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A IMPORTANT MEETING. County Superintendents in Conference Pass Resolu tions Concerning the Public Schools. (Spctrial ttaleitfh Correspondence.) Ralkiuh, N. C. Nov. 21, liM?2. Oue of the most important gathering that has been held in the State in many years was the educational conference, which closed its session in Kuleigh on Friday evening last. This gath ering was mude up of the County Superintendents frotn s4 of P7 j counties, toget her with a number of City Superintendents and ot her leading educators from every see tion of the State. The meeting was called some weeks ago by State Superintend ent of Public Instruction J. Y. ?foyuer, and a most interesting programme had been arranged The questions selected for discus sion embodied the most, import ant. phases of theeducatioual sit uation in North Carolina, li was not a meeting designed for rallying purposes, hut it was call ed for the purpose of briuging to-i gether the public school men of the State in a business meeting with a view of considering and discussing the practical and eco nomic epiest ions involved in the new educational movement in North Carolina, and every feu ture of the programme had m it the oue an<l all-important idea ' of obtaining the beet and most far-reaching results from the ed ucational resources that are, or may be available. How to edu- ' cate the greatest number of peo- . pies' children with the fewest number of the peoples' dollars, is an all-prevailiug question, and this was the paramount idea that prevailed at the conference here last week, and to that end those ' in atteiH^ince considered, and with earnestness und frankness discussed, the practical business , side of the educational prob- ' lem. The meeting revealed one most gratifying and important fact, and that was, that, as a rule, the County Superintendents and oth er school officials throughout the State are waking up to the import ance of persistent, systematic and aggressive work. Of course, there are a few drones yet in the public school bee-hive, but they are growing fewer as the months go by. Perhaps these instances arise from the fact that the sala ries of some superintendents are not sufficient to enable them to I pay sufficient attention to school work. If this be so, an increase of salary sufficient to justify the superintendent in giving to school work his undivided attention is one of the needs of the hour. .Several representatives of the General educational Hoard, in cluding the General Secretary, I>r. Wallace Butterick, of New \ork, were in attendance upon every session of the conference and joined most earnestly into the discussion of the questions dresented. This Hoard is giving valuable aid, through local organizations, to the cause of public education throughout the South, being at j all tunes ready and willing to help those who show a disposi tion to help themselves, and those representatives of the Board who attended last week's conference have expressed them selves as highly gratified at the stimulus which had been given to the cause of education in North Carolina. Among the questions discussed at the conference were: Reports on consolidation of districts, and best means of se curing consolidation; locations and plans of school-houses; bene fits of local taxation, and ways and means of securing it, town ship teachers' meetings, teachers' institutes, rural libraries, etc.,! etc. After very general discussion, the following resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, fikst, That we recoguize the following as among the greatest needs of the public schools of North Carolina, and favor the enactment of such leg islation as may be necessary to supply them:. "1. Reasonable consolidation of small districts into larger ones. "2. The erection of adequate and comfortable school-houses, and the enlargement and im- ; proveinent of school grounds. "8. Supplementing by local taxation as the only practical means of supplying the money necessary for making the schools in rural districts adequate in houses, teachers and length of term for the education of the children of these districts. "4. A reasonable provision for the improvement of public school ttu -here at small expense by leugt bening of term of the Coun ty Institute aud making its work more efficient. "5. The necessity of an increase in the salaries of good teachers in order to hold such in the pro fession and encourage others to come into it. ?'<>. An increase in the compen sation of the (ounty Superintend ent of every county in which such increase is necessary to justify him in devoting all of his time, thought and energy to the edu cational work of his county, just as County Clerks, Register of Deeds, and employer's of every other business of value and im portance are required to do. "7. Strengthening and making more efficient the State Superin tendent, in his efforts to meet the demands of the growing senti ment in favor of public education in the public schools, by the ap pointment, by proper authority, of Deputy StateSuperintendents.! with the aid of his deputies, may be able to reach and help every i part of the State in this mos: important work for the better ment of conditions among our people. "S cond. That we favor an ap propriation by the State for an increase in the number of rural libraries, andforthemaintenance and extension of those already established. " l mru. i nat we desire to re cord an expression of our appre ciation of the work inaugurated by the Women's Association for the betterment of public school-j houses in North Carolina, and to give assurance of our hearty co operation in this noble work,and for our gratitude to the more than two thousand public-spiri ted and patriotic women who have volunteered to make more attractive and comfortable the school homes of the children. "Fourth. That we recognize the value of the educational cam paign carried on by the aid of the | Southern Education Hoard, and desire to express our apprecia- j tion of their aid and the earnest i hope that this campaign may be continued and extended. "Fifth. That we disire to ex- i press our thanks for the generos ity of the General Education | Hoard in aiding us to have the most largely-attended conference of County Superintendents ever held in North Carolina, and to assure this Hoard of our appreci ation of the spirit and motive prompting them in the work oil co-operating with us in the up building of our public schools. "Sixth. That we should deplore any backward step in education, i and, therefore, favor most heart- j ily the continuance of the pres ent special appropriation for the j public schools out of the State Treasury." The addresses by the different speakers were most interesting and instructive, and the good re sults that will grow out of this ! conference will be felt in every sec tion of the State. This was the first annual con ference of the County Superin tendents of the State, but it should not, must not, be the last. The meeting perfected a perma nent State organization, and it should come together in a gener al conference at least once every year. The cost in expenses will be trivial when compared with the great good that will grow out of such comprehensive gath erings of public school officials. In union there is strength, and in a multitude of counsel there is wisdom. Let it be understood that all the County Superintend ents are to come together every year and make a report from their respective counties, and in a few years the changes for the better in the local situations will be marvelous. Disastrous Wrecks. Carelessness is responsible for many a railway wreck and the: same causes are makiug human wrecks of sufferers from Throat and Lung troubles. But since the advent of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs a"d Colds, even the worst cases can be cured and hopeless resignation is no longer neces sary. Mrs. Lois Cragg ot Dor chester. Mass. is one of many1 whose life was saved by I)r. King's New Discovery. This greatj remedy is guaranteed for all Throat and Lung diseases by Hood Bros., Druggist. Price 50c, and $1.00 Trial bottles free. ^ Mistake. Stella?1 came near missing a proposal last night. Bella?You did? Stella?Yes. He got down on his knees, and I thought he was merely looking for a ping-pong ball,?Harper's Bazar. In Memorlant. On October 2."ith, 1902, the death angel entered the home of Mr. J. L. Stafford and claimed for it? own, his beloved wife, Chelley Stafford, ^he was 09 years of age, being the mother of twelve children, eight of whom are now living, four having pre ceded her to the better lai d. She had been a sufferer from that dreadful disease, consump tion, for several years but slit bore her sufferings with Christian | fortitude being submissive to the, will of Him who doeth all things well. She expressed her readi ness to go, asking us all to meet j her ill heaven where she knew she i would be at rest. < >h! may these comforting words be a healing balm to tin grief stricken husband, children and friends whom she has left be hind: Dear aw thou wast, and justly dear, We would not weep for tliee, One thought shall cheek the starting tear, It is thut thou art free. And thus shall faith's consoling power The teurs of love restrain; 0, who that saw thy parting hour? t'ould wish thee here again. (iently the passing spirit fled, Sustained by grace divine, < i, may such grace on us is- shed, ? And make our end like thine. Mollis Stafford, Princeton, N. C. I Notes About Eentonsville. All quiet along the lines since the election. The Democrats are happy over the result. There was an attempt to split our township ticket, but it was] no go. Our old friend, C. S. Powell, is on duty over in Bentonsville township just now, and spends much of his leisure time exploring the antiquated ruins of the bat tlefield. By-the-way, Lieutenant Powell had some experience on the battlefield of llentonsville at one time, having perhaps com manded a company or a line of sharpshooters at the front. I suggest that it would make some good reading for many of the very many readers of The Her ald, if he would write a series of letters through The Herald on the subjects of his findings, expe rience, etc Let's hear from you Charlie, "What say ye." While at home last winter on a visit to his parents in Bentonsville township, Rev. Kdwin E. Rose, of Metcalf, Ga., obtained a lot of relics from the battlefield of Ben tonsville to take back to some of the old Georgia veterans who were in this battle, and 1 noticed lately that some of these old veterans had placed some of these relics in the Georgia State Museum for safe keeping. In conversation some years ago with a very intelligent gentle man, then of this county, on the subject of the battle of Bentons ville, he said he had just been up to one of the great cities North, and while there it was found out that he was from North Carolina and from Johnston county, and not far from the historic village of Bentonsville, and the result was, it made him one of the most popular men in that great as semblage, besieging him with questions, etc., aud he said he was actually ashamed of himself, because he knew so little ofthis,the last great battle of the civil war. These things ought not to be so. We who are almost daily passing over this historic battle-ground, seem to know less and pay less' attention to the past than do some of our far-off neighbors. So Charlie, write 'em up. Low Johnston. Overshot, N. C. To the Public. Allow me to say a tew words in praise of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I had a very severe cough and cold and feared I would get pneumonia, but after taking the second dose of this medicine 1 felt better, three bottles of it cured my cold and the pains in my chest disappeared entirely. I am most lespectfully yours for health, Ralph S. Meyers, <>4 Thirty-seventh St., Wheeling, W. Va. For sale by Hare & Son, Hood llros., Cavenaugh & Ren son. When a mustachefails to tickle a woman it may be truly said that she has no sense of humor. Rheumacide is a positive cure for rheumatism in every form. Does not injure the digestive or gans. The best laxative and blood purifier. Ask your drug gist for it. Some of the insurance compa nies of Paris refuse to insure people who dye their hair. Gets $15,000 Heart Salve. Fall Kiver, Mat**., Nov. 21? At a consultation bet ween the law yers for l>otli sides Miss Marv McDonald to-day accepted (M)O in settlement of the judg ment in her breach of promise cose against Patrick Kieran. rbe jury Had awarded her a ver dict of #20,000. Mr. Kielan's attorney asked a new trial on the ground that the award was excessive. This mo tion was pending before Judge Lawton at the time the agree ment was reached. Mr. Kieran is Superintendent of the Fall Hi ver Water Wot ksand a wealthy bachelor. Miss McDonald is a graduate of Radcliffe College. The persons concerned are de-; vout Catholics. While the legal side of the controversy has lieen .settled, the ecclesiastical rights, which Miss McDonald claims, are still in the balance. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. I Try them When you feel dull after eating, i When you have no appetite. When you have a bad taste in the mouth. When your liver is tcrpid. When your bowels are consti pated. When you have a headache. When you Jeel bilious. They will improve your appe tite, cleanse and invigorate your stomach and regulate your liver arid bowels. For sale by Hood Bro8.,Cavenaugln\c Benson, Hare & Son. Found $3,500 in old Shoes. Chicago, Nov. 21 .?In one of a pair of old shoes left in his shop to be repaired Axel Sorenson, a crippled shoemaker of 817 Davis street, found $3,500 today. The money was in the possession of Sorenson just two hours, when the owner returned, saying: "I think I lost a little package j in here." On describing a pocket book in which the money was contained, Sorenson returned the property. As a reward he was paid 15 cents for the work in repairing the shoes. A Thanksgiving: Dinner. Heavy eating is usually the first cause of indigestion. Re peated attacks inflame the mu cous membranes lining the atom ach, exposes the nerves of the stomach, producing a swelling after eating, heartburn, head ache, sour risings and Anally ca tarrh of the stomach. Kodol relieves the inflammation, pro tects the nerves and cures the catarrh. Kodol cures indiges tion, dyspepsia, all stomach troubles by cleansing and sweet ening the glands of the stomach. Hood Bros., .J. R. Ledbetter, Hare & Son, Benson Drug Co., Cavenaugh & Benson. Poverty isn't a crime?unless it furnishes one with prison fare. A Memorable Anniversary. This day 2051 years aero, name ly, on November 22, 1633, two little vessels, the Ark and the Dove, weighed anchor at Cowes. on the Isle of Wight, and started on their long voyage to Mary land. The larger of the two ves sels, the Ark, was only of 300 tons burden and the Dove was a pinnace of 50 tons. They were, indeed, small craft for such a voyage, and in them were 320 colonists. It required four months to make the voyage to the I'otomac. The first landing in Lord Baltimore's territory was on an island which they called 1st. Clement's and which is now known as Blakistone's. A few days later they returned lo wer down the river, went up the St. Mary's and landed at the place which is still one of the most lovely spots in Maryland, on March 27, 1634. The landing on St. Clement's Island was on March 2.7. the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, from which cir- j cumstance the settlement was called St. Mary's?a name it still bears. The Ark and the Dove, soon after leaving Cowes, en countered a severe storm. But after this was over the remainder of the voyage was pleasant. I Their route carried the ships | through the West India Islands, at several of which, including Barbados, they touched.?Balti-1 more Sun 22d. Ordinary cough remedies are dangerous to give babies. An- j ways Croup Syrup is made for children's coughs and croup and colds and will certainly cure them. Ask to see testimonials. 25cts. at Hood Bros, drugstore. Magistrate's Blanks always on hand at The Herald office. A LAWYERS STORY. The Scheme Which Was Hatched In a Barrister's Fertile Brain. "They tell a good many talcs on lawyers, and some of them are a lit tle rough," said a prominent mem ber of tiie bar, "hut about the worst story 1 have heard for some time was told to me by a man who said he knew all the partius concerned and was willing to swear to ev ery word of it. The cashier of a bank had gone wrong to the extent of about .$100,000. He had bfen speculating with one hand and pec ulating the bank's funds with the other, and in a short while he had reached the limit. He knew it wouhl be a matter of a short while before the bank discovered the shortage. "He wen^ to a lawyer friend and made a clean breast of the whole business. The lawyer asked him if he had any of the $100,000. He never had a cent of this amount. Then the legal mind began to work out a plan. 'Old fellow,' the law yer finally said, with aggravating coolness, 'you're in a box, but I think we can pull out of this thing all right if you will follow my in structions. You haven't got a cent.' 'So, not a penny,' said the man. 'You could pay $400,000 as easily as you could pay $100,000, couldn't you?' 'Yes,' said the man, not un derstanding the drift of the law yer's talk. Well, said the barrister, you go back to the bank and just make your obligation $100,000 by taking $300,000, and we'll be able to settle this thing without a lawsuit. Alt er you get the money make a clean breast of the whole business to the bank. Tell them you have been gambling rather desperately, and it has put you in the hole to the ex tent of $400,000. Tell them, how ever, that you have conferred with some friends who have agreed to help you to the extent of $100,000 and that you are willing to refund this amount. The remaining $200, 000 we will divide between our selves. We can make arrangement for you to get out of the bank grad ually, so your reputation will not be injured, for we'll hold the whip han dle, you know, and the whip handle is somewhat in the law.' "A few days after that the cash ier could be seen in the bank quiet ly but industriously breaking in a new man. The directors. looked a little gloomy, but they felt that they had played in pretty good luck to get back even one-fourth of the amount which had been pilfered. Anyhow the case was settled on this basis, and that was the end of it."? New Orleans Times-Democrat. Trapped Himself. The English papers tell of a young Parisian in London, visiting j the "chamber of horrors" at Tus- j saud's. Being alone, he was seized with an impulse to put his neck in the lunette wherein had rested that of llarie Antoinette. He lay down, touched a spring and closed the col lar. But how was he to release him self ? If he touched the wrong j spring, the fatal ax might descend. Before long a crowd of visitors, led by an attendant, came on the scene. The guide was a bit of a linguist j and saw an opportunity, with him self as master of the situation. He at once began a practical lecture on the guillotine, interrupting his re marks with little asides in French | to the indignant victim, asking him I to scream louder or writhe more agonizingly. "How well he acts!" exclaimed the gratified onlookers. Finally the Parisian was released and, answering the applause with maledictions, fled. Hair on Heads. It is interesting to others than statisticians to know that the hairs of our head are numbered. Certain scientific men have laboriously cal culated the number of hairs on a square inch of heads of different colors, and hy estimating the total area covered "have arrived at aggre gate numbers, which may be taken as fairly correct. To show the well intcntioned accuracy of these calcu- ' lations, a head of fair hair consists of 143,000 hairs. Dark hair is coars- ' er and only totals 105,000, while those who boast a poll of red must j be content with a total of 29,200. It j is estimated that the hairs on a ; "fair head" would support the weight of 500 people. Went With the Majority. A well known surgeon, according to the Melbourne Punch, was im- 1 parting some clinical instruction to j naif a dozen students who accom panied him in his rounds. Pausing at the bedside of a doubtful case, he said, "Now, gentlemen, do you think j this is pr is not a case for opera- ! tion?" One by one the students j made their diagnoses, and all of them answered in the negative. "Well, gentlemen, you are all ; wrong," said the wielder of the free I and flashing scalpel, "and I shall operate tomorrow." ."No, you won't," exclaimed the patient as he'rose in | his bed. "Six to one is a good ma- j jority. Gimme my clothes 1" "? ? *1 Wood's Seeds. Crimson Clover will yield under favorable condi tions 8 to 10 tons of green food per 1 acre, or 1} to 2} tons of bay and i- \v>rth as a fertilizing crop, |2ti. to li'.j. per acre. Full information is contained in our l'all Catalogue just issued, which we will mail free upon request. Wood's Fall Catalogue also tells all about Vegetable and Farm Seeds for Fall Planting, Seed Wheat, Oats, Kye, Barley, Vetches, Grass and Clover Seeds, etc. 1 : ! i 1 pnces of any Seeds desired. h T.W. WOOD & SONS, 1 Seedsmen, ? Richmond, Va. 1 Buggies aMWagons. ?We nell tlie? A. WrenD & Sons Busies, Barbour Buggies, Goldsboro Buggies, Hackney Buggies, Babcock Buggies, and other makes. We sell Piedmont, White Hickory and Virginia Wagons. Virginia , Wagons a Specialty. We are in the market to sell Buggies and Wagons and it will ptivyou tosee us. J. D. Parrish & Son, BENSON, X. C. New Home and Domestic Machines h For Sale by J. 7V\. BEATY, Smithfield, N. C. Attention. Please! . v .? r< ?ALL KINDS OF? Blacksmith, Wood Work ?AND? GENERAL REPAIR WORK done promptly and at reasonable rates. I?" Morse Shoeing a Specialty. O. V. BOOKER, Smithfield, N. C. i Houses for Rent If you want to rent any kind of a house in Smith field please let me know it. J. M. BEATY. smithfibld, n. c. GEORGE SAVAGE. ABFICK LAYER.A. I take any and all kinds of work in my line, either large^or smallfjobs PLASTERING CORRECTLY!DONE. J * Smith field. ? ? ? N. C. J, 7V\. BEATY, Sole Aoext in Johnston County for the , Domestic and New Home and Other Sew<? ing Machines. SmitHfleld. IN. C.
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