The telephone. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1878-1883, December 06, 1879, Image 1
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;" The road, then, which leads tc
.,,V""- I':^atoning of the .p<wpl?&':bn?
fci'.. by' reduction' of taxes eithei
7,. * /rX\y or' ultimate^y, is not through oh
'" < unwise withdrawal of proper support
t,5 the different departments of gov
eminent under the guise of economy,
'*' V' tmt t)y that increase of wealth and
.-populaticai which will certainly coint
. J-from stability, effectiveness and yigoi
hriUese departments, imparted by u
v. ' fair, audWlffikl support, fitid-sjU-?
? the awakening of out sleeping'rc^'. *:r
<'$& through tne in'-r^a^iog indiudrv
i, \ .ypd enterprise of our people, fostered
V cj\d protected by a jusjt and stable
geyjeroinent. * , .
The twilding of tbe Spartan) >W?
tiljd A^beviUe K^i r^ftd and efU+i;
v PimiliX enterprises : the 'Biicce??-?VrJ
operation of the'Piedfaont 6nd C:im.
- perdown and other fact Ties in ,tht
Jdfcate-, "Tbe -A-Tc/ureries* of idie nsb
eieinent by Dr. Itavenel ; tlie vfcc.iv
iBatibn of thousands of acres of the
most Valuable land in tlie lower p >r
tions of the State from Die grtsp ol
present ruin by-the. introduction
. j.-ornc new pro^ict suited to -the sbi1
jj^y|ttrotie. r-^. 8(Tmec.new } iode
. r enjinre- thto deepebtbg of <mr river^ind~fclje
* ex tension of edncr,tion%w>W^Sr71nRl
and impartial admi msirA tionvof tb?
- iftV/s?-these Pre the agencies tfhlct
will add ti> aitfl increase the value H
tbe pz'operty from which our revenue
1 is to be derived. And inasmuch at
thcLraf^.pJL taction will decrease at
* ; property increases^ the surest roa<V
* ' / tospermanent and substantial redaction
of' taxes is ^protection and en,
eouragement to enterprisers:! i^dus
" ^ 'tries likef these, and to these ends,
therefore* legislation shoulcf\b(e/cji'.iiirect^dL.
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I invite yonr attention to; tbe fol
rfriTI* td mfciTii 11 i V _ m a _
the clear %tod alve reports of the
Comptroller and Treasurer, which ie
' herein incorporated so as to be in
# convenient"4urm for reference^
X'nfraol bonds and . stocks
' funded to Jfaye.obcr. 1879^5,624,949 94
Less lxmd^ retired by Sinking.
> Fund Oorau}issk>n. ^. 36.000 0(
: : $65,588,019 9i
Amou nt-to be con^
. aotfcUted.......$1,161,829 09
Equal to.. 580.914 &
Certificates of "
claioieomruis- ?aiou
already
funded for de.
* , flciency tionds
and stocks, less W \ '*
.-r " ~ it w,^72 ' " * ' ^ ' fund
conimis4
sk>? itt'-fc 557,645 93
Certificates still /
to bjc funded... -* ' 3,890 00
, ? - -W~ 561,585 91
w . * . - $6,73M00 4<
Total intcrest^m , ' ' v
. all -bonds atuT^ V *' ' /
certificates 619,513 35
* Less amount in .
, - Treasury .". 175,451 80 ! :
' ' . v 444,054 41
N Total debt and interest......$7,175,454" 9
. Bonds declared invalid by
recent decision of the Sur
<preme Court, including*interest
consolidated ih
oourL- whan _ ' _x. **_ ,
'Consolidated, to!**. ?*..,1,196,185 <X
Total approximates .$5,979,269 91
Bills of the Bank of the State w-'
& . ? ..,11 . "S .4 AA AAA At
supposed XO 811IK-OUX....%. WV,WV VI
Tbia statement dose not embtarc the
1 contingent liability, if any, of the State fo
* railroad bonds guaranteed.
Taxable property of the State: . *
' Real estate......../......': $76,588,86Q Oi
Personal property....:..^..... ,36,574,858 (X
Railroads 7,892,900 01
f "? ft
v. . - ? . * * I m , ainin
Total $120,551,624 (X
' *~One null will yield (net).... $108,830 (X
Poll tax last year 102,000 Qj
Thin ycag ...?.?^?^57H'^
": , . j. The present: school system wtu
. org*m?od^y^thepawsage of an Ai<i
- /v entitled M A?* Act to alter and atftcfH
7" I 'tJMfwlnl ill! llll of Booth
passed at the rafful^ session of 1877
This' system, though somawha
r defective, was the itbelt that cotil<
havh^eeti then devise^ and it ha
produced good Ttj* defect* b.n
of V character which, perhaps, at t'w
tipae cannot be i^.modied 6n .aocptin
. & on* peculiar condition. ,-;fV
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A perfect school system would be
; one tthich,*J>; it? o^n ^PbacJiin^rV,
*i would bring- into the_ schoolroom oil
thh youths of the .State between ^he |
J pr^P^J ^ge? and subject tftenfr for the
.; ^renter part oHUe.yenr to the tuition
<?f thoroughly competent, and profess
l-i aional teacbei-8^-eompetent to in
; I struct and disl'Jbline the mind as well:
as develop and discipline, the charac I
, tor- This lost being, in my jndg- [
P tnent, or impr*tant, iT not more im>|port?nV
than* "the . - '
' The pre^eht * sy sJtenv pr>vides no"
^qe^ ;d lhodpjrf farnishing.tbcuState
I T^e dSrStH rds authorized 10
' i litems^! etcher* e.Ve depen de&iui*>n,
l! those M^bof- npplf?many of^ihem
>' eht^ving the -vyorfc Ab a wore tempo
'r^ry business Afid for present support.
m The rei Jnfojhtlon* tare necessarily to
Si one extent superficial, and cannot
reach frflly i'^to. the higher qualifies
_.tions o{*2 capacity?learning an.d
.' | charifctclr^reqnirejd on the part 'of
i! those intorwhose hands the ednea.
I finnnl irit.AVORTfi of tJio vnrmf* of the
State-are entrusted.. I know 110
! rn id? of remedying this defect except
the establishment of one or more
r normal? school's to rtrepare and fit
' teachers ft r this work.' It may .be
I -vA account'_of onr depressed corN
<. ^ition flbat t^e State is> notyej^^e^
? p'afed to undertake a sohfctWSiPTbur
""mnTaTrd-entabliah ilxm a firm in; I
y but the whole school system dependsi
irr a Threat measure t Vr oomp'ete sue.
lp cess upon the ^ ?hrrkotCf of\ the
5 teachersVnplpyed, and we will^)e
i ^ompelled-ailtiibftteV, to adopt sofce
: hel ter moae than is now in existence
! to meet this demand.
The other defect referred to. to
wit, the-short period during .which
the schools frre kept open; is due not
[ so mnch to the system as to the fact,
- of defHenoy iu the sum appropriated
- for school purposes.: .v. -V.
'the schools are kept open to the
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; mostearnest efforts "of the State,
i Superintendent, are doing all the
i goo<J that can possibly be accomplished
with the limited means provided-;
and until the State is prepared
' vto enlarge its appropriation,- either
> through State or local taxation^ this
-. evil must -eontinuer Junless "in Hie
> meiiTitime private effort- can be combined
in some waWSyptk public aid
t to continue, the fcpQols-v after, the ,
public-funds are eihaqstecL .
This matter of/ public education,
however, is of the very highest importance
and requiresPthe^ maturest
. consideration; anddm'a government
like ours, resting aiv it does upon
~ nniversal suffrage, it is indeed .the
question of questions. .
The time is coming, and is rapidly
approaching*. when public sentiment!
will not only approve, but demand, {
1 that education in nil its grades, j
j higher anddower, shall be free to all, I
without money and without price. If \
I had the power I would hasten the !
arrival of that time, and would then
rejoice in the consciousness that I had
> borne sorife humble part in a work
_ than which no greater can mark the
L history of any people. Bjit you are
far more:competent than myself to ,
deal witn tms great suojeci, ana imo
yortrhands I commit it, commending!
. ii is.in fi "Hi
~ valuable facts and suggestions contained
therein.
k .It will be seen that this report
fnrnishds much- important and interesting
information showing the j
r growth and ymproyement of the
school system. Tlitf number of pupils
. attending the public schools during
j the last year wao 122,463; of this
j number 58,368 were whites and 64,-*
v 095 colored. This is probably^ the
? largest number of pupils that has
0 tended tbd" public schools in any one
?' your. . (i* . "
^he jVnprovetnoot in the schools
- for the^ioloted race hae been marked; 1
a it w worfhy of notice that since' 1^76J
t |the SYehvfce^increase attendance of
I coloredj?npile baa been more than
11.46 perhent. greater thy> under thd
. | ftefrtibhcnn -administratione. Four
rof the Counties, it appears, had not
II made returns df >*the school fund
a! collected when ? the report qf the
3 ' Superintendent? of Education whs
a' submitted, but enough < is known! to
| wrrh* nt ihe assertion that the *choij!
' foucl for the Sfccal .Vejir 1878-79 wk.s
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.The expenditures^^B^be^n kept
management pi theS^hciol fund deserves
especial comniijirtfltion. The
neavy load of debt wltm /tira* leH; 6y
the school oftieers uudfc*' the Itepuhh?au
administrations tfus embarrassed
gcner ly the working of tbis department,'*uk1
the sUorin tfBt>f the school
session is due in soa& measure io
this cause. 'jf:''' *'
I would earnestly* repojhnvend
some legislation wbi<^iir&l^ecufe/tc)'
t ucliers, in the poM? pmiooJs tho [
pr nipt payment ojfifcMir salorie .1
Tie dilfic 11: ti?6 v teaObMlif
h * ve -toiextend iecaase of deiay'm|
?l lh matter are fuiiy explained in the
report Pf the Superintendent of
Education. It will pot be* possible*
to j-etaitf compete;*!tf teachers if #8
do not make 'pfe^jtion for payings
them promptly fer tfcetr ^errices.
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Tk? /V.r?r1Wir>r?tovftHn? ilfitvivfmifrlir 1
of public service vSffbe found frilly
set :01th in the fetfjrt of. the Adjutant
nnd In ftpeetj/h General. . -This
officer haft been niodt untiling in hie !
effort ft to pLJce the. jnUitia of tW
State upon a proper, fuoting, and the .
roftii 11 of these efforts xVnul. be. seen in 1
inm report . JK - >' / \
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ft country hove been
Treq^ient^y~efti3N^be aqfcnr.tte and
rcrtuin test*; o^jfaXdegree of its civi.'izat'on.
TM instruction ift one
A the jpjpMfenft of the emergence
d|Kf^eopi?>fr>m barbarism,
ar d their itr. proy&ient aheuld keep.,
pace with tlie a&vagfceB of the nation
in numbers, Ww industry and
^science, ofa}l of Srhioh* they are at
once an element and an evidence t
they are thd veinKjuid the arteries of
tlie bodywylftiey tfeough-Avhich flow
tb <f'agricultural' pfo^vtetions and the
comm er ciftf iraAife fehich constitute
ibiUilft MnntVftf iki JSktfi. and Until)
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1-IiCJII Ul'UUlUUU, 'BUUimuiluj ?uu uuiu- j
her depend; in In' great, degree, the
health, life alidlvigor of the industries
of the people." ' :
If our civilization whs tested Toy
this rule, X fear that our position ;
would not be as high in the scale as!
we-are disposed ito claim. Our pub-1
lie highways, as a |?eneral thing, are in j
a wretched condition, and oiie of the
necessities of ourrhitnation is a radi
cal change in the road system. AVc
have railroads now running to most!
of the County sites in the State, and j
as a consetjuonce, the conntyjvillages,
have become market- towns to the
inhabitants of tbe^fcounties in which |
they are located-t?8^re their product
is sold, and froiB^yrhich tnery \a#e;
hio s 11 y snpplied?with their commer-j
cial supplies. "What an impetus!
would be given to agriculture, toj
progress, and improvement in every
way, if to these different county
sites, from the extremities of-the^respective
counties, were running well
graded, level and firm highways?
Every branch of industry wonldj
thereby ?be materially benefitted, the
expense of carrying to mai'fcet every
article reduced, and the necessaries
of life greatly cheapened to the consumer.
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The difference as to ease . and r*
pidity of transportation resulting,
{ram improved hjjbvtayg?improved
1>y proper -skill ari? labor bestowed
in Iavinrr them out. leveling and
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keoping them in constant repair^is
much greatac than is usually' iinog
ined." * '-f/' .
As an iilustratipn of this
would refer to a statement maaWty*]
one who lias thoroughly examined ;
this subject as follows : j" III n road
rising a hundred feet in the distance
i of twp thousand, iU ass an ding slope
woul^ be onb in twenty. * One-tweu!
tieth' of the "whole Joad drawn over it
muet~ffo &ctdaily lifted np the entire
height of one hun^tred feet; but up-;
on such a slope a ltorse could draw |
I only one-half as much as. he.cAii'upbn 1
io level 4^fui^aud^?o H
foro, will be needy bxf auch 'ftTTTnt;
to do the work <^r one "if ,the road
waul level." J If he'the fact?in j
the in*' tter of *e ve?ing and "properly ]
- ? ' ?.vj -> ?"*" ' k- *,
grading *<rrp;y?t;ie even ox cirring?could
l>e greatly reduced : and. .then
is added to this the constant repairs
hof the surface -which could he kept
i^y ajjudlehuiK- fcVfJto.ir-?the ndy ^nlages
ive'iKT- bo rr n tI arilal )TeT
Ther^ ttavidifegria a /Bud nos be cem
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towns themselves, onnb^g themto In
grow and expand indeftmW4yf nmlfi tfc
plying their population JO^r?|i- bj
'?4^"
-Hskilled superintendence and Con^oi
trol, and constant and efficient labor. n<
These cannot bfcenpidied by the pro tt
sent system. .Ifiacb county should w
have a* ]prcr ^r^d m
vicis, commutation tax, and-* such w
other labor ns^ might'not be able or. g
willing tapay tfcfe tai. A^d this of-' J)
iicdjr Bhouicf .be held strictly respon- to
sibie for thCf jconaiuou or ine ^oaciB. i t*
In H systeflrcffthis boi^,'after a shptf ft1
experiment, I am fully persuaded the I
people wquld mo?t cordially co-ope, ^
rat^t; and, besidesTurniihtfig employ^
mint ftiany deserving young men 01
and,,maucin^scieflitific e^tcatiou in n
a- direction much needed' for Jhfi fall tl
development oi our resohmes, a pn% i?
trio tic rivaii^r wouict^pring up in the ^
different counties,' and' with* the ( dif-, ^
ferent.officers in charge, which would ?1
soon work a most wonderful chknge p
in the face of our connti^jr?leading tl
to tlpj wealth and prosperity of the fi
whj.e State. I most earo*BBTilT
ommencl this subject to your eQnsid- li
eration as the one blatter most need- j ^
ing attention in our present condi ! P
tiun. . - .*r **- . e:
G($fcrnor McDuffie, in his message; ?
to tftfe .General Assembly in 18&.7, in tl
discussing "the rtfid. Bysfcem*6f that q
day, said : * The roads through tlie d
State, are in a much neglocted' coh- t1
uition., I traveled through the west- nr
ern districts of the State eoon .after -t
the crops were, laid by^, and found i?
the roads in many places utmost ith' ?
pci^waHt? by u ^rogan^ er- nilA)igcu a
The citizen loses, as it ma>b**imfely b
affirmed, four times as much labor as' h
is rendeied to the State, and the per- c<
tion that is bestowed on the roads is t(
so injudiciously directed thai it eel- tl
doin does any substantia! .goad,* and p
very often amounts to a public nui- | c<
sauce." This was said more than
fifty yqars ago, and is as appropriate fp
now as then. Suppose that a more ii
efficient system had * been adopted j n
the\, and since that time faithfully j r
carried out until now, a half century. ; u
The invagination could scarcely pic-rt-1
ture the difference. 1 .
RAILROAD t COMMISSIONER. : 1
Tudor the Act of t!ie d$nel*al|t!
Assembly, passed at its last session, j tl
treating the,office of Railroad Com-'a
miseiouer, ah<J defining itff"~thrttta^-jJ-?
appointed General M. L. Bon ham", - p
BdgefielcL-to this office. -aho entered c
upon the dischargo of his duties in p
January. ; a
PENITENTIARY. . i d
It 'will bo seen from the report ofj^
the Superintendent of the Peniteli- } J
tiary that the convicts number 640 ; j "
of these 350 have been hired, out to
private individuals and to railroads ^
apd other corporations, leaving about; T
200 constantly confined in the l?eni- !*,
fan tiary. With these convicts, not! ?
hifedaiu t?. uiider the superrftsiod of
the Shperintendewi, whose -zeal and
faithfulness in the discharge of his
various-duties ^nnuot be too highly"'t
Gpmmeuded, the Penitentiary grounds s
&nd property have been greatly iro c
prpved?the wall extended 870 feet, 1
and several large necessary and|t
commodious buildings erected, a laro j 1
amount of brick manufactured and j)
other industries inaugurated. i
The money value of these improve-- i
"merits ?nd buildiiigs cannot be less 1
tlvan $10,000, befcides other workj ju
done on tttate ttouse grounds airata
telsfe where. The discipline bf thdcfc
institution is \vithrtut objections, anctjh
the healtfiNof the con victs better then e
it In& beeu foryea^s, aud'.is now
y)oj jatl't));it a? any other yorfen: *e
tbe pb pie in the saihe etui** unity.: V r
/ The practice of hirmgfout 'the con- ?
Tints"to a^y and all pr.rbesid^ A?yii
irrd all purposes, as autjrpliied under* n
recent legislation, has not "been in ji
I operation long ehongh to enablo us t *
to form v vccri'ect opjnipn af "to the i t
|wisdom of this policy. * v . |
- Elstfhovo Mi is practice ~ giveu-^
j eat dwrrttiafactipn, and f nnaer^ d
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""f^T^mittlrig ?ln
/b 8omu. of
'ttn.l*jwror? iadWw more of tb??e
Duntws h?v*pr* nted ^pypSttoB .
iap?ril. It has b&eo objected to
tthegroandtt^ ^eco^urt. hkro
^t ut'ir^Ub?0^!^
ritin to tho^opfnion <? the jpreed 1 "1
?ve Bflenj Mpl no sufficient reason ytfy*ngepnr
opinion on t)Mt Subject,
ad befoty,toig policy in ababdopod
think <it'should be gwa^thoroagh???-~\
ial.k A-- w ? i> ;- ?V" V- - l&
?he ^ ,
utf of the absence of proper guard - 1
IJc oe?t Ko"%*4>?rinr]iArl 4in/l T A ? '
tww WV "J K*I1U uv ^ >
ntik tfmt'the lahor-fof the obtmtry
i qg abundant now air to be seriously
Elected by the competition referred
). At fil *efent?, tbea* ooirnbfei ^
nonld fee made in some^ray to sup- v <
or$ themselves, and. the jpecplfe ^ >! v
iefeby and to tnat extent relieved\ *
om taxation. An<f until eofave re- vV
u^nci-ating industries oan be eetab ~
Hhedirrside of the -Peniterfitiary la , "
Iiicli all the ooimots m bi ifgte --4Z:r^??
loyod, the alternative; is presented '
ithor to hire a portion of them out * ?
r to supp<p*t them in idleness from
ic public treasury, wbioh vfould re* ' V
uire an annual appropriation nearly J
ouble that at present made. 0f the ' \
v? the former cortihs?, in my jndgieut,
ib the best. J >: f
I iyould recommend that the law
i relation to taring convicts be i
mendSd 60 as to make it a^erunhM
flange, with, a penalty e?iffici?ntly . . V*.
igh to enforce promplfe compliance, . ?* ?
or any contractor to refuse to return< \onvicts
to the Penitentiary upon the
armination of the contract and upon
ne order of the Board. This is im-*
or tan t, so as to give the Board that
pmplete control over the convicts,
rhieh their .proper protection and
roper security demands. It is also
liportant to enable the Board to * .
leet that responsibility which their ...
elation to this institution imposed
pon them and ttbich is ~expected at"
heir hands.- - "/ ; . * Tliore
will be. found attachedV-TO
his Message a short communication . - v
rom the Iter. William, Martin, of -i
his city, bringing to my attention
he" destitute ' condition of the inlates
of the^xonitentiary in a roll
ions point of view. It is hereto ap . ./
ended, because it presents the no
esaities of the institution on fhn t
ubject as witLin ae_ehort
compulse ao can bo, done, and un 1
cr tho "hope that, presented in this
ray, it will more certainly - attract*'" '
our at toil fcion and receive at your
ands tV noodful,leinalat ion. . '
J LVXA.TIC; AS YLI*:?I. * <
Xne report of the 1 logon twill give ;>
on all the inhumation Ueeeaserv
a reference to this fe>ble institution. -A
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ItOMKSTKAT). - t :ir~rr< Tho
Constitution, Section 3$ ? :*;
icle 2. after providing for n home : * ' -
tend in the lands of a debtor, goes v .......
>n to'way '' To sec lire , the fill! onjoynent
of said homestead exemption to .- - 7
lie person entitled thereto as the .\.r
toad of any family, the personal
>ro per ty% ojt sii?h . person of "the foi .
owing fdmracter, to * wit, household . J
iirnituro, beds -and bedding, family
ibrarv, aims, carts, wagons, farming
mp.ements^, tools, neat cattle, work
fcmials, swine, goats avd sheep, not '
b exceed the taine in the aggregate
if live hundred dollars, shall he ex- ' 1 "
A y' . * ? % M*,1
mpt irora tiie iiomesr?a<V' ?c. .
The Littfislature ip 1872, l>y Act, t
jctfiilded this exemption to other
^rsoVitil property pesidss Ibift into*??
Lprt&d in the Constitution, htobrar- ' ^
hg corn, cotton, provisions and other - '
Pessary articles, aa a?matter of >...." *. *1
liutke- to. thoee^Jio wtxe not entitled
& tne exemptions under the Const'
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arsenal property thorein mentioned *? ?*/
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bctdvd that tcis Act"is uuconutifa- . ?
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