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» m DARLINGTON HERALD Establkliril July .lOlh, IS'JO. Ill's)roynl bv Eire lleceiiber r>tli, 18110 Uo-Kstablisheil February llth, 1891. w. D. WOODS, Editor. a One Dollar a Year. 1)ARLINGTON, S. C. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 1892. Slate have been met in full. The message calls attention to the fact that a large part of the property of the State escapes taxation anil recommends that all notes be stamp ed by the County Auditor in order to make them collectible by law. Of cou; to m jrsr nuj —li :. OBITUARY. On Thanksgiving morning the soul of Win. 11. Evans, for seventy- three years a tenant of las earthly body, was freed from that body which it had so many years adorned with a Christian spirit, and returned the God who gave it. It is for others to sneak of his walk expended on its maintenance, we must bear in mind that the class for which this institution is established pay their full share toward the pub lic support, and if it is their wish and desire to have a part of their taxes used for the continuance of this college, their wishes should be respected. We can maintain good rrannn James Allan & Co. 285 King St. Charleston, S. C. The Largest Jewelry Store in the State SOLID PLATES OP DARLINGTON —All kinds of— ance gesti Conn Com) one thou rv, certj app tion pay of th it wi coni the Proj man sess: muk SOME OF THE DANGER OF PA- tion TERNALISM. j 1 That the trend of a good deal of the (,]j n 1 'gislation, of the present day, is in ; the the direction of paternalism, is r ,.f e perfectly manifest no intelligent man now will deny; and how to counteract this j„g tendency should engage the earnest thou attention of every good citizen. One | fi u i s of the most fruitful sources of this! species of legislation lies in the haste! the v itli which measures, that have not been fully discussed and considered, are rushed through the Legislature and enacted into laws, the unwisdom of which is seen when too late. The age in which we live has been fraught with so many changes and discoveries, 0X j )r that it has brought about a spirit of on ] v | unrest, which produces a feverish J f or a ixiety, on the part of those who ril j t . have been entrusted with making the laws, to add new and strange enact ment to the statute book, with the vague but erroneous ’' ' they are very materially advancing the mate- | jeal rial interests or moral elevation of the f oc t people. It is getting to be more and f nrc more the custom, a belief for which 1 s i n ,j unsc s politicians are almost ( 0 j, entirely responsible, to look to the!p Ur p Mate or the General Government to k nov regulate matters that should be left , vou j entirely to the individual conscience er , or convenience of every citizen; al-: (j 0V f lowing him to regulate his conduct' ti 1P ( subject only to those unwritten laws ag «Inch are the safeguard of onr whole 1 an j t social fabric. With many people, j wa u, who are otherwise intelligent, the idea seems to prevail that, in some way. which they do not undertake to explain, the Mate can legislate in such a manner as to make every man prosperous and happy; and having this ability it is very reprehensible, in those entrusted with legislation, that this c " ' of affairs is not brought about Self reliance is ab solutely necessary to success it) every L . un) phrase of life and the man who learns lna ( to look to the State to regulate his , liel private affairs, very soon loses eon- lidence in himself and becomes, to ulLiiiaud purpose-, a —iskLA-wbo-- needs constant supervision and care, has The State is not only called upon to ■ gust regulate our temporal affairs but to lege force us to be moral likewise, and who v. hen this is attempted there is no coin! telling where it will end. j yj av The prohibition movement furnish- sarv es just now the most striking illustra- and Lon of this tendency to legislate on a If m purely moral question. If the State l^egii must prevent by force anyone from out ^ drinking whiskey, then it is perfect- will ! ly competent to pass strict laws by is if: which every parent should be guided strei in the training of their children; for Mr it would be clearly right to throw tion every possible safeguard around mot them, looking to the prevention of mat their forming the habit. 1 tint Tne safeguard of the State and of Da society lies within the home circle,' we and if this great power for good be suj neglected, it is not in the power of tio; any Legislative assembly to counter- 1 poi act this neglect It is there that the le S < rising generation should be trained to resist temptation, for it is very certain that it cannot be avoided, and there is no real develop ment of character until these numer ous temptations are met and over come. The boy w ho is not taught j issu tiie importance of controlling bis mail passions and appetites is but poorly Pre, e m1 for the battle of life, and; Epit sooner or later will fall an easy victim neve to some form of temptation from 1 and which it is impossible to guard him. j very Whenever it can be shown that pa- j to hi tcrnalism tends to make a people jority more self reliant and more moral, have j then there maybe some excuse for higl trying it; but until this is demon- elect .-‘rated, we shall light against any ] ougl: t'-ndency in this direction. The | his j I'ohibitionists propose to light a espeJ moral evil by force and by paternal legislation we trust to elevating the moral sentiment of the people through ' tie dissemination of the truths of! C hristianity; the only way in which Gov| any moral reform has c-u-r been brought about. trait the ( wide respi II are coim a ve) sage, are a viev H UM MM SUPPLEMENT. Tlie Of Governor B. R. Tillman To the General Assembly of Sonth Carolina at the Begular Ses- son, November 22, 1892. The following li the full text of Governor Tillman’s message, which was delivered to lb* Legislature or. Tuesday, Nov. 22,1892.: GsnMemen of the General Auembly : While the reports of the oflteers In charge of tht different departments of the government will convey to you full Information us to the Stale and Ita various departmenis and Insti tutions, It has been the custom for the Gov ernor to eoodense and marshal the most sal ient leatnree of these dIOereut reports, so as to give a bird’s-eye view of the sltnaiiou. As tbabesd of the government, with the duty imposed on him ol exercising a general su- S rvlslon of Its entire machinery, It Is proper it this should be done, the more so because the message of the Governor Is given extend ed drculatlun through the newspapers, which la not the case with the departmental reports. the Slate to be *198,871,227, a very slight In crease over last year; and considering theile- pressed condition ol our agricultural Interests and the low price of our staple crop, this Is satisfactory showing. The efforts of the Comptroller to have properly In the Slate listed and assessed In accordance with the laws have been largely frustrated by the ac tions of our eourls, and I will call attention to this matter lu another place. .Home amendments lo the ststutis In regard to the assessments and levying of luxes are needed, and some declaratory statutes are suggested by the Attorney General, which I hope your honorable bodies will consider favorably. The following table shows the assessment lor taxation during Ihe laat sixteen years, since the white people have been In comrbl; TOTAL TAXABLE PROPERTY OF SOCTH CARO LINA. THE TREASVHY. Notwithstanding the reduction In the lax levy by the preceding Legislature and a fur ther falling off In tne phosphate royalty, all claims against the Stale of every character have bean promptly met and there Isa small caah balance lo the credit of the general mod. The following tables from the report of the State Treasnrer will Indicate clearly the con dition of our finances: CASH LIABILITIES, 31st OCTOBER, 1892. Interest due and not called for. *177,880.73 Interest from 1st January, 1880, to 1st July, 1892, on (208,28815 Brown Con sols liable to be issued for valid principal of and Interest on old bonds not yetoonsolldsted; Balance ol appropriation tbarefor ...* 88,572.78 Not specially appropriated.. 112,t>l8.33 391,218.11 Sinking Fund Com mission 30.86134 Direct Tax Fund uu.6J3.70 Morrill Fund 6100U00 Balance Appropriations Unpaid, say 7ii,noo.ou Special Accounts 8.808.t>3 1870-1877.. 1877- 1879.. 1878- 1879 . 1879- 1880 . 18811-ISM.. 1881-1882 . 1882- 1883 . 1883- 1884.. 1884- 1835 . 1885- 1889 . 1886- 1887.. 1887- 1888.. 1888- 1889.. 1889- 1890.. 1890- 1891. 1891- 1892. *135356 009 195.2811119 129.314.737 , 121,019.010 . 129.519.825 180 187,392 145.412,292 150.909,304 119.727,009 144.501.184 141,070 347 141.989,151 , 14.5 420.016 150,002.451 168.292.909 168,871,227 ttUl .389.91 CASH ASSETS, 3Ut OCTOBER, 1892. General Account- I 29 455.83 Sinking Fund Commission 30,861.34 Privilege Tax on Fertilizers Department Agriculture Redemption Defieleuces Escheated Estates (cash) Downer Fund Direct Tax Fund. Morrill Fund Clemaou Bequest cash account 320.00 1,114 52 998.97 9,729.73 891.95 60,028.70 00,000.00 2,779.80 (201,74890 Net cash liability let Nov. 1892 *419,041.01 TOTAL LIABILITIES NOVEMBER 1st, 1892. Liabilities other than cash (bond debt). Brown Consols *5,403,002.21 Green Consols, face value 528,627.00 Blue per cents 400.0U0.uu Brown 4 per cents 38,726 57 Agricultural College Scrip 191.80000 Deficiency Slock outstanding 717.72 Bonds and stock (principal w ith in terest to 1st January, 1880,) *552,- 584.45, fundable at 50 per cent. In Brown Consols bearing Interest from 1st January, 1880, less esti mated Invalidity, &c 4,288.15 Less Invalidity In the Green Con- •ols *6,820,821.65 420,215.05 (6,406.90900 .. 921,889.91 Caah Liabilities.. „ . *7,927.995.91 Cash Assets November 1st, 1892, 201,748.90 Net Liabilities November 1st, 1392..(8,82C,2l7.oi KEYENCE AND RECEIPTS FOB YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 3tSt, 1892. Taxes for 1890, 1801, and back taxes...(713.850.89 Phosphate royalty 152,289 40 Filvllege tax on fertilizers 39,10h9S Sinking Fond Commissioners OjuO.Uu Rail road assessments for railroad oommlaslunera 7337.86 Feet of office of Secretary of Slate. 1 406 34 Insurance license fees . 5 630.00 Special Fund BLUMS Direct tax lund received from Unit ed States Government 221,711226 Morrill fund received from United States Government oeooo.nn Other sources - 1,692.26 Total Balance cash October 31, Total *1,262,172 41 1891 64,615.02 — (1,826,787.46 EXPENDITURES FOR YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 31st, 1892. Legtsiatvle expenses * 42.538.19 Public printing 31,53(188 Educational, eburitable, penal aud sanitary Insllluilous and expenses 197,855.13 Clemson Agrlcullural College 4.5,315 71 Pensions. 51,528.92 Sinking Fund 1 tun mission wariauts 'tuyjju Interest on public debt aud expenses 357,039.37 Refund taxes 8 388 61 Maintaining mlllila 1890-91 A 1891-92.. iDjmouO Redemption BrownConaolsexpenses 818.05 Direct tax clslms, act 1884 5,680.50 Direct tax fund, Including a warrant refunded 102,280 99 Department of Agriculture 12.28 Contingent funds, stationery and stamps,executive ulflcers 6.071.23 ■•‘Arles 119,707.12 On otuer accounts 44,G20.4« ...91,125.UCK&t> ... Ji«*l,748 »4 It Is not a good ^bowing, and Indicates that we are a very hm rovldent and non progres sive people, or elwe that there is a large amount of property which escapes taxation or Is undervalued for taxation. Our sister State -of Cieorgia, during the same period, wit h a like climate and like soil and nogreat- er natural advantiKes. shows an ii.crease of assessed values of 9228,000,000. It was 8235,000,- U00 in 1877 and Is now $161,000,000 No sane man wiil claim that the average South Caro lina county is not as prosperous as the aver age Georgia county, and that there has not been a like Increase of wealth on this side of the Savannah river. The explanation is not far to seek. We have a constitutional tax of two mills for schcM)l purposes, and, while our free schools are not supported as liberally as they should be, the disinclination of the peo pie lo increase the free school fund, under present conditions, has kept property at a valuation of about one-half Us selling price. DEMAND FOR INCREASED ASSESSMENT. The property of the State, If assessed Record ing to law, would approximate $400,0.0,000. This would double the school fund, and reduce the tax levy for the state from about 5 mills to2’£ mills. The effort of the Comp troller to execute the laws governing assess ment* have been largely paralyzed by the fact that real estate was assessed on the present basis In 1890 and cannot be touched for reas sessment until l w 9i. unless the General As sembly should authorize it. Had this been done last year, as was advised by both the romptroller-General and myself, it would have greatly facilitated the refunding of the bonds; for one of the questions asked by capitalists Is as to the State’s valuation for taxation; and the fact that during the past sixteen years tnere has been an apparent in crease of our property of only $*>3,015,213 has created false Impressions abroad as to the thrift and prosperity of the State. In provid ing, as I hope will be done, a new system fo» the assessment of property. I trust that every species of property in the state will be sub jected to the same rule and every effort made to prevent tax dodging, which is now too pre valent. 1 will repeat here what 1 had to sav on this subject in ray last annual message, as I have seen no reason to change the views set forth therein: TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT. "The ottlce of county commissioners should be abolished, and to place of it a government by townships substituted. Three Intelligent men In each township, elected by the voters thereof, should be entrusted with the man agement of the roads and bridges, schools, aud assessment of property In the same. The chairman of these U cal boards should consti tute a county board to manage the county fi nances. audit accounts and order expendi tures. The salaries, if any, paid these town ship commissioners, or selectmen, can he de termined by the voters or fixed t>y law. The Constitution can be changed to abolish the of fice of county commissioner, and these chungi s will inevitably result In a great saving to each county, while there will lie a correspond ing increase in efficiency. Property will be assessed at its real value, and millions now hidden will be made to pay their share of taxes. This county hoard should also consti tute the county board of equalization, Instead being appointed as at present by the auditor. "In this connection I suggest the propriety of requiring all notes, etc, to he stamped by the county auditor and placed on tax books to make them collectible by law. Make the note shaver or lender pay taxes as well as the land owner whose property stands in bis name, while he perhaps owes as much as it is worth.’' THE LUNATIC ASYLUM. The condition of this Institution, as far as the conduct ot its Affairs Is concerned, is all that could he desired: but I would again call your attention to the fact that there an- changes needed in the laws governing the ad mission of patients, so as to prevent the state's charity from being abused. The He gents have asked for an approprla lon of OU0 to enlarge Ufc asylum so as to meet the de mands made upon it. The supet Inteudent calls attentton to the overflowing condition o: the institution and Ihe necessity f or either changing the laws governing admission orol increasing the accommodations. Theasylum has a large number of patients who more properly belong to the county poor house, aud the General Assembly has the choice ot either making an appropriation for its en largement or a change In the law which would prevent this abu-e. If each county be re qulred to pay for its own patients aud the su perintendent be given the power to examine Into the fitness and needs of applicants for admission; this class of patients will be sent where they propei ly belong. There will be no need for an Increase of buildings and the institution can amply provide for all who properly belong there lor many years to come. The number of patients under treatment at present is 7G4. The total Income pt the Instl- stitution from all sources has been $115 385 57, and the expenditures have been $112,871.78, From peroual inspection and familiarity with the asylum and its management, the State Is to be congratulated upon having two such officers ns Super!met:dent Babcock and Mr. J. W. Bunch, steward and treasurer ; and the regents have been untiring in their efforts to have the Institution reach the highest de gree of efficiency and economy. THE PENITENTIARY. The number of oouviols In the penitentiary at present is 900, an increase of 107 as compar ed wiih last year. A copy of the financial statement is appended, showing the opera tions of the Institution during the year. Statement of cash received and disbursed at South Carolina penitentiary during the period beginning November 1st, 1891,aud ending October 31st, 1892. RECEIPTS. To cash balance on hand 31st Octo- tober, 1891 To amount received for convict hire] Sales cotton and other farm prod ucts.. While the yield of cotton on the State farm has been small and much of it has been sold at a low price, an abundance of corn has been raised. The third Installment has been paid on the State larin, which was purchased In 1890, and is being rapidly put In a high state of cultivation. The policy hitherto pursued of working on shares In theCongaree bottoms with Messrs, .seagersand others has been dis continued, and ihe convicts are now being hired out at a fixed rate. The 500 horse-power which the State reserved when it donated the canal to the city of Columbia has been devel oped under lease to the Columbia Electric Light and Railway Company at a rental of $2,500 per annum, with a reservation of 100 horse-power for the use of the Stut.e whenever it may need it at a similar rate. EDUCATION. The report of the Superintendent of Educa tion shows that the free schools of the Slate are in as satisfactory condition as we can ever expect them to be under existing laws There are some radical defects in the system, and It will have to he remodeled and an in creased amount of money provided If the schools are to answer the requirements and our children not grow up in ignorance. My views on this subject are so well known, and the discussion of the matter Itas been so gen eral, that I do not deem It necessary to repeat them at any length here. I would only say that, lu my Judgment, the State can furnish education oi a proper kind and quality cheap er than It can be done through private effort, and we owe it to ourselves to put forth ev cry energy towards perfecting the system. The present system is a humbug, and totally In adequate for ihe pu 1*1)0868 designed. The re port of the Stale Superintendent of Educa tion, who is a painstaking and zealous officer, shows a decreased attendance of pupils last year as compared with the previous year amounting to 2.810, but, from extended and Intimate asHoelation with the people In every county during the last summer, I know that I should arrange for Us being restored. I de cided at once, both in the interest of the school and as a matter of economy, in the preservation of the State’s property, that it was better to rebuild without waiting till ac tion could be had by the General Assembly. Had the Insurance money been paid Into the treasury there was no authority of law to use it, and besides 1 did not like to assume the re sponsibility of deciding how much of the in surance money was due the State. The insur ance companies then proposed to restore the building rather than pay the whole of the in surance, and the matter was adjusted on this basis. Desiring to see that the work was thor oughly done, I appointed as the agent of the State to supervise the contract Maj. C. S. Gads den, a resident member of the hoard ot visi tors. 1 here was no fund out of which to pay him for thin service, but be cheerfully under took it ns a labor of love, and gave much val uable time to the work. Advantage was taken of the opportunity offered, as far as it could be done, to modernize aud add many new and valuable features to the reconstruct ed building; aud the Institution is now in perfect condition and far better adapted to the purposes of the school than it was before the fire. Maj. Gadsden’s report is on file In my office, together with all the vouchers and papers connected with the matter, and it af fords me pleasure to testify to the thmough and business-like way in which he discharged the responsive duty imposed on him. I he attendance at the school is satlsfacmu, 137 students having matriculated at the begin ning of the present session. There Is consid erable complaint of favoritism aud abuse of the purpose of the school as Intended for poor boys only; and though the toward of visitors appear to have exercised every precaution, such things are inseparable from an institu tion of this kind and their prevention almost impossible. Owing to the better advantages offered to boys living In or near towns oi the ^uy-e In attending good schools, the country „ .A.i,,v;., a tv11txmm | are at a disadvantage In a competitive there is widespread and deep interest on the , on,an( * prize of a cadetship in subject of education, and that the General l, ‘' 8 , . n8t ‘ lu tion. which is worth SI,2U<>, rarely AsNembly will merit and receive the appro-1 ^° e8 j 1 ° y‘ e,n \ would appear too, that to hattonofthe masses in anything that they r*™ a v. en v 1001 a,, d lo increase its i.selul- tuay do to give us better schools. The times “f 1 ! 8 11 'i 0 . 1 t belter to double the number are Ktrlngeut and money very scale, but all , uenenclaries, allowing for each $150* year along this line all nccis^ary increase of tax ation will be cheerful ly borne, provided the schools are run sufficiently long aud proper teachers provided. THE .SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. This institution, which has been in exist ence for nearly one hundred years, and has been the head of our educational system, is not lu a satisfactory condition. The attempt to make it a university some years ago had tailed dismally, although there was an at tendance of *>2tf students In 1889-90. The last Legislature ordered the discontinuance of the instead ot $300, and by reducing, if possible, the cost per capita, enable a greater number to receive the advantages of this noble benefi cence, and deficit to be paid by the students themselves. Then If, as 1 hope, the public free schools shall attain that degree of execllence which alone will entitle ttieiu to long exist ence, these cadetships could be open to poor boys as prizes to be contended for,and award ed under tiie auspices of the county teachers associations. The ambition of teachers and students both would thus be stimulated, the ooys to get the place and the teachers to have their students to get them. And we would certainly he rid of tfti instead, of a first class literary, classic and scientific college. It was natural, and expect ed, that the transition would cause a falling off In the attendance, and at the close of the collegiate >ear in June, 1S92. the number had decreased to ninety-eight. It was Imped aud expected by the trustees that with the open ing of the college in September there would be an increase of students, but we have been disappointed, and find that there are now only seventy In atu-udance. There are sev eral causes which have produced this result T n* t I I ft. 4-1.. - - * ibriefly outline some of them, jwou.d largely do away with the^omnlaints *l rea *' stringency among which are made about bovs who * *• onr peonle by re»«j„ of the lovT^ ofcot* ! Pay'lhM? way'' EHUu/^re^ppoh.ta'eo,* ton, and the inability to bear the expense has ! What the State wains, and what was contend causeil a fulllngoll in Hie paironaue of all (he plated when Ihe Citadel was founded was to l “e Sfoall .attendance at thl. j take the brlKlUeat youths an.ong the’ poorer BS a 11(1 irivn th.. ir, a .. I I college may be a-cribetl almost wholly to the political and social antagonisms which exi-t in the State. The college is located at the capital, the people oi which are bitterly op posed to the present administration, though it was put in office by an overwhelming ma- Jority on issues, the principal of which was what should constitute our system of higher education. The old idea was in favor of liter ary and classical culture. »t an expense too great for any but rich men’s sons. The new Idea Is ti» provide cheaply a thorough English education, with a practical knowledge and ap plication of science to agriculture and the me chanic arts along Industrial lines. Tnere Is need oi both, and room for both schemes. Clemson college embodies the one and the South Carolina college the other. They will not compete with each ** - - • • should be no antagonism certainly, Clemson not there is no tailing off l South Carolina college , ihe adherents of the old under plain limitations and in clearly defined ways. THE COURTS INTER FEME. The legislative branch of the govt rnmonl enacts; the Judiciary Intcrinct-; Hie execu tive enforces and denies out the laws. ']he} are co ordinate Mid co-equal; hut it was nevei contemplah'd that the judiciary should annul a law simply hy a decision which is cUarly wrong, or overrid- the executive branch hy usurpation of authority which is forbidden. 1 hey have their separate places and func tions, and should be kept in them. The Leg- islaturecan protect itself from encroachment; but the executive has no remedy other than anneal to the representatives of ihe people. >\ bile It Is to be supposed tlyit all branches of the government will labor in concert to see that the laws are properly interpreted and ex ecuted, It Is natural that there should he dif ference of opinion in these matters: and It Is not impossible that favoritism and prejudic- may exist In some of the departments. But. after the legislative branch ot thegoverninent has ordered a levy and given plain Instruc tions as to the methods of assessment, and the executive branch has loyally and in goo.' faith set in motion the machinery provided for the collection of taxes, the Judic'ary h sternly forbidden to interfere hy suinnv*rj priM-ess, and the only remedy for Improper or undue assessment is that the tax-payer shal pay under protect and then recover hy a suit at law. I do not deem It necessary to quote at length from our statutes to show the correct ness of this synopsis, but will give brief ex tracts when necessary. DIFFICULTIES IN ASSESSING PROPERTY. In the dlKcharge of his duty, ns the Slale'8 fiscal officer, the Comptroller <»t neral issued general Inst ructions to the Auditors in regard to the assessment of property last year, • ail ing attention specially to the requirements ol the statutes, that‘‘all property shall be valued .lx V^ation at its true value lu money,’* which is declared to he "(he usual selling price on the usual terms of similar propertYat ad ministrators or executors sales;*’ and In the ca«e of real estate at "sales for partition und t the order of the court " His efforts were di rected towards having all property honestly assessed as thus clearly provided; butnorea'- sessment of real estate being possible under the law until the four years had expired since the last assessment—in 1890—and knowing i iat wouul be a labor of years to have thb statute enforced as to an species of property, when it came to the Comptroller General’s knowledge ‘hat some of the banks were not returning their surplus, and that other prop- Wn8 V? 1 as8 es8ed in accordance with these provisions, i. #>., the usual selling price or real value, the attention of the auditors quot6*111 Tul/" ,Sect,on 2W.which I will THE LAW IN REFERENCE TO RETURNS. u .,'* J r« c V on T* 9, , the eounty auditor shall suspect or be informed that any person or persons, corporation or company, has evaded making a return, or made a false return, o' , or the * r Property for taxation, oi »l^? rh . aH ' no1 mat,Ja return, or that ™J Uall ° n re, 1 ,, rned Is less than it should ha\e been, accord ngh* the rules prescribed Hmi h K r C i ,U . P K er ' 11 K,ml1 be hi* duty at any r ^ e .^ ! , ®^ t,,er » a| l , with the reasurer for the j ear, to notify such party to appeal h,m * l,s "(lire lit m tlnre fixed in suld ‘°KeiIrer Will, such other i.erson oi i i\£“ 11 au<,lt,,r »'»>• desire lo exu- Ti" i h ? l n r ly ’ ‘"’Selher u llli any wit- Il.r nn.l r' ’ w VXl,,nlne<l h >' 8“‘>1 ‘""U- ifoririVfo ‘ said auditor I. an nil!..M!.’I..‘li 1 !V. " 1 s ‘ iDUCiniiK tiie personal , . r-e—-..' ..i .uc aen.a.i n in | P } tj Hiicl the Value t hereof of Miieli part J depend oh this scheme being honestly carried I “'d everything which may tend to evince tiie out and the elimination of the ahum which l” 1 ® “'"“ Ul ' t . , ; ucl1 P’ 1 ' ty should have returned now certainly exist. If these recommend;.- >r ‘"ballon Iiu ‘ e . t y, . >ur approval, In the counties where no teachers associations exist, the eon- " " AT T,1E DID. diictot the examinations amt the tion as lo properly, et charge of ihe members bly. Who, for political would endeavor to forced, THE WINTHROI’ school. | required him lo suinrnon^the^parUes'rnTnter This inslitutlon. which Is still belng con- mfok" li we’ , re' ; ma R <| l r"nn' 1 '.! ,n ‘ 1 , ( - r " al11 • After the Uniumbiu, is In a most! Uredumfome “^red^ Judge for m i* to restore figures as pass- and this similar case oc- boys are receiving nearly all ihe benefit ol this charity, and that, too, when they are not entitled to it. It Is not always Ihe brightest boy or the one capable of the greatest mental cultivation who answers the question, best ut the exuml- nutlou,. for It is frequently only a difference of oppuri unity. If a certificate, under oath of the three township assessors where Ihe appl cant re sides were required,ol the Inability of the noj or bis relatives to pay lor his education, il - IV-. .11 ll l . 1 -. ........ I . ■ .. . . c.',arses and tkein a practical education. I he welfare and popularity of the school will Stale who desire reform nnd who fet 1 the in equality of the administration of the law may elect Governors and Legislatures time •rid again to do their bidding, butas long as :he judiciary misinterpret the law. override d, or indulge in judicial legislation, our ef forts to secure < quality in taxation, the pro tect ion of life and properly and a fair and Im partial ad • inistration will he in vain. If our courts are allowed to exercise a power which they are forbidden to exercise, and It. goes unchallenged, how long will it tie before other usurpations will follow? If Interfer ence with the auditor is allowed, if these mail- iarnuses are to continue, the Judges can •dock the wheels of government, and destroy it even. Suppose every taxpayer were to ap ply for a writ and a Judge granted it, how would we be able to conduct the State's af fairs? it is Impossible for thegoverninent to calculate with any certainty upon its revenue, if the collection of taxes N subject to be ar rested In any instance In which a taxpayer should make out a primn facie case; and the interference hy summary process is therefore positively forbidden. WHAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS DONE. Every government claims, and must have, '• certain and speedy method of collecting taxes. In an absolute monarchy It Is a very simple process, and used in the past to great- y oppress the people; and, therefore, in a constitutional government there is an at tempt to balance the prerogative of the s ver- eign and the right of the taxpayer. The hoard of equa'lzatiou nnd assessment direct ly represent the individual taxpayer; ihe of ficers elected by the people represent Hie State. When the assesment of property is too high the board of assessors can reduce it. I’liis is the safeguard of the taxpayer. In section 239 the correlative right Is given the State to Increase when the assessment is too low, and this not upon Hie personal know ledge or subject to the whim of the auditor, but upon sworn testimony. The tax acH must he construed as a whole and ns lormlng a system designed to secure uniformity and equality and affording equal protection to sovereign and subject. You cannot, without disarranging its nicely balanced machinery, grant the taxpayer a remedy when the asses- ment is too high and deny ihe correlative re lief to the Stale when it is too low*. Yet tins is exactly whai Hie decision of the .Supreme Court has done. Very few men. however, believe that any private citizen would have received Hie con sideration given the bunks; and though I stand ready lo accord all corporations equali- before the law, I cannot remain silent while the laws are trampled under foot, and see them accorded privileges which a private citizen feels he cannot obtain. PROHIltmON. For some years there has been more or less agitation on Ihe subject of prohibition, and there have have been contests at the polls in municipalities and counties to decide wheth er or not liquor should be sold therein. At Hie last session of the General Assembly a prohibition bill passed Hie House, but failed m tiie Senate. Al the recent Democ-atic pri mary the question was submitted to the peo- pleas an abstract proposition, without any definite legislation being indicated, and re ceived a majority of the votes cast on that subject, although not a majority of the total vote cast. This would indicate a w ish on the p *rt of a large number of our people that there should be some restrictive legislation in regard to the liquor traffic. This quesiiou did not enter into the issues of tiie campaign. It was not discussed by the candidates, and tiie decision at the polls cannot be considered us a conclusive test of the popular will. Knowing however, that some legislation is likely to be had, I feel called on to point out Mime of the obstacles and difficulties in the way oi enforcing a law of this character; and Hie probable cost ot a prohibition hill as nidi- »ithdrnwn their patron,.ge..„ because they cou.ii not huve (heir why In con- I.eulotHnildelivering the bond' trolliDE it, and Ihe county ol Uh.iileeton.! I '>und that Hit* debt, in addition to wl which has always supported the Co.lege zeal- : ow «l. exceeded by a Mimll amount ously, basal Ibis time no student within ii, ; l> H r «’>’!• limit prescribed by tbeconsiliulioo’ I h,,,,,,,.. walls. The adherents of the new order of ; nJ ^ le » v e no shadow on the validity of the o „n,i' t ll Illl/M U.’!l lio tiuvirwF (nwsxa ... I... . - . i ; nullilw u ft-iur, <!,• 1..... .... i. » - : O' •IIIU MVlt was nolremenfoAl e M. , 1 !,! 11 '!,' " v "0' »- whui the I n oi tnestitthfe had been met. lesii- imt the s . , : ony '“ “‘".’""'J ‘lie property assessed a lts um the 8 “true value In money." shoe , .... ,,7... . !* 11.!".ns Shown by ihut re.- Here ajdln the court was appealed things, while paying faxes to maintain the ; H f r‘rn.lly law salt was begun and ar .lee ’l h. - op l,y " le H, “" -ebool ehegrfmly, and Indicating their Intel. )•*-“ April in the Supreme oTurt to have {Sr®,’ ' e ‘ "' P "“ r “ ‘ ' Hon and oOrpoze, In no uncertain manner. In 11 «; questions Involved passed upon The de- sustain Illiberally, have felt nn Inclination lO' , ' ll,< *u ol Ibat tribunal has lust been made patronize It because of the Inhospitable m-; public, and, as It Is against the validity Hie mosphere surrounding It Another thing : 1 board of tru-tees »ill have to reopen (he bids lucre is competition between the college and * or t,)e locution of the college. IL.d tiie court the denominational institutions at Greeu- f av ? ,ru,,us "’Uhli«U£R*i3lonK,v>ner.whtchwe vllle, span an burg, Newberry and Due West, | had a right to expect in so lm..oriant a mat- to which schools the reformers of the State ,er * u,e would have been tiiiowo ouen are sending their sous in preference to send- : 1 ;* <*»»»Petltlon of other places and at ihis lug them here ; and t his will continue as long t*hie would have been tar on the way to com as the present conditions of social and polltl- P |el ‘‘»n cal antagonisms exist in Columbia. The wealthier class of boys from h.»th political ele men is are being sent out of the state to Har . me Sami he cure were appeal. ,1 to i he Supreme i rt. i. cour t sustained the Circuif Judge in the exercise of the power of issuin ' summary proce-s, tiie Supreme Court holding irli 1 V ur 8la l l,tes ou taxation must heroic strued us a v\ hole, and that ufie; tiie equaliza- lion board had passed upon the return of p?,” perty the Comptroller General a d uud to, w,lnn a JJr df . r0 . m * a, * ly ,,,rlher action. Noli ^. ec l*4?. n » ^ ’ ‘l u,, ted above, expre.-s'y n rm ij ef , that "the auditor, at any time before l ie sd lenient with tiie treasurer for the y ear " slm linve nou'et* in hn,,* ' too low ihHi I ,e * al,y taxed, shall make pay men “under pro- tidi U ‘ 8t brh,B I 10 ae ! ,ou t“e Court of c um ! mon Hens against the treasurer for recover? And Section 299 expressly, and in peremutor\ thl.college^omucVKii’er«id-hlghe7 iTlU «««l in' temar,"duSaHo",,’'^ri^'momai! P requireroeutsand facilities for teachiiig, thai i ,ralnt, ‘^ ,, ! at <*>•« imporbint branch oi oui their students will seek Its walls to complete c Jut'ational system shall have a permanent their education, and when this is done the in- suitable foundation of iis own ; and we eentive for young men to go abroad will no w,,i . Ihat when your honorable bodv longer exist. I-uctlonal feeling must sooner H ? a * n assembles this will have beeu accoin or later pass away or It will wear itself out. Pushed, if the g(xxl sense and community of interest ?/ oar people do not frown upon and destroy t The broad nnd patriotic view. then, to lake of the situation, is to give the school all the money It needs, and leave time, Hie physi cian to restore It to health and vigor. The pledges given by the March con vent loo of 1890 must be sacredly kept, and the friends of tiemson college continue to give a cheerfu' h ei n v -.upport follies,,"11, Carolin.4 College. Tire foftinrent Vl.r 11 fo.rfo,'«l »'"e I gmiiled by any curl or tl.e indie ofun » ar « ke ‘- nl >' 'o lire responKlbllity Snfort. monSfo’t" UI ' S . ro “ n : bl,, ln ,4 ' t whatcevenhe peraS,. reMingoII them, and. with your creoperatloii, iVhcU nt l fo,! oo'.r.n 11,1 ^b’ wbonre agatn-t whom any lu res shall stand clnreed -*p-'«»«... "Wa^.Tirr^, n v ‘ il school last year, when I no yard, Yale, Frlueeton and the University of icryst In it, welfare. On Uinaecouiil. as Virginia. The compel il Ion and coiisequem !IS because we liave a well fiiutid.-d hone unfriendliness oi the denominational e illeges when the Peabody Fund is distributed 14, tlizx Uwivtl. 4' . 1 v . . . u 4, ■ 1 v I ’ 1 : .1 lo,the .South Carolina college can be goiten ’ sch ®" 1 W' 1 'receive a large endowment. H Is a 1 a\V,V s'erfon^V?^ 1 ''''', rrakUr , , “ r I” r recovery, 'b“! to ..take tokMer of Jj.peooejro lo every perao.,' Inter- ^.gnage fo^d^' r h C ; ,, » •.U as o teueiies us that certainly most of ihe prohibi tory legislation lias resulted in partial or complete failure to accomplish tiie end 'Ought, namely, the absolute prevention of the selling and drinking ot liqour. Town af ter town in Hie sta e has tried it, and. finding the adverse seniinienl so strong and Hie evn- -ion ot Hie law so common, they returned 10 disgue-t to the license system. And II may as well be utnleistnod that no law which mny be passed on this subject will enforce H- seil or he allowed to he curried Into effect without strenuous opp.islllon and many cun- ulng devices being broushl Into play to evade it. I, e trouble Is, that when public opinion iloea not generally sustain a law, Its enforce ment becomes almost Impossible, und whnt is everybody's ouslncss is nobody's business. Men dislike to play the spy on their neigh bors and Incur the odium of lodging Informa- IInn or Inking out n warrant. When indict ments are bronchi,Junes are divided, convic tions are difficult or impossible lo nhlam, mid society, divided against llsell, tlnds such re. -inclivc legislation very difficult of enforce- ment. All classes, men and women alike, feel, at limes, the need ol sitmuianta, and manv who are never guilty of excess in their use resent eu mo inw eV y luw 1 “ ,r "ta | ' 1 K “P»" Personal lilierty. partiea win. “‘en. many who rarely Indulge to Inioxieat ’ ini; honor tire slronev .-..o tuage, lor bade the Judge, In Ihe tlrsl h',. ice, to Issue such writ, un.1 declares what : langua : >i auce. I is thee . | fhal section reads uj. FoHuvvsY ■more law. There shall be i "Section 239. THE INSTITUTE fob the DEAF, THE DUMB ! L* c . tto '> of tuxea o.r al tempt lo eolleeliaxes"* AND THE nr ivn o 1 80 .' hat ie,e " l lri >vlded ; * * . and niE blind. i and no wilt, order or process ot any k’nil whlleTt'fore'nmfo'r^nl'P l , ns ' l ' ull< '>' wblcl. I om'I!:" fo"e chir^d wi'h.''^"^;^ a n lie it «ioes not luniisli h iaher 01111-1*1 ion 4^4*. > i.w.twxtv ..t tv ... * mi lues not furnish highered cupiesan important * tem, and appeals , i ^ T . S--S s j lll-ii pleasure be required to pay ihe same in long, occupying its wonted place in tiie” Hffcc- mv vuVi iVy tiTi*. l ' ,r ’ a? ‘ ure ! “** reqmreu 10 pay me sume in sia-h (nrwu cause T? fortflshe**»n’edneall^’such*as ^'SVnSfr ’^' bW ^'- ^ ‘be foUl.orTed 0 ',:;:^'^^ other college In the litate cun give. | I mg liquor are strong y opposed lo any sumpi- uary legislailon. Every thinking andobsei v. ant pet sou sees and acknowledges the evil and. In some undefined way, wi-hes lo see Us abatement. It i> well understood and ac knowledged that liquor dunking is the cause directly or Indirectly, oi ino>t of Hie crimes corn 111 Hied in our country. It also produces much of the poverty and misery among cer tain classes ; but the human iHinily cannot be legislated Inlo morality any more than it can be made honest and truthful by legMa- ed, great go.*d would follow. 1 can Just as icrtdiiy see that it * ill require h stern head with many eyes and far reaching hands, to c»try it into effect As an example of the difficulty of con trolling the selling and drinking ot liquor, I would call attention to Ihe impunity with which existing laws are disregarded. We have a Mamie which forbids under a penally the putting up oi screens in bar rotuns and Hie selling ot whiskey to minors, and then ny k'ml y officer the col- nr n «‘J 8 . ere,,,, ‘' h * ,i °?' OC - ' kH l,on taxes Horn any step or proceedtr g nt plat e in o rr school sys- |q the collection of any tax. wheiherMipn r J? K * v, , n » m,h -' t‘« iCkally due or not. shall in a.iy cusl bi It Is llie granted by any court or Hie judge i.iN.nv CLEMSON COLLEGE. the col- Total Balance cash October 31,1892.. Total *1,325.787.46 There !• a large Increaae in the aggregate re- oelpu for the fl«c«l year ending October 31 by 5TSS UnlSSl Sta?: Govern ment 'on the dlreol tax claltnanta and the Morrill fund vl»itifa*fcS’ OPP ‘"‘ e "’ 4c This fund coming from the same source, he- J' ,8,lor “ ree8 longs to our agrlcullural colleges at Orange- f >ar C Hill, and the iwo constitute las bulk of the cash balance on band. I Sir®** your attention, also, to the item of 1177^80 for the past due interest which may he called for at any moment. It Is altogether f irohable, aud Id tact almost, certain, that this dterest will have to be me, during the com- lug year by reason of the refunding of the state debt. I call your attention to the raat- ter because It will be ueorasary to make some provision therefor. We have been running thegoverninent for the last few years ou un too narrow for aafoty, and It will be risking a great deal to continue In that lino. In regard to the re- rundlng of the debt, r hich falls due next July, Uli <ler the present act, which allows the old bonds to be exchanged 5?L??S w .. bon<la * >f4rtD K * Por cent. Interest P eo<i,n K looking lo an adjustment of the debt, and I hope to be able 10 prerenl during the next week a scheme which will meet your approval. wSssbsv? a- » fofurmed a« fo‘theI nlnl??,; LHH 1 ,boro “3h | y t‘”n- \V lille the ordimiry Mi|,p<.«ltlon would ; shall tiie-ii-dofa interfere with v <■,>. iiuoriueu as to me c«mdlflon and prospects of he that it was a gloomy and sad nlaee f fonn.i .vurxrv-ii-i.-i*.. * 11 A ' 0 * eK K orighiaJ purpose of the it in reality a nome, full of bright faces and ! OKDINA1K »f of government? notixce^mi'JMam ^ Mes f e i The lnore T e 1,1 number ol Further: Seciiou 171 declares ihat of 1 . t,hepopu . ,arl 7 , ‘ t,u^en,8 l !; ,8 ,) V‘* n conslderahle. requiring a i lection of tuxes shall not be stavea or « i v-fj? 6 . 14 w * u< v ,8tr I a * lra,nJn 8 CttU8et I such corresponding increase in the in»fiiicniiiir».> vented by any iniunction u rii Al-.!v74, or ^ adrnhfsion^hat l ° b f ,l J ad ® ,or fl “ ld ; al “ J I/cel that I can confidently rely on | ed by any court or Judge Vhcreof." Now eu^arge the whole^bmu.-a 1 * s 1 m Xo give all that Is ask- question presented to* you |* A ° W * ina^^in forttiii We ur ^ P re l ,ar *•/, for Its past maiirtgemeui is a guarantee ol ' [or wo. IheclHlm was inndeby my- tl^e money being spent to the verv best nd self and other., and It was geirerully uml.w vantage. * ten' 10 me very best ,.d- sfood by Ibe people, that with the privilege j ax, formerly expended by Hie Agrlcnltural CLAFLUt CNIVEttSltv. hardly a tmrmom in the Slate which oheya It Our Milieu ore, our J.idge., our Junes, .'worn •Ulcers wi the law, see and know’'these ttilihcs' and jet the> do nothing. The trouble arises’. I think, from the fact tm<t there are officers of Hie Hiiale and county, while liquor under ex isting stat utes is sold under license grunted by municiiai corporations. The police con nive at and are blind to these iiirnuKeiiients I ‘d tl»e law by the bar keepers, under instruc- j lions, doubless, from the authorities, and Hie people generally heeouieeducated and accus tomed to seeing the law despised. Another thing: The prohibition sentiment as opposed by the wish la license He sale of . - „ not wlreiirer ! l,uor ’ ,s rol J! ,d ‘“^el.v In the cuntry-tho tliere was any inequality or li justice lu tlre il|Uur '"vu, “ v ‘ng lu Ihe towus. Tliey make action of Hu-uudllors In these two cases 11 Is not whether ihe t'omplroller.General'has iranscende.l his power hut It is whether 11 I udirt-s of Si ill t ii ('u i*4tl i it •! u tv.. 11 «... . money selling tiie liquor; tiie towns make money; Hie country suffe s; the wantry I hjs tor It; the country has increesed taxes lor it: heme the dui-ion. But wi-h Transportatlou new c uVvicts... Assets: Cush on hand..,,,,,,, Due by sundry contractors for convict hire Estimated value of unsold farm produce 19.328 1G 2,340.11 1,841,40 459.20 2.995 78 THE INCREASE OF ASSESSMENTS. The BLate Railroad Board of Equalization last year Increased the assessments of the railroads from 817.905,014 to 82«,0052i90. This Increase has been resisted by the roads aud suite are now pending in ihe United states Court to enforce the collection of ibis increase of taxes. The oases will be heard in January, and tf, aa we coDfldeoiiy expect, the Justice of the Bute s actloo 8hail be sustained, there will be a sum amounting to about $3-5,000 go ing to increase the mooey Id the treasury. THE COMPTROLLER'S DIFFICULTIES. The report of the Comptroller General shows the total valuation of the Property of •14.372 20 17,169 87 2,047 48 2.834 93 l.titN) 93 318 98 2,995 73 DISBURSEMENT*. By amounts paid per Itemized statements : Pay rolls—prison, fat ms and other camps, Subsistence, ’ Shoes Clolblug Board of Directors Hospital supplies Transportation new convicts Transportation discharged con victs Clemson College pay roils and ex- K nses yment on DeBaussure farm.....!. Sundry hills for DeSaussurefurro... 1891 guano account Mineral and supplies for water wheel well Incidental expenses—wood, coal, etc Balance cash on hand spring. Alter careful and thorough investlga ; tion into the kind of work remaining to be done, and ol the needs of ihe Insiltuiion. I i<>'. ja “J 11 of opinion that If the Legislature will $14,12>).48 give us forty thousand dollars the school can o o v. be 0 P° ned b >’ Aral of May. aud there 2,823.71 J would be sufficient funds to run if Hie balance of the year. Hie boa»d of trustees a-k for fifty thousand dollars, and l am free to admit that if .the sum is appropiiated the equip- 04,(1 . bfi mucb uiore commensuraie with the requirements of the institution. As an explanaiioii of tljo failure on the part of the board to redeem its promise that the $75,081 41 19.401.17 $38,350.88 idem, have appropriated a large part ot* the i Aud,lor uo ' ** a,, officer charged with adutv J-.i, A theps (.a . Uy which a di-p usury one-hall ol the Morrill fund, whicli he oiigs I l,i ,he coUe *' :, ° : ' of 'axes 1 is merely uifiiui ,( ].r the sale oi liquor is provld^l.aml which, to this college, to au Increase lu '• ® | | with ihe common sense of the pe<>|)le Tiie arie » r »* r a ’ r * ,r, / ,lul,,u ''d a sue*vss hy the The expense of the DeBaussure farm have teen as above In addition to which the value of clothing, etc., sent there have beeu Making a toUl cost of. $75,081 41 j $4,819 05 98-5 01 $3,797 08 THE MESSAGE. We present our readers with the Governor's message to the J.egishi- tiire. and trust that they will give it a careful perusal, and form their own judgement as to its merits or demerits. The message is a long one, but tliere was a great deal of ground t< 1 go over, audit could not, withoiu, h iving out some matters to which he wished to call attention, have been j ,M The^onintimi Of tin. Treii!,lire i - T^T "u "7 A mm ' Hie love and \eneration of thousands ICCtetl. ‘ rebukes the judiciary should not of our people. If it does not ut this 1 __ sound and all claims against the j stand in awe of the Legislative. j time return in full Talue the money j IVIurtlll HlilllGy. school would be completed in two years witii- oal taxation, 1 would direct attention to the fact that thin year there was a falling off In the amount received from the privilege tax oj $20,000. It was estimated that the sale of Agnculiurri Hall would add to its revenues, but the properly ha* not been sold. The low- cmww? 1 * >,at ’ e fi on t*»at property was lh f ,Wo to i e,be i' made a deficit of 9£2 go; $10,090 In our Income. The board, therefore, j has not deceived the people, for their promises 3.221 21would have been kept had this money been 5,000 00 available. In asking the Bute to make It up 2,812 05 j U) u®, we only have at heart the best Interests 1,854 60 institution aud of the large number of boys and young men, nearly a thousand, who 392 20 awaiting the opening of its portals. The 1 P re8 ! de, i« the board will give 5,782 971 fm* details as to the progress of the work and 14,125 48 U*e «coi»e of the iustUullon. i —- . v install. , _ — ment $9,500 will becoming toClafiinou the " on 8,14 WsUr l >rt " on °f power hy 1st oi .July next, tliere Is more money in sight I !*. ry ; Ft ueral. Ii is n notorious raot i bounties, than the school can economically use in one 1 bat ' ,e c ' i! * ru s set up, ami " year Butas the donation of the Slorrlll fund L 1 ! 011 ^ by "^judges ' depends upon the state’s continuing outoi CourU * and its own funds to give it support, there must he au appropriation of some amount. THE ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY. The questions of Ihe assessment of properly and tiie proper control of railroads ami other corporations are ol de«‘p concern to tiie peo ple; and these questions have excited much thought nud interest by reason of the iiiiga- tion which has been forced on Hie Btate dur- ing the last two years. The power to levy and collect taxes lies at the very root of go\ern- ment; so much so, that the very existei ce of constitutional government may be said .o de pend upon it. Hence, in all written constitu tion* and statutes this power Is confer ed and itt> exercise jealously guarded. exerci-ed, unqut's- »f tiie Fulled Slues Ahhevllle the protection thrown around Alkl * , ‘ corporations l>y tliose courts, are to day 11,,. Audi rst n greatest menace to American liberty The i Barnwell executive and legislative hraiicties of the iieauloit ( nited States Government are powerless i 0 Berkeley resist these encroachments except hv im Fharleston peachment, nnd tliat is a remedy so difficult Fhoder and well nigh Impos^ihle of successful appii- < liesterflcld cation that It is rarely restored to. I’nder 1 ‘'iareudon THE CITADEL ACADEMY. Jree Boveruiiienu i He object Is to make. Hit taxesequalnud to haveali species of prop-* umi remenv u 8 ,ar f alike in bearing the burden ; and ; elite it does i our laws have wisely and properly provided | tiie inw anv i> tfie state or I o the construction given to Federal statutes hv Colleton the rederal Judges, the reserved rights of th.-’ l ) Hrlliigton st ites are onehy one being <1,sallowed • and F.dgefiHd when plutocracy shall find itself able mb Fairtb-ld the House of Bepresentatlves as it has once Florence bought the Presidency and the Senate, the Georgetown last nail will be driven into Ihe cotfiu of Greenville boasted American freedom. But while we Hampton are powerless to resist this engine of Federal H »rry Iti Hi) 2s» 3 31 13 1 ; oppression, we can at least a its counterpart in South > a remedy to of prop-; liiHl remedy'may i« ik’fo'r"y’'ur u'u'i'/.m loUe. 1 inilin » iii iHl J F 1 ,,,e cen ‘ r R* Of against interference by the judiciary, except j »* viI* vi 11 nuumu . Coiidttion, subject to further in- jurj h^ reason ol exjHMure to the weather, or Kershaw Lancaster „ » w ,. v .. La u re q s not appo.tr won it while to rn ik.* Lexington lainer than it is now. though I Marion ■ Marlboro Newberry dander from intermeddling jidiciary. Orange burg I will ouly say that the people of the! 2.600 7,800 t'ontiuneU on next paRe* E. KEITH DARGAJ, IV. A. (ARRICAN, H. L. CHARLES, PresUcit. Vice-PresMcit Cukkr. WOODS and WOODS. gtiment. For sale Ly DR. J. A BOYD.