The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-02

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on1;sting most attention in the clos
bo dav.5 of this session OF the General
,o,,lIv is that Of Senator Turner OF
.odnu. favorably reported by the com
;++oa and considered by the Senate
1,o,dov which would abolish cor
oral punishment of convicts and pro
ilo for prison Improvement and re-
, o1ono the modern lines which al
eadv obtain in most Of the States.
.ho main features Of the measure
oobt to pass unanimously, but OF
onrse there will be some opposition on
orious pretexts. The author OF the
IN Senator Turner) is doing his lev
hos+ 70 oct it on the statute books.
IT, is chairman Of the joint legislative
onr,iftee which has first completed
he investigation into state prison and
onvic+ farms and camp conditions, and
familiar with the subject. Not only
. O. but he personally is interested as
nan and citizen in making it lmpos-
ible hereafter that certain abuses and
{ardships and lack of proper fec1l1t1es,
Is disclosed to the investigating com
Ottee to continue to the discredit and
isgrace Of the great state OF North
carolina. His speech in the Senate last
Wednesday was characterized by that
eyel headedness and determination
Which usually characterizes his under
akings.
Governor Turner'S S Eloquent Plea
His demand for abolishing the lash
(which relic of barbarism has been a
polished and eliminated in all the pri-
bons of the most enlightened states
bnd is still tolerated in but few was
made with great earnestness.
Gas a democrat, who loves his party
and who never scratched a ticket and
who feels deeply the disgrace heaped
upon our party by the inhumanity and
fruelties practised at some of the con-
fvict camps by brutal guards-utterly
helpless and riendless-human beings
at the mercy of unmerciful task mas
ters-I say that when the disclosures
before the pension investigating com
mittee became familiar to the people
of the state, it would be shame if it
could be added that this legislature
refused to rectify these abuses when
we had full opportunity to do so, and
that in face Of the full knowledge Of
the facts, which every law w-makor in
the capitol building now possesses.
The effort Of Senator Burgwyn to al
ter the pension cutting--soxiNvMgmt
provision cutting out the lash entirely
and have it applied to the backs Of in
eorrlglbles' was voted down and the
Turner bill passed second reading by
practically unanimous vote. Blu
Burgwyn objected to final reading ant
II went over a day and will reach th'
House Friday.
Legal Ad Rate Eul
After several weeks Of persistent eff
lort on the part of Senator's Burgwyl
Jones Person, and few others, tn
'll formulated by the committee o
'ne n. c. Press Association to regu
iate the rate for printing legal notice
III Uhe advertising columns Of n. G.
newspapers, has passed it's final read
my Ill the Senate and at this writin
noM pending in the House. Only thre
senators voted against it on final rea6
my namely, Burgwyn, Jones Of Bun
eon'oe, and Williams. Thirty min
'eNators voted for the measure-afte
- had been referred and re-referre
'oUr tunes to three committees. AS
III" stands the rate is fixed at six ct,
p'' me for first insertion and thre
~, ruu's Tor each subsequent insertion
provision to allow the court cler
post notices if the papers decline
PRINT the notices at the legal rat
"' not adopted, the amendment COZ
drawn. 'oo -
-Afee Million Dollar Bond Issue
me recommendation Of the commi
/. vi appropriations that three mi
uollars issue be authorized to me-