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Vol. Xl- No. 2709
CONOOIUX N. C. TUES DAY. SEPTEMBER 27 J89fc
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PUBLIC GRADED SCHOOLS.
Their
Purposes Primarily for the
Children For the Greatest Anmber
tne Greatest Good Time An . Im
portant Element.
1 The Purpose of Public Schools
is Character and Citizenship.
Character is what, individuals are
in tbemaelvea ,
nifinahip relates to their duties
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tO the QlaLC BUU kuc vuuuujuuiuj I
ia which they live. Good citiz?ns
hin ia included in character. It is
, nofnrp fhafc the heat thin en I
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are brought about by care and culs "
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The purpose of the school is cul-
in thfl broadest sene of the
word. It designs to make" of our
Knandeirls worthy citizens and
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coble characters,
Teaching school means more than
runner a given number of recitas
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tion8.
2 The Public Schools are Pri
marily for the Criildren.
It is when it ia thought that the
public schools re for the teachers,
for boards of education, for some
political party, for some church, or
for some faction of society, that
trouble begins.
The good teacher tooks1 well to
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the future. He sees the" possibilh
ties of the youth and he keeps in
mind many "of the dnties that will
come to them when they become
mn and wnmTi '
In all his school woik he does not
consent his own convenience, his
own likes and dislikes, nor the
pwhima and caprices of societv. but
he asks first and all the time, "How
I can I do the most for the children?"
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ureateat jn umber. -
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be conducted so as to benefit the few
bright pupils of the -school, nor. on
the other' hand, for the slow and
lazy ones alone. '
Pnki; owi, A,a;aA
for the special benefit of a few ins
flaential families of a city or com
munity, not even if they piy the
most of the taxes.
It is dinicult to live in a country
governed by majorities and not at
the same time consider "the great
est good of the greatest number."
4 Time is an Important Element
in Education.
The best things are of - slow
growth. Thoroughness is an educas
tion of itself . It is great injustice
to the child to take him over studies
more rapidly than he can or will
comprehend them .
Children who are sent but six
months out of the nine can not be
expected to keep up with those who
come all the year.
It is a part of the pirents' duty
to see that children have regular
honrs of study outside of school, and
that they have access to good litera
ture and read good books. Corns
panionahip is of greatest importance
also, ' '::, ., : :
, Some there are who let their chils
aren run the streets. learn to smoke.
and swear, and lie, and . steal, and
yo an sorts of meanness, and then
when the first of September eomes
tbey think to drop a nickel in the
Blot of the public school machine
and have the child made oyer in a
few days and returned to them with
bright intellect ana sprouting wings.
While in school, too, children
should be taught to. value time. and
to turn out a reasonable amount of
work in an asaicrned Deriod
-It is no credit io' do a thing it it
takes forever to do it. ,
5 The Formation of Good Hab-
its is the Best Part of an Education.
First among these habits is that
of work.
That is not the best teacher who
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simply "explains everything," but
rather that one -is -.best who, by
using txe nest incentives, can get
the most worn out of children.
As a rule both parents and teachw
ers ao ioo much for children, and
thU3 destroy thn hahlfn nf nrnrlr nnH
of self-reliance.
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Habits of carefulness' and of neat-
ness are of prime importance ako.
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18 not tne number of pages, nor
tne amount of work gone over that
educates and builds up character.
auJ erse, Doos-Keepera ana
servants fail and lose their positron,
no "om lack of work, but from
Jack of care and of neatness.
Habits of truthfulness are eesen
tial also. What we have in our
schools will toon show itself in sos
ciety and in the business of the
community.
6 Co-operation is Necessary in
All Public School Work.
If you haye children in school
and chink that when .you board
them, clothe them, and furnish
them books, that you have done all
Yonr duty.jou are mistaken
lK ia your duty to support teachers
in ca3es of diecipline and to speak
"vorably of the school. It is your
a'y." to appreciate the efforts and
good work of teachers and to let
tbem know thit you appreciate it.
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and fiee the work on ordinary days
anu aoc waic Ior -PJfowcnnio ais
Pla? and thus encourage the band
waSon 8fcyIe of Pablic chol work:
ieacner8 nave stents as
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They have a right to be treated
with respect and consideration .
lbe have a nSnt to - cxpeot
Pareats weena cnimren to school
reguiany ana, promptly, to Keep
clean .ana to teach tnem many ot
cleanj and to teach them
the courtesies and manners
of
civilized life. This and much
more is the work of the home.
The church and the Sun Jay
school have their work to do also.
The public school is not an
institution for the remedy of all the
eyils under the sun.
OS Coler.
We Are Third.
Tax returns are now coming into
the auditor's office. They contain
some interesting statistics in re
gard to bicyles.; Of the counties bo
far heard from Mecklenburg leads,
with 606; Wayne comes second,
with 324; Cabarrus third, with 203;
Rowan has 143; f Cumberland, 119;
Randolph, 82; Duplin, 78; Caldwell,
59; Burke, 44; Davie, 33; Carteret,
29; Yadkin, 10; Cherokee, 2. Ral
eigh News.
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A Cbange at ttie-Cannon Stills.
Mrr'M E Garrison, who has been
night oyerseer in the carding and
spinning rooms of mill No. 2 at
Cannonville, has returned to his
home at Belmont on account of
being in bad health. Mr. Lee
Saunders, who has been employed at
the Patterson mills near here, has
taken'hrt place: 1 '
Has r$one to .Chicago, v
A letter cornea to us from Phila
delphia stating thai Mr. Jones
Yorke, who recently connected
himself with a large ' firm in Chi
cago, has gone to that place on a
visit to be gone eone days.
PERSON AL POINTERS.
'Squire C A Pitts went to Albe
marle today on legal business.
Miss Barbara Cougbenour re
turned home this morning.
Mr. Lester Coltrane returned
home this morning from Gaatonia
and Bessemer.
Miss Marv Watson and broth
er, Mr. J a?. Watson, came down
irom Balisbarv, this morning to
visit their sister, Mrs. Dr. Smoot.
Superintendent James, of the
Kindly mill at Mt. Pleasant, passed
through on his way to Charlotte
this morning. -
A FRESH LOT OF
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Ervin & Mo rrison
GR0CER5
MORE NEW ENGINES
To be Pat On the Southern for Pass
enger Nervice The largest JEver
Used On Any Road In the Sonth-
Thelr Capacity Almost Double the
Former Ones.
The demand these days for large
epgiries with wl ich to pull such
heavy trains seems to be getting
much greater, and the Southern is
meeting the demand each time
Some time ago three large "hog"
engines for pulling freight trains 1
were put on the road, and before
hand some large passenger engines,
and we see from the Greensboro
Record that three more still larger
are to be put on the road. We take
the following from the above pa
per: 'Not long since three or four
large new freight engines were
added, the largest ever used on a
road down South. Now they will
soon have three new passenger en
gines of the same kind. ' The en
gine itself weighs 150,000 pounds
without the tender, the latter tip
ping the, beam at 88.400. - The
drivers are six feet and the steam
ing capacity is 200 pounds. They
will draw thirty-two Pullman cars,
which is almb3t equal to double the
number of ordinary coaches. They
have a draw bar pull of 4,450 tons,
whatever that is, and two of them
were made by the Baldwin Locomo
tive Works, and one by the Rich
mond works. - v
"They are expected down next
week and will be put to work at
once.
At Home On Furlough
Messrs. David Parish, Tom Also-
brooks, John Crowell, Will White
and John Alexander have returned
home from Jacksonville, all being
members of Company L. - All ex
cept John Alexander are home on
seven days falbnghs, he. haying
beendischkrged on account of phys
ical digabiiity. Mr, U P Deaton,
whose applition has been sent to
Washington, will be home as soon
zs he receives his discharge.'
Paecy
Poiirinorln
Our immense stock
of Fall and Winter
goods are pouring in
both on Dry
G-oods and Clothing
sides.
Cannon & Fetzer
Is what comes to
Company
Fiber" Mattress. Cures coughs, colas and,
is very beneficial to C all lung and throat
trouble. Highly recommended by medical
fraternity. Cheaper
soft as hair and will not " pack. t O 'Terfec-
tion Mattress,1' made ;
down, "sold with a
comfort, stands, ai tto list Hair
cotton, cotton and husk, straw and cotton
from a good common Ito the best mattress for
the moneylalways'on hand. . :
You know that one third of your life is spent in bed If
In order to have a-first class bed you nmst have .a No.
Spring. We haye at your command the Silver King, The
Dutchess, the President, the National, "Raleigh," 4Sweet
Rest," Morpheous" and "Solid Comfort." Pay your money;
arid take your choice. s - j s
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House Furnishing Goods of eveayj description, world
without end. Comeand see. . . '.
Bell, Hariris; ConmpaEiiy.
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YOU FURNISH THE FEET
tfE DO THE RES V.
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That's all we ask you to do f r-
nish the feet. We will not only do,
the Test but we will do it well for
$2 50.
We have everything in Oxfords
except your feet.
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An ounce of satisf actionals worth
ton of talk. Satisfaction goes
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with every pair,-of shoes we sell.. .
. Respectfully,
Shoe Furnishers.
those that use a "Pine -
than Patent Medicine1
trom reginned cotton,
guarantee," for solid;
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