LETTER FROM SUPERINTEND
ENT JOYNER RELATIVE TO
THE HIGH SCHOOLS
To' the County Superintendent of
Schools:
As you are aware, the Legislature
of 1S15 made several important
changes in the Public High School
Law. The principal changes made
are indicated below. At this time 1
wish to call your attention to the
new requirements and to suggest that
you and your Coui.ty Board of Edu
cation, at ycur next meeting on the
first Monday in July, take up the mat
ter of high school funds and agree up
on your appointments in accordance
with the new requirements.
In the first place you will note that
the law now requires the State ap
propriation for Public High Schools
to be apportioned, not on a single has
is as heretofore, but on a triple basis
(1) attendance, (2) number of full-
time teachers in the high school do
partment, (3) grade and character of
work done.
Heretofore the average daily at
tendance required for the term has
been ten students; hereafter the num
ber required is to be twenty students.
You will also note that the amended
law requires the County Board of Ed
ucation to apportion out of the gen
eral county fund at least as much to
each of the high schools as the State
apportions. The Legislature of 1915
made no increase in the appropria
tion for public high schools and we
shall not be able this year to estab
lish any new high schools or to make
a complete readjustment of the appor
tionments, as set forth in the plan
outlined below, nor shall we be able
to allow the maximum apportion
ment of $600 to any high school for
the present. It will be our purpose
to let the apportionments stand as
made last year in every case where it
is feasible to do so, though of course
many changes will be necessary un
der the amended law. The only fund
we shall have to reapportion, there
fore, will be the small amounts that
will revert to the treasury for redis
tribution in the case of schools whose
apportionments arc reduced or with
drawn altogether.
Plan of Apportioning the High School
Fund.
Under the new plan of making the
apportionments to public bigh schools
the appropriation will be divided into
three parts, roughly as follows: 1
Division, $45,000; II Division, $20,
000;III Division, $10,000.
I Division, $45,000.
The first division will be divided on
the basis of schools accepted. Each
school will receive from this division
the minimum apportionment of $200.
Any additional amount that may be
apportioned from the second and third
divisions of the fund will be condi
tioned upon: (1) the average daily
attendance in excess of the minimum
number required (20): (2) the num
ber of full-time high school teachers;
(3) the standards and grade of work
done as explained below. The school
that merely meets the minimum re
quirements of the law as to attend
ance, length of term, etc., will he eli
gible to receive an apportionment
from the State high school fund of
only $200.
II Division, $20.0(10.
Those schools that merely meet the
minimum requirements of the law will
not be eligible to 'cceivo any part of
the suor.d division of the fund. This
division v.iii he iitribuied aiiMns
those schools maintaining an average
daily a't' ji'lanre considerably in ex
cess of the mininvim average requir
ed, and employing a r.i.fiieii nt number
of faclif !. and having a reasonable
patronage from outside the lota!
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JTV. HI DiMMnn. $10,000.
T4iis division of the fund will be
apportioned only on tiie b;,MS of graiie
and il'.aiaitii' of work done. .Not a
large number of h bonis ran share in
this i'vii(n. In i.:.p-.n Honing this
division of the fj.mis the object will
be to encourage the development of
standard high .-chool work. The ques
tions that will enter into considera
tion will be;
(1) Number of years in course of
fered. (2) Number of teachers and their
qualification:.
(i) Length of school year.
(4) Length and number of recitation
periods.
(5) Character of the building- and
equipment.
(6) Requirements for graduation.
(7) The general efficiency of the or
ganization, administration and in
struction. (S) Scope of patronage.
Apportionments to lie Made in July.
Under the new plan of apportion
ing the high school fund the appor
tionments will be made in July, and
before an apportionment to any school
can be finally adjusted the following
requirements must be met: (1) the
principal's final report must be in
hand; (2) the treasurer's report of
the high school must be in hand; (.",)
a budget for the succeeding year must
REVIVAL MEETING
The Friends of Ashebcro will begin
a series of meetings next FriJay night
September 10th, 7:30 o'clock, at their
church near Cox street. Lewis W.
McFarland, general superintendent
for North Carotin ., will assist the
pastor, Eli Keecc. We call all Chris
tians of whatever name to come to
the meetings each day and night.
Purpose to come antl come to every
meeting and on time.
ELI REECE, pastor, pro. tern.
Stop I'sing Dangerous Drug Before
It Salivates You:. Its Horrible!
You're bilious, sluggish, constipated
antl believe you need vile, tlangerou
calomel to start your liver and clean
your bowels.
Here's my guarantee! Ask your
t ruk'irist for a 50-cent bottle of l'titl
son's Liver Tone and take a spoonful
tonitrht. If it doesn't start your iivci
antl straighten you right up better
than calomel and without griping or
making you sick I want you to go
back to the store and get your money
Take calomel today antl tomorrow
you will feel weak and sick and nause
ated. Don't lose a day's work. Take
a spoonful of harmless, vegetable
Dodson s Liver Tone tonight antl wake
up feeling great. It's perfectly harm
less, so give it to your children any
time. It can t salivate, so let them
eat anything afterwards.
CIGARETTES vs. AUTOMOBILES
The Cadillac Motor Car Company
has posted throughout its factories
the following notice:
"Cigarette smoking is acquiring a
hold on a great many boys in our com
munity. The habit has grown in the
last year or two. Since it is such a
bad practice antl is taking such a hold
upon so many people, we think it is a
dif-gTace for a grown man to smoke
cigarettes, because it is not only in
jurious to his health, but it is 6uch a
bad example to the boys. Boys who
smoke cigarettes we do not care to
keep in our employ. In the future we
will not hire anyone whom we know
to be addicted to this habit. It is our
tlcsire to weed it entirely out of the
factory just as soon as practicable.
We will ask everyone in our factory,
who sees the seriousness of this habit,
to use his influence in having it stamp
ed out We have two objects in in
teresting ourselves in this matter:
first, to help men and boys; second,
we believe that men who do not smoke
cigarettes or frequent the saloon can
make better automobiles than those
that do."
A CONFESSION
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Hopes Her Statement, Made Public,
will Help Other Women.
Hines, Ala. "I must confess", says
Mrs. hula Mae Keid, of this place, "that
Cardui, the woman's tonic, has done me
a great deal of good.
Before I commenced using Cardui, I
would spit up everything I ate. 1 had a
tired, sleepy feeling all the time, and was
irregular. I could hardly drag around,
and would have severe headaches con
tinuously. Since taking Cardui, I have entirely
quit spitting up what I eat. Everything
seems to digest all right, and 1 have
gained 10 pounds in weight."
li you nre a victim of any of the numer
ous ills so common to your sex, it is
wrong to suiter.
For half a century, Cardui has been re
lieving just such ills, as is proven by the
thousands of letters, similar to the above,
which pour into cur oiiice, year by year.
Cardui is successful because it is com
posed ot ingredients which act specifically
on t'.ic womanly constitution, and heins
build the weakened organs back to heaali
and strength.
Card.:i has helped others, and will help
you, ten. Get a boitle today. You
wen't regret it. Your druggist sjIIs it.
TTr
U : Chattanooga .MeJicine Co., 1.;
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lrejimem lor Wo
ht submitted, showing the number of
hih school teachers, their salr.iy.
prospective number of high school
.'.udents. and the school's facilities
and equipment for meeting tiie de
mands for high school instruction.
(Blank form for thL- budget necom-piwiic-i
this lotier. Thi .-bould be
-il o:t and returned to the State
Supfw-iende..t the first Month: v in
Jjiy.1
Schools tint last year made an av
erage attendance t f ten or more stu
dents, hut less than twenty, and give
promise of making twenty of more
next year, may be continued by the
State Hoard of Education, if in the
discretion of the County Hoard of Ed
ucation it is wise to continue them;
but such schools will not be entitled to
a State apportionment for M15-1916
unless they make the required at
tendance of twenty tluring the first
two montha of the fall term.
Please go over these matters very
carefully with the County Bourd of
Education at your meeting next Mon
day and see that the treasurer's re
port of the high school fund and the
budget are sent in at once.
.Very, truly yours,
j. y! joyxer.
Superintender.i of Public Instruc
tion. X. W. WALKER,
State Supervisor of High Schools.
THE ORPHAN'S CALL
This beautiful poem was read by.
Rev. W. O. Johnson, of Ramseur, on
the occasion of the Orphan's Concert
at Ramseur a few days ago:
"I am a child, an orphan child,
In search of a home and love.
I am enger to find a friend that's kind,
For loved ones gone above."
Then I looked apace on a kindly face,
But a figure tlevoid of care;
A shivering frame; though a joyous
beam
Met mine, 'neath disheveled hair.
'Twas a piteous sigh, 'twas an omin
ous cry,
This call of an orphan child.
So I met the gaze of her lovely face
With a tender look and a smile.
I bade her come to a kindly home
And share with mine, my love.
I remised that she should find in me
A friend for the ones above.
We delight tonight in a lovely sight;
This child from need set free. I
Who with joyous heart holds a sacred
part
In the life of you and me.
These hold enshrined heartstrings en
twined, Antl the loves of a thousand breasts,
They have lost but to gain, r.nd the
loss can but mean,
The bartering of the good for the
best.
In the afterwhile, my child, your child,
May plead at another's door
For a friendly hand that will under
stand,
When you antl I are no more.
So I love to know that we have the
home,
Antl the mother love and care,
And a child's sweet place in a wom
an's heart,
With a woman's smile and prayer.
And ten thousand men with the hearts
of men
To stand behind each child,
And make amend for the loss of a
friend
In the need of the afterwhile.
Then the Master will say in the com
ing day,
"You have done your duty by me.
In as much as you've loved the least
of these
You have done it unto Mo."
HAVE YOU BEEN SICK?
Then you realize the utter weakness
that robs ambition, destroys appetite,
and makes work a burden.
Torestorethat strength and stamina that
is so essential, nothing has ever equaled
or compared with Scott's Emulsion, be
cause its strength sustaining nourish
ment invigorates the blood to distribute
energy throughout the body while its tonic
value sharpens the appetite and restores
health in a natural, permanent way.
If you are run down, tired, nervous,
overworked or lack strength, get Scott's
Emulsion to-day. It is free from alcohol.
Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield. N. J.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
TRIUMPH
Two ion'csi)o"(!' nts vr
Xew York World hrxe th
to say in '
n's policy: !
regard to President Wi's
"Wilson on international
aw from I
row on will be the ar.iho
o-ity most
diplomats, j
' submarine :
an people
to congra-- j
0 la r gunge
1 President '
i and not
consulted by statesmen,
r.aval cflicers and especially
commanders. The AmvY
i t .t.iiiy nave good cau.-
.il" themselves in the (
l'".o World: -We have
who thinks with his br:i
iih bis lungs.' "
"ALEXAXIM-ii
X.'w York, Sept. 2.
LAW."
'Our President certrJnly has taken;
the wind dut of the of mir fw.
IV.nliv imo-oic ,:. :. ....
tient and unwav
lie has aceomrJisned things; he
has blazed the way to the considera
tion ol methods of warfare thtit smell ;
01 v.n ivi ii iii 1110 us n s nt inoir
makers and their workers. He has
awakened the Old World to an obser
vation of things, present and future, I
as no living man of these troubled 1
times has done. And he is not only
doing all this for the present; he is
showing the way to calmness, peace
and the rights of men who are to
eome. And when the struggle shall
have been brought to an end, who is
there in all this great world more fit
ted to pose as umpire in the gracious
game of peace than Wilson?
"This our President, who has faced
the greatest problems since Lincoln,
will win his reward when hrs present
enemies back him as the foremost
man of the world.
"H. S. KELLER."
Utica, Sept. 1.
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f"- ?"la-v h" only as the 1 1 K:,! WAUlm
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NORTH CAROLINA SOLITUDE
The Bit of Literature That is Bring-
ing a Flood of Inquiries to Tr.j
Observer.
(From The New York Time.O
A great deal has been heard uLou
the "abandoned farms" of the New
Eneland and other States, some of
which maintain bureaus to fao litatc
the resettlement of those isolated ru
ral "deserts." A certain number of
persons, not always practical farm
ers, have taken advantage of the op
portunity to acquire cheap homes
and lands. Shrewd, saving farmers
of foreign birth have often done well
in this work of reclamation and res
toration. There has been a large
emigration of farmers, from Iowa
especially antl the States along the
Canadian border, to the new fields of
the Dominion Northwest. Presumably
most, or many, of these had a good
store of capital, parting with rich ,if
partially exhausted, soil for the sak
of reaping the earnest increment of
great virgin tracts of a region of
fruitful probabilities.
Bilious prophets emit wails from
time to time, shuddering at visions
of "tenant farmers" and the last strip
of unoccupied farming land. Mean
while the "Great American Desert" of
the geographies of our youth belongs
rather to mythology than geography,
Prosperous farmers, and enormous
crops, and the organization of country
life ought to have, but don't seem to
have had much, if any, effect upon
the passion to herd in cities. Not
"Back to the land," but "On to the
city," is the cry.
Yet once in a while we hear of
wide, untitled, promising farm dis
tricts, sometimes in old States. Here
for example, is The Charlotte Observ
er, which "has often pondered over
the vast waste of farm lands in Bla
den, Brunswick, Pender and neighbor
ing counties" of North Carolina, "and
has speculated on the possibilities
offered by them for immigrants." It
cites from The University News Let
ter a study of this region. It con
tains 22,380,000 acres, four-fifths val
uable for cultivation, a desert "that
could be made to blossom as the rose
if North Carolina could draw a thrifty
class sufficient to populate it." The
Observer says, mournfully or enthu
siastically: Here is a neglected area almost
exactly twice the size of Belgium.
Here is room for every man of
the 450,000 Belgian farmers, on
farms twice the average size of
the little pocket handkerchief
fields they have been used to cul
tivating. And we should have
some 9,000,000 acres of our wil
derness spaces still left for wood
lot uses.
The roseate prospectuses of land
speculators, the real estate experien
ces of Martin Chuzzlewit. Anything
of deception cannot be thought of in
connection with responsible and up
right publications like The Charlotte
Observer and The University News
Letter. We must believe fully in the
Tar Heel unused fertile acres. But
will anybody go to them? Is not a
motor car the only agricultural ma
chine that most of us desire? Yet
the "coast section" of North Carolina
espeiially invites small farmers.
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"EXPANDING LIFE"
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, in his ad
dress to the Normal graduates dis
cussed the "Expanding Life." He told
them to look at nature, a tree for in
stance, and see how naturally it ex
panded and see how we all should
grow. Just as under the influences
of nature the tree grows broader, so
must womanhood broaden. "Learn
something new every day," he said.
He also pointed out that the tree as
well as broadening grows toward
heaven, as we should. .. -.,
I OROANln
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Musicians call me quality; my proper name is York; and I am
known and loved in the leading homes of America.
Men and women are liked for what they are, so am I. On first
acquaintance, a pleasing appearance may be the basis for mutual
attraction, but the test of friendship is intrinsic merit.. Appear
ance counts, of course, antl I am proud of my beautifully designed
and finished case. You will be proud of me because for classy lines
and rich, chaste design, I have no superior but my real merit is
jased upon much more than appearance for I will give a long life
time of service. In thousands of American homes, churches and
schools I have been for many years demonstrating my durability
and have proven to my friends that my sweet and mellow tone ami
delicate and responsive action can always be depended upon, even
under the most trying conditions. I can be relied upon at all times
to meet the exacting demands of the most critical musician. I want
to .come to your home and, spend a lifetime. I want to give you
6ome of the joy and sweetness and melody which I am today giv
ing so many lovers of good music.
Will you let me come? Join my club and save not only the
middleman's profit but also secure the unheard of advantages of
fered through that club. These advantages are not confined to
price alone. I come direct from the factory to your home and al
ways please people who are able to judge real merit. I was care
fully and conscientiously made by the Weaver Organ and Piano
Co., of York Pa., who guarantee material and workmanship for a
period of ten years. I am rated as a high-grade and standard in
strument by the "Piano and Organ Purchasers Guide. I am The
Charming Toned York Piano.
If you want sunshine in your home, let me come and spend a
lifetime with you.
For more complete particulars, write immediately to
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TROY, N. C. and ASHEBORO, N. C.
"Shield Brand"
Clothes
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$1022 $1222 $1522
The new designi we are thowing in Men' Clothes
for this sea:n by far outdo all our previous effort.
The makers of "Shield Brand" Clothe have
produced the best models in their history. Come
in and see them.
CARTER MERCANTILE
Ramseur, N. C.
Galvanized Shingles
We have just received a car of Galvanized Shingles at a very low fig
ure. Call to see us 11 in need or any
MCCRARY-REDDING HARDWARE CO.
TEN TO ONE SAVING
26,3:57 People Immunized at
Cost
of 11 Cents Apiece.
The linal figures for the anti-typhoid
campaign recently conducted in five
counties of the Slate show that 26,
people took three complete treat
ments at a total cost of $:l,761,:)7 to
the counties, or lA.'l cents per person
immunized. Northampton leads in
point of low per capita cost. They
immunized 8,1S!) people at a cot of
!.C cents apiece, Cumberland was
nest wixii :1,S44 at 12.11 cents apiece,
Wake immunized !,155 at 15.7 cents
apiece, while Iluncombe immunized
2,0.").") at 18J! cents ami Henderson
2.0!)'! at 21.!) cents.
It has been estimated that had
these 2G,.r:;7 people paid the usual
price of 50 cents per dose or $1.50 per
complete treatment, it would have
cost them $:J!),800, whereas bv the
method adopted the counties saved
over $:!C,000.
The total loss from typhoid fever
saved to these live counties on account
of the anti-typhoid treatment during
the next rive years is assuming a sav
ing of 113 deaths and 11:10 cases and,
estimating a life saved to be worth
$1,700 and the cost of a case of ty
phoul at $200, shows a saving of
$418,000.
Cor.stipation Cured Overnight
A small dose of Po-Do-Lax tonight
and you enjoy a full, free, easy bower
movement in the morning. No rip
inrr, for Po-Do-Lax is Podophyllin
(May Apple) with the gripe. Pc-Do-Lax
corrects the cause of Constipa
tion by arousing the liver, increasing
the flow of bile. Bile is Nature's an
tiseptic in the bowels. With proper
amount of bile, digestion in bowels is
perfect. No gas, no fermentation, no
Constipation. Don't be sick, nervous,
iritable. Get a bottle of Po-Do-Lax
Ifrom your druggist now and cure your
Constipation overnight.
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kind of roofintr material.
The Next Best Thing to the
Pine
I orest for Colds is
Dr. l.ell s Pine-Tar-Honey which goc?
to the very root of cold troubles. It
clears the throat and gives relief from
that clogged and stulled feeling. The
pines nave ever been the friend of
man in driving away colds. Mmr...
over, the pine-honey qualities are pe
cu .arly effective in fighting children's
... ju-mcmoor mat a cold broken
it the start trroutlv rm.o -fu
sibility of complications. 2;V
.Air. Bent ley Owen, of Liberty, Se
riously Injured in Texas.
Mr. W. Bentley Owen, Sr., of Liberty
who has for several weeks been visit
ing relatives in the southwest, writes
The Courier the following letter:
Alto, Texas, Aug. 18, 1.015.
Ashcboro Courier, Ashcboro, N. .
Dear sir:
On the 12th of August in the at
tempt to hold a runaway mule, I was
thrown into a barbed wire fence and
the buggy striking me and jerking
me along the fence. My body wiu; cut
in a number of places, head and right
arm and my left arm stripped of all
the flesh and musole from the shoul
der joint to the elbow except on the
back of the rrm. My arm had to be
amputated. I am improving now and
hope will soon be out again. I'm
here in Cherokee county, Texas, look
ing after my son's farm this sum
mer and am expecting to go to my
own home in Liberty, N. C, as soon
as the crop is gathered. This is a
fine farm belonging to W.B.Owen, Jr.
on the Agelina River, 6 miles of AHo,
R. F. D. Xo. 2, Texas.
Yours very truly,
W. B. OWEN, Pr.
Mr. Owens' many friends in this
county hope that he may soon recover
from the revere injury which he has
received.