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't ^ > ’"'t im. rklay, JMiatjr 17» 191ft iianrAi0 iQfW8i,SKi^^ <ih. tm BREVARD NEWS Namt: ohaiured from Tylvan Valley News. Jaobary i.i9<7> M. L. SHIPMAN, ilditor C. B. OSBORNE, Managing Editor and Publisher : iiSS FLORENCE KERN, City Editor Published every Thorsday. Kntcred at postoflice at Brevard. N.C..as secund-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION PBIOB: One year - - - $ 1.60 Six months - - - - .75 Three montha - - - .60 TwoJnonths - .35 Payablo by check, stamps or money order. Cards of thanks, resoliitiors and memorials pnhlislied only at half conj- mcrciairate. costinK' <o cents per inch or onc-lialf cent i»er word. Suhscriptions not continued after ex piration of time paid for except on re quest. Friday, January 17, 1919 PROPOSED BACKWARD STEP In h is ad:Tiirab1e messa.^e to the General Assembyl last week Governor Bickett stated it as his conviction that only the Gov'crnor and Lieutenant Gov ernor should be elected by pop- the other state administrative oflicers appointed by the Gover nor and sujTgcsts that a begin- ing' be made by the present leg islature with a view to the ultimate accomplishment of the object sought. MESSAGE OF THE GOV- ' ERNOR Summarized by the News and ObseJ’ver, the recommen- dationa of fGovemor Bickett, in his message to the General As sembly of 1919, includes the following proposals: 1. To memoralize the Ahier- ican Peace Commission in France, asking them to incor porate in the Treaty of Peace such a League of Nations as '.vill in every practicable way for that school year. the State Board of Edueation shall apportion annually to each county of the State on the of each and every year, a sum sufficient to pay one-half the annual salary of the county superintendent and such other supervisory officers as may be employed by the county board of education tO aid in the pro fessional supervision of the pub lie schools of the county, and three months salary of all _ teachers of all sorts employed -.r'ake war beteen enlightened Sec.'3 Out o|. said fundik. l>oard of education'^^for said furnished by him to the county nations forever impossible. 2. To charge the father ot a child born out of w’edlock v/ith the maintenance and edu cation of such child in precise ty, including the teachers and superintendents of city and town public schools. If the funds shall be insufficient for these purposes, any balance ly the same degree as if the jhereby ap- child had been born in wed-I lock, the only difference being State Treasu^ not other- that the child should not be; wise appropriated. Any bal- the heir of the father. jance of said funds reniaining same time and in the same man 3. To prevent perpetuation ter complying with the pro-j nor as other county taxes are of species bv*idiots and imbe-1 f bo levied and collected, and the ciis, j apportioned by the State Board I funds derived therefrom, to- statemeht Said statement shall be sworn to and subcrib- ed by the ch*m*n of the county board of^ education an4 th^ county '.superintendent of schools . -A copy thereof shall also be filed in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. It shall be the duty of the board of county Commissioners to levy annually a special tax on all property, real and personal, and on all taxable polls, subject to the constitutional limitation of the poll tax, in said county, suffi cient to supply the deficiency shown by said statement to be needed for the support and maintenance of the public schools of said county for six months in each school district. The said tax to be annually levied and collected at the gether with other school funds in their hands, shall be appor tioned and expended by the county board of education fur 4. To require health certifi- cates for every man who ap- the State on the basis of thepro- plies for marriage license. ! portion of the number of teach- 5. To increase ^ppropria-. . • . , cini0ndin0nt of ; totsil miint}0i" oi t03.ctiGrs \ 0110 01* rnov0 piiO" Chapter 244, Public Laws of i|lic schools in each school dis- 1917. from $i0,000 to $50,000, ^ Upon the requisition |trict for a term of six months ul »r vote He would have all providing every child with thei ^^ State Superintendent of lin each year. ^ . uk.i \0Te. «e wouiQ na\e xacilily to have mental or phy- Instruction, the State In the event of disigreement sical defects corrected. " ’ Auditor shall issue his warrant | between the county board of 6. To make the Six* Months | upon the State Treasurer pay-1 education and the board of School Law operative in every i ^-ble to the treasurer of the county commissioners as to the way in every county of the county school fund for the ap- | amount to be provided by the S^a^te. portionment made under sec-j county for the maintaintence 7. To provide for compul-^ of this act to each county, of a six-months school term, sory school attendance during iThe State Treasurer is hereby and afe to the rate of tax to be the entire term and make it un- directed and required to pay levied therefor, or in event of This suggestion is not in har-1 lawful for the employment of I said warrant promply upon ' the refusal of any board of Tiionv with the progress of the anv child under the age of 14 Pi'esentation by the treasurer county commissioners to levy fmipc nr in lino with the ex i by*^ anv mill or factory during ,of the county school fund, and, said tax, the county board of time., or ^ school term. if necessary, to borrow m the ieducation shall bring action in pressed policy of the demo-; g make $65.00 monthly of the State, the funds thxi nature of a mandamus against the board of county commissioners to compel the To n<ake sanitary closets ]^Iondav in of each i levying of such special tax in cratic party in North Carolina, teachers holding first grade jneede^ for such payment There is little consistency ad-1 certificates Sec. 5. On or before the vo^ntin^ the selection o" coun- - - - - ‘ ' >::ipulsorv for the owner of ycai the countv board of educa | the manner and form as pro by the i-Timaiy liatioiis for public oiUce and in feet of a dwelling on which a closet is t^'on of cach countv shall sub-jvided in sections 822 and 824 plan of making nomi- ‘ within three hundred ^nit to the State Board of Edu- of the Revisal of 1905 of North wMm ^ and shall be prosecuted th for in the Superior Court i^y, the solicitor of. that district! Sec. 7. The number tea<^erE( .for* each school, ex' cept c‘ne^teacher schools, for which sauries shall be appor tioned and paid under this act, shall be fixed upon the basis of not more than one teacher ffor every twenty pupils in average daily attendance during the preceding school year, as shown by the report of each school for that year and set forth in the sworn itemized statements of the county board of education submitted to the State Board of Education and the board of county commis sioners under this act. Sec. 8. Chapter 33 of the Public laws of 1913, as amend ed by subsequent acts of the General Assembly, and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 9. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification. What do you think of the above suggested Bill? Express yourself to me or to the State Legislature. The blanks are to be determined for the best in terest of all concerned. The purpose of the bill is to do away with all the State taxes for school purposes and just make one direct levy for three months. A. F. MITCHELL, County Supt. Profes^nol Cords. DR. J. Y. McklNNEY Dentist Over Weilt’s Ladies’ Store R<»T. L. GASH W. B. BREHSfi. Jt. - GASH & BREESE LAWYERS 11 to 17 McMinn Building Notary Public. DANIEL L.EON ENGLISH Attorney and Counselor at Law Brevard, N. C. Beal estate law and abstract 'of titles a specialty. WELCH GJiLLOWJiY ^tiorney Practice in all the Courts Brevard, JVT. C. DUNN’S ROCK LODGE NO. m A. F. & A. I CONNESTEE LODGE m, 237 I. 0.0. F. Meets every Monday 8:00 P. M. Visitors v/elcome. Don’t trifle with a cold —it’s dangerous. You can’t afford to risk Influenza. Keep always at hand a box of CASCARA M. QUININE Diversifieii Ads Are Businass Boilders One ccnt a '.vord tor o;ich insertion; c.'icb initial or abbri'viation countinir an a word. caiion on blanks furnished for | Carolina. And it shall be the the same breath suggesting the ; 10. To provide toilet facil- that purpose by State Superin-1 duty of the judge hearing the j State officers ities on or near the Capitol tendent of Public Instruction, a | same to find the facts as to the j f Etandard cold remedy for 20 rears—in tablet _ _ form—safe. sure, no opiates—breaks up a cold I grounds for both sexes, white sworn itemized statement by | amount needed and the a-1 land colored. d’stricl, showing number of j mount available from the I ast.hui’spicturc. At aii Drug store*. 11. To establish asphalt or teachers employed in each dis-.sources herein specified, which | — ^ samed control of the State gov-'ip^-cademized highways on the trict, including tow'n and city , findings shall be conclusive, | iippointment of l:y the Governor. When the Democracv For Sale—3—seated back board in a-1 condition; originally cost $600-00 will take $75.00 for same. R. W. Everett, Pisgah Forest, N. C. 1-10-21C. TOWN LOTS, farms and timber lands for kile. Frank Jenkins, Brevaru. N. C. tf FOR SALE OR RENT—Seven room house with bath—jrood crarden. D. 'L. Enjrlish. tfc BUTTER:\IILK wHl be sold at the Brevard 10c Store since the fire at Mrs. Faulkner’s; 5c qt., 20c gal. iFOR SAL Kelec^ed by the General As-owner, allowing county supervisory assistants sembly; the Commissioner of .counties to avail themselves of as may be employed the county; Agriculture received his com-1 Federal aid as they may de- the salary of each supei'intend mission Irom the Board of Agn principle |such other information as may ! iho hnllot to all State be required. Said statements I cultrre. and the Commls'^ion ri’ schools for six months in every school district in said county. Any board of county commis- ent of town or city school andjsioners failing to obey said or der and to levy said tax shall When it coraes to and effective p>': of Labor and Frintnik' of the short ballot to all State administrative offices, v.'hose shall further show under oath. of any guara Kind Vs^e 4‘ -r\ be guilty of a misdemeanor ‘ give neat j-jng vvill you -Some fine young Turkey Ken^,; Mammoth Bronze,' Kentucky Strain, for breeding purposes; 35c per lb. P. C. OiT, Pis;zah Forest, N. C. l-17-3tc “Seek and ye shall find” through the Diversified column. jiointed ;jv the Goveriiv:'-'. IL c’cjtion is not required by the|that adequate provision P iV” constitution, (and all the other been made as required '.inder i required only a little time i’c. , Slate assemblies to enact stat-1 utes making these official elec- (and oincers, except the this act for a six months school Lieutenant Governor, as soon term in every district of said as the Constitution can be so,countv, the rate of special th e and responsible directly | ojriendpd as to permit, such a county school tax levied there- lo the peoole. There is no de-1 course). for, and this aggregate fund inand foi- a rctiu-n to the pract-! 13. To conduct ttie adminis-1 derived or to be derived there- .>p,rf(h»nlrl div, n-id a dpmn ^ tratio'i of the State Prison from ti'om- No county shall receive ices 01 inf old da}s c-iid a demo ^ the state Farm. funds appro- 14. To convert the State piiated by the State by this Prison building into a hospital, l^ct until it shall hav'e levied 15. To ratify the amend-special county school tax We are quite sure that it was ■I’ei'-t to the Federal Constitu- herein required of it for a six- r.,r .-vn-,, rn-n-,,-,- i making it unlawful to montiis school term m evciy 1 c.r ^ 10 \jtO V 0 X li. Oi Xif ICi\wLwS| /* I •• • /'li ™ Imnaufacture or sell intoxicat-i ^cnooi ciisnict. purpose m off ermg the sugges-1 j Sec. 6. On or before the! tion, but the evitable effect of | "i6. "to pass an ouster law. jfti'st Monday in June of each ! 17.’ To amend the State Pri-j and e very year, the county cratic legisUiture is not likely to tumble to this suggestion of the State’s Chief Executive. the method of making nomina tions proposed bv him, if itj^ary law further limiting ex- should bo adopted as a State I of candidates and ' use ot money lii primary elec- policy, Vv'ould bo the construc tion of a political machine in North Carolina that could be over turned bv than a political revolution. Every aspirant for a State of fice would be limited on his good fortune in lining up with '*the right” candidate for Gov ernor. Governor Bickett could not have had any such pur- tions and make finding of can vassing board final. 18. To revise the State’s nothin.cr less I taxation, including actual valuation and lower rate, and to provide for a bud get system of State finance. 19. To compel counties which have issued bonds for road construction to levy an annual maintenance tax of not less than 3 per cent and not more than five per cent of the pose in view, for his suggestion amount of bonds for construc could not possibly become ef fective during his term of of fice. A very plausible argument justifies a king. We all saw it exemplified in the perfect fight ing machine of the German Empire the past four years, the continued selection and pro motion of the most efficient and the weeding out of the in efficient. The German plans could not be developed in a democracy. Here the kingly adea loses all its force and re tains its failings when it is pro posed to cut it up into four- shifts^ .The world has lieen won ^Democracy Let iiot get aii aut^raey IWD iHie victory tion. 20. To authorize a new building for the State pepart- mcnt Oii’ Agriculture. SUGGESTED BILL Section 1. There shall be an nually levied and collected a tax of....... cents on every hundred> dollars valuation of taxable property in the state for the maintenance of'the pub the maintenance of the public lie schools of the State. Sec. 2. The funds derived therefrom shall be a seperate fund in the hands of the State Treasurer to be known as ‘The State PubUc School Fund/* and said Treasure shall be on the .. days, of ea<^ year certify to the State of EducaUon the IMneulrt of said funds derived fSuperinteiidant of Public In board of education of each county shall ascertain the amount of money needed to m.aintain the public schools of such county foi^ six months in every school district thereof during the succeeding school year, using as a basis of the es timate the receip,ts for school purposes during the current school year ending June 30th thereafter. The county board of education shall ascertain the amount that will be availa ble for school purposes from fines, forfeitures, penalties, and poll taxes from the State appropriation under this act and from all other sources ex cept spscial taxes levied and collected in special school tax districts. The county- board of education shall submit to the county board of commis sioners on or before the first' Monday in June of each and everj*^ year, this itemized state ment, together with a itemized statment of the amount needed for supervision, for adminis tration, for buildings and re repairs, for salaries of teach ers, for necesary incidental expenses for fuel, supplies and all other expenses authorised by law. . Said statement shall also set forth the number of toachers, white and colored* cir.ployed in each district and the salary fixed for each teach- cr , and such information as may be required by the' State ^ the hlaralcs to; br Fertili^er With Personality Roysters Fertilizers are the life-work of one man; F. S. ROYSTER. Their Excellence is the result of 33 years of continuous effort to perfect a plant food es pecially for Southern crops and Southern Soils. Is the knowledge and experience of a life time worth, anything to you?. 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