Newspapers / The Advance (Elizabeth City, … / Oct. 6, 1914, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
CI 1 r ability. , . The Adrance considers the idea a. good one in fact we were about to suggest Something, of the twine idea, fn a l6cal. wav, be fore Mr. .Toyner letter reached I Teachers are not" exacted to have a great deal of money, but they are expected to le leaders in every hour of rmbli .- need, and at every opportunity for public service. Morover, from the fact that they .work only eight or nine months in the year they are forced to the necessity of put ing by, (during the school months. enough to live on during vaca tion. Teachers h:ive not fe't the weiglit of war's hand to the ex tent that fanners and business i . ml i. a. jmen are ieeiing n. i ney ougm to help bear the burden of the fc present situation as far as they can. They can do k by put ting their ravings in cotton at ten cents. Mr. .Toyner's letter was dated October 1st. Probably the first teacher has not yet answered the U appeal. Tertainly no county as sociation of teachers has done so. The Advance invited Elizabeth Pity to lead the State in the buy a bale movment. The suggestion M-. Month. was not followed. here in tne procession will Elizabeth rity I VVAAvA I A Hcralzr lm orie Lii 2? d hxfcim (M 'TO HER.' Gtb, 1914 BUYING TODAY r SUBSCRIPTION BATE8 Da Year 1.0 TUhUfhed Tuesdayg and Friday But. a bale cotton. Business is watchfully waiting. See that it America . '' rads "Made in teachers march? When will the teacher of other counties in thip section be heard from? Teachers do more preaching than the men in any other, walk of lite. Here is a splendid op portunity for them to practice what they preach. That's what our customers and visitors say when they visit our store and in spect our exceUent display of furniture for every room in the house. Whatever your needs may be in the furniture line, here they can be met. Why go elsewhere? We stand ready to serve you with fur niture of quality prices most reasonable. gilMipWCI)- Elzabeth City, N.C. f EQQ Hen Eggs Per Dozen- 2oc PEAS Black Eye. r bu. 2; to 2.10 Black. ier bu.. $T.50 SELLING TODAY FLOUR Patapsco best patent i Ed Poihdexter St. QUI'NN CO Elizabeth City, N. C. M Ml N $6.00 GRAIN Corn, White, sackef 90c (hits per bu. 50c to 60c MEAL AND HULLS Meal, per ton, f 28.00 Hulls ir ton, $9.(K w i NEW BICYCLE SHOP Well equiped for all kSad of Bicycle. Repair Work, A splendid stock jrt latest model in bicycles. New oriefr-cQinhig in E. K. SAWYER X' Friday t.f. EASTERN CAROLINA mrawiCTr D. R. Scott, Mgr. ObIj line ottering remilir erget . NAoa head ami mantko ah tbayar nmk' STEAMER TRENTOSf Lvet Mant6 OtOO a. m. r Leaves Manteo 6:00 a. m. Leaven Elizabeth City 2:46 P. It. Leaves Jags Head 6:45 A. M. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. i They my the dawn of prosper ity is at hand, but we would ra The State Kuierintendent of ther see the fnll break of day. EHucation in addition to urging) that cluba of teachers be form- When you can see yourself as led to buy cotton at ten cents is Other see you, you will have suggesting that similar clubs of reached the age of wisdom. school children aNo may be or ganized. It's the man who reallv counts Hut bWore Mr. .loyner made in farming. There- more in the his suggeetion to the public man than there is in the laud school teachers of this State the or in the times. members of the senior class or Wake Forest College had already Good roads widen a people's immortalized .themselves by buy sympathies, broaden their hori- ing a bale of cotton at ten cents j sons and add to their usefulness. Ion their own initiative. The Ad Let's have them. TUT PREACH ING INTO PRACTICE The State Superintendent of Education has issued a letter to the teachers of North Carolina urging them toVjoin in the buy a bale movement tluM is now at tracting the attention ff the whole country. Mr. Joyner suggests many a vance feels that it may Ikj par doned for the degree of pride with which it speaks of this ac tion on the part of the next set of young men whom its editor's Alma Mater w ill send out to help shape the future of North Carolina. An official of the Federal Cen sus Birreau, in discussing the re port recently issued by the gov- t hat -eminent, dealing with the term school superintendent of occupancy of farmers in the can without great hardship buy Tinted States, said: a bale of cotton himself. A few "This frequency of moving teachers can do likewise. from farm to farm, or instablli- Btit Mr. Joyner's letter is not -ty of occupancy, very likely, merely an appeal to the eonipar forms one of the chief causes for atively small nuu;)er of teachers the decline of rural prosperity, who are in a position 'to do so or it is a hindrance to greater without hardship to buy a bale progress. Frequency of removal of cotton at ten cents. He is of farmers results in general urging the school superintend- shiftlessness; the roads and bridg ents to put the matter lnfore es are generally in a poor con- those who work under' them to -dition because the farmers, mov the end that the Teachers in ev- ing at frequent periods, are not ery ystem of city schools shall particularly interestdd in their form a club to purchase one or upkeep. Farm buildings of such mbre bales at tiiis price. Me al- farms are not usually kept in bo wants the county superintend good repair, as the farmer who ents to bring the matter to the is about to move will leave the attention of the country teachers repairs for the next tenant to and enideavor in ach county to make. The same reasons will organize at least one -buy a-bale apply for lack of interest by the club among the teachers of the "unstable" farmer in the schools rural whools. This does not churches, and general welfare of Snean that the techers are to the community. They move ire quently; they do not remain' on a farm long enough to get the best results' from it, consequent lv thev are usuallv in a Door n nancial condition." . ., ; ; . m- ,f i a - - Ft - " ""J : fir I ' (ft 9 X, Vinitius Reveals Passionate Love to Lygia. -Mzr?r rw -v. i w St - apf raise this money with entertain melts and supers and ssials but that they am to go down in to their porkets and contribute according , to their individual GEORGE KLEINS Mighty Monarch of Myography 11 tram a mm Friday, Oct. 9lhi 2 P. M. TO 11 P- M. PRICE 10 ANt 20 CENTS I W A T -: - i '- 1 . . ..itmm Mmvrw to :::: -: .-.-: ' 1 ' - " 3 t ii'- The Christian Martyrs fn the Arena 3C i MHMMM IT fTi -t n in ' ) 1 TTT-rr WEEKS & SAWYER HABERDASHERS TAILORS KRAMER Bj-DCSf HAVE YOUR SUIT MADE 1 "Where The Beist Gothes Gome From" WEEKS & SAWYER ' HAgEFtoA&HERS&TAILORS KRAfiifeiRbfe. L. V - , I '
The Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 6, 1914, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75