The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-01-21

should he teach rather than how t,
protect human life from it's mos
terrible enemies? Teachers are no
r expected to be doctors, but some
simple text work on the prevention
: of these two diseases should be
taught. Their prevalence and fatal
ity, and the fact that they are avoid
able justify the teacher in preparing
suitable lectures, or better still, il
securing some physician to lecture
on them. The profession of medi-
cine, which does so much charitable
work, | doubt not has members in
every county who will gladly lecture
to the schools on these subjects.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
The good people of our State have
no cause for greater pride in their
governmental undertakings than in
their care of and provision for the
unfOrtunates within our borders.
Our institutions for the education of
some and for the maintenance and
treatment of others shrink not in
comparison with such institutions in
our sister States. No better work
or one closer to the hearts of us all
! is being done by the State. The
State should not be profigate, but
it should be liberal with these insti-
tutions. With liberality for such
worthy purposes should go the
closest scrutiny into expenditures,
and constant determination not to
be careless with taxes willingly paid
for meritorious public purposes, and
not to be eXtravagant in public gen.
erosity.
PENSIONS.
The Confederate veteran needs no
further eulogy than he has always
had and will always have from every
brave and patriotic North Carolinian,
but many veterans need more assist
ance from the State whose honor
they maintained, whose glory they
increased, and to whose cause they
gave an unstinted devotion in the
days Of their young manhood. |
trust that with due regard to other
matters requiring your appropria-
tions you will find the conditions of
our revenues such that you can in
crease our pensions.
RETURN TO PROSPERITY.
We congratulate the State that its |
manufacturing industries are emerg-
ing from the shadows of the recent
panic. While prices of some of our
farm products have not been very
greatly depaessed during this period !
of general hard times, yet the low
prices of the important crops of cot
ton and peanuts wrought serious in
jury to large sections Of the State
With the revival of business through
out the country, which always fol-
lows panics, our State will reap her
share Of benefits. State policies
never yet caused general panic, and
State legislatures can do nothing to
avert one Our people were extreme
ly fortunate in being so well prepar-
ed to weather the storms which they
did not produce and could not es-
cape, for the industries of no State
the panic better than ours
and suffered less it's direful ef-
fects. Every citizen should do what
is in his power to hasten the full re-
turn Of prosperity to our farms and
factories which they so richly de-
serve and which will assure similar
to all other industries.
FACTORY LIFE.
Factory life is increasing and fac
tory conditions will conSt antly press
upon the attention Of ALL Factories
should not be hindered or crippled
in their great work, but should be
urged forward to greater triumphs.
However, the object CT effort is not
to pile brick upon brick or to merely
perfect processes Of earning money.
Human happiness IS sought, not
merely for the few, but all. He that
works to help another amass for
tune is entitled in addition to his
wages to healthful surroundings, and
pleasant conditions, otherwise his
for happiness is handicap
oed and fruitless. While many of
our mills are sanitary to a high de-
gree, especially those of recent con-
,truction, our factories have attain
ed to that magnitude that the public
nay rightfuHy require that hereaf-
er every mill erected shall be con-
,tructed in accordance with the de
nands Of sanitation to avoid as far {
IS possible disease among operators ]
IS they are now constructed in ac /;
.ordance with insurance demands to s
avoid as far as possible fire losses. .
Every r;c-ht thinking man is (