THE SCHOOL LAW.
County Boards of Education
Chosen by Legislature.
Hereafter They will be Elected Every
Two Years by the Board of
County Commissioners.
HundAV'B New* and Observer.
The new school law may be
summarized as follows.
The State Hoard of Education,
on the first Monday in August of
each year shall apportion among
the several counties of the State
all the school funds which may
be in the treasury of the said
board, said apportionment to be
made on the basis of the school
population; but no part of the
permanent school fund shall be
apportioned, only the interest
therefrom.
The proceeds of all lands grant
ed by the United States to this
State, also all moneys and any
other property now belonging to
any State fund for the purpose of
education, also net proceeds of
swamp lands and all other grants
made to this State, shall be paid
in to the State Treasury, and
together with as much of the
ordinary revenue as may be set
apart for that purpose, shall be
appropriated for establishing
aiid maintaining a system of free
public schools.
All moneys belonging to a
county school fund, also net pro
ceeds Jrom sales of estravs, also
proceeds of penalties and fines,
also proceeds of tax imposed on
liquor licenses and auctioneers,
shall remain in the several coun
ties and be appropriated for es
tablishing and maintaining free
public schools in those counties,
amount collected in each county
shall be reported annually to the
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
If the tax levied by the State
shall be insufficient to maintain
one or more schools in each school
district for the period of four
months, then the Hoard of Com
missioners of each county shall
levy annually a special tax to
supply the deficiency. The said
tax to be levied on all property,
credits and polls of the county.
The Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall have the school
laws published in pamphlet form
and distributed by May 1st of
each year, and shall send a letter
to each omcer enumerating his
duties. Heshall report bi-ennially ,
to the Governor, at least five days I
previous to each regular session I
of the General Assembly. Heshall
direct the operations of the sys
tem of public schools and enforce
the laws and regulations, and
investigate the systems of other
States, etc. He shall acquaint
himself with the peculiar wants
of the several sections of the
State, and shall take means to
supply said wants. Upon suffi
cient evidence, he shall report to
the bounty Hoard of Education
any delinquency on the part of a
county superintendent, and the
board shall then investigate, and
if the charge is true, declare the
office vacant and proceed to elect
a successor. He is authorized to '
employ a clerk at a salary of
fl ,000 and a stenographer at a
salary />f $250.
. T he General Assembl3'shall ap
point three men in each county,
who shall constitute a County
Board of Education. In case of
vacancy, it shall be filled by the
other members of the board. The
members shall hold office until
the first Monday in July, 1903,
when the Hoard of County Com
missioners in each county shall
elect the board and every two
years thereafter. The (bounty
Board of Education shall be a
body corporate, capable of pur
chasing and holdhig real and per
sonal estate; of building school
houses, and of selling and trans
ferring the same for school pur
poses. They shall control all
matters relating to the public |
schools of the county, with power
to execute the school laws, pass
upon the moral character of any
teacher or applicant for a teach
er's certificate, with power to
subpiena witnesses for all investi
gations they may deem neces
sary.
The county board, on the
second Monday in July, 1901,
and bi-enniallv thereafter, shall
elect a county superintendent of
schools, who shall be at the time
of his election, a practical teacher,
or who shall have had at least
two years exjierience in teaching
school, and who shall be a man
of liberal education and shall
otherwise be qualified to dis
charge the duties of his office a*
required by law, due regard being
given to experience in teaching
Raid superintendent must lie ol
good moral character, and shall
hold his office for a term of twc
years. Provided, that any per
son who has filled the office of
county superintendent for four
years next preceding the passage
of this act shall be eligible to
such office in Her tie and Bladen
counties, if the election of such
person meets the approval of the
state Board of Education.
I The County Board of Educa
tion of each county shall on the
second Monday in July, 1901,
and bi-ennially thereafter, ap
point in each township of the
county three men as school com
mitteemen, who shall serve for
two years, to be paid by the
countv board out of the reserve
school fund one dollar jeer day
for not more than four days per
annum. The county board may,
if deemed best, instead of electing
township committeemen, elect for
each school of the several town
ships three school committeemen,
who shall serve for two years,
without compensation.
The school committee, not later
than twenty days after their
qualification, shall elect a chair
man and secretary, keep record
of their proceedings and report
name and address of chairman
and secretary to the county
superintendent. All appeals from
the committeeshull be first made
to the county superintendent,
whose decisions shall be final,
unless reversed by the County
Board of Education.
The school committee shall l>e
intrusted with the care and cus
tody of all school houses, school
house sites, grounds, books ap
paratus, or other public school
property in the township. They
are required to furnish to the
county superintendent a census
report of all the pupils of school
j age in their township or district,
also the number of public school
j houses and the valueof all public
school property for each race
separately, and to the teacher a
register ot the names and ages of
| each pupil of school age in that
district. They shall also by race
i and sex the number of all persons
between the ages of twelve and
twenty-one who cannot read and
, write.
No teacher shall be employed
by any committee except at a
regular called meeting of such
committee, of which due notice
shall be given. The committee
shall have power to purchase
supplies necessary for conduct
ing schools and for repairs, not
to exceed $25 in any one year
for each school; shall have au
thority to employ and dismiss
teachers. No person shall be
employed as teacher who does
not produce a certificate from
the county superintendent or
other parties authorized by law,
and no certificate shall be issued
to any person under eighteen
years of age. Teachers of the
second grade shall receive not
more than $25 per month, and
teachers of first grade such com
pensation as shall be agreed up
on. Teachers of third grade not
more than $20 per month, but
no third grade certificates shall
be renewed and no holder there
of shall be employed except as
assistant.
Twenty school days of not less
than six hours nor more than
seven hours shall be a month.
School term shall be continued
as far as practicable.
When a monthly report of
any school where the district
does not contain over one hun
dred and fifty children shows an
average daily attendance of less
than one-fifth, the committee
shall order school closed, and the
money due shall remain to the
credit of that school.
The County Board of educa
tion shall on the second Monday
in January and July of each year
apportion the school find of the
county to the various townships
per capita, reserving as contin
gent fund an amount sufficient to
pay salary of county superinten
dent and per diem and expenses
of the county board. This ap
portionment shall be based upon
the amounts actually received bv
the county treasurer from all
sources and reported by him to
the County Board of Education.
TF.ACHEKS' INSTITUTE.
The county boards of one or
more counties may annually ap
propriate an amount not exceed
ing $100 out of the school funds,
for thepurposeof conducting one
or more teachers' institutes, at
tendance upon which by the
1 teachers shall be compulsory.
Institutes to be conducted by the
county sujierintendent, assisted
by some member of the State
Board of Examiners, or a mem
I her of the faculty of the Normal
Department of the Cniversity of
i North Carolina, or of the State
: Normal and Industrial College,
or of the A. and M. College, oi
f some practical teacher appointed
I by the State Superintendent.
? County board shall meetonthi
second Monday of January
| April, July and October, and may, j
! if uectttsarv remain in session1
I two days, and may have called {
meetings of one clay each, once a ?
mouth, if the school business of!
the county requires it. They
shall receive the same per diem j
and mileage as that allowed the
county commissioners.
Any person wilfully interrupt
ing or disturbing any public or
i private school or meeting held
for literary or scientific purposes, !
or wilfully setting fire to any
school house, shall be guilty of u
I misdemeanor and be punished by
imprisonment and fine.
The county board shall divide
the townships into school dis
tricts, and shall establish 110 new
school within less than three;
j miles of some school already j
j established in the same township:
nor shall they create any school
1 district w ith lees than <).r> children.
The county board may receive!
ahy gift made for the use of any
school, may sell any school house
: or site, may receive or purchase
{sites for school houses. When-;
ever unable to obtain a suitable
j site, they shall report to the
county superintendent, who shall
j upon five days' notice to owner,
apply to theclerk of the Superior
Court for appointment of three
appraisers, who shall lay off not
more than one acre, and assess
the value thereof. If their report
| is confirmed by the clerk of the
court, the chairman and secre
tary shall issue an order 011 the
treasurer of the county board in
favor of the owner of the land,
and upon payment the title of
said land shall vest in the county
board. Improved land shall not
be condemned unless it shall be
essential.
In any school district where a
private school is conducted for at
least six months, the committee
may contract with the teacher of
such school to give instruction to
i all pupils between the ages of six
and twenty-one in public school
j branches, without charge, such
[teacher to be paid 0111 of the
' school fund.
No contract for teachers' sala
1 ries shall be made for a larger
I amount than accrues to the ere at
! of the districts for the year, and
1 no committee shall give an order
unless the money to pay it is nc
! tuallv to thecredit of the district,
and no part of the school fund
for one year shall oe used to pay
school claims for any pievio'.r
year.
CERTIFICATES OF TEACHERS. j
The section (;17) in regard b?
the examination of public school
teachers by the county superin
tendent, providesthu I ? ageneial
average of ninety percentum and j
over shall entitle an applicant to
a first-gradecertificate; a general i
average of e:ghty per centum or
more shall .ill- the applicant
to a sreon ' dec i lificate; and
a gii ral average of 70 shall en-1
title an applicant to a third-grade
certificate. The certificates shall
be valid only in the county in j
which they are issued and forone j
year from date, except that first
grade certificates shall be valid
for two years. The branches
taught in the public schools shall
be orthography.defining, writing,
drawing, arithmetic, geography,
grammar, language lessons, his
tory of North Carolina, including |
the Constitution of theState, his
tory of the United States, includ
ing the Constitution of the United
States; physiology and hygiene,
nature and effect of alcoholic
drinks and narcotics, elements of
civil government, elements of
. agriculture, theory and practice
of teaching and such other
branches as the board of educa
tion may direct. The county su
perintendent of schools shall hold
iiis examination publicly, and
may invite competent persons to
assist him in such examinations
He shall keep a copy of all exami
nation questions, both public and
private, and shall forward copies
of the same to the State Superin
tendent, upon request. No super
intendent shall renew any second
or third grade certificate except
upon examination
Section .'1H. The county super
intendent shall each year hold
not less than one teachers meet
ing in each township, which the
I teachers shall be required to at
I tend. If necessary, one-half of a
| school day may be set apart for
j this purpose.
SALARY OK THK SUPERINTENDENT.
Section 44. The compensation
of the county superintendent of
| schools shall be not less than two
dollars nor more than three- dol
lars per diem. The annual com
pensation of the county superin
tendent shall not exceed four jier
cent of the disbursements for the
schools under his supervision.
Every county superintendent
i shall reside intheeountyof which
lie is superintendent. It shall not
- be lawful for any county superin
, | tendent to teach a scbool while
e
the public schools of his county
are in session. Provided that
the State Hoard of Education
may, for good and sufficient
reasons, permit any county su
jierintendent to so teach.
Section Of). It shall be unlaw
ful for any county board of edu
cation or school committee to
buy school supplies iu which any
member has a{>ecuniary interest.
Nor shall any school officers or
teachers receive any gift, emolu
ment, reward or promise of re
ward for influence in recommend
ing or procuring the use of any
school supplies for the schools
with which they are connected.
Any person violating the pro
visions of this act shall be re
moved from his position in the
public service, and shall, upon
conviction, be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor.
STATE HOAKI) OF EXAMINERS.
Section 70. The State Hoard
of Education shall elect bi-enni
ully a State Hoard of Examiners
which shall consist of three pro
fessional teachers and the State
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, who shall be ex-officio the
chairman of the said board. The
said board of examiners shall
have the entire management and
control of the colored normal
schools of the State, shall pre
pare a course of study for the
same, elect teachers therein, fix
all salaries and provide for a sum
mer school of not less than two
weeks' duration, which all teach
ers in said colored normal schools
shall be required to attend. One
member of said board of examin
ers shall visit each of said col
ored normal schools annually,
inspect the work and report in
writing to the State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, who
shall have tlie reports printed
and submitted to ttie General
Assembly on or before January
20, 1!)03. Meetings of the State
Hoard of Examiners shall beheld
at the call of the State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction,
and the members shall receive no
compensation other than travel
ing expenses and board while at
tending; upon theirofffcial duties,
an itemized statement of which
shall be kept in the books of the
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Section 72. Special school tax
districts may be formed by the
county board of education in any
county without regard to town
ship hi'!under ihe following
conditio. s: t'port a petition of
one-four li of t lie freeholders with
in th proposed special school
district, endorsed by the county
board of education, the county
board of county commissioners,
after thirty days' notice at the
court house doorand three other
public places in the proposed 'dis
trict, snail hold an election to
ascertain the will of the people
within the proposed special school
district, whether there shall be
levied in said district a special
annual tax of not more than
thirty cents on the one hundred
dollars valuation of property
and ninety cents on the poll to
supplement the public school fund
which may be apport ioned to said
district by the county board of
education in case said special tax
is voted. All money levied under
the provisions of this act shall,
upon collection, be placed to the
credit of the school committee in
said district, which committee
shall be appointed by the county
board of education; and the said
school committee shall apportion
the money among the schools in
said district in such manner as in
their judgment shall equalize
school facilities."
Remarkable Cures ot Rheumatism.
From the Vindicator. Kutherfordton N.C.
The editor of the Vindicator
has had occasion to test the effi
cacy of Chamberlain's Pain Balm
! twice with the most remarkable
results in each cose. First, with
! rheumatism in the shoulder from
which he suffered excruciating
pain for ten days, which was re
lieved with two applications of
Pa'a Balm, rubbing the parts
afflicted and realizing instant
benefit and entire relief in a very
short time. Second, in rheuma
tism 111 the thigh joint, almost
prostrating him with severe pain,
which was relieved by two appli
cations, rubbing with the lini
ment on retiring at night, and
getting up free from pain. For
sale by Hood Bros.
It is said that the powers of
either man or woman are deve
loped five-fold by working with
a life-companion who iH in entire
harmony. The ideal wife as a
rule has it in her power to make
the ideal husband. What
| constitutes the ideal wife is dis
cussed in an extremely able
article by Lavinia Ilart in the
April Cosmopolitan.
Shakespeare's Docs.
The (le. tleman'f Matrazme
What were the names of Shakes
[leare's dogs? We find them
j enumerated: "Cerberus, that
i three-headed can us," ("Ixive's
i Labour's Lofct," V. 2.) Pluto's
doc that keeps the entrance to
hades. But Holofernes, the fool
ish schoolmaster, is hardly cor
| reet when he states that Hercules
draped the monster to earth,
and there let him go. I .ear
sneaks of "the little dogs and
I all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweet
I heartand we have already
l>een introduced to Sowter, Clow
der, Silver, Merriman, Bellman,
Kcho, and others. Let us not
(forget Crab?aptly named. He
is the most interesting of the
whole kennel. The bard does
not merely sketch, but draws and
i paints a life-size, ever-living
picture of that most remarkable
cur. We should all like to have
known Crab?"thesourest-natur
ed dog that lives, a cruel-hearted
cur, a pebble stone," that wept
not in company and sympathy
with the dolorous father, grand
am, sister, and maid of Launce,
his devoted master; "one that he
brought up of a puppy; one that
he saved from drowning": a
stealer of capon's legs from the
dining table of gentlefolk, and1
otherwise so disgracefully mis
conducting himself that poor
Launce was whipped and set in
the stocks as his proxy. What a
typical mongrel! We could have
foregone the acquaintance of
many a better and more estima
ble dog, for the sake of enjoying
the acquaintance of the vulgar
tike, Crab; for he must have had
some good points, including a
sort of fidelity, or Launce would
not have loved and shielded him.
A Good Cousrh Medicine lor Children. '
"I have no hesitancy in recom
mending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy," says F. P. Moran, a
well known and popular baker, of
Petersburg, Va. "We have given
it to our children when troubled
with bad coughs, also whooping
coughs, and it has always given
perfect satisfaction. It was rec
ommended to me by a druggist
as the best cough medicine for
children as itcontained no opium
or other harmful drug." Sold by
Hood Bros.
Walter R. Moore Lamp.
Smithfield, N. C.,
March 12, 11)01,
At the annual meeting of Wal
ter it Moore Camp Confederate
Veterans held in the court house
(this day, the following officers
I were elected for the ensuing year:
A. Home, Captain commander;
C. >S. Powell, Lieutenant com
mander: L .1. Holt, Adjutant;
Dr. .1. T. i). Wellons, Surgeon:
Cider S. 11. Brady, Chaplain;
John Stephenson. Color Sergeant.
C. S. Powell and A. Home were
elected delegates to the Memphis
Reunion. J. II. Parker and .T. I).
Smith were elected alternates.
Miss Lou Young and Miss Ola
Youngblood were elected spon
sors for the Memphis Reunion.
The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, Hv the Walter It
Moore Camp, No. 833 United
Confederate Veterans of John
ston County. X. C., return thanks
to the members of the present
Legislature for the substantial
recognition accorded to the oici
Veterans of I8(il and to assure
| them that they will be long and
j reverently remembered. We
always hold the hands of our
friends while doing their duty.
Resolved, That The Smith
field Hkkalii and Raleigh News
I and Observer be requested to
I publish the same.
Prof, lvison, of Lonaconing,
Md., suffered terribly from neu
j ralgia of the stomach and indi
gestion for thirteen years and
after the doctors failed to cure
him they fed him on morphine.
| A friend advised the use of Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure and after taking
a few bottles of it he says, "It
has cured me entirely. 1 can't
say too much for Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure." It digests what you
eat. J. R. Ixidbetter, IIare& Son,
Hood Bros.
Miss Lucy C. Coolidge has been
elected to the school board of
Portland, Me., as a candidate at
large, being on all the tickets and
receiving 8413 votes,?the largest
number ever cast for one person
at a Portland election.
Their promptness and their
pleasant effects make DeWitt's
Little Early Risers most popular
little pills wherever they are
known. They are simply perfect
for liver and bowel troubles.
Hare & Son, Hood Bros., J. R.
j Led better.
ED WARD V. POU. P H. BROOKS
POU & BROOKS,
Attorneys-at-Low,
SM1THFIBLD. H. C.
Claims CoUscUd. Estates Settled.
Pteetioe in Johnston end adjoining
oonntiai.
L. A. MUNS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
WILSON'S MILLS, N. C.
Residence near Mr. O. F. Uzzle. office Dear
store of Messrs. C. M. & W. O. Wilson. A*
calls promptly answered.
J12 3m
DR. S. P. J. LEE,
DENTIST
Smithfield, : : N. C.
Office 111 Smithwick Building.
W. W COLE,
Attornev-at-Law,
8MIT1IKIELJ), N. C.
Practices wherever services desired.
Claims collected and estates settled.
Office In Smithwick Hutldlne.
Dr. J. W. Hatcher
DENTIST,
Selma IN. C.
Office in Hake & Son's Drng Stone
FLOYD H. PARRISH,
SMITHFIELD, N C.
Fresh Meats, Beef and Ice..
II to it est Prices Paid fob .Hides.
EW Beef cattle wan tad.
HOTEL DICKENS,
HMITHFIKLD, N. C.
Transients and Boarders
On Main Business Street.
Kates Reasonable.
MRS J. E. DICKENS,
Proprietress
Treasurer's Card.
John W. Futrell, Treasurer of Johnstox
County, will be in Smlthfleld every
Monday and Saturday and Court Weeks
Office in back room of the Bank of Smith
field. In his absence county orders will bt
oaid at the Bank
New Goods coming.
I have a nice line of Dry
Goods and Notions bought
for the spring and summer
trade. These goods will ar
rive between the
isl and I5lh ol March.
Remember I keep a full line of
GROCERIES! REITS,
Confectioneries, Snuff,
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
Call and see me when you need
goods and I promise you
fair treatment.
W. II. WESTBROOK,
PINE LEVEL, N. C.
Ml-lm
If You Want to
Save Money
We advise you to buy your good?,
of R. I, Lassltcr. lie keeps every
thing you need on the farm, ami
sells at a very low price, too, He
has a fresh ear load of Flour,
Meal, Corn and Oats.
Watt Plows and Casting.
Dixie Plows and Casting.
Cotton Plows and Casting.
Clipper Casting.
100 Kega of Nails Cheaper
than you can Buy them.
PULVERIZED BORAX, I5c.
He has the best Sprayer for spraying
tobacco tn the world. Now If you want
non trust Fertilizers, the best made for
cotton or tobacco, cheap as anybody, go to
R. I. LASSITER,
SPILONA N. C
Will H, Lassiter.
FOUR OAKS. N. C.
WHITE'S BLACK LI MM KNT.
25C. bottles reduced to 15c.
"I have used White's Black
Liniment and his other horso>
medicines with ereat success and
found them to l>e as represented.
"W. L. Fuller,
"SmithHeld, N. C."
For sale by Allen Lee,
Smithfield, N. C. Druggist