Page Two LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC. FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1919. CHILDREN MUST ATTEND FULL T SCHOOL Rules GoTcrning School Attendance in the State Effective July 1; Also Rules Governing Ab sences from School The State board of education an nounces that school children in North Carolina must attend the full term of their district. The enforcement of this law is in the hands of State Superintendent Brooks, Roland F. Beasley, commissioner of public wel fare, and Dr. Watson, secretary to the State board of health. The law became effective uly 1. The Raleigh correspondent of the Greensboro News says: "In defining the school ase 'be tween S and U.' the superintendent begins with the eighth and ends with the fourteenth natal day. The com mission then determines that children between these ages must attend con tinuously for a period equal to the time when the public school in the district in which the child resides shall be in session. If the school in such district runs six months the child must attend that iength: if more, even ten months, the attend ance must be continuous. If the child attends a private school it must go for a term as lonjr :;s that of the public school provided in the district in which the child resides. Attend ance records must be kept by that school and it must make reports of that character exactly as the public schools. If it fails or refuses to keep these records attendance on these schools shall not be accepted in lieu of attendance on tne. regular schools. Instruction by private tutors will be accepted if his qualifications arc ap proved by the county superintendent of schools and the State board of examiners. The time of such instruc tion must equal that provided by the public schools. "The next most important feature of the rules issued is that irovernmir the excuse of absences. The teacher in charire shall have the riu'ht to ex cuse pupils for temporary absence for the following reasons: "1. Illness of the ch id that inca pacitates the child from attend nir the schools, but a physician's certifi cate must attend the child if it is con tinually absent for illness. In cases where it is inconvenient to get the certificates the teacher must investi gate the illness and if dissatisfied with the evidence of lllr.css must re port the cases to the county health officer. "'2. Illness in the family where it is apparent that the child's services are needed in the home and wherever there is danger of spreading conta gious diseases if attendance was not interrupted. "3. Death in the immediate family. Premiums Given Away in Caldwell County In introducing a new line of shoes we are going to give away absolutely free---in Caldwell County One Thousand $1,000.00 Dollars in Cash Premiums. This is an Exceptional Offer made on an Exceptionally High Class Line of Men's and Women's Shoes In addition to buying your shoes at about cost of production we give with each pair soldfor the first 5,000 pairs in Caldwell County a number ranging from one to five thousand. When the five thousand pairs have been sold we furnish the clerk of your court, or your banker, with a duplicate set of num bers and instruct him to place them in a box in the presence of witnesses and from this box let a child with bared arm draw Twenty-Two numbers. To the persons holding numbers corresponding to the numbers drawn we give: For First Number Drawn, Cash $ 500.00 For Second Number Drawn, Cash 250.0-) For next Five Numbers Drawn, $25 Each 125.00 For next Ten Numbers Drawn, $io Each 100.00 For next Five Numbers Drawn, $5 Eac.hi 25.00 TOTAL PREMIUMS GIVEN $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Given Away for a Name With every pair purchased before January first 1920 we give the purchaser a right to submit a name to be used for the brand of this line. To the person submitting the name chosen we will give $1,000.00 in cash For Catalog and Full Information address, V. E. BALLOU, Southern Manager "4. Quarantine in which isolation is the order of the local or State board of health. a. Physical incapacity, which shall be interpreted to mean that such defects mak eit difficult for the child to attend school. "6, Mental incapacity, interpreted to mean feeble-mindedness, or such nervous disorder as to make it either impossible for such child to profit by school or impracticable for the teach er to instruct properly the normal pu pils of the school. In such cases the defects are to be reported to the proper authorities for treatment. "7. Severe weather that is danger ous to health or safety of the chil dren. "8. Distance from the schools; two and a half miles from the nearest school being considered an excuse for absence, it will be the county's duty to furnish transportation. "t. Poverty is an excuse, but it must be reported, such indulgence to be reported to the county superin tendent of public welfare. In some ea-es of this character the county board of education may order aid to the family from the incidental fund. "10. The completion of the course of study in the district shall be an excuse. "More difficult to regulate is the section of the compulsory act which provides that 'the immediate de mands of the farm or home' in sev er.;! sections of the State shall in cer tain seasons of the year be a cause for non-attendanee. "The State board of education, realizing the difficulty of administer ing this feature from Raleigh, leaves to the county boards unt.l further notice. It recommends that where the lit mands of the farm are serious enough to require the immediate ser- vices I'illlll nt tne he child and such assistant' obtained elsewhere, and where s.c.ttiess m tne nonie or otner 1 causes calls for the child because as sistance cannot be gamed otherwise, the county boards may excuse. Very broad powers are conferred on them. A fall report on each a". ! every case arising under this section must be made to the State superinten.ient in order that the State hoard of edu cation may determine to what extent thi ect.on of the law s appealed to. "The lOiumiss on suggests in cer tain places in which farm ng ',!:. I: t.ons demand the work of children at th, regu.ar school hours schools might o: en an hour earlier and .lose about noon or 1 o'clock. "Defining truancy is likewise a hard job for the comm'ssion. hut it makes ;t as easy for the layman as nos;!ile by holding that willful ab sence from school one day is truancy. The parents will be tirt apprised nf this conduct, and if it fails to bring re-uits reports will lie made to the attendance officer. The cause will be investigated and if this willful tru ancy continues the child will be car ried before the juvenile courts, which have jurisdiction in such cases. One "There are other causes which may take the offending; child before the juvenile courts. When the conduct of the pupil is such as to menace the welfare of other children at school the offender becomes a case for the courts. - : "The. county superintendent of public welfare is the chief attendance officer and enforcement of the law is in his hands." WHEAT DEALERS ARE PUT UN DER LICENSE Julius Barnes, United States wheat director, announces that President Wilson has signed a proclamation putting under license of the wheat director persons, firms, corporations and associations dealing in wheat, wheat flour or baking products manu factured either wholly or partly from wheat flour. The only exceptions are farmers and small bakers. The proclamation, which goes into effect July 15, applies to the "busi-j ness of storing or distributing wheat, I or manufacturing, storing or distrib- 1 i uting wheat flour," as well as to the 1 manufacture of bread or other bak ers' products, either wholly or partly from wheat flour. The exceptions are listed as follows: I "(a) Bakers and manufacturers of ' bakery products whose consumption of flour in the manufactu.c of such products, is, in the aggregate, less than oO barrels per month. "(b Retailers and farmers or co operative associations of farmers or other persons with respect to the products of any farm or other land 1 owned, leased or cultivated by them." Common carr.crs are required to secure on or before July la a license from Mr. Barnes "in such form, un der such cond.tions and under such rules and regulations governing the conduct of the business as he may from t.me to t.me prescr.be." The proi tarnation states that "any per-cn, tirm, corporation or associa tion, other than tho-e hereinbefore excepted, who shall engaoge in or carry on any business above specified after .'uly 1 ." without first securing such l.ct'nsis. or shall carry on any such bus.:ic.-s while such license is sastvn.lcd. or alter such license is re- c1m.I. ha!! Ie 1 ..!!e to tile pcnalt.es proi Tilled by law." IS CETT1NG MORE THAN HER SHARE OK BENEFITS It :s reported tiiat a negro woman is driitv.ng three jiaT.aO clocks from ; tile government each month for the of three husbands during the war. Amanda Jones' lir.-t husband died of spinal nieti.ng.t.s soan after ' filer ng the service, having taken ; out .ln, ooii ir.Mir.inct. The widow Jones then married a man named i Smith, who was killed in action, he j al.-o having taken the maximum life j insurance policy. Amanda Jones Smith then married a returned sol- j ilhT, who died of j named the widow I surance policy. influenza, having in a $10,(100 in- ATTORNEY GENERAL DECIDES END OF DEMOBILIZATION It is stated from Washington that the attorney general and not the war department will have to advise Presi dent Wilson when demobilization of the emergency forces has been com pleted. . its ifflWWfft ' 'llli!!!,!. lllbi, 'I i !i li P 11 iMp Copyright 1Mb, I L ill I I I'lll lUlifft J0 The army is estimated today to number a few thousand more than 1,000,000 men, composed of regulars, national guardsmen in Federal ser vice,, drafted men and volunteer re cruits who recently enlisted for the one and three-year periods. The reg ulars, exclusive of "duration of emer get so much tobacco joy out of every puff you'll wish you had been born twins! For, Prince Albert puts over a turn new to every man fond of a pipe or a home made cigarette. It wins your glad hand com pletely. That's because it has the quality! And, right behind this quality flavor and quality fra grance is Prince Albert's freedom from bite and parch which is cut out by our exclusive patented process. We teil you to smoke your fill at any clip jimmy pipe or makin's cigarette without a comeback 1 Toppy red bag, tidy red tint, handsome pound and half pound tin humidort and that clever, practical pound crystal glass humidor with iponge moittener top that keeps the tobacco in euch perfect condition. Reynolds Tobacco ! f gency" men, include not mere than 40,000 men at the most, and the re cently recruited class totals 61,000,, leaving 300,000 asthe number which apparently must be discharged before demobilization can be said to have been completed and the President le gally entitled to act AY your smoketaste flush up against a listening post and you'll get the Prince Albert call, all right! You'll hunt a jimmy pipe so quick and Co., Winston-Salem, N. C Lansing, North Carolina

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