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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
Dr.. P. P. Claxton' Plan
For Southern Rural Schools

DIR. P. p. Claxton, United States
commissioner Of education, thinks
transportation of pupils is largely out
Of the question for the South general
~, because the expense would eat
up such large proportion Of our
meager school funds. Therefore,
while we must have our consolidated
school districts, we must not have
them embrace such large areas that
the child on the outskirs will have to
walk more than two and a half milea.
The writer walked about this distance
from the time he was seven years old,
and sd did DR.. Claxton; but It will be
remembered that under DR.. Claxton' s
plan only few children, only those
on the uttermost outskirts. would
have to walk SO far, The others
would be nearer.
At any rate. this is the first essen
tial: We must quit trying to support
so many little one-teacher schools,
and establish a strong school with a
we'll built house In the center Of a
district three and one-half to four
miles square.
such an average district In the
South. . says DR.. Ciaxton, will tn
clude from seventyflve to 300 chill
dren within about two miles OF the
schoolhouse.
Then the next thing needed" he
SAYS. us to have twenty-five to forty
acres of land In connection with the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
Schools and Colleges
and Their Work

Although six States in the Union
are still without compulsory school
attendance laws. and four others ave
laws that apply only partially. def
mite progress during the past decade
is reported in a bulletin issued by the
United States. bureau of education
Since 1905 eight States. previously
without compulsory laws. have adopt.
cd them and 1t is thought to be p
matter Of only few wears when {, m
pulsory school attendance will he in
effect In every State and territory Of
the United States.
The six States still without com
pulsory school laws are: South Caro-
lima. Georgia. Florida. Alabama, Mis-
sissipri and Texas. The four loco
option States where the law is IN eff
feet In certain; counties only are MARY
land. Virginia. Arkansas and Louisi-
ana
The bureaus investigation Of the
subject reveals a close connection be-
tween lack NJ compulsory attendance
laws and illiferacy. The States rAnk
in illlteracy very much in accordance
with the ltngth OF time compulsory
schooling has been III effect and the
completeness with which Il is en-
forced
The States wary widely In number
of years and amount ~ attefada nee
required each year. The period ~
compulsory attendance is from eight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

schoolhouse for a farm, and on this
farm. the principals home. Let the
principal In each case be man with
some agricultural training elect him
for life on good behavior. let him
cultivate the farm, and by getting the
benefit of It and the free rent of the
house. his salary would be practical
ly doubled Bonds might we'll he is
sued, payable In twenty TO forty years,
for the purchase of land and build
fngs, and before the bonds matured,
the land would usually have doubled
in value"
Many advantages Of this plan are
obvious: a. 1t would give the school
quasi-permanent head; the princi-
pal would not he here today and
gone tomorrow, with no abiding in
terest In the school and its future, but
teaching would be his profession and
the school his home. 90 1t would
definitely relate the farm SCHOOL to
farm life. and definitely proclaim cdu-
cation as meaning equipment for work
and service. go 1t would do more
than anything else to provide the so
much needed social centers in the
country by providing g. weli-equipped
man In each district and putting on
him the responsibility OF leadership.
(4) It would give each school a male
priucipal--and 1t Is now generally ac-
cepted that there are advantages In
having schoolboys at least partly
trained by men teachers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
FLOYD IS FEELING
GOOD ROADS NEED

The good roads movement In
spreading over the State is having It's
influence felt in Floyd. as in other
western counties. The following Is
from the Floyd Press. of this weak:
The supervisors of Roanoke eoun-
~ have issued 100000 IN bonds TO
build seventy-two miles of good roads
and Will put tool-gates on them, in
order to raise the money TO pay off
these bonds as they come due, Why
should not Floyd county do likewise?
The supervisors would not have To is
sue bonds for so much. but could is
sue for e. smaller amount and build
fewer miles OF road at this time. Then
later on do the same again and build
more roads. and put tollgates on
thes roads and let the buggies. wagons
and automobiles pay n toll for run
ming over them. for they would not
mind paying 8 toll II they can get
good roads to travel over. especially
the main roads.
We think the first road to be butt
should be the Christianshurg pike.
and we believe from ona~faurtsi--~t ia
one-half of the amount that would
be required to build this road could
be raised by private subscription then
let the county furnish some and the
State her part and by that means coon
have a road built. Unless there Is a
start made. we will never have any
good roads
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
MITCHELL SCHOOL
BRINGS FAMILIES
INTO COMMUNITY

Mr. r. Mahoney. OF Mitcheils. Va.
tells OF the educational work being
done IN his village in the following,
We have a graded school in our
village, anG nine months session. The
principals always come from well
konwn colleges and they have prove
so satisfactory that many large
families living In other districts have
moved nearer our school,
Wagons are used to bring children
from two other districts. Our plans
now are for a high school to- be built
this summer. Public subscriptions
have been most generous.
civic league was organized at
our school last winter with about forty
members. though only about half this
number attend regular meetings. Our
league has made some improvements
in the school grounds i'm the line of
setting out trees. shrubs and peren-
malls. Our lady teacher. who was rear
ed in the country, has taught the girls
a great deal about Horticulture. She
has a small plat Of flowers for each
girl and different flowers are planted
in each bed. The majority of the
children live on farms and they are
greatly interested in agriculture. This
branch has been taught here for about
FIVE years. Many of the boys belong
to the corn club and our country
demonstration visits the schools oc-
casionally and arouses the children S
enthusiasm on agricultural matters.
Last summer the young people
raised enough money to erect dane
ing pavilion on the school grounds.
so we enjoy these little socials great
" during the summer months
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
EASIER TO SHIP
LIVE STOCK NOW

New regulations governing the In
terstate. movement OF. live stock, which
became effective July l. are designed
BY the department OF agriculture to
facilitate the movement of live stock
from cuarantined areas or from pub
lie stockyards. The new regulations
deal with the shipment OF cattle from
tick infested areas, with the move
ment OF swine from public stockyards
and with the dipping of cattle and
sheep for scabies.
Hereafter cattle that have been
dipped once under State or federal
supervision may be shipped from an
area quarantined for ticks to awsmar-
ket center where there are proper
dipping facilities and the department
of agriculture maintains an inspector.
After second dipping there under
his supervision the cattle may be sold
for any purpose. Hitherto II has been
necessary In times OF drought for cat
tleowners In quarantined areas to
slaughter their stock or sell Il for
slaughter for whatever It would bring.
The resulting loss will. It Is hoped. be
done away with under the new rcgu-
'lation.
The provision permitting. under
certain strict conditions, the trans
peetatiei, Of hogs from public stock
yards into interstate commerce has
been made possible by tho discovery
by government scientists OF serum
which renders swine immune TO hog
cholera Hitherto all stockyards have
been considered as infected with this
disease. Now. however. II Is c,trsid-
cred safe to permit the shipment Of
hogs which have been treated with
the serum and which show no symp-
toms of sufferings from any form 81
disease As n result Of this 1t is ex-
pected that thousands of lightweight
hogs will be sent from the stockyards
to this country FOR feeding and fatten-
Ing and that the country's total fro-
dhction of pork will be greatly In
,arAAsad thereby,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
DULL PERIOD IS
TINE To BUILD
PROSPERITY CERTAIN
TO FOLLOW PRESENT
DEPRESSION.
COST IS LOWER NOW
LABOR MORE AVAILABLE AND
PRICES OF MATERIALS
CHEAPER THAN WILL
DE LATTER.
COST IS LOWER NOW |

building material is now low, la
Dor is abur dant and eager for work,
architects and contractors have more
time now &c plan and carry out con-
tracts than in periods Of activity.
Lumber il cheap, machinery build
ers ara anxious for orders, pig iron
is much lower IN price than II ought
20 be 10 weld fair profit to the pro-
ducers, ard 70 many other things per-
tanning - building. to machinery and
To construction work the same thing
applies. saw the MANUFACTURING Re-
cord this week.
Every man who knows this coun-
try and it, recuperatiye nnwer knows
that this condition will sooner or la
Ter Civ" wa, to ahoundsng prosperity.
-7trf7r7 hi TINT prosperity
Will come no one car say. but II may
h@ much rf~arnr here than many peo-
PIE anticipate. Evan, however. II Il
should be somewhat DELAYED in It's
coming. 1t will eventually be here in
full power.
The man who wants home and
has the II onev with which 10 build
II can build NOW to better advantage
than when prosperity comes and at
much lower cost and with more
care and attention on the part Of
contractors and mechanics. The
ira nufacturlrs concarn that reeds
new equiI ment- or will mead II when
prosperity comes can secure this
eaUipmenr today 70 much better ad-
vantage than Il can do al a time
when ever, factory Is crowded and
when machinery people are abe 20
command fun price for everything
they nary. cat
To FTlfarrs, Their Plants
There Al thousands of concerns IN
this country that fully intend tn en-
large the,f plants an6 have avail
able Al present the money which cou'1
he thus es pended but who. by rea-
son ~ the spirit 81 pessirnism abroad.
merely sit down and watt. taking the
ground that thew will IN nothing IN
ii tiuaes~ -hettAs4s--1 When times are
better thes VIII rush like p fiock OF
sheep. eash one struggling to be the
first II er'arge hts plant or IN buy
rew equipment. and the cost VIII he
greater tf2n Il wouid be al present.
and tha plant will ne under construc-
t!on o. under enlargement at the
very TING when Il should he running
- is utmost capacity 70 turn out
goods A boom period Is no time for
wise ext eudifure in tho enlarge
n'ant % Plants A period OF depres-
sion r. the time for doing work OF
this Kind
Thousa ras and. tens Of thousands
Of men II this country are intend
trE 70 bUftTf homes for themselves,
hat are waiting for what they think
VIII he more propitious moment.
when everybody Is an optimist. rath-
er than a ressimist. When they do
undertake to build. every item will
cost them more and they will find
great difficulty. in securing as much
attention ir construction work and
in the equipment of their homes as
could be had now.
The Time Is Now.
There are some concerns that could
not raise the money for hetterments
at such a period as this There arc
lfnr,t;r.nS -, Ern,,rt !, nnrroA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
DIVE FRACTURES
SP|NE;; BOY DIES

Rom Wood. sixteen years old. Of En-
field. N. c.. who was rushed TO the
Johnston Willis hospital here from his
home on June 2sth for treatment,
died last night. His brother and sis
ter were at his bedside.
Young Wood sustained A fractured
veterbra when he dived head first In
to small stream near his home. The
case has attracted wide attention
among the local physicians, who are
making every effort to save the young
boys life. His condition since his ar
rival did not permit Of an operation.
An x-ray photograph OF the broken
veterbrae was taken soon after his
arrival here. and plainly shows the In
1uries which he sustained.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
Five Killed BY Cave-In.

New York. July Alive men were
killed by a cave-in while at work q.
the bottom Of pit. 242 feet deep and
II feet In diameter. on the line of the
Passaic sewer. just south OF the Jer-
ses CITY boundary line. near the New
ark Bay shore in Bayonne. The dead
are Walter Greeves, foreman of the
fob, who lived at 2ls Linden avenue.
Jersey City, and four workmen whose
bodies had not been Identified up TO
Z late hour. There were eight other
men in the pit at the time Of the Acci-
dent. Three were slightly injured and
five escaped without any wounds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
Mix Brains With
Work at Hampton
For How and Why
HOW MANY WHITE SCHOOLS ARB
GIVING SrCH PRACTICAL
INSTRUCTION?

Negroes and Indians who study
farming AZ Hampton institute grow
common vegetables for the Hamp-
dents and workers. savs William A.
Avery. OF Hampton. They care for
tho common farm animals-horses.
COWS, mules, pigs, chickens, They
handle. according to the best modern
farm practice. such products as milk.
cream. butter. haX corn. silage. They
MIX brain with all their work-plow-
ing. narrowing, planting. cultivating,
harvesting and doing chores They
learn the how and why of the tasks
they perform For these boys the
carefully titled fields. the dairy barn.
with It's weil-groonled COWS and the
busy creamery furnish the opportunity
of training for safe and efficient rural
leadership.
Cleaning feeding and milking cows
from ass In the morning until break
fast time at $40; couple of hours
for rest; a study period and agricui-
tural Rotations until noon; military
drill and dinner: little more rest :;
the afternoon care Of the cows; and.
finally. two hours Of academic work
in night school--tfis Is a sample Of
the Hampton boys daily program as a
first-year agricultural student. Hard
life this Is, but II makes men
At Hampton the Agricultural boys
are rotated go as to give them ALL
round training in caring for livestock
tsix months) growing vegetable In
the open fields and in cold frames
tsix months); raising corn. hay. potn
toes and grain -four naanthss grew
ing hot-house' plants and flowers and
planting decorative gardens {four
months: and looking after poultry
tone month";.
This work In practical farming IL
dome under the careful supervision Of
skilled instructors and Is supple
mcnted by classroom studies directed
by these same men. who know the
theory and practice OF scientific farm
ing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
Spirit of V. P. l..
Is Commended by
Governor Stuart

f'The spirit Of the Virginia Military
Institute, az have observed it on this
ry first visit. is an asset more valu-
able than great endowment. or stately
piles Of brick ard mortar" Such was
The euiQ@y pronounced upan the \ a.
J. ny Governor Henry Carter Stuart.
who WIS distinguished visitor dur
ing the institute fnais last week, and
who addressed the graduating class.
Governor Stuart Has Introduced by
Hon Enfer A. James. pf panvilie.
president If inc hoard Of visitors. and
q cordial greeting was accorded hin3,
The governor captHred his audience
by his hearty manner, uo less sbau by
his Kind words 81 cumnaudaf@3n 81
the y NJ [. He good huinareGly do
ciared that the weather was TOO hot
for an address. and he had ,ecidci to
take as his subj eet his reasons for rnt
making a speech; bi1t on reflection ne
realized that 70 do so wonid cause
very extended remarks. SO he would
oniY make an observation or two.
Then II WAS that he uttered the senti-
neut with which this article beef ns.
that the spirit Il the Y " l., wlh.
,tt-s' -srcia', - trcaIlectl>sI and moral at
mosphere. could not be purchased
with money Such WIS the spiri, hat
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
ANGRY SPOUSE BUMPS
HIS HEAD WITH BRICK

James Wright. negro. OF iH1
North Seventeenth street. was struck
on the head yesterday with brick.
by his wito who suddenly became an
serea At a, Esmark which he made
Several stitches were taken In the
mans head by DIR Stern. In charge
OF the city ambulance. Wright's Wife
is locked up at the first precinct sta
ton charged with assault.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

Ragtown, b city of about 5000 IN
the old fields of Oklahoma, is, per
haps, the only town of Its size in the
United States that does not have a
noekoffieev
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

The Kansas State agricultural col
iege has a campaign on for enlisting
30 geAe Kansas boys and girls in aRrf-
cultural and homemaking contests
this year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-28
BARS PING PONG"
MEN FOR MILITIA
Major-cen. Organ Explains
Order Disbanding 22nd Reg
inent in New York.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.-The days OF
ping pong" soldiers In this State are
numbered, said Major-General John
F. Organ, commander-in -chief Of the
New York State National Guard. IN a
statement today explaining the recen.
order disbanding the Twenty-second
regiment and It's formation into two
battalions of engineers.
The hardwood floor of the regiments
armory in this city is to be torn up,
he said, so that the members of the
new battalions can have practical ex-
rer'ence IN engineering work, such as
digging trenches
II we advertised for ping pong
soldiers and offered them dances.
continued the major-general, we
could get all we wanted. But what
We want in the National Guard are
strong, athletic men, who delight In
camping and roughing It.
What l want to do Is TO build up d
militia in the State of New York OF
dependable, fighting men. War is q
rough business and you have to use
rough methods in preparing the men
Of the militia for II. The engineers Of
the State militia are, in my MIND
first cousins to mother earth, and In
order TO be useful in time of war
must get acquainted with the earth S
surface In time of peace The army
engineers are not the only soldiers
that should be trained on earth floors
either, and in time ! hope to see the
hardwood floors of most of the armor-
les disappear"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-28
Kearny Man Is Slashed on
Arm With Knife During Fight

Following a fight In Harrison. near
Schuyler avenue, Kearny. late last
night, Joseph Schluski, twenty-eight
years old, was found to have sus-
tanned nasty cash on the arm.
The injured man told Sergeant Will
lam MCGEE and Patrolman Hugh Nc
Cullough, of Kearny, his assailant
was Alexander Wrolaegski. The lat
ter was arrested. The police say the
prisoner had a 80 calibre revolver on
him when searched. The revolver is
said to have containee three bullets.
A knife was picked up by the police
near the scene of the fight.
The weapon used on Schlush went
through four shirts and two coats be-
fore 1t reached his arm. The injured
man tainted while being treated ar
Stumpf Memorial Hospital. Kearn5.
Six stitches were taken to close the
wound. When his wound had been
bandaged, Schlusk was taken to the
police station and held as a witness
The case will be heard tonight,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-28
PASTOR ACCEPTS
CLEVELAND CALL
Rev. F. @. Blanchard, President
of East Orange School
Board, Resigns.

The officers and members Of the
Grove Street Congregational Church.
East Orange. will meet tomorrow
night to take action on the resigna-
ton Of the pastor, Rev Ferdinand @.
Blanchard, who announced at the SER
vices yesterday his acceptance Of q
call from the Euclid Avenue congre-
gational Church, Cleveland, Q. DR..
Blanchard is president Of the East
Orange Board OF Education.
1t is just eleven years ago since
DR.. Blanehard's predecessor. Rev.
DR.. Ambrose White Vernon. resigned
to go to Brookline Mass.
Expressions of regret were numer
Gus among members Of the congre-
cation yesterday. His term expires
February 1, when his resignation as
pastor win take effect.
In announcing his decision yester.
day Mr. Blanchard said that It was
with regret which he could not ade-
quately express that he laid before
the members OF the congregation his
request that the pastoral relation
ship be dissolved.
The pastor then called attention to
the fac that no great problems are
at this time confronting the church
and that no unusual tasks are await
ing speedy settlement. Fo lowing an
expression of deepest regret at sever
ing his connections and Of est eem
for the loyal support given him
throughout his term of service. he
concluded his address with the
words: ut remains simply to request
that you take as early action as may
no HnnWnnfnnf chic 5r,F,
which I would like to have take ef-
feet after the fifth Sunday IN Janu-
ary, and that YOU mite with me In
calling council to dissolve the pas
toral relationship"
Although com parativelv young In
his profession. Mr.. Blanchard is well
known as a brilliant speaker in the
pulpit. He was born in Jersey City
and early in life moved to Newton,
Mass, where he received his educa-
ton in the local schools. Upon the
completion OF his preparatory train
ing he entered Amherst College.
graduating In 1898. From there he
went to Yale Divinity School, gradu-
atlng three years later.
Almost Immediately he received a
call to become pastor of the First
Congregational Church of Southing
ton, Conn, where he spent three
years. leaving that church to assume
his present charge in April, 1904
His success was almost immediate,
and under his leadership tde congre-
cation has grown In prosperity and
numbers.
Official action on his resignation
will be taken tomorrow night. when
meeting of officers and members
Of the church will be held TO nut the
question to a vote.