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TWENTY-FOURTH  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  PUBLIC 

SCHOOLS  OF  HENDERSON,   NORTH  CAROLINA, 

1922-1923 


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Henderson,   N,   C.      Board  of  School  Trustees 


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TWENTY- FOURTH  ANNUAL  REPORT 


Public  Schools 


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HENDERSON,  NORTH  CAROLINA 


1922-1923 


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1922-1923 

W.  T.  Watkins Term  expires  first  Monday  in  December,  1928 

Mrs.  W.  D.  BurwelI..Term  expires  first  Monday  in  December,  1928 

R.   S.   McCoin Term  expires  first  Monday  in  December,  1928 

John  D.  Cooper Term  expires  first  Monday  in  December,  1921 

J.  R.  Teague Term  expires  first  Monday  in  December,  1924 

W.  C.  Hight Term  expires  first  Monday  in  December,  1921 

J.  H.   Bridgers Term  expires  first  Monday  in  December,  1926 

Mrs.  Henry  Perry.  ..  .Term  expires  first  Monday  in  December,  1926 

C.  W.  Finch Term  expires  first  Monday  in  December,  1926 

0tlictvs  of  tfje  Jgoarb 

1922-1923 

J.  H.  Bridgers Chairman 

W.  T.  Watkins Vice-Chairman 

J.  R.  Teague Secretary 

^tanbing  Commtttresf 

Finance — J.  R.  Teague  and  J.  H.  Bridgers. 

Building — Bridgers,  Hight,  J.  D.  Cooper,  and  Mrs.  Perry 

Teachers  and  Salaries — Hight,  Watkins,  Teague  and  Alderman. 

Visiting — Mrs.  Perry. 

Sanitary — W.  T.  Watkins. 

Property — W.  T.  Watkins  and  J.  D.  Cooper. 


Jfinancial  Statement 

RECEIPTS 

1922  First  National  Bank 

July       1     Balance  on  hand  July  1,  1922 $  10,401.10 

12     From  Royster,  local  tax 410.93 

Aug.      5     From  Royster,  local  tax 306.12 

9     From  rent  at  Teacherage 5.75 

Oct.       3     From  Royster,  local   tax 301.77 

9     From  E.  M.  Rollins,  balance  due  for  last  year.  .  4,783.24 

23     From  E.  M.  Rollins,  state  and  county  fund 4,000.00 

Nov.    16     From  Royster,  local  tax 2,108.50 

17  From    note 3,979.20 

23     From  Royster,  local  tax 2,406.58 

25     From  check,  to  pay  interest 20.00 

25     From    note 4,899.00 

Dec.      1     From  Royster,  local  tax  6,529.59 

4     From   Royster,  local   tax 7,031.04 

16     From    rent    at    Teacherage 95.10 

29     From   Royster,   local  tax 45.12 

1923 

Jan.      8     From  W.  C.  Hight  for  old  material  on  H.  S.  lot.  121.00 

1923  Citizens  Bank  and  Trust  Co. 

Jan.    16     From    Royster,    local    tax 5,643.79 

23     From  Rollins,  state  and  county  fund 5,000.00 

Feb.      8     From   Royster,  local   tax 9,474.28 

16     From    Rollins,    state    and    county    fund 10,000.00 

Mar.     9     From  Royster,  local  tax 1,873.18 

Apr.      6     From  Rollins,  state  and  county  fund 6,000.00 

10     From  Royster,  local   tax 6,512.64 

14     From  rent  at  Teacherage 23.52 

18  From  transfer  from  First  Nat,  Bank 9,303.40 

(Do  not  count  this  item  twice  in  mak- 
ing up  total  receipts  for  the  year.) 

21     From  rent  at  Teacherage 6.00 

May      3     From    Royster,    local    tax 3,926.33 

18     From  Rollins,  state  and  county  fund 14,314.18 

June     6     From  error  in  bill,  returned 2.00 

8     From  Royster,  local  tax 1,219.13 

29  From  rent  at  Teacherage 244.75 

30  From  Royster,   local  tax 428.16 

$121,416.20 

Deduct  amount  from  First  Nat.  Bank 9,303.40 

Total   receipts    current   fund $112,112.80 

April  18     Bond  Fund  transferred  to  Citizens  Bank $  2,404.40 


DISBURSEMENTS  OF  CURRENT  FUNDS 
1922-1923 

Paid  for  salaries   of   teachers   and  superintendent $  56,004.32 

Paid  for  office  hehp    122.00 

Paid  for  janitor    service 1,862.47 

Paid  for  fuel     2,587.13 

Paid  for  insurance    909.17 

Paid  for  light,  gas,  water  and  installation 339.61 

Paid  for  rent    1,116.63 

Paid  for  interest  on  borrowed  money 221.30 

Paid  for  money  borrowed  repaid   5,125.58 

Paid  for  bill  for  printing 85.31 

Paid  for  repairs     2,263.09 

Paid  for  building  and  sites  out  of  current  fund 11,618.91 

Paid  for  supplies  709.79 

Paid  for  furniture     2,147.48 

Paid  for  incidentals    427.46 

Paid  for  bond  number  14,  first  series 1,000.00 

Paid  for  coupons  on  all  outstanding  bonds  for  year....  7,850.00 

Paid  for  certificate    of   deopsit — for    sinking   fund 7,000.00 

Total  amounts  of  checks  on  Treasury $101,390.25 

On  July  1,  1923,  there  was  on  deposit  in  the  Citizens  Bank,  the 
County  Treasurer  or  Financial  Agent: 

For  Sinking  Fund,  eight  certificates  of  deposit. ..  .$8,000.00 

Balance  on  Bond  Fund  (from  last  year) 2,404.40 

Balance  on  Bond  Fund  as  of  June  30,  1923 

Balance  on  Current  Fund  as  of  June  30,  1923 

I  have  not  been  able  to  secure  the  amount  of  these  balances.  The 
report  of  the  auditors,  S.  G.  Gardner  &  Company,  seems  to  be  full 
and  complete,  but  I  fail  to  comprehend  it. 

There  is  valuable  information  in  the  report  for  the  Board. 

There   should  be   three   separate   accounts   of  school   funds  kept 
in   order   to   comply   with   the   school   law.     A   new  and   accurate  . 
system  of  bookkeeping  should  be  adopted  to  keep  these  accounts  so 
they  can  be  balanced  at  any  time. 


^mhtx&on  (graticb  Retool  ^ontisi 

The  "First  Series"  of  school  bonds  was  voted  by  Henderson 
Township  on  April  11,  1905.  This  issue  w^as  for  $20,000  and  to  bear 
five  per  cent.  Of  this  amount  $14,000  has  been  paid  off.  leaving 
$6,000  yet  unpaid. 

The  "Second  Series"  was  voted  April  8,  1913,  and  was  for  $30,000 
High  School  bonds  to  bear  five  per  cent.  These  are  not  serial 
bonds,  but  will  become  due  in  a  lump  July  1,  1943.  At  this  date 
we  have  a  sinking  fund  of  $8,000  building  up  to  liquidate  these 
bonds  when  they  become  due. 

The  "Third  Series"  was  voted  December  14,  1920.  This  issue  was 
for  $100,000.  At  that  time  nothing  under  a  six  per  cent  bond 
could  be  sold.  So  we  put  it  into  the  face  of  each  bond  that  the 
Board  reserved  the  right  to  call  in  the  bond  at  any  time  by  giving 
ninety  days  notice  of  such  intention.  This  was  done  in  order  to 
replace  these  six  per  cent  bonds  with  lower  rate  bonds  as  soon  as 
the  bond  market  should  become  normal. 

The  "Fourth  Series"  of  school  bonds  was  voted  on  January  30, 
1923,  and  was  for  $150,000  five  per  cent  bonds;  $100,000  of  these 
bonds  were  "Refunding"  bonds  to  replace  the  former  $100,000  six 
per  cent  bonds;   the  other  $50,000  were  for  building  purposes. 

The  Third  Series  of  $100,000  was  taken  up  and  replaced  with 
five  per  cent  bonds.  This  Fourth  Series  are  serial  bonds  and  after 
1928  $5,000  will  be  paid  off  each  year  till  all  of  this  series  shall  be 
paid. 

The  following  is  a  simple  statement  of  the  outstanding  Henderson 
Graded  School  bonds  at  this  date,  August  1,  1923. 

First    Series $  6,000.00 

Second   Series 30,000.00 

Third    Series NONE 

Fourth    Series 150,000.00 

Total  bonded  indebtedness $186,000.00 

The  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  these  bonds  have  been  faithfully  in- 
vested in  the  purchase  of  sites  and  the  erection  of  school  build- 
ings. All  of  the  bonds  were  sold  above  par  and  accrued  interest. 
Not  a  dollar  of  the  money  has  been  lost  by  bad  investment;  rather, 
there  has  been  enhanced  value  in  every  instance. 


3ns;urance  Statement 

Building  Valuation  Ins'd.For  Furniture  Ins'd.For 

High    School $40,000.00 

Central    School 40,000.00 

North  Henderson 8,000.00 

South    Henderson 30,000.00 

(Keepers    Lodge) 600.00 

West    End 30,000.00 

Clark    Street 30,000.00 

Wortham     900.00 

Harris    600.00 

Teacherage     10,000.00 

Central    Colored 30,000.00 

Nuthush  and  Greystone.  . .        400.00 

The  insurance  business  is  distributed  among  the  various  Insur- 
ance Agencies  of  Henderson  as  follows: 

Henderon  Loan  and  Real  Estate  Company $44,100.00 

Land  Money  and  Insurance 27,000.00 

Citizens  Bank  and  Trust  Company 20,550.00 

G.  W.  Adams 20,000.00 

J.   C.   Cooper 19,550.00 

Southern  Loan  and  Realty  Company 18,300.00 

Citizens  Realty  and  Loan  Company 18,600.00 


30,000.00 

3,000.00 

2,500.00 

30,000.00 

2,500.00 

2,000.00 

6,000.00 

700.00 

500.00 

20,000.00 

800.00 

600.00 

500.00 

20,000.00 

800.00 

600.00 

20,000.00 

800.00 

600.00 

800.00 

200.00 

200.00 

400.00 

10,000.00 

1,500.00 

1,500.00 

20,000.00 

2,000.00 

2,000.00 

300.00 

Salaries;  ^aitr  for  ^ear  1922=1923 

J.   T.   Alderman,   Superintendent $2,700.00 

G.  C.  Davidson,  Principal  High  School 2,670.00 

Claudia    Hunter 1,200.00 

Ruth  Roth   1,200.00 

Mary*  Dozier 1,200.00 

May    Hunter 1,200.00 

Lucy  Kittrell  1,200.00 

Mrs.  Wm.   Couch 1,200.00 

Melita     Cook 1,080.00 

E.  S.  Johnson 1,800.00 

Mary    Young 990.00 

Susan    Kelly 945.00 

Mildi-ed  Cunningham,  Principal  Central  School 1,350.00 

Julia  Thomas    855.00 

Lucy    Smithwick 945.00 

Minnie    L.    Franklin    , 945.00 

Mildred    Upton 630.00 

Alieene    Wiggins 990.00 

Alice  Cheek 765.00 

Mrs.  J.  T.  Fesperman 810.00 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Griggs,  (7  months) 700.00 

Mrs.  C.  M.  Cooper,  (2  months) 200.00 

Kathleen    Moss 720.00 

Lillian  Jordan 765.00 

Belle   Graham 945.00 

Elizabeth  Graham 900.00 

Susan  Lamb 945.00 

Annette  Sturges 810.00 

Gladys  Umstead , 855.00 

Mary  Belle  Gary 855.00 

Gary  W.  Gilkeson 720.00 

Matilda  Lamb 475.00 

Agnes  Pegram,  Principal  North  Henderson  School 1,035.00 

Mrs.  Irene  Turner 945.00 

Patty  Perry 945.00 

Ruth  Carter 810.00 

Sallie   Mae  Willis 765.00 

Helen   Mustian 810.00 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Rose 765.00 

Martha  Pond,   (6  months) 365.50 

Beatrice  Tucker,  (7  months)    375.00 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Carroll 945.00 


Mariel  Gary,  Principal  South  Henderson  School $  1,015.00 

Mildred    Ellis 720.00 

Grey    Sellers , 585.00 

Sally  Lou  Davis 810.00 

Lottie    Edwards 765.00 

Ann  Louis  Jones 855.00 

Mrs.  Dovie  Jordan,   (6  months) 360.00 

Bessie  Lou  Collins 630.00 

Mrs.  Dorsey  Hart 540.00 

Lettie  Crouch,  (allowed  for  last  year) 85.00 

Office    help ,  122.00 

Coloreb  ^Teacfjerss 

J.  Y.  Eaton,  Principal  Colored  School 990.00 

Mary  A.  Eaton 675.00 

Sally  A.  Eaton 675.00 

Estelle  G.  Nichols 630.00 

Mary  E.  Byrd , 630.00 

Mary  Ida  Hart 630.00 

Sallie  P.  Eaton 630.00 

Emma    Wilson 585.00 

Helen  B.  Holmes 585.00 

Jane  H.  Howell 585.00 

Lucy  A.  Eaton 630.00 

Maggie  L.  Fuller 450.00 

Lillian   V.   Wyche 585.00 

Coresce    Eaton 65.00 

Catharine    Morton 40.00 

STanitorg 

Virgil  Gales,   (Central  School) 450.00 

Lottie   Davis,   sweeper   for  Virgil 108.00 

George  Hawkins,  High  School 450.00 

Mrs.  F.  B.  Cooper,  North  Henderson 270.00 

A.  T.  Vernon,  South  Henderson 260.00 

Grand   Marable,    Primary 180.00 

For  Colored  School 140.00 

For  service  at  other  schools 54.00 


mtntoty  for  1922=1923 

J.  T.  Alderman,  Superintendent 

G.  C.  Davidson,  Principal 

G.    C.    Davidson Latin 

Claudia  Hunter Commercial    Subjects    and    History 

Melita   Cook  . Mathematics 

Ruth  Roth  . .  ., Latin    and    French 

Mrs.  Wtlliam  A.  Couch English 

Mart  Dozier Latin  and  Civics 

May  Hunter English    and    History 

Lucy   Kittrei.l Mathematics 

E.  S.  Johnson Science  and   Athletics 

Mary  Young 7th  Grade 

Susan  Kelly 7th  Grade 

Central  ^cfjool 

Mildred  Cunningham.  Principal 

Annette  Sturges  First  Grade 

Gladys  Umstead    First  Grade 

Susan  Lamb First  Grade 

Mary  Belle  G.\ry First  Grade 

Mildred     Cunningham Second    Grade 

Julia     Thomas Second    Grade 

Matilda    Lamb Second   Grade 

Gary   Gilkeson  . . Second    Grade 

Lucy   Smithwick Third  Grade 

Minnie    Franklin Third  Grade 

Mildred    Upton Third  Grade 

Alieene    Wiggins. Fourth   Grade 

AI.ICE    Cheek Fourth   Grade 

Mrs.  J.  T.  Fesperman Fourth   Grade 

Mrs.  C.  M.  Cooper Fifth  Grade 

Kathleen    Moss , Fifth  Grade 

Lillian    Jordan Fifth  Grade 

Belle    Graham Sixth    Grade 

Elizabeth   Graham Sixth    Grade 


^orti)  ^tnttvaon  Retool 

Agnes  L.  Pegkam,  Principal 

Agkes    Pegram First  Grade 

Mrs.  Irene  Turner First  Grade 

Beatrice    Tucker First  Grade 

Patty    Perry Second  Grade 

Martha    Pond Second   Grade 

Ruth   Carter Third   Grade 

Sallie  Mae  Willis Fourth    Grade 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Rose Fifth  Grade 

Helen  Mustian Sixth  and  Seventh  Grades 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Carroll Wortham    School 

Mabiel  G.yry,  Principal 

Ann    Louis    Jones First    Grade     . 

Mildred    Ellis.  .  ., First    Grade 

Grey    Sellers Second   Grade 

Mrs.  Dovie  C.  Jordan Second   Grade 

Lottie     Edwards. Third    Grade 

Sallie   Lou  Da\t^s Fourth   Grade 

Mariel   Gary Fifth    Grade 

Bessie   Lou   Collins West    End    School 

Mrs.   Dorsey   Hart Harris    School 

Coloreb  Retools; 

J.  Y.  Eaton,  Principal 

Mary    E.    Byrd First  Grade 

Jane  Howell First  Grade 

Estelle  Nichols Second    Grade 

Sally  F.  Eaton Second    Grade 

Helen    Holmes , Third    Grade 

Mary    Hart Third    Grade 

Maggie    Fuller Fourth    Grade 

Sally  A.  Eaton Fourth    Grade 

Emma  Wilson Fifth    Grade 

Mary  A.  Eaton Sixth    Grade 

Lucy  A.  Eaton , Greystone    School 

Lillian  Wyche Nutbush    School 

Catharine    Morton Supply 

J.  Y.   Eaton Higher   Grades 


STanitorg 

ViBGiL  Gales Central   School 

George    Hawkins High   School 

Mbs.  F.  B.  Cooper North    Henderson 

A.  T.  Vernon South    Henderson 

Colored   School 


of  Jlenbers^on 

I  have  made  considerable  effort  to  get  information  about  tbe 
old  time  schools  in  the  community.  I  have  found  no  record  or 
tradition  of  a  school  in  this  section  prior  to  1817.  There  had 
been  good  schools  in  Williamsboro  many  years  before  that 
time. 

Dr.  R.  J.  Gill  gave  me  some  facts  as  they  came  to  him  when 
a  boy.  Mrs.  I.  J.  Young  became  interested  in  assisting  me  and 
has  rendered  valuable  service  in  securing  material  for  a  sketch 
of  the  schools  of  long  ago.  Our  esteemed  townswoman,  Mrs. 
Sallie  E.  Kerner,  furnished  much  of  the  information  about 
the  old  time  schools.  She  is  endowed  with  a  wonderful  mem- 
ory and  had  the  facts  from  her  mother  who  lived  here  and  was 
a  student  in  the  schools  in  the  early  part  of  last  century.  I 
wish  to  express  my  hearty  thanks  to  these  and  others  who 
aided  me. 

In  1817  Jesse  J.  Kelly,  great  grandfather  of  Miss  Susan  Kel- 
ly, taught  in  a  grove  where  the  station  of  the  Southern  Rail- 
Avay  now  stands.  He  was  only  sixteen  years  old  at  the  time 
but  "kept"  a  good  school.  Elizabeth  Reavis,  a  six  year  old 
daughter  of  Lewis  Reavis,  attended  this  school.  Elizabeth 
Reavis  married  Lewis  Kittle  and  was  the  mother  of  Mrs. 
Kerner. 

From  1818  to  1822  Miss  Drucilla  Macon  boarded  in  the 
homie  of  Lewis  Reavis  and  taught  a  school  for  girls  at  Chalk 
Level ;  Elizabeth  Reavis  attended  this  school  during  those  years. 
At  the  same  time  there  was  a  school  for  boys  at  Chalk  Level. 

In  1823  Lewis  Reavis  taught  a  school  in  a  small  house  near 
where  Mr.  A.  J.  Harris  now  lives.  Lewis  Reavis  lived  to  the 
right,  and  a  short  distance  beyond  the  colored  cemetery.  The 
old  Reavis  burying  ground  lies  between  the  Reavis  home  and 
the  colored  cemetery.  About  1825  Lewis  Reavis  built  the 
house  in  front  of  the  law  building,  and  the  Reavis  family  lived 
there  many  years.     This  was  an  old  time  tavern  where  many 


14  Henderson  Public  Schools 

prominent  men  stopped  on  their  trips  north  and  south.  Later 
it  was  occupied  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Beck. 

In  1825  Miss  Caroline  Ruffin  of  jSTorfolk  taught  in  a  building 
where  the  colored  college  has  since  been  located.  There  was  once 
a  Methodist  church  there  known  as  Rock  Springs. 

Thomas  Reavis,  a  brother  of  Lewis,  was  educated  by  his  fath- 
er for  a  teacher.  He  taught  in  this  vicinity  during  the  yeai's 
between  1830-1840. 

The  year  1838  was  an  important  period  because  the  Raleigh 
and  Gaston  Rail  Road  reached  Chalk  Level  and  the  event  was 
duly  celebrated  by  the  community.  For  a  time  this  was  the 
stopping  place  for  travel.  Chalk  Level  seems  to  have  been 
quite  a  community  center  long  before  the  advent  of  the  Rail 
Road.  There  were  several  stores,  an  old  time  Inn  or  Tavern, 
blacksmith  shops,  a  number  of  residences,  and  other  utilities 
common  to  a  country  village.  There  were  two  schools,  one  for 
boys,  and  one  for  girls.  Sentiment  appeared  to  be  unfavorable  to 
coeducation  in  those  days.  Chalk  Level  was  the  stopping  place 
for  stage  coaches  passing  on  the  muddy  highway  from  Halifax 
to  Hillsboro  as  well  as  for  those  passing  from  Raleigh  to  the 
north.  Remains  of  these  old  roads  can  now  be  traced  for 
miles.  The  large  A.  A.  C.  fertilizer  plant  is  on  a  part  of  the 
old  Chalk  Level  site. 

By  the  latter  part  of  1838  the  railroad  had  been  completed 
two  miles  farther  south  and  the  contractors  reported  to  the 
authorities  that  they  had  established  a  staion  one  and  a  half 
miles  west  of  Chalk  Level.  It  is  quite  certain  that  substantial 
inducements  caused  the  Railroad  Co.,  to  select  the  present  site 
for  a  station. 

Mrs.  Kerner  relates  the  following  interesting  facts  concerning 
the  naming  of  the  new  station  :  Lewis  Reavis  and  Judge  Hen- 
derson were  great  friends.  It  was  decided  to  have  a  barbecue 
and  picnic  at  Rock  Spring  and  on  that  occasion  to  secure  the 
consensus  of  opinion  for  a  name  for  the  place.  Owing  to  the 
fact  that  Reavis  had  deeded  ten  acres  to  the  Railroad  some 
one  proposed  to  give  the  place  the  name  "Reavisville." 
Lewis  Reavis  himself  moved  that  it  be  named  Henderson,  in 
honor  of  his  friend.  Judge  Henderson.     The  motion  was  unau- 


Henderson  Public  Schools  15 

imously  adopted.  The  time  when  this  barbecue  was  given  is 
still  uncertain.     Henderson  is  mentioned  before  1837. 

The  new  town,  Henderson,  received  its  charter  in  1841.  Some 
years  later  there  was  an  amendment  to  the  charter,  the 
bill  called  for  a  circle  with  a  radius  of  1500  yards;  the  clerk 
made  a  slight  mistake  and  wrote  it  1500  miles. 

January  24,  1843,  the  legislature  incorporated  the  "Henderson 
Male  Academy."  The  Academy  grounds  were  just  west  of 
Mr.  I.  J.  Young's  residence  in  a  grove  of  oaks.  The  trustees 
named  in  the  incorporation  were :  John  D.  Hawkins,  F.  Haw- 
kins, Wesley  Young,  D.  E.  Young,  Triplett  T.  Estees,  Alex- 
ander Butler,  Protheus  E.  A.  Jones,  Dr.  J.  B.  Debnam,  William 
J.  Andrews,  E.  P.  Hughes  and  Alexander  I^uttall. 

Rev.  R.  H.  Chapman  was  principal  in  1843. 

A  State  record  shows  that  Wm.  H.  Bass  and  R.  Macon 
taught  in  Henderson  about  that  time. 

A  State  record  says  that  in  1848  the  Henderson  Male 
Academy  was  in  a  flourishing  condition. 

In  1848  Archibald  Turner  lived  where  Mr.  J.  T.  Marrow 
lives  now;  he  ran  a  saAv  mill  where  the  John  Watkins  lumber 
house  stands.  Turner  employed  a  number  of  teachers  and  had 
a  school  taught  in  a  boarding  house  on  the  lot  now  occupied  by 
the  Sarah  Elizabeth  Hospital.  One  of  his  teachers  was  Miss 
Lizzie  Candie  from  the  north. 

About  the  same  time  Miss  Frances  Arundell  of  Louisburg 
taught  a  private  school  for  little  children  in  Henderson. 

In  1849  or  1850  Col.  Protheus  E.  A.  Jones,  a  lawyer,  built 
a  house  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  our  present  Mayor,  S.  R. 
Chavasse,  Across  Chavasse  Avenue,  in  a  beautiful  grove,  Col. 
Jones  put  up  a  large  roomy  school  building.  The  grove  has 
long  since  disappeared  and  the  grounds  are  covered  by  resi- 
dences. Col.  Jones  secured  teachers  from  the  north  and  while 
he  did  not  teach  himself,  he  conducted  a  most  excellent  school 
for  girls.  Some  of  his  teachers  were :  Miss  Martha  Crandle,  a 
Miss  Harris  from.  Connecticut,  Misses  Lizzie  and  Mary  Grote 
from  Vermont  and  a  Miss  Towsley.  Perhaps  Miss  Frances 
Arundell  taught  in  this  school.  She  was  a  very  popular  teacher 
and  her  memory  has  been  perpetuated  in  the  names  of  children 
long  after.     The  Jones  family  later  moved  to  Raleigh. 


16  Henderson  Public  Schools 

About  1851  Prof.  Jolin  J.  Wyche  took  charge  of  the  Hender- 
son Male  Academy.  He  was  an  unusually  well  prepared  scholar 
and  teacher.  He  taught  eight  languages  as  well  as  all  branches 
of  mathematics  and  the  sciences  of  the  day.  He  prepared  a 
large  number  of  young  men  for  college. 

It  is  understood  that  Dr.  W.  F.  Tillett,  Dean  of  Vanderbuilt 
University,  received  his  training  under  "Wyche  in  Henderson. 
John  Reavis  and  Prof.  Turner  M.  Jones — afterward  President 
of  Warrenton  and  Louisburg  Colleges  for  girls — were 
graduates  of  Randolph-Macon  College.  Another  of  Wyche's 
pupils  was  Lewis  Butler  of  Arkansas  who  later  became  city  at- 
torney of  St.  Louis.  Others  were  Col.  A.  B.  Andrews,  William 
Jones,  Edmund  Brodie  and  Henry  G.  Turner,  a  son  of  Archi- 
bald Turner  named  above.  Turner  went  to  Georgia  and  Avas  a 
member  of  Congress  from  that  state  for  twenty-four  consecutive 
years. 

The  Bracy  Military  School  was  housed  in  the  Henderson 
Male  Academy  one  year  about  1855.  Bracy  and  his  wife  were 
popular  and  were  fine  musicians.  They  remained  in  Henderson 
only  a  short  time. 

"The  Henderson  Female  Academy"  was  incorporated  in  1855  ; 
the  trustees  were :  James  Stamper,  Lewis  Brodie,  Ellis  Young, 
Parry  Wyche,  Lewis  Kittle  and  Thomas  Blacknall.  The  acade- 
my building  Avas  located  in  a  grove  where  Dr.  W.  W.  Parker's 
dwelling  is  today;  there  was  a  central  large  room  with  two 
wings.  The  first  teachers  were  Amanda  S^vain,  Helen  Swain, 
and  Lizzie  Timanus,  all  graduates  of  Patapsco  college,  Mary- 
land. On  the  opening  day  of  the  school,  Amanda  Swain  rang  a 
new  hand  bell  to  call  the  girls  in  the  first  time ;  that  bell  is  now 
in  possession  of  Mrs.  Kerner  of  our  city.  There  Avere  about 
seventy-five'  girls  in  the  school. 

Two  young  ladies  named  Phipps,  from  Virginia,  had  charge 
of  the  Female  Academy  in  1858  and  1859. 

In  1859  Daniel  H.  Christie  of  Virginia  took  charge  of  both 
schools  the  "Male  Academy"  and  the  "Female  School."  The 
schools  were  entirely  separate  having  different  faculties  for 
each.  Christie  employed  Gavin  Lindsey  to  assist  in  the  boys 
school.  Christie  was  a  military  expert  and  drilled  the  boys 
every  day. 


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Henderson  Public  Schools  17 

Tlie  teachers  for  the  girls  were :  Lavinia  Gorse,  Genevia 
O'Bryan,  and  Mrs.  Christie.  Miss  O'Bryaii  of  Oxford,  was 
music  teacher;  Miss  Gorse  seems  to  have  been  a  strong  and 
valuable  teacher,  but  having  come  from  the  north  her  senti- 
ments in  those  strenuous  times  at  the  opening  of  the  civil  war 
were  entirely  with  the  north  and  against  the  south.  Feeling  be- 
came so  bitter  that  she  had  to  resign  and  go  back  to  Schoharie, 
her  home  in  New  York.  Both  schools  were  very  prosperous 
under  the  management  of  Col.  Christie.  He  had  a  number  of 
the  advanced  boys  go  to  the  girls  academy  to  recite  their  lan- 
guage lessons  to  Miss  Gorse.  This  created  great  rivalry  be- 
tween the  boys  and  girls  as  each  was  determined,  under  the  in- 
spiration of  Miss  Gorse,  to  excel.  One  boy  is  still  on  record  as 
having  studied  day  and  night  determined  that  his  sweet-heart 
should  not  beat  him. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1860  Christie  left  the  schoolroom  and 
assisted  in  organizing  the  Twenty-third  N.  C.  Regiment.  He 
was  commissioned  Major,  but  was  later  promoted  to  higher 
rank. 

After  Colonel  Christie  left  the  school,  Miss  Clara  Scarboro,  a 
young  lady  w^ho  had  come  from  "up  Hudson"  in  iN'ew  York  to 
teach  at  Pittsboro,  N^.  C,  came  to  Henderson  and  had  charge  of 
the  girls'  school.  She  stayed  about  two  years  in  the  work  here ; 
she  boarded  w4th  Mrs.  Kerner  and  they  became  intimate 
friends.  Miss  Polly  Yancey  assisted  her  with  the  music ;  Miss 
Martha  Hicks  also  taught  with  her.  As  the  war  went  on  Miss 
Scarboro  became  very  desirous  to  go  back  to  her  home  in  New 
York.  At  that  time  it  was  almost  impossible  to  get  through 
the  lines  as  both  armies  were  strictly  guarding  everywhere. 
There  was  a  man,  Elihu  Burnett  from  JSTew  York,  here  very  sick 
with  consumption;  he  wanted  to  get  back  to  his  home  before 
he  should  die ;  Miss  Scarboro  hoped  to  get  through  with  him,  but 
in  this  she  failed.  She  then  went  back  to  Pittsboro  and  after- 
wards married  a  man  in  Pittsboro  named  Martin.  She  had  seven 
daughters ;  one  of  them,  Ella,  married  Mr.  Frank  Page,  the 
excellent  highway  supervisor  of  ISTorth  Carolina. 

About  the  close  of  the  Avar  Frederick  and  Charles  Fetter  took 
charge  of  the  Henderson  Male  Academy ;  later  they  were  joined 
2    , 


kiorar) 


18  Henderson  Public  Schools 

loj  their  father,  Manuel  Fetter.  The  Fetters  were  well  known 
educators  and  drew  patronage  from  other  parts  of  the  state.  A 
number  of  prominent  men  received  their  academic  training  here 
with  the  Fetters.  Such  men  as  Judge  Francis  D.  "Winston  were 
trained  by  the  Fetters  while  in  Henderson. 

Capt.  W.  J.  Robards  taught  awhile  with  the  Fetters  and  then 
taught  by  himself. 

In  the  fall  of  1873  the  Homers,  Rev.  Thomas,  and  his  son, 
Prof.  W.  D.  Horner,  took  charge  of  the  Henderson  Male  Acade- 
my and  for  about  twenty  years  made  it  one  of  the  leading 
schools  of  ISTorth  Carolina.  The  good  that  they  accomplished 
in  shaping  the  lives  and  character  of  the  young  men,  as 
well  as  the  unheralded  services  rendered  freely  for  the  needy 
and  the  less  fortunate  boys  and  girls  in  this  community,  will 
be  revealed  only  when  the  final  accounts  shall  be  cast  up. 
Samples  of  their  work  are  found  iu  the  lives  of  such  men  as 
Rev.  B.  W.  Spillman,  D.D.,  Governor  Locke  Craig,  Stephen  B. 
"Weeks,  Judge  H.  A.  Foushee,  and  many  others.  For  some  years 
the  Horner  school  was  a  successful  military  institution. 

About  1871  Mr.  Len  Henderson  and  daughter  Fanny,  had 
a  school  where  Mr.  A.  J.  Harris  lives.  Later  C.  G.  Daven- 
port opened  a  school  for  boys  and  girls  in  Henderson.  In 
the  early  eighties  G.  D.  Elsworth  had  a  school  about  the  crossing 
of  Rowland  and  Rock  Spring  streets;  he  later  moved  to  the 
western  part  of  the  town.  In  1884  or  1885  he  received  an  ap- 
pointment to  a  position  in  Washington  which  he  still  holds. 

Some  years  ago  a  number  of  the  business  men  of  the  town 
desired  to  establish  a  school  of  high  grade  for  girls  here.  They 
organized  a  company,  secured  subscriptions  and  built  "The  Hen- 
derson Female  College."  The  board  of  managers  elected  Prof. 
J.  M.  Rhodes  as  first  president  of  the  college.  He  held  the  posi- 
tion less  than  two  years  when  owing  to  some  misunderstanding 
Rhodes  resigned  and  went  to  Littleton. 

Superintendent  D.  S.  Allen  taught  for  awhile  about  1888.     In 

1889  W.  y.  Savage  conducted  the  Male  Academy  but  left  in 

1890  to  enter  the  ministry.  Mr.  J.  A,  Gilmer  had  the  school 
for  some  years  y,^e  left  in  1899  and  entered  the  ministry  of  the 
Presbyterian  church. 


Henderson  Public  Schools  19 

This  by  no  means  gives  a  full  account  of  the  good  men  who 
taught  in  Henderson  before  the  opening  of  the  Graded  Schools 
in  1899. 

What  shall  we  say  of  the  women  who  for  the  last  fifty 
years  have  endured  the  trials  and  hardships  and  have  taught  the 
children  of  the  town  when  the  odds  were  so  strongly  against 
them  and  their  efforts.  Beginning  in  the  days  of  reconstruction 
when  all  seemed  chaos  they  quietly  trained  the  younger 
children  for  future  citizenship  and  instilled  into  their  young 
minds  and  hearts  those  principles  of  right  living  which  have 
ripened  into  so  many  noble  characters. 

N^ot  being  familiar  with  the  times  in  Henderson  it  will 
be  impossible  to  mention  these  women  as  they  deserve.  We  can 
mention  only  a  few  and  hope  this  will  be  a  stimulus  to  others 
to  write  a  fuller  testimony  of  our  gratitude  to  them  for  their 
services. 

Mrs.  Mariah  Parham  and  Mrs.  W.  D.  Horner  for  long  years 
conducted  a  school  of  excellent  worth  and  many  of  our  best 
women  will  always  feel  the  stimulation  they  received  under  the 
tuition  of  these  saintly  women.  Mrs.  Parham  has  gone  to  her 
reward,  Mrs.  Horner  is  still  with  us  going  about  doing  good. 

Mrs.  Willis  Eowland  taught  in  the  Louisburg  College,  some 
colleges  in  Virginia,  then  came  to  Henderson.  Those  who  knew 
her  speak  in  the  highest  terms  of  her  and  her  Avork.  Her  school 
was  in  one  end  of  the  town  while  Mrs.  Parham  and  Mrs.  Horner 
were  in  another.  Each  school  had  about  thirty-five  girls,  which 
was  an  excellent  showing  considering  the  conditions  of  the  small 
town.  These  good  women  had  a  hard  fight  against  the  evil 
tendencies  of  the  times,  but  with  a  strong  determination  they 
accomplished  great  things  for  many  of  the  strong  women  who 
now  shape  the  destinies  of  Henderson.  Mrs.  Rowland  was 
an  excellent  teacher  and  had  been  called  upon  to  train  girls 
all  the  way  through  college.  She  has  passed  away,  but  her 
influence  abides  in  the  lives  of  many  who  cherish  her  mem- 
ory. She  and  her  sister,  Mrs.  Averett,  conducted  the  school 
where  W.  B.  Daniel  now  lives  and  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
street,  now  a  vacant  lot. 

Miss  Eugenia  Thrower  had  a  good  school  on  Clark  Street 
under  the  name  "Maplehurst  School;"  she  and  Mrs.  Pittman  did 


20  Hendeeson  Public  Schools 

the  town  a  great  service  in  training  the  children  under  their 
charge.  Miss  Mariah  Duty  conducted  a  school  on  Charles 
Street  for  years  before  the  opening  of  the  city  schools.  Many  of 
the  men  remember  her  as  a  strong  and  efficient  teacher  of  boys  of 
those  times.  Mrs.  Joe  Harris  was  a  teacher  a  long  time  in 
Henderson.  Mrs.  IST.  W.  Garden  taught  the  little  public  school. 
Mrs.  Garden  was  one  of  the  few  who  held  the  highest  state  cer- 
tificates, as  the  records  in  Raleigh  show.  A  bare  mention  is 
all  that  can  be  given  to  others;  Miss  Emma  Hood,  Mrs.  Nor- 
wood, Mrs.  Junius  Daniel.  Mrs.  Daniel  was  later  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  city  graded  schools.  There  was  a 
Mrs.  Phillips  who  had  a  school  on  Garnet  and'  Spring  streets  in 
1865.  Miss  Partridge  in  early  times  had  a  school  where  the 
W.  E,  Gary  family  now  lives. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Colton  taught  with  Prof.  Gilmer  for  a  while. 
She  w^as  a  very  highly  educated  young  lady.  After  leaving 
Henderson  she  was  for  some  years  in  the  faculty  of  Meredith 
College  at  Raleigh. 

After  the  Fair  went  down  years  ago,  Mrs.  Collins  Parham 
and  Mrs.  Billy  Cheatham  taught  in  the  old  Floral  Hall  which 
was  near  where  the  stand  pipe  is  now. 

Mrs.  Phillips,  Misses  Jennie  and  Fannie  Buford  conducted 
school  in  the  Henderson  Female  College  for  awhile  in  the 
early  nineties.  They  employed  teachers  from  colleges  in  the 
north  but  they  could  not  secure  sufficient  patronage  to  continue. 

These  are  only  a  few  of  the  host  of  excellent  women  who 
trained  the  children  of  the  tow^l  in  the  private  schools;  others 
whose  names  are  not  known  to  the  writer  deserve  honorable 
mention  and  he  delegates  this  important  and  pleasant  duty  to 
some  one  familiar  with  the  times. 

The  people  of  Henderson  were  dependent  upon  the  dozen 
or  more  private  schools  for  the  education  of  the  children.  JSTo 
criticism  can  be  made  against  these  schools  as  to  the  quality 
of  the  work;  but  there  was  no  cooperation,  no  correlation  or 
system,  no  systematic  gradation,  nothing  to  develop  a  town 
pride  or  regard  for  a  finely  developed  system  of  schools. 

The  little  free  school  down  by  the  cemetery  was  held  virtu- 
ally in  contempt,  the  people  were  averse  to  patronizing  ''free 


Henderson  Public  Schools  21 

schools."     Later  a  better  public  school  building  was  put  out  on 
west  Chestnut  Street,  but  it  did  not  fare  much  better. 

tKfje  #ratieti  ^cfjools; 

The  summer  of  1899  found  the  citizens  of  Henderson  deeply 
agitated  on  the  school  question.  Every  town  of  its  size  in  the 
country  had  a  system  of  graded  schools;  what  was  the  trouble 
with  Henderson?  A  mass  meeting  was  called;  the  people  were 
there ;  Avays  and  means  were  discussed. 

There  was  no  money  on  hand  available  for  this  purpose. 
It  was  not  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  county  commissioners 
to  levy  an  extra  tax,  besides  it  was  too  late  as  the  meeting 
was  held  in  August.  Notwithstanding  all  obstacles  a  resolu- 
tion was  unanimously  adopted  to  raise  the  money  by  private 
subscriptions  and  start  the  school.  The  meeting  en  masse 
elected  a  Board  of  Trustees  to  hold  office  until  the  legislature 
should  make  provision  for  the  school.  The  trustees  elected 
were :  Rev.  J.  D.  Hufham,  D.D.,  D.  Y.  Cooper,  C.  A.  Lewis, 
J.  L.  Curren,  G.  A.  Rose,  W.  E.  Gary,  Dr.  F.  R.  Harris,  J.  T. 
Elmore  and  J.  B.  Owen. 

Later  the  trustees  met  and  elected  Dr.  Hufham,  chairman, 
G.  A.  Rose,  secretary  and  J.  B.  Owen,  treasurer.  During  the 
first  two  years  the  schools  were  in  a  large  measure  supported  by 
money  paid  in  by  the  citizens.  J.  T.  iVlderman  was  elected 
superintendent ;  six  teachers  were  selected  to  take  the  grades. 
They  were  Lemme  Jordan,  Charlotte  Young,  Leona  Curren, 
Birdie  Watson,  Fannie  Alston,  Mrs.  !N".  W.  Garden  and  Lila 
Tucker.  The  old  Ford  tobacco  warehouse  was  purchased,  re- 
modled  and  prepared  for  occupancy.  Three  hundred  new 
single  desks  and  other  modern  equipments  were  purchased.  The 
schools  opened  October  30,  1899. 

In  order  to  preserve  a  history  of  the  schools  a  great  many 
item.s  and  incidents  could  be  included  in  this  sketch  which 
would  be  interesting  in  after  years.  A  cut  of  the  first  faculty 
including  Amy  Butler,  who  assisted  that  year,  is  presented. 

The  enrollment  the  first  year  was  365  with  an  average  at- 
tendance of  225.  The  year  1900-1901  was  about  as  the  former, 
just  a  few  more  pupils  enrolled  and  a  higher  average  attend- 


22  Henderson  Public  Schools 

ance.  This  year  branch  schools  were  established  near  the 
northern  and  the  southern  borders  of  the  town.  Mrs.  Horner, 
Lucy  Davis,  Jessie  Page  and  Amy  Butler  were  added  to  the 
list  of  regular  teachers. 

Charter 

The  Legislature  of  1901  prepared  a  charter  for  the  Hender- 
son Graded  Schools  which  was  adopted  by  popular  vote  of 
Henderson  Township.  The  vote  on  adopting  the  charter  was, 
'Tor  Schools,"  456,  "Against  Schools,"  10.  Of  those  who  voted 
against  schools  five  were  negroes. 

Unfortunately  the  maximum  special  tax  for  the  schools  al- 
lowed was  twenty  cents  on  the  hundred  dollars  worth  of  taxable 
property.  On  account  of  this  limitation  we  have  never  been 
able  to  secure  money  enough  to  run  the  schools  as  we  would 
like  to  have  done;  the  efficiency  of  the  schools  has  been  contin- 
ually hampered. 

The  full  text  of  the  charter  and  all  amendments  will  be 
found  in  the  last  few  pages  of  this  pamphlet. 

Poarb  of  ^rusfteesi 

The  first  trustees,  nine  in  number,  Avere  elected  at  a  mass 
meeting  of  the  people  in  Burwell  Hall.  The  charter  continued 
the  plan  of  having  nine  trustees ;  at  first  the  trustees  were  elected 
by  the  board  as  a  self  perj)etuating  body,  later  this  was 
changed  and  they  were  elected  by  popular  vote  at  the  regular 
elections.  Thirty-three  good  men  and  women  have  served  as 
trustees  of  the  schools.  Their  services  have  been  freely  given 
without  fee  or  the  hope  of  reward.  Seven  of  the  number  have 
been  called  to  meet  their  final  rewards. 

Twenty-four  years  have  made  great  changes  in  the  personnel 
in  school  boards,  in  fact,  of  the  whole  community.  Your  super- 
intendent remains  alone  as  the  sole  representative  of  the  first 
organization  of  the  schools  in  1899,  as  not  one  of  the  orig- 
inal board  is  now  connected  with  the  schools  as  trustee.  As  a 
matter  of  history  the  list  of  those  who  have  served  at  some 
time  as  trustees,  from  the  beginning  of  the  schools  in  1899  to 
July  1923,  is  here  given. 


Henderson  Public  Schools  23 


ILi&t  of  Cmsitecs!  anb  Cime  of  ^erfaice 

*Rev.  J.   D.   Hufham,   D.D 1899-1904 

*D.    Y.    Cooper 1899-1919 

J.    B.    Owen 1899-1913 

Dr.  F.  R.  Harris 1899-1914 

*  J.    L.    Currin 1899-1909 

*W.    E.    Gary 1899-1904 

J.    T.    Elmore 1899-1901 

G.    A.    Rose 1899-1902 

C.    A.    Lewis 1899-1917 

*A.    C.    ZoIIicoffer 1901-1914 

*J.    D.    Cooper 1903-1909 

W.    W.    Parker 1905-1911 

G.    B.   Harris 1905-1911 

J.    C.    Kittrell 1912-1922 

J.    P.    Taylor 1912-1913 

Mrs.    Junius    Daniel 1912-1915 

R.    R.    Pinkston 1913-1919 

J.    A.    Moore 1914-1916 

S.    P.   Cooper 1913-1922 

J.  I.  Miller 1914-1919 

S.    T.    Peace 1914-1922 

B.  F.    Harris 1915-1918 

C.  B.    Cheatham 1916-1920 

J.    D.    Cooper,    Jr 1916- 

W.   T.   Watkins 1917- 

W.    C.    Hight 1917- 

J.    H.    Bridgers 1918-1923 

J.    R.    Teague 1918- 

Mrs.    Henry    Perry 1920- 

Mrs.  W.   D.   Burwell 1922- 

C.   W.   Finch - 1922- 

R.   S.  McCoin 1918-1919 

R.  S.  McCoin 1922- 

*C.    S.    Brewer 1919-1919 

Those  Who  Have  Served  as  Chairman  of  the  Board 

Rev.    J.    D.    Hufham 1899-1903 

D.  Y.  Cooper 1903-1918 

J.    C.    Kittrell 1918-1922 

J.    H.    Bridgers 1922-1923 

W.   T.  Watkins 1923- 

*Deceased. 


24  Henderson  Public  Schools 

Those  Who  Have  Served  as  Secretary  of  the  Board 

G.  A.   Rose 1899-1902 

J.  L.    Currin 1902-1909 

C.  A.    Lewis 1909-1914 

J.  C.    Kittrell 1914-1916 

S.  T.    Peace 1916-1921 

J.  R.    Teague 1921- 

The  scliools  have  been  fortunate  in  securing  a  large  number 
of  good  and  conscientious  teachers.  Unfortunately  we  have 
not  been  in  financial  condition  to  pay  them  such  salaries  as 
their  services  have  been  worth  to  the  town.  They  served  well 
in  the  positions  they  held ;  their  names  are  inscribed  in  the 
permanent  school  records ;  the  results  of  their  toilsome  labors 
Avill  remain  and  follow  them  long  after  their  pilgrimage  shall 
have  ceased.  Hundreds  of  their  pupils  will  bless  and  hallow 
their  memory,  glorious  rewards  shall  be  revealed  for  them  here- 
after. (A  complete  list  of  the  teachers  is  included  near  the  end 
of  the  report.) 

Business  Department 

In  the  fall  of  1901  Prof.  W.  R.  Mills,  a  graduate  of  the 
Massey  Business  College  of  Richmond,  Ya.,  was  elected  to  open 
a  Business  Department  in  the  Henderson  Graded  Schools.  This 
was,  perhaps,  the  first  attempt  of  the  kind  in  connection  with 
the  public  schools  in  North  Carolina.  The  department  has 
been  a  great  help  to  our  young  people;  we  have  never  been 
able  to  supply  thq  demand  for  those  who  had  completed 
the  work.  Miss  Claudia  Hunter  has  had  charge  of  this  depart- 
ment for  several  years. 

^cJ)ool  3Recortis! 

A  complete  record  of  attendance  of  every  boy  and  girl  en- 
rolled in  the  schools  since  opening  day,  October  30,  1899,  is 
on  file  in  the  office.  Since  1906,  the  grade  standing  has 
been  preserved  in  the  original  Registers.  These  registers 
have  been  bound  for  preservation. 


HENDERsoisr  Public  Schools  25 

About  twelve  years  ago  I  decided  to  introduce  a  card  filing 
arrangement  so  as  to  have  easy  of  access  the  full  standing, 
birth,  parentage,  health  condition,  and  other  facts  about  each 
pupil.  This  was  my  arrangement  as  I  had  seen  none  before. 
Officials,  State  and  Federal  have  examined  and  highly  approved 
our  filing  system. 

Since  that  time  the  State  has  introduced  something  simi- 
lar into  the  plan  of  keeping  records  in  the  various  counties. 

Soon  after  the  Graded  Schools  opened  some  friends  suggested 
that  we  name  a  day  for  citizens  to  come  in  and  contribute  a 
book  to  start  a  school  library.  On  the  day  named  about  150 
books  were  laid  on  the  superintendent's  desk;  this  formed  the 
nucleus  of  our  library.  Since  that  time  frequent  contributions 
have  been  made.  The  teachers  and  pupils  gave  concerts,  vari- 
ous efforts  were  made  to  get  books.  The  trustees  were  not 
in  position  to  devote  money  to  the  library.  During  the  years 
prior  to  1916  we  had  on  the  shelves  about  one  thousand  good 
books  for  the  children. 

For  several  years  the  schools  have  been  pressed  for  room 
to  take  care  of  the  children,  so  the  book  cases  were  moved 
out  into  the  corridors  and  a  grade  seated  in  the  library. 
Several  hundred  of  the  books  have  disappeared.  The  question 
of  librarian  has  been  a  very  puzzling  one.  But  few  are  will- 
ing to  do  the  work  for  nothing  and  we  had  no  funds  to  pay 
for  the  service. 

About  fifteen  years  ago  I  wrote  to  those  who  had  the  Car- 
negie Library  distribution  in  hand.  After  some  correspondence 
I  got  the  promise  of  a  $20,000  Carnegie  Library  building.  But 
there  were  conditions.  One  was  that  we  must  secure  an  eligible 
site,  the  other  was  that  the  city  must  donate  annually  an 
amount  equal  to  ten  per  cent  of  the  investment  for  maintenance. 
x\fter  consulting  with  several  of  the  authorities  I  became  dis- 
couraged and  dropped  the  matter. 

I  am  rejoiced  to  learn  of  the  generous  proposition  of  the 
Perrys  to  establish  a  memorial  to  Leslie  Perry.  He  was  an 
excellent  young  man  and  the  memorial  is  well  deserved.  Per- 
haps this  will  open  the  way  for  other  philanthropic  movements. 


26  Henderson  Public  Schools 

Suggestions!  in  Jformer  l^cportsi 

In  my  report  for  1903  I  made  tlie  following  statement: 
The  following  are   some   of   the  questions  which   will   soon 
claim  your  attention : 

Free  Kindergartens 

Manual  Training 

School   ownership   of  text-books 

School  room  decorations 

Physical    examination    of    pupils 

Pupils  eyes  examined  by  skilled  oculist 

Night  Schools 

This  was  written  twenty  years  ago;  some  of  my  recommen- 
dations have  been  put  into  operation,  others  will  follow. 

My  report  for  that  year  also  contained  the  following: 

The  County   System 

Education  should  be  made  universal.  The  present  plan  of 
local  taxation  for  better  schools  in  certain  localities  is  in  the 
right  direction,  but  this  leaves  large  areas  of  intervening  sections. 
These  in  the  main  are  the  weaker  districts,  and  need  the  greater 
attention. 

Let  us  abolish  the  District  System,  do  away  with  local  taxation, 
and  make  the  general  public  fund  ample,  place  schools  wherever 
they  are  needed,  and  established  one  or  more  public  high  schools  in 
each    county.  ^i^v 

In  my  report  for  1906  I  had  the  following: 

I  appeal  to  the  mothers  and  other  earnest  women  of  Henderson  for 
organized  assistance  in  bringing  the  children  into  the  schools.  I 
have  the  highest  commendation  for  womans  club  organizations, 
great  good  is  to  be  accomplished  by  them.  Here  is  an  opportunity 
for  specific  tangible  work  in  philanthropy  among  the  children.  In- 
different and  heartless  parents  should  be  appealed  to  as  only 
good  women  can  do.  Should  the  children,  sometimes  helpless  or- 
phans, need  clothing,  books,  or  even  food,  this  is  a  great  opportun- 
ity for  service  that  coincides  with  the  spirit  of  true  religion  as 
presented  in  the  Bible. 

This  appeal  seventeen  years  ago  was  in  a  measure  prophetic 
of  the 


Henderson  Public  Schools  27 

This  Association  lias  a  great  field  for  exerting  its  influence 
and  power. 

Parents  have  been  prone  too  much  to  regard  the  teacher  as  a 
nurse  and  the  school  as  a  nursery.  They  may  be  that  but  the 
school  should  not  be  considered  merely  as  a  place  to  get  rid  of 
the  children  during  the  day.  Our  schools  must  be  developed  as 
institutions  of  learning  and  not  as  places  to  relieve  parents  of 
duties  that  belong  to  the  home. 

The  Henderson  Graded  Schools  were  organized  in  the  old 
Ford  warehouse  on  Breckenbridge  Street.  "We  had  bought 
that  property  at  a  very  low  price  and  had  cut  the  building  up 
into  eight  classrooms,  upper  and  lower  halls,  an  ofiice  for  the 
superintendent,  storerooms,  and  a  well  arranged  toilet  system  in 
the  basement  as  well  as  large  playrooms.  The  heat  was  fur- 
nished by  direct  steam  from  a  boiler  outside  the  building.  The 
remodeling  was  well  planned  and  all  was  made  convenient 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  school.  In  fact  it  was  too  con- 
venient ;  the  people  for  several  years  would  not  take  steps 
to  have  a  better  one.  During  the  six  years  we  occupied  the 
old  building,  excellent  work  was  done  in  giving  tone  to  the 
work  contemplated  in  a  graded  school  system. 

In  1903  the  exhibit  of  work  from  the  Henderson  schools  was 
awarded  the  gold  medal  at  the  State  Fair  in  Raleigh  as 
the  best  exhibit  from  any  school  in  the  State;  besides  we 
received  several  cash  prizes  and  blue  ribbons.  The  gold  medal 
is  in  the  school  safe. 

Central    School 

On  April  11,  1905,  the  people  of  the  township  voted  a  bond 
issues  of  $20,000,  five  per  cent'  bonds  for  the  purpose  of  putting 
up  a  modern  school  building.  The  building  was  completed  in 
the  spring  of  1906.  These  bonds  were  serial  and  at  this  date, 
1923,  we  have  paid  all  but  $6,000  of  that  issue.  The  Central 
building  was  at  that  time  the  best  school  building  in  this 
part   of  the  state,  very  few  better   anywhere.      The  plan  for 


28  Henderson  Public  Schools 

the  building  was  worked  out  by  your  superintendent  and  given 
to  a  Charlotte  architect  to  develop.  I  have  been  accustomed 
to  say  "This  is  my  building."  This  building  and  grounds 
equipped  cost  around  $25,000,  While  it  was  going  up  people 
came  to  me  and  said,  "What  are  you  putting  up  such  a  build- 
ing for  ?  You  will  never  fill  it."  It  was  my  purpose  to  convert 
this  building  into  a  city  High  School  as  soon  as  other  primary 
or  ward  schools  could  be  provided.  It  is  centrally  located  and 
will  serve  the  purpose  admirably  till  the  city  shall  be  able 
to  spend  several  hundred  thousand  dollars  for  ornamentation 
and  show.     This  building,  Avas  first  occupied  May  13,  1906. 

It  was  not  long  before  the  building  was  over-run  with  pupils. 
We  sent  out  a  colony  to  I^orth  Henderson  and  one  to  Souih 
Henderson,  but  still  they  came  and  we  could  not  accommodate 
the  children. 

It  was  evident  that  Ave  must  have  more  room,  so  it  Avas 
decided  to  put  up  a  building  exclusiA'ely  for  the  high  school. 

Present  High  School  Building 

On  April  8,  1913,  the  people  voted  for  $30,000  school  bonds 
for  the  erection  of  a  high  school  building.  These  bonds  are 
not  serial,  but  Avill  become  due  as  a  Avhole  in  1943.  I  was 
aAvay  at  the  time  this  building  was  planned.  Some  defects 
in  the  arrangement  could  be  over-come  at  no  great  cost.  The 
building  is  too  near  the  street ;  there  is  but  little  basement 
space  and  the  toilet  arrangements  are  not  in  keeping  with 
school  architecture  and  convenience.  The  original  lot  and 
building  cost  about  $30,000.  Recently  nearly  two  acres  have 
been  added  in  rear  of  the  building  which  makes  a  fine  athletic 
field.  This  building  was  first  occupied  by  the  high  school 
January  5,  1915. 

The  building  could  be  remodeled  and  converted  into  a  school 
for  lower  grades  of  First  Ward. 

ISToRTH  Henderson 

We  opened  a  branch  of  the  graded  schools  in  a  little  school 
building  owned  by  the  mill  authorities  in  the  fall  of  1901. 
The  building  was  by  no  means  large  enough  so  rooms  were 


Henderson  Public  Schools  29 

added.  In  tlie  spring  of  1914  we  purchased  a  whole  square 
some  distance  north  of  the  mill  and  put  up  the  present  build- 
ing ;  the  lot  and  building  cost  about  $8,000. 

Unfortunately  this  plant  is  away  from  water  and  sewer 
connection  and  it  has  been  a  serious  problem  to  provide  heat 
and  satisfactory  sanitary  conditions.  This  building  has  eight 
rooms  and  should  have  four  more ;  also  the  conditions  mentioned 
above  arranged.  A  janitor's  house  on  or  near  the  grounds 
should  be  provided  for  the  protection  of  the  property. 

SorTH  Henderson 

This  branch  of  the  schools  was  started  in  1901  in  the  Horner 
school  building.  In  the  spring  of  1906  a  very  good  frame 
structure  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $2,000  for  lot  and  house. 
Since  that  time  the  size  of  the  lot  has  been  increased  so  that 
there  are  now  about  three  acres.  This  school  is  also  outside 
of  water  and  sewer  limits.  After  a  short  time  one  room 
was  divided,  then  another  added  until  there  were  five  patched  up 
rooms  for  the  housing  of  the  children  who  crowded  into  the 
school.  The  present  modern  building  was  erected  in  the  fall 
of  1922  and  was  occupied  first  January,  1923.  It  is  a  modern, 
fire-proof  building,  with  approved  smoke  towers  and  made 
convenient  in  all  respects  except  the  lack  of  play  rooms.  This 
building,  equipment  and  grounds  cost  about  $32,000.  A  very 
good  janitor's  house  has  been  built  on  the  lot. 

"West  End  School 

This  building  was  constructed  in  the  winter  of  1922  and 
will  be  occupied  at  the  beginning  of  the  next  term.  There 
are  about  three  acres  in  the  lot  costing  $5,000.  The  building 
with  its  equipments  will  represent  a  cost  of  $32,000.  It  is 
a  fire-proof  construction  with  modern  smoke  towers  and  well 
arranged  in  all  respects  except  for  the  lack  of  basement  accom- 
modations for  cold  weather.  At  small  cost  basement  arrange- 
ments can  be  made.  The  lot  furnishes  large  grounds  for 
athletics. 


30  Henderson  Public  Schools 

Clark  Street  School 

The  lot  for  this  school  consists  of  near  two  acres  and  cost 
$7,800.  While  not  attractive  this  building  is  a  modern  struc- 
ture in  all  respects  except  ornamentation.  It  forms  a  unit 
to  which  additions  can  be  made  without  destroying  the  use- 
fulness of  any  part  or  marring  the  symmetry  of  the  architec- 
ture. If  these  new  buildings  had  been  faced  with  pressed 
brick  they  would  have  been  much  more  attractive. 

Excavation  was  not  made  for  basements  but  the  walls  were 
footed  low  enough  so  that  this  can  be  done  at  any  time.  Also 
additional  toilets  can  be  placed  in  the  basements.  This  school 
will  be  occupied  at  the  opening  of  the  fall  term.  The  cost  of 
the  building  is  about  $32,000  with  the  equipments.  This 
school  building  is  on  Clark  Street  near  the  place  where  "Maple- 
hurst"  school  was  located. 

WoRTHAM    School 

In  the  fall  of  1906  we  opened  a  school  in  a  pretty  little 
building  about  three  miles  from  to^m  on  the  road  to  Frank 
Wortham's  place.  The  acre  of  ground  and  the  building  cost 
$850.  Another  room  should  be  added  to  this  school  to  accom- 
modate the  children. 

Harris   School 

In  the  fall  of  1903  a  teacher  was  placed  in  an  old  store 
building  at  Harris  Cross  Roads  to  care  for  some  children  who 
lived  from  four  to  six  miles  from  town.  The  new  building  was 
put  in  the  wrong  place  as  the  road  by  the  schoolhouse  is  the 
dividing  line  between  Henderson  and  Dabney  twonships.  There 
is  one  acre  in  the  lot;  the  cost  of  lot  and  building  was  $500. 
The  present  building  was  put  there  in   1906. 

Primary  Grades  in  Old  Baptist  Church 

On  account  of  crowded  conditions  four  first  grades  and  two 
second  grades  have  been  housed  in  the  old  Baptist  church  for 
the  last  two  years.  While  the  children  have  been  in  the 
main   comfortable,   conditions   have   been   by   no   means   satis 


South  Henderson  School  Building 


West  End  School  Building 


Clark    Street    School   Buixding 


Henderson  Public  Schools  31 

factory.  It  cost  the  schools  about  $1,700  to  fit  up  the  old 
church  so  it  could  be  used ;  in  addition  we  have  paid  a  monthly 
rental  of  $65. 

Coebitt's 

Mr.  E..  J.  Corbitt  generously  tendered  a  large  upper  room 
at  the  Corbitt  Filling  Station  for  use  in  running  a  school  for 
smaller  grades  of  those  children  who  were  around  the  plant. 
Very  good  work  has  been  done  out  there.  This  will  not  be 
continued  as  these  children  are  near  enough  to  attend  the 
West  End  school. 

Colored  School  Building 

When  the  public  schools  of  Henderson  Township  were  taken 
over  by  the  Graded  Schools  in  1901  the  colored  schools  were 
included.  At  that  time  the  school  under  the  leadership  of 
J.  Y.  Eaton  was  conducted  on  the  slope  of  a  hill  some  distance 
out  on  Orange  Street  in  an  old  three-room  building.  Another 
room  was  added  that  year  and  still  the  school  was  crowded. 
In  1906  we  bought  the  Burgwynn  property,  overhauled  the 
building  and  j)repared  it  for  the  school.  This  is  a  large, 
three  story  brick  building  and  room  for  seating  about  eight 
hundred  children.  In  the  fall  of  1922,  contract  was  let  for 
modernizing  the  building  by  putting  in  approved  fire  towers, 
steam  heat,  and  the  best  of  equipments  in  all  respects.  It 
is  now  an  up-to-date  school  building  and  as  good  as  anybody 
can  desire. 

The  property  originally  cost  the  school  board  $4,000  and 
there  has  been  expended  on  it  since  about  $20,000. 

There  are  two  branch  schools  for  colored  children.  Grey- 
stone  and  ISTutbush.  Both  of  them  are  situated  on  the  edges 
of  the  township  and  give  considerable  trouble  by  being  filled 
up  with  children  outside  the  township.  Committees  have  been 
appointed  to  look  after  locating  these  schools  near  some  proper 
center. 

Teacher  AGE 

On  December  8,  1919,  the  school  board  bought  the  old  Man- 
ning boarding  house  for  a  teacherage.  The  cost  of  this  proper- 
ty has  been  very  heavy  to  the  board ;  it  was  necessary  to  make 


32  Henderson  Public  Schools 

very  expensive  repairs  so  as  to  fit  it  for  the  occupancy  of  tlie 
teachers.  This  had  to  he  done  at  a  time  when  material  and  la- 
hor  were  high  out  of  all  reason.  It  is  good  property  and  is 
serving  a  good  purpose  in  housing  the  teachers. 

Since  the  opening  of  our  city  high  school  three  hundred 
girls  and  boys  have  been  graduated  and  have  received  diplo- 
mas. A  large  per  cent  of  the  graduates  went  on  to  college, 
many  of  them  received  their  college  degrees  and  are  now  occu- 
pying places  of  trust  and  profit.  Some  day  a  sketch  of  them 
may  be  written  and  it  will  be  interesting  to  know  how  many 
of  them  have  attained  more  than  an  ordinary  success.  These 
young  people  are,  without  exception  perhaps,  a  splendid 
moral  force  in  their  community  and  stand  for  civic  righteous- 
ness and  personal  honor.  They  are  destined  to  exert  an  in- 
fluence that  shall  demonstrate  the  fact  that  they  are  above 
the  ordinary. 

A  complete  list  of  our  graduates  is  inserted  in  the  latter  part 
of  this  report.  Some  of  them  have  been  called  away  while 
yet  in  the  morning  of  life  at  a  time  when  the  allurements  of  a 
hopeful  future  beckon  them  on  to  ever  expanding  and  brighter 
prospects. 

They  were  good  and  loyal  pupils,  we  have  often  paused 
amidst  the  rounds  of  the  daily  duties, 

And  sigh  for  the  touch  of  a  vanished  hand, 
And  the  sound  of  a  voice  that  is  still. 

They  were  open-hearted  and  generous,  they  brought  sun- 
shine and  good-cheer  into  the  hearts  of  their  teachers 

And   with   the   morn   those    angel   faces    smile, 
Which  we  have  loved  long  since,  and  lost  awhile. 

^uperintenbent  3R.  (g.  i^ittrcll 

The  spring  of  1917  found  me  unable  to  perform  the  duties 
encumbent  uj^on  the  superintendent.  I  sent  my  resignation  to 
the  trustees.  For  the  next  year  Mr.  R.  G.  Kittrell,  an  ex- 
perienced and  highly  successful  school  man  was  elected  to  fill 


Hendebson  Public  Schools  33 

the  place.  He  was  a  source  of  inspiration  and  it  was  easy 
for  him  to  break  up  some  of  the  ruts  into  which  the  school 
had  drifted.  The  schools  made  progress  under  his  management 
and  many  valuable  changes  were  made.  It  was  a  good  and 
successful  year. 

(gollien  ^nnibersfarp 

The  close  of  the  year  rounds  out  my  golden  year  as  teacher, 
my  first  register  (which  is  still  among  my  papers)  was  opened 
in  August  1873.  At  our  last  teachers  meeting  in  May 
all  of  the  49  white  teachers  were  present.  All  seeming  vale- 
dictory sentiment  had  been  excluded  from  discussion.  Just  as  I 
dismissed  them  Miss  Cunningham,  one  of  the  teachers,  stepped 
out  as  spokesman  for  the  others  and  said  as  it  was  my  golden 
anniversary  as  teacher,  the  faculty  determined  to  give  a 
golden  token  of  their  affection  and  esteem.  She  then  handed 
me  a  little  box  which  I  found  contained  fifty  dollars  in  gold. 

Such  kindness  of  heart  from  my  teachers  makes  life  worth 
living. 

^f)t  jfiml^  of  1923 

A  severe  case  of  grip  prevented  my  being  present  at  the 
commencement,  June  1,  1923.  After  the  printed  program 
had  been  concluded,  two  dear  little  girls  drew  to  the  front  of 
the  platform  a  tea-wagon  on  which  was  a  beautiful  silver  ser- 
vice.    The  inscription  engraved  in  the  solid  silver  is : 

PRESENTED   TO 

J.  T.  ALDERMAN 

BY   CHILDREN    OF 

THE   HENDERSON   SCHOOLS 

as  a  token  of  appreciation  for  his  labors  among  them 

1899-1923 

My  heart  responds  to  this  token  from  the  children,  all  of 
whom  are  dear  to  me,  but  words  fail  in  the  effort.  I  wish  to 
express  appreciation  to  Mrs.  I.  J.  Young  for  the  assistance  she 
gave  the  little  folks  when  they  went  to  her  for  advice. 

The  presentation  in  each  case  was  a  complete  surprise  to  me. 
May  the  Lord  deal  graciously  and  bountifully  in  all  good  things 
to  the  teachers  and  my  dear  children. 
3 


34  Hejvdeksois'  Public  Schools 

After  a  period  of  fifty  years  of  confinement  in  the  scliool  room 
— twenty-four  of  them  in  Henderson — I  feel  it  my  duty  to 
retire  from  the  responsibilities  resting  upon  a  Superintendent. 
The  people  have  been  gracious  to  me  and  my  family.  Henderson 
is  our  home ;  our  children  have  grown  up  here ;  our  friends  are 
here  and  we  expect  to  remain  among  these  good  people. 

The  trustees  of  the  schools  and  I  have  worked  together  in 
harmony  endeavoring  to  make  the  schools  of  the  greatest  value 
to  the  people  of  the  community.  From  the  first  we  have  been 
badly  hampered  from  lack  of  money  to  run  the  schools  as  we 
desired.  So  many  things  have  been  left  out  because  we  could 
not  pay  for  them.  We  did  not  hold  the  purse  strings  to  the 
treasury  and  had  to  make  out  with  what  we  could  get.  Hender- 
son Township  paid  around  seventy  per  cent  of  all  school  taxes 
of  the  county  and  got  back  for  the  Henderson  schools  about  forty 
per  cent  of  the  school  funds.  This  has  been  the  condition  we 
have  had  to  face  for  many  years. 

jSTo  one  can  know  what  a  cross  it  is  and  will  be  to  give  up  the 
work  in  the  school  which  has  grown  up  a  part  of  me  and  in 
which  my  whole  being  has  been  so  deeply  concerned.  I  have 
nourished  it  through  its  infancy  and  now  as  it  reaches  its  ma- 
jority when  it  expands  and  develops  into  an  institution  of  the 
long  hoped  for  usefulness,  I  must  turn  over  the  helm  to  another. 

With  hearty  appreciation  for  the  consideration  of  our  friends 
and  with  unfeigned  good  will  for  all,  this  the  twenty-fourth 
annual  report  comes  to  a  close.  .< 


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Henderson  Public  Schools 


35 


Report  of  Higf)  ^cfjool  principal 
1922=1923 

Prof.  J.  T.  Alderman^  Superintendent. 

Dear  Sir  : — I  herewith  respectfully  submit  my  annual  report 

concerning  the  work  of  the  Henderson  High  School  for  the 

school  year  beginning  September  17,  1922,  and  ending  June  1, 

1923. 

According  to  our  records  the  enrollment  by  grade  and  sex 

has  been  as  follows: 

Boys  Girls  Total 

Eighth  grade 30  37  67 

Ninth  grade 18  30  48 

Tenth  grade  26  20  46 

Eleventh  grade 12  23  35 


86 

This  is  an  increase  of  29  over  1921-22. 
The  average  attendance  has  been: 

Boys 

Eighth    grade    24 

Ninth  grade  16 

Tenth  grade 22 

Eleventh  grade  11 


110 


196 


Girls 

Total 

33 

57 

20.2 

36.2 

17 

39 

21.4 

32.4 

73  91.6  164.6 

or  165 

This  tabulation  shows  an  increase  of  12  in  boys'  attendance 
over  year  1921-22,  the  average  for  girls  being  the  same  as  that 
of  last  year. 

The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  pupils  dropping 
out  of  each  grade  during  the  past  school  year: 

Boys  Girls  Total 

Eighth  grade  9  5                 14 

Ninth  grade 3  3                   6 

Tenth  grade 3  2                  5 

Eleventh  grade 1  0                  1 

16  10  26 

196 — 26  =  170,  number  completing  school  year. 


36  Hendeeson  Public  Schools 

When  the  fact  that  several  pupils  drop  out  of  school  by  the 
middle  of  the  year  is  considered,  the  average  attendance  dur- 
ing the  past  year  has  been  very  creditable.  There  was  no 
disease  epidemic  during  the  school  year,  but  influenza  inter- 
rupted school  attendance  to  some  extent. 

Promotions  on  the  year's  work  show  up  creditably,  only 
27  pupils  failing  of  promotion — 16  per  cent. 

Boys  Girls  Total 

Eighth  grade 15  22  37 

Ninth  grade 13  25  38 

Tenth  grade 19  15  34 

Eleventh  grade  11  23  34 

58  85  143 

Pollowing  is  the  record  by  grades  and  sex  for  all  pupils 
who  were  in  school  at  least  two-thirds  of  the  school  year : 

Boys  Girls  Total 

Eighth  grade  21  32  53 

Ninth  grade 15  27  42 

Tenth  grade 23  18  41 

Eleventh  grade  11  23  34 

70  100  170 

Final  examinations  are  given  three  times  each  year.  Out 
of  three  thousand  possible  term  failures  there  were  only  two 
hundred  during  the  past  year.    This  is  a  percentage  of  6-/^. 

The  record  of  our  high  school  graduates  now  in  college  is 
the  best  proof  of  the  work  that  the  school  has  done.  Our 
graduates  are  standing  well  in  their  classes  at  the  university 
and  at  the  various  colleges  elsewhere  in  this  state  and  in  other 
states.  Twenty  out  of  thirty-four  graduates  this  year  will  go 
to  college. 

During  the  past  five  years  the  number  of  graduates  has 
been  as  follows : 

Boys  Girls  Total 

1919 5  9  14 

1920  6  8  14 

1921 8  22  30 

1922    5  12  17 

1923 11  23  34 

35  74  109 


Girls 

Total 

4 

7 

6 

12 

14 

21 

5 

10 

11 

20 

Henderson  Public  Schools  37 

To  college: 

Boys 

1919     3 

1920    6 

1921    7 

1922    5 

1923    9 

30  40  70 

The  work  of  the  various  departments  in  the  high  school  has 
been  done  in  highly  creditable  manner  in  nearly  every  instance, 
and  high  standards  of  achievement  have  been  the  constant  aim 
of  the  instructors.  The  successful  results  of  the  year  have 
been  due  to  the  loyalty  and  cooperation  of  the  high  school 
teachers  in  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties,  and  to 
the  ready  and  cheerful  response  coming  from  our  excellent 
body  of  high  school  pupils. 

Another  step  in  the  expansion  of  the  school  was  taken  last 
summer  when  a  male  teacher  was  secured  to  take  charge  of 
the  science  department  and  to  act  as  athletic  director  for  the 
school.  Mr.  Elby  S.  Johnson,  of  Greensboro,  JST.  C,  an  all- 
round  athlete,  a  capable  young  teacher,  and  a  most  estimable 
young  man,  was  secured  for  the  work  mentioned.  He  strength- 
ened the  science  department  considerably,  not  only  by  his 
courses  of  instruction  but  also  by  actual  additions  of  labora- 
tory equipment,  for  the  purchase  of  which  he  earned  the  money. 
A  suitable  laboratory  is  greatly  needed. 

In  athletics,  the  high  school  made  a  creditable  record  for  the 
the  first  year  under  a  regular  coach.  The  school  put  into  the 
field  strong  teams  in  football,  basket-ball,  and  base-ball.  All 
these  teams  were  contenders  in  the  state  championship  series. 
A  start  was  also  made  in  training  track  teams.  The  aim  in 
all  sports  has  been  clean  sportsmanship.  All  money  expended 
for  athletics  has  been  raised  by  the  Athletic  Association  without 
charity.    Free  of  debt. 

In  this  connection  it  is  well  to  state  that  athletics  in  the 
high  school  has  been  the  means  of  stimulating  interest  in 
studies  on  the  part  of  a  considerable  number  of  pupils  who 
otherwise  would  not  have  tried  so  hard  to  pass  their  work. 
Every  boy  and  every  girl  (the  girls'  teams  were  coached  by  Miss 


38  Henderson  Public  Schools 

Eotli)  was  required  to  pass  the  majority  of  his  school  subjects 
every  month  in  order  to  be  eligible  to  membership  on  an  athletic 
team;  and  the  State  high  school  regulations  require  every  stu- 
dent to  have  passed  at  least  one  term  of  work  before  he  is 
permitted  to  play  in  any  championship  game.  Scholarship 
comes  first;  athletics,  second. 

The  business  department  in  the  high  school  has  done  good 
work  under  Miss  Claudia  Hunter's  direction,  but  for  some  rea- 
son only  a  few  students  pursue  the  business  subjects.  Unless 
there  is  an  increased  utilization  of  the  advantages  of  this  depart- 
ment in  the  school,  I  recommend  that  it  be  discontinued,  at 
least  temporarily. 

The  additional  work  done  in  the  English  department  during 
the  past  year  is  worthy  of  mention.  A  systematic  program 
and  record  of  parallel  reading  was  instituted,  by  which  every 
pupil  in  regular  courses  read  nine  accredited  books  during  the 
school  year  and  stood  satisfactory  tests  on  them.  This  was 
reading  in  addition  to  the  regular  class  work  in  English,  and 
means  that  every  pupil  who  completes  the  four  year  high  school 
course  will  have  read  at  least  thirty-six  worth-while  books. 

The  library  room  has  been  used  as  a  class  room  for  three 
years,  and  this  fact  has  deprived  the  students  of  free  access  to 
and  use  of  the  library  itself.  The  Parent-Teachers'  Association 
came  somewhat  to  our  rescue  and  supplied  us  with  about  two 
hundred  books  for  use  in  parallel  reading.  The  senior  class, 
chiefly  under  Miss  Eoth's  direction,  gave  a  play  from  which 
$230  was  realized  and  deposited  in  one  of  the  banks.  The  seniors 
voted  unanimously  to  donate  this  money  for  the  purchase  of 
books  to  be  used  as  parallel  reading  by  the  future  students  of  the 
Henderson  high  school.  The  class  of  1921,  under  Mrs.  J.  Y. 
Paris,  Miss  Claudia  Hunter,  and  Miss  Ruth  Roth,  did  a  similar 
service  to  the  school  when  the  class  gave  the  proceeds  of  the 
senior  play,  $265,  to  the  science  department  for  buying  needed 
equipment. 

The  school  spirit  of  the  student  body  has  been  excellent, 
discipline  good,  cooperation  commendable.  Certainly  Hender- 
son high  school  is  in  position  and  condition  to  make  greater 
progress  in  the  future,  especially  in  the  new  high  school 
building. 


Henderson  Public  Schools  39 

I  wish  to  thank  the  teachers  and  the  pupils  for  their  loyalty 
and  responsiveness  to  the  ideals  of  the  school;  and  I  desire 
also  to  express  to  you,  Mr.  Alderman,  my  appreciation  of  your 
support  and  confidence,  and  to  assure  you  that  my  service  under 
you  has  been  pleasant  and  beneficial  to  me. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

G.  C.  Davidson,,  Principal. 


40  Henderson  Public  Schools 

^aeportoff.  g.  Caton 

Pkincipal  of  the  Colored  Schools 

Superintendent  J.  T.  Alderman. 

Dear  Sir  : — In  submitting  my  report  for  the  school  year  just 
closing,  permit  me  to  congratulate  you  upon  your  progressive 
policy  in  housing  the  school  population  of  our  community  in 
better  buildings  and  in  providing  better  equipments  for  more 
efficient  school  work.  The  two  years  just  passed  will  stand  out 
conspicuously  in  the  history  of  the  system  as  the  era  of  expan- 
sion and  growth. 

The  Colored  Central  school  has  been  handicapped  this  year. 
This  was  due  to  the  fact  that  we  had  to  pass  the  greater  part 
of  the  year  in  crowded  and  uncomfortable  quarters  without  the 
proper  facilities  for  conducting  the  work.  The  discipline  of 
the  school  was  well  maintained  throughout  the  session  and  the 
school  spirit  with  both  teachers  and  pupils  was  fine. 

We  are  making  special  effort  to  maintain  a  high  standard  of 
thoroughness  in  the  studies  as  the  pupils  pass  up  through  the 
grades.  On  account  of  unavoidable  conditions  this  year  the  num- 
ber of  pupils  promoted  is  below  the  average  of  former  years; 
but  the  school  is  in  better  condition  for  successful  work 
next  year  than  it  has  ever  been. 

The  patrons  and  the  colored  people  in  general  are  earnestly 
hopeful  that  the  building  will  be  fully  completed  during  the 
summer  so  that  we  may  be  able  to  accommodate  the  children  of 
the  district.  The  branch  schools  at  Greystone  and  Nutbush 
should  receive  special  attention.  We  are  pleased  also  at  tlie 
prospect  of  having  in  the  near  future  a  good  building  for 
the  colored  children  just  south  of  the  city. 

The  teachers,  pupils  and  colored  people  of  Henderson  desire 
to  express  their  sincere  regret  at  your  decision  to  retire  from 
the  position  you  have  held  so  long  and  so  satisfactorily  to 
all  parties. 

Respectfully, 

J.  Y.  Eaton,  Principal. 


J.    T.    Aldermax 


Henderson  Public  Schools  41 


3^es;olution£f  of  Appreciation 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Henderson 
Graded  Schools  on  August  23,  1923,  the  following  resolution 
was  adopted. 

"Whereas,  This  board  learned  with  regret  near  the  close 
of  last  school  term  that  Superintendent  J.  T.  Alderman,  round- 
ing out  fifty  years  of  school  work,  had  decided  to  retire,  and 

Whereas,  He  has  been  identified  with  the  Graded  School 
System  of  Henderson  Township  continuously  from  its  begin- 
ning, except  one  year,  thereby  largely  shaping  the  policy  of 
our  schools  and  bringing  them  to  their  present  state  of  high 
efficiency, 

Now  Therefore  he  it  Resolved,  That  we  express  our  regret 
at  his  giving  up  active  service,  and  our  deep  appreciation  per- 
sonally for  the  untiring  thought  and  effort  put  into  our 
school  work,  and  on  behalf  of  the  community  for  the  high, 
manly  principles  of  life  he  has  ever  held  up  before  the  youth 
of   our  community. 

Resolved  Also,  As  we  learn  with  pleasure  of  his  desire 
to  give  the  people  a  historical  sketch  of  the  schools  of  this 
immediate  vicinity,  that  we  request  him  to  do  this,  publishing 
it  as  a  part  of  the  annual  report  for  his  closing  year. 

Resolved  Further,  That  we  express  to  him  the  hope  that 
he  may  be  given  many  more  years  in  our  midst,  a  most 
beautiful  and  worthy  example  of  one  who  has  given  much  to 
his  fellow  man;  that  these  resolutions  be  spread  upon  the 
minutes  of  this  meeting  and  a  copy  forwarded  to  Professor 
Alderman. 


42  Henderson  Public  Schools 


^ummarp  of  pergonal  l^isitotp 

As   this   is  tlie  last   report   of  the  retiring   superintendent, 
he  will  be  indulged  in  inserting  a  little  personal  history. 

Born  at  Salemburg,  Sampson  County,  June  26,  1853. 

Became  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Churcli  August  7,  1870. 

Began  teaching  in  August  1873. 

Was  made  a  Mason  in  November,  1874. 

Taught  school  during  the  summer  and  fall. 

Went  to  college  in  winter  and  spring. 

Graduated  at  Wake  Forest  first  of  June,  1880. 

Taught  at  Newton   Grove,  1881. 

Conducted  Fork  Academy,  Davie  County,  1882-1891. 

Superintendent  of  Davie  County  Schools,  1883-1891. 

Superintendent  Reidsville  Schools  1892-1894. 

Superintendent   of  schools,   Talapoosa,   Ga.,   1894-1895. 

Principal  City  High  School,  Columbus,  Ga.,  1895-1899. 

Superintendent  Henderson  Schools,  1899-1923. 

(Except  1918  when  I  was  sick.) 
Resigned  care  of  schools  June,   1923. 
Grand  Master  of  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons,  1914. 
Married  August  22,  1894. 


Henberson  Public  Schools 


43 


CntoUttTent  antr  J^berage  ^ttentrance 


HIGH  SCHOOL 

Enrollment 

Average    Attendance 

M. 

F. 

Total 

M. 

F. 

Total 

Seventh  Grade 

36 
0 

20 
10 
0 
18 
0 
26 
12 

0 
29 
12 
28 
22 

8 
21 

0 
23 

36 
29 
32 
38 
22 
26 
21 
26 
35 

30 
0 

14 
9 
0 

16 
0 

24 

11 

0 
23 
10 
23 
20 

7 
17 

0 
22 

30 

Seventh  Grade 

23 

Eighth  Grade 

24 

Eighth  Grade. 

32 

Ninth  Grade 

20 

Ninth  Grade 

23 

Tenth  Grade 

17 

Tenth  Grade 

24 

Eleventh  Grade 

33 

122 

143 

265 

104 

122 

226 

CENTRAL   SCHOOL 


' 

Enrollment 

Average    Attendance 

M. 

F. 

Total 

M. 

F. 

Total 

19 
23 
25 
16 
13 
15 
10 
20 
18 
15 
11 
20 
16 
12 
16 
16 
41 
0 
20 

18 
15 
19 
15 
23 
22 
15 
11 
27 
26 
24 
25 
29 
14 
19 
20 
0 
45 
15 

37 
38 
44 
31 
36 
37 
25 
31 
45 
41 
35 
45 
45 
26 
35 
36 
41 
45 
35 

14 
18 
17 
13 
11 
13 

9 

16 
13 
12 

8 
16 
14 
10 
11 
10 
39 

0 
12 

13 
9 
11 
12 
19 
18 
13 
8 
23 
21 
17 
20 
16 
10 
17 
13 
0 
40 
11 

27 

First  Grade 

27 

First  Grade 

28 

First  Grade 

25 

30 

31 

22 

24 

Third  Grade.. 

36 

Third  Grade 

33 

Third  Grade 

25 

36 

Fourth  Grade    ..    . 

30 

Fourth  Grade . 

20 

Fifth  Grade 

28 

Fifth  Grade 

23 

Sixth  Grade 

39 

Sixth  Grade 

40 

23 

326 

382 

708 

256 

291 

547 

44 


Henderson  Public  Schools 


NORTH  HENDERSON   SCHOOL 


Enrollment 

M. 

F. 

Total 

First  Grade . 

21 
23 
23 
21 
24 
17 
25 
14 
4 
17 

15 
18 
22 
20 
10 
11 
10 
15 
10 
18 

36 
41 
45 
41 
34 
28 
35 
29 
14 
35 

First  Grade 

First  Grade 

Second  Grade .     . 

Third  Grade 

Third  Grade 

Fourth  Grade 

Fifth  Grade 

Sixth  Grade 

189 

149 

338 

Average    Attendance 

M. 

F. 

Total 

12 

7 

19 

13 

10 

23 

15 

17 

32 

15 

10 

25 

18 

6 

24 

10 

8 

18 

17 

7 

24 

9 

11 

20 

3 

6 

9 

14 

15 

29 

126 

97 

223 

SOUTH  HENDER 

SON   SCHOOL 

Enrollment 

Avera 

ge    Attendance 

M. 

F. 

Tctal 

M. 

F. 

Total 

First  Grade ..     .. 

28 
29 
23 
19 
18 
17 
3 
23 
15 

24 
18 
18 
15 
23 
15 
15 
16 
IS 

52 
47 
41 
34 
41 
32 
18 
39 
33 

17 
15 
16 
14 
10 
12 
3 
13 
10 

14 
11 
13 
11 
15 
10 
12 
8 
10 

31 

First  Grade 

26 

Second  Grade  .. ..          .. 

29 

Second  Grade 

25 

Third  Grade 

25 

Fourth  Grade 

22 

Fifth  Grade. 

15 

West  End  School 

21 

Harris  School 

20 

175 

162 

337 

110 

104 

214 

Henderson  Public  Schools 


45 


COLORED  SCHOOLS 


Enrollment 

Average    Attendance 

M. 

F. 

Total 

M. 

F. 

Total 

First  Grade 

37 
55 
34 
33 
19 
27 
18 
14 
15 

6 
22 
42 

2 

43 
28 
28 
45 
35 
29 
17 
33 
26 
14 
40 
39 
8 

80 
83 
62 
78 
54 
56 
35 
47 
41 
20 
62 
81 
10 

18 
25 
22 
22 
11 
17 
12 
10 
10 

5 
12 
21 

0 

20 
10 
16 
26 
22 
19 
11 
20 
17 
11 
24 
20 
5 

38 

First  Grade 

35 
38 

Second  Grade 

Second  Grade    . 

48 
33 
36 
93 

Third  Grade 

Third  Grade 

Fourth  Grade 

Fourth  Grade 

30 
27 
16 
36 
41 
5 

Fifth  Grade 

Sixth  Grade 

Nutbush  School-. 

Greystone  School    . 

Higher  Grades 

324 

385 

709 

185 

221 

406 

CONSOLIDATED 

STATEMENT 

Enrollment 

Average    Attendance 

M. 

F. 

Total 

M. 

F. 

Total 

High  School 

122 
326 
189 
175 

143 
382 
149 
162 

265 
708 
338 
337 

104 
256 
126 
110 

122 

291 

97 

104 

226 
547 
223 
214 

Central  School 

North  Henderson 

South  Henderson 

Total  white 

812 

324 

1,136 

836 

385 

1,221 

1,648 

709 

2,357 

596 
185 
781 

614 
221 
835 

1,210 

406 

1,616 

Colored  schools _ 

Total  white  and  colored 

46 


Henderson  Public  Schools 


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48  Henderson  Public  Schools 


Commencement  1923 

The  annual  sermon  to  the  class  was  preached  on  May  27, 
1923,  at  the  Baptist  church,  by  Eev.  H.  A.  Ellis,  pastor  of  the 
church.     The  theme  was  the  value  of  visions. 

THE  CAPTAIN  OP  PLYMOUTH 

A    COMIC    OPERA 

Presented  by 

Senior  Class,  Henderson  High  School 

Central  School  Auditorium 

Thltisday  E\-ening,  May  31,  1923 
8:00  o'clock 

CAST    OF    characters 

Miles   Standish    Jack   Watkins 

John   Alden    James    Cheatham 

Elder  Brewster   Nathan   Strau^e 

Erasmus   John  Nelson 

Pecksnot    James   Rose 

Richard    Murphy  Clopton 

Stephen    Reed    Harris 

Gilbert Willie  Lee  Reich 

Theodore     George    McDaniel 

Priscilla    Eleanor   Perry 

Katonka     Lettie    Finch 

Mercy    Rebekah  Young 

Charity Mary  Young'  Hunt 

Patience     Elizabeth    Brodie 

Mary    Laura    Crudup 

Martha     Elnora    Honeycutt 

Hester    ., Lucy    Powell 

Ruth    Ruth   Sherman 

Wattawamut Gertrude   Hoyle 

Puritan  Men — Arch  Bass,  Thomas  Green. 

Puritan   Girls — Sarah   Barker,  Foy  Evans,   Naomi   Greene,  Ruby 
Day. 

Indians — Lila    Spruill,    Rosa   Long   Thomas,    Elizabeth   Howland, 
Betsy  Mustain,  Gladys  O'Brien,  Leoncie  Pittard,  Lucile  Har- 
ris, Gladys  Palmer. 
Act  I.     Colony  of  Plymouth. 

Act  II.     Scene  1.     Room  at  Priscilla's  home.     Scene  2.     In- 
dian encampment. 

Act  III.    Colony  of  Plymouth. 


Hendeeson  Public  Schools  49 

GRADUATION    EXERCISES 

Henderson  High  School 

Central  School  Auditorium 

11  o'clock  a.  m.  June  1,  1923 

PROGRAM 

Prayer The  Rev.  I.  W.  Hughes 

Chorus — Springtime    ( Wooler) Students 

Salutatory Miss    Eleanor    Perr-y 

Introduction  of  Speaker Mr.  R.  S.  McCoin 

Address  to  Graduating  Class Hon.  D.  F.  Giles 

Marion,   N.   C. 

Valedictory Miss  Elizabeth  Howland 

Presentation  of  Diplomas Mr.  J.  H.  Bridgers 

Chairman    Board    Trustees 
Presentation  of  Medals: 

Message  to  Prof.  Alderman  from  the  Past  and  the  Present  of  the 

Henderson   Schools. 

Benediction. 

CLASS   DAY   EXERCISES 

Seniors  of  Henderson  High  School 

Central  School  Auditorium 

Friday  Evening,  8:00  o'clock,  June  1,  1923 

PROGRAM 

Prayer The  Rev.  Hugh  A.  Ellis 

Chorus :      Pond    Lilies Students 

Class   History Miss   Elnora  Honeycutt 

Oration   Murphy  Clopton 

Who's  Who  and  Why James  Rose 

Class  Poet   Miss  Lucy  Cole  Powell 

Statistics Willie  Lee  Reich 

Prophecy Miss  Mary  Young  Hunt 

Class  Donor   Miss  Rosa  Long  Thomas 

Class  Will Miss  Gertrude  Hoyle 

Class  Musician Miss  Ruth   Sherman 

Flowers  and  Presents 
4 


50  Henderson  Public  Schools 

MEDAL   AND    PRIZE    WINNERS 

The  Corbitt  medal  scholarship  and  attitude  to  duty 

Presented  to  Elizabeth  Rowland 

The  D.  Y.  Cooper  Declamation  Medal 

Won    by    Henry    T.    Powell 

Mayor's  Medal   Won  by  Constance  Ellis 

Seventh  Grade  Reciter's  Medal Won  by  Mary  Boyd  White 

Seventh    Grade    Declamation    Medal Won    by    William    Joyner 

Roth  Medal   for  Best  All-round   Student 

Presented  to  Mary  Young  Hunt 
Equitable    Life    Company   offered    prize    for    best    paper    on    "Value 
of  Service  Rendered  a  Community  by  an  Underwriter". . . . 

Won  by  Annie   Puller   Young 

Woman's   Club   Prize   for   Best   Short    Story 

Won  by  Annie  Fuller  Young 


^onor  ^oU 


High    School    Puph^s    Neither   Absent    nor    Tabdy 

Martha  Gooch  Elma  Mae  Massee 

Nannie    Crowder  Daisy  Lowry 

Ethel  Crowder  Clementine   Brodie 

Mary  S.  Tyler  Elizabeth  Brodie 

Randolph  Teague  Ruby   Day 

William  Bryan  Lila   Spruill 

Rosa  Lee  Day  Elizabeth  Rowland 

Neither  Absent  nor  Tardy  for  Three  Years 
Clattis   Strange 

Neither  Absent  nor  Tardy  for  Four  Years 
Elnora  Honeycutt 


Hendeeson  Public  Schools 


51 


ILiit  of  (^rabuatesf  from  Ulenbersion  Higfj  ^cfjool 


1901 


Plorence  Currin. 

Mrs.    H.    E.   Thrower. 

Lillian   Simpson   Dean. 

Mrs.  R.  E.  Powell. 

Isabelle  Gary.* 
Mary  Belle  Gary. 
Elise    Moore    Gregory. 

Mrs.    Herman    Wall. 

Agnes  Reese  Harris. 
Ethel    Lewis    Harris. 

Mrs.   Geo.   Kirby. 


Olive  Harris. 

Mrs.  R. 


Susan   Henderson   Hines. 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Scales. 
Claudia  Watkins  Hunter. 
Rosamond  Christine  Kerner. 

Mrs.    L.    W.    Brown. 

Olivia  Hyman  Lamb. 

Mrs.   Geo.   Gilliam. 

Mabel  May  Pirie. 

Mrs.  H.  M.   Rowland. 
Willie  Julia  Tucker. 
Richard   Collins   Gary. 

M.   Andrews. 


1902 


Ruth  Harris. 

Mrs.   Charlton  Lynch. 


Angus  D.  McCall. 


Annie  Mary  Hunter. 


1903 

Lillian   Arrington    Goodrich. 

Mrs.    O.   D.   Kirkland. 

Johnnie  Katherine  Rowland. 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Teague. 


Irene    Marion    Betts. 

Mrs.  T.  G.  Horner. 

Julia    Mitchell    Cooper.* 

Mrs.    E.   r.    Shaw. 

Mary    Eunice    Dunn. 

Mrs.  I.  W.  Gilliam. 

Mary  Mortimer  Elmore. 

Mrs.   C.    O.    Fountain. 

Eula  Hite  Gregory. 
Katherine  Talbott  Gary. 
Jessie  Page  Harris. 


1904 


Annie    Harris. 

Mrs.    W.    N.    Hadley. 
Rosell    Harris. 

Mrs.   S.   R.   Watson. 

Margaret  Virginia  McCraw. 

Mrs.   F.   E.   Krugel. 

Nannie  Royster  Parham. 
Mary   Memucan    Perry. 

Mrs.  R.  G.  Kittrell. 

Mary  Elizabeth   Whitfield. 

Mrs.    George   Buchan. 

Julian  Baxter  Coghill. 


1905 


Caroline   Louise   Elmore. 

Mrs.  E.  H.  Adkins. 

Cornelia  Leonard  Gary. 
Corine  Speed  Gregory. 

Mrs.   R.   H.    Hood. 

Marie    Mildred    Manning. 

Mrs.  B.  F.  Harris. 


Mary   Elizabeth  Young. 
Charles  Memucan  Cooper. 
William  Leak  Manning. 
Charles    Burt    Stainback. 
James  Tucker   Stainback. 


''Deceased. 


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Henderson  Public  Schools 


1906 


Maud  Elena  Brady. 
Kennie  Rebecca  Dunkely. 

Mrs.  L.  V.  Grady. 

Pauline  Gill  Edwards. 

Mary    Shepard    Ellis. 

Mrs.   H.   H.  Bass. 
Sallie    Royster    Harris. 

Mrs.   O.   A.   Tucker. 

Belle   Hicks. 

Mrs.    S.   V.    Purvis. 


Rosa  Geneva  Cheatham. 

Mrs.   H.   E.   Chavasse. 
Katie  Lyon  Cook. 
Mariel  Lang  Gary. 
Janie    Esther    Harris. 

Mrs.  L.  C.  Kerner. 


1907 


Fanny  Howard. 

Mrs.  N.  T.  Mitchell. 

Hattye  Belle  Mclntyre.* 

Mrs.  Walter  Izzard. 
Loula   Macon    Shell. 

Mrs.   Edward  Knight. 

Lelia  Wiggins  White. 
Edward  Marable  Butler. 
Henry  Burwell  Marrow. 


Carrie    Marrow. 
Fannie  Mary  Mclntyre.* 

Mrs.  J.   H.   Williams. 

Lizzie  Anna  Watkins. 

Mrs.    M.    C.    Bowling. 

Redding  Francis  Perry. 


Fred   Goode   Tucker 


Mamie   Clinton   Edward. 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Gill. 
Jewel  Irene  Floyd. 

Mrs.  A.  C.  Burgess. 

Laura  Blanche  Gregory. 
Ellen  Mabel  Hight. 
Emma  Louise  Jones. 

Mrs.   C.   A.   Wortham. 

Robert 


Eleanor  Ballard  Caudell.* 


1908 

Isabelle  Hester  Perry. 
Lydia  Cornelia  Wood. 

Mrs.    George    Baucom. 

Kenneth  Reynold  Edwards. 
James  Thomas  Floyd. 
Andrew  Jackson  Harris.* 
Joseph  Powell  Watkins.* 
Earl  Watkins. 


1909 


Arthur  Alexander  Bunn. 


Florence  Margaret  Butler. 
Alary  Brown  Butler. 
Clara    Sterling    Finch.* 

Mrs.   W.   H.   Way. 

Margaret    Walker   Finch. 

Mrs.   E.   F.   Smith. 


1910 


Mary   Lee    Hight. 

Mrs.   M.  C.   Capps. 

Lottie  Lee  Kellar. 

Mrs.    R.    S.   Williams. 

Elizabeth    Christine    Thomas. 

Mrs.    J.    W.    Jenkins. 


Gertrude  Fonshill  Harris. 


1911 


Fannie  Spotswood  Cooper. 

Mrs.   A.  A.   Zollicoffer. 

Hattie   Tull   Cooper. 

Mrs.    Ernest    Glover. 

Sallie  Bailey  Garlick. 


Virgie  Lynn  Harris. 

Mrs.   J.   A.   Pyle. 

Lessie  Clair   Tyler. 

Mrs.   William  Hunter. 

Adelaide    Lassiter    Watkins.* 

Mrs.    W.   H.    Furman. 


''Deceased. 


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53 


1912 


Katie  Marston  Bunn. 
Helen  Mcllwaine  Daniel. 

Annnie    Belle    Edwards. 

Mrs.   A.   L.   Hobgood. 
Jeanle  Alexander  Gary. 

Mrs.  E.  R.  Austin. 

Mabel    Dixie    Jones. 

Mrs.  L.  T.  Waddill. 


Mamie  McCormick  Mclntyre. 

Mrs.    L.    C.    Brinkley. 

Agnes   Leigh   Pegram. 
Annie   Evelyn    Smaw. 
Mary  Virginia  Smitherman. 
William    Shaw   Corbitt. 
Julian  Hunt  Pegram. 


1913 


Virginia    Gay   'Alderman. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Peace. 
Lena    Harriet    Aycock. 

Mrs.    C.    C.    Shaw. 

Florence   Bobbitt. 

Mrs.    Crawford    Grumpier. 
Christine   Trotter    Davis. 

Mrs.   R.   H.   Taylor. 

Mary    Elizabeth    Hershman. 
Mrs.   W.  O.  Wycoff. 

Susan  Elizabeth  Lamb. 


Esther  Tazwell  Parham. 
Ruth   Roth. 
Fanny   Smolensky. 
Julia  Branch  Thomas. 
Maria    Southerland    Watkins. 

Mrs.    M.   F.   Legg. 

Kenneth  Llewellyn  Nelson. 
Julian  Earl  Harris. 
Arthur  Lynwood  Tyler. 


Alice  Burwell  Marrow. 


1914 


Frances  Howe  Cheatham. 

Mrs.    J.  A.  Cooper. 

Sallie  Charles  Cheatham. 

Elizabeth  Mae  Corbitt. 

Mrs.  F.  L.   Toepleman. 

Louise    Garlick. 

Mrs.     Easterling. 

Eliza   Tannahill   Hayes. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Beatty. 

Elizabeth    Corbitt    Jones. 


Pauline  Moscovitz. 

Mrs.   M.   L.   Goldberg. 

Lo'nie  Bryan  Nelson. 

Mrs.  Horace  Faulkner. 
Nellie  Cooper  Rose. 

Mrs.    Joe    Conger. 

Louise  Augusta  Smaw. 
Elizabeth    Rose   Southerland. 
Durell  Boyd  Kimball. 


Spotswood  Randolph  Parker. 


1915 


Essie    Thomas    Daniel. 

Mrs.  H.  A.  Dennis. 

Elizabeth  Warfield  Dorsey. 

Sarah   Jane   Elmore. 

Mrs.  H.  P.  Poythress. 
Rowena   Young  Evans. 

Mrs.   J.   W.   Collins. 

Adeline  Edmonds  Hughes. 

Owen  Keith  Tharrington. 


Mary  Robeson  McElwee. 

Hattie  Roth. 

Mrs.    Cyril    Stewart. 
Mary  Royster  Wortham. 

Mrs.    Julius   Wiggins. 

Clyde  Hight. 

George  Thomas  Pegram. 


54 


He:n'derson  Public  Schools 


1916 


Emma  Ruth  Carter. 
Elizabeth  Pirie  Fox. 
Margaret    Russell    Graves. 
Dorothy  Lee  Harris. 
Elizabeth  Moore  Hite. 

Hallie    Maude    Marston. 
Mrs.   R.   R.  Rascoe. 
Rosa    Frances    Moscovitz. 

Mrs.    M.    Zimmerman. 

Mariam    Praed    Pirie. 

Mrs.   Fred   Carter. 

Dulcie   Marie   Tharrington. 

Mrs.    Bryan. 


Bessie  Atlee  Trotter. 

Mrs.    F.    E.    Andrews. 

Sadie    Elizabeth    White. 

Mrs.  B.  W.  Manier. 

Lueco  Richard  Harris. 
Thomas  Skinner  Kittrell. 
Edward  Branham  Manning. 
Andrew  Purefoy  Newcomb,  Jr. 
George  Washington  Nelson. 
Wilbur  Stone  Perry. 
Richard  Holt  Turner. 
Theo.  Peele  Thomas. 


Lillian  ElLse  Aycock. 

Elizabeth  Boswell  Cheatham 

Alice  Muter  Cheek. 

Anna  Belle  Putrelle. 

Mary   Litchford  Macon. 

Mildred    McLean    Rankin. 
Mrs.  T.  U.   Lassiter. 

Martha  Clarisse  Rose. 
Hattie  LeMay  Royster. 

Mrs.    L.    H.    Burnett. 

James 


1917 

Lelia  Annette  Sturges. 
Frances  Maria  Swain. 
Mary  Elizabeth  Tunstall. 
Mattie  Louise  Wiggins. 

Mrs.   Sam  Puckett. 

Henry   Burwell   Cooper. 
Julian  Edwin  Daniel. 
John  Henry  Gill. 
Willard  Watts  Harris. 
Jasper  Benjamin  Hicks. 
Edward  Nelson. 


1918 


Tempie   Ricks   Bass. 
Carrie    Crystal    Cheatham. 

Mrs.   Scott  Ferebee. 

Mildred  Conrad  Ellis. 
Lennie   Elizabeth   Elmore. 

Mrs.    M.    L.    Miles. 

Edna  Elizabeth  Garlick. 
Conrad    Boyd    Sturges. 


Emma  Mildred  Marston. 

Catharine    Margaret    Miller. 

Mrs.    Tlieo    Peele   Thomas 
Mary  Frances  Singleton. 
Sidney  Johnston  Lane,  Jr. 
Edwin  Fuller  Parham. 
Charles  Jeffreys  Smith. 


1919 


Rosamond    Pearl    Barker. 
Lucy  Crudup  Cheatham. 
Blanche  Richard  Edwards. 

Mrs.   W.   H.   Treadgold. 

Alice  Swann  Hughes. 
Viola  Bruton  Joyner. 
Matilda  Lamb. 
Kate  Llewellyn  Mustian. 


Josephine    Mann    Rose. 

Mrs.    H.    W.   .Jackson. 

Katherine  Jane  Wortham. 
Thaddeus  Woody  Evans. 
Thornton  Patton  Gholson. 
William  Lysander  Harris. 
James  Pretlow  Massenburg. 
Thomas  Hugh  Upton. 


Henderson  Public  Schools 


65 


1920 


Mary  Roberta  Baskette. 
Elizabeth  "Warwick  Cheek. 
Ellie  Virginia  Davis. 
Alice  Elizabeth  Newcomb. 
Henrietta  Ferebee  Strause. 
Alice  Milam  Thomas. 


Lucy    Foster   White. 
David  Jackson  Cooper. 
William  Henry  Fox. 
Eugene  Marvin  Rollins,  Jr. 
William   Baxter  Waddill,   Jr. 
Straughan  Henly  Watkins. 


John  Hilliard  Zollicoffer. 


Claudia   Dorothea   Bailey. 
Virginia  Cheatham  Barnes, 
lowna  Pearl  Daniel. 
Lillian  Shanks  Evans. 
Helen  Gertrude  Fowler. 
Emma   Lillian   Gholson. 
Myra  Kathleen  Hight, 
Mary  Catherine  Hight. 
Margaret  Ellen  Hight. 
Josie   Thelma  Hunt. 

Mrs.   E.   R.   Nelson,   Jr. 

Lucy  Henderson  Kimball. 
Lucy   George   Kittrell. 
Rachel   Collier   Mustian. 

Mrs.    O.   W.    Fleming. 

Neleine  Macon  Perry. 
Annie  Leigh  Puckett. 

George 


1921 

Elizabeth  Bryan  Rose. 
Annie  Elizabeth  Sellars. 
Jeannette  Shaw  Strause. 
Mildred  Aileen  Upton. 
Mary  Tarry  Watkins. 
Myrtle    Greene    Whitmore. 

Mrs.   R.  W.   Goodrich. 

Charlotte    Woodllef. 

Mrs.    D.    O.   May. 

Vashti   Emily   Woodlief. 

Mrs.    L.    J.   Freeman. 
Harris  Hartwell  Bass,  Jr. 
Clifton  Boswell  Cheatham,  Jr. 
Andrew  Jackson  Finch. 
Benjamin  Horner  Hicks. 
Leslie  Darrell  Hines. 
Gilbert  Maurice  O'Neil. 
Vance  Benton  Rollins. 
Anderson  Rose,  Jr. 


1922 


Dovie  Carlyle  Cheatham. 

Mrs.    Bryan   Jordan. 

Addie    Whitney    Evans. 

Mrs.    Oscar    Hoyle. 

Theola  May  Evans. 
Virginia  Lonnelle  Faulkner. 
Goldie  Harris. 
Fannie  Mae  Johnson. 
Josephine  Grace  Neathery. 
Elizabeth  Minor  Nelson. 


Mary  Elizabeth  Nelson. 
Lucile  Tucker  Renn. 
Bessie   Mae    Scoggins. 
Vivian  Grey  Sellers. 
Alexander  Jones  Cheek. 
William  Preston  Green. 
Charles  Edward  Hight. 
James  Newsom  O'Neal. 
Brandon  Virgil  Woodlief. 


56 


Hexderso>'  Public  Schools 


Class 
Mary  Elizabeth  Brodie. 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Barker. 
Laura  Lloyd  Crudup. 
Ruby  Estelle  Day. 
Foy  Lee  Evans. 
Lettie  Roxanna  Finch. 
Naomi  Howell  Green. 
Mary  Lucile  Harris. 
Elnora   Honeycutt. 
Elizabeth  Warren  Howland. 
Gertrude  Newman  Hoyle. 
Mary  Young  Hunt. 
Elizabeth  Hamilton  Mustian. 
Laurine  Gladys  O'Bryan. 
Gladys  Virginia  Palmer. 
Mary  Marshall  Parker. 
Sarah  Eleanor  Perry. 


OF   1923 
Leoncie  Ragland  Pittard. 
Lucy  Cole  Powell. 
Ruth  Graham  Sherman. 
Lila  May  Spruill. 
Rosa  Long  Thomas. 
Rebekah  Jane  Young. 
Arch  Lewis  Bass. 
James  Hamilton  Cheatham. 
Murphy  Jackson  Clopton. 
John  Thomas  Green. 
Reed  Hopkins  Harris. 
George  Lawson  McDaniel. 
John  Willis  Nelson. 
Willie  Lee  Reich. 
James  Louis  Rose. 
Nathaniel  Philip  Strause. 
Andrew  Jackson  Watkins. 


Henderson  Public  Schools  57 

^f)0£fe  Slfjo  l^augbt  in  tfje  Henbersion  (gratreb 
^ctoolsi  from  1899  to  1923 

Lemme  Jordan  (1899-1920). 

Mrs.  C.  A.  Wyche. 

Charlotte  Young   (1899-1901). 

Mrs.   Henry  Thorp. 

Birdie  Watson  (1899-1912). 

Mrs.   W.  V.   Powell. 

Leona   Currin    (1899-1911). 

Mrs.   L.   J.   Rux. 

Mrs.  N.  W.  Garden   (1899-1903).* 
Fanny  Alston    (1899-1902).    (1919-         ). 

Mrs.   J.    R.   Carroll. 

Lila  Tucker   (1899-1903). 

Mrs.  Wm.  Chalmers. 
Amy  Butler   (1900-1911). 
Mrs.   R.   H.   Prindle. 

Jessie  Page  (1900-1906). 

Mrs.  L.   R.    Gooch. 

Nettie  Elmore    (1902-1904). 

Mrs.   C.   G.   Wearn. 

Lillian   Dean    (1909-1913). 

Mrs.  R.  la.  Powell. 

Maud  Jones  (1902-1904).* 

Mrs.   William  Horner. 

Kate    Lewis     (1903-1905). 
Lula  Page    (1903-1912). 

Mrs.  B.  I.  Dunlap. 

Eva  Morton  (1904). 

Mrs 

Susan  Gilliam   (1905-1910). 

Mrs.   W.   B.   Burwell. 

Mabel    Graeber     ^905-1907). 
Ethel  Plummer  (1905-1912).* 

Mrs.  E.  G.  Davis. 

Claudia  Hunter   (1905-         ). 
Mary  Thomas    (1908). 
Hattye  Mclntyre   (1907-1913).* 

Mrs.  Walter  Izzard. 

Lattie  Rhodes    (1909) 

Eleanor   Olive    (1909). 

Mary   Davis    (1909). 

Edith    Burwell    (1910). 

Belle    Graham    (1910-1911).    (1922-         ). 

Willie   Love    (1910). 

Susan    Mountcastle    (1911). 

Mamie  Edwards  (1911). 

Mrs.  C.   E.  Gill. 
Annie  Jones   (1911-1920).   (1922^         ). 

Mrs.   C.  M.    Cooper. 


*Deceased. 


58  Henderson  Public  Schools 


Lottie  Valentine  (1911-1912). 

Mrs.   Dr.   W.   A.   Moore. 

Helen  Jones  (1911-1912). 

Mrs.  R.  J.  .Jones. 

Susan  Hines  (1902). 

Mrs.    J.    P.    Scales. 
Lucy  Wray  (1912-1913). 

Mrs.    Robt.    L.    Hart. 

Daisy  Story    (1912). 
Susan  Shaw   (1912-1913). 

Mrs.    R.    T.    Rosser. 

Mamie  Royster   (1912). 

Mrs.   Howerton, 

Mary  Browne    (1913). 
Kathleen  Townsend    (1913-1916). 

Mrs.    R.  J.    Firestone. 

Essie  Hunter    (1913). 

Lucy    Davis    (1901-1905). 

Mrs.  W.  D.  Horner    (1901-1912). 

Mary  Belle  Gary    (1903  1906).    (1920-     ) 

Lell   Horner    (1905-1907). 

Mrs.    Guy    R.    Horner. 

Carrie   Fuller    (1906). 

Bertie  Clifton   (1906-1908). 

Mrs.  Rawl. 
Marina  Whitley    (1907-1909). 
Annie   Lee  Harris    (1907-1909).* 

Mrs.    Wallace    White. 

Eula    Gregory    (1907). 

Sarah    Hartsell    (1908). 

Maria    Tucker    (1909-1910). 

Alieene    Wiggins     (1909-1910).     (1918- 

Mary    Shanks    (1909). 

Bessie  Hines    (1910-1912). 

Ruby  Woodey  (1910-1911). 

Mrs.  J.  L.   Shanks. 

Mary  Wortham    (1910-1911). 

Rosa  Cheatham  (1911-1918). 

Mrs.   H.   E.   Chavasse. 
Sophronia    Langston     (1911). 
Christine  Thomas  (1912-1917). 

Mrs.    J.    W.   Jenkins. 

Val  Alston  (1911-1913). 
Mrs.  R.   L.   Bell. 
Mariel   Gary    (1912 — ). 
Mary  Sheppard  Ellis   (1913-1916). 

Mrs.    H.    H.    Bass. 

Rosa  Spain   (1913). 
Mildred    Cunningham     (1912-1923). 
Susie    Stafford    (1912-1919). 
Bessie   McCraw    (1913-1914). 
Julia    Tucker    (1913). 
Deceased. 


Henderson  Public  Schools  59 


Lessie  Tyler  (1913). 

Mrs.   Wm.   Hunter. 

Mary  Butler    (1913). 
Ruth    Chapman    (1913). 
Lelia  White    (1913-1917). 
Etta   Sue   Sellers    (1913-1918). 
Fanny  Mclntyre   (1913-1916).* 

Mrs.   J.  H.   Williams. 

Grace  Short    (1913). 
Evelyn    Stewart    (1913). 
Flora  McKinnon  (1914-1918). 

Mrs.   H.    L.    Perry. 

Kennie  Dunkley   (1914-1915). 

Mrs.   L.   V.   Grady. 

Mary  0.  Rice  (1914-1916). 
Isabell  Perry  (1914-1916). 
Mariah    Watkins    (1914-1917). 

Mrs.    M.    F.    Legg. 

Pauline    Edwards    (1914-1918). 
Rosa   Perry    (1914-1916). 

Mrs.    A.    P.    Kelly. 

Julia    Thomas    (1914-         ). 
Margaret   Finch    (1914-1920). 

Mrs.    S.    F.    Smith. 

Elizabeth    Bennett    (1914-1915). 
Sally  Garlick   (1914-1917). 
Lucy  Kittrell    (1915—). 
Ola  Mae  Ferebee    (1915-1918). 
Emma   Hunter    (1915-1918). 

Mrs.    R.    C.    Craven. 

Lillian    Crudup     (1915-1920). 
Annie  Gary   (1915-1917). 

Mrs.   Sam  Harris. 

Blanch    Gregory     (1916-1917). 
Sarah    Shuford    (1916-1918). 
Jennie   Ferebee    (1916). 
Annie    Belle    Edwards    (1916-1918). 

Mrs.   A.    L.   Hobgood. 

Annie    Southerland    (1916). 
Marie    Horton    (1916). 
Josie  Parker    (1916-1917). 

Mrs.    A.    L.    Lassiter. 

Lonnie  Nelson   (1916-1918). 

Mrs.    Horace    Falkner. 

Susan    Lamb    (1916-         ). 
Susan    Kelly    (1916 — ). 
Frances  Abbitt  (1917).* 

Mrs.    John    Rose. 

Frances  Cheatham   (1917-1919). 

Mrs.   J.    A.    Cooper. 


Deceased. 


60  Henderson  Public  Schools 

Olive   Abernathy    (1917). 
Hallie  Marston    (1917-1920). 

Mrs.    R.   R.   Rascoe. 

Mrs.  Garland  Rowland    (1917). 
Essie  Daniel    (1917). 

Mrs.   H.  A.   Dennis. 

Helen  Church   (1917). 
Mrs.  R.   E.   Ranson    (1918). 
Ruth  Roth    (1918-         ). 
Mrs.  B.  L.  Paris  1918-1922). 
Victoria  Mial    (1918-1920). 
Aileen  Hews   (1918). 
Emma  D.  Hunter    (1918). 
Annette   Sturges    (1918 — ). 
Leafy   Spear    (1918-1919). 
Annie  Furman    (1918). 

Mrs.   Parham. 

Lucy  Smithwick   (1918-1923). 
Mrs.   W.   H.   Fleming    (1918-1921). 
Mary  Young    (1918 — ). 
Agnes   Pegram    (1918-1923). 
Helen  Daniel    (1918). 
Lottie    Edwards     (1918 — ). 
Mary  Spain    (1918-1921). 
Josephine    Coble     (1919-1921). 
May   Hunter    (1919 — ). 
Hattie  Royster    (1919-1920). 

Mrs.    L.    H.    Burnett. 

Clarisse  Rose    (1919-1920). 
Florence   Perry    (1919-1921). 

Mrs.   D.   P.   McDuffie. 
Mrs.  J.  P.  Griggs    (1919-1922). 
Lucy  Purnell   (1919). 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Goodwin  (1919). 
Anna  Stewart    (1919). 
Mrs.  Irene  W.  Turner   (1919 — ) 
Mildred   Ellis    (1919-1923). 
Gary   W.    Gilkeson    (1919 — ). 
Mrs.    Emma   DuPriest    (1919-1920), 
Mildred    Sherill    (1920). 
Mrs.  C.  Thayer    (1920). 
Alice  Cheek   (1920-         ). 
Mrs.  W.  E.  Walker    (1920). 
Norma   Miller    (1920). 
Gladys   Umstead    (1920 — ). 
Patty  B.  Perry  (1920—). 
Sally  Mae  Willis   (1920 — ). 
Lottie   Johnson    (1920). 
Mrs.   Moore. 


Henderson  Public  Schools  61 

Annie  J.  Perry    (1920). 
Mrs.  M.  R.  Hearne    (1920). 
Sallie  Lou  Davis    (1920- — ). 
Melita   Cook    (1921 — ). 
Lettie   Croucli    (1921). 
Maude   Miller    (1921). 
Annie  D.  Carroll    (1921). 
Margaret  Broadfoot    (1921). 
Lucy  Royster   (1921). 
Kathleen  Moss    (1921-1923). 
Mabel  Ellis   (1921). 
Alma    Priest    (1921). 
Ruth  Carter    (1921-         ). 
Helen  Mustian   (1921 — ). 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Ellis   (1921). 
Bessie  Lou   Collins    (1921 — ). 
Mrs   Dorsey   Hart    (1921- — ). 
Mrs.   William  Couch    (1922). 
Mary  Dozier    (1922 — ). 
Matilda  Lamb   (1922). 
Minnie    Franklin     (1922 — ). 
Mildred  Upton    (1922 — ). 
Mrs.  J.  T.  Fesperman    (1922 — ) 
Lillian    Jordan    (1922—). 
Elizabeth   Graham    (1922 — ). 
Beatrice    Tucker    (1922 — ). 
Martha   Pond    (1922 — ). 
Mrs.  J.  W.   Rose    (1922 — ). 
Ann  Louis  Jones  (1922-         ). 
Vivian    Grey    Sellers    (1922). 
Mrs.  Dovie  C.   Jordan    (1922). 
Edna  Reinhart,  Supervisor  (1920). 

MALE    TEACHERS    AND    PRINCIPALS 

W.  R.  Mills   (1901-1905). 

Supt.    Louisburg    Schools. 
A.  E.  Akers    (1905-1908). 

Supt.   Roanoke  Rapids   Schools. 
R.  H.  Hood   (1904). 

H.  B.  Marrow    (1906-1908). 

Supt.    Smithfield    Schools. 
C.  C.  Caldwwell    (1909). 

A.  M.  Jordan   (1910). 

Supt.    Williamston   Schools. 
H.    V.    Bounds    (1911). 
R.  C.  Gresham    (1912). 
J.  B.  Courtney   (1913). 


62  Henderson  Public  Schools 

E.  P.  T.  Tyndall   (1914). 
J.  E.  Allen  (1915). 

Supt.   Warren    County    Schools. 

W.  H.   Cale    (1915-1918). 

Supt.    Lumberton    Schools. 
G.  C.  Davidson  (1918—). 
E.  S.  Johnson    (1922).     ■ 

COLORED   TEACHERS 

J.  Y.  Eaton    (1901 — ). 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Eaton    (1903 — ). 

Sally  P.  Eaton  (1901^-). 

Lucy   A.    Eaton    (1901 — ). 

Laura   J.   Merrimon    (1901-1909). 

Mary    Sutton    (1901-1903). 

Nancy   Durham    (1901-1909). 

Lucy  C.  Miles   (1905-1910). 

Minerva  Burwell   (1906-1909). 

Mrs.  Sallie   A.   Eaton    (1909—). 

Willa   Malone    (1909-1913). 

Valeria    Moses    (1909-1910). 

Lizzie   Cheatham    (1910-1913). 

Bettie   Broddie    (1910-1911). 

Mary  Ida  Hart    (1910—). 

Sallie   Martin    (1912-1913). 

Mary  Garns    (1913-1914). 

Sarah    Green    (1913). 

Capitola  Wilson   (1913). 

Effie   Pointer    (1913-1914). 
Lillian  Lassiter   (1913-1914). 
Julia   Parham    (1914). 
Addie   Gregory    (1915). 
Mariah   Young    (1915-1916). 
Eliza  Young   (1915). 
Emma   Sawyer    (1915-1918). 
Ellen  J.  Harris    (1916). 
Harold    McLane    (1916). 
Jane   H.    Howell    (1917 — ). 
Marguerite  E.  Bell    (1917-1918). 
Mrs.  Lois  H.  Tinsley    (1917-1918). 
Beulah   Malone    (1918). 
Susie   F.    Bassett    (1918). 
Geneva   Malone    (1918-1919). 
Cora  E.  Hill    (1919-1920). 
Josephine  Wyche   (1919-1921). 


Henderson  Public  Schools  63 

Jane   Carter    (1919). 
Mary  E.  Byrd    (1919-1923). 
Lillian    Wyche     (1919 — ). 
Janie  McMurren   (1921 — ). 
Estelle  G.  Nichols  (1921 — ). 
Jessie  A.   Davenport    (1921). 
Maggie    Fuller    (1921 — ). 
Helen  Holmes   (1922 — ). 
Emma   Wilson    (1922 — ). 
Catharine  Morton   (1923). 


64  Henderson  Public  Schools 


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AN  ACT  TO   ESTABLISH   GRADED   SCHOOLS   IN  HENDERSON 
TOWNSHIP  IN  VANCE   COUNTY 
Chapter  91,  Pbivate  Laws  1901 
Tlxe  General  Assembly  of  North  Carolina  do  Enact: 

Section  1.  That  all  the  territory  embraced  within  the  limits  oi 
Henderson  Township,  in  Vance  County,  State  of  North  Carolina,  as 
now  laid  out  and  established,  shall  be  and  is  hereby  constituted  a 
school  district  for  the  white  and  colored  children,  to  be  known  and 
designated  as  "Henderson  Graded  School   District." 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Vance  County  are 
hereby  required  to  submit  to  the  qualified  voters  of  said  Hender- 
son Township,  within  three  months  after  the  ratification  of  this 
act,  at  an  election  to  be  held  for  said  Township,  in  the  town  of 
Henderson,  Vance  County,  North  Carolina,  the  question  whether  an 
annual  tax  shall  be  levied  for  the  support  of  the  graded  schools  in 
said    township. 

Sec.  3.  That  at  the  election  held  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act,  those  favoring  the  levying  of  such  tax  shall  vote  on  a  written 
or  printed  ballot,  without  device,  with  the  words,  "For  Graded 
Schools"  upon  it,  and  those  opposed  to  the  levying  of  such  tax  shall 
vote  a  written  or  printed  ballot,  without  device,  with  the  words 
"Against  Graded  Schools,"  upon  it.  The  penalty  for  illegal  or 
fraudulent  voting  shall  be  the  same  as  in  the  election  for  members 
of  the  General  Assembly.  The  Board  of  Commissioners  shall  give 
thirty  days'  notice  of  the  time  of  holding  said  election  in  a  news- 
paper published  in  the  said  graded  school  district. 

Sec.  4.  That  in  case  a  mapority  of  the  qualified  voters  of  said 
Henderson  Township  shall  be  in  favor  of  such  tax,  the  Board  of 
Commissioners  of  Vance  County,  shall  in  addition  to  other  taxes 
laid  upon  said  school  district,  annually  compute  and  levy,  at  the 
time  of  levying  other  taxes,  a  sufficient  special  tax  upon  the  prop- 
erty and  polls  of  the  white  and  colored  persons  of  said  Henderson 
Township  to  raise  such  a  sum  of  money  as  the  trustees  hereinafter 
named  for  the  said  school  district  shall  deem  necessary  to  support 
and  maintain  said  Graded  Schools,  which  sum  shall  not  exceed 
twenty  cents  on  the  one  hundred  dollars  valuation  of  property,  and 
sixty  cents  on  each  poll.  Said  trustees,  hereinafter  named,  shall 
immediately  after  the  election  herein  provided  for,  report  to  the 
Board  of  Commissioners  of  Vance  County  what  sum  said  trustees 
deem  necessary  to  support  and  maintain  said  Graded  Schools  dur- 
ing the  first  year,  and  annually  thereafter  the  said  trustees,  thirty 
days  prior  to  the  time  for  levying  the  county  taxes,  shall  report  to 


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Henderson  Public  Schools  65 

the  said  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Vance  County,  what  sum  is 
necessary  to  support  and  maintain  the  said  Graded  Schools  during 
the  next  year.  The  taxes  levied  for  the  support  of  said  schools,  as 
herein  provided  shall  he  annually  collected  as  other  taxes  are  col- 
lected, and  paid  over  by  the  sheriff  or  other  collecting  officer  to  the 
Treasurer  of  Vance  County  for  the  safe  keeping  and  proper  distri- 
bution of  the  same,  and  the  said  taxes  levied  and  collected  for  said 
Graded  Schools  shall  be  kept  sacred  and  separate  and  distinct  from 
other  taxes,  by  the  said  officers,  and  shall  be  used  only  for  the  pur- 
poses for  which  they  were  levied  and  collected. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  herein  created,  and  their 
successors  shall  be  a  body  corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of  "The 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Henderson  Graded'  Schools,"  and  by  that  name 
shall  be  capable  of  receiving  gifts,  grants  and  apportionments,  pur- 
chasing and  holding  real  estate  and  personal  property,  selling, 
mortgaging,  and  transferring  the  same  for  school  purposes,  and  of 
prosecuting  and  defending  suits  for  or  against  the  corporation 
hereby  created.  Conveyances  to  the  said  trustees  shall  be  to  them, 
and  their  successors  in  office,  and  all  deeds,  mortgages,  and  other 
agreements  affecting  real  estate  and  personal  property,  shall  be 
deemed  sufficiently  executed  when  signed  by  the  chairman  of  the 
said  Board  of  Trustees,  and  attested  by  the  secretary  of  the  said 
board. 

Sec.  6.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Board  of  Trustees  to 
establish  graded  public  schools  for  the  white  and  colored  children 
of  said  Henderson  Graded  School  District,  and  the  said  Board  of 
Trustees  shall  use  and  appropriate  the  funds  derived  from  the  said 
special  taxes  herein  provided  for,  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  just 
to  both  races,  without  prejudice,  and  giving  to  each  equal  school 
facilities,  due  regard  being  had,  however,  to  the  cost  of  establish- 
ing and  maintaining  the  graded  schools  for  each  race. 

Sec.  7.  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  provided  for  by  this  act  shall 
have  entire  charge,  and  exclusive  control  of  the  public  schools  and 
property  in  the  said  district;  shall  prescribe  rules  and  regulations 
for  their  own  government,  and  the  government  of  the  schools,  not 
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act;  shall  employ  and  fix 
the  compensation  of  officers  and  teachers  of  the  public  schools  in 
said  district;  shall  make  an  accurate  census  of  the  school  popula- 
tion of  the  district  as  required  by  the  general  school  law  of  the 
State;  and  do  all  other  acts  that  may  be  just  and  lawful  in  the 
management  of  the  public  school  interest  in  said  district:  Provided, 
that  all  children  resident  in  the  said  district  between  the  ages  of 
six  (6)  and  twenty-one  (21)  years  old  shall  be  admitted  into  said 
schools  free  of  tuition  charges,  and  the  Board  of  Trustees  may  per- 
mit attendance  upon  the  said  schools  of  children  residing  without 

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66  Henderson  Public  Schools 

the   territory  embraced   in   said   graded   school    district    upon   such 
terms  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  8.  That  all  public  school  funds  derived  from  the  State  and 
county  of  Vance,  and  which  may  from  time  to  time  be  collected  and 
apportioned  under  the  general  school  law,  for  school  purposes  for 
the  children  in  said  district,  and  all  monies  to  which  said  district 
may  be  entitled  by  reason  of  any  special  tax,  gift,  grant,  apportion- 
ment or  otherwise,  shall  be  paid  to  the  Treasurer  of  Vance  County, 
and  shall  be  applied  to  the  keeping  up  of  said  graded  schools  under 
the  order  and  direction  of  the  said  Board  of  Trustees.  The  said 
Treasurer  of  Vance  County  and  his  sureties  on  his  official  bond, 
shall  be  responsible  for  the  proper  disbursement  by  said  Treasurer 
of  all  monies  collected  under  this  act  and  received  by  him. 

Sec.  9.  That  the  following  persons  shall  constitute  the  board  of 
trustees  for  said  graded  school  district,  and  shall  hold  office  for  the 
following  terms,  to  wit:  D.  Y.  Cooper,  J.  B.  Owen  and  F.  R.  Har- 
ris for  the  term  of  six  years  from  and  after  the  ratification  of  this 
act;  Dr.  J.  D.  Hufham,  W.  E.  Gary  and  A.  C.  Zollicoffer  for  the 
term  of  four  years  from  and  after  the  ratification  of  this  act;  J.  L. 
Currin,  C.  A.  Lewis  and  George  A.  Rose  for  the  term  of  two  years 
from  and  after  the  ratification  of  this  act.  All  vacancies  occurring 
in  the  said  Board  of  Trustees  from  any  cause  shall  be  filled  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees  for  the  term  of  six  years,  except  in  the  case  of 
death  or  resignation,  and  in  the  event  of  either  of  these  cases  for 
the  unexpired  term  of  the  trustee  so  dying  or  resigning. 

Sec.  10.  That  the  said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  have  power  to 
employ  and  fix  the  compensation  of  a  superintendent  for  said 
graded  schools,  and  such  teachers  as  are  necessary,  and  to  do  all 
such  other  acts  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  on  the  said  schools; 
they  shall  have  power  at  any  time  to  remove  the  said  superin- 
tendent or  any  teacher,  and  to  employ  others  in  his  or  her  stead. 

Sec.  11.  That  the  beginning  and  ending  of  the  school  term  shall 
be  fixed  by  the  said  Board  of  Trustees.  That  the  property  both 
real  and  personal,  of  the  public  schools  of  the  said  school  district 
shall  become  the  property  of  the  said  graded  schools,  and  shall  be 
vested  in  the  said  Board  of  Trustees,  and  their  successors  in  trust 
for  the  said  graded  schools:  Provided,  that  in  case  of  the  discon- 
tinuance of  the  said  graded  schools  all  of  the  property  thereto  be- 
longing shall  revert  to  and  become  the  property  of  the  public 
schools  of  the  said  district. 

Sec.  12.  Under  the  direction  of  the  said  Board  of  Trustees 
the  superintendent  elected  by  them  shall  examine  all  applicants  for 
the  positions  as  teachers  in  said  schools,  and  certify  the  result  to 
the  said  board,  before  their  election  as  such  teachers  by  the  board; 
no  other  certificates  of  qualification  shall  be  necesasry  for  such 
teachers  before  their  election  as  teachers  in   said   graded   schools. 


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The  superintendent  shall  also  act  as  secretary  to  the  said  Board  of 
Trustees,  should  the  said  board  elect  or  require  him  to  serve. 

Sec.  13.  That  the  monies  received  as  herein  provided  for  shall 
be  held  by  the  Treasurer  of  Vance  County  to  be  disposed  of  under 
the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  whose  warrant,  signed  by 
the  chairman  of  said  Board  of  Trustees,  and  countersigned  by  the 
secretary  of  said  board,  shall  be  the  only  valid  voucher  in  the 
hands  of  the  said  treasurer  for  the  disbursement  of  the  said  money 
in  any  settlement  required  of  him  by  law,  or  by  the  said  Board  of 
Trustees. 

Sec.  14.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Board  of  Trustees 
to  make  annually  after  the  close  of  each  school  year  a  full  and 
complete  report  of  the  operations  of  said  graded  schools  together 
with  a  financial  report,  which  shall  show  receipts  and  disburse- 
ments, and  shall  also  make  such  recommendations  and  estimates 
and  plans  for  the  future  as  may  in  their  judgment  be  advisable  to 
the  Board  of  Education  of  Vance  County.  Said  trustees  shall  also 
include  in  their  report  such  data  and  other  information  as  may  be 
required  under  the  general  school  law. 

Sec.  15.  That  nothing  in  this  act  shall  prevent  persons  acting  as 
trustees  from  holding  any  other  office  of  profit  or  trust  while  acting 
as  trustee. 

Sec.  16.  That  the  election  provided  for  under  this  act  shall  be 
held  and  conducted  in  the  same  manner,  and  subject  to  the  same 
rules  and  regulations  as  are  provided  by  the  election  of  county 
officers  by  the  general  election  laws  of  this  State:  Provided,  that 
the  said  election  shall  be  held  at  any  time  within  three  months 
after  the  ratification  of  this  act,  and  the  costs  of  holding  said  elec- 
tion shall  be  paid  out  of  the  funds  raised  by  this  act  by  the 
treasurer  of  the  county. 

Sec.  17.  That  all  laws  and  clauses  of  laws  in  conflict  with  this 
act  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  18.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  ratifica- 
tion.    Ratified  February  18,  1901. 

AN  ACT  TO  AMEND  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  HENDERSON 
GRADED  SCHOOLS  SO  AS  TO  ALLOW  THE  TRUSTEES  TO 
ISSUE    ?20,000    BONDS. 

Chapter  56,  Private  Laws  1905 
The  General  Assembly  of  North  Carolina  do  Enact: 

Section  1.  That  chapter  91,  Private  Laws  of  1901,  relative  to 
graded  schools  in  Henderson  Township,  Vance  County,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  amended  as  follows:  That  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  Henderson  Graded  Schools  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  issue  coupon  bonds  to  an  amount  not  to  exceed  $20,000  in  de- 
nominations of  not  to  exceed  ?1,000  each,  in  such  form  as  the  trus- 


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tees  may  determine,  numbered  consecutively,  and  bearing  interest 
from  date  of  issue  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  five  per  centum  per  an- 
num payable  semi-annually,  at  such  time  and  place  as  the  said 
trustees  may  designate. 

Sec.  2.  The  said  bonds  shall  be  made  payable  or  redeemable  at 
such  time  and  place  as  may  be  fixed  by  said  trustees,  and  named 
therein,  not  exceeding  30  years.  That  in  lieu  of  a  sinking  fund  the 
trustees  shall'  have  the  right  to  pay  or  redeem  $1,000  of  the  amount 
of  said  bonds  five  years  after  the  date  of  the  issue  thereof,  and 
$1,000  of  said  bonds  annually  thereafter,  until  the  whole  amount 
thereof  shall  have  been  paid  or  redeemed:  Provided,  however,  the 
said  bonds  shall  be  paid  or  redeemed,  according  to  their  numbers, 
beginning  with  number  one,  and  following  the  numbers  consecu- 
tively. The  bonds  shall  be  signed  by  the  chairmen  of  the  said 
Board  of  Trustees  and  countersigned  by  the  secretary,  and  have  the 
corporate  seal  of  said  board  aflJxed  thereto,  and  the  coupons  thereto 
attached  shall  bear  the  printed  or  lithographed  signature  of  the 
chairman  and  secretary  of  the  said  board. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  bonds  hereby  authorized  to  be  issued  shall  not 
be  disposed  of,  exchanged,  or  hypothecated  for  less  than  their  face 
value.  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  keep  separate  the  money 
arising  from  the  sale  of  said  bonds,  and  th©  same  shall  be  expended 
and  disbursed  by  the  said  board  in  the  purchase  of  lands  for  nec- 
essary school  sites,  in  the  erection  of  suitable  new  buildings  and  to 
furnish  the  same  with  necessary  equipments,  in  repairing,  furnish- 
ing, equipping,  and  maintaining  buildings  for  the  accommodation 
of  the  public  schools  of  Henderson  Township,  in  Vance  County, 
N.  C,  and  for  no  other  purpose. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Board  of  Trustees 
in  order  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  and  principal  of 
said  bonds  at  maturity,  as  herein  provided,  to  certify  annually  to 
the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Vance  County  the  rate  of  taxation 
necessary  to  be  levied  for  the  payment  of  said  bonds  and  the  inter- 
est thereon,  which  at  no  time  shall  exceed  fifteen  cents  on  the  hun- 
dred) dollars  worth  of  real  and  personal  property,  and  not  exceeding 
45  cents  on  each  taxable  poll  in  Henderson  Township.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Vance  County  to  levy 
and  compute,  in  addition  to  other  taxes  laid  upon  said  school  dis- 
trict, the  amount  requested  by  the  said  Board  of  Trustees  for  said 
purpose;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sheriff  of  the  said  county  to 
collect  the  same,  as  other  taxes  are  collected,  and  turn  the  money 
over  to  the  Treasurer  of  Vance  County,  who  shall  keep  the  same 
separate  from  all  other  money,  and  disburse  the  same  as  directed 
by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

(Other  sections  relate  to  the  machinery  for  holding  said  election.) 

Ratified,  February  7,  1905. 


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AN  ACT  TO  FURTHER  AMEND  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  HEN- 
DERSON GRADED  SCHOOLS  SO  AS  TO  ALLOW  THE  TRUS- 
TEES TO  ISSUE  $30,000  ADDITIONAL  SCHOOL  BONDS. 
Chapter  40,  Private  Laws  1913 

The  General  Assembly  of  North  Carolina  to  Enact: 

Section  1.  That  chapter  91,  Private  Laws  of  1901,  relative  to 
graded  schools  in  Henderson  Township,  Vance  County,  N.  C,  be 
and  the  same  is  hereby  further  amended  as  follows:  That  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Henderson  Graded  Schools  is  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  issue,  in  addition  to  the  bonds  provided  for 
by  chapter  56,  Private  Laws  of  1905,  coupon  bonds  to  an  amount  not 
to  exceed  $30,000,  in  denominations  of  not  to  exceed  $1,000  each,  in 
such  form  as  said  trustees  may  determine,  numbered  consecutively, 
and  bearing  interest  from  date  of  issue  at  a  rate  not  to  exceed  five 
per  cent,  payable  semi-annually,  at  such  time,  and  place  as  said 
trustees  may  designate. 

Sec.  2.  The  said  bonds  shall  be  made  payable,  or  redeemable, 
at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  fixed  by  said  trustees,  and  named 
therein,  not  to  exceed  thirty  years,  and  as  heretofore  provided.  The 
bonds  shall  be  signed  by  the  chairman  of  said  Board  of  Trustees 
and  attested  by  the  secretary,  and  have  the  corporate  seal  of  said 
board  affixed  thereto,  and  the  coupons  attached  shall  bear  the 
printed  or  lithographed  signature  of  the  chairman  and  secretary  of 
said  board. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  additional  bonds  hereby  authorized  to  be 
issued  shall  not  be  disposed  of,  exchanged  or  hypothecated  for  less 
than  their  face  value.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  keep  separate 
the  money  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  additional  bonds,  and  the 
same  shall  be  expended  and  disbursed  by  said  board  in  purchase  of 
lands  for  necessary  school  site  or  sites;  in  the  erection  of  additional 
and  suitable  new  buildings,  to  furnish  same  with  necessary  furni- 
ture and  equipments,  and  in  repairing,  furnishing,  and  equipping, 
and  maintaining  buildings  for  the  accommodation  of  the  public 
scho^ols  of  Henderson  Township,  Vance  County,  N.  C,  and  for  no 
other  purpose. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Board  of  Trustees,  in 
order  to  provide  for  payment  of  the  interest  and  princippal  of  said 
additional  coupon  bonds  at  maturity,  as  herein  provided,  to  certify 
annually  to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Vance  County  the  rate 
of  taxation  necessary  to  be  levied  tor  the  payment  of  said  addi- 
tional bonds  and  the  interest  thereon,  which  at  no  time  shall  ex- 
ceed, in  addition  to  the  amount  which  shall  be  levied  for  the  main- 
tenance of  said  schools  and  the  payment  of  interest  and  principal 
therein,  six  cents  on  the  one  hundred  dollars  worth  of  real  and 
of  the  bonds  heretofore  issued  and  now  outstanding,  and  as  provided 
personal    property    and    not    exceeding     eighteen     cents     on    each 


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taxable  poll  in  Henderson  Township:  Provided,  however,  that  in 
lieu  of  a  sinking  fund  the  trustees  shall  have  the  right,  in  their 
discretion,  to  pay  or  redeem  one  thousand  dollars  of  the  amount 
of  the  said  additional  coupon  bonds,  herein  provided  for,  five  years 
after  the  date  of  issue  thereof,  and  one  thousand  dollars  of  said 
bonds  annually  thereafter,  until  the  whole  amount  thereof  shall 
have  been  paid  or  redeemed:  Provided,  further,  the  said  additional 
bonds  shall  be  paid  or  redeemed  according  to  their  numbers,  begin- 
ning with  number  one  and  following  the  numbers  consecutively.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  Vance  County 
to  levy  and  compute,  in  addition  to  other  taxes  laid  upon  said 
school  district,  the  amount  requested  by  said  Board  of  Trustees  for 
the  payment  of  the  interest  and  the  principal  of  said  additional 
bonds  as  herein  above  provided;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Sheriff  of  Vance  County  to  collect  the  same  as  other  taxes  are 
collected,  and  pay  them  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  Vance  County,  who 
shall  keep  the  same  separate  from  all  other  money,  and  disburse 
the  same  as  directed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Sections  5,  6,  and  7,  relate  to  the  machinery  for  holding  the 
election.     Ratified  February  11,  1913. 

AMENDMENT 
The  General  Assembly  of  North  Carolina  do  Enact: 

Section  1.  That  section  nine  of  chapter  ninety-one.  Private 
Laws  of  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  one,  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  repealed  and  the  following  substituted  therefor: 

"Sec.  9.  That  the  board  of  trustees  of  said  school  district  shall 
consist  of  nine  persons,  who  shall  serve  without  compensation. 
They  shall  be  elected  for  a  term  of  six  years  by  the  qualified  voters 
of  Henderson  Township  at  the  regular  biennial  election  for  county 
officers  and  members  of  the  General  Assembly.  Three  shall  be 
elected  at  such  election  in  the  year  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
sixteen,  and  three  every  two  years  thereafter.  The  terms  of  all 
such  trustees  shall  begin  on  the  first  Monday  in  December  following 
their  election. 

"Sec.  9a.  That  the  present  board  of  trustees  shall  continue  in 
ofiice  until  the  election  of  their  successors  as  herein  provided. 
They  shall  fill  all  vacancies  which  may  occur  in  their  number  until 
the  next  general  election  and  shall  designate  those  whose  term 
shall  expire  in  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  sixteen  and  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  eighteen.  Any  vacancies  thereafter  oc- 
curring shall  be  filled  by  the  board  of  trustees  until  the  next  gen- 
eral election,  when  a  successor  shall  be  elected  for  the  unexpired 
term.  If  any  trustee  shall  fail  to  attend  three  consecutive  meetings 
of  the  board  of  trustees,  his  oflBce  shall  thereby  be  vacated   and 


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another  appointed  thereto  until  the  next  general  election,  when  a 
successor  shall  be  elected  for  the  unexpired  term." 

Sec.  2.  That  this  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  rati- 
fication. 

Ratified  March  9,  1915. 

AN     ACT     TO     FURTHER     AMEND     CHAPTER     91,     PRIVATE 
LAWS  OF  1901. 

TfiiC  General  Assembly  of  No7'th  Carolina  do  Enact: 

Section  1.  That  chapter  91,  Private  Laws  of  1901,  relative  to 
graded  schools  in  Henderson  Township,  Vance  County,  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  further  amended  as  follows:  That  the  board  of 
trustees  of  Henderson  Graded  Schools  is  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  issue,  in  addition  to  the  bonds  provided  for  by  chap- 
ter 56,  Private  Laws,  1905,  and  chapter  40,  Private  Laws,  1913, 
coupon  bonds  to  an  amount  not  to  exceed  a  total  of  $100,000,  in 
denominations  not  to  exceed  $1,000  each.  Said  bonds  shall  be 
exempt  from  taxation  for  all  purposes  now  levied  or  hereafter  levied 
for  any  purpose  by  the  state  of  North  Carolina,  county  of  Vance, 
Henderson  Township,  or  city  of  Henderson. 

The  said  board  of  trustees  of  Henderson  Graded  Schools,  after 
two  years,  retains  the  right  to  anticipate  the  payment  of  said 
bonds  by  giving  ninety  days  notice  in  a  newspaper  published  in 
the  city  of  Henderson,  of  its  intention  so  to  do  prior  to  the  due 
date  of  any  semi-annual  interest  payment,  and  upon  giving  such 
notice  of  its  intention  to  pay  off  said  bonds,  all  interest  from  and 
after  the  due  date  of  such  semi-annual  interest  payment  shall 
cease  and  said  bonds  shall  not  thereafter  bear  interest. 

Sec.  2.  (Provides  that  the  bonds  shall  not  exceed  in  time  limit 
thirty  years.) 

Sec.  3.  That  the  additional  bonds  hereby  authorized  shall  not 
be  disposed  of,  exchanged  or  hypothecated  for  less  than  their  face 
value.  The  board  of  trustees  shall  keep  separate  the  money  arising 
from  the  sale  of  said  additional  bonds,  and  the  same  shall  be  ex- 
pended and  disbursed  by  said  board  in  the  purchase  of  lands  for 
necessary  school  site  or  sites;  in  the  erection  or  purchase  of  addi- 
tional suitable  buildings;  to  furnish  same  with  necessary  furniture 
and  equipments;  and  in  repairing,  furnishing,  equipping  and  main- 
taining buildings  for  the  accommodation  of  the  public  schools  of 
Henderson  Township  in  Vance  County,  North  Carolina,  and  for  no 
other  purpose. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  of  trustees  in 
order  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  interest  and  principal  of  said 
additional  coupon  bonds  at  maturity,  as  herein  provided,  to  certify 
annually  to  the  board  of  commissioners  of  Vance  County  the  rate  of 


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taxation  necessary  to  be  levied  for  the  payment  of  said  addtional 
bonds  and  the  interest  thereon,  which  at  no  time  shall  exceed  in 
addition  to  the  amount  which  shall  be  levied  for  the  maintenance 
of  said  schools  and  the  payment  of  Interest  and  principal  of  the 
bonds  heretofore  issued,  and  now  outstanding,  and  as  provided 
therein,  twenty  cents  on  the  hundred  dollars  worth  of  real  and 
personal  property  and  not  exceeding  sixty  cents  on  each  taxable 
poll  in  Henderson  Township:  Provided,  however,  that  in  lieu  of 
a  sinking  fund  the  trustees  shall  have  the  right,  in  their  discretion, 
to  pay  or  redeem  after  two  years  two  thousand  dollars  of  the  said 
additonal  coupon  bonds  herein  provided  for  annually  thereafter, 
until  the  whole  amount  thereof  shall  have  been  paid  or  re- 
deemed. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  commissioners  of  Vance 
County  to  levy  and  compute,  in  addition  to  other  taxes  laid  down  upon 
said  school  district  the  amount  requested  by  said  board  of  trustees 
for  the  payment  of  the  interest  and  principal  of  said  additional 
bonds  as  herein  above  provided,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
sheriff  of  Vance  County  to  collect  the  same  as  other  taxes  are  col- 
lected, and  pay  the  same  over  to  the  treasurer  of  Vance  County,  who 
shall  keep  the  same  separate  from  all  other  money,  and  disburse  the 
same  as  directed  by  the  board  of  trustees. 

Sec.  5.  (This  section  simply  states  hov/  the  election  for  the 
bonds  shall  be  held,  which  is  just  according  to  all  other  regular 
elections.     A  new  registration  was  required.) 

Sec.  6.  (This  section  empowers  the  trustees  to  sell  the  bonds 
provided  the  election  is  favorable  to  the  issuing  of  the  same.) 

Sec.  7.  That  nothing  herein  shall  be  in  any  way  construed  to 
otherwise  alter,  amend,  repeal,  modify  or  change  any  of  the  sec- 
tions clauses  or  provisions  of  chapter  91  of  the  Private  Laws  of 
1901,  or  of  chapter  56  of  Private  Laws  of  1905  or  of  chapter  40  Pri- 
vate Laws  of  1913,  or  any  amendment  or  additions  thereto,  ex- 
cept as  herein  contained,  but  all  the  provisions  of  said  chapters  shall 
still  be  and  remain  in  force. 

Sec.  8.     This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  ratification. 

Ratified  August  25,  1920. 

CHAPTER   197 
AN    ACT    TO    VALIDATE    A    BOND    ISSUE     OF     HENDERSON 
GRADED  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  IN  VANCE  COUNTY. 

Whereas  at  a  special  election  held  in  Henderson  Graded  School 
District  in  Vance  County  on  January  thirty,  one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  twenty-three,  on  the  question  of  issuing  not  exceeding 
fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000)  serial  bonds  of  said  district  and 
levying  a  sufficient  annual  tax  to  pay  the  same  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  chapter  eighty-seven  of  the  Public  Laws  of  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  twenty.  Extra  Session,  of  North  Caro- 


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lina  (the  said  bonds  to  be  issued  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  and 
equipping  school  buildings  in  said  district),  and  on  the  question  of 
issuing  not  exceeding  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($100,000)  of 
refunding  bonds  of  said  district  and  levying  a  sufficient  annual 
tax  to  pay  the  same  (the  said  bonds  to  be  issued  for  the  purpose 
of  refunding  or  paying  in  whole  or  in  part  certain  outstanding 
bonds  of  said  district),  a  majority  of  the  qualified  voters  of  said 
school  district  voted  in  favor  of  issuing  each  of  said  issue  of 
bonds  and  levying  said  taxes  thereof,  as  required  by  section  seven 
of  article  seven  of  the  Constitution  of  North  Carolina;   and 

Whereas   the    said    election    and    the    proceedings    leading    up    to 
said  election  may  not  have  been  held  and  taken  in  all  respects  in 
conformity  with  the  requirements  of  law,  or  may  have  been  held 
or  taken  without  authority  of  law:     Now,  therefore, 
The  General  Assembly  of  North  Carolina  do  enact: 

Section  1.  The  said  election  held  in  the  said  Henderson  Graded 
School  District  in  Vance  County,  on  January  thirty,  one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  twenty-three,  and  all  acts  and  proceedings  done 
or  taken  in  or  about  the  calling,  holding  or  determining  of  the 
result  of  said  election  or  in  or  about  the  registration  of  voters  for 
said  election,  are  hereby  legalized  and  validated,  notwithstanding 
any  defect  in  said  acts  or  proceedings.  The  board  of  trustees  of 
Henderson  Graded  School  District  in  Vance  County  is  hereby 
authorized  to  issue  said  bonds  of  said  district,  and  the  board  of 
county  commissioners  of  Vance  County  is  hereby  authorized  and 
directed  to  levy  annually  a  sufficient  special  tax  ad  valorem  on  all 
taxable  property  in  said  school  district  for  the  purpose  of  paying 
the  principal  and  interest  of  said  bonds,  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  said  chapter  eighty-seven  of  the  Public  Laws  of  one 
thousand  nine  hunderd  and  twenty,  Extra  Session,  and  in  accord- 
ance with  the  propositions  adopted  by  the  voters  of  said  district 
at  said  election;  and  no  further  election  shall  be  necessary  in  order 
to  authorize  the  issuance  of  said  bonds  or  the  levying  of  taxes  to 
pay  the  same:  (1)  Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall 
affect  pending  litigation. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  proceedings  heretofore  done  or  taken  in 
and  about  the  issuing  and  sale  of  said  bonds  by  the  board  of 
trustees  of  said  district  are  hereby  legalized  and  validated,  and 
all  acts  and  proceedings  hereafter  taken  in  and  about  the  issuing 
and  sale  of  said  bonds  shall  be  done  and  taken  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided by  the  Municipal  Finance  Act,  one  thousand  nine  hundred 
and  twenty-one,  of  North  Carolina:  Provided,  that  nothing  in  this 
section  shall  affect  pending  litigation. 

Sec.  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  4.  This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  ratification. 
Ratified  this  the  3rd  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1923. 


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$rosipectusi 

For  1923-1924 

Twenty  years  ago  I  wrote  in  my  Report  suggesting  that  the 
District  system  and  local  taxes  should  so  far  as  possible  be  abol- 
ished; that  the  public  school  fund  shovild  be  made  ample;  that 
schools  should  be  placed  wherever  they  are  needed.  The  last 
session  of  the  Legislature  made  provision  for  consolidating 
schools  operating  under  special  charter  with  the  other  schools 
of  the  counties. 

The  trustees  of  the  Henderson  Graded  Schools  in  June  last 
passed  a  resolution  asking  the  county  board  of  education  to 
take  over  the  city  schools  and  operate  them  one  year  just  as 
the  other  schools  are  run.  The  county  board  of  education  by 
resolution  agreed  to  the  proposition. 

E.  M.  Rollins,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools,  was 
elected  and  becomes  the  superintendent  of  the  city  schools. 

The  county  board  of  education  elected  G.  C.  Davidson  to  a 
newly  created  position;  that  is,  supervisor  of  course  of  study. 
It  is  his  duty  to  prepare  a  course  of  study  for  the  schools  of  the 
county,  city  and  rural,  and  to  look  after  the  teachers  in  follow- 
ing it  out.  He  will  not  be  encumbered  with  any  executive  af- 
fairs of  the  schools  except  such  as  pertain  to  the  course  of 
study  and  the  teaching  proper. 

A  double  team  like  this  ought  to  mean  well  for  the  develop- 
ment of  a  good  county  system  of  schools.  Others  will  look 
on  with  considerable  interest  for  results. 


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Henderson,  iM.  G, 
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Board  of  School 


TH'/enty -fourth  annual  r  eport  of  the 
public  schools  of  Henderson,  Horth 
Carolina,  1922-1923 


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