The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 01, 1887, Image 1
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VOLUME II.
Tin-: MIN:STI:I!s'.S IMI;.
A Tlmiiks^ivtiiK' Story.
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k>l ,ook hero, Sully!"
Mrs. Deacon Farrell brushed the I
Hour from liur hands, casting mean\
while a complacent eye over the
well-filled kitchen tal?lc, with its
jM'iH'rou* array of 1111!>11 ko< 1 pies and
cakes, the plump turkey stuffed and
trussed ready for the morrow's baking,
and the bier chickcnpio, to which
her (intrors had put the finishing
touches, us she repeated rather more
decidedly:
"Look hero, Sally! There's enough
chicken left, wih the oiblcts?that I
never put in my own pie. because I
the deacon don't relish'em ter make
a I'liiinkserivino pie for the minister's
folks. 'Twont need to bo very laroe,''
she added, in reply to Sally's doubtfid
look. "Only the minister and
his wife and you can bake it in
that smallest* yallar dish. Now I'm
ooino np stairs tor look over them
raos, an' you make it an' bake it
rioht ofT so's I can send it over by
t let deacon."
> t's 111, answered ."tally, nnsuiy;
and eatohin?r up the rolling-pin she
brought it down with an emphasis
upon a lump of dougrh upon tlm
mouldinir board.
As the stairway door closed behind
her mistress, Sally dropped the
rolling-pin, and a hc'-'.of perplexity
crept ovr her dulj face, making it
ten times more, stolid than usual,
while she rcpe ?\,w, in ludicrous be...
wilderment: '
"(liblets! What in all creation, if
anybody can tell me, does she mean
by them?"
Involuntarily she 'took a step forward,
but cheeked herself as quickly,
while, a cunning smile replaced the
look of perplexity, ami the muttered
triumphantly:
ul cucss I ain't a-e-oin' ter confess
my ignorance to the deacon's wife
and let her have her say, as she always
does, *'l'wo terms ter tins 'cademy,
Sally, and not know that!' No,
ma'am! not 'while there's u dictionarv
in t ho lion so!1
So, softly creeping into tin* adjoining
sit tinjr-room, she hastily opened
a big dictionary on tlio deacon's writing
desk, and began hor search for
the mvstcrious work.
"(t-i-l) -hero 'tis!11 and she read
aloud to herself, with an air of triumph,
the following definition:
"TIioao parts of a fowl which are
removed before cooking - heart, gizzard,
liver, etc."
"That's it!?heart, gizzard, liver
and so forth," she repeated joyfully,
shi> rotrstced ln>r <ttnnu t<? t l.r. bit..I.
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on, and bewail with alacrity, to (ill,
according to directions, the minister's
pie; keeping up meanwhile, a running
lire of comment for lier own
special benefit.
"Six oiz/.ards! Well, that is rather
steep, as Dan Weston would say.
|hit I j^uoss tlie deacon's wife knows;
if she don't, tain't none of iny business.
Six hearts! Them's small, and
tuck into the corners handy. Six
livers! Seems tor me they don't fill
up much," and she glanced with a
perplexed air, at a pile of denuded
chicken bones that formed her only
resource.
"Now, 1 wonder," with a sudden
inspiration, "what that 'and so forth'
means? Here's heats, gizzards and
].jyers, plenty of 'em, but no 'and so
forth,' and the pie ain't more than
two-thirds full yet. It must mean,"
and she cast a bewildered look at the
l... 1 f I! I I - 1 - ! - ml 1 i si
I lit i 1 -111 I'M | | ?lf l, "IIIO fMUCKOnS ICgS. I
never know nobody tor put. thorn in a
pie, hut that must bo what it means,
and they'll just till 11p.
No sooner thought than done. In
j|p went three pairs of stout yellow legs
' upon which their unfortunate owners
'* * wui str *tod so proudly only the day
before; of. went the well rolled
douifh, coveri\g them ft"- ? 7('ht, and
r> ' VOU tO .1 /.??
into the ovcri went the minister s pi.y 1
just as tho mistress of the house re- |
entered iier kitchen, and with an approving
glance at the snowy pastry, I
remarked, encouragingly:
"That pie looks real neat, sally. 1
shouldn't wonder if, in time, you
came to be quite a cook."
It was Thanksgiving morning, and
Miss Patience Pringlo stood at the
minister's back doo^ To bo sure it
was rather early for *llers, but Miss
Pringlo was, as si J? ?hen boasted,
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uoim? of tin* kind tlisit novor stood tin si
j coroinoii v.'' Indeed,sho didn't consider
it necessary even to knock l>e- tl
fore she opened the door, although
she was thou j/h tfu 1 enoucdi in openinj^it
to do so soft!y. The minister's o
wife was just taking from tlie* oven a :
nowlv wiinnoil chicken pie, wliieli tl
she nearly dropped from her haml, so e
startled was she 1?y the sharp, shrill I"
yoieo that spoke so close to her: d
"liood mornin,1 Mrs. tiraham. lo
Hain't lioen to breakfast yet, I see. {
We had ours half an hour ago. 1 i ii
know my mother used to say that if li
anybody lost an hour in the mornin, ] s<
thev might chase it all day, and not
I catch up with it then."
"That's a good look in' pie -pretty I d
rich pastry though, for a chicken pie. tl
I don't never put much shortnin' in I
anything of that kind. It's rich t<
| enouijdi inside to make. Hilt you're i a
youncj, an' have <o>t a jrood many h
tiiino to learn vet. I run in to see if |
you could spare me a cup of yeast: jo
mine soured, and the last hatch of
| hread I made I had to throw it to j p
the lutes."
"Certainly," and a roguish smile u
fluttered over the fair face of the o
minister's wife, at this specimen of , e
her meddlesome neighbor's economy, d
Unl she had learned a rare lesson of j h
judicious silence, and taking the cup n
I that Miss Patience produced from lie- ,s
neath her shawl, she bade her visitor
be seated while she left the room to \i
oot the desired article. 1 ti
As her steps died away Miss Pa- t
tience noiselessly arose from her seat ?
and approaching the dresser upon t!
which stood, peered curiously into \ v
j the apertures in the crust, her sharp t
face expressing eaecr curiosity.
"I'll bet you a nincjience she didn't o
know etiouoh ter put crackers n. ! t
wish't 1 could oet one look, just to j u
I satisfy my own mind," she added. I v
And dertermined to accomplish her a
object at half hazards she ran a knife
deftly around a small portion of the y
i edoe, and inserting four inquisitive
liueers, lifted the brown crust and r<
took a trlimnse of the contents. <1
A look of unmitigated disoustjt
passed over her face. I )roppino into
u convenient chair she actually tl
groaned aloud: r
"Well, I never! an' we payin' that n
man five hundred dollars a venr, be- i h
v ides a donation at Christinas. (high!" t
I'nsuspicions Mrs. (iraham, as she, it
returned with the yeast, was some- j y
! what pu/.zled by the sudden frostiI
ness of her guest, who hurried out of I o
the house as if some dreadful co.ita- a
I gion had haunted it; but when the a
{minister, in carving the pie that the j a
deacon's wifo had sent made two cu- j
nous discoveries almost simultane- ' f.
ouslv, the reason for Patience's al- P
tered demeanor was made plain, and tl
the youn^f pair had a hearty laugh (|
| that made the old parsonage ring <*,
i like a peal of Thanksgiving bells. | ti
The Tuesday following was tho j tl
regular day for the weekly sewing t;
circle, and seldom had that interest- t;
iii?r jrathorino' proved so lovely and
1 animated as on this occasion, well |,
nioli bursting with some important c
seorot that she was only waitino a r.
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fitting opportunity to divulge. That
opportunity was not lono in coming, \
for Mrs. 1 >en. Farrcll, who was a con-; a
stitutional croaker, took occasion to |,
say, in reference to the hard times: |,
"Tho deacon had been tryiiT ter (|
collect the church tax, and he says S|
he never found money so ti?fht in all
tho years he's lived here. It's as i
hard to oet live dollars now as it used , |,
to bo to ^et ten." \
"And no wonder," spqko up Miss o
Patience, with the stony severity of a b
sphinx. "Von can't expect folks to o
fee! 1 ho pay in' out llieir money when
they see it fairly thrown away an'
wasted."
Everybody looked curious, and ' a,
some of the younger girls began to it
bridle defiantly. The ministers
sweet young wife was evidently a s<
favorito with them, at least. CI
"What do you mean by that?"
asked Mrs. Earrel, pointedly. "Mrs. i S|
Graham is young and inexperienced, Hl
to bo sure; but as tho deacon was.
say in' yesterday, she does very well j
indeed considering." i
Patience tossed her head knowingly. ((
"J don't want to say nothing to hurt j o
her, but livin' next door as 1 do, 1
oap't nlways help sooin' and hoarin' m
things that other, folks can't bo ex- j
pected to know about, and when 1 I
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TO TTOT7K "WOKD .
('ON WAY, S, (
in* and Uno.v tilings like
There was an omiimns pause, and
In' deacon's wife asked excitedly:
"Like what?"
*k('liieken pies, with lees and feet
f the chicken linked in?"
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11 :i?I a Ihuudcrbolt l..lien aieono
hem it could not ha\e caused irreat .
r surprise to those tidy, thrifty, New ^
btudand housekeepers than this
rcudful revehition of the incapacity
f the pastor's youn?r wife.
"Are you sure of it?" gasped one
nitron, breaking the ominous si-i .
,? 1
Mice. "1 know it for a fact," was
nleinnlv returned. i .
"('hicken leos in pie."
"She's a born fool," ejaculated the j ,
cacti's wife, indignantly, "and I'm
hankful for her husband's sake that j
sent her over one of tnv pies yesjrdav.
Thc\ had to throw Iter's
I
way, of course, and it's lucky that
e didn't have to o?? without his .
hanksoi vino breakfast on account
f her ignorance an shiftlessness."
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"llow did vou know about the
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lie? asked one of the earls.
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Miss I'atienco bristled defiantly.; .
That's nobody's business but uiy
; I I
wn," she retorted tartly. "I don't
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po .1., J to lind out thines that
d"r ;v < . *
on oVD me. I d luive von !. n..n
'x y \ "" t
ut wlk?w they're thrown rijdit into |
iv face, as vou niiolit sav, I don't . .
Iiet 111eyes i o inore'n other folks. , .
.lust lioro tlio door opened, and in .
ralked tlm subject of their eouversa- |
ion, her j?r??ttface edowino with .
lie haste that'she had made, and misI
hievous twinkle in her brown eves .
hat nohodv noticed, so neeupied i
. ere tliey in hi?1 in?_r the confusion .
hat her sudden ent rata id ereated. >
Walkini; to the la ! where most
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f tin* ladies were sit; itiif, s!ie r a1 uted
hem cordially*, and then holditio* out
poll the tip of her slender linoer a (
. ell-worn silver thimble, she said j
rchly t
"Where do vou think I found j
our thimble, Miss Patience?" ! j
So tdeased was Miss Patience to I j
r?<rain her lost treasure that she for- L
'ot for a moment all assumed dioni- j
V ami exelaiined jovfullv: I
k*\\ ell, I declare, I am triad to see .
hat thimble once more! I told Ma-i
y .1 sit 10 tli.it 1 felt sure I had it on ' ?
iv linger when J run into your r
ouso Thanks<rivin' inorniir arter | J
hat yeast, lint when I <n?t homo, H
t. wa nt nowhere to lie found. Now i r
.here did you liml it I j
Her shrill, hi<di voice had attractd
the attention of all in. the room, ]
nd everybody looked up curiously L
s the minister's wife replied, with U
n innocent smile: I iV
"In the chicken pie that our {rood , <
iiend here" and she nodded brijrht* i ,
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y to Mrs. Karrell?"sent me. I left |
lie pie 011 the dresser when I wontjt
. II. f*
own cower anor your yeast, and as
oon as 1 cuino back I put it on tlioj ]
ible, and nvIioii iny husband cut it | (
linro was your thimblo in it. How (
ould it have <p>t there? It is cor- t
duly very mysterious anyway." <
Silenco, deadly profound, yet, oh, <
ow terr'bly significant to the doa-j (
on's wife and hot spinster neighbor, *
dI upon the jrroup. i c
This was apparently unnoticed by ,
Irs. (iraham, who, with a playful j t
dinonition to Miss I'ationce to take j
otter care of her thimblo in future, > ,
eoan an animated eon\ ersat ion with ! t
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lie ladies nearest her, that soon r<?-f ?.
Lored the company to their wanted
use and irood humor. ; ,
But poor Miss I'atience! she never | t
card 1110 last of her lost thimble. ' i
Vhilo the deacon's wife, to the day '
f her death, never trusted any hands t
ut her own hands to mako Thanks- 1 l
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ivinjj pies for her minister. i f
I tenis of fill < rest.
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Buttermilk made from sweet cream 1
ml taken fresh is said to lie useful *
i cases of didbetes. I ?i
A short nap after a late dinner is ^
jrvicenblo to elderly people, be- s
lllvm it llll?Ofit!/>n
" ?"
A recOnt series of experiments is;
lid to havo shown that tho sense of r
noli is on tho average much more!
elicnto in men than in women.
A person who has seen much of t
jo Indians in Colorado and I "tali;
iyn ho has never known an Indian { N
) have a cold. Ho concludes that '
ur hot rooms #ivo us colds. j c
s
Far bettor than the harsh treatment of
lodiclnes which horribly grip.) the patient
xl destroy the coating of the stomach s
r. J. II. McLeans Chili and Fever cure, j'
aid at f)0 rents a l)ottle, | t
^ZCnTID TOUH "WCI^
TIIl'USDAY, DK(1
nn: <;o\ kknoits >1
I IX' ,\llllll;ll >1 illl'MH'll I Ol Mil'
A O'ai i's of St a( c.
The usual annual message of tlx?
iovernor was mail to the legislature
it its nooning, last week. Th,? topes
discussed in tlio iloi'Mini'iit am as
Pol lows:
tin: si'vtk niatr.
Tho outstanding debt of tin' Statu
s %f\,-100,00th ( )f tliis amount *'277,)0t)
consists of tlio estimated validity
n those bonds issued between lSt'iX
ind 1S72 and of the ante helium
Hinds which have not yet been consolidated
under the Act of lS7d.
There is every reason to believe that
i hi roe proportion of these old bonds
lave been lost or destroyed, and that
lie State will never be called uimn
o redeem tliein. The Comptroller
Jeneral renorts that but few i>f tln??i>
I
minis an* beino- founded and recommends
that a limit ho nut to the
iine when they may be exchanged,
ixcept l>v special legislation. As
>ur wlmle State debt must l?e readlisted
in ISWd, the date of its inalu it\,
t he (i overnor regards this re'oiumendatiou
as sound jmliev and
oininends it to the eonsiderat ion of
he Legislature.
I )urine1 the past year the Sinking
'\ljik Commission has caneeled
>17.50 of 1 )elieieney bonds, and will
man take up about *0i0,00() more
eavinn about xJOit.OOO of these
muds to lie met at maturity.
Thw (iovernor recommends that
he State borrow that sum, at I to I .1!
>er cent., to make up then* bonds.
In also recommends the ultimate
undine-of the whole debt at 1 per
ent.
K?uti'ia i'Ki> I.a \ i?s.
liv reference to the rejmrt of tho'
'oininissionrrs of the Sinking Lund
t will be found that there were on
iw> r.,..f.i.. i l i i: . ... o - i r
ii< mi it'iiru iiiim iim ai lilt' e 11II III
In1 11 sea I year ending October 111,
188H, *,'Jd7 acres. That during
lie present fiscal year, ending Octiberdl
1887, new forfeitures have
teen incurred which amount to IOU .
I
) fo acres, the whole amount in<f in
ho aooreirate to 1,()o 1,!i82 acres.
l)urino the present fiscal year do,- I
.'US acres of land have been sold or
odrerueil, and Ul,ldl acres have
)oen stricken from the forfeited list
is erroneous entries, and still there
einains oo this list a net acreage of
11 f,8b>> acres. Whilst the foreooino
exhibit shows that the acreage of
and on the forfeited list at the presmit
time is 8U,.3S!1 acres less than at
he same time last year, it will be
ioen on examination that this <h;'rease
is not due to the fact flint t.-iv
>s liavo been more promptly paid, j
mt to tho activity and cllicioncy of
lie Land I)cpartmont in effecting
.ales and redemptions of forfeited
amis and in discovering and eliinina
I
,iiitf erroneous forfeitures that had
rept into the forfeited lift from 18<)S
o I^SI). The fact that 100,0lb acres
>f new forfeitures have been incurred
luring the present fiscal year is a
natter of serious moment to tho
state, and a oreal injustice to those i
Mtixcns whose patriotism and sense
>f duty contrain them toj pay their
axes.
To enact a law that will abate this!
jreat and ^rowinjr evil is a matter,
herefore, for tho most earnest 0011lideration
of tho Legislature.
Tho (iovcrnor then reviews the
? i . . - 1
ourse ol legislation upon this mater
-showing that the effect of legslatioo
and of the decisions of the
Jourts has been to increase forfeitires.
The (lovernor recommends!
cgislation to gi vo a purchaser of foroitod
lands a good title, and to en-j
ible the Sinkintr Kund Commission!
I
0 collect, through the (Courts, back
axes now unpaid. The new law is j
uiggested as an addition to, and not!
1 substitute for, the means now af-,
orded to the (.'ominission to effect|
?|Au .....l
KIM CATION.
Touching public schools tho Govsrngr
refers to the report of tho Suleriutondeirt
of l?ducatio?, and sii^rests
a general law to authorizo disricts
to levy local taxes, together j
villi such other measures as will
ongthen the school-term and in- i
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reuse the general efficiency of the
chools.
The South Carolina College is
hown to be in n prosperous eondiion,
both as regards the number ofj
J:K: ^^sriD T'CXJE CCI
KM 1?! ;Ii I. ISST.
students and tlu? general elliciencv
of the institution. The (Jovernor
ealls attention to the statement of
the Trustees that "its true development
should bo in the direction of
I niversit\ methods and work, and
commends to the *(ieneral Assemble
their scheme to be submitted, "for
the rocr^nni/utinn of the institution
on a I niversit v basis."
The ( 'itadel Academy is reported
to be in excellent condition, and both
graduates and cadets making a line
record for themselves and for the
State. Anticipating the need of
laroo accommodations, the tJovernor
calls attention to the Stale's;
( ?o\ eminent, for use of the Academy
buildinoK and for the value of the
portion destroyed by lire while <11
such use. lie "sincerely trusts that
the nvesent ( 'onoress will liek-iiowl.
i r>
odoo tin* justice of 1 no claim ami order
its payment."
Clntlin I uivorsitv, for colored
pupils, is reported in a satisfaetors
comlitions. The same report is
made of the institution for the deaf,
c 111111!> ami blind at Cedar Springs.
I III: Pl.l'A IM M K VI oK A < i 1114' l 1.11 UK.
The (iovernor reviews the operations
of the State I )eparlment of Ao
ricultnre and concludes:
" The statistical report of the I >eparlment
shows an increase over
last year in the amount and value |
of the crops of the State. The seasons
were mmerally favorable, audi
the formers have realized more aliiin- j
dant harvests. The cotton crop
1 |
will exceed the crop of IfSSt't by i?),111
bales, while the yield of corn
will exceed the product of any year
of which we have record.
" The l)eparlimmt is now in thorough
worUino orihu, ami is aecomplisliiim
jrreat (food for the State.
In addition to the duties which have
been briefly alluded to above, the
Commissioner is constantly occupied
in answering inquiries from other
States and foreiim countries relatO
I
in<f to the resources and advantages
r> c~>
of South ('arolina. These inquiries
come from all classes the capitalists
and the laborers. 'The publications
of the Department contains
most of the information sought,
and these have jfono to almost every
part of this country and Kurope.
'The S<>utIds Resources are attracting
ureal attention, and this work of the
n
Commissioner is keeping South ('arolina
as well known as any of the
Southern States. 'The ?rood work
the Department is now doino and its
work in the past will, I am sure,
commend it to your continue! sup-j
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jiui l iiiid encouragement.
TIIH KM'KKIM HNTAI. STATION.
The (jiovernor reports to the legislature
tho establishment of the two
Experimental Stations, one of 200 j
acres in Spartanburg and one in I )ar-I
lington of 227 acres, and says:
' This nrranmunent secures unity
O ?
ami eeononiv of management, with
such diversity in the Held tests of j
crops, fertilizers, etc., as the marked
differences in the agricultural condin
tions of the two <rreat sections of the
?*>
State demand.
"At the Spartanburg farm the Superintendent's
house and the barn
are nearly finished, farm implements
and machinery have been purchased,
and ground has been prepared for an
experimental orchard, fruit garden
and vineyard. between forty and
fifty experiments, testing numerous
varieties of small grains and fertilizers,
are already in progress.
"At the Darlington farm the Superintendent's
house will be finished
next month, the barn has been contracted
for, and a collection of grains
and fertilizers purchased for experimental
purposes."
The (iovernor further calls atten-j
tiou to the "I latch bilk," and suggests
the emnlovuncut. nf nmw> <.f 11... 1
n I J '
fund from this source in perfecting u
scheme of .i^riculturul experiments
and investigations in the aj/ricultoral
r> n
department cf the South Carolina
t 'olloj^e.
TlIK I'UMTKNTIAKY.
Thorn are in the State I'onitcntia-j
ry- 78 white males, 'J whit? females,1
870 colored males and 50 colored females.
They are distributed as follows:
70 are at work at Pringle's
phosphate works; 105 with Messrs.
Rice & ('oleman on railroad work in
Chester county; 01 at the Summerville
brick yard; 108 on shoo contract,
1)8 on hosiery contract inside the|
f
prison; J50\J aim nn various farms; an
the Imlanon. witli tli<> ovcoot ion of s
I *
majority of the females ami tlie? siel
ami infirm, are at work in the prism
or on local details.
The crops of tin* institutions havt
been injured by freshets, hut the
yield is ahout b()() l>al"s of eottoi
and 8,1)00 bushel of corn, beside?
peas, potatoes, foraoo, etc. Tit'
I'oard of |)irectiors recommend that
the I .e^islature appropriate x|(U),(MM
directly for I ho support of the institution,
and that the convicts be utilized
a>- laborers on a State farm to be
procured for the purpose.
The law enacted at the last session
making it the dut\ of the Superintendent
of the Penitentiary to trans
port all convicts to the prist n from
the different counties has resulted in
a ureal savino of tnone\ to the State
as of appropriation of live thousand
dollars for this purpose only ahout
twenty two hundred dollars hav<
been expended durino the ten month?
111 which the I it \\ has liccn in force.
The 1'oard recommend an increas*
in the jiiiv of the oflicors of the Penitential*
v.
Ill i: COI.l .M III a (ana I..
The (rovernor reviews the l:istor\
of the operations upon the < 'olutnhin
<'anal, and savs: "I would respect
fully miccesl the early completion
of the canal I?\* 'he State; or slioulc
your honorahlo bodies deem it ine\
pedient that the development of thiproporty
should be resumed or fur
ther continued by the State, that
stops be taken to transfer the canal
with all it* rights, franchises and oh
lieatious, under -uch miarantoec
conditions and -ti( illations as yon
may regard most advanta?n??us for
the interest of the State, to corpo
rate or pricate indiv 'duals possessing
fully the confidence of the people, s<.
to ensure its completion in
the most thorough and permanent
manner."
Ill K l.l' x a'I'll' a s A I.I'm.
Owino* to the lame number re
leased i)ii trial, there was not the us
ual increase of population, al tinned
the whole nuinher under treatinenl
was lamer by Td. At the end ??f tin
year there were present tilt) patients
of whom .'Hit) were white, and ti.St
colored; and 'it were still absent 01
probation.
The annual report of the Superintendent
shows that the affairs of tin
Asylum Imvo been conducted will
the strictest economy. There was :
slijjdit reduction in the />> r rn/,it<
cost of maintenance, mid over xlt (Hit
have boon saved of tin? nppropriatim
f< ?r 1110 year.
11A I I.KOA l? insritl M I NA I IO.V.
< >11 tho subject of the I tail mat
Commission tho (iovcnior brings (<
tk ? attention of (Iio I .cjrislature utln
advisabilit v of onlar^ino' tlio power.1
of tlio Commission so as to enabh
(Iioiii to require railroads witliii
South t arolina to regulate tlioir rates
of freight traflio within tho Stato s<
that tho public shall derive tho jrreat
est benefit i ossiblo consistent witl
i
the interests of the railroad corpora
tions. Most of our railroads hav<
passed into the hands of parties liv
ino out of tho State, who have no interest
in building up and fostering ou
internal improvements save as :
means of revenue for 'heir corpora
tions, and there is a strong tendency
to keep local rates in South Caro
lina too disproportionate to the pro
rata received by railroads within the
Stato on lon^r hauls to and fiom tin
oreat North and West. The onh
mode in view of putting a stop t<
this sappino of what may bo tenne<
. i... i:f,? 1.1 i . r -o i
mi- iiio-uiimii oi (mi r | >r< >S j IITII V WOIIK
80(mii to Id' to f^ivo nioro power tc
the L'ailroad Commission to ro^ulat<
the traffic.
o'i iikk m \ rri:i(s.
Tlx* militia of the State show:
progress, several new companies hav
iotr l>een organized. The support o
the militia is urjred as of importune*
to the peace and dignity of the State
The matter of aid to disabled (Jon
federate soldiers is commended a:
demanding the special consideratioi
of the(icnoral Assembly.
The operations of the State Aori
cultural and Mechanical Society an
revjewed and the Legislature is mv
ed to renew and continue the appro
priation of to this omani/a
tion.
The various ap|?ropriations for tlx
completion of the State House luiv<
amounted to JjtlilJ Of thi:
sum, in tlx4 two preceding years
: X.
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? 'm
Nl MI5KR ID.
|
I there was expended 8(),?SI'WVS; and
i I up t<> 1st Xovembor of this venr
*103,7'17 50; I a.\'i??rr duo on various
accounts *1*3,01 t 7'oj l?'nviu<r urtex1
|>"ih1;-(I 03. Tho oompletion
of tin- improvements necessary
will co-it about -sfo'\HOO, ^and tho
, (tovernor commends the
i tion of that sum. ~
The unenrtaint\ as to the term of
4 office of Trjal .lusticos, and tho de.
cisioti afToctino- theii jurisdiction in
eases of petit larceny are brought to
i the attention of tho (ieneral Assembly.
TS..? It!..,.I,.. l : i
. I/MU I\ n MWM ? .1^'- III n VIIMVIMl^
and the facts presonted for the con
?I sidorutiou of tln? lawmakers.
The I nter-Stato Kxtradition < '<?nforenee
is properly mentioned, with
tin* hope that. utho result of the d o
' liberations of this eonferenco, will '
tend to liarinotii/o the practice, ;iow
i clearly defectivc, under the present.
, regulations, in eaves of extradition of
fugitives from justice."
I I < o \ < I, I' S11? N .
The (iovernor concludes with a
, brief review of the State's present
condition and savs:
u|t is at such a time von meet, and
with interests -u.-h as these von have
s to deal, and the \ital importance of
fosterine ami stiinulatino the throbbine
impulse now permeatine everv
avenue of bu-une s must impress
; your minds with the oruvc responsi.
()>i 1 itv rest i no upon \<iu. That von
will prove eipial to so sacred a trust
and faithful oitardians of the j?n!?Ii?*
welfare, I confidently believe, and
i upon vour ihdibertitions I trustfullv
| eiVOIxO I 11? OIlMaUCe <>t |i II)
in whoso hands ire tin* destinies of
nat ions."
m +Vi
liiTr I'roll i I?i t ion I 'rnliiliits.
, A i iii:.\s, (la., Nov. til. At this
time, wIumi there is so mtieh interest
i manfosted in tin* li^ht which is Itcitirr
waited in Atlanta between tin; advo1
cjiti's of prohibition and its eppononts,
it may not prove uninteresting
to rali attrntion to the operation
r of the law in this city, where a strict
( prohibitory i.iw has been in force for
j several years.
Athens is a city almost as lnrjro as
u ( olmnhin. and elaims a population
of 10.000 souls and a per capita
wealth ore*tor than any other Southern
city. Prohibition has proved a
sioniil success and an almost unmixed
helessino to this thriving eoinuiu1
When the ouestioi. was first agitated
and the matter under discussion, the
| usual |?I "si was made that the husi<
I ness interests would surf< r, that the
I; trade* of the town would l>e ruined,
, and that there would he an attendant
train of evils far oreator than
j the curse of the oihlod saloon. Xot
such, however, has heen its elTects.
' The unfolding ()f time has utterly
i disproved these dire predictions.
, The trade of the place has steadily
increased until this year it is confidently
expected that the cotton receipts
will amount to an hundred
' | thousand hales; and of course all
branches of trade will and does keep
pace with the development of the
cotton business.
The beneficent results of the work,
ino of this law is most marked anion"'
, i the laboring classes. A member of
ii prominent linn. doiiiL? a laroo busiim'ss
on the instalment plan with this
elans of broad winners, informed me
) i that the immediate effect of prohibis
tion on their business was to increase
( their monthly receipts from the same
source KM) per cent. I > >e- not this
fact speak volumes?
1 1 The law is effective, but it is not
claimed that lienor cannot be btaini
oil. Doubtless those who want it
' verv badlv can find some menus of
oettino it, but most lik? ly it must be
sent for out of tic city, as it is very
r , r.skv business selling it in the town. I
i lint the f^reat point gained is that
. 1 the inducements, the allurements, the
. J invitations to drink, have been re1
moved. There is no manner of .../ ^
j doubt that there is far less liquor y
consumed than before the era of
i prohibition.
> So jrenernl is the satisfaction with
the law, that the matft , is U-VnPe
upon as a i'is m/'/ui/irnto for yieurs, the -V -' .
' j and has ceased to be a thende. u? wit:
' ciinii'iit. ('nhituhhi lit histt i\ . A ~ '
i ... [ ? *
? Itni-ial IMaci's of I'rcs^W). ^
' . . ; v""^
Washington's hotly lie* at Mouyt
Vernon, \ a.; the two Adamses iro
huried under the old church at Qmns
joy, Mass.; Jefferson rests at Mcoiti*
cello, \ it.; Madison's grave
^ Montpelier, not far from Montie.
3; Monroe's remains lie at the FitV*
inond cemetery, .Jackson's grave n
* in front of his old residence, "The
s Hermitage," near Nashville, Tenn.;
11 Van llureii was huried at kindurlipok,
N. V.; Harrison at North Uend, near
" Cincinnati; I'oik at Nashville, 'Pay*
3 h>r's remains, are near Louisville,
* ky.; Fill nunc lies in Forest Law
* cemetery, ltuffnlo; Fierce was huried
* in Concord, N. 11., ami Huohanan :ft
Lancaster, Fa., Lincoln's grave is
j, near Springfield, Ills.; .Johnson's at
.j 1 (J reen ville, 'l'cnn.; (iailieiti's at
s 'Cleveland; Grant's at Riverside, X.
, i Y., and Arthur's at Albany.
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