School Houses SO Years
Were Then Paid so Mu
of Logs With Bo Ho&r
to Bdttor:? 1 wold Ilk, to ??V
ma a allorl dtmmulon ralaUac to
Pehlta Befool development to the
NMm Of tht* psper, especially to
f^sse vko ore teachers. tor UM success
of the school depends very largely
epee whet sort of s teeeher Ih has.
The prtlls schools of Beaufort
"???J k*?, taken -wondarftU ktrldM
*M WW WW, ouiti IUUV JW9
* *. fit wm bo .(range thing, ma
twenty yean ago. torn achool Mag
tanght la a mere hot, mi|k log.
Tta cracha of auch' aa "'ejpiuooal
eegher" were doabed with clay The
room waa heated by a fireplace
which oec.pted nearly the whole of
oae end of the building. The Kante
apply of light came through aa
. opening la the aide wall, canned by.
the removal of a log; porta of the
. " daubing would aomatlmea be punched
oat to glee more light whan needed.
The abate were elmple benchea
node of board, and had no becka.
' Thaae were ao Ugh that the chlldrea*.
feet aeldom touched the rough
floor, which waa made with boardu,
alM having wide crack, between
than,
A prorleion waa made fer writing
whUh con.lated of a long plank Mm.
tew or fifteen taehee wide. Thlo waa
faalanad to the wall laet below the
opening. Thie rude contrivance
aaread aa a writing daah Cor the entire
achool.
. Bach a achool waa aaaally kept by
a teacher who agreed to Inatroct the
mar, arithmetic U4 nMw Seme.
Uw woo lH#t -ftm
rlmw iNml a certain amount of
MM per hand Mr hi* work, which
VW aall br th? patroaa of tbo
> gfbaaL Tbo toucher did not bar* la
i ho anaatlned la ordor to touch ouch
a oOiOl. Howoror, ottr fatbora aad
i Craadlathora uouollr got tbair odof
cation la tbla tfpa of echool Raally
K W| low of tboa arwr gat a largo
f for IbJg la tbo fact that ocboala wgra
Cow aad Car batwean. It.waa a eotoman
thing for chlldrenae walk a dlafo'
bfa of In ailloo to ocbeel aad tea
f mbao back homo. People did laara
a, *H
Jaa tbo art of wSSS^^,
a Bat tbo dar of aaab ochoaU baa
f goaa br, aawa Car a low lamgllaaa la
V tba oMoa raaota aad obaoopod oocn ut?
Toucher., what baa
la tba ochool work of tba otatatl
Whg ban our otato aipoadod aoch
largo aumo of BOnaf la tba craatloo
of tkaaoaaH of now ochooln? And.
obi tab become naoaaoarr fori
taachara to undergo aa educational
* . toot kafoi* thop are rtghtfullr quailJ
Hod to teach each ocboolo?
la' anew or to tba Brat queetlon 1
"HI oar that our otata . aaoamhlr
plalalr now the condition of tba otata
aa regard, educational qualification.
Tbla honorable aooomblage aw. too,
what each a feeble equipment would
load to. Thar ware etronglr coovlnr.ed
thai dmndtKIng "
a-'u,VH-urwu?|
J to tatter tile deplorable condition of
* moot schools then existing. To rem- I
i edy the awfal defect, and to promote
BOY ASSAULTS LAWYER
IN COURT ROOM
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r leased for the examinlns attorney.
J m* tr? ronpelled ID fntorrcne
before the yoetb vm ejected rrom
W_'
|ami vinvinn
II UllllvL
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Agp and Now. Teacher*
ch a Head to Teach the
i Were Rudely Constructed
n Equipment as Now
?
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like track of knowledge. Th? etata
toted large aume for Ik* eicluetto
purpoae of b eliding man and mueh
tetter schools throughout the state,
rrom lb la fact baa arlaen the groat
demand for mora and better teacher*.
MM only baa the atat* eetabllabed
raral acboola from border to
border, -bar* tbe children mar gat
Inatrnetloo, but at a a umber of polnta
It baa aatabUabed collagaa where tbe
teacher* mar, br attending, ha more
efflctaadlr prepared lor tbelr vark la
Imparting knowledge In the rural
achoola.
You will all agree that tbe eebools
????? auyyucu WIU1 oniy (ooa
teachers. Ererj school wants tba
bat teachers that can he had. Since
only good teachers are desired in the
schools. It has become necessary to
test teachers for the purpose of determining
their fitness for so responsible
a position.
Dear fallow tssrhy. 1 tsar that
scarcely a one of us realise the intense
responsibility resting upon us
as teachers. Many of an do not atop
to think that the nation's futon lies
at oar disposal. The Idea that wa
are training bops who will be gorernera,
congress men. senators and
presidents seldom flits through oar
minds.
It rarely eeeurs to on that Us gjrh
who taha^onr training will become
Instructors la every held sf educational
dssslspmsat that they will
la^srSM^^Bg^^^^
And do wa realise that ws cannot he
too careful in the bonding of Uk
foundation? I tsar soma of sa do
not, and. yet we all know that only
lam wall Ua moat oasful cititan la
ha who can accomplish moat and
terra his soaatry best, sad this
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!ffl THOUSAND ACRES
TUBE BRAINED IN CRAVEN
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Inlerrwting tttefm Taken by (be Cttlm
of it Neighboring Cbntr
to HtfUlm Their Fertile
' J5t
Newborn, Feb. IP?Tbo people In
the vicinity of Dover, Craven county,
are making remarkable. progress
along the lines of Industrial development
and are wetting an exaiyile that
should be followed all over North
Carolina, where agricultural lands
fro unproductive because of a lack
of drainage. The
board of drainage eoiMnia
loners of the Hosier ^creek drainage
district has feet awarded the con
I would b? impowjble woro It aot for
I the rtcht sort of foWWw I
W? toucher* conatutly lad ourMlTM
craablias about our sultry.
Hutt sua until la twnv win admit
that they are paid wall enough
Tfcta la because thay do not nm'
thatr week la the balances of wank.
I maat confess that la my Jedfmsat
there are maay ot oa wko J mam
mora moaay. kat I da aot loaa eUht
f tka tan. that aome of as are tasrpatd.
Maay of aa hare left ondoae
What wa ahoald hare doaa aa naaida
dnrdaty. In, the .?rat place I would
aak: "Hare We aeooatnted oarsefraa
with tka a*latin* conditions of oar
respective schools, and adjusted onraelvae
suitably? Secondly, hare wo
dona all w. mlakt M patUac tko
children to attend aekool racalarly.
and, hare wa kooa as thsiwuch Is the
pr**entution ot Um i ubjsot mutter m
we mlchtT Thirdly, ooaM aa aot pt
better results from oar school mm
labors If wa woald unify oar efforts
more Onnly In tha promotion of education?
Wa era proud to any that than an
taw counties whose pobUc school aye
unite eteadfaetly la the work of mak- I
Ins our nobool eyetom on* of the boot I
in the atnta, I
VICTOR O WIJ.LJAMB. . I
out of the elopement of Al Boroe
with Sneed'n wife.
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ADVERTISED EETTERH.
Following la {he llet of lottero remaining
uncalled for In the Weoblngfon
foot office for the week ending
Pebroory IT. 1M?: ? '' ' I
Gentlemen:? William CTOeeh. Kf. I
r. Caraway, T. R. Carney. Bun Oettle.
A. H. Moore. 0. ? .Mowunao, R.
R. RaUy. Thomae Whitfield. A J Wit
itauo. Were
Ladieo: ? M tee Ratio An.boo. Xiao
Borah Broach, Woo Mory Rally.
Mifta Men* Damon, Miu Maggie
Ceaoon Mine Mettle Oeem. Mleo
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dat'eSniU. *H0gh Fonl. Poet
mooter. ,... ,
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LSHINGTON, NORTH CA1
rst Find the Fo<
inn
I; ^ IK
Illf
Washington Offers Attract
Ptc-Nlcs and Excurstoi
to While away the Ho
Egg '*. iitjram
1 Had It eeer occurred ' to
mw ot oor people tn?t It
to ones that which we harau't
iT'yK?.
h'f^/v?'?u^HjH
Hera one may take bis canoL. or
baas bis pleuura launch and >p*t la
tfea placid water* of this beautiful
nrer. nnoaia no aesiro to nan, it is
only a few moments oat ant 11 be
finds good fishing. Tiring of this mo'
v . J'
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Tboro an dollcbUul d?4. trooo.
m?tmnni?a|h room tor any
tkia city. Bat?-Washington should
make It kMm that wo haw this delictual
spot, without moooy an*
without ferioe. and that whomsoever
wUh lurcoM, and that wo w)U eiund
to thasa a boarty welcome .
Throusb the roDrfMt of Mr. A. C
Ive Rest Spots for Tired Tolle
lists?Boating, Bathing and F
, . ?':
|Uut we most wlsb for. Tboll
1 Imprisoned denlsMS of the wo? ded s
-jetties would give days of toinjost tojs
notour, be may bathe hla und bodrioj
t? Ha para water., and ratnrn Is "
childhood and make "frog honraa" *
had play upoi'the randy beach ( "
There are farmer. tathertncai ta
Handaj achool plcnfca and Yarloue ft
A COOL AND SH Ajyr SPOT.
HtUavtr, we an permitted to aite>(
tkle broad tutmot, ud we leo.ro-J h
Ij bell.ee that u the eeeeon of ex- It
cureloa. approach. we ihould make *
aa effort Jo dlrort ewj eaeh ewUBcim
to thie city. Alt eoclt adrortlpe the I H
town, and Ineteed ot coating oa alp
cent, they will eentter a few pehaMele
hero and there. Then tboee at najr<
North Carolina drntolye law ttr'em- cl
brace their Snide to a dralnaca dlatrlct
and laeae^bfckda to pay tor thane *
JL
improvement*. They bad the district
established in accordance with the .
las/ and employed an expert drainace a]
engineer to make a complete survey
of the district and draw up plana and .
specifications fOr the necessary ^
canals. Then they Issued bonds In .
the sou of Mft/100 which have bean .
sold to the Newbern Banking ft ^
Trust Co. at av | iP'mllMlJ M
The fact that theee bonds were sold h
to a local firm at a price above par
Is a flattering testimonial aa to thef ?
value of these bonde as an in vestment
and it further shows that the
people of this section are kflV* to *
improvements and progress and
that they are not dependent upon "
foreign capital for financial backing. *
The district la the Bret to be estab- <
iiahed In immediate section of m
the State, and too much credit can- jjj
5RNOON, FEBRUARY 11.
is Brain Feeds?(
Mil
UNO RECREATION
rs?An Ideal Ground *
UWn* UJ>**TT
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able to root one daj in Juat sucb a
pot aa la found In Waahlnctoa PM,
lone lb? Pamlico.
Bf"
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Pi' >
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itlnga that re sometimes perplexed
i to where to go to hare an outing.
r? are sure the city or Washington
111 join as in impressing upon all
Mb that bo more beautiful spot eats
under the sun than can here be
and 1
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MtU will hate an opportunity. perHW,
of meeting some of them end ,
apreeelng upon their minds that j
'aahjogtoo would he e food piece to i
|WW^ their permanent piece. ,
o? would tl do Co lot Ul* raltroada
Ida* Waahinctoo Park upon tkair ,
HwrtMas' mat car aa a plaoo or i
icfaatlan to which all aumralonlata ,
a welcomt All tkaa* llttl* China.
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Th? drainage commiaaioners ere
iMRptG. V. lUchardeon. J H. West,
ed W. H/Waters. Mr. Richerdeon
u the honor of being chairmen of
lie board end for this position he la
o ideal man because of hia splendid
uaincsa qualifications and procreate
Idea along all linee of indostrlel
svelopment The engineer for the
letrlct IS Mr. R. R. Eagle. clrll and
rainage engineer of Newborn, and
ho ha* hiflHHft. t*e work ao satiaavo
elected him auperiritendent of
rastroction in- charge of the entire ,
ork.
The contract waa let on the entire
ork to (he Brett Engineering ft
ontraetlng Co. of Wijaoa, who were
te lowest bidden. Thia Arm has
ana the (rooter port of all the draiof
HMWIn IB North Corolla*
M M .pteodWI, oqulppod with *11
hadHo* of thi* chw of wort
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MMP ym vunu
CHIIIC AKOCDINC
Wr^i'rw W^^ WT'lrt"
Ml* Uui? Bill * tho wt at
elp
Hp
On* Bow on. of tkrlm of Bow*rw wol*
Co., loft to4?y lor two wwte
|Sood Reading M
CAPTAIN AMD MIS. LEACH
ENTERTAINS VISITORS
Frleadi of Captain Yeacb from KrjTntsrtalned
at Ik Ho^
pltable Hone.
* mi. and Mrs. O. T. Leach very
pleasantly entertained at their beautiful
home on Wast Main street, last
evening quite a large company, complimentary
to their guests.
Mrs. Leach entertained her Bridge
club. There were various games Indulged
In. Mra. M. H. Bonner was
the moat luccessful, having made th?
highest score. George Washington
score cards, ***4 dther
were used suitable to the season.
hot?) with her attractive daughter,
and bright sons, Masters George and
Richard, served delicious refreshment*
in four course*.
Among the visitors and Invited
Mrs. 8olnks, Scran ton, Pa.; Mr. and
Mrs. Relnau and son Ned, Wilkes-,
barre, Pa.; Mr. Welles, EHmIra, N.
T.; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dumay, Mr.
sad Mrs. J. D. Gorham, Mesdames D.
r. Tayloe. M. H. Bonner. J. B. Moore,
K. D. MacLean, A. Q Guilford. H. H.
Jenkins, L. h. Knight. J. C. Rodman,
J. B. Fowle, W. C. Rodman, B.
3. Moss. W. C. Carter. J. H. Hodges,
E. W. Ayers, Morris Fremont and
Misses Julia Hoyt, Bettie Harvey.
Elisabeth Mayo, Mary Cowell, Mary
Wright, Annie Cox, Jennie Cox, and
Messrs. Cecil Fisher and Frank and
Dick Cox of this city.
BRIEF MITES OF INTEREST
GATHERED HEREAND THERE
Tomorrow being Washington's
birthday, the post office'will observe
Sunday hours. (
We are in receipt of a postal from '
Mr. T. R. Tyer informing ua that the
governor will net be at Gay lord on
JUS SSrd Instant as advertised.
>. J /K. .a-.;. J_
ASh Wedneeday and the beginning
>f the lenten season.
Two Bbakeapearian plays are booksd
for thla city nest week by a com- |
pany of fifteen people. A matinee
performance producing the Merchant
>f Venice and in the evening rendering
Hamlet.
The largest number of abad came
Jito the market yesterday that has
>een seen here tbla year.
'
Owing to tomorrow being Waab- '
ngten's birthday, the Public Library j
win be closed all day.
Df JUDGE BRAGAW'8 COURT. ,
In the case of Moore to. Bonner, l
which conaumed the greater part of ,
Monday and a portion of yesterday. ,
the jury awarded the plaintiff a verUct
of 91S4.
Mr. P. Q. Bryan waa admitted to ,
the bar and the oath adminbrtered in ,
the prseenoe of the Bar Association
of Washington, I
One divorce ease, colored, waa disposed
of, that making the third for
Lbs two days court.
Coort adjourned With the case of
Btllley re. Washington and Vandemere
railroad company in progress,
which was resumed on convening
this morning.
MIL SMALL EXPLAINS.
Denies-Ho Used Department Agents
Improperly in State.
Washington, Feb. 20.?Denial was
mads In the house by Representative
Small of North Carolina, that ha ha/1
ear used expert lectures of the
agricultnral department In his district
for political or campaign purposes.
Mr. Small called attention to the
statement* made by Chief Engineer
Wright, of the Florid* drainage service,
that his report on the ererglades
IbtssIIisiInn had been delayed
Ipnan he had been detained In
Mr.- Small's district.
onb op nr> bht.
VUla nil of Mr. UtktB'a mmetm
on Inti Irtw fmraln? ?r. Mi in
oar opinion ike on* which win np?ar
B toMorrow o Km in One box
IPX. tl don In with tto no lone loo of
Uo oood. whlek In no Ixpnrtnni.' U
&rr;sr?g ou"
'jjjj
akes Good Mea
US "M
WHOTHMD 1#1J
IGREBTIEEIK 1
INCENSED AT BAKER BRYAN**
AcgtJITAJL A PUBfJC MEETING
18 HELD AND REHOLLTION8
PA88KD.
TIE JURY IS CUNDElie
HEXVE8 TO NIVIR AGAIN
HHJRK JURY DUTY?A STINGING
REBUKE AI>MIN1STKKKD.
New Bern, Feb. ?0.?On? of themoit
unusual demonstrations ever
witnessed In tbia county was polled
off at the court house last night.
Never before during the writer's
recollection haa the court houae been
filled with such an enormooa crowd
of representative business and professional
men.
The meeting, which was called by J3
circulate, was for the purpose or
condemning the verdict of the jury
in the Baker Bryan caae.
When the court house waa filled to
overflowing. Mr. 8. M. Brinson called
the meeting to order and asked that
Mr. L. H. Cutler. Sr.. be called to the
chair. H? was unanimously elected
chairman of the meeting. The members
of the daily press present were *. 39
elected as secretaries of the meeting. \
Mr. Brinaon thro upon read the following
resolutions:
Whereas. This community has
watched with interest the proceedings
in the trial of Baker Bryan for j*
murder, and anxiously awaited the
verdict of the jury in this important
trial, and. yM
Whereas. To the surprise of, all
oho h?rd or read Ola tnotlra?OT U4 ?
to'tas <UrJM> of nil. who MO Infer- "
sited in the enforcement of lew and
oppression of vies, the Jury rendered
a verdict which asta at liberty tbe
aid Baker Bryan and which encourages
and?in a messure-^iusii- "
Qes the distrust of the jury system as
we have it administered.
Resolved, By the citlsens of New
Bern?assembled in Mam Meeting?
that the verdict, as announced, meets
with our unqualified disapproval.
Resolved. That occurrences sorb
ma uiw are me legitimate
luence of a series of lesser crimen
committed openly and flagrantly -in. ' i
lb la community which have gou? uitpunlshed.
With every failure of law enforcement
in minor cases, the criminal VjS
clement has received comfort and
gained assurance, and progression Co
crime, which has culminated la murder,
la due to laxity of law enforcement.
Resolved. That It Is the sense of
this meeting that offtctals of the etty. \
and county, who are charged with
Ihe doty of enforcing oar criminal
Lews, should more diligently and
faithfully perform their duties, and
that the law abiding cltlseas of the
community?instead of shirking lory
duty and other obligations of cittsenship?should
lend moral support end j
give physical aid to the officers of the
law In the discharge of their duAes.
Short talks ware made by Messrs.
J. B. Blades, Dave Brlneon, Rev.^Jt. J
Carter, Rev. J. B. Hurley, Dr. L
Duffey, Dr. Summerrllle, Rev. H. A.
Merfeld. Mr. W. R. Barrington, H.
B. Craven, F. 8. Ernul.
IF EVER It 1U(
EXCUSEB YO0 ARE
Raleigh. N. C.. Feb. 10. 1012.
Editor Waahlnctoa [Mix Km.
WriUMM. N. C.
Dew sir: ?Sometime e?o aomw
oae teld the Ooeeroor that your ^
sever desired ea advanced COW of
^le repeat e*eech la order that TOO
might sohUeh eama end me.iaatructed
aee to eead sea a eogxI
regret to aex that In aome way It
saseed out of my mind at Ike groger
time Md that I failed u? aaad It. Th?
(salt Is eetirelx oeta* sad Itraat Tutt
will aardea aee for this ovanright.
Tpar* trail*.
AUBL ' ?WM>.
? J Private llxnUrfc
FleW. If eomeooe told the governor" ^
thin, and we would Ilk* to add that V ,
ore not prepared to apeak for tboew ^ ' JM