. Sketches of Monroe and Union County : together with general and individual characteristics of their people and a description of the natural resources and business enterprises. its of such a plan, selected two assistant teachers. Theresult of this work has been most gratifying. The first two years has been spent in building and equippiuthe school. Eecently the last instalment of furniture was placedin the new building. The entire property is now valued at abou;$20,000; $15,000 in buildings and equipment. The enrollmentin the white school for the year is 491, with 11 teachers. In thecolored sc
. Sketches of Monroe and Union County : together with general and individual characteristics of their people and a description of the natural resources and business enterprises. its of such a plan, selected two assistant teachers. Theresult of this work has been most gratifying. The first two years has been spent in building and equippiuthe school. Eecently the last instalment of furniture was placedin the new building. The entire property is now valued at abou;$20,000; $15,000 in buildings and equipment. The enrollmentin the white school for the year is 491, with 11 teachers. In thecolored school, 220, with three teachers. This school is doingwork of an industrial nature. THE BAR OF MONROE. The bar of Monroe is among the best in the State. For manyyears it could boast of lawyers who were the peers of any inJSTorth Carolina. The present members rank high in the pro-fession and have a wide reputation for trying cases well. They practice law on a highplane and observe themost rigid ethics of theprofession. They are onthe most cordial relationswith each other and arefree from that petty spiritof envy and rivalry whichmars the practice in somanv ROBT. L. ST?]VEXS^ ESQ. He has a natural fondness for iiobt. L. Stevens wasborn in Union county onthe 11th of July. receiving his edu-cation, he studied law un-der the late Geo. JSJ. Falk,and was admitted to thebar in October, , and has always (54 IkIII an activi- worker fur his jiarty. Ili- bnrr the hi-iiiilof tlu- lij,flits in the days when thr Iopulists were so strong the latter session he introduced and fought througli theLegislature tlie Stevens Anti-Trust Law, ii\cr tlie fierce fippo-sition of tlie hirelinirs and agents of In ^fav. Uoi.
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