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:t $30,000, and in cash and bonds in the 

 (.usury $28,568.83, or a total of bond* and 

 cash and bonds of $157,818.83. The total a.-- 

 eaeed valuation of property in the State for 1802 

 was $888,176,631, of which $19.726,700 was the 

 valuation <>f railroad property. The State tax 

 for general purposes is 25 cents on each $100 and 

 ]." rents for school purposes. 



Kdiu-ation. For the year ending June 30, 

 he public-school statistics are as follow: 

 Children of school age, white 886,560, colored 

 2 11. <>!;. total 598,256; children enrolled in the 

 public schools, white 215,919, colored 119,441, 

 total ;5:{r>.:58; average attendance, white 132,001, 

 colored 66,746, total 198,747; public schools, 

 white 4,603, colored 2,376, total 6,979; school 

 districts, white 5,168, colored 2,387, total 7,555; 

 value of public-school property, $892,364; total 

 receipts for school purposes, $775,449.63; total 

 expenditures, $760,991.04. 



At the State University there were 300 stu- 

 dciits at the close of this year. By an act of the 

 General Assembly of 1891 a normal and indus- 

 trial school for girls was established at Greens- 

 boro. Buildings have been erected at the ex- 

 Gnse of the local authorities, and the first term 

 gan on Sept. 28, with 176 pupils. The State 

 has heretofore made no attempt to foster the 

 higher education of women. 



Charities. At the Raleigh Insane Asylum 

 there were 294 patients on Nov. 30, 1890 ; 181 

 patients were admitted during the two years fol- 

 lowing, and 175 were discharged, leaving 300 re- 

 maining on Nov. 30, 1892. The expenditures 

 for the two years were $120,636.07. The build- 

 ings are overcrowded. At the Morganton In- 

 sane Asylum there were about 500 patients on 

 Nov. 30/1892. 



By an act of the General Assembly of 1891 

 the sum of $3,000 per annum was appropriated 

 for the support of a soldiers' home, and the 

 property known as Camp Russell was given to 

 the institution. This property consisted of 5 

 acres of land and some old buildings of un- 

 div<.-ed pine, which were reconstructed with 

 funds obtained by private subscription, so as to 

 be tenantable. There are fair accommodations 

 for 40 inmates, but at the close of this year 54 

 disabled veterans were living in the buildings, 

 and applications for admission are increasing. 



Penitentiary. The biennial report of the 

 directors of the State Penitentiary shows that if 

 credit is given for the value of the permanent 

 improvements made on the farms, and for crops, 

 stock, and other valuable property purchased 

 and now on hand, the institution has oeen more 

 than self-sustaining during the past two years. 

 Heretofore a large number of convicts have been 

 employed in railroad building, but unless there 

 should be an early revival of that branch of 

 labor in the State the authorities will be obliged 

 to provide some new employment, for about 500 

 prisoners now under railroad contracts that will 

 soon expire. 



Railroads. The Railroad Commissioners in 

 their first report say : 



We cnn briefly state that on all roads making 

 actual expenses the charges for fares and freights 

 have been reduced : and all unjust discriminations 

 Originating within the State under our control and 

 brought to our attention have been corrected. The 



coinminioncn' standard rates now in effect are lower 



than in any other Southern Suite. I'ntil our )>opula- 

 tion become* more deiiM-, uiid miuiut'ueuri .- 

 mimeroiiH, nuch rules can not be i-wtuWmhed tut now 

 cxiht in States north of UK without bankrupting the 

 corporutioim. There urc U7 railroad* in North Caro- 

 lina, with u t<>t id milfujft: of a,4aa milcH. 



Militia. The National Guard of the State 

 consists of 31 companies of infantry, organi/i-d 

 into 4 regiments, 1 troop of cavalry, 2 but 

 of naval artillery, and 1 company i"f colored in- 

 fantry, with a total of 1,586 officers and men. 



Pensions. During 1892 the sum of $96,951 

 was paid from the State Treasury under the 

 law pensioning Confederate soldiers and their 

 widows. The number of soldiers receiving aid 

 was 1.893, and the number of widows 2,818. 



Political. On May 18 a Democratic State 

 Convention met at Raleigh, and on the sixth 

 ballot nominated Elias Carr for Governor over 

 three competitors Lieut.-Gov. Holt, George W. 

 Sanderlin, and Julian S. Carr; for Lieutenant- 

 Governor, Richard A. Doughton was nominated ; 

 for Secretary of State, Octavius Coke; for 

 Treasurer, Donald W. Bain : for Auditor, Rob- 

 ert M. Furman ; for Attorney-General, Frank I. 

 Osborne ; for Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, John C. Scarborough. Delegates to the 

 National Democratic Convention and candidates 

 for presidential electors were also chosen. The 

 platform denounces the McKinley tariff and the 

 so-called Force bill, demands financial reform, 

 the abolition of national banks, and the substi- 

 tution of legal-tender Treasury notes for na- 

 tional bank notes, and contains the following 

 declarations : 



\Vc demand that Congress shall pass such laws an 

 shall effectually prevent the dealing in futures of all 

 agricultural and mechanical productions. 



We demand the free and unlimited coinage of 

 silver. 



We demand the passage of laws prohibiting the 

 alien ownership of land. 



We demand that Congress issue a sufficient amount 

 of fractional paper currency to facilitate the exchange 

 through the medium of the United States mail. 



We favor a graduated tax on incomes. 



The Prohibitionists met in State convention 

 at Greensboro' on Aug. 8, and nominated the 

 following ticket : For Governor, J. McP. Tem- 

 pleton ; for Lieutenant-Governor, W. G. Can- 

 dler ; for Secretary of State. J. W. Long ; for 

 Treasurer, J. B. Bonner; for Auditor, D. R. 

 Nelson ; for Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, R. C. Root. Presidential electors were 

 nominated and a platform adopted. 



On Aug. 16 the People's party, which was or- 

 ganized in the State this year for the first time, 

 held a convention at Raleigh for the purpose of 

 placing a State ticket in the field. The nomina- 

 tion for Governor was tendered to Harry Skin- 

 ner, but as the terms on which he would accent 

 were not satisfactory to the convention, he with- 

 drew, and Wyatt P. Exum was selected for that 

 office. For Lieutenant-Governor the nominee 

 was R. A. Cobb: for Secretary of State, L. N. 

 Durham; for Treasurer, W. II. Worth; f.-r 

 Auditor. T. B. Long (succeeded later on the 

 ticket by E.G. Butler); for Attorney-General. 

 II. II. Lyon: for Superintendent of Public Edu- 

 cation, *J. W. Woody. Presidential electors 



