The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-09
A WORD TO THE WOMEN

The women of Ebert county have one
and only one representative on the conn
ty ticket, Miss Nora Deu Pfee, our pres
ent county superintendent Of schools,
who is candidate for reelection. She
is highly educated, thoroughly qualified
and capable.
The worst that may be said about her
is that "she is not politician. She has
not learned the game and cannot play
politics"
Do we women want her or anyone else
at the head of the school system in our
county to play politics?" Emphatic
ally, no. Is it uot about time to remove
our schools and all pertaining thereto
from politics, anyway? Indeed, yes.
We want good, straight, honest. hon
orable aud conscientious woman to di-
rect, guide, and lead our growing boys
and girls. 1t does not matter by what
political party she may be designated
and nominated.
1t has been said that Miss Deu Pree is
unreasonably strict in her grading. She
is not. She is simply honest. She marks
all applications honestly and fairly ac-
cordipg to their merits. 1t is just such
scrupulously careful marking, holding
each one down to just what she has act
ually made in the examination, that is
of such vast benefit to the pupils and to
the schools. Strict, honest grading
raises the standard OF teachers in our
county, and it enables our eighth grade
graduates who enter the high schools to
keep on par with and make record
equal to the students who enter from
other schools.
Miss Deu Pree is jealous worker for
all that is best as outlined in our school
system. She has brought up the aver
age attendance Of the school children
from 80 per cent during the school year
of 1923 to 87.5 per cent for the year
OF 1914. She conceived the idea OF
presenting banner to the school having
the highest general average and it was
a wonderful magnet to the pupils, pa
rents, and teachers. The banner was
won by the Lookout school over in the
east end Of the county, said school hav.
ing an average attendance of 981f per
cent with no tardy marks. You will
note, il you please, that the actual gain
in attendance for the county was ~ per
cent. Thus by her efforts Miss Deu
Pree has given just this percentage OF
pupils the benefit of the public schools
with no additional expense to the tax
payers, and this in spite of one OF the
worst winters we have ever had.
Miss Deu Pree has also been diligent
and thoughtful and quick to grasp op
portunities to aid and better conditions
in the weaker and less affluent school
districts. She has bcen successful IN
her efforts and has secured from the
State Hid Fund for the benefit OF these
less prosperous districts 81 $50, thereb,
enabling them to comply with the mini
mum salary law without hardship to
themselves.
We have something over ninety schools
in the county, and we can state for q
fact that Miss Deu Pree has visited each
school once despite the stormy weather
and many Of them twice, and her visits
have been real visits, too. She not in
frequently spending a full half day in
one school, giving counsel, guidance, and
sympathy to the teacher and the pupils
She is assiduous in work and conscien.
tious to an unlimited degree. She is q
clean. minded, clear-headed, whole soul
ed, capable young woman and should re
ceive the vote of every progressively in.
clined woman land man, too, for that
matter) and of every woman who has the
interest Of our growing boys and girls
uppermost in her heart. A MOTHER.
Hilliar brings SO cent show to your
town for 10 cents.
For SALE.-Good Fall Rye seed. Call
on or phone John Flurer.
Better smoke here than hereafter
Fine cigars. City Drug Store.
Rev. J. W. Good will preach at the
Bethel church on Sunday, October IL
at IL a. N. All are invited.
Right after the dedication OF the Sa6
red Heart Catholic church, October Is
the ladies will serve good hot chicken
dinner. Everything will be right and
all you can eat for 25c.
Fred F. Hee, president of the Mesa-de
Mayo Land & Livestock Company, pres
ident Of the state stock inspection board
Democratic county chairman Of Arapa,
hoe county, farmer, rancher and buzz
ness man, and always friend Of the
common people. Vote for him for the
laoislafnra and NOT rasrltc