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Six Month* Schoolt as a Minimum for All the Rural Districts. Local Tax Fully Justified ; By Ojr Low Assessments | | By J. P. CANADAY. jj "If people or rulers neglect the education of the young, they Inflict an Injury upon both church and atate; they become the enemies of God and man; they advance the cause of Satan, and bring down upon them selves the curse of Heaven."?Mar fin Luther. Elevation, as the name Implies, is on elevated land; more than this the standard of morals Is on a high plane; and that the people think on a high plane is shown by their ad vance in educational facilities. The school is strictly rural it being five or six miles from any town. ELEVATION OLD,?(District No. 2.) The old house as seen in the cut above Is 16 feet wide, 32 feet long and 8 feet from floor to celling. It fairly represents about forty one-room school buildings still in use in the county. It was too small and un sanitary. It was over-crowded, one teacher being insufficient to give proper time to all the pupils. There fore the patrons in the year 1907 i voted a local school tax. j < The new house as seen below was built, ceiled and painted complete for 1 $545.00. It contains two rooms and vestibule and all in all is a nice buil- ; ding. Yery often when a movement is made for education the citizens show , great liberaliy. Let us view the scene as the writer saw it at Eleva- : tion. They have voted a special school tax. About forty patrons are on the ground to locate the building. 1 They have bought an extra acre extending to the road for $25.00 for j' the site. I! They make up by private subscrip- ! tion $50 and with this buy . the old school building for a township court-house. It is sug- i gested that $12.50 more be I raised to buy an additional half aero |! for the site, but some one says they,1 have done enough. Then Mr. Preston i Strickland steps forward and says: j] "All right; I'll buy it myself for the f school." But they will not allow him t him to do so much, and help him pay 1 for the land. This shows elevation ] of humanity as well as name. ' k ELEVATION NEW,?(Dis trict No. 2, local tax.) My friends, you who live in rural districts and oppose local tax, these boys and girls above are looking at you. They have to raise and pick out the large crops of cotton there Just as the boys and girls in your district do. They are well advanced | In studies?even the little ones be- j yond their years. Two excellent teachers are employed. You should go there some "North Carolina Day", or at some other exercise and hear them recite and sing. You hardly could get away for the people are very kind. Actually the census In 1908-9 showed only 111, but 120 were enrolled in the school?many coming In from outside the district. (This is the writer's old,boyhood home and he does not see why every district in the county can not do as Elevation has done.) In the great race of life trill not these boys and girls show superiority? We shall see what we ?hall see. Discussion Resumed. It was proven last week that local taxes would result in better teach trs. Who is the teacher anyway? That bright boy who has outstripped his classes?knows more than any otni:r boy In the neighborhood;?that aspiring and amiable young lady ?hose energy and Intellect have ra'.sed !ier above in scholarship: tiles with the high stamps of character upon them Laving spent months and years in high school or college con stitute the teaching class. They will always be found commensurate with the salary paid. Johnston County Assessed Valualons. That our county has no bonded In debtedness and has the lowest as sessed valuations and the lowest tax rates are facts in which we all re jolce; but if this admirable show of finances is to result in ignorance of our citizenship we should be willing to pay a local tax for schools. Below is given the assessed valuations of land per acre by townships. (This list does not include town lots or corporation values, but general land values. Of course improved lands are valued higher than unimproved? only the average value is given.) Clayton township, $10.27. Cleveland, 7.48. Pleasant Grove, 4.19. Elevation, 5.42. Banner, 6.89. Meadow, 3.86. Beatonsville, 3.66. ingrams, 4.69. Boon Hill, 5.64. Pine Level, 7.44. Beulah, 7.07. Oneals, 5.59. Wilders, 5.32. Wilson's Mills, 7.06. Selma. (corrected) 13.96. Smithfield, 11.66. Johnston County, ? 6.54. A glance at the above assessed val lations per acre will show that they ire very low, although there is much ;ood land in Johnston. Upon these valuations the taxes are raised for ill purposes. Excepting those who pay special taxes for town, road, school and stock law, no one has lo pay any taxes except the general :axes. The rate of general tax on property is 63 cents on the $100 val uation of property and $1.89 poll. ? . i ' - ? i * The constitutional limit of taxation is 66 2-3 cents on the $100 valuation of property and $2.00 on the poll. Therefore we have not reached the constitutional limit. As we under stand it there is only one other coun ty in North Carolina that has not reached the limit and in that county the average valuation of land is $8.43 per acre. We thus see that Johnston heads all other counties in low tax, still we have only 80 days school in the rural districts. In order to show the stronger feel ing for education in other progressive counties. I give below some facts for comparison. Wake county land is valued at $8.71 per acre; and on thla valuation they have Toted 28 local tax districts, and the length of rural schools is 115 to 120 days; bonded indebtedness of the county for court-house, jail, etc.. is $100,000. In Mecklenburg County the average value of land Is $12.50 per acre and on this assessed valuation they have voted 19 local tax districts and the average length of rural schools Is 120 days In Guilford County land Is valued at $7.09 per acre and on this valuation they have voted 44 local tax districts. The average length of school term In local tax districts is 134 days?for entire coun-1 ty 117 days. The bonded Indebted ness (for macadam roads) is $300, 000. In New Hanover county land is valued at about $14 per acre and on this assessed valuation the entire county voted a special school tax of 12 cents on the $100.00 valuation of property and 36 cents on the poll. The average length of rural schools is 140 days. The bonded indebtednes of the county Is $157,800?city some over $1,000,000. By any comparison there Is no Jus tification for our short terms In the rural districts. Johnston may claim exemption from high taxes, it is true, there being only one other county with rates so low. It may claim low assessed valuations. It Is true, the rate being only $6.54 per acre while adjoining us is Wayne in which the assessed valuation Is I $8.09; Wilson $9.65; Wake, $8.71, or | in the progressive counties of Meck lenburg, $12.50 and New Hanover, $14. But the rural districts in our county can not escape the greater condemnation of only 80 days school in our rural districts as compared with the 115, 117, 120, 134 and 140 days school term respectively for [ the other entire counties. Yet the writer claims that Johnston county ljind as valuable as the land In the other counties. Dr. Mclver said: "The savage pays no tax." It will be seen at a glance that our townships having the lowest assess ed valuations and which few have any special tax schools could levy 30 cents on the $100.00 valuation of property and still pay less taxes than if paying the general taxes In the other counties. Yet these other coun ties are paying in addition special school taxes. I have more than proved my claim last week that In nearly every town ship in Johnston local taxes could be voted and still the taxes would not be higher than the general coun ty and state taxes in other progres sive counties. My friends, are we , acting the part of wisdom in dwarf ing the intellect of the children for the saving of a few dollars tax in our great county? Can you set a price on intelligence and morality? , "There Is a way that seemeth right unto a man but the end thereof are the ways of death." I shall discuss the advantages of the intensive system of education in my next installment. A DEAD STOMACH. Of What Use Is It? Thousands? yes hundreds of thou sands of people throughout America are tainkg he slow death treatment dally. They are murdering their own stomach, the best friend they have, and in their sublime ignorance they ' think they are putting aside the laws 1 of nature. This Is no sensational statement; It Is a startling fact, the truth of ' whi h any honorable physician will 1 not lieuy. These thousands if pecple are swallowing daily huge quantities of 1 pepsin and other strong digesters, 1 made especially to digest the food ( in the digestive membrane of the stomach. Mi-o-na stomach tablets relieve dis tressed stomach In five minutes; they do more. Taken regularly for a few weeks they build up the run down stomach and make It strong enough to digest Its own food. Then indiges tion, belching, sour stomach and headache will go. Ml-o-na stomach tablets are sold by druggists everywhere and by Hood Bros., who guarantee them. 50 cents a box. Booth's Pills cure constipation, 25c. It is too bad says The Dallas News, that Chicago people are having to t at horse meat, but they have one advantage?they can hand the horse shoes to the children to cut their teeth on. At an elevation of 10 feet the ho- i rlzon is slightly more than 10 miles t away. I Suggested for Solicitor. The Monroe Journal has the fol lowing to aay concerning Mr. B. C. Beckwith of Raleigh, who la a can didate for solicitor. "Mr. Beckwith has done valuable service both to his party and State1 through a long term of years. Back in the old days before campaigns were run on typewriters and money, he was year In and year out secre tary of the State executive commit tee and did laborious work, to the neglect of his own business. For years he has done equally efficient and unreinunerated work for the j State as a member of the Board of J Internal Improvements. On the score of service Mr. Beckwith Is entitled to anything that his friends may ask. But on the higher ground of fitness, he Is entitled to the solicitorship if he desires It. He 1s a lawyer of rec ognized ability, but better sill, he is a citizen consecrated to high ideals of public service, faithfulness, and efficiency. And he is one of that number which Is becoming all too rare?one to whom all lawbreakers look alike, whether big or little. He I still holds the idea that the laws were made to be obeyed by all, and that violators, regardless of wealth, pov erty, Influence or family, should pay the penalty of their violations. If the people of our neighboring district want a solicitor In the best Beuse of the word, they can find such an offi cer in the person of Mr. Beckwith. Chamberlain's Stonmch and Liver Tablets Invariably bring relief to women suffering from chronic con stipation, headache, billiousness, diz ziness, sallowness of the skin and dyspepsia. Sold by Hood Bros. The Sense of Economy. "Why does a dog chase his tall?" "Because he wants to make both ends meet."?Baltimore American. Mrs. C. H. K. Curtis, whose death is announced from Philadelphia, was the editor of The Ladies' Home Jour nal from 1883, when her husband started the enterprise, until 1889, when the editorship was relinquished i to Edward W. Bok, who married the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis. When she relinquished control it ( had attained a circulation of half a million copies, which was then more ' wonderful than the much larger cir- ( culation of to-day. Since her retire- i ment from The Journal she has been I identified with charitable and club (, work.?Exchange. I ?* 1 - "?" CASTOR IA i For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought ' Bears the ' Signature of J&UcAt'!/. 1 "Ah. Mr. Jimsoll!" exclaims the kittenish lady with the plenitude of powder on her face. You must re member I am a daughter of Eve." 'Well, honestly," replies the blunder- ( mg man, "you don't look half that jld."?Chicago Post. When it comes to barley crops, t Russia leads, with the United States a lecond. " f 'Breathe ? JL *** guarantee tt A 7^ to cure Catarrh Q No stomach dosing-?breathe the pleasant, healing, germ-killing air of Hyomei, and cure CATARRH. COUGHS. COLDS, CROUP. SORE THROAT. BRONCHITIS. ETC. ^ Complete outfit, including hard rubber in haler, $1.00, on money-back plan. Extra ^ bottles, 50c. Druggists everywhere, and by HOOD BROS. f t It Is said that John D. Rockefeller a will receive on St. Patrick's Day next f i check for $4,050,000 as his share of jj :he quarterly dividend declared by j :he Standard Oil Company. Y j gCARDUl The Woman's Tonic I As a medicine for fe- ? male trouble, no medi- I cine you can get has the I old established reputation, H that Cardui has. Fifty (50) years of sue- I cess prove that it has | stood the greatest of all I tests?the test of TIME. As a tonic for weak wo- H men, Cardui is the best, be- H cause it is a woman's tonic. I Pure, gentle, safe, re gj! liable. Try (^ardui. ? "He says he courts the fullest In vestigation possible. He has nothing whatever to tear." "Is that so?" "Yes; and he's hired three of the cleverest lawyers In town to prove it."?Detroit Free Press. If all the oceans were suddenly dried up, and the rivers could main tain their present rate of flow, it would take 3500 years to refill the basin. NOTICE! Under and by virtue of an order it the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Smlthfield the under signed will, on Saturday April 9th, 1910, at 12 o'clock, sell to the high sst bidder for cash at 'he Court House door in the Town of Smith tield the hereinafter described tract >f land. "Beginning at pointers on :he east side of the new road lead ng from the W. W. K. R. Depot south jy Chickensville (and being the 5th lorner in a deed executed by W. L. Woodall. Executor of Seth Woodall o James H. Woodall December 3rd, 1900. See Book "X" No. 7 Page 90) ind runs thence north 8>/? east with said new road 70 j'ards to a stake; hence south 81 east 140 yards to L stake; thence south 8V& west 70 'ards to a stake In the original line; hence with the original line north II west 140 yards to the beginning, ontaining two acres more or less ind is the property known as the ?est House and lot belonging to the Town of Smithfldd. This March 9th, J910. JAMES A. WELLONS, Mayor of Smlthfield. NOTICE. State of North Carolina. Johnston bounty, Pine Level Township. Z. Taylor i vs. , Millard J. Pittman. The defendant above named will ake notice that a summons in the ' ibove entitled action was Issued a- i lalnst said defendant on the 28th , lay of February 1910, by W. F. Ger ild, a Justice of the Peace of John- ' iton County, North Carolina, for the ium of eighty six dollars and twenty ive cents due said plaintiff by ac ount which summons is ntWUilll >efore said Justice at his office in 'ine Level in said County and in >ine Level Township on the 5th day >f April 1910. When and where the I lefendant is required to appear and nswer or demur to the complaint ?r the relief demanded will be grant d. i This March Gth, 1910. I W. F. GERALD, J. P. I ! NOTICE. North Carolina. Johnston County, n the Superior Court. Daisy Boykin vs. I Jno. R. Boykin. The defendant above named will ake notice that an action entitled s above has been commenced in the I Superior Court of Johnston County, . ly the plaintiff above named, to innul and declare void the marriage intered Into between the plaintiff .nd defendant; and the said defen lant will further take notice that he s required to appear at the May erm of Court of said County, to be | ield on the Tenth Monday after the j first Monday in March, It being the , 6th day of May 1910, at the court- 1 louse of said County in Smlthfield, 1 L C.. and answer or demur to the ; omplalnt in said action, or the plaln iff will apply to the court for the ' ellef demanded in said complaint. ' W. S. STEVENS, Clerk of Superior Court. OHN E. WOODARD. Attorney for plaintiff. ' NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified ] is Admr. on the estate of R. J. Cas leberry deceased, hereby notifies all | >ersons having claims against said i (state to present the same to me du y verified on or before the 4 day of Peb. 1911 or this notice will be plead sd In bar of their recovery; and all >ersons indebted to said estate will nake Immediate payment. This 28 day of Feb. 1910. Mrs. S. C. CASTLEBERRY, Admx. CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTON men,aV8U?e?rth Car?"Da' Dep*rt" ^ Pre'enU Ma' f.^ihel il aPI*ars to mr satla factlon, by duly authenlcated record i** Pri>ce??i,nK? for the rolunury dissolution thereof by the unanimous consent of all the stockholders de posited in my ott'ce. that the Selrna if this'sta'te hP*ny' a corP?rat'on Is Himatflrt J w?Be Prlnc|P?l office Countv ^f . ? l,he lown ?f S-lma. bounty of Johnston, State of North agent th (1 E' Ed*erton being the >gent therein and In charge thereof upon whom process may be served of Chaptere2. Wpth.th.8 re<lulr?ments Hfih ' ?ev|8?l of 1905. en. titled Corporations," preliminary to DUsoluUon* ?f th'8 Certlfka,e ?^ow- Therefore, I j iirvav GRIMES, Secretary of State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the # b? c?rPor"?on did, on the 18 day of February 1910, file in my office ? fn ? ?*ecuted ?nd attested consent writing to the dissolution of said corporntlon. executed by all the sent ?n<?e?h thereof' whl< h ?aid con sent and the record of the proceed ed *f,?resa'd are now on file In my office as provided by law In Testimony Whereof. I have here h?i '?y hand and affl*?*d my offi cial seal, at Raleigh, this 18 day of February, A. D. 1910. y J. bryan grimes. Secretary of State. SALE OF VALUBLE LAND. North Carolina. Johnston County. In the Superior Court Before the Clerk. W. W. Stewart, John e. Stanley. W. e. Stanley, R. e. Stanley and Sarah A. Stanley. V8. Lula Massenglll and Henry Massen Slll. By virtue of a decree of the Sup erior Court Qf Johnston Cpupty, made, on Feb. 12, mo. i? the above efT t tied action. I will sell at auction to tlie highest bidder for eash, at the Court House door, in the town of Smlthfield, N. C? on Thursday March' I 11, 1910, at 1 o'clock p. m., that tract of land in Ingram's township, Johnston County, known as the Bar bara A. Stanley land, containing 46 acres more or less, and adjoining the lands of Rlrjard Massenglll, W. E. Stanley and others, the description of which Is more fully set forth In the abovo mentioned pleadings. This Feb. 14, 1910. S. S. HOLT, Commissioner. notice. The undersigned having qualified as executor on the estate of Mrs. Carrie Fuller deceased, hereby noti fies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 4th day of Feby. 1911, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons Indebted to said es tate will make Immediate payment. This 27th day of Jan. 1910. \V. L. \Y OODALL, Executor POU & BROOKS, Attorneys. notice. The undersigned having qualified as Administrator on the estate of Caroline Hartley deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or be fore the 11th day of February 1911 ?r this notice will be pleaded in bar 3f their recovery; and all persons In Jebted to said estate will make Im mediate payment. This 5th day of February, 1910. A. A. Hartley, Administrator. notice. The undersigned having qualified is Administrator on the estate of Martha McCuliers deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the ,ame to me or to my attorney, Mr S 3. Holt, duly verified on or before the 18 day of February 19U 0r this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons Indebted -o said estate will make Immediate payment. This 12 day of February, 1910. J. N. COBB, Administrator. 3. S. HOLT, Attorney. NOTICE a 7h.e under8'sned having qualified as dministrator on the estate of Levi Rodgers deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me du ly verified on or before the 25 day of February, 1911 or this notice will be [> eaded in bar of their recovery; and *11 persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 23 day of February, 1910. D. B. OLIVER, Admr. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as administrator on the estate of N. G. I'ilklnton, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me du ly verified on or before the 4th day of March, 1911 or this notice will be pleaded In bar of their recovery; and all persons Indebted to said estate will make Immediate payment. This 3 day of March, 1#10. J. B. I'ilklnton, Admr. Pine Level, No. i. Stomach Blood and Liver Troubles Much sicknenn starts with weak stomach, and consequent poor, impoverished blood. Nervous and pale-people lack Hood, rich, red blood. Their stomachs need invigorating (or, after all, a man can be no stronger than his stomach. A remedy that makes the stomach strong and the liver active, makes rich red blood and overcomea and drives out disease-producing bacteria and cures a whole multi tude of diseases. Get rid of your Stomach Weakneaa and Llrer Laziness by taking a course ot Dr. Pierce'a Golden Medical Dlacorery ~the treat Stomach Keatoratlve, Llrer tnrltorator and Blood Cleanser. You can't afford to acc?pt any medicine of unknown nmpntiliom as a substitute for "(iolden Medical Discov cry," which is a medicine or inown composition, having a complete list of ingredients in plain English on its bot tle-wrapper, tame being attested as correct under oath. ^ ? I 'mmnx ,-e,,er* rrrviMte ana invigorate Stomach, Liver and Bowel*.
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