II I UH I I ? ???mi ? IIII UHHfr Educational Department Conducted by J P CANADAY. County Supt. of Pviblic Schools !? Institute for White Teachers. Mention of the institute ban | already been made, though in J order that there may be no tni* understanding, it is again an nounced. It will be held at Sinithtield, October 7th to lltb. inclusvie, and iu connection with the Graded School. Kach morn ing will be spent iu observing the best methoos applied iu actual class work in the different grades: each afternoon will be employed in discussing school government and other pedagogical subjects No teacher who attended an iu | stitute or summer normal school either in the yeat 11)00 or 1907 will be compelled to attend,! though it is hoped that ruanj will attend of their own accord. It is intended especially for those who have not attended an iusti- j tute either this year or last. Arrangement has beeu made with Prof. John W Byrd, princi pal of the colored graded school, for the colored teachers to attend his school later. Notice of the time for the colored Institute will be announced uext week. EXAMINATION. Examination of applicants for teachers' certificates will be held as follows: For white teachers, October 9 th and 10th; For col ored teachers, October 11th and 12th. COUNTY TEACHEHH'ASSOCIATION. j I hereby call upon all the; teachers aud friends of education in the county to meet at the Court House in Smithttield on | Saturday, October 12th. at 11j o'clock a. m. It will be more! convenient to have the institute, examination and Association all j the same week. In compliance with the school j law, for the past several years township Associations have been j organized each year to be held while the public schools were in session. Doubtless much good has been accomplished in this way, but these township Associa tions seem to have had a coun teracting influence upon the county Association. Such an; effect should not have resulted i For many years Johnston led surrounding counties iu associa-! tional work. In December of last year we had a very successful i county meeting, but only one Let us meet on Saturday, Octo- j ber 12th, organize, and see if we | can decide together to hold a county association at least once j each quarter. Teachers, we are behind in this matter. Let usj keep to the front with the best counties. EDUCATIONAL RALLY AT 8ELMA. I shall be pleased il every friend of education in the county could be at the rally at Selma on Sep tember 25th inst. But for time and expense I would write every teacher a special invitation. This meeting has been arranged by the Henry L. Wyatt Chapter of United Daughters of the Confed eracy at Selma. Theoccasion has historic importance. It is educa tional and patriotic, and will be both pleasurable and profitable. Able addresses will be delivered by County Superintendent Zeb. V. Judd, of Wake, and Mr. H. D. W. Connor, Secretary of State Historical Commission. Both of the speakers are distinguished educational workers. Educa tional rallies are frequently held over the State; they inspire the teachers and arouse the people. The fact that the ladies of our county constituting the Chapter, took upon themselves the name of the "Wyatt Chapter" thus honoring and perpetuating the name of the first Confederate soldier killed in the war between the States, should appeal to our county pride; the further fact that they organized the idea of erecting in Capitol Square a mon ument to his everlasting memory should appeal to our patriotism It has entered into history that I . . lour soldiers were "First at Hethel, farthest to the front at Gettys burg aud last at \ppomattox." The last tragic act has been marked by a rnouument upon the battleground; now they have patriotically set about commem orating the first hero fallen at our State Capitol. The begin-1 niug and the end of fiery conflict will thus be commemorated to I North Carolina's glory. It is proposed by Mrs. Ashworth and other members of the chapter with the aid of the visiting ladies to organize a betterment Asso ciation for schools. Iu mam I counties the betterment Associa tions have accomplished in calculable good. L hope our teachers iu town and country will turn out in full. Let us honor the distinguished visitors by our presence. Our former County Superintendent, Prof. Turling ton, highly approves the meeting and will help make the occasion a success. We hope to have the presence and co-operation of the school principals and superinten dents and teachers of the couaty ?not only them, but all friends of educatiou and progress. This should include evervbody. J. P. CANadaY. Lord Macaulay's Wonderful Memory. Macaulay's intellect and learn ing were such as to have hardly ever been equalled. One of the beet things said about Trevely an's biography was that it served the purpose of a warning against intellectual conceit. If a man regardshisownattainments with complacency, he may reflect that Macaulav knew ten times as much as he. If he prides himself ou memory, on speed, on the use of acquisition, he may learn from Macaulay that, in comparison, he is commonplace and second rate. 1 do not suppose there was ever a memory like Macau lay's. A few instances may be given. When he was eight years old he read Scott's "Lay of the Last Miustrel" once. He was immediately able to repeat it; canto by canto to bis mother, j He said himself, and he was a very modest man, that if "Para dise Lost" and the "Pilgrim's Progress" vanished he could re store them from memory. Once when a young man he picked up a country newspaper in a coffee-room at Cambridge and read two trivial pieces that filled the poet's corner. After forty years he was able to repeat these pieces, lie seemed to read through his eyeB. The page pho tographed itself at once ou his miud, and the impression re mained there. Most of us have to get up the things we can repeat by saying them over and over again to ourselves or to others, but for Macaulay there was no such ne cessity. The one reading was enough, and it did not seem to matter whether he was interested in the subject or not. All things came to him with equal ease. ? He was never burdened or hampered by his memory. It filled his mind with the pleasantest and most illuminating associations.? Claudius Clear, in British Weekly. Trial Catarrh treatments ere being mailed out free, on request, by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests are proving to t he people?without a penny's cost? the great value of this scientific prescription known to druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Ca tarrh Remedy. Sold by Hood Brothers. Pointed Paragraphs. Attend to your own affairs and you will have no time to butt in to the affairs of your neighbors. Men accuse women oi being vain, yet a man seldom misses an opportunity to look in a mir ror. From the spinster's point of view, a mercenary wretch is a bachelor who marries a rich wid ow. If a man is satisfied to make both ends meet, he is sure to have a wife who thinks he ought to make them lap over. Friendship may have the true ring, but it isn't the kind of ring that is calculated to satisfy the girl who is in love.?Chicago News. Largest Boy and Girl In the World. The largest boy and girl for their age are just now on exhibi tion in London. They are Ruby West wood, who is in her four teenth year, and herbrother Wil ford, who will be twelve next Jan uary. Their mother and father are of nortual size. The family hails from New Zea land, which is not at all noted for large people. In fact, the eli mate of the antipodes does not tend to abnormal growth atnoug either man or bea*t, so that in all respects the gigantic size of t besechildren is truly phenomenal Ruby is five feet two inches in height and she rips the siale at 230 pounds. Wilfred goes his sister oue inch better iu height and some fifty pounds in weight. London physicians who have sub jected the giaut babes to a thor ough examination report that their physical proportions are perfect and their health excellent. | S'or are they iu the least awk-| ward in their movements or play. Ruby holds her own in skipping the rope with any girl her age, j and Wilfred is an adept at base- j ball and football, though to see| him play with a lot of youngsters is a ludicrous sight. Iu school also they show average bright ness. The London papers say that an enterprising American impre sario is negotiating with the pa rents to allow the "'little ones" to be exhibited in the l uited States ?Washington Post. Good Manners. Good manners* are not a super ficial veneer, a thin covering over a rough surface, but they are founded on kindness and common sense. They show the nature, the heart, the disposition. Gad manners are attributed to "a lack of fine perception which sees little things, a want of that deli cate touch which handles them, and of that fine sympathy which a superior moral organization al ways bestows. Someone has said, of the people we casually meet we ask only t hat the salutation be pleasant. This seems to be at the root of the eu tire matter of greeting?to be pleasant. A bow is made instinct ively and promptly as soon as one meets the eye of an acquain tance, whether ou the street or in a room. When bowing, the head is inclined slightly. Even when people know each other very well it is not correct to accompany a bow with a broad smile, but there may be a "smile in the eyes," or a beam of good will which light ens the countenanc and prevent s an impression of coldness, indif ference or absentmindedness ? The Ladies' World for September. Just Any Man. Miss Gaddie?She says she will never marry until htr ideal comes to her and says: "I love you." Miss Know?Yes, I know. Miss Gaddie?Hut what is her ideal? Miss Know?A man, of course. ?Philadelphia Press. The Ideal Newspaper. The ideal newspaper is the free and independent newspaper, the paper which, first and above all things else, has the courage to print the truth of matters which should be given publicity for any good and sufficient reason and which has the courage to deny to its columns anvthirig of a fil thy and degrading character when there is no public duty in volved in its publication. It is as much a newspaper's duty not to print some things as it isitsduty to print others.?Rome (Ba) Tribune. Old Age in the Senate. Senator William B. Allison, of Iowa, has announced his candi dacy for still another term. He has been continuously in the Sen ate since 1872, and with the end of his present term in 190b he will have served in the upper chamber of Congress a total of six full terms or thirty-six years. He has previously served eight years in the lower chamber?mak ing forty-four years of continuous representation of Iowa at Wash ington. He is now seventy-eight years old; will be eighty when his present term is completed; and would be eighty-six at the end of the next term which he seeks. ?Springfield Republican. A great investment, absolutely safe, brings returns that p > The effect of Scoff's Emulsion on thin, ? pale children is magical. It makes them plump, rosy, active, happy. , It contains Cod Liver Oil, Hypophosphites . , and Glycerine, to make fat, blood and bone, , and so put together that it is easily digested , by little folic jk j ALL DRUCOISTSt BOO. AND SI.OO. >1 AW*3 'S /raT^^<52tf S- ?rftKT^^^v^Sir cr^k f nr. Reader^You StopII* r And Read This!! i qj Do you want to buy your clothes cheaper? If you do, this will interest you. J 20 Our buyer has just returned from Northern markets and was fortunate in se- Jj| Y* curing some jobs and specials in clothing, and we offer them to you at a big W 5J saving. DON'T BUY YOUR CLOTHES UNTIL YOU SEE THESE LOTS g ?5 Boys' Knee Pants Suits K 59 An assortment of suits ranging iu size, 4 to 16 all made of good cloth 21 K In the very latest styles. Double breasted?very pretty. Price if 1 to $3. K 54 Youths'Long Pants Suits jfil 15 An assortment of sizes ranging 14 to 20 years. Some of the most W JM stylishly made garments. Some single breasted, but most of them UL made double breasted, in the swellest worsted. Prices $3.00 to $*.50. ff 54 Men's Cheap Clothing M mS We've got tho country beat on men's cheap clothing. We've got them flj H in all sizes at all prices. $3.50 up to $7 50, $3.00 and $0.00. There Q nf are some swell patterns, made up both single and double. See them M H before you buy. H ^ Men's Fine Clothing ? gThe nobby brown plaids, grey plaids, mixed plaids, fancy grey and brown mixed, some cut single breasted, some double breasted. You gf will find in this lot something to suit you, no matter how well you jg 53 want to dress. 21 A If you want anything better than the above, we are expert A 50 fitters and will have you a suit made to measure?Ask the 50 K boys who have tried us- Q g Let us Show You a Line of Shoes From Which g A You Can Suit the Whole Crowd A qT Shoes for the little folks, Shoes for the larger children, Shoes for the young lady, &L M Shoes for the women, Shoes for the boys and shoes for the men. M S On Family Lots we S^all be Glad to 5 S Show You a Decided favor in Siloes 5 We are expecting you to come and sec our line, whether you trade a cent with us L or not. m ; Gnlley 3c Gulley, Clayton, IN. C. J % Now and Hereafter % J P. S?Anything You Want to Wear, We've Got It. 3 /"Beyond the Alps Lies Italy" | And the famous Walk-Over Shoes are worn Beyond Italy. I have just received a large shipment of this well known brand of shoes. IVly fall stock of Dry Goods and Clothing (is arriving daily. All summer goods being sold at a dis count. Come early and save money on your fall goods. 1 j) Yours truly, if I PRESTON*WOODALL, Benson. N. C. | The goods I handle ^ are 1 leavy and Fancy Groceries, Buggies, ^ Wagons, Mowers, ^ Reapers, Rakes, Disc ^ Cultivators, Stalk ^ Cutters, and other ^ farm implements. The Johnston is the ^ lightest running ^ mower on the mar- ^ ket. First-class Log ^ Carts for sale. ^ Come to see me m , when you need any thing in my line. ^ NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Exe*. utoronthe estate of Deinpsy Hocutt, de ceased. all persons having claims against said "State are hereby notified to present the same to me duly verified on or before the OTrd day nf August. 190b, or this notice will t>e pleaded In bar of their recove.,. and all persons In debted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 22nd day of August, 1907. JAMKS R. HOCUTT. Executor. Selma. R. F. D. No, 3. J NO. A. NAKKON. Attorney. SOW RYE and German clover during September and October for spring grazing and improv ing of the soil. Prom the 15th of September to the 15th of Oc tober is best time. I will have at all times a full supply of seed. W. M. Sanders, Smithtield, N. 0. J. H. Woodalt Junius Peterson Woodall & Peterson Contractors & Builders Can do any kind of Wood or Brick work Estimates furnished on any job ycu want done.