The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-29
EDUCATIONAL RALLY.

NrOWQ AttenoS-Speech OF |
a High Order-A Great Day
for Lumberton and the Coun-
ty.
Any old time the Farmers Un-
ion and the teachers of the coun-
ty unite to have an educational
rally and fail to make the occa-
sion a great one no others need
try. But they never fail. And
the rally held in Lumberton Fri
day was typical of such occasions
in Robson in that it was attend
ed by large number of people
from all sections of the county,
the speeches were of a high Or
der, and the day was one of prof
it and pleasure to all.
Early in the morning the
people began to come in
and when President W. S. Cobb,
or the county Farmers Union,
called the meeting to order the
court room, where the speaking
was held, was filled to overflow
ing. Supt. R. E.Sentelle, of the
Lumberton graded school, deliv-
cred the address Of welcome.
taking advantage of the oppor-
tunity to submit some appropri-
ate remarks in regard to caring
for the health of children. Pres
ident Cobb then introducedCoun-
ty Superintendent J. R. Poole,
who replied briefly for the Union
and the county teachers and clos
ed by Introducing Prof. ". H.
Swift, of Greensboro, who con-
Quoted the county teachers insti-
tute which closed on that day.
Prof. Swift's address was a
gem, packed full of good thought
eIoquently expressed, and was
we'll worth coming to Lumberton
to hear from the remotest corner
of the county. If there had beer
no other speech the occasion
would have been a great success.
In his brief remarks introducing
Supt. Poole, Pres. Cobb stated
that the Farmers Union had {
committee behind Supt. .Pooie anC
the teachers urging work along
agricultural education lines that
the Union wants done, and Prof
Swift said that he was panied tt
hear such a statement, for hav
ing worked with the teachers fol
two weeks he knew that the!
needed no pitchfork behind then
to make them do their duty. HI
paid a passing tribute to tn
greatness of the county and salt
that the people of the county ha'
not done their duty in letting tn
world know what a magnificen
county is theirs, that he had NJ
idea until he came to the count
two weeks ago of the spendid re
sources of the county, which, h
declared, was not his fault bu
the fault of the citizens of tn
county in not advertising. Hi
address was along practical edl
cational lines and it was the sol
of straightforward talk that II
telligent people like to hear. H
reviewed the revolutions ths
have taken place within the pa:
20 years along educational line
in the State. 1t is no longer ne
essary, he declared, as it was te
years ago, to preach to the pc
pie the necessity and duty of e.
ucating their children; the peop
are thoroughly alive to that dut,
the question now is how to ed
cate so that each boy and ea'
girl shall be of most service
the State and shall discharge tt
duty that devolves upon evel
man and woman to be a produ
er. The old method of educatl'
turned out some of the create
leaders any land ever produc
and made the highest type
womanhood, but it left one b
of every IL unframed and y
girl of every IL. We mus gi
to the II that the old system le
unframed the training that W
make them useful men and "
men, for every unframed m
and woman in a community 10
ers the general tone and produ
iveness of that community.
declared that we must train
boys and girls so that we sh
no longer have to send to otf
sections to get trained men
women to take charge of our
dustries and make US work
them at small wages; we m
educate our people so that WI
we import people into the St