INCORRECT AGAIN!
v i, sTT:ii lENSON'S BALANCES NOT
; ; ;oi'KttL,Y ADJUSTED W H E N
it I AT JS DONE THE COMMITTEE
; DISTRICT 41 WILL NOT BE
VOL'XI) WANTING."
Mu. Editor : A'f tor reading in
i ; i s t i s s ue of yo u r 'xmpo r the
! of our talented, learned
i iopuar Mr. Claudius L. X.
M.-j;!iiMison. to the committee in
,;-! riot 41. we again ask you to
, :,;-(' allow us a short space in
vi. i; columns for a few more
v.nvis to Air. Stephenson and
us he is done, of course we
vi:! !)? done also.
Vv - are not ashamed of our
i .;; ns school committee, and
i! .i our names to all corres-
::i-jice written by us as com-
ih District No. 41. Oh !
if we were gentlemen of re
i: .-,-::ed ability as school commit
; .,(' n. as much as Mr. Stephen
trunks hhnsalf to be as teach-
, itiiglit be called upon to be
,:;iy incoqxjrate and be corn -!!:ih(M
for tiie county, yes, for the
SLae of North Carolina.
1 r. S t e phe n son has ne ve r really
i).-i;ti to the committee forany in
i ): in;ition. relative to the school.
V!ii!e it is true he met with Mr.
Sianccli, probably some time in
Artist, and simply asked him
.vjum the school would commence,
nf course Mr. Staneell could not
liit'ii tell him as the committee
p;ni not had a meeting. He did
i,.,M jcil Mr. Staneell that he or
; is neiglibors were 'anxious for
ilit' school to bo 'started. Mr. S.
ii;is never said a word to either of
tin-, oilier committee about the
M'iioo!, notwithstanding he was in
cotiipany with one of them just a
ffv da vs before liis criticisms on
:he committee appeared in the
iicpspapor asking tlie County Su
.'..'riuteudout h hiterfere in the
aia'm'r. Had he asked them ho
mi.Liht have obtained the informa-a-.
lie saws he so,inuch desired
ui-hout all of his trouble of a
M'Svsbaper correspondence, as
committee had a meeting
aura, the middle of September
and decided upon the time of
.s t .t rii ni( the school. The balance
!' the conversation lie alleges as
having taken place between him
and Mr. Staneell, the kit tor
!n"t remember. He does not
ic.M 'iiiber telling him anything
hut that he did not know when
; ic school would com nience. Now,
d(..s it not appear to any reason
'n.'lc thinking mind that if Mr.
Sicjiii-Mison had obeyed the gold
m rule '(as he claims to have done
i'mm his youth up) he would have'
s a a majority of the counnittee,
or at least; the chairman of said
committee. (Mr. Vick is chairman
a;ut not Mr. Staneell) before writ
ing to the County Superintendent
through a newspaper to interfere,
in the- matter It would not have
cost him much time to have seen
a!! of them as they all live within
1 oi a mile of each other, and not
very far from Mr. Stephenson,
ihit then, had . he done so. of
course- he would not have had the
gr-at pleasure of displaying,
t a rough a newspaper, so much of
lir.tt woiiderfal, talent of his which
is .no much sought after all over
this eouutrv. Yes. we remember
rcadimr of one who lived nearly
nineteen hundred years ago who
claimed to have kept ail "these
things from his youth up:" but
still he went away very sorrowful
when he was ijold that there was,
"One thing thou iackest."
M Stephenson claims that on
the "following Monday after the
school commenced his side of the
District swelled the number. of
children "to LH). Incorrect again,
Mr. S. This side sent U the week
before and live more went i rom
This side the following Monday,
which leftonly 12 from Mr. Steph
enson's side.
Wo say that when Mr. Steph
enson or any of his outside
friends, say there is no doubt but
that his letter moved the commit
tee to action they say tliat which
is certainly wrong. Ask Mr. A.
J. Conner, our Countp Svrperin
tendent if he was not consulted
the first week in October about
Mr." Baugham teaching in the
District, and we believe he will
be honest enough to tell you he
was.
We liave endeavored, in all our
correspondence, to state only,
facts, therefore we say again we
were acting before Air. Stephen
son's letter appeared. Mr. Steph
enson says we have been weighed
in the balances and '-found want
ing.' Yes, we could not be found
anything else but wanting, when
weighed by such incorrect bal
ances as Mr. Stephenson's have
proved to be; but since they have
been tested and found to be so
incorrect,, we hope he will have
them so adjusted that they will
.weigh correctly, then the com
mittee will expect to come out
fall weight and not be ': 'found
wanting."
The committee may have erred
in not having what little funds
there was left over last winter
m
taught out; but still we contend
that the school was started full
soon this fall to meet the require
ments of the school law, to be of
the greatest good to the greatest
number of the children in our
District, and at a time when the
poor .children, who specially need
the benehts ot the school, couid
best attend.
Com. for Dittiiict No. 41.
Our Public Schools.
Advance sheetsof the forthcom
ing annual report of Prof. Schaef-
fer, Superintendent of Public
Instruction, of Pennsylvania
show that the number of school
districts Jn ...tlio.Si-.itft. -U. 2.413;
an increase as compared with
the previous year of -7. The
number of schools is 124,541, an
increase of f2& The graded
schools number 1 2, 860, an increase
of 5(35. There has been an in
crease of male teachers of -19.
running the number to 8.404, and
of female teachers of uii.i making
the aggregate 17.777. The aver
age monthly salary of males last
year was 44.10, and of females
33.05, The aggregate number
of pupils was 1,040,079, an in
crease of 30. 27 '2. The increase in
the number of teachers involved
an additional expenditure of
5i!9,90G.78, making the total cost
8,998,818. 13. Last year 124;V
375.73 were expended in purchas
ing text-books for distribution
among the schools, authorized by
recent legislation. The cost of
school-houses, purchasing build
ings, renting, etc., amounted to
3 390.818.13, Outside of Phila
delphia the cost of school supplies
other than text-books, including
maps, globes, etc., reached 559,
238. 4 The total school cxix?nd
itures aggregated 18.50.751.33.
Not including Philadelphia, the
estimated value of school proier
tv in the State is 4l 079, 50 4.
Outside of Philadelphia the
amount of school tax levied last
vear was 8. 077, 5L 07.a n hie rease
as compared with the previous
vear of -811.481,05.
SuperintendeutSchaelfer.inhis
individual report says tne intro- j
duction of free text books has
been the most important step of
progress since 1807. One of its
immediate effects was a large in
crease in attendance, in some in
stances ranging from -0 to 30 per
cent Better classification, grad
ing and teaching have followed
this educational enterprise. 4,In
the average length of the school
term Pennsylvania ranks elventh
among the States of the Union,
and twenty-eighth in the average
salary paid to male teachers and
twenty-ninth in the average sal
ary paid to female teachers. He
favors a school census and the ex
tension of the high school system
to districts.
He says the time lias come for
the enactment of a law authoriz
ing the directors to use a portion
of the annual appropriation for
the purpose of establishing and
maintaining school libraries.
Under the - caption of "Danger
to the System" Prof. SchaefTer
takes strong . grounds in favor
of non-sectarian instruction and
concludes with the statement that
the "praises bestowed by visitors
from abaoad uion American ed
ucation was evidence of the fact
that our schools have not suffered
by the separation of secular from
sectarian instruction. ' Farm
er's Friend and Grange Advocate.
Monazite.
Monazite is a strange, rare ma
terial found in that rare metallic
heart of the Appalachian Moun
tains that lie in North Carolina.
Some year or so ago, one of the
gold mining companies down
there discovered in their placers
a deposit of small crystalline sand
which was quite unfamiliar to any
of the miners. They sent a sam
ple -to their agent here in New
York, says the N. Y. Sun." The
agent sent it to a famous German
analytical chemist by whom it
was recognized as monazite. Up
to that time it had only been
found in small and scattered de-
lxxsits in such widely separated
localities as Finland and Corn
wall. Norway and Bohemia, and
in such small quantities that only
the richer laboratories had anv
specimens. It was not like any
thing else under the sun. and so
the few brown octahedron crys
tals that had been bottled up
Where labeled monazite, or the
flonelv" or "solitary" mineral.
The composition of the mineral
was even more curiousioxiJLwas4
fonirj-io-contiun six of those un
delinable products known as "rare
earths" and all ending in 'ium,1'
which is a "peculiarity, it seems,
of these imperishable dusts.
What these dusts had v gone
through before arriving at the
catalogued state of "rums" and
"ites" can only be guessed at, but
the inference is that they had
been born in a period of intense
cosmic energy, for they proved
to be the most '"refractory'
things on record.
Chemists call things refractorj
when they can neither melt nor
burn them back any further to
ward the ixjint of elementary or
igin, and these earths wouldn't
go back at all. No matter how
great the heat they just became
incandesent and glowed with a
brightness that was like that of
the sun: but when the flame was
turned off they were just rare
earths, undestroyed "iums" as
before.
It happened about this time
that a cetain illuminating comjia
ny was looking for just such a ma
terail as monazite. and in corres
iK)iice heard of it Investigations
were made, experts -were dis
patched, to North Carolina, and
monazite wts found by the ton.
Along the river banks and in the
river beds, in the clefts of aurif
erous rocks, and at the bottom of
gullies, the brown crystalline
sand was found, and bought and
shipped to Germany. But it took
a lot of sand to furnish the imper
ishable niaterial in theshap? that
was needed, and the price went
up until it reached 150 a ton, and
from that to 200 and over. Then
the search for monazite was be
trun in earnest and novr in Alex
ander. Madison. Mi tciieil, Yan
cey, Burke, Polk, McDowell and
Kutherford Counties there is a
monazite boom.- Scientific Amer
ican. Hardup I wish this was the
North Pole, with i nights six
mouths long. Casup Why'r Hard:
up So that I could tell my cred
itors to "call again uvmorrow."
A Picture Prom Life.
IFor the Patron and Gleaner.
We often read of a woman'sdu-
ty to her husband, but seldom of
the duty a husband owes to his
wife.
In my mind's eye, I have a sad
faced womait who, ten years ago,
was a gay-hear ted child of sixteen;
butalas! the fell destroyer crossed
her 11 th in the. guise of a good-
looking young man a general fa-
vorite with alL He pursuaded
the silly child that he could not
exist without her, and swore sol-
emnly by all ; the gods of Greek
Mythology to always be the same
devoted lover as now.
They ;were married; and 'live to him tlat - waits;" and the day
years have flown. Let us take a finally dawned when Joht grudg
peep at our hero and heroine and ingly permitted Mary to accom
see what Old Father Time with pany him to town. But there is
his relentless scythejias done for no driving to the Hotel now! In
them. John is the same, scarce- stead, the horse is tied in front
ly looking a day older than when of the store where1 Mary expects
we saw him last the same bright to do most of her purchasing,
eye and jolly laugh which won He solemnly hands her live dol
poor Mary's heart - lars, saying that was all he could
aiary,.alas! is merry in name afford her just now, with the in
oiijjj is pallid and thin, and al- junction to "Hurry up, and not be
reddy becoming sadly stooped and au day!'' as he must be home
rouVid .shouldered.. Hercounten- soon! and then leaves her.
ance looks as though itand smiles Proceeding to match hor dress
were perfect strangers. What goods three yards of seventy
has wrought this singular trans- five cents per yard, makes a large
formation? Not poverty's dread holeinherfive'dollars! She looks
touch, for John is considered well wistfully at some ribbon that
to dof not abuse, for he is called matches her dress, and thinks
an indulgent husband and a good
piu.iuei.
Let me unfold a tale that will
harrow the soul of sympa thy. It
is only a little more neglect and
indifference eam day; forgetting
the iona "Good bye!" that he for-
merlywas so particular to remem-
her; omitting the words of praise
after an unusually good dinner
words that made her heart glad,
and trained her a resolution to be-
come a famouscookjustfor John's
sake. .Now, her delicious pud-
amgs ana nairy pies are swallowed
in snence; out, n Dy cnance an
incident occurs as the bread re-
iusmg obstinately to rise, or tne
pies oecoming possessed oy a
ciemon oi contrariness to vomit
their contents over the unoffend-
ing oven, how quickly our hero
says "Really, Mary, its strange
that, you keep making such
wretched eatables! You ought to
see the pie my Mother made!"
A blight day in October has ar-
rived Mary,afteralmostincred-
itabU exertions, has finished can-
ning,; pickling and preserving;
and be-joyful! house-cleaning
too! '; She feels that she has
earned one day's recreation ; and
remonbering that John intends
to gc to the County-seat to-day,
fondly hopes in the innocence of
her leart that maybe he will ask
her accompany him.
Bit, bless you! he does noth-
ing d the kind; and Mary per-
ceivei that if she goes, she must
humliy ask. When .she meekly distance of seven or eight miles,
suggests that she would like to where she arrives in a state of to
go aling, so as to procure some tal collapse head and heart both
more
naterial like her best gown
for-imv sleeves. John frowns, and
says that he has no time to both-
er to?.ay! Moreover, he has no
monej to spire, as there is a bill
to paI Poor Mary makes no re-
plv, lit sheds some bitter tears
as hr liege lord drives gayly
away p his shining buggT, which
she had - helped to wash yesterday.
Keahing town, John encoun-
terssmie friends. -Hello Tom,
Bill aid Jack! Come in and take
somehing;" and they adjourn to
the tljacent bar-room, taking
turnsin treating to wine and ci
gars, j After this, John transacts
his business, and then, it is din
ner tine. Returning to the Ho.
tel. htorders dinner, to which he
does tnple justice, never vouch-
safimpne thought to the unhappy
wife If left at home.
Aftt dinner,- he calls on his
lawyej with whom he spends a
genia hour; then dropping into
thejj alligencer office, he whiles
away ome time there. Passing
a Gcj s Furnishing HousGrand
seeing some nobly looking hats
on exhibition, he decides that his
is entirely too shabby, hence he
TCdks in and invests in a three
&ollarhat Percehingsome very
neat neckties, he buys two at tif-
tycents each, when not needing
them at all! On his way for his
team, he i Kisses an oyster saloon,
where he disappears and disposes
of a stew and one plate of raw.
Arriving at the Hotel he meets
a new batch of so called friends,
and the treating is repeated with
the result that John arrives at
home near dark in a slightly ele-
vated condition,
We read tliat "All things come
how it would brighten up her re-
mnrfft Sllit- hilt elm Hiiro r.rt in-
Mule. 1
. Her next pressing need are
shoes. She has to be satisfied
with a two-dollar pair,-although
her soul abhors them. Wending
her way to the millinery store,
she stands transfixed with admi-
ration at the airy creations of
beauty before her; but sadiy
realizing that such things are not
for her, she bravely suppresses
a sih. and reouests to be shown
some frames. Purchasing one a
15 cents, leaves just seventy-five
to ftuy trimming, so she gets one
yard of ribbon for fifty cents, and
u twenty-five cent flower, realiz
w all the time that she will have
to cover her frame with old lace,
and when finished it will be a first
class botch!
Returning to the wagon, she
passes a Book store, and looks
longingly at the tempting rows,
thinking if she1 could only afford
te buy just one! By this time,
she is weak from hunger, not ha v
ing eaten any breakfast in her
flurry to get off ; but John greets
her with "I thought you never
was coming!" bundles heruncer
imoniously into 1 the carriage al
though it is just noon, and the
gongs are summoning hungry
mortals to dinner.
He does not say 4 "Cone in,
and take something" now., al-
though Mary would be satisfied
with a bun; but away they go a
aching with the injustice of it all!
Bah! talk of man being the no-
blest work of GodI Of course,
there are exceptions, but mine is
an every day occurrence. Let
him deny it who can.
Grace Feus.
' Useful Paragraphs. .
Make yourself necessary.
To have a friend you must be
oml - . . .
1 rutn is stnuiger than nction
and more scarce,
Ceremonies differ, but polite
ness is ever the same.
The error of a moment may be.
come the sorrow of a life.
A woman is most a heroine
when she has her hero by her
side.
The filter of misfortune, sejja
rates true friendship from the
cum. i
Man or woman has no natural
gift morecaptivatingthan a sweet
first Rt6 ' Uiatcosts;
and Sometimes it costs so much
that we can't afford to take a sec-
ond one. , '
, NOTICE!
By virtne ot a decree of the Superior
Court of Northampton county, hi Fall
term, 1S01, in the case of V. J. cap
hart and others, vs. Jese C. Orai.t nn.l
other, I shall, on Monday, Decern Nr
3dr, 1S04, at the courthouse dooi in
Jacksou, sell for cash, by public mic
tion, the tract of land on which Henry
T. Grant, dee'd.. formerly rc.iaVu sit
uated in aid emmty, on both $iuV& of
the roatl, leading from Jackson to iott
casi and bounded by ihe laud of .ft o
Fly the. J, E. D:ake, II. T.'IIooih ami
others-und containing !S7 acre?, more
or less. This Nov. 2, 1SS4.
Ids B. S. Gay, Commissioner.
NOTICE !
By virtue of a decree of ihe Superior
Court in tho proceeding of J. A. Bur
gwyn"as administrator of Bet tie Dan - It
iroy vs. Jere Daughtrca et al.t I hall,
on Monday, December 3rd, Itf'J-l, at ihu
courthouse door in Jackson, sell by pi.h
lic auction, the tract of land fornnrlv
belonging to Bettie Daughtrey, dee'd.,
it being the division containing tho
dwelling, recently ..-occupied by Jcro
Danghtrey am! others, and containing
35 acres, more or less.
Terms of Salk: One-half cash, tho
balance payable in one year with Inter
est from date of sale. ThU Nov. 2, 18f4.
J. A. BmaVYN, Adm r.
By B. S. Gay, Atty. t d s
.NOTICE!
Having qtiiilided as adniinistifttor,
with will annexed, of the estate of tlc
late Mrs. ; Alice A. Arrhjijto.i, 1 her by
notify all persons holding claims ag:iiiit
said estate, to present them to me for
payment on or before Dec. 1st, lO-'i, or
this, notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. Debtors will please p.y
promptly.
ThU Oct. 22, 1S94.
J. A. Bdkowy.v, Admr..
with the will annexed of
A. A. Ahkinqton. '
NOTICE!
By virtue of a decree of the Supiir
Court of Northampton County in tho
proceeding of E. B. Lasiter et al.,
vs. Sophie N. Hortou et al., I shall,
on .Monday, December 3rd, 1SU4,
at the Courtlioit!e door in Jackson, tHl
to: cash, ?y public auction, a certain
tract of laud Hnated in said county,
and bounded by tli landg of the II.
T. It. It. 11. Co., E. B. Lasiter, B. F.
Tiaylor and others and known us the
"Mouice" tract uuu C(utaining 10
acres, more or less.
This Nov. 2nd 1894.
11-8- t B. S. Gay, Commissioner.
LAND FOR SALK. V
By virtue of an order of sale for n-s.i'i.
fhU day ntado by the Superior Com I ft
Northampton County, North Carolina,
in the casein said court pending, wIum--in
J. A. Burgwyn, as admiidAtratui f
Alexander KeeJ plaintiff, and Ihuih y
Lockliart and her husband Thouin
Lockhart and others are defendauu, 1
shall, on Monday, the 3rd day of De
cember, 1894, fell at public auction to
the. highest bidder at the Court hciiM)
loor in Jackson, a tract of laud fdurited
in said county, bounded by the land- tf
Mark L. Parker, Thomas Lockhart,
Henry Sexton and the late Henry Hill,
containing sixty-two and one-half (021)
acre?, more or less, on the termi of one
third cash and the balance on a credit
of twelve months with eigjit per cent,
interest from the day of gale, taking
bond for the deferred payment and re
taining title till all thu purchase money
is paid.
Oct. 22, 1894. J. A. BUKQWYN,
Admr. and Com.
By W. MT. Peebles & Son, Atty.
NOTICE I
By virtue of a decree of the Superior
Court in the proceeding of SV. II. How
ell and others ve. W. W. Miller and
wife, I shall, on Monday, December 3rd,
IS91, at the Courthouse door in Jack
son, sell the tract of land on which
I'urner S. Taylor resided at hi death.
eitubted in Northampton County ami
bounded by the land of L. L. TavJor.
Geo. E. Hasty and ethers, and contain
ing 207 acicj, more or le.
There is a large and convenient dwel
ling houe and suitable out-botte there
on, together with a splendid well of
wa.er and a good orchard and a lot of
timber.
Term of Sales : One-third cash, tins
balance payable in two equal annual in
stallments with eight per cent, from
date of sale.
This Xov. 2, 1S91.
11-8- t B. S. Gay. Commissioner.
LAND FOR SALE.
Pursuant to and by virtue of an order
of sale for aMt?, made by the SJ.-ri.-
Court of Northampton county. North
waroima, in the eae therein peinln.g
wherein J. II. Griflln af admirdtra(or
with the will annexed of E. J. Outl tnd
U plaintiff and the devUee of aid O-it-
Iaud are defendant?, I shall, on Monday
the 3rd day of Doeember, ell for
rash at th courthouse door in Jackson.
at public auction to the highest bid lei.
tract of land situated in aid co:tty.
contaiuing 73 acres, more or le. a? d
xmuded by the laudof Dr J. I Out-
and, Mrs. A. J. Ilarrell, Dr. I'rei Jen
kins and hit wife and oth?nt. Oeiober
29,14. J. II. GltlFFlS. AdmV.,
Cut. 'a. of A. J. Outlaud.
By W.IT.PEEUUS&Sox.Auya. 4t
NOTICE.
Notice it hereby given that the under-
signed ha fUaIHied before the Clerk
he buterlor Court of Northami,iii4i
County, N. C., executor of Ann IVJag
et, deceased. All rartle4 ImhrLted to
said estate mut Dar at one? and all
parties holding claim agailt said
Ute must present the satae to the un
dersigned executor within twelve montht
rom the date of thU notice or It wilt In
pleaded iz bar of their recovery. ThU
the 5th day of November, ISO I.
W. IV Iikowx, Kxecutor.