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OFFICE OVER THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK We can save you 15 per cent on your prescriptions. Give us a trial and be convinced. F. R. Pleasants DRUGGIST TELEPHONE 222-J. LOUISBURG, N. 0. It Is Less Work To Do More Work A properly equippel Kitchen means that you can do more work with leas effort, so why not make the small investment necessary to pn into your kitchen one or more of these labor-saving articles. You will be surprised how many useful items you can get for very little money. Convenient terms of payment arranged if you desire. Our Undertaking Department is always np to the minute. W. E. White Furniture Co. ! !?t I f ?>' vf t X ... ' CroictSk &? odS*3 In tb< old d*yi was r?c*rd*6 M s thrtll, but now It'a mora MCttnif to ?Ujr *t bom# wad pro** thf ?tr?ft, t , i?? HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUC TION MANDATORY Board of Education Has -No Choice In Matter ? Ruling of State Board of Education Clears Up Gold-Sand Con roversy ? Board Not Requir ed To Provide Transporta tion The following letter recently Be:it out by the State Superintendent of Pub lie Instruction explains Itself. It also explains the action of the Franklin County Board of Education In establish lng the six months high school of Oold-Sand In Sandy Qreek and Gold Mine Townships. The {question has arisen by lome of the residents in the above territory, why this school was established after the p?oP,e bad voted it down. The Board of Educa tion emphatically denies that this was done and further states that It has never put any proposition on any Dis trict when the District had voted against the measure. On the23rd of June. 1923. the people In Sandy Creek and Gold Mine town ships voted on a fifty cent local tax i to be used as follows: To pay one-half, of a high school building and to run | the high school beyond the nlz months I term. A majority of the registered ' voters, voted against the fifty cent i tax and the tax was therefore not I levied. This did not, h<j\vever. relieve the County Board of Education of the duty of providing a six months high school for the hoys and girls In this territory. The Board of Education was simply carrying out a mandate of the Constitution, which says that the County Bo^rd of Education In each County In the State shall provide a high school and elementary school I for six months for all the boys and | girls between the ages of six and twenty one. This has been explained before in the Franklin Times, but this letter from the State Superintendent explains the situation so clearly that we are printing it for the benefit of those who might still be Bcepticcl. All that Is now necessary to have an accredited High School In this Dis trict is for the people to vote a fifty cent tax for the purpose of erecting the proper kind of building and run. ning the school two months beyondthe six months term. The question of vot ing this fifty cent tax, however, Is left entirely to the voters of thlsterritory. The Right of Children To High School Advantage j Is there an obligatiop resting on theCounty Board of Education and the county Commissioners to provide high school facilities for all the child, rcn of the county who are qualified to enter? Does the Constitutional mandate end with graduation from the seventh arrade? The Constitution Section 2, Article IX, of the Con stitution says id" part: "The General Assembly, at its first session under this constitution, shell provide by tax ation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of public schools, wherein tuition shall be free of charge to all the children of the State be tween the ages of six and twenty-one years." Section 3. Article IX. says: "Each county of the State shall be divided into a convenient number of districts, In which one or more pubic schools shall be maintained at least six months In every year; and, if the commis sioners of any county shall fail to comply with the aforesaid require ments of this section, they shall be liable to Indictment." These sections can leave no doubt in the mind of anyone that the public schools must be kept open for six months In the year for all children between the ages of six and twenty one years." The Recognition of the Hlirli School Is the high school a component part of the uniform system of public schools required by the Constitution? In the Granville County case, in which the Board of Education brought suit against the County Commissioners to compel them to levy taxes to sup port the high schools for foiir months, the Supreme Court of North Carollna (N. C. 174, page 473) says: "Under the legislation we are con sidering, these hlgfcuehoels, as stated, may be established in any and all portions of the State, and when estab lished are under the goverance and control of the public school author!^ ties, are available to any and all mem bers of the chool population quali fied to enter, in any and every county where they may be placed, and are properly a component part of the uni form system of pobllc schools con templated and provided for by the Constitution." on page 474 the court Continues, as follows: "The tax. how ever. In authorised, as It should b? by legislative enactment, and la to be levied and collected by the usual and ordinary administrative officers of the county government." Thl? de cision of the court can leave no sha dow of doubt In the minds of anyone that the high schobl Is a necessary and component >part of the public school system when authorised by legislative enactment. The Authorisation la Law Is there any direct authorisation and requirement In law to furnish high school instruction for the con stitutional term of six months to all that part of the school population qualified o receive It? Section M, Chapter 136. Public Laws of 1828, reads as follows: "It Is the datyof the county board of education to pro+lde an adequate school system for the t*n*flt of All the children o' the county, as direct ed by law. The Board of Education shall so district the county and locate the schools that elementary and high school instruction may be available forall the children in the county." This section restates the fundamental and constitutional right of every child of school age to an opportunity to go to school. The Klirhts of a Seventh (irade 4<radu ate When a child shall have finished the seventh grade, high school in struction must be provided for him no matter where he may reside in the county. The obligation to pro vide it for him rests, in an unmls takcable way, upon the county board of education and the county commis sioners. Section 172, Chapter 136, Public Laws of 1923, rtarts as follows: "It shall be the duty of the county board of education of each county to make a fair estimate in accordance with the law of the amount necessary to provide a six months school term, and It shall be the duty of the county commissioners in each county to de termine and provide the amount neces sary to maintain the school s/x months in accordance with law. And either the members of the board of education [or the members of the boardofcounty r commissioners failing to_ perlunni I their respective duties shall be guil-, ty'of a mldemeanor. and upon con viction shall be fined or imprisoned | at the discretion lof ihe_gourt." IHow To Provide Hleli School Instruc tion | Sections 35 and 36 are the only re- 1 strictions placed upon the discretion 'of the county board of education as to the manner in which they shall provide high school instruction. They are directed by law not to offer high school instruction in one-teacher schols. In all other schools, the ques tion of offering high school Instruc tion, is clearly a matter for the county board of education to determine. They can provide it in their own way and according to their own plan, provided the instruction is adequate. Good school practice, however, hould be their guide. Every child who has finished the seventh grade has a con. stltutlonal right to demand the ad vantages of high school insruction, and In my opinion, the boards can be required to furnish it, in an adequate and ample way. Can the Board of Education Be Re quired To Transport Child ren To Hli?h School t They cannot. The method o' Pro viding this instruction Is a matter of discretion with them, but they have no discretion as to whether high school instruction shall be offered to all the qualified children who oPPl^' The county hoard of education should have on file in their office a list of all children who are qualified to en ter high school. If the county board, having this Information at their dis posal, should fall to take It into con sideration or should fail to make ade quate provision for this group of the school population, for the Constitu tional term of six months, they would be liable In indictment. This obligation, resting on the board Of education and the county com missioners. Is contlnupous. If, thru oversight, they should fall to make provision at tl?e proper time, they would not In this way be relieved of the obligation; but they would at any time In the year, in my opinion, be required to correct it. It these child, ren are grouped in one community, there should be no question about making provision for them. If. how ever, they are widely scattered over the county, the matter of cost and other questions of practicality should be considered. FOR SALE Building lot 75 feet front on Eim street, adjoining the home of Mrs E. S. Poster, Apply to Miss Virginia Foster, Loulsburg. N. C, ?.26-2t DOG STRAYED English hound dog, black ears, white and blank spotted, strayed September 8th. Finder will please return him to J. G. Winston, Frankllnton, N C., and receive $10 reward. 9-24-2t WANTED White tenant wanted (or a food farm near here. Address D. O. Egor. ton, Macon N. C. 9-2#-4t The North Carolina State Fair la one ot the most educational agricul tural fairs In the country, states Prof. C. B. Williams of Stat* College. The datea thla year are October 1J tp 1? and Indications are that It will be better than erer before. 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Warehouses are reporting steadi ly growing receipts and members of the Association are expressing their satisfaction .with the Associaton ad vances on the new "crop. No one has succeeded yet going clear through life hitting on high, No Worms in a neaitby Child All children troubled with Worms have an un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood. Im prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength enlni Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child wlli be in perfect health. Pleasant to take." 60c per bottle. Malaria . Leaves A v Heavy Mark Malaria, an fortunately, does not nd with th? breaking of Chills and redactaf o t Fever. Even after the patient is free mmi actual illness, the marks on his arm pUatOMt. Vitality is weak, appetite poor, weight fallen off, spirit* low. In each con ditions Wintersmitn's Chill Tonic, a reliable anti-malaria prescription is invaluable. Wintersraith's Chill Tonic builds op tad restores what the malarial ferer has taksn away. It enriches and purifies the blood, aids the appetite, tones up the system, hastens the return of health and strength. Taken as you feel Chills and Ferer coming on, Wintersraith's Chill Tonic give* prompt and certain relief; and a long siege of Mala ria can often be avoided. Its beneficial effects have been proved in thousands of cases, over 56 years of continued use. At your drug store. Popular sise, 60c, mam moth size, $1. Made only by the Winter r.mith Chemical Co., Inc. Louisville, Ky. Tom Tarheel says that the only way to improve the soil In a large field is to grow and turn undor le gumes. It's necessary to have a cash balance to be properly weighed in the social scale. CONFIDENCE -Xo transaction between buyer and seller is satisfactory ?unless a muual confidence exists. Confidence is the foundation of business. And confidence is the growth of years ? the child of the square deal and the father of success. It is because we recognize these facts that the FARM ERS AND MERCHANTS BANK has endeavored to treat each depositor as we would be treated ourselves. Balloon Tires Be sure you get the Genuine Balloon if you expect balloon ease of riding and comfort. Genuine Goodyear and Hood sold by Cranfonf Motor Company
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