The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-14

ence. Commissioner Young says that
although the bill by Senator ]. P. Cook
for collecting tax for the State on
insurance carried by unlicensed COM
panies in North Carolina did not be-
come a law. 1t is yielding fine results.
Applications are coming in from large
numbers of these outside companies
for licenses, and it looks as IL tho
effect of the Cook bill will be to bring
about the licensing of 40 or so per
cent of these companies within the
next few months
Commissioner Of Insurance James r
Young has gone TO New York to act
with the commissioners Of New York,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Wiscon-
sin In the preparation of new stand
ard fire insurance policy TO be used in
many of the States Of the Union and
taking the place of the form now in
use In this and other States
j. y. Joyner State Superintendent
OF Public instruction, expresses him
self as we'll pleased with the school
leg islatian enacted by tho General As
sembly just adjourned. The achieve
ment Of a minimum school term of six
months for the rura! districts of the
State and the compulsory school at
tendance laws he regards as crafty
inEly progressive measures. He saws
that while the compulsory school at
tendance bill was passed with n clause
leaving some of the features of the
measure optional with tho county
boards of education, IL is still a State
vide measure, applying to all counties
with only the privilege for the county
boards to modify some of the details
of application of the law He believes
that the act authorizing the placing of
women on the school committees and
boards of trustees and textbook COM
missions will have the effect of quick
eninE and advancing the life and effect
iveness of the school system.
Campaign In Progress.
Raleigh is plunging this week into
a campaign on the question of commits
sion form OF government. The election
on April ! is to involve the adoption
of commission government. under
three commissioners. to receive salaries
OF $500 each, and If this fails, a spe-
cial act of the recent Legislature makes
change of government go into effect
automatically. with Il Mayor and only
four Aldermen, instead of eight. II is
q change of city government, no mat.
ter which way the election results. H.
Il. litchford addressed big mass
meeting tonight for commission gov
eminent. He is the cashier of the Cit
iZens National Bank
The summary OF the third annual
report OF the Rockefeller sanitary
Commission. just issued. makes a stril<-
ingly crcditable showing for the hook
worm elimination work in North Car
DINA, as directed by DIR. John A. Fer
rell. secretary in charge. 1t shows
that of the number of persons treated
during the three years. North Caro-
lima led with 111.S72. the nearest an
proach by any other State being Mis-
sissippi, with only SO.lOl persons
treated In microscopic examinations
North Carolina has also led. the num-
Der of examinations in this state being
lSl,1i4, with the next highest $4,000
by Mississippi. This ratio of work and
progress shows I'm the interest of North
Carolina through all the phases of the
elimination work that is carried on
under the direction and by means OF
the support or the Rockefeller com
mission