The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-20
WHAT EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN
has DONE AND Is DOING
School Elections Carried in SO Districts Pre-.
pairing to Vote in Many More--.All
Sections Enthused.

A successful manufacturer, who is in
terested IN large number OF cotton mills
IN the State, was in the office OF the State
superintendent of Public instruction a
few days ago and requested Superintend
ent Joyner to recommend a suitable person
to superlntend the graded schools recently
established in his town. He said his fac
tory interest would pay about eighty per
cent OF the taxes for the support of the
school, but experience had taught him
that 1T is cheaper to educate the children
INTO usefulness than to pay their fines in
the police courts He said: GAS bust
ness proposition it costs less to provide
schools than to employ extra police and
pay the court fines
In one district in Randolph county
where an election for schools was pending,
the opposition approached one honest old
tenant who worked night and day to keep
body and soul together and asked him if
he intended to vote for the tax, asking
him at the same ..me how could he afford
to pay an extra tax when he could bare
ly support his family. His reply was
tnaC he certainly intended to vote for the
schools; for said he, eff such an oppor
tunity had been given me when 1 was a
boy 1 would not now be doing the
work of a negro, and my family would be
better off.
A campaign for better education has
been completed in Lincoln county. Su-
perintendent Haefner has shown wisdom
in arranging his rallies by townships and
especially in organizing the school Off
GERS and in preparing the way for the
speakers. Immense crowds gathered at
all the appointments except in one place
where there was a misunderstanding as to
the date; and in each of the five districts,
before the meeting closed, the people
came together and signed petion asking
for an election. When the matter was
presented to them they were readily CON
WINGED that it is the duty of the commun-
ity to prov.~e for the education of all
the children in the community.
Prof. Jno. K. Ray, who has just return
ed to Raleigh after a two weeks educa-
tiOnal campaign, says he has never seen
the people so easily aroused on any other
question as that of the duty of the com
munity to provide for the education of all
the children in the community.
This enthusiasm is not confined to any
section of the State The following coun-
ties have carried elections for schools
during the present year: Alamance in
eight districts, Burke in one, Caldwell in
enc, Caswell in one, Catawba in one,
Cherokee in one, Chowan in one, Cleveland
in one, Cumberland in two, Duplin in one,
CASTOR in two, Gates in one, Granville in
one, Guilford in eight, Halifax in one,
Henderson in one, Johnston in two, Lee
noir in one, Martin in one, Nash in one,
Orange in one, Pitt in three, Randolph in
two, Polk in one, Richmond in one, Robe
son in three, Rutherford in one, Surry
in one, Tyrrell in one, Union in four,
Washington in two, Wilkes in two, Will
son in one, and Yadkin in two.
Wherever local tax district is estab-
lished it stands as a complete argument
that carries conviction to other districts
as is shown by the large number of dis
tricts where local taxation is now pending.
Currituck is preparing to vote in four dis.
tricts, Duplin in three, Sampson in one.
Union in one, Dare in sixteen Wake in
one, Northampton in seven, Cabarrus in
eight, Burke in two, Guilford in one whole
township, Randolph in three districts,
CASTOR in one, Nash in two, Vance in one,
Lincoln in five, Orange in one, Halifax in
one, Beaufort in two, Rockingham in
three, Gates in one, Forsyth in one, Yad-
kin in one and Cleveland in several