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county lend Their hearty support TO
this cause. The preachers from the
pulpit eXhort the people to educate
their children, and the lawyers advo-
cate it in every public speech. An in
Stitute lasting four weeks has been
held this summer for tie teachers i'll
this county. Much good was accom-
plished at this institute and the peo-
pie are expecting to derive great bene-
fit from i 1T tho hands of those who
attended it. Among other things en-
phasiZed at this institute was the duty
of The teachers to encourage the peo-
pie to vote a local tax to increase their
school term. There are now three
special tax districts in the county, one
at Shelby, another at Kings Noun
tain. and the third al CaS1r, the last
named being q rural district. AS re-
suit of the campaigning already done
this year at least three districts will
ask for a vote on special tax and the
prospects are very bright for carry
ing them for special tax.
Cleveland county has a Board OF
Education composed of progressive
men. They are w d. Lackey, chair
man. W. l.. Plonk and w. W. Wash
burn. They are splendid financiers.
and they only want to know their duty
and they do it fearlesSly
3. T. FALLS,
County Supt. of Schools
Shelby, N G.
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ers and the work has been graded.
The general attendance upon the
schools has improved in recent years,
and an increasing interest in education
is very clearly manifested in this and
other ways.
We have no local tax districts, but
hope to create sentiment favorable
to the plan in the near future. There
is a rapidly growing sentiment in IA
vor of a graded school for Elizabeth
City, and as soon as an act can be Sc
cured TO bond the town for buildings
suitable for such school, the ques-
ton will be submitted to the people.
The greatest hindrance to greater
growth educationally, is lack of
trained teachers. The time has come
when teachers must have more than
academic training in order to become
good teachers Teachers need profess
sional training as much as do lawyers
or doctors, and until the State provides
adequate equipment to give its teach
ers such training we can never expect
to bring our country schools to a
much higher state of advancement
than now exists. Plans are being made
to push the work along all lines dur
ing the coming year vigorously, and
great educational campaign is in
contemplation for next summer.
s. 7. SHEEP.
County Supt of Schools.
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DUPLIN COUNTY.

In Duplin county the SCHOOL term
is fourteen weeks, that is to say, three
weeks shorter than the average for
the State. The value of the averag =
school house in the county is Sos,
that is to say SIS less than the gen.
eral average for the State. The coun-
ty pays it's teachers an average salary
of $25.77 per month, or $115.96 a
year, that is to say, 1882 a month, or
$17.2S a year less than the general
average for the State. She pays her
County superintendent 1887 per year,
that is to say $l14.4l a year less than
the average salary paid county super
intendents in the State. There are en-
rolled in the county $3.50 children, Of
whom only 3,127, or only sos per
cent are in the average daily attend
ance. During the year ending June
goth, 1904, there was not a single new
school house built in the county. 1t
will thus be seen that Duplin county
is one of the most backward counties
in the State, educationally. 1t will be
we'll for the county if its progressive
citizens would arouse themselves on
this great subject and place the coun-
ty in line with the progressive educa-
tional movement in the State
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cd among, the best lin the State, is
making it's influence felt throughout
the county. There are eighteen rural
libraries in Forsyth, the full number
to which the county is entitled. The
county has built school houses that
are better than the average of the
State, averaging in value about $500;
provides five. months school, pays It's
teachers more than the average paid
for the State, and requires it's super
intendent to give his entire time to his
work, though unfortunately paying
him an inadequate salary In this last
particular the county would do well to
follow the example of the city of Win.
ston. The county superintendent has
under his direction 1913 schools, scat
tered over wide territory; the city
superintendent has under his direction
four schools, all within short distance
of each other. In the county schools
are enrolled 5,69S pupils. In the city
schools are enrolled 1,735. The coun-
ty superintendent must direct the
work of more than 100 teachers, in
accessible to him and to each other.
The city superintendent has charge of
3S teachers. all within ten minutes
ride of him and each other. For his
work in supervising these schools, the
city superintendent is paid a salary OF
$1,000 and no one thinks it excessive.
For similar work, though ten-fold more
different from the circumstances the
county superintendent is paid ''alarS
of $500. If the cities of the State lave
found it to their interest and profit to
pay their superintendent suitable sal
aries in order that they may have
their schools properly supervised, why
would not the same principle hola
true in the counties?
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JONES COUNTY.

The public schools of Jones county
are making some progress forward,
but not as fast as we would like, and
with the help of the other school Of
tlcers and teachers we hope to do
much moro this year than has ever
been done before in the county.
We are not at all satisfied with the
enrolment and daily average attend
anCe and will make special efforts
along that line this year, and / feel
doubly sure our efforts will not be in
--c:n.
Our people are a slow, conservative
people, but when aroused always take
hold of the right side of anything, and
this will be no exception.
We have six rural libraries estab-
lished in the county, and | feel that
much good is being derived from
them. and We hope to get supplement
tary Libraries for each of them the first
or oortunity
During the past year we have built
the two incest public school houses
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

In Washington county the average
value of the school houses is $l2S. The
average salary paid teachers is $129.50
The length of the school term is TWEEN
ty weeks. The enrolment for the year
ending June 80, 1904, was reported as
heing 2,O35, with 65.5 per cent, or L.
334 in average daily attendance.
There are two local tax districts in the
county and eight rural libraries. Ow
ing to the active work of a number OF
energetic, progressive citizens, there is
revival of interest in education in
this county, and it may be predicted
with all confidence that before another
educational edition of the News ana
Observer is issued there Will be graft
fYing prOgress in this county.
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TYRRELL COUNTY.

Tyrrell county has the distinction or
being the only county in the State
which pays its superintendent less
than 500 per year, the salary IN TINS
county of its superintendent being S63
per year This of course, makes Tyr
reIl in that list of counties which pay
their county treasurer more money
for handling the school funds than
they pay their county superintendent
for managing the schools. 1t is not
tc be wondered at that with such SUI
pervision as the schools of this coun-
ty must get. they have made little pro-
eress. The value of the average house
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FENDER COUNTY.

Fender county needs to bestir itself
along the whole line of educational
endeavor. It's people have not kept
pace with the general educational pro-
gress of the State as may be seen from
the following facts: Average value of
it's school houses is 500, against 1896,
as the average value of school houses
in the State at large. The length of
it's school term is fourteen weeks, as
against seventeen for the State at
large. The average salary paid to its
teachers is $2S.33 per month, as
against $31.09 for the State. The sal
airy paid it's superintendent is $215, as
against the general average for the
State of $501, with an enrolment ct
3.501 children. there are only 1854,
or Sc per cent. in average daily at
tendance 1t would seem from this
that the people are not availing them
selves of what advantages they have,
though it is more than probable that
the fault is not With the people, but
with the schools Although the school,
fund is small, and the condition of
the school below the average, yet the
people of only two districts in the
county have Undertaken to help them
selves and their children through
the only means now Open namely, To-
cal taxation. There are ten rural Ii
braries i'll the county, where there
might be eighteen.
Continued on Page Thirty-One.)
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during the year ending June 80, 1904.
there was not a single school house
built in the county; there was not a
single consolidation in the county; that
out of an enrolment of LIE chill
dren only So or 59.7 were in average
daily attendance, that the school term
is less than the average term for the
State, that the average value of school
house is below the average for the
state; that the teachers salaries are
lower than the average of the State;
and the County superintendent is
paid the handsome salary of 1923 per
year. In this last item Tyrrell county
saves Clay from being at the foot of
the column
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CLAY COUNTY.

1t has been four years since the
General Assembly of the State made
provision by the appropriation of
funds for the establishment of libra
ries in Che rural public schools of the
State. There are now 1,129 of those
libraries scattered throughout North
Carolina. One county only of the 81
has failed to avail itself of the oppor-
tunity thus offered for placing in the
hands of it's children some of the great
masterpieces of the worlds literature.
This county is Clay. This fact speaks
volumes for the educational condi-
tons in Clay county. 1t is scarcely
necessary to add that there is not a
local tax district in the county, and
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The schools of Cleveland county are
now in a prosperous condition. Nearly
every district has a good, comfortable
building, fairly we'll equipped. There
are a few places yet where there is
need of buildings, and this will be
done this year. There are now only
seventy-three districts where formerly
there were eighty-nine. Nearly every
building is equipped for two teachers
or is designed so that it can be easily
enlarged. There are now three new
school houses in the county in the
course of construction. Some of the
school houses are equipped with pa
tent desks and others will be from
time to time. The board of education
will give no aid in seating a school
room except for patent desks.
persistent campaign for education
is going on now all the time in Cleve-
land county. The newspapers of the
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FORSYTH COUNTY.

Although one of the wealthieSt
counues in the State, one of the most
PROGRESSIVE, and one of the first ill
everything that makes material pros
lerlty. and although her educational
conditions are much above the aver
age of the State. yet Forsyth county
has not kept pace with her wonderful
material development. However, the
conditions are very favorable and the
work of the past, together with tn
spirit of the present, give promise OF
better things for the future. The ex.
ample set years ago by the city OF
Winston in providing d magnificen,
system of public schools, justly rank
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The school interests of Johnston
county are improving in every
respect. Our teachers are do
ing better work than ever
MaDT of tho school houses are poor
but these are being rapidly replaced by
new buildings. and this year We are
building ton now school houses OF
modern style. The citizens of several
districts aided in this good work.
Eleven school districts in the county
have Voted for better taxes for bet
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in the county is $50. The average
monthly salary paid to teachers is $26.
1t is no wonder under such circum,
stances that out of an enrolment OF
1,176, only 7S6 are in average daily
attendance The school term is four
teen weeks There is one local tax
district and there are three rural Ii
braries. If the people of TyrreIl
would look eastward and follow the
example of their neighbour towards the
sea, it would mean much for the fu-
ture of their county.
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that has ever been in the county, and
we expect to build some others later, OF
as soon as We can effect more con-
so,idation.
There are no local tai districts i'm
the county yet, but do not think the
time is far off when we can be num-
bered with the other counties that
have than.
| want to say frankly to my people
through your paper that l do not think
We are getting as much good out of the
schools as we ought. Let's all wake
up to "a fuller sense of our duty aud
put forth every effort to make our
schools better, and by SO doing give
our children the best possible advan-
tages.
w II. HAMMOND.
County Supt. of Schools.
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NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.

The attention OF the County Board
of Education and County Superintend-
ent is directed just now to the i'm
provement of school buildings They
have undertaken the task of placing a
comfortable. attractive building i'll
every district in tho county
As an evidence of the hearty CO.
operation of the people in this work.
the different districts have raised over
three thousand dollars to supplement
the county appropriations for this pur-
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pose during the past two years. The
teaching force of the county is con-
stantly improving. A good teachers
library has recently been opened and
the eircula ton Of over a hundred good
books or method, school management
and history of education will do much
to broaden the scholarship of our
teachers.
The Board OF Education is compos-
cd OF the following: e. E. Lassiter,
chairman. Potecasi; n. W. Britton.
Woodland; j: II. Crew, Pleasant Hill;
Z. j. Long, secretary, Jackson.
p. 7. LONG.
COUNTY Supt. Of Schools
Jackson, N. c.
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ter schools and some have voted for
better school houses. What has been
done and is being done is small in
com garrison Of what needs to be done.
IRA L. BURLINGTON.
County Supt. of Schools.
Smithfield N O.
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ED UCATIoNAL INSTl -'UTIONS.
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RLOTTESVILLE, VA.
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Sc-tcd:
The College.
The Department of Graduate Studies
The Department of Law.
The Department of Medicine.
The Department of Engineering.
The Department of Agriculture.
Send for Catalogue.
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Endorsed by the university and the
coIIegcS--malc and female.
ports: foot ball. base ball. tennis.
\: instruction thorough. Il well-ordered
Fall term opens August 30. 1905.
dress
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WarrentOn. n. C..
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w. II. HAMMOND.
JOHNSTON COUNTY.

County Supt. of Schools.
trenton, NJ c.
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What Educational Captains
Are Doing for the Schools.
Continual from Page Twenty Three)
CLEVELAND COUNTY.

Continued from Page Twenty-Three.)
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Splendid location
High grade of work.
tory advantages in MI
water heat. Electric.
Remarkable heal
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-11
PROUD PEACOCK
OF A CAPTAIN
is THE WORST ATTORNEY sMy.
;. SER HAD TO SAY OF CAPTAIN
TAGGART TODAY. 4.

WOOSTER, O., Sept. 11.-capt.
Tagsart was not in court this morn.
ing. Attorney smyser was continuing
his argument for Mrs. Taggart in the
divorce trial and it had been expected
thai grilling of the captain was
scheduled. During the morning the
argument was devoted to summing
up of the, evidence in Mrs. raggart's
Gefense. The worst smyser had for
"aggart was to refer to lin as "a
proud peacock" of captain. He
said the charges involving General
Mine and Lieutenant Fortescue. were
baseless. 1t is expected that the ar.
eur1ent will end Tuesday nut it may.
be week or longer before Judge
EasGn gives his decision.
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wtTrE AND RosEN.
Russian PlenIpotentiaries Spent Sun.
day at National Capital.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Sept. IL
HI. witte and Baron Rosen, the Rus.
KIN peace plenipotentiaries, accom-.
lznied by five members of the form.
srS suite, spent Sunday in Washing
fuz They arrived here at an early
fozr and spent the entire day visit.
in1 die historic points IN and about
fhE city; and left again late this at.
ffuurun for New York, from which
ziizee Mr.. WItte viii sail for Ham.
'srrg Tuesday While here they were
a Charge of Acting Secretary LOOMS,
u die State Department, and Major
kzazE- a. q. Cawiey, of the Marine
Crps, who at the special request of
tn President, acted as their escorts
ia the various places visited. Begin.
Hdgy N the White House, the party
IN tIirn went to- the Russian embassy.
arr capitol, the Congressional library.
Gaunt Vernon. Arlington and Rock
n'selS park. AS he left for New York.
n Witte expressed to Mr.. LOOMS
bis keen appreciation of the pleasure
Etiah his brief stay in the American
esritaI had given him. 1t had been, he
sxirs very Interesting, and very in.
xz7ursive; and he had been well re-
md for the trip.
I 81 y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-11
{. E. CONVENTION
FOR THE STATE MAY MEET AT
WHEELING NEXT SUMMER
"as INVITATION HAS BEEN
EXTENDED.

The Wheeling City Union of Chris.
tian Endeavor has extended an invi.
tation to the State executive commit.
tee to hold the next State Conven-
ton in this city next summer. 1t is
believed that the invitation will be
accepted. ar
The last State convention was held
in the First English Lutheran Church
in this city eight years ago, and was
largely attended. It is expected that
If the convention. is held in Wheel.
ing this year, there. will be at least
400 delegates present.
There will not be any national
Christian Endeavor convention next
wear, and it is stated that much Of
the energy will be directed to State
work individually, in which West vir-
ginia will be no exception. The sew
eral societies included in the Wheel
ing union will make an earnest effort
to secure the convention, and although
1t is somewhat distant as yet, much
interest will be manifested from now
on.
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ALL FOR ROOSEVELT.
Prominent Men Favor Awarding
Nobel Peace Prize to Him.

NEW YORK. Sept. 1f.-Replying to
queries concerning the disposition
OF the Nobel peace prize in 1906.
prominent men. the world over, when
Intercepted by the World, have ex.
pressed themselves in favor of award.
ing the prize to President. Roosevelt.
in appreciation of his efforts In end
ing the Russo-Japanese war. The No.
bel prize committee in Switzerland.
has already intimated that the award
will go to the President next year.
The, prize is over $4,000.
Among the replies received were
those from Andrew Carnegie, Bjorn.
son Bjornson, George Shaw Lefevre.
president of the British Section. Inter.
parliamentary Peace Union; Phillip
stanhope. NJ. p; Henry Broadhurst
vice president London Arbitration
Society; Foreign Minister Lamsdorff. s
OF Russia, and A. Kuyper, Prime Min
lister Of the Netherlands,
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M J. NJ. Burdette. Of culpepper.
Va IS IN town to-day
Brooks Fleming was up from Nor.
Enntcwn over Sunday.
c. O. hiorfts returned this morning
Dom q ten days visit with his peo-
VIs in Baltimore
zlndsay Peddicord came here from
Mnrgantown yesterday to spend Sun
nay with friends.
Kew and Mrs. g. D. Smith went to
WaiIasn. Harrison county, to-day to
attend e meeting Of the NJ. E. District
caaferenee, which viii meet there this
wreck
Hrs- A.. NJ. DAVIDSON, Of Salem, a
.rorsir. Of Mrs. NJ. g. Tough, came to
Fairnont on Saturday to stay with
me satter during her illness. II Mrs.
Lrzgh continues to improve she will
BE- released from the hospital in about
two weeks
The Rev. Morton a. Barnes, rector
~ Erdsr Church. left this morning
Tor Chicago to attend the national
rznlrention Of the Brotherhood Of st.
lAnarew- Mr.. Barnes viii be gone ten
azSx- IN his absence, however. ser.
Tirns WIN be conducted at Christ
Church as usual.
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NO HIGHER DUTIES
ON AMERICAN GOODS.
Russia Gives the United States the
Benefit Of Most-Favored Nation
Clause.

IL
OYSTER BAY. L. l., Sept. 11.-At
the conference between President
Roosevelt and the Russian peace en-
yoys Mr.. White, by direction of the
Emperor of Russia. presented to the
President the following communica-
ton:
Some years ago, in consequence of
misunderstanding in the interpreta.
ton of the most favored nation clause
there were established in Russia on
several articles of American produc.
tion customs duties on higher scale
than those levied on the same arti.
cles when imported from other coun.
tries.
His Majesty, the Emperor of Rus
STA, has commanded me to inform the
President of the United States that
he has been pleased to order the dis.
continuance of the levying of such
hngher duties on American products,
in order that henceforth the Ameri.
can manufacturers should pay the
same duties as importers from other
counties"
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ELEVATED CAR
Continued From Flrs. pase3

cident and escaped, described his ex-
perience. saying: 81 was sitting in
the second car of the train reading
a paper, when all OF a sudden the
lights went out and every one was
thrown to one side. The next thing
I knew I was thrown out of the door
and landed in the street on top of a
woman. which probably saved my
life. Everybody was screaming and
yelling
Tic accident caused tie.up on the
Ninth avenue road for long time.
Passengers who were on the trains
previous to the accident were taken
off and carried to their destination
on the subway and surface cars. This
caused a great overflow of passen.
gers in the subway and resulted in
considerable congestion.
On the Sixth avenue Elevated line
ears were running soon after the &C.
cident, but they were far apart.
Superintendent Frank Kelley, of
the Interborough Rapid Transit Com
pany, made the following official state
ment: o
ut would have been impossible for
Towerman Jackson to have thrown
the switch while the train was pass.
Ing around the curve. That curve is
guarded by patent coupling bars that
catch the flange Of the wheels, SO
that it would be impossible to throw
the switch after the train hal gotten
partly in 1t. 1t is a device for Just
ouch an emergency.
1.-The yellow signal means a clear
track down Ninth avenue, Jackson
the towerman, says that Kelley, the
,E.oto'man, while running a Ninth ave.
nue. train displayed Sixth avenue sig
aals and he showed a clear track
arourd the curve and that Kelley evi.
IDENTIFY paid no attention to the sig
nails and took the curve running at
thirty miles an hour.
"The first car, motor, was heavy
In build, did not leave the track
ut the curve, for this reason. but the
second car, light trailer, when it
:eached the curve, left the tracks and
overturned.
Jackson has been in the tower for
SIX years and has never had an acct.
dent and never made mistake.
Despite the fact, however, that
Jrckson says that Kelley h: ID Sixth