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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

quickly taken / saddled and mounted
my pony.
Going TO strike for Benton, chr"
sid Bonhommc with sorry smile
Well ] don't blame you"
I'm going to visit Sitting Bull" l
g5rEed. to his evident surprise, and with
o.1 waiting for his comment | galloped
awav and FIVE minutes later drew rein
Il front of Sitting Bulls tepee. The day
VS. warm for the season, and the Chief
#ss sitting outside his door smoking and
.srkirp with some of his fellows With
appearance of as perfect conf
dtnee as l could assume l dropped
IN ponv's reins over its head and dis
mounted
Han. han, mitak0da!" l greeted the
Drief. and without waiting for invitation
dropped upon the ground within the circle
81 his visitors.
There was a peculiar expression upon
Sitting Bulls face as he replied: How,
now, to my saIutation. Its stern lines
hid softened and had positively a mild
and benevolent look
So. he said, offering me his tobacco
pouch and speaking in his own tongue,
- YOU speak my language? Why did
son not act as interpreter the other
Was not employed to do So" l
renIlad, filling my pipe from his bag.
Sitting Bull looked down his nose while
little knot of wrinkles gathered at the
outer corners Of his eyes. And now"
f. said. with a humorous infection, you
re employed to talk with me?
No" l answered, Mr.. Bonhomme
las said nothing to me; but you have
seen what has happened, and /, as well as
r. feel very badly to think that any
81 the Dakotas should have SC treated
people who have come In confidence to
trade with them.
There was two or three minutes OF
silence. while Sitting Bull blew clouds OF
smoke from his nostrils- Then he spoke
n a friendly tone
have heard of you, heretofore, he
said Pretty Bear has told me of what
YOU were doing at Pine Ridge last year.
know that you were trying to help our
re9Dle to recover some of their losses.
As 10 these Indians who have driven
of the traders mules, they are some OF
Spotted Eagles young men and do not
belong TO my clan / do not know what
thev want with those long cared horses.
They have enough Of meat.
Again there was silence which re-
trained from breaking. Presently the
Chief said IN the most casual manner:
think the young men will soon
bring back your mules. They could
have been only playing trick to Brighten
Your trader.
He then turned the conversation into
other channels and inquired whether the
Pine Ridge Sioux had yet got back all
the ponies which the troops had taken
from them the year before. was able
tG reply that some remuneration had been
made to the Indians. Inwardly thank
Cd my stars that l had put in strong
protest against the policy of dePr1vlng
the late hostiles of their riding ponies
without which they were helpless IN the
hunting that must furnish part OF their
subsistence; and also that l had acted
as inspector on a beef contract, IN which
l had secured a measure of fair treatment
for the Indians
said nothing Of these things, how
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05

Tomorrow

i OinOrrOW
If tn past hain't good e look at an tn pres.
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-05
Tomorrow

If they's one thing more'n another makes this
life worth while e me,
It's Tomorrow.
II they's one thing nore'n another that I'm
fairly wild q see,
It's Tomorrow.
What can Yesterday-Today be to Teller
full o. hopper
FelIer gifts q thnkln' backward wy he's
purity sure NOPE;
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Called Tomorrow.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13
HEREFORD COUNTY.

/ am glad to report a revival of in
terest in Hartford county in favor of
the education of the white race. The
white people are beginning TO wake
up to the fact that unless they pay
more attention to the education of
their children the negro children of
the future will be the better educated
class. Since the Constitutional
Amendment the negroes have shown
greater determination than ever be-
fore to educate their children, and
unless the white man thoroughly real
ICES the need of an awakening he will
find the negro going ahead.
The new Board of Education has
taken up its work with determination
to do all in its power to facilitate bet
ter public schools, especially for the
whites. Wherever it is possible they
are consolidating districts, thus giving
longer terms of school. What we
most need is longer school terms and
more efficient teachers. We hope to
place HEREFORD county in the fore
front as an educational county.
The new board has changed the old
system of district committees and has
appointed township committees of
three GOOD men in each township.
1t is a great thing for the States edu-
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WHAT EDUCATIONAL CAPTAINS
ARE DOING FOR THE SCHOOLS.
Continued from Page Ten.)

mast successful summer school, in
which teachers were enrolled as fol-
lows: Caldwell. "a; Asae, 30; AL
leghany, 10; Wilkes. ): Forsyth, l.;
Ireden. /; Burke. 2: Mcdowell, =;
Mitchell, /; Watauga, 6S. The county
superintendent of Watauga and Cald-
well Issued 2G first grade and SO sec
ond grade certificates.
The faculty this year was as fol-
lows: b. Il. DouGherty, county SUI
perintendent of Watauga, Y ID. Moore
county superintendent of Caldwell;
Prof. A. E. Woltz, of the Lenoir grad
ed schools Prof. A. Masters, of Nit
chell county, Prof. Charles M. Dixon
of Efelton Academy, Miss Winnie Pat
ton graded schools of High Point,
Miss Mary s. Jarmn, of OnSlow coun-
ty, and Miss Margaret Rhea, of Eliza
bethton, Tennessee.
TINS summer school has been the
largest and most enthusiastic educa-
tional meeting that the mountain
section has ever had. The WORK
OF the school was conducted ON the
college plan. No student registered
for less than five Tectations per day.
A class roll was kept and the students
were held responsible for being alb
sent. Diligent work in the text books
is what the teachers of the Mountain
counties need. A capable teacher in
each district Will have a great influ-
ence for the Improvement of school
nodsas FOR consultation and local
taxation
b. B. DOUGHERTY,
County uperinendent.
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above county was worth about So
600, $4,000 of what was in Hender-
son, $4,000 in the rural districts. Many
of the houses were log and many of
the districts had no houses at all. EX-
Excluding Henderson there was not a
library, a black board or chair in
the public schools of the county
There was not a two room school
house, even a painted school house
IN the county.
With the exception of % patent
desks the entire school furniture of
the county was not worth one humid
red dollars.
The white teachers were paid $25
per month, and but few of the dis
tricts had so much as a IL month
term
Though the term was short, many
teachers could not make the legal
average and had to close or secure
non-attendants. All regarded the
schools with indifference and the
buildings were allowed to stand open
through the year. The damage done
some of these during a single year
being more than so per cent. of the
value of the house.
In 1905 the school property of the
county is worth at least $4,000, as
Henderson is erecting $4,000 graded
school building Nearly half the
ent desks and Hytoplates boards
and the order is out to equip SO per
cent of the rooms before the opening
in October.
The log houses have disappeared
and in their stead nice comfortable
houses. Every white school in the
county except three had good IL
braTy last term supplemented by
thousands Of magazines and club
books.
The number OF districts have been
decreased II per cent and the av-
erage attendance increased now %
per cent Many of the schools EN-
ploy from Two to three teachers and
run from six to eight months.
White teachers are paid from $50
to $40 The buildings are being paint
ed throughout the county and the
grounds enlarged and better kept.
While consolidation has caused
much friction every unbiased man
who has watched it is convinced that
it is the solution of the problem of
the rural schools of North Carolina.
ma.
The Board of Education and COM
mitteemen work with zeal and we
are all convinced that 1T is better to
rob a child's mite-box than to deprive
him of his might be-"
j. C. KITTRELL,
County superintendent.
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least, n majority of our people can be
induced to use one-half of the four
months now provided for, agitation
for longer terms would be a waste Of
energy and time. Our schols open
about the middle of November and
the greatest embarrassment our teach
ers have is to be compelled to sit in
the school rooms until Christmas with
d mere hand full of pupils. Then
again, on the first pretty day in Feb
ruary or March the bulk of the chill
dren are kept at home to "cut corn
stolks,'' and the teachers, in spite of
his most attractive methods and all
The enthusiasm he can conjure up, is
compelled to drag out another month
or Ionesomeness and enforced idleness.
Aristotle himself under like conditions
would be Intellectual. Let us stop
blaming the poor teacher for barren
results and let rs learn to do our duty
courageouSly. No use to spread the
feast unless, by moral suasion' or
therwise-and the otherwise is the
only effective means We can go out
into the highways and the hedges and
compel the guests to partake thereof.
Begin in a mild way. of course, and
from time to time grow a little less
mild until something effective is ac-
onmplished. No people has ever sue
rope; no New England no Middle, no
Western State has ever succeeded UNI
til the resort was made We are no
wiser and perhaps, not much better
than they Let's have the courage to
do the right and faith to trust the
right for vindication. Such a. cause
would ultimately be good politics as
well as good craftsmanship.
Little as is the faith we have in
moral suasion' to effect adequate re-
suits. we endeavor to use it for all it
is worth.
There are peculiar conditions here
y DaVie county, that need not now be
scussed-conditions that make it un-
safe TO our educational interests, to
violently disturb the status quo. Let
us hope that these conditions may
soon pass, allowing us safely to
quicken our pace and to catch up with
the procession j. d. HODGES,
County superintendent.
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three rural school districts. At least
one-third of these districts average
less than forty-five children, while
half do not average fifty. With our
comparatively small fund it is not pos
sible to run good schools a reasonable
length of time under this arrange
ment therefore it is both feasible and
imperative that the number of dis
tricts be reduced, thereby enabling us
to have better schools and longer
terms.
Owing to geographical conditions
this can not be accomplished by a
wholesale consolidation of existing dis
tricts. but must generally be brought
about by re-districting the county
During the coming year our policy
will be to systematic the work
throughout the county, to visit the
schools frequently, to render the
teachers all possible assistance to in
crease the enrolment and attendance
in the schools, and to study carefully
the particular needs Of the different
sections of the county. With this as a
basis we hope next year to raise the
standard of scholarship of the teach
ers, to reform many of the districts,
to advocate local taxation wherever
practicable and the improvement OF
the school houses throughout the en-
tire county. Should a reasonable
amount of success crown our efforts
we believe that Granville will soon
take her rightful rank among the
North Carolina
Very truly yours,
r. CT. KITTRELL.
Il
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HALIFAX COUNTY.

In reviewing the educational con-
ditions Of Halifax county it is neces-
sary to take into consideration the
fact that it is large county, almost
entirely rural.
We have six towns. namely, Weldon,
Enfield, Scotland Neck, Littleton. Hal
flax and the new manufacturing town
of Roanoke Rapids. BY reference to
the census you will note that they are
all comparatively small towns and all
combined would not number as many
people as you have in Raleigh. Anoth-
er thing that is worthy of note is,
that we have only 1916 white children,
while we have 1919 colored
children to educate, or about
two negroes to one white
child. The negroes do not pay one
dollar to the white mans fifteen, for
the purpose of education. So you see
we have a right heavy burden to carry
as we march along in this progressive
educational age. And yet we have av-
eraged more than a five months term
in the county during the last fiscal
year and this without one dollar from
the End 100000 set aside by the leg
stature to aid needy districts. In
fact Halifax county has not received
one single dollar of this money at
any time since the legislature made
such a provision. Not because we
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13

Esq, chairman, and Messrs. Nathan
Bass and Jno. T. Revell-all able and
successful men of affairs. and thor
oughly interested in the education of
the children of the county.
The people have a right to expect
much from this board. They will not
be disappointed.
Since the above report was filed
another Manifestations urg-has
voted & local tax to supplement its
school fund which means an eight or
nine months public school for that
neighborhood
Six new rural libraries will be in
stalled before the opening of the win
ter schools. the money for same is
already in hand. Within the past four
years a number of districts have been
consolidated, in each instance a new
and commodious building taking the
place of at least two old dilapidated
houses. Several old houses are now
quaking under the tread of progress
being made in the county. A number
of new houses have been built to ac-
commodate outway places and in this
very many children have been reached
and cared for who had not been to
school at ali before There are in the
county q few careless and Indifferent
people. but only a few. The great
majority of our folks are restless and
champing the bit for greater achiev-
ments in the educational development
of the county Our greatest difficulty
lies not in interesting the people in
the education of their children, but in
satisfying their demands for better
educational facilities. The outlook is
indeed hopeful.
f. J.. BARNES,
County superintendent of Schools.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-13
MONTGoMERY CouNTY.

Like those of many other counties
of the State, the school officials OF
Montgomery have encountered some
difficulties in creating and maintain
ing the desired interest i'm public
school work, yet they have reasons
for feeling encouraged. Notwith-
standing the fact that our school funds
have been limited. by using strict
economy in building, repairing and the
employment of teachers, the records
show that during the past few years
great progress has been made.
A comparison of the statistics for
the scholastic year ending June 80,
1901, with those for the scholastic
year ending June 80. 1905, shows that
the children are deriving much moro
benefit from the public schools now
than they did four years ago. The
records for the two years mentioned
show that while the number of chill
dren in the county has decreased
nearly one per cent. the total enroll
ment has increased nineteen per cent.
and the average attendance eleven per
cent. Salaries of teachers have been
increased, and the school term ma
terially heightened but the greatest
Continued on Page Twelve.)
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of the county are acting as a marked
incentive to arouse an enthuSia site
desire in every quarter for better and
more attractive houses and more COM
Portable desks. IN almost every dis
trict the patrons are talking of build
ing anew or of repairing, and en-
larging the old house. Progress in
this direction has been stimulated by
the effective work of the WOman'S
Association for the Betterment of
Public School-houses and Grounds.
Beside improving houses and grounds
hanging curtains, pictures, etc, the
association has established a prize of
a scholarship paying all expenses to
one Of the best summer schools i'm the
State to be given to the teacher mar
ing the greatest Improvement. by per-
sonal effort to the school house and
site.
The question as 70 how the pur-
lie money may be supplemented OH a
fair and sure basis 81 that the terms
in many districts may lie heightened
and more competent teachers en-
ployed. has solved itself. where small
districts have been consolidated and
Il moderate special school tax levied.
At IngOld three districts were cOnsol-
idated q special tax voted, and a
twelve hundred dollar house crectei.
consolidated, a special tax voted. md
a house and site valued at three tnou-
sand dollars secured. In each case
about an eight months term is main
tanned, the former having two teach
ers. the latter four. a special tax cleo
ton is now pending in the Pigford
district and in several others the
subject is being warmly agitated.
The twelve rural libraries ana seven
enlargements ready established are
quietly but surely getting in their
educational work. Where they are To-
Gated the children eagerly read the
books and soon get the parents in
terested in reading. Consequently the
committees as whole are cultiVating
a fondness for good literature and
other mental food and the parents
are much more willing TO purchase
such supplementary books as their
children read.
Although something has been done
it seems very insignificant when COM
pared with what remains yet to be
done. 1t is our purpose to arouse the
people to greater efforts by Waging an
educational campaign during the last
two weeks of August to extend from
one end of the county to the other.
Dates and places nave been arranged
for the educational rallies. and Vigor-
Gus. able. and earnest speakers secured
for the occasions. BY this means we
hope to keep Sampson in the front
rank with the counties which are the
standard bearers of the educational
wave which is making its conquest
in the Old North State.
JOHN A. TERRELL,
County superintendent.
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tablished, and to stimulate a taste for
good reading among the people, both
old and young.
During the last two years there
has been q continuous and encourag-
ing increase in the enrolment and
daily average attendance i'm the
schools indicatin~ an increase in in
terest and public sentiment for educa-
ton.
The school census of Mitchell coun-
ty. is 6,118 whites and 206 colored.
There are seventy-two districts. sixty
eight for whites and four for the col
ored. The average census to the dis
trict is 80 for whites and 81 for the
colored The enrolment for last year
was 5,151, and the average daily at
tendance was 2,316 for whites. The
enrolment for colored race $50.
There are fifteen districts which
contain less than eiv+- five scholars.
Some few of these might be abolished,
or consolidated, but owing to sparsity
Of population. and peculiar geographic
cal conditions we can not consolidate
many.
The graduation and classification of
our schools, have also been improved
some, and the work done i'm the schools
has been more efficient in every way.
There has been some improvement
among our teachers, but with short
school terms and small salaries, and
other conditions adverse to success,
we cannot hope to retain first class
teachers Many OF them are going
business for six or eight months of
the year and teach four months, they
into other business. AS long as they
must work on their farms or other
can scarcely hope to become profess
s,oudl teachers
We need longer school term. More
money is the fundamental need, but
we cannot expect the State to do more
by special appropriation for the
schools. Local taxation is the only
remedy I suppose, and this is not pop
ular i'm our county. Our people must
be educated along with this line before
they will vote for local taxation. But
the principle of local taxation is gain
ing ground in Mitchell county
ID. w. GREENE,
County uperintendent
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the committeeman of the several
townships. Our people are slow to
awaken but are a power when once
stirred.
We have few local tax districts be-
cause the school fund has increased
100 per cent. in the last four years,
and our terms are now as long as the
average country child can attend
Four years ago the Board of Edu-
cation, composed of Messrs. w. Il.
Gray Hon. Thomas Taylor and Mr..
Robert Switzerland, realized that the
schools of Vance needed a stirring up.
They took hold of the situation with
a firm grip which they never relax
ed. Mr.. Switzerland pressed by bus
mess, soon resigned and DR.. r. j. Gill
was elected to fill the vacancy.
Taylor and Gary resigned last Deem
Der on being elected to the legislature
and the other county treasurer
MeSsrs. j. Z. Fleming, DR.. H. I.
Shanker We're elected to fill the va
cancieS.
The new board had seen the points
OF the old board and the educational
move in Vance county is still onward
and upward.
In 1900 the school property of the
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MITCHELL COUNTY

During the last two years there has
been considerable progress made in
education. in Mitchell county. partic-
uIarly in the building OF new school
houses, the establishment of rural lib
raries, etc. Since the Legislature of
1903 placed the building of new school
houses under the control of the Coun-
ty Board of Education we have built
ten new school houses, and we have in
course of erection five others.
We have also secured twelve rural
libraries in our county; some of these
libraries have also been enlarged. The
establishment of these libraries has
done much to increase the efficiency Of
the schools where they have been es-