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MESSAGE ?OF? GOV. B. K. TILLMAN. GrXTLKMEN or TIIK Genkhal Assembly : In this, the third Annual Mc-mgc wliiclt I have liad the honor ti send to your honoable body, matters of the deepest interest and most vital significance are presented for your consideration, and to the discussion of two of the most important questions, the llailroad Keceiverehip* and the Dispensary law, much time nud thought lias been given. The space which has been required to present these subjects fully has left little room for the usual presentation of the condition of I lie various pobl'o institutions and departments. You will have t> depend on the Reports of the respective officers of these departments and institutions, which arc full and coni|lete, for those details which 1 have found it nccestary to omit. 1 make exception of the Treasurer's Report, and give an ais met of the operations of that department of the State government. The year has been one of intense finan cial stringency, nod the maintenance of the Btan-.'s crulit, the refunding of the five and a quarter million* Brown Consols maturing July 1st, last, and the meeting of our current obligations }>rompt!y, have enured the 8 ate Treasurer, Ur B ite', a-.d myself de-p nnzic y and concern at times, bur the Treasury weathered the stO'iu, and 1 en congratulate you upon the satisfactory condition now existing in regard t> our finance*. The new 4.1 Per Cent. Brown Conso's were sold in block to a syndicate headed by the Baltimore Trns' and tiuaran ee Company All of the old bonds have been redeemed exicpt ?05,145, whicli have not yet beer presented for payment; but the money is it the treasury to meet litem when tbe hidden bhall evme rhrwaril and ask it. Before dismissing litis subject it is wel to remind you of the painful fact that tlit large revenue whit.li would have been dc rivid next year f<om the phosphate royalty and which has enabkd its to make such i fine showing, will he totally lacking for tin next fiscal yt ar. The di-astrous siorin, i full account of which is given in the Uepor of the l'ho-phnto Commission, cimpieteP broke up and partially des'royed the l'hos phatc Mining Industry, so much so that th C-Miiiiiissten fe't constrained to make sucl /ctforls for its relief by the reduction of th roya'ly, etc., ns will leave nfl^inconic ncx year other ilum the ?75.000, which utide the law must be devoted to a Silking Fun for tbc new 4.1 per cent bonds. I mentioi .7 this because it will be mccs-nry t ? lake i into consideration in making your estimate aim arranging me tlUllliai I'lX levy. RAILROAD TAXES AN1? RECEIVERSHIPS. Dining the year a question of vita! impot lance, anil one more far reaching in it consequences to the Stales than any lbs lias arisen since the celebrated Virgini (Vup-n Cases, has beeu tasted upon t> tlia l-'tderai Courts and decided in a inannc that must excite liie alarm and reacntmen of every lover of liberty and justice. Th issue involved the povertignly of the Stat and the equality of ad tax payers before tit law; and by the decision rendered by th Circuit Court io Charleston an 1 sustains by the United Slates Supreme Coint. thi sovereignty has been d sreg.irdcl and, i effect, destroyed and a preferred class < taxpayers created witn spcc'al privilege vouchsafed to o'her citizens. ?Here follows a detailed reiteration of th troubles between i ho State offica's an the railroads, the arguments and d.-tails c winch have been published in full in th newspapers, and therefore -vculd^be of littl interest or information to our readers.?En. tiov. Tillman, however, closes '.liis brnnc of his message by suggesting tliat the legis laiure REPEAL THE CHARTERS of every llailroad in the hands of a Receive! in the following forcible, if not statesman like aud dignified language : * * * * * * The South Carolina t?>? HiHtm Had Sttnonton. for four years t and tlierc is 110 knowing hew much longer i is to remain there. True, nn order of Cour for its sale has just been file I. but that eor ,.f I........... ?vvun|iiivug una oeen going on for over i year. The Richmond and Danville llailroai a corporation unknown to our laws, bu which has absorbed by leaso or purchos seven railroads chartered by the State, ha recently gone into the hands of anothc judicial syndicate, of which Judge Simon ton is a utrniber. If nothing is done th Judges and their "servants." the receivers arc likely to retain possession of that fa carcass for many years, and we may jndg the future by the f ast as to the intolcrabl condition to which we shall be subjectc 1 hi these judicial usurpations. These creatures these corporations. hc;d ng their cxis'cnci front the State's b unity nod tin ier its laws like the monster Fiankrns'ein. have growt greater than their crci'or. They a'reab owe in the neighborhood of two bund re th.>aennvl ifo'lars to the different tax fund: of the State. They are in Ofv^u Mh r 'd'aiiii'ission, and arc heeding ever) energy to aid th-sc who would smuggh whiskey into the State and contimio >t< illicit sale. There is nothing left the fdite, a .her the circumstances since ilie decision i.'the Supreme Court, but to repeil the charters of every railr oul in tlie hand of n r-'cciver and dc-troy these creatures, wbtcli have grown so insolent that they trample our laws under foot under the protecii n ol tuis Federal Judge, and laugh to scorn the restr.ctioos wliich all citizens and other corporations must obey. It is a haish an < drastic measure, which would lie wh 11 y unwarranted under any uiher circumstances, not it is the last dusp-rato remedy. Ttie unholy i- an iagc beta ecu the "digni'y" of the Federal Court and these harlot corporations must be nnnttlici, and the owners of the bonds made to uiiderst mil that there is a point beyond which ttie patience of the State >viil not peimit them to go. The Federal rfjottri w ill, of course, e'aiiii that the property is in its possession and at tempt to administer it: but ifiheic ?< any regard for law left, sucli a course will loic.' the proporftt *? I - ? * * * ,.v iv ?;??! ?n<] wiuii iij> the existence of these roads as at pro-ent organized and 'owned. Afler.-.thai i< accomplished, or while it is being accomplished, provision ?an he made for giving them a new life upon such conditions as the Legislature may determine. Care should he taken Kin granting all future charters to prevent the absorption of competing lines by any railroad syndicate in or outside of the State. A law should he passed limning the life of receiverships in the State, and a memorial addressed to the United States Congics setting forth the conditions which exi.-.t. here, calling atlen'ion to the abuses which have arisen, and asking legis ation to restore to the Stale the rights ot which the Supreme Court's dtcision has rob^ rM the enactment of such laws hb wid throw the necessary restrictions mound receiverships in futuio- Since the Inst decision of the Court the situation lias intolerable. *. V TDK OISi'KNsAKV LAW. The agitation last year on the subject of prohibition resulted m the euictincut of what in known an the Dispensary Law. The original Prohibition It'll introduced in the JJou-e, alter numbcrles-i amendments, was withdrawn nud a substitute 'iocorpmuiing inohi of those amendments, willi others, whs nllered by Mr. Nettle*. This, with a few minor changes, pa.-oei the iltuef and was sent to Ihe .Senate. That body using the Nettles Pill in its entirely olin itt as a basis, with a few nlicrnti lis an I amendments made nccissaiy on account of ilie change of purpose, returuiti the Disj cnaurpr Act as a # substitute fur tho Prohibition Hill and the p House concurred in the same without ti aiuet dinent, as the time was t'.o short h to crcn discuss it. Tbo Act thus bur- t ricdly prepared became a law, as a conipro- t tnise between the Prohibitionists and the t temperance people, who were skept cat as to 1 the practicability or a prohibition law. This c hurry in its preparation and enactment left c the law with many crudities and omissions f which I will point out somewhat in detail later on s Considering the change made in the pur- i pose of the Act, and the lack of time to debate and digest its various provisions, it is : woudcrlul that it has thus far stood the test of the tempest of litigation which it has occasioned. It has been in the United Slates court, in our Supreme Court, and before Dearly every Circuit Judge on tho Bench, but without any serious inroads thus fur having been made on its Constitutionality. Perhaps no measure passed by any Legislature of any State within the memory of man has excite I such widespread comment and chcited such deep interest. This is mainly owing to the fact that it is sn entirely new idea, from an American standpoint, and deals with the question of controlling the liquor traffic in a new way. In the Stnto the dispensary law has been ai? I still is the one absorbing, never-ending topic of discussion, and it has produced some Comical alignments and alliances in the efforts to obstruct and defeat it. Newspapers which have always fought prohibition, aud those kr.owu as the organs of the whiakry ring, have suddunly become strong advocates of prohibition. Prohibitionis's who arc so radical in their views that the uuclinriiablc call them "cranks" have been found shoulder to shoulder with barkeepers and whiskey denlcrs in opposing it; and while many cmiuent divines have lent it their aid aud endorsement, others are bitter iu its denunciation. The more moderate prohibitionists ore delighted with it. The whiskey men aro more bitter in their opposition to it than they have ever been toward prohibition. The law went into effect July 1st, and on the night of the 30th of June every bar in the State c'osed its doors. Tho work ol preparation, organization and arrangements for the c >ntrol of so mammoth a business had been going on for several months. The i'lncss of Comptroller-General Ellerbo and the heavy burden of litigation which tho , Attorney-General had to bear (my colleague on the State Board of Control) together with the long continued illness of tho State Commissioner, Mr. D. H. Traxler, devolved most of th<s work 011 my shoulders; and this. " together with the organization and direction of the S'a'o Constabulary provi led to en8 force the i**?, h?s more than doubled the labors of the Executive othc*. All of the legal whiskey tratlic has been turned into one channel, flowing to Colums bia, the central distributing depot. Soino of it the rnilri ads are yielding a measure of obeli dicnce to the law, but most of tljcm openly y defy it or lend their assistance to smuggling r liquor into the State. The Richmond and it Danville system and the South Carolina Raile way in particular are bending every energy c to defeat ihc l*w. So much for the present e conditions. c The Dispensary has been more than oelf d sustaining, and lite net profits to the State it for the first four months have been ?32 198.11 10. The giotfs sales to consumers have been if ?100,043.50; total expense of Stnte Dispens fury, ?72.500.30; of County Dispensaries, ?19,890.00. The three principal items of e expense, as will be seen, nro freights, glass d butles and the Constabulary, if During the month of July twenty-nine e dispense, ties; were running; in August thirtye nine; in September forty-seven; in October ] fifty-one. One has been dtsconfniied, leavh ing fifty now in operation. The number of i- clerks to Dispensers and assistants is twenty four. The salaries of these local officers have been fixed by the State Board, aud range from ?1,000 to ?300 per annum. Where the magnitude of the bu-iness requires it the PNpeuscr is giyen ono or more assistants, but in no case is the sd'arypiore ,i...<u.g-Mivsti ines atus of the business i as a business, it is not improper to make i some deductions purely front a financial t statdpoini. Hitherto under the license syst tern the several C unties have derived a tt revenve of ?100 for eich license aggregating j last year for the entire State ?71,1(10. Of t this, four Counties?Charlts-on, Beaufort q uvrKCP'^ iiiiu \yuiiciuu?rcvcivvu ?poi,-?v/v, 8 leaving ?23,900 for the oilier thirty-one *. Counties. The Stole received nothing. In the cities and town* (he licenses varied, hut L. the aggregate of all towns in the Sfato for last year was ?131,372. It is imp ssihlc to I do more as yet than give an approximation e as to what the revenue the Suite, Counties L. and towns wilt derive f.om tho change ill ,. the ni' thod of controlling the liqnor traffic. It is s-if?i to say, however, that if the towns p ceaso their unreasanablc and senseless oppo-i ion, an I three-fnurlhs of the liquor, i which under any conditions will he eou, sinned in the State, sha'l pass through the I Dispensary, the revennc of ilie towns will 8 not t.e decreased from what it wns finp0,^"! l)i?L! lift. ^VrlVi1' 'obi hi a a Itcvcnuo equal a' r least to both of these. , lint notwithstanding this, revenue is not , to he dispiscd, the law d es not rest on a revenue basis, was not enacel for that pur| pose, an I canned be defended on that ground , I rests wholly on its claim to being the k best method of controlling the evils which ! ai o inherent and ineeparab e from the in. temperate use ot liquors, and must stand or ! full on its merits as compared with other , methods of controlling the evil. When the law first went into effect, outside of tho city of Charleston thcic was almost a total cessation of the illicit sole; but, ns time wore on, the men who have always dealt in liquors and grown rich thereby became more and more emboldened to d'sobey the law ma nly b/ the encouragement given them by the 1o/i liiitr 11!?i i v nhwunortftfo i*rk5?l? ? n ?.?v .v..?'|/?|/v?oj jMuunacu tlieuj immunity from punishment by juries, ami presented the spectacle of the teachers of the peop'e inculcating disobedience to law. THE LAW OX ITS MERITS. I .-hull promise what I shall say by observing that the United Suites government considers liquor a legitimate and proper source of revenue, and that it derives therefrom about $100,"000.00(1 snnuajly. It will not be denied by any advocate of tompcranco or prohibition that it is a proper subject of taxation, and if it were proposed to remove the tax, which would inevitably reduce the cost to consumers at least three fourths, there would be a universal howl by these two classes of ciiizcns. The State, in the exercise of its police power for the ostensible preservation of the public lieabh and ruornls has, time out of mind, required a license, and the towns nud cities in turn required license; and while it is true that the Slate derived no revenue, and sought only to restrict the traffic within (lie limits of such municipalities as saw tit to giant licenses, it cannot be denied that the raising $ of revenue to Slinnort iniiiiii-innl V ri 0vv?)H u mollis has boon the main factor in causing j licenses lo'bc issued by I lie towns. It is far a fetched, unreasonable, then?hypocritical in )i fact?to pretcud that any disgrace cau at- b taoli to the revenue feature. The men who n are now most loiio-mouthtd in this pliarisai- si cat denunciation arc the strongest advocates A of the license system, and have had the r t< municipal taxes reduced thereby. On the p contrary, if it can be shown Hint under the et Dispensary system there wij be a reduc- tl tiou in the consumption of liquor, and a r< necossary reduction in crimo and misery m resulting from it, it must follow that the s? Dispensary, without regard to the revonue m feature, is a long stride lorward and an im- hi ptoveuient on the license system. 1 will not nt J / \ retcnd t-> say that it is as good as prohibl- I ion Wi uld be, but I do soy that prohibition, < icro or anywhere else, is impossibte, and i he ouly question is how best to ryjlAte the rnftic so as to minimiie tlie inevi'. Wiujury I o society, inseparable from the sale of I iquor under any circumstances. ?he claim i >f the Dispensary to support, nnd Irs supcriirity over any form of licensing, rwfs on the VDowiug grounds : Is'. The clement of personal proT't is deuroyed, thereby removing the incea'tive to ncrense tho salts. Vld. A pure article is guaranteed, as it ;?V subject to chemical analysis. 3d. Tho consumer obtains honest measure of standard strength. 4tb. Treating is stopped, as the bottles arc not opened on the premises. 6th. It is sold only in day time; this under a regulation of the Board and not under the law. Olli. The concomitants of iee, sugar, lemons, etc.. bciug removed, there is not the same inclination to drink remaining, and the closing of the saloons, especially at night, and the prohibition of its sale by the djiuk, destroy iho enticements and seductions which have oauscd to many men and boys 'o be led astray lind enter the downward course. 7th. It is sold only for cash, and there is no longer "chalking up" for daily drinks against pry day. The workingraan buys his bottle of whiskey Saturday night nod enrties the rc9t of his wages home. 8th. Gambling dens, pool rooms and lewd houses, which have hitherto been run almost invariubly in connection with the saloons, and were thus a stimulus to vice, separated from the sale of liquor, have had their patronage reduced to a minimum and there must necessarily follow a decrease of crime. Uth. The local whiskey rings, which have been the curse of every municipality in the Stale, and have nlwnys controlled municipal elections, have been torn up root aud branch, and the influence of the bar-keeper ns a political manipulator is absolutely destroyed. Iu ether words, the restrictions thrown around tho consumption and use of liquor by the Dispensary law and the bene fits to arise therefrom will bo in proportion us the liquor consumed is purchased at the Dispensary rather than obtained from illicit sources. Some fanatical, unreasonable people cry aloud against the iniquity of a government sharing in the "blood mouey," as they term it, iho tears of women and children, whose fa'hers, husbands or brothers are adJivteu to the use ot whiskey, it has already been shown that any system of license, which leaves the element of personal profit untrammelled, leaves this class of consumers utter'y at the mercy of the owners of those dens of vice, the saloons. Men who are compelled to go in the daylight and get What liquor they want from a government officer and then go elsowherc to consume it will be likely to go home and be within the restraining influence of that charmed circle. It is urged that it the State controls tho traffic, it ?ljould sell only at such profits as will cover oxponeos mid no more. Is it not clear that if the price be fixed at that ratio it will act ns a premium on consumption by reason of the fuel that a dollar will buy more whiskey tliau it dois now? On the other hand an equally impracticable scheme is to put (lie price *crv }ti"h and make the money that is spent on liquor go only a Httip way. It will be found here that, as in most things in life, "the middle way is the best." if the price is too high it puts a premium on the establishment of "blind tigers," on smuggling, on the illicit sale in every way; and, while the amount consumed will not be appreciably ltss, tlio indirect benefits to society arising from the revpnue ntul bv the destruction of all competition with the State aro lo?t. Under the scale of pricei fixed by the State Hoard on whiskey now sold in South Carolina fhfcpc is a handsome profit, while at the same tiniO the liquor at rot ail is cheaper linn it was when sold across the bar. Making allowances for the watering or oilier adulteration of the whiskey that was formerly consumed, a half pint bottle nf |rgn<.n<.v? unuwf, oi farsu'erior strength, would have cost fifty cents at least from a saloon. The profit on the half i nn'o"ftS l'ic rc^ucii?u ?f the general tax, a-.d thi:ty cents saved to the consumer g?cs into his pocket for the support of liis fami y. It is thus seeri that wiiipkey at retail is cheaper than when it wa? bought from tbe saloons, while at wholesale or by tho gallon it is considerab'y higher: but the profit in i*s illicit sale not being very great in wholesale quantities, it is not likely that after .he law has ben nmetidcd in the way experience has -liuwn to be necessary that there will be much competition wqh the llisicnsary in wholesale quantities, by which I moan one or tnoregalli ns. it is the retailer with whom wc have to deal; and he thrives on political oppo-i'ioi) apd where there is no uispviiMirj'. " uuu swiii uuu euro puniihaioiit shiill be mete 1 out to those who break the law, and when pub ic opinion shall have been cducitfdsa that the violent opposition now existing shall irradiis'lr J'.-uppear ,, . ... small com pi tition with the Dispensaries in tt?e Counties where they are located. Of course it is expected that along the North Carolian border, win re the United yiates Government has hi en unable to suppress the "moonshine" stills, there will ho more or less wluskry entering into competition, which pays neither the Internal llcvenue tax nor the | r<'fit which theS'atc would receive on its sale. o * * * * * DOMESTIC WINKS. A question which presents itself here, and which is worthy of your serious consideration, is the disposition to he made of domestic wines, and whether it is not best to ixceDt these from the general operation of the Dispensary Law. Hut it would he a misfortune to have tho growing of grapes and the nianufAfflirrt ftf utinn or* iml.iolwt. 1 ! - ... .... .......ci.j jim oeginning to take root a'ong tne Piedmont anil in other parts of the State, destroyed absolutely by the Dispensary Law, ns veiy likely it will be, unless you adopt the suggestion which 1 now offer, I would therefore stiougly reooinmen.1 that autliovity be given the State Iloa-d to make contracts with all responsih'cgrape growers to have the r wine made after a certain method, to he of a certain strength and age before it enters into consumption. Then let the product he placed on the market tjipough the Dispensary at such prices ns will cover lite actual oxpeusc for bottling and distributing, and leave all the profit, or nearly all of i', to go to the manufacturer or grape grower. Now ae to the question of beer, I am indined to believe I lint it will he in tne interest of temperance to exempt it from the Dispenser/ law altogether, upon certain iondilions, to wit : Require licenses under luoh stringent regulations ns will ensure >nly nton of probity and good character chaining them. Put the beer seller under a en thousand dollar bond for the strict ob- i ervnnce of tlio law ; the conditions of the iond to he such that whenever satisfactory iroof ha. been adduced that lie has sold < nythingelse than beer or has broken tho i *w in (lie least ('articular, the bonds shall I e forfeited in the most speedy and sure i tanner that the law can devise. The beer i aloon can be closed at any hour the General | ssombly sees proper. The point 1 wish i > make is, thai so far as we may it is good i olicy and in the interest of temperance to i acournge the consumption of beet as against j te consumption of whiskey. Under euch i iStrictions as 1 have mentioned very few c en would run the risk of undertaking to j i ill anything cleo than beer. Th's course a ust bo pursued or else (lie Legislature will p tve to prohibit absolutely evsiything of the t iiue or nature of beer or uiall lienor of any a < "JC. 1 < dad containing a trace of alcohol. The totalled ' raft drinks," which have become so numerous since the saloons were dosed, and "rice^beer" especially, which has entered Into consumption on the claim of being nonintox^oating, hare become the screen or cloak behind whioh liquors of alt kinds are beingaold. Nomas to the enforcement of the law. Tberamre many omissions, oversights and mlstdftes in the law as it stands. It will be muolwetter to omit the enumeration of thoe^fti^ incorporate suoh changes as experient^Kas shown to be neoessary in a Dill ttaA^Ejiaend the law by piecemeal. Such a BlnMji be presented to you, oovoring in effectHLthe changes which experience has showrmi be desirable. One feature to which \ wish to direct your ationtion is that under (he present law the punishments are too severe and tho methods of scouring punishment are of such a character that it will be altnW impossible to convict** Grand nines will not brincr in true hills, and nettv juries i^jll not find verdicts of guilty for offeoses which most men consider as not meriting such severo punishment as that now provided. It is best in my judgment, to dispense, in the administration of this law, as far as the offonse fer selling is concerned, with juries altogether, if it can be done, and impose the duty of trying offenders upon a special officer?a Recorder or Judicial Trial Justice?to be designated in each county, who when satisfactory proof lias been presented to him that the law has been infringed, shall have the powor the same as a mayor to commit the offocder to the chain gang, or the Penitentiary for thirty days, or fine him within the limit of $100. It Vrill be necessary also, in caso it shall bo f^ind unconstitutional to punish by imprlsoniAot without trial by jury, though I do not s?a how that can be, unless all our municipal' Charters are unconstitutional, that provii on be mado for a ohange of venue before a tr le bill is found. I judge from the reports of tho Chief Constable that almost all tils people of Charleston aro io league against tho law and determined to overthrow it. Tho officers of the Conrt, the Sheriff and others, charged with drawing tho jury, and the Trial justices are known to be friendly'to ox-saloon keepers, who aro defiantly ooutinuing the sale of liquor contrary to law^nd the Grand Jury has just thrown out cases resting on positive evidence. One hundred and four licenses to sell whiskey and sixty-eight licenses to sell malt liquor ?sve been issued by the Inter nal ltevcuqh Collector 8'ncc July to persons in that city*, and thirty-three whiskey and ! hirty malt'licenses have been issued in other parts af the State, showing the determination W the whiskey men to continue the traffic^L When firsW arrests were made in Charleston bw the State Constables under injunctim^rlceedings, the Constables were treated in In outrageous manner by the mob; and onlof the leadiog business men of the city oflEbarltston told me to my face thai if her the graud jury he would not vote fof^^P&bill against the most notorious offd^Hjf^dcco. It is idle then to expectciin?^fc>n.in that city, or true bills to bo found,'VKihaiter how strong the testimony. In ndntion, the newspapers have heaped everyAesible abuse on the Consta tiles, calling tnlm "spies," "sneaks," aod other opprobrljus epithets with a view of poisoning the fublio mlhd end discrediting their evidencelalthough I have used due precaution amlVxortod myself to solect as Cons'nblrs onlja nieu of good character, who, in their own clmmunities, h?vve thu rospoct of their fellowydtigene. Desperate dljeasea require heroic remodies, nnd the>Jj|aeral Assembly may as well understand thU the enforcement of this law in some parts of the State, and especially in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, De^uforl qn<l Sumter, will require some special legislation, u is against tno municipal ordifcanoes to sell whiskey without license in every town in the State, but tho police in WW ipu a mlo u?ui idj^i arcpartictps crtvvnm in. !h* offense or a^'Iva nirlpra and fkhnltilrs of th#? mnn wKn 1/ it As som as a (Jonji'ablo arrives in lown he is spotted by thein and reported to those who run the illicit saloons. Under the provision of the Dispensary Act, one-half ofuhe revcuuo of the local Dispeusaries nvdr and shove the expenses go<s into the (roasury of tho municipality where they are located. 'I eoe no remedy for lhe eonditfon "of affairs existing in Charleston ana Columbia except to provide for a system of METROPOLITAN POLICE, divorcing the control of the police force nb solutcly from pol-jtlcs and plnqlng it in (lie hands of a Commission, who shall appoint, direct and remove such members of the force as will not enforpo tho law. 1 asked ihe Mayor gf Chnrlestcp, with whom 1 had a conference, to'hWilbo polico aid me in re? pv???ing and ajpVoting the illicit sale of whiskey, but he dwtned on the ground that that duty had bo4fl* imposed on the State Constables. Of the $12,000 which have been spent for Constables during^he four months since the law went into effect, about one-half has gone to pay C nstablts who have been in Charleston unking nrres?s and trying to suspress the illicit] rale of whiskey. With t lie two mtpn pit pi of the State officered by on efficient force of police in sympathy with the law, or, who:her in sympathy or not, afrdd to lose their? office if they fail to do their duty, the expense of Constables would bejreduced at least onchalf and the back-bone | or opposition would be broken. In (he I other places I hove mentioned, and iu fact throughout the state, if the power is given the Governor to require the polipe of the various municipalities to enforce the law, and to remove and replace them if they tail to enforce it, there would be a still further reduction in the expense of Constables. Hither this should be done or it be left with the State Board of Control to designate such cities and towns as shall have none of the income from the sale of liquors at the Dispensaries. and let the revenues which now goes to the town to pay for the expense of enforciug the law. Those are drasiio measures, but the law should be enforced or it should be repealed; and in so far as in mo lies 1 shall continue, as I have hitherto done, to exert my whole power as Governor, and leave no stone unturned to see that everybody complies with its requirements. If yon give me the power I will use it with the best discretion I possess, and stop the sale of whiskey, as far as may be possible, except through the legitimate channels. Ono more suggestion and I shall leave this subject. Under tbo provisioii9*of the Act, as it now is. the election of Dispensers in a municipality requires a petition signed by n MAJORITY Or Till FREEHOLD VOTERS and no county or towa now dry" by Statute can have one. There are in the Stite six counties where the sale of liquor is thus piohibited : Oconee, Pickens, Marlboro, Marion, lloj:ry and Williamsburg. These, of course, have no Dispensary, and their B tizens are loft under the law to obtain Iheir liquor?whether used for medicine or otherwise, wine for* the sacrament in shurch, and the alcohol for compounding ohyeicians' prescriptions?as best they may. Law-abiding oitixens save been put to great nconvenicnce by thivand such a condition s a premium on the' illicit sale and almost treeludes obedience to the law. I urnni.i tot urge you to force 4 Dispensary on any 'immunity to whioh it is objectionable, but f the majority of the voters of a coumy hall decide in an eleotion held for tbe puri >ms that they do not want provision made or lliom to get liquors in a legitimate wny nd for a legitimate ^ua?, (hen provision ? should be made by whiob the enforcement of the law in such eounty shall be paid for by a tax levied on the pc >ple of that county. If they want prohibition, let them hare it in fact and not in name only. My observetion and experience with men tesoh me that it is idle to expect any eleotive oflioer to enforce this or any other prohibitory Statuto. Such men want votes, and will not make enemies if they can help it. In regard to the provision requiring a majority of the freehold voters to sign a | petition for the appointment of a Dispenser, it Is both unjust and unreasonable. Some of the present Dispensers appointed under this requirement nre incompetent, and in some cases they are not fit persons te fill so responsible a position. 1 think a provision allowing the County Board to establish a Dispensary st such point or points in a county as will put the people to the least trouble sn securing what whiskey they need for legitimate purposes should be incorporated in the oinended Act. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. The Citadel is performing the work which it undertakes to do in its usual satisfactory manner. Clemson College haa been completed aod partially equipped, and opened in July Inst with over four huudred boys, and there is promise that at its next session it will bo tilled to overflowing and many will have to be turned away. At the South Carolina College, n'one of the schools which are running, tbo attendance is unsatisfactory. Materially, as to plant and buildings in general, the College is in better condition than it lias been for half a oentury. The corps of l'rofessors is an abl? one. and they are performing their work with accustomed satisfaction ; but, for the causes which were set forth in my lost Annual Message, the boys continue to go elsewhere. Yet 1 have every reason to believe that low water mark has been reached, and that the College in the future will attract a larger and larger number of students, so that the attendance will reach a satisfactory average in one or two more years. Wo oannot atford to take any step backward in education ; nor can we lower that standard. State pride, regard fjr the pledges of the Reform Movement?everything which should influence those who now guide tbo destinies of the State, point at this time rather to the wisdom of searching for the diseases which rany cause the sickly condition of the school, and applying the remedy, than taking advantage of the unhealthy conditioi} to strike it down, and thus remove a landmark which always has been and sltou'd continue to be the pride ol every true Caroli ian. Of the South Carolina Industrial and Winthrop Normal College, which has been located at llock Mill, after a lively competition between that ei'y, Spartanburg anr Chester, I will only say ilint, remembering the demand for a similar institution for boyi Hi Clemson, iho Hoard of Trustees arc plato ning for a duplication of that school. Tin amount of money paid by the peoplo of thu thriving and ambitious little oily, $00,000 will be expemhd In the erection of the man college building, which will afford clasi rooms for at least 000 girls ; and we hope t< hate the building completed and ready foi use by the 1st of September next. It i estimated that the equipment of a dormi tory sufficiently large to accommodate fou or tive hundred girls would cost $o0,000, 1 Would therefore recommend and urge tha yon appropriate for this purpose from th< earnings of the State Dispensary such i sum of money, to he available after the flft; thousand dol'nrs appropriated last year t the Dispensary has beon repaid to th Treasury. If the Dispensary docs not mak it, then no harm will have been done. There only remains to be mentioned th Cedar Springs Ius'itute?tho school for deal dumb and blind?yfhich lir^s been managci with ibe usual good sense and judgmen characterizing the institution, and merits continuance of your fostering care. The management of the State ^Lumvli ' hia?* cuutu oe desired. While the Stat farm on iiie ?Yatctio suffered severe logs b th(; breaking op the dam and the consequen' overtlow of ae?en hundred acres of crop bj the river, the institution has been more thai self-sustaining, has met payments on th property, and has a large cash balance t its credit. It is the ir.tcntipg of die hircc tois to so increase (be1 strength and heigh of the dam that such a disaster will be iro posoiblo in the future. The number of con victs in the institution shows a heavy in crease, being 1,033 ngainst 900 last Novom ber. The number of inmates in the Asylun has remained about at the average nnd ?n capacity of the institution is tested to it utmost. The Supei intendont makes a sag gesiion, in connection with the use of con victs, to make bricks in anticipation of tin neccssi'y forenlirg'ng the quarters for th colored nm'es and guarding against five which 1 think a capital idea. I would also direct your attention to thi correction of an abuse which he points out nainelv : Iho n?o of il>? L? , -- j in in uj person; feigning insanity to escvpo crirn'ual prosecu tion, Of course it is not proposed to pu insane people in the Penitentiary, but they can go there with perfect propriety when they are charged with crime until insanity is satisfactorily proven. In conclusion 1 beg to renrnJ you, gen tlemen, thut this session of the Legislature by resson of the fourth Tuesday falling sc near the end of the monih, will be shortei by a week than the average, should you ad journ st Christmas in accordance with the unwritten lnw. No session of the Genera Assembly in tho history of the State ha; ever had to deal with more important vital questions. In addition, you hfive to oleoi five of tlii. eight circuit jddges and one Jus tice of the Supremo Court. My cxpetience and judgment havo shown mo that when important elections <uc pending the public business is neglected and tho Legislators seem paralyzed, becoming partisans of this candidate or that, and paying no heed to matters of lcgisla'ion. 1 therefore utge on you to appoint a day not later than Monday, the 4th of December, f?r gotting rid of these elections?obstructions to legislative business. Tho new Criminal and Civil Pn<t? '? k? 1 -- ? ? ? ww pmocu uii; the Dispensary law must he amended and perfected ; a wise and judic otis bill reducing salaries, not i he haphazard Act now on its passage, should be passed ; a new system of county government, simplifying and affording a greater measure of local control than now exists, is altogether desirable, and the Oeneral Assembly will in a measure confess its imbecil'ty if it fail to provide such a law. If this General Assembly would sig| nalize itself, It could n >t do better than to kill out of hand every Bill of petty, special and local character presented, and for once devote itself to legislating for the Stato, pass such of the Acts indicated as it may deem wise and proper, the Appropriation and Supply Bills, and go home. I can only repeat what I have said once before, that I am ready and willing nt all limes to furnish any facts or suggestions I may have, or lend any help that I can, for tne information of members of Committees ; and, invoking the blessing of the Divine ltuler on your labors, and praying that he may grant you the wisdom to do the right, I feel assured (hat you will work wisely and well for the best interests of the State. B. R. TILLMAN, Governor. Bucki.kn'b Arnica Salvr.?The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. uiccrs, Mail Kheum, Fever Boies, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all skin eruptions, and por-itively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price '.6 cents per box. For sale by B. F. Posey. Me JDeefsf}) Union Mines. R. M. STOKER. - - Editor Friday, December 8, 1803. SUBSCRIPTION, 51 60 PER ANNUM New Advertisement*. City Market.?N. P. Dunbar. Partridges Wanted.?E. P. McKissick. Sarah l'aoolet's Annual Letter.?8. M. Rico Jr., E. U. Another Qrand Diatributioa of Prizes.?T. E. Bailey. " " Cotton MarketLow grades 6j @ 6j. # Middling cotton 7. Good middling 7.30. scales for the week, 021 talcs. CottoD Seed 16 ceute per bushel. IN GREAT NEED. I am really wanting money to continue my business, and call on all who owe me for subscription, advertising or job work to come forward promptly and pay their indebtedness. R. M. STOKES. And don't forget that every new subscriber paying one year in advance, and every old subscriber paying all nrreages and one year iu advance, will get either "The Farmers Guide" or "Womnokind," a family paper, odo year freo. v* . \ ' " ' J lVe have also made arrangements with the publishers of the cclebratyd weather Proplw ct, Irl K Hicks' magaxihq, WORD AND WORKS, by which we can send that splendid monthly and the Timbs during the year 1894, for the reduced price of f>2 00, to subscribers paying all aricarsgcs and 1 year in advance. 1RLR. HICKS' ALMANAC FREE. We will give a copy of this valuable book to every subscriber paying, in cash, all duos to the Time* up tr Jan. 1, 1891. The retail price of this Alnmuac is 26 con's, and i those who nrc not subscribers to tho Times can purchase one at the Times office at that | prioo. f It is a book of 68 pages including cover, printed on very fine paper, and filled from [ back to back with original illustrations and the .most carefully prepared matter. It is really not au almanac, but a costly book, I wholly devoted to one purpose. This is the r first year of its existence, nod it must not , be confounded with any almanac ever before printed. In it, the author's storm calendar 3 and storm forocests are fully elaborated for I 1894. Tho foundation of his whole meteorological theory is given, with full data and j instructions for computing storm periods for 3 all time. In the freshness and fullness of ) its contents?pe tincnt mutter pever before r made so plain?there is a glad surprise for g every reader. Many thousand copies were . ordered before it came from the press, and r within one week after we began filling [ orders, the most enthusiastic commendatious I came Hooding upon us from all quarters. , Thanks to Qod and tho people?the author's hard and conscientious toil, and tho pubY li-hers' solicitude and pains taking have 0 met with tho most substantial support! e Bfc*y We regret to learn that our friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Thotnis, at Carlisle, ? lost a very interesting littlo son, about 13 j years old, last Sunday, from lung disease. ? K3T Columbia is a cold city. Lost Sun day afternoon hail stones as large as C. or ii i no a k ** c fnc (jrccnvillc train left on Tuesday (lie city y '* *' ?i?rCu n itu ouvn u iuCuvo UVCpi V/O t have had neither of theso cliilling visitors r in this towo this season. ? --? . ? ? e The rush increase* with ns evesy day. 0 Tlje people ieat ze that times are too hard to * throw thidr money away buying cheap, shoddy t go >ds, when tliey can get the iikst from us * at the eainc prices. A. II. FOSTER & CO. thajT" About 4 o'clock last Suuday after( noon n terrific atorm of wind and rain sude deniy rose, nnd for half an hour the rain s fell in sheets nnd tho wind made houses tremble. It blew down the gable ends of ilie unfinished A. M. E. If^ou church. Wo e have been (.ohj that it hailed a few miles , north and west of this towu. b The common voles of the Reform > movement novo made the changes in the 1 State officials, under the promise that they L shou'd receive beneficial governmental rc' forma is it not about time that the 1 common voters should demand of their leaders to give them something more than reform . jiromttrs or step down from the fat positions , the people have placed thein in? > ? r The news travels like wild fire that "THE - OLD RELIABLE" is selling noon goods at 5 unheard of now prices. I ??. 1 Bfea)"" A happy, Independent man. Mr. | J. If. Hentley, of Asbury. this County, oellcl on us Wednesday, after paying his i taxes, and had money left to pay his subscription to the Timks. Upon taking his 1 receipt, lie said, "that's the last dollar I owe, and I have got more corn and roughness than wilt do iny family nnd stock next year, 4 good hogs in the pen and 4 bales tf cotton that I can ho'd adong as I please." Thai's farming for profit and independence. Ktaff" There wan a most interesting musical at the Union Hotel Thanksgiving night. The parlors of the hotel were filled with as lively an assembly of young people as you could find in a week's march. The music was excellent and came from the Arthur string band, assisted by Mr. It. M. McDermid, of Charleston, and Mr. Win. McQowan, of this cuinty, both splendid violin* ists. Songs by Mr. Thomas McNally and Mr. Kdwin Kison enlivened the occasion It was a most delighful social gathering and greatly epjoye I by all present. How much do you save in buying cheap shoes? *Ye have sold the "Bay State" and /.iegler lines for ye?rs. Every pair guaranteed to give satisfaction ' THE OLD RELIABLE." # fifcgr The entertainment given by the Young Peoplo's Sooiely of the Chri-tian End-avor. at the 0afford Seminary, last Monday night, was a very delightful atfa r, and did great credit to the "young people" who got it up. As we predioted, it was one of the tnjst enlortiining and enjoyab'e entertainments of Iho season, ned all who attended left well Bu? lonmiK. ?: ?unuu WC are please I lo learn, it was a success. ' The "three li.tle Tolls," were the belles of the evening, winning praises fro-n everjbodj. * ' JtASvr'vVfi. ??ii The Hew Jid|*e The election of four Reform Judges by the Legislature iu piece of the four old Judges wee no surprise to us. It im a foregone conclusion ef the leaders of tly$* party. o , .V With the exception of Mej, D. A. Tofcn: -Li| send, we can say bat little of the meai j chosen, for we know but little of ! thtl^Hfl worth or fitness for the high positjgffl^^|^H whieh they hare been elevated, but fess considerable doubt in the suppoei^^^^^^H that the character and ability of the cisry of the State will be elevated by tbei^^^^H election; Mr. Townsend is a man of undoubted ability, of unimpeachable integrity and honesty of purpose. We confess be was not our first choice, hut next to our long | lime personal friend, Judge Wallaoe, he was our oho<ce above all others. He is a herd' student and we predict he will make an honest, impartial, able and popular Judge. He will, we think, he more an "upright Judge" and less a partisan than either of the other newly elected Judges. The Legislature As usual, scarcely anything has been i done by the Legislature this early in the * season. A number of new bills have been introduced; among them one to reduoe sale- J!!p^ lies, ^s .the induction w^lt net a (Toot the j| salaries ot the' peasant legislators State officials during their present terms, It " is probable that the bill will pass, in some "* form. iv\ A bill to amend the dispensary law; alse a bill to repeal that law and substitute a new law, with some of the provisions of the old law in it, aro both before that body. The bill to ' amend" will be passed, no doubt. A dog tax law; a bill to abolish the office of Auditrr, nnd impose the duties of tbat office on the Treasurer, and a joint resolution to change the time of the annual mer^^^^ ings of the legislature nre a'l under con^^V sideration. ? > jig. fifcaJT' There was a happy gathering of the Arthur fnmi'y on Thanksgiving day/at* the old homestead, now the residence of the youngest eon and brother, Mr. Warren D. Arthur. It-is now likely that the "Arthnr corner," or Arthur lot, will hold its name for generations to come. It has been divided into ^ three lots : Mr. B.A\Arthu?lives on the *\ftrnkft, Wfcren D. Arthur live* next to hint and Joseph D. Arthur o t the other side. It is a settlement of Arthurs, and we don't seer _ j where thoy are going to put the other brothor. E. J., when ho gets ua&rried, (7) he settles upon tho "yellow houas" triangle. It is plain that none but those bearing tho^^^H name of Arthur are expected to settle on the old homestead lot, as tlio boys hate taken possession of it, so the girls, as they marry aud change their names, are orowded elf. One sister has already change 1 her name, and established the Rodger homesteadr while another is "halting between two opiniAna;" whether it. is bailer to remain at the old home, or change her name and go off to somebody else's home. Wo never cbuld giv? advice upon the solemn question, "whether it is best to hold or soli in the metrimoniiil markei." We hare seen as many people -. itj v.ttiug-as win By holding. And we * don't think it is anybidy's business but the parties themselves. ? e?Stair* A small colored boy, son of Jim Wallace, had a narrow escape from being killed upon the railroad last Saturday. It seems that he attempted to jump on tho step of a parsenger coioh near the switch at Mr. Nicholson's yard, but missed and fell, striking the switch as he fell. For* tunately he did not fall under the train and escaped being crushed to deslh. As it wow, his arm was broken and bis head was badly bruised. It seems to us that an ofliocr shoultf "be s'ationed on tho road betweon the Church street and the Aculemy street crossings,, with authority to nrrest any person, not in the employ of the railroad oimpsuy, attempting to jump oa Jho paxsenger ears wfftfe ?A motion. Thoitffare daily a nam* her of boys hanging about the depot and along tho track fir the purpose of jumping on and off the passenger trains as they arrive and leave. Not long ago we saw s white child not 10 years old, hang to the hand rail of a car from Msin street crossing to iiiu ucpoi, riavmg missel the step as he attempted to jump on the train in motion. There should be a severe punishment for suoh reckless conduct. ?a Over coats, Suits, and Men's Winter Underwear can bo bought at moneu toeing prices a from "THE OLD RELIABLE. ? - A tGS" Detective Braddy has been here and . W unearthed four cases of anti-dispeosarj whiskey selling?one white man and three negroes. Trial Justice Stokes promptly issued the necesrary warrants aod had principals and witnesses arrested. The Dispensary law is a law of the Stale, as much as the laws for murder, arson and robbery, and should be respected and enforced with ns much teal by all law-abiding citizens. ^ So far as Trial Justice Stokes is concerned, we gunrabty that he will do his duty without fear or favor, upon all ceeasions upon proper showing. But we are not alone in thinking that there aro more than 4 blind tigors in toiffy against whom fully at tlrony evidence ettijd be brought. ^ Ttuv n...,. --.i -v * i ?j - m? uui?3 nuu aiuna niiimunillQty * from us if you want the beat. A. H. FOSTER & CO. . # WSf County Treasurer Jeter informs us that ne?er before in the history of this county hare iho receipts of taxes been so far behind, this near the last day, as they art tbis year. Not half an hoar after he tol<| us thati ons of our most reliable and responsible farmers told us he did not know how or where he would ra'so enough maney to P*7 his taxes.' He could not sell anything bn bail, for cash, for no one bal mon-y to buy. anything they did n t actually need. He aaid^he could not even swap a sow, a mule or any o'her proper.y for his S ore and other ncoounu. There is scarcely ony raltie to any specie of property, for no one wants property wh-le ererybo ly is la digress for money. I