The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 08, 1918, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Entered at tbe Postoffice at Jiewberry,
S. C? as 31?d class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOK.
Tuesday, January 8, 191S.
One of the most sensible orders or
telegrams that we have seen or heard
recently is one from Provost Marshal
Crowder when he telegraphed that local
boards were expected to exercise some
common sense in their deliberations and
acisions. Too often is it the case that
this very important thing or factor is
missing from people who are in positions
f authority^
A statement was published in the papers
that there are 50,000 slackers in
this country. That is a pretty big
\
bunch.
Tlv$ legislature meets today. There is
talk of a short session so as to save fuel.
It would save a good many other things
to have a short session of the legislature,
but we ; are not. likely to have it.
How does it strike you to double the
assessed value of your property and at
the same time double the tax levy for
State purposes? That is about what the
k?,/Jnra+ maona if PiirriPfl Ollt The State
borrowed more money last year to meet
current expenses than it took only a few
years ago to run the government. Of
course the State is growing, but the expense
account is outgrowing the State.
If there has been a session of the legislature
since the establishment of Wintkrop
college that we di'd not hear that
fhpre was urcrent need of a new dormi
tory and that hundreds of young women
were turned away each year because
there wa3 not dormitory room, we do
*ot recall it. A whole lot of those girls
who can not be admitted could not enter,
the college class if there were ever so
much dormintory room. If the State
wants to do more for education, better
furnish and equip better high schools
and pay the teachers in the common
-schools a better salary and run these
sekools for longer terms. "VYinthrop is
a good institution and has done a good
work in the education of the girls of
,the State, but tnere is no use to xurn
it into a high schooL
t
Under the government management of
the railroads the passenger trains are
being curtailed and chair cars and Pullmans
are being taken off.
Along with the Pullmans was the one
which * ran between Charleston and
Greenville. That was natural, we suppose,
but we can not let the statement go
unchallenged that the train never carried
over an average of six passengers
? .-3ott Wo /In nnt Kolioro +V10+ flip rPP
ord*will bear out this statement. It is
about 011 a par with the statement of a
railroad commissioner when this Pullman
was removed once before, that he
thought it was an interstate train. Or
rather it develops about the'same knowledge
of the facts. The last "time we were
on this train evfery seat and berth was
occupied, and every time we have been
an it it had a number of passengers.
But these are war times and the fuel
and power must now be conserved and
used to haul the necessities of life, and
all luxuries and comforts must be cut
out. We just mention this so that the
facts may be kept straight as to the
only Pullman we had coming this way.
Several of the newspapers are talking
about the service of the postoffice department,
or rather lack of service. For
several months we have been sending
copies of The Herald and News to some
of our boys are somewhere in
France. Only th6 other day Mr. J. S.
Bickley received a letter from his son,
Lieutenant W. E. Bickley, in which it
was stated that he had received only one
copy of The Herald and News and received
that some time in December and
it bore dare October 3. The greatest
trouble v?ith the department is it is too
efficient, but it is an efficiency which
does not give service, and it is the worst
kind of efficiency. And we had a letter
from our boy over here at Camp
Sevier and he had not received a copy
of thepaper for a month and it has been
mailed from here regularly every issue
that has been printed. But we have
quit complaining and are going along
trying to do our part as best we can
and leaving the balance to take care of
itself. That is all de can do. The post
office department never has paid any
Attention to the statutes of the congress.
It has promulgated its own rules and
regulations regardless of the statute law
and'so far as the running of the department
these rules and regulations have
been in effect the law. I
Continued From Page One
GOVERNOR MANNING'S ANNUAL
MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE
i
The Suffrage Question.
In my judgment the question of granting
the suffrage to women is one ths.t j
should be under the jurisdiction of the j
States, and not the federal government.
The right of the State to regulate the
suffrage is a fundamental principle of
local self-government, and the State of
South Carolina should reserve this right
to herself.
War.
Let us turn now to the war. I do so
with n full heart, and I know that, with
| out any word from xne, the war presses
' upon your thoughts night and day. It
is not my purpose to recount at length
the. reasons for our entrance into it.
They have been given clearly by onr
great and trusted president.
Each State must do its share in the
unification of the nation, and so it is
proper for me now to place this subject
before you, as the law-making body of
South Carolina, to the end that we may
do with a clear understanding what I
conceive to be our duty in placing this
State and each county and township
nnnn n war footing".
j- Our country endured much and endured
it for a long time before taking
up the challenge so often and so wantonly
flung in her face. We were challenged
on the high seas by the destruction
of our ships and the cruel, merciless
slaughter of our men, women and
I children; we were challenged abroad by
assaults and indignities to our diplomats
and consuls; we were challenged at home
by the secret, malevolent agents of 'he
ambassadors of Germany and Austria.
But the challenge that moved us most,
the one we have taken up without re-^
serve, was the challenge that Germany
11 ?* TOArlii. We
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I are not fighting for some small individual
advantage; there is no such advantage
conceivable that would be worth
the cost. But, as President "Wilson has
said with force and directness, we fight
to make the world safe for democracy.
Weighing carefull every word, but
remembering the horrible atrocities in
Belgium, Poland, Servia and Northern
France, I say, too, that we fight tb make
the /World safe for self-respecting and
nipn and women, for I can
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not see how under a victorious Germany
free people, who respect themselves and
each other and live under a Christian
code of ethics, could find a decent place
to live.
It is for these things and for these
peoples that our sons "have gone forth
to the war, whicl^ is now more than
iiirec yeais old. Our men know its
c -op", its rm.^nitude and its overwhelming
hardships and horrors; and we know
thai wLli unspeakable pride and courage
the;)?the volunteers and selected men?
have come forward as champions selected
to do battle for us. Having counted
the cost, they have pledged themselves
to service and now they wait, watching
eagerly day after day for their orders
to "proceed overseas." Day after day,
in small ships and large ships, in ships
j taken from our enemies ana in smpo
I built by us with urgent speed, our sol-,
! diers and sailors go to form a vital part
of the mightiest army for the greatest
cause the world has ever known. * In
our soldiers and those of our allies lie
the safety of the world and the preservation
of our ideals of freedom, liberty
and righteousness. Theirs is the great
adventure, their is the supreme sacrifice,
which are denied to us by age, perhaps
by infirmity, by lack of training, j
by civil position or by circumstance, i
i-- I
Yet these very reasons maite our uungation
the stronger, and we, you and I,'
are bound to increasing effort, to in-1
creasing thought by words boldly spoken
and to increasing action by resolution |
and self-effacement. We must see that
they are properly fed and equipped, and j
hold up their hands to strengthen their j
arms while they fight. We must put j
their home thoughts at rest. It is for!
this and this only that we are extempt-1
ed. Permit me to say that I am a con-!
scientious objector to any other exemption.
The heavy task that confronts us calls
for the united strength of our country
and its enormous resources thai must go
for the joint support of the armies of
^ "Rut these
UUr (liliCd auu vx vf via
resources, as well as our modes of
thought and living, have been developed
through fifty years of almost unbroken
peace. We are not "too fat to fight''
and the battle we are now fighting we
will win.
The immediate task before us, who are
the body corporate of the State, and before
similar bodies in other States, and
before the national congress, is to. give
this spirit definite expression by converting
these stores of great wealth
timir ifciiufftnipil fthannels and
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turning them to martial purposes. Conflicting
interests must be brought toj
gether and the competitions which we
{ once encouraged as the life of peaceful
trade must become friendly rivalries in
order that the greatest good may come
to the cause of America and her allies.
The necessity is absolute and vital; the
' ask is gigantic, but it is definite. There'
nvst not lie a mowrt lost in taking
] steps towards its ^fulfillment, and so
?'C must start now and make no halt
intil our goal is reached.
State Council of Defense.
Not long after the declaration of a
>tate of war those in charge of the government
?s affairs appealed to the State
rovernment. for co-operation and organ'^ation.
They realized that without a
thorough organization in each State the
for war WOuld be
severely handicapped.
| As a necessary adjunct to the work of
t he council of national defense, and at
its direct request, State councils of defense
have been organized i n every
State in the Union. The South Carolina
council was organized in June, 1917,
ind has accomplished noteworthy res'jlts.
As appears in communications
from the national council the South CarTanks
anion? the first six
councils in the country in excellence and
efficiency of organization. Its work as
the leader in patriotic publicity has been
noqt influential. Patriotic meetings and
rallies have been held in practically
ev^ry school district in the State. The
cT--h (' -?'in? Handbook of the War,
issued by the council, has been declared
by,tk&, national.connp.il.the finest issued
0
by any State.
Besides Ibis major matter of enlightening
and informing public opinion, the
council has accomplished many things.
Some of the chief of these are: The
; food registration campaign in co-operai
tion with the women; listing and tiling
I State warehouses; relieving Soidiers of
National Guard from duty at railway
bridges; having free demurrage reduced
from 7J to 45 hours; organization of
Four-Minute Men, and furnishing slides
x ? ? ?% flutotArsJ* 0C!Cnutinf?A
iU 11IU V iJI^ JL'lL'-l UH" uotnuiuuvv
to recruiting officers, especially for the
training camp; investigation of subject
of military training in State high
schools; aid and co-operation in anti|
tuberculosis work among rejected draft
men; aid and support of the work of
the Woman's Council of Defense; aid
and support in forming negro auxiliary,
defense councils; investigation of alleged
waste at South Carolina military
camps; important work in the production
and conservation of foodstufls; loan
of the council's state-wide organization
for the recent Hoover food campaign
and the publicity of the last liberty loan,
wherein South Carolina's quota was
heavily over-subscribed. All this has
been accomplished very economically.
The general assembly will be request
ed to make full provision tor tne increasingly
important war work of the; councii.
An act has been drawn up and approved
by the council, lixing its s.aius
and requesting an appropriation of $50,000,
if so much be needed. A tuner account
of the organization and activities
j of the State council will be famished
; the general assemoiy in an ofticial report
i to it from that body.
State Troops.
j As a corollary to the fctate council of
I defense, provision should be made in a
j substantial way for the equipment and
j maintenance of State troops. This niat|
ter having been brought to theattention
- - ^ -? i .,,,,1
I of the department; 01 war uy mvscu an-.?.
I other governors, who realized the need
of a military organization to take the
place of the federalized National Guard
units, permission was granted, based on
J a ruling from the judge advocate genI
erai, to organize troops, which can be
called into service by state and federal
authorities but which can not be drafted
and sent abroad as in the case of the
National Guard. The department of
war urged the formation of such troops.
For the l?.3t two months the work of
organization has been going forward,
and today I an. in a position to say that
a regiment of State'troops stands ready
to answer such calls and some of the
j companies have already been mustered
in.
These troops will be furnished with
rilles by the Federal government, but
the government's attention must be directed
first-to the equipment and maintenance
of the army and navy. It is
-<.1 * vfi'i nrnvirio
imperative, mea-iuic uai r
for the equipment and supporr of such
troops. The military code of South Carolina
should be amended so as to make
regulations governing these State troops
and otherwise to conform to the national
1 defense act. Such troops will be.subject
| to duty at the call of the governor as
I commander-in-chief of the State's
j troops.
i Let us hope there will be no cause
j for me or my successors to use troops,
j but should occasion arise when such
j forces are needed the hands of your
State executive and the administrative
| forces would be hopelessly tied without
such troops to assist in t"r?e suppression
[ of lawlessness, rebellion and invasion.
, Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Eights.
1 Our jSational Guard, which rendered
J such signal service on the Mexican bor|
der and which is now in the service of
the United States both at home and
abroad, our quota in the national army
now being trained, and our volunteers
in the navy and other branches of the
military service, should have their civil
rights protected. I therefore recommend
that a law be passed similar to the one
considered by our national congress to
the end that the families of those now
or hereafter in the military service may
not be discriminated against.
In this connection I desire to call your
attention also to the need of making ample
provision for obtaining the vote of
the South Carolinians in the service.
Labor.
The worth of our State will be measured
this year by our man-power and
by our willingness to set aside certain
provisions, which though necessary in
times of peace dre awkward barriers to
progress and co-operation in times of
! This would seem to be a paradox,
but the contradiction is apparent rather
| than real, and is most clearly shown in
the legislation regarding, labor which I
now recommend.
During the months preceding your annual
gathering and culminating particularly
in the recent action of the government
in assuming control of the vast
transportation facilities of this country,
no proble?i has received more constant
study th&n the handling of labor :in its
connection with the prosecution of war.
The doctrines of "Business as Usual"
and "Pleasure as Usual" have proven
false; in their stead we must learn and
follow this precept: Eash one must do
his or her task so that there may be no
one guilty of vagrancy; the pleasures of
many must be sacrificed for the good of
the nation's supreme business?war, and
the businesses of many must be adjust1
*- - i-nrrinm f<1 r flip same
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reason.
I therefore recommend that an act
be passed providing for the assignment
of able-bodied male persons, between the
ages of 18 and 50, inclusive, not regular?ly
and continuously employed, to work
in operations carried on or directed by
or by private or corporate employers,
the State, the counties or municipalities,
whenever, because of a state of war,
the governor and the State council of
defense determine such assignments to
be necessary for the protection of the
State and the United States. No person
shall be assigned to work that he is not
physically able to do, and each shall receive
a wage or salary not less than
that paid to others engaged in the same
nature of work. Ample provision should
; be made for the enforcement cf such a
statute and the governor given authority
to employ such assistants and agencies
as may be necessary. As this is an
, emergency measure its provisions should
be null and void within a reasonable
time after peace is declared.
J Upon the advice and consent of the
executive committee of the State counj.
eil of- defense and ugon the recommends
I tion of the council of national defense,
| the governor should be given authority
| to suspend the State labor laws upon
1 the following conditions; as stipulated
! in a resolution recently passed * by the
i council of national defense:
i 1. Upon a notice from the council of
; national defense stating that a war
! emergency or that public welfare re|
quires such suspension.
2. That such suspension should .be
! made only after public hearings had
been held, reasonable notice (of not less
_ than five days) of such hearings having
' been sent to the State board of conciliation
and arbitration, to the plant, or;
garization and employes in the'industry
affecteji, and to the public by appropri
itLt* liUl ictf in liiu picas*.
j 3. That the particular provisions of
i the labor law3 that are suspended and
the length of time of suspension should
j be stated in a permit to be issued by
< the governor.
4. That permits should be issued for
limited periods not to exceed six months
and to be renewed only upon rehearings.
5. That all permits should expire two
months after the close of the war.
f 6. That the permits should be issued
\ to individual plants and not to an entire
? industry; Provided, however, that no
| suspension of outstanding regulations or
J orders, herein provided for, shall be coni
strued to apply to State laws requiring
I installation of protective devices.
I 7. That copies of all permits issued
j rho.dd be posted in conspicuous places
, in each factory or plar.t affect e>l, ove~
\!ie proper official signature.
VVhiie these measures are radical deI/tuiTs
from o::r accustomed prcce-hr**
I am confident that even after a cursory
study of the needs of the nation you will
i agree with me as to their necessity.
Each male person between the ages
of 18 and 60 should be either at school
| or college, in the military or naval servi
ice. o- nt work. Idlers and loafers should
not be permitted during the period of
I the war.
Vice Legislation.
Another feature of the program of
war legislation that I urge seeks to improve
vice conditions. In no better way
I cpn we prove o'ir loynltv to President
| Wilson and to the federal government
. thnn to deal with the vice problem feari
lesslv and fundamentally. Moreover,
; our earnest (lesire to serve the citizenry
! of Soirth Carolina in constructive fashion
can find no better opportunity. Accordingly,
I ask you to pass five laws
tn t thp le'cnl and institutional
, facilities now needed to combat this
evil.
?
j (1) In the life of many a prostitute
there was a time when reformation was
, possible. The home antt neighborhood
conditions were undermining character,
the first step may v>T*en have been taken:
but had the State then helped her in
1 her need, she might have been saved.
But South Carolina, be it said to our
| shame, hns left the uirl to the tender
I mercies of the county jail, only to reap
j a harvest of degeneracy, disease and
I crime. A reformatory for girls would,
therefore, still further reduce the supply
of women available for immoral purnoses,
and. consequently, for the spread
of venereal disease.
C2) Sooner or later, practically all
prostitutes become diseased?sources of
infection for countless others, ultimately
of manv innocent wives and new-born
babes. The confirmed prostitute is now
usually tried in South Carolina in magistrates'
and recorders' courts. She
pays her small fine, or goes to jail to
rest, returning soon to ply her iniquitous
trade. To deal with such cases, I ask
you further to define vagrancy, makin?^
it triable in the sessions courts. This
is the simplest way we have of protecting
our soldiers and civilians against the
depredations of venereally diseased women,
confirmed prostitutes. Such protection
is of urgent economic and military
improtance.
To illustrate:
(a) I)r. Williams reports that, to speak
1- ?Al. ? Avtin in 4* V> O Qf O f
conservanvsay, mc paucuio m
Hospital for the Insane, whose insanity
was directly caused by venereal disease,
cost the State last year at least $10,000.
(b) Of the 2,010 conscripted men rejected
from Camp Jackson after being
mustered into, service there, 144, or more
than 7 per cent., were rejected because
of venereal disease in acute form. In
fact, General Barth writes from Camp
Jackson: "Fourteen per cent, of the
colored draft were infected at the time
of entrance, 4 per cent, of the white."
(c) In one of the camp cities of this
State the provost marshal writes thnt of
the 23 young women under arrest at one
time, all proved, on examination, to be
infected with venereal disease. "This
alarming proportion of diseased women
among prostitutes under surveillance,"
'k1 snvs " omiso for <?rave concern to
the military authorities."
(d) I)r. M. J. Exner, who made a special
study of "Prostitution in its Relation
to the Army on theMexican Border,"
reports that "the extent of the
practice of prostitution is in direct ratio
to its. accessibility. The most serious
problem is in connection with the mobilization
camps and home barracks. In
the case of all the troops on the border,
a vastly larger proportion of venereal
lisease was contracted before reaching
'lie border than was contracted afterwards.
This accords with the experience
of the European armies in the present
war. The reliable facts at. hand
show that during the first eighteen
months of the war one of the great powers
ha<l more men incapacitated for
service by venereal disease contracted
in the mobilization camps ^han in all
the fighting at the front."
(3) To decrease further the supply of
prostitutes by reaching the man side of
the problem, I ask you to submit this
year a constitutional amendment raising
the age of consent to eighteen years.
Tn a certain county in this State last
fall, as related by a county officer, a
i young fifteen-year-old girl, living in the
! f.imilv of her uncle, who was her sruard
ian, became the mother of a child by
this self-same uncle. Thirteen States
have fixed the age of consent at eighteen
years; so should we.
(4) As long as so-called "respectable"
people reap financial gain by allowing
their property to be used for
immoral purposes we may expect a continual,
selfish, underhanded promotion
of commercialized vice. Therefore, I
ask you to pass an injunction and abatement
law, similar to that on the books
p.of tftfier States1? w provide
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ESTIMATES FOR.
FOR LE VY NEA
Schools and Colleges All Ask
State Borrowed Million
Columbia, Jan. G.?The appropriations j
to bo asked of the coming legislature by i y
the h^ads of the executive departments! 1;
of the State government and State in- J e
stitutions will amount of $3,442,073.71, J i'
I
as shown by the estimate filed with
Comptroller General Sawyer, who to- a
night completed a compilation of the 5
estimates for the general assembly y
which meets- on Tuesday. This is an increase
of over $539,208.21 over the ap- f
propriations of 1917, and would require ?
a levy of nine and three-fourths mills, i
as against the 1917 levy of eight and t
one-half mills.
The appropriation bill for 1917 carried (
I $2,985,846.77. The revenue for 1917, (
i under the levy fixed by the general as- j *
; sembly, will exceed the appropriations | *
: by the sum of $82,126. If all the appro-! ^
priations are made for 1918 as asked j v
for, however, it will require an increase j s
in the State levy ot' one and one-fourth i 5
mills.
It was necessary this year to borrow! ~
about $1,500,000 in anticipation of the
collection of taxes, and it will be neces- <>
spry the coining year, according to the
statement filed with the legislature by '
the comptroller general, to borrow a j f
similar amount to meet the current ex-1 c
I penses of the government before the t
taxes reach the State treasury. s
The biggest increase asked for is by
(he department of education, for public *
schools. The appropriation for this de- *
partment last year was $444,100: This ;
your $">(51,190 is asked for?an increase I
of $117,000.
j
Winthrop college, which wants a new *
dormitory, is asking for $216,244.40 this 1
year, as against an appropriation of *
$130,972.41 last year?an increase of [
$85,371.99. 1
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me next largest increase asseu lur is
bv the University of South Carolina,
which this year wants $185,957.80, as
against an appropriation last year of
$123,758.15.
" The State Hospital for the Insane is
asking for $41,496.17 more this year
than last year. The total asked for this
year is $616,496.17. ' N,
milling II iii?iiwh B?TI?nr?m
the legal means for handling such
people.
(6) Lastly, the automobile has greatly
increased the facilities for clandestine
prostitution. The bell boy in the hotel,
conniving with immoral women and
lustful men, present a problem unsolvabie
under our present laws. Therefore,
I ask you to follow the lead of the fed- I
eral government by making the principles
of the Mann white slave law oper- ,
ative intra-state.
Conclusion.
I believe that our country is now :
righteously aroused, and stands ready <
for great endeavor. But the enormous <
resources behind this endeavor, the
wealth of men and materials, must be <
brought together by careful thought, <
and then the fine spirit of the country '
can be put into deeds. This for South J
Carolina is your task, gentlemen of the I
general assembly?to bring the resources r
of our State together so that everything (
we have and everything we can do can i
go to help our men in beating down and
overcoming our enemies.. Who are our j
enemies?the Hohenzollern and the .
I Hapsburg? Yes, they and their Known j
supporters. These enemies will find our ,
soldiers* before them in increasing num- ,
bers, and we may feel confident that a ,
certain fate awaits them. But shame- j
less as have been the deeds of these ene- j
mies to human freedom and decency, <
and as unblushing as has been the obedience
of their men, we have some enemies .
nearer home. Let us deal with them
as our sons will deal with those in arms, j
These are enemies without the excuse | j
of blood relationship binding them to j j
the Teutonic cause?they ta*e no risk j ,
Ill UclLilCj IIIU V ictcxx 11?u oxv:u?i v-vux- i j
age of the Kaiser's avowed retainers j j
and followers; they are sneak-thieves ?
far from the front, probably taking I (
bribes from Germany, trying to do be-1 <
hind our armies what they dare not do ,
in the open. (
A }rear agy there was divided opinion (
as to our entering the war. Some ob-j <
jected to taking our soldiers three thou-1
sand miles away across the sea, even ! i
though our honor was at stake. Do not!
forget that before we entered the war j :
nineteen American ships were sunk by j
the German submarines, and two hun- j j
dred and twenty-live American men, wo-; i
men and children ruthlessly submarined,
and murdered. Germany then issued an ]
order closing the seas, which order would <
have closed the zone through which* ?
passed two-thirds of our export wheat; I <
rive-sixths oi' our hog products^ six-sev- : j
enths of our beef products . Could six ! i
and a half million farmers, could the :: <
twenty million toilers, could the ona (
hundred million people of this country g
submit to this action i Could our coun- t
trymen have maintained their self-respect
had they submitted to such outrageous
conduct? But for our entrance
into the war France and England would
have finally been crushed. The English
navy and the French and English armies
standing between us and our enemies
would have succumbed to Germany, j
With these armies and navies out of the '
A nnnnn Kll'O KnOTI r
wav Hit: XVLiailLlV^ VV-ttkiJl nuuiu uu.v ?vv? , v
under Germany's control, and open to ; h
their ships of war and ships of com- ; '
merce. We /would have been attacked j
and our country invaded on the coast, t
through Canada on one side and Mexico (
on the other. This was Germany's hope j s
and her plan; the Zimmerman note re-; ?
veals the far-reaching intrigue and |
treachery, and the attempted marshal- j (
ing.of maaj- forces; against,us. ^ Gprili- j i
-zatforn itself tiirea^ened. To have 11
STATE CALL
RLY TEN MILLS
Increased Appropriations?
and Half Last Year.
The amor.nt required for elections this
ear will, of course, be considerably
arger than iast year?this being a genral
eleeti n year. The increase in this
tem amounts to $44,075.
The South Carolina Industrial School
,t Florence is this year asking for $37,- a
00, an increase of $36,555 over last ^
ear.
The State Colored College, the School ^
or the Deaf and Blind and the Pubfic "
Service of Clenison college are also ask- j
ng for increases ranging around twenty
o twenty-five thousand dollars.
The two State institutions located att
Charleston?the Citadel and the Bout-k
Carolina Medical college?are both asing
for larger appropriations. Last year
he Medical college received $39,836. |
Niis year it is asking for $50,620. The
Citadel wants $64,200 this year, as
Lgainst $14,280 last year, an increase of
m
The State health department is asking * ^
or an increase this year of $27,080.
Those are the principal increases
isked for.
The total taxable property of the
state, at its assessed valuation, is $319,>37,972.
In addition to the amount reeived
by taxation,* the State has an esimated
income for 1918, from other
lources, of $351,050.
It is upon these figures that the controller
general bases his estimate that a
evy of nine and three-quarters mills a
vill be required for 1918 if all the sp)ropriations
are made as asked for. afl
What the legislature will do with the JTH
ncreases requested, and with the whole
natter of taxation, it is impossible to A
predict. The estimates made by the
comptroller general do not, of course,
nclude such extraordinary appropria:ions
as the $50,000 to be asked for by
:he State council of defense; the $60,000
:o be asked for to establish a home for
:he feeble-minded, and other requests
rvhieh. if eranted. would rim the annrn
/ O J T X"
Driation bill several hundred thousand
lollars greater than the aggregate of
:he estimates filed with the comptroller - j
general. J
Jno. K. Aull. M
submitted would have meant the loss of tm
jountrv, loss of liberty, loss of honoF.
3ur children, along with those in Belgium,
Northern France, Poland and
?ther conquered lands, would have become
slaves, and our women would have
been compelled to submit to the bestial
passions of the soldiers of the Kaiser.
Our riyht. tn sharp in a frpp (rnvprnmPTit
would have been lost, and militarism
iirected by the iron hand of one man
would have taken its place. Rights on .
land and sea would have been lost; fl
freedom and patriotism would have been
dead. What more need be said to South ?
Carolinians, part and parcel of America?
We are proud of our country, jealoos 4^
Df our institutions, devoted to our lib?rty,
and will die to defend our rights,
Today our patriotism burns with a new A
light, and our country stands united be- V
hind our president and our government.
rogether we will fight for all we hold
lear till an honorable victory and a lastTig
peace to mankind shall prevail.
There are men who oppose our progress
in the war, w*ho, to weaken our
irmies, seek to delay their progress, to
)lock the highways by which our
armies are fed, or to hamper the high
authorities responsible for their effi
:*iencv. These men are not asserting
their free-born difference of judgmentLet
them remember that they serve in
5ne army or the other. Every man in
America must give his whole-hearted ;
support to our government in every
way, or he supports our enemies by
langing back, and is, therefore, fighting
L'or Germany. These men are traitors,
the Constitution giv-is them this name,
md they should receive their punishnent.
To the superficial observer it
nay seem strange that we align our:elves
with England, from whom we won
)ur independence, and that England
should not be side by side with France,
A A1 r\ A /I lie ill ATI HP A O A rrt A Tl'if ll *VI A?y?
rviiv nci^cu uo tuui, ?\j ouiiic; ? 1111 lucjjj
>ries of the sixties it may seem strange i
:o hail sohliers of South Carolina as sol- A
liers of the United States. But all clears
up when we recall when England op- fl
pressed us, we foight her; when the
Union threatened local rights we were W
'he first to take up arms, and now when V
freedom everywhere is in danger we
rush in with our hosts of united coun:
rymen to join Britain and to
join France in striking a death
blow at that mighty tyraht who
darkens the world, and is a world-menice.
That blow will be struck and
;truck mortally. To make sure of it we
nust do our part here, as our soldiers
,vi 11 do theirs beyond the seas. To this
*reat work, with all its urgency, I now .
:ommend you. May God give us the ]
itrength, the vision, the wisdom and J
he courage to do our dutv. M
RICHABD I. MANNING, Jg
Governor.
POOL-OWEN
Abbeville Medium.
The marriage of Miss Mary Evinces
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)f McCormick, which^|
lome of the bride
Thursday evenin^J *
*reat interest
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3wen taughtiH
3choool for n 1 .
self to a larsj
)f friends. I
formation cfl
liar lawye^