The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-28
eformatory Bill is to be Re-
ported FavorabIy.
COMMITTEE UNANIMOUS
Mrs, |. c, B1air's Earnest and Convincing Rp-
peaI---Mrs. W. H. s. Rurgwyne and
Mrs. F. A. 0lds Also Make
Strorg Pleas.

favorably in the House today.
That was decided on by the Joint Com
mittee on Propositions and Grievance!
yesterday afternoon.
The ladies won the day. Their argu-
ments were unanswerable, and their ad-
dresses were much applauded and COM
plimented
The bill that will be reported is the one
introduced in the House by Mr.. Parker,
of Wayne. 1t was drawn by committee
of the State organizatio of the King s
Daughters, ard provides that the insti-
tuition shall be known as 1.-The North
Carolina Industrial School" and that the
Board of Directors shall consist of seven
women, besides the Governor, Commits
sioner Of Agriculture and Attorney Gen
eral. The first board is to be nominated
by the Governor and confirmed by the
Senate. All vacancies thereafter shall be
flied by the Board of Directors them
selves.
White children between six and six
teen ears of age are to be cared for,
who would otherwise become criminals.
This would include children who were
begging or selling anything as mere
cover for begging, any who have been
abandoned by their parents or who
have abandoned their parents, any who
do not attend the public schools and idle
their time in the streets. any who are
orphans without guardianship, any who
arc destitute or who have been repeatedly
arrested and brought before the police.
Any judge of the Superior court shall
have power to commit such children
to the school, and the court may COM
mute the sentence of any child of these
ages who shall have been convicted of
any crime punishable by Imprisonment
to commitment to the school.
The effect of commitment shall be
that the child is under the control of the
school until the age of II.
The expenses of this school are to be
raid by the counties from which the in
mates shall come, the County Commits
sioners paying 500 per year for each
child committed from their county
Five thousand dollars is appropriated
for the purpose of erecting buildings, the
Board of Directors to select a site for
the location of the school,
The discussion of the bill created much
we'll filed, both floor and galleries.
The feature of the meeting was the
presence of a number of ladies from the
Kings Daughters, w. C. T. U. and
Daughters of the Confederacy
The members of the special commit
tee appointed at the last meeting of the
State Kings Daughters were present
consisting of Mrs. VIM. H. S. Burgwyn.
Weldon, chairman; Mrs. T. ]. Jarvis
Mrs. A. L. Blow, Mrs. j. B. Cherry.
GTeenville; Mrs. VIM. H. S. Overman
Salisbury; Mrs. Henry Perry, Mrs. ]. II.
Bridgers, Henderson; Mrs. F. A. Olds.
Mrs. L. H. Briggs, Raleigh; Mrs. Chas.
X. Hall. Southern Pines; Miss Serena
Chadbourn, Wilmington.
Besides these ladies. there were nres-
ent Mrs. |. c. Blair, Mrs. E. E. Moffitt
Mrs. II. A. London, of Pittsboro: Mrs
Naylor, Mrs. Gattis, Mrs. Foy. Mrs. Ed
wards, Mrs. A. NJ. Worth, Mrs. Clark
Mrs. T. S. Leard, Mrs. J. H. Robbins
mrs. VIM. Robbins, Miss benson. Miss
Hutcnlngs, Miss Young and Miss Worth.
Col. w. II. S. Burgwyn, by way of in
PRODUCTION. first addressed the committee
In brief and informal wa.
Gol. W. II. ). BurgWyn, Weldon state6
tEat there were representatives from tho
w. Z. L. u. Daughters of the Confed
eracy and Kings Daughters He then
went on to speak of the determinat ion
OF TIE state society of the Kings Dauqh
ters, taken at their last meeting in Raj
cigh, to make their special work the
establishment of State Reformatorv
fer youthful white criminals. He dwell
upon the vast Importance of the matter
and the value of saving to the STATE The
young boys and girls who might other
wise become criminals.
Col. Burgwyn courteously thanked tba
committee for their invitation to the la
dies to express their views
He proceeded to tell how such an IN
stitution had been established in Ala
bama By the efforts of the women in
that State, started by a North Carolina
lady who had moved there with her hus-
hand.
As to the details, these ladies were
rot necessarily welded to the plans set
forth in the various bills introduced
calling for seven women as directors.
They were ready to discuss any plans
that might be deemed advisable
Mrs. |. c. Blair then addressed tire
committee, and made a clear, earnest, at
tunes touching statement of the whole
matter. She began somewhat as fol-
lows:
~ ReformatOry is long-felt want in
Nofth Carolina. 1t is now seven years
since the w. G. t. U. commenced to agi- |
tate the matter. and this is the ninth |
assembly that has been petitioned for |
THIS measure
we went ITO this movement to SUI |
ceeu' and We arc as certain now of sue.
cess as are Messrs Watson. Oyerman ara
Craig OF election to the United states |
senate At one time, indeed we came |
nearer to it than either of these car5i- |
dates, for We only lacked three votc~
OF getting this measure through the Con
eral Assembly"
The present method" continued VIC
Blair, "of treating young criminals ie
ABOUT as sensible as for a doctor to ex
pose his whooping cough patient 70
chicken-pox, measles, smallpox and Ion
rosy When boy forgets himself NV
his heedlessness or in his cups he ;s
put in the jail with hardened criminals
to take his first lessons in crime rbon
nc is taken to the college or univer-
sity of crime. the penitentiary, where