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VALINE XXIV, NUMBER 26.
RALEIGH, NORTH C ARO .
E J, 18
iTiLliTioii
Most Interesting Day of Teach
ers' Assembly.
ABLE, RINGING ADDRESSES
a UXITEI
STATK in' AUGUST ELECTION.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED
PRICE 91.00. A YEAR.
raetkm 'Z Vhlt rLwT k- T Investment that the State can are with us, and we must, by entreaty, adequately, because I maintain that the
TfffelAiforTfci - rYJ? iT " make the education of its people. if necessary, secure their active co-opera- State cannot maintain a Christian Sn-
nt iL , CI: ' ; Ip the outset I defined the State to be tion and their leadership. Let every stitution any more than it can maintain
3fi wtTii n COuld no af- -ganization of citizens, but H has teacher, and every preacher, and every a Buddhist Supreme Court.
Wn rnnI' vjxatwai'k ' oractically and is now an organiza- editor, and every political leader, and Free higher education by - the
tV Jw! ?taS lbl!LT' ttfV of male citizens, with women as every man, woman and child who is a State breeds patriotism. It discourages
SLwS ? JOWer, scla honorary' and associate members, which patriot, volunteer for the service. self-reliance. It inculcates a false idea
I!?ofrffr 2? . v o-oPCTate fact has given in the public mind an im- George Pea body, probably the greatest of patriotism. It tells the student to
vntSS qum1L lt ehf 80011 pression that the male citizen is more philanthropMrt, whose influence we have depend upon tie State. It tells his
TlitT cenamyy aild blessed important than the female citizen. The fefc, when making bis first benefaction, father to look to the State for privileges.
p L a i i x. ' male cJt"u has legislated on educational defined education to be "a debt due from If we would breed a race of patriots, of
o. xne aaoption of locai taxation undi" niioQr. x v.- vx -r ..x i.f;.ii mir.roii.ant- mom in mn.i
M EFFORT TO WIN THE w "p"18 J bla that tDe most: important- factor The duty of this State is clear and its rather teach them what they must do
aC- i jw.vfiuj m civilization was a man, he fiTst de- interest and duty are wentical. The peo- tot tne state, not wnat tney must ex-
iltl'i CU8e' tter teachers, f voted his strength to that part of our Pie owe to their children and to their pect the State to do for them. Let no
I s B longer terms. - J population which, would soonest becom State to see that the greater portion of one say that these institutions are neces-
as indicative of the increase in the menand so at first the fdea was to their taxes hall go to the proper equip- ry in order to inculcate patriotism,
school lunds . of the various townships make higher education possible to boys meat of the institutions in which these North Carolina's patriots came out of
and pubhcschools that may be expected and young men. More than a century children are to be trained for citizenship, ; ber corn-fielda.
in tne districts avaalmg themselves of nm it wa . ,. v:.,i.4- tk.f im mAiur! ho.n.w ;n I Rut thw i . fur trrwtte-r pvil- j t.
rnis jaw, attention is directed to a sug- many of our' most far-sighted statemen na airection than ha ever been invested an unjust State or a Godless education.
Leading Statesmen, Learned Divines,
Successful Instructors, Influential
Editors and Others Speak
tor Local Tax.
el, Morehead City, N. ,C, Deeds of that county.
ZZr.S$?ZSU JftHL i to P-vide this public Necessity. We
7 m -c. , Z " wuu" tina that the Ieadem in the church and
ty, except Raleigh, carefully prepared ht nhilnnthi.;f- ,j
and published for free distribution the th sVmTImeuri 5.
l enicient, puoiic-spiritea JXegister of, half centnrv.v
: naif century; men hare' seen that if
these ' intsitutions were a ' necessitv for
Atlantic now, jxoia- , . rrvT- vT l Jk . , , I tnese intsitutions were a ' necessity . for
t,v -i-.Spedal)-This has been the ( Thia table shows that at the lowest; the proper equipment of men, the ne
t nMlle day in the session of the f t of taxataon; allowed by the new law , cessity of men" themselves demanded ah
n The Question for discussion ' Wlt:t ton tion of equal opportunity for the equipment of
,ffi Uy' LrTlJ t, vnte for !f thy on poll, ' womankind. : And so there has been a
s tlie-eieeuvu. - - wur , vi t--ix wwnsmps tardy recognition of the fact that though
iril?I,.ase o tax for public education, would mcrease their public school fund man may be the chief factor 5n the State
peakers were tne strong "i" wul' wviuu ne is not the chief, factor in civilization,
i If!''!
;u-'ng tbc si
... ., ' tj i double their fund and one would tipultIv v- j
,,f tlic State, ana n tney couiu uae , , . .i. iue euucauon ox woman means
-m,.n ot tne . treble it. The fund available to each at least mnoh to -,Vfv
, hV me YOier lU eytri IU"U- rTiW? .AnAl in W tci,;t, J
IlCril ill ' 1 ' - tuuiiv. Duiwi ivnuou'iya nvutu LlOn OT Trl . Tl
ship "i
.,: I tax flection
at least as much to society as the educa?
lUBU'JUS wiuu
ri Omit, Uit -x- - ia iuvimow 1JU ttWU tr ulltt eKA LLXT I O. Llv. 1 cti 1 , .
would be assured. This These schools would receive from $40 to : M".Z"r. cumi" 10 lue
1 u , . ,T idea that npithPT th m n tha
,. ,- . tntp'a historv more eacn. j.ne average salary or , - , , " 7 . ,
Tas bi? daj m the -States History tAahwR 4ti 11T1V jft mt' man is the most important factor to be
reat results. The speeches aDd of colored teachers $22.50 per ! fdfred, but that : the . ehil-and. by
f a hish order, convincing, patnotKL m0nth. so that the terms of the tynhlic CU11U mean eTerT cnua is tne supreme
pt.'ntial o:
.... ,. o 1,
,n,l rnUftiug. No skeleton account can ' schools for white children would be ?noe ln r cl economy,; and I re
v adeouate conception of- the lengthened from six to fourteen weeks 01Pe thw truth meetswith almost
conrty any each, and the terms of those for colored 1TenaIt actatl among our educa-
faets with which they teemed and the fiewn to tty. ted people. ; ; 4v
spirit of diH'i conviction with wbicri tney weekg As Raleigh is omitted in I Jjiit us beeome impatient at our slow
wore dvlive ml. these estimates, we may fairly Progress. I can remember twelve or
wcv T Y JOYNER'S SPEECH ' take Wake county as an aver- fifteen yearn ago many utterances op-u-
' r.. a u m .a age county. The average length of school posed to the idea of education's being
The day was chiefly taken up witai tne twm of pubKc fichooJs for State is. a function of the State or of the necessi-
question of the local taxation election, - white, 12.42 weeks; colored, 11.75 weeks, ty for universal education. It has not
v-aftT J. Y. Joyner, who had Local taxation then would mean for the been many years since young men and
mtii to Wd on this auestion, various eounues or xoixn aronaa me wuw men uiscusseu Berioui7 in pnoiic
lengtnening oi tne terms oi tne puDiic ueoates wnetner xae puonc scnooi sys-
said: - schools from fifty to one hundred Der tern should be continued or abolished.
before.
EDITOR 8AILEY.
Higher edueartkm aims at the develop
ment of character. Without Christianity,
the ideal man Cihrint- it in dAnrornni r
The same theme ha4 also been assigned ( the Staite and to the individual. But
to Mr. J. W. Bailey editor of the Bib-: the State cannot hold up this ideal. Pub
licai Recorder. The substance of his ad-'Hc mney eannot be expressed to main
dress was as follows: tata Christianity. The State must re-
, . . v , - . spect its religious minorities. It is no
One subject inevitably resolves mto piea of restrainism, it is no narrowness,
the frequently-discussed problem of "The but it is patriotism that insists that
State and Education." We are con-; Christ shall be the ideal in education,
fronted with several questions, namely, and at the same time protests against
what part shall the' State take in edu-,the State upholding that ideal. You
cation? What shall the State do for edu- cannot do Christianity a greater injury
cation? What policy, ahall the State pur-; than to establish it, as Oonstantine
sue witih regard to institutions of edu-proved. It is a shame, not merely upon
cation "which it does not support? And,! common sense, but it is a shame upon a
finally what shall the State expect of free country, a1 land whose glory is its
education?. These questions must be an- religious liberty, to say that a State in
swered. They confront not only us, but stitution is Christian. You cannot make
throughout this nation for many years an institution Christian by giving its
they have occupied the minds of think- graduates Bibles. You cannot make an
ers. The matter is too great for preju- institution Christian by making its
dice, selfishness, pride or epithets. Dr.1 faculty Christian any more than you can
Mclver and I differ, 'but we differ on make state Christian by converting its
high grounds. - I officers. If the State must offer higher
T r ' 7 education, it must be Godless
considered as a system of laws or an em-
bodiment of traditions. The State as a' ,V"k " 'ZZ7Jt"ZZ'ZZ
S-i'i.Stnrti "Iternative of teaching Christianity and
mind. The State as an institution, is a Ln . . ' ,
creature of its citizens, by compact, for nf njU9t' ntfue I
thir .mi1t,,ni ,ti ft. ntw, s. the State, or of raising up a genration of
as defined in the Constitutioni, to protect! Rk5Pti
If it goes beyond its f unction, it becomes rajTt jlitom
an asrrMfmr. snd nwhan a trjini?rPsaor: U to unlawful, undesirable;
.... . . ... fill 1" J erf- an ?tiTOnoTifT
, v .i, r'-.iina has boon frtrivine I j i. t " TC ' irst, men, wnat use nas tne state ror " , v T: . ""' , ,
1. North Carolina has been striving cent. lA , ' and ,n ,a ?.ew case 1 J? mber that educaticm?, What right to educate at all? e If y ay this argument debars the
ffore tDun quanci ui a. vtiimij ' " vv-v. v iovuuu 17 j ucuams L c iii i-8 is uetermineu by tne State s need wnci. cuuvuivu, x iuihwct,
.'Paan efficient public system by a certainly follow adoption of local taxa- audience decided in favor of abolition. ht does nothing that is not necessary! the free schools never have and never
.i ,tp t9T This tax has been , . ,r r , ; uum pi. iwtruijr xms is tne essential idea of seir-govern- m i up u wacmug curmuiuiuy. vre
t-aenu Ei.ne from stimulation or local onae ana local vin r mom inflno-n. ;n Tinri on.i l 4 : x T.- Wkt-
cradually increased to 20 cents on Jfiuu interest. Each school would no longer State decrv DubKc education as a svs-l thv man hkoth-it- cv w look to these schools for intllisrenpp
valuation of property and 60 cents on .be the State's school nor even the conn- tern that would pauperize the people protection of their rights. . I in character.
ibe run, ana im unwiy uui u.u y . .tuvu ul uc uu. ana aestroy tne self-respect and man- tta-Ai- ? wi..f 1. t. i.
nmJicon todav all that we have been munitys scnooi no longer inaenniteiy hood of ?ndiv!dual But not manvLf r , i-wu c UJr t " , 1 .,
, ,naiuou iu ni1oP k,t v,rT finitplv nnr e moiviauai. ijut not many at the conclusion that the State must strtutions of higher education voluntarily
aioe w acroiupiiM m imccuau uv. . v.. ow, , - ucn utterances nave oeen neara witm.l mojnn n .nni.M r mti
the past half-dozen yeare. I schools of elementary instruction "in It sshould chprish thm. TTtwvti thorn
And now that ; we have come to an reach of ''the. people; not for any indi-' depends the higher education of by far
We cannot hav a Christian government.
we must have
this system:
The entire school fund is $1,035,316.
school.
Men would thus biennially at least be
lhe?unlber 01 cnuaren 0i btuuw 06 --1 anA jnvinai nf nrrvid-' agreement that the education of the vidual's good not for pride; tmt because the most of its young men and women.
IS OLlJ. 1 jtij children Of thp StatP of Knrth nnmlinii I in a Self-SOVerninir State, it is Of the fifrst ThPT ivnmwnt at lanat Ana Triillinn nt
amonnt spent ior eaucauou uj. v,mA ; is fnnMum nf tWrnvomnuTit ? aim. imtortance that the bodv oolitic be fn- liai-a mxthnA
,1 he amount spent ior euumuuu ui. rwrHiA rv oWM in their is a function of the government, it sim- importance that the body politic be in-. dollars contributed freelv.
ftlni iwJth S trholsorovided'neighborhoodto make the most possible ply means that their educational needs telligent, able to read and write, to learn I It should not undertake to compete
The average lengtn 01 scnoois proviueu vlmSo1- KHati Shinto n or. mnst ' bp mot hvnnhlii tnnirinii r.n 1 ts duty, to administer self-government. I wt.h fhAm. 1?W W inir Stot
for these children is: White, lJ.4o weeK3, t. n Qwes tQ another olie to his we not hope then that the State will Tnere is no ope of an 1 adequate. private yU obligate itself to destroy them. If
cWed, 11.M weeks.- . . a ft. ! fellow man, a high moral obKgation treat the, institutions for its children fFftem of common schools. At. a .care- tne State offer Mgher education to a few,
The average salary jaid tchersof, nded in hean-bor Christ- with at. least the same consideration hat f"1sae nTty ; th people . it must offer to all. Offering it .to all, it
Awe children is: White, $23.60, colored, taugQt prmeiple o tie common brother- it does jits; institutions for its afflicted, f North Carolmaare jibsolutely depend-. wmikl destroy the Christian colleges.
I V,rI man Sn nnnatinna miliot hp ita nriTninaia on1 : :.fa nonnA 9 A nn.) ' CHt Upon PUDl'lC free SCDOOlS. . I Tha Sofn mn 1hit it. inDti.tyv
nHSSXT, JS?Sfi ma very Personal and dividual be- from the fact that these children, are IV8 PPP0800 we ,W.tht others cannot resist the inroads of
roi'LLAllOJN JNUKlii iJAKAJukixA . M Vl j-nt1v tti hv men v,iioo a v i arrive at tne orates rignt to compulsory
T(Sa STATES OF j VIII Lotottto flie only hope flictedHf flowed, to : grow who ve given so freely to
01 restoring ana upDunoirag tue iou witbout training and without, -culture; Tv,n ma if ,T,, im xi. ; Tistiaa education aTe aroused: they
2. That some progress, and along cer- schools in rural districts and thus pre- .n ivin rtrisM.itun w 11 come, if we dfj, not Mnprove. our . a vn&arv innit'
uiuue uououy ni ueujr, uuu , Tery Best lire Diooo oi so many or tnese alone would dictate a iiberai
public schools are still sadly inadequate, ,covrntry neighborhoods that seem to towarda those institutions which wUl de
m all things, to the stupendous task of, threaten their destruction. These drains termine its character, progress, and pros
properly educating the six hundred thou-; have resulted largely from the flocking- it m tne fut.ure
sana cnuaren oi scnooi age in our outte . to Towns ana cities mat nave uy lucai undertakes to do anv- of an army of 200000 children marching ions, may be granted, it has no right to
no one can, with reason, deny. taxation established successful graded vvnen tne btate undertakes to ao any oi narmyoi caun Tcmng , b
o ti, ' j.-n r. ' ui i,a mnt.t omK;inna thme. it oueht to do it. if possible, in to ignorant citizenship! Behold the 37, 80 maintain mem tnax tney come iuio
in the srtem: the machinery is good. parents of all classes to secure
t m pftmnnro rnrArnn v wirn tiiiikp iil t'n im :i I mtm;i i launuca ivi cxi. ax viiuuiuu. c i . - , ... . ... ' .. . , m
, x x xr.K ..nvno ;T,Dfi u;, into. Ply to be ciuzens. erowine ud witn . aroiina. o oi normaa scnoois. me
i .x . it general taxaxiou xlus la-iicu- iu vjuiuuua iuoiuu Vx ""u6 - i - . . ol a t. . , , . , , ,
pplv the things necessary for a sue- nor to tne private scnoois m tne state, " . 7 s , " 'r
And All England Hails Its
Queen and Empress
A CITY WITH BMBEBSiSSSSSHS?
he was saluted In oasain h . a
men in sld and was escorted to the wit
ng room by the master of the ceremonies.
Colonel, the Hon. Sir Wm. James Co
A minute or so later General Xebion A.
Miles, representing the United States
army, rode up on a splendid horse, tad
in full uniform. He lingered for a mo
ment there without any one attending to
him, and then rode out. '
After leaving the quadrangle, Genersl
Miles took his place in th
GENERAL MILES BIDES IN AND ! SJf.lS.iV ta
-Y..urIipmin witn AOS-
HER DIAMOND JUBILEE
THEJi BIDES OUT.
NO MENTION MADE OF GLADSTONE
The Queen Ate Breakfast at Nine and Pressed
the Buttonat 10:10 A. M. -Billows of
Pomp and State But the People
Were Not In It.
London, June 22. Chauncey MY De
pew has kindly written for the Associat
ed Press his impressions of the jubilee.
They are as follows:
tria and ending with the United States.
General Males, representing the United
States army, rode with General Lagren,
representing the President of France, M.
Faure, these two officers bringing up the
rear of the portion of the processioa
formed by the military attaches.
By 10:20 a. m. the envoys carriages
were loaded and took up their position
in the center of the quadrangle. Shortly
afterwards the Queen's superb coach ar
rived and it had hardly come to a stand
still when the landaus with the hulie
and lords in waiting and the Princesses
were in their alloted positions. All the
ladies wore light toilettes of blue, green,
lilic and piuk, the latest Paruian I
dainties. -
Then the envoys landaus started. The
i nnces next mounted their horses and
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Is North Carolina doing her duty by VYr wawois. wn
the public schools? She is not. Look at allay'HMt be to the point. If the
the salarips Sep the nortrlv-na.id and in-:-sta has a Tight to maintain the tech in
competent teachers? Hear the tramping cal schools, which, under certain condi-
most other States. The insuperable ob
stacles in the path of the public schools su
I,., l i -ami T & ni i"T L nr,
nas open
MONEY
l tne pain ot tne puoiic scuwis oujiii. " , ,r , ; . Z ; . 7, ' fortv wppItj of darkTip TCrfh O.arv. for women in eomnetHion witn everv
n. and still is, LACK OFcessful and adequate system of public ought to be equal or superior to them, fyffrogr
wa... fiM tATPmnvp' schools, if local taxation has supplied just exactly as the capitol building at i?na t8 -P0 ta ool8 feinal.e senary in tne staite. L.et tne
.C: IV oYim; ' ih n Sta.te nd in the towns Ualeiirh and the State Librarv are suoe- uui uer promise umumitea. xecnmcai scnoois oe xecnnicai; let tne
im; vDsiucie Dy a vjHixx j&b.jij outie iba, ' , . ; . " " , . . f 7 , . . , anticiDate here, and sav that1 -normal schools be normal
f,r schools. The State has already gone and cites of our own State and promises nor to the homes and libraries of ord- righfto t SnSngi Finally let to saTSb from a State
... .... x. sx I eiinnlT thptn in our rural districts what . nnrv nitiizpns. As citizpns of the State 1 . OLaLe uaa ... 11su- w w syeuuiiis i finally, let me say mat rrom a state
laruier in xnis airection wan any oj. us , T7 ;r 0" , . ri : v . Cx YT x Yi. large sums on higher education. S20.000
i . I mmaina Kilt frtf thl S.taTP trt WnSPlV lOl- a aa ncirmto TX'Q. nil orht Tint tft BPP trip I v.ux-u..xvu, Tv,uuu
sister states, except two or tnree ana it,;- , :, " r " V: "rw , X ; T to graduate a class-of forty, when the
. . . x .x i - Mow their pxamnle? ! Ktatp'n inatitntinns fnr onminnla and for 7 . . . ... J . " .
- WretaukDon mthS fnSms:r " the at dlSSSSS'S
and eye to eye upon this of justice tower m dignity fboTe other It is foJ1 t spending public money
question. We need a baptism of the spir- structures and institutions arjund them. tpafthin A fpw VODne mel L,.
J g h falrneJte hafe a in 8hame when We are fied to P? " out aand boys and girls hardly have chance
of North Carolina. J.ne people inave a ft... :nt;n, nt thn Rtatn wViiHi rp x i xv..i t t
1 lSlto J -inooU for 1 only nore im-
it. Buuu we uiyu. In my judgment, the Act of the last portant; it is more needed. We have am-
DR. C D. M'lVBR'S SPEECH. 'legislature, not authorizing, but ordering pie and more adequate (as I shall show)
The Mutual Relations and Duties -of an election to be held next August in institutions of higher education which
"The Diamond Jubilee procession has
passed and has left a lasting impression. ; ranged themselves in trronim of three
Its preparation required sixty years. A 10:10 a- - a bustle on the main
and was over in sixty minutes. Pride, Maty? ann"nCed the coniins of "er
power and adoration were its character- j Queen Victoria slowly descended the
istics. Pride in the imperial position of stairs, assisted by a scarlet clad and
Great Britain in the world, and exhibi-, white turban Indian attendant. She was
tion of power which inspires this national dossed in black, wore a black bonnet.
,x x. ji m i ix x tnmmed with white and carried a whito
exaltation and fervid loyalty in action gun8na(je rrjt-u wnue
expression and thought for the Queen, j At the foot o the tairway ner Ma.
"xVs to the pageant, it was dramatic jesty paused for a minute and touched
and historic. The Lord Mayor, in his an electric button connected with all ,
robes of office, meeting the sovereign at h; tefeRraphic systems throughout the '
. , British empire and it flashed around the
the city gates, recalled the early sugges- worM the enn.
tion of liberty, in the privileges won from . "Fiom my heart, I thank my beloved
kings by free cities, and the sheriff, in pecple. My God blrss them."
medieval costume escorting the monarch Her Majesty then t lowly seated herself
within its bailiwick, gave a glimpse of in her carria?, the royal trumpeters
the origin and recognition of civil rights wounded a fanfare, the Prince of Wales,
by the throne. (joined the Queen and then the Princess
"The monarch escorted by Princes and ' Christian of Sehleswij, Ilolstein joined
guarded, by the military forces of the the party.
realms, both regulars and volunteers,! The procession was the most brilliant
national and colonial, evidenced the affair cf its kird ever witnessed ia Lon
strength and permanency of the monar-'don and lepnserted all the nations over
shial system with this people. J which Her Majetry rules. Everywhere
"We Americans glory in our country, the Queen ws received with tbe wildest
and in its marvellous developments in a enthusiasm.
hundred years, and duly assert ourselves, At Temple Bar the Lord Mayor and
on the 4th of July. The celebration by. city officials received Her Majesty. Ap
the Germans of the twenty-fifth aaniver-' proaching her carriage. His Lordship,
sary of the battle of Sedan, and the th all due abeisancc, presented the
founding of the German Empire, which hnt the city.g ar sword which wai
I saw, was a wonderful exhibition of .undrawn. This whs the ancient cere
race and national feeling. ' mony of dutiful srbmisJon. The Queen
"But the consecrated and irrepressible ,iRht,y touchcd itf tbaB returning it to
joy and pride which preceded, accompa- j the Mayor m i6kea that his sub-
niea ana ionowea uie e . nTikn w irmomn.lT roontl h-r hl
sistless torrent, surpassed anything ever
sovereign. Her Majesty then command-
witnessed before. Though many races
d may toYSilPartlCT!fLi ceed. The .heriffe took their place, with
.V.Md ta"".WMlthe aldermen and commonerT imme-
JUDglUSU, aim .UC Kiuij mao xiu6iuuu c.
swms rMtnnaWr onrtnin tVmt it has nnp 'ow their example
as far as the most sanguine friends of i
the public schools can hope. The increase
in the public school fund by general tax
ation has hardly more than kept pace
with the increase in school population.and
a quarter of a century hence will find us
still struggling with the hopeless task of : y hf Shall we dippoint them?
iug io euueaxe out ciiuureu iui i.w
apiece, unless some means shall be found
for more Tapidly increasing our public
school fund.
4. The onlv hoDe of materially in
a. S TkT s-t a avKnA mVf aIi I -k. at Ci i x iL:m.
ct0 Qr,l SSliW woa fhp snhWt as- very towusmp m uvuu lu.ma UUHi tue oia-ie wiu.ug
k7iaiCO HUU UtlJWiW "
I fiiimAH T ("haa II MCITOT. MP Rin: . . ... . x xT x I ..xx- jx- 1 x a t
oreasing our nnblic scool fund lies in the t ' - scnoois, ana tne commana to repeat. iuai insuiunons in oruer ia iiaye leacners ror
If it be said that we must have higher
general adoption of an effective and ade-;
V.OO Tint irivf atriaA a 1a1 tflT fdV nilhllip
iie saia. scnoois &nA the command to repeat that
In treating the subject assigned to me eection every two years until a tax is I lower institutions, I answer that we have
. uuujiiuii vx a-xi exxevw. I . ... , . I ..... . xx i xl I 4JU . , -A -M xa. V.U-
quate svstem of LOCAL TAXATION by the Program Committee, i nave as- votea, is tne most important iaw uu me ixiem aurauj- juuuucui Vi me yuwc
milar to that adooted by all other sumed that by the "schools" the commit-; Statute books of North Uarolina. it taxes; ana i aeny mat graauates oi
States that are successfully educating tee meant the public schools in the coun- behooves those of us who have studied stare institutions nave usnnguisnea
tnis nroDiem ana wno Know inai we can i moci.ti, xa ua " u;
great masses of tneir cnuaren in puo-; try aisincis Buyyuntru uj xx. w cxx. " " --7- snftftl(J Vrn find them in a fw pifv
lie schook. The followine taken from the To be sure the State owes a duty to never have a respectable public school schoo Is. You find thein m a few city
institution standpoint, the voluntary
principle must be preferred. It would
encourage the teachings of Christianity.
It would take the institutions out of
politics. It would encourage growth, .in
crease endowments. - Our State insti
tutions will never be great institutions so
long as the State maintains them. The
State cannot spare them enough money
to make them great; philanthropists will
not largely endow them so long as the
State treasury is behind them. The
voluntary principle will, moreover, put
higher institutions upon a fair basis and
promote wholesome competition. The
great institutions are voluntary Yale,
Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Chicago,
Lelaird, Stamford.
This is a discussion of tbe subject
from the standpoint of a large number
of plain thinking people. They are con
fident this view will prevail. They are
struggling to establish the voluntary
principle, aware not only of being right,
but of having God and a great cause to
lead them. They are the protestants
against the educational establishment:
the advocates of the enthronement of
Ohrirt in education.
"v- - - - --. - . artlwVIa Kiif Qti-fiv from ,o TailmaHs
Prt of the United States Commissioner . the private schools throughout tne state ; system witnin tne limit ot taxatnon im-
f Education will show to what extent and to its own established higher mstl-; posed by tne constitution, ana wno oe- r ' "C." ,t
the public funds of the various States tutions of learning, and to the denomina-: lieve in the honesty, the good sense and ?a "" c ' "!Tfi:
are derived from local taxations. Itional colleges within its borders. In .the courage of our people to pursue tne . - ;
Hie per cent of thp school fund derived turn, all of these institutions owe a cor-, Tight course wnen it is made plain to - . - , .
from local taxation in the various States responding duty to the State. But neith- , them, to do our utmost between -now and i,.""" DoouWHon If von
is as fnllrvtva. pt hia opension nor the time allowed on the August election to induce tnem to i 1 j x. r
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Maine, fin- 'ow TTninriaTiipp- R1 ; Vpr-. thp nroeram would austify a full treat- see and act upon that truth wnach alone l m
ment ox wirse VUx.6. uuu. -. rxr- l Una began at the top. Jsew iflngland be-
Therefore, while recognizing them all, I j Let us cry aloud and spare not. Every at the you know j.
shall discuss in this paper the mutual man has some innuence, ana tnose 01 us 1 ferpnce.
relation and the duty of the State and who live in towns and communities which It j- nninSt to devote the nublic monev
the public schools for the children. have already voted a special tax upon to tJle education of a few, when, there is
The State is an oreamzation of cati- themselves and are enjoying we mess-1 no rpasonable oossibilitv of common
zens of every, class, united for the pur-jings of good public schools ought to J (benefit. '...Equal and exact justice fails
nosp of nrotectme the life and liberty arouse these people to weir auty to use 1 when the State snves 600 Tonne men and
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of the individual, ior maintaining xue , an we innuence uare ui u-1 women Signer education, and neglects to The injunction case of the State and the
Tirhts of the community against the . tracts around 4hem which have not voted provide for the other 600,000. L,,.,- Tx,;, o.rr, .t,a Tomi;
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individual and against ouisiae encroacu- a local tax. anere is uui. uuiuuiuxiilj j in me local taxauon election wmcn svs -ry j TnCVpr and others of the
nt, 7G; Maachusetts, 98; Rhode Is-
m. M3; Connecticut, 75; New. York,
Pennsylvania, 57; Delaware, 76; Ma
ryland, C"; Virginia, 44; West Virginia,
North Carolina, 1 7-10; South Caro
. 14: Georgia, 23; Florida, 67; Ken-.
tuCkr, 45: Artoneoo ft- Tniaiana fvi-
JJms. 1; Oklahoma Territory, 66; Ohio,
a i?diana 46; Illinois, 86; Michigan,
' ; Wisconsin, 74; Mississippi, 63; Iowa,
Missouri, 75; Nebraska, 67; Kansas,
: Montana, 93; Wyoming, 97; Colo
raJo. 63; Utah, 59; Idaho, 94; WaBhing
n. 90; Oregon, 71 ; CaUf ornia, 48;
ijnitd States, 67; South Atlantic States,
The Jowest per cent, you will observe,
18 in North Carolina.
t Massachusetts, which has, perhaps,
, h C0InP,ete and successful public
oJJS m America, raises 98 per cent of
' lllonev fr.r 1 i 1 T anir
AXAi'IOX..
, The only puMic scaools m North Caro
- a to-day adequate in teachers, build
, length of term, etc., to the task of
acatine allltliAx.Min . .i 1
;: 11 "e those of the cities and larger
t, that ave levied a liberal local
f'rn ! which or 2-3 of their school
'-Hl ls derived. ; ,
"how tlleT tvWences unnecessary to
vi tne failure of .genral taxation alone
' lmiSt iU?CPSf f general taation sup
nn; rr ted by iocai taxation.
iue people of "NTk ro- a
thev L te the test opportunity,
have ever hm.i -ni
- uvi -aa guuu Wll Vp-
or
THE A. & N. C. B. R. CASE.
The Complaint and Affidavits Read Yes
terday , Before Judge Timberlake
Eminent Counsel.
Durham, -N. C, June 22. (Special.)
ments, and for providing certain public in North Carolina with a good, efficient I coming I shall do my part. It confronts j primte stockholders of the A. & N. C.
necessities ana promoting graueu eww wmexe vu-um.um U3 hiui a. u. uu umu bxuih . Railroad was taken nn bv Jndee Timber-
lake at Chambers. The complaint and
affidavits were read when the matter
continued till to-morrow night.
was
RrhPTTiP for thp: tmblic eood that cannot 1 voting population could be induced to dnty. Count no prejudice so great, no
so well be secured by individual effort vote for a repeal of the law-levying the J selfishness so extreme, no obstacle so
nA AtP pntpmrise. BDecial tax school tax. If this single powerful as to prevent you, teachers of
Courts of justice and public roads, ! fact could -be proclaimed by those who North Carolinaa, from going anywhere
xi,-.,v sri-nn lxii. rttntrin in indiTldnal bnvp thp nnblip ear. it would have more I and doing everything, to battle out a
euterp Tae T-..jweigbi than anything that a teacher, or gloriotisvictory in Augus
"IJ;1a I. Kna;np nf the irovern- all of u combined, could say. - promised four months' schools, and un-10' ; w ""ff
5Lx i, v ;anmnt rHmp T bplipvp that all of our leaders do- der the new law we may have them; but
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and the restraining of criminals and litical, religious and otner ougnt to taKe - Vi
when argument will begin. The plain
tiffs are represented by C. B. Aycock,
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. - 1 lwftrp thp rrf emrf thp irorpiima
hal procession or a Koman conqueror. t :. - : - r
." i tJlA escort cf lue guards and the procession
each other, and emphasized to foreigners,
as the colonials marched by, that they
were not captives chained to the chariot
sf their conqueror, but "willing subjects,
free citizens of one world-wide empire,
following their sovereign."
"White, yellow and black soldiers
trooped by, each accelerating and increas
ing, the tidal wave of enthusiasm and
presenting a panorama of power ur
equalled in history. The seeds of this
power were in the American revolution
and it expanded into this wonder fdl
spectacle by the principles of self-government
so triumphantly vindicated by
the founders of the United States.
"Among the American spectators there
was no jealousy nor stint of praise and
applause. We could both glory in the
vitality and virility of the mother coun
try and rejoice mightily. We were not
marching in the procession, but we were
present as the proud equal in all that
sonstitute a free people and a great
xation.
"It was pleasing to note sur neighbors
sf Canada. They easily took the lead
amone the colonials. The feet that th3
srovince of Quebec was an rebellion
when Victoria came to the throne and
that her Premier, now here, is a French
man and a Catholic, apealed to English
imagination. That the descendants cf
Montcalm and his countrymen should
vie with the children of Wolfe and his
soldiers intheir loyalty, and that Canada
has made a beginning by favoring Great
Britain as against other nations in her
tariff have touched both the British
heart and pocket.
"Making due allowance for the exalta
tion of the hour, Victoria will occupy a
great place in the history of the nine
teenth century. Her influence for peace
has been a momentous consequence to
Great Britain, Europe and civilization.
"She has always been cordial in her
friendship and anxious for the loftiest
relationship with the United States. Her
messages, sweet, tender and womanly, to
the widow of Lincoln, and the wife of
dying Garfield, gave her a warm welcome
and a permanent memory in our Ameri
can homes.
"In estimating her influence, we must
picture what might have occurred with
a war-like or corrupt sovereign an!
secognize in her power the accumulated
force of sixty years of wisdom as a
ruler and as the best example as woman,
wife ana1 mother."
Inside Buckinham Palace, London.
X MoQsLtb-ey, V(
ior to seniro l-w.i x x- . .
the physical needs for transportation
and travel impress more strongly civili
zation in its early periods than do the
needs of intellectual and spiritual cul
ture, the world has been slower to recog
nize that free public education is a func
tion of government than it has been to
recognize the necessity for free public
courts and free public highways.
The time, has almost come, however,
for the recognition of the trutii that
ignorance and illiteracy, which, though
not synonymous, are nearly akin to each
other, are enemies to law and order and
(hindrances to even material progress,
and a menace to organized government
nor dn the days of the great American . f - t education, wnat
Revolution was there a higher call to " ""US
duty than comes to-day to the political Vww Y!,
or other leader to go forth and lead the Y, r.."-i f
r .... .1 ran hp Stntp maintain meflu utiiI insolir
52ft TrTf1 an institution of higher' education?
.ft-,j xu Higher education by the State is not
citizens whose very names will - rti r t,
draw a gathering of .people an any i f x.- . Tf it hx
locality m oth Carolina will joiu tn this haTe become of Norm Carolina with her
campaign, it will be the beginning of a infinitelv small proportion of population
revolution. Let us, as educators, and as of college students? What would have
representatives 01 xue ssmur m nB ruuca- become of other States which do not
tional field, appeal to these men to enter maintain institutions of higher educa
the campaign and let their voices be tion? But if higher education were nec
heard on the right side of the greatest essary, is it not amply provided without
DaTkness can be dispelled only by light, j question that has come before our people cost to the State, and more adequately
to secure local taxation. A more 1 and the conclusion is irresistible that the in the present generation. Their hearts 1 than the State can provide? I say more
P. M. Pearsall. The defendants b7
Judge Boykm and W. W. Clarke. It
is expected the case will be continued
from night to night until the argument is
completed.
! moved t'JTvardi St. Parl's amid roars of
cheers that teemed in the narrow ttreeta
to be echoed awl rc echo'"d.
After the services ai 8t. Taul's in
which the Arch-Bishop cf Canterbury
and other leading clei gy participated, the
Queen leturned to the Palace. She was
very much pleased and smiling and not
over-fatigued. The whele affair passed
off without a hitch.
To-night London was illuminated on a
grand scale.
With illuminations which are universal
in every city, town and hamlet of Eng
land, Walos ard Scotland, and in some
parts of Ireland, there yet rem pins to
be mentioned the final touch the light
ing of the empires torch the ancient
form of giving warning or sending joy,
the beacon fires. As ten o'clock struck
at the Greenwich observatory a tongue
of flame shot upward from Great Mal
vern, "The backbone of the midlands."
It was the jubilee beacon fire. Hardly
had the rpectatcr tinre to look on it be
fore another flared in the distance on
the right, then again on tbe left, on the
north, south, east and west.
Peak answered to peak until from
Berwick on-Twted to Rough Tor and
Brown Willie in -Cornwall, from tbe
Cathedral towers of Lichfield, Worces
ter, Ripon, Lincoln, and Durham, from
Skiddaw to St. Heliers, from Hasting
to Cader Iris, atd across the water to
Donegal and Dublin, a thousand beacon
fires blazed up their meMage of loyalty
to the sovereign. Half an hour later
the lowlands, the high-lands, the wild
Hebrides even to Netima Thule, sent
answering signals to the sky. And then
slowly as the light failed from day to .
evening, round the world, the empires
torch was lit.
A COUNTER DEMONSTRATION.
London, June 22. Midnight The ju
bilee was celebrated in almost ail parts
of Ireland with entbuniasm, by public
fetes, decorations, illuminations and
bon fires.
The Parnellites, however, were very
busy with counter demonstrations. In
Dublin a procession went through- the
streets carrying a black flag and a coffin
labelled "The British Empire," ami
smashing the windows of illuminated
houses. The city has not been so thor
oughly excited since the death of Pa r-nell.
MISS FANNIE COBB DEAD.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Monroe, N. C, June 22. (Special.)
On last Saturday evening, the 19th inst.,
about 4 o'clock, while Mr. Claude Sikes,
son of Mr. John C. Sikes, and a negro,
of Goose Creek township, on Rocky
river, were hauling np wheat to his
father's barn, Mr. Claude Sikes and two
mules were killed by lightning, and the
negro was stunned for several hous.
Mr. Sikes was about 20 years old, and
a brother of Prof. E. W. Sikes, of Johns
Hopkins University. -
June 22. The Queen breakfasted at D This Most Estimable Young Lady Pawe
s clock and informed her physician tnat
she was sot fatigued by yesterday's cere
monies.
Already at this hour, in the great quad
rangle of the palace, there are many
srlgns of the coming ceremonies. Gorge
sashr attired servants gathered near the
scarlet carpeted staircase, which was
lined by rare flowers, while the strains
of the national anthem, as a band passed
the palace, announced jbat the colonial
procession had started. At the same time
the special envoys who were to take part
in the procession began arriving in the
great quadrangle. ;
Undted States Special Envoy, the Hon.
Whitelaw Reid, was the first to appear.
Away After 'a Lingering I lines .
Chapel Hill, N. C, Jane 18. (Special.)
This morning at the residence of Iwr
brother, Prof. Collier Cobb, of the Uni
versity, Miss Fannie Hooper Cobb pawd
peacefully away after a lingering illness
of many months.
Miss Cobb had beenviiting Iwr broth
er for many months, having come to
Chapel Hill on. account of the climate.
She was a daughter of Iev. N. B. Cobb,
of Sampson, and wa a young woman of
rart gifts of personal attractivene.
The sympathy of the entire community
goes out to Prof. Collier Cobb and fam-'
He drove in accompanied by one of theiilr in this hour of tlmr affliction.
royal equerries, the latter being all gold, I The remains were toiay sent to Li!e-
? scarlet and feathers, while Mr. Reid was rille, via Raleigh, for interment.
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