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f. I .: 1 . t i " ' GE TWO THE BfcAUFORT NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1932 o. v, . mi jW-eianH relatives were in attendance at I the eastern part of Carteret Cmm'.. - , LUC ICtlll wJ v. t. . ; - .... . " . - trie last iittra ui tuia liigmji taicvii.Wj.'.. years a lady. Interment was lu irip Around Ik Won By Elizabeth Saunders the Stats liuvs not fnrtrntten the was 473.55 needless chance in arithmetic books, and the average cost per pupil per ..;;.,, v,L- U tovt Jo,. unc 91 Q.ltV In 1)30. thf cost bok commission last year and approv- ot public schools was $45,568,502.-: cemetery. 1 .r.. 86; the number or pupils in atten- jirs. GaskiU, who had . i hpalth for some time was seventy- ed bv the State Board of Educt The numerous chances in elemen- dan?3 was 672,895; the term tary text books in our public s.-ho !s day- and the average cos: per v... r-". ------ . , iU .afternoon. She was tne wuiow oi tne eison, 01 uioucester; and C. r. ed in a great expense to the people. This shows that the cost, of the Stet)hen Gaskill. who passed a-lGasKUl. of Straits, also bv a nnmK.J hools per pupil per day has increas, . ,Q0. Knf. .oro ' . m.anh:U- was 154 pUl I nine years old. The end came SunJay vile family member ot the fetraits Methodist Church and entered wholeheartedly been in ill 'f'"" The deceased is survived by one daughter and one son: Mrs. C. G In CniCagO, lUlS. .lawvv...- iluic lium a J J ..v.. - - - has sued a telephone company ask- !jamin Mann will not have to be vacci- . - . . . 1 i li. . 1 1 1 . i T in 1927 all language and health books schools per pupil per day has increas fAi. olomnntaru rVir,rla Tx-prA nr twine ninre 1 990 flnrl 8 times since 1 ' -v V'-""""'.T ' - - . - - I changed. In 1928, the readers and 1901. We concede that there has spellers werec hanged and in 1931 properly been an increase in the sal I the arithmetic books, writing books aries of teachers and improvements and drawing books were changed, in school buildings and equipment but The three books changed in 1931 af- the increase should not be twice the fested about 750,000 school children cost per pupil per day since 1920 Chicaeo Mrs. Isabelle Scarf e icate from a physician, and now Ben- state at a cost to the parents nor 8 times the cost per pupil per V. II1UUJ iiuuuimi) V WtVUHIlUJ V UCtV QII1VC bilC i J V, W V 1 i ill v w , ir,y 3S25.000. charging that a panic- nated ularly loud ouzz on her telephone burst her ear arum. when he starts school. !dol!ars. Of course the cost of transferrins ! , - , , . . . , , On next Monday the Tex Book pupils today has greatly increased Otia hundred loaves of bread are ' . . . f r . . ' - r T . .t j M commission proposes to cnange tne but there has been a corresponding "vu?r , 7 V- i m V geography books and probably other consolidation of schools which should At Heidelberg University in Ger- JauI .OI!po7J -.T7.V ' books now in use, the change to be result in vast economies. The teach- many, Prof. Ernst Jaenecke has just feed tneir 14 c 1 len' effective next year. trs' salaries certainly have not in- figured out that since the days of Jul! , , It is estimated that a change in creased in proportion to the increase ius Caesar the diameter of the world1 . eak " t ! lin geography books will affect 325,- in the cost of the school system. Crown ectlv six feet shorter, f'' at'c,.Wc .SnVr A" hool children by requiring them In view of this enormous increase - .Lilt ictiill Ul l itiiin. oaimuc, at jcu- . i ua t . i . i. Jt . . - , ,. H The mother is a 26- many new uuuks, which. in me ouraen 01 taxation 11. .1 t . 1 4 . V Hi aepici- montn oia neiter, ana ireaK is ner . . tu uliv mat iiiaiiv new uuuks. which. in rnp nnrnPTi ot r:ixfir.inTi inr tpp ionlh old rhei?:r,raanderfreak i her t ?3000,000. 'public schools, we should expect to firf hnm ralf Tt ha tbe W, nf a Thls cost does not contemplate the find North Carolina at the top of c:r,n Ttalv. a scene Xll .JiCui', , fo vearVa-o and episodes in the pig, eight inches lonf, with the front TTlwL n f lf l SU f n' yet lof the Mints have been uncov- feet pointing right, and the hind feet b,llty.to Sfth? fld books that WI" u?Ka ow that we are still near el wU the discovery of old fres-!in the opposite direction. The neck be rendered obsolete. the bottom and today rank 40th a- ls in L Piazza Vescoville of Collejand head resemble that of a pig, to-' J" ,abofut d' mon? thf states in education, show- il C The frescoes are believed gether with the tail, but the body is p,tl0" a"d,?ale of text boks r,th.e mff conclusively that the school mon date back to th, year 1300. that of a calf. hool children m this state that is ey is not judiciously expended. In date bacn to w .causing much concern and inquiry ohter words, our enormous outlay Tn Nantes France, the appetites of! When he started to hike to another ,n ?e of tbs Parens who are for public education is not raising in mantes., nam i t;,.i.. i. ,j required to purchase text books for our rank among the states n educa. it,n;. t.:i,.. j : i.i-: j .... r... fiuhmcy inrlus- citv. a Kirf shnrtrh man Pfinnpa prt a SOluiers may save mc - - try of Britany from its woes. To tide ; $20 bill in one of his shoes. When he fishermen over the crisis the minis- arrived at his destination, he found ter of war has ordered huge quanti- ( tat the bill was so worn the banks i.i x1 u ; i. :i. --I.! o i tiP nf sardines, canned anu ii esu, : wuiuun i accept a, soia n iov ?i for issue to troops R,r loiTinty a nnnrrptp floor in his ifji-e " chicken house Ed. Brozewska, farm er near Center Line Mich., made a profit of $1,000. While excavating the fifloor he found a pail contain ing $1,000 in currency. In Revere, Mass., Mrs. Verna Min son lost ?35 when her pet parrot chewed her purse to pieces. In Sydney, N. S. two girls heard a sharp reporta nd saw a man slump behind the wheel of a passing car. "Man Shot," they told police. Dash ing madly to the scene police found no car but a passerby explained the driver fainted when a tire blew out, was revived and kept going. Near Petersburg, Ind., moonlight shining on a concrete highway gave a nock ot ducKs tne illusion mac me road was a strema of water swooped down and hit the hard that 17 were killed. They road so " A key for every tenant" is the slogan and aim in life of weary-cyed members of the Flat Caretakers As sociation in Paris, France. They say night owls who come home at all hours and wake them are getting on their nerves. They have asked the prefect of police to let every flat res ident have a key. I- Instead of going down cellar and shoveling coal out of the bin, in Sharon, Pa., they can go out in the yard and shovel it out of ahole. One man, digging in his garden, "struck ccal" four feet down. He mined sev eral tons. A neighbor, growing envi ous, dug up his whole yard. He ex cavated 22 tons. Every man, woman and child in the village of Ienthihegy, near Budapest, is drinking wine instead of water since the town well went dry. Wouldn't we like to be in Lentih-! NOVEL SLEEVES By CHEHIE NICHOLAS their children during this period of tion m nrnnnrtinn in tha r.nt o,4 depression. Their complaint, if just- the money is not going wher it prop ly founded, should beimmediately oily belongs. To remedy this appall remedied by the State Board of Ed- ing conditions is now the chief con ucation. 'cern of our people. The local distributors in the various' A great saving can be effected in towns over the state that handle and the operation and maintenance of sell these text books to children tell our public schools and other state me that it is difficult, if not initios- erlncat ;sible, to buy any of the adopted text nation of non-essentials and unneces :books direct from the publishers but sary waste, by standardizing the .that by some mysterious arrangement text books and furnishing them to permitted by the Education Depart-'students for a nominal rsntal or at ment of the State of North Carolina, 'actual cost and by enforcing a policy I there is a North Carolina Scohol of strict economy in the administra Book Depository! located in the city tion of school affairs. of. Raleigh, that has a monoply on As the Republican candidate for he distributing of the school books Superintendent of Public Instruction, within the State. It is estimated that I shall exert every effort toward the this School Book Depository adds 10 adoption of this program, per cent to the original cost of the :; ALGERNON L. BUTLER book and the local retailers over the Clinton, N. C. ' ; State add another 10 per cent when ' , Ithey sell to the school children. This HIGHLY ESTEEMED STRAITS 20 per cent is in addition to the pub- LADY PASSED AWAY SUNDAY lishers profit and must be paid by j - . jeach child on each book purchased. I Funeral services were conducted at I The pertinent inquiry is, why does 10 o'clock Tuesday morning from the (the North Carolina School Book De- Straits Methodist Church for the late pository located in Raleigh, have a Mrs. Lillie A. Gaskill bv the Rever monoply on the handling of all the ends F. B. Brandenburg and E a" adopted text books of the State which Wall. A large gathering of friend cost the taxpayers over $2,000,000 a L 1Ilenas year and why is this private corpora tion, not connected with the State, permitted to charge approximately 10 per cent on this annual expendi ture for a public necessity ? ? ? ? highly in the Straits community and Join the Red Cross and Help The Distressed and Needy ' r ' i m Are the school patrons of the State penalized for private gain ? ?? It would be of interest to the tax payers of North Carolina to know just what -this school book deposi tory is and why they are permitted to collect a commission on books ship ped direct from publishers to the re tailers and which the depository nev er handles. Text books already cost too much. Every effort should be made by the State Department of Education, hav ing these matters in charge, to reduce dramatic to a minimum in these trying times Startling the pn.t nf these lovt linnlri tv. contrast Is one method of procedure chidren and no more changes should toward their spectacular display, be made in text books, except to re Sometimes this is achieved via color, duce the price, until the school pat Again the material Is different. In rons get in a position to buy them many Instances color and fabric both j The Republican Party, in its Stat In Evansville Ind Louis Evans gown here U contrast S'ZSl'ZTt.l had been out of work for two years theme is presented in this double role n,,hMn ohnr.u . i l u and had a wife and four children to of color and weave. In that the dress Ci. b! ennnrt .. tWp n bis wife cave birth tn is red wool with sleeves of hlack ;fnda,rlized and made uniform and trinu. ho Whfpr I Lvons velvet. Il"at tat7 ""uld be printed by the Designers are making a play on sleeves this season. Reason: A former employer gave Louis Evans lumber to build a house, a relative gave him a cow to supply milk for the children, and another gave him $10. In Fort Worth, Tex., just as Mrs. Roy J. Metcalf put on foot into the bathtub to test the temperautre of the water an eight-inch snake crawl ed from the cold water faucet. Mrs. Metcalf swooned. Police found no clews to the rob bery of . a store in Florence, Ala., until they remembered the merchant, as a hobby, kept a rattlesnake in a showcase. They inquired at hosDital until they found Coleburne Hale suf lenng from snake bite. He confess ed and was arrested. The marriage license they obtain ed in 1925 has just bee-n used by John Loke and Hilda Henderson of Milwaukee, Wis., They decided they had waited long enough. In Booneville, Ind., Arthur Griffin pointed his gun at a friend and pull ed the trigger Nothing, happened, butt he friend reprimanded him for it To show the gun wasnt loaded, Grif fin held it to his own head, pressed the trigger. He died instantly. FLASHES FROM PARIS Couturiers launch a mode of ele gance. Milliners herald the return of hat frames. Changeable taffeta Is sponsored for evening wear. !5rllliant buttons sparkle on the new velvet frocks. The cloth Jacket suit with a fur ppplum Is featured. drays in two tones or gray with brown are chic color schemes. Smart I'arislennes wear velvet for street, afternoon and evening. I-anvin creates fur-trimmed cos sack coats of handsome - soft woolens. Read The Wt Al LOWER COST OF SCHOOL BOOKS FAVORED BY tBUTLER Editor of The News'. The State press carries a notice of a meeting of the State Elementary xe jdook commission to be held in Greensboro on Mondav. CWnho- 24, to consider certain changes la fti text books now in use in th cUn. Tn fw -r- a , !tary scnooIs oi the State and especial- In Fort Worh, Tex., during a play- ly the geography book. S mZtnb -T yT ld BenJamin s to be hoped that the Commis Mann bit hi. sister. Sara Sue, eight, jsion wiH recommend no changeTfor wno naa a new vaccination Rear jamin SOon developed a fever blister, Ubn would rVnde servT and it became evident that he had the State if they would eawloV their vacated himself on the upper lip. 'effort in reducing the prices of the The b,y s ts obtained a certif-bocks already in use. The cSzels of State when practicable and that, tho expenses of unnecessary changes in text books and the burden upon the people, incident to changes, should be eliminated. I We have also advocated that the text books for use in our public schools should be furnished by the State, either free of charge absolu tely, or by a nominal rental, with charges only for depreciation at the end of the school year, with option ,i purcnase the books at actual cost. I The State's Prison is costing the lOiaie aDout $ouu,000 annually. The (State's Prison is now equipped with a printing press which should be en larged so that the text books for use lin the public schools of Nm-Hi r. jlina could be printed by the State no iurmsned to the pupils for a nom mal rental. This nln already burdened taxpayers of thea state an average of over $1,000,000 a year and the bool wnnM v :. c pimp ed by labor now only partially em ployed. Some drastic economies must be adopted to reduce thA for public education in North Caro I do not minimize the progress that has been made in this St in . tion and the improvements in school equipment in the last 30 years but I deplore the fact that progress in ed ucation has not kept pace with the cost of public schools, as the follow ing figures will show: The cost of the nnbli- ni. - s ui-muig Ui i the State in 1901 was $1,091,226.26;' ,"c uUUluer oi pupils in attendance! as then 252.019: the orm da lays and the average cost per pupil per day was 5 l-3c. In 1920, the cost ' of public schools was $1,941.19! ru. the number of pupils in attendance NEWSPAP ER AD VERTISING E'V By KENNETH COLLINS Lxecutive Vice President and Director of Publicity for K. H. Macy and Company, New York City b ew business ventures in the United States requiring the stimulus of advertising could live without the use of tne newspapers. ium he newspaper is the one dominant advertising med- I still feel that the newspaper is the best friend the retail store advertising business has. It has always been he best advertising business has. It has always been the best advertising medium we can possibly em ploy It will continue to be for a long time. Iamcon abe;i? attacked by direct-mail advertisers and others for this point of view. If I am wrong, then near ly other store in America is wrong. With hardly an ZT a11 spend by far greatest portion of their advertising money in the newspaper -And a in PnitedAStLs h!u khd 0,idverti8ing could end the hoarding that is held responsible for the continued slump- On the one hand, as I have said, we have an overabundant goods. On the other hand, wehave amassivereservoir of inactive consumer pur chasmg ability in our banks. Between the two lies a frame of mind That frame of mind is, without qualification, advertising's responsibili ty. Advertising could easily change" that frame of mind, but we who write advertising have written the wrong kind. We have fallen down on the job. We have failed both to understand that frame of mind as it exists and we have failed to direct it into a buying mood . It is a blunder to allow newspaper and magazine advertising lin age to materially decrease as pessimism mounts. If we subscribe to" thesis that buying is essential at this time then this is deddedly n the time to curtail our promotional activities. The stores that ; continued the intelligent, sound, aggressive advert sing D " have fared better of late than those stores which TcurST rigidly. If we budget ourselves to a considerable reduction in sa ea Z 1 k ear The Beaufort News i ; A J
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