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"tVl THE NEWS ATCD OBSERVER "' FRIDAY ionirtrG. lUY i9l& Tbd Newt ; uni Obtenrer yrws in ounm rvauahv f gra cesBTjrr MKTm BAJdnXS ream bast omca 'WWl Unl Nrws, SOU novas twJw. sstrlllss ea Meehaalssi ilatsilmsnai Ul rwKrHII Mm. Tslet w If Fad U'lti Press Kaperts ivmcmptwii rami Psyshls la Advance. Om Tsar M storks U.M Three Months Il.TS Om MmU I On Wsek I .15 Inters mi tH ftfM at heists. Monk CarolUu. as i c MORNING TONIC iJimn Russell Lowell.) I believe that the real gTavamen of til charges against democracy lira la the habit it him of making itself gen orally disagreeable, by aaking thi puw or that be, al tht mnil inconvenient moment, whether they are the. powers that ought to be. I c UNCLE WALT MASON SATISFACTION. I hired a man ta hee my seasakes; he nn, la gssntlete snd goloshes, at th appointed hoar; be threw kla east upon Been bHMm, ssd tIM kia shirtsleeves so fats seealders. sad hoed witk rim aad fwwer. B did ast Basse at times ta metis a boat tka war, aer yet ta tackla tka grievous Isroms tax; ka alaw tka weeds tka threatened chokies tka via, aad kept kla kaa s-ssxaklag. aa4 hackled saw Hka wax. Aad whea kla toisssms task -aa ended, ap to tka bowse this worker weade. where I aat ssee 11 hayi "Caaia aat," ka ssld, "wkara ISr 4881 heefeg. and aaa Pre made a fsepti shewtag, kafara I 4 raw my pay." 1 1 fall apea kla boss ead kissed ktfa, aad fcaag taaaa tssrela aa Ma system, ead estod, "Tea toka tka kaa!" Far seldwm 4a I aaa a fettew wka rare haw pnk kia wark. aw relhsw, aa Ikat ka fata tka aaa. 1 aaa cfca4 wltk rwar is bars, til inammsad yea ta my Belghhars, 4 ss ys thMegh tka tawai tka (wailar wka, hy vwry setloa, esdeevsrw ka give etlsfctlea, dsssrve high ta. 1 1 Tka reports from England arc that tka Irlah revolntlos baa barn heeded ff. Tkouk tka affair appear te ba svar wa find tkat Bla Fata ia proaonaoad akia faa. fa Kn gland though, tkajr saajr talk of tha airk man of Kuropa'' thay thiak of tka "Trrribl Turk." There was a diaaeuatiag any nf I those notes at th Baligh auditorium I last night. The latest returns show that Post ! master l.ignn nf Ulllngton is still oa (the job and has aot goo out. Tkat shipment of dy which waa aaid ta be coming from Qermaay will fad aat on the way if there's aot "a meve aa" by somebody. To "Th three Important 'B'a'i Bait 1 Batting aad Beets" of which th Wash lagtea Now talks permit us to add a : fourth; Ball. ' Wkea it comes te furnishing a great rowd for a ecrlre of grand apes coa arts Balelgk will be found ia th eeatr f th spotlight. Of eoura ws ar aot expecting th eaadidatea jrbe loa out to writ tewti aaoatal of endor aero cat af tka primary law. Editor Cowaa, of th Wilmington Dis patch, ia Boar rkapaodiaiag kssaasa k haa had a plat of strawberries But for th real nois wait till the surf aethers aoagregsi at Wrightaeill. At last the Kinston D. New recog nise merit, that paper remarking: "Our aoagratutatiou to Th New aad Ob laarrsr oa it new Villa pua. There's Bothiag lih pereraae." It is girea out aow that th Wumlan iliiaistry of War ia about to declare war .aa th new styles ia women's drees. By .jthnt sign ws tsks it that it is going to ha short lired Pruaslia Ministry of War. Th Greaaibara Record doe sUuthing that would put 8. Holme into th dls eards. It ka seen aad heard a Oreeaa bor aaa whs said that Greensboro is th beet towa he haa r aa. Mar-,-)aaj! ' The Waakiagtoa D. New aaeak ka liadirted ia th high court of th par raster, that paper araaiaf te remark : "It it toe much ia suppose that those who Kiaaed against the geeera meat ia Iiwlanl will aow be reinned." Tara at th ganrd! The Aahsrill Tisaaa Jee tka sry that thaa i aa ek ia th A therm atatioa ia the tlaea wher ta clock aueht ta ha.-and thatbsce. ef h paawgwl" progre. tka. rrw bc...M of jat time- traiaa. Fwaaib) tk re iana the- har a clack ia th Askernie UUoa U that th 8aathra Sail way haa put n th tick U ticket. (Tateat ap-ajliwlftltjl MELTING ON WILSON. Witk twa aituatiou wkick at a7 tltn mmj develop into moat kerioaa aB pltratioa tka people of thia rountry are going about their buaioeaa affair aa anal, there I aa abeea af nritrairnt, aad the people refuae to be thrown iato aa? kind of a arar. The rauae of lhia atate of mind of our people ia rerealrd in the fart that Woodrow Wilaoa ia l'reaident of thr United Htatra. Thia rountry for dart ha beea expecting aa aaewer from Ger many to a notice from thia rountry that it must eofi ita prrarnt manner of con ductiag aubmariae operationa or thia rountry would eeaae to hare friendly re lationi with it, while the matter nf the arraatement f the military aititatioa in Mexico ao at to preeeat a rlaah with the de farto government is on the point of deciaioa oao way or the other. The rrry fort that our people refuse to be ricited over three mattera of grnv coacern ia heeeuae of the manner of man who ia at thr head nf affuira of th great rouutry. lie has been trird and haa not boa foutxl minting in affairs which meant for the eul or woo of the I'nitrd States. Ho splendidly has he de mraned himself, so wisely hue he at tended to the matters thrust upon him liy the fiigeueus of war, that there hns liecn a growing ronfidenre in him and in thr program whirh hu hns steadfastly Honed. I lie Mnpie of tins rountry make no mmtake when they rely upon Vtoodruw VYilwn. He is no mouthy, frothing, tnaithhurkler, hut a, wise and courageous man ruarrrnrd ia the greateat degri with the present and future of this rountry. He is advertent to the glorious history of our rountry and he ia deter mined that In thia day of war and stress of rirrumatanrr be will do nothing tkat would dim the lustre of the arhirve meats of th past, but rrerylhing pes sibl to add to th glory of oar rountry and te ear pride la our flag. Wall may our people declare day after day; "Thank Ood for Woodrow Wilson " EFFICIENCY AND THE STATE BOARD Th mployment of aa effleirnry ex part to suggest and devise aneaae of putting th Btate Departmeat of Agrl sulUir oa a higher keel of economy aad srarteaey doesn't maa that th de partmeat ia managed on a basis of un aeeasaary prnse i or that it conduct it nabaalaaaa-llk. Oa th other head. It ia entirely to the credit of th Board of Agriculture aad Ma seeeial committee, te k thia way of Improving aerrtr with erery passible decrees la expense to th peopl of North Carolina. Thar i aa departmaat of th Stat gorornmrnt, th administration of which t o eomplai as that of the Department of Agrtrartar. Working aloae, aad abj la soepe ratios with th Federal Govern meat and tka A. aad hf. CelUge, there haa always beea the danger af over lapping. What the Board of Agrirulturr is determined to do, is te have a com plrte Investigation made to the end that all divisions may work together, each la ita own peculiar sphere, and each to get th biggeat result from the least expenditures. With thl probUm before it. th Beard of Agrieattar did net wad late th department alaahiag right aad left, deposing and changing, making and un making on th fare of things. The Board I a food board of agriculture bat it I not a board of effleirnry er porta. It ha dominated the policy of th sgrlrurtural administration of the State, aad ha mapped oat activities aad aims for th general wark. Nw th Board wants to organise th units of th department lata the most ewtctmrt working foreee possible. Bealislag that the Beard was sever iatsadsd fat this inside work, it haa brought into play for it service aa expert wka I well quail led to de the eery thing required. TREASURE IN THE SOIL Now comas a fellow who says, accord lag to th AshsvUi Tim, he ka dis covered la Waatera North Carolina oa f th hi gfeat gold deweett ia tk ratted Btatoa. BJa aaaaamrnt i ealli that sevsraj other lucky atrikra ia that aeetloa have beea heralded th rough at tk eouetry. 8ed to say, koweear, It ka been a long time tine gold was mined ia North Carolina at any v gi sal prodt. Much mors mosey ha beta tusk ia th miae of this Btate tkaa haa ever been brought out of them, though many may hav mad money eat of them. Of coarse, th New aad Observer would be glad to see th North Car. Has rains reach that point of pre- ductiveae that they woald rival those of th ancient Iaeaa; but history doe ant justify th hope. There I pleaty of money ia North Carolina's soil, hat oa doe aot hare t dig shafts to get it out. Right up oa th (urfae there ar miae of fertility that will bring a greater yield te intelligent as thaa all th bub of th world caa hoist f rem the bowel of the earth. Th ta thing for North CereUae ia thl respect la that our people who mak tk arrkraHwral hf of tke State ar more and mors causing th fields to prod see by mesas of tk most modern aad seicBtiEe method of farming. The Stat 1 going forward because eur peo ple ar going rate the earth aad doing their part ia having H yield of It frett. Aad North OaroKaa ia making this eery thing. Tkoe counties which ar kelping alsag the cease of the Ceatral Highway are doing a feed thiag for the State aad tec thsm !?, REAL GRAND OPERA. Eajoyed ia the greatest degrjee at tka laleigh Auditorium bat sight was th first of th aerie of grsjad opera con cert marking th Kaluigh hluaie Fes tivaj. Th maaic rendered was of th grand opera class that was really grand opera, the numbers rendered boiug by artist whose nanio are household woreN wherever there is a home that knows anything of muir. Hasquale Amuto word famous trl tone, and the Mitropolitaa Upcra House OrrheMra with K.rhard H;!g man as roadurtor, last uight gave a eoueert of the kiad which brought rathauurte ap- pluuie and praistt from the grent au dit'iiro whirji had asaibk-d for the first of the aerira of concerts. The evening u oue which made a ruoet brllltaat be- g naing fur tlis KaJeign Musv-si r -s tivnl. This afteraoca aad toaiefht there will 1 ouj.iytd Two more uf the grnud uperp i-onecrte. lu th'o th-re will take part Miss Horn 1'eriui, thu g.ltvd ci utratto. Wits Krieds Himpel, wh ise topmso is exquisite; trimoiuo iajnu--eo. the wtu derful tenor, II-. uri Seott, rottHl ua n basso, and the Metropolitan (m ra House Or lu stra. In the ren.'i'ii u of ' Kaust" tonigtit Miss l'onon.ie iMituHi-. rn .i soprsuo, and Mr. Huliert I'etiRt. b&rt lone, will tnke part, tin " two gifted aingers and the Huleigh pers I'lM-run being known to the linno- loi.r ..f the Htato. KuU-igh is entertaining mnov ntor Iterance of the Kaicigh Mtoa tVtiva The event is one upon who-h this elty can well pride itself, aad a;lud those whose initiative made it iohmMc. V. M. C. A. AND 8WIMMIV HOI. EH fVventy two boyt at the Young Men'i Christian Association leuining to swim under cipert instruction brings up the picture of those countless mud holes, creek bends, and murky ponds that have been the magnet for barefooted youth since the departure of the Indian, the bear and the wolf. The man who a a annggled-toothsd scraggly haired lad, has aot slipped over the bark fence to join another just as snaggled toothed and just aa aeraggly haired, aad the dog-t rotted te th swimming hole ha missed something at unexcelled memory. Just th same, modern idea af health have banned th mod hoi as aa da aatUaal agency. It 1 all good for a boy to leara to twin say thee health x parto. Every ansa eaght te toara to awtaa, hat aet at the risk of ta typhoid demon that lark ia th mud aad alime of protected streams. Hence, th T. U. C. A. pools, aad tk expert superviaioa. Here, Instead of eeawllng bottom, or splashing water la almoat futll effort to get somewhere by the "Bigger lick" these ssvsaty-rwo er more boy leara from th very begiaaiag that swimming is a science, tkat every mevemsat of the body not used for propelling la aa necessary and exhausting, aad that the best stroke Is not th btggust splash They leara la thirty mlaatse what it take days of disease lades hear ia the mud hole to uaderttand. Besides, th boy doeaat have te rub dust oa hi rleaa bar feat aad face, aa aa alia agates, pareatal accssetioa SPIRIT OF THE PRESS Wlleea WIU Wla. Kiastea Fre Pree. Tk News aad Observer call attest tioa to tk platiera of the Oolsstal. which it states to he is brief, Asy thing to beat WUaos " The Caleael doeaat seem te be tka ealy fetlew standing ea suek a platfera either Otaers of th old-time pie-eater are tea U eating aaxisty at the psssibillty ef keiag "stood ear while Mr. Wilms serves th Ameriees people for aaothm four years. EeeHaatiaasy Etght. 8alUbary Poet. smemaer Wseill gsp sd waelsmttagty right wka he asms "I belitv that th heat way to pre ssrva peace t for th people of the Uatted fltstee te get light aamatwrw hack of th gorerasaeat aad laetala that geverament ia every crisis whlah eomes to pay ing kit respects te that active lot si Amtrtsaai who er earptag aaa htadBl lag oil tky caa. It ia a Maao far a ah as this. Bat time for a galL fro sad soaldsat support ef the govra meat. Fit Kiastaa Free Press. The seeesd heariag hy the Belicltae aad htoeerder rat the reaching of the negre sake frota tke Leaetr jail by a Or sea eeaaty meb tke Eret week ia Apeit, anfertaaatery developed ao aa fsrmsties apnareatty, which will lead te the appreheasioa of the gwilty peo ple. Thar is a particalar reeaoa to be dtsceurmgeel, hswwver. aad The Free Proa kopss that th avtherltie will pursue further investigation just as re loBtlessly a if th two heariag had aot already beea p Based wtthoat reeolta. The responsibility ahoald be Died aad the atatate of llmitotlea aheald aot he opeeativs ia the aa at alL Frosts sat WOosa' Etreagth. AahewUl Tiataa. The Phlmdsrphm Eveaiag Telegraph ha jest cempietsd' a aWpablicaa Prea- ideatssl aolL aad Mini total of M .JOB Bepsbilaaa Tata east President Wilaoa 1m favored hy 6M rtra whe hsva heretofore r bused thsmstlv a stopablieana Thl fast ta iathiMtlag aad la especially remarkable ia that tke President's asms was aot printed a the ballot. Tk nam of Kepub lieaa easdidstes had to bo erased aad the Premdeat' ham writtea U. Bay the Philadelphia Record : -Hkraw jotee are aot aa a rul of great value, but sometime they are tsdieative of a popular tread, aad that f oar coatees pewery haa Ma agaitr- too beea osa, like soms otker ro- eently taken, it shews a eery eoasid srnble Republic arstimsst ia faver of the Dsmearati Prist a at. Ia mora laeiiaed tkaa Peossylvsoia te ia dsyeadtat tJHwhra; aad voting tai propertiea of liberal Kepublicaaa, whe auak ap their minds for themselves aad are cot seriously influenced by th virulent abas of 0. O. I', spellbinder and Bewapapera, is undoubtedly much greater tkaa it is here. In sUtes hav ing a keealy intellic- nt electorate wouJa Bet be aasprtsiag if one is erery five or six Benablirans favors th President rerleit.on M-rCra tags large enough to determine thr re sult at the polls. King Albert Kef xtrtcr Th Kansas City Mil says that aewapaper work alwavs had a harm for the King of Urlgium When, in II a Prince Albert, he ramr to Aiurrira he waa only 23 and was filled with a de ire for adventure. The Npaumli War SlUd tke public mind and at'tor he hod liecn eatertlhed by the l'rsid ut and Vic President be tuok advutitagi- of the opportunity to sec life a oiUmnry ises '. it. He got a job ui a N w York nensisxpi-r otlice for s few in ks, the story ges. He was i- -ltlu r more Bur IritH brilliant tiiMn not i-on rcjiorters are, aad tradition tl !w of runnier story lie waa-eeat to mu-i in Uroc-klyn and at whirh he failed because be ouldu't nersaaite J he ixdiremau ou guard at the door that he was a re j"rivr. To the guardian of the law He didu't lrok reajMinab!- tl.at n reporter would appear iu a riitatiav suit find a silk hut. Show your card or beat it." said ths oheemua. If you're n real reporter you gntta card. Yi u haen tf Well, then, beat it, son, beat it ." And the heir tn the hclgiau throne smiled and walked swat He was "Joha Banks' while he waa New lork reporter. The Star xaye, and he was (. A. Harrm" while he was tn Bt 1'sul and Minnespoli In St. Paul he was the guest of .lame J. Hill and Ix'Uis Hill and there, too, 1 did a little reporting for oae of the papers. Incl dcutaily he had another eiM-rieace In Mt. I'aul. Ixiuia Hill took the prln.-c hunting in flagTajit violatiou of the game lawa of the sovereign State of Minse sota, sad they killed deer out of aes soa, and they were moreover arrested by a zealoas gams warden. They didat put the prince in prison Mr Hill paid the lines, and the M il influence was enough te keep tk matter quiet. I a Europe, too. The ritar aaya, the prince re catered jnurnaliem. A the correspondent of a Belgian newspaper he toared Europe incognito sad if k waa aot a kiag and he could follow hi owa bent he probably would be oa the editorial tripod today instead of being a monarch whtkwat a throne ON INTO CANADA Attheagh relatively little spaee ia al lowed te it ia mast histories, the Buttle ef tk Thames ws ne of tk most im portant ia tke war of IS 12. It ram about Immediately after the victory of Perry ea Lake Erie had give Gas. Harrison that chance for which he had beea e leng waiting and th rseaK wa a brief but brilliant campaign in which the Amrriraa general destroyed th British power ia oas part of Caaada, regained Michigaa for the I'uited rwatea, put aa end to the career of the great Indian leader, Tersmseh, whe had brn America' most dangerous enemy la ths Wast, aad finally broke up the roofed sratisa ef ths tribe that had beea as 1st Ing tk force of the Kngliah. Harrisoa, having gained about 5,000 men sear Sandusky, dispatched Joha son's savalry by land to cross ths rivsi at Detroit, and. takiag all th other troop by boat as far aa Amherstburg, at aaee aaarehsd upee aad took slaidea Here It was learned that the raemy, under Proctor, to the number of about f,00 men of whom 1,500 were Indians were retreating along Lake St. Clair aad up the Thame and ia pursuit of thia foree Harrisoa at eaee aet out. The armies met Bear Moravian Town, at a point where ths read raa between the river aad a strip ef marshy laad. Praetor and kis artillery commanded th highway, supported by hi reserve, wkiie th Indiana, aader Tasuauwh, formed a line aear the aaamh aad ahw stood ready to exec lit a ftsnk mevemest upon ths Americans. Harrieoa advasced slowly, km cavalry ta treat, bekiad two thirds f his in fan try, while the rest ef the foree wa throws sack at aa eagle to fase the ladiaaa. With the nWet flr ef the Brhtisk. ths pas wa anjeaeard aad a cavalry charg ordered. Tk Amsrisaa hers slsaaksd throagh tk Kagbsh artillery aad, tkaa immedmtety rWermiaa. tarasd ahsat aad rode hash aoiag snaoidwabsa dJuaage. This with ease, eetawity that tks sUre left wiag ef ths British wa tarewB iato eoaiaaioa aad. the ia faa try la reserve being saabls to Ea their bay MM before th d est sat of the savalry, 4fv stea aad sntosrs surrseidered oa tk The Indians, kewever. wore mors wary of attack. A th Americans rod against them, the redskins ismrvad their re astil ths liar had draws close to gether aad whea they wore witaia a few a them a amstnarPrs volley Piadiag that the marshy greaad was asfsaitahie for hersss, the Amoriesas diem ess ted, sad for tea mis Bias there was hard flghtiag. at lift range, with tke ride and soon th savages began te give way. Their chief aeoa fell aad the savage then broke aad fled. Whea the savages ia froat were defeated, those that had. beea posted ia the edge of the great surah vanished tarofxgh the woods. Proctor, wkea ka saw hi line broke bandoaed tk field aad dree off witk all possible speed ia kis carriage, aeeom- paaied by a mounted bodyguard. He wa conscious tkat k deserved ao quar ter for kia coldblooded mnssarres, snd feared if he fell Use the hands of th Aaerisaas hs might got his deserts. A detachment seat la pursuit of him pressed him so closely that h aban doaed hi carriage. Waving kia sword aad private paper ia it, aad, taking to th woods, escaped. let though h had escaped t j Americas, Proctor eould aot ear ape bis owa goversmeat. H was csrart-martialed aad suspended for six Ia this aetioa th Aavtrieenj lost about fifty killed and wounded; th English sheat 100 hilled aad wwaadsd, aad r an the renmiadsr ware mad priasaora. Am sag tea spoil of the vic tory ware several brass rasasa. which had beea captured artUk irfoye, at rmratega, sarraadered hy HuU at De trots, aad aow oaaM a ossssd tins tats the hsada of the AxssrMaaa. The battl rtmuf was hrief. hat detiaiTe, aad by ths rssisg of th aaa aa October a. 113. Har i li es ksd aracticaUy aceempliseca th aliro purpess af hi oxseditioa. j -i r 1 HI It7 i -iisav.-i m, mii, m i s.r I r WILLS AND WIDOWS Riehard Harding Davis' will ruts off the widow if she remarries, nays Richard rtpillane In Finnic and Commerce of New Tork. Th estate, estimated at about tMTi.OOO, I placed In the hand nf a trust company for the benefit of Mr. Darls and her daughter. Hope. until the daughter i 21 years old. Then one half of ths incsme goes to Mrs Paris "as long aa she remains my widow" la th rase of th death ar remarriage of Mrs. Davis before the ilauiihter is twenty one, all the income of the trust fund shall be paid to Hope until she cornea of age. Thru she is to get oae half the principal, the balance to re main in trust for her for life. Why should a man of the intelli BPY J SMILE AND BE HAF THEIR DESTI NATION. Whsrs do yoa appose baseball empires go whsa they die? It depends largely oa wheth er they follow the advice of the bleachsrttss. ROLDINO BACK. hie a trsmn r Wo sir; I'm a Bsemker of d assy of toll. 1 nver se you tour I belong to de reserve. WORSE TKT. Lok her, hsadlord. Thar' two laches of water ta oar cel lar. Thafa nothing. fjaoor soidtsrs ta the truekia They have te stand ta water np ta their waist ail day long. LONOER THE BETTER. oatlaaaatal atlas: Do yoa bo iler ia long en gagements ? hlan: Certaia. tyl I am aa ao tor. MARCH OF PROGRESS. Any diatlBotire feature In your HIT model) Tea. str. Bach mnchlns la plala ry lettered. "Thl oar is aot a jit ney baa," This feature I greatly appreciated b y oar fashionable trade, I assure yoa." 'A SAVING, t see roa're laying out a tea nta court la your yard. I didn't know yea played the gam. I don't, bat yoa ooo I won't bar to mew that part of the lawa after I tak th turf Iff Ran aw' S9 M ssrswsesB WHY NOT DO IT? i i genre of Kirhard Harding Davit make such s selfish, unjust willt He had ex perience euough to know the pcraieioua results of such a restriction. Because a woman has been married to a maa for a few years is no reason why she should never be permitted to marry again It ia a sacrifice against nature, oae that not infrequently leads to de ception aad sometimes, perhaps, to im morality I'ader the law ia New fork a widow haa a dower right to one-third of th real property left hy her hualiaad bat none to personal property. The Devi will ia drafted exactly in accordance with the fashion in this style of dura ment eirept that "liny widow" is used instead of "unmarried." There hav been some extraordinary results from the efforts of gentlemen te sentence their widows to continued widowhood. The lawyers have s term for this. They call it a "kirkbsck." A case in New Jersey uisy serve aa aa example. To krep his widow a widow a testator put his estate of about $50,000 in trust, the income to go to the widow and daughter but the widow to forfeit her share to the daughter if she re married. It hspiened that the daughter died first. The mother suppoaed she woald -nni in for the entire estate hut the liuatee, under the will, eould pay only the income of it to her. Hhe needed more money or thought lie did. There were ao other heir The estate was hers yet she rould get only the income from it. She consulted i lawyer. "Madam," aaid the disciple of Black itoue, "if you want that money you'll have to get married." "What!" exclaimed the widow. "That's the only method by which, under th terms of th will and the law yea raa obtain it," he added. "Let me explain. Tour lamented husband speci fied that so long as yoa lived nd re EDUCATION By PHILIP GOODMAN (Copyright 1914, hy McClur .Newspaper Syndicate) M. Jeka L, Snlllvaa, of Boo to n, held the heavyweight cham pionship for twslv year. Mr. Aristotta, of Macedoaia, held ths latoHeetaal ekampioa ahip for 2,000 year. Mr. Jam J. Oorhett took th crown from Mr. Sullivan. Mr. Herbert Spencer took it from Mr. Aristotle. Herbert Spencer possessed the most monumental mind ever knthra and ever is a considerab ly long timet His book oa "Edneation" will not hare as large a circulation this year a ne of Bobert W. Cham tiers (which ia itself ia aa rlouent argument that our ays tern of education is all wrong), but ne-vertheles it will gn dowa as the greatest work ever done on the subject. The Erst requirement of da rt, tloa is self-preservation. The second is . aetf-mainten- Tk third ia to rale children properly. The fearth it to roeognixe our duty toward ths state. And aot sstil these foar shaQ have beea thoroaghly taken tip, can wo go to the fifth, which ia to cultivate oar spar time la th direct loa of art. Basic, lit erature aad other "drawing room trade." Bpeneer alara th shams ho despise tk superficialities ! 'tis believe ia eliminating the ornamental aad abatitatrng the useful is all mattera tkat relate to edueatiea. Eeai what k say: "W ar guilty, of temethimsT like a platttade whoa wa say that throughout kis after-career a msined unmarried yon should get a share ef the income of the estate MTsu'rs getting it. Yoa also era getting the share yuur daughter got ia her Uf. Now, if you shoaid remarry, th iaeeme to you aa a widow coses snd the whole property revert to th estate of your daughter. You are the heir te your daughter's estate. By the fact of get ting married yen caa rat the atriags by which yoa get only the lseom and tk whole eat ate comes iato year posses sios at once." The widow thought th matter ove for awhile. Bh did net ear for mar riage Bgaia bat she waa eager to get th afju,000. Hhs wanted it for her owa. Un day she eeeertod a male person much youager thaa herself to a justice ot tks peace. Tkey were married. After the eereraoay by whirh they were joincV in the holy bonds of matrimony aha west one way aad ka another. He wa ker husband for that occasion oaly. Now ahe hat the $50,000. the will ef her first husband has beea made a mockery and what haa become of the second husband ia of ao particular con cern. Th Meea Thing! Clinton News-Despatch. Whea yoa see a beautiful maid, end we have a number of them, sailing alsug the street with head up la the air and seeing nothing aad hearing leas, it's s safe bet she is won daring what sort of sensation ah I r resting siar leara - ing the art of making herself beautiful. Paetettc Eacwipts Climhiac. Wadrsboro Aaaoaiaa. The poet office receipt for the town of Wsdesbore for the ft seal year ending March 31, 11, were jnM. Last year the receipt at this office ware ", 23)4.39. This shows a commendable in crease, aa receipts have been falling off very greatly tines ths begiaaiag of the Euro peas war. boy, ia nine eases oat of tea, applies kia La Ha and Oreek to no practical purposes. Ths remark is trite that ia kia shop, er hi office, in msnsgiag hi estat or hi family, in playing his part a director of a bank or railway, he is very little aided by thia knowledge he took so many years to acquire so little, that gee erally tks greater part of H drop out of hi memory; aad if he occasionally vents a latin quotation, or si lodes to some Greek myth, it ia leas to throw light on tk topi in kaad thaa for the sake of effect. If we in quire what is the real motive for giving boys a etaawical edu cation, ws find it to be simply conformity te pahli opiaion. Men dress their ehildrea'a miada at they do their bodie: ia the prevailing faakioa. A its Or inoco Indian puts oa kis paint before leaving his hot, aot with a view to any direct benefit, but because he woald ho ashamed to be seen without it; ao a boy' drilhr.g ia Latin aad Oreek i in sirred en, not rjeeaose of their intrinsic valus, hat that he may have 'the ed ueatiea ef a geatte bub' th badge markiag a cer taia social posit tea. aad bring ing a eoneo,srnt inspect." Oreet ft Herbert fpeseer! Great ia hi hook oa education! And great will be the reforms wkea every parent will read it as aa a verses of sere a year! Bpeaeer i the iatellectu! ehaatpaoa of rkampieaef Pie trpea yoa, Joha K aad James J.I Your title are empty as caws pared te the title of this sor-' ' maa I
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 5, 1916, edition 1
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