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VOL. 4. LASKER, XORTIIAMPTOX COUNTY, X. C, TITORSD AY, APRIL 18, 1895. NO. 1G. Bread. Where? How? OLD AUNTLMAUY'S. For the Patrorf and Gleaner. J Wasn't it pleasuut, O brother mine, In those old days of the lost sunshine Of youth when the Saturdaxls chores were through, And the "Sunday's wood' in the kitchen, too, 1; - "" And we went visiting:, "me nd you," V Out to Old Aunt Mary's! It all comes back so clear to-da3! Though I am as bald as you are pray Out by the barn-lot and down the lane. We patter along- in the dust again, As -light as the tips ol the drops of the rain, Out to Old Aunt Mary's: We crss. the pasture, and through the wood . Where the old ' jrray' sna??-of the poplar stood-, ..Where- the hararncrinsr "red-heads'" hopiKxl awry, And the buzzard 'raised" 'inthe- "clear ing" sky Out to Old 'Aunt Mary's. And then in the dust of the road again; , And the teams we met. and the country man; And the long highway, with sunthiae spivad As thick as butter on country bread,. Our cares behind, ami our hearts ahead Out to Old "Aunt Mary's. Why, I see her now. in the ocu -door, Where the little gourds grew up the sides and o'er The clapboard roof; And her face ah, . me! -Wasn't it good for fiboy to see And wasn't it g-ood for a boy to be ' 7 Out to Old Aunt Mary's? And, O my brothero-fctr'away, This is to tell you she waits to-day To welcome us Aimt Mary fell Asleep tbis morning, whispering 'Tell The boys to come!" Anil all is well Out to Old Aunt Mary's. James Wliitcomb Itiley. TO BE CONT1NLTD. Patriotic Training in the Schools. Tlio "dulce et decorum est pro palria niori" of Horace is not the patriotism that is needed to-day. There always have been found ple.nty of men who would die for their , countryT-anciL even- at the unosjraoiitii. That , ldndjof i-rioti s m , that ki iuf of bravery," is an evidence of physical cour age not to be condemned, rather to be np21auded. But the patriot ism needed in this era, 'the pa triotism that should, be taught, the children of this country, and of this day -should -be a subjective sentiment,- the cultivation of which should aim to prevent the necessity of dying "at the can non's mouth," that should bring harmony and universal peace. This sort of patriotism should be must be:-fouiuled in great prin ciples. supiorted by great vir tues. Love of country is one of these great principles, is one of these great virtues. Right and wrong, justice, ben evolence, benefice nee, truthful ness, philanthropy all these and more too.' lie at the foundation of patriotism. The love for our fellow-men. a proper regard for the opinions :anl rights of our neigh bors, is jjie true basis of Ameri can eiiizousiiip. The best citizens are the best patriots. Hence, the instruction of our rising generation should be.--as "it were, in all the Christian o'i''!e; i-W my ixirt. I ha ve.no hope for 'our government ) the people, for the people" -outside of this kind of instruction, hence the fol lowing is very appropriate here: Upon every teacher in the Xublie schools of the United States, .whether man or woman, the state has laid a dual resrxnisi bilitv: First. A duty of immediate, but relatively of secondary im ixrtaneet namely, to teach the children of the. people those ele mentary branches of knowledge which shall lit them for self-support, a useful and an honest life," and thus subserve their material interests, and Second. Far a bove and beyond this plain and simple function, that grave responsibility, pecul iar to the office' of the American teacher alone, out of 'which has been evolved during the present century the institution of the American free public school, namely, the imperative duty of preparing the children commit ted to thei r ca re to become not only self-supporting and intelli gent citizens, but thoroughly loy al to the Republic; noble types of American citizenship, fitted to be governors of men; sovereigns worthy of their birth-right as free men. distinctly American in character and purpose." --Our vast territory is sometimes claimed to stand in the wav of patriotism. I do not fearjextent of territory I do fear a lack of patriotism a broad and compre hensive grasi of the situation up on the part of some of our people to forget self to forget that it is the part of the patriotic citizen sometimes to jxstpone the wish es of those who are near and dear, to the claims of those who are stranger and remote sometimes to sacrifice sectional feeling, and incur, if need be, the coldness of friends and the heat of enemies. While I am by no means a pessi mist, still I cannot be ranked as an extravagant optimist ' I do not belieye that while nature has done so much for our country, to cement and bind us a whole that there is not left much for us to do. - . When I look at the reckless dis regard of our lawgivers, our Congress.., of the condition of our country, I am forced with Emer son to say: -Tilings are in the saddle audride mankind. " A representative, a senator (not of a state) of the United States, from a state however with a sil ver or a coal or a lead mine, or of a sugar plantation, is willing to sacrifice every other interest of his whole country .rather than see his peculiar ind u s t ry i'things ialja sccml-plae -or-rather abide its time. The social disturbances so frequently occur iug of late years are very alarm ing to the patriotic classes of all professions and callings. These are not the outgrowth of teaching whether in the public or private schools, they are the legitimate fruit of the political agitator, the political labor-leader whose sole object is personal ad vancement, and that,--too, at what he must know is the ruin of those for whom he promises to do good. A lack of. sincerity, a lack of "truthfulness" in our dealings with our fellow-men, seems now to be the- curse of our people. The Inan who "would rather be right than president," is not now before the -people." The need of the country is man hood, citizenship, statesmanship. The teacher can do much to culti vate, to educate, and to prepare the youth of the laud to possess ail these virtues? Morals and manners right and wrong philanthropy and patriot ism should all 'be taught in all our schools, from pulpit platform, and press. Wo are now nearing the twen tieth century; we are twenty vears in the second century of our country's existence. - We must not despair. "The problem of self-government is in our hands; in the hands of the teachers.- as largely, even more so than "any class of citizens. Le t us take, cou rage, remem bering that: -Little by little the world grows strong, Fightiug th? battle of liicht ami Wrong: Little by little the Wrong gi res way, Little by little the Kisrht has sway. Lit tie. by little all longing souls Strujrjrle-up nearer the shininar oals!" Alexander l Hogg, Fort Worth, Texas, in School Journal. A gentleman riding with an Irishman came within sight of an old gallows, and to display his wit, said; -Pat do you see that?" "To be su re Oi do, " replied Pa t And where would you be to day if the gallows had its due?" Oil be ridingalone," replied Pat THE NEW SCHOOL LAW. A COLORED TEACHEK GIVES HIS OPINION OF ITS WORKINGS IN NOHTHAMPTON. Mil Editor:- We expressed a hope long before the last legisla ture met that it would do much good in every way and especially improve the school law, and we are at this writing unable to say what good has been done, since we have not seen a copy of the new law. Further, we are not in a position yet to say what will be the advantage. Some think abol ishing the county boards and the superintendent's office is a great mistake. I think "myself the of fice of Superintendent ought to have been retained. But so far as the board is concerned I am not able to tell yet if that was not right , The board of education did not cost any county much, but for 9G counties, it would have shown a large sum for 20 years. For this county we cannot be hurt by abol ishing the county board of educa tion. Our county commissioners are all wise and prudent men who love the cause of education and will make the educational work as much a success as any other bus iness intrusted to their care. In fact three of the board already have daughters teaching in the free schools of the county, and surely that is an appreciation of the work and cause for which we believe they will certainly make interesting and a fine success. The writer is personally acquaint ed in every public way with the chairman of said board, and knows ' full well his educational feelings and desire. He is the only living member, of rthe first organized board of education iii this county and when a member of that board was," as lie is now; "doing all Tie could to make it a success in ev e ry way. M r. E. Ba ugha m, the other member and a successful business man and a lover of edu cation, will do all he can. to make it a success. We would say more of the three gentlemen who have daughters teaching, but that is sufficient for them since every reading or public man in the coun ty ought to know them. Now it may seem that the board of Commissioners has all it can do now, and we admit that to be true on first Mondays, but since they can meet on other days and attend to the school matters I believe they will do it with much pride. ., Now for the superintendent's office; that also has been abolished as above mentioned, but since the Clerk of the Superior Court for each county has the appointment of examiner, we express a hope that the present Superintendent of Northampton will be appointed for this county, as he knows the condition of the schools better than anv other man and the teach ers know him well and all work admirably well together. And if he does not get it we" hope the man who may get it will be no less interested in education than he is. We do not want to go backward but go forward as rapidly as jx)s sible. I believe seven-eights of our yooT farmers' children are dependent on free school educa tion or they get none. The last General Assembly did wise and prudent work in making appro priations for Higher State educa tion; we also commend it for rais ing the school tax from 1G to IS cents; such .with the abolishing the boards of education will lengthen our terms. Now I hope all the best efforts will be ' put forth to make the five school as near what it ought to be as possible.- v - -. .. . : ; - Yours for success, Adolphcs. Seaboard, N. C., April 8, 1605. , - i - NortEcrn Settlers. . One of the - most effective feat ures of the Southern States Mag azine, of Baltimore, Md., is the department -of letters from Northern persons who have set tied in the South. For more than a year the Southern States has been publishing in every issue several pages of these letters, the, writers giving their experi ences in the Soutli, describing the localities: in which they have settled, telling about how they have been received and treated at the hands of the Sou tliern peo ple correcting misconceptions about the climate, soil and prod ucts and about the social and po litical conditions of the Soutli. These letters, coming- from Northern people themselves, have proved in the North the most convincing possible argu ment in behalf of the South. They have been published with out discrimination as to locality, and every Northern settler in the South is invited by the Southern States to send to it a letter giving his experience in the South and his opinion of the section into which he lias moved. This is an opportunity that every Northern citizen in cur community should utilize and which every native citizen should exert himself to see utilized. Not only farmers, but merchants, lawyers, bankers and those of ail trades and pro fessions and callings who have moved to the South are ottered the privilege of telling to their Northern friends through the Southern : IS tates magazine what advantages, attractions and op portunities there are in the South. The Southere States is doing an immense amount of good for f the South. Its purpose, as an nounced aft a v standing article at the head of its editorial page, is "to set forth accurately and con servatively from month to month the reasons whv the South is for the farmer, the settler, the home seeker, the investor, incqmpara bly the most attractive slction of this country." J The Southern Statesis pub lished in Baltimore by tils Manu facturers' Record Publishing Co., and is under the editorship and management of William H. Ed monds. Sam Jones on Masonry. Rev. Sam P. Jones has been preaching in St Louis. On the evening of March 5, he delivered a sermon which was reported in full in The St. Lonis Globe-Democrat from which we take the following extract: "Before I was ever a Christian I learned one thing and I want vou to hear this. I . was away from home and I was robbed on the train. I had all the money me and my friend had. He didn't have any, and they got mine; and we got off at a station. That was when I was a sinner, and that was twenty-five or twenty-six years ago. Ho wa,s a steward in the Methodist Church and I was just a plain, common, simple sinner; that is all I was. When we got off at the station we stayed around there a moment or two. He says, "Sam. I wonder if there is a Mason in this town?" I said. -A Mason?" He said, Yes. " -Welt" I said, "What do you want with a Mason?" He saysrJ 'I can get some money if I can; find a Mason." I said. "Ain't vou a Methodist?" He said. :-Yes." I said. "Why don't you go to the Methodists?" Oh. shucks," he said, "I will go to the Masons." And he struck out after a few minutes he came back, and I said: "How did yon come out?" "All right" he said. "I got it" "Who did you get it from?" "From a Mason." he said. -Sam, if you want to go to heaven, you join the Methodists, but if you want a hold down here, join the Masons." So when I started in, I just joined both and to-night I am a Methodist and a Mason, and I am getting along well for both worlds." Character at Home. Home life is the su re test of char acter. Let a husband be cross and surly, and -the wife grows cold and ... unamiable. The children grow up saucy and savage as young bears. The father be comes callous, peevish, hard, a kind of two-legged brute with clothes on. The wife bristles in self-defense. They devolope'an unnatural growth and sharpness of teeth, and the house is haunted by ugliness and domestic brawls. This is not what the family circle should be. If one must be rude to any, let it be to someone he does not love not to his wife, brother or parent Let one of the loved ones bo taken away and memory recalls a thousand say ings to regret Death quickens recollection painfully. The grave am not hide the white faces of those who sleep. The coffin and green ground are cruel magnets. They draw us further than we would go. They force us to re member. A man never sees so far into human life as when he looks over a wife's or mother's grave. His eyes get wondrous clear then, and he sees as never before what it is to love and be loved; what it is to injure the feelings of the loved. It is a pit iable picture of human weakness when those we love best are treated worst. "When I was a little boy," said a man to a friend with whom he was talking. "I paid a visit to my grandfather. He was an aged man, and wore a velvet enp, and knee breeches with large silver buckles at the knees. When I went to take leave of him he took me between his knees, kissed me kindly, and then, laying his hand on my headf; he said: "My dear boy., I have only one thing to say. to you; will you; try to remember it?" I looked him in the face, and said : ; I will, grandpa. 'Welt ' said he, Tt is this Whatever you have to do always do the best you can.' This was my grand father worth legacy to me. It was more than thousands of crrlrl At cilrnr T novtr fm-mnt his words, and have always tried to act uxn them. "Selected. Corn For Sale. 300 barrels good shelled and ear corn for sale at Bull Hill Mills at 2.50 per barrel; inferior corn from 81.50 up. - Geo. P. Burg wyn. 4-1 1-4 1 Jackson, N. C. The THE BEST LOW PRICE WATCH EVER MADE PRICE $2o5Q Warranted to be a Perfect Timekeeper, Not a poor Swiss, nor a "dock," but a perfect American Duplex movement. Coll and see this Watch; J. M. LASSITER, LASiccn, n. c "S?. EL. ELXq3LZ, Attorney at Law, Jackson, tl.C. 2T Practices In the Courts of North ampton, Halifax, Bertie and adjoining Counties. :" - Situation Wanted. A yonng ladjr of sercral years experience desires a situation as teacher of a public or private schooL Address. Miss CorRTser B. Ktsxos, Gasburjr, Brunswick Co., Va. dr. a n. BROwir, n WOODLAND, II. C. Teeth extracted without palu. Bargains Just Received. Fancy Straw and-Japanese Floor Matting 8 to 17 cents per yard. Floor Oil Cloth 1 to 2 yards wide 20 toSOcents. 20 kinds Plain and Fancy Window Shades on Rollers 15 to cents. Several Colors Curtain Poles with Brass Fixture 174 cent. Niee Bureaus with Large Mirrors at 13.75 each. 20 different styles Wall Paper 4 to 8 cents per roil. Hundreds of other articles to close out at a low. price. tST Orders by mall will have prompt attention.: - H. C. Spiers, Weldon, N. G. Try a package of W. W. Alexander's Insect Extermi nator, for all kinds of Fruit Trees and especially Pear Blight and worms in Peach or Plum Trees. To be used in Spring. For sale by J. T. Elliott & CoM 4-ll-tf ' Eaglotown, C. NOTICE! Having qualified as exocutor of William Grant, deceased, late of Northampton county, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having' claims against the es tate of said deceased to exhibit them to the .uadersigncitjmx jpr before thp,tweaty-ehj)jt day of March, A. D. lsD0, or this notice wiU be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 23th day of March, 1895. J. M. Grant, Executor of William Grant, deceased. NOTICE TO TEACHERS. If you want a position for next year, or if you desire a better salary, we can be of service to you. Write for particulars. If you know where a , teacher is wanted give us information and if we can fill it, you shall be re warded. Chas. J. Parker, Manager, Teachers Aid Association, Raleigh, N. C. HOUSE MOVING. Yes, it pays to use printer's ink. We hear of side lines and out lines. For more than ten years I have worked at house moving as a side line; haVe moved neai ly two hundred houses. No need of any one now straining himself to move the old way. I n y. ri ti ng to . bio please describe the house, the distance and the condition of the wny. Heavy houses a sjMci alty. ? Xo failure yet R S. Er.uoTT. I 'ich Square, K. C. ' . r' 1 ii . i f y , TIME TABLE. In effect S.ri A. VI., April 10. 1)4. I.ii!y except .Srmday. s.m. nor,,.. iSjx A. x . V. iK Arrie Gml-ry, Train i Tmlo No.-II. Xo.X t Hotrrn nr?n. I V. V. M. IaTCintimUrrsr,N.C.L 12:13 4:30 VAZ'l.-.i-JSO r. Kell, Gcn'I Mr, Cli. Ehrtiart, Aet. Sup'l. 2Xf