The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-01-12
THE MESSAGE IN BRIEF.
Governor Hollis Recommendations to the
General Assembly.
STATE REFORM SCHOOL NEEDED.

Ihe University the States Greatest
Treasure The Agricultural and
Mechanical Colleges UsefuInes-
The Oxford's Orphan Asylum The
Question of Banks and Currency
The length of Governor HOlt's mes
sage TO the legislature foIbids its pro-
duction in these columns and only a
resume of it can be given. In opening
IL enumerates the public officers wh0
nave died during the past four years,
secretary of State Saunders. Governor
Fowle. Treasurer Donald Balm. Chief
Justices Smith and Merrimon, and
Justice j. j. Davis.
FINANCES
The gain in value of real and per-
Sonal property iii two years is $I5, ,000,-
900, and in assessment of railroad
property s.. .000,000 In regard to pen
Sions 4,1ll are on the roll and the past
year were paid S96l, ,951. OF those ,
SIS are widows.
THE BANKING QUESTION.
The message recommends the repeal
OF the State bank tax, because the
high taritfand present banking system
are the greatest evils the people have
to contend with. State banks are old
er than the Constitution. The Char
ter of the Bank of North America,
by Massachusetts was anterior to the
formation of the Union.
There is no reason why State bank
should not be founded upon securities
lntrinSically as valuable as, and as
readily convertible in the money mar
ket as United States bonds.
REVISE THE CODE.
The revision of the Code is sugges-
ted, that the laws may be plainly
Wordcd for the comprehension Of the
: ri no isiA Of 4 Ia
State Constitution is also desirable.
HOMICIDE.
The Governor urges that degrees be
made in the crime of murder ''Our
system takes no note whatever of the
various elements of difference in the
crime of murder, but it visits upon
him who takes the life of a fellow
being from sudden impulse, but with
out technical prOyocatiOn, the same
dreadful results that follow the per-
petration of the crime under circum-
stances OF the most atrocious deliber-
alton and malice" The need of uni
form system of State laws was COM
mcnted upon favorably. For the first
time there has been made a complete
report on the condition of prisons and
poor-houses in the State through the
State Board of Public Charities.
Other charitable institutions were
being dWelt upon. The Governor
urged acting upon the recommended
tionS OF the uperintendent of Public
Instructions.
REFORMATORY.
Figures showing the large number
of youthful criminals in the prisons
Of the State were mentioned and the
need of Il Reformatory urged upon the
legislature.
Do IL,
shown to need enlargement. Infirma-
ry and hospital accommodations are
| needed. There arc now nearly 800
| insane people waiting in jails and
poor houses when they ought TO be in
the asylum.
OTHER CHARITIES.
There are 522 patients at the Nor
! canton State Hospital Additional
capacity, however, is needed there.
| The Eastern hospital at Goldsboro
has 212 patients, and the same needs
are felt there as in the other charit-
| able institutions. The Raleigh Deaf,
| Dumb and Blind Institution has a,
| daily average of one hundred deaf
and dumb and SiXty-fve blind in the
white department., and SiXty-three in
the colored. These have been cared
for and instructed at per capita
cost of about hundred and ninety dol
| ldTS. Uue dIluudl appropriation Del0S
forty thousand dollars. The number
of blind in the State, as reported, is
459 whites, and 266 colored Forty
deaf mutes, and eight blind are APP
plying for admission, as per files, and
large number of others whose appli-
cations have been discouraged, in view
of the crowded condition of the Insti-
tuition.
THE UNIVERSITY.
The University, ,he declared, was
the States greatest blessing and
| should be>cordially supported. There
should be no friction between denom-
national and State colleges He was
| loyal to his church college, Davidson,
of which he was trustee and also of
| his States University.
/ The Mechanical and Industrial
school, the A. 81 Nj. Colleges, white
and colored, the State penitentiary,
the Geographical Survey, the Expert
ment Station, were taken up in order
and reported upon.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
The commission receives high praise
from the account of its fairness and
able management of the affairs en-
trusted to it.
The vexed oyster question is again
discussed and after other things, the
matter of having the State creditably
represented at the Worlds Fair is
pressed upon the legislature
The Governor speaks favorably of