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ONCORD; N. O. 'MONDAY. AUG. 18, 1902.
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TEACH t:itS INSTITUTE.
YroN. .Whltjpit, Jonps and Lfiifz I're-4-ut
and .V2 teachers are inattomiance
The Work of the Week Laid out and
Jfciitered Upou.
The Teachers Institute operie'd
today in the court house.
The devotional exercises were
conducted by Rev. J A B Fry.
The enrolment was then made
and it was found th it 52 teachers
were present.
Superintendent Boger then
introduced the instructors for
the week who in tarn announced
the branches they would treat
and gave an outline of the scope
of their treatment and a forecast
of the methods by which they
would proceed.
Prof. W T Whitsett, of Whit
sett, N. C, touched upon
pedagogy and history. He
dwelled with force on the
methods of teaching the latter
by which -to clothe the dry dates
and facts in texts books with life
and zest by surrounding these
with that which preceaed and
parallels facts as ordinarily re
corded. Prof. J A Jones being intro
duced portrayed his work on
higher mathematics.
Prof. Jay D Lentz will have
the subject of physiology and
hygiene.
The forenoon was thus taken
up and work began in practical
way and systematic order at the
afternoon session.
At 2 o'clock Prof. Jones took
up grammar which he handled
to the edification and the delight
of his teacher pupils. He was
followed by Prof. "Whitsett, who
treated geography and reading
and literature. .
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(Jood Jit ads.
.TJje following interesting in-
formation tsTaken from thfc rt-
cant article entitled ."Road build
ing with Cony ict Labor in the
Soul hern States, " "by Prof . J A
Holmes and will be of interest
to thoSe interested in the Good
Roads movement in North Caro
lina: Portablo prisonson wheels are
novelties which are now in use
in seyeral localities. These
movable jails appear to solve
the problem of preventing the
escape of convicts employed at
great distances from their prison
proper. In exterior appearances
they are freight car bodies pro
vided with barred windows and
mo jnted upon wagon trucks. As
the road improvement progresses
they are drawn forward by
horses and collected in some
convenient grove or open field,
selected as the temporary prison
camp. Morning and evening the
convicts are marched along the
road from and to their quarters.
To facilitate their being safely
guarded during the night with
out too great risk and expense,
each prisoner, when he goes to
bed, has either one foot or one
hand menacled loosely to a chain
or rod from which he can be
easily released the following
morning.
Tiers of bunks inside comprise
the sleeping quarters. These
are easily and cheaply made
comfortable. Ample ventilation
is afforded in summer and during
the cold months there is a stove
in each car.
Oue of these portable prisons,
which can be disjointed and
transported in sections, is in use
Prof. Jones then went to the -
on the public roads of North
Carolina. One of these movable
jails can be lengthened to accom
modate fifty conyicts, Its sides
and ends are of boards bolted
together in sections. Tho roof,
of corrugated iron, is also in
sections. Large tents arc used
in some States.
Women prisoners do tho cook
ing and washing of some of
migratory prison camps. T.his
work is usually done, however,
by trusty male convicts, and in
some caSes it is performed by
hired labor. The younger
prisoners are usually assigned
to su?htasks as the carrying of
water or the running of errands.
A ball and chain are attached ,
to convicts who show a desire to
escape. While these ffneumb-
escapes amount to less than two 30C30CX:OC:)0002 3cX:X3::::
men outf each hupdred. .AU ft ..j . A"fT F1 t'W ' 4
most 300 counts presenting I i"l 'LiKO I VVi&lV ' Ul"
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ten States, employ convict labor
upon their roads. . This fur
nishes an army of 5,377 road
buiUeis, each of whom costs his
State 33 cents a day. Were ho
lefC in the county jail ho would
cost H cents more a day. Hence
he is a cheaper article toiling
upon the roads than languishing
in a cell or jail yard. All told, i
the cost of convict labor in these j
States ranges from one-third to &
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one-half that of hired labor em- ,
THE RED BETTER SALE
jhhI Knfnrvln v "fhf Insf ilnv. fnnv now fpnturps nrfi :
prominent that make the interest greater. This
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colored graded school where he
spent the remaining hour for
instruction.
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
Prof. -Whitsett will lecture on
general school matters, attend
ance, .interest, consolidation pf
districts, etc.
MEETING OF CAPITALISTS.
31 r. M. II. Caldwell Goes to New York
Railroad Practically a Certainty.
Mr. M H Caldwell left for New
York last night to meet capital
ist who are interested in the
' building of the North Carolina
Central Railroad. When the an
nouncement was made that a
railroad was o bo built between
Concord and Fayetteville there
sod several draw backs in the
way to its immediate construct
ion, but these have been practi-1 ranees make it impossible for a
ployed in tho same work.
The Southern States employ
ing conyict road builders are;
Florida, Georgia. Kentucky, 1
Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Scfuth Carolina, Texas
; and Virginia. In the two Caro-
jlinas and Georgia such a perfoc-
tion of svstems is reached that
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! largo camps are operated at
cost of only 20 to 30 cents per
convict nerdav. Provisions are
purchased for Iho prison camps,
at wholosalo at competitive rates;
the convicts do their own cook
ing and washing. Owing to tho
f
i usually good sanitation of tho
camps and the benefits of exer
j cise to the prisoners tho cost of
I medical attention .is almost
nothing.
Another virtue of the system
is that the prisoners, after in
juring their communities by the
; commission of their crimes, and
after adding to its financial
burdens by incurring oxpense
for their capture, conviction and
punishment, are mt in a posi
tion to benefit that community.
Having served an apprentice
ship in the handling of road
building machinery the convict
leaves prison with a training
which enables him to earn a
better living than he probably
made before.
Only prisoners convicted of
misdemeanors can be. assigned
to work on tho public roads of
Virginia, Wefct Virginia, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Texas, Florida and
Georgia. The terms of such
convicts do not usually exceed
one year. In Alabama all able
bodied male prisoners whose
terms do not exceed two
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two years, may be sent to tne
roads. In South Carolina trie
limit is five years and North
Carolina ten.
(Continued .Tuesday.)
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Shirts and Neckwear Q
A man is visually right particu
lar about his shirts and ties.' They
must be the correct 'colorings and
his shirts must fit.
. We are proud of our TjOc, 1.00
and 1.50 shirts for . men because
they are perfect fitting", the latest
stylo i i colors and each one good
value lor tin money.
We have just put on sale a spec
ial lot of 25c neckwear that is
very desirable.
Men's Trousers'
Tfic news of
y this sale, like
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wireless
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V telegraphy,
goes every
where. You
would think
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and this will
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be our best
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cally removed and the work of
construction will begin by Octo
ber 1st. and pushed until the line
is completed.
The meeting to be held in New
York will be the first time the
stockholders have gotton togeth
er and at this meeting officers
will be elected and all plans con
cerning the road made clear.
prisoner to run rapidly, they do
not seriously hamper his move
ments during the regular .jjpad
work. '
Critics of thconvict system of
M road building say that it offers
too many opportunities for the
escape of prisoners; as a matter
of fact, .however, the annual
Story-Ljlps.
Mr. J M Story, of Forest Hill,
and Miss Bessi Lyles, fere
united in marriagp on Sunday at
11 o'clock a. m. by the Rev. L C
Nash at his ftome on Kerr street.
We wish much , happiness to
these lovers now made one in
aim and desriny.
Subscribe for the Standard
It's the talk of tlm town about oui
extreme values in pants. Never in our
mercantile history have we been able to
make such offerings. Last week our
sales were large and this v ek we ex
pect to clear up tho remaining sizj.
Pants worth 5.00, tine worsteds, per
fect lifting, well tailored, sale price I'.Si)
Pants that arc bargains at. 2.00. s-Ue
price
1.50 and 1.75 pants, sale price
75c and OHc pants, sale price
1.50
50c
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White Goods
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35c satin damask, embroidered dot,
for shirt waists Ulc
One pieca of satin stripe dimity, the
25c quality, reduced to l.jc
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All 12J, 15 aud 25c white goods in Jo-
short pieces, special price (lc
Satin stripe linen grenadine, former
price 39c, to make it move quickly 15c
Special Embroidery Sale.
Now is the time to lay in a supply of
Embroideries.
All 5 and Co insertions and edgings,
special red letter price Jtc
7 and 8 to go quickly at 5c
10 arid 12Jc quality only lie
The 15 and 19c embroideries at the
extremely low price of illc
The 25c line ' 5c
Real wide pieces at 38 tsc 40o only
Fans Fans
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We are going to close out our lot of
fans and to do so we have used the mark
down red pencil very freely.
All 25c fans 15c; 15c fans 10c; 10c fans $
5c; 5c fans 3c'. y
Black uun'uished serge, 40 inches,
t ood value at 50c, red letter price !l!)c
Two pieces black melrose, 75c kind,
40 inches wide, reduced to 5!)c
A good heavy Sicilian, 42 inches wide,
former price 98c,' for a quick seller IJSc
One piece of black storm servo, 42 in.
wide, reduced from 50c to JISc
Mystral cloth, just the thing for
tucked skirts, cut from 50c to 35c
Melrose, 98c quality, reduced to G9c
A good piece of Mohair reduced to 22c
A piece af heavv blue serge, 45 inches wide, 75c qualms
to be closed out at , 39c
REMEMBER THE CUT PRICES ON k
WRAPPERS STILL HOLD GOOD. W
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