The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-07

tle prison farms
Adoption " plans for the preservation
q shade trees az state institutions aud
thEpaghguL The state.
Enactment Of laws Tor conservation
q timber resources and the rrfoTgEta-
ton Of millions o. acres 81 Mississippi
lands dehHded in recent years.
More liberal appropriation Tor the
state board VI health. which the Eaver.
nor declares has achieved wonderful re-
suits with a very meaRer allowance.
Enlargement Of 40 state charity hos
pitais. more liberal support funds, CONF
plcte control bv the legislature u all
hospitals supported IN part By the state
and ahe erection Of new hospitals for
North Mississippi the delts section and
9 large hospital for East Mississippi, at
Meridian.
Liberal appropriations for state Tu.
beTculosts sanitarum at Mace which
has turned away nearly ! con patients
because Of lack # roonl.- The governor
points out that there arc At least 10000
cases II Tuberculosis IL Mississippi and
the death rate IS about 600 per year.
More money for Confederate uenslons
and an Appropriation sufficient 10 en-.
large the Confederate home lat Beau.
voir. The governor also urges that the
state acquire full tito to THE prop.
eTty.
Increased salaries for state officials
with immediate action on this question
in order that tho state officers who 90
into office m JAN 10 may obtain the
benefit ~ IT,
Abolition Of the prison board OF trus.
tees, vesting the entire management IN
the superintendent ard one assistant.
The governor says that the prison board
IS OF no more practical use than the
nth wheel on a wagon He saws that
ne new system Of records installed by
ne present superinttndent, James WI
hanson, vii save the state Slna 00o
per year. lilo reviews the condition Of
prison property at some length show
Ing the total inventory value to he
Aii9SI 20. with an actual value OF
nearly $1,000, 900,
Enactment Of a law requiring eandi-
dates for state office and for congress
to file sworn statements Of their came
paign expenses tvs weeks before date
Of election.
Passage Of uniform warehouse re.
ceipt act. similar TO statute now in ef.
feet in 80 states Of the union.
Establishment Of state electric
lighting plant 10 supply capitol build
ings and all public institutions In Jack
son.
Appropriation for the common schools
large enough to Insure better nay for
teachers and Improvement of the puh-
lie SCHOOL system as urged by Prot.
W n Bond, state superintendent OF
euuCatlOi,
Appropriation sufficient 10 offer edu-
cational opportunity to nearly 500, 900
adult iliterates IN Mississippi Of whom
9SS, ~ are 0otivr born.
To List ALI Property,
Enactment Of laws that will enable
the state tax commission to put all
property on The books at its full value.
The governor says that the work Of the
conn. ssion. while II has wrought won.
| ders IN short time. has lust com.
nenced, He IS especially vigorous in
defending the work Of this body against
which strenuous fight Is to be made
during the session, bills having already
been. framed seeking 10 havef 1t abol-
shed.
creation Of sinking and insurance
funds to replace state property de-
stroyed BY fire and storms, The state
has suffered several heavy losses frem
these sources during the past four
years the losses being total because no
insurance is carried on state property.
Sale Of the governors mansion, and
provision made for more simple home
| for the governor, one that the ncum-
bent Of the office wiiL-he able to main
| tain on the salary paid. In concluding
this subject the governor suggests that,
nasmuch as both capitol buildings are
| now crowded, y would be an excellent
| idea to move the state library and the
supreme court to the executive man
| sion.
Touching on the financial problem,
tho governor state that, under authori-
ty. granted him through legislative
| referendum last autumn, lie has bor-
| rowed for the use Of various state Inv
stitutions sums totalline s209,G76.40, Al
| Of these institutions confronted heavy
| deficits, due to increased living costs,
and, but for these leans. would have
been without funds during the closing
| borrowed were $4,000 for the insane
| hospital in jackson, and $4,000 for the
| insane hospital at Meridian. The notes
given by the governor are due on Feb
ruary I.
Mississippi has an assessed valuation,
e. the s4e ota S0T Sondsd Gt s of sg
less than 81 per capita, 1t isn't worth
worrying about. He then follows with
review Of the building and improve.
ment needs at the various colleges aud
eleemosynary Institutions, and suggests
| that the legislature ought to spend not
| less than s., 000,0 900 for work OF this
| character,
Statutes to encourage the reorganiza-
| ton of the Mississippi national guard
and-the building Of state armory on
the old capitol grounds are urged by
| the governor.
Al some leIlBtn tHe EoNSl Ilo' oloNuS'5N'
| the plan Of the, state highway commits
| sion and the Mississippi Highway I'm
provement association for $4,000, 600
bond issue TO be used In building d
system Of modern highways touching
every county in the state and gives II
his unqualified, Endorsement. He .sugr
gests that the burden of this bond issue
| be borne through q tax OF two cents
per gallon on gasoline.
TIE governor again reverts to- war
measures in the concluding portion of
| his message, Expresses profound salts
faction that he was permitted to be
| the war governor Of the commonwealth,
aud In burst OF eloanence he paints
flowing picture Of the future OF the