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iCHIiNAUGUAETiINSHINERS. ILS. 1 Bryson City Times. xPUBLICThe death angel visited the homeFrom the t:n e Mr."and Mrs C aAccording to information given

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HOUSE COMMITTEES. VSpeaker Conner announces the

committees: .

followCommittees on Salaries and Feesriement, Koonce, Gather, Boney,

7t:vv Thomas (Davidson), Car--

of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McLean ofarnvea in m'.,-- ,;

- ' l aesday nigm' As I see the situation the mostJt0. Pi fundamental needs of the

trie Journal by --Internal Revenueofficer R. B. Sams, there was a des-

perate battle between the officersCornwell, Murphy, Allred,Snartie, Austin, Whiteford, Wit--

Whittier Friday morning and took

from them their little daughterVinnie, about four years old. Shewas buried Saturday evening atthe Whittier cemetery. We sympa-thi- ze

with the bereaved parents in,

and a band of moonshiners earlySunday morning, near Marble inty, Gordon, Xieil, VAmiicuiy, iwicuiu

there was something doing in Ra-- i publlc school& are:leigh all the timer ending with the Longer terms for the countryinaugural ball at night. Visitors ! schools,poured into the city from, all parts Z. Better attendance.

that Innon'r98!- -had1

3. More efficient teaching andcome to that city to see LocV.e :better salaries therefor.Crairf inandnratpH tv v 1 4. More efficient supervision.

Committee on Engrossing Bills

Roland, Cabelle, Austin, Mintz, By-nui- n.

Deaver.rnmmittee on Constitutional A--

their sad loss, but trust they may

Cherokee County, which resulted inkilling Mack Moss, the leader ofthe blockaders.

lheoiiicers had been informed ofin illicit distillery operating in thatlocality and went in search of the

mendment-s- Justice, Gaither, Sikes,uiinamson. Carlton, Keavis, Koonce, f4

..... -J O vW ftU t viuvit 111weather was fair and balmy and f These are logically bound togetherthe whole city seemed in holiday To secure them the people mustrlttlTP' '")- Tll

' ':' provide by taxation more money.

be comforted by the thought thatmany are only given as a sweetbud on earth to blossom in heaven,towart. Dtvin, Clark, Clement,

the Auditorium with a uraveif hv rP Justlfy the expenditure of more.jluU.MtiJciitNK-rtcr- Thomas (AnKvuuiL. Lixoii.

still. The officers, Theo. D. Sheltonand W. M. Jloy, accompanied byfour deputies summonsed at Mur-

phy, for this raid, went in search of

Dr. R. T. Vaiin, of Meredith College. nioney, taxpayers have a ngnt toMr. Craig said in part: ?

1 ;t! demand that all the children forPr.i.ruiilice on auncuiiure mc--

LauhiiLi, Kokuid, Whitfield, Price,r.r.hMi. iWLaiui iLuniuenana, vn- - Gentlemen of the General As- - ! whose eduction they are taxed

Sy'hnllw citizf?: shall be brought into the schools to.

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W hile traveling throughiiunrsihciuuc), Luileton, White,

Carolina, the school term in thetowns and - cities of the State for

city boys and girls is up to the aver-

age of the United States, but theaverage rural school term of NorthCarolina for the country boys and

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, ' , , union aua meUNcir, Vvuftn, Cheny, Boney,Ross, Allied, liumgarner, VVall.btev- - people dfemaiiu ' i piuicuuwu

e to the impose'3 of-ignora- for which they- - pay.. ' lation resDonsiviens, CLyioii, Miller, Lrisp, ivlew- - ticers remrnta tne. lire ana tneir the - i Itiio tovnowrQ ViH thp nawnta ifboine.buil, Ktdor. assailants fled. T he officers went North Carolina will hot c.6fa'tinue' reauired to send their children to girls, according to these stat;:cs of

1910, was the lowest in ?!e AmeriCcnuuittte oil corporationsLeiiiitr, OibLs, iVicIsmer, Mc-- m pursuit ana touna the boay oi ! tu 111 ne rear 01 me iprpces-- i

j school, have" a right to demand acan Union with the single excep- - .Moss, and captured the still, arrest- - f01?f states, v. She is' impatient........ . advance. Throbbin- - with guarantee of better qualified teach- -Phaii, Uuvci, Viooten, Young (rlar-cftt- ),

Iwiiis, LtiiLeit, Perry, AVii-- ing one oi the blockaders. Moss is pnprdV nrkt'ntioi or.Amni:,R:

pr nnH irmrp. efficient sunervisionsaid to have been a dangerous man ment she looks expectant to this "i for the additional money paid...ims iCaLairus), Williams (bunc-

ombe), Coiuweil, Martin (Cherokee), 1 homus (Davidson), bntton.

tioa of . New Mexico. Though wehave pulled up our average ruralschool term several days since 1910,it would seem to be a tragic andhumiliating truth that we standclose to the bottom in the averagelength of our country schools, and

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dsseiiihljr. I.bdicvc tb&t AcAinhlvAf id1t will hCommittee on Counties, Cities,Depu y Ccl ector Jnc. B.Ensley of JT.f FSMiuik for the following legislation: :ITowns and townships Roberts,

this place, haa been with the other courage and that your work will be 1. To provide a six months'Dunning, iiliett, Gibbs, INewell, Ben-met- t.

jVicPhail, Lixon, Stevens, Wit--OlliCeiS UD to ScitUluav eveil im orrnfiWP rarftot this dpnprntwn snd onhnn pwrv ph rt in thP Sratp

b.Hutchins, Mcbrytie, Bohc, Shook,A W w--. --

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buttht.d letuined to Sy h a to spend oi

four posterity.j.i

The responsibiiity. 1

j 2. To provide for the bringing ofBuchanan, Giiilin, Murphy, McMil--ours, uw opportunity is ours. .uu hofwoon thP pdPQ nf R andSunday with his family.nan. tiuvvity, bntton, loung The first duty of the state is tor; . Z

nrntppt tha Htirpna in tha oninJ 15 into the school and for , keepingllVance), Hay more.' -

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that in the majority of the countiesof the State the the country boysand girls have a shorter term, andconsequently a poorer chance toprepare themselves for the constant-

ly increasing Competition with train-ed min s in an age of universal ed-

ucation and for the battle of life,

SOUTH EXCELLS. ment of their rights, to protect the,weak from the oppression of thecial Listiitts --Vvitheispoon, Ray,

btevens, btevLtLcon. lnlett.Kellum

them there regularly by compulsoryattendance law with adequate prorvisions for effective enforcement bytruancy officers.

strong. This is what the me v'ereBruYity. iiiUion, Long, hay more, Washington; IX C. , January 9, doing at Runnymede.

FREIGHT DISCRIMINATIONS.taircioin, Lose, buniiing, Allan,kland, Mull. President Finley, of the Southern o To nrovide for raising theThe discriminations which the A. !

Railway Company, commenting to-- rairoads have made, against North i standard and increasing the effiI tomiiiitiee on Health Cox, Kil-lan,riuiu- er,

Eynum, Patton, Kcci- -Uuy upon tne recoia oi cotioa miu Curoiina in freight rates is the iri-- ciency of the profession of teaching

pian, Coicon, btliamy. Brawley.lilier, trice, While, Rector, Mc-iilla- n,

hail, Cherry, belt, Delliiiger,'aircloth.

that is growing fiercer and keenerevery year than the country boysand girls of other portions of theUnited States, with the possible ex-

ception of one or two states. Eightytwo per cent of the children of theState are country boys and "girls,The average of intelligence and ef-ficen- cy,

the power and the generalprosperity of the State must be- - de-

termined by the education and

by a system of uniform exami-

nation, gradation and certificationof teachers by a state board of ex-

aminers.4. To provide for more super-

vision by raising the required quali-fications in scholarship, experienceand training for county superin- -

Coiiiimttee on Insurance Long,Juniiiug, lapehe, Allen, Hatchett,lctoillan, hoagfcs, Leilamy, Gold,Oy, toiler. ViliiiT-s- j fHrtfnrH

constiuction during the calendar justice of arbitrary power. It has

year lbi2 said: already worked irreparable injury;l has aiready cost P?Ple h"The Southeastern States led all

lions oi dollars and driven fromother sections ot the country in 0Qr territory industries the value ofcotton mill development in 1912. which we cannot estimate. " TheseThere were 37 new mills built in corporations have the, protection of

the 'United States during the year. our. laws, they operate by our li--

0f these 20 were in the Southeastern cen.se' enjoy privileges and ex--

ercise the sovereign power of emi- -

States. Out ot 533, 100 new spmd-- nent domain granted by the state.ies 427.000. ly b0 Der cent, were in Thev rr.llpp.t eYr.ftssive rates from

to, hrguson, 'iumer. Hall, Kil-a- n,

Austin, Stephenson, Gattling.BILLS INTRODUCED.

Mr. Sikes: lo niiiiish thp mslf- - training of tne eighty-tw- o. per centby encouraging the employment of . . . . ., ' J i01 laise stattments to obtain Southeastern mills, and out of b,-- our people that cheaper rates may j competent superintendents for

be granted to the Deoole of adjoin-- ifoney or credit. not of the eighteen per cent dwell-- "their entire time, by specificallyMr. Stewart: To prevent hazing

wucges ana universities.

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cent, were in Southeastern milb. in statesCOMPULSORY EDUCATION.

These figures refer only to new Xhe time nas come for the statemills and take no account of the to exercise her sovereign authority

authorizing the employment , of as-

sistant snperintendents in largecounties, and providing for the unTO pnder second mortgage.

ing in the cities and towns. The "

progress, prosperity, and safety of.the minority residing in the townsand cities must be, in the last ana-

lysis, determined by the strength,vritue, intelligence, and enicencyof

oiewart: lo Drevent tinning ion of two or more small countiesRhtei). .

w. Stewart: To for the employment by agreementof the county boards of education'ies to accept mileage on the

iins.thereof of one county superintend

large additions made during the ana compel tne attendance oi nerwhich children upon theV schools. Theyear to existing plants by

- child cannot work, to advantagethe manuiacturing capacity of the but itg mindis eagef for knowledesection was largeiy increased. The and most retentive.' His characteraggregate increase has. been so great is responsive to culture. The fac-a-s

practically to insure the main-- tory is no place for the child. The

tananceof the record made by the drudgery of toil is not his rightful. inheritance beiore his bones are

Roberts nf Rient for all these counties for his en-

tire time.A Minimum Term of Six Months for

tesellers.

this large country population.I appeal to the parents of these

county boys and girls, to all broad-mind- ed

and far-sight- ed citizens ofthe towns and cities, to every citi-

zen of North Carolina that loves hisState and his people, that believes

r- - Martin: To fix salaries ofcers oitlierokee county.

cotton producing states m tne year hard or hismuscles are firm. If weended August 31, 1912, when the drina the seed corn, there will be a

Every Public School.The first and most urgent need

tiLEMAN C. COWAN, failure in the crop of men. of public schools is a minimumterm of six months for every publicHIGHWAYS

mills of the South consumed morecotton than those of all other sec-

tions of the United States.'Ufa nev and CounseUor at Law, Improved highways are the arte-

ries of the --country. They createorganized communities of isolatedfamilies and make these communiWebster, n. c AREAS BELOW SEA LEVEL

in the right of every child in a dem-

ocracy to have an equal chancewith every other child to make themost of himself through equality ofeducational opportunity, to join inan insistent and persistent demand

upon the members of the General

Assembly of 1913 to make adequate

ties a part of the life of the greatDAISY Z. McGUIRE.

DENTIST.world. Dynamite and steam shovelAll the continents, with the pos-

sible exception of South America,

school in the State, and thereforethe first and most urgent duty of

the General Assembly of 1913, is tomaka adequate provision for this.

In development of our publicschool system this is the prime ne-

cessity in order to maintain propor-tion and symmetry of the parts of

the whole system, to do equal jus-

tice to all, and to place within easy

are making through the hills and

contaian areas of dry land whichfflce : Harris Buildinthrough the granite of the mountainpathways for the locomotive. Theimproved road would give the farSYLVA, N. O.

are beiow sea level.In North America, according to

the United States Geological Sui- -mers access to the railroads, to the

provision for at least a six-mon- th

school term foi every country boyand girl. The state is able to pro-

vide it, the children need it and are

entitledto.it, the demands of the

church, and to the school during allI.J4 i. PfliiiiS seasons of the year. Good roads

reach of all a mastery of at leaststimulates improvement. They en

thp. elements of learning that conrich the soil. They build anew thevey, the lowest point is in Death

Valley, California, 278 feet below

sea level; bnt tins is a slight depres-sion compared to the basin of the

age require it, the results m lncres-stitu- te

the foundations of all edu-- j led intelligence and emcency willcation and intelligent citizenship, j

. n nnsrifv it. the DeoDle want it anaVv

of the- For the year enchng June .

.Ko wrh.of the rural I wlU aPProve lt GentlemenK r.R ILL.

scnooi nouse, tne cnarcn anathe home. They arouse ambitionand generous emulation. : They in-

crease the value of every acre ofland that they touch and the valueof every man, wema and childwhose house they pa::. No com- -

Dead Sea, in Palestine, Asia, wherethe lowest dry-lan- d point is 1,290

feet below sea level. In Africa thetile dVCiaKC ,- -

, , . .it ..t. --iir general Assemuiy, wucitcvci.white scnooi term m iNorin arun-- , -

' at Uw you ao, your nrst ,uuty iui.na was 9.62 days. Sixty-thre- e ;lowe&t point is the Desert of Sahara

ys--Lmunity can hope for progr 33s ..withabout 150 feet below sea level, but i velopment of the educationiu

counties had an average rural school ! .. wo : tem of your State is to provide atn Cc t.rt House,

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vl,, Saraha as a whole is not belew sea. least a six-mon- th school, term for

than six r months, and only five: . TVlevel, although until recently thecounties had an average rural, e . . . .

out the good road. We cannot havethe benefits oi modern civilization-wit-h

out it. It is not an expense;it is an investment that pays onehundred per cent ; dividend ever r

year. And more, it brings culturearid contentment and a better social

, . . ,, JOVner. otalc ouuciAiitcaiiciii. jm.

Alw "J't r,f the firm nf M i ii nil LCixj.1 tjx muiv uauugreater part was supposed to be.

In Europe the lowest point at pres-

ent known is on the Caspian Sea,86 feet below sea level. In Austra

Public InstructionJeaiherwd.BrjScm,Oity1.1 i months. According to a diagramrecently published , by the. Unitedv.ATTORNEYS AKin lifel Every community in the state

lia the Lakeiowesipumag. States puxeau o tEducationJ badLmustWe it! ncdstis much 1

rens,;about eet'bov bnob& Jostoxrcl t( North many more; die in overneatea rcosi