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RALEIQH, N. C4 TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBEB 1, 1896.
3.00 PES YEAE.
Met and Adjourned Until To
- ' morrow.
DR. YORK DELAYED.
Said that General Jackson la Bring ln
Him to tha City Tha Eleetora J -
Administered . tba Oatba fey ' .?.
- otloi Clark. " "
Ten of the electors who received
a majority of the votes oast in this
state November third met la the
Senate chamber shortly after noon.
,Dr. Tyre York was the absent mem
i , ber and as Mr. W. B .' Bailey infer-
red the doctor may be on General
Jackson's back bumping himself to
wards Raleigh." V " : V .
The electors presentatthesesBion
'of the college' this morning were:
Locke Craige, RB. Davis, Ralph
: Howland, Dr. A. F. Freeman W. S.
Bally.- B. F.: Keith, B. D. Gilmer;
W. D, Merrltt and T- FKlutt
Mr. B. B. Davis, elector at lare,
was called to the chair at 12.30 p.,
tn. on motion of elector Locke Craig.
: On taking the chair Mr," Davis cx-
tended his thanks to .the electors for
the honor conferred jpon him. ' The
-chairman said: ' '' V r. l
"We have met to organize and cast
, the vote of the people of .North Caro-
.llna for President and Vice-President.
We should proceed In a very.
Maitttrtiia vnatinAv ! aiffi M fmnnr.it
j vwuv.vuw -r --
1 lint flntw " ' .
' Mr. W. 7. Merrltt ' was unani
mously eiectea secretary, iuav uewg
the next order of business.
.-Mr. 0. R. Thomas said thai the
question of- eligibility might ; be
m!sa1 anil "hn , Hucrimatad . that a
..." T .1 .. 1L. B...teAHn rAii ' hA
Secured to administer oaths of office, j
Dr. H. F. Preeuiaif stated that he
thought it best to adjourn the .col-j
.lege and meet again tomorrow at Jl
o ciocs..." ..." r , :-ty. -y.:i -!-!.
;, Elector Locke Craig said; , r.;-i
. ' , "The 'statutes of North Carolina
provide Chat we shall meet today tor
. the purpose of filling ' vacancies if
any exist in the electoral .college. . I
pose today. I seeond Mr. Thomas'
motion to appoint a committee of two
to wait upon Justice Clark- of . the
Supreme Court and request him to
administer the oaths to the electors
present . -
-.. Mr. W. S. Bally and C. R. Thomas
warn annotated a committee Of two
by the chair. ' - 1
After a short absence' the. com
. - mlttee. returne d aocompanied by
Judge Clark and the oath of office
f was administered to the electors
The question of filling the vacancy
caused by the absence of Dr. Tyre
' York was discussed at some length.
It was stated thatl)r York, would
utWHMlii ..... ... .'..-:
probably reach here tomorrow , and
it would be best to continue the mat
, On motion of Mr. Theo. Klutta the
following resolution was adopted;
."Resolved, That whereas, in the
V absence of Dr. Tyre York, the eleo-
tor from the eighth congressional
district, the matter of filling the
. 'i vacancy caused by his absence, be
nosiDontwi nnui wm jrruw . i am
, o'clock.!. i ' ' : .
Mr. W. -B.' Bailey said that he
understood that Dr. York was very
V find of a mule and he expressed the
opinion 'thaf the. good doctor j was
now en route to Raleigh riding over
the hills to the west, vv ; - ' i
It being ascertained thatGovernor
Carr was out the city and that the
certified copies of the vote received
by the electore was not obtanable
until his return, the college ad-
jouned until tomorrow at noon. -
. The electors have no duties before
them other than to cast their ote
"' for President and Vice President,
Bryan" will ' receive' elven' votes,
Sewall six and Tom Watson five.
Tna Jewish Sabbath la Doomed. '
A telgram from Chicago says : Dr.
Emil G. Hlrsch, rabbi of Sinai Tem
ple, predicts the downfall of the
Jewish Sabbath. - He declares that
the se venthday ; tradition ' of . the
race is doomed, wiped from the
Hebraio calendar, . and swal
lowed up in the necessity of adapt
- in 2 the religion to the customs of the
countries In which it may be trans
planted. Dr. Hlrsch declares both
the Saturday observance and the
hope of the return to the Holy Land
to be relics of an attractive tradi
tion, but entirely out of keeping
with the advance and progress of
modern ideas. .. . t -
SILVER CONFERENCE,
To Meet la a Fw Dajra in Washlogton
Bryan to Attend..
Special to the Press-Visitor.
, WABHiNQTOif, Deo. l.Mr. Bryan
has promised to attend the confer
ence of silver .men . which is to be
held in Washington a few days after
Congress meets and which will try
to determine the attitude of the sil
ver meOwin , Congress, not only to
wards legislation that is strictly
financial in Its 'nature,' but alsq to
wards revenue legislation, which is
Indirectly financial. , The result of
that conference will come very near
to deciding whether there will be
any revenue legislation at this ses
sion, assuming that the republicans
really desire that there shall be any,
which is by no means certain The
silver Senators' are in a majority,
and If they act together can dictate
the legislation so far as the Senate
Is concerned, but there is a doubt
as to whether the republican silver
Senators will agree to act with the
silver democrats ton revenue legis
lation and at least one Populist Sen
ator Is also in doubt. . These doubts
are expected to be cleared up at the
conference. , v-
. The luxury loving Senators will
have no cause for complaint when
they meet in the newly-done up
Senate Chamber.. Everything looks
spick and ' span new and most' of
what la insight Is. :. There are new
mahogany; desks for the solons and
richly, upholstered leather covered
chairs, all of one pattern, instead of
each being the selection of the Sena
tor 'who occupies.; The old wood
oencncs
have 'been removed from
the galleries and folding opera chairs
put in their place, while everything
is of a color harmonizing with the
mahogany on the- main floor and, as
a wag has suggested, with the noses
of several of the Senators. ; There ia
also new ventilating machinery and
a fine' electric lighting outfit. The
House shares in the last-named im
provement, biitin none of the others.
The House, which is willing to fol
low the Senate .in appropriating
money for luxurious fittings for Its'
chamber' hasn't ' yet been elected.
the average member of the House
s just a little bit afraid of the effect
of . such fixings upon his constitu
ents. - - i 1 '
, .Mr. Atutla Stable ,1 . . '
Broad Rock writing in the Rich
mond Times says: Mr. G. D. Austin,
who is wintering actable of trotters
at the exposition-grounds track, at
Raleigh, N. C, informs me' that he
has some good prospects for next
year's campaign, and that all of his
horses are doing well. Mr. Austin
formerly resided In By mouth county
Mass.; but prefers the mild climate
of. North Carolina to the bleak win
ters of the north. He is a brother
of A, A. i Austin, : the welHcnown
New England turf writer, breeder,
and trainer.. .;
His horses were worked over the
half-mile track at Raleigh during
the past season, and one of the long
est drawn-out races at the state fair
meeting he won with the bay mare,
Miss Meadows, by Franklin Chief.
He has an assistant-hls son, young
Roy Austin, who promises tojwoome
quite an expert handler.:" ;
''it' Plannlns Naw Snort Ronta.
The statement Is made that the
Atlantic Coast Line is planning a
new Bhort route betweenNorfolk,
Va,, ; and Wilmington, N. C, and
that surveys are now"; being made
for an extension of its system from
Washington, N. C, to Newborn, a
distance 'of ; thirty-six ; miles. A
Newbern the extension would con
nect with the Wilmington, Newbern
and Norfolk railroad, giving a route
muoh shorter than-by the present
Atlantic Coast Line system between
Norfolk and Wilmington."- The new
road would enter the trucking sec
tion of Eastern North Carolina and
oomnete with the . Norfolk 4 - and
Southern railroad, , '
Big Foot Ball Profile. .
' fk- ;:. - - .. r- , i . Ti ",-"V
- Mr. H. S. Van Duxer, of the Uni
versity Athletic Club, who handled
the financial end of the big foot ball
game between' Yale and Princeton,
has made up his statement of receipts
and expenditures, and it was sub
mitted to the local committee that
handled the business end of the
contest for the colleges. Deducting
oil expenses, Yale will receive 114,
282,14 and Princtongets exactly one
cent less, - - ; '
The profits of the game were enor
mous 8,664.17.
" Lodge Summoned to Canton.
By Telegraph to the Pre-Vialtor.
Washington, D. p. Nov.' 30.-
Senator Lodge left for Canton on a
special summons last night. ; v
WILL BEAR PICTURES;
Flva Thousand Mil Tlakcta to lUve
' ,; Photo of Pnrehaaer. .
By Telegraph to,Ue Presa-Visitor. "
. Atlanta, Ga,. '; Dec. 1.' SomiS of
the roads in the Central Passenger
committee territory, have 1,000 mile
interchangeable -tickets on sale and
are getting ready ' to sell 6,000 mile
Interchangeable tickets, containing
a photograph of the purchaser.
These tickets will be scalped right
and left just as the 1,000 mile tickets
are handled now by -the brokers.
The 5,000 mile tickets will be sold
for $100. .
The tickets will not be issued or
handled by Chairman Donald, but
will be issued and sold by. the vari
ous roads oyer which they are good,
" The tickets will be "good oyer the
followihgv roads; ; Big Four; Balti?
jnore and " Ohio, west of Pittsburg;
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern;
Chesapeake and Ohio; Lake Shore:
Cleveland, ' Lorian and Wheeling;
Cincinnati, Hamilton and ;; Dayton;
Louisville; New York, Albany and
Chicago; Nickel Elate; - Columbus,
Hocking ValleyJ and Toledo; Ohio
Southern: Toledo and Ohio Central;
Evansville and Terre Haute; Louis
ville, Evansvllle 4nd St Louts; In
diana, Decatur and Western; Indi
ana, Illinois and Iowa; Wabash,
Cleveland ; Terminal .. and Valley;
Pifsburg and Western; and Cincin
nati, Jackson and Mackinaw.
These 6,000 mile tickets will not
replace the i 1,600 mile wide-open
on sale, as both Issues will be sold.
Why it'is that the Pennsylvania
lines did not join with the other
roads In. the issue; of these 5,000
mile tickets,, a's General Passenger
Agent Ford introduced a resoultion
faving the adoption of a 5,000 mile
interchangeable ticket before the
central passenger ' committee re
cently, can only be a matter of con
jecture at present. x
One thing is sure, and that is the
1,000 mile interchangeable books
without restriction that are now in
use, are being sold at a less ngure
than 120 by some of the smaller roads
over which they are good. Notpnly
this, but mileage, is being broken
out of them and split tickets sold.
TO IMPEACH A JUDGE. '"-
Applloarion WUI bt Mada to tha General
AaaamMr to Retire Judge Norwood
Speaking of Judge Norwood's
being. drunk at Barnsville while
holding court, the Biblical Recorder
says:""'''...
This .a not the first time such dis
graceful conauct has been reported
of Judge Nor wood . He seems to be
a hopeless subject of strong drink.
He ought to resign for his own sake.
If he does not, he ought to be im
peached. The Bench should be
kept above reproach above all other
parts of the government -
From reliable information it is
learned ; that application ; will, be
made to the next General Assembly
to impeach Judge Norwood. Lead
ing Republicans favor this course.
. Colored Edneatton.
The Washington Star says: The
very creditable exhibit made at the
Atlanta exposition in 1895 by the
more progressive element among the
colored people aroused new Interest
In all parts of the country in their
educational advancement In re
sponse to the general demand for in
formation on this subject a special
effort was made by the bureau of
education to collect statistics from
all the colored schools of the south.
'There were found to be in the six
teen states formerly the scene of
slavery and the District of Columbia
8,297,100 children between the ages
of five and eighteen years. ( Of this
number 5,573,440 were white chll
dren and 2,723,720, or 32,9 per cent,
were colored. The total enroll
ment In the. .white schools, was
3,845,414, and In the colored schools
1,441,282. " The per' cent of white
school population enrolled was 69
and the per cent of colored school
DODulationenrolled was 52.92. ' The
whites had an average daily atten
dance of 2,510,907, or 65.30 per cent
of their enrollment ' while the aver
age attendanoe of the blacks was
856,312, or 69.41 per cent of their
enrollment There -. were 89,276
white teachers and 27,081 colored
teachers In the public schools of the
south in 1895. ' "
Since 1876 the southern states
have expended about 1383,000,000
for public schools, and it is estimat
ed that between $75,000,000 and fSU,
000,000 of this sum must have been
expended for the education of color
ed children. Therenort states: ,
' "In 1895 the enrollment of colored
mmils was a little more than 27 per
cent of the public school enrollment
in the southern states. .; -
Scatters Wreckage 8 ? Miles
; ; , Down a Mountain. '
CREW INJURED
And Several Killed There are. Seventy
v Thousand Daatltota People tn tha ;
Fer Wast Aeaordlng te5
. Charltv Report. f
By Telegraph to the Preas-VUitor,' .
; Hklsna, Mont , Dec. 1, A freight
train laden with lumber became un
manageable descending o mountain
and wrecked , the cars. The con
tents were scattered along the track
eight miles. Brakeman Jabreau was
killed and fireman Young jumped.
His collar bone was. broken, and he
Suffered internal injuries. Engineer
Fly nn received internal Injuries and
bis' leg was broken. John1 McBena
rthe conductor had his thigh broken.
It will be forty-eight hours before
the track is cleared;
THEIR GAME FAILED.
Convleta Gave Three Guards Morphine
. Brantley Beaded tha Mot.
Four long-term convicts made a
desperate effort to escape from the pe
nitentiary several weoks ago. Two of
the men are under life; sentences
and theother twoarservlng twenty
years terms. Moved by a spirit of
desperation they resolved to take
life In an attempt to put the peni
tentiary stoi kade to their backs.
The leader of theplotisa character
well known in North Carolina. He
has figured in one cf the most re
markable cases ever recorded in the
criminal history- of the State and
is orily a recent comer to the peni
tentiary. , He escaped the gallows
when peoplethought he should have
been hung. Is therd any incentive
to induce him to become a good
citizen, baying as he,' does a life of
servitude ahead of him ?
The man is Jas. Brantley, who
lead the gang that mudered J. B.
Bonner, of JSdenton.
' These-four ploted wellf they, car
ried out their plans to a nicety, but
the end to which they labored
failed. Brantley was the
general He did the scheming and
used his three pals as tools.
Brantley and his confederates
worked in a brick yard. From a
driver who came to the yard they
made arrangements to secure a vial
of morphine. A Croatan Indian jrho
waited at the table was induced
to put the morphine in the
coffee of three guards who did
duty' at the brick yard, where
Brantly and his comrades worked.
The Croatan listened to Brantly
and was soon under his dominion.
At breakfast he did as he was told.
But the guards only drank about
half of . their coffee. Morphine Is
bitter. It has a sharp, green per
simmon kind of a taste and this the
guards were not slow to diseover.
Two of them believed that they
had taken poison and they were
given -eplcao with the result that
were slightly inconvenienced. The
other guard was made deathly sick
for a time, but soon recovered.
And now Brantley and his con.
federates are watched more closely
than ever and It is not likely that
thev will get another chance to
make such an attempt to escape.
1,000 Hen Wanted. .
Mr. S. M. Sayford of Boston, has
been secured by Secretary Overton
of the Y. M. C. A to deliver his
"Confidential; talk to men only" to
morrow evening at 8:30 (after ohttrch
prayer ; meeting)in Metropolitan
Hall. Mr. Sayford has visited most
all the colleges of leading la Ameri
ca in the interest of christian work,
and President Leland of Leland San
fordUnlv'y says : "No such talk has
been given to a body of men in that
institution, f it is manly! and clean
out' Admission will be by ticket
given complimentary, by the Yj M
C. A. and may qe. obtained ath
rooms or from the secretary, . ? ;
; The Church pastors have consen
ted to close their prayer meetings In
time to allow men to attend the meet
ing. Don't fail to be there.- - . ;
' Will Build Two ICloe Hoaeea. V
Messrs. W. B. Hatchings and
S. Wynne have purchased the pro
perty on the corner of Morgan and
Dawson streets, and will build two
nice houses, which they will occupy
when completed. The houses will
face east and each place, when com
pleted will cost $5,000. "-'.
OPPOSES PRITCHARD.
Morton of Roeldnf hem for Oookerj -Out
ia...,--,..:-. ler Coming Today,' ... . "v.
Another Populist Senator goes on
record
Y. C. Morton, the representative
from Richmond county writes the
editor of the Caucasian that he is op
posed to Pritchard's election and
favors Col. O. H. Dockery. '
Senator Butler is expected to ar
rive in the city this afternoon from
Elliott City. The Senator will re
main here until tomorrow when he
will ; proceed to Washington to be
present at other opening of Congress.
TODAY'S MARKETS.
; . - Nxw York, Dec. 1.
Market quotations furnished by E.
B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street,
New;-York, and 305 Wilmington
street, Raleigh, N. C., over their
special wire:
MONTHS.
OPEN- HIGH- LOW- CLOS
INO. EST. EST. ISO
7M 7 68 7 64 7 65-
7 72 7 73 7 62 7 63-
7 78 7 82 7 69 i 70-
7 80 7 80 7 74 7 74-
7 88 1 90 7 79 7 79- -
7 81 7 91 7 b3 7 83-
7 95 7 95 7 86 7 86-
i'57 769 7 oi 7'54-
January,'
February,
March,
rll,
June,
July,
August,
Bept'mb'r,
October,
Novemb'r,
December,
Cfosed quiet and steady; sales,
172,900.
The following were the closing
quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today:
New York Stock Market.
Sugar . 117
American Tobacco 76
Burlington and Quincy 78f
Chicago Gas 74
Dea. and Cet Peed
hGeneral Electric 311
Louisville and Nashville 501
Manhattan .v. 951
Rock Island 691
Southern Preferred 291
St. Paul 74J
Tennessee Coal snd Irot 29
Western Union 861
Chisago Grain and Provision Market.
The following were the closing quo
tations ontheChicagoGrainand Provision-market
.today.:
Wheat December, 801; May, 831
Corn December, 23; May, 261.
Oats December 181; May 211.
Pork December, 6.80; January, 7.62.
Lard December, 3.77; January,
.97.
Clear Rib Sides Dec. 3.80; Jan
uary 3.82.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
November-December 4.161
December-January 4.14
January-February 4.13
February -March 4.13
March-April 4.13
April-Mav -W
May-June 4.131
June-Julv 4.14
Closed quiet and steady; sales 10,-
000 bales.
Annual Meeting of the Brotherhood of
St. Andrew.
The annual meeting of the Broth
erhood of Saint Andrew was held
last night in the chapel of Christ
Church. Nearly every member of
the organization was present. This
is an Institution as its name implies
founded upon the broad basis of love
to our fellow , man and like their
patron Saint Andrew they endeavor
to practice trift self-denial and strive
to brine others into the full light of
Christian love and fellowship. Eich
member of the organization assumes
two most solemn vows- The first is
to pray dally for the spread of Christs
kingdom among young men ana ine
secrnd is to make one earnest effort
each week to induce some young
man to come within the hearing of
the gospel of Christ. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:-John C. . Drewry, Director,
Dr. H. B. , Battle, Vice Director,
r.hM. Boot. - Secretary and John
Ward, Treasurer.
, State Iteme.
John Hooper, a young white man
in the neighborhood, of Elizabeth
City, we fatally injured yesterday
while loading a gun. The gun went
off nearly blowing his head from his
body.". -
A party of capitalists, consisting
of the President, , Vice-President,
and other of. the N. T. P. and N,
Railway, have been prospecting
around Edenton, in company with
the 'officers of the Norfolk, Southern
Railway. , '
?: v!;'-: ;
It Is rumored that a Raleigh boy is
soon to wed one of Fayetteville 1
charming 'young ladies. Fayette
villa Observer.
OUR LOW DEATH RATE:
A Healthy Showing Made by the Monthly
Sanltarv Report.
: SanitaryofficerSalereportsdeuths,
births, dec,' registered at the health
department for November as follows.
Whole number of deaths 17, white
3, colored 14; deaths under fi years
of age 8; over 70 years 1.- The re
port shows a very remarkable low
death rate for .the whites, there
being only 3 deaths, and one of thosj
under 5 years of age. The regist
causes of deaths were sem
pneumonia, 1 consumption 2 oS
ra
enteritis 2, peritonitis 1, heArhage
1, malarial fever 1, apopJ'-; 1, pa
rolysia'l, heart disease' wot stated
5. Total number of v V'hs reported
18,. white 5, colored liJThe city is
clean and healthy as is evidenced by
the report. This is one of the most
remarkable records we hare ever
seen and it is due largely to the
faithful and efficient work of our
sanitary inspector Mr. Sales. Our
streets were- never in a better and
cleaner condition than at present.
The average death ratein theTJrited
States is about 34 per cent, per
thousand, whereas it will bs noted
that the death rate of our city for
the pu8t six months has been kept
down to about 16 per cent or less
than one half of the average death
rate of the world.
A Glimpse of BUtmore.
Mr. James Creelman, the well-
known correspondent of the New
York World, in a recent letter to
that journal gives the following de
scription of the Vanderbilt botani
cal gardens and experimental farms
and forests:
Here George Vanderbilt has es
tablished himself in a vast domain
of 145,000 acres consecreated to
science, agriculture and forestry.
He has already spent $10,000,000 on
the estate, and is giving something
like $1,000,000 a year. He employs
more men than the department of
agriculture at Washington does.
From every land he has brought
trees, plants and flowers, herds of
cattle and rare breeds of fowl. He
allows the farmers of the country to
breed from his bulls and stallions
free of expense. He sends the eggs
from bis costly -flocks to be hatched
out in the farms, of North Carolina.
He has gathered the experts of
Europe and America to work in this
matchless place the praotical prob
lems which confront the American
farmers and stock-breeders And
when he shall die this wonderful or
ganization with all its properties and
equipments will be given to the gov
ernment of the United States. "
Virginians to Fight for Cube.
Richmond, Va-, Dec. 1. Today it
developed that John W, Starke, a
well known member of one of the
military companies here, is at the
head of the movement and has se
cured the promises of a large num
ber of men to go to Cuba in a mili
tary capacity. When seen tonight
Starke said he had approached four
or five hundred men who had agreed
to join the movement. Among these
are a number of the members of local
military companies. Starke admits
that he is in close communication
with Cuban agents in New York,
and intimates that as soon as the
policy of the United States govern
ment in regard to the Cuban situa
tion is settled, the expedition to the
island will be put into excution. It
is said the men will soon be making
preparations to take their departure
A Ui(hly Artistic Performance.
The entertainment rendered last
night at Metropolitan Opera House
by the Mozart Symphony Company
was nronounced by the elite audi
ence which enjoyed it the star per
formance, up to da'e, of the series of
high class attractions which are be
ing presented by Messrs King and
Atkinson,,,'1'"
Without going into a critical
analysis of the performance, it is
sufficient to say that every member
of the company is an artist, and the
class of -work with which they de
lighted and edified the audience last
night was up to the highest standard
of merit. . It is announced that
Messrs. King and Atkinson will re
peat the entire course of attractions
next season, with an additional one,
making six in all. Their venture
this season has proven successful to
a most gratifying degree, and the
large and cultured audiences which
have attended these attractions tend
reflect high credit V upon ; the
taste of the Raleigh pubiio for the
hlffhlv tfrtistlo and aesthetic in
o
music, i
short mum.
Minor Matters
1 for the
Manipulated
Many. '' .
AROUND THE CITY.
Fot-Ponrri of tha Kewa Matared oa Pa
per Folate and People Pertinently ,
Picked and Pithily Pa- in
Print.. .
Mrs. Jane Kirks, of Milburnle,
aged 69 years, died Sunday.'" T -
Meeting
Tnion No
of the Typographical
64 tomorrow evening
at 6:05 o'clock
Greensboro's Board of Aldermen
has passed an ordinance prohibiting
the sale and use of fireworks. .
Dou't forget to call at stall 19 city
market in. the morning and have -your
orders for your meats. : ,
Dr. Isaac E. Emerson, ofBaltt-
more, the discoverer and proprietor
ofthe famous Bromo Seltzer, was in
the city today and his many friends
were glad totee Jblm looking well.
Deep snow is reported at Rich
mond and leading this way and will
propably reach us tonight. The
rush has already began at Messrs--Whiting
Bros, for Rubbers of every
description. See tbeir new "add"
in this issue.
When Mr. Heilig made his rapid
run from Weldon to Portsmouth, a
distance of 78 miles in 72 minutes,
he was called on unexpectedly just
before the train left and his engine
was not in the best of condition..
Mr. Heilig had already carried the
train from Raleigh to Weldon and
did not anticipate going further.
With his engine prepared for such
a run, it is more than probable that
Mr. Heilig could knock off several
more minutes from his record.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Facte and Flgnree From the Keport af tha
Superintendent of Pnblie Instruction.
The information given below was
obtained by the Biblical Recorder
from advance sheets of the annual
report of J. C. Scarborough, Super-
intendent of Pubiio Instructions
There are 635,452 children of
school age (between 6 and 21 years)
in North Carolina, Ninety -five per
cent of these, which is 603,673, are
dependent on the pubiio schools to ,
teach them to read and write. If she
does not provide schools, 603,673 of
the children in her borders have no-
hope, no opportunity but to grow up
illiterate, ignorant utterly. It she
provides poor schools, sorry teach
ers, and keeps them Only a few weeks
in each year, the chances for these
603,673 children are but slightly im
proved. And it is no reflection on
the teachers to say that this Is the
condition of the average pubiio
school; the reflection is upon the
State; it is a shame upon the General
Assemblies which have met without
making better provision, it Is a shame
upon the people who are intelligent
enough to recognize these con
ditions and to deplore them,
but who have indifferently tolerated
them. No patriot can stand by and
see 603,673 children out of the total
of 635,445 In the State, coming to
manhood in ignorance because they-,
have no schools, or because such as
they have are so meagrely supported
that they are not even kept open
long enough to teach a pupil to read
or write or figure. There a -a 7,171
public schools in North Carolina.
The amount expended upon them
for teachers is $690,161.54, which is
an average of $95 for each school a
year. ; '
The total number of sohooi dij
tricts in No ;h Carolina la 7,d07
that js Jo?lBfy((w.arlrg 1a mini hit
the number. aS'-rZ
7,191) tha ;datrV tfie -J
were no schools at all. TbetotaT -.Vs-
amount of money expended on the - v
public schools for , the year is $833,-'.
265, that is to say (bearing in mind , .
the amount paid teachers) that $145,-
104 was expended for school houses, "
sites, expenses of county boards,
furniture, fuel, etc : ... .. ;
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-Married '
?In Pittsboro,N. C, Dec l,at8:30 "
a! m., by Rev. N. B. Cobb,' D. D.,' .
assisted bv Rev. E. K. Ross, of En- v
field, N. C, Miss Emma Foushee tb '..
Rev. W. W. Rose, of the N. C. Con
ference. The brideand groom passed .
through Raleigh, this morning on '.
their way to Ridge way where they
will spend a few days visiting the
groom's relations. .
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