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THK GASTOITIA GAZXTTS.
FAGS SIX.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919.
BICKETT SAYS LEGISLATURE OF .
1919 MADE "INSPIRING RECORD"
"Established New and Nobler Standards" in Three Great fields of Leg.
islation: Taxation, Education and Health, Says GoTernor in Reriew
of Work of Session Just Adjourned Was First in the Union to De
clare for League of Nations.
Kaleigli, Mt'.h U'. "An insirui
reconl" is tin" siiRfrostivo caption that
liovernor I'.itki'tt iv-s u sM.-ial siimma
ry of important IfjfUlatimi tlmt w pre
iriil for the nrttspaix-rs c.f tin- statf. a
rrvifwiiiij thi- wmk ! T' l'.M!1
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roront will .ierl.ire it.- nl"iy" w;i- tin- j
way lu i'pr.'s'.l )ii t'ai'li in this ,
win My in Ins iiii'ssiipt- at the upcnmu ii
the wssion aiul ln is .livply n''''111 "lat
its work l.a.l .,;-tifir.l ..iifcsi-.n !'
faith."
Tbe jjineniiir n-vie tin- ii'olatimi
of thf Hfsi"ii in :i most jjratilit'.l '''. ''
giniiiiiK with tin- n-titioii tor u loanr ot i
nations, ratili.at ion of the national pro j
hiliition amen. Inii'iit to the constitution ; I
nnil in taxation, eilucat ion, health ami '
nil the other :iennes of legislative eon
tact with the people, t reusing especially
the school, gool roails, ami health legis
lation. The (ioveriior'n miininary follows :
itTerenccs
men of
law writ
lis
all
The closinj; sentoin-e
inessnge to the peneral :
is: ' ' My prayer to (!oil
t
I . hi i aa I
ii. Imt.
spi. i"i;
of my I i t 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1
isseinl.ly of
is, ami my faith
is that when liie general aswiiunx
1 1 shall pass into history its nv.iiil
will ileclare its glory.
I am deeply grateful that the work of
the general a-semhly .instilies the nlmve
confession of faith. It is not a perfi
rei-ord. nref.il re.-nling of The
will disclose errors of coiiin.issi.
viewed in it entiiet. il k an 11
record.
Ill the veil' l.egiiiuing the general ;i
nejiilily evidenced its sympathy with the
new tides running in the hearts of men.
The general assembly of Ninth Carolina
enjoys the nolde distinction of U ing the
very first in the union to petition the
American peace commissioners in I'.iris
to incorporate in the treaty of pence a
league of nations that will deliver the
world forever from the Imrdens and hor
rors of war.
The general assembly promptly ratified
the federal prohibition amendment, ami
thus aided in cutting out of our social
and jiolitieal life the most fruitful source
of poverty, disease and crime.
Taxation.
(1) The budget bill is abreast with the
best thought of the times and will enable
Hueeeeding general assemblies to consider
demands for the expenditure of public
funds with a full knowledge of all es
sential facts.
C2) Tiie income tax amendment to the
constitution will enable the state to de
rive a reasonable revenue from sources
well able to pay it. and will wipe out the
discrimination mw practiced against the
man who earns a small income in favor
of the man who collects a large one. and
will make it possible f .i a succeeding
general assembly to write a model tax
law iimler which it will lie unnecessary
for the state to lew an ad valorem tax
on real or piTniuial property, but ran
leave all of this to the counties and
towns.
I Th fe al ii.'i! ion ma- l'im-'y a-i
marks the high tide in sane and prog res
she tax legislation in North Carolina. It
is a complete abandonment of a standard
hoary with age and iniiUity. and the es
tablishment of a new standard ot Truth
and .justice. I am mil within tl. bounds
of conservative statement in saying that
the fixed purpose of the general assem
bly to make all men cmne clean to the
tax Ixioks will add more to the moral and
material welfare of our people than all
the tax laws that have lieen written in
North Carolina since Virginia I fare first
saw the light on Koanoke island.
Education.
(Ii It was a monumental achievement
to get the p-eople of North Carolina to
insert in the organic law of the stab' a
mandate that every child shall have a
chance to go to school six mouths in the
year, lint it was a more ditliciilt task to
frame a wise and just law to carry out
this constitutional mandate. This task
has been accomplished so well that when
the measure was fully explained many
who came to scoff remained to pray."
In tin bcninniiig there seemed to be a
hopeless division of opinion, but when the
liirht was turned on these il
appea'ed and practically all
p.-uties now confess that the law written
is the very best that can be devised mi
der the conditions that obtain.
i o i Last year the average teacher re
ceived a salary of 1" a month, and was
employed four months in the year. fu
ller a minimum wage law enacted by this
general assembly the average teacher will
receive approximately ti a month for a
minimum term of six months.
I The law requiring every child lin
der I t years of age to go to school dur
ing the entire tctrn of the public s. hool
in the district in which the child resides,
and providing for the rigid enforcement
of this law tiiroiigh a system of juvenile
gives to .North l annum a coin
s.-honl law that ranks with that
-tati" in the union.
I In' act appropriating .".H,u.ii to
lea. her training through a series
schools coii.lmte.l in
the slate is a ico-t v ital
pa rture.
Health.
.era! .'. sscmbl v made tun
f i ;i t b legislation. 'i !
the protection of the In
future generations in
indanllv pistifv the exisVnci
it session of' the gclie'al asscln
i ourts,
pulsorv
of any
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t . . t
iintv summer
loilllTv in
abinldc dc
I lie
sfiid.s ii
taken f..r
tiiis and
sdv es ab
1 he prese
bly.
I I.,
and the i
domain i
elidollS
steps
ilth ot
them
t
purpose of co-operating with the federal
government in the suppression of vice
and the prevention of diseases incident
to vice. These measures are as follows:
(a) The education of the public by
suitable means regarding the cause and
prevention of unhygienic sex life and
general diseases.
(b) The furnishing of free sulvarsan.
the specific for syphilis, for the treat
ment of all syphilitcs of the state, and
making provision throughout the state
for free treatment of persons diseased
with gonorrhoea, and syphilis, in order
that these diseases may not be transmit
ted to others.
(c) Making prostitution a dangerous
priytice in North Carolina by enacting
laws that will reach the prostitute, and
providing the necessary law enforcing
agent to see that thy- laws are properly
applied.
Social Welfare.
For the first time in the history of the
state we now have the machinery for a
unified state and county system of social
welfare work. The state board of chari
ties and public welfare, which has over
sight over the state's chairitable and
penal institutions, has lieen given the
right to appoint three persons in eactl
county to act as a local welfare board
ami to advise with the local authorities
on all matters pertaining to local condi
tions. In addition to this the legisla
ture made it the duty of the board of ed
ucation in each county to elect, not later
than . I nl.v 1 " next, a county superintend
ent
ollic
to i
will
and
if
my iipiiii'.!) tin- lut.st imp
nost adenine. ! step taken
f health laws i the s-atu
Hi
i taut
tin
that
of
gives aiitm.iitv to the medical staff
our penal and charitable mst it uf ions C
perform operations on inmates of these
institutions that will make it impossible
for incurable lunatics ami imbeciles to
'multiply and replenish the earth." Tin
law carefully safeguards the patients
and these operations can be performed
onlv when in the judgment of the medi
cal staff thev will redound to the benefit
of the patients. This law is the very c?
seme of humanity in so far as it affect
the individual patient, and is the only
vvnv to bring about a gradual decrease
in the number of these unfortunate pen
pie. '- The act that calls for the regular
cxamuia'ion of every child who attends
a public si hool in order to ascertain the
existence uf either physical 01 mental
defects and the appropriation of .",(i.immi
per annum to correct these defects in in
digent children breaks new ground in
this field of legislation. This law is but
tomcd on the sound principle that Chris
tian ii i i' iat Ion cannot allow a child to
stagger through life under the handicap
..f :. iiirable physical or mental defect
srfiiidv I niise the parents of that child
mav be stiickcn with povertv.
The law making in ruandi'o'y !
maintain in all towns and thickly set
tied communities sanitary .Insets in ac
cord.-irn with plans and spo-ilicat ions
prepared by the state board of health,
means the saving of nearly a thousand
lives a year, the prevention of In, him c;i
es of sickness, together with all the suf
fe.ini: and evpense incident to sickness
and death.
'1' North Carolina has for several
vcars lieen the leading state in the union
in the development of rural health work.
The nppropr iatiori for this wor k was
practically doubled, and this means in
creased activity and efficiency in this
great field.
'"ii A s,. ries of acts was passed for the
Conserve
Your Labor
MONEY IS STORED LABOR. PUT
A LITTLE OF IT ASIDE EVERY
WEEK. YOU WILL SOON ACCUMU
LATE A RESERVE FUND FOR
EMERGENCY.
GastoD Loan & Trust Co.
WELCOMES YOUR ACCOUNT EVEN
THOUGH YOU STAJtT WITH ONLY
ONE DOLLAR. REGULAR SAVING
NO MATTER HOW SMALL THE
AMOUNTS, IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN A SUBSTANTIAL BEGIN
NING. EVERY DOLLAR SET ASIDE IN
THIS BANK WILL BE EARNING 4
PER CENT INTEREST FOR YOU.
Gaston Loan
& Trust Co.
EARNS INTEREST
OF 4 PER CENT.
AT THE RATE
public welfare, who shall be an
er trained in all matters pertaining
instructive social work This officer
be the chief school at tell. lam e officer
the chief probation ulticer of the
i unity, charged especially with the duty
ot looking after delinouciit and neglected
hihl'cn. His position is made to lit in
with the compulsory atteiid im e law and
I he new juvenile court la vv .
The juvenile court law marks the iniist
wholesome advance in child welfare legis
lation ever accomplished in this state at
s'roke. It provides that ,-i!l children
under lb years of age who ma' be in
fractors of the laws shall not be treated
as criminals, but as wayward children
ii ling parental control, e.iu. at i n and
discipline, which must be supplied by the
state since it has not been provided by
natural guardians. The law provides
that every del k of the superior court in
the state shall be a juvenile court judge
and shall have exclusive jurisdiction over
children of less than Hi .ears. Kvery
city of more than In. mm population must
establish a juvenile court or make pro
vision for combining with the county
court. And towns of o.iHMi population
which are uu county seat towns, and
therefore not of easy access to the coun
ty clerk, may provide courts if they
choose. The design is a guarantee that
every child be within the jurisdiction of
a juvenile court, no matter whether ho
lives in town or country The law pro
vides the manner of procedure for carry
ing out the juvenile court principles as it
is known in the most modern legislation
of the country ami is not behind any
state in the union. This law was per
fe.ted and carried through at the earnest
solicitation of the commissioner of pub
lie welfare and the state board, and the
plans are to afford every help in working
out the practical operation ot the law in
the several towns and counties.
Good Roads.
ral assembly did a I vv
I legislaf ion :
bill of vital in. poi blue
ipuctly that it was s(
L'i the press, an. i yet it
the very existence of
e sin in North 'a rolina I
MEMORIAL TO STATE COLLEGE
MEN LOST IN THE WAR.
The Alumni of the North Carolina
State College of Agriculture and Engi
neering at Raleigh are raising money for
the erection on the college campus of a
memorial to 2! former students who have
lost their lives in the great war. The
campaign which began on March 1st, is
starting off well and the committee in
charge of it who have set their goal at
$10,nn0 are hopeful that the amount de
sired will lie secured.
The memorial executive committee is
composed f six Alumni living in or near
lialeigh. with Prof. ('. I. Maun as chair
man, and Mr. K. H. Owen, Registrar of
the College, as secretary-treasurer. The
advisory committee consists of represent
ative al., ami living in various centers in
'his .t.i:e and outside the state where
abimiii live. The member of the adviso
ry committee for liastmi enmity is Mr.
I K Hahiiigtoii.
The total enrollment of the college
since its opening in NSI is t.il.'i). exclu
sive of new men in college this school
year. Of this number to date l.l'Vi are
known t i have Ivcen in the service, while
information is still coming in and the
iiuiiiIkt is increasing daily. This count
does not include about ,"."iH men who were
enlisted and in training at the college
when the armistice was signed. It is ev
ideut now that the proportion will be
well above "Jo per cent. Among the men
who have been in college in recent years
the proportion las of course been very
much higher, out these figures cannot
readily be obtained. The figures for
graduates are pretty definitely known,
and thev furnish a most creditable record.
An ; '
all comiiit-.
the l.ii.-.ti
;:::: me-, g
."n. I per .-,
-lout
graduates
I otli.
Is
vv ho
'lb.
the
lien were in
la-i iated in the last t
nt wore the uniform.
were nearly
.' per cent of
service
g'
a dilated
ii' were
.".Jl men
Ii l b . I
per cenl.ii;,' tor
yais is: I'.'"!!. :
: tJ.u;
KM -,. .V, .: : IP lb
7'Ui.
in the
in flu
e last
Of
years.
Of the
last live years
service. The
ten years bv
's.o
l!M.
l!'n.
(7.1 ;
l'.M 7.
I !'. '. ; I!11.
1!M4. 0.r,;
77..".; 1!IV
Tnc eel. I
public ro.-o
I I A
passed so
mentioned
seutial to
ads. Tic
ok in
e was
ii reely
is es
good
ias not
en our failure to build good roads, but
our criminal negligence in tailing to keep
them iiii. This general asscmhiv has eri-
aeteil a law making it mandatory tor
county eoiiimisMinners to lew an annual
upkeep tax where In, mis have lieen isue.
for the construction of mads. This up
plies to every county in the state and
hereafter there will be no excuse, for anv
road in -North arotiua that has ii.en
WINSTON -SALEM DEFEATED
BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL
l apel Hill. March 11. Winston Sa
lem triumphed over I'.eloiont here to
night ill one of the scrappiest and most
exciting basketball games ever seen on
the local court and thereby won the wes
tern championship and the right to con
test with Wilmington for state honors
Thursday night.
The final score was L'7 to ".". The con
test was nip and tuck throughout. Hoth
teams showing excellent form, the score
being 1.'! to 11 in favor of Winston at the
end of the first half. Keeper for Hel
moot, and Simpson, for Winston, were
the outstanding players. The lineup:
Winston Salem Helinont
Williamson Kmmart
Left Forward.
Pa 1 1 ick Simpson
Kight Forward.
I.eeper Iavis
Center.
.Me l n- ( rute
(Sight Guard.
West Sheppard
Left Guard.
Ibfeiee. Woodall. Time ki-epor
Smith, of i harlntte. Scorer, Mobley.
( 'har lotte.
M.tt tOKK. March 1 . All trans
Alant'u lines and government transport
at this poit are tied up today as as a re
suit of tue sympathetic strike ot L'.oii'i
coal barge and tugboat workers cliipl
el ny tne nerwvml White i oinpanv
which nan. lies nearly all coal tor locn
shipping.
built on bonds to be a How e
bail.
The road act passed by t
sembly for the purpose of
requirements for obtaining
federal government is not ;
of legislation. It does not
views of anv one member
issembTy, but in the hands
Fair commission it can be
t.
to the
ne genera! as
meeting the
aid from the
i perfect piece
represent the
f the general
of a w ise a ml
made the in
The
strument of great good in the slat
work of the appropriation committee n
fleets great credit upon the intelligence
in. I patriotism of that committee. If is
well balanced appropriation bill, and
meets the reiiui reineii ts ot nur educational
and charitable institutions m s far as
they can lw met in the .resent financial
condition of the state.
The Warehouse Act.
The act is designed to benefit the cot
ton glowers of the state. It was passed
upon the earnest insistence of those most
deeply interested in the welfare of cot
ton growers. I hope that much good will
result from the act, but I frankly con
fess that in my opinion the only way the
cotton growers can win in his perpetual
war with Wall street is to fight his bat
tles behind breast works of bread and ba
con. A warehouse may enable him to w in
a single fight, but it can never make him
win a war.
A reading of The Journal would doubt
less disclose many other bills of value,
and of importance, but I am writing
from memory, and the hills above men
tioned are those that come into my mind
in reviewing the work of the general as
sembly. These bills make a robuat body
of sane, progressive legislation, and in
addition to all these one cannot forget
Ray's "literary gem" the dog law.
The general assembly was singularly
free from personal and political animosi
ties. The members had a mind to work,
and during the 60 days gave the very
best that was in them to the building tip
of the 8tate.
This year will see the greatest peace in
history concluded. Keep up with the
progress of the peace conference by read
ing The Gazette three times a week.
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