1 in**,.****'!*) m.T * 1 «* a Y'v * \ SI) *#■» * ■. »ji jv r# - W|,l r, r. Kecent r rofiress . — —... ..■■■> ~j .. • ■ ' W. B, Kin educational mldress in launched on offensive ore. Until this move nite ahats and began to ahoy result* there was nothing to give the State any favorable distinction. On the other haiid, it remained one of the most backward states in the Union, in almost every particular. « Measured in terms of dollars and cents, North Carolina’s progress is not strik ingly different from that pf other States, ns the entire nation entered upon a new regime following the World War. , 'A study of cases and .effects shews that the State has worked out it* pirn agri cultural, education*] and industrial sal vation by the utilization of forces with in itself. ‘ In other words, its people have sought happiness under their own “vines and fig trees.” This is due largely to the fact that this State 'has, in spite of the country’s former liberal im migration policies, remained homogeneous. Os the 2,359.000 enumerated in the 1920 census fewer than 8,000 were foreign born. This may be attributed to two outstanding causes. In the first plaot*. there are no large cities in thg Btote. and in the next place the large indus tries that have beenltotilt up .utilize do mc*tie labor almost -entirely. Even in the s-mnliee enterprises preferehee i* al ways given native born Americans. North-Carolina is perpetuating itself both in population and domestic policies. It has the highest birth rate in the Union. . , - • It muet be admitted that the, Negro is and will always be the greatest barrier against the importation of foreign-born stock, and that if North Carolina is to remain 09 1-2 per cent. American, as it is today, the Negro inust be held. So far the State has lost only 25,000 Ne groeswn the exodus, according to figures compiled by the United States Depart • meat of Labor; and it has been asserted that for nearly every Negro who has mi grated to the North, there has been an other from farther South to take his place. -s • <• • Support for the Public Schools The State’s educational policy, stu dents of the situation declare. 'is the foundation on which all other causes contributing to progress rest. Nothing has done more toward lifting Nirth Caro lina out of its backward tendencies. Re valuation of education has placed new values on all other forward movements and' tendencies. . • Yet experience shows that the people were at first unwilling to pay the price. It took money,, of course' In addition to this it was necessary to pite* laws releasing children from industry. Edu cation won no real victory until a com pulsory school attendance' law was passed. Be it said to the credit of the mill man, however, that he was fn no wny entirely responsible for the tfinduiess of this re form. V Instances have haan. cited where heads of families moved into cotton far- Sgtijgrtl: and pot thchi rhildten to work While they remained idle And svtlu sisted on money earned by those who should have been in school. However, the leave* continued t% work. Ayeook did not live to see the formative educational policies which, ,he so, earn«s v l.v advocated put. into full operation, but it is only just to say that the gospel be preached played a large part in build ing the groundwork upon which the. State’s present endeavors rest.' The year he waß elected Governor less than one million dollars was spent for all edu cational purposes. In 1910 exprtfdi tures had increased to $3,178,950, and during the present scholastic year they will exceed $23,000,000. The value of public school property has risen from $5,882,969 in 1910 to over $35,000,000 now. ; * • ' ‘ 1 During the past year, according to in formation furnished by Secretary of State W. N. Everett, local oommunities of their own volition have invested $21,- 008 000 in public education, and during the oast three years have erected new school hofcees worth • $25,000,000. In addition to outstanding appropriations, the last General Assembly authorized a bond issue of $5,000,000, available. Jan uary 1. 1924, the money to bp loaned to counties, for a period of twenty years, at 4 1-2 per cent, interest. No school house of less than five rooms can be built from money thus received by the counties. .. Consolidation of rural schools, now .playing on important part in the State’s educational scheme, has been placed on a scientific basis, and is supervised by a committee from the staff of the De partment of Public linstruction. ’No consolidation ia authorized in any case until a county-wide plan has ■first been mapped out and approved by the State Board of Education. The prog ress of consolidation has been greatly advanced through the establishment of a State highway system.. Transportation is no longer a problem. Six hundred motor driven trucks transport children daily. Public school teachers are better paid today than ever before. And.no large rural school ia considered well equipped ' until a teacherage has bean erected and furnished. » 1- .■ v Deveippment of the public school sys tem has naturally taped institution for higher learning to their capacity. How ever, they are receiving amide appropria tions for the carrying on of their work. The State University recently adopted an extension policy that will put it into closer touch with the people than It has ever been. Correspondence courses counting toward degrees and teacher*’ certificate* are being sent to all sections of the State. Consequently the passsion for higher learning that burns in the y breast of the remotest mountaineer mav ‘Agricultural and Technical Training No institution is meeting its obliga tions to all classes With more success .. t * ' , yl ■ '.'i ' the Negro Agricultural and Technical I College at Greensboro, three Negt-o Nor mal School* ni Eliza he th City, Fayette ville and Winston-Salem the Cherokee ! Indian Normal School at Pembroke, the I Appalachian Training School at Boone, j and the Cnlowhee Norman and Indus- ! trial School at Cullowhee? For their ' maintenance there is an annual fund off $8,496,000. Increased interest in agriculture, [ which w*,j brought about largely through the efforts of the State College of Agri culture and Engineering, has also in creased the responsibilities of an inati ’tution that iy. now in the midst of a| program of expansion involving $1,350,- 1 000. This college has now token over, all educational features connected with agricultural development: aid the teach-1 tng of agriculture is being made more | practical b.v the study of results ob-i tained inside the State, rather than de- : pending upon statistics which arc of lit tle value to the "dirt farmer.” TJiia policy is being developed through the entabiishment of test farms, or ex periment stations. There are now six of these, in various sections of the State, besides thp one located at the college, local farmer are given the benefit of all experiment, through demonstration agents and kindred methods. Thus the farn»- ; er h»vi acquired a keen interest in the college, because its work ha« been brought within range of,his daily experience. V Dr. E.‘ C. Brooks, formerly. State Su perintendent of Public Instruction, was made president of the agricultural col lege when it was reorganized last sum mer. His successor an Sto*e Superin tendent is Prof. A. T. Allen, formerly his chief clerk. T)>e appointment, of Prof, Allen was made b.v Governor Mor rison, who based his choice upon the de sire to see Dr. Brooks’ policies continued in the public school system. Negro Education. It is known that the educational ad vantages North Carolina has afforded the Negro are largely responsible for his re maining here. The Negro has always played an important part jo the South’s development and always will. Yet, it cannot be denied that he has been the object of prejudice. However. North OfiVolina has largely overcome, this, and ia now dealing with the Negro in a different manner. The belief prevails here that education helps not only the Negro, but the white man ns well, as education makes a better citizen out of him and promotes a friendly feeling be tween the races. ; Si North Carolina is now spending ap proximately $4,006,000 a yenr on Negro education, including nearly $2,000,000 in salaries for teachers and $1,000,000 for new and better sehool houses. This does not include money used for the sup- j port of Negro Colleges and normal schools. { Expressing gratitude for' what the t State has done for members of his race, 1 Dr. James B. Dudley, president .of the 1 Negro Agricultural and Technical Col-1 lege, which has an appropriation of $455,- \ 000 for permanent improvements sifra: j The effects of agricultural and- techni- ; cal training are rapidly gaining t|e ap*.' predation of the Negro. Twenty-seven ■Wars ago, when I became president of the college, industrial training was cov ertly derided by most of the Nejro in stitutions of the State. This was the only institution at that time devoted ex clusively to industrial training and that boldly championed this form of educa tion. Practically every Negro institu tion now gives some form of industrial training. The best-Negro families are turning to agricultural and technical training for their sons. , Appreciation of the Negro’s gratitude for economic protection is voiced in a letter received by the Governor after he had dispatched troops to Spruce Pine to prevent expulsion of Negro laborers, fol-, lowing an alleged criiAe that infuriated j this mountain community, i It is not necessary to give the name• of the writer. But he is one of the best known Negroes in the State. H« said: J' .-■> • i{- I wish to thank you for yoilr prompt action in moving to protect Negro lab-1 orera-in Mitchell county. Crime caul never be condoned. I hope the guilty culprit will be found and punished by dne process of lav/. Your courageous stand that everybody shall be protected in the exercise of his rights, and that Negroes shall be oliowed to work, gives us all increased assurance and a greater loce for our beloved State. . Such a letter would never have been written in the days #hen lynehings were condoned or winked at..l , Adult Illiteracy 1 The problem of adult illiteracy for a' long time challenged the best thought of educational leaders, bnt it has been met! with marked success through the estab lishment of schools in industrial centers and in many rural distriets throughout the State. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, su pervisor, tells of one woman who learned to read and writer after she was seventy yeans tobacco from, a cabinet beade him, he began In leisurely manner to load a briar. . ® l . r Charles slowly nodded his head, and seemed in some measure to recover confidence. th f n ‘” he “‘d- "I believe my lit© is in danger. ** tln^n m iL S * I< L? arley ’ rf T lacin ß the twitch th CU P board and striking a You are naturally anxious for the particulars," Sir Charles p-e« ently resumed. “They bear. 1 regret to say, a close resemblance to the symptoms of a well-knowo form of hallucination. In short, with one ex ceptlon, they may practically all be classed under the head of surveil lance. •■Surveillance,” said Paul Harley •You mean that you are more or less constantly followed?” "I do." "Anything else?” “One very notable thing. Mr. Har ley. I was actually assaulted ,ess than a week Ugo within sight of my o,wn house.** “Indeed! Tell me of this.” Paul Harley became aware of an awaken ing curiosity. „ *,’ I . bad^ >een t 0 v,9i < a friend in the neighborhood.” 3ir Charles contin charges on road bonds, and funds for the maintenance of highways, are de rived from a tax on automobiles and gasoline, which is expected to yield $7.- 000,000 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924. Prior to the enactment of the present law, the State received a share of the ad valorem tax levied by the counties, which was 47 2-3 cents on the SIOO assessed valuation. Os this. 11 2-3 cents was for administrative purposes, four cents for pensions and thirty-two cents for schools. But the State now levies no tax whatever on the land of the farmer or any one else. And so, North Carolina, over 09 per cent. American and made up largely of the descendants of English, Scotch and Seoteh-Irish stock, is tackling the prob lems that confront it and solving them by its own methods and at comparatively little, cost when measured by the good that has been accomplished. It con tributes more to the Federal government than it spends on itself, ranking as the sixth State in the amount of Federal taxes it pays. During the past fiscal year it yielded $140,000,000. This year, in the opinion of the Collector of In ternal Revenue, the total will be $160,- 000,000. Most of this revenue comes from tobacco factories; but North Caro lina pays a larger income tax than any other Southern State except Texas. Cleaning Sawing Machine. Use sewing gurchlne oil pn a soft cloth to clean the wood parts of a sewing machine. It appears as if polishing also keeps the finiih from cracking and makes It look like. new. Or any good furniture polish will do. • . 4» . . _ Agriculture First If we estimate dignity by Immedt- I'ate usefulness, agriculture Is undoubt- ued, “whom I am at present attend lpg professionally, although 1 am actually retired. I was returning across the square, dose to midnight when, fortunately for myself, I de tected the sound of, light, pattering footsteps immediately behind me.' 1 turned in the very Instant that a man was about to spring upon me from behind. He was holding in his band what looked like a large silk handkerchief.” “What did you do?” “I turned and struck out with my stick.” “And then?" ‘‘Then he made no attempt to con test the issue, but simply ran swiftly off, always keeping in the shadows of the trees.” “H’m," mused Harley. "A very alarming occurrence. Sir Cbarles. It must have shaken you very badly. But we must not overlook the possi bility that this may have been an ordinary footpad.” “His methods were scarcely those of a footpad,” murmured Sir Charles. "I quite agree,” said Harley. "They were rather Oriental, If I may say so." Sir Charles Abingdon started. SIR CHARLES SAT DOWN RATHER WEARILY. “Oriental?’ he whispered. “Yes, you are right.” > “Does this suggest a train ol thought?" prompted Harley. Sir Charles Abingdon cleared his throat nervously. "It does, Mr. Harley,” he admitted, “but a very confusing train of thought. It leads me to a point which I mast mention, but which concerns a very well known man. Before I proceed 1 should like to make it clear that I do not believe for a moment that be is responsible for this unpleasant bueiness." Harley stared at' him curiously. “Nevertheless,” be said, "there must be some data in your possession which suggest to your mind that he has some connection with It.” “There are, Mr. Harley, and I should be deeply Indebted If you could visit my house this evening, when I could place this evidence, if evidence It may be called, before you. I find myself In so delicate a position. If you are free I should welcome your company at dinner.” Paul Harley seemed to be re flecting. “Os course. Sir Charles,” he said, presently, “your statement ls very interesting and curious, and I shall naturally make a point of going fully Into the matter. But before proceed ing further there are two questions 1 shquld like to ask you. The first ls this: What is the name of the ‘well known' man to whom you refer? And the second: If not be then whom do you suspect of being be hind all this?” “Isn’t this a pretry slow railroad? said Brown. "That depends on cir cumstances,” replied Green. “The only time It seems In any great hurry la when you happen to be running to catch the train,” Stray Bits of Wisdom. Childhood ls like a mirror, which reflects In after life the Images first presented to It.—Samuel Smiles. KEEP THE KIOHEYS WEIL Health Is Worth Baving, and Some Concord People Know How to Bave It. Many people take their lives in their hands by neglecting the kidneys when they know these organs need help. Weak kidneys are responsible for a vast amount of suffering and 111 health the slightest delay is dangerous. Use Doan’s Kidney Pills, —a remedy that has helped thous ands of kidney sufferers. Here is a Concord citizen’s recommendation. Mrs. M. M. GUlon, 43 Bell Ave., says; “I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills and found them a good remedy. My kidneys were out of order and I felt dull and hm down. The action of my kidneys was irregular and my back became lame and weak. I used Doah’s Kidney Pills as directed sad they helped me by regulating my kid neys and relieving aU signs of. kid ney trouble.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t simply a;k for a kidney remedy—get i Doan's Kidney Pills —the same ttyu I Mrs. GUlon had. Foster-MUburn Co., I Mfrs., Buffalo, N, T. ’ , V ~,,T \ Sir Charles’ perplexity and. toi- 1 barrassment grew more and more marked. ' f •ij “The one matter is so hopelessly involved in the other." he flns fly re plied, "that although .1 cans; her* prepared as 1 thought with a full statement of the case. I should wel come a further opportunity of re arranging the facts before Imparting them to you. One thing, however, I have omitted to mention. U is, perhaps, of paramount importance. There was a robbery at my house -ess than a week ago." “What! A robbery! Tall me: what was stolen?" “Nothing of the slightest value, Mr. Harley, to any one but aiyself— or so I should have supposed.” The speaker coughed nervously-, “The thief bad gained admittance to my private study, where there ore sev eral cases of Oriental jewelry and a number of pieces of valuable gold and silverware, all antique. At what hour he came, bow he gained admit tance, and how he retired, 1 cannot imagine. AU the doors were kicked as usual In the morning and nothing was disturbed.” “I don’t understand, them” “I chanced to have occa slon to open my bureau, which I tm/ariably keep locked. Immediately—lmmedi ately—l perceived that my papers were disarranged. Close examina tion revealed the fact that a abort manuscript in my own hand, which had been placed in one of the pigeonholes, was missing.’’ “A manuscript,” murmured Har ley. “Upon a technical subject?" “Scarcely a technical subject, Mr. Harley. It was a brief account which I bad vaguely contemplated publishing In one of the reviews, a brief account of a very extraordinary patient whom I once attended.’? "And had you written It re cently?" j “No; some years ago. But I had recently added to It. I may say It was my purpose still further to add to it, and with this object I had actually unlocked the bureau.” “New facts respecting this pa tient had come into your posses sion?" “They had.” “May I suggest that your patient • and the ‘well-known man* to whom you referred are one and the same?” “It is not so, Mr. Harley," re turned sir Charles in a tired voice. “Nothing so simple. I realize more than ever that I must arrange my facts In some sort of historical order. Therefore I ask you again:! will you dine with me tonight?” “With pleasure,” replied Harley, promptly, “1 have no other; engage ment‘- u sx chapter n vwmm The Sixth Sense ‘PJATJ'L HARLEY stepped into his 1_ cur in Chancery Lane. “Drive In the direction of Hyde Baric Corner," be directed the chauffeur. “Go along the Strand.” Glancing neither right nor left, he entered the cay, and presently they were proceeding slowly with the Stream of traffic In the Strand. “FuH up at the Savoy,” he said suddenly through the tube. The car slowed down In that little bay wblch contains the entrance to the hotel, and Harley stared fixedly out of the rear window, observing the occupants of all other cars and cabs whleb were following. For three minutes or more he remained there watcblng. “Go on,” he di rected. Again they proceeded westward and, half-way along Plocadilly, “Stop at the Ritz.” came the order. *The car pulled up before the colon nade and Harley, stepping out, ai«- missed the boon and entered the hotel, walked through to the «