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consciousness of North . Carolina. Freedom From Obligation ' "I am taking office today a free man. I owe no private obligation to any man or interest aside and apart from the public good. I am not hampered b. -." pledges or promises. I was nomin by the Democratic party without position, and elected by the people of this state. I am a strong party mm;, and J love the Democratic party ami a.n proud ot its past and hopeful of its future, but today I become the Governor of all the people of Notih Carolina and shall consecrate myseL anew to the service of my state, an:, -it, shall be mv definite aim and withering purr pole to deal justly with every in terest in North Carolina, and to know no party, creed or nationality in the discharge of my official duties in the adminstration of the laws and in the preservation of the rights of the people. New Laws "It shall be my purpose to mak . ,onlofinri! to the Ueil- SPecuiC rccuiiuuv.iuu." - . v a.ki frrin time to time with reference to needed legislation 1 have necessarily leit umuucu this message many questions of vital -importance, but I shall not seek the passage ot any great " " L 1 do not believe the state needs arid vast amount of new legis lation. I have no sympathy with the idea that the, passage of new laws always means progress; and 1 shall TJZ Au.Aa w.1f w th the thought that any and all problems of govern ment can be solved by merely .pass inK laws. I recommend to this hon orable body the passage of only such legislation as shall be manifestly needed for the public good; and then " that this legislation shall be carefully thought out, well considered, and judiciously determined. Respect for laws enacted will have an important relation to the degree of care and ' slemnity with w hich they are oenact- ed. v Primary Law. ''In line with my thought concern ing public interest in government must necessarily be considered pub lic interest in both primaries and elections. There has been, and will be much complaint as to primaries and the manner of conducting them and the cost involved and some of these complaints are well founded; yet I am convinced that the lagal-i-rrA iwtrtv primary is the best method H LT " ' ' " - repeal. My, belief is that it should be strengthened, safeguarded and pro tected, and the defects remedied as far as possible. Such changes as arc made .should provide for greater se curity to the voter and provide for clearer and more unhampered crpres sions of the popular will of the party, and make the use of improper meth ods or influences more difficult. The primary should be made to function " so that it will emphatically register the choic of the voters of the party for its nominees. Rallnt ' "With the changes strengthening t, nrimarv laws there should be enacted an adequate secret ballot law for the general election, popularly known and designated as the Aus tralian ballot system. I believe that elections in North Carolina are as fair, honest and just as elections in the other states' of the Union; and that they are much freer from cor ruption and fraud than the elections in many states; but I believe that conditions may still be further improv ed by the passage of a fair and , just secret ballot law. It would give 1 IIVCUW fcV K ' ' ----- f remove much of the incentive to use money in elections, and would tend to place our elections on a basis not only fair to everybody, but where everybody would know that they were fair. I' sincerely commend to the General Assembly careful considcra- UUU Ji una iiitMui v. u vmv.j recommend its passage believing that it will result in making our elections more wholesome; that it will tend to lessen their enormous cost which is increasing in every compaign ; and . . mi i .t : . -- mat li win maKC inc iiuiJiuii:i ui corrupt-use of money more difficult. Workmen' Compensation "North Carolina has grown so rap idly in industry during recent years tnai ineaTerispasMug-unmia a transition period changing front an almost wholly agricultural state to a well advanced and almost evenly di vided industrial state and this changed condition suggests the- cry ing need for , a fair and just work men's compen sation taw, ' 'which- 1 believe should beprovided by the General Assembly. Tins" Wulcf'scrre; . the needs .of labor . in providing a quick, economical and efficient meth od of adjusting the claims for in juries, loss of time and damages, and would relieve the claimants of a large parct of the edpense and delay inci dent to -court trials, would reliev them of the burden of. proving the negligence of the nidustry,.and at the same time would tend to relieve some .of. the , congestion, now prevail ing on the dockets of our' courts. ,It would also be more satisfactory to industry because it would mcanv fixed and stated standards for determining compensation,' and " would ' not leave the question open to the speculative determination .ci'e court trial. This law should be fair to the employ and wt oppressive or unjust to the em ployer.. . . A, . '',.." '.. i , Public Health m "Of all the activities of government in the state, I do not believe that any are of more importance than hose relating to the public health. 'Already r'irh fipcn rfT-iick We have tone a long way in prevent ing the spread of contagious diseases, in stamping out dreaded epidemics among all classes of 'pwple, in pre serving and protecting c hild life, and in removing disabilities and correct ing deficiencies hv the varied clinics held and conducted throughout the state. The state can happlily boait of the. highest birth rate of any state in the Union consecutively for the past eight years; and with greater pride we ca truthfully assert th?.t we are do . h to p. reserve the lives of .! i'!:'ei'.'jr:. into the state so thn i r uity in. North Carol-' . greatly reduce'. Alontr . ;; nitrhcst birth rsU: we have h- 4ompanion boast of a very low d.- ith rate which shouki DC a source oi great satisfaction. I rliprUK the hnnp that durintr mv ad ministration public health may . be - - , . still further conserved, and mat tne agencies and instrumentalities serv ing the people in this respect may be greatly strengthened and enlarged. I entertain the hope that e,ery couniy in North Carolina may eventual' y have a whole fine health officer and public-nurse, and that sufficient hos pital facilities may be provided in every county to taVe care of those needim? hospital treatment including the necessary tubc.rXir sanatoriums. Add to the naturr.t cha.-n of climate and hea.thful ,i'r.:os;!i."e. adequate health facilities add '.c people of this state sh'. y! J:v ' . and be happier than rio-se ur '.:-.' ' ,ommon wealth. "We our public school systemv r i ' cornerstone of Ameri can libv . ad the mightiest bul wark 0.'r j rpe people. It is here that t' -v., are educated. Th vast r " '-t the children -of- tht state get ' nr t and last scholas tic train.r.fc, a -id equipment in the public - schools ; and, therefore, the rnnctont aim trmct bp and . shall be JV!"t w " to make these schools efficient and sufficient for the childhood of the state. We look for ward with in creasing hope to , the realization of the dream of the immortal Aycock when everv nerson in the confines of this state shall be able to read and write in the Mother tongue. ( "Intelligent ublic opinion si es sential to good government, social progress, and, moral conduct. The cryptic expression that ignorance is a i cure for nothing is especially true today, when "discoveries and haver ilm ' r ' n5'My - increasing. kniwAju- : - ;.- : . . . . - ft pend upon its proper ilse'sT,'":'"'"" ever before in our history. r tion, therefore, and schools, t- cu ft agencies of the state - for fc --... , education, will and should com d the best thought and wisest d..- tion of my administration. "We speak with just pride of our educational progress, but this pro gress does not apply to all alike. Seventy-six per cent of the white children of North . Carolina now have the advantages of the eight-months term. They have . given themselves the additional two months many of them at a great safrificc. The other twenty-four per cent, living in sparse ly settled communities that contain much less per capita wealth, have not been able without a much great er burden to p rovidc the. extra two months for themselves. "If we sing the praise of that part of our population that has been suf ficiently progressive to p lan wisely and establish firmly the eight months' term on a county-wide basis, or if we commend sections' of a county that have moved toward our county wide p lan and in this way have se cured, the eight months' term for lortions of our counties, we certain y should have concern for the less avored parts of our state here and there for the twenty-four per cent that have been unable for many reas ons to secure educational advantages equal to those acquired by their neighbors who ire more fortunately located. "That a minimum eight months' term is necessary for the children of our business, industrial, and commer cial classes inhabiting towns and cities is accepted by them without question; and more and more are such schools incorporating in -their programs of study those subjects that equip the children . of. these classes for the vo cations which they may enter later in life.. . .. "Can any ';.nvrncing argument be offered to e that the rural sec tions fo o i' -iate are not entitled to at least - ,mie minimum oppor tunities , h are admitted to be essential : .ill ether classes of our population ; We are seriously con cerned over1 ':e condition., of "agri culture and - tlv - economic - status of our agricultural classes, but how crj: we expect fo build a great rural life unless we make possibio an intelligent public . opinion, which is, the first stct toward making -the fannii'g bliss self rtlk-.nt ? H' he equalization fund whion 1:;.? con-, antly grown is found to be A solr -ly essential in providing a six mo? lis' term. The time has come agah .when there should be. another reasonably substantial increase in this fund so.' that, the- tax rates may be still further reduced in many coun ties. ..The general . principles . upon which this fund.. is how... administered are - wisely conceived and the policy of equalization has been adopted by many-leading states. ., , , "We, should be disturbed when yv'c recall that the heavier tax burden i's now carried by those rural districts that seek t to provide the additional two months' term. Here an inequal ity stands out most glaringly. ' So great is .it, in some of our rural sec tions that this tax for an additional the. tax paid by the , same people for the constitutional six months' term. "It is my feeling that our ccina'i. ing fund should be extend" i so as to provide for the ad al two months' term on a basit 5..4 ewhat similar to that p provided fi lie- K months' term. If this is do irtxr.s would be reduced materially " il of or: :ural special-tax districts vii:h would rtr;;cf n large majority oi ' ir rural pup.iari: n. The remaining .-sir al fections. crnoraong twenty-four y:v cet-t of cur rural children, operatin. now on o'-Iy a six months' term, would have the assurance that they too can have the eight months' term without the very heavy tax burden that apparetly now confronts them so seriously ' ' . . ; 'The development of publjc cduca tu; North Carolina, when measured in :e.m of total operating costs, has L.-jn lapid aid continuous for a Pen ! c , 30 year-. It has now reach ed a total of mors than $25,500,000. It is nil spent, iiouri-er, on our own people. It is an , .?tment m youth and a g'nrante-.. rtf' 'lift future great ness of the ' ' r this increased cost we ai- : a much great er educatic t : ,. i tunity than was formerly pre : l or it, we are se curing a g; v (;:; n ved teaching service;; we t 11 . instruction at public expens- .. :,000 children; we are provid.g tor the accommo dation of more than 100,000 high school pupils; and, on an average, we are setting up an eight months' term for an additional 30,000 children each year, which is conclusive evi dence that we are now rapidly and surely miving toward the eight months' s..vol term which shall be our v wpal ) 3 !' i fc.jBi.wj iitu dB'. iiaJ' j . -. U f7Arii?no ciinni v c r i muuLivo ourrLi special rure COFFEE Freshly Ground Yf be more definite, I favor con r ' . t ,-t.afe aid for the six Towles Vigwam SYRUP (table size),.....:.... ........15c EXTRA FANCY COUNTRY GENTLEMAN J ' 1& No. 2 Stringless BEANS 12,2C No. 2 Ohio Sweet CORN, per can.;. ...... ....Xl FANCY PACKED TOM ATOES extra e-nc it- and substantial aid to a. -. - 'ho have voted the eight muuns' crm for themselves and sucl others as may hereafter show the desire for a longer term, but I do not believe that it would be wise, at this time, to impose by legislative enactment an eight months' term up on the entire state. This is my sincere conviction after mature con sideration and I believe this to be the safest and soundest policy for the permanent advancement: of our educational interest. It has been truly said that a country's progress may be meeasured by those things once matters of debate .which are now accepted as a matter of course. In this philisophy, I clearly see the C;t; -l.'t'a has made a wonderful be gii "i v Magnificent school buildings d.,ri every highway. They are a ever-ending wonder to our visitors from other statesr- To and - from these schools are transported 150,000 boys and girls each school day of the year which array of youth consti tutes North Carolina's finest and most valuable asset. "While first consideration must and shall be given to the public schools because they furnish the basis and ground work of our whole educational system, yet I realize the large place in our cultural life occupied and filled by our colleges and universities and I am not unfindful of their needs. (Continued on page three) California Packing Company's PEACHES . . APRICOTS .... 19 FRUIT SALAD . ASPARAGUS TIPS, Large Can.. . . .3? PRIDE OF ALVA ; f LION IMPROVE!, Extra High Patent Flout PATENT lELOUg.'n FLOUR 90- ' . . . . ' I ' "3 SALT 100"lb-bag :...$j.i5. J - . . . . . - : . $7.85 $0.50 100-lb. hag " 100-Ib. bag i Full Line Purina Feeds Look For Checkerboard Sign Advertising In The Press Brings Results! PRICES AND MONEY When money is plentiful prices on the neces sities of life naturally go up. When money is scarce prices must necessarily fall. In a depress ed market a merchant can buy goods more cheaply and that is just what we have done. "Macon County's Biggest Store" is now pre pared to sell goods at the lowest prices within the past ten years.- Gur stocks of clothing, dry goods, shoes and groceries are complete and, as we have alvays done, we are setting the prices for Macon county. m We see better, days ahead for this county in the very near future, but, ;in the meantime, we have set our prices so low it will pay every citizen of the county to visit our slore when it be comes absolutely necessary to buy something for the family to ( jt and to wear, . '' : '. . " An investigation of our prices will convince the most, skepti cal tl?at; we are satisfied with only the smallest margin of profit. .-:(. J S. FOOTER & COMPANY MACON COUNTY'S BIGGEST STORE r I
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