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Baleigh, N. C., Nov. 20, 1902,
One of the most important gath
erings that has been held in the
State for many years was the educa
tional conference, which closed its
session in Baleigh on Friday evening
last. This gathering was made up
of the County Superintendents from
84 of 97 counties, together with a
number of City Superintendents and
other leading educators from every
section of the State.
The meeting was called some
weeks ago by State Superintendent
of Public Instruction J. Y. Joyne r
and a most interesting programme
had been arranged. The questions
selected for discussion embodied the
most important phases of the educa
tional situation in North' Carolina.
It was not a meeting designed for
rallying purposes, but it was called
for the purpose of bringing together
the public school men of the State in
a business meeting with a view of
considering and discussing the prac
tical and economic question involved
in the new educational movement in
North Carolina, and every feature of
the programme bad in it the one and
all important idea ^f obtaining the
best and most far-reaching results
from the educational resources that
are or may be available. How to
educate the greatest number of the
peoples' children with the fewest
number of the peoples' dollars, is
an all-prevailing question, and this
was the paramount idea that pre
vailed at the conference here last
week, and to that end those in at
tendance considered, and with
earnestness and frankness discussed,
the practical business side of the
educational problem.
The meeting revealed one most
gratifying and important fact, and
that was, that, as a rule, the County
Soperintendents and other school
officials throughout tho State are
waking up to the importane 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 arrive from the fact
that the salaries of some superinten
tendents are not sufficient to enable
them to pay sufficient* attention to
school work. If this be so, an
increase of salary sufficient to justify
the Snperintendent in giying to
school work his undivided attention
is one of the needs of the hour.
Several representatives of the
General Educational Board, includ
ing the General Secretary, Dr. Wal
lace Butterick, of New Jtork, were in
attendance upon eyery session of the
conference and joined most earnestly
into the discussion of the questions
presented.
This board is giving valuable aid
through local organizations, to the
cause of public education through
out the South, being at all times
ready and willing to help those who
show a disposition to help them
selycs. and those representatives of
the Board who attended last week
conference have expressed them
selves as highly gratified at the
stimulus which has been given to
the cause of education in North
Carolina.
Among the questions discussed at
the conference were;
Beports on consolidation of dis
tricts, and best means of securing
consolidation; locations and plans of
school houses, and ways and means
of raising money for better school
houses, benefits of local taxation,
and ways and means of securing it,
.township teachers’ meetings, teach
ers’ institutes, rural libraries, etc.
After very general discussion the
following resolutions were adopted:
“Resolved, first. That we recog
nize the following as' among the
greatest needs of public schools of
North Carolina, and favor the enact
ment of such legislation as may be
necessary to supply them:
flm«ll difltrhstB into larger ones.
**2. The erection of adequate and
comfortable school houses, and the
enlargement and ^improvement ‘ of
school grounds.
‘3. Supplementing by local tax
ation the school in rural disMcts
adequate in bouses, teachers and
length of term for the education of
the children of these distiicts.
“4. A reasonable provision for
the improvement of publie school
teachers at small expense by length
ening of term of the County institute
and making its work more efficient.
“5. The necessity of an increase
in the salaries of good teachers in
order to hold such in the profession
and encourage others to come into
it.
*‘6. An increase in the compen|
sation of the County Superintendent
of every county in which such
ncreaae is necessary to justify him
in devoting all of his time, thought
and energy to the educational work
of his county, just as County Clerks,
Registers of Deeds, and employees
of every other business of value and
importance are required to do.
“7. Strengthening and making
more efficient the State Superinten
dent, in his efforts to meet the
demands of the growing sentiment
in favor of public education in the
pubKc schools, by the appointment,
by proper authority, of • Deputy
State Superintendents, so that the
State Superintendent, with the aid
of his deputies, may be able to reach
and help every part of the State in
this the most important work for the
betterment of conditions among all
our people.
Second. That we fayor an ap-
propriatiow by the State for an
ii:crease in the number of rural
libraries, and for the maintenance
and extension of those already estab
lished.
Third. That we desire to record
an expression of our appreciation of
the work inaugurated by the
Women’s Association for the better
ment of public school houses in
North Carolina, and to give assur
ances of our hearty co-operations in
this noble work, and for our grati
tude to the more than two thousand
public spirited 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 campaign
carried on by th» aid of the Southern
Education Board, and desire to
express our appreciation of their aid
and the earnest hope that this cam
paign may be continued and extend- j
ed.
“Fifth. That we desire to express
our thanks for the generosity of the
General Education Board in aiding
to have the most largely attended
conference of County Superintei -
dents ever held in North Carolina,
and to assure this Board of our
appreciation of the spirit and motive
prompting them in the work of
co-operating with us in the upbuild
ing of our public schools.
“Sixth, That we should deplore
any backward step in education,
and, therefofe, favor most heartily
the continuance of the present spe
cial appropriation for the public
schools out of the State Treasury.”
The addresses of the different
speakers were most interesting and
instructive, and the good results
that will gi-ow out of this conference
will be felt in every section of the.
State,
This was the first annual confer
ence of the County Superintendents
of the State, but it should not, it
must not be the last. The meeting
pei^ected a permanent State organi
zation, and should come together in
general conference at least once
every year. The cost in expenses
will be trivial when compared with
the gre.it good that will grow out of
such comprehensive gatherings 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
Superintendents are to come together
every year and make a report from
their respective counties, and in a
few years the change for the better
in the local situations will be mar
veious.
**My wife bad « deep-seated congh
for three years. I purchased two
bbttleaof Ayer’s Cherry Pectwal,
Isi^ size, and it cured her com-
J. H. Burse, Macoo, Col.
Probably you know of
cough medicines that re
lieve little coughs, all
coughs, except deep onest
The medicine that has
been curing the worst of
deep coughs for sixty
years is Ayer’s Cherry
Pectoral.
ThKcclzes: 2Sc.,S«c..tl. AH
at he My*. If he
to take it. then dont take it. He Icnow*.
Lesre it with him. Wn am williivc.
J. C. AT£K CO.. Lowell, B(at«.
A Startling Surprise.
Very few could believe in looking
atA, T. Hoadley, a healthy robust
blacksmith of Tilden, Ind., that for
ten 7'ears he suffered such tortures
from Bheumatism as few could en
dure and .'live. But a wonderful
change followed his takiag.EJejBtric
Bitters. “Two bottles wholly cured
me,,” he writes, “and I have not felt
a twingo in over a year.” They
regulate the Kidneys, Purify the
blood and cure Bheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Nervousness, improve diges
tion and give perfect lieaUU, Try
them. On 50c by Jno. L. Bailey &
Co,
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IS YELLOW POISON
In your blood ? Physicians call
It rUlarial Qerin. Itcan be seen
changing red blood yellow under
microscope, it works day and
night. First, It turns your com
plexion yellow. Chiily, aching
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ROBERTS’ CHILL TONIC
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If neglected and when Chills,
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Malaria. - It has cured thous
ands—It will cure you, or your
money back. This is fair. Try
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7. i. Bailey & Co..
Bev. B. D. Carroll, Pastor.
Preaebing first and seeond Sun
day at 11 a. m., andl 7:00 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night at 9:45 p. m.
Young People’s Uniqn every Fri
day night at .8:15p. m.
Sunday sehool at 4 p. m.
J. E, Adams Superintendent.
j^niM'tTirtsitAVTiaT
Elffer A. J. Moore, Pastx>r.
Preaching Saturday afternoon be
fore the. fourth Sunday at 2:30 and
fourth Sunday morning.
MUTUOVIST
Bev. C. L. Bead, Pastor.
Services at 11 o’clock a. m. on the
4th and 5th Sundays; and every Sun
day night excepting the 1st, at 8:30
o’clock.
Prayer meeting Wenesday night
at 7:00.
Epworth League, Tuesday night
at 7:00.
Sunday School, 10 a.m. W. H.
Pridgen, Superintendent.
xriaiJOfAL
Bev. C«fry Gamble, Pastor.
Seryices every Tuesday night at
7:15.
LObOES
TOIfJfOT J.OOOEj JfO. »9S, A.
M^ts? every seeond and fourth
Monday nights. OJlcers for the
ensuing year;'
J. T. Wats6n, Worshipful Master.
J. W. Hays, Senior Warden.
S. W. Andrews, Junior Warden.
Theo. B. Winstead, Senior Deacon.
Iredell Williams, Junior Deacon.
E. O. McGowan, Treasurer.
J. A. Bridgers, Secretary.
CEXTEXNIATj CVVGH, so. 9S, I OOjr
Meets every Thursday night at 8
o’clock. Officers for the ensuing
term:
Iredell Williams, N. G,
S, W. Andrews, V. G.
Theo, B. Winstead, Bee, and Fin,
Secretary,
E. 0. McGowan, Treae.
.Members of the Order always re
ceive a brotherly welcome.
TOWN OFFICERS
J, W. Peacock, Mayor,
O. J. Harrison, pro tem.
M. L. Waters, '|
J. L. Farmer, j
O. J. Winstead, }■ Commissioners.
W. G. Sharp. |
W. H. Pridgen, J
W. E. Batts, Treasurer.
W. H. Pridgen, Clerk.
Jerome Bowen, Chief of Police.
_ ehild of Mrs. CNw. T. Beiwon,
irhell getting his usual Saturday
night! bath, stepped back against a
hot stove whioh bum^ hin*. severe-,
ly. The e^ild was in gre^ agony
and his m^her could d» nothing to
pacify him. Bemembenug that she
had a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm in the house she thought she
would try it. "In less than half an
hour after applying it the child was
quiet and asleep, and in less than two
weeks was well. Mrs.* Benson is a
well known resident of Kellar, Va.
Pain Balm is an antiseptic liniment
and especially valuable for burns,
euts, bruises and sprfcins. For sale
by Jno. L. Bailey & Co.
We are agents for Bubber Stamps,
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SAFKTY LOCK BOXES ?OR
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heir confidence in the future.
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Cotton Factors and
Gom mission Merchants,
Slave
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Doctor’s Orders.
Habit Worse Than
the Disease.
Dr. Miles' Nerrine Cured
Me.
When the henrcus srstem has been shmt-
tered bjr the use of deadly drugs there ii
nothing to equal Dr. Miles’ Nervine in restor
ing it lo health and normal activity.
“I feel so grateful for what Dr. Miles’ Re
storative Nervine has done for me that I
must tell it for that part of humanity that
suffers as I have. During the three years
I suffered from nerrous# prostrati(>n 1 found
no relief cxcept when doctors gave morphine.
To get rid of suffering I took morphine my
self as it was the only ' ' ’ ' " '
ly thing that would give
nrhopou
ease, and now yon, who point with scorn at
morphine using, bow could you, when in
such agony, knowing it about tne only thing
that would give relief, resist it? 1 knew it
gji
was a terrible habit and 1 knew of its deadh
grasp, but I never fully realized its signifi
cance until I had used it a number of months.
Oh, the miseiy of being addicted to such a
habit I tesofved then and there to quit it
and resolved I would never be a slave to any
such demon. About this time I happened to
notice Dr. Miles* Restorative Nervine adver
tised and ordered a bottle. After using five
bottles I can truthfully say I am curcd of
using
sons ma}
cured.
feel it my duty to give it for the benefit of the
suffering.”—Mattjb Phuxips, Prescott. Ark.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
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on Nervous and Heart Dissases. Address
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It you have a bad cold you need a
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Winstead’s Hotel
MRS. CORNELIA WINSTEAD,
Propsietress,
ELM CITY, - - N. C.
Centrally located.
Convenient to the depot and i bus
ness part of town.
Table supplied with the best
market affords.
IRa,-fces =
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