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VOLUME XXXII—NUMBER 22
PERCY MILLER IS
SENTENCED TOI
DIE JUNE 14TH
Judge Moore Passes First
Death Sentence Since
His Appointment
JURY OUT 50 MINUTES
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Judge Clayton Moore passed his first
death sentence since his appointment
to the bench over a year ago, in Ber
tie superior court last Friday after
noon when he sentenced Percy Miller,
convicted murderer of Chief of Police
Pat White, of Windsor, to die in the
electric chair the 14th of next month.
Carrying out his duty, "Judge Moore
sentenced the man to die and asked
that Miller stand up and say what he
would for himself. Miller said noth
ing and was ordered removed at once
to the State prison, where he now oc
cupies a cell on "death row."
Miller was found guilty of murder
in the first degree by a Bertie County
jury 50 minutes after the case was
tamed over to it. Ten minutes later i
Sheriff Cooper and the several guards- j
ntea were speeding toward Raleigh
with the convicted man.
Notice of appeal was filed by M >ll
- negro lawyer, and this will likely
stay his execution.
Miller killed Police White Febru
ary 10 when the officer attempted to
arrest him. He escaped at that time,
but was later captured by Sheriff
Cooper.
Large crowds attended the trial, but
during the time no disorder resulted.
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COUNTY AGENT'S
APRIL REPORT
Several Shipments of Poul
try Made; Alto Ships
Hogs to Richmond
Hie oounty agent's report, showing
many activities during the month of
April, was placed before the county
comlssimoners for approval laat Tues
day.
Pl«m the month, Mr. Brandon,
agent, tarried on the following work:
Twenty days spent In field, six days
in office, held 129 office conferences,
received 127 telephone calls, wrote 175
letters, visited 27 farms, traveled
867 miles on official duties, wrote 14
artdles for papers, treated 271 hogs
and loaded poultry. According to the
report the shipmenta last month
brought the total loadings this year
up to 74,908 pounds, fanners receiving
$18,066.68. Mr. Brandon estimates that
the cooperative poultry shipments sav
the raiaers $4,000.00 or more.
Delivering 130 buahela of improved
cotton aeed, the agent saved farmers
approximately $97.60 in the purchase
price.
One carload and a truck load of
hoga were shipped to the Richmond
market. Shipping a carload of sweet
potatoes, a farmer waa paid $1.70 pei
busfcl. The fifth car of drain tile was
delivered In the county this year.
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let Cream Vendor Wins
SIOO,OOO in Cuban Lottery
Havana, May 4.—Luck has smiled
cn M Sevillano, a young Spaniard,
who was a street vendor of ice-cream
cones. He owed board bill and room
rent With his last remaining cash he
bought a full ticket in the Cuban na
tional lottery. He took his pushcart
cut as usual next morning and started
oa bis rounds.
When the extra editions of the news
papers came out carrying the results
of the drawing, Sevillano discovered
that the winning number, calling for
SIOO,OOO, was his own. He abandoned
his cart on the sidewalk and danced
all the. way home, weeping and sing
ing. Next day he collected his money
and is now awaiting a vessel for Spain
to take in the Seville exposition as
hoot to several less fortunate ice-cream
peddling friends.
IW A TT SI
? f T THEATRE
I Wedneaday May IS
I "THE ROAD
TO RUIN"
■ The Vibrant Life Story of a De
queaft Girl
■ ALSO COMEDY
I Thursday-Friday May 16-17
"THE RED
SWORD;
I NEWS and cbMEDY
I Don't Forget, A Piece of Bil*er
I free To Every Lady Who At
taada Ewh Friday Night
I Showa at 7:ls and 9 P. M. Daily
M MU»IC 1Y PHOTOTQNE
THE ENTERPRISE
Public Invited to Attend
School Meeting Friday
The new school law in its rela
tion to this county will be dis
cusaed at a meeting of school com
mitteemen, county board of educa
cation, county board of commis
missioners and others who care to
attend here in the courthouse next
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Pointed out to be one of the most
important from the standpoint of
the county's schools, the meeting
MANY AT MAY
DAY EXERCISES
•
Almost 1,000 People Attend
Exercises on School
Grounds Friday
To many, almost a thousand people,
the May Day exercises and dances, at
the grammar school building last
Friday afternoon, featured the local
school's entire closing program. With
practically all the smaller children
taking part, the event was well re
ceived by the large number of spec
tators, and gave evidence of careful
training on the part of the teachers.
The little folks were very attractive
in their dress and costumes and play
ed their assigned parts to do credit to
both themselves and their teachers.
The program of the exercises In out
line form follows:
R. jr., dressed as Robin
Hood, opened the exercises when he
rode his pony into the court, follow
ed by the queen and her attendants.
Bridesmaids included Nell' Clyde Har
rison, Alverita Weaver, Ruth Jenkins,
Louise Perry and Christine Manning.
Grace Manning waa maid of honor
and Bennie Godwin served as crown
bearer. Reed White and Susie Whitley
were the flower girls and Myrnle
Brown was the queen. Dick Dunn and
Elbert Peel, jr. acted as pages.
Dances
Fairy dance, first grade; Dutch drill,
second grade; doll dance, Sara Cone;
flower drill, third grade; minuet dance,
fourth grade; solo dance, Katherine
Taylor Harrison; highland fling, fifth
grade girls; May pole drill, sixth and
seventh grade girls; butterfly dance,
Billy Pope; song, "Welcome Sweet
Springtime;," by grammar grade chil
dren.
TWO NEGROES
ARE ARRESTED
•
Officers' Threatened by Ar
rested Men's Friends in
Gold Point Section
While investigating a complaint in
the Gold Point community last Sun
day afternoon, Deputy S. H. Grimes
and his brother, Mayo Grimes, were
assaulted by Lee»Westcr Taylor, col
ored. The officers had just arrested
George Taylor wlien Lee Wester Tay
lor slipped up behiud Deputy Grimes'
back and placed a pistol in the officer's
hack. The deputy's assistant turned
said snatched the gun from the boy
and placed him under arrest. A .38
caliber pistol was removed from the
I elder Taylor's pocket and he, with his
son, was placed in the jail here to face
I trial today before Judge Ilailey.
The colored people were having a
big meeting of some kind there, and
the officers were threatened by the
Taylors' friends.
The officers were unarmed when
they arrived upon the scene, and after
taking the two pistols from the Tay
lors, the officers used the weapons in
holding the crowds' back.
Prohibition Officers
Get 100-Gallon Still
Officers F. E. Street and J. H. Roe
buck captured a 100-gallon liquor ket
tle in Mulberry Branch, Williams
Township, last week and destroyed a
bcut 100 gallons of berc. The kettle
was cold and no one was captured.
The still was said to be an up-to-date
ones and was apparently manufactured
at some machine shop. The officers
stated that they find very few plants
with kettles of the type captured Sat
urday.
Regular Luncheon of
Kiwanians Tomorrow
With several business problems to
come up, a large attendance apon the
Kiwanis meeting is being urged by
the officers. Mr. N. C. Green will
be in charge of the meeting, it was
stated.
Farm Life School Pupils
To Present Play Here
The Farm Life School boy* and
girls will preient a play,- "The Prairie
Rose," in the City Hall here Wednes
osy of next week at 7:30 o'clock, ac
cording to an announcement made
yesterday. , *-
The cast presented the play at the
Farm Life school closing a few week*
ago with much success.
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Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, May 14, 1929
will be attended by a hundred or
more people, it is expected.
The meeting will probably de
termine the interpretation of the
new law that will be followed in
the operation of the schools dur
ing the coming term; that is, the
meeting will decide whether a
drastic, medium, or a free inter
pretation of the law will be fol
lowed in this county.
ELECT OFFICERS
FOR WAREHOUSE
Meeting Will Be Held in
City Hall Tonight To
Form Organization
A meeting of the Martin County
Warehouse Co. stockholders will be
luld in the City Hall here this evening
at 8 o'clock, when officers of the com
pany will he elected and other business
matters handled. A charter was grant
ed last Friday by the State Corpora
tion Commission, and with the elec
tion of officers tonight the company
will be in position to proceed at once
with building operations.
Blue prints have been prepared, and
it is understood that bids will be ask
ed for within the next day or two. Ac
cording to present plans, the house
will carry the same amount of floor
space as the one destroyed by fire and
v.ill have walls of brick except the rear
one,, which will be made of metal.
While the name of the company will
be the Martin County Warehouse Co.,
•he house will be .operated uuder the
name of Planters Warehouse. Messrs.
George H. Harrison and A. R- Dun
ning secured the charter in Raleigh
last Friday. «
N. C. INDUSTRIAL
SHOW THIS WEEK
Being Held in Raleigh;
Natural Resources Are
Featured
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North Carolina is holding its first
industrial exposition this week at the
State fair grounds, Raleigh. The in
tereut centers mainly in the manufac
turing sections, very few exhibits
coming from the section of the State
east of the Wilmington and Weldo'n
railroad. The large manufacturing
concerns have very extensive and in
teresting exhibits.
The exposition bulletin claims that
North Carolina comes first in many
of the leading industries. It leads in
production and manufacture of tobac
co. It has more cotton mills than
any other state and has the largest
hosiery mill, towel factory, overalls
factor and the second largest alumi
num factory in the world. The largest
demin mill, damask mills, underwear
factory and pulp paper mill in the
United States. The State now pays
more tax into the Federal Treasury
than any other state in the Union ex
cept New York.
The bulletin also points out that
we now have a population of 2,988,-
000 with less than one per cent for
eign bom.
The natural resources and the ed
ucational advantages are featured at
the show,-the bulletin stating that
a circle embracing Greensboro and
Raleigh contains the greatest educa
tional facilities of any place in the
world on a basis of population.
The exposition is also telling the
world about the State's road system
water power developments, game,
fisheries and agriculture.
Million Fist Fights
A Year in Russia
Moscow.—Russians engage in a mil
lion fist fights each year, according to
Dr. Leibovitch, of the Moscow Insti
tute of Criminology.
Official statistics show that in Mos
cow there were 1,044 person hurt in
fights during March, 1928, and 1,603 in
April. The increase in the latter was
due to holiday vodka.
The statisticians even gave social cor
rt lation to the fighters. They said that
35 per cent were neighbors, 15 per cent
husbands, 6 per cent former husbands,
7 per cent relatives, 6 per cent friends,
5 per cent acquaintances, and 26 per
cent perfect strangers.
Local Firemen Enjoy
- Fish Supper Last Night
Members of the local fire company
with a few invited guests enjoyed a
Ash supper at the Murray-McCabe
mill last night following the regular
practice. The menu consisted of rock
muddle, chowder and slaw.
Rev. J. M. Waters, of Wilson was
here this morning attending to busi
ness matters.
Dr. James E. Smithwick, of James-:
ville, visited here a short while this
afternoon.
EAST CAROLINA
MAY SECURE 2
STATE PARKS
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Conservation Director Says
Particular Attention Will
Be Given This Section
PLAN GAME REFUGES
Particular attention will be paid
during the present year to the de
velopment of publicly owned recrea
tional centers in the eastern section of
North Carolina, Col. J. W. Harrell
son, director of the State Department
of Conservation and Development, de
clared recently.
Areas will be considered in this sec
tion for game refuges and others will
be inspected with a view of the estab
lishment of State parks, forests, and
recreational grounds with a view of
establishing such centers when funds
are made available.
"The State of North Carolina," as
serted the conservation director, "needs
to establish at least two State parks
in this section. We arc now work
ing toward the creation of a State
game refuge and public shooting
ground in the Holly Shelter Swamp in
Pender County and have other areas
under consideration for these pur
poses.
"As another move toward the .ex
pansion of conservation activities in
Eastern North Carolina, the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment i* lending active assistance to
the United States Forest Service and
urging the immediate establishment of
a National forest in this section. Funds
for the purchase of National forests
will be available under the long-time
policy of acquisition of pine lands in
eastern United States, adopted by
Congress at its last regular session.
"The last harrier toward
lishmc nt of a national forest in east
ern North Carolina was removed when
.lie General at its recent ses
sion, passed an act authorizing the
federal Government to acquire land
iii that .section for this purpose.
"lip tu this time all of the National
forest lands purchased in this State
have been in Western North Carolina.
Their benefits have been pronounced,
and our department is eager that the
eiistrn part of North Carolina he giv
en the advantage jn this respect.
Cuder polity of the For
est Service it will probably be possible
for the State to create game refuges
on the proposed .National forest areas '
RECORDER HAD
ONLY 6 CASES
Work Completed in County
Court Today Before
Noon
11 With only six cases on the docket,
Judge Bailey and Solicitor I'eele com
pleted their work in thy recorder's
court here today in a very short
while. Several fines of SSO or more
were imposed but notice of appeal re
sulted in a majority of them.
The court procedure follows:
Eli Savage plead guilty of driving
an automobile while he was under the
influence of whiskey and was fined SSO
and taxed with the costs of the action.
His license to drive an automobile
was revoked for a period of twelve
months.
Judgment was suspended in the
case charging Annie B. Moye with an
assault with a deadly weapon. She
plead guilty in the cas£ and entered
an appeal to.a higher court when the
court ordered her to pay the costs of
the case and the prosecuting witness'
doctor's bill. Bond was fixed in the
sum of SIOO.
Joe Mayo was fined S6O and taxed
with the costs in a case charging him
with disturbing religious worship. He
appealed to the superior court and
bond was fixed at SIOO.
Lee Wester Taylor was given a six
months' sentence on the roads in each
a carrying a concealed weapon and
assaulting with a deady weapon
charge. He appealed hi;i case, bond
being fixed at SBOO.
G. W. Taylor was found guilty of
carrying a concealed weapon and the
judge fined him $76. Notice of appeal
was made in open court.
Regular Communication
Of Masons Tonight, 7:45
There will be a regular communica
tion of Skewarkee Lodge, No. 90, A.
F. & A. M.,. tonight at 7:45, at the
Masonic Hall. A full attendance of
numbers Is requested by the officers.
Visiting Masons are cordially invited
to 'attend. i
Williamston Giants Will
Play Rocky Mt. Friday
The baseball game here next Fri
day afternoon between the Rocky
Mount All-stars and the Williamston
Giants is expected to feature the col
ored baseball season here. Handbills,
advertising the game, carries a line,
"See the old reliable Joe Harry."
(PRIZE-WINNING
KITCHEN FIXED
UP VERY CHEAP
Agent Tells How Cash Out
lay of $25.90 All Required
To Win First Prize
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STARTED YEAR AGO
Reviewing the work that was accom
plished during the better kitchens
campaign. Miss Lora E. Slepeer, home
1 agent, described how the winner of the
first prize, Mrs. Lee Hardison, went
about the task. Mrs. Hardison won
the prize at a small financial cost, in
dicating that practically every house
wife in the county could greatly im
prove her kitchen.
Miss Sleeper stated that Mrs, Hardi
son made preparations for the enter
ing the kitchen contest a year ago, that
she collected bulletins and cut out
magazine pictures in an effort to bet
ter carry on the work. When the kich
en was first scored, Miss Sleeper stat
ed that it was not ceiled and the stove
was stationed cross-wise in a corner of
the room. Suggestions were made by*
Misses Sleeper and Smith when they
scored the kitchen, and soon after
Mrs. Hardison, assisted by her hus-
J band, started improving the cook room
pud working arrangements.
"After two months had passed,"
[ Miss Sleeper stated, "the kitchen
1 showed much evidence of cooperation,
hard work, and planning on the part
of the family. A linoleum, easy to
clean, had been placed on the floor,
and a window was built in the side
wall with a sink and drain hoard un-.
derneath it.
The room had been ceiled and inmtt*-
cd attractively and checked green ,and
white curtains gave evidence of tasTe
and invited the onlooker to view from
the open window. An ice box was
made from a goods box in which was
a large lard stand for ice. A funnel,
attached to the bottom, drained off
.the water. The total cost of the ini
piiivements made was $25.90.
Miss Sleeper said "This winner was
able Jn improve her kitchen by sell
|mg liens and turkeys. Many others
j can improve their kitchens and make
them cheery. of the contest
• ants have said they would not have
j their old kitchens back again. One
I man who helped told me that he had
j spent sls in helping his * wife make
J the kitchen more attractive, but he
I said 'I do not want -4he money back
| nor the tdd kitchen, for 1 intend to
Lkt-ep on improving it.''-'
THREE NAMED TO
SCHOOLBOARD
A. Anderson Refuses Re
election After Twenty
Years' Service
Refusing reelection at the expiration
of his last term, Mr. Arthur Anderson
brought to a close approximately 20
years of service as a member of the
local school board. During a part of
that, time Mr. Anderson served as
tieasurer and throughout the period
there was no remuneration. The
growth of the school has been matked,
two new buildings having been built
and the enrollment increased L many
t nies during his connection with the
school administration. 1
Appointments were made week
by the Martin County Hoard of\Edu
cation to fill the places made vacant
by the death .of Messrs. C. D. Carstar
phen and T, F. Harrison and the re
fusal of Mr. Anderson to continue as
a member of the "local board. The
board is now made up ol Messrs. Hay
wood Rogers, C. A. Harrison, J. I).
Woolartf, Roger Critcher, and Dr. I'.
B. Cone. _
Promin&nt Robersonville
Citizen Died Saturday
11. Aloii/a Gray, imminent citizen
Or Robersonville, djrd at his home
there late Saturday* evening of apo
plexy. He had been in poor health
for several months, but his condition
was not considered serious, the end
cbnTing as a shock to the ..community.
The funeral was held from the home
yesterday afternoon by Rev. ( B.
Masliburn, of the Robersonville Chris
tian church. Interment was made in
the new cemetery in his home town.
Mrs. Gray, with three children, Mrs.
Jolin Perkins, J. 11., and Garland Gray,
survives.
Baptist Men Will Have
Fish Supper Thursday
The men of the local Baptist church
are invited to a fish supper, at the
bridge, Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
The supper is being given by the
Men's Bible Class of the church. This
class is taught by B. A. Critcher. .
While the supper is being prepared
and given by this particular class, they
are asking all the irreW in the church
to be their guests. It'ls thought that
a large number will attend. Ample
provision is being made, and a good
time is asaured all who go.
W. 0. SAUNDERS REVIEWS
EDUCATION ALSYSTEM IN
ADRRESS HERE FRIDAY
TWELVE SENIORS*
GET DIPLOMAS
Attendance Certificates Al
so Awarded to 22 At 1
Exercises Friday
1 he 1928-2*) term of the local School
was brought to a close last Friday eve- j 1
mng when Mr. W. O. Saunders, oi
Elizabeth I ity, delivered the cont
nienceineiit address, and certificates
wire awarded seventh grade gradu
ates and the dozen seniors. Attend
ance certificates were given 22 pupils
who had neither been absent nor tardy
during the, 160-da.v term. the eve
ning's -program was necessarily short,
the school having no auditorium to
prepare regular closing exercises.
, Seniors receiving graduation certifi
cates included Hibble Liverman, A. J.
Manning, Annie Mae Williams, C. U
Clark, jr., Robert Kdwifi Peel, J. Paul
Simpson, William Cook, William
James, Viola Grimes, Virginia Harri
son, Margaret Rodgerson, and Mary
Carstarphen, who by Reading tlie class
was made valedictorians—
Certificates oi. attendance Were gi'v- '
en to Fern ' FitzGerald", Janie Gur
ganus, I'ranees Cox, Ben Manning,
■Louise Green, Louise Peed, J. 1).
"Rowen, Nettie Ferrell Meador, Jack
Manning, Nellie Hopkins, lteulah Ben
nett, Louise Perry, Mary Hollomaif,
JUoKAWce Lindsley, Klla Wynn Critch
erV Edna Hopkins, Dcnscl Simpson,
Sallie G. Gurkiu, -'Marie-Griftin, Kob-«
ent Gurganus, Julia (iurganus.
Before bringing the evening's pro- |
grain to a close, Principal L. 11. l)a
--vl3 spoke ■ briefly to the member* of
the graduating class and mentioned the i
possible progress in the school plant '
TALKING RECESS
IN WASHINGTON
of Contests in Both
Houses of Congress on
Farm Relief and Tariff
Washington, May 12.—Threats of
long contests in both the senate am)
the house on the tariff anil farm relief
issues today turned the thoughts of
congressional leaders to a recess a
the heat of summer blanketed Wash
ington.
With the farm bill still in the de
bating stage in the senate and the
tariff measure- just getting a start on
what appeara to be a rough path in
the house, the program for/the extra
session is fap4»ehrnd the expectations
of the administration.
Senator Wataoli. of Indiana,' the
Republican leader, has been giving
serious thought to a three-weeks' re
cess next month after the house
passes the tarifT measure and while
it is before the senate finance com
mittee.
But now come rumors of a new
maneuver by the administration and
other rumors that an all-summer re
cess is in contemplation. Those advo
cating the long recess declare it will*
serve the purpose of permitting a
cooling off in th? majority party ranks
in the senate which were split wide
open in the bitter fight over the Pres
ident's farm program.
It is the hope of senate leaders to
dispose of the farm bill Tuesday and
send it to the house for an adjust
ment of differences, revolving chiefly
around the export debenture provision.
With the farm bill out of the way
the fcenate will take up the combined
measure for authorization of the 1930
census and, for reapportionment of
thenhouse on the basis of that census.
Another stiff fight is in prospect there
and when that is out of the way, the
senate wilL be called upon to pan*
its Judgment as to the eligibility of
Andrew Mellon as secretary of the
treasury in view of his stockholdings.
A new subject of controversy
promises to get started tomorrow be
fore the senate judiciary committee
when it begins consideration of thi
resolution of Senator King, Democrat
Utah, proposing an inquiry into the
right of President Hoover to with
hold tjie public lands from oil oper
ation^
Fats and Leans Playing
Second Game Today
"Sure,' we -are going to win, lie
cause 1 am going to umpire," Pete
Fowdcn stated tliifi 'morning when
asked for advance "dope" on the base
ball game between the Fats and
Leana this afternoon on the new high
school diamond. And while Pete is on
the fat side, he will encounter strong
opposition in Dr. Jag. Rhodes who is
scheduled to umpire for the leans.
Both sides are said to ha'fre added
to the lineups since the last game
when the fata "nosed" out the leans
16 to 9.
Advertiaara Will Find Our Col.
nmna a Latchkey to Om 1,600
Homes of Martin County
ESTABLISHED 1898
OVER 500 HEAR
PUBLISHER FROM
ELIZABETH CITY
Made Commencement Ad
dress at School Here
Friday Night
MEDIOCRITY FLAYED
Reviewing educaioual systems from
the tipie of the Indian down to the
present YY. t). Saunders, l-'lizabeth
City publisher. delivering tin- com
mencement address here last h'ridsy
evening in the new high school audi
torium declared the present system to
he si> complex that the schools are giv
inn a smattering ot everything and
efficiently training the child in nothing.
He held no one responsible tor the
condition, pointing onf that- the situa
tion is the result of a multiplicity of
changes. %
In a felv words, Sir. Saunders told
his hearers, 500. or more, that" the edu
cational Costs were too great for what
the children are getting in return. The
Hancock hill, referred to us a slap at
the modern educational system, i-.. ac
cording to the speaker, the first of
many attacks on educational costs, and
the system may look for many other
slaps.' l-'rom $950,1 XX) in 1900 .elemen
tary school costs reached $34,f>9.2,0(|0
in .and the schools are turning
put fewer and fewer 'boys and girls
v ho know how tu spell, write, or work
arithmetic. They are- graduated hut
are not learned in any particular sub
ject. The taxpayer is beginning to
realize the state of conditions, I»nd
where he was once "sold" on educa
tional advancement,, lie is now rest
lets "Kvery time -spend one cent
educational purposes, we spend six
cents lor automobiles and three cents
for luxuries. We could' spend more,
hut we arc uot satisfied when the
hoys and girls complete their school
ing and are then unable to organize
Tliev do not know-how to put two and
Iwo and that is the reason
lor unrest in the educational s\ stem
today." Mr Saunders'continued. "The
heads of education will have to watch
their step," he declared.
After a few.of the high
spot> in his own life and dec laring the
inoderu, girl indiscreet, Mr Saunders
attacked the type of teachers who are
training the youth of today. "We
have grown so rapidly that we have
been forced to recruit our teachers
i fri ill (lie ranks of flappers anil the
cure-free male graduate, and as a re
sult we are entrusting the work of
shaping the lives of our children to
those whose owfi characters are not de
veloped," he declared. Continuing,
j "The- youth of toflay needs highly
I trained leadership inoi i than any oth
er tribe of youngsters that ever came
before, and they are not getting it.
We need not expert our children to
develop character as long as we keep
j them under a lot of ignorant and in-
I experienced teachers," the publisher
continued. The .trouble is we have
too many mediocre teachers, too many
mediocre preachers, ami toil many
mediocre newspapermen " lie fore
casted the exit of the mediocre preach
er and a marked change in the
tictial system wlkii the latest inven
tion's are fully developed,.
Maintaining that' if the youth of to
day lias character and energy, Mr.
Siiiunfers stated that they can secure
knowledge out ide ol the school room.
Hi referred to the IMi of three big
men who attributed their success one
to luck and the others to hard work.
While lurk might be counted and hard
work deemed necessary, for one to sue
ceed he must have character.
As a remedy to present conditions,
Mr. Saunders suggested that we re
turn to the old masters, provide more
money for educating teachers. 1 o
properly do this the streaker would
have the young man attend college
two years, spend a year abroad, travel
in this (,'ountry six months, train on a
farm and in a factory fur twelve
months, ending with a year in college.
Once this is done we will have some
one to instill character in the liveS of
our boys and girls."
y . 4
Local High School Ends
Season With 2-0 Victory
a
The local high school closed its
basebull season here last Friday aft
ernoon when the boys defeated the
Washington Collegiate Institute nine
by u 2 to 0 count. The game was one
of the best of the season, and brings
to a close a most successful year in
athletics for the high school hers.
During the aeaqpn fOoach Hood s
boys won four games, tieing two and
losing two others. With one or two ex
ceptions the teams defeated were
those of much larger schools than the
one here, and were organised several
seasons ago. -