The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-17
TIONAL PROGRESS FOR ALL
RURAL COMMUNITIES.
Editorial CorrespondenceD


full factories in our towns. splendid as
that evidence is of progress, but it is
seen in the deep interest the people
of the whole State are taking in the
education of their children. The won
derful resources of our State, of which
we have heard so much, will never he
fully developed until we first develop
the resource of brains in the youth
of the country, and train them to de-
velop the latent wealth in soil, stream
and forest. The second best sign is
building of good roads. / drove her.
this afternoon from Raleigh. a dist
ance of ten miles, over a sple1did
piece of road, making the trip in
little over one ana 4 half hours. 1t
is a billy road and yet it has been so
we'll graded and made that the horse
had no need of urging. The last two
miles of the road has just been graded.
Mr.. Henry Holding, superintendent of
county roads, is here with his force
and will gravel the road next week,
giving the whole ten miles as good
roads or better than we have on the
best streets in Raleigh. The people
out here have only good words for
Mr.. Holding and the work that is be-
ing done i'm good road improvement.
Certainly Wake county has cause to
be proud of the road over which l
travelled today. There is another new
blessing that the people of this section
value highly-the rural free delivery,
and many of them can read the daily
News and Observer almost as soon
as the people in Raleigh. AS a result
they keep posted as to the markets
and save many a trip to the city They
also have a telephone line and can
summon a doctor or transact business
in Raleigh without leaving home. The
further extension of the telephone,
free rural delivery and good roads
has greatly added to the comforts of
living in the country. and with good
schools, the farmers now enjoy near
ly all the blessings of town life with
out it's discomforts and expense.
This has always been one of the
best portions of Wake county, pOpu-
lated by thrifty farmers of character
and patriotism. But until recently
they have, like most other country
neighborhoods, lacked good school
advantages. Something like five years
ago the enterprisin~ citizens of this
section determined to build a modern
school house here. They organized a
h.
that COST will guess-not less than
$4,000 They secured Prof. j. E. DoWd
as principal, and. from the first the
school attracted a large attendance.
Last year it grew and the building had
to be enlarged. The boarding de-
partment outgrew the buildings, and
during the recent vacation DR.. Sorrell
erected for the use of the school a
large dormitory for girls containing
ten rooms. 1t is full, and next year
it will be necessary to build another
to keep up with the growing patron
age.
This school is situated ten miles
from Raleigh-the nearest tOWn-and
in a neighborhood noted for health
and it's moral tone. There is an in
creasing number of parents who pre-
fer to send their children to school in
the country, where they can live in
the open air and are removed from
the temptations incident to the towns.
Besides, the expense is much less in
the country and young people do not
contract expensive habits.
The faculty of Eeesville High School
is composed of Prof. J. E. DoWd, prin-
cipal; Prof. Robert Nichols, assistant;
Mrs. Bledsoe, head of primary depart
ment; and Miss Allen, music teacher.
The enrolment this session is forty
per cent. larger than in any previous
session. The number of music stu
dents has increased 50 much that a
new piano has been purchased. 1t
was a great privilege to look into the
ewes of the student body and a large
gathering of their parents here to-
night. and to see the important work.
that is being done in this section of
Wake for the education of the chill
dren. A more intelligent and attentive
audience / have never seen. This peo-
pie are given to hospitality and happy
is the man who wins their friendship.
The teachers and trustees have made
a new departure neutrality-suspicious.
the commencement of the session with
a public address, changing the rule of
waiting until the close of the school
to hold commandments. 1t is their
purpose to have a series of Friday
night addresses during the session for
the benefit of the student body and
the people of the adjacent section.
People were here tonight who travelled
twelve miles through the country.
l wish that the best men in every
in Wake county could
come here and see what Prof. DoWd
and his assistants are doing and talk
to the liberal men who put up their
money to build the high school 1t
would stimulate them to return to
their own homes and go zealously to
work to provide better school taclll-
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