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Show EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH. The staitllng facts made known at the recent meeting In tills city of tho Southern Education board should stir public conscience in tho whole Nation to the need of wider educational advantages, ad-vantages, particularly in the South. There arc In that section of the country, coun-try, still Impoverished by the war, handicapped steadily discriminated against in taiilf legislation for f6rty jeais, 2,500,000 childien of proper age who arc not eniolled In school. Of those who arc enrolled many cannot scenic a sufficient number of school dajsinthe year. Many sections aie unable by taxation to provide schools for all, to pay salaries which shall attract at-tract skilled teachers and to build and equip modern schools. In this work It is tho duty and the Interest of the North to aid for the common benefit of our common country. |