The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1888-02-16
GOSSIP FROM GREENSBORO.
A Breezy Batch of News From the "Cfty
of Flowers"
Special Correspondence Of The Sentinel.

Special Correspondence Of The Sentinel.
School is booked for opening exercises next
week The building contract required the
completion of the house by the first of De-
cember, 1887. All sorts of obstacles, known
only to builders and contractors, have I'M
peded the work. Fact is, it was something
of big JOB, and much of the work had to
be done in midwinter, and the season has
been unsurpassed for bad weather. But it
will now bloom out with the very first pos
sible suggestion of springtime, and on the
soil that first gave birth to the Graded
Schoo, idea. The building seems well adap-
ted to the purpose of IS construction
While there has been much advancement
in the manner of conducting these schools,
much remains to be done. There is de-
cided element of crudeness in the manipu-
lation. This is no doubt necessarily SO to a
large extent. There is a preyailieg method
that tends to mould every character and
mind to uniform pattern. Some are
checked others are crammed. To make
classes of rs or 100 boys and girls conform
to one thing in quantity and quality with
the precision ofclothes pins or axe handles
as they come from the factory, is hardly a
just or a successful mode of treating the
rising generation of American citizens.
These schools have done much good. They
will do more. Improvement goes forward
in geometrical ratio. Experience will teach
what is necessary for the future. Our peo-
pie will be wise enough, it is hoped, to look
for better methods.
Pubic roads and sheep are two institutions
that have exerted semi-benefcial influence
upon the country at large for at least 100
years-the country has been nominally CIV
ilized and christianized for so long, and yet
the law makers of the land-the politicians,
those obedient servants of the dear people,
continue to touch these two subjects very
gingerly. The condition Of the roads at
this time is a silent, but powerfully elo-
quent argument as to the necessities of the
case Just now 1t is a safe estimate to say
that Guilford county has suffered a detri-
ment of 100000 in her material interests
within the last sixty days on account of the
execrable condition of her public roads.
The protection of sheep against mutton-lov-
ing ours, and the betterment of the high
ways-the two now paramount items of
home legislation, should now have the
prayerful ttention of the dominant party
until the abuses are corrected. Give us
macadamized roads and give us surcease of
the blessed "yaller cur"
Judge Jno. a. Gilmer will hold court
here next week. There is not an incumbent
on the judiciary that the county will more
highly honor. He is at home with US, and
in setting foot upon his native heath he
will not forget the interest and the honor O
the land that gave him birth.
G. F. College has had "strike." Pity
for the honored old institution. Shows how
the leaven has spread through every stra.
tum of society. The Sophs did it, true to
| their ideas of mistaken Importance. They
| ''struck" for shorter lessons. But the pro-
fessor in charge was firm, and the strike has
| been declared eff for the present.
The railroads are doing an immense bus
mess in both freight and travel The ques
ton of double track over all the great
lines is no doubt only one of a few years, al
most. Are they seriously considering this
In the heavy increase of business possible
| by this arrangement, and the exemption
from the delays and disastrous smash up:
that are occurring too painfully frequent
isn't it wonder that the plan is not adopt
ed; and especially SO as a second track
could be built at cost of so much less.
A tobacco boom is on us. As the roads are
now impossible, the tobacco is shipped by
railroad. The farmers are here in scores
the goods are tine-prices satisfactory con
sequence Town alive-business men hap
py-mechanics all employed-every thini
healthy-only one drawback-1he MUI
OH the MUD! L. w. A.