The Greensboro patriot [January 13, 1885]

              THE^GREENSBORO PATRIOT. ISI IBI.INHI i, ix mo.i
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<.u\ . .1 UM IS' Ml.—. \f;r..
p :nii tcxl of Gov.
JI in Ibe Legislature.
I : pie lillll ill
g with publii
I If takes - -111»- lid 11 l.\
to .--peak, lie thinks
j paid the Gover-i~
mil il.v inadequate, it" not
. mid he say s so. He
- il iries are t<io
- \ - so. Hi- thinks
ity ougbt to haw
..iiiioii.il animal appropriation
i ami I h it its doors uughl
m ii iipi-n to tin- poo.' bovs
- ite. Ilia i ther recommen
■ on tin- order of in
. ami tin- message aa whole
-. > affected the res
i our slow going siilmi-,
'1 it in cold tyne.
our command
ix tin message at
Ulld ilisrilss sunn- ill'
tions.
• i iov. Jarvis,
li.it. in our "pinion
ill} shared), lie nan
most practical and useful
had since
- of Morehcad.
-• Ij c< nimend to our
nolmis Ihc timely words of
Hill iu tin- Sew York Legisla
■■One of the . reateat evils incident
' -iv metIn il nf modern leg
■ lie i- ircless iiml imper
bills are gen-in
il "
en 11, II,i'ii. ami
ork well and wise.y. In
le expedi
■
'buses. Ii bad been run as a polit-
»l machine by notoriously incom
eteot managers until its abolition
by Congress was seriously threat
ened. Galling to bis assistance
Mr. Cadet Taylor, one of the
brightest young .journalists in the
-N»itInvest, be began the work of
reform, until now the Government
Printing Oflice is the largest and
iBOBt successfully conducted print-
'ng establishment in the woild.
Mr. Taylor, as his chief clerk,
has been bis strong right arm in
the accomplishment of this hercu-h'.
m work.
III a recent visit to the printing
office Mr. Rounds said to *.be writer:
'Strong as I believe myself to be,
I am satisfied that my admiuistra
lion would have lacked little of fail-ure
without the invaluable help of
l 'inlet Taylor and my other subor-ilina'is.
The world cannot beat
i li<-ni or famish more efficient men
lor their respective positions. It
is the most trying of all places in
the gift of the Government."
Sustaining quasi official rela
tions with the office for a year or
more, our own observation confirms
Mr. Rounds in every respect. It is
an admirably couducted institution
ami as near the business standard
ui management as importuuate
Congressmen will allow.
GREENSBORO, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13. 1885. 15'»J1' "J1 I I.H1N : m..'-".o*"p■„*•^w,„aiter A Proprietor. r- ,„ .a^nr*.
PI m.ic I'llIM : i: KOI >!>».
• ie dlj the day of
men. The career of Pub-lintel
I! iw nt the
hinent de-ft
., ,,'. I' \ i KII 'i. is
,1.1. old story ui
hov. plui k, determination ami en-i"
si I nvei come apparently ill-
... P. ltd! SDS coin
ib ui In yeaia ago in
mtrj printing office iu the
Uanipsb'rc. After
apprenticeship, he
n a dailj paper, and after
i at tl case" was made
, " ui the office. Alter I
II i v ice in tins capacity he
•ii il apprenticeship,
having determined to thoroughly
, i he "art preservative." He
il with full honors from
the ^ii-.it printing house of Thomas
Buffalo, New fork.
He learned there every thing about
printing that could be learned, and
when he left the veteran Thomas,
tin n the lust known man in the
\ n,i ne.i. gave liiin a diplo
urn. which says "Sterling P Hounds
II,-; class and accomplished
II ,-\ - n sense <>i the word."
distinction Mr. Rounds cousid-daj
to be the most notable
i-emenl oi Ins phenomenally
-ml career. From Buffalo
he »eiit in Chicago, the great print
, e ui the world. Hen- be
fouuded the Chicago Time*, now
trongesl paper ill the great
hwest, ami subsequently es-tablished
tl Priutej'a Ware-
:." making a business thai to-il
ij, under the name of his sueces
. the Rounds Type and Press
|i uij. extends from the < Miio
tn the Pacific coast and is familiar as
household words in every printing
orli
\V| d was elected Pres
u uue ".i- suggested foi
Public Printer, and thi suggestion
i ice taken up ami spread
; ni'd pi.mie fire among the
UUtil nearly one
. ol us principal papers
had indorsed him. Sot
- !„• bucked by the entire
. the press, bul by the
solid iiiiiuciice ami petition of all
offli i rs, Senators and
tatives ol his own State;
isniesa men. bankers, Bit)
mil judges oi' Chicago,
uad been iii business lor
tbirtj i ie years . bul bj prominent
entire State delegation-
, host ol senators and mem,
hers of Congress Irom other Slates.
gether the strongest
ueul BUN oi"- applicant tor
evei " • iiveil.
President Garlield had deter
mined on his ap|K>iiitiuenl . and a
memoranda to that effect was found
an s liisottlcial papers. On sue-to
the Presidency, Mr.
Arthur at once appointed him Pub
lie Printer.
He found the Government Print-
DlUeeoneol the worsl abused
,,,",11 ,ne(...Miiimentilepartuiuiil.s.
I, wasan Augean .-table in very
.,„d stuuk With the foulest
I HE BANNBB STATE AT NEW OR-LEANS.
According to the legion of
Northern newspaper correspou
dents it looks very much now as if
North Carolina would be the ban-ner
State of the South, at Mew Or-leans,
as far as the display of its
resources is concerned. The ar-rangement
of its section shows
great taste and ingenuity. It is
divided into live com partmeats,each
with a p.tgoda or pavilion. These
loinpartiuentsillustrate the fishery,
agricultural, forest, mineral and
manufacturing industries of North
Carolina. In the fishery section is
a pagoda built ot oars and other
acquatic emblems, and crowued I)}
specimens of seines and network.
It contains every specimen offish
found in the waters of the State,
I from the smallest minnows to Stur-geons
weighing 300 pounds. The
boats, rope, nets, everything used
in fishing are here shown, with
pictures which freely illustrate this
industry, and give one a broad
idea of it. Next to this is the tim-ber
pavilion—perhaps 'be prettiest
one in the building—made of three
hundred different native woods.
Here is located the office of the
North Carolina commission.
Around are specimens of all the
trees growing iii the State, show-ing
each in the rough, the rough
limber and its foliage, when final
ly oiled, polished or varnished.
Here, also, are shown a collection
Of all the medicinal plants and
herbs produced iu North Carolina.
mure than three hundred iu num-ber.
In the third section, devoted
to agriculture, is a pavilion made
of Native grasses and cereals more
than fifty feet high, trimmed with
cotton—the larg.-st and one of the
handsomest structures iu the Gov-ernment
building. The agricul-tural
display around it has not yet
been fully arranged but itwillcou
tain, it is said, specimens of every
agricultural product iu the United
States, as North Carolina produces
everything grown in the country,
filling all the blanks in the census.
The mineral pavilion is a tall struc-turccovereil
entirely with gold and
silver mica, which inakesitglistenin
the electric light as if constructed
oftbe precious metals themselves.
Hen-is displayed the mineral col-lections,
which the North Carolina
Geological Department has been
forty years in arranging, and a
port ion of which only was exhibited
at the Boston Exposition last year,
ami pronounced the finest thing
shown there.
Hurrah! for "old Rip!"
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.
Tin- Baltimore Manufacturers Re
cord, in its annual review of south-ern
industries, publishes a lis*. of
all manufacturing and mining eu
terprisesorganized in the southern
states in 1884, giving name, loca
li and character of busiuess of
i ich. The list shows 1,865 uew en
terprises, with an aggregate capi-tal
reaching the enormous sum ot
$105,260,900, divided as follows:
Alabama: One hundred and
eighty seven new establishments,
with a capital of $16,025,000.
Arkansas: Forty six,
capital of #2,040,000.
and twenty sir, with 14,110,000
capital.
South Carolina: Fifty three, with
$3,174,000 capital.
Tennessee: Two hundred and
fifty, with 87,910.000 capital.
Texas: Two hundred and twelve,
with #10,778,000 capital.
Virginia: One hundred and
eighty eight, with $13,450,000 capi-
.til.
West Virginia: Seventy-seven,
with $4,303,000 capital.
The list shows that almost every
branch of general manufactures is
represented. Cotton, aud wollen
mills, machine-shops, foundries,
blast furnaces, ice-factories, saw-mills,
planing mills, building ma-terial
factories, furniture factories,
carriage and wagon-factories, hau-dle
factories, etc., are very uomer
ous. There are mauy flour-mills
and more tobacco factories, and a
large number of cotten seed oil
mills, as well as mining enterprises
of all kiuds—gold, silver, copper,
mica, ore, coal, etc. The notice
able feature is the amount of
northern aud western capital com-ing
itito the South.
THE FARMER'S CLUB MEETINGS.
While it is important to have
meetings of State Boards of Agri-culture
and County Agricultural
Societies, they cannot be made to
do the work that can be done by-
Farmer's Clubs. Many intelligent
farmers are too modest and too un
accustomed to public speaking to
speak before a large audiences, but
when they meet their neighbors at
the Farmers' Club meeting, they
will freely give a large amount of
valuable practical iuformation re-lating
to the growing of crops, or
the care of animals, and thus they
gradually school themselves to
speak readily to a small audience
of acquaintances, and in time pre-pare
themselves to rpeak with per-fect
confidence to a large number,
even though most of them are
strangers.
While the Club meetings should
be conducted so as to have only
one speak at the same time, and he
to alwavs address the chair, they
should not to bee stiff aud formal;
each member should be permitted
to tell in bis own way, and if he
prefer to sit while talking, he should
be permitted to do. Iu this way-farmers
are incuced to tell import-ant
facts which they never would
if compelled to stand while speak-ing,
aud to submit to stiff formali-ties.
It is surprising what a difference
a live Farmers' Club will make in
any farming community after it
has been running a few years. The
first lesson it teaches the fanner is
close observation; this in turn
teaches the farmer that he has got
much to learn. When a farmer ar-rives
to this conclusion he isou the
road to success, but as long as he
thinks he knows all there is worth
knowing, there is but little hope
that he will ever make any pro
more closely the growth of crops | forth Carolina insane A.yium.
that another year they may be able I The following statistics are taken
to speak with more positive knowl-1 'rom the Superintendent's report tor
edge on any particular operation on I th^ear en.ain* *"• *>>,884'
the farmer. When a farmer be-comes
a good, active member of a
farmers' club, he also becomes a
valuable member of a county soci-ety,
and soon learns to work in it
with the same success that he has
worked in the club.
The Farmers' Club meetiugs en-courage
the farmers to unite to
gethar not only for social elevation
and progress, but also for the bet-ter
protection of business; they
soon learn not only when and bow
they can best purchase the goods
they desire, but they soon learn
where aud how to get a fair price
for their products, and by unity of
action can get a more uniform aud
higher yrice for what they sell.
Wherever a good, live Fanners'
Clubs exists there is but little
chance for swiudlers to succeed ;
this they have learned, aud so as
a rule, confine their operation to
fermers who stay at home, and do
not read the papers.
Every year farmers' meetings are
being held more frequently and
new clubs are continually beiug
formed, uutil at the present time
they are numerously scattered all
over Sew Euglaud; yet there is
still room ior more; every farming
town should have at least one
farmer's society, or perhaps two,
oue club, and one grange.
The little clubs that meet at the
farmers houses are quite as import-ant
at the larger socities that meet
at the Town II all; in tact the small
clubs furnish the material to make
the larger societies; it is there that
the young farmer takes his first
lesson in public speaking; and it is
there that he is first encouraged to
investigate and gather up informa-tion
that is of public vaiue.
The total number of admissions
since the opening of the Asy.um
on the 22d February, 1850, is 1,626;
the total number of discharges for
the same time, is 1,383; of whom
428 were cured; 210 improved; 290
unimproved; aud 449 died; leaving
now under treatment 243.
Upon the whole number of admis
sious the percentage of discharges
cured has been 26; ot improved, 12;
of unimproved, 18; of deaths, 27.
At the date of the last Annual
Report, there were in the Asylum
96 males and 103 females. The ad
missions since have beeu 53 males
and 53 females. The whole num-ber
under treatment during the
year was 149 males and 156 females,
making a total of 305.
There have been 25 males and
37 females discharged during the
year, of these, 13 males and 13 fe-males
were cured; 2 males and 14
females improved; 4 males and 5
females unimproved; and 6 males
and 5 females died.
Of the past year the following
are the results:
1. The percentage of cures upon
admission has been 24.
2. The percentage of deaths up
on number under treatment has
been 4.
Of the admissions during the
year, the cause of disease is report-ed
to have been mental in 29 cases,
physical iu 56 cases, and unknown
iu 21-
The form was Mania, Epileptic,
Suicidal and Homicidal in 68 cases;
Melancholia in 26; Dementia in S;
and others forms iu 7 cases.
The average duration of disease
previous to admission, is represent
ed to have been about 3 years—
many of them 10 to 20 years.
Of those recovered, the suppos-ed
cause of the disease was mental
in 5 cases; physical in 15; and un-known
in 6.
The form was Mania iu 1-S cases;
Melancholia in 6 cases; Dementia
in 1 case; and Monomania in 1 case.
The duration before admission is
represented to have been less than
oue year iu 20 cases, and from 1 to
3 years in 6 cases.
The length of time under treat-
Htre and There a <;em.
—For knowledge to become wis-dom,
the soul must be rooted in
God.—Mm. Montford.
—The worst of Christ, even his
chaff, is better than the world's
com.— < Rutherford.
—Nothing but the Infinite pity-is
sufficient tor the infinite pathos
of human life.—Joint Inglesant.
—The Mohammedans have nine-ty
nine names for God. but among
them all they have not "Our
Father.-'
—There is uot one sin that we
ever commit but has its effect upon
our souls in after years.—./. //.
Etant.
—Dear Lord, in il too much to a-«k
For this poor heart like blifvfill U"k V
May not my life no brightly shine—
The reBex of that smile ol thine—
That it may lead through sin's dark night
Some soul to worship thee aright I
—A. R. SliUman.
—Losses, disappointments, ill-tongues,
loss of friends, houses, or
country, are God's workmen, set on
work to work out good to you, out
of everything that befalleth you.—
S. Rutherford.
—Human love, when deep and
true, is never ashamed of the lowli-uess
of its object. A truly noble
nature recognizes a lriend the more
he needs help. Though we are
mean, and low, and despised, yet
Christ is uot ashamed of US because
he loves us.—Her. Newman Hall.
—God requires no such faith,
nay, he accepts, uay, he excuses no
such faith as believes without rea-son
; believes, he knows not, why.
As faith without fruit, without
works, is no faith, so faith without
a root, without reason, is i.o faith,
but an opinion.—Dr. Dunne.
—We lore our dead and hold their memories dear';
Bul living love is sweeter than regret ;
God's ways are just: and. though they seem severe.
IP can give back with blewiugsgriater j,l
Than we have lost. He cha-lcu- tor some good
That in our weakness u riot under.tood.
—(fclrton trr'y.
—I find these two truths a stay
to my soul, the efficiency of the
atonement, and the stability of the
promise. Just uow this seems my
all, and enables me to look up to
God as my father, although I am
his sorrowing child ; for as I thiuk
of my sins and siufulness, it almost
seems as if I must sorrow even in
the land when- sorrows shall be no
more known.— Evatu.
years, and therefore should also be de-ducted.
The general statement of fcU.6ll.74 also
embraces some expenses incurred in the
encampment of the Slate Guard during
the State exposition, and which were
paid for out of a siiecial fund arising
from Ihe sale ofold arms and by appro-priation
of the general government,
amounting to
2H.619.M
3 73SM
In the selection of subjects for ; J"-"'* '» the Asylum was less than
..... , I 1 year in «6 cases, and over 1 year
discussion at farmers' meetings it is iu 1(( ca8eSi niaking 0Il average of 7
important that the person who is to
lead off should be consulted, that
he may have a subject that he is in
terested in, and thoroughly ac-or
8 mouths of treatment, except in
cases at home on "probation," not
properly to be included.
Of the deaths, thecauseof insan
I ity was mental in 2 cases; physical
quainted with, and his acquaintance , in" 5 cases; and unknown in 4. The
should lie practical, so that he cau ! duration before admission was 4
lay before th
cal information
-actical, lie can I uiirauon oeioic aumissiuu «.is 1
ie meeting fresh practi- 3«***> "'"' l,'"«,h <)f ,i!"l\ BMde.
„, ° HI treatment was ,i years, the longest
ion. To compile a lee oue 27 TearSi tbe shortest i days
Kress.
ture from books or papers may be
better than nothing, but not much.
Farmers are marching on and they
want principally information fresh
from the field of operation, that
they may compare it with their own
knowledge aud with the books aud
papers they read. Books and pa-pers
are for home reading, and not
for recitation from the platform.
After a club has been in opera-tion
several seasous, the members
will prepare them selves during the
growing season for discussions the
next winter, by observations and
experiments. They will thus be
able to speak with much positive
The cause of death was Heart
Disease in 1 case; General Paresis
in 1; Exhaustion from Chronic
Mania iu 3; Acute Mania iu 1;
Phthisis in 3; Chronic Dysentery
iu 1; ami Inanition in 1 case.
The economic questions involved
in the care of the insane are of the
most serious character. From the
statistics of the tenth census (1880),
we find the following startling
facts, as tabulated below:
Dato Pop. V. S. Xo. Insane. Ratio.
1860 31.443.221 20.042 1 to 1.30S
1S70 St.i58.371 37.432 1 to I.IIB
1-WO 50,155.783 HJR 1 W Hi
According to the last census,
there was iu North I'aroliua four
years ago, a total population of
1,398,414, of which S67,L'4-' were
white, and 531,277 colored.
The total number of insane re-
—Twenty States and Territories
have adopted compulsory educa
tion.
—Seventy five years ago the
first tomatoes grown in this coun-try
were cultivated as a strange
aiitl showy horticultural curiosity
in a garden in Salem, Mass. Forty-five
years ago,or a little more, they
began to be used as II vegetable in
the season.
Total. Kll.oa.ll
Deducting these items from the general
expenses as above slated, we have for
the usual and ordinary expenses of the
siiu- government proper. $'70,917.67
ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOE THE
.NEST TWO YEABS, AND THE
TAXATION TO MEET THEM.
The treasurer and the auditor
substantially agree in their esti
mates of the expenses of the State
government ior the fiscal years end
ing November 30th, 1885, and No
vember .Mlth, 1886. T leir estimate
is about *.".90,0O0 per year, or tl,
180,000 for the two years, for which
you arc to provide. It is but na
tural that as the State increases in
population and wealth, that there
should be a corresponding increase
in expenses. Acting upou this
theory, and upou the idea that
there will be au increase in the ap
propriatious, a moderate estimate
of the necessary expenses for these
two years will be 1625,000 per vear
or * 1,250,000 for the two years.
which should be provided for. To
meet this the treasurer had cash on
baud, on November 30th, 1884,
•036,066.98. The receipts from
sources other than taxes on proper
ty, amounted in the aggregate the
last year to 1176,933.90. There is
some increase iu the receipts from
this source because it is a tax upon
the business of the State, and that
is steadily increasing. So it is safe
t-> calculate that receipts from this
source will not be less than $175,
000 per year, or #.(50,000 for the
two years. A tax ot ten cents on
the hundred dollars' worth of pro
perty will raise 8200.000. These
amounts added together make the
total receipts for the two years.
81,476,086.98, which will be ample
to meet all the expenses of the
State government for the two fiscal
years ending November 30th, 1885,
and November 30th, 1886, and have
quite a large surplus left over. So
it will lie seen that every .-ugges-lion
I shall make in this message
in the way of an increase in expen
ses may be adopted with safety,
and still permit the rate of taxa
tion to be kept very low ten cents
on the hundred dollars' worth of
property for the year 1885. and
twenty five cents on the hundred
dollars' worth thereafter.
1 cordially concur in the wise re-commendation
of the treasurer that
only a tax ot ten cents on the him
dreii dollars" worth of property be
manded, that I do not think it can
be longer delayed with a proper
regard for the best iuterests of
the State. A State is but an ag-gregation
of individual-.-, with oth-er
iuterests to be fostered, guarded
and protected by the State, as well
as economy iu taxation. The wise
legislator, while never losing sight
of the question of taxation, must
see that the other interests of the
citizen received proper attention.
The interests of the various couu
ties of the State and their expendi-tures
should have no less protec-tion
at your hands than the expeu-ditures
from the State treasury;
and to multiply the expenses of the
counties for jail fees wituesses,
special terms of the courts, in the
hope of saving a few thousand dol-lars
to the State treasury, is, to
say the least of it, poor political
economy.
It is not less unwise, to leave the
citizeu for the sake of saving him
a few dollars in taxes, to abandon
his rights iu the courts altogether
or to have to pay these huge bill of
costs that the suits of years stand-ing
accumulate.
Society m':st look to the courts
to right its wrougs and to punish
evil doers. The delay in the trials
of criminals, whidi now prevail In
the State, is putting tho law abid
ing spirit of our people to a severe
test; and I regret to know that »
few communities have not been
able to stand the test. Public con
demiiutioii of lynch law cannot be
too severe, nor the punishment of
persons engaged in it too swift, but
it is not quite the thing for those
to sit in judgment upon them who
refuse to aid in establishing sufli-cieut
tribunals for the trial of theso
and other criminals. Iu my opin-ion,
the legislator who refuses to
provide sufficient courts to right
the wrongs and adjust the claims
of communities and citizens speedi-ly
and promptly, assumes a grave
responsibility. The number of
Superior court judges was reduced
teu years ago from twelve to nine.
During that ten years there has
been a wonderful increase in the
population and business interest of
the State. North Carolina is a
very different State from what it
was ten years ago. If nine were
sufficient then, twelve would be
insufficient now; ami I recommend
you make the number not less than
twelve.
SALARIES.
Believing the time has come
when the State can afford to do
justice to her public servants I re-
Commend a revision of the salaries
ness on subjects which they have i ,lortw| j„ t|„. state is 2,028; of
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When farmer meet togeth- prepared themselves during the j these 1,501 were white, l
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aud 437
warm season.
llliii--- ol < tilef-Ju.tU c Wallr
A Washington
er and compare notes, they not
only learm from each other, but
they are encouraged to watch morr
closely the operations on their owu | New York Timet say
firms, and thus learn important
facts which would have escaped
their attention if they bad not met
their brother farmers and compared
notes.
The moment that a farmer is con
The two Asylums for the white
j population, at Raleigh anil at Mor
■awnial to the i gautoii, now have under treatment SE0t&X SSn* U-aving l,l« wWhout
<v.t< itawn r..rv ill for i sueIi care, and about ^00 colored
sSS^affl^SraSS
—In the 49th Congressthe Bouse
will contain 182 Democrats, 140
Republicans, l Greenback Demo
crat (Weaver, of Iowa,) and 1
Greenback Republican, (Brumm, ol
Pennsylvania.) A
iu tli
of Pennsylvania.
levied and collected for the year ! liail| ,„ ,h,. ,m|,|jc officers. The
1885, and that the counties bo giv 1)r,.si.„t compensation is in most
en the benefit Ol tins low rate lo ! c.|s,.s „„, oll|v inadequate, but is
gel out of debt. i unequal. For example, the State
Under the constitution the power j tn.asllr,.,' receives twice as lnilcha-ot
the counties to levy taxes is the Slate auditor, twice as much as
limited to twice the amount levied I tni. superintendent of public fr-aud
1 for State purposes unless the legis 'gtmctj,,,^ livi. hundred dpllan
ill ot I >:>ture sanctions a higher rate. I |llore t|liln t|,e c|,je| j,|„tico of the
xj'sls | therefore suggest that you insert in Supreme emu I and as much as the
GO*-. JAM IS' MESSAGE.
Te-.ViimTurstrict ' the revenue "bill a general provision I (,,Vver„or. It seems to me that a
9th Congiessiona t hat the justices of the peace and - „mll,ent's stl„lv of the duties of
county commissionersol such conn | t|ltMle several officers must convince
ties as may be in debt, may add to ; il||V om. t|,.,t ,.jt|„.|' the salary ol
the State levy enough tor county ; ||I|0 js tlll) |ow, or the other too
purposes to bring the amount levi- i,^],. Tl,,- auditor's duties arc set
ed and collected up to the consti \ ,„„ jn socljol, 3350 ,,f the Code,
rational limitation. In this way j .„„! thev are numerous and inipoi
many counties, which are now em ; ,.,„, \,-„, „ ,i,,||ar ,.an K„ into the
b.u r.isseil. will be able to pay their \ Ir,.as„,.v „, out of it, except upon
debts without increasing taxation ; i,i.s warrant. To require the work
in the aggregate. | imposed bv iaw upon him to be
THE FUNDED DEBT. dono |or Bftcen hundred dollars is
The new consolidated lour per
with
adopted it soon leads to the adop- ! couraging signs of Ml»
For six weeks he has been
tion of others, ard thus the farmer | ^g,^,, t0 bed> a„,i recently no
becomes a progressive and a more j one Have his family and physicians
successful farmer. If we had the | have beeu permitted to see him.
power to measure the advantage
STATE OP NORTH CABOLIHA,
EXECUTIVE DEPAETMBB 1.
RALEIGH, Jan. 7th, 1 85.
Gentlemen of the Senate and Home of
Kepresentvtiee*:
I hereby congratulate you upon
the peculiarly favorable circnm |
stances under which vou assemble. |
The affairs ot the State are in a j
most satisfactory coiiditioa. Noth ,
ing I can say can more clearly set |
forth this fact than does the report 1
of the State treasurer, It must be ]
a source of gratification to this
faithful officer, upon retiring from
office, to know that he leaves in the I
treasury nearly a million of dollars.
The reports of the treasurer am.
auditor show that there was cash
in the treasury on the 1st day oi
December, *'.U7,IMiS.56. Of this
amount, the sum of #026,086.08 be
longed to the general fund, and is
applicable to the ordinary expen
ses of the State government.
REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE OK- |
PICBB8.
cent debt, is *2,803,790.25. Old
bonds still outs aniling, 82,909,-
600.00.
The act under which these bonds
could be funded expired on the 1st
day of January, 1885, and it ii for
you to Consider whether the time
shall be extended or not.
OLD HONOR TAKEN W AND BURN-ED.
F„rtv pareeotdam «l '""■ V»H
Tweiily-live par aant dag*,
Fifteen per cent EaBal
to lower the importance of the of.
tlice that is appointed by law to i«-
a check upon the treastir,'.
The oflice of superintendent of
public instruction is rapidly assum-ing
that place iii public esteem
which it deserves: and the great
educational awakening that is
going on in this State is largely
due to the work that has been done
by this officer, lie is appointed by
law to superintend a system that
Swiiwiiiia | undertakes the, education of half 11
MSEfMSWI million of children, and to direct.
lM2l(it-i'«)
that have grown out of farmers'
cluti meetings during the past ten
years, no doubt we should all be
surprised, for the work of the clubs
lias not been confined to teaching
how to grow crops to better advan
tage, but it has covered a broad
field, ard thus benefitted tho farm-er
in various ways. The farmer's
occupation takes him away from so-ciety;
his opportunities for social
intercourse are very limited ; then-tore,
whatever may bring bim out
to mingle with his neighbors is au
advantage, because it improves his
social qualities, rubs off the sharp
coruers ot individdality, and gives
him more liberal ideas. A man
who lives all of the time away from
society is very likely to become
selfish, and often bigoted j hence it
is Important that there should be
occasions to call men together to
act as a bodb, and by so acting
learn to mingle their ideas togeth-
Thc effect of the paralytic stroke
is now deemed to have been more
severe than was supposed, and
erysipelas is such an insidious dis-ease
that danger is always immi-nent
when the patient's head is at.
tacked. Unless it yields readily to
and superintendent of public In
structiou. They will give you in
detail the operations of the differ-ent
departments, and to them I in-
It will be observed that the ratio I voke your earnest attention,
of the white insane to the whole I ugpoBTS OP THE IHSTITUTIOlfS.
white population of the State is 1 I { . <M(1 hwewj||, the reports
to 545, being about the general f thc ||0.lr(ls „,- directors of the
ratio for the entire population ot insane asylums, of the peni
the Union.
If the proportion is alike in both
sections of the State, there are 853
white, insane persons east of divid-ing
line, and 738 west of the line.
—The Bishop of Melbourne has
Florida: Ninety five, with $2,-
323,000 capital.
Georgia: One hundred and nine
ty six, with 85.455,000 capital.
'Kentucky: One hundred and
thirty-seven, with 821,760,000 capi
Louisiana: Fifty-three, with 85,
534.000 capital.
Mary laud: One hundred aud five,
with 87,121,500 capital.
.Mississippi: torty, with 81,
^onVcaroiL: Two hundred every active member to observe
treatment, death wilt follow speed ordered prayers to be offered that
ilv. Iu the Chief Justice's case, rabbits may not become mothers,
while the disease is stubborn, it all endeavors to exterminate them
yields sufficiently to treatment to having proved fruitless. What
give hope, but a bare hope only, next!
linger for a few months. Shoult
he die before
Frederick T.
tary of State
nominated
Chief Justice
lucid interval
enable him
situation he would probably resigu,
in order to enable bis successor to
be appointed by President Arthur.
—The House last Monday re-fused
to pass a bill abolishing the
internal revenue tax on tobacco,
Ti.lal taken up.
l'or which there has been issued \ in a measure at least, the move-in
consolidated bonds, bearing in meats and methods of the noble
iciest at four per cent as stated army of teachers engaged 111 this
above, $3,803,796^6. : great «ork. \\ hat an exalted
There has been exchanged of the office: What a field for useful-construction
bonds, issued for the ness! What a responsibility I And
I herewith send the reports of the construction of the North Carolina the State pays for this work the
treasurer, auditor, secretary of State I railroad, 6,030,000, leavingStill out- paltry sum of fifteen hundred dol
Standing,•765,000. Mrs. So, too, I might comment
There is no limitation as to this un the duties of the office ot tin'
act. and I presume these bonds will ; Secretary of State—the record
eventually be brought in for ex- oflice- and the office of attorney
change ' general, the law office of the State.
FISCAL TEAR. The Supreme court passes in
The fiscal year of the State gov- final judgment not only upon the
eminent and all the institutions : taxes of the people but .1|MIII then
was changed by the act of 1883 to lives, then liberties and their prop
begin and end on the 30th of No- erty.as well. Its chief and ass,,
tcntiary, the report of the trustees vember. The treasurer, however, date justices, it 1
of the institution for the deal aud
dumb and the blind, the report of
the commission for the completion
of the Western Insane asylum, the
report ot the State board of health,
held that the appropriations for
the institutions did not run with
the fiscal years for such institu-tions,
and hence you will find some
confusion in the reports, which it
is
ways rank, as now. among 0111
purest and most distinguished
jurists: for, come what may. the
people are sale as long "* Iheil
judiciary is pure and capable. Tn
rious charitable*and penal institu |*©v THE CODE.
tions of the State, and of the othe.-i „*"££* work, as you "pensa.ion with the treasurer,
institutions and interests ot which the report of the
they treat. These institutions merit , ^J^™,'^,,,. was jmt in tl,e
vet he receives only an equal com
1 have compared these salines
with that of the trea-un-r, not that
er, and respect the .ill of the ma |^CSTSled" spS
jority. Meu who thus mingle to- nged for n^haiiical and manufac
turing purposes, etc., the special
tax on dealers in tobacco and the
gether go home better fitted to min-gle
with tueir families, and are .
lore likely to listen to their wants, tax on quorsJstdle. whoby from
those ol 1871 and 1872. when the
Chicago and Boston conflagrations
occurred.
tures for the fiscal year ending
November 30th, 1884, were 8785,-
641.78; bu' this amount embraces
several items which are no proper
and to forget in a measure
own selfishness.
The Club Meeting encourages
yeas
—Kussell Hancock, ouly son of
Geu. Haucock. died last week.
—The interests of the farmers of i , uhargeable to the expenses of
the State should receive whatever ^ tfae Statc gl)Verumeiit proper, be-encourageuient
aud fostering aid it I cause tj,e funds from which those
is within the |H>wer of the Legisla- j items are defrayetl are not raised
ture legitimately to bestow. Their ! . geuerai taxation, and therefore
farms pay a greater pro portion of ; ought to be deducted,
the taxes, according to their value, j .j-he8e items are as follows:
than any other species of property; E]|^iture,hylfTK„itaraidepartinMii.s w.000.00
the farmers, as a class, ad, the la^cS^nT™ '^
lleeaasstt to the criminal ami charitable a—^a«Mg«ii iTiatfa**
expenses of the localities where A«'^^^^.ion „f railroad
:.l„ ..-.I Hue haum IIHVIT I fpjm suloarille to Taylunnlla.
There waa also tho nnuaual exiiense in
currea in the pnhlioation ol The lode,
and which will not beinairredagain tor
thev reside, and they have never
asked or received but little consid-eration
at the hands of the State.
10.9M.00
13,700.00
as possible. Iu fact, no change
should he made unless the necessi- unequal the salaries, as now i.-gu
ty for it is clear and beyond dis- hated, are. It seems to me he sal
;.,'. anes ought to be graded as follows:
' -,,,>■ cotKTS I. The (iovernor should receive
The crowded condition of our the highest salary paid to any orli
dockets, with aged suits and the cer.
long delays in obtaining a trial, are - The chiefjustice the next.
so generally known, aud in some
counties have become sne'u intoler
able evils, that the necessity for
some action on your part is imper-ative.
I therefore re»ew my re
commeudations, made to 'he legis
latureof 18S1 and 1883. An in
The associate justices the
next.
4. The secretary of state, the
auditor, the treasurer, the attorney
general, the su|ierintendent of pub-lic
instruction, and the Superior
court judges, should all receive the
crease in the number of judges of same.
the State is so imperatively de- I 'OOKTIStTSB <W tOWO» PAGE.]