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MODERN SCHOOLS t HEM 100 HOTS: f Forty-five School Houses 3 Built in Stokes County in 11 Last Ten Years. Supt. J ■ T. Smith of the Stokes 1 u county schools, contributes the! following interesting story rela- tive to the Stokes county schools to the educational section of the Raleigh News and Observer: ; During the past nine years! this county has made some prog-. ress along certain lines as given below: During the last ten years we have built forty-five frame and 1 brick structures in place of a great many log huts. The need of better houses was our greatest need nine years ago. r So the Board of Education and ' the County Superintendent put their whole attention toward get ting suitable houses built and annexes to buildings entirely too small to accommodate the child ren. Some of the houses have been painted—the county board furn ishing half of the amount in all districts for this purpose—the district raising the other half. We have put out of business every log house in the white dis tricts. The next great need was suit able desks for each school We waged a campaign in every white district and the people raised half the amount to buy desks, the Board of Education giving the other half. We now have all white schools supplied with desks except two. We have forty rural libraries which supply all the people in the district that have them with good wholesome reading matter. Nine years ago we had no high school in this county, but today we have three splendid high schools th it are doing splendid | service for the boys and girls of this county. The salaries of teachers and the attendance have gradually increased. The school fund also steadily increases from year to year and it is hoped that the day is not far off when the boys and girls may have the very best advantages to secure an edu cation suitable to their neecs. Some statistics • relating to our educational affairs in a com parison of the last nine years, from 1904 to 1913 show pretty well what we have been doing: Rural libraries from 6 to 40: supple mentary libraries from 0 to 10; local tax districts from 0 to 6; value school property from $10,525 to $37,600; brick schojl houses 0 to 1; frame school houses 45 to 67; log school houses 15 to 0; districts with no houses 22 to 0; painted sch.ol houses 1 to 8; houses with desks 24 to 66; teachers employed 69 to 98; schools with assistant teachers 4 to 27; high schools, 0 to 3; month' ly salary, white teachers, $25.33 to $33.00; school census $6,066 to 6,504; enrollment 3,045 to 4,728; enrollment in daily average at tendance, 33 per cent, to 50 pei cent; attendance. 1,301 to 4,418 average length school term, days, 74 to 86; members of teachers' association 8 to 20; number boys' cjrn club 0 to 20; members boys corn club 0 to 25; general school fund, $12,592.35 to $23,196.20 raised by local taxation 0 t $1,637.69; new school houses built 45; number volumes in teachers libraries from 0 to 80. I beg to say that we owe most of our progress to the loyal teach ers who have been at all times faithful to take up any matters suggested to them bv the super intendent and push them along. The teachers have raised a great deal of the money to buy desks and libraries by having, box suppers and sometimes a pie j supper. On April 7, 1913, the Board of Education appointed Mrs. Dr i W. B. Moore, of Smith postoflice ' to fill a vacancy caused by the j resignation of a committee man. I believe she is the second woman in North Carolina ap pointed on a school committee. On the first Monday in July, the county board reappointed Mrs. Moore and appointed Mrs. N. A. Martin, Mrs. J. Spot Taylor and Mrs. J. Walter Neal as school committee (woman?) All these are excellent women and are inthuiastic workers for the betterment of schools. Danbury Route 1. Danbury Route 1, Aug, 19. — Mrs. Lola M. Bennett and little daughter, Madeline, of Walnut Cove, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs W. R. Bennett on Danbury Route 1. Miss Verda Bennett passed through town last week, taking her brother, O. M. Bennett, to Walnut Cove, where he took the train for Baltimore and other northern points, to purchase a nice line of fall goods. Maj. Alexander, of Winston- Salem, passed through town Sat urday evening in his Schachl automobile enroute to Piedmonl Springs, LUNG DISEASE "After four in our family had died of consumption I was taken with a frightful cough and lung trouble, but my life was saved anal gained 87 pounds through using DR. KING'S NEW DISCOVERY W. R. Patterson, Wellington, Tex. j PRIC^O^n^TO^^L^RUOOjSTS. :Boyles Brothers# $ Regular Semi-Annual # 1 ANNOUNCEMENT! I | Don't Wait! Buy Now! • • WHILE SALE IS GOING ON. J X_ ___ -g 8 Winston=Salenr, N. C. BOYLES BROTHERS Reidsville, N. C. § THE DANBIJRY REPOR! CK STATE FARMERS' ION MEETING AT RALEIGH, IC. August 26, 27 and 28==This Will Be One of the Greatest Meetings Ever Held Says Progressive Farmer. The following announcement o was taken from the Progressive |C Farmer which will be of much in i•• ! d terest to our Farmers i mon. r e readers : j. Come to Raleigh the last ; week in August, Mr. Tarheel j Farmer—you and all farmers ( from South Carolina and Vir- g ginia who will -August 26, 27 land 28. The North Carolina j | Farmers' Union is to hold its ! ! State meeting then, and the' £ I North Carolina Farmers' State;. • Convention at the same time, i. Ithothe hours will be arranged . ito avoid conflict as far as pos sible. As announced in last week's Progressive Farmer, Mr. A. 0. Nelson, the farmers' co operative leader of Svea, Minn., is expected to attend the State Union, and it will be worth the trip just to hear him and meet the Union brethren from all over North Carolina. Then the State Farmers' Con vention has, we are confident, the very best program in all its history. Dean Price of Ohio State University, who has spent a year in Europe studying co operation method used by Euro pean farmers, will discuss "Co operation in Buying and Selling. At a morning session devoted to "Soils" Prof. B. W. Kilgore will discuss North Carolina soil types, ' Prof. C. L. Newman will tell what makes soils "wear out," . Mr. W. D. Boseman will tell "How I Save Labor with Tillage Implements," and Prof. C. B. Williams will talk on second ap plication of fertilizers. Then at the "Livestock Section" meetings silos, dairying, and marketing cattle and sheep will be discussed and at the night session those attending will enjoy illustrated lectures and an address worth while by Mr. Henry A Page, one of the State's first farmer-1 citizens. But the very best and most distinctive feature of this Farm ers' State Convention will be the demonstration features - teaching by showing. Mr. P. H. son of the inventor of "Mangum terraces," will l show just how these terraces j are made by making them.; i Dr. B. B Flowe will show howj Ito inoculate hogs with cholera i serum. A demonstration in lay | I jing tile will be given; another; j in testing soils; another in spray- J ing and packing fruit; and there will be hours of stock judging,— cattle, horses, mules and hogs— and a sale of pure-bred swine. j" Take a few days off and come to Ralegh August 26 to 28, Mr. Farmer. The joint meeting of State Union and State Farmers' 1 Convention should appeal to everybody. The railroads offer a round trip rate of three cents one way for the Convention, and three cents one way plus 25 cents for the Farmers Union Rooms are free at the College for all who come—plenty of rooms Dr. Hill thinks, but you must bring sheets and pillow | cases along, and meals will be furnished at 25 cents each. ' Tell your neighbors, and come ' and bring them with you. The ' A. & M. College, the Depart \ ment of Agriculture, the city of Raleigh, and The Progressive Farmer—one aiyd all have a S welcome waiting for you. Let's '; have five thousand farmers on "J hand ! I s 1 ? ! Cure for Stomach Disorders. i Disorders of the stomach may e ! be avoided by the use of Cham d! berlain's Tablets. Many very , ! remarkable cures have been h I effected by these tablets. Sold i, | by all dealers. When in Winston on Business or Pleasure, Call at O'HANLON'S DRUG STORE. If you are in need of anything in the drug line. Always the largest stock of drugs in Winston to select from. Also the greatest assort* ment of PERFUMES, TOIL= ET ARTICLES,HAIRBRUSH* ES and bristle goods. O'HANLON'S Is the place to buy. T. J. THORE Any size rig you wish. Gasolene or Steam. Also the best line of Sawmills. Shingle mills, Edgers. Anything you wish in Threshing machinery or Sawmill machinery at the right price. Let me know what you need in the way of machinery. I am sure I can save you money on anything you need in this line. Terms to suit customer. IT. J. THORE, WESTFIELD, N. CAROLINA.
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