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iCtH v udge Simoutou Md that alrent* . I liquor dealers t u'side the /State I light come into the .State, lake/orders { Ir liquors and ship them to cit^cns of le State. Encouraged by thjp abort pulsions, the liquor men appl/ed to the inited States Circuit Court foy greater rivileges, aud in the Yande/sook detsion were granted all thap* desired. II this ca^e the same jndgy held that itizens ofauoih^- ta'e m/plt import, ore away and sc i iiqnotff in original nbroken packages of all f i^es not less :au one-half pint. Th*s led to the pening in the State , hundreds of rirate liquor houses flooded the hole of South Caroliq'8 wdh whiskey. Blind tigers, furniaW^ by "original >.>fcooo" dftolera. Ly^gan the sale of feaceful commani\ never been sold, oe the dispensary he judge's decisit difficulties. At atoa seemed to aserogatives of the the Legislature of i undertook the lispenpary law by rernoif, the conis connected with be lai r, were eng in amy way with ;e" d ;alers, and teTrep resentatives is pre ciically veldge. "ted to me that rigitj al package" ere . ellmg whisnned lately ordertize tpeir liquors aintafniog anuisbutTthey applied have)the stock of e, ai>d asked that 1 persons acting rue Pf authority ed from further 9 sa d property. anted, notwithire t Jat they 1iad Ijoaght I uquor u. or 0 sale and that ho idge hisld that, to jiMj.of Mlius ,l<? tt 1 selllnl; uiu*t either iBubstaatial reason party buying was If E. .1. Connor vs. El, Geo. S. McBrens county, notiHhorse wagons had B for whiskey and : to Laurens he that the drivers eroua and were the wagons. I ^Bd liqnor seized ^Eed at Laurens. j^Er filed a bill of [^ United States ^Eiog for a ^ estraining the ^^E if _/ AL. IikjuurtJ ui uw s bill being anted a rale b, requiring j a temporary not be granttie biade a relowing effect, lendant from size, in tranerwise carry or detaining [or beer imBtate by the -more comKto forthwith B wiues and m control of B)a can see hare conBent of the package" to sell to Bfon public Hz ure was hasten to Hed at all ^hd a helD^Budge Si^ friendly ^ e charg B^B^^^^B^^^^^^^^Blized the of exmain B^^BB^^H^B^^B seize -would did en^^B^^^^^^B^^B^Bd the en* BoratBj^^^Bfl^^Bf the ^B^^^B^BBd ti^^U^B^H^BNB ("8' ^BBH^^H the B< . BonBtLe o:u nBB^^^BBntBho B) -* B? Id a?legislate in | that a large majoritj^^^^^VTIe favor the diRj?en*ftry la^^^BK be secured against the x>f the Federal Courts. Thr^^Preoessive General Assemblies hav^Vclared in favor of the dispensary age best method of dealing with the Saor question. Our representa| tivesw Congress are at work seeking I to sefre additional legislation for the | protection of the State against the in| terfe 4 03 of theUnitedttales judiciary The I jiteil States Senate has already passeiTa bill by nnaniraous vote giving I the complete control of intoxicants to I the States, and it is hoped that the I TT |L _ 111 1L 1>_1 a. nouse ai^o pass iu i?ut w e mu*t have imiiediaie relief from the present intolerable conditions. Free liquor, with its accompaimug increase of drunkenness and consequent increase of crime must at all hazards be got rid of. As I hare said, a license law will not secure immunity from this eril. Judge Simon ton has destroyed, alons with the dispensary, the license system when run for profit What, then, is left to do? We must either enact prohibition or continue the dispensary system without the profit feature. Many?a majority I believe-do not think prohibition is practicable, and many have approved the dispensary system because of the profit feature. We can certainly get rid of the "original package" dealers and their demoralizing traffic by continuing the dispensary shorn ot all pro-its aud aviiuiuistered oulv as a police regulation to control and reduce the liquor evil. The Federal judge will have neither occasion nor exenso for his ever ready injunctions, if that system shall be inaugurated, unless he shall again reverse his own previous decision. Ihis, then, ip e its o me tl e e | nd almost the iiie oniv tuiug leit us to tlo. M e might try this policy for a year, and next wintui* f^Anrrrocc have acted, or failed to act and after the Supremo Court at Washington shali have decided what is to become of the State's power to control liquor under the YY ilson bill of 18;J0, we shall be in a position to take dual action. Eat as facts s; eak louder than words, I will give the testimony of ministers of the go*pei in the State a> to th effect of the dispensary law outhemorais of the i eople and " on the reduction of drunkenness among them. Out of four hnudred and Mity-three answers received from the ministers of the State to questions Submitted to them iu a circular letter, dated October 1st, 18'JT, three hundred ami twenty-four reported a decrease in drinking of fcrtv-Bix and one-third per cent., and a corresponding decrease in drunkenness since the disjien&ary law went into effect Sixtvnine reported an increase in drinking of fifty-four and three-fourths per cent Yet, in the face of such testimony as to the good results of tho system, Judge Simouton declares it is not a police measure. Let us, therefore, do what is left ns, and wait for acticn at Washington. Public Printing. During the year the offioe of publio printer having been declared vacant, the committee provided for by law, consisting of the Governor and the chairmen of the committees on printing of your honorable bodies, met and electod Mr. Charles &, Cairo public printer. This committee thought the State might have been saved several thousand dol- j lars had the act provided for, or permitted, competitive bids. The price to be paid for the work is fixed in the. act and the committee fonnd itself compelled, nnder the provisions of the law to make the appointment I recommend that the act be repealed and that a committee from each of your honorable bodies be selected to' let the ocuA-?-.4 mhKKa nsinfm/w txk /v\mrwfiHtira I UBCI 1U1 |IUUUV |'ituwu^ mm prices. I farther recommend that the act fix the maximum price to be paid for the vork so as utfs to exoeed the price being paid now on- ) der the existing lav. Direct Tax. There are $8,130.79 in the State treasury to the credit of the direct tax fond, whicn, under an act approved 24th December, 1891, is available for public purposes. I recommend that you pass a joint resolution authorizing the State treasurer to transfer this account to the general account. Special Legislation. The number of speci^lstatutee should 'be reduced by the enacti>ent of general laws, embodying ample previsions and remedies for the relief of persons, corporations and communities, Fel^tive to subjects of a general character arMy to put an end to the present flood of special legislation. As it is easier and iu some cases cheaper to apply toMbe General Assembly for relief ralha^ than to the courts or other tribunals provided by general law, the legislature is being, U|>on Torious excuses, subjected to constant pressure to enact special luws for the relief of individuals, iwleed, even constitutional provisions intended to limit such special legislation have often been evaded under the of a socalled general law. Iu the constitution of 1893 there are express jfovisions prohibiting special and local legislation by the General Assembly. Prior to 1893, during each legislative session a great deal of time was consumed in the consideration of such special legislation, at great expense to the State, it was to check this growing evil that these pro liihiting . provisions were introduced into the constitution, j It is natural aud may be praisewortlpr for individual legislators to seek to/advance the interests of their localities and constituencies; but such interests should be subordinated to the general public good, and such special ai^d local legislation is ; I evidently injurious to the publio weal, j Too much legislation, both general and special, has undoubtedly characterized South Carolina j for the past thirty | Such special and local enactments, I besides being a/speciea of class legislation, are most aarmful in making it uncertain what the statute law is. It is, kherefore, a wise provision of our presftnt constitution, which prohibits local Hnd special legislation, and it should He rigidly /enforced. But, notwithHanding thiB constitutional inhibition, examination of the acts passed by the ^kneral Assembly during tfce sessions 1896 and 1897 will snow that this ^Bse provision was evaded and that ^Hrre was/considerable special and local ^Hrislaticii. Since the adjournment of General Assembly in 1897 an act ^Hsed during the last session has been ^HjB^by the Supreme Court to be ^^I^JEitutional on the ground, among H W that it was special and local I A __J 1 legislation. It was an act forbidding a citizen of one county to fish in another county for profit, without first obtaining a license from the county treasurer. This seems to be a general statute, but in the third section of the act it is provided that the act shall apply to no counties in the State except Colleton and Berkeley. This disregard of constitutional provisions if not checked will open the way to an increasing mass of this kind of legislation, and must result in the practical defeat of the objects of the coDstitutioual inhibition. Prompt action should be taken by I your honorable bodies to enforoe ob' servance of the provisions of the constitution on this subject, and to confine legislation as nearly as practicable within the limits prescribed by the constitution. I would respectfully recommend for your earnest consideration the creation, by a joint resolution, of a joint committee of the two houses who shall be specially charged with the duty of supervising all bills introduced, and reporting such as come within the proprietory provisions of the constitution, relating to local and 8|?cial legislation. With such a safeguard the General Assembly can successfully avoid the enactment of laws forbidden by the constitution and insure the faithful observance of its wise and salutary provisions. State Colleges. * The attendance at the State colleges nn M tna flrama Thar- all arv. ? ~ ? ??o~ J ?. ?ipear to be doing satisfactory ana careful work. "During the past year Dr. Fra-jc C. Woodward was eiccted president of the Souto Carolina College, and Prof. Henry S. Hartzog president of Clemson College. They were elected to fill va, cancies occasioned by tho resignations | of Dr. James Woodrow, president of the South Carolina College, and Prof. E. B. Craighead, president of Clemson College. Kesults arc proving the wisdom of the trustees in making these excellent selections. Phosphate Industry. Only $40,7C0.2J have been paid daring the year into the State treasury from the phosphate mining industry. This amount, under the law. must be devoted to a sinking fund for the redemption of State bonds. Yon may expect a still smaller revenue from this source next year. Competition with Algiers and Florida has so reduced the price of phosphate rock that some of our miners have been forced to snspend operations. Those who are engaged in the business are mining at a loss, notwithstanding the fact that the board of phosphate commissioners reduced the rc valtv from 50 cents to 2o cents per ton. i'he Sinking Fund Commission. The total value of the assets of the comnlative phosphate royalty sinking fund is $263,U07.5G. Of this amount 837,592.00 was loaned to connties at a rate of 5 per cent, interest per annum. The sinking fund has permanently invested in State stocks $35,723.56. There is invested in temporary loans, under the act of February 25, 1396, and February 25. 1897, $58,484.22. This leaves a balance of $131,203.78, which has been deposited in bank, bearing 4 per cent, payable monthly. Yon can see from the above statement that under the act of 1897 only a small amount was lent to connties; while the greater part of the fnni has been depoaited in banks and is nnseenrod, except by the credit of these banks. It will also be seen that / on the 31st of December, 1890, there was then loaned I to the banks at 44 per cent, interest, aud secured by a deposit witu tue Mate treasurer as collateral security of State Brown 41 per cent stock, S173.U84.22, leaving only $2,316.03 cash deposited in bank. Confederate Records. It has been particularly unfortunate that the office of State historian has been made 7acant by the death of two worthy incumbents. Since the adjournment of the General Assembly the grand old Confederate soldier. General Hugh L. Farley, has passed awav, before he bad completed the work to which be had been assigned. I appointed Col. John P. Thomas Confederate historian, to carry on the task. You will iind in the report of Colonel Thomas a detailed statement of the work already dene, together with what remains to be finished, especially as to the completion of the Confederate rolls. It is tbe dnty of the State to piepare an historical account of the part taken by the commands from this State in the great civil war and to complete tbe rolls. I therefore urge that provision be made for carrying on this work. To insure completion I recommend that a sum be appropriated sufficient for carrying i out this undertaking; and I suggest as | au inducement to its early completion l that whiie sufficient money be allowed | monthly for current expenses, the I major j>ortion be paid only upon the l completion and acceptance of tue work as now mappe I out. County Government. The General Assembly should give careful consideration to the matter of | expenditures by county government*. I 'ihe system now in force is very enm1 beraome, and in many counties leads to ! extravagance. From the represents tiou l>y towasnips arues a ikuucu^ iu reciprocate favors, and this leads to useless expenditures which, if there were no opportunity for these mutually beneficial exchanges, would be avoided. / .Many coar.ties have remedied this trouble as far as possible and have made a further saving by placing their officers on fixed salaries and turning tl* surplus left over after paying the/salary into the general county fund. / Conclusion. / I desire to impress upon the members of the General Assembly /the necessity for the strictest economy in the appropriation of nnblic moneys. While unnecessary and excessive appropriations of pnblic money should be avoided at all times, and the strictest economy consistent with/goo<l administration in every branch -of the public service should be at all times enforced, there is at this time a special reason why this principles should be carefully applied. The people have endured a long period of business depression, but the present low price of cotton, our principal money crop, has caused still greater depression, and the mercantile and industrial inactivity is keenly felt by all classes. As guardians of the public interests and custodians of the public funds the paramount question at this juncture, when considering the appropriation of the people's money, should bei Can this sxpenditare be deferred without injury to the public interests, until business shall have renamed its normal activity? p-S v. - * On accountw(PFpficeal^H^^^H of money th*a burddH presses witn more then . npon the people, end in j j more riclily merit their ' cratitnde or justify their in ! von than by judicioosl^^^^Kg to I lighten this bnrden. I I have endeavored, ^^^Pstndy of i the State's affairs, toarafl^Hb. recomj mendations to you w^S^roper and ; just. The Governor cannot make lava j ?to you alone is entrusted, as it shonld be, the pover to pass bills and to change existing lavs for bettering the conditions of our institutions and for redncing taxes. My recommendations I are merely advisory; the responsibility for the passage or defeat ot bills, introduced or recommended, lies with you. it is mv desire to co-operate during the coming session, as during the past, with your respective bodies and members in the interest of the taxpayers and of our poopie generally; in that behalf I will at all times be pleased to consult with committees or with individual members. The responsibility for the defeat of any good measure for whatever reason shall not rest on the executive, nor shall 1 allow xnj self to be influenced in any of my actions by intimations that my measures may be defeated. Personal preference or desire shall not be indulged by me in the proposal of any measure. If they be found not cubserveni to the public inteiesU, my suggestions should be ignored; if in that interest, their defeat will harm not the executive bat only the people. 1 call yonr attention to the reports of the various State departments, which will give yon a more intimate insight into State' affairs. In the various de a a_ _ a a.1 Ol.i. A r parimeuws 01 iuo oiaiu ^overomeai x find in the officers a general disposition to follow the law and discharge proiierIv the duties of their officers. WJL H. Eklelii, Uoveri.ur. THE LAW~AslrTERPRETEDt The purchaser of a negotiable pro mis sory cote with the Indorsement of a guaranty thereon Is held, in Dunham vs. Peterson (X. D.), S6 L. R. A- 232, to be an indorsee within the rule protecting innocent purchasers for value before maturity. The annotation to the rase reviews the decisions on the transfer of title to a note by indorsement in the foreu of a guaranty. A passenger who protrudes his elbow through a window In a railway coach when passing through a tunnel so that It strikes timbers near the sides of the car is b*Id, in Clark vs. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company (Ky.), 3G L. R. A. 123, to be guilty of such negligence that he cannot recover from the carrier, although his elbow was protruded Inadvertently and did not extend more than one and one-half Inches beyond the outer surface of the side of the car. A bequest for the maintenance of free public schools is sustained 1n re John (Ore.). 30 L. R. A. 242. where the win provided for a board of trustees to be appointed by the judges who were given power to formulate rules for the government of the board and directed that the school should never inculcate the doctrines of any religious sect or denomination one more than another. The liability for an Injury to an employe sent from Michigan to the Canadian end of a tunnel to work in compressed air is held. In Turner vs. St. Clair Tunnel Company (Mich.), 30 L.! R. A. 134, to be governed by the law of j Canada, where the action is based on | the alleged wrong in allowing him to < enter upon the work in ignorance of ! dangers known or which should have been known to the master. An express provision in a contract that It shall be construed to have been made in a certain State is held. In Union Central Life Insurance Company vs. Pollard (Va.), 30 L. R. A. 271, to make It subject to the laws of that State. And this is applied to a statute of that State as to the effect of misstatements in applications for Insurance, although the property was situate in another State. / A statute prohibiting wagers or P961 selling on contests outside the Sfate without making it apply to sucVcontests In the State is held in State vs. Stripling (Ala.), CO L. R. A. St, to bo within the legislative discretion end it Is said not to be an attempt to prohibit I acts outside the State. A boy between 13 and 14 years of ago who did not know thafllc was violating cny law. although lie knew the difference between right and wrong, was held, in State vs. Yeargan (X. C.>, SG L. R. A. 100, to lie not liable to punish| nient for a Simple misdemeanor In betting money at a game of chance. Tbd note to U;e case reviews the whole range o^declsions as to criminal licbll* ity ofyiifldren. Beard lms English Barristers. Very few members of the British wear beards. Lord Justice Ropes, Sir John Rigby and Sir Francis Jeune are among the few who violate the legal traditions of Groat Britain by permitting themselves to appear otherwise than smoothly shaven. About two years ago the Cincinnati Street Railway Company laid some steel ties experimentally, bnt nothing has been heard of steel ties for a long time. Recent examination of these ties show each good results that the company will now lay a considerable number of ;hem. "Madam," said a young lady to her preceptress at boarding school, "Mr. BeUfalr has come to take me oat to j drive. May I go, madam?" "You know, miss, that oar rales do not allow It, unless yon are engaged. Me yon engaged to Mr. BellfairTV^'N?no; Aot exactly; but If you let^lfe go, I shall be by the time we get back." nis Fellow Feeling.?Pafterfamfllas? Look here, Dick, you've been a bit wild yourself in your day and I'd like some advice. What am I to do with Harry? The young rascal exceeds his allowance every month. Coosln Dick?Increase it?Chicago Journal. X *>* * . * *' rN?W UNIFORMS FOR THE AR?r. TTnrle Stun'? Km to Bo Clad ia th? PreU tirat Uniforms in the tVorld. The United States Army is to change its style of dress uniform General Miles and his staff hare been considering the matter for some time, and the suggestions which the General has de OLD JJfD 2TBV CAYAUTT CNTTOE3f?. ? ? cided on will in nil probability b? adopted at the present sitting fit Congress. The cavalry will be pnt io hussar jtttk uniforms of black for busby, tighJ^^^B tunic braided across the breast, rid^fl|^H trousers and Hessians boots. 3jH H will excel even the smartest English, French, German or Aus^^^^^H cavalry, and will make that the United States Army one prettiest dressed in the world. helmet will be entirety discarde^^^^^HH For the artillery and be adopted a busby rfinhlar tfl worn by our cavalry in and by the city irocps change in the artillery uniforms will be slight. flj The picture on the left fl TTnfl'a 9am'? Mn)** BAV litEd 11 fr Chitigo in doubtless _ ? JH Ugv X>iDjl?ll?l. ?- ?-?? 1 n . .. A PmUartty at Blind The great majority of change their colon to adspl^HJH^^fl selves to their aurroundicgjBHj^^^H fishes can make extraordinaa^^HPs;^^^P there are many that can^M Hriiein^B H selves so like the rocj^^PRwhid^^^H they may be, or the bofl^in whiB I they lie partly imbedBb that ore practically indistinguishable. B B ia a striking peculiarity of the bGB^^^fl lisii that it does not change its colcr&^^^P with its surroundings, but remains always the same, and the uniform color which it thus preserves is always darker than the normal color of the B other fishes of the same kind in th? same waters.?New York Son. An express driver in Chicago, who ^^B was, locked np over night for driving hia horse and delivery wagon in ^^^^B funeral prdcession against the protes-^^^B Aationa of the mourners, pleaded the morning that his horse once longed to en undertaker, and he couidj^^^H not overoome in the brnte the infiu-^^^H ence of old associations. He was discharged without fine. Tbi Host Interesting Moalcwji Kxlstencefl H Ton see here a ady prote^^H^fl of Professor James Harvard's, psycaoJ^^M| 1031st and authority on thought trans ference. The young lady's came is Sally and she is the side partner of Joe, who is not less accomplished than Sally as an educated chimpanzee antT^HBH all around cultured Bostonian. Sally is about the most human monkey ia the uorid. She has very pronounced 8axj.t, boston's educatbd^^^^^^hh likes and dislikes. She^^^^B^H^BB bacco, bat has a for perfumes, dear real bed dresses herself care of detratiaflHE^H^^^B^^^B - ^1 J '.B