The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-06-19

ty-three supplementary Hb-nes nav.
been established valued a. xs8.03.
adding To IT,. NbEaTi.@ IN c1uu.efIo.
With which they ser. estabIsar4
about 2.C4s volumes The total n.u.
ntr Of rural libraries iu <oFrh Caroline
- date Is l3Gt volumes. The total
number II supplementary Hagari.a
the stat" Is -ot Every count Isl
state no" mas SOM. rural libraries
For the first two OF three wears after
tas passage ~ the act r%f4b.lek#.a
tbee. Ibraries. considerable effort aH
the part Of the state Superintendent
ahd the 'ountF Superintendent Has
IpHHd necessary 10 create demand
Tor them and even then ali the asH-
more than ever voted such "a tax Isl
Years were not taken. The demand
ries provided for during the first -four
now - greater than the supply pFortI-
81 by the appropriation Tho o=g
Of libraries Is limited only bE fG.
amount Of the appropriation and IT,
provisions Df the Law. About lZ1 ra-
raj Libraries have been established IT'D
the state without the aid of the State
appropriation for rural libraries.
Local Taxation.
Since my former eport 1873 school
districts have voted q special tax for
the support of the pIbiic schools Iu
those districts. 80 more than voted
@h'H Lax HuiiI8 th' pre- nous N-8ts
any one year il the history Of North
Carolina. -Four Gfths IF the "a
- the stale nov contain special tax
dlStFIctS. Durlu@ the year S33s.fl4aa
Wa reported raised Tor puDIle seL"pl-
bE spear taxation 10 supplement tn
se1eIdI Stal" ana county SchppI Iuili
IN sbeclai tax districts. The totel
number of districts now IeVyiug such
q special tax for sCEOols is 35T. 299 IT
average length Of me school I'm IN
the rural schools Is 80 days, The af-
eTaee iehstl 81 the SciooI term III tn
iuidl SPtS'"i LdA dl9'Il't9 Is from IoI
20 1872 daEs. Inc average IehSth Of
the scnooI term IN me urban SptcIa!
tdA di9,ll''H - ~ rl'iii til'>o HSuif1
~ VII Ut Seeli INA tllC grown 81 ioc>'i
A''''l d ct means u pi"NlulhE NOR
money TOT Deter houses anu cHuiP-
men, pelI@i l'"'lI'I7 ana peii'I
Schools ana longer terms i "~he"ufa@-
ihS, rnp lht o"'i''N l'l II seems li"9l
County Supervision.
There has been progress i'm county
SUPERVISION. The increase in the sal
AIRY of the county superfnt4ndeuts dur-
ing the past three years has made it
possible to secure more competent
men and to enable these men to give
more time and attention to their
work. The average annual salary OF
the county superintendent OF SCftoDtS
has been more than doubled during
the last three years. This avera-e
salary is now 552.3&, an increase Of
$3o.S2 in the average annual salary
over that OF the preceding year. Dur
ing the year SO counties employed
County superintendent for their entira
time. The greatest progress is in those
counties employing county SupeIlil-
tendents for then entire tune.
rho u-a,r -, cha yo,,o
There has been during the year =
remarkable growth in the splendid
work Of the women through their va
rious organizations for the b~ettermtnt
OF the publlc schools. As The leaders
of this work Will have an opportunity
to speak To YOU about IL, | need, IN
this brief report OF the progress OF
the year, only 10 mention 1t as one
Of the most helpful agencies IN the
educational progress OF the year. IN
possibilities OF TINS woman move
1nent can scarcely be oVef-eStllhaled.
In additloh 70 tlle general prog
ihdlcdled above lhefe mas peFii on
increase IN the annual aNaildpie @Iho'i
fund OF about $l9S,o52, ana an m
creaS IN the hnla reported Nalue OF
school property OF ABOUT %~o@''ooV'eo;
total reported value Oh Scllp'l
property IS $3,lSZ -fufal,@l,
6b4,5f3. and Guy. $l'2lS,"E5. mere
mas peell' " hi1Ihtu lilSl e"Ho III ~
4luinpef OF schooIS having TWO "
more teac'lerS'
1T is still painfully manifest that
our puplIc scn'oI system Is lllcoilpIete'
Lilit our pupIit School9' ~ oiiH h9P,
Tor the education OF an me people
~cllllafell' are sun uIlequdl |" 1T gu
ucallollaI deli!dhuS OF ~ century an
sun inferior III mos leSPec'9 20 tne
I'uDIlc SchoolS Of most 'tl't SectioiI9
Oh our common couitI9' tid thVH 81
sui lllduequdte ~ ,h9li ?tupoIluo