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7 The Marlbor|>' Dem^fat^069 "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SODLS AND MAKE OUI! LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY POP OUI) DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." \ ._.___._:_:_. ' ?.. / : V - .4-=^-. .- =====2======^ VOL. BENNETTS VILLE, S.O., l?R???fl?Y, FEBRUARY 53, 1905. NO. 6. THE CREAT NEED. .Senator Raysor's Plea for the Little Children of the State. MUST BK EDUCATED. The Eloquent Speaker Contended tbat Compulsory Education i* Needed ai a Logical Necessity Under Present Conditions and Principles. ln"ad vocation'his compu'sory edu cation bill in the State Senate last week Senator Bay sor said: "It la not necessary to discuss either the value or necessity of educa tion. The most sacred in the State and to the State are her children, whether they be the children of the rich or tho poor. They are the mi st valuab'e un developed ro?.ourc2 that she has. The poorest child in the State ls papable of enlightened, conscientious citizen ship and a useful and honorable life If it is propel ly trained. "The pressing question with evory people is uot what they Imva been, but what they shall determine to be; not; wbat their ancestors were, but what their children shall be. It ls therefore the highest, the holiest, duty of every Stale to see tbat the shackles of ignorance shall not be kept on any pottlou of its people; and Just so sure ly as slie falls short of tbls high p:o rogativa :-,nd solemn duty, jua", oo surely does she fo'ge thc chains of her own depend? ncc to other arid more en lightened communities, in material and mental aud mural power, and ci etly ls the tiibutc money and humi lla .lug the dependence The highest honor lu the history of this common wealth ls that she has inaugurated ^.and ls sustaining and developing a Bj.vj^.of .>?ucafelon..frce to all her chiloru s,' and freest to tb? humblest. lu no ether way can the greatest go id to the greatest number, the ideal of modern stalesmacshlp, OJ attained, and in no other way can l.:e uplifting of cations and individuals be aceora pll:;Lod. What may follow universal edi.cattcn In the destiny ut a people ls not given to me to lift the voil and know, but this 1 do know, that with cu! lt no State or individual ca i enter Into thc fullness and the. power of this opening ceutuiy with its heritage of possibility r.nd promise. .."Under the complex conditions of our modern life, a common school ed ucation is not ouly absolutely essen tial, but the highest training possible ls becoming more und more lntem-lli ed. Natural cunditiens no longer de termine results, but Intelligence de termines the preeminence of nations and Individu?is. Mere labor means mere servitude, ski ded Industry every where has the mastery. "To meet this condition lt is essen tial that we develop such a system of public instruction as will reach every child. The State cannot afford to per mi? any of fier oh lidien to grow up ignorant. If paie ats and others who have the custody of children fall in tludr duty in this regard, the Intelli gence and conscience of the Slate, should be equal io the protection of tiuse helpless and unfortunate'ontB. "Nothing shi rt of tbls will meet the co?ditions as they exist today In this State. Nothing short of this will Oe fulfilling the duty the State uv-.es to herself. "The State nut educate lvr c'i?l drtin.for the betterment ^f their con dltions und for ber own protection. She cannot alford to Lave the educa tion of tho e who are to control her destiny in the near future In the bands of parents or others, Rho, from carelessness or indiff?rence, are un wi.ling tohend their children to school and deprive them of the opportunity to better their conditions. "Our condition is such as tn demand serious consideration. In 1901 only 58 per ceLt. of the white children of tbls State were enrolled In the schools, the average a'tendance was only about 43 per cont. Such a state of all vhs cam:ot bj long tolerated. Tbei-e arc too last statistics I have been aide to ob .ain. There has ^c.en a gradual in crease in the enrol merit of cid dren and it is tu be IK pen that the per cent. basalEO Increased. But tho num ber of white chi dren whe elo not at tend any school ls si nply alarming and calls for tho enactment of a c im pulsory law. it cannot he objected that such a measure is an infringe ment upon patentai rights. 1 he argo mi nt that it ls the parents' right to determine what education tin ir child ran shall have, If any ?it all, overlooks entirely the right of Lho child Every child has the right to have that an.ount cf education necessary to be come a good cltiz n. Thc parent who neglects to educate bis child Ls unlit to govern it. Ile is committing a ci lme against the State and society and ls Oe h g a great inlustlce to the child. "The children of this State can be takeu by the courts from the care of a parent who ls manifestly unlit to lu. ve charge of them. The State has always recognized U-v duty to protect her children. In a high sense, lt. ls a guardian to tho child. Tho right o? the State to dd this is founded i<n the duty of the Sta'.e to p. rp. tuate itsilf by the care of thore who arc horeaiter tc constitute it- citizenship. It would te an anomaly tor die law to Interfere for the child's physical w hare, ?3 it is constantly doing, and ht.ve noth.ng to i-ay of Its Int? Ileclual ni.d moral welfare. No government ccu d exist where no children ationd er. school, and no State can allow her highest and bebt Interest, her child ren, to grow up in ignorance. "Thc duty of the State does ndt cease when she has provided school facilities for all her oulldren. if par ents, or others who have the ciro of < hildren, will not avail themselves of these opportunities, it ls tho. duty of Hie State to compel them to rio so Where thore ls not found g'ufflolcut motive on tho part of the children themselves to att-:nd behool, which ls rarely the case, or where parents have not a suintent sense of du'jTor obli gation to send them, the State cer tainly-bas the rlgbt, for its own pre servation, to compel tlieir attendance. "Every State in this union has provld?d a system of public education, and each year this system Is b< Inj- en larged and perfeoted. Tairty-two States have enacted compulsory' laws, and it ls a notworthy fact that no State which has adopted a compulsory law has ever repealed lt. Those Statrs which have adopted this law 1 ave by far the smailes per cent, ot illiteracy. This svstem Is no longer an experi ment; it ls not only endorsed by all the leading educatois as a necessity, bub lt* practical operation has been juccessful. "If it bas been found necessary to sducate thc masses in a monarchical iovornment In order that they may ibey the laws how much more essen iial ls it to'u8, where they both make ind execute the laws? Vols idea ls not i new one in South Carolina. I be love lt Is, or was, a law in Charleston murty arid possibly lu the city of Cu umbla. The constitution of 1868 pro dded for such a law, the new constl utlou makes lt still more necessary, t makes the rlgbt to citizenship de icndmt on the rigbt to read and vrite, or to own a certain amount of iroperty. This is practically an edu atlonal qualification. "Compu'snry education is nob only he logic.il sequence, but lt ls thocnly ustlGcitlon of the public school pys cm. This system ls founded in the !uty of the comnr nwealth to guard ts own life and maintain ItseBloleney t ls uni vet's illy agreed that the edu atiou of the citizen ls a necessary ondttion of Its life; and, that being o, lt is not enly the right, but the luty of the State to insist upon the ducation of all of its peuple. It ls he inalienable right of every child to ecure that measure of training which viii flt him to or j av tho privilege?! nd to perform the duties of citizen hip. Aud if this right ls for any ens'.-n denied by parents, it ls thc ?uty of the State to Interpose and se ure to the child its right, It is a aanlfest Injustice to tax the people, rb ether having children or not, td upport a public school system for he Instruction of all the children on ho ground th'.t thc pub'ic wc-lfa<e lemands lt and then allow Its prlvl eges to ie wasted rind children grov ip in lg 1 trance, es the hr ti ?rance o ? san les-sncss ol parents and thote wno lave the care ol the chlldreu may lletato. "My nppeal is ior the poor, neglect id children of this Su'?.le. Tuc strong ind the wealthy do not need my as (stance or that of the State, but it ls he weak and helpless who appeal to ny sympithy. If the State dees-ber luty iii this regard there is nothing In .11 her history, glorious as lb ha? bren, hat will be comparable to the aclvov eents of tho future. ' ' ' :HE UfllVJ?RSIi? BILL KILLED a tho Boneo ?by * Decisive Vote on Friday, Tae bill to provide for the cslab Isbment of the University of South ?dr .lina was ktl'ed in the hous\ ot eprcsontatlves. Tho Stute sayf it terns that thc matter was badly &>en raled from the outset, and might ave, passed t.ecund reading Thursday i?d lt come to a vote at thal tl te ?he bill was imperfectly drawn, in he beginning, and hud been la.d ever rom last Tuesday in order that tho ibjeotlonable features might bi eradi ated, At the cuno'.usion of several peedhea made by m -robers ijf the louse, the vote was taken nu tile notion of Mr. Lomax to strike out he enacting words. The vote ste od: Aves-Messrs Ardroy, Arnold, Astl ey, Baker, Bahentinc, Hanks, Beam uard, Bradham, Brunt, Browning, Mallison, Cloy, Cu "er, D.tvis, Ihs Iba in ps, DcVore, Dukes, Earhardt, J. B. Etheredge, Faust, Flshbume, Jause, W. J. Gibson, Gray Gyles, lall,Hamel, Harrison, Elemphlll, D. ). Herbert, Hey ward. Keenan, Ker haw, Kirl)y, Kirven, LaFltte, Laster, jofton, Lomax, Lyon, Laban Maul lin, T. J. Mauldln, Morrison, Nichol on, Ott-', Parker, Patterson, Pltt nan, Pollock, Prince, Pyatt, U'ch rds, Riley, Sel^rs. Stull, Strung, L'uylor, M. W. Walker, J. It. Watson, VJ. Watson, Webb, Wi atherley-09 Nays-Hon. M. L. Smith, speaker; md Messrs. B?KS. Brantley, Bruce, Clifton, C dock, Oi'thran, Doar, Ford, foster, Fraser, Frost, Casque, Gas i n, J. P. Gibson, Graham, Gyles, Flail. Haskell, Higgins, Hutt", Irby, janey, Lawson, McOants, McColl.Jr., de Puddin, McMaster, Massey, Miller, vior^an, Nash, Patterson, Pittman. Pollock, ReaveP, Sayo, Se'lers, Sink er, Spivev, Toole, Trlbble, Turner, v*crner, Whaley, Whatley-IO. Tb? se absent, and not voting were: Messrs. Boyd, Bries, Edwards, Glover, D. L Green, W. MeD. Green, Hum in, Hirrcllson. Harley, J. E. Herbert., Little, Moyes, Nance, Posion, Bawl nson, Sanders, Sheldon, J. M. Wal ker, Yeldell. Tiiey Mritn MUHIII. NH. A dispatch fio;n Fort Motto to Tho State says: "A meeting of the.farm .rs ( f this, the banner section ot Of vn^eburg County, waa held on the 10th, to discuss the cotton situation. Ja pt. James A. Peterkln was made presldentof tho meeting. The general spirit of the meeting was that lt was time for the t ot ton planto* t > take ac tion, Rnd that organization was a necessity to secure a fair and retfuhvr price foi cot-tt n. It was agreed that a reduction in acreage of 2?> pei cut would be inrtde in this secUoit. The farmers In thia s:ct.lon are in a posi tion to hold their cotton fer wr at they consider a fair price." The farmers Inj tho upper part of the county mean business, and we ht.pe they will be backed hy the farmers of all s jut ons. /V Fa i al Acol?teme. A dispatch fr..m Jefferson, S. C., to The State says meagre details haye Just bjon received there of an icol dent on tho tram road belonging to the Palmetto Lumber com pan/ tn which one negro was killed and i nrto were injured, The naruj of the dead man ls not known. The accident oc curred Saturday morning by tho giving away of a bridge over Lynch's river. Drs. Miller and Gregory were, hastily summoned to relieve tba In lured. PASSEE THE HOUSE. Resolution to Invest?gate the Work ings of tho State-Dispensary. Tho Bill Is Passed and Sent Back to the Senate With Important' Amendment?, The resolution providing for a joint legislative committee to investagate thc workings of the State dispensary passed tho house of representatives on Tuesday of last week and was sent to the senate with amendments. In addition to thc items heretofore stipulated ns a guide for the commit tee, the hou. e adopted the following on motlou of Mr. Ot^s of Cherokee: "Is lt not a tuet that excessive freights have been paid to railroads for transporting liquors Into the Si ate when said ?liquors could have been shipped lafto tho State by water at less cost l?o the State?" The bouse amended further, on mo tion of Air. C. P. Sanders of Spartan burg, by\ providing that the commis sioners of fijvcstlgatlon "shall notre> calve pay forbore than 30 days, l-**59*^ The following was adppted on mo tion of Mr. Sanm**^ to betided to Sec. 8 of the original bTil: "Provided that the evidence taken or adduced before ?ald commission shall not be used for the purpose *f any criminal prosecution against the person who is examined at the time such evidence is taken or adduced.M And the followlnc new section was added on motion of Mr. Lomax of Ab beville: "Sec. 9. That the costs and expenses of his Investigation be paid by the State dispensary, each merh per day and the usual mileage." When the dispensary bill was reached in tts regular position on the calendar, Mr. Ashley moved to strike out the enacting words. During the discussion Messrs. H. H. Evans an1 J. M. Towill of tho dispensary b ard were observed on the floor. E'.ch s-cmed to take great interest In tire pr eec di uga. When the bill came up for action on Mr. Ashley's hostile motion Mr. Sink let declared thai, this hill is an indict mcnt of the .State board of control. If there lias been c irruption, let the axe fall to the roo s. If there bo no corruption shown, let the accused be vindicated, lie urged for a fearless Investigation. When oti'er States have been charged with corruption, t lias be-.n the p.oud boast of South Carolina that the records of lier pub lic servants have been stainless. But the smoko is rising and is gutting . bicker and' thicker, and something must bo done and be done at once. lia wanted the committee composed of able, fairless and incorruptible men. Tho . resolution should be a loptod at onceas the session is draw ing.to a close. Mr. MuCnll declared the dispensary system to te a creation ut tho South Carolina l?gislature, whiuh is Itself ac c untable to the people. Ile declared that the people, the press and one of the United Sli-tes senators from this State had called attention to the charges b dog made against the man agement of the dispensary. Mr. Ashley-Do you know hov. much that former investigation cost? Mr. Mcdill-No, sir, nor do I care. If there is conuption g ung on lt should be brought to light and it wiiuid he nothing hut rl>;ht to con duct this Investigation, even if it costs the State live, mill additional. Continuing he said that the people of the entire State are clamoring for Investigation. There should be a committee which should ho composed of men wlij had not pnjadged the case. Mr. Richards declared that it ha-", been charged for years that there is something wrong at the South Caro lina dispensary. Ile personally does not believe lt, hut he thltiks that the people of the State are demanding in vestigation and should have lt. Mr. D. (). Horben slated on behalf of the commissioner, who Is from OS angehurg, that ho has no objection to tie passage of this resolution. Mr. Cosque of Marion favored the passage of tba resolutlou as a matter of Justice to those under Indictment. Mr. A diley stated his position. There have b en Investigations cost ing the Str-le 88.000 or 810,000 and Uicy have never found anything wrong yet. Mr. Ashley took a shot at thc au hor of tho bill by saying that members of the legislature sometimes offer resolutions of th's kind just to get a job after Hie legislature ad Jourt s. Thc house voted down Mr. LaFittc.'s amendment to limit the pay of this commission to 20 days. Mr. Loma x's amendment to provide for the ex pense to be paid by thc State dispen sary at the rato of $4 per day for members and tho regular mileage al lowed members of tiie general assem bly was adopted. Tiie house accepted Mr. Sanders' amendait ut that a witness' testimony cannot be used against bim in crim inal pros?cullon. H> a vote of 84 to 49 the house agreed to Mr. SaneTers' motion to limit the. pay to 30 days. Tho house decided to accept Mr. O .ts' amendment to have Investigated the charges. Tiie resolution was sont back to the senate willi r.r< endments. Nu lilrniiinl Sessions, Will Iii*: Legislature aicet biennial ly? '.I hut ls a question, says thc State, In which thc peoplo are very much interested. Tue people have expressed their desired for thebgisla turo to meet but once in two jeir?, although lt Is not gcnorally under stood that biennial sessions would be more pleasing to corporations than any other measure before thc general assembly. Mr. Beamguard of York has introduced a bill to ratify tho ao tion of tho people and to amend Hie constitution as directed. The judi ciary committee of the house Thurs day submitted an uti favorable rep irt -and there was no minority report -snowing that tho proposed amend ment would ba a misfit and would on tall confusion, lt looks from this report as if we will not liare bien nial sessions for awhile at least. Governor D. C. Hey ward Com mences His Second Term. INAUGURAL ADDRESS. The Chief Magistrate, Who Has Served the State So Faithfully the Past Two Years, Spoke Directly to ! . I thc Members of the Gen i eral Assembly. Gov. D. O. Iieyward Wednesday took the oath or o?lea of chief mugis : irate of the State and addressed the j general assembly briefly bub In a very ' earnest manner. The impressive cere monies were witnessed by hundreds, 1 the representative propio of manj 1 counties being present, and the gal- ' iery was tilled with ladies who had I braved the severe weather. 1 The exercises were held in the hall j of the bi use of representatives. Just ! before the hands of the clock pointed 1 tu the hour of noon, the houso sus- [ pended business and the sergeunt at ! arms announced: "The honorable the j senate." Thc senators, be&d.d by ' the presiding oflic^r, Senator Mao- 1 tiing, and tho clerk, Gen. Hlmphill, ( entered and were seated. The sergeant at arms then an- ' Bounced "the governor elect ^ f South Carolina aud his escort." Preceded j by thc sergeants at arms of toe sen- j ate and the house, the one with drawn ' sword, the other with the mace of ' State, the gubernatorial party entered. 1 Gov. Hayward was accompanied by 1 Hon. Altamont Moses of the legisla- { live committee on arrangements. 1 The chief justice of the State, Hon. 1 Y. J. Pope, was attended by Senator ' J. D. Marshall of thc same commit- J r ee. Lieut. Gov. Sloan was acorn pa J .lied hy Hon. H. A. Mn:gui, Judge W*. II Biawley by senator Walter ll : Weib and Rev. C. M. Niles, D. P., by Hon. Huger Slnkler. The Joint ! Assembly rema!ned standing while '? the governor and his escort marched ! down the miedle aisle aud ascendi? to the. speaker's desk. The other m;m- 1 bc rs of the escort were Capt. lt. H. 1 Jennings, Slate troasurer; Col. U. X ( Gunter, attorney general; Mr. J. T. ( Gantt, secretary of state; Mr. O. B. 1 Marlin, State superintendent of edu- ' cation; Mr. A. W. .Tones, comptroller ?) g?nerai; ?. J. "Watson, commissioner 1 apiculture, commerce and immigra- 1 tlor,; Gen. Jno. D. Frost, adjutant I vouerai, and Solicitors Davis, Wilson,. 1 Johnson, Tlinrucrman, Henry and 1 S?ase. Others in the party were ( Maj Benjamin Sloan; p.esident of the 1 South Carolina college, and Gen. 1 Wilie Jones, chairman of the State \ Democratic executive committee. 1 When all had been seated, Senator ' Manning called the Joint assembly to ' order aud Introduced Rey. C. M. 1 Niles, D. D., rector of Trinity church, who pronouueed the invocation. Sen- 1 alor Manning then announced that 1 "Hon. D. Clinch Heyward. governor ; elect, ls present and read* to qualify." The chief justice then ad va nc ri to the 1 right of the presiding elli.er and the ' chief magistrate to the left. Stand- I lng thus: JuJge Pope, hoad of the 1 judiciary of the State, thou in a most 1 impressive manner administered the 1 oath of ondee to the hoad of the exe- ' cut ive department of the State gov- 1 ern ment, thu young gr vet nor recently ' elected without opposition to succeed 1 himself in the only political < 111 :e he ( ever held, and the only one which he I will hold, according to his own deda ration. ; TICK INAUGURAL AD?HKSS After laking tue oath of cflloe Gov. 1 Iieyward addressed the j ?Int assem- ' hly in an Inaugural remirkable for it* 1 brevity, Its directness and its evident . purpose to encourage the upbuilding 1 of the State. Gov. Iieyward said: 1 Gentlemen of the General Assembly ( and My Fellow Cltizms: 1 Two years ago I had the honor of 1 taking t'.e oath of otilje as governor 1 of South Carolina. Standing again today In th's distinguished presence, to pledge myself anew to the service of our .State, I am even moro solemn 1 ly impressed with thc duties which must and do devolve upon one whom ' tho people have selected as their chief executive. Tills occasion, with 1 the formal renewal of my oath, though lt brines oefore me afresh the realization of grave responslblltles, ills my heart with deepest gratitude, because of the houors which have bren h. stowed upon me by my fellow citizens. 1 he past and thc future alike In stinctively rise before me, the one ?Ith Its work finished, its history written; the other with its unknown tasks, with Its welfare In our keeping In tho retrospect I see much for willoh I am deeply grateful, much that 1 can never forget. Especially true ls this when 1 remember the loyal sup port accorded me hy tho people of our [State in ray endeavor to merit their confidence by advancing, as best I could, thc highest interest of our eommonwcalth. To feel that those lo whon one is alone respoLSlblo should sot upon him the seal of their appr< val by such a re-election ss was mine, ls indo d a reward than which there ls uone great? r to strive for. If I have rendered any .servlco to my Slat?, if 1 luve served my people In so mo measure os I hoptd to herve them, If Indeed 1 have kept the faith, this has only been possible hecauso you, my countrymen, gave me your enc .'iirngement and your help. Unto >ou, Hun, the credit ls due, and in you this day 1 acknowledged my debt of gratitude. # The future ls fraught with even greater Import. Ita duties must bo met, Its problems must bo faced, Its il. ill tul ties must bo overooito. In bhese are included for us, gentlemen of. the general assembly, Individual responsibilities which should neither h.; evaded nor disregarded. You are He nt here by the. sovereign people and you an1 s^.nt for service., It resta with you alone to measure,: up to your great responsibilities ;.n.l 1 believe S that yq?will not fall to do so. Tho hlgbo9#S?utieB oft'.Uz :nshlp devolve uor>n v'atj for to vmi is entrusted the Baored duty of framing and enacting ?aws whfo? bhall gorern ?n enlight ened people. The future welfare and th?, couijnued prosperity of our State will be'jassurid If jour deliberations are characterized by the "spirit of wisdotiiand understanding, the spirit of counsel and right, the spirit of knowledge and of thc fear of the Lord :\?k In 30ra oath wh'c'i I have just taken Kl>ave obligated myself to up hold a?d enforce the laws of our Stato. c This I shall endeavor bo clo with fM\[regard to the rights of all our citizens,, with jealous care for the fair naree and the unsullied reputa tion pfffiouth Carolina; with faithful L'Mortlw maintain the dignity and bonor |pf our commonwealth; with bope and conti lonco in all bccausotif our glorious past. In the dit charge of myrtles as governor 1 shall ex expectr-aud I feel that I shall receive -tho rvnthiuod co-operation and as dstanci), not only of the raembeis of pour bfo'iy, but also of tho law-abid ing people of our State. In rjfcy annual message recently sent to youKhonorable body I called atten tion, lipas brief detail as pi sdble to the confution of our various State de partments, and made therein such recommendations as 1 deemed wise md ?gedient. You are now fairly aunch?d upon your labors aud I shall nake Bp further mention of these nattera trusting that what I have ilready said concerning them has had four careful attention. I am deeply ntere^ftd in all that shall merit ant) -ocelvttfyour consideration and I will ieem it both a privilege an i a pleas* aro toKssIst you in any way that lies n my'jpower. You. are making laws for a growing md pfcwpcrous State. The unrivalled ?atur?T advantages ti South Carolina, ts gr|at undeveloped res JU recs, bs wonderful industrial develo|.m nt ill of ?hese are attracting to us. more Jinn-ewer before, the attention of thc )u-sidp world. In addition to those Lttraotlons and advantages, with us abor imd capital aro not in cundle'. out together are working in harmony 'or the upbuilding of ou' St-\te. Thit s a blessing which is denied to man.t 5tabnJ aud we should neglect n< ueaivf-to promote its continuance, from every standpoint, with korea ng growth and intluti.ee, the fu un if ourfState ls brighter ti.an ever b? 'oie Itt/its history. To properly meet these growing d nanci:', so rich with promise, merill mr united action and our utmost cn loaver.; Dlt?lcultks must bo over ximeUro achleva thc ends dedred, but itiis should nerve us to stionger ant: nore determined effort. Unneces-an eg'^a'viin in unwlso legislation, anr mwlse legislation binden and retard the advancement and progress of : people. Fewer laws upon statuti looks and their better enforcement ?ill undoubtedly bring improved coil iitlons gcnorally and tills would thar oe accomplished with less fiiction \ law should nut only bo necessary out it should be eatable jf eoforct nent because, li disregarded, thi Jods to the disregard of all laws thus striking directly at the ver; fouudatlons of government. 11. is your province to dlr c-, the cr. oendltureof the funds collected fror ;he people and tbls should always b lone with regard for pio. er economy In ycur oflloial capacity yen shuni Uways exercise thc same ju Igraen md foresight that you rio in you private business, counting the c s out never lobing sight of the objec to be attained. Economy in public is In private atfalis-means dob. ?hat ls necessary, what thc exai leeds of the Slate rt lui re. A grov mg and progressive Slate necessarll neans increasing expense in thc cc luct of lt? government and if the e: pendituros are wisely made, wo cai with conllder.ee, look for greater r wits. I have brletly given you soins < the thoughts that stir mc on this o :aslc n, defining lt unnecessary to ar to what I have already presented f pour consideration In my annual me ?ige. We are here, commissioned I Lhe people to work for the h. st inti 2Sts of South Carolina. We can ba no higher privilege and should strl bo prove ourselves worthy of their tri; by measuring up to our respcnslbl ties. I have made reference mc thin once to the honor and the dut which are ours, but thc full mew of success can never crown our effoi unless wo have In all we do the < operation of thc people. I have tried to ex pr.'ss to you soi of my feelings upon assuming, for t second time, the ofll ce of chief mas trate of South Caioilna. In mi talnlng tho honor, thc integrity a the dignity of their State, Soi: Carolinians have ever done their f duty, and lt is this which has done much to make the glorious history our State. Our peoplo have ne b'?en wanting In the past and tl can be safely trusted for the future Let us, then, all strive fco do < part to prove ourselves worthy our heritage, whltb ls indeed a gr one. * * * * " "Ito jiift. nnd fpnr not; Lot all Ihn ends thou ninia't ut bo thy country's; thy God'? iud truth's." May this animate and inspire u all that wo do, and thus falthfi striving may we together conseci ourselves anew to the service of native State, bo our own, our belo South Carolina. Wnen Gov. lieyward had cone' cd, there wa? tumultuous bando ping on thc. fljor of the h use and the gallery likewise. When quiet followed, Senator Manning preset tho lieutenant govern ?r elect, Joo. T. Sloan, who also took l be c of office. Accepting the gavel fiom presiding officer, Lle.it, Gov, Sloat nounccd that the governor and lil cort would retire. Thc j lint as-icr was then dhsdved and thc ser returned to their clumber. Wednesday night from ?J to 11 i and Mrs. Hayward entertained in or of the general assembly, lu tb tcnoon thermometer bad dropp i degrees, but there was a steady st i of callers at trie governor's mat and within doors there was a del ful picture. Tiic house WAS decoi with evergreens ano vines, preset on lnv.ting oontrasu tc the bical >f the winter night. There was r and lili't r. freshman ts and tb? i lng was spent very enjoyably. C?MK BACK HOME. This Is the id vico Pam Jones Gives to Runaway Boys. . .iii . ir Any Snob Boys Heart Thia Wo Hope They Will Follow Him Uooil A<1 vico and Return. To The Atlanta Journal: There is an epidemic of runaway boys. Scarcely a day passes bul. what we read of boys and young men ruu ulDg away from home, arid no tidings of iheir whereabouts come bacir to parents and loved ones. The great troubla with boys 1B the fact they don't think. In the Orot place, the closer a boy uan be and the closer he lives under the shadow of a KOO J mother the better it is for him. The home roof la the best covering and shield that a boy can know In this world. The literature of the day i largely responsible for this braze on t!ie part of boys and young men to leave home and wauder up and down through the earth. I supnoss no boy has left a good home, a good mother and father, but what thoughts 'o' hon e and friends occur ever and anon t'> him. At night time, wherever li? pillow.* bis head he mu-t think ol mother at home; but he doesn't real ls ; how mother and father suffer be cause of the absent boy. I hope thesr lines may fall under the eyrs of many wandering boys, uni that if they re fuse to come back to their homes, they will sit down and write to moth cr and father, or brother and sister Tlioy need not say- where they are. Outlet their love:! ones know th-y aie well and how they are gettirg along. How many thousand mothcr: tiave boon made to utter the sad, pa thetic words: "Where ls my wan oeriug b)y tonight? Go search for him where you will and bring him to me with all his blight and tell htm '.hat I love him still." A mother'. love and a father's devotion are a.? long as Hil eternity. Broader Uian this world, and there is no la?? so distant, no pathway so cold bu what a mother's feet would tread that way. a father's weary efforts woulr: had that way until they como In thi presence of the fine who had wander* . I off. A gO"d hoy can do better at lils own home aod in he community Alien he was raised than he cando loyw li. re else on earth. A bad boy ian do well nowhere. Latitude and ougitude and geographical position Iocs not determine the well-doing of i fellow. Character alone settles the 1 u stion with him. The judge of our circuit court re ated the following incident to me a few days ago. Eight or ten hoyt .vero indicted in his court as railroad ramps for riding trains, every one of whom were strangers to him and 'roin difT rent towns and States in the inion. They were convicted and he ?enteneed them simply to pay the jost or to three month's imprison neut. None of them could pay their ine and all went to the chaingang. Some of them have broken down In Lheir priion life and have written to their parents at home of their condi tion and their parents sent the morie} io pay their lines and bring them m .me. One of them, a son of a poor widow, who earned the money to pay tier boy's flue at the wain tub. One if tho^e boys lived In the State of L'eunet-see, one lu the city of Atlanta, if respectable family, another one in North Carolina. Tho others are stl.l In the chaingang; some of them, per iaps, have no parents to whom they ?au write or friends who will come to Lio.-Air relief, and others perhaps art too stubborn and proud to let their condition be known at home. This is july one of the many instances where courts aie compelled to punish boys 1 uot'ca that the police cf Atlanta ;ook up a young Arkansas h y the other day and tho little fellow broke Ijwn and told his history and thc family to which he belonged and his parents were notilied of his where abouts. There la no m re commend ihle work In cities by detectives and policemen than the arrest and deten tion of strange luys and they ought to glva themselves more diligently to Lhc work of finding out the name of avery stray hoy In every city. Lock ulm up until he gives his identity. In this way they may save many a ooy to his home and his mother and *s,\e him from wreck and ruin. Car tersvtlle, like other towns, has been contributing to the number who have have wandered iff. If a Carterville hoy who ls away from home shall read these words let him instantly sit down ind write anl tell the loved ones at home how ho is getting along. So many of these wandering boys are killed hy trains and other accidents and may ba the loved ones never hear i.f where or how they went. If boys ct.uh) see that lt was a crime thus to make mother and loved ones suffer, .ind how cruel lt is to give no tidings of themselves of those who aro anx ious and who are all the time think ing of them hy day and dreaming of them by night. There is scarcely an act that en tails so much punishment upon tho innocent as tho crime of running away from homo on the part of boys and young men. When a boy leaves home and wanders eff the mother goes to b:d and suffers. The father is troubled and worrie iso he lsscarue ly tilted for the Dual nea i of his life. The vacant chair at the table, the pillow on which no head rested the night oaf ore, his chair in the sitting room, his voice heard no more-a thousand things remind tho loved ones of the absent one. 1 say again, come nome boys, come home, but li you will not como home, sit down and write father and mother and tell them how lt gres with you, whether you tell where you are or not. i These weird, miserable novels, whether high class or low-oiass novels, furnish thc Incentive and rajtive for many a hoy to leave heme and the company he gets lu when he ls once gona ls such t?iat tie s ion falls In with tt?oir ways and goes to the bad before ho scarcely realizes at ail what he has done. 1 heard a fellow talking thc other day how be and his young br..thor ran away from home because their father whipped thex; how they spent ono night away and the next day went back homo. They were only gone a little over twenty four hours but he said when he got baoi be found his mother in b:d ??lek and be satd I believe ir we bad staid a week mother would have been dead when wo ?ot home.. Ile said: "Wt were nob at homo an hour before mother, WAS up ?ud rej'olng over the fact that her boys had como baok. " What must be the Bullering of a home where a boy bas been gone a month or a year and Rent no 'tidings back. Honor thy father . and th; mother, boys, and thy days shall be long upon the land which tho Lord, thy Godirlveth thee. No child can dishonor his parents and do well here after. Let a boy suffer anything be fore be will wound his mother or dis honor his father. ? These Infernal novels with their weird iles and con tortcd characters have made a fool of mauy a boy and started him on a tramp to Hie devil and the deg*. In the state of Mi si.-hippl a runa way boy, who was then a young man, came to m i and told me thit he had oeon a runaway for more than Ave years, that ho had never written a line lo h's father or mother, and asked me did I know his father and mother, telling me the town and county where they lived. I said: "Yes. I know theaf well." Ile said: "Will you -vrlto to them f ir me and see if the) will let me come back to see them." I did si, and when he did come back tc his G ; /rcia home there was a reg ular catDpvrncctfnir, olenic and May festival all combined. I can never forget how eagerly that boy looked Into my face when he was asking me about his parents. Five years ls too long, boya, to keep quiet. Then, <notticr may le dead, father burled, ind the mischief you have done can never be undone. Come back, now, Inys,' or write immediately. God al me can measure the depth and breadth of a parent's love for a wan dering child. I w mid that every bo) who has ruu away from lils boon could reallzi how deeply he has wounded and how fearfully he ha lacerated the heart and feelings ot thos? who loved him best. I would that every editor of every paper in the Uni tod States would catch ur th IR refrain and write ou tho subject of thc sacred duty of runaway boys to cimo or to write bick to their pa rents at home. You could serve your country no better, gentlemen than to sound the bugle blasts dowr Mic line so that every wandet lug b ) cju'.d hear or read, your words. The prodigal boy io bygone years came to himself and immediately lie started for home. There was the fattrd calf killed, there were shoes for hi? feet, a ri be for his bacir, and welcome j that done his heart good. Gorae back, boys, come back. Yours truly, SAM P. JONES. TOP?OTJSUX eKlMABY ELECTION. A Bill rbr That Purpose Passed thc . H o UM; FI i il ny. The bill providlig penalties for certain offenses commlttel In prim ary e'.ection3 wai acted on by the house Friday and passed in the fol lowing shape: Section 1. At every polltic.il prim ary election held by any political par ty', organization, or association fo, thc purpose of choosing candi dates for ( fflje, or the election of delegates to conventions In this State, any perron who shab by threats or any other foi m of intimidation, b> the payment, delivery, or promise of nviney, or other article of value, pro cure or offer, promise or endeavor to procure, another to vote furor against any particular candidate, or for such consideration eff r to er shall ho vote, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, aur.1 upon conviction shall be punished by a tine of nut less than 8100 nor ruori than $000, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than .six monti s. Sec. 2. That fr m and after the approval of this act by the governor, it shall be unlawful for any candidate in a party primary held ? <t the selec tion of the party's nominee for any onlce in this State, by the use of money or other valuable considera tion, io employ any paraoh to devote his time an 1 inllueuce or asy pirti in thereof In tue promotion of any eluci dates interest or for the defeat of any other candidate. Sec. 3. lt shall be unliwful for any perron while a candidate for pub ? lie office during any political campaign to g.v, promise or subscribe any money or other valuable thing for any purpose whatsoever exeept for regular church collections had in a regular church building. Sec. 4. Every ciudidate offering for election und jr the provisions of section 1. shrill make the following pledge and tile the same with the clerk of c:iurt of common pleas for ti e county In which he is a candidate, uulesH he shall be a candidate in more than one county, In which case he shall tile same with the secretary of sta'e, before ho shall enter upon his campaign, to wit: I, the undersigned --, of tl e county of and State of South Carolina, candi date for the otllco of-, hereby pledge that I will not give nor spend money, or us.: Intoxicating liquors for the purpose of obtaining or luflueno Ing votes and i hat 1 shall at the con elusion of the campaign, and before the primar? election, render to the clerk of court (or secretary of state an herein provided) und>r oath, au item ized statement of all mon.ys spent or provided by mc during tito oimpaign for oampaign purpises up to that time, and I further pledge that I will immediately aft? r the primary elec lions boat 1 am a candidate in render au Itoni'zid statement under oath snowing all fuither moneys spent or provided by me In said election: Pro vided, That a failure to cjniply with this provisi?n shall render such elec tion null and void, In so far as thc candidate who falls to tile the state m nt hcrelng ve quired, but shall not effect the validity of the election of any candidate corr plying with this section, and provided further, That such Itt nv/, d statement and pledge shall be op .ii to public inspection at all lime*. A Yottnjc Victim. A dispatch from Chicago says Eliza beth McCormick, only daughter of Cyrus H. McCormick, is dead, aged 12 year3. '1 ho death ot the hires* ot th? millionaire's family was caused by . appendices. AWFUL CRIME. A. Farmer, His Wife and Chil drea Killed aad Burned. A FJiO?lDA HORROR. 't Ii Believed That the Black Crime Was Committed by Negroes, Bat No Trace of the Perpetrators CHU be ~_Found by] [itt Searchers. A dlspatc'i from Tampa, Florida, sa .'ii the Utile farming community ot Wauchuitt, in Polk county, was plundged into excitement Thursday morning by the discovery of a orime equalling In horror that tradgedy at Statesboro, Ga., last year. The home of John Kirby, a farmer, who moved there last October from Blount coun ty, Alabama, was f jucd In ashes and in the' smouldering ruins were found tho bodies of Kirby, his wife and four children, ranging in age from a boy of twelve to infant of one year. The whole neighborhood soon react ?d the scene and an investigation was made whiuh resulted in the inevitable conclusion that tho entire family had oeen murdered and torch applied. to he dwelling. The skulls of each of*' ;he vlctlmr. except Mrs. Kirby, had oeen crushed In by some heavy weapon, and each with the exception. >f the -woman had evidently been murdered as the.' s spt. A hammer was the only weapon found In the ruins, which could have inflicted the wounds. The coroner's jury was empaneled and after making xa ml nation of premises rendered ver dict that the ramlly came to their leath "by fire or some other means unknown." Tue general theory ls that a party if negroes committed the crime, al though no traces of the perpetrators can be found. Some believe other members of the family were murdered In oed by being knocked in the head, ind Mrs. Kirby was outraged and .hen killed by some other means. Thorough searcb of the neighborhood md investigation among the negroes is_being made. ELECTI0N8 BY LEGISLATURE. Jadeo Townsend Defeated by Sena tor Hydride ol Spartanbarg. Tho first election Thursday in the joint assembly was that for a judge to succed Judge Ernest Gary. Mr. Pollock nominated Judge Gary, and seconds c ame from various other mem bers and" county delegations. There were no other nominations, and Judge Gary wa ; unanimously elected, receiv ing 150 votes. The second election was for a judge ot thc Sivcnthjudlolal circuit to BUO ceed J ti'ige D!' A. Townsend. The Marlboro deI?Va^53E?*g^B\ * Judge Townsend; Senator Rayso'r ?roi^aated Senator D. E Hydrlck; Beprenacrrlss live Wa'son, of Anderson, nominated U. P. Sanders, of Spaxtanburg. The result of the oallot was: Townsend, 60; Hycrick, 78; Sanders, 16. Thus unexpectedly, so far as the first ballot was cen u rned, Senator Hydrlck was dected having one vote more than a majority. The total vote ca&t was 153, of vhlch 77 was a majority. Dur ing the day he was the recipient of many congratulations. The r ext election was for superin tendent of the penitentiary. The in cumbent, Capt. D. J. Griffith, was uomlnaled by Bepresentaiive Eth eredge. No one eke was put forward, and Captain Griffith received the total vote, 140. ; The next election was for the three directors of the penitentiary. M. O. Howland, J. G. Mooley, A. K. San ders, Incumbents, were renominated. Mr. W. D. Kirby, a member of the ucuse from Cherokee, was also nomi nated. Senator Johnston, of Aiken, nominated Mr. B. F. Holman, who a year or two ago was a breezing, merry figure In the house. The ballot result id; Rowland, 65; Mobley, 140; San ders, 122; Kirby, 120; Holman, 12. Tn ls meant the election of Messrs. Mobley, Sanders and Kirby, Mr. Row land being defeated. Mr. Arthur Kibler, of Newberry, was elected without opposition a trustee of the colored college at Or angeburg. Watoti Him. Tho Columbia S tato Bays: This ls not the first timo that we have advis ed our readers to keep an eye on Gov. W. L. Douglas. His part in the settle ment of the Fall River strike strength ens us in the believe that he is destin ed for higher things. A man who ban take a six-months strike in hand and so arrange a settlement, between oper ators and operative as, in the language of the press dispatch, to make "both sides regard thc outcome of the delib erations as a victory" ia more than a passing figure. He is a statesman and I a genius._ He Must Hang. i A dispatch from Richmond, Va., sa) s the supreme o. uro cf appeals has denied the supplementary appeal in the case of tx Mayor MoCuo ot Char lottesville, ooavlctodof wife murder. He was tonic need to ba hanged Jan. I 20 and was respited by Gov. Monta gue until Feb. 10 A dispatch from Charlottesville says McCue took the news dimly for a few minutes, and then, Baying, "I will-get Justice above," burst, into tears. He gave way to uncontrollable grief for five minutes. '** Many Homo leen. At New York with the temperature at /.TO and a forty-mile an hour wind - driving blinding clouds of snow, one hundred aud fifty persons wore driven from their homes by fire Thursday night.' Although no lives were lost, the vic.iu.s suffered severely from ex posure and lt ls feared chat some may not survive. Six double three-story teno.m nt houses were destroyed. The los* ls $100,000.