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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
The One Absolute Necessitv.

Extract from Superintendent Bruce
Whites Address:
The one absolute necessity is some
thing to work on. There must be a good
average attendance of those who need the
education. From last years report you
can see that the attendance in the white
schools Of the State was only 80 per cent
of the whole number of school children;
that even during the short four months
Of the term out of $4,000 white children.
only 142, 900 were in regular attendance.
Think of il, two-thirds Of the white chill
dren cf the State out of school during the
sadly short term. This is really the
worst feature of all, and the remedy is
hard to see, so far as in the power of
the County Superintendent. If we could
provide better teachers, better houses,
and longer terms it would help to some
extent. but there must be something radi-
cally wrong with the people when such
condition exists. 1t might be helped by a
compulsory school law, but that is for
wiser heads than mine. and SO far as
can see the first and last cause is found
in the Indifference OF the people to the
needs for educa ton
You cannot get better teachers without
more money. you cannot build suitable
houses without funds. you cannot give
longer terms without larger appoFtion-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
The Teacher and Preacher,


DR.. Ivey said "One of the best facts
standing out in the educational life of
the State is the acceptance of com
mon definition for the word education
I only wish we were as nearly a unit
in definition of the word righteous
ness which corresponds to the word
education. We often take our idea of
the word from the old Mosaic law, and
fail to catch it's wider. meaning in the
New Testament The righteous man is
he who has soul warm with the breath
of God and residing in a noble bodily
tabernacle. l am telling you all this
to show you the vital relations exist
ing between the teacher and preacher
education is the garden in which plants
have been set out and righteousness is
the bursting of that garden into bloom
and fruitage.
THE pulpit has been true to its func-
ton as the teacher of righteous mind
and body and it has been leader in
prominent educational enterprises, but
it has spent it's energies mainly in it.
self, but its energies should have been
directed at the same time towards the
free school. The state. spends it's
thought mainly ON the higher institu-
finances | have understood that the
funds go first to the few who can have
nine months school and the rest have
to wait. Men and brethren, this thing
should stop We have right to boast
of our state, for she has made tremen-
dous strides forward, but above the
babel and roar Of trade and commerce
comes the cry of the children of North
Carolina, asking for an equal chance in
the affairs of life, and that call must
be needed
"A great many causes have been as
signed as to why we are in this bad
educational state / may be wrong, but
| believe that the great trouble is in oul
depreciation of the value of education;
we can generally get what we appre-
ciate. There may be some here who
think that if we had ten million doll
lars for that purpose it would usher in
the golden age of education. / do not
believe it; money is not going to do the
Work now. Public opinion must be ed
ucated and this depreciation must be
changed into appreciation
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
ABLE PAPERS PRESENTED
AT TEACHERS ASSEMBLY
PROGRESS is THE WATCHWORD
Extracts That Tell of The Many Problems and How
Ernest Men Will Solve Them From the
Primary to the University.
PROGRESS IS THE WATCHW

attention year by yeaI New demands
along technical and industrial lines have
caused an awakening to the possibilities
of our resources and the introduction of
new courses in well-known institutions,
and enlarged appropriations from the
commonwealth to meet increasing de-
mands and new opportunities. There is
cause for great hope and rejoicing. Ad-
vocates of education are to be found in
many new quarters. Friends to the cause
are joining the ranks of those who IN
earlier days fought almost single handed
and alone. North Carolinians everywhere
from seashore to mountain are determin-
ing to remove from the State the stigma
of illitcracy, and to send into all our bor-
ders the light of learning that shall dis
pei the clouds of ignorance forever from
our midst.
Not alone our county boards of educa-
ton, but all our educational officials, must
be alert To- progress. Anticipated ideas,
and obsolete methods must go. Not the
new because it is new, but such of the
new as may be better than the old we
must have. No one doubts that we can
do more than we have been doing in many
cases.
New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient good uncouth.
Let us learn from those who can teach
us. Where the communities have improv-
cd their school systems, let us get the
ideas that have helped them and appro-
pirate to our own advancement. Let us
glory not in any past achievement but
rather in the great possibilities that are
ours If we use wisely our opportunities.
The spirit that triumphed at Alamance,
at Mecklenhurg, at Guilford Court House,
that same spirit of heroism and sacrifice
will lead us from the darkness of a pub
lie school system that has left large por-
tion of our people in illiteracy, to the full
fillment Of the dream of a free govern
ment of people made free by proper
educational qualification. Our public
treasury is opened literally. The people
as never before are aroused. Let us all
do the duty of the hour and give to the
State of our nativity that we love SO well
a public school system worthy of our ma
tural advantages: worthy of our glorious
ancestry and fitted to meet all the de-
mands of our complex and wonderful civil
lization.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
A FIRBMAN,s CLOSE CALL.

Il stuck to my engine, although every
joint ached and every nerve was racked
with pain" writes G. w. Bellamy To-
comotiye fireman, of Burlington Iowa,
Il was weak and pale, without any APP
petite and all run down. As l was about
to give up, | got bottle of Electric Bit
ters and, after taking it, felt as well as
| ever did in my life." Weak, sickly, run
down people always gain new life.
strength and vigor from their use. Try
them. Satisfaction guaranteed by all
druggists. Price so cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
The Graded Schools N ssion.

Extracts from Prof. Coon on Graded
Schools
Under present educational conditions
in North Carolina / would extend the in
fuencc of the graded schools, in the coun-
ties in which they are situated, by making
them Central high schools. Graded school
superintendent could see to it that a
suitable course Of study for the country
public schools is provided, cooperating
with the county superintendent and
boards of education in this matter The
completion of such a course ~ pupils
should be rewarded by free tuition in the
high school of the town.
This high school might be open all the
year round so as to enable country teach
ers to broaden their knowledge and get
acquainted with the best methods of
teaching. Many small children would be
glad to attend school in the summer and
their teaching by competent teachers
under a trained superintendent would en-
able the country teacher to learn how to
teach his country school to better adj
vantage, with greater results In this
way the country teacher could obtain the
advantage of real summer school at
home, a school in which knowledge would
be broadened and deepened and better
ideas Of teaching inculcated.
"Thc added expense of such a system
could be borne partly by the cities and
partly by the counties for both would be
benefited.
This plan will lead to the day when
some kind of correlation between all
the schools of county will be a fact.
City superintendent would thus come
to know and to study the real educational
problem of North Carolina and begin ac-
tive work in its solution. Local taxa
ton increased interest in education, bet
ter trained teachers, more cooperation in
school work would result. / am now work
ing on this plan from afar, but believe
the day is coming when the city superin-
tendents will at least take charge of the
educational business OF their several
countless
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
A MApRIGAL MoREIIEAD.

There is a man in Raleigh's town.
And he is wondrous wise,
He jumps into no bramble bush
To scratch out both his eyes.
But when he heard his friends would be
At Morehead's Opening Ball,
Said I'm no chump or awkward gump,
Iii hic away on Saturday,
I'll swim and FISH and sail.
Aud at that dance, I'll surely prance,
Moreheast I'll have nor faiI!''
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16

The papers and addresses at the
Teachers Assembly in session at
WrightsvilIe have been of high order
Extracts from number of them have
appeared in these columns from day to
extracts from others, regretting that we
have not space for them in full:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
Editor Bailey on "The Press and Pub
lie Education.

Carlyle reckons the new birth of time
from the beginning of the 18th century.
There was one birth, but many children;
and the end is not yet. Two of those
children were born each with torch in
one hand and a sword in the other and a
trowef somewhere about them. One was
Printing; the other was the School
Since then, these Ave centuries, these two
giants have been held high their torches
and fought nobly with all darkness, and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
NEW UPTOWN OFFICE NEW YORK
CITY

The Seaboard Air Line Railway has
opened an uptown office at 1883 Broad
way, New York City, corner Twenty
eighth street. It's down town passenger
office at 3S7 Broadway is still maintained
Any information as to tickets, rates
sleeping car reservations, building and
manufacturing sites in the South. ETC.,
cheerfully furnished at this office.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16

ment, and you cannot get these unless the
PEOPLE are willing to pay it. If politicians
use schools for their own purposes. it is
because the people are Indifferent; If COM
mittees appoint teachers for personal
reasons, it is because nobody seems to
care.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16

The man who elbows past women for
the purpose Of getting a seat in the car
naver crowds 49, out of her pew in
church.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16
BLOWING ROCK
Green Park Hotel.
Summit of Blue Ridge A.34o Feet.

This popular resort will open on 18th
June, under the management OF Frank z.
Morton.
Scenery and climate unsurpassed in the
World. Hotel arst-class in every respect.
Patrons say they get more for their mon
ey here than anywhere else and that it
compares favorably with four dollars a
day hotels. Superior roads, excellent liv-
cry; all the usual amusements Postof-
fee and telegraph in hotel
Write for leafet and rates "a Green
Park Hotel Green Park. N C.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-16

OPIUM NJ. J. ]. .... .. J.
HHVTTTM M its treated without pain or
H EkHK tced or nc paw Il II VEAL
~ III "a [9 N8aka ltarun, Box s. AUST II, Ga.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14

language the significance of which
cannot be misconstrued as indicative
of his real feelings for the United
States. His designation of this land
as Goods country may have struck
the Britishers as far fetched and ir-
reverent, but it showed that despite
all of the talk concerning alliances
and the imprudent remarks of other
officers in the service of the country,
made while being entertained by for
eign officers and gentlemen, Admiral
Schley is intensely American and con-
siders this indeed the favored nation
above all others. If all the officers in
the service of the country spoke with
the same intense loyalty and pride
of their country wherever they may
be, and restrained themselves to speak
of it only, the complaints of incautious
remarks calculated to give offense to
some foreign power or other would
not be made SO frequently to the gov
eminent at Washington as they un-
fortunately seem to have been made
of late.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14

states, where republicanism is inbred
and forms a part of che religious be-
lief of the larger portion of the intel
ligent, voting population However,
Lewis is taking the matter very phi
losophicallyl and is credited with the
statement that he intends to let poll
tics alone. until he sees his way to
a seat in the cabinet of a democratic
president, for Lewis is a Bryan dem
ocrat, populist if it is more conven-
lent or democrat if the chances of
success are greater in that direction.
1t is this credited purpose on his
part that prompts the remark that
while he may think his retirement
only temporary he will probably find
it of such a duration that it practical
ly amounts to permanency.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14

now exists between the different
states, sovereign states though they
may be. Everybody who is animated
by the slightest spirit of patriotism
and pride of country should use the
singular verb and make the sis" as
big as the size of the paper will per-
nit or his vocal organ enable him to
emphasize.
If they want more proof that the
singular is the correct way of writing
it at this time and age, the sticklers
for grammatical purity are referred to
the events of three years ago when
the president called for volunteers to
wage al against a foreign country.
The spontaneous and enthusiastic re.
Spouse to that call by men from every
state and terri sry to our way Of
thinking rem the last vestage Of
the old feelinsggthat the United States
ARE" and more firmly fixed the fact
that the United states els one and
inseparable, a country under one gov
eminent and one flag and united by
one love of country making it the big
gest and strongest nation that ever
existed and calling for a big ~" when
referred to it in the nominative or al
most any other a
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14
GOVERNMENT CONTROL
&C,

The experience of Great Britain in
the matter of government ownership
and control of the telegraph is not
calculated to gain adherents to the
cause of those who in this country
are advocating the adoption of the
same policy. According to the cable
dispatches an interrogatory in the
house of commons revealed the fact
that the annual loss to the govern
ment in operating the lines amounts
to several thousand pounds, while the
aggregate loss since the crown took
over the lines has run into the mil,
lions, and that with no prospect of
being able to overcome the deficiency.
The explanation OF the chancellor OF
the e%xchequer as to the cause of the
loss, while it may have afforded lit
tie consolation to the interrogation, af-
forded one OF the strongest argu-
ments that can be made against the
adoption of the method in this coun-
try. He said that the reason for the
loss was in the constant demand of
the public for more rapid commune
cation than the revenue warranted
and hat unproductive extensions had
to be continually constructed. If such
is the experience in England, where
the country is thickly settled and the
distances 49, have to be traversed
are cong 4tively small, what would
be the rs alt if the advocates of that
speciesnof p~aternalism were to have
their way in this country. The de-
mands for costly and unproductive
extensions would be SO great and con-
stanr that to comply with only a part
OF them would take a large share of
the governments evenu from all
sources, to say nothing of it's income
from the telegraph itself. What is
more, most of these demands, if not
all, would be needed, for as a means
of solidifying themselves with their
constituents a government telegraph
system would place in the hands of
congressman a lever that would beat
all the river and harbor improvement
bills ever devised.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14
GOOD FOR scHLEY.

Admiral Schley is continuing his
good example to other officers of the
navy by his persistent refusal to talk
about matters pertaining to that
branch of the governments service.
His pointed answer to the question
of the London interviewer in refer
nee to the vice-admiralty was only
in line with his policy OF saying moth
ing that he assumed and made evil
dent when the unfortunate contro-
versy relative to himself and Samp-
o first arose. His emphatic express
sion of pleasure at the prospect of
being able to oon be again in the
land for which he has fought was
characteristic Of the man and showed
his intense. love of that country. While
practically at the time the guest of
another and friendly nation and peo-
pie, his pride in his own country was
still great enough to impel him to use
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14
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MILLIONS IN PLUNkS.

Anaconda Standard: About four
hundred and fifty million taels-that
is the sum which, for a starter, they
think will do, and the powers propose
to try it on the Chinese as an amount
in indemnity. This mornings news
mentions the conditions under which
the proposition that this sum be paid
has been laid before the Chinese. AL
ready they have paid for their folly in
getting into trouble, and they have
paid dearly for it. Christianity-as
the Chinese have recently become
closely acquainted with it's a high
priced blessing; SO costly, indeed. that
in our own country there has been elo-
quent protest against the exactions
laid Upon the Chinese N the name of
those who were carrying the gospel to
the heather and who Jared the worse,
for a time, when the recent ruction
started. AS for the indemnity bill
which has just been handed in by the
powers-the Chinese stand not appar-
emily upon the payment of it, but upon
the manner of the payment. They
know that they must pay; they are
debating whether to take the indemni-
ty punishment in a lump or spread it
out over a long period. The fact is,
if the truth about the general inan-
cial conditions in China has been told,
that the payments must be long drawn
out and outside guarantees be given
if the securities China issues r to be
considered as good for anything.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14
Hamilton Lewis, the s~pectacu

] Hamilton Lewis, the spectacular
statesman Of the Puget sound, has
given notice of his retirement from
active politics. The retirement, he
says, is to be temporary only, but
judging from the reason he gives for
his newly formed decision it is likely
to be permanent. He is now at Wash
ington City and in an interview said
that the immigrants o settling in
his state are going to make it perma-
nently republican. Nineteenth of them,
he says. are republicans, an estimate,
while seemingly large, is apparently
not unreasonable, taking into account
the localities from which those set
tiers have come, the middle western
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14
cRoWDING NEW JERSEY.

South Dakota is out as a competitor
OF New Jersey in the business of
granting charters to corporations. The
liberality of it's laws is inducing or
ganizers from all over the country to
flock to it's capital and file articles of
incorporation with it's secretary of
state. Only recently, it seems, the
knowledge of the ease with which ar
ticles of that sort can be obtained has
become generally known, judging from
the number of applications for char
tiers which have been made and grant
ed during the past few months. It
is impossible to pick up a st. Paul or
Minneapolis newspaper, all of which
have correspondents at Pierre, South
Dakota's capitol, that does not con-
tain a long list Of new companies char
tered by the state. Although a COM
paratively new industry, it is esti-
mated that within the past six months
companies representing an aggregate
capitalization of over a billion dollars
have been organized in the state and
authorized to go in quest OF suckers.
All it costs to incorporate under the
laws of the state is $40, which amount
includes all fees and expense attached
to securing a charter. This amount is
an arbitrary charge and is always the
same, whether the capitalization be
for one dollar or for millions. No
franchise tax is charged and incorpor-
ators incur no liability to the stock
holders, neither do the stockholders
incur any liability, except to the ex-
tent of being held responsible for the
amount of their Indebtedness for un-
paid stock. The companies are not
required to pay any tax, the only tax
collected being on property and as
none of the wildca. concerns own any
property in the state they escape all
cost. upon payment of the incorpora-
ton fee.
A majority Of the companies organ
lied in the state are for the purpose
of operating in other states and ter
ritories, notably in Wyoming, Texas,
California and the other western states
in which petroleum has been discov-
cred, and also in Alaska. The bust
ness is assuming such proportions
that the revenue derived from it by
the state promises to become an i'm
portant matter, while in the matter
Of notoriety the home of Pettigrew
bids fair to be soon as well known
out inducements to the organizers of
trusts and wildcat schemes of all
kinds.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14

when he declared he never read news.
papers, or else he allowed himself to
be gulled by some INSCRIPTIONS fel.
low who played upon his credulity by
telling MIN that the papers were to
blame. 1t is very likely that it was
the former enc of me proposition and
that he was no more in earnest when
he wept as he contemplated the havoc
wrought tnan he was when he told the
little fb to the interviewer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14
THE SINGULAR is RIGHT.

Some of those who are always hold
ing out for purity in grammar are
finding fault with the growing ten
dency of writer's and speakers to refer
to the United States in the singular
when the our is the subject in the
nominative case. Among those guilty
of the grammatical atrocity is Gener-
al John w. Foster, in his recent work,
"a Century of American Diplomacy
The general takes the trouble to re-
ply to n of his critics and attempts
to show that usage has given the
stamp of approval to the expression
and cites the case Of numerous states
men and authors who have employed
the singular verb when referring to
the republic. He holds that it is not
necessary, as charged by his critics,
to amend the constitution to make the
use the singular verb proper and cor
rect.
To The Gazette it seems that Gen.
eral Foster is wasting time and effort
in replying to his critics. The time
has passed when the United States
was regarded as a mere ~contederacy
OF states, held together by u bond no
stronger than one of mutual sympa-
thy or interest. When Grant and Lee
at Appomatox the question Of
the proper use Of the singular Or plur-
al verb was forever settled aud the
United States became a nation with
a big IN" and the largest "U' in the
case is none too large to express the
condition and nature of the union that
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-14

In view of his admission in a re-
cent interview that he never reads
them, it is really amusing to hear Jim
Hill blame the newspapers for being
the cause of the ruction in Wall
street The great combiner de-
clares that had it not been for the
newspaper propensity for agitation
there would have been no furry in
the street and none Of his friends, for
whom he shed tears of compassion,
would have been caught, as there was
no occasion for any excitement. Eth.
err Mr.. Hill was stringing the reporter