The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09

VII IL - oddhp ~ DNAA
of Wake. shows. record height in eff
cheney. the farthest advance in COM
munity service and the greatest
length in term.
When the schools went out of the
whiskey business. which is to say
hat the whIskey business went ont
of the schools, the best men did not
clearly see just how they were to run.
Science and morals did the best they
could to teach the community that
what whiskey did for it in supplying
ready pocket change, it Immediately
exacted with uSury from the citizens
efficiency. But shortSightedness could
easily perceive the loss Of the $50, 900.
That was plain. All One had to do
was to look at the cooks. Wisdom
was for him that had understanding,
but the eyes of the unWiSe man were
in he ends Of the earth.
The d~iSpenSary went. The govern
ment of Wake dissolved partnership
with the liquid crime. The good men
who wanted to see Il go, beStlrred
themselves to bring about the better
day when Righteousness might pro-
coed without IN entangling alliance.
The schools said they would do bet
ter when their support was untainted.
1t was even true.
The Term Heightened.
The result Of that moral regenera-
ton reads in simple statistics like one
Of the myths of Greece. Who has
not thought Of Ulysses as school SUI
pcrintendent; Of Hector as a hygien-
list and Helen as the girl teacher and
the maker Of the American home?
When the dispensary walked out
with its fortune of $50, 900, the schools
were running 94.45 days. There were
nc local tax districts and the property
values We're $36,O57. That repre-
scented what the schools were actually
worth. not the insurance valuation.
Twcnty-nine Tax Districts.
1t has been just seven years since
the schools had the benefit 60 of the
toddy tax. They have struggled along
in one way or another until today
there are 20 school tax districts.
counting Wake Forest, which is now
iii agitation, and the property valua
ton is Sl74.740.22.
The term has increased from 94.45
days to 121 days in the regular schools
and to 143 in the school tax districts.
Thus it will be seen that a term Of six
months has been given all schools
and seven months to nearly thirty.
That has been the long climb. The
slogan ten years s was for four
months and Governor Aycock made
the first great effort to bring that
about. Instead Of being aided by the
hAoNS hioAASy dAIA III StAAo
work, his administration saw most Of
its evils. He preached the gospel Of
education and education was hygiene.
And hygiene was enemy to Whiskey
and gradually it was pushed to the
wall. 1t is a ~favOrite remark of Gov
ernor Glenn that Aycock did most for
prohibition because he did most for
education.
Teachers Better aid.
If there had been NO good to result
of this sweeping change Of things
except the Punishment Of legalized
whiskey and the increase in length
Of term. that had been enough. II
isn't half the story. It really ISM
the beginning Of it. Without whis-
key taxes. the terms have beer length
ened more than twenty-five days AND
property valuations nave in
creased more than -four hundred pei
cent. Figures have ever been. the
refuge of the man who actually be.
lieved that despite the evil Of saloons
and distilleries, they helped to beal
some Of the burdens which they fois
upon the community. Thus far il
the story. the fine hand of whiskey
hasn't been seen. The school term:
la been heightened one-fOurth, tn
property values have been our time.
multiplied and there have been added
nearly thirty special tax districts.
ScnOOl teaCnlnS mas become one o
the highest professions and the pro
f~essionalists among the most efficien
men and women IN the earth. Wher'
in 1905 the average man teacher re
ceived s34.59 for his monthly wag
and taught n~inety-four and a frac
ton days, or the school year. hi
school was allotted S195.43. less tina
5000 a year for the professional man
work. Today the average salar 0
the man teacher Is $50. The year
work amounts to $500 That, mar
you, is for the school term of six o
seven months. The salary has bee
doubled.
The woman teacher in 1905 receive
& compensation Of S29.33. The yea
to her was $165.71. The year {
1912 saw her rise to an average wac
of $41.71 and. to an aggregate salar
Of $259.3S. The increase was NOR
than SIP a month and the length
term the same as above.
Figures Lea Interesting.
But mere figures are least Of all II
.o1t;pu They furnish answer