Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-01-14

industry more attractive and -
n~uneratlve. The experiment farms.
oniient1ns, etc, have been very help-
Iul. II has kept out undesirable EN-
State Prison.
The Governor says hesitate peni-
.entlary is snotsonly seR-sustaining.
put actually pays money into the State
treasury. He calls attention to acts
OF the last Legislature inreouirinp
It to repay former appropriations
faster than it can spare same. Action
on this IS asked for. He asks the
LEGISLATURE to print and distribute
TO It's members the report ofaSuperin-
tendent Mann, which he thinks sets
forth valuable ideas and plans.
Geological Survey.
Ine Governor recommends that in
accordance with the act Of the con-
ventlon Of Governors at the White
House, the State establish a com
mission through which the waste
o. our forests, minerals, fish, oyster
and other resources, might be checked
and, as far as possible, absolutely
prevented.
Proper laws should be enacted to
protect u oyster and fish industries.
which Would yield revenue to The
State The display at jamestown he
says, shows that no State has more
valuable gems than North Carolina.
uur forests should be protected;
which he thinks could be effected by
regulating the size of trees subject
to be cut for lumber.
The Governor dwells upon the sub
Ject Of roads, presenting the great
necessity for action by this body look
to good roads.
The Governor speaks in cheering
tones of the personnel and efficiency
OF the State Guards. He has no rec
concentrations.
Pensions.
On the subject Of pensions the Gov
ernor has ~ to say:
"Find cut what the veterans Of
the Civil War require, and then do
all you can for them; and when you
have done all that is asked, you have
not done half enough torrepay them
for their loyalty in the past. A
small increase will be asked for the
support Of the Soldiers Home. The
veterans are getting old; they can
not work and many are now coming
to the Home. Give what is needed,
and let the decling years Of these
old soldiers be inxease, as in a COM
Portable home they smoke the pipe
of peace, awaiting their summons to
come up higher"
State Institutions.
After noting the good work of our
State schools he says:
"Money spent in educating our
boys and girls yields the greatest of
all dividends to a State, and eduated
brains, directing trained fingers, is
the power that is building manu-
factories, developing our resources
educating cur coming generations and
elevating our morals. "A cultivated
educated brain IS the handmade d
thrift and enterprise that builds up
but destroys.''
After noting the good and benev.
client work Of the institutions of the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind, he says:
"Few States have such a higl
standing as ours for institutions o.
this class, and I can truly commend
the management Of both as being
wise, faithful and humane: They
toe, will come to you for aid"
On account Of charging at Colds
boro and an enlarged number o!
patients at Morganton, he says:
"These two hospitals had to go il
debt-the one at Goldsboro for $11,
600, and the one at Morganton 70,
$4,000. It was a ease Of necessit,
and the Legislature is asked to ap
propriate the funds to pay the debts
The propriety of appropriation t,
the Ellanan Training school is ques
toned, and he thinks careful investi
cation should be made before NOR,
is given to it.
The Governor urges that an admin
~istration building be put where tn
Supreme Court and the Agriculture
buildings now are, which will be fire
proof and Of dimensions adequate t
the needs of the different depart
ments thai are now in mere fire traps
and-liable to burn with their value
that will u into millions. He see
that it will require an issue Of bond
but the absolute need together wit
the small burden it will place upo
, the State he thinks will not compar
with the good accomplished. Mos
of great improvements, he notes, ar
/ ACCOMPLISHED with the aid Of bond.