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TUESDAY, OCTOBER & 1910., .THE GASTOXIA GAZETTE. I'AGK SKVE5. DUSTEirjUjST PERIL Endangers Valuable White Pins Forests of Country. t . -1 ( ' 1 RALEIGH HEWS LETTER RALEIGH, Oct. 3. There's more Interest In politics than "ything elese developing around the State Capital this week. With the election only five weeks ahead it is natural that this should be so. It was Governor Bickett and Su perintendent of PubHc Instruction Joyner have done within the last few days to Candidate Linney s ab surd noise, about the alleged ''ex travagant" conduct of the public school system uy mo - North Carolina is not .enough to close the sly politician-, mouth on the subject, then he is dead to light, and has not sought to fairly and hon estly enlighten the People. If Republican spellbinders of mailer calibre who hare echoed Candidate Llnney's this matter do not shut up then It will be because they bare decided to MBUVaa to ignore the truth In the continued hope of fooling ome or the voters and keeping them fooled tfU after the election day In Novem bers Is Just one overshadowing fact that is enough to settle any doubt these spellbinders may hare raised in the mind of any voter ra tional enough to formulate an idea and receive a thoughtful suggestion. Today, after 16 years of continuous . hard work on the proposition, tne State of North Carolina, under Dem ocratic administration of affairs. Is educating nronerlv 288.000 school children for 124 days in the year at a cost per cmia or oniy z i-z cents more than the Republicans spent to "educate" in an inferior manner less than half that number for only 73 days of each year. Under the Republican regime the children attended school in the poor est school houses known wherever people wear clothes (with apologies to Mr. Bickett), and were "taught" by the poorest paid teacners un der the sun (eclipses not excepted), unA th chnnr-A to eflt much of an "eddicashun" under those conditions j was dim enough to supply every- thing else needed to complete tne deadly parallel of the contrast be tween then and now. It there a woil infnrm a1 father or mother in Nnrth Carolina who would vote for. or desire the election of the Republl- can ticket In this State this year, be- j cause Ul toj vraoitio uiuiwfiv tun might accrue to their children? I don't believe it And I don't believe anybody else believes It. If there is any one thing, of the many splendid accomplishments of the Democrats in North Carolina dur ing the last 16 years, that towers ever all the others (important , and valuable as they are), it Is the rrnwtti nf the DnbUc school -system: viewed from all angles, and as was! t) 3 s ? e lit emphasized In the Letters last wees, it Is being done in a more economi cal manner, so far as spending mon ey goes, than in any other State in the American Union save and ex cept one. It is a record of which the Demo crats of North Carolina are proud, a record of which all the people should be proud, when they come to know the truth and disabuse their minds of the Impressions made by the shy ster tricks of the Republican speax ers made at the expense of the truth in the desperate game they are playing to "fool the voters." For they are not going to "stay fooled." Superintendent Joyner says this about Candidate Llnney's absurd suggestion that the sparsely settled counties like Ashe. Alleghany and Watauga should have as long school term as the populous counties with large cities, like Durham and For syth, for instance (which annually contribute over $15,000 each through their Ave cent State tax on the $100 valuation of property, to the State equalizing fund for the benefit of Al leghany, Sampson and other counties having less than live months school in any district). Dr. Joyner says, and what he says is the "last word." as far as one qualified to speak on the subject In this latitude is con cerned: "From a moment's reflection it will' be seen that unequal distribu tion of population must be taken In 111 p. 69 ll-i 1 g S g 19' ill to consideration as well as unequal distribution of wealth in the equali zation Of educational opportunity. In the equalization of advantages there must be taken into considera tion term, bouse, equipment, attend ance, number and qualification of teachers. No exclusively per capita distribution of State and ' county school funds can take all of these into consideration, and consequently such a method cannot equalize edu cational opportunity. Under the present plan of distributing school funds in North Carolina, all of these things are taken into consideration. The county and State school fund is so distributed as to give equal length of term to all districts In each coun ty according to the number of teach ers required in each district irrespec tive of sparsity or density of popula tion, and the State equalizing fund further taking all of these things in to consideration is used to correct any inequality In length of term and educational opportunity that may he found to exist In the various coun ties after the distribution of the general State and county fund in each county." Candidate Llnney's visit to Ral eigh yesterday did not materialize the "blaze of glory" which the Wake county promoters of the blowout an nounced. Wake will roll up" any where from 1,000 to 2,00,0 Demo cratic majority next month. At a meeting in Raleigh of the Joint committee of North Carolina Bar Association and the North Caro lina Farmer's Union, a committee was appointed to draw a bill for pre sentation to the Legislature next winter providing for certain changes in the Torrens law. One of its prin cipal features will be that which pro vides for the creation of a Land Court for the adjudication of mat ters coming within its jurisdiction, the judge to give bis entire time to the work. This provision .was omit ted from the original bill because of opposition developed at that time. Hughes Goes After It. Everything. Hughes has been in Ohio and the Press dispatches say he gets much applause and draws big crowds. That doesn't signify much. We have seen so many men following Bryan and yelling for him that you couldn't count 'em, and when election day came they were most all voting for the other fellow. NO MORE BACKACHE FOR HER Mrs. J. M. GaskllL Etna Green. Ind- writes: MI suffered from se vere backache and sharp pains. I could not stoop over. Foley Kidney Pills gave me such relief that I can not praise them. too highly." This standard remedy for kidney trouble and bladder ailments can be taken with absolute safety. J. H. Kennedy ft Co. (Adv.) Uncle 8am Is Making Determined El fort to Stamp Out Disease Brought In From Europe In 1009. Uncle Sam Is making a determined effort to curb the epidemic of white pine blister rust which was brought In to the United States in 1909 with the Importation of great numbers of seed lings and which now threatens the valuable stands of white pine in this country. It Is estimated that the valuation of the present stand of mature eastern ; white pine is approximately 1186,000 000. In the western forests are two species of white pine which may be attacked by blister rust, namely, sugar pine and western white pine. "The ma ture stand of these two Is estimated to be worth $240,000,000. These fig ures show the Importance of guarding the pines against this disease. In 1915, serious and extensive outbreaks oc curred in the eastern states. As the white pine, in many sections, at least; Is much the most valuable tree now available for future forests, its lose would be regarded as a real catas trophe, for no other tree can take its place. The white-pine blister rust Is a de structive disease of the so-called white pines, that is, pines which bear their needles in bundles of five each. It la caused by a parasite fungus similar In many respects to the fungi that cause wheat rust and cedar rust , Like those' diseases, It requires two distinct kinds of host plants in order to complete its ' entire life. These are (1) the five needle pine and (2) the wild and cultl vated currants and gooseberries. Those who suspect that their trees have this disease are urged by Uncle Sam to notify the bureau of plant In dustry, which will make an Inspection or secure a competent inspection free of charge. Indication ef the presence Diagram Indicating the Life Circuit ef the Casual Fungus of the Whits Pine Blister Rust a, Blisters on pine In May and early June, from which the disease spreads to currant or gooseberry leaves and produces the early-summer tun; b, thence It may spread to another currant leaf and pro duce there a second crop of the early sum mer state, c; or It may produce the late summer stage, d; In this stage, in the fall. It Infects neighboring- white pines, which may or may not Include the pine (a) which bore the blisters that started, the outbreak the preceding spring. , - of the disease Is given by the presence of a girdle of dead, cracked bark be low the dead part of any tree of this character. CAN SEE THROUGH CONCRETE Swiss Engineer Has Succeeded In Pho tographing Interior Structure by Means of Roentgen Rays. To be able to examine the iron re enforcements of concrete work with out destroying or disturbing the con crete structure would seem to be a difficult feat but that It Is possible is shown by some successful experi ments in the use of Roentgen rays for this purpose recently made by Inspect ing Engineer B. Stettler of the Swiss railway department, according to a re port made by George Nicholas Ifft Uncle Sam's consul at St GalL Switzerland. "The advantages of being able to make an examination of the condition of such re-enforcements or the proper disposition and situation thereof with out destroying the concrete structure are self-evident as well as the desir ability of being able to make an In spection of the position of the re-en-forcing iron rods upon the completion of the cement parts of a new building or a new cement structure," says Mr. Ifft "Engineer Stettler, by the use of pedal plates adapted to any construc tion, has apparently obtained service able pictures of the Inner structure of cement blocks. To eyes accustomed to pictures with great detail and ranch light and shadow, the first results of the Roentgen exposure may seem some what meager. However, the Iron re enforcements in the pictures are shown In their proper slsa and situa tion, as also the connections and crossings, so that the Imperfect con nections can be clearly recognised." ' Japanese Bank for U. 8. ' Uncle Sam says the California state superintendent of banks has Issued a license to the Sumitomo Bank (Ltd.) of Osaka, Japan, to establish a branch In San Francisco. The allotment cf capital to the branch Is $300.0C
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