The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-03
]. B, H0LMAN'S WORK
His Monument Reared in the
Peoples Hearts.
INTRODUCED nto The House The Bill Appropriat.
ing 500, 600 10 the Public Schools.
Commencement al Cool Spring.
Editorial Correspondence.

Editorial Correspondence.
Cool Spring, ~ G., June In 1875
| the people of Ircdell county elected
IL citizen Of this township TO the House
| OF Representatives. He had long en-
| loved the respect and confidence Of
| his ncighborS and the people of his
county looked up TO him as one of IL;
safest and most patriotic sons. It
was the first time John II. Holman,
| North Carolina's Watchdog of the
| Treasury as he has been called. saw
! public service outside Of his COUNTY.
/ He made an excellent legislator. has
! been returned for five times, having
! twice served as chairman Of the Fl
nance Committee in the House. No
name is more familiar in the whole
| State than that of John Il. Holman
and | have been glad today to enjoy
| his hospitality and to see him in hi,
! own nciehb orhood. where he stands
| for education and good government
! as he does in the halls of legislation
! in Raleigh. Long esteemed in North
! Carolina as safe legislator. he has
| huilded him a monument in the
| hearts of the people by the introduc-
| ton in the last House of the bill to
| appropriate direct from the Treasury
| 100000 to the public schools of the
country. The bill passed the House
unanimously under his leadership,
| and passed the Senate under the
| leadership of Senator Mcintyre. 1t
was the most progressive step to-
ward better public schools that has
been taken in North Carolina in TWEEN
| " nd iS n n
i cral support that will be given to the
public schools when the Constitutional
Amendment has been adopted.
81 was Influenced" said Mr.. Holman
| today ito offer that bill in order that
without delay. we might begin the
work Of educating the children Of the
! State, so that before 1908 we could
give every white child chance to
! obtain an education. The Democratic
party must eliminate the unworthy
negro vote. The Amendment does
that without DISTINGUISHING any white
i boy over thirteen years of age. And
the last Legislature began the work
! OF providing better schools for the
J children. | was gratfied to see that
the State convention declared for at
least a four mouths school. BY max
ing better schools we not only pre-
pare ever boy to vote. but we give
him Il better chance in Efc."
Here. within sight Of Mr.. Holman ;
inviting country home. is situated on
, of the largest and NEST useful acad-
cmies in this section Of the State
{, Cool Spring academy. II is the pride
Of this whole section. drawing stu
dents from seven counties. and enroll
ING over one hundred students. This
! is a fine section for the school. The
people believe in education. Out OF
something like 1S5 white voters all
but four or five can read and write.
And the people here are determined
to give their children a better edu-
cation than they enjoyed. With one
accord they subscribed To build a
| splendid academy here, first class
teachers have been selected, and
| Cool Spring sets an example In prog
rcss in education that ought to be
cmulatcd by every county township
in the State. The principal of the
academy is Mr. j, +. Mitchell who
was born and reared in North lrcdeIl
He graduated at the Nashville Nor
nal College. and returned here to lend
|
| ing Of his own section and ncighborS.
! He is assisted by his brother, Mr.. u.
| \. Mitchell and by Miss Lille Wychc.
The commencement exercises here
| today attracted a large crowd from
| lredell, Davie and Rowan-a gather
ing of well-dressed. intelligent, pro-
| pressivc men and women who are
| l. T.,
| tanning to the welfare of their Oh Id
| rem. The exercises showed that the
teachers have done their work we'll
| The recitations would have done
credit to any school in any city. At
| the conclusion Il very beautiful song
about North Carolina State" written
| by Miss Wyche was sung with fine
| effect. The dinner served on the
grounds by all the householders for
miles around was excellent and made
one. as John Ril would say. feel to
| thank God for the room he had in
side of him
| The political condition in lretclI is
good. The people of this county are
| n reading people. they keep posted.
| The average farmer knows us much
about the Amendment AS the best
| posted lawyer or politician. me
| The doodles can't fool him with their
| fairy tales. Moreover these people
| are not to be changed by every wind
Of doctrine. They are Democrats and
| will vote their party ticket.
OF all the counties in the State. Ire
| dell uniformly sends the best del ga
| ton TO the State Legislature of any
county in North Carolina. The first
| knew of any delegation from Ire
dell was in 1887 when the present
nominee for Lieutenant Governor was
the State Senator, eX-SpeaIer Angus
| tus Leazar and Mr.. j. Il. Holman were
in the House. Rarely have they fail
ed to send their best men. This year
they have kept up 10 their record.
Mr.. Chas. II. Armtield, who follows
in the footsteps of his DISTINGUISHED
father is the nominee for Senator
The nominees for the House are DR..
Stevenson, of MoorcSville. one OF the
first men of this whole country. who
enjoys the confidence Of all who know
him. and Mr. \. ID. Watts. editor of
the Statcsvillc Mascot. the most wide
ly circulated weekly in this part Of
North CaroIiuu IIic father yra-. an,