AUGUST 11TH, 1917
THE PUBLIC LEDGER
PAGE 3
GENERAL NEWS
Federal
Officers looked into a
f0vu tlie river at Elizabeth City, pre
umedly buying junk, and found a
distilling outfit aboard in shape to
ake a run of booze. .
British casualties in all theatres of
lilitary operations, published in the
newspapers during the month of July
total 71,832 officers and men. The of-
illed, wounueu. or missing io-
while the men number 69,-
11 v - -
tal 2,
329.
Why Children Leave School.
(Boston Transcript)
Of the many loose ends in public
education in all countries none hangs
much looser than that which leads to
the premature separation of pupils
from the schools. Why do children
leave schools? The problem is as old
as education itself and seems not to
be a great deal nearer solution to
day than it ever was. Compulsory
education laws and a steadily advanc
ing age limit have been of value in
alleviating conditions, but the nation
must find and remove the underlying
cause before the trouble will be cor
rected. Children leave school be
cause they don't like school. Pain
ful as it is to admit it, that is the
HAS DURHAM FOUND THE SAME?
The Answer Is Found In the Straight
forward Statement of a Durham
Resident.
If
A delegation of negroes from New
york carried to Washington a. peti
tion bearing 15,000 signatures to
present to President Wilson protest-j truth of the matter. Teachers know
ing against discrimination against
their race lynchings, and asking
that the latter be made a federal of
fence. . . u ..
General Michael Yassukovich of a
Russian military commision, said in
San Fransco a few days ago that if
America would send 100,000 soldiers
to Russia it would be the nucleus for
a Russian army of a million men that
vould prove fatal to Germany.
The extent of the Congressional
"franking priviledge" as a burden on
the mails was disclosed as an inci
dent to a house committee's investi
gation of charges that postal inspec
tors have tampered with letters of
congressmen. They sent free of
postage every day seven tons of matter.
Lucius Polk McGee, of the law
faculty at the State University, has
been chosen to succeed Judge Thom
as H. Calvert on the commission
charged with the codifying of North
Carolina laws. Mr. Calvert was doing
tue work under the direction of the
legislative code commission when he
was appointed Superior Court Judge.
Negro men, women and children,
estimated to number 10,000 marched
down Fifth avenue, New York city, in
a "silent protest" parade against the
race riots in East St. Louis and other
sections. Except for a fife and a
muffled drum corps the marchers had
no music, but carried hundreds of
banerns inscribed with various le
gends of protest.
Seven years at hard labor in the
United States disciplinary barracks
at Fort Leavenworth is the sentence
Private Otto Ludwig, Third Aero
squadron, must serve for making dis
respectful remarks about President
Wilson and the American flag and for
threatening to desert to the Germans
if sent to France. Ludwig was con
victed by a court martial at Fort Sam
Houston, Texas.
Not many days hence London will
be able to give a concrete welcome to
the American army, according to the
Express, which says that a body of
American troops will then march
through the streets of the metropol
is with banners flying and band play
ing. There will be several regiments
in the line of procession, and the
British military men are taking keen
interest in the arrangements.
it and parents know it, the world at
large has often suspected it and the
Government, through an extensive in
vestigation just completed, proves it.
All children of course do not leave
school for this reason. Some leave
because economic necessity forces
them to go to work; others because
the condition of their health will not
permit confinement within a class
room, and still others because they
can't seem to learn. But with the
majority it is a case of not liking the
teacher or not liking their studies.
This is not .conjecture: the conclus
ions are forced by the confessions of
the pupils themselves. They are dis
satisfied with school-work and they
don't care who knows it.
What are we going to do about it?
The answer naturally is to make the
school curriculum more attractive.
But how? For ten years we have
been vitalizing the curriculum by ad
ding about every subject which has
come into anyone's mind. Shop-work
and sewing have been introduced for
the special benefit of the "manual
mided," and pattern-making and
household economics to placate pa
rents with utilitarian ideas. But no
measurable improvement is noticed.
Must we still further sugar coat the
course of study? School work is
much easier today than it was a gen
eration ago, but it is not -yet easy
enough, apparently, to attract the
modern child, who seeks to substi
tute play for work and who wants to
learn without studying.
But it would be wholly wrong to
put the entire blame on the pupil. In
a good many instances he is only
thinking as he was brought up to
think. "I didn't go to school after
I was eight years old and see how
successful I am" is the attitude of al
together too many parents an atti
tude which they have a perfect right
to take if they will not proclaim it
to their progency When they do that
it becomes a community menance.
Pupils dislike school because they
are not encouraged to like it and be
cause they are not taught to appre
ciate its value to the man or woman
of today and tomorrow. In the new
education there will be definite role
for the home to play and it should
not be a destructive one.
We have been reading week after
week in the local press of Oxford
citizens who have been rid of dis
tressing kidney and bladder troubles
by Doan's Kidney Pills, and we have
often wondered whether the same
high opinion of this medicine is to be
found in our neighboring towns. This
frank and earnest statement by a
well-known and respected resident of
J Durham will set this doubt at rest.
W. M. Bouterse, Adjt. of Salvation
Army, 309 Roxboro St., Durham, N.
C, says: "Whenever I think that
my kidneys are not acting as they
should I take a few doses of Doan's
Kidney Pills and they always put my
kidneys in good order."
Price 60 c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mr. Bouterse uses. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. adv
:
Eight naval gunners were lost
when the American tanker steamer
Montano was sunk by a submarine.
Sixteen members of the crew also
perished.
HANDS, ARMS,
MM ASLEEP
And Was Run-Down, Weak and
Nervous, Says Florida Lady. .
Five Bottles of Cardui
Made Her Well.
Kathleen, Fla. Mrs. Dallas Prine,
of this place, says: "After the birth
of my last child... I got very much
run-down and weakened, so much
that I could hardly do anything at
all. I was so awfully nervous that
I could scarcely endure the least
noise. My condition was getting
worse all the time...
I knew I must have some relief or
I would soon be in the bed and in a
serious condition for I felt so badly
and was so nervous and weak I could
hardly live. My husband asked Dr.
about my taking Cardui. He
said, 'It's a good medicine, and good
for that trouble', so he got me 5 bot
tles. . .After about the second bottle I
felt greatly improved. . .before taking
it my limbs and hands and arms
would go to sleep. After taking it,
however, this poor circulation disap
peared. My strength came back to
me and I was soon on the road to
health. After the use of about 5 bot
tles, I could do all my house-work
and attend to my six children be
sides." You can feel safe in giving Cardui
a thorough trial for your troubles. It
contains no harmful or habit-forming
drugs, but is composed of mild, vege
table, medicinal ingredients with no
bad after-effects. Thousands of women
have voluntarily written, telling of
the good. Cardui has done them. It
should help you, too. Try it. E 74
TUMP .SEED
All New Stock. Very Best Varieties For Salad and Turnips
Both Early and Late.
ALSO CABBAGE SEED FOR LATE PLANTING
J. C. HALL
Druggist and Seedsman
The Oxford Roller Mills
ANNOUNCE THEIR TERMS OF EXCHANGE.
On and after this date for 56 pounds of corn 48 pouds of
meal; for 60 pounds of clean wheat 39 pounds of flour, 10 pounds
of bran and all screenings from your wheat.
Highest market price paid for both corn and wheat delivered
at the mill.
' Best grade of flour and meal and fair dealings guaranteed.
Respectifully, Yours to serve,
OXFORD ROLLER . MILLS.
W. A. Parham, Owner R. M. Averett, Miller.
THE SOyTOETOLGOMPAWY
!
I An Ambition and a Record
"THE needs of the South are identical with the needs
of the Southern Railway: the prowth and success of one means
the upbuilding of the other.
The Southern Railway asks no farors no special privilege not
accorded to others.
The ambition of the Southern Railway Company is to see that
unity of interest that is born of co-operation between the public and
the railroads; to see perfected that fair and f rank policy in the manage
ment of railroads which invites the confidence of governmental
agencies; to realize tha t liberality of treatment which will enable it
to obtain the additional capital needed for the acquisition of better and
enlarged facilities incident to the demand for increased and better
service; and, finally ' '
To take its niche in the body politic of the South alongside of
other great industries, with no more, but with equal liberties, equal
rights and equal opportunities.
" The Southern Serves the South."
SUGGEST AIR SCHEUDLE
FROM LONDON TO INDIA
Lord Montagu Tells British Audience
Of Propsed Route For 4,530
Mile Trip.
(London Special)
The first time table for a seven-day
aerial journey from, London to India
and back as recently suggested by
Lord Montagu, in an address on
world's air routes, was as follows:
First day Croydon (Londoh) de
Part 7 a. m,, arrives at Marseilles
(625 milpsl 19-5ft nnrvn rlprmrt
P. m., arrive at Naples (485
niiles 6:30 p. m.; total 1,110 miles.
Second day Leave Naples at 7
a- m., arrive at West Coast Crete.
,640 miles) 12:15 noon; depart 1:15
P m.. arrive at Alexandria (485
nilles) 5:45 p. m.; total 1,125 miles.
Third day Leave Alexandria at 7
a- w., arrive at Jef (580 miles) 12
nooc- i?art 1 p. m., arrive, at Bas-
460 miles) 5 p. m.; total 1,040
'miles. '
Fourth day Leave Basrah at 7 a.
ri- arrive at Bandar Abbas (575
llnles! 12 noon, depart 1 p. m., ar
J" at Karachi (680 miles) at 6:30
p ; total 1,255 miles. '
Total distance, 4,530 miles; actu
i flying time 39 hours, 15 minutes;'
al time on journey 83 hours 36
nimutes.
ta 0n the return journey, Lord Mon-
aIsupcested that tne first day's
GSUt should carry the voyager to
mn' n the CaSDian Sea i'220
lln' Ue second day to Tarnopol,
dnr, i liles; the third day to Lon
.1.200 miles. .
jour t0tai distance of the return:
tuai fley Would be 3'63Q miles, the ac-
inut time 30 nours and 15
ea nn J?' and the total time consum-
UQ the return 59 hours.
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The standard farm wagon. Sold in Granville county for
fifty years. Some have lasted twenty-five years.
Ask The Farmer Who Has Owned A Nissen Wagon.
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the last
SEVENTEEN TIMES ITS OWN WEIGHT IN VERY PRECIOUS PERISHABLE FREIGHT.
..-x v.a ti,ra0 inPh aFO. E. NISSEN WAGON" carried 77 people, weighing 11,500 pounds, and won for its owner
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a new Wagon offered by Horner Bros. Co.,
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Fair than any other wagon.
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