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P1TTSBORO, N. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1902
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t rtui aiuin vnnu.
Gra ma is the one that know
How ua bov like thm'a,
Spec'ly at Thanksgiving tim ?
Okl tliea's van iua begins.'
l u aoon mt it is light
Brother hem an' me
We get upiota to di
Kre we start, you aw;
Cap ma" miltest aa big rest;
- Fur robe, tucked ia clow, ..
l.ores pcancuT, anowflakes tying
Xow we'e pel JDMTarHMil
Jlailnu U'ra'nta.! Jluiiou Graa'pa!
Vat io ta dt !
Oh! we know what fun we'll have,
WeV bwa hvtr hrfone;
lireftt bt t-tn w an liwmi
Oaab'ry jelly, rhteittu ps, - . (
rutt ca.e, aiipie, trl eider.
Nita t trark -e )h. rav!
More good times tuau can tell
Such lit v4 f uu an" j!'y iioie.
Far our tent "oka ah ytn' iitotv
What's it-! for uk bwys,
A Thanksgiving Story.
Meg fstf irpwii a low stool by 'the win
dow with n sart Jitil pucker ber
' pretty fa. -.- ; ; ...
Near by eat Mrs. Thompson. less
motbtr. Ming. ttewinu uwaj, for
tloica Mrw tiurU axul wait fattier Jiway
o& dotntf ilmy In tlie rii!li;iin., the
IaW little nwtbw Ual to tiuh imWy
lflj- after JUy to kn Jbf liuy twine iu
?un)partiv(K eijinfort.
"When did yu faTlicr misht
come horn, inollwr?" Tlif inuti.ai
W9i asked tlniMJy for tliere bad Ihb
so nisny diXrtiiHJiii!irii-!iln. " .
"I hope be will tw with us At Th.mU
ff Svluf time, dear." A eltfU w$ utiltlird
Into th Jouir mani. aud Mei! did not
It.
Motberi" tlx low voit h:id a u
jrsiv of a mill in it. "I had a beau
tiful plan, but t am. afraid I uunt
it up." .
"Npvi'r tn.iuir t-ri'i.' llif-re aiv olbi-:
ptanst. yen know, and you av ouly wn
year old." "
" Itui ibis was suh a biautlful plnn.
I wa itjiviriit my pennies for a Tbntiks
j;iviiij iiirkpy. I wet jtolng to urpr!i"
you and dear. dtr daddy. I bad
twflity-flT '-filth a toy batik. I U suk
li, dreadfully" long ago. but I b:id to
lake the money nnd iww there I not a
tinslff rent " Tln-ro vu no uilMtnke
nbont the ob lh!i tlitu.
"What liav you done wiib the
inoiH'y, (laugblor J" lr. ThoiupHun .
lay down ber work and drew Me;;
nearer.
"Why why- " wlih it it effort lit
Mjlf-eoutrol, "we bad 10 have Hoiut?
blank liookx nnd p.ids nt Ki boid nnd I
JuhI woidil not iii'k you. and -find-!
l)oubt them jnynelf, and I hute iliem.
for I did want tbe turkey go. 1. wanted
n truly Tbunkatfiving din tier.' for I
know father hami't Inid hiifee ho
went it way', and, of cuurf, you rau
not nfford one, mummy diirllns. nnd
f, nnd no " The curly head went
down In the mother' a lup aud .Me
bad good if y. ! !
"Now, never mind, deniks" nld
tuamiutt at hint "luu n a brave
i'mtw FKIKNP
Uttl'a acldlcr c!il. worthy of dear sob
dier-daddy, and I am bo proud of you
tbat uothlng else coo make me cry just
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" Llitefl, 1 bave a plan. W may not
be able to fill tbe bank with money
for a Thanksgiving leant, but we ran
do something better. Every time that
we hav anything to be really thankful
aboot we will write It upon a slip of
paper and put it lu the bank, if father
should be with ua when we expect
him we will open the treasure bank
together and I think it will make him
gladder than auythlng else to know
we had no many blessings when he
was far away. JCnw bring the bank,
dearie, I must flip in a thankful
thought right now. I am thankful for
my brare, unselflnh little girl.
Meg's tears were dried as if by
magie. and she rau and brought the
little iron bank to ber mother.
"Why. I uld fill it right up," be
laughed merrily, "when I nunc to
think, I have heaps to be thankful
forr
; So that was the beginuing and many
were the white slips that found their
way Into the Thanksgiving bank.
One. the very best of all. had these
words .uiwui it;
Ia'ddy ha really started for home;
I am the gratefult girl In the United
State:"
Meg wrote very well for such a small
girt, but ber happiness made her band
tremble over thoe words. Now. altout
three weeks before Thanksgiving she
bad a wonderful experience. It was a
warm day and her mother had given
her permission' to go for a walk in the
park, whif'.i was not far away. Why
he took the bank with her upon the
walk Meg really did not know; perhaps
she expected tt liave a thankful thing
happen that must I recorded-at once.
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who can tell? Hut she took 1 ho bunk
atid n pencil 'and paper. Suddenly
while she wusMunnins along, the leaf-
utrewn pntli, she heard music- low, sud
uiUKic, that somehow brought tears lo
liet' merry eyes. She ran to the road
nearby, nnd there, passing slowly, was
a Ions funeral procession, and by the
tlas and soldier in uniform Meg knew
thill a ."comrade" she always called
theui enmradex because her father did
was being carj .led by.
The siitht uiadti her lip qulrer, and
she ran hack to ti scat behind some
trees; then the thought came which
hnnight iibfuit the experience. She
took tin paper and pencil nnd wrote
slowly, speaking the words, aloud as
she spelled' thetii:
"I'm 'shamed to bo glad 'bout such
a solemn thing, but I am thankful It
isn't-my oldier-daddy who' Is going
by!" .
Then Meg tore oil' the slip and began
to push It into the narrow opening of
the batik.
"Whore Is your soldier-daddy, my
dear little girl?"
Meg jumped to her feet nnd almost
screamed,' but when she snw the kind
face of a comrade gazing at her from
the other end of the bench she changed
her mind and smiled. He was a very
splendid comrade In gold braid nnd
shining buttons, but his face made her
forget to bo awe -stricken. It was the
friendliest face Meg had seen for many
a day.
"Sit down, little maid," the deep vole
went on. I ws too weary to go fur
ther with my reglmaut. so I dropped
out to find a little girl being thankful
for a daddy who Is not being taken
away. Since I cannot follow my dead
. THE! OrZKXD THK BASK. '
comrade, let me hear about my living
comrade."
And then, strange as It may eeem,
Meg told the entire story of her simple
little life, even to her turkey disap
pointment, and the Thanksgiving bank
which was to be opened when the
soldier-daddy came home.
The comrade beside ber listened awl
nodded, and once he coughed and was
obliged.' to use his handkerchief, for
the coughing innde his eyes water.
"Well, well." he said, when tbe j
sweet, brave tale was endlpd, "I think (
there is a regular nest of heroes at j
your house. It Is really too bad that
the liovernmeut cauuot auotd i -d (
such patriots on turkey at least once J
a year. Dear me:' J
"Oh, I do not mind the turkey so
much as I did. Meg hast.n5 to say. j
"Mother happened to remember the j
other day that fladdy Is tre-min-dous
Iv fond of corned beef.'"
5 Ktrr SiirVf-ll no in I
TTcrrecs bjx 5, ill
ikrd bore. ,
ir unrrer'5 worl
Ile day n enjp
Ard rw &w&y, Jc
hitex gun ;
Seid5 ccfe5 "jjejr.
croc yo brool
are? Ircad5
lre tee r$) wcv-
A k 5hs ..
rd loiter- it fr
Trc blue sncke liglN.
lu flows Ad
u rui Turkey fur'
The comrade 'got up Just, then and
walked (piite around tin' bench before
lie sat. down. Finally he said; "Is then
any objection to m: putting in a thank
ful thought in tlii'.t magic bank?"
"Oh, no. sir," Meg was nil dimples
and smiles.
"I -should like a comrade to know
mat another. comrade, is proud to lutve
met his -daughter. And you must tell
me where you live, child, for I shall
want to welcome yur daddy home
by, and by,"
Meg. iu a flutter of excitement, pro
pared n slip of paper nnd the comrade
walked again around the bench, while
be seemed to have' some difficulty .In
settling his sword In place. The slip
was written, Meg was told to turn her
head away while? It was put in the
bank, and then, after n little further
talk, the comrades bade cat?! other a
cheery goodby. That evening.. Mrs,
Thompson beard nil about tlto experi
ence, and later,' in the excitement of
looking. for ber father, the nilair'was
forgot tr ii.
Two days before Thanksgiving,
Meg's soldier father came home, and
you should have been there fo see the
fun. Never were three people happier.
All the clouds disappeared nud It was
sunlight every minute.
The evening before Thanksgiving the
bank was opened and the slips rend by
iladdy amid 'scivauia of laughter aud
merry jokes.
Suddenly Sergeant Thompson stopped
laughing and said In surprise:
,-What U thi-r
"Xhl that's the comrade's thankful
slip. I forgot to tell you, daddy." but
Just then Meg gasped in surprise, for
out of the slip dropped two crisp tire
dollar bills.
"Read what he wrote 7 cried mother, l
her face very pale. ,-
"He says," Sergeant Thompson read
slowly,-! am thankful, comrade, that
you .have such- a noble little daughter
and thankful thnt I have bad the priv
ilege of tiKetin,r her.
"P!ea.e have turkey' for dinner on
Thanksgiving Hay, It Is ciore patriotic
than eorned beef I x
"I shall drop iu to bid yoit welcome
home upon that day 7 and then was
signed simply the r.ime "John Stan
ley, Colonel Fifteenth Cavalry."
"Colonel Stnuley: gssped Sergeant
Thompson, "be way wounded lu Cuia.
He is oue of the bravest wldiem In tbt
service. Tell u all about it. Meg," Pa
Meg told tit.; story that bad had s
beautiful an ending.
And the next day? Well.' I will not
descritie that day. for it might makt
you Just a wee bit srrythat you hnv
not a soldier daddy and a great, splen
did comrade-friend Mi -the person of
thnt flie old warrior. Colonel Stanley.
Harriet T. Conisto k,
fMwOT- I'r 1h Table.
If f.-v.vis are to decorate the ;
TharkssriviLg table choose them from j
the li'irdr varieties of the season. The 1
chry&antheinuiBy'a course, beads the
list. Any scheme of-" 'color- may be
carried out with the aid of th! ltower,
which offers the decorator snowy
ie.
v t
white, pale, sulphur and. brilliant yel
dow, all the shades of bronze and rod,
delicate lilac nud pink blooms, In dus
ters or feathery pompous, or tightly
curled balls. But unless willing t )
have a tall centyplece, put th? vases
of chrysauthomuius at the. corner's of
the table, or.use another flower; these
proud blossoms ore sorry objects when
arranged iu a low, compact mound;
they are then as characterless nnd un
lovely as a crinkled paper mat. ' Cos
mos, roses or carnations are also ap
propriate, and the uuiuiuu grains, ber
ries and leaves.
IMeryj for Th,ailaaivuo. Diiyr
.tjrapt Fruit
V ' Owsl'f ot tVye Ka!I KtU
,'5p
Ce!ry 0liv ' 8ltdAltitJl
Broiled nKrir5 oi tartt
P.ot dirK'S) CKelniiWrisit,9, GibWli" FuMoe
Crcany orrtl wtth, rd-bgiUa1 ftC 1 ,
-''.v . '"' ftutl jallwt , .' ' . ''
Wiitt or puit)kii pit
Clci' with tc.tlcil wottra r'Cclfct
( (Quit! fntly Ditttr'
Oysltr toup
ftcW lC1rt,
aitt lurl iBrtaJslultim iCtarhtrry jtltjj
tAlfctJ poUtoct Browid lwtt poUtcii
1 Catl(j Ct!rj) Sftlii
Cl.ul4' iultc twiVii pi
In spite of the clamor against soft
coal It soot everybody.
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TEfi C'JIMY ilPUiNTE.DLNIS.
Qatherlnj of Prominent Educators la
City ol Raleigh. "
IlaJeieh. Foecial. Wednesday the
State. Association of Public School
Buperintettder.tB met herer State Sup
rinter.(kt.t Joyncr is presiding. It
may be aatd tbat all the couatics are
reprcseote. The address juade by Mr.
Jpyner was forceful. He pleaded for
consolidation of school districts, say
ing hat of the districts M per cent,
hae less ttaa 5 children of school
age. There are 6.C.3 white and 2.4:i
tcloretS districts. He said that last
year $1 ,269,71 4 was raised for pubiio
s.-hools. exciuf ive of $lfilC3 raised by
cities and tjw ng by local taxation. The
school tax ha3 increased in T7 years
from 124 cents on the $190 to 18
cents. Then the school fund was only
f 3;i,0C0. The school "term has been
lecgthtncd three weeks, but there has
cot been a rest cf increase in the sal
ary of teacher?.
Tbe speech r.-as of half-hour s length
and was admirable, in Mr. Joyaer'a
,i best style. He spoke of tbe view of
school consolidation, 8aying it was
1 easy to se that with larger schools
, .v at- 1
and sciiVM and vice versa.
There were present at the opening
of this convention of superintendents
these from 61 counties. Dr. Wallaee
Buttrick. of the general ducatioa
board, was there. His presence is an
Inspiration. Dr. C. b. Mclver was alsj
rrcsent. Superintendent W. G. (iaither
' of Perquimans, was made temporary
secretary, mere v as a ongu: giscu-
: Pi.n of the consolidation of aefeool 1 3tat School for Detf Mutos; J. F.
Sua. iWrSeSwel ioif-l -R- ,f'-rs.
were Cocprr, of Onslow; Hudson, of inl - P. tew .of Trinity College.
Caswell; Dr. Buttrick and Yenable., cf In foHon-ing districts were created:
Asheville. The latter was heartily ap- Northeast disirictCurrituck, Cam
Plaudec. He. told of the big graded , Pasquotank. Gates, Hertford,
. , i . a j
ana in? rnniary Bcrui uiuunu u,i
easv of access for the tittle scholars.
At the evening's sessicn of the coua
ty supsrlntendents' convention Super
intendent Venable. of Buncombe,
spoke on the location and plans of
schooibcuses, and two architects ex
plained plans of the same, wbllo sug
gestions were made by several superin
tpudent. aad Superintendent Way, of
Randolph, spoke on the observed b'jne
fits of better" houses and equipments.
State Superintendent Joyner discussed
ways and means of raising money for
t iter houses, grouads and equipment.
Superintendent Lcdford. of Davidson,
lead an a';ie paper on the necessity for
a ecu at y At'hool map and how to get
iL Stare Sup.erintendent Joyner made
a report fin local taxation -for public
sr'noo';,'; ai.d Supeilntcndcnt J. K.
Wharfrt. cf fliillford. spoke on the
bf-ne:i!8 cf local fixation and ways and
mcaiib ct securing it. C. D. Mclver
and ox-Stat - Superintendent ... Scrt
borotiffh failowtd cn this Bubject.
State S-'i perintendent Joyner is deeply
gratified at the success and interest of
the meeting. He says 80 superintend
ents are uow here.
Death By Faith Cure.
Marion, Special. Thomas Odom
about 21 years of ag, from South Car
c-llna .died at Elhanon Institute of
typhoid fever, making the second
death at that institute within about a
week. A Miss HunUll, from Ciavi?n
count, died there last week with fever.
Young OJom died without having
physician at all, and Miss Hunstall's
sister called a doctor after reaching
here from her home, but it was too
late. Thciie young people were follow
ers of Miss Mattie Perry, and believ
ers ia divine healing or faith cure.
Mr, Jordan Robbed.
. Mr. K. H. Jordan, of Charlotte, was
robbed of $100 cn a Pullman car while
en route to New York Wednesday
night. As he was .retiring lira. Jor
dan asked him about some money she
had given hint to keep. "I put it," he
said, "with mine in my book and put
the1 book in. the inside pocket of my
coat." Ho laid the coat trn the back
of the berth. When he awoke, he found
that his money was g;me. He thinks
Home inne overheard his conversation
with Mrs. Jordan about the money.
' Bolivia In State of Selge.
Lima, Peru, Special. Dispatches re
ceived here from LuPaz; Boliva confirm
the report thnt the government of tiint
republic on Saturday declared Bolivia
to be In a state of siege. It Is rumored
this step was due to the' Bolivians hav
ing been defeated by the revolutionists
in Acre and owing to the presence cf
Peruvian forces on the frontier.
Aed Lady Dead.
Albemarle, Special. Mrs. Charles p,
Cox, one of the oldeBt residents of this
place, Hied hero at 4 o'clock. She was
about SQ years of age. S&e had beeu
enjoying her usual good health up to
this morning about 9 o'clock, when
she suffeted a stroke of apoplexy from
which sho never rallied, Surviving her
are her aged husband and four grand
children, Messrs . Denney, Hal, Bon
and Frank Rose, whom she had reared
,and cared for since the death of their
parents, several years ago.; The time
for the funeral has not yet been an-'
nouncetL ' . -'
THE STATE DISTRICTED
neetlng of School Superiateodenta
Plaits Educational CampaigB.
Raleigh, SpecUl. Friday was tha
lnal one of the conference of county
superintendents. This meeting is the
ne of the most Important meetings of
sducators ever held In the State. In .
fact. It may be said it ia the best. ,
The opening v.-ork of the setislon Frl
lay was a dis, ussloa of teacher i
ititutes and sammer schools for teach-B
rs. Supt-rintcndeat Ragsdale, of Pitt,"
led a discuEslon oa rural lilwariea,
their use, benefiU and extension. Su-
perintendent Clements, of W'aie, led "
llscuaaion on the school law aad aug
tcstel changes. State Superintendent
loyner led a discussion on county and
State supervision. Superintendent Taw
Sngton, of Johnston, led a discussion
n the examination and grading of
teachers. Tbe committee on resolu
tions made its report this afternoon.
This was followed by a report by the
amitte oa the division of the State
t into district associations, the conk-
! mitteo recommending as to the num-
t ber of associations. ' ''
In the evening there was an educa
tional rally, at which bi-ief talks were
mi W Givcrzcr .ijto', ''R?by. . ';
Douglas .of GreenBboro: ' Charlea , P.
Mclver, H. L. Smith, i P. Yenable,
Editor Balky, of the Biblical Record
r; Rev. Plato Durham, Editor 'Dan
iels .of the News and Observer, and
nbers. At this" rally theie vaa a hot
ibly lare gathering of educators.
fcmon those present were "tcsUnt
i Hobtood, of Oxford Fv-male Seminary;
principal K. Mt K. floo Iwin, or ttie
: rson
ortharcpton. Halifax. Bertie, Chowan,.
Perquimans, Dare, TyrreL Washing
ton, Martin. "Edgecombe, Nash ,Pitt,.
Beaufort, Hyde, Pamlico. I
Southern district--Craven. Carteret,.
Lenoir, Jones, Green, Wilson, Wayne
Johnston. Harnett. Sampson, Duplin,.
Dnslow, Pender, Bladen, Cumberland
Robeson. Scotland, Columbus, Bruns- .
wick, New Hanover.
Easte Central district Warren,
Vance, Granville. Person. , Caswell,
Bocaingham, Orange, Durham, Frank
lin, Wake, Chatham, Randolph, David
ion. Montgomery, Moore Richmond.
West Central district Surry, Cleve
land, Wilkes, Rutherford, Yadking-Davie.
Iredell,. Alexander. Caldwell, Ca
tawba, Rowan, Stanly, Cabarrus, Meck
lenburg, Lincoln, Gaston, Union,
Ans n.
Western district Mitchell, Burke,
McDowell, Yancey, Madison, Haywood,
Buncombe. Alltshany, Ashe, Watauga,
Polk. Hendcrsim, Transylvania,' Jae'
on. Swain, Macon, Graham, Clay
Cherokee.
Three delegates represent each dis
trict at a conference called by the. Sn-
i-nuu iio.iH i;iner man the State con
ference. Permanent state organization
ot th Slate association was affected'
with J. Y. Joyner president and W, G.
uaiither secretary.
A resolution was adopted which rer
agnizes the following as the greatest
needs of the publiu schools of the
ibtste and favors the legislation neces
sary to supply them: (1) Reasonable
uousulidation of small districts into
larger ones. (Z) Adequate and conifor
.able s. hool houses with enlarged and
improved grounds. (3) Supplementing
by local taxation tha school fund raised
by the State and counitr ti .ti, ,n
To lengthen the terms of county lnstl
tuter ad make thtm more efficient. (5)
lo !: -rease the salaries of good teach
ers. ;,) To increase the salaries of
conn y superintendents who fW i
the Lime to Pllllr-.-if innal writ- tr i 9 4 -
nc: ised anDronrlatlon tr? .i
chn I libraries. Thanks were offered to
the woman's association for tha bet,
ferment of public school houses, which
Pledges the co-operation of over 2 000
women who have vohilfeefe.i t
school houses more comfortable anrl at.
tractive. The grea. value .i,., .
dene Ly the South m-n
Hoard and the ceiierositv nt ih
educntl(;n board were recognized The
resolution favor .mast heartitv' o.
continuant e of the present special ap
propriation ror the public schools of
the Mate.
The following resolution . ,,n,,i
mously adopted: "Resolved. That wo
endt
and most . heartllv
the able and efficient administration of
?m. Tn;,y ?:u,w SuPerinten-lcr.t
J .lilies 1. nvno. ,.J . . . .
our individual Stipport in carrvir... iv,,.
riT, tKRT"t t'rtnal camp-,! . a
n which he is now eugagej..
'. uuttrr. r. m. Way, C. W
M..3-
ccy, j. fl. ;.ltAl;ster,
Ccmnvui-i.
Nathanlel Clreene Re-lnterred.
Savannah, Ga.. Siiecial. The re-interment
of the bones of General N '
thaniel Clreene. of Revolutionary fa'-.e
Wday occurred under the auspices of
the Association of Patriotic Sjelet'ei
of this city .A Prominent place In' the.
exercises was occurdsd by Ihe Dauel,
m.or the Amerlcaa Revolutlca.tht
"at.caal .'oe'ety of which is now iu an-'
nual State ccar-nec in this city
Awtlnguishetl visitor., arrived d'urin
the day .including 'Governor Charles '
ivhati, of Khride b-bnd, the nuu.be .
of the sprt-ial pnmmltte apbo ntt
rum the Rhode Island Legislature oa.
.olonrl Asa Bird Gardiner, tho or.to
f the MOicitia, .
t tow.
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