The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-11
erroneous llliteraCy Statistics
In North Carolina.
4 SPECIAL TAX ELEC TlON
Fentress Township Goes Ovcrwhelni
lngiy for One he Status In { GULL
ford County-Big suit Against a
Firm Of Norfolk. 4,
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GREEN sBORO N. c., September 10
State Superintendent OF Public 1nstruc-
Hon ]. Y. .Joyncr came up from Raleigh
last night and is spending tho day here
This morning his attention was called TO
tho publication Of the statistics OF INT
eracy In the state, published In the IA.
\ leigh morning papers. the Post and the
News and Observer, as having been given
out by him. After reading the same he
expressed great nstonIEhment and regret
at the publication ana authorized the
following statement to be mode. with the
request that the press generally give az
4 tenton. so that any injustice done the
State could be remedied He attaches
\ no blame wha tever to the newspapers
publishing the report.
THE statistics on illiteracy published
In to.day's Raleigh papers are ncom-
plete, inaccurate and misrepresent inc
State, and on that account ! especially
directed the chief clerk Of the department.
not to give them out for puDlicauon =.
! had cent out circular letter 70 al
county superintendent, directing them TO
scrutin.zs the census returns OF THIS year
Z. now coming into their Offices, and require
tho statistics on Illteracy from tho
various school districts OF their counties
to be made complete and accurate before
y paying for census returns, AS soon as
the returns for this year can be obta ned
5ir response to this letter, accurate stats
tics will be furnished TO the press on ms
most important subject, and until this IS
done no credit should be given to the
statlstIcs as published in this mornings
Raleigh papers. These statistics grossly
1nisrepresent the State: they were sum-
MARRIED from tho reports OF county su-
s perintcndcnts for the year ending June
8oth, 1908 in some counties it Is proba Die
&that reports on the illterate between
the ages OF twelve and twenty-one we're
not made from one-thrd OF the scnool
districts while In others unquestionably
more illiterates we've reported. by mis-
i take, than exist in the counties. This eS-
plainp why some OF the most iliiterate
!. counties In the State. as published TINS
Il 1norning, have the smallest per cent OF
a llliterney. and some OF the most intehi-
CONT counties appear to have the largest
per cent: OF illiteracy.
ii5 DIR. BUTRICK HERE.
Or, wallace Butrick, OF New York,
secretary OF the General Education
Board. was here to-day in conference
with state Superintendent Joyner. Or.
4 C. D.. McIver and Mr.. F. G. Abbott. OF
Charlotte. in regard TO business connected
with North Carolina educational matters.
The Immediate matter IN hand ls me
settlement of the distribution Of certain
school IuNOS IuiSGu III -''i' soN>~a-
schools Of Henderson county.
an election held yesterday, Fentress
township. by vote OF 90 to 20, carried the
!! .pecIal school tax. There are I'VE dfstr.c1s
IN this township. and this Is the first
election held in the State where a wnolc
rural township was concerned. me re-
suit OF the election is hailed with oehs"t
at this educational center.
The school taxes for the township
are thus Increased from $500 to SlSoO.
n addition toSthis, the General Educahon
Poard appropriated half as much as tEs
4 voluntary Increase. SO that the TOWNSHIP
viii have 5000 for It's schools another
year. a,h-
ronville School District YESTERDAY Ies s,n.o
Cd fayorably for better schools BY q vote
~ twenty-six to two. This increases the
.nhool fund OF that district from taxes
(. VOW s2Oo. the present sum. to 1000 the
cansral Educatlon Board will add $4OO,
making the amount available for another
year in this district alone a,4oo. as against
500.
Guilford county now has seventeen spe,
eia, local tax school districts. all carried
~ local elections, and two moro districts
will hold elections the last Of this month.
James II. West. OF this city. to-day.
through his attorneys, Messrs ". 2. By
nun and F. ]. Justice brought suit
against the Messick Grocery Company.
and It's attorneys. a Messrs. swink and
swlnk, OF Winston and Norfolk, for dam
ages in the sum OF $4,000. This suit
grows out OF an arrest Of Mr. West while
IN Norfolk some time ago on a charge OF
irving to defraud the Messck Grocery
Company out OF a debt. "a IA
INVEST was in Norfolk on nm excursion.
and he was arrested there on a charge OF
attempting to leave the State OF virginia
10 eyade the payment Of debt. He was
discharged from custody there as soon
al the facts of5the case were investigated
SIMMONS THINKS
GORMAN a WINNER