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THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, . - N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 131921. : 0 Mamm THE oiuESl" "Air.T I IVOnTIt CAROtWA tIlfce vr tm tfcYe Vr TjJ M12IGTOK star coMrjrr, !; f" Street, WflMgta Nrt Omiu ; ' Entered at iho -lbStofnce at Wilmington, N. C. as Second Class Matter. Governor, MorrisonV Address ?: i CT''-: ' "f :' ft If ". " Editorial; . . I . . ..,,...... i 5J ' tuifiOfllcav.. '-' SU)l6C&ilriO& -SATES BY CARKIKM One Year ..........V.. .-7.00 Bix Months - lhrea Months Un Month .. ........ - SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAII - ' . -- v - lally , . - only One Tear:. .. Six Months Three Months On Month i. .................. . Dally and Sunday 1.71 Subscription Not Accepted tor Sunday Only LkLition - . ... HEJtSKB Oe" ASSOCIAXKW PRESS 4 . . ; The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the tibe -tor publication oX all news credited- to 1 It er hot otherwise credited In this paper and also th local news published herein. Ail rights of re-pub-licatlon of - special dispatches . herein .are . also reserved. v'. -i ;.f;"&:i-:. fx ;": F0B1GN ADYKRTI5UK. OFFICES I ' Atlanta Candler Butlding-, J. B. KEOOGH f 26 Fifth Ave. 21 Devonshire1'' Peoples Uaa lildg -j BRVAXT. UKiFFITH A BaUWSOAV- ephemeral economic cloud had not frightened hint i away from his position, i?; s 7 3 ' ' .;; , it. is a man of vision, of faith, of sound business, I sense who spoke to the General; Assembly tad to the people of the State In yesterday's inaugural message.' There is; moreover,? (tf the construction- of the address a simple directness betokening. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13;" l&2f. the thingsmentioned ought to be done; Sound business principles require that they shajl be done speedily and without delay.. We can not progress in our. spiritual, intel lectual or material development unless they, arc- done. They will 4be . done, either, genex 'ouslv and in a manner to" give us as atatft : the full benefit of doing them, or they will be done bv patchwort andVover a period of years, and in such manner as' will largely dissipate the benefit to the State of doing them, and a greater cost in the long run inaugural . address. He refuses to be mtimiaateo by 'hard times. I The comprehensive program- o! development which- he' -would Jauhch; in North Carolina has not. been trimmed or- de-vitalized in ; order to meet the specifications laid down by the: faint of heart. .That, in our opinion,s:the'mb6tv Letters to .the Editor T - . .. THE FEB SYSTEM 1 Emtoa of The Stab: . -ry - I have ben hoping you -would actively ' oppose ? me, proposed change. In' our 'comity b fwhicn. me j courthouse officials Wili ' instead of by fixed salaries-as. at' present:- , , T A1 lawyer of prcroinence- in,- the state' writing to the North Carolina club whirls-engaged in the study ; of "governmental prtblems at. tie . State U ni-. yerslty , exflressedimself -as follows': ! "Our?iee courage is the" keynote of Governor Morrison's f sahrry bUl ought to berer. Ojdeerk courage ib mo Kcynuie ut UWfCIUV fieiirp nut ahnut fwn ; .wh as---Another does, nd it. is hard to tell vhtcirts riht.- I obi j eerve. that seteral counties;sr ;rrangixig' to suit tnemseives, resulting in perpiexitF.anA conrusion.- tne law aoout witness fees, : Uckets,iroors, eic ia alarmingly confusing. . . Witnesses areat sea, few of the court phlcials . can agree, the lawyer r doesn't, know, andeveh the suDreme court some times reverses -Itself on this little matter Of payf . : .iOflfflSOirS lHAUGURflL ADDRESS striking and' important aspect . of the message trhicb was read by the new Governor yesterday., j ing witnesses when serving an individual or the wo -viiiin--tih oiiVft 7of Vtho--ambaini the state in civil and in criminaLcases ' outstaidirigrplankr of theorsonfplaiformwe , criticism mayjappiy equallyjSs well wheth guwuMuiuS,ywua.l:u. f i our courthouse oftlcials are paid x fixed salaries earned .from his iniWaladdress:..toa they-receiv their remuneration by an : The Poor Teacher . V i ; The report of the State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, Dr. E. C. Brooks," has in It -many ' evidences of great progress in education in the state. Unfortunately, almost every goad feature Is so linked with one of which we can not be proud that it is difficult to feel very greatly elated over the school situation in North Carolina. -For in stance, the cbunty-wlde plan of administration and the consolidation of districts have improved rural schools tremendously, but we still have 263 one teacher: schools: and 2,243 two-teacher schools. Among the high .schools, while there are 214 schools of three teachers or more, there are 241 schools where one or iwo teachers are attempting to give four-year high school courses.. . Still -more disturbing is the fact that, though the number; of teachers-: in the public schools in 1919 20 was 16,854, an Increase of 1,785 over the pre vio yearihere were 403 schools closed because of the ia'ckof teachers. There has been an un-usuaHy-iarge-iiicrease in enrollment of pupils, due largely to the compulsory attendance lawan to . the missionary work of the teachers, but as a rP" suit, every new teacher found fifty-five new pupils as her load. "A great factor contributing to' the improvement. of the schools was the -increase in. appropriations by the last generalassembly, which made it'pqs-4 i sible to increase ihV, salaries, of the teachers;"T Then Dr. Brooks ttcl;fesair which make -1 us wonder that we ;tiaye ..nearly 17,000 teachers. "The average annual salary.'iQ last year was $6882? and ttfrtf teachrs 405".90. This was an ftrcrease of $151.76 to city ' teachers and "10.7J7 to; -rural . teachers. Granting: 'that ; two-fifths? of the white,- and threffourths of ;iho - colored .teachers were unable to measure up to the lowest trequirements .for ?stateA certificates, before ,tionwe ca)tnot but feet that the salaries men . . tioned above are not an inducement to anyone-to . f enter-the teaching field. ' ; "7 y-'t We may .alsot consider the fact that-the average" length of the' school term f oi ther white race for 1919-20 was 136 days, for" the colored race' 118 days; . This does, ' of . course, leave ample Hme f or the l picking of cotton or, for any of the other, meahs - which teachers find .potential -sources of fncbme, but it hardly helps to fix the professional standing of teachers. ; , Nor does it, remove! the cold reality that a brick mason, working at $1.25 an hour, , a forty-four hour week, for. the same period of -twenty-seven weeks out of fifty-two, would earn over $1,700. We are not among thoseh'o would decrease any manual worker's hard earned pay; by the same token we maintain that "the laborer ;, is worthy of his hire." The teacher has not, so ? tar, received the due wage. " - s y ' ' ' Furthermore, as long as teachers salaries are so low, we can not expect a phenomenal increase 'in the professional training-of ' those willing to teach. It is not only that competent men' and women, unless by nature, very altrutstic, will not- . become teachers, but that those In the profession wili not be able to keep up the -standard. The t . poorly prepared teacher needs a thorough summer, course to fit her' for the 'coming year; the well- squippedt one - must keep in. touch with new methods and maintain the freshness and vitality of her work. ; It does not require higher : inathe matics to discover that, $688.02, divided by twelve,' 5 does not give a very large monthly stipend to cover : the cost of living arid of working, New Hanover County's high salary, rate andV generally efficient system -has done, much to raise the state average, but we cannot rest on the knowledge that a 170-day v term, and : well-paid teachers withcomparatlvely high certification, are our full responsibility. Until we develop vision , beyond the boundaries of our own county and .then beyond the confines ot the state, we. shall not have ,done our duty, and ' our schools will not be able to do the work which Dr. Brookand others . of his type would, have them do. :v ; v - 0-- ' :. : - mindthat ism charged for action Soone cari rfead:: It .without being impressied witlr-tli'fact t ernorj Morrison has' entered ; upon tns duties of .his1; office ' with " a plan of action, clearly thought .ont; that the attainment of his -objectives will hold his . attention against any diversion Into thewastef ul field of quibbling and bickering. , . " ' Both .the program and; the spirit of the man ars ; fairly suggested in the lines tha are' quoted below-r onry $39,000: 1 Theeactionary will whisper to the timid that this is a bad time' to expend much money-; because of. the depressed condition of . "puf -; whole business' life, i Business Isdepressed, and we. have recently suffered, severe; lo?S and , shrinkage' in .Values,, but North": Carolina is still rich enough to take humane care of its defectiveand Unfortunate, to guard itself as far as an enlightened knowledge of preventive medicine will enable it to against sickness and suffering, to provide adequate schools for -the training and education of its children, to build a system of roads suggested by sound busi-' ness, and to do all other things' reasonably ' necessary In the discharge o the high duties , of a great state. 4 hej Illinois Federation of 'jdfafaiiffifc has been meeting in Chicago. There-iiudyj" wereV ah"? amazing array for slmplit yinrbniaboar. Electrl? Rashers, dryers,, ironirsk dMwftsheTS wueei taoies tor carrying usea aisnes. iood? heat ers, all are evidence of the applicitlottpfinoderns-i sc.lence-'.t tne ow business -of feeding andK!iothing( thefamily. ?" ' '" f iff' : ; 7"."' """"6 tv c oicya . auu uu wvit easily tliough their grandmothiVmlght have fe-; snted that charge ofslaekness;, Iwhatjls needed now Is a, campaign of educatldnr to ." make the scientific household equipment as; popular as the filing, cabinet and the dictaphone: -- .... . After a look at the latest picthfes of lieutenant Farrell, we are no longer puzzled by the' fact that his . two aeronautic companions decided, to eat some of their carrier pigeons instead. ' ' ' . Speaking of the cattle industry of' Eastern Caro lina, Dr. Low says, In effect, "there ain't no sicft' animal. And there never will be until some thing resemblipg united war. 'on the cattle tick is developed by action of the Genera! Assembly. Dy; Low believes a statewide eradication measure will be enacted during the present session. It is to be .hoped that his eonfldence is well founded. Mr. Harding' didn't say what' element of ; our population he. would take up after finishing with 9ur Pet n1'lK ri Indication ; of ' theshift that . has 'beei'mse;mayVoted I - In tht'i- an- nouncemefit that he has Just conferred i with' ''Big hill" v,i.-iJ "-..-.. v. - s N Science and Housework . That the farmer's barnyard always had running water before his -home did; that bis wife wokedu and washed and cleaned with the most primitive tools, while he was making his own work efficient with ttee most improved machinery has long been a point of attack by all those who have the good of society at heart. The situation of the urban .housewife has been; somewhat better yet almost :any Mechanic's' wife would confess, or announce, that, though her husband had to have the best (90IS for his work, she could not afford fireless cookers, aluminum -. Var washing ' machines or vacuum cleaners. Efficiency on the job of making a home depends S;much on tools as on the quality , of be J have knownf f or a long time, but because of the isolation of housekeepers, their lack of organiza tion and perhaps because of :the1f " uriwlllingiii to-""Mihtt that their 'husbandsaren; ?good t yide'rsT ot their, conservatism,' they-' hare f ;trttle;tomake that ibelief function, ft; 5 ' J:ptifig: tl week, however the ence on household management, uerthe difeq uon pi. me, cnicago woman uiup, te Chicago Uncertain,, cumbersome and antiauated fee sys- ' tem.rBacvhould we do anything ; which would tend to.petPttjate this crazy-quilt system describ ed by this lawyer? Very sure it must be thatthe ccensatfoitvwifiibe greater" thai? the salaries now paldrir6friiejid8 who have had these court house ; pdsjtion8 thTtist upon , themwould not be Jscagerto';hvevthe And also yry; much "inort cdlfficult in the future will It be ';tp; secure .the; PvAesfcajry, changes in the fee and ,salary bill If counties which have adopted a well ' defihed salary-system -give it up arid return to an, out-of-date fea sysleriCT So far'as I have been able to learn only t;wo counties which discarded the fee system have, returned to.it and one of these was Brunswick 'Where the tax receipts' were only $58,000 in 1915, the year it returned; to the fee system. 11 In tho' other county the tax receipts were ftALfciGH, Jaru !. The Ihausfural fddresa' of Governor Cameron MorI son delivered today, follows.Iiyfull:' 'I warmly ' thank th general' Assem bly, sthe city of ; ftaleigh, wthelr Bracious committees, and all friends participat ing: in arranging f or our Inauguration. It (a all so handsomely, and grenlrousiy planned that 1 am. both grateful and deliffhted. . T - 1 also; desire, to. express deep, appte- I ciationto ;all rthe! people.! the state. of both races, and of both .political, par ties, for the many acts and-.-xpresslons of rood will-comlngto ,jne from every section of the 'stale since my-election as your g-overnor. Under our ''Ameri can system oi free and tumultuous party v nominations; and lectldns-we have the most; intense and 'anrrtr Pri maries aiid elections- held anywhere in schools 'and standard high schools are just beginning to fulfill the vision " of Charles B., Aycock that althe people! , "n.J, 'V,wtllh of North Carolina should Vbe educated". I f,et ytem r the It is no disgrace vhat ;our ; common schools have been 6o-.successful as to overcrowd our-, Institutions : of j higher learning, But it will: be a badge of shame , and ; degradation it' the higher Institutions of learnins are not prompt ly made adequate' for the demands which' the success of .oar effort to edu cate all the people haveb rapidly made upon these Institutions. , t Collegres Areaaadeqnnte iv" - ; ; "Until; recently It. would have been an apparent waste of-public funds to have expended the money npon the state's institutions for -higher learning which we - now - know, to be Imperatively de manded. T; Public sentiment would not hare justified it, but today with the , the: world, where ther is orderly srov- i hig-her. institutions of learning:, public 'ernment;:;; but after.-the tumult " And J and private, totally inadequate to give shouting; of our primaries and elections, the boys and girls 'of, our state', annu- havo- passed and 1m perfect freedom of -ally trained by Our common school sys discussion. and action, the. people Jiave . tem the. opportunities to to- higher, chosen their, imcerayv we s yield to the-; which' they demand, we must, act gen- choice of the niajorlty the roost united, erously and without delays The con generous and -wholehearted loyalty and " support.' s t?i&.- liiih'W W dp this, not alone because' of our avotion- to the- basic -principle of or wtsext 'lilin w . conooro 1 about, proceed with a N system, of hard .surfaced vLVH ways. the expenditure of just a9 mnillS and, ljVrny - JudSment; m0r lately defeat the-only , action at all, which is to ha v. H agencies, the construction 0f hTH system, except cowardly distru,? ' judgment of our people in stan f shock of authorizing at nn" dint our icreneral assembly the treat 11 money involved. ' AVe need ,, J" trust thejoeonle to annrnv. lcf though It mav invoivA ftr i !.e. We ought,' ndt, to be too surl J vn plahbut put all of our Dia ' Awn sembljC STnd - submit our i judgment, and plan to th the ircnfra I asmhiv'. i I believe I vnlw th hio-u :Ctln -U the enliffhtened thou eh t" nt .1 when' 1 . declare we ar rH. . w the; reactionary and do battle ...v in bur determination to build thi. 1 ... a .m i.,t lll!!StJ filan tm .n 2 . llltt. u.m uun.nii.iia 11 cnu vv uon? nnni. 1 1 buslneKK nrlnMrtlpa " 'M I am very confident in my own of, srovernment about ; whieh-" aree. 1. and-'-which are'; never ''involved ih ..bur elections. ; .1 ' " '--I t .i.-v- We are in- complete accord - hi North It was in 1905 that the counties of North Caro '-Jina began to change from a fee system to a salary syseni arid In that year the legislature substituted salaries for fees In Guilford, Buncombe, Forsythe and Mecklenburg counties- Other counties were added to the list until in 1915 50 counties were on a salary basis while fifty remained on a fee basis. , Probably the .'course we i have pursued in North Carolina is best. Other states, however, Save been so persuaded to the desirability of introducing business-like methods in their county government that they abolished the fee systenuoyer the en tire state at one fell swoopItfwas1903:in the state of Ohio that public attention: was first drawn to the enormous amounts coliectedlta'.feesall of L when- this f Information became public all county officers were put on a salary-basis and all ,fees and . commissions turned into the county treasuries. ' ''The" states of California, Colorado;) Mon- ana, TeTada,: Kentucky arid New Jersey followed unio in rapm succession. Tne advocates or a re turn to a fee system are' those who will be bene ; fited by the change, together with a very tew law-r yers who complain that they "cannot get papers served promptly under the. present system- a pue rile admission that we cannot select at the ballot .box persons who will perform their duties. There Is a very much better remedy to cure this disease -than vto. offeftb-ebaltl of an ririknown axnduritof -IfeeS. bosinsshouse whicb had in tits .service r an inefficient employ wtuldaidmInister,th5r.oper ..prescription 'eprfetlyXry. -.v T . 5: t ,do;not know-how mricfrvlnterj&st'ihe people of the community hate Jn. this-inatter, bat very little ment that the counties through ivl , rf K...v.uiu ur J Ofn.j the sovereign power of the state to. dition is unfortunate, but could -not .4 have been treasonably foreseerir The splendid work of the standard, r- high schools' exceeds all expectations' and minority snouia- suDmit to tne major? prospeniy njoyea ior a perioti -jntu I ins to do so. the state with its un questions Involved ia the primaries and' Pected. responsibilities l-topon these In elections, about which we differ,, while stitutlons for f higher ' learning. The lm'portant,are of far less importance 'grand? army, of -young men and young than ? th" great principles and policies women marchlnjr to our university' arid institutions 'for higher -learning from the-standard hlg-h" schools of purBtate, and other- preparatory schools, asking the state to -furnish them training and Carolina about the "more important 'higher learning, 'will be tremendously Questions of governmeht,but we alldwiJncl,a8ed' year by. year. So, now the ourselves to' become excited and divid-! duty. U clear and cannot be escaped. ed - over the less important questions i We must make, the state's university. about which' we differ, and fall to agree the 'Agriculture and Engineering . col- ltnnn nltfli anil .mthn trt tiav HnnK . lefire. th Korth . flarollnfl. Pnllpp-n for th thlnsrs we, tiave most at heart. If -women: the Teachers' Tralnlne school ': V v"3 " 're 0n for onlv a few-vearsrwe would civer . every one of ite institutions for higher . Dona8 ana!. ln. m iuagtnent. with learning,- adequate - to - discbarge the tioned power, ought to make thm so, - and not allow an unproeJ vuuniy 10 siana up agauist the rest the state and stay .the march of pt jress tnrougn it.. Tne amount hj. me eoumy uugni to De made to mue a.uuiiy ui inc county. nignwtj-i outfai to oe met upon ti sound credit of the state and the Jl ucp. anu wuuvui one cem ot any k vv a w-si i-t4.' a- ' W . a r portant apd. lrtaopwrinutoJffe people were interested" wo4i4 dnde'rae: give other . I and stronger, reasons hXtbprJBJOsed , change ooo I !outa -not ;,De .jnaae;- TnCv '-'Tv1 i ' ' lone .1. , , , nA.ii.''ii'' -iii'iAtwv- u. . Mvtf w 'a 'iil i. j eT a mmwm 7 Sart. Francico Chronicle'. The world is tired of Hbusewive's League, the WonianVcity Club' and":7rHe TPle 'wretcned business rot .war.- "War has on of WomenV:iuTss has0 0.0"1 ?Dax-:1 Darqus, race . couiq .can, personal glory. it nas ae i generated into a combat of machinery, poison and murder by hidden foes, who sneak up under un suspecting ships and - send them to the bottom. The. whole business is super-barbatityv ' t ' ..We need have no fear of attack, for the neonle Mr.bfher nttidns:. hate' suffered and are suffering, fat, moye than we.nd are determined that 'there shall be no.more, war.. vCut.tb.e.milltary and naval estimates to the bone. ; ' ' j, l V v 1 Senator McCormick Is, now onhis way, back to the United; States. We hope he made Mr. Hard ing's international prograni as "clear to the. people of Europe as it has been tnade over herevby other Republican mouthpieces. , , . Old "Devil ,Anse' Hatfield isdead.; -He.was a right pert gunman in his ' time, but if he kept up with the newspapers we imagine he quit talking about his notches before the end came. We -haven't changed our mind 'about Mr. Hard ing's good sense ln calling off the Inaugural blow out, even since reading ; that., hundreds of costly gowns will as a result be' dumped onthe bargain counter ' and great stacks of H flower orders can celled. ,,.'!..'. 1 ' . C : ' CHICAGO, CITY OP POETS i 5 - Chicago Daily News: Tod long have foreigners? judged Chicago solely by Its "major ' Industries. 'Chicago ah, the stockyardsl" says the Londoner.' 'Chicago-7ah, the railroads!" says.the Parisiani ' And r even Chicago itself too often! nerhans. - em phasizes Its boast that it is'the great central mar- -ket,. with no thought- of- possible greatness on the artistic and cultural slde. , .v '- i " . But now comes the Illinois women's press asso cia'tltrn' with the annburicement ' that; inan. effort to provide the Chicago historical society with data' . about Chicago, authors;. It has already catalogued more than 70 novelists and poets, - and that its work is only Just begun. Many of .the jiames first Kotffd -n-r -Af .fsr-riHihlni imtmrhiiiM: ' .V - - - - -- r ( .-' V More interesting than: the fact that ; it Was easy- enough to find 70 Chicago novelists and poets is mat mese men anu. women nave ueen nuie to cuiu vate the arts t while' living next .door to all the roaring, industry that. makes, tip. so touch of Chi cago. - The great primal, forces pfr civilization industry and' commerce have "nurtured - rather than stifled artistic expression.. Tht, it seems, is something to crow. over. ' ; See through - different glasses, vheri Chicago 'from being a, city or, packers, becomes a city ot 1 poets. v - v "''-4 ,i '-''- " ; ,w .... ... : - -,. i i " . ... .: ...... - I. . ,.v PRINCE PARADOX ARRIVES ;.. , . . New York Herald:' The only man in the world whd caii prove that black is white is in Afnerica for a visit. We ..are confident that G. K. Chester- tonwill illuminate this country we- can only hope that we -shall -interest him: '; ; If he. wishes toy G. K. C. wni Show us" thai-it is not Ofe? burglars who are robbing the1 hoUseh'old ,,ers, but the other , Wdy rbund;- thei honest people villianqusly deprlvingthe housebreaker of ' sleep; conscience and the habit of. work, all of Which a re immensely more, valuables than ,money.:..;. '"MihestertQncpuIdVjvhTive.' with that 'devilish' logic of his, that gls ?haVe ears'faltho'ugh it Is uwwi v ears nave not oeen visible in ;ayear, orrtwo, f - He oould demons'ten'attliyr0Drf iifjV: ' envtnrrvtiati mn oat tw. iirrTTXT-r-wr - i ': -- . 2ieK York World : ' ThatTMaj. Gen. Leonard Wood,' commanding the 'sixth' corps area at, Port-., Sheridan, 111.; has a high feeling of honor for those 'soldiers who were disabled in. the fighting during The war is shown by an order he hasjust:issued. on the subject of military courtesy. : The order in ;; part-says v ?M U .'Port Sheridan Is still honored by the presence oi many sick aaavwguoavu.wiuiciB.iuiu uie mil- ..f- ; . . .vr- UeSSdl of th Worldwar. . The commanding ,J im?r AtmH classe is ewm set the Example Inrshowin specon Sideration to these disabled, soldiers . mnd - Will iSSS k Sfei11- drin iB a salute .those who are unable td salute first as they, ,f fg? would wish. It is desired thattnis policy cnarap r jny ervbod v wilt hpfiil paraaox - terize the officers of this commana as mar respect to those men who -have served so wen r s Htaoderhman ; bunthrr ana inal at is said by those fattf AnM that this is the first 'time iri the, hlstoryl vJil 'M. 1K"tna catch - on- to : Chesterton . they. otthe-semce thit officers haeen, directed -Jo satuws mot. nucii unsuub -r'r , L.sDendlils:-' monev fniai W;i?t--vJ -. ' Fashion-has decreeavthati 4tai'ij'ir united effort to having well and . gen erously done ;those . things which all -Christians 'and patriots want done, and .refrain from angry divisions 'and di verting excitement over the; compara tively unimportant ; things' we differ about, Korth -Carolina conid be made the strongest and happiest democracy in the entire world.' V . T On this, to me, very happy occasion, 1 want to forget the few: things we "dIffer''aboht," and. beg for deep Consid eration and broad co-operation from all the people of the "State" I rt the ac complishment of some reat and n6ble purp'oses of state, which,' aboie parti sanship and petty division . all good men and women desire done, and- about which they 'differ only as to th.tneth ods and plans best adapted to their ac complishment. '-, , . . 1 ; ; As ' your dulj chosen goverhor, 1 ap peal to ' Sit the' people" of : the state' to unite in a great spirit of Christian ac cord and patriotic do-.dperation to write Into the life" of our. state- the prog-ram I am about to" suggest.' It Is one I harve found . In the heart of the good people of this state, and. which has been dis closed to nie by years of intimate touch with their, heart-throbs. ' 'Law E&sfotcemeat We must -enf orce-,thei:71aw'Tagainst r1me.la our state and . withOod-Hke impartiality and justice. W must let the Criminal ' in our " midst know that organized Society In -this state will 'will make no' Quarter' witn cHftiei that glorious opportunities which our prog ress places before, them. We must lot look upon this condition as a liability and financial difficulty. It Is our state's greatest asset, and splen did .as our accumulation of material things has been for twenty years,-it is all of less value than' the triumph-of our- great educational awakening.; ; 'It Is not a duty which must be performed, and can only be performed In. sacrifice and self-denial, but It is a glorious op portunity to make an investment which Is absolutely certain . to result . in greater profit than v any Investment which our people could possibly make. (til one cent of ad valorem state tai for-any purpose in connection with the Interest should bo met tliron, tomoblle, gasoline and kindred taxii wnuuui one cent upon the gent. property oi, tne .state. y-1-believe the upkeep of these nmnways snouid De forced by the tnrougn county action. AVe will J essarily have county organizations 1 me u-iteert oi county roatis, and Hi oe anpiication to make state prwi. for the maintenance ant up-kn &. 1 1. . . . 1 r uignwBjB. i.esrisiation ran enactea unaer wnich the countieni be absolutely forced to keep the fciti ways up. ana in connection with tM jty luairn. 1 . - - and which will result In increased I l0cal toaas this can be much more prosperity and strength to every Indus- f expensively done than by the jm try in North Carolina. - : jwitn an additional organization d f CLnn TmA 1 system , The state should DrovhlH We must -have good surface roads In inspection, for report and' for prow the state. The main highways must be of hard surface,' and dependable every day In the year. The, construction of the main, highways must be forced by the state, and constructed under its agents, in order to get them through a few unprogresslve counties , that will hot construct them; and through a -few poor counties which do not! have suffi cient wealth; to justify their construc tion. --.We have few such counties, but the few make & completed system for the state-Impossible without state ac tion. It therefore, becomes Impera tive,' if we are to have a re liable sys tem of highways in the state over oomstate's conception of "justice? thought wnich thepeople can. travel at all sea "seasoned withitnercy' .is ! foexorable, and. that in our-practiced of mercy,' jus tification" for lawlessness' cannot v be found. : The legislative department of our-' government- must -provide ample ' courts of Justice, and sufheient police power to enforce the law In this state with such majesty an thoroughness that the criminal In the darkest' cor ners, of. the state.. wiU.kn.ow. that our state is one of law and order, and that he who defies the law, either by stealth sons -lfthe "year in- safety, and confi dence, for the state. , to depart from Its time-honored policy of leaving the con struction and maintenance of roads to the counties.. . In. , my -...Judgment, . we should not depart from local self-government In. the matter" of road coni Structlon. and maintenance any farther thanpracticality and' necessity require. It would be very unwise for. the state li undertake the whole -dutv' of build Ing and maintaining public roads, and tlon of county authorities who fall Obey the state s commands, ami state should give the countv mi authority .to raise the means l which to keep the highways up will tneir own . borders, and then vm, through ..Its department of justice 11 through Inspectors, to force the eti else of' this power and the performs of jthis duty. I. would regret verym to see the state adopt a permanent m icy or Keeping . up tnes mgws through state agencies. 1 am satM it would be duplication of countv forL unnecessarily expensive andw difficult to , carry out without com tlon and' inefficiency .creeping In,' li peHehce has demonstrated that' tli which in their nature can be flout the counties- will be better done them than by State or federal agenr . State Mnt Act The state must force the construci. of these highways for the reason? have stated,' but there is no reason parent to me why the state cannota ought not to force-the counties tonu or overgrown power, will be made toi should be, distinctly understood that except inese main aignss,iae cuuii ties excusively-must .provide-' roads. : These main . hiehways, in'' myTudg ment, should be constructed -without delay, and as a whole system, aid not stretched over a long period of years, during ?whlch , the whole state will be pyaing "for, and only a part of It 'en joying good roads. There i's too much danger of injustice in a partial system under which roads will be constructed In some sections, and postponed in oth ers, subject, to a change in legislative intent and which could result in these state highways not being constructed In some sections. for many years, or possibly never- dotte. "And then 1 be lieve there is strength and sound busi ness in-constructing this entire system of state highways as promptly as pos sible. :, It Is unwise to start across the state with a. road under a plan - that may result In our building and wearing .but one end of the highway before the other Is constructed We ought' to plan for a' completed system, under which there can be no Injustice to any section. IA -Mst Bvlld Systesa . ' We will build this state highway sys tem. The judgment of our people Is formed about it. The only question is; Are .we going to bylfd it by piecemeal, and in a large measure dissipate the advertising benefit -and strength of It. or will be construct it, as speedily as sound - business principles will permit, as, a glorious whole The piecemeal ayetem is one of weakness and timidity, in front of a great duty; the completed system is a policy of courage and wisf dom in'the discbarge of hlgtt-duty It is a great Ouestiorv and- involves mil-- V lions ot dollars, 'and yet-1 believe ttte part of wisdom requires that we snouid suffer -for' his ' selfish' contempt of ' de cency and -right., '.. ' - ' . We most take humane care of all our defective and unfortunate people, whose defects and misfortunes' are of a character . that they ; cannot care; for themselves, or be adequately cared for by the private effort of Jovediones; in order to ' accomplish this pUrpose,'r.'the lhstitutiohs i and." organizations ' set j tip by thev state for the care of Our de fective and unfortunate people, must be made adequate for the treatment, care, . and training of. these helpless and' de fective ones within our border in a i manner worthy of a .people who love deeds of; mercy above all -matrfrial things. ; ; , - 1 And the delinquent girls and -boys : must' be. cared ; for ' and trained as the conscience' of a fchrlstiarP civilization ' demands. Our institutions ,f or. this sa cred and patriotic work must be strengthened and -made adequate '.to 7 carry out this noble purpose. '. V. r The, institutions and organisations '.which -we have set up, lor these noblel - 1,'- J I j M .til ; great. Work to be done, "but . we have ' discovered that the work to be done is - so, much , greater than we knew, that "they must all be strengthened -and 'equipped to do largerwork than here-tdfore;-"'-. - ' " r 1-5 s'i! i-rvr.- -j "t ; Health .Wrk f,: Stated s .. ; -' We must throw, around the home aid life of; our. people an enlightened .world's knowledge of preventive medl clne, .... and make ceaseless, .war upon sickness:, suffering. -and : death In . this state. ;. Our great departpient. ff health must f :e' enejlliluiash-eX and equippedfOip ;ibl,avhumahe5ServIce.TDiS easecaSno.'be sucsessfIly prevented by 1 lhdl6imb!'i$t.ii&M6A6H statesmajishjj) dejMidsthatf fvety practical' effort -shaUvbe ,niaa.e through orfftfnl2Adibea.lth"boards ahdi expert offl cerSr-tbprotecttheealtA.M ed wonders . witbbeineansrrnlsiitt ' I believe' U ekprees he deep'desl re of . our,enlghtned i?eople ,whep Ii.urge .Ilif creased vstrehgth jor this great depart mentf oi? our ')rtTerrimeljLri ia.'?i. ? ,. We m'ttst make;;th? commoh:; schools for the training . and - educattdM ! of -our chjldrenaS good.flW A5y 'lti ,te' World. Still.'it might be mellior Mr. Harding to recall twentytvyear,srUt ;wejit ..tct o oW andU.'eVer - orfruntil tattepreeidTta- boys k and jtirlsj 91 .iQUrntateiAye jftTOC equal chance with; any ,in jtaew4a .world: X 9X . a moderns and..riptd3dat: fdUcatlonj ; Critltrfsmrrbf';pBhleyemeli solutely 'un jusVand' wlli nbt-'be toleralf f ed by the battle-scarred ytraps of the war5 en ?Jgh6rance:'inithiSstate't Tbeguri twentyoddfyarsg.adwithevi ershtp- of c,harieri wycoc, eaariee JX - Mclver Aleaxuder" Grahant, ' ahd 'othet I ieedrtfoi,u storyief pijtrvproEressj ti :educatin,4s 5a glorious 6ftefvv "oyjreSent' 'Weaknea grows "sout etou?e;Wi!bave'et tained uehj " equipjrne'nta-ajl, :vorrini;(4iori 's';4ihade quate." ' here; ?honer to the State in the fact that . i&ur 'high schools will a4 T i oually gduatesome;4lKe - boys -rand ginriaridr;seBft xq- uri itniversityano colleges pnthy c hundreds mere-than can : tain and keep the roads up after lb are constructed, and authorize anal peratively direct the levy of suracfl tai by the counties with wiiieii n sor and .require this fund to be kept arate and apart from all other to The" only necessity for state m'11 about the matter at all is because w of the counties are unable to miiidti highways without generous state But for this fact, I would favor fire action by the counties in the constn tlon: of the necessary highways travel throuch them. After they (I constructed with wise inspection,! nrnmr noHnlnr hv. the State, the COOt authorities must be made to maM' them, and ltlwlll be easily within W nower. for the UD-keeD of the tnw of road which the state onsets' must build, will be less than tnaioi nroDAnt rnailn. T Wlll ho ttnnnuihti. in mV lutlg1' for the state to finance a plan forttl highway which requires the staien . mtiitmnLinit maintain the 5"i wift,A.i. Kanw nA valorem taX,,lJ U .,ntimoiit u-ill not atano ad valorem taxation for state t '.After long. reflection. I ur.fj! structlon of this system of unaer a iiw uy iuo i" - - . I .9 1 a onmllleteo'- tnor!' bdldly mover .forward and; underathe tem to be maintained and kept P Constructed "by the county under carefully drawn legislation, n vld In v for state Insnectlon, P'",c' . A.S f . tl r . 1 11 T V t1 tection, ana coertiuu ui v--i, rnittnn. ti matter oi u lICEk !AiM"d - .. nance andV up-keep. Cost of Entire Vrogrnm - t.j..i the solemi1 . x. am not uuiihuuiui w niiir eponsioiuir oi u-v(bims .( v of the' vastaniount. Pi money w"' programrJk-fieve u u tnewnB8 hisuuuucu v""- . Sound' business principles reqU'" v. ... GontlJHied on Page Mne . -f-v-'Ati I-- v :-.'- '.;? r - -v. fa k- -V -V-. - vs. . ;-.-f.: yyy l;-f . ' - --. ' f . --'.'"' : -f--.,:- .:.''-'-: v;!--- - t -r-r - '..'-; ,;t - .. -.--.-. - v.. - . -j ;-vt5 i... . ; - V i . The Annual Meeting "of .the Stockholders df The Wil :Q ";hfeton; Sangs W. TlYtis Company;; d'.yiImington. l&:Nrc.i will be' held oMe of thca on Thurs iday January 20;,1921fttrh5 cioclc: :?ltis desired tha. femr-"'-'" i ' ' ' M'k y: : I ust conrerrea, with "Big ih9 , act that extreme amiability .made.a Jne-term,.J lutbtM to be cfoVtably-carepr ahdieducate I i Va - V.---:
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 13, 1921, edition 1
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