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Monday, February 3, 1913
OXE WAY BY WHICH SCHOOL
TERMS CAN BE LENGTHENED.
One of the greatest drawbacks If
not the greatest standing in the way
of development In North Carolina is
the want of longer school terms. This
very matter is puzzling the common
wealth's law makers right now. They
are; hoping, to provide six months
school terms. ' They must do it. Not
only do they think It is right and nec
essary for the good of the people; but
the Democrats remember too well the
slogan of the Republicans In the lnsl
campaign. The relief will probably
come In some form of taxation. This
Is all very well; it will not hurt the
people to pay more taxes for schools.
But the remedy for longer school
terms in every county in the State is
not far to seek. It is simple and
practicable and its application lies
with any superintendent of education
who cares to inaugurate It: Let the
school children provide the money
themselves." This can be done by add
ing the agricultural feature to each
rural school. If the plan was not
practicable; if it had not already been
applied with signal success. The Gazette-News,
taking no credit for the
plan, could not speak with such con
fidence and authority. But it is so
simple and easy that the cause for
wonder is that the scheme had not
been generally put into effect by
school superintendents.
Wake county has worked it out
Wake county in North Carolina, a
State that "seldom takes the lead in
matters educational. They needed
longer schools In Wake. There was -i
great deal of uncultivated land near
moBt of the schools, Just as there is
near almost every rural school In the
state. Arrangements were made to
secure it. The school boys and girls
cultivated the crops, the ploughing
being done by the larger boys and
patrons of the schools. Seventeen
schools sold their crops for a net
profit of $1200 enough to add about
six weeks to the school terms.
The plan ' has even been tried : In
Buncombe, at Jupiter, with entire
success.
The teachers have had no trouble
in getting the pupils to do the neces
sary work. Most of it was accom
plished by working bees, like old
fushloned barn raisings and corn
shucking The social phase lent
But aside from the money to be
' made for the lengthening of the
schools, by this scheme the boys are
taught jam such, things as they Bhould
he tmicrht in North Carolina which is
essentially an agricultural State and
will . be more extensively when the,
timber resources, are exhausted.
There has been a great revival In
farming; the farmere are seeking the
light and there Is probably not a
school community In the county In
which there is not some farmer capa.
ble of Instructing the pupils In the
proper cultivation of the crops, even
if the teachers Is not able to do so.
insure the education of the country
children and that will wipe out what
has been to uir the strongest Inspire-
tlon of that group of men who are
devoted to the service' of the Ideal
through the practical:
It seems to me thatv throughout all
civilized nations there Is an altrustic
awakening. 'It seems to me that there
has come forth the faith that the
powers of civilization shall not be
prostituted of selfishness and material
things, but shall be utilized for the
good and for the enlightenment of all
the children of men. This faith may
be vague, but it is assuming puissant
form. It may be sown In weakness,
but It shall be raised in power. It
is this that can move the hearts
of all men. It is appealing now to
the thinkers and practical statesmen
of civilized nations; it was the appeal
to this that gave Col. Roosevelt his
following; that destroyed the greatest
political organization of our time;
it was this that in suite of all opposi
tion and organization nominated and
elected Wood row Wilson. ....
The Superior court grand jury at
Wilmington told Judge Carter a num
ber of things in their report Saturday,
and of such Import that he held the
grand jury for a time and ordered
the commissioners of New Hanover
county to appear instanter and give
catagorical account of their steward
ship.
The report of the grand jury
showed "bad conditions at the jail,
county home, and convict camp;"
and we reckon they are bad, because
the average grand Jury is not what
you could call a sentimental body.
The prisoners at the convict camp
complained of lack of quantity and
quality of food; body, so to speak, is
given to the latter complaint by the
assertion that often rats were found
in the boiled dinners. It further ap
peared that the boiled dinners are
cooked In two large pots in a furnace;
and an economical administration had
been using the same pots In washing
the clothing of the prisoners. The su
perintendent of the camp would ac
knowledge to but one rat, and that
one an accident. . The county commis
sioners promised the court to remedy
at once the matters of complatnt, and
Judge Carter discharged the grand
jury, after expressing warn apprecia
tion Of the lino public service they had
performed.
Beginning Wednesday, the Devil Is
supposed to go home for 40 days and
leave the peoples of earth unhar
rassed and unmolested; but he Is a
very devil of guile and .deceit.
PHILOSOPHERS' ANNOYANCES.
A GOOD SPEECH.
"They confound all philosophy In
the learning of scholastic disquisitions
and bewilder all theology In the mazes
of metaphysical Jargon." Governor
Craig 'quoted ' Blackatone Saturday
evening In his speech before the North
Carolinians In Washington, applying
these worde to the freight rat ex
r..ri. amnloved by the railroads. "If
any common carriers are to be per
mltted to discriminate for or against
any community or class of citizens,1
said the Governor, "they are no longer
public servants, but the masters of
commerce." He made It quite clear
anil llmnlA that when a railroad can
control the location of an Industry,
aa between Asheville, say. and Lynch.
burg or Roanoke, by reason of freight
rfitmlnatlon. there Ul sometUlm
grossly wrong.
The Governor was felicitous In
number of expressions of his extern
talk. He U1 that the drenm
of the Idealist of yesterday is the voice
or public opinion and tomorrow It
will be the tntule of the nation. He
,,r,,w,, conll.b'm-e that tho present
j ;.!(. no Will emu't luws that will
For days tormenting doubt that all
was not well with the entertaining If
tattered collection of pedestrian phil
osophers at New Orleans has been
growing into anguished certainty.
Murmurlngs of discontent and faction
alism have been heard . among the
most urbane an" detached observers
of men and events to be found on this
broad continent,
The first manifestation of Insurglng
in the hobo breast was resentment
over police interference with their
liberty peacefully to assemble and dis
cuss the problems of the day and per
haps of the morrow. Hitherto while
all the world has been reviling and
jeering at the "finest" of .many cities
these gentlemen of leisure and travel,
the greatest sufferers at police hands,
have refrained from criticism and
complaint, bowing in their superior
knowledge to natural and evitable
facts. The next advance In this pro
gressive disorder was a determination
to adopt militant suffragette tactics
to right their burning wrongs. No
longer were the slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune to be endured In
a superior silence. Banners and sup.
erheated oratory, brickbats and cata
pults, vitriol and sudden death were
to be utilized. This was a grievous
error. To such things mere man may
bend under the realization that they
promote the cause of suffrage and
make fair votes for Women votaries
happy. But he could not be expected
to look pleasant when another mere
man to whom he la wont to give a
gltney for a beer repays the courtesy
with burning oil. .
Then socialism lifted Its hundred
heads and voices and the "association
of migratory workers" was rent and
torn. "Millionaire Hobo" How was
ccused of talking a "lot of rot" and
with having an "axe to grind, and
axe grinding is known to be a task in
which your genuine hobo finds no
pleasure. President Jefferson Davis,
who has an unerring eye for ehams
and darned trousers, thereupon ousted
How and now Is talking of affiliating
the reactionary following" with the
American Federation of Labor.
More tribulations are yet In store
for this craft and vocation, however.
The tariff is coming down and" Mr.
Untermyer hat smoked out the money
trust Greatly we fear the hobo will
find no excuse or toleration In the new
day, when the land wjlt flow with milk
and honey. f TTrampIng" Is taking Its
place among the lost arts.
the contention is made that Asheville
has water at cost, at present. The
will point out' to you that' the gross
revenup toJL, the jWatf rr department is
hot in;roess of jthej sum that -would
be required to retire bonds at matur
ity, and pay Interest on water and
sewer debts, maintenance of the sys
tem and cost of operation. They put
the sewer bonds In, too; and there Is
more or less ground for argument In
that. We believe that the sinking
fund has no existence In fact; never
theless, if the revenue barely covers
operation, maintenance, Interest and
sinking fund, he sum total is not ex
cessive, whatever room ior improve
ment there may be in the method of
collection or disbursement-
Water at cost, if Indeed we haven't
It at present, will be a good plank to
put Into the platform of any ticket:
'straight," or "modified," or "mixed."
Well, everybody is anxious that the
majority shall be tatlsfied, and every),
body professes to be satisfied with
the decision of the majority. Why not
submit two new charters to referen
dum vote? .
A knowledge of the ground hog's
Sunday habits would help, some,' at
this juncture. ',.
What city was successful In getting
the next hobo convention? ...
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X HEALTH. AND HYGIENE. , X
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, Importance of Measles.
Measles Is too often spoken of as a
trivial ailment, especially by the gen
eral public, but It should not be over
looked that the percentage of mortal
ity may be quite considerable. Aside
from the possibility of a high mortal
ity rate in this disease, measles may
result in the various unfortunate Com
plications, such as impaired vision,
possibly total blindness partial or
complete loss of hearing; and perhaps
establish a condition which may in
vite the tuberculosis germ. Measles Is
usually transmitted from one person
to another. Discharges from the nose
and eyes carry the Infected material,
which is disseminated by the act of
sneezing or coughing. Infection is
often conveyed from person to person
before the characteristic eruption ap
pears and before the disease is fully
recognized. The early catarrhal stage
Ts perhaps the most dangerous period
of infection, although the later erup
tion stage is also liable to infect oth
ers who may be exposed. The mor
tality of measles is not altogether due
to the disease Itself but to compllca
tions generally connected with the
respiratory system, the more common
of which are laryngitis, bronchitis,
and pneumonia. To avoid as much
as possible the liability to any of these
complications, the patient should, ii
the first place, be put to bed. no mat
ter how mild the attack may seem to
be. The room should be well venti
lated: and( owing to the fact that the
eyes are sensitive and easily irritated
during the progress of the disease,
they should be protected from the
light. : ; ,
SMALL MONDAY DOCKET
TRIED IN POLICE COURT
Slaughter of the Innocent.
The antiquated notion that every
child must have measles, whooping
cough, etc.. is fast dying out. There
is no record of a case of any sucn
contagious disease that ever did any
one any good. On the other hand,
there are records of something like
140 deaths from measles and over 700
deaths from whooping-cough In North
Carolina last year. Is there any sens?
in this slaughter of the innocents? If
a man argues that a little child should
be exposed to measles or some conta
gion "Just so he won't get it when he
Is older," ask him how ho would like
to be exposed to smallpox or cholera
"so he won't get it when he is older.
It Is a poor rule that won't work both
ways, and there is as much sense In
one case aa In the other.
If any one person feels that the re.
qulrements of the health officer, as to
reporting the existence of contagious
disease do not apply to him or his
THE WATER RATE.
Without the naming of any names,
the Information Is furnished that sev
eral caucuses have been held within
the past few weeks looking to the
nomination of a "citizens" ticket In
the event that Asheville adopts a
"modified" form of a commission gov
ernment. Inasmuch as most of the
commission charters are "modified"
the "If sounds almost superfluous.
The platform ef the cltisens ticket
It In Intimated, will contain a pledge
of fiat water rates and water at cost
The latter half Is our own platform
but It Is not copyrighted. This paper
has also consistently expressed a pre
ference for the fiat rate, If if is prac
ticable, which is to be doubted.
I'ut It Is r understanding that
THE -WORLD -13 BE-'
FOBS YOU.-
We Lave everything to
see it with your eyes fit
ted with our Ce-Rite
Toric Lenses and exclu
sive Atlas Shur-on glass
es, are the best.
CHARLES H. HONESS
Optometrist and Optician .
B4 Patton Ave. Opp. P. d.
family,, he is not giving to his neigh
bors and their children asquare deal
or ''the; protection he would- demand
that they give to him and his children.
Isn't this true? Think it over for
just a moment and It is easily seen
that community protection and safety
are 'dependent largely upon- what may
well gq called community conscience.
A mild case of almost any conta
gious disease is a greater menace to
the community , than a severe case.
The mild case is frequently not recog
nized,, has no medical supervision, no
quarantine, and is therefore permitted
to mingle with well children..' A per
son who willfully breaks quarantine,
with full knowledge of the fact that
he is. liable to spread contagion and
death, is not one whit better than a
murderer." -Severer punishment than
at "present obtains should be meted
out to this kind of murderer. .
Only One Road Sentence Was
Imposed Disposition of .
The Cases Tried.
The Police court docket this morn
ing was the smallest for a Monday
morning in months. Only one defend
ant was given a road sentence. That
was Bud Payne, who was found guilty
of conducting a disorderly house and
given 30 days. He appealed from the
judgment, and bond for his appear
ance : before the Superior court was
fixed at $100.
Four defendants, George Hannah,
Byron Edwards, Clarence Mace and
Elsworth Bolick, were found guilty of
assaulting J. N. Clark with rocks, but
upon the payment of the costs In each
case prayer for judgment against the
defendants waB continued until March
The other cases before the court
were dUposed of as follows:
Frank Ramsey, Jule Murphy, Jack
Blddle and Garfield Burgan, drunk, $5
and the costs oach; Dewey Williams,
drunk , and disorderly, $10 and the
costs, appeal bond fixed at $60; Bob
Plemmons, drunk, continued until tomorrow.
Gun metal shoes have
always been, and always
will be a popular shoe for
. all occasions and all
kinds of wear.
. Our $4 button models
all over gun metal for
$3.
Brown -Miller
Shoe Co.
. Leaden in Fine Shoe
47 Patton Ave., Asheville
25 lbs.
SUGAR
$1.35
The best fine GRANU-LATED
7 BARS
SOAP
25c
FAIRBANKS
LAUNDRY
Figure your saving on these two items! CASH PAY
ING makes the saving. This is
McINTYRE'S WAY '
Home made bread 5c. Try it and you'll eat no other.
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent
- In fire proof building and vault for ,. .
' the safe keeping of your valuables, ..
Jewelry insurance policies, deeds etc. , . ' -
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Reduction
Sale
To save "moving we are of
fering a liberal reduction on
all furniture and house fur
nishing goods,
. See us before buying
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14 So. Main St.
BELMONT
57 Spruce St. ' ' ; Phone 840.
WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OF
' SQUARE, YET QUIET.
Best built, best furnished house
in Ashevillei Heated by Steam.
The table is a feature. Special
Diets when required.
TZAGUE & 0ATX3
"On .the Square"
DRUGGISTS
Oatea Bldg. - Pbone SCO.
BATTERY PARK BANK 1
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Capital...........
Surplus and Profits
$100,000
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James F, Sawyer, Chairman of the Board.,
T. C. Coxe, President. ,'., J. E. Rankin, Cashier.
Erwin Binder, Vlce-Pres. - ' - C. Rankin, AmL Cash.
to
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This remarkable story, which for a whole year, was
the best selling book in the U. S., is now within the
reach of every one.
Now 50 Cents a copy at
Pack Square Book Co.
On the Square " Phone 242 ,v Asheville
For Sale
My residence, Grove Park Entrance, ' newly
throughout, new stable and garage, all modern
ments, hot water heat. Bids solicited because
Asheville. 1 ' '
"! TJ'g CHARLES A. W00LS0N.
repaired
302-1
Bon March
Spring (foods Arriving J)aily
Bon Marche ,
POULTRY FENCING
3 ft. high..
4 ft. high . .
5 ft. high..
6 ft. high..
....$2.00
i...$2.50
....$3.25
....$4.00
, Per roll of 150 feet ' ,
HENRY J. OLIVE
Smith's Bridge, Phone 1SS
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Aj0mmmr mi .
OmfaMiM
i n, a iuik
immi" 'Si
$1.50 Vanity Veils for
$1.00
Another one of the values that are to be
found exclusive at the . Bon Marche. The
Vanity Veil is . the most popular of the novel
effects for Spring!' The various Fashion
Journals have all commented favorably upon
this unique design. ,
Not only are we going to sell vanity veils
at $1 each, but we are going to include a
veil pin with each purchase. . The display
will be made in the front of the store and
you will be served quickly', and well. Each
veil in a separate, Sanitary package. , .
Jhe few ih Spring
Jilks
Our silk stock of Spring fabrics has grown
to large proportions during the last ; week.
Those who want their dresses early can buy
now with the assurance that they are select
ing from a lino that is wonderfully complo;
for any period.
Brocaded Charmeuse, beautifully colored
effects, dress patterns for $12.50 to $17.50.
j Churmeuse, the delightful clinging silk that
drapes so artistically,' all ' shades, 40 inches
wide,' for $2 and $2.50 yard. - ;
Striped pongee, 27 inches wide, wearing
quality unsurpassed, priced at 85c yard.
Son Marche
Jpecial
This corset has been sell
ing here for more than a year.
It is made totmr own order nnd
the quality is superior to the
regular lines at the same price.
It has won its plwe along side
, of corsets with National repu
tations. , Now we consider it
the best at the' price asked f
50c, $1 and $1.50 pair.
Other, corsets are priced up
to $15 pair. ,
Our Ready-to'ldear department
Specializes on Idooltex garments
This store does not believe in standing still. The entire
seoond floor has been remodeled.' Two largo extra cases and
several mirrors have been added to our Koad-to'-Wear De
partment. Improvements tare constantly going on.
New suits nnd coats of the famous Wooltex line have
been received and they are the most stylish models we have
had.''; - '. ' r . .'.'
Wooltx coats for Spring sell for $15 to $35. One pictur
ed here is a $35 model. ; . ,
Wooltex suits, kitest designs, modified from Parisian
models, all colors, for $bs to $45.
sells for $30. ' , ,
Tho one picture here
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