The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-21
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT FA-
NOR TOWNSHIP TAXATION
FOR SCHOOLS.
SUPT. MEBAkE'S EARNEST APPEAL
Addresses by Profs. CIaxton and Alderman :
Election of Oficsrs--W. r. Whitsett
Re-tlected--W. H. Ragsdale
adjournment.

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The Teachers Assembly adjourned to-
day after Il most interesting session.
This morning the exercises included adj
dresses by Prof. L. l.. ClaXton on The
Training Of TeachcrS;" and Prof. T.. y.
Alderman on The Organic Union of the
Primary and Secondary Schools" State
Superintendent Mchanc made an earnest
appeal for Il union of forces of public
and private schools. The motion was
adopted to appoint Il committee of nine
to petition the General Assembly for the
establishment Of Il system of ten super
ViSorS, each to have general supervision
of ten counties and cooperate with the
State Superintendent III the election of
officers. w. II. Ragsdale was elected
president; Prof. Holland Thompson,
Statesvillc, first vice-presidcnt; w. Il.
Whitsctt, reelected secretary and treas
urcr.
The attendance. while not so large
as at some other sessions, was com
posed Of many of the leading teachers
i'll the State. Among the teachers pres
ent are noted: President w. IL. Rags
dale, Grccnville; Profs. Minis and Flow
ers, Trinity: Principal Hugh MorSOn.
Raleigh; Principal Holland Thompson,
Concord; President McIver and Profs.
Joyner and Forney, Normal and Indus
trial College: Superintendent Graham,
Charlotte; Thompson. StatcSville; Man
gum, Wilson; Flowers. Durham. Prof.
j. i. Carlyle, Wake Forest College: Su-
porvisors Ellis. Buncombe; Butler, Ire
dell; Henderson, Caswcll: Hayes. Viii
son; Cooper, Onslow; Sheets. Dayie;
Painter. Jackson. President J. c. CIapp,
Catawba College; Pro. J. G. Biggs. Of
the University: State Superintendent G.
II. Mchane, President Edwin T.. Alder
man, of the University; Prof. L. p.
ClaXton. State Normal and Industrial
College: President +. L. Hobgood. Ok
ford Female Seminary; Prof. J. Allan
Holt. Oak Ridge Institute: Superintcn-
dent Z. Is. Lewis, Concord: Superintcn-
dent +. Nick. Goodwin, State School for
Deaf and Dumb, Morganton; Supcrin-
tendent Il. NJ. Davis. Tarboro; Super
visors w. +. Wood, of Mcdowell: Jar
Wis. of Madison.
The opening address by Prof. .AlcXan-
der Graham, superintendent OF the
Charlotte Graded Schools. was very
fine. 1t was like everything that schol-
ar says wise, practical, scholarly. His
subject was "A Plea for the Truth of
History The following extract is tax
en- from the Gazette's account:
Severn years ago in the town Of
Waynesville in this State, on fifteen his
i'iN tAhIiltHtitl' l BdI'iN hdllttt III ny
forty-tive teachers for Il State c|crtiti-
cate. in answer to the superintendent of
public instructions's questions: What
WAS the difference in the influence of thu.
settlement at Plymouth Rock. Mass,
and the influence of the settlement ut
jamestown, Na..' the following answer
was noted: The influence at Plymouth
Rock settlement was good and resulted
in liberty. the influence of the settlement
ut jamestown was bad and resulted in
slavery. These answer show the ten
denCy of thirty-threc and a third per
cent of school history teachers in the
South to-day. This should not be so and
! wOuld like to ring it in your ears like a
fire bell in the night
Let us teach our children that North
Carolina is Il part Of the jamestown
settlement, that the first child born OF
English parents was in North Carolina,
that i'll North Carolina the first Indian
and the first white child were baptized,
that the first Governor of North Caro-
lima was put to death in Il rebellion
against tyranny and taxation without
representation. History tells us that
Governor Berkeley addressed him as fol
lows: Sir. | am glad to see YOU; | will
try YOU at II o'clock and hang you at t.
\ declaration tantamount to indepcn-
~ 'i''' a - NfS
adopted III the State of North Carolina.
The first resistance to the Stamp Act
was in 1863 in North Carolina. at VIII
mington under AShc. The first blood
shed and the first battle fought was not
at Lexington or Concord. but the shot
that was fired that was heard around
the world was on the banks of Ala
nance Creek. in the State of North Car
olina. In tho Revolution the first vic
tory was at Moorc's Creek. in February.
1116. fought entirely by Southern troops
and coupled with the battic of Fort
Moultrie, in cur sister State of South
Carolina, gives us the first decisive vic
tories of the Revolutionary War previous
10 the Declaration of Independence.
THE great historian. Bancroft. says
that the credit of the first declaration of
Independence rests not with the cavalier
of Virginia nor with the Dutch OF New
York nor with the Pilgrim of New Eng
land, but with the Scotch-Irish patriots
of M~cck1cnburg. y. G.
"Dozens Of North Carolina people,
students of colleges, soldiers who fol
low the State flag. have asked me the
meaning of April -, ITO, inscribed on
that banner. On that date North Caro-
Una, hcfor" any other colony. instruct
ed her delegates to declare independ-
ellre from "te mother country. The
story IS too long, fellow-teachcrs.
when You teach Bunker's Hill. teach
k1ng's mountain with Bemis Heights.
relieF" the gloom of the defeat of Cam
uen with an account Of the first resist
ance to CORVALLIS in the conquered
South ut charlottesville y. c.. where Il
little band of 300 Spartan soldiers of
North Caroline drove back the proud
troopers Of CORVALLIS and do not for
get the decisive victory at Cowpens in
ollr sister state. Do not forget Kings
hl"'lntaln; above all do not forget the
beautiful monument that stands unOn
the battlefield af Touc Island ,,J -