GOVERNOR'S LAST MESSAGE READ SUGGESTS MANY CHANQEG TO LEGISLATORS IN LAWB OF T , , THE STATE. VETO POWER FOR EXECUTIVE Recommends The Enactment of Legal ized Primary Laws and Fixing of Penalty For False Charges Against Candidatss For Office. ■■■ ■ • Raleigh.—The reading of tbe stee rage of Governor Kttchln to the Gen- j eral Assembly was a feature In the Senate and House on the first day. The Houae spent much time discussing revised and very much hanged rules governing deliberations of that body offered by Representative Mnrphy of Rowan, as chairman of the rules com mittee. The special contest is over rule 14 designed to prevent the usual flood of private charters and other acts that could be chartered by the Sec retary of state, saving time and ex pense to the state through saving time of the Legislature and printing. Strong opposition to the innovation developed and the discussion is still in progress. Justice of Guilford and Murphy of Rowan are leading the fight for the new. rules on the ground of great eoonomy to the state and saving of the General Assembly's ex pense. Govsrnor KltcMn's Message. In his biennial message to the Gen eral Assembly. Governor Kltchin said the state has had unprecedented pros perity in all Its departments and in dustries. He declares the Legislature must keep abreast of the best public thought. Discussing the present deficit of $750,000 in the state treasury he says be again appeals for the Assembly to "cut the garment according to the cloth" in making appropriations. The last Legislature appropriated more than the revenue for the period prov ed to be. He recommends that the Governor be given veto power and that in ap propriation bills the Governor have aproval power for amendments reduc ing but not Increasing appropriations. Tbe Governor recommends that traveling auditors be provided to go into every county and assist in equal izing and listing all the property that should be on the assessment books. He 1b confident that North Carolina property is worth two billion dollars and It is listed at one-third of this. He recommends that a leg&ltaed primary system be provided for all of ficers, including United States Sena tors, with wrongful use of money pro hibited As well as penalties for fatse charges against candidates. A general search and seizure law is recommended to augment prohibition enforcement. And that the Governor be empowered to employ detectives cri*. agents and retain special counsel to assist the solicitors when needed He appeal sfor the most liberal sup port of the public school interests so sll can have, common school educa tion assured and give some opportu nity of higher education. Stating that the number of state convicts has increased 20 per cent in four years, he recommends that the recorder's and police courts be re quired to report to the Attorney Gen eral as to prisoners sent to the roads The Superior Courts, he says, dispose of 10,000 criminals annually. The stale's prison has prospered. Prison Suggestions. Fie recommends that the present state's prison be vacated and the farm be used for receiving prisoners and working those that are unable to work on the public roads. He believes that penitentiary building can be convert ed into, a state school for the blind, the present buildings used by this in stitution being very defective and the location bad. He recommends the same commutation system for convict* on good behavior now served by the state be applied to county convicts. He recommends an indeterminate sys tem of sentences and a state pardon board. He says 1,131 applications for pardons reached him during the past four years. He recommends that in eases where convicts have families de pendent on them that oae-third of the value of their labor be paid to such dependents. Aitd in cases of homi cides another one-third should go to the dependents of the deceased. He recommends that a legislative committee investigate all convict-sid ed roads *nd ascertain their condition. These are the Jefferson-Wilkesboro turnpike, Elkin £ Alleghany and iStatesville Air Line, Mattamusket, Interstate Y. M. C. A. Convention. Greensboro. —The Interstate Y. M. ■C. A. convention, which meets in Greensboro January 24-26, is going to be wore largely attended than for seme years past. In addition to tbe attractive program, there will be a banquet for delegates on the first night, at which time Governor Mann, of Virginia, will speak, together with pr. C. W. Kent, of the University of Virginia, ana Dr. 8. C. Mitchell, of the University of South Carolina, The physical directors are planning to bold /» special conitrsnce. - • South Atlantic TrancodtinrataL War lauga Railroad. One thousand con victs have been working for these state-aided roads at tbe best discretion of the council of state in compliance with legislative acts. And $220,00ti has been earned in railroad stock for the state. The new State School for Feeble- Mioded at Kinston is reported about ready for occupancy. The quarter million dollar fire proof state build ing Is reported nesting completion and the work of the building commi* sion in this respect admirably per formed. Corporation Commission Powers. He recommends that all water pow er plants, selling power and light and other power and light plants serving the public be made subject to the con trol of the Corporation Commission as are railroad companies. He recommends that railroad com panies be required to draw mileage from mileage books on the trains; that Judicial districts be increased to 20; increased pensions for Confeder ate veterans and widows; factory in spection to enforce child labor laws; licensing of all foreign corporations empowered to do business in this state and requirement that they be subject to North Carolina courts; the creation of a state highway commis sion and the taking by the state of the county bonds for roads at par protected by state beads for liquida tion after 40 years. As to freight rates he recommends provision for special counsel and agents by the state to aid the Cor poration Commiasion In fighting for better lntereatats rates for North Car olina cities. He says the library commission has done a splendid work and the appro priation should be increased to $7,600; t'ue Torrens land title system should be authorised on a voluntary basis; fish and fisheries Interests demand special attention and $3,377 tbe com missloner was obliged to borrow must be provided for. Insurance Laws. On tbe subject of Are insurance, tbe Governor again recommend* the ap point meat of a special committee to Investigate conditions and rates. Oth er recommendations are the enact ment of a law prohibiting any com pact or trust agreement to destroy competition and put up or keep up the cost of insurance or to put down or keep down compensations to agents in this state; taht no company be permitted to do business in the state until it flies a written agree ment not to charge Insurers in this state a higher rate or subject them to more burdensome conditions than elsewhere; that the use of the coin surance clause be made optional with the applicant for insurance; that the company writing Insurance upon property of a permanent mature be required to fix the value at date of Is suance of policy, and in settlement of loss such value to be conclusively pre sumed the true value at time of issu ance of policy, the burden of proving any depreciation to be upon the com pany; that companies be required to file with the insurance commissioner a general schedule of rates and regu lations by which they agree to be governed, and also the schedules by which they are governed in other, parts of,the country; power to insur ance commissioner to revoke license of any company charging a rate so high or so low or imposing conditions such as In his Judgment are unfair or prejudicial to the public, with pro vision for appeal from his ruling to the courts. Trust Legislation. As to trusts the following subsec tions to the present law are urged; 1 "For any person, firm or corporation or association to contract, to combine in the form of trust or otherwise, or to conspire with any other person, firm, corporation or association ip re straint of trade, commerce or manu facture in this state. "For any person, firm, corporation or association to monopolize or at tempt to monopolise or combine or conspire with any other person, firm, corporation or association to monopo lise any part of the trade, commerce or manufacture within the state." The Governor believes that the j General Assembly should be relieved of all local and private matters, and again recommends an amendment to the constitution prohibiting the grant Ing by the Legislature of corporate powers under special acts except to state Institutions. A commoittee on rural credits If recommended, and the sending of two delegates with the American commits sion to Btudy European cooperative credits; also an exhibition by thp state at the Panama-Pacific Expos! tion at San Francisco; provision for participation by Confederate veterai# of Gettysburg in the semi-centennia of that battle and for official repre aentatlon by the state; appolntmen of township fire wardens; provision for two assistants in the state libra rians office, and another clerk for the Secretary of State. Want Bubacription For Monument. Durham. —There is a movement on foot in this county to get up a sub scriptlon to put a monument to the grave of Senator Wiley P. Mangum who is burled in this county. Sornf of tbe people of tbat section hav been to the repreeentatives of thii county in the legislature which mei recently and asked them to present this matter to the General Assembly They have been advised by the rep j resentatlves that in view of the grea | deficit In the state treasury such a bll j would not get p ' I ■ I ".-ti-Au "*'• -.i/Wt-f , ,-r -u ; . *X:~- :V.. d SIX DAYS WORK ' OF LEGISLATORS WHAT BOTH HOUSES OF THE STATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ARE DOING. LAW MAKERS ARE VERY BUSY Senate and House in Joint Seasesion Canvata Vote For State Officers In General Election —Declared Those Elected.—Other Work Done. Senate—Wednesday. lialeigh.—On Wednesday at noon Lieutenant Governor Newland let the gavel fall and formally called the sen ate to order and announced that Rev. M. A. Barber would make the opening prayer. ■> Rev. Barber offered petitions ap propriate to the occasion and closed will he Lord's prayer. The 'roll was called by Chief Clerk Self of Jackson county. Next the roll by districts was called and as their names were pronounced the senators approached the desk, subscribed to the oath of office, ad ministered by Chief Justice Clark of the supreme court, and presented their certificates of election. When thlß was comple# President Newland announced the next business as the election of a president pro tem. Lieutenant Governor Newland an ' nounced standing committees. House—Wednesday. With the representatives wearing I white carnatious, presented to the I members by local florists, and the gal I lerles comfortably lllied with specta tors, the 1913 biennial session of the North Carolina legislature was called to order by Principal Clerk Cobb. In groups of 12 the members were sworn In By Associate Justice of the Supreme Coutr Hoke. The house being declared open for business, Representative I>ean of Granville placed in nomination for speaker Tuesday night's caucus nomi nee, Hon. George Connor of Wilson. The house adourned until Thursday morning. —•enate—Tnursoay. | Seuator Hobgood Introduced a reso lution providing for a committee on I private bills, to consist of live Sen i ators, to which committee shall he referred nil bills of a private or local nature, with the purpose of determin ing whether such hills cannot be in- I eluded among others of a like nature, or In some omnibus bill to include all I such matters. Rills were Introduced j by Senator Hobgood, Senator Barnes, | | Senator Phillips,, Senator Wakefield. ! and Senator Jones. House—Thursday. Representative Murphy of Rowan,' 1 chairman of the House Rules Com | T mlttee, made Its report. It wi\s re- I quested that the rules of the session of 19dl be adopted with the various I modifications suggested. Representative Weatherspoon mov- I ed that the recommendations of the j Rules Committee be adopted. Speaker Cannon announced that the j Governor's message had been reeeiv i ed, and' upon motion of Mr. Kelluni | of New Haven, the message was read I by the clerk. | A report from the State Auditor. I J giving the salaries of the various J clerks in his office, was received. Mr. Justice moved concurrence In j the Senate resolution asking that the speaker appoint seven Representa I tives to act with five Senators to as J certain the number of legislative j I employes and their salaries. Senate —Friday. •» In the Senate the lmporiaht mens ures introduced were bills to reduce the 23 peremptory challenges allowed defendants hi criminal cases to 12 j and to have juries summoned from adjoining counties in capital cases where there is application for a change of venue. Several bills were introduced and taken under consideration. The Chair announced committee changes. House—Friday. Bills to provide for a state wide primary for the county and I state officers and for North Carolina Congressmen and to put corrupt prat tices In primaries on same basis of those hi general elections were in troduced. A resolution to extend an invitation to United States Forester H. S. Graves to address.the General Aseem bly on January 16 was adopted. A number of resolutions and bills Wayne County Corn Club. The Wayne county boys' corn club met recently at Goldsboro to hear the result of the contest for the larg est yield for 1912. There were thir teen boys who entered the contest. Three prizes are given annually for the greatest yield of corn per acre. The lucky ones in the contest of 1912 are: First prize, Richard Brock, of Fork township, SSO, who raised on one acre 190 bushels; second prize, | Leonard Brown, of Grantham town | ship, S3O, 128 bushels; the third prize, j Ift A./Stevens, Jr., S2O, for. 124 bushels. \ •- r- i.', 'i, . w .Y '. were Introduced in the House at the third days session. Committees were appointed as fol lows: Committee on Inauguration, Chairman Bunn of Wake, Young of Vance, Grler of Iredell, Austin of Stanly, Page of Moore, Williams; Committee to Investigate Pay of Em ployes, Gatheir, Gold, Clement, Ste vents, Wilson. Nolan, Bellamy, Senate—Saturday. New bills were introduced In tbe Senate by the following: Bryant, Phillips, Peterson. Jones, Thorns. The privileges of the floor were ex tended to ex-Senators Williamson and H. M. London. The following bill passed second reading: Senate bills to ratify and validate bonds issued by Lexington township under chapter 681. Public Laws of 1909 House—Saturday. New bills were passed in the house by the following legislators: Bellin ger; .Vicßryde; Long; Price; Rector; Thomas; Boney; Clayton; Bennett; Perry; Nuntz; Whltefleld, Newell; Phillips: Mintz; Clark; Bunn. Bills passed llnal readings: Authorise Ashevtlle to issue bonds to take care of floating indebtedness. Joint resolution specifying that acts of the general assembly shall be In force from on and after ratification unless otherwise specified, In order thai expense of the clause as to en forcement need not be added to every bill. Sent to the senate for concur rence. Senate—Monday. Tiie only committee report was from the Committee oil Military Affairs, recommending for passage Senator Peterson's hill to exempt from road and jury active members of the National Guard. Bills were introduced by the follow ing Senators: Stubbs, Joneß, Lovin good and Peterson. ' Two roll-call hills passed third reading: Senator Jones' hill to auth orize the commissioners of, Forsyth county to Issue bonds to pay the pres ent floating debt of the county and Senator Phillips' hill to ratify the bonds issued by Lexington township, Davidson county, under Chapter 681, Public Laws of 1909. The Senate passed without discus sion Senator Peterson's hill to exempt active members of the National Guard from road and jury duty. House—Monday. Reports covering salaries and other expenses In the Department of State, the Hospital for Insane at Goldsboro and the State Historical Commission were read. -Hills and resolutions weh> introduc ert by the following legislators: Tur ner, kelluni, Rodman, Williams, Mil ler and Sykes. The following hills passed: To authorize Asheville to vole bonds to raise floating Indebtedness. Senate bill to authorize bonds by Forsyth County. Senate hill exempting members of the National Guard from road and j jury duty. Speaker Connor announced his ap ] pointmeni of :i portion of the standing committees its subjoined to this re-' port. | The House members of the Joint ■ Committee on Inauguration were voted leaves of absence for Tuesday to meet (ioevrnor-eiect Craig and es cort liiin tn ilie city for the inaugura tion Wednesday. Senate —Tuesday The Senate and House in joint ses sion canvassed the vote for state of ficers in the general election and de clared those elected, the vote for Gov ernor being Craig 149,925; Settle, Taft Republican, 13,625: and Meares, Dull Moose 4!i,39.5. In the Senate, Senator Peterson in I trodnced a bill for optional commis- I sion form of government for cities and tow us I ) The Senate adopted the Watts reso j lutlon ratifying the Federal tlonal amendment for the; election of ! Senators by vote of the people, Sena | tor Mason declared he voted for it j with the conviction that it will not I remedy the evils complained of by the people. House—Tuesday. In the House Murphy Introduced a j bill to amend section 28 of the public laws of 1905 to empower corporations purchasing franchises and other cor porations to exercise the powers thereof. A bill by Miller requires hoots and shoes not made entirely of leather to be so stamped. Carlton of Rowan Introduced a .bill to provide six months school terms ! the state over. Also a bill to require I morfages and trustees in deeds of trust to file receipts and disburse ments in foreclosure sales. At the request of Chairman "Justice the committee on constitutional amendments was empowered to inves tigate needs for constitutional amend ments and advisability of separate amendments or a constitutional con vention, the investigation to extend to matters of taxation. Compulsory School Law For Guilford. At a largely attended meeting of the Guilford County Teachers' association at Greensboro seperate organizations for various departments were formed under a general head and resolutions, urging the commissioners to draft a form of compulsory school attendance law to be submitted to the people of Guildford were adopted. The present lack of attendance in the rural schools was deplorable and it was agreed that Guilford should take an initial step In the statu toward compulsory school attendance. 11816 CORN SHOW ANSON COUNTY HAD BIG CORN EXPOCITION AT WADESBORO RECENTLY. MANY GOOD SPEECHES MADE Many Students of th« County Schools Attended—Grand Prize Won By Walter Redfern.—Young Lady Win ner Was Miss Bertha Baucom. Wadesboro. —The first meeting of the Anson County Corn Exposition waß held several days ago, and de spite the inclement weather a large crowd was present, many of the schools of the county coming In dec orated wagons to bring their prize corn and sweet potatoes. Nearly a wagon load of corn was on exhibition and a number of excellent addresses were delivered. The work of getting up this exhibition is due largely to Superintendent P. J. Klker, with the assistance of Col. John T. Patrick. The meeting was presided over by Professor Kurfees ot Morven, and waH opened with prayer by Rev. G. L>. Herman, pastor of the Wadesboro Methodist church. A number of at tractive young ladies of the Wades boro graded school sang many sougs during the exercises. Addresses were delivered during the morning session by Prof. J. A. Mf Arthur of Lllesvllle, l'rof. I). F. Giles of McDowell county and Mr., John W. On Hedge of the Wadesboro bar. In the afternoon l'rof. I. O. Schaub of Raleigh and Mr. W. J, Shuford of Hickory, spoke on corn and potato culture. These men pointed out, the weak points in our farming system which cause farmers of North Carolina to buy more than worth of farm products from the West each year. Their ad dresses were inspiring, and they re ferred in strong terms to tbe great work Auson is doing in teaching the boys and girls valuable lessons not found In hooks. Great Interest was shown in judging tiie corn brought in by the various schools, there being 27 entries. Each ■ school had picked Its prize-winner, 1 and the corn winning prize in the 1 public school was Bent here to com pete with other schools of the county. ■ The grand county prize was won by ' Master' Walter Redf ,irn of the Flat rock school. Makes Interesting Discovery. 1 Raleigh.-- Commissioner of Agricul ture Graham has made an interesting discovery. He remembered the fact that while Ills father was governor it was unlawful to bring cattle dur ing the summer from the low coun try into the Piedmont ami mountain regions and tbe other day he looked through the old laws and found an act of 17!H by the North Carolina legislature in which the driving of cattle from the long-leaf pine region Into the oak region In the state was forbidden, except during the period between the first of November and the end of March; the act setting forth that cattle driven at other times I from one section to another carried | tli" "murrain" wltli them. Car Load of Cotton on Fire. Greenville.--Several days ago the Atlantic ('oast Line mixed train run | liing between Washington and Par | nnie, took on twenty bales of cotton and n .quantity of peanuts at Pacto | I us, which were loaded in a box cur together. When the train reached Leers the car of cotton was found to he on fire and burning furiously. Orange Debating Union. Klnston.— The Klnston, Greenville | and Wilson high schools have organ- I ied a debating union, under the aus- I pices of the Dialectic arid Philan thropic I.lteniiy Societies of the Uni versity of North Carolina. Similar j unions have been formed throughout the state for participation In a con test for the Aycock memorial cup. Each school will have two teams, one taking the affirmative and the other the negative sides in the dis cussion of-the general subject. Commissioners To Meet Again Soon,. Wentworth.* —The county commis sioners will have to meet again and make another attempt, to elect a su perintendent of public roads for Rockingham county. The board was In session hero three days and the result was a deadlock. Messrs. Jas. V. Price of Spray, I). L. Blackburn of Rcidsvliie and George W. Kstes, the present incumbent, are the candi dates. The board elected Mr. L. R. Humphreys of Reidsville county at torney. Dr. S. G. Jett of Reidsville was elected county coroner. Prizes for Corn Growing Contest. Wilmington. -In addition to the SIOO in cash offered by L. B. Sasser to be divided into three prizes and used in the corn growing contest, Geo. H. HutafT, of the local Coco-Cole bottling workj of this place, has of fered another SIOO to be used as prizes by the committee. Several other smaller prizes have been offered. The prizes will no doubt stimulate inter est 'n corn growing in New Hanover and do much toward causing the peo r-le to raise enough corn to supply ihe demand. SPIRIT IN TUBERCULOSIS WAR Nineteen Million Dollars- Expended Cast Year In Fight Against the Dread White Plague. Nearly $19,000,000 was spent In the anti-tuberculosis campaign in the United States during the year ISI2, ac cording to the fourth annual statisti cal statement of expenditures In this movement issued by the National Aa soclatloa for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The expenditures during the year for sanatorium and hospital construction and treatment make the largest single item in the total, amounting to nearly $16,800,000. This is an Increase of nearly $6,000,- 000 over the same group of expend!- tures for the year 1911. The anti tuberculosis associations and commit tees spent over $765,000, while dis pensaries and tuberculosis clinics spent over $500,000. Over $416,000 was spent for the maintenance and establishment of open-air school and fresh air classes, which is more than double the amount spent for this pur pose in 1911. Official, Htate and mu nicipal expenditures outside of the maintenance of institutions, which are Included in the other totals, amount ed to $280,000. In addition to these figures, about $500,000 was spent by hospitals for Insane and penal insti tutions in caring for their tuberculosis Inmates. BROKE OUT IN HEAT RASH 822 Georgia Ave., East Nashville, Tenn.—"My baby was about two months old when he began to break out in small red pimples like heat rash, afterward turning into festers. They gradually spread until his little head, face, groins and chest, his head being most affected, became a mass of sores with a great deal of corrup tion. It became offensive and gradual ly grew worse. I kept a white cap on him to keep him from scratching, it seemed to itch BO badly. It made him cross and hit chest and groins would often bleed. "Nothing seemed to help it, and I had almost come to the conclusion that my baby's case was hopelesß, when hearing of the Cutlcura Soap and Cutlcura Ointment, ! decided to try it. 1 noticed at once that baby rested bet ted I continued it for a few weeks and my baby was entirely cured by the Cutl cura Soap and Ointment. They cured where all others failed." (Signed) Mr. E. O. Davis, Nov. 28, 1912. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address poet-card "CutJcura, Dept. L, BoBton." Adv. Why He Changed His Mind. John 1.,. Sullivan met with some amusing incidents while giving boxing lessons. One day a husky young man came to him as a pupil. He took his boxing lesson and went home somewhat the worse for wear. When he came for his.second lesson he said: "Mr? Sullivan, it was my idea to learn enough about boxing from you to give a certain young gen tleman a good licking. I've had it in for him a good while. But I've changed my mind. If you have no objections I'll send this young man down here to you to take the rest of my lesions for me."—-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele graph The In'ant Terrible. "Mr. I.ilsbeau, is U true that you hain't got sense enough to come in out of the rain?" "Yes, Miss Kitty; you must always believe what papa tells you." Regular practicing phv«ieinns recommend ■ nil prescribe OXIDIN'K for Miliaria, be cause it i.-i a proven remedy liy years of ex perience. Keep n bottle in the medicine che«t and administer at first of Chilli •nd l'ever. Adv. Wizard of Finance. "Would you stick to your husband If he stole a million dollars?" "If he succeeded In keeping it." AHK FOB AMJCN'S FOt»T CASK. the Antiseptic powder to shako into your Shoes. Relieves (,'ftrni. Bunions, Ingrowing Nails, Swollen ami Sweating feet, liliat* ra and r'allous spots Hold everywhere. L'sc. l>on t accept any substitute. Sample KRKK. j Address Alltn S. Olmsted. Leftoy. N.Y. Adv. Question. "Now a big Chicago firm complains that its girls will not stay single." "Well, will they stay married?" DOES YOUR HEAD ACHE? Try nicks' CATODINK. It's lt|>ilU —pleas ant to take —efTects Immediate—pood to prevent Hick Headache** ami Nervous Headaches also. Your money hack if not satisfied. 10c., 250. and f-Oe. at niedleiue Htorva. Adv. Its Style. "I want a fight fruit lunch." "How would some electric currents Highest Market Prices PAID FOR ALL KINDS OF HIDES Furs, Skins, Tallow, Beeswax. Scrap Rub ber, Metals, etc. Write us your offerings. Price list, tags, etc., furnished on request Standard traps at wholesale cost. Our deal ings guaranteed correct and on the square. SUMTER JUNK COMPANY SPARTANBURG & SJJMTER, S. C. Agents— iiijr lfffcome selling self threading nredli ncwr weary the eyes, beat for the ey*-si»;h'.. threaded without booking. Sample 10c I'lerre A Company, Fork Itldge. Tenn. i#gHE3ED H I ViWKk -lK ties! Cough Byrup. Taste* Good. I'ie KjJ M In timt. Bold by DrturjriaCa. W

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