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VOL I NO. 7
SYLVA, -N CM JANUARY ' lTigiS
-4.
$1.00 THE YEAR-m; ADVANCE ; .
LEGISLATURE D01N0S.
ROUSE COMMITTEES. '
Speaker Conner announces the
Mowing committees:
- Committees on Salaries and Fees
nement, Koonce, Gather, ; Boney,
MpNider, Thomas (Davidson); -Car-.
Jcornwell, Murphy, ;VAUred,
Cnartie, Austm, Whiteford, : Wit,
U Gordon, Bell, Connally, Noland,
Committee on Engrossing ;y3ills
Roland, .Cabelle, Austin, Mintz, . By-
Dum,Deaver. ,v r
Committee on Constitutional A
jnendments Justice, Gaither,- Sikes,
Williamson, Laruun, xvca via, xvuonce,
Stewart, Cevin, Clark, Clemeht,
JiuU, Majeue, Ptrter, Thomas (An
gonJ.'Byiium.L'ixon. (immitiee on AgricultureMc
Iaughiin, K eland, Whitfield," Pricey
Grifcn, Aianm (Cumberland), Wil
litms iheuicrc), burleson, -White,
JlcNair, Vvilson, Cheiry, Boney,
Ross, Alired, Bumgamer, Wall, btev
ens, Clayton, killer, Crisp; Mew
borne, bneil, Rector. -'i'J'K
Committee on Corpo'rations-r-'All-
red, Leiiiiier, Gibbs, McNicier, Mc
phaii,Deaver, Wooten, Young (Har
cett), Mis, ifciiiiett, Perry, JVVil
ums (Cabarrus), Williams (Sm
combe), Cornweil, Martin ? (Chero-
Ree) , 1 nomas uaviason; lintton.
Committee on Counties, - Cities,
Towns ana Townships Roberts,
g, lilleti, Gibbs, JN ewell,Beh-
ett, McPhail, Dixon, Stevens, :Wit:
.Hutchms, Mcbrycle, Bolic; Shook,
uchanan, Griffin, Murphy, McMil-
an, tiawley, britton. ioung
(Vance), Hay more. -
rCornmittee on Courts' and -Judical
Districts W ither spooni ; Ray,
Stevens, StepLenson, Tiiiett,-Kellum
pipley. v Litciort, Long; Haymore,
Faircloth, toie, Dunning,; Allan;
Roland, Mull. '
I Committee ou Health Cox; Kil
mi inner, By num. Patton, Hod-
pan, UorcoD, Bellamy, Brawley,
per, Price, Vvhite, Rector, Mc
Pan, Han, Cherry, liell, Deliinger,
airciotn. - .;
Committee on Insuranne -T.nnd.
Nmg, tapehe, Alien,, Hatchett,
pnnan, hooges, Leilamy, Gold,
toy, Porter, Williams. (Hartford),
er.krguson, Turner. Hall, Kil
an, Austin, Stephenson, Gattling.- ;
BILLS INTRODUCED. . -
Mr. Sikes: lo punish the mak
of lalse statements to J obtain
mey or credit
Ste wart: To prevent : hazing
wueges ana universities.
Stewart: To nrotert hpnfi-
Pry under second mortgage.
Khter) Preven tipping.
W.btewart: To reonire railrn
?Panies to accent
rj-Roberts, of Buncombe:- To
fUU5n western training school
i teachprs - - V ;
- Martin: To fix salaries of
z18 UI uierokee county.
BATTLE WITH
MOONSH
11
, Aox)rding to information -given
evJoumalbyIn
of9 -Sams there?was a des
perate btle ;ifctweiie;:6ffi
and a band of ; mconshmera early
Sinipmoming, ; nj2toble;;in
Cherokee Ljunty.'whicli resulted in
killing jSlack rMoss, the J leader of
the blockaderarN ' v;::;':;
. Theoaice"rs had been informed of
in illicit dlstiUery'6
locality;aiid went in ;sear(i- 6f Hhe
stoe omcs, ThebVbShelton
and W. Jloy , 1; accompanied by
fottrdepudes summonsed at Mur
phy for this raid; went in search of
the stillty hile traveling through
a Tavine near tie still,? they' were
fired upon irorn ambush. ; The of
fleers returned the; lire and their
assaiiants'fled. The: officers went
in pursuit and found the body of
Moss', ad captured the still, arrest
ing one of the blockaders. Moss, is
said;ta.avebera a dangerous man
the officers had been warned against
Depu Od ector B;Ensley of
this place, liiiii been wiih Jthe other
oiiicers urYv to :vSaturda: evening
butt had ietuiried to Sy ly a to spend
Sundaywith his family.
LOC
he ci:::
SOUTH EXCELLS.
t INAjDG'OAEXDL
LEGISLATION
' t- PUBLIC
FOR 'SiB?
SCHOOLS, cuyTta
EATfl.
..."
Wf
'From the ttiVMf.'and Mrs C a 6- ;
f,2?nei ' ' i'OMday; niga. '. As
lITItll rho lnm.....l'. " " f - ' -.
KL iuauKurcu ceremonies
I see the" situation the most
were
completed - Wclaesdair ; aftemooh t?1 r? "r.
there was somethings doing. in: Eaj ?blic ?cho0 are?" V: - W
leigh all the time.ndln 5 "vHtrr 1 th a i r -l- Iger terms for the ountry.
inaugural: ballr at niflhtx Visifnr
poured into the city-irom; 11 Mparts
of the state, "until It rvvas timaf ed
that 20.000, Nnrth - rimUnftn..'!.!,
come :tothat city to CseUIjoeKe
Craig inaugurated as governor." The i ; t -More efficient supervision. -
schools.
-T ? 2. - Better attendances -
3. - More efficient teaching and
The death angel visitecLthe home-':
of Mr, and Mrs; ' Fred : . . McLean of . I - .
Whittier, Friday morning and took
from them ' their little - dautjer$As i&S ::
Vihnie; about ' four years'; old She "t y
was buried Saturday - evern afe t
the WMttier cemetery. iWe sympa Htzr X v
thize with the bereaved parents ;ini:v
their sad loss; but 'trust theyr mayictol-
be comforted by; the;. thought;that.
manyare : only given as asweetP ' -tct -
wtK nn 'Mrtli-tri Wriirrr ?rv-Krsijrrn ' :-' ".''--
Carolina. the" school V; term ;- in : ther
the Auditorium with a . proves! bv JUS-UIjr tne ' expenmture ot more
nave nyui iu
ior
tovcwl
semoiy; ana my tellow citizens: Thf , -- i - v n--, -
. ; - shnlLiabiuailht into the schools to
Vn Ee0;ie'S,;fentee the, protection ;ansi! of lifted :Staie3ut;t; ' :
jiauuii icspuusive lo ine impulse ; Or isuuicmjuc lyi yviiicu- iuy puj
tne:ase.' . -.v tLi?--
North Carolina
for the advance. c ThrobbmgJ with:3?6 't'Su.J?e&J?T-;
energy, potential ,witl
ment she. looks exectant '; -
adminktjation;and:to tJu?;.enejM1ST6 aid in. meeting theserneeds'ttie
assembly. Lbelieve that you sena- n r a ui . -inio -n u
tors and representatives pl
form your task witii wistomand ' te following legislation:
courage and-that yourorkwijl ibe J'JTo provide; a six; months'
pa towns -and cities of the -State ',foi- A: -&y
3:4 city boys and girls is up to thie aver- ,:';,,.v.-
.Wilrt; to
(to demand- 3
for thewelrare of this generation and school for every child irUhe State.
o four posterity. '"The sponsibiiity h v; 0- v.rHi ihhV rfTBd n7
is ours, the opportunity is ours; ; . . t o of
tOLEMAN C. COWANS
attorney and Counsellor at lzw,-U
Webster, n. c
UAISY Z. McCIIIRP.
DENTIST. ' - "
0ffice : Harris Building, ,
JEWELR -
'lf-SKY at Law: ;
Washington, D. C, January 9,-
Prebideht Finley, ; of the . Southern
Kailway Company, commenting to
day Upon. the rec oid of cotton mill
construction during the calendar
year 1912,-said:
; "The Southeastern States led all
other sections of the country in
cotton mill i development in 1912.
There were 37 new mills built in
the Tp'nited.States (luring the year.
Of these 20 were in the Southeastern
States. Out of 533, 100 new spind
les 427,000, cr 80 per cent, were in
Southeastern mills, and out of 9,
774 new ioorhs, 6,450, or 66 per
cent, were in ; Southeastern mill3.
Thee figures refer oidy to new
mills and take no account of the
large additions made during the
year to existing plants by which
the manufacturing capacity of the
section was largely increaseo!. The
aggregate increase hasjbeen so great
as practically to insure the main
tenance of the record made by the
cotton producing states in the year
;eiideu'gut:31;fl the
mills oithe ' South consumed more
cotton jthan those of all Mother v sec
tions of the United States. r
A AREAS BELOW SEA LEVEL. v
c-tlce in c
ourt House.
AUJ & LttCl JLh of Craw.
:Ieathei
ELLORSiATlLAw
fx All the cbhtinerits, with the pos
sible exception of ; SouthVAnierica,
cohtaian areas of dry land which
are jpelow, sea level. - ' . J.,;;.' ;::'.' , ;
In Nor th America, according to
the United States . Geological Sui-vey-
the lowest" point i is m- Death"
Valley.vCalifornia,-276 feet below
sea level; bnt tnis is aHght depres-
sionccompafed to the;', basin of v the
Dead Sea, in PaieVtine, Asia, ; where
the lowest dryland' pom ; 190
feet below sea level. . In; Africa tlip
lowest pbipt is die Desert of
about ;150 feet beloW : level, biit
Saraha as a whole is" not: belew : sa
levelalthough until recently the
greater part was; supposed; tov be.
In Europe the lowest point , at pres-
ent Known is ;on tne Caspian otia,
86 feet below sea leveL In Attstra
liathelbwest ; point is at Lake"
1 IV-
- 'TUOGVfio&OdlOYO I?i 9ib 010111 YflSa UnOKl J,
: Th first 'duty of the state is to
protect the citizens ;in 7 the 3 enjoy
ment of their rights, to protect theJ
weax irom , tne - oppression -pf-the
strong. ;: 1 his ls.what the-meS! ere
doing at Runnymede: - r
r. '; : freight discriminations.
' The discriminaffons - which the
railroads have made against North i
Carolina in freight rates is the in
fustice of arbitrary power. It has
already worked irreparable injury;
it has already cost our people mil
lions of dollars and driven from
our territory industries , the value of
which we cannot estimate. ' These
corporations have the. protection of
our laws, they operate by our li
cense, they enjoy privileges and ex
ercise the sovereign power of emi
nent domain granted by the state.
They collect, excessive rates from
our people that cheaper rates may
be granted to the people of adjoin
ing states.
- , COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
The time has come for the state
to exercise her sovereign authority
and compel the attendance of her
children upon the schools The
child cannot work, to advantage
but its mind is eager for knowledge
and most retentive.' His character
is responsji ve to culture. The fa c
tory is no place for the . child. The
drudgery of toil i s no t his rightf u 1
inheritance before his bones are
hard or his muscles are firm. If we
grind the seed corn, there will be a
failure in the crop of men.
HIGHWAYS ' '.
Improved highways are the arte
ries of the -country. They create
organized communities of isolated
families and make these communi
ties a part of the life 6"f the great
world; Dynamite and steam shovel
are making through the hills and
through the graiii te of the mountain
pathways for the locomotive. The
improved road would give the far
mers access to the railroads, to the
church, and to the school during all
seasons of the year. Good roads
"stimulates improvement They en
rich the soil. They build anew the
sbhoolV-.hbuse, the church :and
the home. They, - arouse ambition
and generous emulation. They in
crease the value: of every acre of
land that they touch and the value
or4 every r' maii; womn and child
whose house thiey pa No Vcom-
Hnunity can hope for. progr 3ss Jvith
rout tne gooa roaa, ; we cannot nave
tne oenents .01 moaern civmzauon
with out it ; ; It is not an . expense;
it is an in vestment that pays - one
bundr4 perjjcent, dividend ;ever'r
year.' ;: And more,; it brings culture
and 'contentment and a better .social
childreh between the ages of 8 and
15 into the school and for; keeping
them there regularly by compulsory
attendance law with adequate "pror
visions lor eiiecuve emorcement .py
truancy officers. ' '
. 3. To provide for raising the
standard and increasing the effi-
ciency of the profession of teaching
by a system of uniform examK
nation, gradation and certification
of teachers by a state board of ex
aminers. .
4. To provide for more super
vision by raising the required quali
fications in scholarship, experience
and training" for county superin
tendents after a fixed future date,
by encouraging the employment of
I competent superintendents for
their entire time, by specifically
authorizing the employment-, of as
sistant superintendents in large
counties, and providing for the un
ion of two or more small counties
for the employment by agreement
of the county boards of education
thereof of one county superintend-"
ent for all these counties for his en-,
tire time. ' h
A Minimum Jerm of Six Months for
Every Public School. .
The first and most urgent need
of public schools is a minimu m
term of six months for every public
school in the State, and ; therefore
the firstmd most urgent duty of
the General Assembly of 1913, is to
maka adequate provision' for this.
In development of our public
school system this is the prime ne
cessity in order to maintain propor
tion and symmetry of the parts of
the whole system, to do equal 7 jus
tice to all, and to place within easy
reach of all a mastery of at least
the elements of learning: that con
stitute the foundations of , all ;: edu
cation and intelligent citizenship.;
-For the year ending June 30, 1912,-
the average i length of the " rural
white school term in rjorth Caroli
na was 97-62 -dayi : - f XSixty-three
lifel -Every Wrhnru
PXiave iu U'layHxszv'nsi mucn
1.
s
A"'
1
average rural school term of Nxirth
CaroHnaiforthe country S";
girls, accpf ding to these" statistics jof
19 tO, was the" lowest;irilSe-irie"ri-:.;;.--cirl
Union with; the single 'excep- k 1
tiorr.of . New Mexico. :Though-we -H" :
have puliedup ; .our- averaged; rural.4 Wg.
school term jsey era! days since 1910, dAxirti
it would eein to be a tragic and;
humiliating ' Uuththatjwe ttands
close to the bottom in the .veraim
length of our country schools,; -and ;;
that in i thfe majority: of the counties
the State the the country boys;: :
and girls have a shorter term, "and : ;
consequently a poorer chance to
prepare themselves for the constant-
1 ly. incteacing xfem'petition: witlTiJaih-
ed min's iri an age of univefsaf ed- !
ucation and for.' the battle of life,,
thai is growing fiercer and keener . .
every year than the country boys .
and girls of bther portions of the '
United States, with the possible ex
ception of one or two states. 1 Eighty
two per cent of the children of the
State are country boys and girls.
The average of intelligence and . ef
ficency, the power and the general
prosperity of the State must be, de-:
termined by the education and
training of the eighty-two, per cent
dwelling in the country and villages
hot of the eighteen per cent dwell--ing
in the cities and towns. The .
progress, prosperity, and safety of r V
the minority residing in -the towns
and cities must be, in the last ana- ' '
lysisdetermined by the strength,
vritue,. intelligence, and emcencyof
this large country population.
I appeal to the parents of these
county boys and girls, to all broad
minded and far-sighted citizens, of
the towns and cities, to eve ry citir
zen of North Carolina that loves his
State arid his people, that believes
in the right of every child in a dem- .;.
ocracy to have ; ant equal chance
with every other child to make the?
most of himself through equality of
educational opportunity, to jom in - ;
an insistent and persistent demand .
upon the members of the General
Assembly of 1913 to make adequate v
provision for at least a six-month ;;
school terrn ioi every 'country Jaoy
arid girL'The state is able to . pro- y
vide it, tie children nel it arid are :
entitled to it the demands bit the -;
age require it, the results in increas- :
ed intelligence and e
justify, it, the "people a it -d ';::
will approve it "Gentlemen of ; the; 7 .
General: : AssemblyVwhatever
you do, your first duty fbr the de;
velopment of the educational-sys-;
. 1
LIS
term of more than five -and . less! em of your State is to, provide at
than: sixVmonthsvVandnly !fiVe!leam.a
pountiea .had 'an Y average rural ery child m the State.--By,. J. X-, ,
school; itermofmthaiisi 0
-it-i i: a 3:- - I jsmI Pubhc Instruction: '-. ; ;
recentlyVpuriish ij -wU:fA.saoJ33HvJO
tae3ur??u c aucucn oy?q
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