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AiimUmn Vffl M Ov Col ami a linyiiy to Owr jjitiw H«M Mart* CiMlj Bwm VOLUME XXXIII—NUMBER 97 "LIVE AT HOME" PLANNED IN THE STATE SCHOOLS Pupils and Teachers Asked By Governor To Observe Program February 16 Raleigh, Feb. 3.—1 he week begin ning February 16 ha* been designated by Governor O. Max Gardner at the second annual live-at-Home week in the schools, it waa anno—cad today at the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction A. T. Allen. Material and aaggestions for the preparation of programs have just been sent to every high school prin cipal and superintendent. A daily ra dio program will be aranged with the several stations of the State, "I have designated the week of Feb ruary 16", said Governor Gardner in his message to the school children which has been sent oat by Supt. Al len; "as live-at-home week in the schools. During this week I hope every teacher will place emphasis on tke live-at-home program in her class room work. "The results of the live-at-home week in the schoola last year were ex ceedingly gratifying. At this time the live-at-home message was carried to 175,000 school children by 25,000 tea chan In the 6,000 schools of North Carolina. "Frankly, the work of the teachers and the school children was in no small measure responsible for our add ing 16 1-2 million dollars to the value of the 1930 food and feed crops pro duced in the State. It it hard to esti mate the real relief that this work has brought to farmers and farm tenants thia winter. "The public schools of the State last year," Supt. Allen says in his letter to county and city superintendents and principals, "through their activities in connection with the live-at-home pro gram, demonstrated, in my opinion, their economic value as well as their civic and educational worth. "Agreeable, therefore, to the desire of His Excellency, Governor O. Max Gardner, 1 am requesting the school force* of the State to cooperate to the fullest extent and to the limit of their strength in the promotion of the live at-home idea through the activity of the school children." OPEN BIDS SOON FOR CANAL LOCK •No Contract Yet Awarded For Dredging Mouth of Roanoke River Bids for the-construction of locks in the Cheasapeake and Albemarle canal, a link in the waterway connecting Norfolk and Eastern Carolina rivers, will be opened in Norfolk Friday of this week, it was announced recently by Major Gordon R. Young. The construction of the locks is a part of inland waterway work program recently passed by congress. More than $40,000 was appropriated for work on the mouth of Roanoke, but so far as it is known here, no contract has been let for the dredging of the stream. «, The locks are to cost $500,000, the money having been made available through private sources at the request of Joaeph E. Knapp and VV. E. Corey, millionaire owners of large gunning preserves in Currituck Sound and Back Bay. Major Young said the work will be done as rapidly as possible but he could not say just when it would be 'Completed. He said, however, that it would be practically impossible to complete the lock* by July 1. The new locks are to replace similar structures that formerly stood at Great Bridge. The old locks were discarded about 12 years ago and since that time salt water has found its way into Cur rituck Sound and Back Bay and de stroyed considerable of the growing feed on which wild ducks, geese and other feathered creatures feed in the winter. Congress authorized the ex penditure of $500,000 to restore the locks, but did not make the appropria tion available for immediate use. Messrs. Knapp and Corey, in order to expedite the- ewstruction of the locks made arrangements with New York banks to advance the money which is ~ to be returned as soon as it is made available by Congress. • Local People Might See Dirigible "Los Angeles" ■» The naval dirigible, Los Angeles, Lakehurst, N. J. last night for the Canal Zone where it is scheduled to take part in the naval maneuvers the 10th of this month. The air liner will follow the shortest air path from Lakehurst to the Bahamas, thence to the naval stations at Guantanamo. According to information given by Congressman Lindsay Warren several fere ago, -the Los Angeles will fly over this section on its return from the Canal Zone. Congressman Warren naked that the big ship be routed over this section and the request met with ' " u- : •"'*' ' ' THE ENTERPRISE Women Rally to Of Home ** » i A PROPOSAL TO CURTAIL WORK MEETS DEFEAT ! [Mrs. Wade L. Mizelle Pre i! sents Case for Continua tion of Agent's Work 50 WOMEN PRESENT . Robersonville Woman's Club Resolu tion Read Before Commissioner* At Meeting Yesterday j The proposal to discontinue the of fice of home agent in Martin county, whether work be limited, costly or what not, was completely blotted out when fifty women representing various clubs from several sections of the I county went before the county com missioners in session here yesterday in behalf of the office. In keeping with j the urge for economy in all public operations, the discontinuance of the office had been considered. The pro posal was not advanced in an effort to curtail demonstration work; it was considered because it was believed that expenses could be curtailed. ' j Mrs. Wade L. Mizelle, president of the county association, presented the case for the continuation of the work.] She mentioned, in detail, the many ad vantages made available to the women |of Martin iountypand offered strong and convincing points in behalf of the 'work. To maintain the work, Mrs. Mizelle stated, it costs only 6.4 mills per hundred dollars which means that 'a man who who has SI,OOO worth of 1 property would pay six cents and four 'mills. The organization president also stated that if the Women of the county j I learned nothing more than how tOj jpeel potatoes that it would save the, county many times more than the jfcost of home demonstration work in dollars and cents. She also explained the value of proper health foods and 'proper styles in clothing, j The speech of Mrs. Mizelle won the commissioners one hundred per cent,: but the women did not stop there. At least six or eight more representatives! strong arguments for a con tinuation of home demonstration work in the county. | In reviewing the work of the of fice, Miss Lora E. Sleeper, agent. 1 stated that there were eight women's clubs organized for home demonstra tion work with memberships as fol ' lows: Angetown, 16 members with 'monthly attendance of 10; Poplar ' Chapel, 13 members with an average attendance of 7; Jainesville, 19 mem bers, 14 average attendance; Sandy Ridge, 12 members, 6 average at tendance; Parmele, 19 members, 12 average attendance; \ Dear Grass, 16 members with an average attendance 'of 15; Palmyra or Williams Chapel club, 14 members, 10 attend ance and Poplar Point, 7 members, 5 'average attendance. There are 14 girls' and one boys' club': Oak City, 33 members, Rob ersonville (2 clubs combined) mem bership of 46 with an average attend ance of 40; Hamilton, 28 members, 25 average attendance; Gold Point, 8 members, 7 average attendance; Jamesville (2 clubs) 70 members, 60 | average attendance; Williamston 2 | clubs, 73 members, 65 average at tendance; Everetts girls, 25 average attendance 23; Everetts boys, 28 | members, 26 averae attendance; Cross 1 Roads, 12 members, 9 average at [ tendance; Bear Grass, 33 members, 30 average attendance; Farm Life, 27 members 26 average attendance, Cross .' Parmele, 14 members, and 12 average attendance. 11 Appearing before the commission , ers, representatives of the Roberson ville Woman's Club presented the ' resolution prepared by that organiza , j tion. It follows: , | I It has been several years since re ,' presentativea of the Woman's Club of ' Robersonville appeared before other , members of this honorable body with [ a request that Home Demonstration work be established in the county of j Martin. We believed then as now that | home demonstration work is a good l thing and accomplishes much in the ( way of making life easier and happier , for women and girls in rural communi ties. | But since that time much has trans pired; many changes have taken place. » J We do not need to tell you that a very high percentage of farm and town , 1 property stands mortgaged today be : yond hope of redemption by the pres t jent owners; that these owners can r not even borrow the money with I which to pay their taxes; and that in i order to collect the taxes due on such > property, the county must sell it. | Nor is it necessary for us to tell you ' that there ia hunger and suffering and I ( dire poverty in every part of the coun r tjr; that large numbers of the county*! i inhabitants are without sufficient i work, food, clothing or shelter to in r sure a healthy, happy contented exist-' i ence. You know about these things at-; (Continued on the badk page) Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, February 3, 1931. 'RIDES A BICYCLE OVER 4,000 MILES 11 « Geo. M. Sanford, 76 Years Old, Rides His Wheel J From California , ♦ At the age of 76 years George M. Sanford, of Oakland California, is out ' to see America, viewing the country (from a bicycle seat. For many months, the old gentleman has peddled his way, through eighteen states and !many of the country's greatest cities. More than four thousand miles he had ! traveled when he reached here Sunday ' and found the people so friendly that he arranged lodging for a week. | I Mr. Sanford has many experiences ; ready to relate to the questionner, and they are interesting and some are I thrilling. Born in Wisconsin 76 years ago, he started out for his living at an early age by barging on the old ; ! Erie canal. After while spent in the , j shipyards, he settled in Sunny Cali fornia where he Witnessed the rapid growth of the golden west, i While he is old and evidently without ,much worldy goods, his heart ex presses itself in the many fine poems he carries among his chief treasures. I They have to do with motherly love, vour responsibility to God and the need to press on and never alone. Following a life simple and pure in every respect, the aged gentleman had nothing to say about "hard times'' and unfavorable conditions existing in practically every state visited by him. He continues south from here after resting a few days. CLEAN CAMPUS AT JAMESVILLE! a Patrons and Pupils Join In Task for Permanently i Beautifying Grounds Jamesville, Feb. 2.—The Jamesville ! people performed Wednesday in the ' 1 school the task most dreaded by ! | House-Wives in the, home, that of I | spring cleaning. Teachers, patrons and pupils joined j in the clean-up program put on by the I school for cleaning up and permanent- I ly beautifying the school grounds. A large number of patrons furnished ! carts, wagons, team, and trucks to haul sand in the low places in ground. I ! Others furnished plows to prepare for . planting i"6se bushes, shrubbery, blubs,! , and flowering plants. The children responded in bringing: , in an abundance of plants including! rose bushes, hedge shrubbery, ever-J I green shrubbery, bulbs, and large j t variety of plants. About 50 running \ , yards of shrubbery was planted along the front grounds, about 150 running yards of other plants and bulbs were placed along the edges of the grounds 1 and around the building, and in the • back yard 20 crepe myrtle trees were planted. Pupils, patron's, and teachers res . ponded readily in assisting each other to carry out the program to beautify j I the grounds. j Income Tax Payers To > Have Offer of Assistance • Coming here Thursday of next week, | government representatives will assist income taxpayers in filling out their blanks, it was announed in a schedule released this week by Gillman Gris- I som, U. S. collector. I I All citizens finding it necessary to fill in blanks are invited to consult the. agent when he visits here Thur»- ' day of next week. He will make only one stop in this county it was an nounced in the schedule of appoint ments. a Three Splendid Pictures On \ I Watts Program This Week r j An unusually good program of pic 1, tures is included in the run at the 'Watt* here this week, the offering* I comparing favorably with the pro -1 grams of the big city theatres. '; Last night, "Just Imagine" played to ! a big audience, and was enjoyed. The picture!* on again tonight. Tomorrow and Thursday, Charles Ruggles and June Collyer appear in-the fun riot ofi "/'Charley's Aunt," a comedy among • comedies. Many have seen "Charley's f 1 Aunt," on the, silent screen, but thc ( 1 fun and enjoyment is really released ", in the all-talking production, "i Featuring in "So thia Is Paris," and "This Is London," Will Rogers 1 ( reaches his climax in "Lightin'" at 1 , the Watts the latter part of the week. 1 . Of the three pictures featuring the i humorist, "Lightin*" is admittedly the 1 best. I 0 ffdlfftLan Less If A three and a half million dollar t drop in North Carolina collections of -1 internal revenue, over the collections - of January, 1930, were shown in last ■ month's report of United States Col lector Gilliam Grissom. • MARINES HURT IN AUTO WRECK Marines' Car Turns Over Four or Five Times Near Robersonville Sunday Private Robert Childs was badly hurt about the head and his friend, Private Price, both of the Hampton Roads Marine base, was critically in jured in an automobile wreck near Robersonville late Sunday afternoon. Price, whose full name could not be learned, suffered severe injuries to the j head rendering him unconscious. Jim-1 mie Winstead, of Washington, driver of the car sideswiped by the one driv- I en by Childs, escaped injury. Childs was treated in Robersonville and Price was removed to a Green- j ville hospital. He was uttconscious at i the time. Investigating the wreck,' Lieutenant Jones, of the State High- > way patrol, ordered Childs held un der bond. Evidence gathered soon af-1 ter the wreck indicated that Child* had been drinking, and that he was driving recklessly. | I Favored with a 24-hour leave, the two Marines left Norfolk Sunday mor- ( ning with no definite destination in mind. They were just riding, Childs told Sheriff C. B. Roebuck. Traveling toward Robersonville the two Marine men met the Winstead car, evidence indicating that Winstead drove At two right wheels off the concrete In an attempt to avoid the cotlUiop. Side-! swiping the Winstead Oakland, the U-j Drive It Ford turned over foar or| five times and fell on Price, mashing his face into the dirt. The Ford was a complete wreck. One part of the ning gear on the Oakland was torn away, | j Establishing a connection with the Marine Base at Hampton Roads, of ficers were instructed to place the in jured men in the nearest hospital and |to await further developments. * LOCAL SCHOOL HONOR ROLL —• — >ll2 Names Appear On Roll For Good Work During The Fourth Month Another splendid scholastic month i was reported by Principal Wm. R. | Watson in the local schools during the period beginning December 9 and /biding January 16. While tlie roll carries 112 names as compared with' I 114 for the month before, bad weather | ! presented itself, limiting attendance i and affecting the number of pupils eli | gible for the roll, i The list, by grades, follows: j Grade 1- A: Reg Griffin, S. C. Grif-j l fin, Anne Fowden, Mary Charles God-] : win, Mary L. Manning. „ . | I Grade 1-B: Garland Wynne, Nina! | Mae Bunch. Grade 2-A: Aruthur Anderson, Ben j Barnhill, Stuart Critcher, Frank Clier ry, Jerry Manning, Einory McCabe, i | Raymond Rawls, Joseph ThigpenJ Jimmie Watts, Nina Bland, Eleanor I (Brown, Marjorie Gray Dunu, Doro j thy Harrison, Katherine Manning, | Madeline Pope, Sallie Fa ye Thomas. Grade 2-B> Pior'othy Jones, Doris [Bullock, Robert T. McLaren, McDon [ald Ssrvis, Leslie Coltrain, Arna Wal- I lace. Grade 3-A: Bill Ballard, Jerry Clark,' j Dick Dunn, Jackson Edmondson, Gor | don Manning, Elbert Peel, jr., Bernice i Cowen, Sallie Gray Gurkin, Doris Moore, Louise Melson, Pearlie M, Roberson, Eleanor Taylor, Susie Whit ley, Virgil Ward, Julia Watts. I Grade 3-B: Everette Matthews, Ben jamin Godwin, D. O. Bowen, jr., El len M. Coburn, Virginia Williams. ] Grade 4-A: Grace Barnhill, Mary Barnhill, Thelma Griffin, Nora Grimes, Marion Pender, Pauline White, Reg Manning. I Grade 4-B: Muriel Bland, Joseph Roger son. 4 I Grade 5-A: E. G. Wynne, Julia Ev ! erette, Addie Lee Meador, Nellie Gray Rogerson. Grade 5-B: Nellie Grey Hopkins, j Grade 6-A: Edna Ballard, Bolton Cowen, Frances Cox, Ella Wynne! Critcher, Marjorie Lindsley, Kathleen Price, Dori* Teel, Gwendolyn Watts, j 'Jean Watt*, Thad Harrison, Milton 'James, Ben Manning, Clayton Moore,' j Densel Simpson, Joe David Thrower, . Ellie Wynne. I I Grade 6-fi: Jessie Belle Swain/Lo ' rene Weaver, Carrie Williams, Alec' 1 Nicholson. , ' Grade 7: :J. D. Bowen, Billy Grif- i | fin, Lawrence Lindsley, Carroll Jones, J Emma Ward, Pattie Ray Bennett, Al-| ta Critcher, Mary Bell Edmondson, Eula Greene, Alice Harrison, Blanche Harrison, Grace Manning, Edna Rog erson, Annie Wynne. Grade 8-A: None. Grade 8-B: Edna Coat*, Olive Mc-! Cabe. Grade .9: Grace Barnhill, Jennie Green Taylor, Rucsell Roebuck. Grade 10: Lata Griffin. Grade 11: Jo*eph Griffin, Raymond Gurkin, Reginald Simpson, Frances Bowen, Nell Ingram, Verona Lilley, Edith Peele, Mary Clyde William*. County Officers Accept Reduction in Salaries Legislature Seeking Source Of Revenue for the Schools CERTAIN THAT A ! SALES TAX WILL j GO ON LUXURIES -g. Argument Centers Around What Articles Are To Carry Tax I a BILLS CROWD HOPPER I « —— Although Mandate Is Clear, There Are Thoae Who Expect A | Compromise BY M. L. SHIPMAN Raleigh, Feb. 2.—With a definite mandate from the Legislature for a | State-supported school term of six ' months, the joint finance committee of the two houses is now engaged in canva**ing possible source for the mil lions that must be provided for. Specu lation turns to the possibilities. It is | now fairly certain that a sales tax will ' be imposed, certainly on articles class ed as luxuries...Careful scrutinity is be -1 ing made of the large reported earn ings of the electric power and tobac co industries with a view to ascertain ing how much increases in taxes they can stand. On the Heels of the man date came a bill, introduced by Senator Whcdhee, providing for a 20 per cent advaloreni State-wide property tax. j Every legislator has some suggestion j for increasing revenue with a view to j lightening the property tax burden, I but no definite program lias been j worked out. The proposal lot; a Statewide ad | valorem tax came a surprise, as it is interpreted by many as a step to | ward the return to a pro|>erty tax for , the support of schools. This was the former system of taxes. It was the ; impression of many that whatever the j Legislature might do, it would not sponsor such a tax program. How ever, it is a condition and not a theory that faces the legislators. This is | frankly a proposal looking to the le veling of land taxes. It would hit counties with a low school tax and wt uld aid comities with a high school i tax. There are many observers who | feel that the bill has an excellent I chancer to pass. a j Although the mandate' from the ' Legislature is clear, there are many | members of both Houses who ex]>ect ' a compromise by raising the eqiializa i tion fund to ten or twelve million dol lars. If the State took over the schools, lit would take not less than eighteen millions. Admitedly no such huge sum of money is now in sight. Where .to get it is the question. The State Tax i Commission has not planned for such a huge sum, although it has been (Working on the problem for two years land the Legislature has "less than for ty days to work in. The argument over' the sales tax program centers around what articles to tax. It is argued, for instance, that a man moves down from New York, enters his children in school, and pays not a cent of taxes outside of his poll j tax as he lives in a rented house and owns little furniture. He goes to the moving pictures, patronizes the soft drink places, buys tobacco and other things in addition to his gasoline. The argument is that a sales tax will make him contribute to the support of the schools. The argument against it is ! that the hard-pressed farmer, the un ' employed laborer and the low" salaried man will have their cost qi living in creased at the very time that they can least afford it. Between these two ex -1 tremes run the arguments pro and con, with the merchants, manufacturers i and working men making common I cause against any drastic sales tax. The legi«lative,hopper is full of bills! for levying sales taxes. One of the most drastic was dropped in by Sena-' (Continued on page four) g Firemen Answer Two Calls In Three Days The local fire company answered two calls in the past three days, goipg to a small tenant house on the Jas. Bowen farm, at the edge of town, late Saturday afternoon and to a grass fire near the colored old fellows hall on the Jamesville road yesterday. A chimney blaze gave rise to the Saturday call, and while it threatened the house, no damage resulted. Several houses were in danger of fire yester day afternoon when a blaze swept dry brush and broom straw. The company used the small hose and tank on the truck and brought the blaze under control. * A Real Plan Offered For Farmers' Relief Many suggestions for "farm relief" have been advanced dur ing the past year or two. and re ductions have been considered in this office and that office as a helping measure, but the real plan for relief was advanced in a sermon preached by Rev. Sam Smith, a well-known negro min ister in the Mount Olive section a few days ago. Before his assembled flock on a recent Sunday morning when everything was bright except tihe "times," the minister pre scribed the following: "Put your faith in God, your family in the field, your Ford under the shed and grow what feed you need." And thAt- about covers the much offered advice by editors, high-salaried economists and "the man about town." TOWN OFFICIALS HOLD MEETING , « Woman's Club Asks Town Aid In Drainage Of Play Ground Lot Committee assignments featured llie regular meeting of the town board of commissioiirs here last night, the boUy limiting official action to, a very, lew items. t ! (minx before the hoard, represents tives of the Woman's club asked the town to investigate the cost of laying drain tile oyer the club lot near the courthouse. In making their request for the service, the lad u;J>, Mrs. -J.H. Saunders, Mrs, S. R. Higgs and Mrs. J. Frank Margolis, stated that the successful establishment of a play ground there depended upon the pro per tiling for. the ditch. In a prelimi nary discussion of the matter, the board learned that the ditch was serv ing as an open sewer, that some action , was necessary to remedy the existing conditions. A committee-was appoint ed and a report will he offered the [board at its next regular meethig. | Several other drainage projects were brought before the commis sioners, but they will be handled through committees, j The session was of comparatively .short duration, autl no official action resulted in the matters placed before the officials, v / REPORTS MUCH * ! FARM ACTIVITY i ——♦ C. W. Tilson Impressed by I Farm Work Underway In Martin County I Apparently there are more impor tant activities now underway on Mar tin County farms than there are in any other couivty in Eastern Nortli Carolina,, remarked C. VV. Tilson, of the Farmers' Exchange, Durham, on a visit to several counties in this section. "Thing* just seem to look better in this county than they do in any other one," Mr. Tilson said. | The exchange metnl>er, here for the purchase of soy beans, was impressed when he saw so many, farmers clear-, ing away their ditch batiks and remov ing the dirt to low places in their fields. "It just looks like they are 'starting off the year right," Mr. Til son commented. a. Mizelle Declared Suicide Following Investigation ♦ ■ I Investigating the death of Henry Mizelle, young white man of this 'county, near Tarboro last Thursday, j the coroner's jury returned a verdict i declaring that the man 1 committed sui j ckle. Following the preliminary inves- 1 ligation, there was some doubt as to (Whether Mizelle committed suicide .or was killed. The jury and Edgecombe officers continued the investigation in to Friday before officially announcing i the suicide verdict. - . ,-| "Stunt Night" In Schools j At Jamesville Thursday TWe members of the athletic as-' sociation in the Jamesville High School tsre sponsoring a program of stiftits there Thursday evening of this week, in an effort to raise funds for the association. A small admission fee will be charged, the sponsors assuring in return an entertaining program. Watch the Label On Yoor Paper Aa It Carries the Date When Your Subscription Expires ESTABLISHED 1898 TEN PER CENT REDUCTION IN MANY OFFICES *• t Regular Session of County Board of Commissioners Attracts All Classes WOMEN AT MEETING Several More Names Added To List To Receive Assistance from County's Fund Another high spot in Martin coun- Ity s history was reached here yester- * day when a hall hundred women from I all parts of the county voiced their | opinion in county affairs before the county commissioners in regular ses- - siott here. It was a great meeting, and | while the women held the center of the stage, salary decreases Lwere ad vanced as a main issue late in the af ternoon. Minor business was handled and the poor 'came in for their recognition: 1 hjit strict economy was practiced is evidenced in the sweeping reduc tions in the salaries of county of ficers. Realizing a_ heavy expense existing in the sheriff's office, no de crease was advanced there," and as he is under contract,, the superintendent of schools continues'' with the same salary. , - F. B. Brandon, county farm dem onstrator accepted a decrease of $25 per month- in his salary. A ten per cent reduction was made effective in the office of the home agent. J. Sam Getsinger and his clerks accepted a 10 per cent decrease and similar cuts were in order in the clerk of the court's and treasurer's office The salary of re corder's court judge was reduced $25 and that of sdicitor, $12.50, bring ing the salaries of Martin (.'ounty'i of ficers to a level believed to he far be- , low the average paid it) the State. Tax adjustments were again in or- ' der at flic yesterday meeting, the board releasing Mary (*. Kobersori, pf Robersonville township,, of payment of tax mi $175 personal property, im properly listed md filed by X. K Kogerson, constable of Bear (ira>> township, was fileil and approved. i Jesse l.eggett, of Eoplar Point, was allowed $3 monthly on account of in firmities. Winnie Roherson, of Rob | ersonville, was allowed $3 instead of I two formerly received. Betsey Staton, |of Goose N'est, is to v receive-$2 month ly. Mrs. Jenny Hopkins and (laughter, of Williams, was made, ail allowance of $5 monthly. Mrs. Eli Roberson will I receive $3 monthly front the indigent fund, and Willie Ann Bennett, of Wil iamston, was allowed $2 monthly. 185,000 STUDENTS ATTEND SCHOOL ♦ Number Represents More Than One Third Total White Population Raleigh, Feb. 3.—Approximately 185,(MM) children were enrolled in stan dard elementary schools of the State during I''29-30, it is learned from a section of Supt. of Public Instruction A. T. Allen's report to the General As sembly. This number represented more than a third of the total white elemen tary enrollment for that year. Of this number, 102,507 are rural children and 82,384 children in charter school dis tricts. A standard elementary school, ac cording to Supt. Allen's report, is one providing a seven-year course of study with at least one teacher to the grade, a minimum term of eight months, and fulfilling ertain other requirements as to organization and equipment. "In th°e past few years," the report says," there has been a widespread realization of the vital importance of the elemen.tary school as the founda tion of our eduational life. This desire to give the children a more effective opportunity for the fundamentals of an education has concerned itself with such essential factors as length of term, the size of the school, the train ing of teachers, adequate equipment and an enriched course of study." The work of visiting the schools and applying the standards set-up was be gun in 1924. "At that time," the re port continues," there were 270 rural x schools which had seven or more tea chers and an eight months term. To day, there are 448 rural schools which meet these two requirements. "In 1924 there were only 62 large ural schools in which all teachers bad at least one year of college or normal raining, but this year, 1929-1930, we find that 406 raral schools employ teachers with the required training.
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