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VOLUME X. (ONE SECTION) AHOSKIE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 1919. (EIGHT PACES) No. IS
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- NEW SCHOOL LEGISLATION EN
ACTED BY LAST GENERAL AS
SEMBLY ABOUT ATTENDANCE
An Act to Provide (or the Compulsory Attendance Upon the Public School*
of Children Between Certain Ages end toR egulete end Restrict the
Employment of Children and to Provide for the Enforcement of the
Provisions o fThis Act and of Chapter S3, Public Laws of 1913, and
Chapter 857, Public Laws of 1909,
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA DO ENACT:
Section X. Every parent, guardian or other person in the State of
North Carolina having charge of or control f a child between the ages of
eight and fouteen years shall cause such child to attend school continously
for a period equal to the time which the public school in the district in
which the child resides shall be in session. The principal, superintendent
or teacher who is in charge of such school shall have the right to excuse
the child from temporary attendance on account of sickness or distance of
residence from school, or other unavoidable cause which does not consti
tute truancy as defined by the State Board of Education.
Sec. 2. Any parent, guardian, or other person referred to in section
^ one of this act, violating the provisions of the aforesaid section, shall be
guilty of ? misdemeanor, andupn conviction shall be liable to a fine of not
less than- five dollars ($5$ nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25) and
upon failure or refusal to pay such fine the said parent, guardian or other
person shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days id> the county jail.
8ec. 2a. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Education to for
mulate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper en
forcement of the provisions of this act. Said board shall prescribe what
shall constitute truancy, what causes may constitute legitimate excuses
for temporary nonattendance due to physical or mental inability to at
tend and wunder what circumstances teachers, principals, or superintend
ents may excuse pupils for nonattendance due to immediate demands of
the farm or the home in certain seasons of the year in the several sec
tions of the State. It shall be the duty of all school officials to carry out
?uth instructions from the State Bard of Education, and any school offi
cial failing to carry out such instructions Shall be guilty of a misdemean
or: Provided, that section one of this act shall not be in force in any city
or county that has higher compulsory attendance law now in force than
that herein provided; but in any such case it shall be the duty of the
State Board of Education to investigate the same and decide that any
such law now in force has ahigher compulsory attendance feature than
that provided by this act: Provided, that wherever any district is with
out adequate building or buildings for the proper enforcement of this act
the county boards of education may be allowed not more than two years
%?rom July 1st, one thousand nine hundred and nineten, t make full and
j, ample provisions in every district.
. Sec. 3, The county superintendent of public welfare or chief school
attendance officer or truant officer provided for by the law shal investi
gate and prosecute all violations of the provisions of section one of this act.
Sec. 4. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prepare
such rules of procedure and furnish such blanks for teachers and other
school officials as ir.ay be necesary for reporting each case of truancy or
lack of attendance to the chief attendance officer referred to in section
threto hfereof. Such rules shal provide, among other things, fo a notifica
tion in writing to the person responsible for the nonattendance of the
child, that the case is to lie reported to the chief attendance officer of the
county unless the law is immediately complied with. County boards of
education and governing bodies of city schools shal have the right to ap
point town r district atendance officers when deemed by them necessary,
to assist in carrying out the provisions of sections one, two and three
and four of this act,and the rules and instructions which may be promul
gated by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. But in every
case in which it becomes necessary to prosecute for nonattendance the
case shall be referred to the chief attendance officer of the county for
further action: Provided, that in towns or cities having special attend
ance officers paid out of town or city funds said officers shall have full
authority to prosecute for violations of this act.
Sec. 6. No child under the age of fourteen shall be employed, or per
mitted to work, in or about or in connection with any mill, factory, can
nerynery, workshop, manufacturing establishment, laundry, bakery, mer
cantile establishment, office hotel restaurant barber shop, bootblack sUyid
public stable, garage, place of amusement, brick yard, lumber yard, or
any messenger or delivery service except in caaea and under regulations
prescribed by the commission hereinafter named: Provided the employ,
ment in this section enumerated shall not be construed to mean bona fide
boys and girls' canning clubs, recognized by the Agricultural Department
of thip State; and such canning clubs are expressly exempted from the
provisions of this act.
Sec. 6a, That it shall be the duty of the county boards of education
of each county in the State of North Carolina ot cause this act to be pub
lished in full in some newspaper in the county if there be one, and if there
8e none, then in circular form and distributed over the county at least
four weeks prior to the opening of the schools after the first day of July,
one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
-KTe. No person under sixteen years years of age shall be employed
01 permitted to work, at night in any of the places or occupations refer, i
red to in section five of this let, between the hours of nine p. m. and -six I
a. ml, and no person under sixteen years of age shall be employed or per
mitted to work in or about or in connection with any quarry 01 mine,
Sec. 7. That the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Sec
<retary ot the State Board of Health, and the Commissioner of Public Wei- I
fare of the St*te of North Carolina are hereby constituted the State Child i
Welfare Commission, and they shall serve without additional compensa- i
tion. It shall be the duty of this commisaion to make and formulate sack
rules and regulations for enforcing and carrying out the provisions of this
(To be continued next week.)
PACIFIC FIEET GOBS SHARK FISHING
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The?e gobs of the Pacific which l? now on Its way to the Pacific i
ocean, are having lot* of fun catching sharks.
BEAR SWAMP
BRIDGE WILL
BE REPAIRED
BRIDGE AT BEAR SWAMP
WILL BE REPAIRED
Committee Will Repair Bridge
That Tobacco Farmer*
May Haul.
Commissioner Frank G. Tayloe of
Ahoskie township has authroized the
Herald to publish the following notice
relative to the rebuilding of the
Bear Swamp bridge. The commis
sioners at their last meeting author
ized the immediate construction of a
bridge over this swamp; but owing
to the unusually heavy traffic that
will go over this road within the next
few months ,the committee in charge
has decided to have the bridge repair
ed at this time, and later a bridge
will be constructed.
The following notice explains the
situation:
"In consideration of the wishes of
the tobacco grrowers across the swa
mp and promoters of the tobacco in.
terests here, we have decided to re
pair Bear Swamp Bridge instead of
rebuilding.
The necessary lumber has been en
gaged and an experienced bridge man
employed to begin next Monday and
make this bridge safe for hauling
The public is requested not to pass
this way next week but to go around
some other ^way so that you may not
be delayed and this repair w*rk con
tinually interrupted.
?? Respectfully,
F. G, TAYLOE.
Ahoskie, N. C? August 13, 1919."
PRESIDENT BREWER RESIGNS.
Professor John B. Brewer, Pres
ident of Chowan College, tendered
his resignation to the trustees of
that institution at their regular meet
ing held in Ahoskie on Tuesday of
this week. Rev. E. W. Whitley, al
io of the faculty of Chowan Col
lege, resigned at the same meeting.
It is understood that the resigna
tion of Professor Brewer was the
direct result of conflict of duties
between him and the Rer. Whitley,
although the particulars are not avail
able at this office.
Professor J, Henry Highsmith, of
the State Board of Examiners is be
ing sought aa president
CONFERENCE AT
STATE UNIVER
SITY NEXT WEEK
CONFERENCE WILL BE
HELD AT CHAPEL HILL
Governor Bicketl Will Preside
and Many Interesting To
pics Discussed
? Chapel Hill, August 13?Beginning
September 15th ,with Governor T.
j W. Bickett presiding, the University
of North Carolina will hold a State
and County Council in which represe I
ntatives of the State Departments of
Education and Health and of the
Highway, Tax, and Public Welfare 1
Commissions, together with represen. i
tatives of County Commissioners and I
of corresponding county officers will 1
participate. The purpose of the con- <
| ference is to unify the work of State i
| and County Officers and boards and i
particularly to discuss important leg- ]
islation pased by the recent General i
Assembly in reference to schools, '
health, public welfare, highway con- t
struction, and taxation. I
The conference will last for a pe
riod of six days, daring which a reg
ular daily program of conferences
will be carried on. President H. W.
Chase will officially welcome the vis
itors and Governor Bickett wijl make
the opening address of the Conferen
ce on Monday night. Representa
tive* of the State and County Offi
cers will occupy the morning and af
ternoon hoars and on the five nights
of the Conference distinguished spea
kers from the states will address the
Conference.
In order to take care of the large -
number of representatives expected
the University will utilize its dormi
tories and dining room and is pre- c
pared to entertain all who may come
at the rate of $1.25 per day. The
local committee in charge of arran
gements Is composed of Professors
E. C. Branson, L. R. Wilton, and E.
W. Knight. The program is being
prepared by Governor Bickett, Pro
fesor Branson, Superintendent E. C.
Brooks, Dr. W. S. Rankin, Highway
Commissioner Frank Page, Welfare
Commissioner R. F. Beasley, and Tax
Commissioner A. J. Maxwell.
Watch the label on your pa
par. No paper* sent after the
date of expiration.
ADDRESS MADE BY SENATOR \|
JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, OF AR
KANSAS, IN WINDSOR, N. C.
Senator Jo* T. Robinson, of Arkansa>, Delivers Address at
Windsor on The Event of Home Coming Day for
Bertie County Soldiers.
DEFENDS THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND SAYS
ARTICLE TEN IS ONE OF BEST FEATURES
Chian by Signing The Peace Treaty with the League of Na
tions ncluded, Would Be in Better Shape to Get
What Is Coming to Her
THE PROBLEMS OF RECONSTR
UCTION.
The present is in many respects
the most exciting and remarkable
period in history. It is both a priv
elege and a responsibility to witness
the revolutions that have just occur
ed and are still in progress through
out the world. The greatest war of
?II times is now closing. Its mag
nitude, cruelty and cost are well
nigh incomprehensible.
Military events and duties inci
dent to the conduct of the war have !
so completely absorbed the thoughts
and claimed the efforts of our peo
ple that we have been unable to ap
preciate the industrial, social and po
litical changes which have taken pla
ce in American life. We have mov
ed into new spheres and are quick
ened by impulses heretofore dor
?
mant.
TRIUMPH OF MILITARISM.
One of the most notable of these
changes is the universal acceptance
ut the doctrine of nationalism, the
extension of the federal power to the
minutest detail of life,
NEW SYSTEM OF NATIONAL
REVENUES.
Another marked change is obser
ved in the principle now applied in
raising federal revenues. In order
to meet the enormous expense of the
war heavy exactions have been laid
>n incomes and excess profits. There
appears little likelihood that the Un
ted States will ever revert to the
}re-war system of obtaining its rev
enues principally from import duties.
The Government is conscrpting weal
:h as it has conscripted the man
lnrtH rtf tho nation i
THE ONLY PEACE WORTH HAV
INC.
The only peace which can justi
'y the sacrifices and sufferings attend
int upon the war is a peace which
establishes a new order in economics,
n politics and in international rela
ionships What will have been irni
led worth while if, as a result of all
he blood that has been shed and all
he money has been expended, mere-j |
ty the conditions of life existing pri-11
ir to the war are restored?
["HE TRANSPORTATION PROB- '
LEM.
Among the great problems asao- j
iated with the return of peace none
> of greater importance than that
rhich relates to transportation. The
iovernment toolo possession of and
operated the railroads during the
rar because H became necesear; .
ecu re the prompt transportation of
roops and supplies without which .
he United States would have been ^
inable to become the controlling fac
or in securing victory.
During the war, the expense c
iperating the railroads have been
inormously iacreaaed, due principal- ^
y to advances in the coat of railroad .
naterial and la creased wages paid to
'ailroad laborera. A deficit exists of
approximately forty milHon dollar
pet' month in the revenues derived
from railroad* under government op
eration. The demand for the re
turn of the railroads to their owners
is complicated by the necessity of re
adjusting the relationship between
expenditures and revenues in order
to prevent a condition of bankrupt
cy. While the total amount paid to
railroad workers has been augmented
by almost one billion dollars per an
num since the war began the eve
increasing cost of living has prompt
ed railroad labor officals to insist
upon additional increases with the de
claration that if increases are not
promptly granted a general strike
will bev called.
No more important problem is be
fore Congress. It is, of course, no
cessary to provide some menas by
which railroad credit may be restored
and maintained and this ca nonly be
done by giving legislation assurance
that the railroads, honestly and ec
onomically administered, will be per
mitted to earn a fair return on the
actual value of the property in use.
HIGH COST OF LIVING
The one big problem inseparably
associated with all others relates to
what Americans have come to know
as the "HIGH COST OF LIVING."
Wage scales and salaries entirely in
adequate in periods of normal mar
ket conditions have become totally
insufficient at present because of the
ever increasing coat 01 the ne
cessities of life. Food products, ar
ticles of clothing, particularly boots
and shoes, are higher now than at
any time during the war, and there
is little prospect for an early decline
in the prices of the various commo
dities indispensable to the comfort
of our citizens. Congress is busy
ing itself now in an effort to solve
these problems. Various investiga
tions are in progrea, and many reme
dies have been proposed. Like all
other practical problems, no patent
solution, no plan 50 manifestly right
and fair as to meet general appro
val, has been devised, and it is not.
probable that such a plan will be
round.
It is no adequate remedy to in
crease wage* and salaries, for other
increases wil be demanded, if the
prices of the necessities of life con
tinue to rise. The effort must be
to restore business and living condi
tions to a normal basis. In the mea
a time, to prevent nation wide panic
ind suffering it may become necess
iry for the government to exercise
its war powers by the absolute and
irbitary control of prices respect
ing necessities. This, of course, is
10 be a radical remedy, not to be
idopted except as a last recourse,
[t may be hoped that one benefit May ^
result It am the distressing condition
no# so general in the adoption and
prevalence of similar habits of II"
Ing among the American poopia.,
(Continued on page four.)