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fin "I VOL. 4. LASKER, 'If ORTH AMPTO N.-- COUNTY, X- C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY; 23, 1603, NO. 0. A 1 STATE UNIVERSITY. HOW IT HELPS TO EDUCATE POOK HOYS WHO COULD NOT OTHER- WISK RECEIVE A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.- THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATES MANY jOOU HOYS, WHO OTHERWISE COULD NOT ET AN EI- UCA TION'l During the past two years it has loaned 3, 849.15 from the DeenVs Fund, thereby aiding 55 needy students. During the ixist 0 years it has lulorl nlKJiit one 600 needv vounir men by loans or scholarships. It is now invin"- free tuition to li'ii students, whocoul not oth erwise be educated. Of these forty-two are preparing to. teach.. Fully one-third of the students in the University are aided by loans, scholarships or labor, and over one-third are supporting them selves by money which they them selves have earned or have been forced to borrow. The spirit of self-help is so strong at the Uni versity that thirty-three students, even while pursuing their studies, are at the same time supporting tnem selves wholly or in part by labor. They manage boarding clubs, set tyie, work in labora lories, serve ss stenographers and tyiK5-.wri ters, sell books and (clothing, give private instruction to other students, teach classes in the village, clerk in the stores and do many other kinds of work. The following brief statements, prepared by the young men themselves, will srive an idea of the spirit of economy that pre vails at the University, as well as the spirit of self-reliance that en ables so many poor boys to get a University education. It is not exaggeration to say that the Uni versity by its loan funds, scholar ships and opportunities for labor makes it .possible for any worthy boy, however poor, to obtain in North" Carolina as good an educa tion as rich boys obtain else where. STATEMENTS BY STUDENTS. (No. 1). Started on 0. Now is self-supporting.'- Iu 'September;. 1893, I started to the University, having 20. On reaching there I borrowed 50 from the Deems Fund and after wards 59. from a friend. I made s:: during the spring term by working and by teaching. On re turning this year I borrowed 50 from the Deems Fund. I am now torching pupils in the-village at odd hours, and am making enough to meet alf my -expenses and xiy off some of last year's debt L have a scholarship. (No. 2). Keeps house, pays all college expenses, supports wife and throe children,' all on 300 a year. I am -33 years old, have a wife and throe children, moved here f rom Johnson county and keep house. My only property, is a small faruui yielding $(50 a year. I saved a little money from teach ing five school. My money will last me imtilApril, when I shall borrow from the Deems Fund. My expenses' are l!5 a month. mis lnciuues iiuuhu-ix'uu uo, .books, - clothing, all for myself aiid familv. I have averaged teach- ing, as near as I can guess, four --months in each year for the last ton years. My ambition is to be a successful teacher.- I have a scholarship. (Na 3). Made 5 on farm and earns -5 at University. I saved 85 which I made on the farm, a-d I have borrowed st 50. I earn 25 a vear by labor rm . l 1 1 a. .- . J here. My expenses last year were 240; this year (for half a year) 04. ' (No. 4). Worked at carpenter's trade. Before coming to the Universi- trade and saved enough to pay three-fourths of my expenses. I borrowed the other fourth. (No. 5). Assists in a boarding club and lives on 22.75. -I am earning my board by as sisting in a club. My total ex penses are 32.75 for half year. (No. 6). Saved all his money teaching public school My total - expenses have been 70.60 (half year), and I saved it all teaching public school. (No. 7). My expenses for half year are 02.90. I made the mon ey school-teaching. (No. ' 8). Lived 6n one meal a day. I entered, the .University four years ago and lived for awhile on one meal a day. I had only 5. I was kindly aided by the faculty and students and citizens until I got work. I have borrowed some little money from the Deems Fund and from kjnd friends, and by laboring hard have managed to pull through for four years, shall graduate in June. (No. 9). Waits on table and sets type. I support-myself almost entire ly by waiting on table and setting type. Tgive my note for tuition. (No. 10). Sets type. Supports himself entirely. I support myself entirely by setting type. I set type all the time, except when reciting and attending lectures. J study at night (No. 11). Earns half his expen ses by clerical and stenographic work. - My total expenses for last term were about 100, and I earned about 50 by doing clerical and stenographic work at odd hours. (No. 12). Sells clothing and cuts wood. I sell clothing by sample and cut wood. During the summer! sold books. Last year I helped -r-i cure tooacco. l Dorrow a smaii - sum from the Deems Fund. (No. 13). Manages boarding club. ! I pay my board by managing a club aged all my other expenses with money I earned by teaching ast year. Total expenses 125 exclusive of board. (No. 14). 1 made 25 teaching and borrow the rest from the Deems Fund. (No. 15). I make. 50 a year selling clothing. . , (No. 10). Painter and decora tor. I am living partly on money earned by painting and partly on borrowed money. Total expen ses G5. 75, (half year). (No. 17). Sold fruit trees and taught school. I am paying my own expenses with money that I made selling fruit trees and teaching school. Total expenses (half -year) 70. (No. 18). A painter. Best schol ar in his class. I earned some money painting the University buildings last! summer, and I have private class es, which pay part of my expen ses. The rest I ixiy by a loan from the Deems Fund. I have; a scholarship. ' (This student is the best schol ar in his class). (Na 49). I have been encour aged and helped both by faculty and studeuts in trying to work my way through at the University. I j worked on a farm and made some j money before coming here. Make j my board by managing a club, j Total expenses (half year) 25. (No. 20). Couldn't get help elsewhere. I am going on a scholarship and am to get a loan of 50. I am able to attend the University only on these terms. Could not have possibly attended otherwise, I would not have goue to any col lege, as I could not get such as sistance. Fully one-half of the men in the J University are oi tne eonumon and character suggested by the alxfve statements. The list is gi3en as samples of the. sort of men that come to the University and of the ways that they earn a support here If the University is forced to rely entirely upon tuition fees for its support, it cannot continue to aid the talented poor boys of North Carolina. I The following unsolicited letter speaks for itself. The young man is without a father, is very talented and is going through college partly by labor and partly by loans from the Deems Fund. He has a scholarship. Chapel Hill; N. C, Dec 20, '94. "President Geo. T. Winston, mDeak Sn:- The first term of this scholastic year has ended, and I think it my duty to thank you most gratefully for the help you have given me and the kind ness you showed me when I first came. nen i got out or money and had to have books you kindly lent me sonTe and put yourself to no little inconvenience in many ways to help me ; when I was naturally homesick and despond ent you. gave me so much en couragement and good1 advice, which could only be repaid by the - - gratefulness of-my heart Let me thank you again and again for the kindnesses you have shown me and substantial pecuniary aid you have given. Just at the tjme when I was about to give up all hope, of a University education you came to my aid, and now I am determined that such an edu cation shall be mine. Before I came here I had written to so many schools, stating my condi tion and asking for work to pay my way, and being answered very coldly by all of them "but one I was disheartened, but you appre ciated my condition and gave me the coveted aid. "Feeling a thankfulness in my heart which cannot be expressed on paper, and being determined that my life shall be such an one as to cause you no regret for the' kindness you havejshown and the aid you have given me, I am gratefully 'yours, To shut off such menlrora op-1 jK)rtunities of higher education is to dejrive North Carolina of strong leaders in all professions and occupations. It is not only false economy but is contrary to the noblest impulses of humanity. But for the University at least 125 poor boys annually would be unable to obtain the benefits of ligher education. Shall the doors of the institution be closed to such men as these ? What cor responding gain would the State thereby receive? THE UNIVERSITY COSTS THE STATE VERY LITTLE AND THE AVERAGE 1 TAX-PAYER CONTRIBUTES LESS THAN FOUR CENTS A YEAR FOR ITS SUPPORT. The University received from the State last year 30,000, being :&.000 regular and 10, 000 special appropriation. The regular ap propriation, if collected per capita, would amount to less than 1 1-4 cents per annum to each inhabitant; but the tax Is paid entirely by property, and the mass of the people in the State really contribute nothing to its support A man who pays only poll-tax contributes nothing. A man listed at 100 pays less than three fourths of a cent annually to the regular appropriation, at 500 less "than- 4 cents, at 1,000 less than 8 cents, at 5,000 less than 40 cents. About nine-tenths of the tax-payers would pay less than 8 cents a year for an appro priation of 20,000 to the support of the University. THE UNIVERSITY COSTS, THE STATE LESS THAN SIMILAR INSTITU TIONS ELSEWHERE. -'. - .... The State of Virginia makes the following - annual appropriation (for whites), not including sums appropriated for repairs: 1 University of - Virginia. 10.000 Virginia Military Institute, 30.000 State Female Normal School. V 15,000 William and Mary College and Male Normal 15,000 Medical College, 5,000 Total, 105,000 South, Carolina appropriates for whites: Clem son College, 50,000 30,000 South Carolina College, Citadel 20,000 - 7,500 l67,500 Winthrop Normal, Total, ... -. " ' lAortn uaronna api)i))na for whites: j University of North Caro- ' linn hoino- .S0 OHO roini- larandl0,000siecial), 30,000 AgriculturaTand Me chanical College, 17,500 Normal and Industrial School (being 1 2, 500 a n- nual and 4,500 social), 17,000 Cullowhee Normal 1,500 Total, 00,0001 North Carolina thus appropri- i ated last year only06,000 to the ! higher education of the whites j against 125,500 appropriated by j social gathering in the Literary Virginia and $107, uOO by South 1 where gentlemen were in Carolina. The white iopulation troduced to make seeches of a of South Carolina is not half as different nature. large as that in our State, and yet the State appropriates nearly twice as much money annually. Virginia's white population is not so large as ours, but its appropri ation for higher education is near- ly twice as much. For white higher education last year: - - . West Virginia appropri- . ated, Connecticut Vermont, Pennsylvania, New York, California, Kansas, . Ohio; n. . Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, . Colorado, Nebraska, 100,000 80,000 -32,000 130,000 50G,00() ' 194,000 00,000 123,000 351,000 . 174,000 137,000 250,000 178,000 Besides tax of one per cent on 100 for University. The list might be extended. Appropriations ior the higher ed ucation of the colored race are al so larger elsewhere than in North Carolina. Wake Forest Anniversary. Friday, Feb. . 15, '05, was a day of happiness and delight to those who were p resent Tat the sixtieth a n n i ve r sa ry . Notwithstanding the inclemency of the -weather, peeplefrom Charlotte, Raleigh, Weldon and other joints were present : ' , I In Wingute Memorial Hall, the president of debate, Mr. William Koyall. Jr., of Wale Forest N-C, at 2:30 o'clock called the house to order with a few appropriate re marks of welcome to theaudience. After reading the proceedings of last meeting, the secretary of de bate, Mr. J. R. Moore, of Bed Springs. N. C, read the question for discussion, "Should the House V- of Lords be abolished?" and an nounced Mr. Isaac Bovles. of Pilot Mountains, N. C, as the first speiiker on the affirmative. Mr. Bovles admirably held the atten tion of his audience about 20 min utes. Mr. John Kern of Yancey' ville. N. C, was the first seakeron the negative. Mr. Kerr pleased hisaudrencebvforciful argument His spt?ech consisted in irsca sive language and abounded in wit ridicule and jersonal anec dotes. The nex t speake r on the afli rm -ative wasMr. Isaac M. Meekins, of Columbia, N. C. Mr. Meekins also made a fine sjieecli. Tlie next gentleman on the neg- alive was Mr. Kichard Kozler, of I Jobcrson county, IN. C. Thaaoc- ond speeches were enjoyed even mom tlian , the first. Applauds wen given throughout the audience,- ;.. The audience was then given an opportunity of vo ting accord ing to the side that produced the best argument The result was in favor of the aflinn ative. The audience airain assembled at R o'clock to hear the resixetive ora tors of the Literary societies. Mr. J. N. Tolar introduced Mr. Carey Newton, of Wake tforest N. C, as orator of thePlulomatliesian society. His subject "A Pound lof Flesh.' Said lit "When T was iatesfa, newish I dreamed of beinirora- tor, when I'was a Soh. I longed tobe an era tor, when I was a Jun- ior I worked to bo orator, when I became a Senior 1 shrank at being an orator." Mr. John Heck introduced Mr. Raleigh Daniel of Weldon, N. C, as orator of the Euzelian Society, announcing his subject "Iron nnce. -- j - Mr. Daniel admirably sustained tne reputiitiou made by his pre- decessorsX After the orations.- Mr. J. N. Tolar invited the audience to the j It was well enioved bvall j that the dawn light was stealing jacls the casieru sky wlwn the j crowd bn to disirse. Thus ended the sixtieth anniversary, wliich proved no less enjoyable than its predecessors. W. R. Syks. Wake Forest N. C. Feb. 19. - m m . Bread. Where? How? OTHER VAllIETIES IFor the Patrou and Gleauer. , Fish bread is still used in Ice land, Lapland; rC rim-Tar tary and other-, places far north. The fish is dried, then beaten to fine lew der, and sometimes the inner bark of some of the trees of that northern clime is mixed with it and then wet and made into bread and cake. t Moss Thread is manufactured from the lichen or reindeer moss, 1 wliich , towards the month of September becomes soft tender and damp, with a taste like wheat bratL; This moss contains a large quantity of starch and the Ice-" landers gather it ln the latter part Of the summer season. After thoroughly drying it jtheytlien grind it into meal, from which bread, gruels and pottages are made with it The want of better grain fre quently comels the ixxr Island ers to bake a kind of bread from the seeds of the sand-reed, which on our shoresare merely "eaten by the birds of passage. '- Millet bread is much usk1 by the Italian ieasantry, and if eaten warm is 'good; but 'becomes dry and crumblv when cold. When boiled and used without baking it is-nutrifious. but in bread, unless eaten immediately, is very as tringent and unheal thyJ Bean flour is often made into a thick batter with water and baked in a hot kettle. It is tased some-4 wiiat in parts of Scotland. 'Ifcigwort in times 'of grea t scarcity, has been prepared for bread. The root v. hen first taken p is soft but soon hardens, and 1 - inn he kept in tliat state for yetirs witliout injury, n kept inadrj. airy place. t Tlie not is easily ground and reluced to flour, and then is made into bread, and when lxikel lias an agreeable nutty fiavor. It is easily d igestedj and when made into bread is said to be more nu tritive and exhilarating than wheat bread. i M. I L Rick. Lahaska. Pa. -TO HE CONTINUED. NOTICE-MORTGAGE SALE Dr tirttic of a mortage (Wd rxrente! by Jtmim WHIimu ami h wife Kite U'UIUm tft Allen Drloatdi, trhkh dml I of nworti la IWk 3. iasre 23S, fvth rfJce ol i:rgiter of Itds of Xortharop toa county, the Mine being given to m cure ihr ptyment of certain kik1 thrt in. mentionnl, ami the wiiU bonds anil mortse drrl, hsvin- bcn imtuferml in me for vl-, by aia Alien Deloatch, and Jefault havlnjf- been road In pay ment of a!d biiitL I nrlll tt for cadi. to the hlsheft bidder, t the ccurtIiouc door In JFscVoti.Jn aid Northampioo county, on ,Momhy, March 4ttt, ISltf, at - o clock tioctn, the land conveyed In ail deetl. to wif, the land 011 which a!d Jimhit WUli.im tmw live. In ald coun ty, adjoining the land of WUHarn IVr wn. .Mr. V. II. Summerell and M. V. IUmj.oui, anl containing Mxtj.flve acrcii, more or !e-, that U to ay a one-third undivided interest' la ald land to tatMr aM hoods and it tret and cost of nale. Thi January 4th, T-4t W. II. JQYXKK. NOTICE TO TEACHERS. If you wiint a jiosition - for next year, or if you desire a better salary, ve can Ixs of service to vou. Write for particulars. If you know where a teacher is wanted give . us information and if we am fill it, you shall be re warded. Cha& J. Parker, Manager, Teachers Aid Association Ifctleigh, N. C. Spectacles and Eye Glasses. Do you want a jxiir of glasses that will make you see better and do better workt that will preserve yoirf eye sight if it is defective, that will not tire vour eyes, then coue to W. P. MOORE & CO., Jackson, N. C, whe 'ire making a siecialty of fitting Glasses and can replace broken parts at small cost KQETHAHFM AND EEIfO?.D P.AHSOiD in , TiMK TA11LK. In effect 8.W A. M., April 10. 1801. --Daily except Sunday. - NntTir Botr?i. ; Train Train No.l3t. No.3. A.M. ! V. M. Leaven Jackson, N. C, :30 2:15 " Moulleld, S:50 2:35 Arrive Gumficrry, 9:30 3;15 Train Train No.4l. Xo.3. SOUTH BOUND. 1 V. M. P.M. Leave? Ourolerry,X.C. 12:15 - 4:30 MowlieM, 12:5 J 5:10 ArtiveJackon, " ; 1:15 ! 50 F. Keil, Geu'l Mgr. Cha. Ehrhart. Aets. Supf t. Heal tin means so much more than you imagine serious and fatal diseases result from trifling ailments neglected. Don't play with Nature's greatest gift health. ot oi sorts, weak id trnmUf ei LaBtird, nerotf, btf( DO fptHc aod cul woett, begin Ml OMtui In x tb mm t e!i t trrn tt x't pvr4iirtti.whKls U brown Ifoo t-t-iert. A few hot. Ur esre bctet coex from tb ery r do U Drowns Iron Bitters Ufti, 4 it's It Cures Djspepsli, Kidney sad Liver NcuraJzb, Troables, Coastlpatlon, Bad DIood 3Uhrb, Nervoas zUzicnts Women compbints. TTt n!f tb fenulst H Ka cressl red Ti-.- en th wT;trT. AH ahum r b !5t8t. On recen of amj w ;3 tl t ot fkastifri! WorU't Fir a4 took rirt- ilia - Poor j - f X
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