Rocky Mount to be Home of New Industrial School, April 22, 1924

Rocky Mount Was Chosen by Board for a New School. . . Will Locate There Eastern North Carolina Industrial School. . . Several Towns Bid. . . Edgecombe County Gave 128 Acres in Fee Simple for the Location

By the Associated Press

Goldsboro, N.C., April 21—Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County, today was selected by the board of trustees as the location for the eastern Carolina Industrial school which was authorized by an act of the last general assembly. A number of cities and towns throughout the eastern part of the state, including Kinston, Goldsboro, New Bern and others, had been considered.

Edgecombe county gave 128 acres in fee simple for the location of the school and grounds.

The institution was authorized by the last general assembly through the efforts of Representative J.T. Fountain of Edgecombe, and only small appropriations were made for the first years of its existence, with the idea that the institution should be gradually enlarged and finally correspond to the Stonewall Jackson Training school.

The act authorized the expenditure of $25,000 for permanent improvements and $5,000 a year for two years for maintenance. Dr. J.C. Braswell of Whitakers is chairman of the board of trustees appointed by the governor.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, April 22, 1924