The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-19
PAYS DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
WARRANTS WE'RE DRAWN FOR
NEARLY $1,000.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE LEAD
It Subscrbes $3.50, and Buncombe Chips
in $l,i38 -Supt. Mebane Calls on School
Officials to Encourage this Method
of HeIning the Schools.
of HELPING the Schools.

Warrants for $6,72S.50 were yester-
day drawn on the State Treasurer for
money to supplement- al like amount
raised by private subscription for the
public schools in certain counties of the
| State
The treasurers of the counties receiv-
ing this money have, in each case GER
| titled to the State Superintendent OF
| Public instruction that the amount ask
ed for the schools for has been raised
and paid in to him. This done, the
State Treasurer is required by the new
school law, TO duplicate every dollar
of II.
The townships in the State that have
raised money for their public schools
| by subscription and had the amount
yesterday duplicated by the State are as
follows:
Buncome county. 13s.39-Ivey
township, $500; Lower Hominy,
1858. 20; Upper Hominy, STAT;
Aaheville, STAT; Avery's, $50: Leicester.
5000; Reams Greek. $50; Limestone,
$3.50; Swannanoa, $12.
Rutherford county. 1880 35-Ruth-
erfordton township, $500; High Shoal.
$500; Logan's Store, $447.35; Cool
Spring, $403.
Jackson county. $450-Webster town
ship, $500; Hamburg, $S5; Coney Fork,
$50; River, $50; Cullowhee, $50.
Surry county. 1858. OF Township No
). $3.50; Granite. $23S.74; Arrarat,
$114.2S; No. 6. $50.
Watauga county, $169. 49-Beaver
Dam, S112; North Fork. S57.49.
Mecklenburg county, $541. 74-Pinevile,
$291.14; Clear Greek. $3.50.
Cleveland county-Township No. 3,
$265.
Haywood county-Township No. A,
1910.
Greene county-snow Hill township
$354.50.
Yancey county-Township No. 10,
1925.
BERTHE county, oodville township,
$374.9S.
Davidson county-Yadkin College
township, $103.41.
Hyde coulty-Lake Landing town
ship, S492.6 60.
Superintendent Mebane is greatly en-
cOuraged by this showing and thinks it
means the dawning of a new era of
educational interest and progress III
North Carolina. He is urging the school
officials in every county to call the mat
ter to the attention of the people and
urge them to do something by their own
efforts for the public schools. TO this
end he yesterday mailed to all the super
visors of the State circular letter in
which he says:
Il would like for you to make special
effort among your people to have them
to supplement the public schools by pr
vate subscriptions. There could be rails
ed in many localities enough money to
continue the schools from four to six
weeks. Especially could this be done
where teachers have made themselves
felt, and created interest. among the
children for study.
Some parents are Indifferent on the
subject of education, and especially so
when it must be paid for directly by
them. but the majority OF parents are
different, instead OF Indifferent, / am
inclined to think, on this subject.
How do parents decide whether their
children are making progress in school
cr not? To they examine into the work
the children are doing? Not so; they
in their books at home. Therefore if
this interest has been created among
the children, then there is hope of reach
ing the parents.
You cannot even hope to supplement
all of your schools, but select some local
tiles in your county where you know
there has been good work done and
some interest created. Use your efforts
with such people, and if you can get
even two or three schools to supplement
the public school this year, it may prove
an object lesson for those schools near
| by to follow next year.
This is worthy of some effort on your
part. OF course | shall not expect the
same results from the efforts of the
various Supervisors. But where SUI
pervisor has been going out among the
people, making speeches for education,
and stirring the people i'll the interest of
schools, | have a right to expect same
results from an effort of this kind.
| trust You will make this effort regard
less of what the result may be-"