THE WEEKLY EDUCATIONAL COLUMN Within this column will be found each week interesting jiewa items for the public and valuable information and suggestions for teachers. I Miss Mary Arlington, Supervisor of Primary Methods A CORRECTION. The article on Qirl's Canning Clubs " which appeared In this column last week was wrlttea by Mrs. CharleB Mc Klmmon. By mistake the subject of the article and the author's name was ?mmltted. , FRANKLIN COUNTY TEACHERS' j ASSOCIATION. j (By Alice Rj>(ers, Secretary) The meeting of the County Teachers Association Saturday, was one of un usual interest. There was a remark able attendance of flfty-slx of the sixty two teachers of the county. Erery member on the program was present . j and th discussion of the subject, "How should the teacher correct the bad Ha*>lts of the pupil In the use of English ?" was lively and helpful. Miss Arrlngton gave Instructions concerning the gradation cards. She I stated that all gradation cards should I be filled out bfore Christmas and that all pulls transferred to other schools during- the term, should ~be glvem du plicate gradation cards. Mr. White urged that the teachers co-operate with him, In carrying Into effect the new' compulsory attendance ..law. He stated that the schools of ? tjie county will close for one week for 1 the Christmas holiday. <" The executive committee announced that Mr. E. E. Sams, of the State De partment, will be with us at the next teachers meeting, which will be Jan- j uary 24, 1S14. '' A WORD TO THE PARENTS. J If we can once get he / teacher, * the parent, and the pupil to the point of being dissatisfied with any thing less than genuine, thorough work, we i may then begin to hope for efficient schools. It means waste of time and loss of Interest on the part of school children . for parents and teachers (and both i are reasonable) to permit them to pass i from lower to higher classes before j they are prepared for the change. , With the help of the teaching force j I am trying to work out a plan of | * classifying more systematically and of j requiring more thorough work step by step. "That you may know something j of our plans for accomplishing this . the instructions given the teachers are j published below: Supervisor's Instructions to Teachers December 6th, 1913. (?nidation* Cards. A card has been prepared to assist the teacher in keeping an accurate and reliable record of the pupil's classification, and with the hope-Jjhat the effort to grade and classify by the course of study may give to teacher and pupil that definiteness that is so much needed in country schools. All pupils transferred to other schools during the term should be given duplicate gradation cards. Should the children fail to present them .procure these cards from their former teachers. Gradation Reports. With these cards a report can be quickly and easily made that will fur nish data for comparing the work of the various schools and also for de termining the degree of progress the individual teacher and the teaching body is making in this task of bring ing the schools up to the standard furnished us from headquarters. Steps in ti rading. 1. ? Study the individual pupil. 2. ? Study the course of study. 3.? Pill out a gradation card, plac ing the pupil in the grade that best suits his n?eds. 4 ? Check, .en the card those subjects In which the pupil comes up to the ; standard of the grade to which he has been assigned. 5. ? Make provision for the indivi dual pupil to make up work in those subjects in which he does not come up to the standard of the grade t? which he has been assigned. (1) By organizing special classes. (2) By reciting with lower classes. (3) Or by Individual seat or home work. , ^ It may be wise some times to per mit a pupil to recite with a lower class and at the same time carry on \ the work in his regular grade. In j sucli a case do not check his grada- j tion card until the back work in that subject haa been satisfactorily done. Classification Report. This is a tabulated report showing | the name of the text book, page, and j number of pupils in each class of the : dally program. Please do not fail to report dosses fn which subject mat ter is presented orally. This report is due December 12th, and at such other tlpaeB as the supervisor may re quest. V --1*1 Writing. Send or bring to the January meet ing a specimen of the hand-writing of each pupil. The writing may be not more than one page nor less than one half page. Name of the school, pu pil's name, age and grade should ap pear on each papr. Use paper of uniform size and for those pupilu who can not write or who have left^schooi the teacher will give the MVve in formation and state "can write" or "absent" as the case may^e. Use separate, sheet for each pupf$? These papers should represent the Uftal en rollment. ... ^ ^.Spelling. Definite instructions concerning the spelling tests to be given in all the schools in January will be announced at the January meeting. Tlie Educutioual Column. The editor of the Franklin* Times has very generously given space for school hews in his paper, i It will be well for you to make an JfTort to. see the paper each week as Ipiis will be one of the principal means' of mak ing announcements to the teachers. School Improvement Report. The teachers are advitf{& fo keep an accurate accoun^^f the 1.? Amount oL^oney rallied when! how, and for *rhat expended. . - 2. ? Donation of moneyr-books. equip ment, etc. " ' J, 3. ? Work given for improvement of house or grounds. ? 4.^-Any community work ^for the benefit of the school such as Better ment Associations, Parents' meetings, etc. You urj; requested to send a school improvement report December 12th, covering tfhe vacatiolf period from June 19i:rand the fall term to Decem ber 12th. Moreover your final report calls for this information which makes it exceedingly important to keep up with these tilings. Encouraging Instead of Discouraging Improvement*. In the writer's opinion, the two great needs in the matter of taxation are (1) a system which will encour age home-owning by penalizing land speculation instead of penalizing the buyer of a home; reducing the rate on small tracts and increasing it on unused land and very large holdings; and (2) a system which will levy a lower rate on improvements due to a man's Industry, thrift' and foresight (sudh as increased soil fertility, good barns, ditches, painted houses, added beauty and charm) than on the orig inal site value of the land. As Dr. T. N. Carver, formerly Harvard Profes sor of Economics and now head of the National Rural Organization Ser vice, has so well said: "A system of taxation which taxes every such positive accumulation of capital, instead of land and natural advantages, has this effect. If, for ex ample, the law should be such that of two farmers living side .by side' owning farms equally fertile and equally well located, the more thrif ty and progressive is made to pay the higher taxes, the tendency will be to discouragc thrift and progressiveness. One, for example, vegetables, never improves his farm or adds to its value by draining, fencing, crectinc^build ings, stocking it with superioi^quip ment, etc.; while the other . plans ahead, improves his farm, drains it, fences it. erects good buildings, stocks it with sperior breeds of livestock, equips It with superior tools, until it becomes, as the result of his own la bor and forethought, worth twice as much as the other. If he is then made to pay twice as much in taxes as the other man. who started with as good land as he did, the government is not doing very much to encourage labor and forethought, to say the least." ? Clarence Poe. in the Progressive Far mer. Verdlrtof Utility Against Imperial To bacco Company. Morgan field, Ky., Dec. 2. ? Verdicts of guilty were returned here this af ternnon against the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and iVe land and the Imperial Tobacco Com pany of Kentucky which haye been on trial for alleged violation of Ken tucky's anti-trust laws. Two separate verdicts were returned, a fine of $3, 500 assessed against each defendant. A motion for a new trail was made. The two companies which have op erated extensively in the stemming tobacco districts of Westrn Kentucky were indicted for alleged conspiracy to depress prices pMd for tobacco to the farmer of this region. Trial be gan 10 days ago. The verdicts, if up held, It is understood, will operate au tomatically to forfeit the charters of both companies to do business In Ken tucky. ^ ^ ? Do your shopping Htfly, thereby avoiding the rush. Give Your Neighbor an Equal Chance By HOLLAND,v\; IF .sou have been baying goods or jrt mail order house you iloii bttess think II has been to your ml vantage to dojfto. YoUjiave believed that you were- saving money or w'ere. get ting bettor goods. I.et us nee if tills Is true. Unve you tried to do busi ness with' yonr loeal mer chant- -your lieighlior-? on tbe " terms thai the mail order bouse exacts? No? Then suppose yoil try It. Just go Into the store* platfti down your ra*li and tell what youwnut. You might tefl the merchant that you will wait a few days for the g?Mjd*. See If your local merchant can't serve ?yon better ami as cheaply an the mall order house. The local merchant usually extends credit for two, fonr or six months. The mail or der bouse demands cash In advance, it uses your mon ey <18 working capital. It loses nothing Jn Interest, nothlngxfn bad debts or on slow paying customers. Try this cash In advance plan on the local merchant? tbe mail"' you know? and see If he can't mnfce it to your advantage to SPI?NI> YOUR MONEY WHKHK.YOU MAKE IT. Notice of Sale of Valuable Land. Under an by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Franklin coun ty, made in the special proceeding entitled W. J. Hunter and others, ex parte,, upon the special proceeding docket, the undersigned commissioner will on Saturday the 10th day of Jan uary, 1914, at 12 o'clock npon, at the court house door in Louisburg, Frank lin county. North Carolina, ^ffer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash a certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in Harris* township, Frank lin county, North Carolina, and de scribed as follows Beginning at a stone J. E. Roger's corner; thence N. 6d 15'E. 3,280 ft to a stake Perry & Patterson's corner I in J. T. Wilson's line; thence with said Wilson's line 8. 83d 15' E. 950 ft to a stake and pointers; thence S. 27d 45' E. 1,400 ft. to a stone and post oak; thence S. 6d 15, W. 1,800 ft. to a pile of rocks at the root of an old sas safras; thence S. 88d W. 1,535 ft. to the beginning, containing one hundred acres. This the 5th day of December, 1913 J. W. BUNN, Com. To Cure a Coldfin One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. ?. WT GROVE'S signature on cach box. 25c. For Sale For Taxes. In accordance with an ordinance passed by the Board of Town Commis sioners and by -authority of the char ter of the Town of Louisburg,. I will on Monday, December the 22nd, 1913, about the hour of noon at the Court House door in the Town of Louisburg, N. C., sell the following town lots for non-payment of taxes, and costs of sale, which is as follows: Washington Davis, 1 lot, Ken more Ave., taxes due for 1911 $ 8.15 George Egertou, 1 lot, Tinker lake, taxes due for 1911..... 7.00 J. B. Lankford, 1 lot, Halifax Road, taxes due for 1911.. .. 2.&0 Phil Williams, 1 lot, Ktng Ave., taxes due for 1911 15.76 This November 19th, 1913. A. W: ALSTON, Tax Collector. Adv. Lost. Pocket book on the Halifax road between Ix>ulsburg and Burnett's store containing about $10. In the lot was one five dolar bill and four one dollar bills and a lot of change. The finder will be liberally rewarded by returlnlng same to me. MADISON SW ANSON To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable' DR PORTER S ANTISEPTIC HHALINO OII.. a sur gical dressing that relieves pnin nod heal* *i the same time. Not n liniment. 25c. 50c f1 X? NOTICE. By virtue of the power conferred up on us in certain mortgages executed to us by W. G. Cheek, on or about August 30, 1913, we wj# sell at public auction 2o the highest bidder on Saturday Nov. ef>, 1913 the following described prop erty: 1 Erie City boiler 40 horse pow 3r, 1 Liddel! engine. 10 x 12 rate.l at horse power, 1 driving belt, 1 cut off caw, 1 saw dust rig, saw mill outfit somplet* ?nd 1 yoke of steers. Time of tale 12 o'clock. Place ? on land of Lee Brooks where propei ty is located. Terms cash. This November 8, 1913. H. C. Dickrrson, T. C. Gill Dr. W. H. Wakefield, of Charlotte, N. C., will be in Louisburg at louis burg Hotel on Wednesday, December 17th, Franklinton on Tuesday Decem ber 16th, for the purpose of treating diseases of eye* ear, throat and nose, and fitting glasses. ' adv. HAD CATARRH FIVE YEARS. Mr. John son of 8t. Elmo, Illi nois, w a ? troubled Ave yettra w 1 1 h catarrh. The catarrh was] so severe lnj his easel that his life! seemed' t h r eat ei ted. As he ex ? p res sea it himself, ho had "one foot In the srave." Of course he tried to ret relief. Many prac titioners were ? con sulted and a catarrh specialist In MR. 3. S. JOHNSON St. Elmo, Illinois. St. Louis was tried. He got so weaW and. thoroughly run down that he de clares he' could not- walk more than a hundred yards without resting. Few people understand that catarrh is a cons|w^ drain on the system. The dischfl^ of mucus which la going on in such cases is largely com posed of blood serum, and la a greaf^ waste. Sooner or later It will weaken the strongest man. According to reports received from Mr. Johnson, he was in a desperate condition, but he found relief from his trouble. We will let him say how he found it.. His own words say: "My friends- told me to take Pe runa, and I did so. I now feel that Peruna has saved my life. It is the -best medicine on earth, and I would not be without It" This seems almost too good to be true. No doubt there are some read-, ers that will think so. . The above statements, however, can be verified by writing Mr. Johnson.* Even* home should be provided with the last edition of "The Ills of Life," sent free by the Peruna Co.. Colum bus. Ohio. . NOTICE OF AN ELECTION. Notice is hereby given that, yi accord ance with the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of North Caro lina, Chapter 184 Public Local Laws 1913, entitled, 'An act to amend the Louisburg Township Road Law of Franklin County" ratified the *25th day of February, 1913, anil - upon request of the Board of Trustees of Louisburg Town hip represented by W If. Allen, and J. R. Collie, the Board of Commis-" sioners for the County of Franklin do hereby order an election to be held on Tuesday January 6, 1914, at which elec tion there shall be submitted to the voters of Louisburg Township the ques tion of the levy of a special tax and is suing of bonds as set out and provided in said Act of 1913, Public Local Laws of North Carolina, section 16, the amount of said bonds not to exceed $40 000.00, and the rate of taxation not to exceed $5 cents- on the $100 worth of I property and 75 cents on the poll. A. W. Alston is appointed Registrar and E. S. Ford and Walter E. Strange are appointed ( oil hohlei* for said.elec tion The voting plaoe shall be the Court House in the town of Louisburg, and the same shall be h? Id and conduct ed as provided in the aforesaid act of 1918, a copy of which is tiled with the Board. A new registration is provided f