Daily press. [volume], October 11, 1907, Page 2, Image 2

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS ABE
DEPLORABLY CROWDED
Superlnteodaot's Report Shows
Itol Buildings Cannot Properly
Hccomodate Pupils.
? CONDITIONS IN EAST END
Twenty-three Rooms are Overcrowded
Board Has No Money With Which
to Provide Additional Quarters
Regular Meeting of the Trustee::_
Mlso Lewis Resigns.
Thai Homo of tho oily public school
buildings arc In a deplorably crowded
condition wns shown last night by
tlic monthly roporl of Superintendent
of Schools W, C. Morton t<> tho hoard
of school trustoo8, According t<> thiti
report there nrO more than forty pupils
?cniod in each of twenty throe rooms
In Uta school buildings In I0a.-.t Hnd,
several of Ihcso rooms containing ns
many aH forty-six and forty-eight pu?
pils.
Tho vontllatlon of all tho rooms of
tho buildings was dos|gnod for tho ac?
commodation or forty pupils as a max?
imum, nnd It Ik generally rocognlxod
that the crowding of tho rooms is
not conducive to the gOod health of
the pupils or Iho tenchors, Tho school
hoard recognizes t-Is fact, but It hits
no funds with which to oroet n now
building to accommodate all of tho
school children of tno city.
The hoard met In regular session
last night with President Puckel t In
the ohalr and the following mombora
nrenetlt: Messrs. Harrison, lluffmau,
rhllllpH and Blbly.
Money Needed.
The finance committee reported that
It hail a balance of $1.111.04 on hand,
hut that between this time ami Dee
ombor I. when the Statt1 school fund
becomes available, the expenditures
>>r the hoard would amount to about
$4.000. Arter some discussion or tho
money question, the chairman of tho
committee Was Instructed to make ar?
rangements with the hanks for bor?
rowing sufficient funds' to conduct the
schools until the Stnto fund Is avail?
able.
Superintendent Morton reported that
tit present there Is a total of 2,433
pupils on the roll of the schools, 136
more than were on the rolls thin time
last session Of thin number there
are 1,78(1 white pupils nnd 6-17 negro
pupils. The average dally attendance
for September was 2,107. or 127 more
tttiti tfthe dally average tittcmll'iucc
in September of last session.
At the request of the owner of tho
building occupied by Jefferson Avenue
school N'o. <!. tho board directed the
buildings ami grounds committee to
secure another vacant room In the vi?
cinity of the present school ami to
move the equipment und pupil to
that room as- soon as practicable.
MIrs cwls Resigns.
MIhk Lola Fay Lewis, teacher In
the Twenty-eighth street school ten?
dered her resignation to the board and
MIkb Minnie Know, a graduate of the
local High school in the class of t'.tOr,,
was elected to succeed her. Mary
Fultz was elected a teacher in the col?
ored schools and Martha Freeman was
appointed 'a substitute teacher for
those schools.
A resolution offered by Mr. Phillips
wns ndopted amending the school law
so that no non-resident pupil may lie
given a permanent seat In the city
BChOOlB until the second Monday after
the opening of the school ses don. This
change was made because a number of
nohresidont pupils apply tor enroll
meat In the schools before some of
the city child:-'-:) and tho hitter ate
thereby deprived to a seat.
Superintendent's Annual Report.
Superintendent Morton made a very
interesting annual report to tho board
for the session of 1906-07. This re?
port tliows Hint during the past B08
scion. 60 per cent of the whit,- BchOOl
population was enrolled in the city
schools. The total school population
1 ! L23 yvl 'he total enrollment for
' the tSwifflwtyiJ.lT.''>. f
tuition per pupil In the nigh school
was $2.64, in the white graded schools
it was $1.02 and in the colored schools
it was GS cents.
Monthly Report.
1 The superintendent made the 4$V>I
lowing report on the enrollment and
average daily attendance of pupils for
September:
On roll. Av. D. At.
High school.if'11 Jgjj
White school No. i. ...632 1ST
While t.eh No. 2.37B 3351
White school No. ;; . 39 37
White school No. 4. ...364 -J2S
White school No. r>. ...2f,7 228
While school No. G."?'?> ???
Colored school No. I;. .446 375
Colored school No. 2. ...168 164
Colored school No. P.. ...
Toials .
The board ordered the clerk to pay
bills aggregating several hundred dol?
lars. ^_
REAVES GETS HEARING TODAY.
Alleged Highwayman Has Been Iden
tlfied by Miss Young.
Willie Reaves, the negro who Is
churned with having held up and
robbed Mrs. Anna MCGall and her sis
tor. Miss Llsxle Youne. on Twenty
fifth street near Wlekhnm nvonuo a
week ago last Sti?urdnv nlg.it. will
he given n p elimlnarv ' hearing be?
fore .lioitlee Rrown In the police
court this morning.
Retires was Identified by Mia:1
Young in the police court ten dnv
mo nnd at that time the justice CO'
tinned tho ease so that the man cnild
'secure counsel.
Want to sell Heal Es?
tate, and pome have
great bargains. Why
don't wo buy them?.
Well, wo can't buy
them all; we want
our olicnts to take
some of them. Please
allow uh to bIiow you
what we have paying
from 8 to 12 per cent,
not.
Powell Trust Co.
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?P.S. 6ILLDGK 5ILEN1
?oller Will Not Tell of Son's
' Wheredbou's
SHE DECLINES 10 SEE OEIECIIVE
Offlcorr. Are Confluent. However,
That They Will Locate and Arrest
Fugitive, Who la Wanted for Cut?
ting Dlxzon's Throat.
Mrs. aiUootf, mothor of w. v. aiiM
look, who out w. D. Dtxr.on'a throat
at ?L'S Korty-fourl)? street last Tucb
day evening, rotu.-iod to this city yes?
terday morning froth Norfolk, where
sho went with h?r son several houis
after the culling took place. Detec?
tive I'earson called on the woman at
,ho:- homo shortly after her return
here-, hut she refused to see the de?
tective Bending him word that a con?
ference with h>>r would ho useless as
she did not propose to Inform the po?
lice of her sop's whereabouts.
I It Is believed that Hillock Is still
In Norfolk and he probably will be
arrested within the next few days.
It was learned yesterday that Dr.
H?tts was not suniqtbncd to the aid
of the wounded ?nah until nearly
throe ipiurto'rs nf an hour after the
cutting occurred, and that the unfor?
tunate man had nearly bled to death
whl u the physician roachotl tils side.
I it was also learned thai Qlllock lefi
the house before the physician was
called In and was joined by his niothot
shprtly afterwards, and the pair lojtl
the city for Norfolk at s o'clock In?
stead of !> o'clock as first reported.
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?S Social-Personal *f
rsTTiWis t. 4MHo5B6x rfrmrsyy
Mrs. (J. A. Sinclair, of Ashevlllo, N.
C, and Miss Mary L. Kapler or New
Otleans are the guests of Mrs. M. \V.
Onylc 124 Thirtieth street.
Miss McClay of Shlpporsburg Pa.,
Is the guest of Mrs. M. J. Solomon.
MIsr Virginia Hewlett of Bedford
City. Is visiting her uncle. Mr. \V. B.
Mr. J. B. Via nnd family, of Honrlco
county, are the guests of Mr. Vla's
niece. Mrs. W. T. Peck. 101 ? Twenty
third Btrt el.
Miss Mildred Ellington, of Bluoftold,
Wesi Virginia. Is visiting her cousins,
the Msses Elllogton on the Boulovara.
Mrs. Phillip T. Ilosser has as her
guest at her home on Twenty ninth
street her sister. Miss Helen ltosser,
of Washington. D. C.
Mr. ami Mrs. Charles Turner nnd
Mr. II. A. (looile, of Albemnrle county,
are visiting Mr. A. D. Yatos in East
End.
Mr. David Williams, who has bee 1
tho eiiest of Mrs. A. 10. Morgan <>u
jon Twenty ninth street, has retun od
to his homo In South Wales.
Mrs. .1. Howe nnd Miss Louise 1 iowe
have returned from B visit to Blch
mond.
Miss Anna I'aulln de Canizliros. of
Wavne. Pa., left yesterday for hoi
home after a visit to M s. Thomas F.
Steariles, on West avenue.
Fire at Sea.
NEW YORK, pet. 10. 'l ie- Austrian
steamer l.iitlla. which an Ivcd today
f.ont Tries! ? with 703 passengers, had
a narrow escape ironi destruction by
fire lu mid ocean during; a violent
storm on October I!. The crew fough,
t'>c flnmes till day before thev wmi
extinguish. <1, while the panic sti icken
passen go:h prayed for help.
FIRE INSURANCE CO
MAY HAVE TO DISBANO
Sfockholtfers Cannot Meke Pay-,
ments on taint of Lisses
Across Poads
NO P?UCIES HAVE BEEN MUTEN
Mcet.iHj Will be Held Tonight for Pur?
pose of Discussing fie Situation
New York Business Man Contem?
plating Buying Half of Stock, and'
This May Save the Enterprise.
Having been notified by Bovornl of
lh?- largest of i.io lochl stockholders,
that, owing lo financial losses incurcd
In business ventures lit Pino llchchj
und tile KxpOBltlon, they will bo Uli-'
able to meet further payments on
their stock, the officers <>r the Eastern]
Pin- liiBitrni. Company, Inc., of New
pott News. Vs., yesterday Issued a call'
a mooting of all <>f the stockholders!
of the company far s o'clock tonight,
lo pass upon the advisability of tltn-i
banding the company,
Tills company was organised here'
ivornl months ago by a number of
well known local business men and Us
object was to engage |u the II o In
suranco bpsln'osij In this ami other
stater. The capital stock of the com?
pany was placed at $100,000, but ow?
ing lo the fact that many local busi?
ness men have Invested heavily In en
tcrpilsos at Pine Doacll ami the Kxpn
iltloh; the entire Issue of the stock
has never been disposed of. Now that
some of those who subscribed to the
stock will bo unable lo meet Cue pay?
ments on it a number of those litter?
ed In the Company deem It advis?
able to disbnnil, as iiioiv seems to be
but little prospect of disposing of the
slock for some time to come.
It was reported yesterday that n well
kltowh bUSlhosa man of New York hnd
been negotiating with'the company for
f,',n.onn worth of stock of the concern
mid should lie purchase that amount
of the stock it Is possible that the com
pany will be able lo start Its business
within t no near future.
The comp'iny has not written any
insurance
I SPENDS FOOTBAlC MONEY
IN IMPROVING PARKS
(Merchants Association Orders All Bills
Paid Out of Profits From
Saturday's Game.
At the meeting of the Merchants'
Association last night all bills incurred
hy the association in arranging for
thn football gnnio between tho Uni?
versity of North Carolina and Wash?
ington and Lee I'nivorsity at tho Casi?
no park last Saturday were ordered
paid. The fomaindOr or the fund re?
ceived from the proceeds of the game
will be used in improving Washington
and Orcutt Squares.
The association discussed at somo
length the football game which it to
be played nt the Casino park Thanks?
giving Day hot ween William and Mary
College anil Richmond College and all
arrangements for the match were left
to the athletic committee.
It |s very probable that the east and
west stands at tho Casino park will
be lengthened before this game as'It
Is expected that more than 4,000 people
will witness it and the present stands
are not large enough to accommodate
such u crowd.
Notice.
Patrons of the Newport News Light
an,I WtttO'.' Company are horeny re?
minded that water bills must be paid
hy the 1111I1 lust. All delinquents on
the Uth hiHt.. will have their Supply
cut off pursuant to notice given all
consumers. Newport News Light and
Water Company, by L. h MANVILLK.
Superintendent. 10-llOt.
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