The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-21
MORE FACTS GIVEN
" Turn on the Light" Says
a B, F, Johnson Represen-
tative Replying to Captain
KendriCk

tdtiV6 htplyii'S lu OdpldiIi
KendriCk
10 the Editor; We do not wish to enter
into controversy with the. agent of
the University Publishing Company. for
it is too apparent in his article i'll your
Sunday issue, that he WISHES to draw
us into Il personal difficulty. which is
always distasteful to gentlemen. and
would throw no light ON tho sdb.cc,
Nor do we propose to fur her expose
this gentleman's pretended ignorance. as
we have through your columns made
public the facts in connection with the
book question. Suffice it to say thai;
the 3. L. Johnson Publishing Company
will stand to all of its statements and
figures, and when commission is an
pointed the truth will surely ia known.
The difference between ns and this
agent, is, we are soliciting the investiga-
ton that he is afraid of. tn people
of North Carolina want the truth
and we are sure that this Legislature
will see to it that it is fOr-ncOmine.
TURN ON THE LIGHT AND LET
THE TEXTBOOK COMMISSIONS
HAVE A LOOK
/ -
not consider this the time t. discuss
them i'll detail, for a; w understand
it. neither the Educational Committees
nor the Legislature propose 10 adopt
textbooks. and we would not have gone
into this feature of the case had not the
circumstances necssitated 1t.
Now, in rebuttal of this agents at
tack on certain of our books we wish TO
Ii uft to e. al
\ hasty comparison of Lees History
with Hansell' s-Chambers History. the
one now in use, and which rliS agent
claims possesses all the facts in connec-
ton with North Carolina and al the
matter pertaining to United States his
tory develops the following:
Referring to the statement made that
the Lee History is an IF f. W. book,
too high for the poor people of North
Carolina, and that it made but one
poor little mention in Colonial History
of our State of about a fingers leu 9Th; :"
a comparative examination of the Two
histories shows:
HanseA' s-Chambers gives about 100
HINES to North Carolina up II the
close of the Revolutionary War; Lee
gives about 200 LINES.
during the same time ON 26 different
pages, but Il of these have not the
prefix North or refer to this State
under the appellation of the Car )linas,"
or in connection with some other State,
Lee mentions, during the same time,
the words North Carolina" on 81 diff
ferent pages, and each time something
in relation to the history of the State
~. hos. ,,on,,1a cnac;fcollt
Hansel does not mention 'North Car
Dina" until he gets to page AS; Lee
first mentions North Carolina" as
early as page %.
We will mention in this connection
that the word ''Virginia''-as used in
all listories-up to 1863 was the name
of all the territory from Florida to Nova
Scotia. Hansell page 107; Lee, page
60 Therefore, the Colonial History Of
Virginia up to 1868 included the acts
and doings of the people who lived IN
the present limits of North Carolina
as much as it did of the people who
lived in the present limits of Virginia,
wherever the facts and incidents war
ranted it,
We would suggest that the gentleman
read his own book
1t has been charged that the Lee
History costs $2.2J. NOT TRUE IN
FACT, Lees Primary History, intended
for schools of a couple Of months dura-
ton and for primary classes i'll other
schools, is concrete outline history
of itself 246 pages, 80 cents.
Lees Brief, or School History. is in
tended for schools that rum four to pjre
months, and for general use; contains
the same outline facts as the Primary
more fully treated-in fact contains all
that is NEG ESSARY for a scholar TO
know as to the history of the United
States. 416 pages. 70 cents.
Lees Advanced, or High School His
tory. contains all the facts in the Prl-
mary and Brief and is compiled n a
more elaborate style, to be used in high
schools, colleges. libraries, etc. 612
pages, price S1.00.
Thus, it will be seen that these histo-
rieS are not serial, like readers. etc
that the use of the one does not npceS 81
tate the use of the other; therefore, il
is misleading TO say that the Lee His
tory costs S2.23.
Again we say TURN ON THE
LIGHT"
The volumes of testimonials from
North Carolina teachers who are using
Lees Histories. together with the othsr
books published by the Johnson Com
Eany are on file at their office i'll the
Capital Club Building, and if any gentle
man doubts the superiority of these
looks over all others, we are sure that
an investigation will satisfy him. Again
we solicit investigation.
A SUMMARY OF THE DEMANDS
OF OUR COMPETITORS.
First, they insisted that nothing but
county adoption should prevail-that Il
change from this system would tear the
Democratic party asunder. Now, they
claim that county adoption would create
too much confusion among the people.
and they supplement their claims with
an appeal to the Legislature to adopt
their books anew. In other words, their
principle is anything that will compel
the poor people of North Carolina to
buy books from them and to so con-
! tinue paying eXorbitant prices for their
school books, and they are striving to
use the Democratic party, as a tool with
which to accomplish this purpose, by en-
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