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' GRAHAM, N. C., Jan. 18, 1917.
Inauguration of Bickett.
Last Thursday in the presence of
a large multitude Thos. W . Bickett
waa inaugurated Governor of North
Carolina. Following the taking of
the oath of office he delivered his in
augural address. lie made a most
favorable impression, and, without
exception, so far as seen, the papers
of the State have spoken in very
high terms of it. Some Bay it is the
beat ever delivered by an in-coming
Governor. Ue is a most pleasing
and lucid speaker, and that our
readers may read for themselves
what he said, we are printing his
address in full this week. It makes
might interesting reading and from
a reading of it one will find that he
religiously abstains from colling the
name of any political party.
The Hero of Manila Dead.
Admiral George Dewey died in
Washington at 5:50 Tuesday after
noon On Wednesda) before lis was
in hie office at work. He was in his
80th year. Only two other Ameri
cane —Farragut and Porter—have
held the rank of Admiral of tLc
American Navy, the rank being
created by special act of Congress.
Admiral Dewey won enduring fame
at Manila Hay on May Ist, 1998.
Ilia whole life has boen full of hon
orable achievement. He will be
harried in Arlington National Ceme
tery.
t
l. It looks like the District of Colum
bia and the city of Wusbington will
have rigid prohibition after the first
of nest November. Such o bill has
already boon passed by tho Senate
and it promisee to pass the House
also. 'lt would be a seemly thing to
do to make of the capital city of the
nation the most decent and ordorly
place in the bounds of the govern
ment.
The prospect for peace in Europe
lookb a long way off, notwithstand
ing much has been said übout it
lately and the paaaing of notes.
lion. William Jennings Dryan
spoke in Haleigh Monday afternoon
under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon
League.
PNEUMONIA SEASON AT HAND.
State Board of Health Advises Every
r - Precaution.
Board Health Bulletin.
"Pneumonia aa a cause of death
la about a top uoteher," says the
State Hoard of Health, "as it
rnnka third and ia outclassed only
by tuberculoma and organic heart
dtaeasee. It ia a seasonal disease
and we are now In the niidat of
that season. During the winter
and early early spring season
pneumonia ia greatly on the In
crease and eausea about teu per
cent, of all deatha.
"One of the moat predisposing
oaaaea of pneumonia ia the pres
enoe of other diaeases, especially
those dlaeaaea produciug a debili
tating effect. Such diseases might
.be mentioned aa colds, grippe,
bronchitia, and other respiratory
dlaeaaea. Deh'lity developing
from any oause Increases suscep
tibility, therefore it ia all import
ant that all functions of the body
be .kept in good working order
aad that realatance be kept as
high as poeaible.
"Realatance ia lowered by over
eating, lack of exercise, lack of
£ freeh air to live, aleep and work
r in, lack of regular sleep and re
- taxation, and irregular living
habile. Excesses of all kinds de
crefute resistance and predl»|iosc
to pneumonia. Excessive heat,
i worry, fatigue and undue ex
posure to oold are factors prodis
poaing to pneuiuoula. Alcohol
has been called by tho United
States Publio Health SerVice 'the
handmaiden of pneumonia.'
"It ia a well established fact
; that pneumonia ia a germ disease.
Peoplesick with pneumonia ahould
not be visited for two reasons:
| Their chancee for recovering will
be better without viaitora,and the
chances for the apread of the dis
eaae will be reduced."
fe. In the United Statee Supreme
t Court Monday began the hearing
to determine possession of the
German price ship, Appain, and
• her cargo, held at Newport News,
I'Wa. After capture by the Ger-
I man raider, Moewe, a year ago,
i the ahip was taken by a prize
fe crew on a croaa-Atlantic dash of
K&OOOtmllea to Hampton Roads.
M The former British owners are now
r Claiming the prize for alleged vio.
£j Jation of Aww'cao neutrality laws.
SOCIAL SERVICE CONFERENCE.'
Many Prominent Speakers to Be Pres
ent- Mass-Meeting Son
day Afternoon.
The program for the Fifth An
nual Session of the North Carolina
Social Service Conference which
meets in Raleigh, January 21-24,;
is now complete and from the j
printer. •The program shows the
conference to be a series of In-1
spiriting addresses and instrtic- 1
tive conferences that will deal
with the economic, social, civic,
and moral conditions of the State,
and with the problems pertaining
to the bettering of those condi
tions. Among the prominent out'
of-Statc speakers on this occasion
are .Miss Kate Harnard of Okla
homa on the subject: "Behind
Locked Doors;" Dr. Alexander
Johnson of Philadelphia; Mr. Kd
ward A. Fitzpatrick ol Madison,
Wisconsin, on the subject: "Gov
ernment and Social Improve
ment," and Dr. W. F. Snow of
New York City, on "Social Hy
giene."
On Sunday at 3:30 o'clock a
union mass-meeting will lie held
at the Baptist church. On Mon
day afternoon there will b« a con
ference on the "Care of the De-
Ipendent, Child" with Mr M. L.
KesHSr of Thomasvillo,' presiding.
Monday night will be theaddresses
of Dr. Alexander Johnson and Mr.
Edward A. Fitzpatrick. On Tues
day morning there will be a con
ference on "Current Examples of
Sojial Progress" with Dr. Clarence
I'oe presiding. Tuesday after
noon's Micsiou will be the confer
ence on "Problems of State,
County and Municipal Welfare in
North Carolina" with Dr. W. L.
Poteat of Wake Forest, presiding
Tuesday night will be the address
of Mr. A. W McAlister of Greens
boro on "The Need for a State
Board of Public Welfare" and of
Dr. A. A. McGeachy of Charlotte
on "The Case of the Man with the
Woman," also of Dr. W. F.
Snow of New York on "Social
Hygiene."
Wednesday morning's session
will l>e a conference on "Organ
ized Womanhood and Social Wel
fare in North Carolina" with Mrs.
T. VV. Lingle of Davidson, preside,
ing, and the Wednesday afternoon
sessiou will be the conference on
"ltace Betterment" with Dr. C.
H. McNairy of KinsUin, presiding.
U. S. Cotton Mills Use Leu Cotton
in Dec., 1916.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Cotton,
exclusive of linters, consumed
during December, amounted to
030,587 running bales, and for the
live months ending December 31,
2,703,002 bales, the Census
Bureau announced today.
In the previous year 555,006
bales were consumed during De
cember, and 2,533,640 bales dur
ing the live mouths.
Cotton on hand December 31 in
consuming establishment* was 2,-
3(12,000 bales, compared with 1,-
853,040 in 1915, and in public
storage and at compresses* 4,005,-
178 bales, compared with 5,195,-
053.
Spindles activ * during Decem
ber numbered 32,864,474, coin
pared with 31,745,772 the pre
vious December.
t'liainberlsln'a Couch Hrmrdy Moil
"I have taken J great many bot
tle* of Chamberlain a Cough Reme
dy and every time it him cured me.
I have found it moot effectual for
a hacking co'ugh and fof colds. Af
ter taking it a cough ulwa.vs dis
appears," writes J. K. Moore, Lost
Valley, On. Obtainable every were
adv.
Rev. Dr. C. B. Waller, for live
years |w*tor of the First Baptist
church of Asheville, has accepted
it call to the White Temple, al
Portland, Ore., at 15,000 a year.
You Can Cure That Backache.
Pain along ib« back, dlulnaa*, hradacbr
and (vnnerai languor. Oct a |«cka*r of
Mother (irt)'a Auat tmll * the p'MMlit
root and herb euro for Kldnay, llUUitar
a« il Urinary troublea. Wim. you frel all
rundown, tlrrd, weak ami without energy
u»athlt rrnark*til« combination f naturae
harb« and roof e. As m regulator It has no
equal. Mptb?> Ur«>'" Amtrallan.l«af !•
Hold by I>ruif*Uta or aant by mall forlOoU
jrarib- soni fraa. Addrvaa. Ttia Motbio
dmraCo., La Mo jr. N. T.
Formal charges of "misconduct
In office" and "incompetency,
neglect ind violation of law in the
administration of hia office during
the year 1010 and a |iortion of the
year 1917" have been lllcd by the
city club with Governor Whitman
against Edward Swami, district
attorney of New York county. If
allegationa are sustained his re
moval is asked for.
Calomel Dynamites
A Sluggish Liver
Crashes into sour bile, mak
ing you sick and you loose
a day's work.
Calomel salivates! It'a mercury,
Calomel acta like dvnamite on a
sluggish liver. When calomel
cornea in contact with sour bile it
crashes into It causing griping and
nausea.
If you feel bilious. headachy, con
stipated and all knocked out, )usi
Eo to your druggist and get a 50c
Dttle of , Dod SOD'S Liver Tone,
which is a harmless vegetable
1 substitutes for dangerous calomel.
I Take a spoonful and it it doesnt
■tart your liver and straighten vou
'up better and quicker . than naaty
calomel, and without making you
alck, you lust go and get your
J money back.
U you take calomel today you'll
be alck and nauseated tomorrow;
besodea it may aalivate you, while
>if you take Dodson's Liver Tone
j you will wake' up feeling great, full
; of ambition and ready for work or
play, It'a harmless, pleasant and
safe to give to children; they like
,it _ « tdv,
GOV. T.W; BICKETTS
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Raleigh.—Thomas Walter Bickett,
Governor of Nortb Carolina, delivered
his Inaugural address to the Assembly
as follows:
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
I have no genius for destruction.
Sense and poetry agree that a man
must follow his natural tfent. It re
sults that the activities of this ad
ministration must be exerted along
constructive lines. If there be a man
In North Carolina who desires to*
drain a swamp or terrace a hillside; If
there be a farmer who Is struggling to
escape from the crop lien's deadly
clutch; If there be a tenant who hun
gers for a vine and flg tree he may
call bis own, I want all.such to know
that the Governor of the State will
count It honor and Joy to rise up at
midnight and lend a helping hand.
If there be man or combination of
men who want to build factories that
will multiply the value of our raw pro
ducts; to harness our Btreams and re
deem the sad waste of the waters; to
construct or equip railroads that will
Insure adequate transportation for our
growing commerce; to form or main
tain Insurance companies that will
keep at home the Niagara of gold
that has been flowing out of the State,
I want these men to feel that the
State recognizes their wisdom and
their worth, and places no discount on
their patriotism.
If there be physicians whom with
that divine self forgetfulness that is
the birthmark of their calling, are
willing to trace disease to Its most
hidden lair, and plant the banners of
life in the very stronghold of death,
I want them to know that the State
sees a new salvation in their sacrificial
labors, and stands ready to clothe
them with all needful authority, and
place an unlimited armamentarium at
their command.
For four years I want labor and cap
Hal, learning and art, and the life andi
letter of the law to be devoted~4fl
making every acre and every
every human and every mechanical
unit In the Commonwealth be and do
Its level best.
I doubt not that with the wheat will
spring up the tares, and to some suc
cessor of mine who glories in crema
tion, I shall bequeath the joy of
gathering the tares Into bundles and
burning them in unquechable Ore; To
me the call Is definite and despotic,
to toil and tire not that all the fields
may came white to the harvest.
Buch are my hopes and high re
solves. Rut In civic life aspirations
i and Ideals are without value save as
they inspire measures that make for
the common good. I.ivlng problems
confront us. Ills that hurt require
remedies that heal. The hour calls
for action and "Faith without works
Is dead."
The Trsnssltlon of a Tenant Into a
Landlord.
The first and dearest work of this
administration will be a supreme ef
fort to translate the tenants of the
State Into landlords. Here and now,
In. the presence of God and these
witnesses, I consecrate myself, and all
the power and prestige of my office to
this endeavor. I shall neither rest
nor permit the Btate to rest, until
every honest, Industrious and frugal
man who tills the soil, lias a decent
chance to own It I am driven to this
undertaking by the tyranny of a con
viction that such a work is essential
not alone to the wholesome develop
ment. but to the enduring safety or
the State. That wizard of the
northwest James J. Hill, once said,
"Land without population Is a wilder
ness, population without land Is a
mob." Today eighty-four per cent of
the people of Mexico are without
land, and riots and revolutions result
as the sparks fly upward. There can
bo no government for the many while
the lands belong to the few, for the
history of the world teaches that the
men who own the land will rule It.
The* homesteader Is the most con
conservative, and at the same time
most militant force in our civilization.
He is a lover of peace, a pioneer In
progress, but a very demon in battle
when danger threatens the land he
loves. The small firm, owned by the
man who tills It, Is the best plantbed
in the world In which to grow a pa
triot Such a condition brings wealth
to the soli, and health to the souls
of men. On such a farm It Is possible
to produce anything from two pecks
of potatoes to the hill, to a President
of the United States. Every consider
ation of progress and of safety urges
us to employ allwlse and just meas
ures to get our lands Into the hands
of the many, and forestall that most
destructive of all monopolies, the
monopoly of the soil.
To that end I earnestly urge a con
stitutional amendment granting to the
General Assembly the power to ex
empt from taxation notes and mort
gages given in good faith for the pur
chase price of a home. In an amount
not exceeding IS.OOO 00. and running
not more than twenty years. Such an
exemption would bring the neceeeary
money to every honest and Industrious
man who desires to own his own
home. It would mean a premium of
40 per cent on the Income from auch
a loan, and the money lender tempted
by this premium, would seek out
wnrthy tenants and encourage them to
climb to a higher llvel by becoming
owners of the soli.
Such a law wild be a twofold
Messing ft would be a blessing to our
Widows and orphans by enabling then*
to derive a reasonable Income from
the savings left them by husband and
father. Today the average tax on
solvent credlta In the town Is 2.40
on the 1100.00. The Income fixed by
law Is $6.00, leaving to the widows
and orphans only $3.60. None but
widows and orphans, and a few ultra
honest men pay thia confiscatory tag.
It la the essence of tyrrany Imposed
upon the most Innocent and helpless
elaaa of our cltltens. and cannot be
defended In any forum of common Jus
tice or common sense. The proposed
amendment would open a new door of
hope to the tenants, and the women
and children would rise up and call
us blessed. Such a law would be In
line with the Federal Farm Loan Act
whfrh exempts from taxation of every
kind notes and mortgages given to the
land banks, and' worthy tenants would
have extended to them both State and
Federal aid In their efforts to better
their condition.
The Regeneration of the toll.
To be of permanent value to the
" THOMAS W. BICKETT j
Governor of North Carolina.
conversion of the tenant Trito a land
lord must ba followed by a constant
regeneration of the soil. To Insure
everlasting life not only a man, but
the dust from which he sprang,
"Must be born again." There can be
no enduring prosperity tor the men
who Uli the land until the baalc prin
ciples of good farming are universally
understood and universally applied.
The defect In our agricultural de
velopment is that it has been "in
I spots." Under the preaent system tha
people who are in the sorest need of
I Instruction are the very last to re
ceive It. It Is my purpose to make
Mrery .rural school a farm Ufa school.
A simple manual of good farming, ap
plicable to actual North Carolina con
ditions, should be prepared by the
Commission of Agriculture, the Presi
dent of the Agricultural and Mechanl
i cal College, and the State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction. This book
ought to be printed by the State, and
furnished to the people—children and
adults, at prime cost. The teacher In
every rural school should be required
to study the book and "pass an exami
nation upon It. It should be made a
nart of every public school course,
and no warrant should issue for the
salary of any teacher save upon cer
tificate that the prescribed course in
agriculture had been fully and faith
fully taught.
Every country boy who can spell
"baker" ought to have hammered into
him the great and simple truths about
humus, soed selection, deep plowing,
rotation of cropa. The Ten Command
ments of Agriculture laid down by Dr.
S. A. Knapp, ought to be written in
letters of gold, framed and hung on
the walls of every achqol room. The
pupils should be required to commit
these commandments to memory, re
cite them In concert every day until ]
they become a part and parcel of the
' Intellectual and moral constitution of
the country boy, so that" he would be
as greatly shocked to see his neighbor
violating the commendment, "Use
seed of the best variety intelligetnly
selected and carefully stored," as he
would to see him violate the com
mand, "Thou Bhalt not steal."
The Model Acre.
As a part of this eternal drilling la
the fundamentals of good farming,
there should eh cultivated a model acre
In connection with every rural school.
This acre ought to he the blackboard
on which should be demonstrated the
theories taught In class. I believe
that In every district can be found a
patriot who would grant or lease for
a nominal sum, from one to five acres
I of land for the use of the public
I school. On this land could be carried
i on demonstration work now done by
1 the State and Federal Government,
[ and all the people in the district would
benefit thereby. Various ways for
! cultivating the land could be devised,
; ao that It would not only yield invalu
able Instruction, but would be a source
I of substantial revenue to tha school.
' I am convinced that In this way funda
could be raised to buy books, maps,
musical Instruments, and a complett
; equipment for a modern achool.
! If the theories of good farming are
correct, they ought to pay handsome
dlvidenda on the school farm. If they
are theories only, and are not adapted
to the actual conditions of farming in
the district then It would be worth
much to the people to have thla made
I plain. Such a achool farm would be
' come not only the agricultural but
the social center of the district and
would enrich the entire life of the
community.
And the glrla should be trained as
faithfully In the science of the kitch
en, aa the boys are In that of the
cornfield. How to plan and how to
prepare a well-balanced meal out of
the food that Is produced on the aver
age farm, ought to be taught to every
girl In every school I nthe State. To
this end the Oeneral Assembly should
by all means take steps to mutllifly
the number of home demonstration
agents In every county In the State.
The bleaslngs of the flreless cooker
1 and the iceless regrigerator ought to
be brought to the attention of every
household, an devery woman ought to.
be given an opportunity to know bow
! to aave all surplus fruits and vege
tables for winter use, and thereby con
serve the family health and the fam
ily wealth.
| A Crusade Agalnat tha Crop Lien.
I The crop Ilea Is the boll weevil of
North Carolina. It la the pestilence
. that walketh In darknesa." It ia "the
j destruction that wasteth at noon day."
How a man can carry a crop Hen and
I eecapo both the poor house and the
p«lb)t«ntiery "passeth all understand
jlM-
I The merchant la no more to blaAe
for this evil than the farmer. Both
arev victims of a system that rewards
laziness and extravagance, and pun
tshea Industry and economy. The man
who pays at all pays twice, for him
self and for his neighbor who does
not pay. The moment this ceases to
be true, the tome merchant goes Into '
bankruptcy. Time prices are not fix- j
ed with reference to a reasonable prof-
I It on the article sold, but are based
upon a speculatloa as to how many
customers will fall to pay up. There
Is In the system more of tbe elements 1
of a lottery Chan of * legitimate bus-
IMN.
I fully recognize the erll, bat I am
not persuaded that a atatuta making It
unlawful to give a mortgage on a crow
ing crop la tha appropriate' remedy.
Bach * atatuta might prove a "beau
tiful operation," but I fear that many
of the patlanta would di* on tha ta
ble. Under thla treatment lnataad of
lifting a worthy tenant to tha place of
• landlord, we might reduce him to
the poaltlon of an hireling. Tha man
who gives a crop lien la a prisoner, of
thla there can be no doubt. But In
stead of burning the jail down over
the prlaoner'a head would It not be
a aaner and safer course to give him
a chance to break outT
Several avenues of escape are aug
gested:
X. The one sure way to kill a crop
Hen la to starve It to death. And the
sure way for a fanner to starve a crop
lien Is to feed himself. Bread, bacon
and buttermilk, all produced on the
farm, are as fatal to a crop lien as
quinine la to malaria. This treatment
reaches the cause of the disease; all
others deal simply with ita effects.
We need to hammer home the ever
lasting truth that for the farmer there
Is no way to financial Independence
save through full crlba, smokehouses
and pastures.
If I were the Czar of North Caro
lina Instead of the Governor, I would
issue an edict declaring that from and
after Ave years from date any man
who imported info North Carolina any
corn or meal, wheat or flour, beef or
bacon, should be forthwith hanged
without trial by jury, and without ben
efit of clergy. Of course, In the be
ginning, I would be denounced as an
Infamous tyrant, but after the law
had been In effect for ten years the '
richest state In the Union would build
a monument to me as the financial
redeemer of my people. .
2. But there are some ways in
which the General Assembly can lend
a helping hand while the farmer Is
working out his perfect salvation. The
formation of credit unions, under ex
isting laws, should be encouraged in
a substantial way. Today It is no
body's particular business to organ
ize these unions, and although the
law has been on the books for sever
al years, comparatively none have
been organized. The Agricultural De
partment should be equipped with two
field men, whose sole business it
should be to explain these credit un
ions to the people and assist in thiir
organization. •• • • * '
Tha Bridling of the Waters.
An Idle stream Is just as Inexcusa
ble as an Idle man. Every rupnlng
brook In North Carolina ought to be
bridled and made to do Its duty. Noth
ing adds more to the comfort and the
Health of the home than runnipg wa
ter. At comparatively small expense
running water and electric lights can
be Installed In thousands of country
homes. To encourage the use of the
water and the power It carries, I rec
ommend that the State Highway Com
mission be provided with a force of
hydraulic and electric engineers,
whose duty It will be upon request to
examine water powers and submit
plans and specifications to citizens who
desire to install water and lights in
their homes." Expert knowledge Is
required to pass on these propositions,
and our people ought to be protected
from those whose only interest is that
they have something to sell.
Rural Telephones.
Every farm home should have *
telephone In it. It makes for safety,
euonomy and the enrichment Of the
social life of the community. It
brings a community close together,
and keeps it In contact with the big
currents of life.
Rural telephone systems can be in
stalled at a low cost. Union County
affords an example of what can be
done in this respect. But here again
expert knowlodge Is necessary. Pro
moters and speculators sometimes take
advantage of the desire of a country
community for a telephone service
to victimize the people. The State
Highway Commission should be re
quired to furnish to any rural commu
nity desiring to establish a telephone
service, plans and specifications show-
Ail the reasonable cost of the con
struction and maintenance of such a
system.
The School Houst the Social Center.
The pathos of rural life is its lone
liness. Thousands of boys and girls
are literally driven from country life
because of lack of wholesome diver
sions. Tbe wives of many farmers are
found in hospitals for Ihk insane be
cause their lives are the same yester
day, today and forever. By making
the schoolhouse the social as well as
the educational center of the dlatrlct
much of this monotony can be reliev
ed, and this can be done by a series
of entertainments as helpful as they
are diverting. To this end moving
picture entertalnmenta could be giv
en at stated Intervals In the school
houses. There Is a moving picture
service conceived and perfected by
high (fade men to do this very kind
of work. It has been well said of thl*
service, "It offefi real education, via
uallzed In gripping and entertaining
form, clear Instruction In those sub
jects most vital to the success of the
county family, great moral and re
ligious truths made brilliantly con
vincing, and the broadest outlook upon
all life definitely focused upon a com
plete country life."
I earnestly advocate the enactment
of a.ktw authorizing the county boards
of education, by and with the approval
of the state departments of education,
to arrange for a aervlcq of this kind
In such districts as It Is found prac
ticable to do so. To this end I urge
the appropriation by the state, out of
the general funds of the sum of l»0,-
000 per annum, with the proviso that
not more than one-third of the cost
of the service may be paid by the
state, the other to be paid
by the county boards of education and
the people of the dletrlct on terms
fixed by the board.
I am profoundly convinced that no
150.000 appropriated by the state for
educational purpoeee would yield lar
ger dividends. Such a service would
not only bring before the people In
Impressive form the latest and finest
achievements In farm life, but It would
In a large measure eliminate one of
the moving cauaes of the flow of pop
ulation from tbe country to the town.
The Upkeep of the Roads.
In every county or road district
where bonds have been isued for the
construction of roads, the county com
missloners should be compelled to levy
an annual maintenance tax bearing a
certain per cent to tbe amount of the
bonds Issued, - such per cent to be
worked out by the state highway com
mlslon. To spend fIOO.OOO to bnlld
roads and then leave them without
any orovlalon for maintenance I* fpl
fy 'equal to {hat indulged In by ifi
frame r who bays H.OOO worth of farm
machinery, and then refuses to build
a ahed under which it
All tha license fees paid by tha
owners of automobiles ought to be
paid to the state, and disbursed by
the State Highway Commiss/fcn In
the maintenance of state roads, so aa
to comply with the requlrementa of
the Federal Government for the up
keep of roads built under the Federal
Good Roads Act.
The powers of the State Highway
Commission should be enlarged so aa
to give It supervision over all con
tracts made for road or bridge build
ing, and It should be supplied with
an adequate force of engineers for
this purpose.
Another Chance for the Children.
The Constitutional Amendment re
quiring a six months' school for every
child in the state ought to be resub
mitted to the people on Its own mer
its, unassociated with any other
amendment. The children are entitled
to have the voter cast a single ballot
declaring whether he Is or Is not In j
favor of a larger opportunity for the i
child. Every town child has thla
much schooling already, and no man
can look a country boy In the face
and deny him the right of an equal
start.
Incorporation of Rural Communltlea.
Rural communities should be given
a right to Incorporate by a vote of the
people of the community. Such cor
porations wisely and conservatively
formed will make It possible to do
many things for the upbuilding of
country life that are impossible so long
as the community has no legal author- j
Ity. •
I have suggested nine measures all
designed to serve one end, that is tol
make life on the farm just as proflta- j
ble, and Just as attractive as life in 
the town. I believe in the Justice and
efficiency of these measures, but I j
do not bow down to them nor wor-1
ship them. If any one can point out
a moje excellent way of attaining the
desired end I shall greatly rejoice.
What I am trying to do Is to"focus tb»
thought of the state on the subject,
for I know that if I can get two mil
lion people to think on these thing!
with the intensity and constancy their
superlative importance demands, some
mind ateong the millions wjll And the
beet remedy ready for every evil, aad
the best path to every tooH.
Every suggestion made carries with
it the initial and never to be forgot
ten requirement that the people them
selves must be willing to pursue
knowledge, and practice the homely
virtues of industry and economy. No
legislation can guarantee to ignorance
the dividends of intelligence. Justice
equal and exact can never deliver to
Idleness the fruits of industry. It
would be a mistaken charity that
would give to extravagance and fru
gality the same reward.
A Logical Publle Bchool System.
It is possible to Justify a uniform
system of oppolntlng the members of
the county boards of education and
the county superintendent of public
instruction. It is possible to Justify
a uniform system of electing these
officials by the vote of the people. The
present mongrel system whereby In
twenty counties these oSiciala are
elected by the vote of the people, and
in eighty counties by the General As
sembly, cannot be Justified In any
forum of common Justice or common
sense. *"
The avowed object in having the
boards of education elected by the
Oeneral Assembly is to keep the
schools out of politics. But the plain
truth is to make the naming of the
county boards of education, a perqui
site of a member of the General As
sembly, often puts the schools in the
very worst kind of politics.
I am profoundly convinced that the
welfare of the children of the state
would be promoted by * the appoint
ment of a Central Educational Com
mission of not more than seven men,
chosen by reason of their known in
terest in the cause of public educa
tion, and clothing this commission
with power to name the county boards
of education In all the counties in the
state, and clothing the county boards
with power to name the superinten
dent and committeemen. Both on the
Central Commlslon and the county
boards the minority party should be
given reasonable representation, and
each member of the Central Commis
sion, and each member of the county
board of education should, upon as
suming office, be required to sub
scribe to an oath that in all cases he
would vote for the men best qualified
to serve the educational interests of
the state and county, without regard
to political considerations.
Manufacturing.
Next in Importance to agriculture
Is the manufacturing Industry of the
state. This Industry affords employ
ment to thousands of our citizens, and
creates more than $300,000,000 of
wealth every year. An industry of
•uch gigantic proportions is deserv
ing of the state's fostering care. • • • •
I am convinced that in North Caro
lina there la less of friction between
labor and capital than in any state in
the American Union where so large
a number of operatives are employed.
And this sympathetic relation be
tween employer and employee ought
to be fostered by laws that will ap
peal to the Judgement and conscience
of those most vitally concerned.
I offer these suggestions:—
1. The owner of every mill located
within reasonable reach of a public
water eupply ought to be required to
Install running water in the homes
leased to operatives. No one con
venience would do more to lighten the
labors of the women, and preserve the
health of the entire family and com
munity.
2. Our state anti-trust law should
be amended so as to permit the same
combinations for the advancement of
our trade with foreign lands as are
proposed in the Webb Bill now pend
ing before Congress. • • • •
3. My third suggestion is that a
committee composed of representa
tives appointed by the North Carolina
Manufacturers Association, the Com- .
misloner of-Labor, and the Slate Su
perintendent of Public Instruction,
shoul prepare a plain, pimple course
dealing with the science of manufact
uring, and this course should be made
ft part of public school curriculum In
every industrial center. • • • •
Taxation.
My views in regard to taxation^ere
embodied in a phamphlet submitted
to the Constitutional Commislon in
1913, and in a paper read before the
North Carolina Press Association in
1114. Since the taxation amendment
was rejected by the people, I have had
no opportunity to make such further
study of the subject as would Justi
fy the submission of any particular |
_ -y
pTan'at tfils BmeT !tTs my purpose to
thoroughly Investigate the subject
within the next two years, and I sug
gest that the Qenaral Assembly di
rect the Governor, the Chairman of
the State Ta*-Commission, and the
State Treasurer to make an extensive
investigation, ana submit a compre
hensive plan of taxation to the next
General Assembly. * • • *
I earnestly urge this (Jeneral Assem
bly. through Its appropriate commit
tees to at ones make an account of
what fixed charges of the State gov
ernment will amount to within the
next two years and what the Income
of the state will be from all known
sources, and I Insist that appropria
tions shall not be made until, the
means" for mating suoh appropria
tions are devised.
Health. ,
The State Board of Health should
be given ample funds to continue and
enlarge Its work. The law should re
quire a careful examination of every
child who enters a public school, at {
least twice a year. This can be done
by whole time County Health Offi
cers, or by representatives of the
State Piard as the conditions war
rant, but tbe law should compel it
to be done. • • • •
I am In favor of a law making it a
felony for any man to sell, offer for
sale or advertise for sale In North Car
olina any proprietary or patent medi
cine purporting to cure cancer, con-1
sumption, diabetes, paralysis, epilep
sy. Brlght'B disease, or any other dis
ease for which the North Carolina
Medical Association and the Ameri
can Medical Association declare that
no cure has been discovered. • ♦ ♦ •
Absentee Voting.
The General Assembly should, with
out fail, make provision tor our citi
zens whose work keep or carry them
away from home, to participate In our
elections. There Is no Constitutional
difficulty in the way of such a law,
and every consideration of Justice and
expediency favor lt.
The genius of Democracy Is as much
opposed to monopoly of office as to
any other kind of monopoly. In or
der to have a government by the peo
ple there should be occasional changes
In the Individuals who administer pub
lic affairs. It is written In our State
Constitution that a Governor cannot
succeed himself, and thcT refusal of
Washington to serve as President
more than two terms so appealed to
the judgement of the American peo
ple that lt has become an unwritten
law. • « • •
The Short Ballot.
I am thoroughly converted to the
wisdom of the short ballot. • • • »
The Btate Hospitals.
The saying of Wilson, "Put youi
eggs In one basket and watch that
basket" applies to the management of
our State Hospitals for the Insane.
Under the present arrangement, with
a different Board of Directors for each
hospital, no directors feels that any
great responsibility rests on him.
• » • • I am of the opinion that the
three hospitals for the Insane ought
to be under the management of a sin
gle board of not more than seven men.
• • * » • The Chairman of the con
solidated board, and the Superintends
ent of each hospital should be made a
purchasing committee, and this com
mittee should buy all the supplies for
all the Institutions.
I am deeply convinced that under
this sort of management the efficien
cy of the Institutions would be increas
ed, and many thousands of dollars
would be saved to the state.
Agricultural Department.
After a most careful study of the
situation I am convinced that in the
interest of economy and intelligent
work, the Agricultural Department
and the North Carolina Collegp of
Agricultural and Mechanical £rts
ought to be under the same manage
ment. The College ought to be sim
ply a division of the Department. * •
• ♦ I earnestly urge that the members
of the Board of Agriculture be made
ex-officio Directors of the College, and
that the Department ot Agriculture be
transferred to the College grounds,
and a suitable building, costing not
lesß than $250,000 be erected lor iti
accomodation. This building should
be paid for by the state and not out
of the funds of the Department.
The young men In attendance upon
the College could do considerable part
of the work of the Department, and In
this way numbers of worthy young
men could obtain substantial assis
tance In getting an education, while
the entire student body would acquire
considerable knowledge of the work
done by the Department, and diffuse
this knowledge throughout the state.
The State Prison. 1
I am convinced that the only Jus
tification for the punishment of crime
is the protection of the public and the
reformation of the criminal. Any
thing that savors of vindlctiveness Is
lndefensable In the administration of
the law. • • • • To this end quarters
comfortable and sanitary ought to be
provided for all prisoners. • • » • I
urge the enactment of a general law
strictly limiting the time a man can
be sent to a county chain gang to two
years and all other convicts should
be sent to the state prlsone. • • • •
I recommend that quarters be built
on the State Farm amply sufficient
to take care of all convicts, and that
the entire administration ot the State
Prison be conducted from the State
Farm, and that the prison at JiaMgh
be converted Into a hospital to r the
insane. • • • •
Gentlemen ot the General Assembly,
Ladles and Gentlemen:—
I have endeavored to visualise my
dream ot a fairer and liner state. I
have outlined the means by. which I
hope to make the dream coma true.
And the means all reach out to a sla
gle end —a larger hope, a wider door
for the average man than he haa ever
known.
With a six months' school guaran
teed to every child; with the forces
of disease routed from their ancient
itrongheulds; with the corse ot rum
lifted from every home; with our
fields tilled by the men who own and
therefore love them; with out har
vests free from the crop lien's deadly
blight; with modern conveniences and
wholesome diversions within reach ot
every country, our dear old state, re
leased from her bondage to the blood
kin of tyrants of Ignorance, poverty,
disease and crime, will begin to real
ise her finest possibilities In riches
and grace Twill assume her righttnl
place In the march of civilisation, and
from the blue of the .mountains to the
blue of the sea there will sprlag up
a hardier, holier race, not unlike the
giants that walked the earth whan the
eons of God mated with the daugh
ters ot men. I
'"• '• V ' •••*- A • • ••• .1 W
Sale of Real Estate
tinder and by virtue of the terms of a eer
t«ln morlgsßO deed executed And delivered "
to H. J. Hntcbette, recorded In Book No. 1
or Mortgage Deeds, pace 1 In the office ot the
Register of Deedi for-Alamance county, to
secure an Indt btedneseevldenced by a certain
uote therein described, detablt having been
made In tbe payment of said indebtedness,
the undersign) d will, on
MONDAY,'FEB. 19, 1917,
at 1:30 o'clock at the oonrt house doorjn G m
bam, N, C.. ofler for sale at publlo autcry to
the highest bidder, for cash, the following de
scribed land and premise", to-wit; In the city
uf Burlington, Alamance county:
A 06' tain tract or parrel of land in Burling
ton township. Alamance county. North Caro
lina, adjoiuing the la ds of the North Caro
lina Railroad Company, Alamance Inautance
and Ileal KeUlfe Company, Holt Btreet and
others, bounded a* follows:
Beginning at a stake on Holt Ftreet. run
ning thence with said Street East 70 reel to a
stake on said street, corner with North Caro
lina Railroad Company; thence with line of
s id Railroad Company Southwest 234 feet to
n stake Railroad Company's corner: tbtnce
with line • f t> illruad ■ ompany North 70 feet
to a stake, corner Alamance Insurance and
I tea I Estate U. mpany, Northeast with line of
SHld Alamance Insumnce and Real Kg late
Company a\ feet to the beginning being a
part of Lt No-. 190 in tbe plot of the city of
Burlington, N. C,
'ih is Kith d»y of January, 1017.
H. J. i*HITCHETTE,
% Mortgagee.
Land Sale!
Pursuant to an order of the Su
perior Court of Alamance county,
made in a special proceeding
therein pending, entitled: ".Nancy
Hunter vs. George Hunter and otn
ers," whereto all the heirs-at-law
of the late James Hunter, colored,
are duly constituted parties, the
undresigned duly appointed com
missioner will offer for sale to t{ie
highest bidder at puDlic auction, at
the court hoose door in Graham,
on MONDAY,
FEBRUARY sth, 1917,
at 12 o'clock, noon, all of the fol
lowing described real property, to
wit;
That tract or parcel of land sit
uate in Alamance county, North
Carolina, near t;ie village of Haw
Kiver, known as the home place of
tne late James Hunter, colored, ad- '
joining the lands of the late Da via
Hunter, James Hunter, Jr., W. H.
and J. A. Trolinger, and others, be
ing the lands purchased by the said
James Hunter from Thomas Dixou,
et als. and tne old Woodsdale
school house lot, containing in all
nearly four acres, and more fully
described in tne petition in this
cause.
TERMS ; One-half cash, balance
in six months secured by note of
purchaser, to bear interest at Six
percent, title reserved until pur
chase price is paid in full; sold suo
ject to confirmation by tne court.
This January 4, 1917.
J. DOLPH LONG,
tds. Commissioner.
NOTICE BY ADMINISTRATRIX.
Having qualllled as Administratrix of the
estate of Alfred W. Haywood, deceased, late
of H w River, Alamance county. North
CartJina. this Is to notlly all persons having
claims against th> estate or ball Alfred w.
Haywood, deceased, to exhibit such claims to
the at Haw River, N. Or, on or
before the ldth day ot December, 1917, or this
notice will be pleaoei l In bur of their recov
ery. All persous Indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment to me.
December 12,1910.
MRS. LOUISE M. HAYWOOD,
Administratrix ot the estate of Alfred
W. Haywood, dec'd, Haw River, N. 0.
14dec6t
Re-Sale of Land.
Under and. by virtue of an order
of the Superior Court of Alamance
county, made in tne special pro
ceeding entitled tne Piedmont
Trust Company, as administrator of
Miss Fannie Albright, deceased, vs.
Mrs. Martha 'ibompson, John
Thompson, Sallie Slioe, et als. the
undersigned administrator will, on
MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917,
at 12 oclock, noon, at the coavt
bouse door in Graham, North Caro
lina, offer tor sale to the best, bid
der for cash tbat certain tract or
"parcel ot land lying and being in
Alamance county, Nortn Carolina,
adjoining the lands of Phillip Isley
and • others, and more particularly
described as follows, to-wit:
The same being known as lot No.
6, and.beginning at a stone, a cor
ner with lot No. 5 and on the Isley
line N. 43 deg. W. \l Chain and 61
links to a stage in ißley's corner;
thence on with Xsley's line N. 72
deg. W. I chains and 50 links to
a stake, another corner with isley ;
thence again with his line S. 47j£
deg. W. 14 chains and 80 links to a
stone on Isley's line; thence S. 47
deg. E. 4 chains to a stone; thence
N. 67J6 deg. E. 18 chains and 20
links to the beginning, and contain
ing eleven and seven-tenths acres,
more or less.
Bidding to begin at $330.00.
Terms of sale CASH.
This January 6, 1917.
THE PIEDMONT TRUST CO.,
Administrator
Mortgagee's Sale of
Real Estate.
e
Under and by virtue of the terms
of a certain mortgage deed exe
cuted and delivered to. Alamance
Insurance & Real Estate Company,
recorded in Book No. 61 of Mort
gage Deedß, page 278 in the office
of the Register of Deeds for Al
amance county,, to secure an in
debtedness evidenced hy a certain
note therein described, default hav
ing been made in the payment of
said indebtedness, the undersiznea
will, on
THURSDAY, FEB. 15, 1917,
at 1.30 o'clock, at the court house
door, in Graham, N, £., offer tor
sale at public outcry to the highest
bidder for cash the following de
scribed land and premises, to-wit:
Adjoining the lands of R. A. Coble,
May estate, Geo. Greeaon and oth-"
ers and bounded as follows :
Beginning at a rock, corner with
said Coble, running thence with
said Coble's line South 45 deg. East
1171 feet to corner on saia May;
thenee with May's line North 45
deg. West 872)£ feet' to corner;
thence with line of said Greeaon
North 46 deg. East 1996 feet to a
large rock corner; thence with the
line of the North Carolina Trußt
Company South 45 deg East' 397
feet to stake in center of new
veyed road; thence with the center
of said road North 21 deg. East 720
feet to stake; thence North
deg. East to Coble's corner, the be
ginning corner; being tract No. 21
of the survey of the Holt Farm*,
and containing 35 19-100 acres,
more or less.
This 11th day of January, 1917.
Alamance Ins. & Real Estate Co.,
Mortgagee.
Saw Mill For Sale.
I will sell at public •action for
cash, od the Menifee farm, 1-4 mile
Southeast of Calvin Morrow's resi
dence, on Friday. Feb. i, 1917. at
2:30 p. m„ one Frick Saw Mill and
fixtuies. Jan. 10, 1917.
H. W. SCOTT,
lljan3t Trustee.