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..... : I SATURDAY, AUGUST Q IC?03 . : J r g 4' for the Improvement of Public Schools Prof. E. C. Brooks Issues From State Superintend-, ent's Office Letter Showing What is Being Done j Report beinjr received daIT Tr" T section Vf the State fflTt the strons t proof that there is a srowiac nti tnni ia every county toward the im provement of the public schools, the d- . uratlonal aamociations and awmblics on every occasion bar. emphasixed three principles snJ haTe worked toward . thes threa ends, believin that the ac complishment of these will lead to other c2ei reforms, writes Prof. E. C. Brooks la an open letter iwued from the office of the 5ta;e Superintendent Pablic Instruction yesterday. Calt4atlsi mf Dlslrlets. Ooutinulnr the report sys:. Alamanc has so arranged six town ships that it Is now possible to eatablWsh graded schools. So well did the soper Intendoot perfect Lis work that consoli dation followed as a neccfa.ty. Anson, county consolidated four districts into two lan year. Ashe reduced e-lght dis trict Ot roof. Caldwell eooo!idated three into two: Cherokee two into one. Bnm-rwiek redaced her number from sorentT-nine to seventy-one; DavidsHa has consolidated "five districts and Is row considering several others. Edge combe has consolidated nine- into five. Gaton ass consolidate! eiyht Into one and othr will changed soon. Onil ford has eon sol id a :rd a number of dis tricts and a nnmber of others haTe the natter tracer consideration. Har nett ha cor-woliiated ten into five and deontJr.ucd trt. Hertford has consol idated two. Irede'I has reduced the number In three townships from tweaty tm to seventeen. Lenoir consolidated fonr the past rear. The w0rk of con solidation la Lincoln will begin imme diately after the educational rallies. There are three townships now Teady for the chance. Mecklenburg has con solidated eight into four and I mating arrangements to reduce the number very materially within the next year. In. Pitt the districts haTe been rear ranged in two townships." Tolk has con solidated four white districts Into tfO nd five colored Into three. The super intendent of Randolph connty says: Ve haTe consolidated the district in enc townhlp and next year we, will b'gfn a systematic rearrangement and cononlidatkm." Rookinrham has con solidated two and arranged to reduce the nnmber t three lees still. Vance hs reduced three districts to one: Tyr rell ha consolidate.! two; WarTen two: an'MVatanga three. Stokes county ha rednccd the number to ten less, and more consolidations will follow soon. Trttchell consolidated two and Is prepar inr others for the change. "Wilkes has reduced the number ten less. Ruther ford county has consolidated two and CTewland sic districts lMprTml ftjehl In Randolph county the citizens of Franklinville haTe raiM $1,000 by private subscription for the erection of a school building, and four other new up-to-date buildings hav:? been- erect ed. th pat year and plans are perfected for more thus year. In Mecklenburg county one building is now being erected at a cost of $3..VW. and htiout $7,000 .11 will w rxnt b- n?xt Jannarv. t K - . - - - - V Six -hundred patent desks were WcghM list year and about :ne same numner to be purchased this year. Edgecomb? connty has built fire new buildings, one at Conoeto at a cost of $1,200. All will b repainted this year. Lesoir connty ouilt four houses laat year. Lincoln ronnty spent I1.R.V) in the past year, In buildups. One building in Union ounty was bnilt last year at a cost of $1,500. SS.00O is to be spent In Snllford county dnring the next year for school improvements. Iredell erect ed five new buildings, the citlsens snb ecriVng a large per cent of the mor-ey. Tr Alamance the cltisens have asrt-ed In six tewnsilrs to erect new school Vndtags. The cost of each win ran re Preparations Complete, for the Coronation Today London, Aug. 0. The last act In the ion drawn out preparations at West minster is now attested by the-pTesenco of' a strong fotce cf yocmcn of the gunrd on the ecene where a few hours hence Edward end Alexandra will be enthroned amid a most brilliant assem blage. These yoemen are attired in the quaint, well .known Tudor costumes. They bare watched through the nig'jt over tha crown and jewels of state ... 1 j .k K -1 . W.ilCll are DOW MM! iu me ivuum mc- tre where the king and Queen will re- 1 household cavalry with drawn swords guarded the removal of the historic jew eled crowns from the tower of London, which 5 their regular resting place, o tae abbey. A gorgeous s'.ate coach, with royal footmen in state livery, standing up be hind' and closely hedged with prancing troopers, irwung up last evening to the annex to the abbey, where the king will pacific cable e The Commercial Company to Ba Authorized to Go Ahead Oyster Bay. Aug. 8. The president to day authoritod Attorney Ceral Knox to -go ahead and close with the Pacific Commercial Cable Company a contract Gnatn-Chlna-ManUa cable. This practi-J-iifr Hures the laying of a Pacific cable V? thCo?n,eveiil5Cable Company wlth- VherTHo'me doubt as to the right cf7 1& executive to coaapUte the con- i from $200 to $r00. A great deal of money has already heen subscribed. Harnet: county built last year 15 new school houses, and will build eight dur ing tho next - year. Bertie has made great improrement in school building aud equipments. Caldwell built four new buildings. Gaston county erected three large buildings. At Lowell s a a b scription was raised for a $1,500 build ing. Gates county built two modern buildings, arranging to build three more this Year. Cherokee built four the past year. Watauga erected by private sub scription one large central high school building. Hyde county is making ar rangements to enlarge and improve the bid buildings. Columbus county built seTeral new houses last fall. Hertford erected four new buildings at a cost of S400 each, one 'other enlarged at a cost of $250. Others to be greatly im proved. Brunswick has built three the past year. Curfrtuck is making arrange ments to equip (the schools with' better supplies.' In Orango county -the people or Andrews' School House have de cided to build a $450 school house. At Piekard's same county, $100 was rawed toward building an up-to-date building. A rnoTement is on foot to erect a bet ter building at Hillsboro. Mitchell built fmr new houses. "Wilkes Is arranging to build twenty-fire this year. Ruther ford hss glren contract for three mod em school buildings. Cleveland county has built four well equipped houses, costing in all $2,100. Local TXtla. Randolph county has one rural district resdy for local taxation, others are rip end will vote next year. Forsyth coun ty has one township that has petitioned the county commissioners for an elec tion. The county superintendent of Mecklenburg connty sayrf about one half of the county will rot on local -.axation this fall. Beaufort county has one rural graded school. Union coun ty has one rural graded schoor and will hare two others next year supported by prirate subscription, free though to all in the district. Guilford county has fire districts that will ask for a rote on local taxation. Pitt county will hold an election In Bethel township and in Farnvrille township on Septem ber 4th. The schools in New Hanover all run seven months. The county tav for the present is sufficient. Davidson county will support one graded school for nine month by prirate subscription free to all the children in the district. Wilkes connty has two townships ready for local taxation; and Stokes has one, where an election will be ordered. The superintendent of Alamance county has arranged for six rural graded schools this fall. Waren county has one high eefcool free to all the children in the district for nine months, supported by private subscription. Caldwell county has two districts that will vote on the nrf?stion of local taxation this fall. Onston has two district, and possibly two others, that will vote on the ques tion of local taxation this fall. Hyde county has one rural graded school. Columbus has six districts that will vote on local taxation: Rowan county ha two districts that will vote on the same question; Vance county has me. Currituck has one school supported for ten months by a sporting association near Poplar Branch. In Rutherford county several local tax districts are in contemplation. Cleveland county wi!l rote on local taxation in two districts on September 6th. Add to this the work done In Wake. Durham. Buncombe, and other counties that have not yet reported, and 4he great Improvements In buildings, equip ments, end length of term, are remark able wr.en compared .with the stagna tion that appeared only a few years ago. One other force should be men tioned here the work of the "Wo man's Chib for building better school houses." This cJub ha extended its usefulness in a nnmber of counties, and almost dally the report come that a Woman's Club has been organized in another county, ar.d that the citizens are mating plans to aratl themselves of the assistance of this organization. All this work Is In the rural districts or the smaller towns. descend to make the procession afoot to the throne. The cavalcade quickly t Tin eloister arehwav and a cordon of police, stretched across, suuaeniy eo-ut out ine punc. An announcement that must arouse comment i". that under medical advice ex-lYtme Minister Salisbury has b taitred the king's permission to he ab sent from the coronation. Ho is slightly Indisposed and will go to the south of France at an early date. . Until this morning it was understood that Lord Salisburv was in his usual health, as he personally entertained a number of for eign visitors afHartfield the other day. It in probable, however, that the un seasonable weather will cause the ab vee of some of the older guests The work of finishing the decorations along the route was carried on through out the night. The decora tions are less elaborate than those put up Ja June, but are pretty. . ' . The king walked In the grounds of Buckingham palace yesterday and it was announced last evening that he had not suffered from fatigue. tract without the authority of congress, but the president's direction to the at torney general today will at least war rant the company in making preparations to put down the cable. While congress was considering the question of a Pa cific cable last session it took occasion to liftMr. Corl! proposition for a co- nmeut cable very high in the 'air and drop H into a very deep hole soon after the late John W. Maekay went to the white house and aaid he wanted very much to see the cable put through. He Mid hie company was ready to put it through without any bounty or assist ance of ny kind from the government except the use -of the government sound ings. He presented to the president a sketch of an agreement that the Com mecial Cable Interests were ready to in exchange for the concession of cable landings at San Francisco, and on the islands of tne ?Mr .Knox came to Oyster Bay today to explain mis wut?uiwo m --; . : dent, to clear up the legal aspects of such ii. tWa nrosuient-that i it was fully in his authority to cloe the. contract subject to mo ayyiui gress. WITHOUT WIRES ' - ; ; ' Telegraph Signals Exchanged Dotuoon Wachincrtnn and Annapolis Washington, ' Aug. S.-Ckraimunication bv -wireless telegraphy between AVasn- iugton and Annapolis over an alliana route was established today. system, the Kochef oru, was the operator were lines B. Bell ana William C. Bram, chief J?crTiclanto the navy. Beyond the fact that the com munication was positively jBertablUhea and signals exchanged, the officers othe naval bureau of equipment in farS " the tests decline to say anything about what was done. They would not;cu wh-etheT any message had been ucff on the ground that the formal competi tion between several iuivixu "r telegraph systems had not been hegun. The receiving masts have been erected in the Washington navy yard and tbe rrounds of the naval academy at An napolis. The distance -between them as th crow flies is about 2 mUes. At on .ii. u f;cf Bttpmnt was maae to estabKsh communication and 15 " hkrhly successful, tnere oemg bu The weather conditions weifc fairly ia- vornible. : i 'v. This moTning'a expernneni wpj v nary to the competitive tests wireless svstems which will probably 'be begun Monday with the object of "aiaing the best system for installation on ships of the United States navy. . . . r TT..-:a e S hnreau of eauip- ment. was recenUy sent abroad at .the u restlon or near Aanuraiu. ,' chif of the bureau, to inspect and pur chase seta of foreign wireless telegraph Instruments to be used m the tests. ir is probable that the MaTConi system wUl be entered in the competition. genTrjnSon ill He Had a Sudden Attack at Army Headquarters Denver, Aug. 8.--BrtgacEer General Funstom, commander of the. department' of the Colorado, is ill ot hSs home In th5s cKy. The attack came upon him suddenly at his office at army headquar ters, and Major Bushnell of Port Logan, who happen) to be near by, was called ami attended the general. The trouble is thought to e the lingering ffScts rf the fever from which General Fwnstcm suffered in Cuba and the Philippines, and which has at different times impaired hia health. Fears are also entertained that an abscess has formed around the unheJed portion of -the womvd made by the operation for appendicitrs, which jthe general underwenvt in the east1 before coming to Colorado, and that another operation will 'be necessary. , PERNICIOUS PRACTICE . e - -; 3 k A Negro, Lawyer Called 'Down in Charlotte Recorder's Court" Charlotte, N. O., Aug. 8. 'Special. J. S. Lea it, a well known colored law yer, was severely rebuked by the re corder In -the city coiiat today. . Re corder Shannonhouee said that he had reason to believe that Leary had been soliciting business among the colored prisoners, and this the recorder regarded as degrading to the legal ' profession. When a witness was called upon to cor rctoraf the recorder's statement Leary rosa to his (feet. Recorder Shannon house said: "I am going to try to stop this thing." I lave a right here and I on cot gohug to overstep that right," replied Leary. "If you sy any-thin more I will have you Trat out," answered the recorder. And Leary took his seat. ACTIVITY IN S. A, 1, STOCKS Baltimore Financiers Suggest Various Theories' to Ex plain the Advance Baltimore. Artf S JE'inin-nnl tn1s were busy todlay discussing -the activity nno uusjr iuuiuj iiscu5?ittg me acxivjij ln the stocks of the Seaboard Air Line iwmnnj ik Tile JjauTalJjOre BTOCK fX- been comparatively empty' during tihe groups swapping theories on the ad vance. . ' OveT 10,000 shaTes of both the pre ferred and common were traded in and the prices advanced quickly to 30i for uie wiDimon biock and ouj Tor tne pre .3 - i . . . - .. . a ' - L t iA- Jam.. xuiixtu stock, compared sales yesterday 29 for the common and jr i m . . for the preferred. New Yok buy- ipg a'osoroea mo (baffle of the sales .and -.rT 1Mtart j una mir ijiiuia-wui JiXe, Will BOHl gOOd agam$X lie CUITU'CSI on the iocal market. There was a dea!Tthj0j bjefrs of law. of newsto explain the demand and thai Judge Winston concluded his chaTge ot dealu'lu the south to combine various properties there had attracted attention to the Seaboard as an independent ays- remainra-r indervenent. T vthr tmr- WTv, JVi. I sl 7. - Chasers figured that 5t was essential to a general consoKdatioa that eventually a inee -wonra oe offered that would in duce Its owners to change theSr views. g . . Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wbitaker return ed last night from Morehead City, where they hare been enjoying sea hreeses and other pleasures of that delightful resort for the past two weeks, i " s 1 " ' - " ; CNfr. J. B. Judd of "Henderson Is at tho xaroorouga. $ J PERRY. I ' : H. G. ROSENTHAL. I S P Perry & Rosenthal, . i , For tadios, Gentlemen . & "'. j ! andChildren ? B.. 4 $ We have just received a full line of Mens t 1 $3.50 Shoea" J $ I No. 330 Fayetteville Street j J S I Trust BtaildinV V I r PROF. E. C. BROOKS COMPLETES HIS WORK Accomplished Much for Edu cational Campaign-more Help Needed in Su- perintendent's Office 'Prof. "E. C Birookfl, secretary of the edurational executive comanattee, p- pototed by the conference of educators ik Trwvt nm. TtjallplEfe 4ast Februaryl con- gisting of the state superintend en. gov: ernor, and 'Piresiden't Charles D. &lclver, has comipleted his work and leaves for his 'home 5n 'Monroe today. For tnearly two months he has done efficient aihd ir-nhimhl -nronk in the office of the state superlnitendeirt nd ha had charge of planning- the educatfxymal . cimipalgn. H has collected much Interesting and val uable inVoruKatiOin abomt the progress of the work An tae vanoue wumis iven wide clroulattion to it through the vf .fhA state. The work has, of course, been in co-operation -wHth the Lio a .nTK.T'rTwtiTidin,t -as a tNart ot the wrtHlr vf the dlewartment of educattoin. m.. -rm,ti ia rtroier he, present pro gressive ediuoMional administration the work in the office of "the state suiperin tendemt has Increased so greatfly that the -services of some such efficient school rr..oTv no Air 'Prooks are needed to tbe office M the while In additSow to the efficient force now enrployeo. -x.nere is nnoich work that ought to be done that cannot be done without additional help. OUTLINE OF POLICY ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE Meeting of the State Execu tive Committee Last Night A Onto f FnvettvilUe -and Kev.A. J.'McKelway of Charlotte, were v, ;t- 1 :f rnier i t-nH in r a meet- ix bur iikj ov ry ing of the Executive Committee of the Anti-Saloon League. The meeting was held in the office of the Kaieign unns- tlan Advocate ana was aruenutju TjmM rtam rK'wiwii-7. N. It- Brousrh- ton, J. W. Bailey and Rev. T. N. Ivey, representing the commute ot ra uuu A U maathir lf ntfrh the COfflmit" -.u suwwMin v 1 m . nUrwl-a fnlnvcl-n V ndlthn Of OOllCV ICC UUVlv V V v 0 - to be advocated, via.: The securing of . nii cfi law flhnliKhnnz the saloon system and providing that any county or jncorporaxe fniu i-j uctjuu pensary shall be able to secure it by a majority vote of its citizens. 1 Kev. Mf. .uciveiway icit uiis wiu- I In? by the 1:30 Seaboard tram lor ssor I i-Uil hjkie " " - 1 I I M Qf)N AND WIFE RETAIN GOWER FARM About 60 o'clock last night the jury in the ease of Tudor vs. Wilson pend- I J lilt 1 U IVftaC wupviiui wvw t - I . 1 - 1 m U . i-rk m in TTXF of the defendent. This means that tho I - . . a t T TrIl rt rr, IW tho lata deed given to J. .consideration of na ob- - """H'" "7? wiiV tS care fV "reTf hfi lag argument was made by Mr. t. j v ' . V , , ,rrr. Hlr- A. w-eacocK, a iraveiinir salesman for the jjor0lk Pants and Manufacturing for the Norfolk Pants and Manufacturing -rt All.. T TW A ? UODipany, ana .m-isb Ajrco x.' r ouniaia of Tarboro were married this afternoon nk 7 o'clock in the Presbyterian church, Rer. F. W. Farries officiating. Royal Relief for Famine . Pekin, Aug. 8. The throne haa given 500,000 taels from the privy purse to as sist in relieving the famine in the pro- tent there arising from the scarcity of iL. . ,sii -aAh .tho, Riifferers. ' tne Lire illuuTr Tii ; - . . remainder being appropriated by officials through whose hands it will pass. ... . Shooting Contest Closed Asheville, N. C Aug. 8. Special. The clav nizeon contest closed herd today, it has been a highly ' successful anair. Scores were high and tne weainer iaedi. Crosby, the champion American shot, broke the world's record by killing vt out of a possible 100 bilds. . FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. An Old and Well-Tried Remedy. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP BMbeentiBedforovar SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOT HEH8 for thdir CHILDBEN WHILE TEETH ING. WITH PERFECT SUCCESS . It SOOTHES tho CHILD. SOFTENS the GTJM8, ALLAYS all PAINj CTJRE8 WIND COLIC, and is tho best remedy for DIAERHCEA Sold by Druggists ia every put of he world. Be tare tad wk for - MRS, WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, AND TAKE NO OTHER KIND. . Twenty .Five Cents Bottle. Law,8 Medicine Thelogieal, Historcal and miscellaneous books at a sacrifice. All kinds of books bought, sold and ex changed. Typewriters, stationery, es pecially letter files. Fountain Pens, Blank books, etc., at very low prices for sum- Wanted especially N. C. State and Colonial Record Reports, Laws, etc., etc. Catalogue free. - Address SOUTHERN OOK. EXCHANGE, Raleigh, N. C., (Largest stock of books -in the South. Having sold his interest in the business of W. C. Stronach's Sons; to Capt J. Lee, all parties in debted to W. C. Stron ach's Sons will please settle on or before Au gust 10th. CiUHK.f.C. 1 n- THE COLDEST BEER AND THE The mpsr up-to-date saloon, the most courteous attention, and the finest, purest Tumors of all kinds ever served. . 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