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THE ROBESOXIAX. LUMBERTON. N. C. ' MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1919. PAGE TTYO. GOV BICKETT C0MM2NDS Nation of every child who attends a law provided the manner of procc-lagreed for him when school closed to public school jn order to ascertain tin WORK OF LEGISLATURE existence of itlcr physical or mental : ut fects and the appropriation of $50,- 1 000 per annum tv correct these d?facts "An Inspiring neccra as .'iur . j In indigent children breaks a new . , ground in this field of legislation the 1C19 Legislature, ueciares mr Thig ,gw .g 0,,, on the sound a c ..-, its im.!Pr'nc'Pe tnt a Christian civilization portant Acts. "An incnirinc record." Governor T, W. Bickett characterizes the work of the 1919 General Assembly jusi aa joumed in a statement issued for the newspapers of the Stat. "The General Assembly was singu larly free from personal and political animosities," the Governor adds. "The members had a mind to work and dur ing the sixtv davs gave the very best that was in them to the building up of the State. The Governor's statement follows "The closing sentence of my bien nial message to the General Assembly of 1919 is: 'My prayer to God is, and -faith i that when the General Assembly of 1919 shall pass into his- i . i o.lAfi tory us record win aeciare us "I am deeply grateful that the work f the General Assembly justifies the above confession of faith. It' is not a perfect record. A careful reading of the journal will disclose errors of omission and of commission, but, viewed in its entirety, it is an inspir ing record. Sympathy With New Tides. "In the very beginning the General AscpmMv evidenced its sympathy with 'the new tides running in the hearts of men.' The General AssemD'.y oi North Carolina enjoys the noble dis tinction of being the very first in the Union to petition the American peace commissioners in Paris to incorporate in the treaty of peace a league of na tions that will deliver the world for ever from the burdens and horrors oi war. "The General Assembly promptly ratified the Federal prohibition amendment, and thus aided in cutting out of our social and political life the most fruitful source of poverty, disease and crime. "In thrvn (Trent, fields of lp;slailOn to-wit, taxation, education ndnealt!v the General Assemoiy esiamisnea new and noble standards. Taxation. "The budget bill is abreast with the best thought of the times ana win en nKl ciipeppdinc assemblies to consid er demands for the expenditure of public funds with a full knowledge oi an essential iacts. "The income tax amendment to the constitution will enable the State to derive a reasoi able revenue from sources well able to pay it, and wii! wipe out the discrimination now prac ticed against the man who earns a small income in favor of the man who collects a large one, and will make it possible for a succeeding General As sembly to write a model tax law un der which it will be unnecessary for the State to levy any ad valorem tax on real or personal property, but can leave all of this to the counties and towns. i "The revaluation machinery act marks the high tide in sane and pro gressive tax legislation in North Car. Una. It is a complete abandonment of a standard hoary with age and ini quity, and the establishment oi a new standard of truth and justice. I am well within the bounds of 'conserva tive statement m saying that the fix ed purpose of the General Assembly to make all men come ciean w me tax books will add more to the moral and material welfare of our people than all the tax laws that have been written in North Carolina since Vir ginia Dare first saw the light on Roa noke Island. Education. "It was a monumental achievement to get the people of North Carolina to insert in the organic law of the State a mandate that every child shall have a chance to go to school six months in the year. But it was a more difficult task to frame a wise through life under the handicap of a curable physical or mental defect sim ply because the parents of that child may be stricken with poverty, "The law making it mandatory to maintain in all towns and thickly settled communities sanitary closets in accordance with plans and sDecifi cations prepared by the State Board of Health means the saving of nearly a thousand lives a year, the preven tion of ten thousand cases of sickness, together with all the suffering and ex pense incident to sickness and death "North Carolina has for several years been the leading State in the union in the development of rural health work. The appropriation for this work was practically doubled and this means increased activity and ef ficiency in this great field. "A series of acts was passed for the purpose of co-operating with the federal government m the sunnres sion of vice and the prevention of diseases incident to vice. These measures are as follows: "The education of the public by suit able means regarding the cause and prevention of unhygienic sex life and venereal diseases. "The furnishing of free salvarsan, the specific for syphilis, for the treat ment of all syphilitics of the State, and making provision throughout the State for free treatment of persons diseased with gonorrhoea, and syphi lis, in oraer mat these diseases may not be transmitted to others. "Making prostitution a dangerous practice in North Carolina bv enact ing laws that will reach the prosti tute, and providing the necessary law enforcing agents to see that the laws are properly applied. The Warehouse Act. "This act is designed to benefit the cotton growers of the State. It. was passea iparf tm : . aure ror carrying out the luvenile have his lob each vear. Hp u-nnt,i vvfun, uit.jj.ca n it is kiiuw in inei to scnoai ana continue his runs as most modern legislation of the. coun-'pullman porter as before, until he had try and is not behind any State in the gone 7 years. He lacked one year of i. nuii ji.i" law nj ! .p-TiL-a ani xinisninsr nis cnnr m nhirmint w ' i . 1 i .i . . carried tnrrgn ai ine eare t solici la;"i of the Comm.,.i-,i'." of Public Welfare st.i the St'.j i'.onn a;.d the f.litr. nr! . nfford eve i. i-in vork ing out rhe practical operation of the law in the nveral wr and counties Good Roads. "The General Assembly did good work in public road legislation: "A bill of vital Importance was passed so quietly that it was scarcely mentioned in the press, and yet it is essential to the very existence of good roads. The sin in North Carolina has not been , our failure to build good roads but our criminal negligence in failing to keep them up. .The General Assembly has enacted a law making it mandatory for county commission ers to levy ran annual upkeep tax where bonds have been issued for the spent 4 weeks at his home in Parkton April 1918. He was called to camp aieaae iirsi oi way, iai8. from there he went to France on or about the first of July. He spent about7 months over seas, came to New York Febru ary 10th. The date taken sick un known. February 14 his father re ceived notice that he was seriously ill in U. S. Embarkation hospital No. 1, Hoboken, N. J., and on Saturday Feb ruary 22, he died, and on Tuesday p. m. his remains were brought to Parkton. His funeral was conducted by his pastor, Rev. A. A. Steele, in the A. M. E. Zion church assisted by Revs. C. M. Mason, ex-pastor- and j Rev. G. W. Humphrey, former pastor, under whom he joined the church in 1906 and Rev. A. D. Brewington and at 2 p. m. his remains was deposited Ugh ! Calomel Sickens; Salivates! Please Try Dodson's Liver Tone I am sincere! DIy medicine 'does no'f npsei liver land bowels go yon lose a day's worfc. He leaves his father. 5 brothers. 5 sisters and a very devoted step-mother to mourn their loss. The funeral pro cession was one of the largest of the kind ever left our town. A new auto hearse from Fayetteville was used, while several automobiles were in the procession. The casket was draped with U. S. flags. C. D. W. construction of roads. This applies; m the cemetery at Mt. Hebrew church, w eicrjr coumy in me tivutu aim "eic-njumDerian(i county, N. C. airer win oe no excuse iur sny iua.i in North Carolina that it has built on bonds to be allowed to go to the bad The road act passed by the General Assembly for the purpose of meeting the requirements for obtaining aid from the Federal government is not a perfect piece of legislation. It does not represent the views of any one member of the Genaral Assembly, but in the hands of a wise and fair com mission it can be made the instrument of great good in the State. The work of the appropriation committee re flects great credit upon the intelh-e-ence and patriotism of that com mittee. It is a well balanced appro priation bill, and meets tha require ments of our education and charita ble institutions in so far as they can be met in ihc present financial con dit'on of the State. In a statement issued in Washing ton Tuesday, William Jennings Bryan endorses the league of nations and declares it is the "greatest step to wards peace in a thousand years." A WORTIJY NEGRO SOLDIER. Sgt. Jasper J. Elliott Died at Camp and Remains Interred at Parkton those most deeply interested In the -"-"'-r- " wenare oi cotton growers. I hope Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, Sergeant Jasper J. Elli ott, son of Geo. W. and Mary Eliza Elliott, was born in L,umoenana couh that much good will result from the act, but I frankly confess that in my opinion me oniy way the cotton grow er can win in his perpetual war with wall street is to fight his battles be hind breastworks of bread and bacon A warehouse may enable him to win a single fight, but it can never make him win a war. "A reading of the Journal would value, and of importance, but I am doubtless disclose many athci bills cf writing from memory, and the bills bc.ve mentined are thosi that rnm into my mind in reviewing the work oi tnc ueneral Assembly. These bills make a robust body .of sane, oroeres sive legislation, and in addition to all these one cannot forget Rav's "liter ary gem" the dog law. Ihe ueneral Assembly was sincru larly free from personal and political animosities. The members had mind to work and during the sixty iaays gave the very best that was in tnem to the building up of the State. Social Welfare. "For the first time in the history of the State we have the machinery ior a uniiied state and county system of social welfare work. The State Board of Charities and Public Wel fare, which has oversight over the state s charitable and penal institu tions, has been given the right to ap point three persons in each county to act. as a local welfare board and to advise with the local authorities on all matters pertaining to local condi tions. In addition to this the legis lature made it the duty of the board oi education and the county commis sioners in each county to elect, not later than July 15th next, a countv superintendent of public welfare, who shall be an officer trained in all mat ters pertaining to constructive social work. This officer will be the chief i 1 1 A. n 4-Vii.s nsr S. manVte" 'Yh S has! school attendance officer and , the chief been accomplished so well tl.at when -""" "JX" "Vit E i - vv"-t ty, Flea Hill township, November 11, 1888, age 30 years, 3 months, 11 days, 'to his death. His parents moved to Parkton, Robeson county January 1896. His mother died March 31, 1904. His father married again to Bessie Jane McNair, 1905- Jasper was verv mindful and obedient, nev or tmvd his parents a minute's trouble In 1906 Jasper went to work on the frpsHe force on tho A. C. L. R. R. with Capt. W. W. Elkins. Capt. El kins thought there was nobody like Jasper, said he was honest ana indust. rinns. .lasner worKea witn air. jer kins two years, he then got a job with the Pullman company, tie decided to rn to school and take up pharmacy, H told the company his aim and ob- i iect. and as the school term eacn year was eight months, the company MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY. "Worth less than aught beneath the sun, The deed that never is, but always to be done." Unpublished philosophy of Ye Olde Booke Man. In this connection many are intend ing to buy The New International En cyclopedia. The sooner you buy it the sooner and longer your family will be benefitted by its use. You can af-1 lojgl to dux at jthe present .special person can afford not to buy it. For particulars write today to J. T. Nors worthy, State Manager. The Yarbor ougn, Kaleigh, N. C. Calomel loses you a dar! You know what calomel is. Ifs mer cury; quicksilver. Calomel is dan gerous. It crashes into sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sick ening you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be put into your system. When you feel bilious, sluggish, constipated ana all Knocked out and druggist sells for a few cents a largi bottle of Dodson's LiTer Tone, whicl is entirely vegetable and pleasant t take and is a perfect substitute foi calomel. It is guaranteed to start your liver without stirring you uj inside, and can not salivate. Don't take calomel ! It mak?a yor sick the next day : it loses you a dav work. Dodson's Liver Tone straight- believe you need a dose of dangerous ens you right up and you feel great calomel just remember that your Give it to the children as well TO Kaunas I G9K!!i TOS A LUCKY DAY SAYSMRM'CONNOR Her Improvement, After Taking Tanlac, Was Simply Wonderful PLUMBING Repair work and Plumbing of all kinds, piping for acetylene plants and jueico systems, etc. Work solicited anywhere in the county. Prompt attention. Efficient service. Office: Cor. Chestnut and 5th Sts. Phone 37. , G. B. KIRKMAN, Lumberton, North Carolina One way to relieve habitual con stipation is to take reerularlv a miiH laxative. Doan's Regulets are recom mended for this purpose. 30c a ox at all drug stores. The Home is sacred to your private life,, it. is worth beautif. Good furnishings, well chosen, add more to the home's comfort, its attractiveness, than any other effort you can make. Whatever your ideas in this line, 'twill pay you to take a trip through our store just for the furnishing suggestions you will acquire. the measure was fully explained many who 'came to scoff remained to pray. In the beginning there seemed to be a hopeless division of opinion, but when the light was turned on these differences disappeared and practically all men of all parties now confess that the law as written is the very best that can be devised under the conditions that obtain. "Last year the average teacher re ceived a salary of $45 per month, and was employed four months in the vear. Under a minimum wage law en acted by this General Asse-nMy the average teache:" will receive approx imately $5 per month for a minimum term of Fix l.t.hs. "The s-. ioiuiring evrv cl ild un der f.'urtcen years of age to go to school during the entire term of the rullic !ch;"f ii the J v i i:i vich the child resides, and providing for the rr.' c ot,.rcemefi of f 1 is lnw through a sy im of vjv.n.'-? courts, gives to North Carolina n iTVuieG' schorl law tr.s.1 ranks wit a tint . f inn State in the Union. "The act appropriating $50,000 to' provide teacher training through a se ries of county summer schools con ducted in every county in the State is a most vital and valuable departure. Health. "The General Assembly made tre mendous strides in health legislation. The steps taken for the protection of the health of this and future genera tion in themselves abundantly justi fy the existence of the present session of the General Assembly. ' "In my opinion the most important and the most advanced step taken in the domain of health laws is the sta tute that gives authority to the medi cal staffs in our penal and ' charitable institutions to perform operations on inmates of those institutions that will make it impossible for incurable luna tics and imbeciles to 'multiply and re. ' plenish the earth.' The law carefully j safeguards the patients and these op erations can be informed only when in the judgment of the medical staff they will redound to the benefit of the patients. Ihis law is the very essence 01 humanity in so far as it affects the individual patient, and is the only way to bring about a gradual decrease A the number of those un fortunate people. The act calls for the regular exam-. after delinquent and neglected chil dren. His position is made to fit in with the compulsory attendance law an dthe new juvenile court law. "The juvenile court law marks the most wholesome advance in child wel fare legislation ever accomplished in this State at one stroke. It provides that all children under sixteen years of age who may be infractors of the laws shall not be treated as criminals, but as wayward children needing pa rental control, education and disci, pline, which must be supplied by the btate since it has not been provided by natural guardians. The law pro vides that every clerk of the Superior court in the btate shall be a juvenile ccurt judge and shall have exclusive jurisdiction over children of less than sixteen years. Every city of more than ten thousand population must establish a juvenile court or make provision for combining with the county court. Any towns of five thousand population which are not county teat towns, and therefore of easy access to the county clerk, may provide courts if they choose. The liTl m limlrn Jan ffV ' 1 L was cciuilllijr a luvnj uaj ivij me when I got my first bottle of Tan- lac. said Mrs. Jonn u Connor. 01 aae East Oldham St., iinoxviiie, lenn. "For five or six years." she con tinued. "I had been in a dreadfully rundown and nervous condition, was awfully weak and suffered with spells! of dizziness. 1 had terrible nervous headaches and my stomach was soi weak I couldn't digest even the light est kind of food. I could sleep very Jittle and became so despondent that I was afraid nothing could help me reerain mv health. "I wouldn't have believed it if any body had told me any medicine would; cause me to gain eight pounds in teni days, but that is exactly what Tanlac has done for me. Soon alter 1 started 1 tnlrinir it. T hpcsuri to eat better, sleep' like a baby and feel just fine and myj haa aimnlv KAfinM wonderful. I have thrown away all mv other medicines and will stick to Tanlac, for I think it is the finest mpdicine on earth." Tanlac is sold in Lumberton by the Pope Drug Co., in Lumber Bridge by the Central Drug Co., in St. Pauls by the Grantham Drug Co., in Red Springs by the Red Springs Drug Co., in Maxton by the Barnes Bros. Drug Co., Inc., m Rowland by the Rowland Drug Co.. in Fairmont by the Pitt- man Drug Co., in McDonalds by the McDonald Drug Co., in Pembroke by the McCormick Co., in Elrod by J. E. Bridges, in Raynhm by C. M. Town- send, in Purvis by the C. T. Pate Co., When you are told that any fertilizer is "as good as RoysterY' remember this: The only genuine EOYSTllR'S design is to guarantee that every in Marietta by D. F. Gregg, i.n Barnes child shall be within the jurisdiction ville by W. C. Walters, in Lowe by of a juvenile court, no matter wheth- h. b. Tyner & Son, and by all good er ne lives in town or country, i nc druggists. 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