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SEM1-WEEICLY i rill 7 VOL XXVI, NO 40. $1. PER YEAR. REIDSViLLE, N. C.. AUGUST 1, 1913. ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS T . to HONOR FOR SCHOOLS To Have First Place at The Next Congress. The "little red schoolhouse" is to oc cupy a place of honor oo the pro gram of the Fourth International con gress on school hygiene, which will meet in Buffalo from Aug. 25 to Aug. 30, according to a statement issued by the program committee, which is com posed of Drs. Robert W. Lovett and David L. Edsall of Harvard, Dr. Lu ther n. Gullck of New York and Dr. Thomas A. Storey of the College of the City of Kew York, secretary gen eral of the congress. "The problems of the city schools have received a great deal of much deserved attention," say the members of the committee in their announce ment of the program. "The very se rious problems of the village school and of the rural school have received but little attention. The study and the solution of these problems are of ob vious complexity and importance. The committee is therefore anxious to se cure papers relating to rural school hygiene and village school hygiene as well as to the city school hygiene." Dr. Claxton'a Report In a report Issued at Washington United States Commissioner of Edu cation Philander P. Claxton calls at tention to the subject of the little red school in the following terms: "Until very recently few careful studies of the rural schools have been made, and we yet have little, accurate information about them and little knowledge of the factors entering Into the problem of their Improvement We do know In a general way that their terms are short their support inade quate, their teachers poorly prepared, their attendance Irregular, their man agement unscientific and wasteful of money, time and energy; their courses of study 111 adapted to their needs and the houses in which the children are taught cheap and poorly equipped and furnished. That this is not true of all rural schools goes without saying, but It Is unfortunately true in a large measure of most of them." In all there are some 212,000 one teacher little red schaolhouses in the United States alone, according to the Washington report prepared by A. C. Monahan. In this report there Is a picture of a one teacher rural school bouse which is characterized as "a fair type of about one-half of the 212.-' 000 one teacher rural schools." Most of the original red paint seems to have been washed off those schools. An Erroneous impression. "A general impression has been cre ated," says Mr. Monahan, "that there exists an American school system which Is sufficient and nation wide, with equal educational opportunities in all parts of the country. The im pression is erroneous. It is probably true that the public schools, both urban and rural, have made considerable progress, but the marked progress has been confined almost wholly to the city and town. The majority of rural schools are housed In uncomfortable buildings, unsuitable from every stand point, without proper furniture or fa cilities for heating, ventilating and lighting; without adequate provisions for guarding the health and morals of the children and with comparatively little equipment for teaching." Dr. Fletcher B. Dresslar, school hy giene specialist in the bureau of educa tion, who is chairman of the commit tee on scientific exhibit at the fourth international congress, has recently loeu making a special study of the rural school building and grounds. The result of his investigation, which Is to be published in a special bulletin, will be called to the attention of the dele gates at Buffalo. Dr. Dresslar found that, although there Is great need for reform, nevertheless the Indications at the present time point toward a mark ed Improvement iii the rural school building, ground mid equipment MENDICANTS USE AUTO. Blind Man and Wife Are Alms Seekers de Luxe. A blind man and his wife sitting helpless in a broken down motorcar near Wainego. Kan., attracted the at tention and aroused the sympathy of Ii. A. Philllps'and Guy Holmes, Holmes and Phillips are In the serv ice department of a Kansas City auto? mobile company, and they travel about the country repairing cars. They spent two hours working on the blind man's car and sent it away in good shape, the wife driving. In Wamego the "good Samaritans" explained their delay in nrrlvlng. "Yes," said a resident, "that couple travels in a motorcar. They are beg gars de luxe. The man fiddles, and the woman sings. It's a business with them, and they are working the towns of western Kansas. When they ap proach a town they hide the car in the ir until 'they'Tlcau up," and then they speed away to the next town." Is your subscription due! AUTOMOBILE SPEED LAW WILL NOW BE ENFORCED Mayor Womack hailed a Review man on the street and asked him to give no tice that from now on the speed law, destined to put a stop to reckless driving of automobiles, will be enforced and asked us to warn every owner of a car as well as th )se who drive them that the city policemen have been provided with stop watches and that arrests will be made of any and every person who violates the city ordinace from this day henceforth. We are glad of this determination on the part of our mayor to have a stop put to the reckless driving of automo biles in the city, Those of us who have to walk are getting tired of having a car slide by us every few minutes, going at such a rate of speed that it is impossible to get a good look at the occupants of the car. This morning one of the blue coats took a position at The Review office corner and with watch in band, kept the time on the passing machines. Along came one machine headed in the direction of the monument, and the blue coated cop waved a signal for the driver to take to the right of the granite soldier, and the honked salute of the gasolene vehicle indicated to the policeman that it had his order. We don't know much about the code of signals, or what the different contortions of the officers mean, but something like this is about what took place this morning at the time men tioned: When the car showed an inclination to turn up West Morehead the officer cut out several lonjj. circles in the air, tricing an imaginary turn for the auto mobile to make as it started to round the monument, all the time keeping one eye on the spokes to see the number of revolutions it made to the minute or lecond,' When this, particular machine had headed South and was out of the policeman's sight the blue-coated gentleman performed some Swedish gymnastics to indicate that all was well, and again retreated to his station to watch for more gasolene vehicles. The law is to be enforced; take our word for that, and the first time some ay automobilist fails to keep the machine going as slow as the law re quires a warrant is going to be issued f jt the owner of the car or the driver. Senator Overman has assured Thomas Dixon, the North Carolina author, that if the President does not withdraw the name of W. E. Patterson, an Oklahoma negro, as his nominee for register of deeds, the negro will not be confirmed. Senator Overman received a letter from Mr, Dixon asking him to prevent if possible the naming of this negro as register, saying he was opposed to ne groes holding office and bossing white women. Reports to the the State Department at Washington indicated that the C linese Republic is making steady ad vances toward suppressing the revolu tion there, and that the revolt is expect ed to collapse because it is not supported by the commercial classes in the South- Buy yourself a kodak for the outing:-m We have a big lot of them. Smith Sta. and Ptg. Co. A Popular Summer Resort here in your midst today! ATTRACTIONS: CLEANLINESS, COOLNESS, ECONOMY. Why should you go away? Our de licious Ice Cream and. Ice Cold Summer drinks will Keep You Cool! PIEDMONT GROCERY CO. fmtim WILL USEJ'HOVIES" U. S. Bureau to Help Miners living Conditions.. The United States bureau of mines is about to investigate the conditions under which a miner works, believing that Insanitary conditions which exist In some of the mines as well as in some of the mining towns are a factor in the death rate among the men. It la Intimated that these conditions not only 'unnecessarily cause the death of miners through disease, but they are often responsible for accidents which might not have happened If the miners were In perfect health. The bureau has organized what is known as the mine sanitation section, in charge of J. H. White, engineer. The bureau hopes to bring about progress by appealing to the miner, the manager and the owner, showing that all three can assist, and how all three can be benefited by good sanitary con ditions. Pictures to B Used. It will reach the miner by means of illustrated lectures, moving picture ex hlbi ts and pictorial clrcula rs. These will show how sickness and suffering are spread br careless habits and will drive home the importance of personal and household cleanliness. The bureau will assist the managers by pointing out glaring sanitary menaces and by showing methods and costs of abate ment It will describe in bulletins com mon insanitary practices and show the evils which follow in their wake. It will submit sanitary rules and regula tions and show the best methods for their enforcement Engineer White in talking about the conditions which exist in mining towns said: "One of the first Investigations which the bureau intends to take up is the bouse problem, with a view of putting before the miners the best practices; and the ones which have stood the tests of time "The company ownership is the most important factor entering Into hous ing conditions. Every house reflects the standard which the- operator wish es to maintain. It is difficult to stimu late personar pride among the inhab itants, and friendly rivalry Is absent ITowever, if Improvements are intro duced they are farrenchlng. and the tone of the entire town Is raised, so that one house does not point the fin ger of scorn at Its neighbor. , Water Supply important. "The necessity and Importance of a satisfactory water supply for the peo ple who were to get out the coal were probably not given much consideration in the past In studying conditions with n view of introducing a public water supply Into a town the cost of improvements and the age of the town must be carefully balanced. "The Inconveniences due to the diffi culty of getting water from the wells may be eliminated ' by establishing bathhouses at mine shafts, so that the men may wnsb upon coming out of the mine Tpse bath and change houses lire bring widely Introduced. In a few states they are required by law. A public laundry Is a great con venience for the Women. Lugging in several tubs of water preliminary to doing a week's washing is a severe burden. Bnthhouses in or hear the schools for the women and children are almost necessary accessories to the perfect well system. Wholesome and safe drinking water Is essential to ex istence. Its supply Is one of the grav est responsibilities accompanying com pany ownership." EUGENICS IN NORTH DAKOTA. New Law Forbida the Marriage of Die eaaed Persona and Drunkards. Under the new North Dakota mar riage law, which has Just become ef fiective, the marriage of diseased per sons is prohibited. This Is the first step taken toward the more rigid con trol of marriages and is in line with the general movement throughout the country for the physical examination of persons about to enter the marriage state.' . "Each person seeking to be married must file with the license clerk a cer tificate of health, the certificate to show that the person is not afflicted with any contagious or Infectious disease Another certificate must be filed to show that the persons are not In any manner related by blood. Habitual drunkards are prohibited from marrying.'- Fissures Opening on Farm. Fissures varying from a few Inches to a foot and a half In width nnd ex tending several feet Into the ground have opened up In L. E. Baker's, alfal fa field near Ilonsington, Kan. There have been no indications of an earth quake of any sort, but the ground seems to be sinking away. The open tngs were discovered when P.nker missed one of his horses and found it Imprisoned in a fissure. , Did papers 20c, 100 at tUIs office, STORM DAMAGED BUILDINGS AND BLEW DOWN TREES A severe wind storm Wednesday after Won visited this section and did much damage to several buildings and blew down many of the beautiful shade trees on the streets and in the, yards.. The storm Was the most severe of any which has visited this section during; the year, and we have had quite an unusual num ber of storms this summer. Wednesday was a fearfully hot day, and was pronounced by many of our people as being the most oppressive of any day in the summer. About seven o'clock an innocent looking cloud ap peared in the North-West, but people did not apprehend any great storm un til it came upon them all of a sndeen. The electric wires, telephone wires and telegraph lines were soon laid low by falling trees, streets and avenues be ing literally covered with the limbs and 'branches.; ." The rain and hail came down in tor rents, and houses were soon leaking, the water apparently beating in under the weather boarding. A third of the roof of the new Reids Title Grocery Co. was blown off, a corner of the roof of Mrs. Cornie Irvin A Co's store gave away under the pressure, some damage resulted to Pcnn's factory, the old D. Barnes' factory was badly damaged, Mr. F. R Penn's residence suffered some; a big plate glass window in the Citizens Bank building was smash' ed; A. P. Sands' store roof was blown off and his stock was submerged and considerable damage done to W. A. Stacey's stock, while the tent at the Airdome was blown down as was also the tent of the evangelist, Mr. Hamil ton, who has been conducting services at the cotton mill; then a shed at Har ris' factory went down, and a negro store in West End was damaged and the wind storm blew off part of the roof at the South end of the Piedmrnt hotel and several rooms were flooded by the rain. Part of the tin root of Mr. Robt. Hairston's factory was also blown off. Other damage resulted to property in thrown,--'; 'T i The area' through which the storm raged was undoubtedly narrow, and so far the damage done the growing crops does not appear to have been much. A party of Reidsville gentlemen were enjoying Mr. J. S. Wagoner's hospility at n big brunswick stew at the county home and did not know of the storm in Reidsville, although they did see a gentle rain there. THREE YEAR-OLD BOY BURNED TO DEATH AT MAYODAN A very sad accident occurred at Mayo dan about 12 a. in., Saturday, which resulted in the death of John Paul, the three-year-old son of Mr. T. W, Leh man. The little fellow went into a church in compiny with a little brother a year older than himself, and found a gallon can of gasoline and some matches. In some way the gasoline got spilled on the floor and either by accident or on purpose one of the matches was struck and theasoline ignited, and little Paul was so terribly burned by the explosion that he died Saturday night- at 10 o'clock. Both his legs were charred from the hips down, and his left arm was badly burned from shoulder to wrist. He was conscious thru all his long hours of suffering. The little body was buried in the cemetery at Mayodan Sunday afternoon. The other little boy escaped without injury, but is too young to be able to tell just how the accident occurred. Secretary McAdoo has issued a state ment flatly charging that the decline of Government two per cent bonds to 95 1-2, a new low record, wa due "almost wholly to what appears to be a campaign waged with every indication of concert ed action on the part of a number of influential New York City banks to cause apprehension and uneasiness about these bonds in order to help them in their eflorts to defeat the currency bill." The Woman's Missionary Society of the M. E. Church will hold their month ly meeting on Tuesday August 6th at the house of Mrs. James Turner acd Mrs. William Clark. A full attendance U desired as this is to be an all day meeting. The morning meeting is to open at half past ten, so ladies please tike notice and be on time. Let each lady bring a basket of lunch and a piei of fancy work. Mrs. A. Wilkinson. Fire of unknown origin gutted the plant of the Steele Hoiseiy Mill at Statesville Monday, entailing a loss of several thousand dollars and throwing about 60 people out of employment. HOT ON LOBBY TRAIL The JumorJSenator Refuses To Suppress Any Facts. The Baltimore Sun recently contained the following reference to the work which Senator Overman, of North Caro Una, is doing in the lobby investigation: The lobby investigation by the United States Senate is even now certain to es tablish Lee S. Overman, junior Senator from North Carolina, in a position of power in that body. It is Overman who heads the lobby probers. He is the backbone of the whole investigation. He made the fights on the floor for more time and more money to press the inquiry to tha bottom, regardless of how many fathoms deep that bottom is. He determines the course and fixes the policy of the committee. J v When the Mulhall letters came out and it was apparent that some Senators and Representatives might become seriously involved, Overman, instead of soft-peddling his investigation, an nounced that it should go on, regardless of whom it hit or how many of his per sonal friends were hit. This investigation had stated tamely. Each member of the Senate was called and politely asked what he knew of the President's charges that a lobby was at work in Washington. It looked for a time that the committee's report could be made in a week and the fact vouched for that no Senator or Congressman had had been improperly influenced by lobbyists. As the probe went on, however, clues of lobbying began to develop. A faint thread of suspicious work was discover ed here and a trace of it was pursued there. Then the committee suddenly opened up a wilderness of lobbying. The exposures were so far-reaching and and startling that the committee itself was at first two bewildered to da -more than assure the country that1 all the facts should be known. " t Every fresh development is furthur vindicating Senator Overman g w Burance that no whitewash would be ap plied by his committee. Mr. Overman has been a Senator for 10 years. Until last March 4 he was a member of the minority, but he was preparing to take his place in the leader ship of his party in the Senate. The Carolina Senator's most important move, after the Democrats reorganized the Senate was to make a demand upon that body that the civil service of the United States be investigated. He made a strong speech on the Senate floor about a month ago, in which be showed by Republican testimony that the Civil Service laws had been r applied for years to strengthen the Republican party in the governmental machinery. He 'showed that under Republican ad ministrations every department had been crowded with Republican office. holders, and produced the report of President Taft's Economy and Effi ciency Commissioa to bear him out. Down in North Carolina the people like to remark that years ago Lee Over man was Senator "Zeb." Vance's private secretary. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules, as ranking member of the Committee on Judiciary and as a mem ber of the powerful Appropriations and Claims Committees, Senator Overman is in a position to render fine service to his State and to his party. J. F, E. Advice to Money Savers Don't put your money into an enterprise you know nothing about. Choose the low rate and absolute security, rather than the high rate and a risk. Keep your savings where you can convert them into cash should an emergency arise. Open an account with our Savings Depart ment or take out a Certificate of Deposit, bearing four per cent interest. Protection to depositors is more than On; Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars. CLTIZENS-BANIC, UNDERWOOD CALLS MULHALL A LIAR AND BLACKMAILER. Majority House Leader Underwood has denounced Martin M. Mulhall, al leged lobbyist at the National Associa tion of Manufacturers, as "a liar and blackmailer." Mr. Underwood appeared before the. Senate lobby committee to deny that Mulhall had ever talked to him about leeislation before Congress, After one look at Mulnall he said: "I never saw him before in my life." Senator Reed expressed the belier that Underwood should wait Until tha committee had finished with Mulhall. "I think," said Underwood, "that it is in the interest of the public that the man who has taken liberties with pub lic men as this man hat should be con tradicted." Mulhall was given an opportunity to reply while Underwood was still in tha room. He declared he had talked with Underwood briefly in the corridor and had written his employers "about con ditions just as I found them in Wash- ington at that time." "I have no desire to contradict Un derwood," he said, "but I am convinc ed after he has heard my other wit nesses and this examination has been ended he -rill take back part of what he has said." Mulhall showed some heat when Un derwood declared the statements mads by Mulhall in his letter were not true) and should be proved untrue by other members of the committee. He re tored that he had endorsements from prominent men as to his honesty. "I will stand as clean before the country as you will," he said to Under wood.,. "Oh, I hare no question about how we will stand relatively before the pub lic," said Underwood as he left the room. . Senator Reed with some bitterness, remarked that he thought the com mittee ought not to permit anyone to tell a' witness iie , lied. ,.., , , ' Ambasador Henry Lane Wilson, who returned from his post In Mexico City to confer with the State Department -and President Wilson as to affairs in that unhappy republic, was strongly in favor of recognition by the government of President Huerta's administration. President Wilson did not agree with Ambassador Wilson's views and the latter was told to take a short rest. This was a polite way of shelling our Mexican ambassador. The United States Embassy at Mexico City will in the meantime be in charge of its first secretary, Nelson O. Shanghnessy, evi dently Irish, and said to be a very capable man. After putting up a two-weeks fight against death, which his own hand had hastened, Arthur L. England, a young fireman, died in Greensboro Monday 'morning shortly before noon. Two weeks ago England sought to take his own life, firing a revolver bullet into his chest immediately under his heart. He rallied bravely from the loss of blood and the shock of the wound but his death was finally caused by pneumonia and complications. Administration officials at Washing ton are disposed to take an optimistic view of the , negotiations with Japan arising from her protest against the California anti-alien land law and believe that a complete understanding almost is in sight. n REIDSVILLE, N. C. '
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