North Carolina Newspapers

i " .X 1 n COILEC JDUDj 3V Vol, 1. vLASKER, X. C, THURSDAY, October 13, 1892. No. 21. r4 Life's Jonracy. A we sped out of youth's funny station, Tin. triple seems to fchine in the light, B it it siH-l'MiIy shoots over cnanu Or ilukij Into tunnel? of night. And ihf hearts that were brave in the morning Are tilled with repining and fear?, A the j'. faille at the City of Sorrow . Or pass through the Valley of fears. !v?t the road of thi perilous journey 'The html of the Master ha- made; With all its discomfort? and danger?, We lived not he sad or afraid. Path leading" from light into darka.es?, Ways plunging from gloom to despair. Wind out through the ttiijuelsof midnight To Hold that are blooming and fair. Though the rocks and the shadows sur round us ; Though We catch not one gleam of the 'lay,., frK- : '"'r '- A hove us fair cities are laughing, A'd dipping white feet in som bay. And always, eternal, forever, Down over the hill in the west, The laiit final cud of our jourhey, There lies the, Great Station of itest. 'TU the Grand Central poiut of all rail ' ways, . - - "-""' All roads unite here when they end ; 'Ti tlie linal. resort of alI,tourists, All rival lines meet here and blend. AH tickets'; all mile-books, all passes, If stolei) or begged for or bought, On whatever road or divi-ion, Will bring you at last to the spot. If you paue at the OJty of Trouble Or wait in the Valley of Tears, Be pa tie. i it. the train wiilinove onward, Add i u-di down the track of the years. Whatever the dace is you seek for, Whatever your game or your quest, V'iu shall come at th last rejoicing . '"To the '.beautiful City of Rest. .' You siiaH'- store all your baggage of wor- -, n-w. - i ; ; ' :.. ' ' You h:tll feel perfect ponce in this realm, " :; V You shall sail with old friends on fair waters, With joy and oeligSit at the helin. ' You shall wander in cool fragrant gar dens ' With those who have loved you the best, And. the hopes that were lost in life's ' ' journey You f-hall ll:d in the City ol Ret. j " Selected. Somp Qneslious for 1 adi Teacher ', to Thiuk About. 1 . ; Is your 6cho4jl-yard as jjeat and well kept as it can be ? 2. What have you done to make; your sohcol-room neat and attractive ? 3- Have you a clock in your school room placed where all the pu pils can see it i . 4. Does this clock keep accurate time ? : 5. Are your p;:pils taught tha their school-room clopk is to be relied up on, neither toojast nor too slow? 6. Have you a programme written neatly and plainly where each child can read it? 7. Do 3 0U try to hear your classes according to the programme, and do youi- pupils use it as a guide when learning their lessen -8. Have y oti a waste paper basket ? 9. Do you require each pupil to keep all bits of paper picked up around his desk ? 10. What methods do yoo use to encourage pupils to keep their desks in perfect order ? 11. Do you keep your own desk neat and in order? ; 12. Are there door mats in front of each door and do yur pupils use them ? . 13. What is the condition of jour olack- boards ? Arc titty well cleaned every day. and nothing but regular ,rk allowed upon thfin f , 14. What liav you done to encour age your pupils to have cteau bands, clean face, well-bmshed teeth and smooth hair? 15. Are your pupils supplied with a basin, a clean towel, soap, a comb and a mirror? , 16. Have you a low toned call bell Joryour classes 17. What are your pupils reading? IS. hat are you doing to help to cnluvate io them a love for! good fJ-S' P" rown.on, in Teach, ers World. SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS- SOME OF THEIR CHIEF QUALIFICA TION'S A PAPEIt READ 1JEFOUE THE BEI'.TIK TEACHERS ASSO CIATION BY MISS DORA WATFORD. t Mr President. Ladies'axd gen tlemen: From, the published re: cords'of your la,t meeting held at Aulandcr, I learn j'ou put me down forjan essay on the 'Chief Qoaliuca lions of a Successful Teacher." You cannotbe4surprised to see one, so young in years, andstill younger in the practical experience of teach ing, manifest much diffi 1enc2 on ap i ' pearing "before a body composed of j ladies andjgentleraen, so skilled and renowned in the art of teaching as the members of this Association. I ask your kind indulgence and patient at tention to some thoughts" on what, i s I n accessary to make a successful teacher. " Teaching is a profession and is inlimatelyconnected wi tb two par- tiesviz :Uhe parents and the chil. dren As in all other professions, so in thiSj the teacher or professor should be qualified t3 secure the Confidence and: esteem of the patrons of the school, and in addition, should also command the rt'spect fear and especially the love of the scholars attending the school. To secure the plandit of well done lrom these two: classes, I should say, must be the aim of every teacher. Being now in possession of the confidence of the community, as desirable and as necessary us it- may be, the posi tion to be filled in the fehool-roora is' certainly of "no less significance. Here the qualification of. master, pareht and teacher are alike called for. A master's direction and a parents care and affection will b2 called into exercise, while the art of teaching is applied -in instilling the youthful minds with useful know, lede. - No profession ever demand ed more skill and discretion of its votaries than is required of the teacher in the school-room. Prompt ness of attendance aiust be rigidly adhered to as. one of the first duties of the teacher, as by this only can promptness and regularity in attend ance of the scholars be mafntained. . - .- .- Skill, iu the management and gover nment of the schooI-rom,is a require rhent'wlthout which no one can hope for success iu teaching; in fact, here executive ability of a very .'high or der will be demanded. For here is the little prattling, thoughtless child of six summers, full of mischief and frolic, , and the full grown young man or lady all to be included in the same government and all alike to be rulecf and con trolled, jlencc it is apparent the parental care of home must be so conbined, with the justice exacted fey the civil government that order and decorum shall be required and cheerfully given without harshness. The rules should be few, simple; and mildly, but firmly executed. Indeed it would be wise for the teacher to learn a lesson from the : following .linesr ';' !.".':' Your strictures arc 'unmerited, Our follies are inherited,- DireCll' f,,oUl our S'au'pas they all Our dt fect have been transmitted, And we slmuld be aecquiuel, 1 Of all responsibility and blame. We are depra veil begiiifcer?, but I eredi- j tary sinner?, For otir fathers never acted ;s they should, Tis the folly of our grandpa that con tinually hampers; What a pity that our gsan'pas w ent , good." , . - , Skill.'.then, in the making and executing the rules of tic school - room will exact from the pupils love and veneration, an important cle ment of success to ?very teacher. Again, the teacher must,; be quali fied by education. No on, not even the very ignorant and thoughtless, would expect orie to succeed as an educator, whois himselfunedncated. Ana ne musi novoniy De eaucatea in a geuerai way. out to gain and ; retain the becoming respect and con fidence of his pupils, be must exhibit a gofxl familiarity with the subjects j taught, and the text-books used. j This qualification M)f the teacher , win inspire nis puptis witn a loeiing that their instructor is thesr superior, and thus instill withTu" their minds that respect and ;onG4leicc which is necessary ti insure his success as a teauLer. 1 have thu3 briefly referred to what, I consider, to be some of I. the most )rorai ncnt qu alt ficati ons nec-i essary to SLccess in tLe profession of teaching, and ,if to these be add-J ccTthat dignity of demeanor so fit tingiy becoming the educators of the day, and that; patient indulgence) that is so necessary in imparting in-l struction to youthful and untrained minds, the grandest success of the teacher, will be assured. . BOARD OF EJ :UCATION. .- . PIIOCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING HE OCTOBEii 3. The County Board of Kducation met at Jackson, Monday, Oct, 3. Present, Ilev. Wm. Grant, Chairman ; J. E. Wood roof and E. B. Lass iter. A. J. Conner, Sec' On petition it va3 ordered that the dividing line between districts num ber 4 aud 5 be changed so as to con form to the following boundary :Ue- ginning at Seaboard and Roanoke rail road on Occoneechec siwamp an I running along said swamp to K.E. Stephenson's line; tLencc along D. M. Stephenson' S,Iine to Halifax road ; transferring. B, S. Sykes andU. T. Wheeler " from i district No. 5 to dis trict No. 4, white race. ' It was ordered that Henry Sexton, Virgin Deveraux and Whit Walden be transferred from district No. 23 to district No. 24, colored race. The petition of T. 13. Edwards for a division of district No. 11, white race, was then considered, 'and after hearing all the evidence submitted it 'was ordered that the' division be made and a new district formed with .the following boundaries : Beginning at town limits of Seaboard and run- ning along Seaboard and Roanoke rail road to High Bridge ou Jackson road ; thence up said road ' to Cy press Swamp bridge near Turner's X Roads ; thence up said Swamp to the .mill house ; thehceup the mill pond to Ivey prong; thence up said jirong to the Seaboard road the be ginning. V. Ii. Edwards, J.J. Las siter and Thos. Jordan were appoint ed committee for the new disirict, which was numbered 7, there being no district of that number. Mr. T. B. Edwards donated to new district a school house which is already builL J. E. Drake resigned as commit teeman for district No. 14, white race, i and H. T. Boone, Jr., was ap pointed in his place. On petition, it was ordered that the dividing line between districts Nos. 9 and 11 be changed so as to conform to the following boundary: Beginning atj John W. Gays line, and runnin? Northwest to the State fline, transferring T. W. Moore, W. T. Smith, E. B. Mathews, Mrs. Ann j Edwards and J. W. Mathews from district No. 9 to No. 11, white race. E. T. Job n son a nd T. M. Joy ne r were appointed committeemen in f district No. 33, white race. The Board adjo irned to meet first onday in January, unless earlier convened Tliink truly, and thy tho-ighls Shall the World's ft mine feed; t?jxafc truly and ah word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed; live trulr and iliy life shall be A great and noble. creed. Thf Teacher's Personality. . "Personal Magnetism" is a term descriptive of a power that wc feel in ; operators and conversationists. It ibas its vauc in lh! 6pi,erc of the teacher. Whatever mar be the se- cret at the bottom, whether it be de votion to the study or to the pupil. there is a going out of the teacher from himself. It is probably that a j,lst devotion to both marks the sue- cessful teicher. A "magnetic" teach er is one vho employs praise more liberally than blame, whose stand point is positive concerning what the pupils may be and do much more than what they must not. 4,Donts" form a fatal, repulsive atmosphere, j while well deserved praise is a medi um through which good influences travel not only lrom teacher to pu pi. I, but from one pupil to another. - The fact that a pupil is Judiciously commended lor reciting well, moving quietly, doing some little thing for the comfort or pleasure of others, may lead his companions to behave in a similar way without! arousing any unlovely spirit of . competition. Yet here, too. it is the teacher's per sonality that counts in the long run ; before his praise can become impor tant, he must become so in the eyes of his pupils. Perhaps that is why gratitude is a cold sentiment; true regard is "never to be. sold," but is given unfailingly to what people are and not to what they do. Here is a hint for gaining that "elusive quality of . magnetism." The teacher wl jo reads, studies, thinks, feels, and grows is acquiring a power lo draw others after him. School Journal.) Rfply lo "Fair PI 13". Edit'.r Of PATIION AND G LEANER : Please allow -small spacs in your valuable paper lor me Jo correct the charges made upon the delegates who composed the Republican County Convention of Aug. 6 and 27, 1892, by Fair Play, of Wiccacanee of last issue. 1 was a delegate lo that con vention and know full w-ell the charges are false from beginning to end. I wish to state to the many in telligent readers of your intcrestinjg paper that the charges were made by r. corrupt politician and not a loyal Republican as he called himself, be cause he failed to sign his name. I think if he had signed Foul Plav in stead of Fair Play it would have cor respoiided better. He went on to state that the Convention met oh Aug. 6 ami the vote stood for Jtegis ter of Deeds as follows: E. E. Rob erts 25, E. J. Grdlin 2'), S. G. New some 4 and H. R. Deloatch 5. I de ny the statement, as no ballot was taken. And he said on the 27th of August, when ihe Derafcratic-Repnb lican-drunken convention met with the same delegates, Roberts' votes had beei taken from him atd given Ui II. R. Deloalch. And for what? He said for Demrcratic money and whiskey. I also deny that charge. He said that the Democrats bought the whole convention for $25. and whiskey, and said that was about 25o a bead for the negroes who com posed the convention, and further stated that negroes are ver cheap now. He said a negro in 1860 was worth rom $700 to $800 and in 1892 was only worth 25c, I wish to state to Pair Play that I do not know what the intrinsic value of a negro in 18C0 was. nor the standard price for which they sotd, but am very sure if any had been sold as he said on the 27th August I would have known it as I was at that conventioa and know all that was done publicly. If any mon Uy wa received and divided I know nothing of it ; and since Fair Play has given Knch strict and Heraszed account of the raoney and whiUey, be mcst have been the treasurer, who received tue money and whiskey. He has Uild how much was received anil Uow mpch was a!d for each nerodel egate. He said 25 was the amour, paid, and 23c was what was giver, for each if the 53 delegates and if so1 that was $13.25. and not leaves in treasurer a balance of $11.75 to-run thc nxt convenltoa which he asks the Chairman of the county to fall and nominate a ticket that we decent negroes can votcfor. But allow tne to call your attention to one thing ho failed to do ; he tailed to give you a fctrict account of the number of gal- Ions of whiskey which he receiveti to help run the convention of the 27tn -of August, and bow much each dele gate dtr.ank, and how many gallo is remained on hand to help run tho convention which h wants called at the earliest convenience. I wish to clearly state tothe many intelligent ' readers of this paper that the state ments made by Fkir Playare mali- -cious and false. I wish to say to Fair Play if you are so fair why not sign your: name and let us kiio you, and we delegates will avail ourselves of the first op portunity to see you in person. I wish to state that thej first issue of the The Patron and Gleaneii after the 27 of August gave the honest and fair proceedings of that" convention and any other not consistent with the saine, are false. It was my pleasure to see your honest, fair and worthy editor at the convention and know ' for a fact his proceedings r re true. I agree with Fair Play, when be says let the Republicans alone and let them hold their conventionaod they would always nominate a good tick et. Now Iwisb to advise him further and say, if he and like characters would let-sHS alone after we have nominated l a ticket we would elect It every time. He fucther states . that the ' Democratic-Republican- ! drunken convention of 27 of Augustt which ignored every intelligent negro -in the county nod took up the trash of white Republican and nominated bim over all the best colored meto of the county. Why -did. he say that? simply because that convention saw it necessary and wise to nominate ii. R. Deloatch for Register of Deeds and not bun. He also said II. R. Deloatch was moninated to please 1 mad Democrats. He said, the Demo crats would not vote for J, W. Fleet wood, the Democratic :riominee, be cause he was not a Rebel soldier, and Deloatch was,v now to my Republic caus friends, I have neither time nor desire to discuss the Democrajj.c dissension, if there be any, nei. le of have I tlit; time to go back to disc, the dark and bloody days of the w from the period of 18C0to 1865. But simply say that Deloatch is a gentle man, a true and tried Republican, and is well qualified to take charge- ol theoilioe of Regtstt r of Deeds.. He has been Register of Deeds one term and filled the ollice O. K. and it is the duty of every Republi can io this county to vote for him. He got his nomination fair, receiving 40 votes out of 54 the second ballot, though Fair Play would have you believe that the convention was only composed of ba I Republicans, .marl Democrats and indecent negroes, but that convention was wmposed of as decent.colorcd men and white men as 'this or othei4 counties in this or other states possess, au l will stand by their ticket in November. Now n word to Fair VVy and I must cloe. If jou are mad and cannot vote for that ticket, I am sure out of four parties you can have an opportunity lo vote without calling another cori vention to pleae you and like char acters. You said you had been .a loyal Republics, but I doubt It; no man who has not back bone enough;; to sign his name to an article after he has written it is no Republican. l " would advise you t be caretul bow yoa make such fals charges on a setof bone -t men b.U white and. jbla-ck as yoi have done. I further, j notify vou tint1 no decfnt negro be longs t .the oobtieal wing to which' you belong. I have iie honor to re main your humble tenant, - - J. N. Coaz Sealxard, NVC, OcL.X 1