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V.' To Superintendents lli pf ScKopIss; Tatcli(Brs. Sand School Ou account of the wor obhseuent' 3eSr ession in the prxt& of cotton ty"ihe fe jplbrable Eutop' ean war, the farmers of the -State and the SoatH.are serioasly threai taned witH thejosi of millions: of dollars and with demoraHzatibii of business in all lines by the forced saTeTdhlfeV ' financial diB tress, of tlie South V.chitjf money cr6p, cotton, at price less tli4n the cost of its pVooctiori aud less than its intrinsic : value. Ib? avoid this threatened disststeir to . tlie agricufturat and other business interests of .tne'State", a coorpera tive movement parlicipaVeH' ih .by patriotic citizens iiV all parts: of the StateVateiof the South, of all classes, Tocations and profesiioDs; has been started to help rthe farmers protect themselves arid all the rest of us by helping them to store and hold their cotton; by aiding in providing the money ta take distreas-cotton off the market pnti normal conditions can be restore. ' lo plasa of ptizens arV tuw patriotic or more feady V raBcmd according to their ability to Jaiu paluot pnlie Berrace in anTt hbnr ' n are fari ana other edocatl6iml ""Ax.V te&! in? places fot cinc service" ers should always be among the " trasjr leaders thereof abd for ' the! J traiuing-: and blessing the children should always be enli8te tberem v As Saperintaut of Public In struetiou, therefore, I confidently call upon teachers superintendents of schools and all other education al workers for their active aid ar.d Joya im$ orfher ya Bale :6f-Goti& Movement' for1 mdfual prdfectioh "agaliSst' threateued f dfs-i aster in this hour of ccmnn need ' X beg to suggest and to recom mend the following ptou f or'nelp ingi 1. BvjjL-&Mk Ctmt : -Fob TeachbbS: . . Let every -teacher and every ttprlufent ttf -sc1jdols ?fat cfi )0Wr4. Kf - bale of cotton at 10 cents a pOund' and hold it- Let the county and city supferiWterldentSelt the matter to their, teachers in their teachers' meeting ahd cdtihtry teachers adsbCiatibiVs a'nd form teachers, clubs of t wp, or niore to buy a bale of cotton at JO. dents a1 pound and stoie it When cotton reaches -10 cente- it should be ;pntchWyf?AlAf.tent abovl the market priv -tsi huld. , v; 2 B-Sl XSIs For ChildMij: AJffneYesson'Wh be weft at imrbiipT8ef vipeliyS hav- lurtbbiraVeuf etetr school, or the ehildrtnof ehTteaclilr in each siioc'lo 1 invest heJf p own money in their own bale of obi ton atid5rniap cent above the market price is 10 cents or1 overy a tfeld,1 aid when sold; the rficeetfs thereof ltd i be retrnetonmi fehddri them'selves accoi-ding to the amohnt invested by each child . Where this'5 plan pte? zF&f tifleiw tjf aarnes P? the children investing, withi tne amount invested yl each M thf t balf v of cotton - purchased; plld deposed ioctf fefcljr rs 'markete arid v the suie shoulcl be deposited fin " the bchoolf :d ;.; Y .;-. rt nnklti un.Mioj. u,9.aepoaU Qf. thai nro-Ud hv .vV : ...j.i ,ii-f'i-:" rm$m mmQ M)!9oldistt myesting . children; Child's interest shall appear from thertifiedlisJJn hands. : The fund ibeiucr . tfi :5 m f61 thet5acero thedistrict instead of any ihdiViduaL teacher; iA trast for the individual , child, will be subject to the, check of the teacher, as trustee, for , each child according to his; interest; dividual teachers - At the proper iiuc eaoii cnuacan, in jiiiis wayr determine what disposition he aesires- jo nave maae 01 His;: part, and can be encouraged to use: his part of the proceeds to strt - M . : V a - -3 ' . , Ir-lrtT.. " 1?UPte"ntend:,ai aphe, earhest. ble I day af er ho opeUlDg of -the public r " ui-A. flATTnr.rnTTnv; n u jM u , - y PHP ,chooli;c a,mtmfe of Ihoase at eloolc in the; after j100? Qtri4g scbo? to give notice tHrdugh; the children to the parents of' the children to the Barents of th. achool and to enlist the chffiren money to buy at least cotton, uroing them to v . . i and to get the.r parent tc, to the meeting and Conlr,6it LeUhe suprentende.it enlist afso1; u vv -A ;T 8choo. xpomn,,tteemeD, -'therWo- mans Betterment -Associations. v . . t. - I tb. WomenVdnbs. the. Facers' , . .i I Union, and other organizations in u . . ; : . the county vanous Vilu! J, t hft?i raised let this bale of v cotton! ... be purchased through the school commilteebr through some dther chased at 10 cents a f ;poUnd,' or . x . - . i . i half cent above, the Market if I ug'7l f co-uai forced on market in- thevcomm'u, nity itshould be; purchaseVby tne committee; at tne market pttce and stored and held. It ahld atorase warehoq or, in rnral districts w,tb no crinveu,ent-8tor- iog warehouses near, some .n b r of the school committee ,?r aom.otberrelH.bieme.ln.t d strict would probably be willing , ., ... . .. 1 to store it, gmng a receipt for ,t. w Bnlrt thft frind oiipht hft " -T , . . o - . ! , - . r -ti for such purposes -of school um FlTl?,1r-L.r-'ffi' SWl!MWmr n TV Mint ilST trr tha" : f.rtWS, I birtfA tho ofliA'cf rfn?. Aft il " I . . v , Jhj, the teachers invcharf of ea m.vUifl.inn t - A9uiuiy pi aays ot General Joseph Kiddick. , . t - ii , , - wiuiH, uy .ujs uu- year n tne egisiature. s r "" r posj-wonlprevented the Nortlr'Car .4. Letiunerintenderitsf fe eteHh alK cHher in tM SiS tMM: nJ .A$Z?Zii'3 z-rfJ prolecMon of . the farmerai iArestejinrthisj permit" and enurkgf thl! Sp; the school building for com meAiHgsln ftrfeterest, ueh - Very irulyryoiiKft t e" fu 4 f Yi -t - r is v ; v , c strnctidni - ' . H'iSlJ aome f acts Abdut eaW5r?fcu 's neaa at vvasmngton-s Co.uatv;K. c KW W n; j SI'MISp-i oftBe Farmers Bank of Stilt , bfiryl Sunhury, NCC. V . . -r . -rr- -f Tw;iM)ot: Hr. 4ulS Convention !d meat, h.ch .bad beeiratxy, 6' t r ; done the germ was - planted ! for the War between the Skate v the War between the SfW b I r ; . The Dismal amp Canary ii' sf ' - -t T.""cT irt County and tft.ch-traff.e went - through .that Waterway. The leaders in the to , , f , - i . have been Joseph and Benjamin Jones. 1 1 , . - - i .tke TOfvteltv of No h - " ....... . x x . Carolina was "created bvan Act of ; . t . :A. , . . , theeneral T f anffrom that date , W had many pf Mates county s young men as ;stw " . i ; j J . .. .(' ' I xtaleiph Was bv that r.pnr.mina. I o y vwti i tjon ' T ..A' 5 . v.. . olina Legislature from endorsing the .Ref0rattons of 1798-by yirgin Tn tu. . lafln' i-,;t glSStS constituted the Portonth Bip: tistAsaociation. a. 0at,-x J,:' i Ltxw: a ; . - Em ll to 1815 Dr. Jarries b V2! .f n: oaK.?r,oi urates . was an aoie . - . - r i v ; In the war. with Great BritWn in ISia.BrirQeneraUosfph - .1" of the adi to torei?nortONvviivi'i 4. U.. L-l. I -x-V.. 'i fitliii-! V --'- - . - i - I . -' voy nau tMiUsavjng; been repulsed, ?5f0?Ps tvere disbanded any sent 56nii4iars there does not Ueem;to have been much 0f imt Kvute taKinsr- Place in this t . , . i v - i .-v8uiav,u Passed trough a; part of cHnty -He was General Gil- w u& -' c - - - - 1 wr limn o n feftier, Marquis de LaFay i$tt;wha was accomnaniM V.;oiintFAcf A !. . .. " " -v "i."'"-3t'-t rtuu ine interest arising pn. committee.from Murfrees Wrom the same. tnothr Nro proceeded to Sonicrtonf, Va. TfeFrenchman who halfca! cent Y-- - 4j young Mi ZSifPVf: ench court m Fans to coihe to TlCa tO Stied hlshlrtrVrl fi KoV uvr of. the struggling colonies of America, and. he had on' this' trip visited Mnnnf "VArrr.r rnA ' y csvurt mem ixaxauon, were annually expended i-wni On this trib tKffihlaihtenaK it best to Thbma5 :other;places and notab.e perso agesKat b seen. from this ithif the county for a-short time - ha'd Mtne iNation's guests; as hers.: U l- . 5 - . . l: many slayes inrthe county and inlthl I t vi wvvui su - iiic iiat lurnftr . - , 4- I By' 1 838 Dr. Ruf us K.: Ft t L, rL--: f 7 ui uaiESdsa Drom npnT mrrnruw oftheNokhOawlin lut ',wlc wuiiyus, an possessea much influence ih all the hisioric region once known as the "Albe- marie rni,nt v .o, e marleeountyiM From 1846; to 1850 the' Rev. Quinton H. T?rot . v,.,.fc n, AIUi uiiiucr soia. ine a Dove nernres man was one of therftost pVdmi- are given to show' that there has :vii.-Af iu:-aj.J jlufe I I . . LZZ w.....wmv. vuw 3oyD uiaiiuic uays qj siayWi up to this w vk. j.txLii.ijJl--: V - r uu. ii.auwi ui ijiui, dim was urged Ws tqruf forthVUnlteav0: but cleclipat h misfit P4aQ the gpspel oree. By: 1851 Wm Jrm of Bv.1860 Jud'- ML'iirAiaair'Ai rnYint-tr fftt ?'' . . :t- iV' Uik.ii -.i'ilfcu'l J . vll liiciiL. Lilt? iiiiisi TiiiiiiiiHT ann nrini i . " : : wr "Xln. 1 i?-jl' 1 1.- : During the years we have Just 8nrvevpH a 0at SlSffSh fel. V- - - , (I,44V 4 '" this.section Was to SShm Wn S fldo'.Noh Carolma. V?h,le ,ul'. and the wad bedjnally gjew crKyei DroKe t net ice and the road was better con- ice. anu tne roaa was oetter coni i j structed iri the earlv lnd krm rate upon aTL kinds of prop, ructed in the early . nfties, and - f i. r it is repprtahat the first . . . - . . .. cars usea on nis, me a rurst i rail- " V .. .- road. were huilt at Buckla'nd e tax books when they are tax- flates county, and carried oVe? f - the m'ost .u :..i.,-x-S. : ranRaJe- forms of propertv-land Hiv wHuiuY.iuaus iu, MuiiuiK ana i nut rn tii. ' Anr.4-T.Ar u?land mach eral Jackson's last year as presi- aent, and the Indians had been remoyed across thie MississiDoi. '.and' $37,500,000.00 arising from the sale of public lands' and ac ii-iimiih tt .. , I i.i me u mcea :t- states t r a v & - t .a - - . ig witics. ortni Carolina - re pive !tHouMiiiiiu i. ; : - jyori Considerable arribuiit realized thus briincr eaueation within the reach of tK'e vasthbsrtob pobr to have other, wise obtained such 'advaritaies: I TV. f t aiiw vuwHdnuu ui rnrrnn hod creased" ThH.ffrLi. -1' . tioris; had planted churches' in thi I i-i.i: 1 : . c . - take up these one bv one as it will better sKow.their growth or decline. The people of the oiin ty were e JIlS ms ancUumhering to 7 l' Vd extentd rtaUU14uHi,ii beihe done nearer than fV, r? ' ,"s aone nearer tnan the Fac- tbry Hill orf the Virginia lirie irf hlsemond county. S was some cmrr.inrr n.n itir - ii; v ?wv vojuv aim Weill ri . r.r: -"cHuni hr itr - " - naM pounds ot-cottons 3905 naunds pf wool; 841 barrels of fish ; 663 barrels of turpentine and' 9? . . 19': 143.00 dollars annual- vaf,,v Lt timber soldi The above flgnrei L. umc everyming seemed to be moving smoothly, and the future wafuU 6fK0pe, yetln a short tinfe the mW of military were to be Called bv the but?le the State colors, and were to go through the hardships of four years of bloody strife. . The part x. xx vwvn. HKO Wtfl i x . ..-- - - Amendment. Chapel Hill, Oct. 7th. In an analysis of the taxatidn section theVropbset .i&tf& oien DrU U R.p had of the department of economics of the State University, unreservedly declares that tne constitutional right to mak0 classeof feiablei , . aQ v .jJ. . rr.-jr- v ;: tatuti0nl1 rlirennt of a ttni- " i . 7" zt Imonava. credits and-HAPm-it.iA . mn f - - .s - - erty, -he says: "ifije North Carolina iBgfslature iould have the, power tu do as Pennsylvania has done tor more than thirty mad& a, ltiiAiirkT. fnr the.factsUiat -sKeH taxc nrlt twBllhodoIlhrs ''-irfch in- tangible forms of property, " while - few thousand."' . ' rv.1 rpf The wuusuiuuonai iimenLinents A state drjgaSizalion has been trtnedto'wr on; H campaign of information iu'sbenalf bf the VpjOqDAfifntioal fkme'nd- "cut w uo vuwsu on oy tne people of North 0arpliifa month. TheseT AmeBTdmehts'Werejpropos- w uy tuw mill isSlOTt : Composed of representatives of Bathfolitical parties and uMHtodi to the peoey the liegislliture of the 3tate repreientm.alij 'political parties. Oonseqaehtly.?bom politi cal parties are reprenfedlon the xiuuiuiiitetjo ui patriotic -citizens. who have interested 9 Ihemsel? es active in f x' -.1 I r Che adoption lot' the Amendments. Especfally Do nley Cdh At- icunoa.io ine veitto oi the "Tax -Ateeh&5knt, ' that It SsFre i)ur inTakt We. the undersurned officials of 'tne'North Cafbllnli Stafi Farm ers Union, without committinc: the organization? and reccsnizinc; fall V the Don-n&ftiflin rf;riiPtPr of the -proposed Consdllitional Amendments, do hereby tlate to he people of North Caroftia that we have examined the atoresaid .... - m amendments, and it is ourlconvio iibh that their adoption will make for progress in this Statefknd for the advancement of our i&rmin? nterests and all other wcu$hy in terests liSffiSTater ' ' y We remain the people esp'ecial- v that the taxation M.mfnrimnf. Soes not pledge tne people to any plan, bu simpiy isetn free our onr necessary ion. nhlU loav. ng in lorce the present restric tions xn rate. H-Q Alexander, Pres. Ut. T, MTTempleton,- Vice-ires. C. Fairest 3fcy.TKs. J. Z - Green, Organizer-Lecturer. W. B. Gibson, C. C. Wright, -Clarence Poe, W. H.LMSore,: : ; 1 - Executive vommittee. FOR RBNTHouses and arm land 1 for. tenti U Apply to from its dogs than it did from the bonds, moneys dnd Stocks of the State. Emimasizing tfetjportahce of classifibation of tkble prop people to work reforms in taxcai Miss KATE COFFXBLD, "Ebnrfri98. 9 "I -
The Albemarle Observer (Edenton, N.C.)
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