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VOLUME XI.
LENOIR, IS". C, JANUARY 5, 1909.
NO. 18
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Educators Open Their Meeting.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 1Mb Ki pre
senting every state in the South
and practically every branch and
variety of. educational institutions,
from :(M) to 400 educators are here
in attendance upon the nineteenth
annua! convention of the Southern
Kducational Association v h i c h
opened in tliis city today for a three
days' session.
The association, while itself solid
and independent, is made up of'
ten separate and distinct apart !
incuts, each of which relates to a
separate phase of-lducation. Thej
afternoon sessions are divided intoj
these ten subdi isions. The lore
noon :uld evening sessions aie gen-
oral. '
The piiiuipa' feature of the
evening session was the annua: ad !
di ess of thu president of the as-.,iei
ation, I' I'. ( 'laxton, of K ::o viilw.
Ten 11 .
At'.er re iewing the South' ed
ueatioiiiil progress during the past
ten years, President ("laxton said:
"Tudor existing laws, and laws
which will most prodably be enact
ed during the new year, it is quite
safe to predict that the close of the
decade will tind few counties in all
this suction without one or more
high schools open and free to coun
try boys and girls.
The average length of the school
term in the Southern States is less
than six months, only about two
thirds the average for the remain
der of the country. The average
school fuud is less than live dollars
for each child of school age, less
than one third the average for the
remainder of the country. Our
teachers are paid less than is paid
for any other kind of skilled lator.
The average anuual salary of thous
ands of teachers is less than the an
nual cost of feeding prisoners in
our county jails. II thc teachers
should commit crimes and be put
in jail taxes would have to be in
cieased beyond the present rate of
school taxes iu order to pay for
their keep.
Most of the teachers are un
trained and uneducated, less than
I?.") per cent, it rural elementary
school having as much as a good
high schoyl education. Less than
10 per ocnt. have had any ade
(uate professional preparation.
"All of our Southern Staton are
without effective compulsory wchool
attendauoa laws."
President ('laxton recommended
a nine months school term in every
district of reasonable size; attract
ive school houses, consolidiation of
schools to give two or more teach
ers to as many school as posible,
highly trained teachers, good pay;
good public high schools, and a
sufficient number of normal train
ing schools.
"All this is attainable iu the
next quarter of a century if we are
willing to pay the price in money
and elfort, and we are at last able
to do botn."
Asbestos Mine to be Opened.
ialUbury, H. C, Dec. HI An
aMwietoa mine is being developed
in Irdell couety by Charles Lam
be-rl, of Pittsburg, who has recent
ly spent considerably time on the
property, returning last night to
Pennsylvania. The product is
said to abound on the surface of
the ground at a point near State
ville, where fifty acres or more
have been purchased for the devel
opment of the mine. The quality
is said to be excellent and the
yield is over 90 per cent pure as
bestos. For health and happiness De
Witt'i Little Early Risers email,
gentle, Easy, pleasant little liver
pills, the best made. Sold by J. E.
Shell's and Kent's Drug Store, and
Granite Falls Drug Co.
Islands Sink.
lfoiiie, Dec. HI. The Vita states
that a wireless message from the j
Strait of Messina reports that thej
i.ipari islands, a group of volcanic i
islands in the Mediterranean, near
the coast of sicily, have disappear
ed. The total population of the
group numbers lis, 000 and they
must inevitably have perished.
The Minister of Marino
haJ;ibra!t.
rushed a torpedo boat to ascertain ;
the facts. i
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l',stimate of;
Poine, Dec .'!
the death roll of the earthquake
now cease to ''oncern the Italian
people. It is enough to know
that the catast: eplie is overwhelm-
ins IL'ui.-s won id add nothing to
the giicf of the stricken nation
nor move to greater elforls those
upon u hot.i tli" wol k ill relivl ;i.d '
rescue has fallen.
ei y channel open to the :;ur j
ernini'iit has been utilized to this
end. and other nations hare becu
quick to come to its assistance, i
evei before the cry for aid went
up. Shiploads of fugitives have
been carried out of the stricken
one to Naples, Palermo. Catania
and other ports, and according to
the Minister ot Marine, rescue
vessels to the number of 36 are
now centered in the Strait of Mes
sina, and 5,000 soldiers are being
landed on the two coasts.
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Most important of all now is the
question of the living. Thensands
of those who escaped the falling
walls and the sweep of the tide
are starring and without clothes or
shelter. They can scarcely longer
survive their sufferings. The
first thought has been to carry
food and covei ing for these help
less people, and it has now been
decided by the government to send
a fleet of emigrant steamers to
transport them to other places.
The latest reports received at
Rome state that there have leen
many intermittent shocks, follow
ing the first, to which the greater
part of the destruction is attribnt
ed. The British warship Minerva
reported by wireless to Malta that
two severe shocks oeeuicd at Mes
sina last night.
Professor Ricco, director of the
observatory at Mount Ktna, states
that his instruments have reeordod
4'J distinct shocks after the first,
but that during the last 14 hours
they have ben almost motionless,
litna aud Strombli are now quiet
and he is certain that the earth
quake was not of volcanic but of
geographical origin, similar to that
of 1S75.
(iunil Couli Medicine for Children.
Tht season for coiiIih mid colds in
now at hand mid too much care cun
not be used to protect the children
A chid is much more likely to con
tract dyphther in or ncarifl fever
when lie has a cold. The quicker
you cure his cold the Ichh tin rink.
Chiiiberliiin'n Cough Remedy Is the
Bole reliance ot many mothers, and
few Of thosa who have it are willing
to use any other. Mrs. F' F. Starch
er, of Ripley, W. Va., says: "1
have never used anything other than ,
Chamberlaia's Cough Remedy for
my children and it has always gl fen
good satisfaction." This remedy
contains no opium or other narootlos
and may be given as confidently to
a child as to an adult, For sale by
J. E. Shell, Druggist and Dr, Kent,
Drtgglst.
A month-old baby with a full
set of small but perfectly formed
teeth caused a sensation at a recent
meeting of the Vienna Medical So
eiety. The premature appearance
of teeth has been known before,
but in this case the child is normal
in the development of bones and
hair and in nutrition, a healthy
boy of normal parentage, and the
doctors are at a loss to explain the
twenty fine teeth.
United States Sends Aid.
New York, Dec 31. The I'nited
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States supply ship Celtic, w hich
was to have met the returning bat
tleship licet with holiday cheer,
sailed out of New York harbor this
afternoon on an entirely different
mission, but without changing a
single item of her cargo. She will
go to Messina after a short stop at
to give a million and a
half of navy rations to the ea:l!i
Miiake sufferers.
Tin idea of elian;
the Critic
into a relief ship came to her com-'.
maniler. Harry Mel, P. 1 1 us . l is!
night. lied tape was cut in a jiffy
iind t!ie Celtic, witli Chri-tmas
Instill lushed to the mastheads
it had ! ell designed ti
'he
Celtic thi.. Unistmas ship for t!u
lice' s;iileil iato today. Her -;;p
plies wriii 1 1 1 1 lie eaten bv Aiv:i
sailors, but by differing Miniv .is
of the 'alabi ran and Sicilian i i s
aster.
In the face of the overwhelming
need of the Italians the depart
ment is considering its own men
second: how they will be provided
with food is something that w ill lie
considered later. The navy de
partment takes full responsibility
for this sudden gift of supplies be
longing to the Tinted States gov
ernment to the Italians, without
warrant of law. It probably re
lies npon Congress to approve of
iU action, but the expectation is
that Congress will be only too well
pleased at this evideuce of Ameri
can pluck aud of the 'get there'
qualities of the American navy.
Just as its ships were the first to
reach Kiugstou after tho West In
dian earthquake disaster, so the
American naval Hag on Ithe Celtic
may be the first to bring actual food
supplies to Messina from any coun
try, eveu though we are 3,000
miles away. Certainly the ship
has been dispatched to sea in rec
ord time in less than IS hours
after her captain conceived its hu
man idea.
The Celtic has in her cargo 1 f0,
000 worth of provisions, sufliccient
food for fifty thousand people for
one month; ?3'J, 000 wo.th of cloth
ing, tents enough to accommodate
1,000 persons and a large quanti
ty of medical and surgical supplies.
Accordiug to her orders, the Cel
tic is to proceed fn;t to (libraltar,
which port she should reach in
twelve days, and where she should
receive Congress' 'formal authori
zation .
The Celtic is taking 7,r0( suits
of outer clothing, 3,."oo suits of
underwear, LTi, 000 pairs of socks
and 3,:"i00 pairs ofshos. All this
was "biokcu out" and put aboard
her in two hours. Her food supply
comprises all staple articles.
L'KKSIDKNT UOOSKVKLT AND
COMMON IIONKSTY.
"In these last days of Presi
dent Roosevelt's administration it
is a pleasure to think how often
in these columns we have had the
privilege of agreeing or disagreeing
with him," writes the editor of
Woman's Home Companion for
January. "Mr. Roosevelt has
made mistakes, as he would be
the last to deny, but he has done
the country one service which is
not written on the statute books
or on the records of his official
achievements. lie has promoted
in the papers which the people
read and more important in the
minds of the people themselves, an
active discussion of questions that
hid become shelf worn from neg
lect. He has given publicity to
the Ten Commandments; he has
refurbished the Beatitudes; he has
popularised Common Honesty.
For these thing let us give hrp
credit.'
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In One Ranch 7.000,000 Acres,
Kingsville, Texas The largest
fanch consolidation scheme ever
undertaken is being negotiated in
this part of Texas. It involves
the meririnir of sixteen of the
largest ranches in Texas, embrac j
ing 7,000,000 acres of land, valued j
at upwards of T.r.O0.000. intoj
one enormous tract.
The stretch of territory involv
ed borders the lower gulf coast
for l."0 miles. The identitv of the
men composing the syndicate whoj
has obtained these options has!
not been disclosed, but it is re
ported that .1. .1. Hill, who recent
ly purchased the Colorado South
ern, including the hitter's Texas
lines is back of the transaction. !
It is said to be the plans of Mr.
Hill or whoever may be buck ofj
the scheme, to divide the property !
into small farm tracts and colonize!
them. P.. F. Yoakum, of New j
York, chairman of the Rock Is I
land and San Francisco executive
committee, is said to lc a member
of the syndicate.
I f your Stomach, Heart or Kidneys
are weak, try nt least a few dunes
only of Dr. Snoop's Restorative. In
five or ten days only, the result will
surprise you. A few cents will cover
the cost. And here is why help
comes so quickly. Dr. Snoop doesn't
drug the Stomach, nor stimulate the
Heart or Kidneys. Dr. Shoop's Re
storative goes directly to the weak
and falling nerves. Each organ has
its own controlling nerve. When
these nerves fall, the depending
organs must of necessity falter. This
plain, yet vital truth, clearly tells
why Dr. Shoop's Restorative is so
universally successful. Its success is
leading, druggists every where to give
it universal preference. A test will
sorely tell. Sold by J. E. Shell's
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Wo want to show ou how nicely we can splice
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put a thrown aside" tract' in further service
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PRICE-GUI HARNESS
"Good Bye Old Booze."
Chailottc Observer.
Lending its influence to the
sweep of prohibition which has ex
tended over the Icountry through
which its lines operate, the South
ern Kail way Company will do long
er serve Its passengers with intox
icants. This order went into effect
at midnight. It is a remarkable
fact from Alexandria, Va., on the
north, which is but eight miles
from Washington, the extreme ter
minal of the Southern, to New Or
leans, its southern end, there is
not a wet town. The territory has
been thoroughly rid of intoxicat
ing drinks, so far as obtaining the
same by legitimate methods,
is concerned.
There remain a few towns, per
hap's on the branch lines of the
Southern's system, but the order
includes all territory, and here
after a passenger on any of the
of
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lines of the company will I suable
to procure a drink on the train.
For several years the Southern
has been arriving at the point of
teetotallers. Since the time when
sections of the South began flop
ping over from "wet,' to-"dry"
territory, it has been accessary t
restrict the sale of whiskey on the
trains, lest ithere be an infringe
ment of the law. It has now com
to the point that practically be
tween two terminals of the South
ern's system the land has been ab
sorbed of its original "wetness" be
cause of the sweep of the pjohibi
tion wave which passed over the
South with a maximum velocity.
The road may add water coolers.
(roup positively stopped in 20
minutes with Dr. Shoop's Cough
Remedy. One test alone will surely
prove this truth. No vomiting, no
distress. A safe and pleasant syrup
50c Sold by J. E. Shell's Drug
Store.