Monday, J uly 2, 1923-
brains energy AND UN,
im SELFISHNESS ABIDE.
■ '!'!•' I'plift.
Wi* 1 " '-to * hat had bccn ac ~
B*# H carß hy the
I parities I h <^ r hcard
»' ffinn .- f ~rational progress
■ a \- \ 1 dwred to get some
**achieve
■*»/’/, m- earned. .when
mt ; r co mpnrcd what I saw
Bp*w. I hiUlt of Stanly with
Os alerted educational
Bl'2W wco:,rt!l - Tcn years
W 0 county was lung ways
m ( ]% a nhl- fiHl dl ihrrc no ,o>>g '
MP°:\ {hc possibility of ft com-
«>•«' d ; # i ' reut cla * s '
B • ’ an official’ of. the
■fSarional Department re
.t • *tli*it' seem-' to he less
W jLotiomillv in Cabarrus than
the state.” What
B?Staniv. In* was asked. “On
ami her aclneve-
BTare little short of marvelous/*
Bf„ a first-hand knowledge of
B\/ ; n the two counties. I" was
BJ m l that thi> departmental rep-
Bltn-,. kept a close tab on edu-
B in the state.
W?r . w ith the irood folks about
rk* I found that the livest
BJJjwitli these awakened people
K*matter of rural education. It
l developed that credit for this
BSinon wa- assigned to the wisdom
Esdivitv of the■ enmity education-
Btod and its executive officer.
character of the public schools
Etkf*r success. niway> reflect the
of the county hoard. If
Ejb progress being had. the board
Jeomposed of competent and pa-
Lie men: if the cause is lagging.
■La sure indication that those in
tre are either incompetent or sel-
Coriioth. No cause can rise high-
K jiaQ its 50nr.ee. unless a great
Kiier is exerted from without:
■ When I stopped and took in the
jjMtion where a splendid brick
tool building, with auditorium,
desks, complete school eqnip-
BOt m evidence, a great piano, had
i«n provided for the children of a
Tj«t territory formerly composing
six districts, ami truck- to take care
ts. the-children, I wondered if it
fouiii not he possible to persuade
the Cabarrus couniy Board. Messrs
Odd 1 . McAllisier and Smith, and
lien executive clerk. Prof. Robert
son, to make an official visit to Stan
irifld learn the rudiments and the
primary facts that govern the
great educational campaign that is
sow going oii in the state to tlie j
pride awl iov of all progressive peo
ple? ' 1
Geographically these modern school
htuidmg- serve different sections of
tie county. We present pictorial
reterences to only live of them; there
re three others complete and three
otiie:.- are in the making. Last year
Board purchased 8 pianos for
ties; modern buildings. Why should
child not he in hearing dis
!wc of music as well as su tovfii
■jid—who decreed that a town child
oc'ened more privileges than a
wain- child !
same board purchased 1050
cuairs for the modern school
■fcorimns. Has not a country
S*;eman as much right to Re com
while he sits witnessing the
ious school entertainments as is
b.u gentleman. The clay that
**" OUe made the other.'
the year this same pro
*■‘‘ C board purchased 1,500 pat
s,' le ' k ' ; " r their rural schools.
>k (lt ,l! “ I 'ca>c»n win a to\*n child
J ° Ul ' 'tou a comfortable seat,
to.iutry cousin be compelled
* las1 ° out 011 a slab bench or an
IVkard home-made desk *
I,Lr ‘ : -' the year this very same
8 A e * body county board has
p ■' f
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AQUADALE PUBLIC SCHOOL
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.''* 'hiding serves
h a . ' lx districts. This
vs i’ttpil, ar * n Scll ° ol rooms, and
, l - ar ran^ Wn . ' Uttl 1, - v tw ° trucks
• ie h v>„ n t Ult K so modern and
" ttractive **»
‘-'icatioiial tause in
A
increased the number of school trucks
to 18. Is there any reason why a
little country child should toddle
through mud and slush to school,
and the town child carried to sehool
in street cars; automobiles or on
paved greets a-foot ? One is no
beter than the other. Tliat our
school officials in Cabarrus may know
what a school truck looks like, we
have secured a cut of one that car
ries little Stanly county children to
school in the morning and in the late
afternoon carries them back to their
homes. What would our people
think had come over our school of
ficials if they happened to awake and
consolidate six districts into one,
providing a modem building with
splendid equipment and unbobbed
teachers to conduct a modern school
in the county, and use a truck oi
trucks to ebnvey the far-off pupils.
Answering our own question, they
would at first be jarred and finally
conclude that the school officials of
the county show some signs of life
and a disposition to function com
petently and efficiently.
The school board of Stanly'county
is sure of the wisdom of its course—
with them it js no longer a problem
or an experiment/ They are rcjoice
ing ill their achievements, and al
ready the fruits of their courageOqs
and progressive legislation is bearing
groat fruit.
Just this week, Prof.,Reap was re
elected. having declined a $4,000 po
sition elsewhere* He preferred to
remain to personally see the am
bitious programme he and his board
had mapped out brought to a suc
cessful issue.
It is a glorious tiling to have a real
man, a competent man, in charge of
a cause where helpless children con
fidingly depend on the leadership of
others. Their lives and their future
are largely in their hands, and to
withhold them from the best of op
portunities is no less than a cirme—
that's the most decent name you
can give the act.
Oh. for more Reaps and County
Boards like Stanly county enjoys.
In this issue we carry pictures of
five of t,h£ eight complete, modern
school houses, serving consolidated
districts in Stanly. At present there
are eleven projects of consolidation of
districts being worked out, and be
fore a great while they will become
a reality. These buildings,, are a
proper recognition of the rights of
the rural people, they speak a lan
guage of consideration, of justice,
of interest, of. service to fellow man,
who must depend upon devoted
leaders charged with a sacred duty.
They are monuments to the wisdom,
devotion and energy of Prof. Reap,
who works in season and out of sea
son. Sueh a man is a credit to a
county, and no wonder Stanly coun
ty is proud of him; and just the
other day they re-elected him, not
that he “ stands high among educa
tors in the state, knows the county
and the people” but because he re
cognized his responsibilities, knew
his duties and went about them like
a man full of good, rich blood and
determination,
All this has been accomplished in
four years —what was done in Stan
ly, could have been done in Cabar
rus if the Executive officer “had
made up his mind” and had energy
and capacity enough to tackle a
man's job. But his administration
seems to have pleased the board of
education and, it follows, that this
sorry and sleepy administration of
the educational affairs of Cabarrus
county lies at the door of the board
of education as much as with Prof.
Judge Buxton Robertson, who
“stands high among the educators of
the state and knows'the county and
people. ”
; any town or village, such as Mt.
Pleasant in this county. But a barrier,
| who has taken an oath to promote
| education in the county and to give
: each child the of adequate
educational facilities and to en
; courage education in general, decrees
| otherwise. * Yet thi* handsome school
building stands as a beacon light out
among the hills of rural Stanly j and
the people are proud of jt, and love
the kind of government that ®ade it
possible.
The enrollment last session was
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This is an attractive brick building,
containing eight school rooms, and an
auditorium seating over 500 people.
It serves th6 patronage of a territory
formerly divided into six districts,
each having a poorly adapted school
building such as you thtd in Cabarrus
county and other Backward counties
of the state. Two trucks provide for
the transportation of the pupils.
This elegant school building is out
from Albemarle on the road leading
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• MILLINGPORT PUBLIC SCHOOL.
This splendid brick building is the educational
center for. the children of a territory formerly divided
into six districts with ill-adapted buildings for school
purposes. That the children of this consolidated dis
trict may get to and from school without negotiating
too much distance, becoming bespattered with dust
or mud and avoiding exposure, three school-trucks are
operated. The building contains six school rooms and
auditorium with a seating capacity .-of more than 700.
The enrollment last year was 315, of whom 60 were
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Situated over a mile from the little village of Oak
boro on the Norfolk & Southern railroad is this splen
did public school property, which Stanly county has
furnished as educational facilities for the children of
,a territory formerly in three districts. There are
tten school rooms. The enrollment last, session was
325, of whoirn 65 were high school pupils. Eleven
grades are maintained, including musical instruction
and in the faculty is a lull time agricultural teacher.
It is an accredited JState High School.
When the rural sections are supplied with school
facilities and advantages such as this educational en
deavor secures, there is prevailing contentment and a
spirit that makes a charm of rural living, agd the call
Many Unnecessary Deaths.
• From 12 to '4 years have been added
to the average human Hfe In the last
half century, due to the progresa of
medical science. But 600,000 parsons
still die ic the United States aurally
from preventable diseases.
;THE CONCORD TIMES
307, of whom 55 were iu the _high
school department. Instruction in
Ilbme Economics is featured at this
school. There are ten grades. And
of course where such progress and
vision prevail, it goes without saying
to the great concrete bridge across
the A’adkin.
The wisdom of the plan lies in the
fact that the size of it may be and
is to be doubled, when other districts
are added to this consolidated dis
trict. The enlargement will be an
other unit just like the one here
shown to be placed ut the right of
the present building, thus avoiding
tearing off any of the present build
ing or even disturbing the splendid
OAKBORO PU
Ancient Jewish Coinage.
■ The first allusion to Jewish coinage
is found in the Apocrypha In I Mac
cabees, 15, where It is related that
Simon, the high priest, was granted
permission to coin money bearing his
own stamp. >
This is a brick building, contain-. 1
ing eight school rooms. It serves the’
school purposes of a territory former-s
ly divided into six districts. The;
trucks are operated for the con
venience and eomfort-of the pupils.!
The enrollment last session was 307,
oi whom 42 were in the high school.
The course covers nine (9) grades.
The building is supplied with all
conveniences, has a piano and a mus
ic instructor is employed. This effort
on the part of the board of education
(Stanly, of course) to bring school
advantages and opportunities under
a favorable environment is loudly
praised by the fathers and mothelrs
of the consolidated district. .There
has grown out of this progress a bet
ter community spirit and a greater
delight in dwelling in the rural sec
tion.
arrangement or injuring the archi
tect ual effect.
The enrollment last session was
304, ot“ whom 30 were high school
pupils.. The course cowers nine
grades. This building like all of the
modern rural school buildings erect
ed by this progressive and patriotic
school board is supplied with a piano
and maintains an instructor in mus
ie.
in the High School department* The course covers
ten grades. The creation of a fine school interest was
observable throughout the entire consolidated district.
The pupils caught the spirit of progress and the mor
ale of the entire school was pleasing. -This building
is on the Concord-Albemarle highway, eight miles
from Mt. Pleasant.
The school owns a piano, and a teacher of vocal and
instrumental music is a part of the splendid faculty
of this modern school undertaking.
)LIC SCHOOL.
to towns —deserting the farms for the excitement
and the glitter of towns —ceases to have an influence.
It is brutal to withhold from the rural children f the
convenience and the opportunity that they know- exist
in the towns where patriotic and unselfish men direet
the educational cause.
of school officials that do not make an hon
est effort to meet this crying demand from the rural
sections is unfit to occupy positions of honor and trust
such as the sacreduess and importance of the work
involved —there should be a way,,' if they lack suf
ficient pride and self-respect to vacate, to remove them
from places where they are committing a sin against
the rising generation.
Naroloon’s Lucky Day.
Napoleon regarded tlie second of the
month ns his huky day. He wns
made consul on Auftttot 2, was downed
: December 3, won the battle ig Auster-
Rti, 2 and mfffned the arc-h
--dU chugs of Austria April 2.
that the building rs supplied with a
piano and there is instruction in
music. No wonder the people are
happy in their rural environment,
when they seo that the authorities
of government ' are willing to hand
out a square deal to them.
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
l < (By JOHN R. ELKINS).
If iu my writing I sometimes descend
from the sublime to the ridiculous,
please -change it to a few drops of Irish
blood that that course in my veins.' I
am not ir “nungwump” either in religion
|or politics, nor in the social realm, aa
[for that matter, just “plain as an old
shoe.” but sometimes, somehow in some
way I get in a terrible mixup, and I can
hardly discover in which direction the
compass is pointing. In this instance,
while visiting in my home town, I find
myself in about the condition the fellow
was who is described in the following
story:
A bully came up to a group of men.
aiid with an air of bravado remarked : “I
can whip any man iu the county.” Si-■
lence reigned supreme. .He then remark
ed : “I can whip any man in town.” Still*
there were no tokens, so until a threat of
man" in this group.” This was too
defiance he shouted: ”1 can whip any
much for the group, one threat too often.
At this juncture a solar plexus blow
from one of landed on his an
atomy and for an instant his corporal
; majesty toppled .across the border line.
‘Arising, he said: “Gentlemen. I just took
in too much territory.” See the applica
tion? In attempting to write of .things
old and new, visible and invisible, inlportr
ant and otherwise, I find that the-city
has expanded to such an extent and
events of interest have multiplied so rap
idly that like the bully. I realize that I
have taken in too much territory. And
iu mjj meditations. I am brought to thiuk
of John Howard Payne stranded on a
foreign shore, lovelorn, penniless and
homeless, but made himself immortal ov
en* ight by the comjiositioxi and song of
these words: “Home. Sweet Home.” This
song, these words cannot die. and will
never die as long as human souls are in
existence. It has reverberated around
the world again and again, and as long as
the English tongue is spoken it will
thrill with joy and send a linjp of glory
among the sons and daughters of men.
“He it ever so bvyUbleV there is- ilo place
like Inane.'' . “ , >
- Sww! OM Relic*.
Keepsakes are ofteu very interesting;
they bind the past with the present. A
piece of furniture, an old garment, a
poeketknife, a thimble or some such
thing, that father. ■ mother or grand-par
ents once used becomes a veritable treas
ure after these dear ones have'gone West,
and we would not willingly part with
them at any price, not because of their
intrinsic value, but because they are
gentle reminders of our departed loved
ones. Recently my Texas brother, Wil
liam, and myself, by special invitation,
were visiting at the home of our friend,
Mr. Ed. Correll and family, on South
Union street. I am glad to know that
t'ripud Ed has had success in life, has
a comfortable, well-arranged home and a
happy family Among other things he
showed us was the fife his father used to
‘play long “befo’ de wah.” It was a
treat for me to see and put my hands
on this old piece of musical ebony that
thrilled me so. more than sixty years ago,
when Noah Correll manipulated it.
I have always fiad music in my soul,
but in applying this instrument to my
mouth 1 did not have wind enough in
'my sails to make a blacksmith's skew —it
wouldn't go otf worth a cent. No one
could blow it like Noah Correll. He
carried it all through the war between,
the States, and it will remain as an
heirloffi in the family for all time.
The Old Halter’s Shop. •
While I am dwelling on old relics' I
will again refer to* the old hatter s shop
as the present generation of youngsters
don't know that at one time men’s hats,
fur and wool, were manufactured in
Concord. This enterprise was carried
on by Albert Arey in a shop iu rear of
his store on Corbin street. It was dur
ing slave time and the hatter was Alfred,
a slave, the property of Mr. Arey. Often
have I watched him preparing the ma
terial for tiie hats. He used a bow simi
ilar to the bows aud arrows of the boys,
though much longer, aud with this, much
after the style of a banjo picker, lie
would pick the wool or fur to pieces, thus
removing the krfots and making it uni
form iu texture. Then he would place
the materials in a boiling caldron aud
when sufficiently cooked or made pliable,
lie would form it around a hat block and
place in the sun and air to dry. These
hats were heavy, too heavy for comfort,
bar they found a ready sale. After a
long wear they would occasionally “go
to seed," but wear out, never, no never.
But. friends, in writing this series of
articles which have appeared in The
Tribune from time to time, .1 have dwelt
r too much iu the past, and if I- continue
in t his fashion I know where the la ml ing
will bo. _ Again, in ransacking the com
munity for old items of special interest
I have about reached the condition that
the Judiciary of North Carolina was in
.during Reconstruction Bays. Old events
[of special interest are about exhausted.
with the broad mantle of charity I
cover the past, live in the present, and
‘peer into the dim. distant future, aud no
prophet or philosopher can tell What the
future ages hold in their embrace.
When a boy 1 learned this piece of
doggerel which ever aud auou confronts
me:
"When I was young and pretty,
The girls they loved me so.
But since 1 am old and ugly.
They call me old Rosiu-de-C >, ’
The first two lines t'ckle me. but how
caiT I prove I was ever pretty i The
witnesses are about all dead, or gone to
•‘parts unknown.' The last two lines
almost piake the cold chills creep over
me as l can't Hope to be anyone's darl
ing But why grow old and go around
with a chip on your shoulder for some
-one to knock off? We get out of life
pretty much what we put into it.. Vse
the magician's wand, be lively, cheerful,
helpful, thankful. All cannot accumu
late. but a fellow having the blessed sun
shine to bush in, pure air to breathe, good
water to drink, a good roof over him.
pleatv of friends, three square meals a
day, fair physical health aud a clean
conscience. ought to be as happy as a
blue bird iu the month of May, when
the roses bloom.
Mj*s Elizabeth Lorraine Wooster,
former state superintendent of public in
struction. and the first - woman to be
elected to a State office in Kansas, is
being urged by her friends and support
ers to become a Candidate for the gov
ernorship.
An imposing soldiers’ laonumebt re
cently unveiled in Winnipeg was model
led by a woman, Mrs* Hilliard Taylor.
PAGE FIVE
S HEM WELL IN STRIPES,
TREATED AS OTHERS
•Given Same Treatment, No Better, No
Worses as Other Convicts on Davidson
Chaingang.
The Lexington Dispatch in its last is
sue carries the following:
“Baxter ShemWhll, who was arrested
in Salisbury Sunday afternoon, brought
to Lexington and placed in the county
jail, want to work on the county roads
Monday afternoon to begin a sentence of
thirty months given him by Judge J. Bis
Ray for an assault with deadly weapon
on Wade H. Phillips and J. C. Bower
on January 10, 1021.
“Mr. Shemwell was carried to the road
camp which was on Monday at work iu
Reedy Creek township, but today to Sil
ver Hill and upper Eininous, where they
will be engaged in road construction for
(.several months. *
Foreman Fred Everhart is in charge
of this camp. It as learned here that
Mr. Shennvell was dressed in convict
garb after his arrival at the camp, and
was placed at work with the other con
victs. It was stated that the same
treatment accorded to all prisoners
would be given him—uo better and lip
worse —apd that no special privilege
would be granted. Jain. He is 65 years
of : age. but according to the report of the
county health physician who examined
him Sunday afternoon, is in splendid
physical condition.”
FAMILY COW DEVELOPS
CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA
Uneasy Feeling Among Neighbors in
Buford Township That Other Bovine*
May Be Affected. - J
Monroe. June 29. —Two whole fami
lies in Buford fpwnship" are faking the
Pasteur treatment again* hydrophobia
since a milk , co\v j • from which the
families were drinking has developed
hydrophobia and had to be killed. The
cow belonged to Rev. K. W. Hogan, who
together with his wife and six children
are victims of the unfortunate eircum
stances. The family of Vance Plyter
was supplied from the same cow and
their lives are also endangered, s
A few days ago the cow’s head was
seat to Raleigh and a genuine case of
rabies whs reported front* the examiua
tiou.
Tliere~is also an uneasy feeling among
neighbors of Rev. Mr. Hogan because of
the fact that four other families kept
cows in the same pasure that Rev. Nr.
Hogan's cow was iu when the maid
dog visited that community. The .oMfer
<*ows have been inoculated against the
disease and the milk diet. jtaV'been dis
continued by the families involved.
Giving the. Sheriff 'Bogus Checks For
• '*#'■*•> Taxes.
Dunn Dispatch.;
Wed call it flirting with the law, this
plan of handing the “high sheriff" a bog
us check for taxes. Yet it appears that
many Harnett county citizens had the
nerve"required* to do that very thing. By
way of the Harnett Comity
learn that Sheriff McArtau has now in
his possession bogus checks to the tune
of $4.0.00,-given him in payment of State
and county taxes. Many of the checks
bear the signatures of prominent citi
zens, some of whom live in Dunu, ac
cording to the story aiqiesnnug iu the
News.
It appears further that the sheriff lias
. set about to tpst out the law ou giving
worthless checks in payment of taxes.
We thought at the time that the last
‘General Assembly should have passed
some law which would decrease this bog
us checjc business, and we are of the
same opinion still. The result of the
f sheriff’s action in this check matter' will
be watched with interest.
Instability Weeded Out.
[Charlotte Observer.
Judge George P. Pell, of the State
Corporation Commission, indicates in a
statement sent out from Raleigh, that
the bad timber in the State’s banking
system has been about weeded out and
|tliat - the days of State bank failures
are over. The commission has made a
“’survey” of the banks under its juris
diction and seems confident of tlig
soundness of their condition. This is
“assurance that uo unlikely prospects
art now doiug a State banking business
and the smaller institutions are able to.
take care of themselves. The State bank
examiners have given the existing bank*
r clean bill of health, the assurance to
the public. being of the encouraging
nature that the banks now doing busi
ness are on a bnsjs to invite the con
fidence of depositors. It would be judged
by the course of events in recent years
in this State, that the unsafe institu
tiofis have been about self-eliminated.
Union Services Will Begin Tomorrow
\ -- Evening.
\ Union services will be held in several
of the uptown churches during the month
of July. The first one will be held
Sunday evening, July Ist, in Central
Methodist Church, and the preacher will
be Dr. G. A. Martin, of the First Bap
tist Church. Next Hiluday the service
will be held in the First - Presbyterian
Church, ajid R> v. YV. A. Jenkins, of
Central Methodist Church, will be tk>*
.preacher. Other services will be an
nounced later. These services are opeu
to all of the churches who care to par
ticipate. They are not confined to any
particular denominations as stated re
cently by some one. It is hoped that
all of tiie uptown churches will tgke
1 part in them. On account of the trouble
aud expense of getting the lawn ready
at the Y. M. C. A. the services this
•year will be held in the different churches
at the regular hour of worship.
W. A. JENKINS.
A Strange Spider.
Albemarle News-Herald.
Mr. Adanx Burris, who lives a short
distance \Vest of Albemarle brought a
strange and dangerous looking qpider
to Albemarle Last Saturday. It was one
of the largest ever this county,
aud it seems t be of a species never be
fore seen in this section. Mr. Burris
says there are many of them, on his
place aud that they build their nests
with a kiud of trap door which closets
behind them when they go in, making
it difficult to destroy tliem, even u »rn
oij or hot water. Venus, if you can beat
this, trot out your spider.
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Salisbury \outh qn Long Auto Trip.
Salisbury. N.'C, June 80.—Cicero E.-
McAlister, Salisbury joutli, who left this
city last Wednesday in an automobile
made by himself, has arrived in Saranac
Lake. X. Y-. according to information
received bj his friends here.
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It’s easier to do'a thing right then
to explain why you did it wrung.