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VOL 2L12. JNO. :. THE RESIGNATION !f J. J. Payseur as Member of Con eordGruded School Board. "It being apparent to me that I can no longer serve the public or my constituents in Ward las' a member of the School Board, I have decided to resign. The Board as elected was pure ly representative, but as it is now constituted it only records the wishes of two of its members with out regard for the public or the will of the people. The action of the present board in the election of a Superintendent for next year shows their complete inconsist ency and their weak remembrance or their own former actions and words last year when Prof. Cur tice was proposed forSuperintend ent. The two members ot the board who now control its actions gave as their only reason for not voting for him that he was a northern man and therefore would not suit us. Also that the salary would haye to be "raised one hundred dollars above the usual limit. In the recent election ol Prof. Coler, the inconsistency, to put it mild ly, is plainly shown. Prof. Curtice has been teach ing in theSouth with fine success for eight or ten years. Prof. Coler comes direct from Ohio with no evidence that he ever saw anything ol the South. The sal ary was at the same time raised from $810 to $1,000, with the per mission, ot doubtful legality, to run a High School Department in such a way that he is to have all the proceeds from it. Natuarajly the Superintendent would give much of his time and attention to this department, and naturally, also the other business of the school, that part instituted and paid tor by the public, will suffer. All this, however, when there is already in the town a well con ducted, progressive, high school of recognized standing. The former superintendent, Prof. E B La wis, deaervtd and had every reason to expect, a re-election. The Graded School had made great progress. Its work was systematic ! jmd harmonious. The work of each teacher and grade for each month is filed in the , records. Tabulated statements of attendancs, etc., were filed in the. records, for the first time in the history of the school. The coarse of study was widened and systematized. There was no desire by the public that a change should be made. There was no charge brought against the former superintendent. The school board has endorsed every official action of hia. He has car ried out every measure proposed by the board, and he was positively as sured of his re-election by two of the three members of the board op to the date of the election of his successor. To have failed to re-elect under the foregoing circumstances was ab eolutely unjustifiable, but it was outrageous to have don8 so after keeping him waiting two months under the positive statement that he 'was to remain, and then fail to re elect him. Hia family deserved some consideration.' The board had UUJNVUKU. JN. perfect knowledge of all the cir - cu instances two months ago. They knew no more when they finally acted, and they had kept him from securing ome other position during the whole period when such places -xc uweu. Ul appearea 10 oe a deliberate and systematic effort, not only to keep him out of the place in question but of all other positions as well. I do not care to bear any respon- sibihty for such actions, in which ... j ' neither had nor could have anv part, and in which the wishes of half the town are virtually not only ignored but opposed, and that with no excuse given or implied, but that of prejudice. In my opinion the only hope for the public schools here is to elect men to the board who will consult only the needs of the children in stead of their business relations in order to know what to do . J. J. Payseue. IvO GAME With Wadcsboro Friday On Areonnt ' of Italn-Wadesboro Sow Claims the Victory. The baseball team returned home this (Saturday) morning - from Wadesboro. The game Friday was prevented on aocount of rain, but nevertheless Wadesboro claims a victory, as our boys didn't play. To better explain the circum stances though, as to Wadesboro's victory, we insert a letter from Cap tain Oldham, which was sent to us: "As it is, Wadesboro is awarded the game in lieu of Concord's for feiture of the game. We think Wadesboro rather 'gay,' for three reasons. In the first place, we think we know when it is raining too much to play ball. It is our opins ion that such was the case Friday at Wadesboro. In the next place Wadesboro's captain was not on the ground and could not have the game called, hence Wadesboro could not have the game . Again, no umpire had been agreed upon by the cap tains, consequently no one had the power to call the game nor any right to give the . game to Wadesboro. For these rea sons Wadesboro seems in a burrv to deprive 'Concord of her alleged championship of the South' (which honor has not been claimed by the team itself but others whose names are not known to us.) But if Wadesboro thinks she is 'so warm' we , wish her to know that we will meet the team she had on Friday in Charlotte for all gate receipts, or for anv purse she feels willing to put on her team. We are sorry the rain prevented our giving her the drubbing she so richly deserves and we feel we could Have so easily given. We wish to express our thanks for the kind treatment received at the hands of the citizens of Wades boro. We meet Pelzer the first three days of next week.. We expect some warm games." AN vEXCITE MENT At Jacksonville Between a Jxorth Carolina and Wisconsin Soldier Bayonets Fixed; Quite an exciting incident oc curred in the North Carolina camp some days ago just before the 3- o'clock regimental drill. C. SATURDAY, JULY 23 18PS ' While just outside the "line with some North Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin soldiers, Private Colbert, of the Hornet's Nest Rifles, got into a dispute with one 0f the provost guard-a Wiscon- sin maE1-whoni he- promptly KnooKeu down with his fist. As the Wisconsin man rose he put a shell inhis gun to shoot Colbert, but he never got a chance to do so4 for the Tar Heels covered him I:lit . Iikeso many beet?, and Colbert fied to his tent. The Wisconsin men pursued him and thb Tar Heels pursued them, while the North Carolina guard turned out ; and chased the whole outfit. The tent into which Coloert ran was torn down, but no one was hurt, Colbert haying gone out the back way. Within two minutes there were a thousand men around the tent and trouble seemed imminent. The guard, however, promptly fixed bayonets and drove the Wis consin men to their camp, then compelled the North Carolina soldiers to go to their company streets. The temporary excite ment over, the best of relations were again established between the two regiments. Fred Merritts Correspondence. MISSIONARY EXERCISES At Trinity Reformed Cnurcb Tomor row Itlsbt The Pnbllc Cordially Invited. 4 "On tomorrow night at Trinity Re, form church the Woman's Mission ary Society will hold exercises. The following pioram, inter spersed withmoEic, will be carried ont: Scripture reading. . Prayer. Select reading "Missions," by Mies Esther Cook. Recitation "A Missionary Plea' by. Miss Lizzie Bostlaa . Duet by Miss Fannie Strieker and Mrs. Marie E Faust. Essay "Only a Cap of Cod Water," by Miss Lillie Misenheimer. Address by the pastor, Rev. J N Faust. Solo by Miss F nnie Strieker. A collection will be taken eome time during the, exercises for the home mission work . . PERSONAL POINTER. Mr. Jones Yorke returned home this morning from a business trip. . Rev. W P McGhee went up to Lexington yesterday evening to at tend the district conference in ses s;oa there. Mr. Ed Sherrill, of Washing ton arrived this morning after visiting at the home of his father at Denver. He is stopping with his brother, Editor J B Sherrill. Fresh SARATOQO CHIPS Made ont of New Potatoes. Hot Staff, AT Ervin & Morrison GR0CER5, II! : INTERESTING. OOOOOOOGO( I I ONE LOT of Lawn worth10 to o at 5 cents. Worth 25 to go at 15c. Worth 15 to zo at 8c. These are Remnants . lp30OOGOOci S:ogooqoooocI Ladies' Gowns 40 and 50 cents, ladies' Chemise 20c. Ladies' Corset Covers 25c, Ladies' Drawers. We are going to sell them. I30000000C300C1 H Nice Plaid Shirtwaists Worth 50 and 60 cents, - J To close ont at 40 cents. Can non & Fetzer Corhparij A 0 M Z If your Piano, Organ, Music Box, Clock or anything in the Furni ture line Phaeton or Buggy looks dingy try one bottle. You will never be without it. - . - T . - Lawn Swings No Pash-ee no pull-ee, work-ee well-ee, all enni-ee. CalKee eeeee and if you don't look sharp we will sell you. ' ',V'' :J - " '"""! ' Furniture! World without end and more on tjie way. Two car loads of Chairs. Sounds like we do not intend to let people sit on the floor. And we don't ! Rockers from 75c. to 810.00. We are in a position to give you anything; yon want in the Furniture line at the lowest possible prices. Respectfully; ' Be!l9 Harris Company, - With our newt4Fnneral Car" jus tin from'CunniDgfcam Sins & Co., of Rochester, tf."Y., our Undertaking Department is unequaledjin North Carolina. Store 'Phone i2j Whole No 11752 YOU FURNISH THE FEET WE DO THE REST. That's all we ask yon to do f r- nish the feet. We will not only do the rest but we will do it well for $2 50 We have everything in Oxfords except your feet. An onnce of satisfaction is worth a ton of talk. Satisfaction goes with every pair of shoes we sell. Respectfully, Dry Miller, Shoe Furnishers. ENE tVfJi-ll tbe Catest Improvements . v J Residence 'Pnone o
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