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SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICERS. BY B. W. SPILMAN. II!.' "') 1" .11.1 .ii'rff . - '-, .irvn.BTVin . mw .''-. .'.':', ',:;.(,'' ! RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28. 1903. !b VOLUME 68 NUMBER 30.' JOSIAH WILLIAM BAILEY, Editor. ; .THE TRUE POLICY. ! ; - . This sentence from the recent message of the v' Governor of . North Carolina must be kept going ; in North Carolina ' .t 1 L There is hut one way only to serve the people : ; well, and that is to do the right thing, trusting., them as they may ever be trusted, to approve the ; . things T which count for the betterment of the i State. el . ,".1 J It must be kept ringing in the ears of the peo -pie until the time-server, the ring politician and the exponent of expediency have folded their'; . tents and fled from our borders., C He who spoke it and who stands for.it must be vindicated for an example and a memorial to the effect that Right, shall never again be crucified upon false pretences in the name of Wisdom. It is a platitude, you may say,' but it is a new one itf Horth Carolina.- Even now the halls of " State, resound with the alarming notes of the company of Liquor Lobbyists, who, wanting in other arguments, who daring not to name the name of the State or the People, who daring not , to invoke the Spirit of Right or of Reason, are crying out, "It will ruin the Party V ' '.'n :, This was ever a coward's cry. There is not a ' moral note in it. It is the whisper of the minion of Satan to the weak of heart or the cry of the coward to the cowardly candidate for the peo ple's suffrage. IIow clear and true rings that declaration from the Governor, "There is but one way to serve the people well, and that is to do the right thing" in this hour amid the confused and . terror-stricken cries of the men who seek to shield their own despised and outlawed business, now by threats and again by-invocations in "the Party" name I There is in it that sun-clear qual ity that goes with Truth and Right and drives before it thipshadows even as, the morning sun. There are two sorts of politicians. They sail in the same ship, but they have separate ports and their pilots have different compasses. Until now in North Carolina they have sailed together in such desperate storm that no port whatever has been reached and they themselves have not recog nized their differences. But now the sky clears and an open sea invites; and we may mark them plain and true. One sort works silently for the most part ; they work by organization ; their ap peal is to party loyaltynak to principles; their trust is in the machine, and their goal is office. This class has had a great run in North Carolina, and it is well represented in the present Assem bly. There are two Senators at least whom the people have right and reason to despise, but who have for years been dominant in their coun ties. Their power is not popular power. It is the power of the schemer. They, get the nomination and then force the people to vote for them in their party's name. Their policy is to do nothing good that they have not to do; their rule is to exchange legislation for votes, if not for money; Right is no consideration. Fear is their master; and Expediency their governing motive. The message from the Governor ; sounds strange in these men's ears. They laugh at it; they defy it; . they recognize it as either a sentence of political death to them or a mere platitude, not seriously meant and not to be seriously taken. In either case they despise it. They do not know what is going on in JSTorth Carolina, and Heaven grant that theyshdll remain complacent until a great tide rolls in and sweeps them forever from the public arena; For we do not want to hear such a sentiment from their hypocritical lips. Like Sa tan they will quote it, if no other way of getting into office will avail. j- Ti people not in the mind of the people necessarily; but in the conscience of the peoplel 'They believe that if they do Right even though the people op pose them, that the people will trust them stilL They prefer, to lose 'office and retire for a. time or for all time , to doing wrong. , Their motive is the Betterment of the State, their guide is a good Conscience. . Their wisdom is the true wisdom. They cannot control machines; the office-seekers and the ,pwnship( "whoopersup' hate them; but they are popular , leaders. Great uprisings thrust them; into office, and the machines embrace them in order to be saved from overwhelming destruc tion. Such a man Is he who uttered the sentence that we have quoted. " His power is wholly in the people. The machine men cling to him because they fear not to. But if the people should turn their backs, the machine would grind him to dust. The people have a voice. They have more power than .they .think. Let them insist upon the lead ership of men who hold that "There is but one way tc serve the people well, and that is to do the right thing" . Let this be made the true policy in North Carolina, . The party that seeks to save it self, let it; perish, as it deserves. ' The politician who seeks to aave himself, mark him for your op-, position. And the man and the party that seek to do Right, whether you think so or not, whether they run ocr you or not, stand by them. There is safety in no other course. TO HENRY JEROflE STOCK A RD. Pure as a maiden's heart thy word, thy thought, 1 Serene amid the clash of traffic's wars, Thou '.stand'st. with face upturned toward -the gleaming stars. V Poet we name thee, name full fraught With meaning beautiful wherein' is caught The music of far spheres blent with bars From tender human melodies, nor Discord mars Their perfect harmony since all's Love-taught. Sine: on, and mh o'er weary with the strife, A while will cease from toil and hark to thee, Till nerves are soothed, and heart is calm, and m Life -Takes on a fairer look while memory Awakes forgotten faiths of days gone by Till God once more is real and Heaven nigh! MRS. F. L. TOWNSEND. Mt. Airy, N. 0.. .. ;f DR. JOHN CLIFFORD TO THE NORTH CARO LINA BAPTISTS. V Westbourne Park Chapel, Porche3ter Road, W. : '' January 1, 1903. Dear Sir :-I am deeply indebted to the State Convention for the resolution passed and forward ed in reference to the education controversy now ' going on in England. It ista grave emergency we have to face. . We are fighting for principles we thought , perfectly, secure from attack. We i are beaten, for the moment ; but only for the mo ment. We shall fight on, i and God will give us the victory. It greatly encourages us to know that we have the sympathy and prayers of our. brethren' in North Carolina. I am gratefully and fraternally yours, J. CLIFFORD. Rev. Livingston Johnson. RECOMMENDATION OF. SUPERINTENDENT r JOYNER TO THE! GENERAL ASSEflBLY . 1, To insure the "erection of better school houses, require all new. Eou3es to be constructed in accordance with plans adopted by the County , Board of; Education,' and approved by the State f Superintendent of Public Instruction.1 ? ; 2. Authorize , County Boards of Education to set aside for building,, improving and equipping ; school houses as much as twenty-five per cent of , the total school fund annually before apportion ing the same. r j t u ' ' 3. Amend section 31 of the School Law so as to allow" the condemnation of more than one acre of . land for school sites, and require all sites for new houses to be approved by the County Superin tendent and County Board of Education.' ' '; 4. Authorize the State Board of Education to use, under such rules and regulations , as they may adopt, the funds now in their hands from the sale of State lands, etc,' to aid in building and improving school houses in districts and counties that are least able to build and improve houses for themselves. I . i r j 5. Amend section 26 of the School Law so as to allow an appropriation of not more than two hundred dollars, by one county for a Teachers' Institute or summer school for teachers, to conr tinue for four weeks or more. . ; 6. Increase the facilities for the improvement of the rural public school teachers. : 1 i 7. Consolidate the seven colored normal schools into three strong ones, and introduce into each - of these manual, industrial and agricultural train- ixtg. y ;:yJJr':' ; y- . "MTU Continue the special appropriation ' of two hundred thousand dollars for a . four . months school term in every school district, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be used for this" purpose. . . V: . 9. Empower the County Board of Education of every county to employ a competent man for all his time as County Superintendent, at a salary of not less than $500. : . ( ( v i 10. Provide for the employment of at least five Deputy State Superintendents to aid in the work of State supervision, at an annual .salary i of $1,250 and expenses, to be appointed by the Gov- ernor or elected by the State Board of Education, upon recommendation of the Superintendent : of .Public Instruction. , , ( ' 11. Require County Boards of Education to pay out of the general school fund the railroad fare of County Superintendents attending the annual meeting of the State Association of County Su- pcrintendents. ,., , , . ' 12. Enact a law, prohibiting the employment in cotton mills or factories of any sort, of children under twelve J ears of age, and of children unJer fourteen years of age who can not read and write. ' 13. Continue the special appropriation . of five thousand dollars for the establishment of rural libraries, and make a reasonable additional appro-: priation for the maintenance and enlargement of those heretofore established. . ,,'r WHICH SHALL IT BE? THE LIMIT OF KNOWLEDGE., . Elder Griffith knows as muchbout the ap proach of the millenium as a hog knows about the Shooting of comet8rihat!a..nothingI?Bapti8t And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, 8ome j, , v, m , : To Everlasting Lite, ,'r - ,! and some ' f 4 " T' To Everlistlng Contempt": And they that are wise shall shine as the bright ness of. the firmament; and they that turn many xto lighteousness as the stars -."'.', a For ever and ever.-1- -
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