The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1912 Page: 9 of 16
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refreshed one; the sure way—the only
way is via a glass or bottle of
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sparkling as frost.
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WED III THIS CITY
<}. B. Edison and Miss Edith Orr
fame down on the interurban short-
ly after noon Sunday, and went to
the county clerk's office where they
secured a marriage license. In the
meantime Rev. R. It. Rives, pastor
of the Central Presbyterian church,
was phoned for, and as soon as he
iMrived, performed the ceremony
which made them husband and wife.
The happy couple left on the 4:16
ear for Dallas, where they will
spend a few days before they return
to their future home at Denlson.
May the shadows of adversity fall
but lightly across their future path-
way.
"DADDY" LAIN RAISES TAIN.
Rest Sample Seen in This Section in
Many a Day.
J. C. (Daddy) Lain, who lives on
the A. B. Cockrell place in the
southeast part of McKinney brought
to this office Wednesday, several
stalks of sugar (sorghum) cane
which is the best which has been
seen in this section in many years.
It is fully 12 feet long, and is as
heavy, both in body and head, as
'was ever grown in this county. Mr.
Lain has one and a ualf acres of this
cane, and claims that it. will all av-
erage above ten feet in height. He
attributes this special growth to the
unusually good season, and* to the
manner in which he cultivated It.
nomination in ihe lap of Woodrow
Wilson. And it is all just because,
at an early hour Thursday Madame
Stork called at his home and left a
wee mite of a baby boy. John has
been married fifteen years, and this
is the llrst time the stork has ever
been able to find his home, and nat-
urally John is feeling as spry as a
mule colt.
This Is So.
We wish to state in as plain and
vigorous way as words can express
it that Hunt's Cure will postively,
quickly and permantly cure any
form of Itching Skin disease known.
One box is guaranteed to cure. One
application affords relief.
Leave for Tioga.
Mrs. J. M. Muse, who has been
quite sick for the past two weeks,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs.
Mary Acker, and her sister. Miss
Mattie, left Wednesday for Tioga
where they will spend two weeks or
more. Mr. Muse accompanied them
lo Tioga, but will return immediate-
ly. The many friends of Mrs. Muse
hope she will soon be restored to her
usual good health.
Insect Rite Costs Leg.
John Mooro Stepping High.
If you are a friend to John W.
Moore, and you should meet him on
the street within the next few days,
and he fails or refuses to recognize
you, don't feel that he Intends to
snub or slight you. He might pass
the best friend he ever/ had, and
never even see him, because just
now, John is feeling more import-
ant <)han Bill Bryan did when he
succeeded in laying the presidential
A Boston man lost his leg from
the bite of an insect two years be-
fore. To avert such calamities from
stings and bites of insects use Buck-
lin's Arnica Salve promptly to kill
Ihe poison and prevent, inflamation,
swelling and pain. Ileals burns,
boils, ulcers, piles, eczema, cuts,
bruises. Only 25 cents at all drug-
gists.
Misses Mattie and Jessie Dowell
have returned from Belton where
they have been in Baylor College
Summer school. Miss Mattie was
teacher in this school, while Miss
Jessie took a special course.
Buy It now. Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Is al-
most certain to be needed before
the summer is over. Buy !t now and
be prepared for such emergency. For
sale by all dealers.
Read the Want Ads.
Rural
T elephones
We are at work on a plan to furnish rural Telephone service
of the same kind and quality as our city service at a price that
every man who lives in the country can well afford to pay.
Man have called at our office at 300 N. Kentucky street and
discussed the matter with ub. An Interview is solicited from all.
The Union Telephone
Company
"A HOME COMPANY FOR HOME PEOPLE."
RURAL
Ry F. M. Ural ley, State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction.
There appears to be In some coun-
ties of the Slate a large number of
people who do not understand the
Rural High School Law, their lack
of understanding the law being due
to either a misunderstanding of the
provisions of the law or a failure to
comprehend the real purpose of a
State system of education. This ex-
planation is offered in the hope that
It may be of some servlt^ at this
time to the cause of education in
Texas.
The State system of education is
composed of the common public
schools, rural and urban, and the
State Institutions of higher educa-
tion, Including the four State Nor-
mal schools, the College of Indus-
trial Arts, the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College aud the University
of Texas. The Constitution of Texas
declares for an efficient system of
education, and asserts that such a
system of education 1b essential to
the welfare of the State and to the
preservation of the liberties and the
rights of the people. In other words,
the education of the masses of the
people is fundamentally necessary to
the welfare of the Commonwealth,
and an education Ib the basis and the
hope of happiness, efficiency and
prosperity for the individual, for the
community, and for the State.
Through and by the State system
of education mentioned above, Texas
has, undertaken to promote happi-
ness, efficiency and prosperity, it be-
ing universally conceded that no peo-
ple can bo ignorant and at the same
time happy and prosperous. The
cities and towns of Texas have, as a
rule, established, and are maintain-
ing, at considerable expense, well or-
ganized and efficient systems of
schools, including primary and inter-
mediate schools and high schools
covering four years of work. In es-
tablishing and maintaining such
schools, the cities and towns have
found it necessary to levy local
school (axes, the rates ranging from
10 cents to 7f> cents on the $100
valuation of property. As a result,
the children who reside in the cities
and towns of Texas are today pro-
vided with first class educational op-
portunities, and in addition to the
usual subjects (aught in the primary,
Intermediate and high schools many
of the schools of the eities and
towns offer helpful courses of study
and training in domestic science,
manual training, agriculture and
other industrial subjects, the schools
in said cities and towns being main-
tained, as a rule, for from eight to
nine months in the year, and in each
preparation may be made for the
duties and responsibilities of life,
and for entrance into the Agricultur-
al and Mechanical College, the Col-
lege of Industrial Arts, the State
Normal schools and the University
of Texas.
The country public schools in Tex-
as, as a rule, are inefficient, because
of inadequate financial support, and
because of a lack of high schools of-
fering preparation for the institu-
tions of higher education and for the
duties and responsibilities of life. As
a result, there are 498,000 white
girls and boys in the rural districts
for which inefficient schools offer in-
struction in only the primary and
intermediate grades, and in compar-
atively lew instances high schools of-
fer four years of work, including in-
dustrial subjects, in which prepara-
tion may be made for entrance into
the Agricultural :ind Mechanical Col-
lege and other institutions of high-
er education in Texas, Of this num-
ber of white girls and boys residing
in the country districts, for which
schools are kept open upon an aver-
age of about six months in the year,
230,4Dt are absent every day the
schools are in session, and 75,000 of
these white girls and boys do not
even enter school during the schol-
astic year. Frequently you will find
a one-teacher school in which a
young man or a young woman hold-
ing only a second grade teacher's
certificate in attempting to teach fif-
ty or more students in classes from
the first grade up to and including
the ninth grade, or the second year
In the high school. There are on an
average live studies to each grade of
work offered in the public schools.
The school day in Texas is composed
of seven hours, including intermis-
sions and recesses. This gives to
the teacher, allowing a fif(een min-
utes recess in the morning, an hour
for noon and a fifteen minutes re-
cess in the afternoon, exactly 330
minutes of time, during which she is
required to teach the 4 5 different
classes. By dividing 330 minutes
by 46, the number of classes, It. will
be seen that this teacher cannot pos
sibly give more than 7 1-3 minutes
on an average to each of her 45
classes. No wonder (he children in
the average country school become
discouraged, disheartened, and quit
school, as tlie statistics show 4 7 of
every 100 white girls and boys resid-
ing in country districts are absent
every day the schools are in session.
These are statements indicating tie
status of education and educational
opportunities provided for (he 000.-
000 white girls and boys who reside
in the country districts of Texas. No
one acquainted with educational con-
ditions In this state and In the other
states of the Union or with the work
that it being done In good schools,
or who is capable of discerning a
good school from a sorry school, or
who can comprehend the value of
education to the Individual to the
community, aiid to the state, can fall
to realize that the girls and boys re-
siding in the country districts of Tex-
as have not been dealt fairly with
heretofore, and (hat wherever prac-
ticable, the country schools should
be improved anil the country bo.\s
and girls should be given as good
educational opportunities as are en-
joyed by the sons and daughters of
merchants, lawyers, doctors and
other city folk.
The Rural High School Law was
enacted by the 32nd Legislature for
the one purpose of promollng edu-
cational efficiency in the rural dis-
tricts and of giving the country girls
and the country boys of Texas a
square deal In the matter of pro-
viding educational opportunities,
and of thereby making R un
sary for them to either grow up to
womanhood and to manhood in igno-
rance, or their parents to move to
the city or send them to the city to
board In order that first class educa-
tional opportunities might be enjoy-
ed The ntate has done much to en-
courage education and to asBlat In
the educational work ot the different
countleB of Texaa; nevertheleBa, It Ib
true that some counties in our great
State are twenty-five or more years
behind others in the matter of pro-
viding and maintaining good schoola
for the children. In some counties
every rural district levleB a local tax
and has provided a good modern,
comfortable school-house, and Ib of-
fering Instruction not only in the
primary and Intermediate grades,
but, under this law, where practica-
ble, Ib offering instruction In two,
three or four years of high school
work; and in such counties some of
the schools have, under this Rural
High School Law, installed depart-
ments of agriculture, manual train-
ing and.domestic economy, snd have
received aid from tbe State in sums
ranging from $600 to $2000 to the
school. In some other counties very
few, or none, of the rural districts
levy local taxes. The school-house
In which the country children, who
go to school at all, attend are un-
sanitary, badly kept, and uncomfort-
able. In one county of the State for
instance, Madison, there are eight-
een rural districts, according to the
report of the county judge, only four
of which levy n local school tax. This
same county, according to the lateBt
printed report of the State Comp-
troller, pays to the State for schools
and. all purposes the amount of
$7,922.92, and receives from the
Slate for the maintenance of the pub-
lic schools of that county the sum of
$10,380.50. In other words, Madi-
son county receives back from the
stale every cent It pays to the State
for schools and other purposes and
in addition thereto the mngniflclent
sum of $6,1 c4.00; while said county
collects the sum of only $502.06.
Brath county pays to the State by
taxation for educational purposes
the sum of $23,570.16, and receives
from the State lor the education of
the children of that county the sum
of $5 1,554.50, or $30,9S4.35 more
than it pays to the State. Wise coun-
ty pays to the State for the support
of the State's system of education
$23,881.07, and receives from the
State $4 4.0S1.00, or $20,7SC.93
more than il pays (o the State. Not-
withstanding this fact, some good
people fail to understand that the
people residing outside of these
counties are stockholders in the
school system of tliese counties
and annually contribute by
taxation to the support of the schools
of the entire State. No county in
Texas has a right under our Consti-
tution and statues to waste the
school funds through inefficient or-
ganization and lack of business-like
principles in the organization and
work of the schools. The people of
some of the different counties of the
State have too long looked towards
Austin for the financial support of
I heir public schools, and have been
too slow in coming to that sound
and fundamental realization that
good schools must receive a large
portion of their financial support
locally, and (hat the parent, the
school district, and the county
should have a deep concern and be at
leas* in a measure responsible for
tbe kind of schools provided for the
children. Our forefathers who en-
dowed our school system never in-
tended that the entire system of
education should be supported with-
out the people locally rescorting to
taxation to supplement the State
School fund in the annual mainte-
nance of their schools, and with
which to erect and equip comfort-
able and hygienic school houses.
The fundamental weaknesses of
the country schools might be stated
briefly as follows:
1 The lack of proper classification
and systematic organization of the
work of each school.
2 The lack of inter-relation or cor-
relation of work among the different
schools of the county.
3 The absence of adequately
equipped rural high schools.
I The failure to consolidate
small school districts where prac-
ticable and thereby establish a high
school for the advanced children re-
siding in the rural districts.
The Rural High School Law offers
h conservative means of remedying
the weaknesses here mentioned. It
is clearly seen by anyone who will
stop to think that the character of
work in a particular school is de-
pendent in a measure upon the pro-
per classification and systematic or-
ganization in (he work of that
school. Neither is it difficult to com-
prehend the Importance of correlat-
ing the work among the different
schools of the county. This law con-
templates the use of a course of
study, to be used in each and every
country school in the entire county,
and upon which the work In each
school shall be based, thereby relat-
ing the work of one school with the
work of every school in the county,
so that when a student has complet-
ed the second grade or the third
grade, or the fourth grade, or any
other grade of work in any one
school of the county, he will be ad-
mitted Into (he next higher grade of
work in any other school of the
county. Heretofore, each school has
been pursuing its own way, without
any *ane, proper classification, and
without any course of study, and
without any regard to the work of
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paid for $1.00 per box. Will nerid them
on trial, to be paid for when relieved.
Samples Free, IniiUt on eetUng tho
irenulne, accept no ■ubntltule. Ifyour
druggist doea not have tbein send your
genuine, accept no lubntltu
druggist doe
order* to tbe
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Hence there was lacking
strength and power of saneness and
value in the work that comes from
proper classification, systematio or-
ganization, and pedagogic correla-
tion. For the 60,000 children re-
siding In the country districts of this
great State there were prior to the
enactment of the Rural High School
Law no high schools whatever; and
country boys aud glrlB. If they aspir-
ed to high school education, were
compelled to aspire only, and to reap
a harvest of regrets, or, If their par-
ents were financially able* to do so,
they sometimes sent them to the city
or town, where they could enter the
city public school, where they were
compelled to pay board, to be away
from home, and to Incur many other
inconveniences and expenses, which
would not be necessary were they
provided with good high schools in
the country. This new law creates a
county board of education composed
of five intelligent, qualified, property
taxpaylng voters of the county, elect-
ed by the people of the county, the
buBlneBB of which board Is to co-op-
erate with the district school trus-
tees and the county superintendent
In promoting the efficiency of the
country echoolB, and In establishing,
wherever practicable, country high
schoola. Where the law has been
wisely adralnstered and the county
school superintendent has been dili-
gent and Intelligent in informing the
people of its purposes and of Its pro-
visions. great progress has been
made In improving the country
schools and in establishing high
schools for the country children.
However, where mistakes have been
made by the local authorities in the
administration of the law, some op-
position exists to the law, but this
opposition rapidly dissipates when
the people become informed and un-
derstand the law as It really is, and
the county board of education are in
harmony with the provisions of the
law. The county bqard of education
with the county superintendent, un-
der this law, is authorized to classify
or limit the number of grades or
years of work that, may be offered by
any country school of the county,
thereby creating a condition under
which a competent teacher may ef-
fect the proper classification and
systematic organization of the work
of the school. Where a school Is
classified as an intermediate school
of seven grades and there resides in
that district a child or children of
scholastic age who are in advance of
the seventh grade, then it becomes
the duty of the county board of edu-
cation and the county superintend-
ent to provide for the free tuition of
this advanced child or advanced
children, In a school of proper class-
ification of a convenient or adjacent
school district. If there be no
school of proper classification in a
convenient or an adjacent school
district, then it becomes the duty ol
the county board of education and
the county superintendent to provide
for the instruction of the advanced
children in the school of the district
in which they reside, even if to do so
it should become necessary to levy a
local maintenance tax and to employ
an additional teacher. Common
sense and business-like methods are
as imperatively necessary in the or-
ganization and the conduct of schools
as in any other business enterprise.
About fifty different schools in tho
State under this law have each re-
ceived In special aid sums ranging
from $500 to $2,000 for installing
departments of agriculture, manual
training, and domestic economy, and
thus the work of the schools, under
this law, is being related to tho busi-
ness life of the people; and the re-
ports received at the State Depart-
ment of Education indicate that in
many of the counties of the State
substantial progress in the Improve-
ment of the country schools has been
made under this law during the cur-
rent year, while in a few of the
backward counties very little has
been done because of a failure to
properly understand the provisions
of the law, as well as the spirit of
the law. However, linder wise and
proper administration of the Rural
High School Law, the educational
interests of no child of scholastic
age need; in any case be abridged or
thwarted, but in every ciise the high-
est and most permanent Interests of
every child should be conserved and
promoted. It Is a conservative estim-
ate to say that during the past year,
under the Rural High School Law
more progress in Improving the effi-
ciency of the work of the country
schools, in establishing rural high
schools, in promoting the instruc-
tion in agriculture and other indus-
trial branches, has been made than
has heretofore been made In any
twenty-five years during the history
of Texas. It is a good law, and the
people residing in the country dis-
tricts of this State who believe that
their children are entitled to a
square deal In (he matter of educa-
tional opportunities, and who want
their children prepared to meet the
competition in performing the duties
and responsibilities of life that is
sure to come from those who are en-
joying first class educational oppor-
tunities, should investigate carefully
and thoughtfully, correct whatever
mistakes have been made, and con-
tend for a wise and proper adminis-
tration of the law instead of its re-
peal I assest in conclusion that the
country children arc entitled to
equal educational opportunities with
the children residing in the cities
and towns, because the country boy
is worth as much to the Common-
wealth as the boy who happens to
live in the city, and this law offers
substantial hope for providing for
the proper education of the country
children. The institutions of higher
education, including (he four State
Normal schools, the College of In-
dustrial Arts, (he Agricultural and
Mechanical College, and the Univer-
sity, were established for all the
people and are being maintained at
public expense, and these institu-
tions should be made equal to the
best of their kind In the entire coun-
try by being provided with an adtv
quate, dependable financial support
and by being permanently removed
In their administration and work
I from the possible domain of faction-
I al and partisan politics. It Is the
(part of wisdom and good judgment
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! a torpid liver. The nrst dose 1
brings Improvement, a few days
use puts the liver In fine vigor*
ous condltisftv Herblne also ex«'|
tends Us restorative influence!
owels. It
hps ,
latlon, purities tnd bowels and
to the stomach an<1 bowels. _
helps digestion and food assliql.
brings bach; the habit of r«gu-
lar dally tiowcl movements.
I When the stomach, liver and
bowels are actlv.e, bilious lm- [
| purities no longer obstruc
functional processes; tho rest
of which la renewed energy, I
mental activity and cbofrxall
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Use Stephens Eye Salve M
Sore Eyes. It Cyrtf
fraocpAwplUcOHHgWBtai
ALL DRUGGISTS.
to so Improve our country sdhools
that the country girls and boys m&y
easily go from them to Institution*
of higher education.
The New Party.
The new party Is the person who
doesn't know that for Headaches,
Neuralgia and Rheumatism, Hunt's
Lightning Oil is almost instant re-
lief. It has been the standard pain
reliever for thirty years.
Mrs. Knott at Homo.
Mrs. R. C. Knott, who left Ek Paso
Wednesday en route here with
her daughter, Mrs. Eppa DcShJelds,
who was very Blck, arrived here
next morning on the 10:04 train.
Mrs. DeShlelds was taken to the
home of her mother on North Ten-
nessee stree(. She stood the trip
fine, and her many friends here hope
she will continue to Improve.
For soreness of the muscles,
whether produced by violent oxer*
cise or injury, tlier« Is nothing bet-
ter thnn Chamberlain's Llnimei)t.'
This liniment also relieves rheumat-
ic pains. For sale by all dealers. '*
Ilr. McLnrry's Prescription.
Dr. McLarry will carry his medi-
cine to any house In the county. His
Female medicine is making astonish-
ing cures, even curing insanity.. His
kidney medicine Is taken for Ptery-
gium of the eyes; curing bronchitis
and appendicitis. Also cures rheu-
matism and dropsy. All kinds ot
fever cured In four days. Acute
rheumatism cured in four days;
acute meningitis cured in one hour.
Female Trouble.
State of Texas, Collin county. To
whom it May Concern: This is to
certify my wife was afflicted with fe-
male trouble and was so bad oft at
times her mind was affected. I had
her to use different kinds of medi-
cines and had several doctors treat
her. She got no relief until she be-
ban to use Dr. McLarry's remedies
and she Is now entirely well and I
can heartily recommend hlB medi-
cines to all afflicted in same way.
T. A TERRY,
Subscribed and sworn to before
me at Blue Ridge, Texas, Jan 1st,
1907. JOHN BECKHAM,
J. P. and Ex-Offlclo Notary Public In
and for Collin county, Texas.
I can be found at. McKinney Ho-
tel Sunday and Monday until noon
of each week. •
Rev. T. L. Barrow, pastor of the
Baptist church, tendered hia resig-
nation as pastor of this church, Sat-
urday at the regular conference
meeting. Rev. Barrow has been
contemplating moving to Denton for
some time, where he owns a nice
little home. His many friends re-
gret (o know of his leaving and wish
for him and his good family every
success in the good work he is do-
ing.—Princeton News.
IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF GREAT KID-
NEY REMEDY IS SOON REALIZED.
According to my experience I do
not consider there is anything to
equal Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root for
kidney affection. Twice it relieved
me when I was completely helpless.
The last time I was (raveling in
Texas, when my kidneys became ef-
fected, and for ten days I suffered
excruciating pain, accompanied with
severy chills. Several years pre-
vious, having been relieved of a sim-
ilar attack, 1 naturally sought re-
lief as before, from Swamp-Root.
After using four of the large size
bottles, I was completely restored
and went on my way rejoicing and
praising Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
Tills was (bree years ago, and I have
had no indication of the return of
the affliction.
Yours very truly,
J. C. SMITH. Jr.,
10S Johnson St. Jackson, Tenn.
Sta(e or Tennessee
County of Madison
Subscribed and sworn to before
me (his 13ih day of July 1909.
P. C. STOVALL,
Notary Public.
I.etter to
Dr. Kilmer & Go.,
Hinghamton, Y.
SB
IVove What Swamp-Root Will Do
For Yon.
Send to Dr. Kilmor &. Co., Ring-
haniton, N. Y., for a sample bottle.
It win convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable
Information, telling all about the
kidneys and bladder. When writing
be sure and mention the Weekly
Democrat-Gazette, Regular fifty-
cent and one dollar slse bottle* for
■ale at all drug stores.
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Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1912, newspaper, July 25, 1912; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292107/m1/9/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.