THE ROBESONIAN, THURSDAY. APRIL 20, 1916
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Average cost of gasoline so far this year,
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Average cost of kerosene 7.7 cents per gallon.
Gasoline costs over 100 per cent more than kero
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IN RE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
STATEMENT BY SENTELLE
Superintendent of Lumberton School
Gives Clear Statement in Regard
to Recent Disciplining f Hoy
About Which So Much Has Been
Said First Attack Upon Disciplin
ary Work of School in All the Nine
Years of It Existence Co-operation
of Citizens and Police De
partment Needed
To the Editor of The Robesonian.
I very seldom ask for space in 1
paper to air my grievances, but so
much has been said recently about!
some disciplinary matters in school;
that self respect demands that I;
make some explanations to the pub-j
lie. I would not ask the space this
time but for the fact that I am busy!
with my work and have not the time!
to make a house-to-house canvass
find undo what has been done. Ti
want to make the following: positive
statements, and I make them for thej
sole purpose of setting straight some;
false . reports that are being . spread!
out in town: ' I
1. I did not punish the boy for)
calling Prof. Love "hard-nut". The'
nunjshment I gave him was for re-j
sisting a teacher when the teacher;
attempted to whin him one of the!
most serious breaches of conduct that
can be committed against a school
organization . '
2. I effered to the father everv-'j
thing that was fi and reasonable. r
As a last resort I beo-o-ed the father;
to take the bov jnto the school bui'd
ine and punish h'm himself in the
presence of Prof. Love and we would
accept It as a schorl settlement. He
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The new styles we will show you are un
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The Correctness is undisputed. We believe
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refused to punish him there or to l"e m" e ea" " v "'""Vh.
r,r- t.. ..!i. I who has made an attack upon the'
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES
let Prof. Love punish him
3. It was a case of discipline that
came strictly under Prof. Love's jur
isdiction acting in his official ca.
ppity as principal of the high school
department. In nil cf my conver
sations with the father, and with
other citizens, I insisted that satis
faction would have to be made to
disciplinary work of the school. If
I am so brutal, why is it that I' have
the love and respect of -almost every
boy and girl in. this community. I
refer the people to my pupils both
former and present for information
on this matter.
4 6. Thg discipline of the school has
iucuun wuuiu nave iu ue maue "J l- :l; "l j.,. i i .
T) T ti , ,. been maliciously ,attacked. I m
Prof. Love. It was not a case of,,, . . ... . . ' ' ... . f. , , .
my own. it is my duty as superin
tendent of the school to support my
principal in carrying out discipline.
I told two citizens in town that if
the father would take the boy to the
school building and in Prof. Lcve's
presence administer- a nunisbment,
nd by that act show his and the
boy's submission to the authority of
the school, I would stay awav my
self and have nothing tc do with the
extent of the punishment let it be
three or a dozen licks or whatever
would satisfy Prof. Love.
4. I did not promise the father,
the boy or any one else that I would
give the boy two licks as a punish
ment.. Nor did I tell any one what
Dunishment I was going- to put on.
The father had refused every com
promise measure I had offered and
at the last I was requested to take
the case out of Prof. Love's hands
and administer the punishment my.
self. Why? Because he had taken
a bold stand that Love should net
punish the boy. This was asking me
to pursue an irregular course in dis
cipline... Prof. Love and I had a
conference over the matter and we
agreed that it was irregular, but in
order to get the. matter adjusted we!
yielded to the father's wishes. N.cw,
I never drenmed that the case was
to be placed in my hands until a
few minutes before the punishment
informed that boys in towri. who have
been punished, have been investigat
ed and advised that they were being
abused at school, and that certain
parties in school were going to be
"kicked out". If I am not the right
man for the superintendent of pur
school I certainly should be put out,
but, please let us not have any "kick
ing out". That sounds rather rough
to a modest citizen.
Fellow citizens, we have a hard
time over here trying to manage,
govern and discipline 500 children.
We have untold trials that most of
the people know nothing of. We are
doing the best we can with your
children. We are following up the
policy of "equal rights to all and
special privileges to none", as best
we can. We have moved along re
markably well compared with other
schools of the size of this. We have
had very litle disciplinary trouble
for the past nine years. We have
passed through a crisis this year.
But, now, everything is smooth-sailing
again, We need the co-operation
cf the people of the community, and
we must have it or the school will
be a failure. We ought to have the
cooperation of the police department
and must have it on certain occas
ions . The pclice department and
the graded school department should
harmonize in every town. All we
ask on our part is a sauare deal.
Democratic Executive Committees
Elected at Precinct Meetings Last
Saturday Delegates to County
Convention in Lumberton April 22
Precinct meetings were held on
the 15th inst. to elect Democratic ex
ecutive committee for the various
townships and delegates to the cpun
ty convention which will be held in
Lumberton Saturday of this week,
April 22. In Monday's. Robesonian
reports were published of the meet
ings held in Lumberton and White
House. Reports of other meetings
have been received as follows:
Rowland Township
The following were elected mem-
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to me. "Inow rroiessor, it is un
derstood that this is to be a very
mild punishment, is it?" I assured
the boy, kindly, that I could not bar
gain with him about what kind of
punishment I was to give him; that
he must submit to the authority of
the school, and let the school offic
ials be judge as to the manner
and extent of the punishment; and
that if he was not ready to? submit
upon these conditions he was not
ready to re-enter school . The boy
submitted to the punishment after
I had laid these positive conditions
before him. I dealt with the case
tence upon us till thev have made
some investigations. We are will
ing to be investigated, and we are
willing to rest our case with the
people as a jury when the evidence
is all in and weighed.
Respectfully,
R. E. SENTELLE.
Lumberton.
April 18, 1916.
Trinity Has Not Severed Athletic Re
lations With Wake Forest
Wake Forest Dispatch.
Athletic relations between Trinity
College and Wake Forest College
1, k 1 1
1 . -ii.;- . ' iicurc auk uccu uctiaicu oeveiell VI
?r nArT u a - " I Permanently at an end. The follow,
the 500 beys and girls in the com- fng statement issuea from Trinity
m e xt' t u a u i College on April 13 explains the sit-
5. Now I am charged by the same1, ti - K y
party wicn oeing Drutai ana tne
school board has been abused for1
non, D.B. Ayers, R.H. Miller, C.J.Mc
Callum. Mr. Graham McKinnon was
elected chairman and Mr. C. J. Mc
Callum was elected secretary The
following were elected delegates to
the county convention: C. T. Pate,
D. B. Ayers, R. S. Bond; alternates,
J. A. McRae, G. L. Robertson, J.
B. McLeod.
Red Springs Township
Executive commitee: A. B. Pear
sall, I. T. Brown, Dr. J. L. Mc-Mil-lan,
Lucius McRae, A. P: Spell, the
last-named being elected chairman.
Delegates to county convention : J .
G. Williams, Dr. B F. McMillan,
A. B. Pearsall, R. B. Branch, E.
C Cope, N : ' B . McArthur, J R .
Boahn, J. A. McCallum, A. L. Far.
mer; alternates, F. K. Watson, Dr.
J. L. McMillan, G. A. McKay, Lacy
Buie, J. M. Brown, I. T. Brown, B.
W. Townsend, Reuoen Brown, W.
R. Webster.
Fairmont Township
Executive committee: N. W. Jen
kins, chairman; J. D. Kyle, Harry
Weinstine, Gary Mitchell, A. C.
Thompson. Delegates to county con
vention: E. Fisher, A.J. Floyd, Er
nest Jones, Dr. J. P. Brown, A. S.
Thompson, W. J. Mitchell, J. E.
Anderson, E.G. Floyd, M. B. Floyd,
J. R. Gibson.
The chairmen of the township ex
ecutive committee will form the coun
ty executive committee, which Satur
day will elect a county chairman to
succeed the present chairman, Mr.
T. A. McNeill, Jr.
its place.
Be sure to get Swamp.Root and
start treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test
this great preparation send ten cents
to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
N. Y., for a sample bottle. When
writing be sure and mention the Lum
berton semi-weekly Robesonian.
Bible Question Answered One Ask-
"ed
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
I will answer Mrs. R. C. Odum's
Bible question, where in the Bible U
the word "frying-pan" found? It
is found in Leviticus 2:7 and 7:9.
1 will also ask a question: What
chapter in the Bible is it whose 46th
word from the beginning and whose
4fith word from the ending together
form the word "Shakespear"?
J. CARL NYE.
Wake Forest, N. C.
April 15, 1916.
'Many State papers have carried
letting unreasonable punishments be
administered in school
reports, written apparently by Dur-
i Claim xnat ,t fv,. v, ai,u:. n
he pumshment was a reasonable one. cil on iast Monda venin formally
He was whjpped with a small sw.tch. Ij permanentI dyeclared thletic r
1 do net see how a "severe punish- latiog betweeif Xrinit and Wake
ment" could Tbe admimstered m h F an end
the switcn I have it I shall gladlv; .Th Trinit Athletic Council took
show t to any interested cit.zen. I . fe . . can,,ed the
gave the bojr twenty mocierate urack raeet3 which had been arrang.
strokes all on' a place not bigger d between the two coIleees Te
reports stated that other athletic
This Has Been Asked and Answered
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
I wish to ask a Bible question.
Who is it in the Bible that is
without father or mother, or descent,
having neither beginning of days nor
end of life.
MRS. FRANK WATTS.
A Congressman's Recipe for Success
"If I were obliged to pack a lot of
advice into a few words," says U.
S. Congressman Edward J. King of
Illinois in the May American Maga
zine, "for the benefit of poor boys,
I would tell them to decide as early
in life as possible what they intend
to do. There is nothing so helpful
to a tired traveler as a destination.
This thing of not knowing where
you're going, but being merely on
your way, is a delusion and a felly." himself to be a musician.
Robeson County Boy Honored at
Mara Hill
Special to The Robesonian.
Mars Hill, Apr. 14 Perhaps the
many friends of Mr. Nash R. Kinlaw
will be interested to know that Mr.
Kinlaw, a Robeson county boy, has
been very highly honored at Mars
Hill College this year, this being
his first year. Mr. Kinlaw was
appointed as one the band directors,
and has proved himself worthy of the
position. By the use of his melod
ious tenor he was elected as one of
the commencement singers also. Mr.
Kinlaw has not only done good work
in his studies, but he has proved
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The Natural Body Shape
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W. K. FAULK, Prop. PHONE 155
than the palm of ones hand, and if
the skin was broken.x it is unfor
tunately so, and due tt several licks
falling in the same plac. I am pos
itive that no one lick IVstruck could
have broken the skin even if it had
been administered to the naked hide.
I had no reason to punish him un
reasonably. I was not the least bit
anerv. and the boy was one of my
best friends-iand.up to sonie time after,
ward, I looked upon the father as
a strong friend of mine. I. felt sure
I was doing the will of . the father
or I never would have taken the
mattpr out cf the principal's hands.
The father had approached me time
and again on the streets and told me
I was not punishing his boy enough,
and that he wanted me to "put it
on him more thn I was doing
all men in town, I thought thi
er wonid be the lest ere to raise a
howl about a school punishment. And
by the way, he is the only one in
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Measles, scarlft fever and whoon
ir couo-h are prevalent amnncr the
children in minv cities. A com
mon cold never should bo npdeeod
;s it weakens tv cVctfm o th"t i
is not in condition to throw of morp
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Tr is nlensnnt to take, acts quickly,
contains no opiates. Sold everywhere.
events had been cancelled. No other
events had been arranged, and, for
that reason, could not have been can
celled. "The Athletic Council gave out no
reason for its action in cancelling
the track meets."
Wilmington Star. 18th: Mr. J. M.
Brown of Kelly, Bladen county, had
the misfortune to have his house and
all his household goods burned to
gether with 1,000 bushels of corn on
last Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock.
Mr. J. A. Brown, a son of Mr.
Brown, returned yesterday from a
visit to his father and reports thaf
his loss will be about $4,000 with no
insurance of anv kind. The only
mp-V things saved was a horse and buggy
is fatn- a,d some jVe stock .
Safe Medicine for Children
"Is it safe?" is the first question
to be considered when buying cough
medicine for children. Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy has long been
1 favorite with mothers cf young
children as it -ontains no opium or
other narcotic and r.ty be given to
child a3 confidently as to an aduit.
It is pleasant to take. to, which is
must be gven to young children. This
remedy is most effectual in relieving
coughs, cold3 and croup. ObtainaDle
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LUMBERTON, N. C.
J. II. FELTS. Jr., Mgr.
Phone 223