Free man and others. All were highly pleased to have the points bearing on tne new method of teaching discussed. Tne teachers felt that they were highly ben efitted. Mr I. W. Holden, after the discussion closed, came forward and made some very timely remarks toucaing tne great need of one's strivmg to represent some thing in material weaUh. We verily believe that this Associa tion is destined to be a great factor in the improvement of the public school work throughout the county. . We look forward to the time when all the coun ties of this State will follow thd exam ple of Wake and Franklin. , . - Having on hand some new basinets of very great importance, the Assoc! tion proceeded to lake it np. The assembly named Dr. N. F. Rob erts, oar faithful tnl highly esteemed teacher of Sea University, as one to oe appointed on the county bChool boord of ed '.cation for Wake. Hj was heart ily endorsed by the Association. A committee was sppoiuted to draw op refolatioo.8 and preteat them at the next meeting t f the cjunty board, recom mending Dr. Roberts. Those compos ingtbecjmnitteesre Mrs. P'ge, Meter. S. C. D xon, F R. Freemar, VV. H Mor ris, J. Levister acd J. D Pair. The committee namd above will select from 1 heir number a sub committee top eent the resolutions to the county b .mid of Wake. In view of the fact that the new pub lie srhool law requires that there tthall be sever. 1 change in the op rating of the affairs pettaining to the publ c school syttem, the Association wishes, as was manifested by the individuals in the last sitting, that the present county exam insr, Mr. J. P. Gcodwm, be appoint' d as gemrjl supervisor for Wake. Mr. Good win has made us a good county ex aminer. The following persons were present Mesdames A E Pg, Apex; Ida Mur ris. Apex; Temple H well Holly SpYg; Misses Allie Utley, Holly Springs; Ml vina Jones, Holly Springs; Fannie B Jones, Hoi ley Springs; Messrs. 8. i Dixop, Raleigh; t h ms Morrison, New H I'; G W..Hiwell. Holly SpiinRS J. W. McAllister. Holly 8prmcr; A Stroud, Carj; I W. Holdin, Young vdie; Robert Holland, Varms; J D. Pair, 8aotwell; J Levixter, Wafce For est; W. H. Morris, Apex; W. H. Ry. S x Forks; B. M. Montague, Pett; and F. R. Freeman, Rriesville. The Association having en j ijed a very pleasant session adjourned to meet in the city of Raleigh, Thurtday and Fri day before the fifih Lord' day in Oco ber, 1897. J. D Pair Heathsvillk, N. C , April 20,1897. Mr Editor: The burning question now agitating our neighbors is. whether the bill providing for local taxation for public schools ever became a law ; and if so, will the matter be submitted to the people this coming August? The a dfi.t friends of the public school sys tem contend that it did become a law, while others, who are not so zealous, seem to d ubt its passage. For the ben efit of the many readers of the Gazette and the friends of the public school sys tern, you will please answer through the columns ot your paper. A matter of such vast importance to tha welfare of humanity and the bitter ment of the State, need be often men tioned atd properly brought to the at tention of every individual. How can it be done in such short time with no means to make an aggressive fight upon the opposition? We may be satisfied that there will be a very stoat opposi tion. I would suggest that the public school teachers, togethar with the f rienda of education, call a meeting in their counties at once and map out some lioe of action tob pursued in the coming contest. Remember, delays are dan gerous, 8 our people are easily fright ened when you talk to them about taxa tion, unlecs they hive sufficient time to see and hear for themselves. Lit us take the lesponsibilities and accept the contract of lifting ourselves to a higher plane of civilization, as offered by a great arid noble State. To be success lul in sach an undertaking, we shall have to furnish oar owa skillet and have oor fry. There cime very near being a serious case in the Anrelian Spring section a few days sgo, so we learn. A yoang white man and woman bad a law suit, and while the case was before his wor ship the woman shot her antagonist. The ball catting an inch or two -aside the head, jast above the ear. L C. Batch klor Rocky Mount, N. O., April 29, '97. Editor Gazette: In behalf of "The Old Home of North Carolina," I beg sp&c-j to submit the following: To all whom it may concern: I beg to state that I heartily endorse the grand enterprise of establishing an "Old Folks' Home" for the aged and infirm of our race, as represented by Mr. SOD xon, travelling agent; ad I earnestly com-s mend it to the support of the benevr lent spirited members and friends of oar race. Yoa cannot aid a more worthy and godly cause than this. To provide for the unfortunate poor and distr ssed of our fellow men is a sacred doty taught by our blessed Lord. Very respectfully, James Dean. Presiding Eider New barn Dst. NO. Conference, A. M. E Church. Editor of The Gazette: We give below the names of churches, Sunday-schools and amounts that have been eent up for Foreign Missions as the result of Children's Da v: Wakefield Church, April 18th, $1.45; St. Matthews' Sunday-school, 51 cents; Rolesville Church, $101; Mt. Pleasant Church, $1.21. We duly acknowledge the above, for which you have our thanks. Yours in the work of the Master, Gssar Johnson. All persons, having lots in Mt. Hope Cemetery, can have same cleansed up and put in good condition for fifty cents. Apply to Lxx Christian, Keeper. JAMES S. LANIER, Attorney at Law, WINSTON, N. C. WAITINOF0E YOUI MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. HATS, Etc. have never been sold so cheap as you can get them right now of CROSS & LINEHAN, 210 Fayetterillt St.. RALEIGH. N. C. 47Membera ot the General Aaaemblr will do well to irive us a call. NORTH CAROLINA Wake County. In the Superior Court, Apiil Term, 1897. Annie E. Dunivant vs. John W. Dunivant. To John W. Dunivant: You are hereby notified that your wife, Annie E- Dunivant, has brought suit agaiost you to April Term, 1897, which will be the 19ihdayof that month, for divorce from the bonds of matrimony because of abandonment for more than two years. You will, therefore, appear at said term rf Court and plead, answer or demur to the compliant which will be filed during the first three days of the term? that the summons in this case against you has been returned by the sheriff of Wake county, with this en dorsement : "After exercising due dili gence the defendant is not to be found in Wake county, because he resides in Pe tersburg, Virginia." You will take no tice that if you fail to answer, plead or demur, as herein required, that your wife will apply to the ciurt to be allowed to Erove the truth of the facts set forth in er complaint, and have a decree dis solving the bonds of matrimony. D H. Young, Clerk Wake Superior Court. March27-6t -FOB- French Fried Potatoes, TRY A. BROWN, 113 E. Hargett St. ALSO SOUPS, STEWS, BOASTS, And everything that can be had in a First-class Restau rant! GIVE ME A TRIAL. A: BROWN. APEX .NO KM A L AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, APEX, NORTH CAROLINA. Fall term begins October 1st. Beauti ful and healthful location. About five minutes' walk east of depot. Excellent water. School of high grade for both sexes. Good discipline, full courses of study normal, theological and colle giate. Special attention to instrumental and vocal music. A corps of competent teachers has been selected. Terms: Tui tion $1.50 per month in advance. Good board can be procured from $5 to $6 per month. For further information address the Principal, W. H. Morris, B. D., Anex. N. O -1APE FEAR ANIl VALLEY W RAILWAY. JOHN GILL. Receiver. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. Iw Ejtkct April 4, 1897. S'tbb'nd Daily No. 1. N'thb'nd Dally No. 2. MAIN LINE. 4.30 p. m. 1.15 " 12.4.5 " 12.42 llJOa. m. 9.29 9.00 8.40 " 7.52 " 7.19 " 6.50 ' 6.25 ArM....Wllmlnjton..Lv Lv tFa.Vflt.Li vl 1 Ia A r 12.15 P.m. 8.85 " 8.45 " 8.47 " 6.02 -6.05 6.61 " 7.25 7.4T 8.82 9.03 M 9.l Ar Fayetteville ...Lv Axr ayeiievuie J ancLv L v -Han ford..... A r Kan tord Lv Lv ... .. C1 1 m a 1 . Lv LT...Oreennborc Ar Ar.... Oreeoboro...Lv Lv 8lokedaIe.Lv Lv Wal nut I V v I .if Lv UnmJ Hall T.v Lv M t. Airy ..-A) 11.00 " 8'thb'nd Dally No.i N'thb'nd Dally No. 4. 7.20 p. m 6.15 " 6.11 " 6.42 , ' 6.02 4.45 " Ar...BennetUvllle. Lv At Lv L7.45 000 9.07 9.87 Lv..... Max ton..... a r. ....... max ton.... Lv Red Hnrlnara .L ..Lv ,.A. Lv.....Hope Mill,. Lv Fayetteville. 10.26 MM R'thb'nd N'thb'nd Dal lv Ex Dally Ex cept HUD d'v m'x'd No. 16. cept Hun d'y m'x'd No. 16. 8.35p. 6.67 6.45 4.30 8.05 210 ra Ar. Lv. Lv., Ar Lv Lv. ,...Ramaear..M Lv 7.40 a. ra. .: " Climax... ,Lv ....Greensboro ..Ar 10.20 ....(Jreenaboro., ..Lv 10.55 " .-.Ktokendale .Madlon Lv 12.20 p. m. Ar i.lU TMeaU. WORTH BOUND OOHKKCTIOirS. ' At Fayetteville with the Atlantic Coaat Line for all points North and East; at Hanford with the Seaboard Alr-Llne; at Ureensboro with tbe Southern Railway Company: at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk and Western Railroad for Winston-Salem. SOUTH BOUND CONNECTIONS. At Walnut Cove with tbe Norfolk & Weal em Railroad for Roanoke and points North and West: at Ureeuwboro with the Southern Railway Company for Raleigh, Richmond and all points North and East; at Fayette ville with the Atlantic Coast Line for all points South: at Max ton with the Seaboard Air Line for Charlotte, Atlanta and all points South and Southwest. W. E. KYLE, J. W. FRY, Gen. Pass. Agent General Manager. TXTILMINGTON. NEWBERN & NOR W FOLK RAILWAY COMPANY. IN EFFECT 8UNDAY, OCT. 27, 1895. DAILT, BXCKPT SUNDAY. North-Bound. STATIONS. 1 8 P M Lv. Wllm'gton Mulberry SU.- 2 00 Leave Jacksonville. . 8 68 Leave Maysville 4 80 Leave Pollocksvllle................ 4 t Arrive Newbern 5 20 South-Bound STATIONS. 1 7 Leave Newbern.. 20' Leave Pollock svllle........ 9 66 Leave Maysville . 10 09 Leave Jacksonville 10 Ar. Wilmington Mulberry St., 12 40 Trains 7 and 8 makes eo n n ect i on with Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad tor juoreueau i;ity ana neauron. Connection at Newbern with steamers to ana irom jtiizaoein wity and Mor folk Mon dav. TnMdnv. WlnMH,nil nvita.. Steamer Geo. D. Purdy makes daily trips between Jacksonville and New River points. , m AT II. A. WHITING, J. W. MARTEN IS. Gen'l Manager. Traffic Manager. - LltYillfcL DOUBLE DAIlL SERVICE TO ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, AUGUSTA. ATHENS. WILMINGTON. NEW ORLEANS,'!, CHATTANOOGA, N4SHNILLE, f AND ; NEW YORK, BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA.' WASHINGTON, NORFOLK, gCHiprjLK in Effect Fib, 7, 18B7. j SOUTHBOUND. No. 408. No. 4L j Lv New York, via Pa. R.R. 11 00 am 9 00 pin -Philadelphia, 112 pm 12 06 am " Haiti more, 8 16 " 2 M " , " W aahlnjfton, 4 40 " 4 M0 " A " Klchmoud, via A C. L. 8 60 " 9(f) " 1 J LTNbrfolE. via S. A. L S 86 pm ou iu j Portsmouth, ' 8 45 m V 1W mK Lv Weldon, vlaS. A. L "11 2 im "ll 6 aut f Ar Hendernon, - 12 66 am 1 89 ui j A.rTurham, via 8. A. L f 7 82 auM 4 09 pm Lv Durham. " f 6a)pm fll K) mil Ar Kaleih, via tt. A. L 2 l tin A piu " Hanford, " 8 CA " 6 08 " f i " Hout hero Pines, " 4 22 6 lib 1 "Hamlet, " 610 & " Wadenburo, 6 64 811 ,,f; " Monroe. 43 12 " - Ar Charlotte, via M. A. L-. Hi) mn 'iU yml' ArCheMer, via H. A. L - it) am Q 47 pm j LTOuTu f 6 00 jm Ar Cliulou, via H. A. L k . am J2 10 am f " Greenwood, ' 10 86 ' 1 07 "Abbeville, " 11 05 " 140 f Elberton, 12 07 pm 2 41 "Athena, - 1 is . x 46 - ' "Winder, M 1 69 " 4 80 " Atlanta, (Central Time) 2 60 6 20 ' NORTHBOUND. No. 402. 1 Nk8H. Lv A tlanta,(Oen.Tl'e)H. A.L 12 00 n'n! 7 60 pm tt muer, via o. a. ' - - " Athens. " Kibe rton, . ,. Abbeville. " Greenwood, " .... " llnton. 2 40 pm 10 42 816 " 4 16 616 6 41 6 81 " 11 2b 12 M am 1 40 xow 8 (tt AjCXluinbla,C.N.dTOUt. IT i M an. i.v (.neuter. M. A.I. Ar Charlotte. Via S. A. 10 2ft pm 1 6 Wan Lv Monroe, via H. A T. 9 40 tm U ikt ant 8 I ft 12 itt) Jin 9 aiatu 118.1 100 ' 11 am let. 1128 Ar Wilmington, Lv Southern Pines. ,s - Kah'lffh I 6 80 am 12 14 '' 216 am Ar Henderaon, 828 Ar Durham, via a. A. ! Lv Durham, - f 7 tti am T 6 20 pm fi 09 pm fll 10 an Ar Weidou. viae. A " 4 A.", a in Richmond 8 00 pn 6 60 1110 12 4H art 8 46 -M 6Mii 6 04 " " Wanhlng'n, via Pa. R.TC Baltimore, " Philadelphia, " New York , Ar Portsmouth, via B.A.L. " Norfolk, 8 16 " 11 21 pm 1 48 pm 8 60 urn 6 28 ' 7 HO am 1 7 Ml Dally, f Dally Ex.Bund'y. IDaily Ex. Mon'j , Ns. 403 and 402, "The Atlanta Special," so). ,v muuuicu 1 rain 01 j-unman SJeeHTn an Coaches between Washington and Atlanta! uiiinan meepem between l'ortsmout oauva V'7fl(?I a n. I Noe.41 and 88, "The K. A. L. Express." Holli Train, Coaches and Pullman Sieiers bet we I lortamouth and Atlanta. Compauy SleeKii mchitou UIIUIUUIIIKUU AUKIlUk, I Both trains make immediate connect Ion li Atlanta ror Montgomery, Moblle.New Orloand ... l y" '". Aiexiuo.ciiatiaiiooga, rall vine, Mempms, Alacon, Florida. 1 l,r tickets, sleepers and information, appli JL S. LEARD. BoL Pass. Art- r. r Raleigh, N. li i. .""". cr-iTes. ana uen. Alan. V. K McBEE, Gen. Superintendent. H. W. B. GIJVKK, TraOlc Manager. T. J. ANDERSON. Uen. Pans. Avent. General Ofllces ; PUKIHMOUTH. VA w ILMINOTON AND WEI. DON RAH ROAD AND BRANCHES. AND FLORENCE RAILROAD. OONDMNSED SCHEDULE. TKATNrt GO! N G HOlf hT. DATED k S$ k -V w'J April .15. IK97. . . tcorrecld.) & : t' A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M Leave Weidou.... II 6t 9 48 .. Ar.Rocky Mount 12 62 loaf, ZZt Leave Tarboro., 12 ...t Lv.Rocky Mouni 12 62 10 85 . 6 45 12 li Leave Wilson.... 2 06 11 10 ago 2 12 Leave Sel ma- 8 Oil.. Lv. Fayetteville.. 4 40 1 14... .'.'. iHTI' Arrive Florence. 7 8, 7 p. m. a. M. Leave Goldsboro ... ZZZ 7 (W TlO Veae.MaKnoUa " 4 16 Ar. Wilmington. 9 40 & 45 A. M. p. 11 TRAIN'S Go1SoHoTt7 in " Lv. Florence 8 4;, 8 16 Lv. Fayetteville. 11 20 10 20 .... i w! Arrive Wilson.... 1 il 12 10 ........ P. St. Lv. Wilmington 7 f, i'l !?f .Dh 8 tt, lu 40 Lv. Goldsboro 10 10 u fo T ..., r.u. a.m. p. u.y. m. V W1,"?n 1 ! 6 11 . 12 48 Ar.Rocky Mount 2 8a ........ 12 &i 11 67 1 M Leave Tarboro... 12 12 Lv.Rocky Mount 2 8H .THZ. 12 &' Z Arrive Weldon.. 8 8w .ZT 14 r m I i. r. m except Monday. jDally except sun- day. Train tin tha Rvif lan4 x? w , . . . , . , , , - - ------ ii u 11 iv titj leaves Weldon at 4:10 p. m.. ilium 4:28 p. in.; ..iiT,irsi.uu iiwi i n-.M p. mn Greenville 6:o7 p. m., Klnston 7:65 p. m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7:60 a. m.,Greenville8:62a. 11: arriving Halifax at 11:18 a. ra., Weldon 11.83 a. m., dally except Sunday. iraiunon wasnington Branch leave Wab in it Von 8:20 a.m. and l.-oop. m., arrive ParmHe 9:10 a. m. and 2:40 d. in.. irLumlnn i-u. mele 9:86 a. tu. and H Hil n tn rri. vi . u ington ll:io a, ra. atid 7:20 p. ra., dally except Sunday. . Train leaves Tarboro, N. C, dally excopt Sunday, 6.30 p. in.; Sunday, 46 p. m ; arrives Plymouth at 7:40 p. m. Returning, leave PI v mouth dallv eicervt Hnnit i-- ... Sunday 9.-00 a. m., arri ves Tarboro 10:06 a. ni il.W All Train on Midland. N. C, Branch leaves Goldboro dally, except Sunday, at 7:10a. ta.i arriving Smithfleld at 8:d0 a. ra. Returning, leaves Smithfleld at 9:00 a, m. ; arrl ve at Golds boro at lu:26 a. in. Trains on Nashville Branch leaves Rorky Mount at 4:80 p. ra.; arrives Nashville at 5:06 p. m.. Spring Hope 6:H0 p. m. Reluming, leaves Spring Hope at m:oo a. m., Nashville 8:85 a. m.; arrive at Rocky Mount at 9:06 s. in. dally, except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw for Clinton dally, except Sunday, at 8:20 a. rn. and 4:10 p. ra. Returning, leaves Clinton at 7.-00 a. m. and 9:60 p. m. Train No. 78 makes close connection at Wel don for all points North dally, all rail via. Richmond, also at Rocky Mount with Nor folk and Carolina Railroad for Norfolk, und all points North-via Noriolk. 11. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. J. R. KKNLY, General Manager. T. M. KMERHON. Traffic Manager. ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD TIME TABLE. Iw ErricoT Buwdat. Nqvkmbkb 1h, 1 ,. GOING EAST. GOING W;.-T a : 4 Pas'ng'r Dally Pas'ng'r Dly Ex. Sunday. Ex. Kunt.y. STATIONS. I Arrive Leave., ArriveX-ei: v. P. X. P. M. A. M. A. M. 8 20 Goldsboro ........ II 00 4 25 4 80 Klnston .......... 9 3H 9 -1 6 60 6 68 Newbern 8 07 Hi) 7 28 7 83 forehead City 82 ti i7 P. M P. M. A. M. M. Wilmington -den train bound North, leaving Goliix,r at 11:35 a. m., and with Richmond and Dan Hie train West, leaving Goldsboro at 2 p. m., ad with Wilmington, Newbern and Norioi; at Newbern for Wilmington and Interrueu 1 1 points. Train 8 connects with Richmond and 1 in vllle train, arriving at Goldsboro 8 p. ra., t id with Wilmington and Weldon train from I lie North at 8:06 p. m. No. 1 train also connects with Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk for Wilmington and Intermediate points. b. L. DILL, oe. BuparlAUndaaU t
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