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t THE REVIEW: REIDSVILLE, N. C. cArr TWO. TUESDAY, JAN. 14, 1913. in: Rcidsvillc Review. TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. THE REVIEW COMPANY, (Incorporated.) JOHN T. OLIVER ..- .. Present M ANTON OLIVER .. V.-PreIdent iR. J. OLIVER . . Sec. and Treas. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. GOV: KITCHIN'S LAST MESSAGE. In his biennial message to .the General Assembly, Gxvt'rn or Kitchin says the State has -had - unpreeedvnfc: ed prcfpfrity in all its ipiirt--meals aJid industries, tie declare the Legislature must ktop abreast: of Uie best public thoug-ht.. Discussing tlie -'presuit d-.-ficl't. -0 $750,000 in the State treasury- he says be aeain aiptals for the As sembly to "cut the garment aeeorJ Lug to the :loh" in making aipr ; nations. Tue last Legislature -impropriated nure than the revenue for the period proved to bo. ila recommtinds that Uie Governor be given veto power, and hut in appropriation, bills tie Ckvernor have approval power for ; . amend-, ments reducing but not inert asuvs appropriations.; The Governor recommends that traveling auditors be provided to go into every county and ussist in equalizing and listing all the., prop erty that should be on the assess ment books. lie is confident that North Carolina property Is worth two billion dollars and it is listed at one-thind of 'this. s ; He recommends that a legalized primary system be provided for all officers, including Unit, d States Sen ators, with wrongful use of money prohibited as well as penalties for false charges against candidates. A general search and seizure law is recommended to augment prohi bition enforcement. And that the Governor be empowered to employ detectives and agents and retain special counsel to assist the solicitor when needed. He appeals for the most liberal support of the public school interests bo all can have com mon school ediucatlcn tssured and give some opportunity of higher edu cation. ; Stating that the number of State convicts has Increased 20 per cent in four years, he recoanimonde that the recorder's and police courts be required to report to the Attorney General as to prisoners sent to the roads. The Supereior courts, he says diis'pose of 10,000 criminals annually. The State's prison has prospered. He recommends that the present State's prison be vacated find the ' farm be used for receiving prisoners ! and working those Cat are unable to work on the public roads. He be lieves that the penitentiary building can be converted into a State : school for the blii!, the preset buildings used by this institution : being very defective- and tl loca- : tion bad. He recommends the same; commutation system for convicts on . gol Ix-Aavior now serv-d by the- I State be applied to connry ., convicts. ! He recom tnends'an i iuU 't t; rri: in a t e F-ys-tem of sentences and a i-ate pardon i board. He says 1,131 pp'U-at-:ons for pank.iis reached, him- darn: U e past ; four years, die renim.s that in i cas -s' where convicts have fa'aiiies 1 iltpi r. lent on them that one-third of i the value of their later be paul io such dependents. And in eases 'f b(rak'ide another one-third. . should go to the d-penl' nts of the '.de ceased.' -.'.. - :- He reecpm-moh'.?B that a legislative committee investigate all convict aided roads, and ascertain.- their, con ditions. One .-thousand convicts hae been working for those State-aided roajs at the best discretion . cf -the council of State. In compliance . with legislative acts ; $220.(iooo has been J earned In railroad' stock for the; state, ., ',.,., ...v.-. The , new State School for Feeble- -Minded at "Kin stem is reported about ', ready for occupancy. The juarter j million dollar fire-prorf State build ing is reported nearng completion and the work of the building wm mission in this respect edmirably performed. He recommends that all water power plants,, selling power nni light and other .power, and light plants serving the . public be made subject to . the centred of the Corporation Commission as are railroad compnii ies. . He recommends that railr'ad companies be rulrcd to draw mileage from mileage books on the trains; that judicial districts be In creased to 20; Increased pensions for Confederates and widows; fae tory : inspection to enforce child la bor laws; licensing of all foreign corporations empowered to do busi ness In this State and requirement that they be .subject to North Caro Una courts; he creation of a State highway commission and the taking by the State of the county bonds for roads at par protected by State bonds for liquidation after 40 years. As to freight rates he recom mends provision for special coun sel and agents by the State to aid the Corporation Commission in fight' ing for better interstate rates for North Carolina cities, lie says the library commission has done a splendid work and the appropriation should be increased to 17,500; the Torrenu land' title sys tem should be authorized on a vol unteer basis; fish and fisheries in terests demand special attention, and $:,377 tlie commissioner was ob'tsed to borrow must be provided for. On the subJ'X-t of fire Insurance, the - Governor again recommends the appointment of a rpecial committee to investigate conditions and rates. Other recommendations are the enactment of a law prohibit ting any ccmpaet or trust agreement to destroy competition and put up or ktp itP the cwt of insurance or to put down or keep down compensation to agents in this S;ate; that no com pany h2 permitted to do business in the State until it files a writ t en asTrciient not to charge insurers In this .'State a higher rate or forbj-ot them- to more burdensome, conditions than elsewhere; that the use of tho co-insurance clause be made optional with the applicant for Insurance, that - the company writing Insurance upon property of a permanent na ture, .be iv'iwired to fix tlie value at. (tote cf issuance of poliey, and in set t lenient of doss such .value to be con clusively . presumed that, the true value at time of issuance of policy, the .burden.of provingany depreciat if -n to bo upon the company; that com pnnies be r'M-iuirnd to file with the Insurance comniiRHi-eiier a ; general sell while of rates. 'and .H'gulatiolis by which they agree to be governed, an also the schedules by which they are governed in other part of vh country; power to insurance commis sioner to revoke. licence f any ce-m-pany oharpiiiig a rate ?o high or fo low or imposing ronditioiis such as !n his 'judgment are unfair or prejuKUc ial to the public, with provision for appral from his . ruling to tho courts. As to trusts the following pub-f po tions to the present law are urged: : "For any person, firm or corpora tion or assix'ition to contract, o commbine in the. form of trust or otherwise, or to conspire with any other person, firm, corporation- or 'association in restraint of trale, commerce or manufacture in -.this State. ' "For any person, firm, corporation or association to monopolize or at tempt to monopolize or combine v conspire with any othr person, firm, corporation or association to monopo lize any part of the trade, commerce or manufacture within the State." . , o- FILIPINOS DESIRE FREEDOM. Manuel L. Quezon, resident com missioner of the Philippine Islands o the United States, who has Just re turned to Washington from Manila, says that every town in the archipel ago has endbreed the, Jones -bill, which he hopes will be passed at. the extra session of Congress. . Tho bill purposes to establish a provisional government, more liberal and autonomous than at present, for a probationary period of eirht years begin nig July 4, 1913, and that after July 4, 1921, the Unst-tl States shall relinquish all rights of sovereignty over tlie Philippines and grant to its inhabitants full and complete It dependence. The UnitedStates would retain sovereignty over n!eosary na val, coaling station eito and termi nal points for cable, not Including the bay aiwl harbor of Manila. The Jones bill would -vt tho legis lattve power of the Philippine 'is lands in aCongress". of thePhilippint-s a' Senate comprising -S members and allouse of S7 members.both branches to be elective.. The executive pow er would be vested during the pr liationary period in a Pr -si, r.t, up pointive for four years by the Presi dent of the '-United States, ; ml after July 4 1921, to be eb-ctive by the HLipinos. Representative Justice, cf Guilford, has intriMiucod bills in tlie House for a complete: legalized, prefferctntial primary aiid e!ectki system and to prevent ccrruptpractioe in primaries and elections. The pnuiary tiate specifitxi is the first Tuesday 'a September -next preceding the genera election.' fa.. Novvinber, '-except . '.la Presldij-.tial years wihen he pri mary Is to be on the first Tuesday 1 June, and is to include t'nited States Senators and Congressmen, and preference for President and 'Vice-President. The schedule for fees to outer the primaries include ?250 for Governor; $150 for Con gress niau . . Senators and State of ficers; $50 for Lieutenant Governor, and other officers $10 each for Pri mary expenses. The, corrupt prac tices bill makes a misvik'meainor the failure, of any election officers to properly discharge their dailies; to interfere. With an elect in is a fel ony, punishable by not less than four months' imprisonment,' and $1,000.00 fine to fraudulently register or to sell a vote for any consideration. than this county, recently authorized a bond issue of a like amount.yet we hear talk of having the State the work. That is to say, let the entire State chip in and build roads for those counties that are too penurious to do it themselves pauper counties, in name at least. WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE The Carolina Democrat. Will be moved from Monroe to Raleigh. Edl tor R. F. Beasley will have associa ted with him Col. . J. Field, who has been private secretary to Gov ernor Kitchin for the past four years These gontlemien will give the read ing public a paper that is aggressive enough all right. Some counties in Virginia may be backward In good road builiirug, hut Wise county is not one of them. The Greensboro Record notes that the expenditure of $830,000 Ln two years for the purpose tells the tale. Guil ford has spent close to $400,000 In road work in the past few :. years, while Iredell county, much smaller The South Carolina Legislature' convenes in Columbia today. The new sir thousand dollar grad ed school building was formally oren at Elon College last week. The Progressive National Commit tee 'announced Saturday that the work of organizing the party through out the country would be vigorously prosecuted during the next two years There were 237 homicides !,n Chi cago during 1!12. Of this number according to verdicts tendered by coroner's juries, 1 68 were; murders. In. London during the year there were only 33 murders. Capt. Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, was presented a medal Saturday night by the Na imrl Geographic Society at its an nual banquet. Capt. Amundsen an nounced that he would make a r.tart for. the . North Pole In the near fu ture. '..;. '.' ' The steamer Uranium, bound from Rotterdam for- Halifax jnd for New York, stranded on a reef during thick weather. near Halifax, N. S., at 11.' o'clock Sunday morning and is still held fast in the grip of the ; rocky shore. Her SS0 passengers wer? taken off the steamer by . n Government beat. Democratic members of; the Mouse committee on ways and means are planning to examine closely Into the affairs of the Aluminum Company of America and the Waltham Watch Company, when their representatives testify in a hearing on the metal tar iff schedule today. Both eompanies have been charged with being trusts. Bills providing for a State-wide primary for officers of county and State, and for members of the North Carolina Legislature, members of Congress, and to make crim Inal corrupt practices in primaries as in general elections,have been introduc ed in theHcusc. The primary act pro vides for voting for a first nnd sec ond choice for President, Vic Presl den and Governor. In theSenate the important measures introduced last wek were bills to reduce- the twenty three peremptory challenges allowed defendants In criminal cases to twelve and to have juries summoned from adjoining counties in capital cases, where there is application for a change-of venue. TO INSURE Health Happiness Peace and Prosperity IN 1913 Trade With Fetzer & Tucker The Dependable Druggists. "Dad, can you afford to go to bed without having a box of Mother'i Joy in youru home? It cures croup like magla. stopa eough In five to ten minutes. ' Qooao GreaM Co., Greea1oro. N. C. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy has no superior for coughs and colds. It is pleasant to take. It contains no opium or other narcotic. It always .cures. For sale by Gardner Drug Co. LOOK OUT! TAKE 1TI C Jo FAI WAWIG Oo Tuesday Morning, January 2 il lt o a ZILJT1T iP'llCi D. A. HENDRIX Will Commeticehi USUAL LOW Price AH the Lad attend this Sale. Onty and Thursday January 21 1913. Come one of these days and you will not regret it. We will GIVE BACK 10c CASH to each and every customer for ev ery dollar you spend with us. In addi tion to giving this 10c, we will give $5 in cash or in goods to the customer spend ing the most money at our store during the three days Special Sale. We will have ONE PRICE TO ALL CUSTOMERS. Before the sale, during the sale and after the sale we will sell FURS, SWEAT ERS and CLOAKS at almost Half Price. Remember, it matters not what you buy during this sale you get it at 10 per cent, off, or even more. SHOES are in cluded same as oth 3r goods. We have a lot of elegant Shoes in lace and buttons, regular $2.50, $3 and $3.5 0 Shoes, that will be offered during this sale at at $1.49 and $1.98. Patent leath er, kid and gun metal. Nothing in the world wrong with them. Don't fail to see these Shoes. We especially want cus tomers living in country attend this sale. -is - f 1 1
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