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Carolina whoso children will ho bene fited by it and evoiy one 01 u.ose :i ? ?: ! or opponents are friends of some 01 you, and you will be helping theii children by this, and not helpins Blease. And you will be doing youi plain duty in looking out for th< future of your State?because these little children who will be helped wil be the men of tomorrow. Therefore 1 appeal to you, and I beg and implon you, one more time, to give to th< people of this State this one-mill ta) for the weak schools in the country to be used by the State board o education as that board deems best and I guarantee you that it will go t< the weak schools; 1 guarantee yoi tliat it will go where it is most need ed; and 1 guarantee you that tin benefits of it will be far greater thai any compulsory education bill tha you can pass. In this connection, I call your at tention to the report of the Stat< superintendent of education: "Th( proceeds of t'je 1 mill tax for 1913/ he says, "will approximate $290,000 The reassessment of property in 191^ will probably raise the total valuatior to $300,000,000. The retention of th< levy, therefore, will mean $300,000 fo] the public schools. The maintenanc< of State-aided high schools now in operation demands $60,000. The con tinuance of State aid for lengthening the sc'hool term in weak districts wil] require $60,000. Rural graded schools employing two and three teachers are applying for $60,COO. The restora uon 01 me oiaie ounaing iuna wouio reqnire $40,000. Public school libraries, together with -lie Rural Scnoo Improvement association, now receive $5,000." Your Act of last year provides for $60,000 for high schools, $60,000 for extension of public schools, ?20,000, for consolidated graded schools, and $5,000 for rural libraries, retaining 5C per cent, in the county as a county board fund. I would not say one word, gentlemen, against any or all of these educational activities, but what I have begged and pleaded for is that you set aside this extra one-mill tax so that it may 1 o used by the State board of education in helping the little oi.e-teacher schools; the little schools with less than twelve pupils; the little schools that run less than sixty days; the little schools that need .help in order that the little cnildren may get the bare rudiments of an SJucation. ihei-e were 143 white schools in this State last year that had less than 12 pupils; tnere were 3<5 . that had a regular attendance of less than 12. There were 134 white schools than ran less than 60 days; 188 that ran 60 to 79 days. It is for help for the schools t'jat are not able to help themselves t;::at I am pleading. I have given you the facts and I have besought and urged you, showing you the necessitv for it. I have done what I could. I can do no more. Tje matter is now with you. Country Schools in Want. In this connection, I beg to call your attention Xo report filed by the rural school supervisor with the State board of education, on April 4, 1913, in Winch he says: "The short term of many country schools and the irregular attendance of many pupils maKe it impossible for tftem to finish in one year the work maDDed out for the grades in the State course of study." Again: "Three-fourths of our country schools employ only one teacher. This teacher hajs each day from 20 to 40 recitatiQBS." Centlemen, I have called attention to this matter before. How in the name of common sense do you expect these little country children to get an education? I have advocated and 1 * - Still advocate more cullui/i tame schoolhouses, conveniently located; larger salaries for the teachers, in order that we may secure the best, and enough teachers to supply the demand of the number of pupils. If you will give these necessities to your country schools, the boy or girl who is never able to go anywhere else can be prepared for the ordinary battles of life. Supplemental Reading. I would respectfully recommend that you pass an Act to provide supplemental reading for the free public schools; that is, that whenever the trustees of any public school shall set aside a certain sum for the purchase of supplementary reading material for tJhe use of the school, that the county board of education be required to provide from the general county school fund a like sum. People >'ot Heady for "Compulsion.'' I desire to call to your attention an article written by one of the best and one of the most prominent women in our State, she having held high posi tions in the different organizations in South Carolina. This article appeared over the signature, "A Coworker," in one of our daily newspapers. A study of the figures showing the increase in the white children attending school shows that it is not "compulsion" but opportunity that is needed. More teachers, larger salaries so as to secure and keep the best teachers, more convcnieent and more comfortable school'riouces and better equipment for teaching purposes and longer school terms?yes, more money to help the country schools and less extravagance in our colleges ?that's what we need. The article follows: "With the opening of tne schools, the subject so engross, ing to every man and woman interested in educating the white race becomes more and more emphatic and each one who has an idoa for the betterment of our children's future should use it toward this end. c-rvmo h-.ip T hsvp wished we could find a name less antagonistic than 'compulsory.' I think very often a name carries with t either popularity or the reverse and we all know it is a strong trait within us to dislike being compered, beiiiJ? made to do i vevy thing we would probably 1 to do if some other way were v tJ * ni ''r>mT)i:lsor>.' T attended e rry meeting of the conference for the common ^ood that -I was able to accomplish, I think i; was r rand rally of fine men and - i - v. omtii ami the very meeting of ils<-If > a most important event, come have f ui.;. 'Xotin:!^ was done to shew how * tiie evils of the times can be re1 medied." T.:e yionecis in everything r never put lull blown flowers forth, - never are given credit for the fruit of 2 thtir work. But the conference was 1 needed and whc.t is needed thoughtful , humanitarians work out. They lay 2 the foundation, nr.nd acts with mind, 3 the wave is started ir_::hjre?and if t each one rides it wisely, they land somewhere somehow, on solid f srnnnrl fn-ono^atinn is the unwpr , that will accomplish educating the 3 white children, as it does in everyi thing, and this is what that con ference did in organizing the earnest ^ workers of t\ie State for developing i the better plan to bring about unt iversal education of the whites. I have lived in the country, I have - mingled with the poorest people, and - I think I can see the rock against * which they bruise their own feelings. 1 sympathize witfh) them because I * understand them better than many * of the men and women who 'are so i actively, so enthusiastically working i for 'compulsory education./ "Somtimej the greater the enJ thusiasin the greater the mistakes. L What applies to factory and to mill children, all congregated together, ' does not apply to segregated homes, ^ in fact is simply impossible. A law ' that can not be enforced is worse than ' not having it. A law that in the eyes ' of many of the mothers seems harsh ' and inhuman will never work out this important end e are striving after. , 1 Now 1 know of my personal know: ledge that there are children in the i remote country who can never ' comply witn tne compulsory Dili, : ' whose parents are jubt as anxious ; ' for the advancement of their child as the rich man is for his; but it is ( simply a physical impossibility to do j one cent more than 'keep the wolf j from the door.' It all sounds beauti- ; . ful in ,the assembly halls, in the news- 1 . papers, from the platform?'com- ] pulsory education, compulsory educa- ( tion!'?but in some homes it can not t be done under the bill as it now reads. 'We can case the bird, but t we can net make him sine.' "So let the thinking men and women work out the problem of supply- t in rr ? A f /.lrtt -t A" <5 cut V/iUl.iCO, oil Ulii, } shoes'to walk to the schools in and ? the 'compulsory' j^art.of this bill will t soon be unnecessary. In one of the f States the books are supplied. If the t State is the 'good parent' it must not, t ay to the children, 'You shall do e thus and so,' without knowing that t the. .child can carry out the command. !t If a parent la\s down a law that can i not in reason be obeyed, why that, t parent only arouses rebellious feel-, ing awakens unfortunate friction be- f tween mother and child. The State I o is more obligated to look out for her | n unfortunate children than for her; i prosperous ones. j t "It has occurred to me that if the!y women of each neighborhood, work-, ? ing for the betterment of humanity, I united their efforts and supplied prop- ! er clothes for even one arirl. and the n State supplied the books, then we d might achieve State-wide education t! without friction. The missionary n societies and our federation of clubs s supply the wherewithal for education, y scholarships are offered, money is'c sent across the ocean for tiie 'heathen j a Chinese,' and here, right in each' u State, our boys and girls are ordered ! g to attend school and have nothing to 11 wear, some of them. Several of the speakers at the conference touched upon the social element in. rural s schools. This is absolutely necessary o if we wi&'ii to educate the country f child. For some years I have been h interested in sending literature to y ntri' nnlc onrl T pm mni'p than repaid by the influence my books and r magazines have had, as indicated by h letters to me from teachers and pup- g ils. h '"If the women right in this city b realize the amount of pleasure and s sunshine magazines carry into remote ' s homes they would select one school j o and make that their objective point's i for all castaway literature. Once be-; 1 gun it becomes r "^at pleasure as i 'well as duty." The Institution for the Deaf, the j p Dumb and the Blind. It I am .informed that tk is institution S ' was founded in 1849 by X. P. Walker, s the father of the present superinten- c dent, and for many, many years the j p present superintendent, assisted by ja his good wife with her loving aid and | a encouragement, has devoted all his a time and all his energies to this i j school. Lt. ard Mrs. Walker have s now both grown to an age where they i need some rest and care, and I think j the devotion which they have shown ! g to their State through their love for a these little blind, deaf and dumb child- l ren, entitles them to the lasting t gratitude of every man and woman e in^ South Carolina. This institution > : is wonderful. I saw things there at c the commencement exercises last year 3 which I would not have believed pos- t sible if I had been told of them with- \ out seeing them myself. To say that t the training given these children is e wonderful does not express it. I do not know of any language that can express it, and too much can not be a done by the State for the institution, a To be appreciated the work w^hich e the school is doing must be seen. c I recommend that you make an ap- c propriation to have a nice cottage t built on the grounds of this institu- 1 tion. and that it be set apart as a i home for President and Mrs. Walker a during the remainder of their lives, and that Dr. Walker be elected pres- t ident emeritus, with a sufficient salary to give foim and his good wife -c those things which are necessary to { make them comfortable anprl happy r for the remainder of their declining c years. This would be a tribute s which I am satisfied every one of I your constituents would applaud, and z which would s'now to the world that s there is yet some appreciation of d those who are willing *o give their c lives tor me upnu 01 nuuianmy. a The South Carolina University. t You gentlemen remember my fight against one Mitchell, who was for s awhile the so-called president of the t South Carolina university, and also t I lie fig:?t thai I have bo<-:i making for years t'oi ho-we 1110:1 to bo put at the head ui* our colleges, and lor graduates of the institutions to be placed in the professorships when t'.iere are vacancies. As J have expressed it before, when a mother has given birth to as many children as the South Carolina university "has, if she hasn't one son who can attend to her business^ it is time for her to stop. When we got rid of what we 'had down there some people proclaimed that the university was ruined; that the students would quit; that t'aey would follow this distinguised (?) man into some other State. But, as a matter of fact, what are the conditions? On September 22 it was reported: "The enrollment to date shows an increase of nineteen per cent, over that of the corresponding date last year, and that was the 'high-water mark previously established." Now, gentlemen, was I right when I said that we want- j ort o hnrnp man at thp hpad nf this in- I stitution? Has the change injured the j school? | In connection with the South Carolina university, I notice that the new dormitory, which has been completed at a cost of $25,000 of the people's ; money?which is such a lit- j tie part of the appropriation | you gave the university?has j been completed, and it actually i holds thirty-nine men. Think of it? j a $25,000 schoolhouse to hold thirty- 1 nine boys. How many little country schoolhouses do you find with that number of boys, and even more, that cost $50 or $75? Yet I suppose you will be asked this session to give an otner $zo,uuu to Duna anomer scaooitiouse for thirty-nine boys. But when v-ou are asked for something for the little country children you either will not give it, or else you will muddle it up so that nobody can figure it out, or when they do figure it out, it will be found to be parcelled around 1 In such driblets that it will be of no benefit. Gentlemen, I hope not. I appeal to you again to compare the am)unts we are spending upon a few in :lie higher institutions of learning md the thousands of little children in ;he country schools. Wiiifiiroi) Colleere. You wil1 notice that I did not sign he report of the board of trustees of tVinthrop college. My reasons for n^t rgning this report are endorsed at he bottom of the same, and are as oliows: "Having been unable to atend the meetings of the boa^d of lustees, I am not sufficiently in'or n- ; id a: present :o m*press an opinion -is i o the correctness of this report, or o recommend to the general assem- ( >ly what amount of money is essen- \ ial for its management." ] You gentlemen cannot do too much { or the education of the women of i ur State, but you can allow senti- j lieni LC) i^ciU ) UU IU tAU U-vasaiivC. j j i'hese few words in reference to Win-1 { hrop are said to commend her to; j ou for the work she is doing and to i j /arn you against extravagance. jj (South Carolina Military Academy. ; ] Tii?! Cn.aiel acad : is ia pios^ei- 'j us and flourshing condition, and is t oing her usual good work. I feel 5 bat it is useless for me to say very f luch in regard to this institution; ( ne speaks for herself, and deserves t our most earnest and thoughtful onsideration, and such appropriation : ^ ? will enable her to continue her j sefulness to the young men of tne itate. lie Medical College of the State of South Carolina. This baby is nearly grown, although he is not a year old. She will put n her new suit of clothes in the near ^ uture and will step into 'her new \ ome and start housekeeping, and if' j ou gentlemen will just help her a! ittle, in my opinion she will prove the i * uost valuable institution the State! as, for she will turn out young men j ;raduates who will be in position to I? .elp you in some of your greatest prolems in the matter of ridding your- . elves of some of your greatest evils, < uch as tuberculosis, pellagra, and ( ther scourges. I commend this intitution to you. 'o Bar Certain Races From Colleges ?nri SchoolS. ! ] I respectfully recommend that you j, iass a law prohibiting the board of < rustees of any State college in this * itate for white pupils, or any public , chool for white children which reeives any of the tax money of the ? eople of the State, or any faculty of ny such institution, from admitting ' ny negro, Cfiinaman, Japanese, Cub-; .n, or other disagreeable and incom- t iatible race, into said college or j chool with white pupils.' < Deadly iFootbalL ! < I mentioned something to you ( ;entlemen last year about football j .nd its fearful toll of life and broken j imbs. I desire now to call your at- i ention to an editorial which appear- < id in the Columbia, s. u., ouue, un November 25, 1913, the last sentence < if which, gentlemen, I am satisfied < rou will say is 'very consoling to f he parents of the 14 young men vthom college faculties and school j rustees have allowed to be murder- i id: 1 "Football?Its Cost!" i "Now that the football season is ;+ io wpn tn rp.nnrrl that liiilUai U*C1, XL XO nvii . , particulary hard season has resultid in 14 deaths throughout the entire :ountry. Of these only two were those >f players on the university elevens, 'he remaining victims belonging to ligh school or amateur elevens drawn ' nto football, without care or preparition, by the vogue of the game. "A few years ago, when two or < hree prominent players met death or : erious injury, there was a tremen- ] ions camnaign of invectives against ootball. This year the casualties are nerely noted, indicating a general ac- < ieptance of the fact that this is a ;ame that is worth the candle. In a >ig and populous country with thousmds engaged in a ccncededly rough 1 port, 14 dead is not sufficient to con- < !emn the sport itself. It is significant ] if the common sense of the press j .nd the public that such a sugges- < ion has not been seriously raised. "It were easy to prove that other ports kill more participants in them i han does football, but the point is es- i ablished. However even these 14 i j . . amcivg a great array of- players i . ..o .i ?: i-.o.-siol" >v( oril not lor a i . .iiuiiiy gaitif, j)i:i i'o," '.he lack oi* . v. .v an.i j.iug-.ioiiL iii its playing. | Footbali is a ga;m* cm' boys, but it is j man's woik. it caLs .or courage of Liu^liigiiesl order. It calls for physi; cal stamina, strong bodies, trained. ! Any srt of youngsters can play baseI bai 1 in a sandiot, although occasion aiiv o:;r* of tiieai may be killed. Hut ' the growing boy ought not to ], y iioCt i;i:l, except with considers i ::d vice. If he has the physique auueu to the courage, his career on the .m\ ; iion will, in all probability, make u...l !a uetter and stronger man: if he has j not these requirements, he has no business on the gridiron. Footbr.ll is strong meat for strong youngsters. The solution lies with t'-ie parent to see that their progeny do not try to chew a beef too stiff with gristle." Gettysburg Keunion Note. After tne adjournment of the general assemoiy last year, (ienerai B. H. Teague, commander of the South Carolina division, United Confederate Veterans, and others very much interested in the Gettysburg reunion, found that.the amount of money appropriated by you to tr.e deserving survivors from di-i State a trip to that reunion would not be sufficient. Some ctibrt was made to attempt to raise the money by popular subscription. 1 tock ; le : position that this was very WiOi.g; that I did not think the e\-Confederate soldiers of this 'State wanted to be held un a? beesars or Dauuers. and even if some lew did want to > hud up, I made up my mind that n j-e : of them should be. I, therefore, ... the following communication tc erul league, and received from the following reply: "June 21, 1913. i "General B. H. Teague, Commander : South Carolina Division, : Confederate Veterans, Aiken, S. C. : ' Dear Sir: I have noted with regret 1 though it was to be expected, t 1 the appropriation by the legislate; for the-survivors from this the Battlecf Gettysburg to clei; y their traveling expenses to anr1 saiy soon to be 'jeld, is gre->.riy < deficient, providing lor considering/ less than uiie-half the number ing. South Carolina ought to glv.. ' her survivors oi' this great biit'.lc : 11 opportunity to attend tins reunion, 2 . J.: 2l seeiilea to me not:.i '^ .xiOic than just that it should be i ;jn satisned the money can be- _c a ifcroug'.i one ot the banks, and l . 1 r Legislature at its next session wi'I !xe 3nly too glad to make good the ee iciency. It has seemed to me proper, ? lowever, that the matter shouiu be ~ :aken up with you first, you ^el .0' ;he direct representative of this Stnto t in charge of the distribution of the '1 'und ap?: reprinted by the Legislature t. md the State's representative 1 ;he ?attle of Gettysburg commission, v md t ?n?epst to vou that we srive a b ioint official note for an amount * lecessary to make up the deficiency c n the appropriation. I have no douut a he money could be secured s >uch a* note, and all the survivors }? :rom this State given an equal oppor- t] ;unity to take advantage of this re- a inion. b as time is pressing, I shall be h *lad to hear from you immediately. t< "Very respectfully, n "Cole. L. Blease, j s "fj-rvvprnnr I "Aiken, S. C., June,~23* 1913 |S / Hon. Cole. L. Blease, Columbia, a S. C.: ?e "Am willing to sign official note as : c rou suggest. Wire me if I can ibsue S checks immediately and on what i* jank. I "B. H. Teague, r 'Maj. Gen. Comdg., S. C. Div.,' U. C. ? V." I ^ "Columbia, S. C., June 23, 1913. I o 'Gen. B. H. Teague, Aiken, S. C.: "Your wire. Make estimate of t] amount needed, sign note for that s imrvnnt anh forward to me. or come j AiUVUUb MUM - - .. . >ver to Columbia tonight. "Cole. L. Blease, d "Governor." fi In^ the meantime I received the fol- 1 ii owing very kind offer from Col. W. I k. Clark, himself a Confederate veteran : e 'The Carolina National Bank of Co- tl lumbia. ; 1 "Columbia, S. C., June 24, 1913. ti 'Wio Pivppiipnp.v. Cole. L. Blease, Gov- ' S ernor of South Carolina, Columbia,! u S. C. , A "Dear Sir: Referring to our con- o fersation had yesterday over the ti phone, I desire now to confirm the i: same and to say that if desired Lae P Carolina National bank will be pleas- > Dd to discount the paper referred to n order to enable the veterans wfao b participated in the battle of Gettys- t jurg to join in the semi-centennial J ->oiohmtion nf the same. e "Just 50 years ago the sons of Ca/- 'h 3lina offered their lives, a wiiiing ii sacrifice in defense of what we under- L stood to be our constitutional rights 1 a lii erties It is, thererore, meet i1 md proper that the present genera- t Lion snouia furnish the means for t these veteran soldiers to participate c in the celebration of that battle, - which afforded the highest test of y American patriotism and heroism. t "Yours truly. "W. A. Clark, "President/' I replied to Col. Clark as follows: l "June 24, 1913. c "Col. W. A. Clark, President Caro- c Una National Tank, Columbia, S. C. t "My Dear Sir: Yours of June 21, \ "nnfirmin:: our conversation over the ' telephone. '.as been received, and you c have my sincere thanks, personally c nd as governor, for the same, and I J desire tr k you on behall. aoi C only of th<"'" veterans of Sout'a Caro- < ira. b; t hr.'f of the entire peo- e pie of o" co, for this very prompt 1 ind gen<~ clion on your part. -i. c friend cf very kindly voluntec: *d to \r -inve this amount of 2 mon?v f' purpose, and will do + so?in fart }-e has it in hand. How- s ever, if it inconvenience to your v '*'V ' ' -refer, as matter of e -?rnrce ' business with a bark- ? !ricr jpeff qiong this line, espe^- ' [ally in " of your voluntary kind- t 3 ess. T therefore, accept your > i i*. i . jism,. ? y. {, iijvi'i- . i]xa> l.:. .o v.;:) !io loss in ilie matter. and thai il tiic lt^ ASiai.ii o Uoo.s lioi .:akc this noie so->d yoar bank will be saved perfectly harmless in anouier way. "Very respectfully, "Coie. 1^. tsi?. ase, "Governor." Gen. Teague and I thereupon made e joint note, copy of which is as folo ?v s: *1,700 Columbia, S. C., June 24t:j, 3913. On demand for value received, we w* either of us promise to pay to the rder of The Carolina National Bank : Lo:a. Seventeen Hundred and no Dollars. With interest at tne rale of i per cent, per annum. (Signed) Coie. L. Blease, Gov. SoutJ Carolina. (Signed) B. H. Teague, Maj. Gen. Com. S. C. Div., U. C. V. This note is now in the Carolina National Bank. I ask you gentlemen io be kind enough to include in your appropriation bill the necessary amount to meet this obligation. I ?ould say a great deal in praise of rhe confederate soldier, and what we owe liim but I think we have all ..^ard a great deal of that, and realize cur obligation in these matters, and I am satisfied it is only necessary i'cr me to bring this matter to your attention in order tor it 10 receive favorable consideration. I shali, therefore, rake up no more of your time in redard to it. Requisitions. I recommend that you change the law governing i equisiuoiib ayuii ouicr States for the return of fugitives from vc justice of this State, so as to re:o the expenses connected with the :0~ ice of said requisitions and the return of the fugitive to be paid by the counties' instead of by the State, is at preseu:. Since I have been in office I have required, before issuing -equisitions, that a certificate be furTirhed by the county supervisor of the ::>unty desiring the ieturn of t':.e tugi.ve, to the effect that the county oald 6ear the expenses in any t> "m except that the fugitive1 v:?s returned, convicted and serv?d his sentence in the State ! niutentiary, in which event the ' . ic would bear the expense. In |. i 5 * manner I have saved thousands -f dollars to the people of the Scate, :nd have presented the use of requisi! -o i.leic the purpose was to use j criminal statutes to enforce the . mcnt of a debt. Even where the runty agreed to pay the expenses have examined very carefully to see f requisition was desired to collect . debt, and have set the stamp of my .^approval upon every such effort. Tnwever. even with this careful scru hiy, and t'noughaffidavits were re-! uired from the prosecutors "wftere j he violation of such statutes as obaining goods under false pretense j :as charged, the prosecutor was not! rought and would not be used for he collection of a debt in one or two ases it has come to my knowledge fterwards that the requisition was o used. However, the mater of maklg the counties bear the expenses of tie requisition 'has prevented this j < buse almost entirly since I have j een governor-that and the fact that I ave let it be known in no uncertain srms that the criminal statutes could ot be used to enforce civil process, o far as my office was concerned. Where a fugitive is returned to the 1 tate the county has a right to select, fter his convinction, if 'ne be convict-1 d, whether he shall serve on the j ounty chain gang or be sent to theji tate penitentiary. If a money fine 1 5 imposed the county treasury gets it. f he be acquitted, the expense of his eturn has resulted from the effort 1; ' ut-- V. 1'^, irvn I I IIIt? CUUilL/ IU DCV/U1^ vuuiivwiVM. u any view of the matter the expense f requisition should be borne by the ; ounty where it is desired to return i iie fugitive for trial, and this matted i hould be fixed by statute. The State Farms. I respectfully recommend that you iscontinue all work on the State arms, except the reformatory in Lex igton county. Leasing County its Own Convicts. | There is another matter in refer- < nee to the work of convicts which I < tiink you should immediately remedy. J 'here can be no excuse for repuiring lie tax payers of a county to pay the Itate penitentiary aut' rities for the se of county convicts. <For instance, - is tried in Newberry for a criminal < ffense, is convicted and sentenced - ?? ~ {wTM-icnnman t and ) J StI V ' (X UCi JJLI \JJ. imjjiikiuuMixuv, . s sent to the penitentiary. Newberry j ays the expense of capturing him; ."ewberry pays all the court expenses i or his conviction; the penitentiary as not paid a copper; yet if A goes to he penitentiary and stays one day, < r any length of time, and the suprvisor of Newberry county calls for im, and he is sent back to Newberry, s required to pay $4.00 per month for tim to the penitentiary authorities, 'here is absolutely no. justice in this; t is simply putting $4.00 a month in o the treasury of the State peniteniary, which is unjustly being taken >ut of the pockets of the people of dewberry county. I recommend that 'ou amend the law so as to remedy his justice. Arrests Upon Suspicion, i recommend that you make it a riminal offense with a very -severe >;inishment, for any person to arrest ?r cause to be arrested any citizen >f this State upon mere suspicion hat said citizen is guilty of a crime, vithout first securing the approval of he attorney general or the solicitor )f the cicuit in which Che crime is harged. I think I but need to call our attention to a recent case in Columbia, where a railroad man was iiT\nn thp rpmiput of a. so-call I 1 C-O LV/U u Jk/Uii w**v ? ? d detective, was humiliated by being 'eld in jail, was put to the expense >f employing a lawyer, and when the ruth was know there was not only bsolutely nothing against him upon hp charge, but it was conclusively to own that he had no connections whatever with the crime. For this vpense and humiliation to himself nd his family he has no redress, cnrplv T need but call your at ention to the further fact that two oung boys were arrested in Chester, i Ai. Li V ..... I..... 1 I . , > . i "M!C c Oi . u i- . . i.-c.i ^ic.iia were iiuuiV ...jflBH i..at iuey Pu?. 10 uie expense oi e.upiov nig i.i? ) t?l v aiiu qJ.iiq *i..i Uuwil u i iii i- u.ia liliiL liO'c all iula oi / nnndftinc Thpm^^? . .... c.iv, cri-iit1 in lue remotest defer ee. ( . v ii. iii^u >..nu mat, \ou gentiesaou.d i,ass some law to stop c..? .ip, eowardiy, lying hireling trow supping around o.ci lue biuie, inaKing cnarges or causing cnarges to ue i. ? ~v, d^aillSL Oul" citize.is, humiliating them and their families and putting them to expense by Having them arrested and piaced in jaila..u uemg otherwise annoyed and. troubled, when there is aosoiutely no loanuauon ior. tiie aiaigea, ana uiey . aie made oniy to please the suspicion* J 01 one ot tnese -.hirelings w jo calls 1 ainiseii a "detectiv^e 1 urge this upon you gentlemen,.' because the citizen wu^ is treat- ' jm cu nas no redress in the law, and if J| l,e siiOU.ii fiiKt-.a. .Mhi. . ..,. A of these hirelings there would be great .uirran tftac ne was a leu-hand- ^ ed murderer, and he would be forced a to employ lawyers and go through a 1 iong and tedious triai. Therefore, tne injured party must sit down and say nothing, because no good man, j a ne can nelp himself, wants the L'.ouu of his lehow man upon his hands, although in cases of t'nis kind I really believe it would be justified loui in the sight ol" man and God. license lor ao-eaueil uetcC'ives. i respectfully recommend ana urge fl ujjon pou that you xequue every deaVo, or ^o-caiiea defective, or per- ^ son acting as such, to pay a license - o u^?.c acting m such capacity in this State, and that he be required .o ^end in suilicient amount, to ; ce iiied with the secretary of State, before receiving such license, in order t'aat he may be hel^i both civilly and crimioally liable lor any faise imDris- ^ onment, false ariest or taise accusa-^B lioji mat ne may cause or maxe. County liisiieusarj boards. I recomiriend tuat you change the V law pio.iding the appointmen^^B cf county dispensary beams, so tha? it sliail proviue taut the uiemoers said board shall serve until their sm cessors are appointed and qujilit'y^M T~e lavv* now s^xpiy provides that^B they s'hall serve for two years. ^ Tuberculosis ixospKai M It i.jc'ess i'or nie 10 call your ai. :o ilit .oriiUie ravages cf tuberculosis in this State, as well in tve:y other section of the countryThi; deadly disci-o is one of the g'eareic ..^ourges with winca we au a:v,i:ted. [t is 110L oniy cur duty, jut. it is certa'Dly directly to our own personal interests, to make every en- | deavor ro stamp it out, co-opcratii;^. k with those who are devoting their J li.es in this great effort, and ii. 1 fce meantime to lessen its ravages 2 as much as we can. I, therefore, re- I commend that ^ou set aside a suitable piece ot land owned by uio SLx^e, 1 a:ia that you make sjiiicieht impropriation for the erection thereon 1 of a tuberculosis sanitarium for the treatment of this disease. ' I Mileage Decision and Two-cent Passenger Kate. 9 I beg leave to repeat my recommen- A ] dation asking that you pass an Act.jMn providing for a flat two-cent passeng er rate on all rauroaas in this state, I am opposed to all kinds of mileage i books, changeable, interchangeable or fl any other kind. I want it fixed sothat when a man gets on a train .and A bands a conductor 2 cents he can ride JM a mile, or when he hands him $2.00^fl be can ride 100 miles. I do not wantH any mileage books. fl fltJttt ttilU Dliincs ivi" ijicvu.il/ vfuoi rJH l recommend that you repuire that all cars operated on electric lines in this State, whether within or without WH the incorDorate limits of any town or city, be heiated, when the weather V is such as to justify it in the interest J of the comfort of passengers on said cars, and that these cars be supplied wuii air or emergency brakes. My reason, gentlemen, for this re- JB| commendation sfoould be apparent a -* ^ - -i.-i.-J T ? M even witnout 11 Deing suueu. jjauicoj come out of heated stores and get in-^ to these cars on a cold day for a ridefl jf four or five miles, or possibly morifl In the different suburbs around Col^BB umbia, ior instance, people have to JFT| walk some distance on a cold, rainy ^Pj day to the car line, and take the car I Lor a ride of some distance. They get their feet wet, and have to sit in g* these cold cars for a considerable jfl while. Discomfort and sometimes Jm illness is the result. These companies already have th^tf electricity for the operation of thffl cars, and to provide heat in the cars^^ when it is necessary, would cost H oniy the installation of the heating appliance. The same would be fl true as to the proper brakes. The o\$ hand crank and chain system of brak- M v.s is out of date; is slack and ineffi- 9 cient, and is a menace to life and As I say, the cost would be incon siderable to the companies operating; ? electric cars, but Whether inconsider- fl hie or not. the necessity for these re- ] quirements is apparent, a^d I urge jM that you pass an Act to this effect Excess Charges lor Personal Baggage. M I respectfully recommend that yoi]? pass a law prohibiting the chargin^|H of what are termed '"excess cnaiges* upon personal baggage when carried fl along with the passanger upon rail- H roads and checked upon tickets pur- fl chased. The railroad companies?or somebody?are making money out , of this practice and doing it, in my oninion. dishonestly. For instance, I had a certain trunk on a trip witfii me. The trunk, checked in my ticket, went from Columbia to New YorjgjM from New York to Atlantic City^flH from Atlantic City to Columbia, out any extra charge whatever on 9| any of these trips. Later, on a trip fl from Columbia to Washington, the H .same trunk was checked on my ticket, and there was no extra charge, un a the return trip, however, from Wash-. ington to Columbia, the Columbia office required me to pay 45 cents excess on this same trunk, check- B ed on my ticket, and marked it fl