Elsewhere in this issue is a notice by Mrs. D.J. Thurston, superintendent of public welfare, requesting the parents of deaf and blind children to see her at once and arrange to get them in the state school. A special train from Fayetteville will stop in Selma on Thursday, September 10, and these children will be taken on then. A teacher will be on the train to take care of them and see that they arrive safely at their destination.
There are a number of blind and deaf children in Johnston County and Mrs. Thurston is especially anxious to get all these children in school as soon as possible.
School opens on the 10th and if all the pupils can begin at the same time, the work can be carried on more successfully and the pupils will get along faster. Children who would otherwise be practically helpless all their lives can be taken there and trained to do some gainful work, thereby fitting themselves to be self-supporting and useful citizens. They are taught to read and write, and in this way the world gradually unfolds to them, making them happier and more contented. The state has provided for these unfortunate children and every one of them should have the privilege of attending this school.
From the editorial page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, September 8, 1925
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