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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.
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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.
WMGLEY5
After Every Meal
It?s the longest-lasting
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?and ira a help to di
gestion and a cleanser
for the mouth
and teeth.
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SEW XEHBEK.H S Hi >1*0
Raleigh. Sept. 23. ? An average of
ten new members for every day is
the record made by the North Caro
lina Cotton Growers' Cooperative As
sociation. said T. W. ( hamblls3> Di
rector of Information, last night. Con
tracts are coining to the Ralejgh head
Quarters by every nfcil and many
of these are from farmers who are
landlords.
The Association has now over 35,
500 members and the spirit of loy
alty shown by these men, according
to their letters, is stronger than at
any time during the life of theAs
sociation. The cotton crop is consider
ably later this season than it was
last year but the deliveries of the
new crop by the membership Indi
cates that the receipts of the Asso
ciation will be exceedingly satisfac
tory. 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
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restores what the malarial ferer has taksn
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aids the appetite, tones up the system,
hastens the return of health and strength.
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and certain relief; and a long siege of Mala
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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
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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.
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