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For Longer Terms,
Raleigh V-vs and Observer.
At a meeting of the pint com -
mittees on education Monday
night the bill requiring counties
to provide for a four months
school in every district and for
a more equitable auportionment
for the second hundred thousand
dollars for the public schools,
was unanimously voted a favor
able report. It is one of the
most important pieces of legisla
tion that will be before the pre
sent General Assembly. If it is
passed it will mean a long step
forward for the public schools.
Superintendent J. Y. Joyner
in an interview yesterday gave a
reporter of The News and Obser
ver the following reasons for the
passage of the bill;
1 The law apDropriating the
second hundred thousand dollars
was enacted in 1001, Notwith
standing all the observed in
crease in wealth, the applications
lor aid from this appropriation
for a four months' school term
have increased. For the past
live years these applications each
have exceeded the appropriation
by twedy or thirty thousand
dollars, rendering it necessary
to reduce the amounts asked by
twenty or thirty per cent. It
seems, therefore, unlikely that
the application or that every dis
trict will ever get a full four
months' school term under the
present plan of distribution.
2 The bill req uires each coun
ty to obey the Constitution
providing a four months term
each year in every school.
o lo those who help them
selves in this way the State
- .-
guarantees one-nau as mucn as
they raise by the special levy for
a four month's school term, or
51 for every $2 thus raised for
schools.
4 it authorizes the State
Board of Education to apportion
the balance of the second thous
and dollars to equalize the school
terms in all the counties of the
Scate, as nearjy as may be.
5 By requiring each county
t3 provide tor a four months
school, instead of relying entire
ly upon the State, the bill en
couarges economy and absolute'
Jy guarantees a full four months
term in every district.
y lhe amount then received
irom toe second hundred thous
and dollars could be used to
strengthen the schools, improye
the teachers by paying better
salaries, and lengthen the school
term in these weak counties.
7 It will aid in correcting
inequalities in the assessment of
property, for under the present
method of distributing the sec
ond hundred thousand dollars
the lower the assessment of a
county the more help it will need
and get from this appropriation
An examination of the appro
ationment of the second hundred
thousand dollars will show that
some counties receiving aid
therefrom are more able to
provide a four months' term
without aid than some counties
that are providing such a term
without aid.
It will give weak counties
that by the strictest economy,
and oftentimes by fairer ass9ss-
The New Child Labor
Charlotte Observer.
Bid.
Newton, N. C, Thursday February 21. 1907.
(, A Ripe Old Age,
f " m-
Mr. George W, Pelton,
A Great Day for the State.
lhe bin for the regulation of years of age, Akron, Mich.,
child labor in North Carolina, ! writes: "For many years I
introduced in the lower house of hav"e been ereatly troubled with
the Legislature by Mr. Dilling, 1 Tronic Constipation, and
of Gaston, and already published thought there was no help for
in this paper, Js the voluntary : me- 1 nave used nearly three
proposition of the Cotton Manu- bottles of Drake's Palmetto Wine
facturers' Association of North
Carolina and is volunteered at a
time when no threat of hostle
legislation is being held over the
manufacturers 1 1 modifies
very materially existing condi
tions, in that, whiie it offers for
the current year no change in
the existing law as to the
minimum age of child workers in
cotton mills 12 years It pro
vides that after 1907 no child
under Id years of age shall be
employed or work in a factory
except in apprenticeship capacity
and then only upon certificate
thai it has attended school at
least four months during the
pieceding year. Among the
other provisions is one that after
1907 no child under 14 years of
aga shall work m a cotton fsctorv
after 10 o'clock at night
The letter from the chairman
and secretary of the special
committee of the, association,
endorsed by its president, which
was read by Representative
Diliing when he introduced the
I bill, states no more than the
simple truth. The manufactur
' ers are keenly aiive to whatever
, evils attach to cotton mill
by (conditions and" are themselves
i
y.fr I rinidlv annlcincr nrtrraf tArra I
measures without being compell
ed to the m by the operation of
Hw. They do not over-state the
case in saying that the work of
betterment which they have
accomplished and have in hand
is "monumental." They are
misunderstood by some of their
own honest and well-meaning
people and are systematically
misrepresented by salaried
reformers and a class of foreign
sentimentalists. These men are
uot monsters, but men, and
have hearts in them as those in
otner men. mey nave mani
fested their disposition to do
right by Uieir help and now have
met the Legislature before it bad
made or threatened a move upon
them with a yolunteer measure
which, if enacted, will vastly
improve the mill situation,
with result that I have no trcuble
from Constipation, and believe "a
care is assured. Drake's Pal
metto Wine has done for me that
all other medicines failed to do. '
N. J. Knight, 79 years of age,
y4 Fierce St.. New Bedford,
Mass., writes: "I had La
Grippe, which left me with
severe Catarrh of Mucous
Membrane all through my bd?,
a very hard cough - mornings,
enlargement and inflamtion of
Prostate Gland, bloody
and my sufferings were intense
I am taking Drake's Pal mptrn
Wine; have used less than two
bottles so far and am gaining in
every way. I did not hope to
ever feel so well as I do now,
and have great cause to rejoice
that I found such a wonderfn!
medicine as Drake's Palmetto
Wine.' For sale at all drug
stores, 75 cents a bottle, usua!
dollar size.
A test bottle will be
The Bickett bill, or, if you
please, the substitute for it, is a
law, the Senate having passed it
yesterday with amendments
which the House readily accept
ed. The passage by the General
! Assembly, by a unanimous vote
in both houses, with few re
marks and no debate., of a bill
Carrying an appropriation of a
half million dollars, is a most
extraordinary occurrence and a
crown of glory for the body. If
is the highest evidence it could
iff rd of its right-mindedness
and of the fact that upon this
point, at least, it is a truly rep
esntative body for upon the
ubjct of care of the class of
iarkened intellect, at whatever
urine, i cost, the people are united. It
is no cause for wonder that the
bill did not quite suit Senator
McLean it no doubt fell short ofl
the views of a good many mem
bers of the Legislature; it does
not suit the Observer, which
feels sure that Senator Blair and
representative Bickett, along
with those in either house who
thought with them, are right in
believing that the way to do this
thing is to do it quickly by an
issue of bo ds. However, the
Paragraphs From The Durham Herald
No. 43.
As the people of South Caro
lina can only choose between
prohibition and a dispensary
there is not much consolation in
it for the other erowd.
If Mr. Justice attempts to get
backataU the ne.?spipers that
have criticize hua he will be
busy for a considerable time
after the Legislature ha
journed.
Reused Even The Clock.
New York. i .,
What some pers may term
superstition hasy. c.me the,g
policemen of the Oak JS--t'
Station. The old eight :
clock, which for 42 years has j g
hung on the wail of the section I g
room, is running again. j g
Without any apparent reason
ad- stopped on tne very day that;
I the t
We
r w 3
WO nl it ruin '
. .If they expect us to believe ' agurated and it could not ba
that the people -A Brownsville induced to run again.
shot up the town they will have; Doorman John Anthony took i;
to explain where the people down and examined it,' for he is
secured government arms and : something of a deck maker, bu
ammunition. ! his efforts were fruitless. Thti.
Talking about the criminal j be sent for the department cloch.
records of the various towns and ! maker, who tcok it away to his
sent
prepaid, tree or charge, to any - end is to be attained, and those
reader of this paper, who writes who are fervent in their desire to
to Drake Co., Wheeling, W. Va. i see it reached can well afford to
A test bottle often cures. R. P, ! swallow their disappointment
reeza. about the road ehnsp.n tn th onrl.
It is enough to know that North
Carolina is to provide for all of
her insane .and all whose intel
lects are defective, congenially
or otherwise. It is to the ever-
Whit Oar Reporter Saw in New Yoik.
A recent visit to one of the largest
paint factories in the world, disclosed
m act i aery that was producing 10,000
gallon of paint, and doing it better and ! lasting glory of the State, and no
is lees tim than 100 gallons copld be
made by hand mixing,
This was the celebrated L. ' & M.
paiat,
The L & M Paia hardens L. & M
White Lead and makes I, & M Paint it the General Assembly of 1907
legislative act in its history has
done more to shed lustre upon
the name of North Carolina than
that completed yesterday, For
counties, none of us are any bet
ter than we should be. We did
not haye a hanging in this county
for twenty years but this was
not because we did not have
sufficient excuse for it.
It would not be so bad to keep
some things out of the papers,
but if a press censorship is to be
started who is to say where it
will end. And we have been
getting along fairly well for a
good many years without it.
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Its a pleasnre to tell oar readers about
r. oogn cure lite Dr. Shoop's. For
years Dr. Shoop has fought against the
use of Opium, lorof rm, or other unsafe
lureuients commonly round in Cough
remedies. Or. bhoop, it s-ems, has
welcomed the Pure Food and Drug Law
recently enacteo, tor he has worked
along similar liaes many years. For
nearly twenty years Dr Shoop's Cough
oure uuuiaiutrs nave naa a warning
pnottu on mem against Upiam and
other narcotic poisons. He has thus
diade it possible for mothars to Dratpcr
thpir children by simply insisting on
having Dr. Shooo's Concrh Cnri. SnM
by B. P, Freez?,
Jap School Questiou Ended.
Washington, February
rhe Japanese school controversy
is settled so far as President
Roosevelt, Mayor Schmitz or
members of the San Francisco
school board are concerned. An
amicable adjustment of the
question onw rests with Con
gress
immigration bill, proposed by
Secretary Root,
wear liie iron for lo to 15 year?,
4 gallons L & M mii-d with 3 gallons
Linseed Oil makes 7 gallons of paint at a
cost of lees tian $l.2o pir gail jn.
Ii any defect exists in L & 41 Paint,
will repaiat house for nothing.
Donations of L. & M. made to church-
f'old by Rhyne Brothers Hardware
Co.
The Japanese war scare ap
pears to be merely our old friend,
the yellow peril, in a new guise.
Washington Star,
Tiles gat quick reltef from Dr. Shoop's
Magic Ointment. Remember it's made
one for Piles and it works with cer
tainity and satisfaction. Itching
painful, protrodiag, or biiad piles lis-
appear like magic by its use. Try it
R. P, Freez?.
will ever be remembered with
gratitude. .
When every member of the
Legislature was so sympathetic
and so gracious, and when so
many favorable influences were
engaged, it seems wrong to
designate individuals, and yet It
ought to be said that the chief
credit for the consummation is
due Representative Bickett, of
Franklin, and Senator Webb, of
Buncombe If all those whom
the State should thank were
enumerated, the list would em
brace not only a roll call of the
Legislature but would "look like a
census report,
Tuesday and yesterday some
thing was done for North Caro
lina.
Teache" Killed ia Philippines.
By Publishers' Press.
Manila, Feb, 14 Two Ameri
can school teachers, W. J. Bas-
sitter and 9Valter J. Lise, are
reported killed it a raid of Pula-
jtnes in which they burned 20
tons in the province of Occid
ental negroes and killed six
wsuiueis Qi constaouiary yes
terday. Scnools were the main
points of attack and complete
reports of the loss of life are
lacking.
snop and returned it to its place
saying it was ''all right." Bat
it ran for jast nine minutes and
then refused to go.
The old timepiece was forgot-
ten until Sunday, January 27, P
when as Captain Toole was about
to turn out men for their first
tour of duty under the new five
platoon system Doorman Anth
ony heard the "tick, tick" of the
1 1 V V .
oia ciocn. The men heard it,
too, and ail looked up in surprise.
"I guess the five-platoon order
did it." said Anthony, and the
policemen think so, too, for it
has ran ever since.
Octagon Barrel Rifles, 32 and 22 Cali
bre, which we will sell at 55,00 each.
STEVEN'S
RI FLES
II -in ting for Trouble
"I've lived m California 20 years, and
am Btill nuntiog for trouble in the wa
of barns, 6ores, wounds, boils, cuts,
sprains, or a case of pi'es that Backleu'g
irnica Salve won't qiiekly cure,"
writes J harles Walters, of Alleghany,
Ki -rra Co. .No use hinting, Mr. Walters;
ji, cures every case. Uuarant.d at T. R
ADTnethy drug store. 25e.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
New York Prpss,
The most that schools seem to
teach is your children how little
If the amendment to the you Know,
A girl thinks it is flirtincr when
excluding she WOQjd ook at a Jello jf he
foreigners who use their pass
ports to secure admission to the
United States "to the detriment
of labor conditions in this
country' is adopted by the
Senate and House and the
didn't at her.
A man can have a lot of ideals
until there is a chance to put
some of them into practice
If a man could increase his
Files of people haye piles. Why suffer
o n piles when you can use DeWitt s
Carboiizid Witch Hazel salve and get
relief. Nothing else so good, Beware of
imitations Soe that tha name is
stamped on each box. Sold by T. R.
Aoernrftny and K. P. freeze.
! 4.1 I L ., k
immigration bill is passed at " lamny
this session of Congress the San j ha woa,d have a chance.
Francisco board of education will ! . r
"Now about airship?" "Well?"
"Will they allude to tbem as
aerial greyhounds?" "Why,
certainly not. -They will be sky
terriers, if anything." Wash
ington Herald,
icsbiuu its uiuti csuauuauiUK j
the Oriental schools, unless the'
ment of property, are now barely Japanese government agrees to a
Would you look at that homely
old bat making goo goo eyes in
this direction! Do you suppose
she's got the nerve to try to flirt
with me?"
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Oyer-WorkJ
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
It used to be considered that or.lv
nrinary and bladder troubles were to
traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that t f.
nearly all diseases I,
have their beginning j
m tae disorder or !
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Therefore, -when your kidneys are weak
or ont of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or feel badly,' begin
taking the great kidney remedy, Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are well they will help
all the other organs to health. A trial
trill convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis
take bv first doctoring vonr kidnevs i
The mild and the extraordinary effect of j
Dr. Kilmer"s S warn T Root, "the great I
kidney remedy, is soon realized. It f
stands the highest for its wonderful cures !
of the most distressing cases, and is sold j
on its merits bv all
and nne-drVn.ir ci7P E?4ItSi2
bottles. You may
liaea sample DOttie Hume of STramzv?aof
by mail free, also a pamphlet telling you
now to hnd out if you have kidnev or
bladder trouble. Mention this pacer
wnen tmtmgto Dr. turner 6c Co., Bin?
hamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake.
Out remember the name, Swamo-Koot,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamt-Root, and the ad
dress, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle.
2,50, $3 00 and $3.50 each. We sell almost
any kind of Rifle or Pistol Catiidges, Shells,
Primers, Caps, Powder and Shot.
We sell Shears, Scisors, Razors, Knives and
Forks, Butcher Knives, Pocket Knives, Saletv
Kazors, AUTOMATIC Tiazov Straps, Curtail
Kings, Hani Bel5, Cow Bells and Cr.ll Bulls
Pump Oil Cans that wiU not overling Well
Buckets, Water Buckets, Chains. lanterns as
ooc each. Saddles, Bridles, Hames, Traces,
Bame Strings, Bach Bands,, Pads, Golars.
Shovels, Rorks, Spades, Scoops, Crosscut
Sa7cs, Hand Saws, Butcher Saws, Key-Hole
daws. G flopping &xe?. 50c each. Hand
Axes, Hatchets, Claw Hammers, Horse
Slice Hammers, Blach Smith Hawmers,
Buck Hammers, Sledges, Anvils, Bellows,
Com Sliellers, Stoves, Tin Ware and almost
anything ij ou need, at reasmiable p RICES.
oir, saia tne young man.
will you permit me to nav mv
NTr rn T tkixlr r.V , 1.11 . .
' " ua oi-.t I acxciresses 10 your cLnrmicer
warns to see me, it s my wile, daughter and trtr if T
13 ... 4 T'll A 3 1 i m I. . .
jjuwxiiKu uuu as cer, u you her love me? ' "Certainltr rav
wish." Cleveland Leader. I
why you should not succeed.
Sillicus I always get mixed M-01 of others have." Traaslated
on the use of "shall" and "will." for Trans-Atlantic Tales from La
i Al .
vymcus ua. wait till you get
married and you will discover
that a man says, l,I shall," and a
women says "1 will," Philadel
phia Record.
Saeta.
Retting a four months' school
tarm withontaid from the second
hundued thousand doiiars, a
(hance to 3hare fairly in the dis
tribution of that appropriation.
0 It will place the responsi
biiity of surportiner an unnecess
ary number .of small districts
upon the local authorities and
the people of the county, instead
of laying that burden upon the
Stale, The present metbed of
distributing the second hundred
thousand dollars tends to per
petuate unnecessary little dis
nets, for the more of such dis
tricts a county has the more
money it needs and the more
money it rets from the second
1 undred thousand dollars.
10 To sum up, this law would
encouraue self-help, promote
economy, guarantee a four
months' school term and more in
every school district of every
county, discourage a multiplicity
f r.r.ec''srv srcH districts,
tesd to correct intq aalitier in
assessment of property iu a ffer
ent counties by placing all weii
counties on the same footing in
providing a four months' school j
ard in sharif.g f iirly in the di-
Inbution t f the second hundred!
thousand dolkrs, strengthen tin'.'.
proposition for separate schools
tfbieh will provide fqual facili
ties for the Japanese children.
Mayor Schmi'z and his
associates had a conference with
the President this afternoon and
assured Mr. Roosevelt that the
amendment to the immigration
bill was entirely satisfactory to
them. Secretary Root partici
pated in the conference and made
i report on his negotiations with
'-he Republican leaders in Con
gress and the Japanese ambassa
dor. Mayor Schmitz to-day
pointed out to President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root
the advantages that will be gained
by the Japanese children if the
Oriental schools are maintained
and expressed a willingness to
give the Japanese equal educa
tional facilities to those given to
tin white children of San
Francisco. If the Japanese
government will agree to this
proposition the school board will
Hstaoiish a sufficient number of
O . lyntil $clia;l houses toaccom
tnxiaie the Japanese and wi l
ti'V-'-i the children individual
instrnci m. M tycr Scbm;tz
si s that the Japanese ma Ue
fi-tr. progress in the Oriental
schools than they do in the white
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hcriooi oy providing more mot,e.y 1 schools and that ia the mixed
to pay better salaries and secHre schools the Japanese only retard
better teacher?, and lengthen ; the progress of the white
the school term, children.
AVegctablePreparationfor As
similating th7ood andRegula
ting thcStomachs and Bowels of
ness and Kesr.contai ns nnmer
OpiumjMorphine cor rfmeral.
Not Narcotic.
AlX.Sennm
QmtfitdSagir .
Mjr now)
ADerfccf Remedy for Constipa
tion. Sour Stomach.Diarxtoea.
Worms .Convulsions .Feverish
ness and Lo Sit OF SIXER
TacSinuto Signature of
NEW "YOHK.
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exact copy of VRAEraa,
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
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thi oifrruit toMMNVt new to cnr.
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Wood's Seeds.
Irish Cobbler
Seed Potatoes
have proved bv lonsr odds th
most productive Extra Earlv Po- I
tato in cultivation. Koad th'e let- 5
ters from trackers, in cur Xe" s
Descriptive Catalogue for 907. t
We are the larsrest dealers in I
Seed Potatoes in the South; j
Maine-grown
Second Crop -
Northem-g'rova
all high-gTade stocks soleeted and f
grovna. especially j" r seed p irr o&es.
''Vriie for prices and WOOD'S i
I907" SEED ROP irVi:n. ,1,.., r
all seeds for the Farin aad Garden!! !
Mailed free on reqesst.
SMYf
Hardware
Co.
T. W. W0OP & SPSS,
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
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01ATISI
EURALGia anil
mmiY immimi f shark-now
s)nn your becond Ditto He
told me he was going from De
troit to Chicago, so I let him win
ar- far as Ypsilaati. He get off
there, Detroit Free Press,
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How Do You Spend Your Money
Ar -e you doing it in a way to receive
substantial benefit? Are you laying
a ide something for a RAINY DA 1C? If
not, you will never have abetter Hint o
begin, than now. To get quickly started
begin the easiest way; come to The
Shu ford National Bank and open an ac"
count in their Savings department Do
not wait for a large sum, for it may
never come; just deposit whatever you
7ove tosparey no matter how small the
amount. We will gladly assist you in
getting started. We pay ver cent inter
est and compound it quarterly in this
department. Ga and let us tell you how
we do it.
A. A. Shuford Pres . J. C. Smith Vice Pres. and A. IT.
Crowe". Cashier.
! of the poisonous matter and acids which f
vue direct causes of these diseases.
1 Applied externally ft affords almost in
stant relief from pain, while a permanent
care Is heinar effected by purifying the
S j; utooa, aissomnsr the uoiaonoiu smb.
Ejg ataDte and removing is from the system.
; DR. S. D. BLAND
I Of Crewtoc, Go., writes:
Bi "1 but ban a mfrerer for a number at nmm &
TiSi Li33iusr and Klitnmsttsm In my anaa
snr; Sri9daH tba remedies that I moid
i. 7 --i'cr i , v! n meoiTiM worits, arQ also consulted
-;5 wi haniiailjrof the bet plivslclanc. but found
othiT? that gave Uie relief obtained from
P- i i uh I cliall prescribe It In mv practloa
t3 fcrrbcunwtiem ad kin tmrl rinrmnrm
!f1
5 If yoa re snfferlD? with Rbeumatiam.
,i rJeirr,iRia. K'dney Trouble or any kin
i i (iret! .i;srtas. vrrite to us for a trial bottle
4 ' 5-ORGP3.- and test it yourself.
. ? ? -DROfS" can be used any leneth of
;. irms -vitfiGi't acquiring "drus habit." f i
A week's treatment for rhenmatfsm
and bladder troubles for 25 cents. That
j is why you (ret in a email bnx of De-
w itt7s Kidae and Bladder Pills. Noth
ing else so ecod for all tronbles cans-d
by impure blo-xJ S ld bj T. R. 2ber
'nethy er d R. P. Frexe:
A
Zrr z Hi; Dt O, "BK'i'S" rj9 Boms)
Doctor The iicreasicg deaf
ness of yoor wife is merely an in
dicaticg of advancinsr years, and
you can tell her that. Husband
Horn! Would yon mind tel
linjr her that yourself doctor?
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