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FOB FARMERS. Mid then ookl. Ftrrt honest silver and against then-—4o» bonnet l dishonest silver. With a ! H!8 DA8T MESSAGE. & wont tCXiXTlNt'XD r«OM PAGK OK*.] the bill. The demonetisation <»f silver has re duced the annua) volume of the metals over one hundred million*, refuted the prediction of Alison, and, as was said by I. B. Howe. American delegate to the international monetary confer ence of 1878, “will consign the (nine teenth century to a pauper's grave and lay the heavy hand of jMtralysis on the. cradle of the twentieth.” This heavy reduction in the annual addition to the volume of money has occasioned a dislocation in prices which has enriched the creditor and TnoomeelaSesanJ worried 41rc credi tors and producers. In the language of Sir James Graham. “It has given the victory to unproductive wealth over productive industo. to the drones over the bees. With silver demonetiz ed, the volume of money practically sealed in England by the act of 1844, and in this country, to the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, there is nO chance for expansion, except from the output of gold, which the best authorities in form us is insufficient to meet the demand of the arts, and to replace loss by acci dent and abrasion. The hardships of the situation are aggravated by every iluion. supple disregard for truth and justice they shift froimside to, aide as their interest dictates, always and ever ap pealing to the scared names of faith and honor. AH economists agree that genera iroeperity is beet promoted by a slight y perceptible increase in the price o 1 commodities, occasioned by a gradual ly explanding volume of money, am ilmnkage in its volume and consequ | it increase in its purchasing power is more injurious tlum war, pestilenceor famine. In adopting the gold stand ard, the*^©^)!! and wheat belts liave been deliberately sacrificed to the money Interests of the Northeast To vastly enrich a few, the great staple industries of our wmntry have been strangled, our people denied pro- fttable employment and gloom-am - ready lb respond, were received by Monday morning. I had to counter mand the orders Monday morning, and decliene any further assistance bu about three hundred came in durtni Sunday and Sunday night AH o tlje troops and volunteers, as fast as they reached the city were marched in side the Penitentiary walls add placet under the strictest discipline. Gen. R. N. Richbourg, who had.been given command, and who dei&rvos 4?real raise for his prompt action and sol- hearing throughout the tr of July—l»d obey orders. point blank refused to What was the spectacle we presented abroad! What would have beeh the effect had I found np militia to goto Darlington, or, having found them, had failed to send them there! Would not the lawless whis ky* element have felt that it had tri- umhhedf Wouy not the mob have fdfrtmboldened to attack the ConstaH ulary elsewhere or have murdem v theni in cold blood? Ho^r would the Con!stables have had the' opportunity to coves Tburth oT to,attend the inquest? rHoW could haV«e gpne to trial vi^the dbuhrfy (lout daqger of being nturdpred! Ut 1 will not waste further time m arguing the wisdom and necessity of my action. The people have sustained me in this, as they have in all nnr ef forts for the' Bute's welfare, and I can afford to leave the newspapers and the lirely hearing crisi sdid all that was comfort. <Vd W. A. ►Superintendent of the Penitentiary and Commissary-General on my staff, exerted himself to the utmost to fum- jakRaaLaml ILibml Ah uble for their leal, the efficient thi wii increase of population, every new avenue of industry anil every expan sion of business. The inevitable re sult of our situation is correctly out lined by Prof. Sumner, i'u his “Ameri can Currency,’* iwge 2211. ami 224, where he says: S iirment of currency to increase from e growth of wealth and population faster thanjin decreases from improved then a certain growing may be lulmit- ted; but as it goes on, it exerts a slow, gradual and pitiless contraction on prices, broken only in spring and fall hy a succession of commerc^l crises. .As. a matter of speculation. L am ihelined to believe, that the actual course of things would lie that after ever}’ c/isis, wages would fall, indus try would be checked and the country would be slowly and gradually arrested in its entire industrial life.” The millionaire habitues \>f a four million dollar club house, skilled in the vernacular of deception, are tlte coupon clippers, baked by the " “ ’ists of every litlte trado- cial legislation. Say these interest tak ers an^ smallers capitalists centre, and the hireling editor and correspondent of every subsidized newspaper; The low prices and hard times are uot caused by any scarcity of money, but due to overpnlduction, re natural integrity requires that we pre serve the "honest,” “sound,” “lull value gold dollar.” As was said by . Adam Smith: “Not fools they who say those things, but fools those who say beli< neve them. ’ 80 investigate the truth of their operations, we will only have to retrace tlie events of a century. From 1809 to 1836, gold declined 4G per cent, in value, and commodities advanced proportionately. Who would be so silly as to suppose that this rise in the value of commodities, was caused by the destruction-of lal»or> saving machinery, Ora retrogression in methods of production? Whoso blind as not to see that H was ocra sioned by heavy augmentations of the mosey value from the mines of both the old and the new world, principal hr, however,—from the latter. -Hee Jacobs, “On the Precious Metals, volume II., chapter XXI1. From 1809 to 1849 gold rosel4S tier _ cent, and commodities exjiericnced a corresponding decline. This reverse in prices occasioned by a dearth of the precious metals, resulting from the abandonment of the mines in Mexico and the Bpanisk South American colo nies was attributed to overproduction The creditor ami income classes com placently swept in the chips on this rise Of 145 per cent. They saw noth iug unfair or dishonest so long as the debtors and producers suffered, and their holdings as Mr. Jerons tells us were rendered two andja half times as valuable; but after 1849; when the heavy accessions from the gold mines of California and Australia began to raise the price of commodities, and to depreciate the value of their holdings, they discarded their theories of over production, labor-saving machinery, ‘ etc., and began to agitate for the de monetization of one ortho other of the metals. Unable to arrest the increas ing supply at the mines, they had re course to cutting it off at the mints. Did they first wage war on the now condemned and dishonest white metal ? Oh no, it was hot the factor,' which on the backward swing of the pendulum was undoingsome of the previous rob bery of debtors and producers. Gold was then the sinner. It was the yel low metal that was dishonest. Gold being produced in quantities more than three times as great as silver, was more than three times as res|>onsible for the depreciation of their money and money obligations. Chevalier, the minion and mouth piece of the money iiower yf Europe, in his work “On Gold,” pages 125 and 122, says: “All those persons whose incomes expresssed in monetary units remain the same would be injured, to the extent of half their incomes * ~*~ ir the creditor of the State, who is enti tled to to one hundred francs a year, for example, has an inalienable impre scriptible and absolute.right to receive a hundred times five gramma of silver of the standard of 9-it) fineness. He would be despoiled of his properly if he was paid with a quantity of gold less than this equivalent, in the same way as if hia claim were discharged with only or 75 discs of silver!" This class for wliom Chevalier was then leading spokesman calling the despondency have been made to cast iholr shadows over the land. Our gov eminent is pursuing a policy in this respect decried and condemeu by every economic writerfor over twenty-seven centuries, from the time when the herdsman ofTekvah, in the capacity of the prophet Amos, denounce* among the corruptions of Jeroboah, the swallowing up of the imor by making the slndcel grout and the cpluli small. ... , The general dprcaaion. especially in he cottoh and wheat belts, is due to a vicious system of financial and com mercial legislation, which for over a score of years lias collected and con centrated the capital and welth of the ountry in the Northeast. This evil cannot lie reminded, and I cannot see low it is to be even permanently pal- iated, either by a curtailment of pro duction or the formation of a trust. Mr. Hume lias told us that the only noble and ponnonent protection of the _)eople is to be found in the security of wise and beneficial laws. Legisla lion called this evil into existence and egislalinn only fiSh curort. The in terest of the cotton and wheat belts emaud, first the rehabilitation of silver, a measure eminently necessary o put them on an equal footing with silver standard countries to complete for the markets of Western Europe. The demonetization of silver acts as a bounty on the exports of silver stand ard countries and gives to silver stand- nrrd oormtios nn advantage over us to the extent of its depreciation; ^er con tra, it acts like a tariff on the imjKirts to silver standard countries, thus cutting the interest of the cotton belt with a two-edged sword. The interest' of <tnese two sections demands a system of note issues with the item of ex change against them to prevent their congesting at the great trade centres of the Northeast, and by keeping them at home, furnish a local currency to be loaned at reasonable rates of interest. Third, u gradual reduction of the tariff to that point which will create the live liness competition between home and foreign manufacturers. These three measures judiciously mcor}>orated into acts would give immediately andperma- nent relief te the cotton belt—-they cal for no favors, merely simple justice. L. W. Yoi’Mans. Fairfax, S. C., Nov. 20, 1894. . - A ( C'*rleBii flunncr. Nkw Brunswick, N. J., Nov. 29.- By the accidental discharge of a gun duringlhe Thanksgiving Day shoot ot the Eastside Rod and Gun Club this afternoon, two men wore fatally injur ed and a third so seriously woundet that the surgeons say he will lose his sight. While the shooting match was in progress Henry V. McCauley, member of theclub, was standing with a party of friends loading trgmr bought putting the men in the ren- itohtinry, as thereby they kept isolat ed, and conflict between them and the citizens prevented. And but for the Appliances for cooking which the Pen itentiary afforded, it is difficult to see how tlie men could hays been fed, Sunday morning the news from the scene of the disturbance was still of the most disquieting nature. The Con- stables were said to be surrounded; some of them were said to have been killed, and it was rejKirted that it was the fixed purpose wf the Darlington mob to lynch all of them; while armed sxlies of citizens from Florence and Bumter were reported guarding every »road to prevent their escape. General ‘ Farley, having 1 ailed to get any troops in Charles ton, dismissed Captain Davis of the Manning company, who had succeeded in getting together only nine of his men, and proceeded to Darlington alone Under my orders. He reported things quiet in the town, but gave no account of the Constables. Saturday morning, realizing that I md to deal with a dpvgerops sftugtron. and being resolved"to ^uphold the dig nity of the State Government and en force obedience to the law, I issued a iroclanmtion, which I luuljgjegraphed to and bulletined at every station in le Counties of Darlington and Flor ence, declaring these Counties in a State of insurrection and ordering all evil-minded persons and unlawful as- dixpcrac— in effect putting t lehi under martial law. Saturday evening, finding that special trains were being , used --by the rioters to and from points in the in surrectionary district, and that the tele graph wires were kept hot with all manner of inflammatory reports, keep ing the public mind in an angry ex cited state, which threatened to pro- uce conflict between citizens of differ ing political views at other points, I notified the authorities of the Coast .line Railroad and of the telegrah com panies that I took possession -of the telegraph lines and railroad, forbade le transmission of any messages ex cept those on business, and ordered that no trains should be furnished ex cept to the State. The telegraph peo pie objected, the Postal Telegrap' Company reluctantly yielding obedi once; but the Western Union Com putty had to be served with an injuc tion by Judge Watts, am) afterwards I took forcible poasession by means of the military. The railroailauthorities consented cheerfully to comply with the terms of the order, and much credit is due this line, as well as all others in the State, for the hearty co-operation which they rendered the State Goyern nicnttn-irmring the milita and rohm men belonging to the militia, whom they encouraged to disgrace them selves, and whom they have since tried to vindicate, to a mutual admi ration. The newspapers must admire the devotion to duty, the discipline and the mom! courage of the troops. The troops cannot help having a high appreciation of the jiatriotism, wise counsel and good sense of the editors. If our bonus are at a premium and capital not’afraid to seek investment hi South Carolina, it is not becausethc militia of Charleston, Columbia and other towns refused to obey the orders of the Governor; but because the mi- itia of Spartanburg, Greenville, Edge- fold and other counties responded at moment’s notice to the call of the State. It is because the sturdy farm ers, mechanics, clerks, merchants— men of every calling—dropped every thing and hastened to the Capital to sustain the ~ chosen, and to .uphold the law their representatives had enacted. As soon as thi: [Here follows the opinion of Attor ney-General Olney to the effect that the arms of the 'Washington Light infantry are held by the- State for the uBfrof the whole- body of the State-mi litia, as the State authorities may di rect. Also, a letter from the Assist ant Secretary of War, to the same ef fect.] These papers show conclusively, that the arms are State property, subject to the disposition and orders of the ngs had quieted down ed disarming all thi companies which had disobeyed or ders. The Lee Light Infantry! of Chester, whose Captain had done all ie could to get his company to go, was •eorganized, as were the Euisto Rifles, jrangeburg, and the Manning guards. The Newberry Rifles having ieen guilty of insulting the Obm- mander-in-Chief, while under arms, was dismissed from the service of Stale in disgrace. To show the temper of the people and their abhorrence of mob violence and resistance to law, in less than lirty days after the riot, over one mndred new companies were organ ized, several of them from the volun teers who came at my call and tender ed their services to the State, accom- lanying the offer of services always with the remark: “Wc pledge our selves to obey orders and uphold the aw ” NY*t tllA flava aartr teers. Sunday Tor evening, having arrange* and commissary stores, I ordered Gen- pressing disorder era! Richbourg to take all the uniform- —and the tax snap. ; . struck the D\o—the gu As the butt of the barrels breeichboth shells exploded. William Griggs, aged 28, a shoe manufacturer, who was standing nearest to McCau- Iej4 received almost the entire, luail ot shot from one shell in his right tem ple and fell to the ground without ut- 5 grou tering a sound. George Hotzworth, 28 years of ago, a ship captain,- who stood near hy, was also wounded in the right temple, and Willaim Hoo ver, received a part of the load of the second shell in the face, several of the shot entering his eyes. The wounded men were removed to the Wells Hos- pittil, where at a late hour Griggs and Hotzworth were said to lie dying, and that Hoover, if he recovered would be blind. The accident caused much excitement among the crowd of alvuit pne thousand persons present and several ladies fainted. No arrest has been made and ^McCauley when he saw the victims of the accident in the hqppital, -was much overcome with grief and wept as though- his heart would break. _ Tlir llrown* Arqiilttxil. Bahnweu,, S. C., Nov. 24.—“Not guilt}-." That was the verdict of the jury ’ ih the ease of Messrs. Simon, Indore and Herman Brown, charged with the murder of State Counstable John GribbintA At 2 o’clock this afternoon the jury, af ter beingout exactly, one hour, entered the court, and the foreman, Col. Laur ence W. Youmans, announced that they had agreed upon a verdict. . T^I 1 judge ordered the clerk to read it. Mr. W, Gilmore Si ms took the indictment and ed companies then in the city excepi, Edgefield* Rifles and the Newberry Rifles—to Darlington by special train, which he did, reachinj ■ tfiere at 10 o’clock Sunday night. cannot go into details of the militar - operations, or rather the occupation o r Darlington and of Florence, during the five succeeding days. By Monday night all of the Constables had been heard from and were safe. This re lieved my own and the public suspense very, tpuch; and after keeping the troops at the two points until the Cor oner s inquest had been held, which The constables attended in order to testify; and having had a conference with some of the leading citizens o:’ the town of Darlington, from whom satisfactory assurances were received the comma'nding General advised me that peace and order were restored and me^roops were ordered home, be ing brought to Col umbia before- the^ were dismissed. They were dismiss^ on April 7th, having been [mid off in full. The volunteers and other com [Millies which had reached the city af ter the departure of the troojis for Darlington on Sunday evening had pre vious! ybeen yaid off, and returned to their jiomes on Tuesday. The tota cost for transportation, subsistence ant compensation of the troops for the en tire atlAir, includiitg interest till Jan uary 1st on the money, .which I bor rowed from the Carolina National Bank, will be #13,898.75. The voiich- read from the hack df it. ‘ ‘The State, vs. Simon, Isadore and Herman Brown, charged with murder. We the jury fiTitlthe defendants not guilty." ers and all the papers are in the hands of the Cotnptroller-General, and provi- WMV-wtIHiaVd*<$>e made in the next npropriation Bin to pay this sum, to relieve me and the gentlemen who Sti- gold dollar, an80c-dollar, a 75c-dollar, Just as the advocates of the gold stand ard are now calling the silver dollar a •75c-dollar, or 48c-dollar. Chevalier then continuing demands the redemption ot the gold coin in sil ver just as the creditor and income classes are now demanding the redemp tion of the silver coin in gold, and says, “In this case exactitude assumes another name—honesty. ’’ Honesty in their fopinion is always on the side of the money power. The dearest money, whether it be silver or gold, is always the honest money. These sentimental ly, __ fastidiously honest folk, who pre- think that the acme of individ- tional integrity consists in j the finance as to change > into title deeds and totrans- : reward of honest industry jirise from its rightful own- 1 wealth producers of the coun- trjr, to the pockets of the idle holders Of money obligations, with most Wonderful consistency first blow The eminent and wealthy colored head-waiter that the Brooklynites ob jected to living in the neighborhood with, and the noted anil eloquent t° n a H.— colored woman lecturer that the Chica go society woman declined to sit in club with, might do well to get together and compare notes on northern atlinira tion for the colored race in precept and in practice. • fforsedmyiwrsonal obligation, which was given for the money. A strenuous effort has lioen made by the newspapers which represent the auti-Dispcnsary element to show that here was no need for the expenditure of this money, and that there was no need of sending the troops to Darling- U1CE MILLS. ' We offer a complete Rice Mill in one machine. The rough rice Is placed in hopper and cornea out cleaned and polished ready for ta ble use. Machine can be operated with horse power and will clean __ 100 bushels of rough rice per day. CORN MILLS Of the lateot designs, vertical and - horizontal, double and jingle gear. oiler Milla, Saw Mills, Engines, * ■ v Gins and Dreates,! Wood working machinery. F* f« lAMllf* . COLUMBIA. S&. published without number, and every manner of fatuous or specious argu ment has lieen used to bolster up the position. But I do not hesitate to say that it is the best spent money that has every gone through my hands as Governor; ami the demonstration which was made that South Caroliua had a Governor who had the will, while he had the moral and physical backing of enough lovfers of law and order, to repress lawlessness and en force respect and obedience to the law, hats been and will be worth to the State a thousand times what it cost. Re member that the officers of the State, bearing the commission of the Chief Magistrate andtn the discharge of their duty, had beep attacked seeming ly by premeditation. They were be ing hunted like wild beasts, after the cotifiict, for the purpose of lyching. A jury of the County has since declared that the two principals who were in dicted for murder w’ere not guilty; thus showing that the charges that they had provoked the not and wantonly snot down the citizens are false. The State's property in the two Dispensaries had been, destroyed or stolen. A huge number law. Not since the days -which saw the birth of the Southern Confederacy las such a martial spirit been shown. With the arms taken from the old companies as many of the new- ones as jiossible have been armed. In ad dition, the last appropriation for the militia from the United States, amounting to nearly #8,000, has been expended altogether for arms; aid there are now thirty companiesarmet since .the riot, of w-hich twenty-six have the latest improved Springfielc rifles. It is not necessary to tell the Legis lature that the militia of the State merits and should receive your foster ing care. Its value ami necessity were clearly shown at the time I have just described. Hitherto the services required of the militia have been a_ long intervals and on occasions of mi United State. Circuit ing “One B. R. self Governor of seizing or in any way with the possession by the company the arms in question/’ Tbe' ease v digued before the Judge at Baltimore by the Attorney-General, who pre sented for. the consideration of Judge Goff the following official papers him- land confiscated are valued _ from [ munoner at $11,451, and a good deal ing of other property is in the hands of the r of Courts awaiting ihe results of .the trials 28, for maintaining any exper . fairs, I ws Governor, and a prompt decision to that effect from the bench was what we liad a right to expect. But the honorable Judge \“toek the pa- 5era”’and has them yet. No decision las been rendered, and after nex week B. R. Tillman can Tio^toliger “call himself Governor of South Car olina.” Herein lips the dirty trick to which Judge Goff has lent himself. One would have supposed that ho had too much self-respect And regard for his high office to descend so Tow. I can only surmisett to motives and the source of his inspiration. Judge Si- monton and Brawley, of that coi and cult, are citizens of Charleston. The former an honoraiy member of the Washington Light Infantry, and was formerly, I think, its captain. If there had been any merit in the case, one or the other of the judges would have been the natural judicial 'officer had to ask for relief. -That-the case carried abroad shows clearly that one or both refused to hear it. But that the decision had been reserved in this eons w way al- most proves that judicial influences j lave been at work to postpone action till one “B. R. Tillman calling himself j Governor. ” etc., has been gotten out of the way. It may be that my successor will be served with a similar order; for he judges of the United States Courts ] are a law unto themselves, it seems, and glory in. acts of usurpation and may be thatT - ' rter will be left undisturbed, and its ] organization remain as part of the State militia. I think,however, that it should be disbanded, and its affairs as a corporation wound up. I would have ieen willing, after a time, to allow a reorganization and restoration of the company as punishment enough for its refusal to go to Darlington; but the second act of mutiny and insult to the State audits Executive is too much I To be possessors of old historic names | a grand heritage. ; To assist in maintaining an organization with such.proud memories and so glorious a history is a worthy ambition. It is ity to destroy what is so old, so| inked with the State's glorious past; >ut an example should%e-jjiade. These uveu have been false to every obliga tion of duty; have disobeyed the,order] of the Commander-in-Chief; have in sulted the Governor; and, wrapped the cloud of. their self-idoaltry, they depend on social, political and judicial j fluences to save them from deserved among the negroes have been dis posed to grumble at the expense of the annual appropriation. This has been spent, not in equipment and arms but paid directly to the companies “to as sist them in maintaining their organ ization.” The whole system needs .re modeling"and there should be a radi- ical change in policy. We do not need so many companies, hut we neet well-armed, well-drilled men who can lie relied on. There should lie a term of enlistment, with better discipline and means of enforcing it. We nave had a severe lesson in depending on holiday soldiers, whose officers on oc easion constitute themselves a debat ing society to discuss the _Governor's orders and vpto as to the propriety o: ’ obey ing them. Without going into the details, I wonld strongly urge thal, the money appropriate! lie spent in arming such of the new companuK as have shown by their zeal and profi ciency that they are in earnest, and are willing to enter the service under the stringent regulation^ whichshoult obtain in future. All of thre officers of the companies whichf Tailed, to re spond to my orders to go to Darling ton have boon suspended, with three exceptions. To have court-martiate them would have been a costly farce. Had I [Missessed the power, I would have disbanded these commands; but not having donned their uniforms and gotten under orders, they did noi. come under the Articles of War, and gaily This is a defect in the law which should not be overlooked. Arbitrary power is not desirable in a free gov ernment, but there are sometimes oc casions and conditions when nothin 1 else will do. The ^Governor is, at a times, responsible to the people, and no harm could result. Under the Statutes as they stand, the Adjutant- General has power to disband a com- any which fails to pass inspection, ut the Commander-in-Chief cannot do so, even for disobedience of orders. m disgrace and punishment. The General Assembly alone can deal with them, and can do it in spite of Judge Goff. ENFORCEMENT OF THE DISPENSARY LAW. Governor Tillm&n next reviews the course of tqhtgs u .Law from the time when it was de clared by the Supreme Court to be un- iioiial tilt tfc dispensaries: He sayS: But while I oheyetl what I thought was the law under the decision of the Court, I resolved to thwart the Court | if I could, and every effort was put forth to prevent the Act of 1893 from coming before the Court as it was then constituted In the meantime we had a whiskey deluge. During the pei from July 1st, 1893, when the dispen sary law went intoeffeet, to April 21st, 1894, when it was suspended, two hun dred and seventy-seven United States retail licenses were issued. In the time the dispensaries were closed, ApyiJL?! to August 1st, 1,474 were issued. All the old dealers—those who had left the State and those who remained ’laid.in stocks. Men who' had never sold liquor went into the business, and at every town, hamlet and cross-roads almost, whiskey i could be bought, with no effort at concealment. Prohibition had come. By judicial; enactment, it is true, but nevertheless prohibition. But the prohibitionist who had fought the dispensary and refused to “touchth? unclean thing,” looked on in silent amazement and dis gust. He had worked for prohibition, had prayed for prohibition, and now that the dream had come to a realiza tion, not an angel of light ttiet his gaze, but an abortion, a jubilant de mon, whqjeered and laughed os he polished his bar glasses and cried "What are you going to do about it!” Like Fear, in Collins' Ode, “He back recoiled, he knew not why. Even at the sound himself had made.” and felt that, the ■ . “Reign ofehaos and Old Night” had come, It is safe to sa v that -men who voted for Prohibition in li&)2 not—one- thousand remain who believe that pro hibition is practicable. The stock of liquors on hand at the State dispensary, with other necessary supplies, was valued at #99,601.26, and the amount held at the several dispen saries was #96,932.72 while the aebts due by the State Commissionerjamount have , been ^ It is almost certain that had thfrotherjed 93, - These liquors wert being , held at a heavy expense for rent, salaries, insurence, etc., while i Brigade done . Edward An derson, "the command would have iromptly assembled and gone to the scene of the riot. I will say that there are about twenty thousand dollars in cash or securities belonging ‘to this >rigade, which can be usod to arm and uip other men within the city of fhrleston. A good battalion is all bat is needed there, and I am sure the material exists to form one which will obey orders hereafter and wipe off the stigma now resting on the military of that city. It pains me to make known a fur ther instance of gross insubordination and, indeed, outrageous insolence, on the part of. the officers of the oldest and most noted military company in the State. The Washington Laghtv nfantry was ordered, along with the 1 other companies, to give up its arms. This it declined to do, claiming them as private property. It will take too much space to enter into details and 1 five the grounds upon which this claim rests. After consulting the re cords and conferring with the Attor ney-General, the order to surrender the arms was renewed^ and again dis-, officers of the Fourth Brie their duty as did Ckpt. Edward the State was flooded with liquor sold contrary to law. The act of 1893 had been ignored by the court in two cases, and a change in the court made me feel it to be my duty to revive the act of 1893 and test the question of its constitutionality once for all. So July 22d I issued a proclamation' ordering the dispensaries to be reopened Au gust 1st, and warning all public car riers and illicit dealers to obey the law. The constabulary had been dis missed April 21st. The force was re- ganized about the middle of August and put to work, being gradually in creased and instructed to close down on the liquorsellers by degrees. Every facility was offered tnose so desiring o get rid of theirJiquors and ship them out of the State. At this time I liave sixty-five' men under Section fiui sauces, - “The Governor next reviews the different cased arising, in the courts, out of the Dispensary law—stating these as they have already appeared in the public prints He recommendes. 1. That some means be devised to control distilling, without the embar rassment of any seeming conflict with the Federal governor. ' 2. That an additional bookkeeper be employed, who shall also be secre tary of the State Board of Contrqk£- 3. That Clemson College be incorp orated, fot-purpoaes o£ police control - such control extending the boundaries through a radius of fire miles—this to control the liquor traffic at Pendle ton and other adjacent points. 4. That a system of metropolitan police be provided for Charleston, and for other cities, as conditions seem to demand. 5. That the Governor should liave have power to suspend solicitors and Sheritrs when these shall appear to liave neglected their duty. (This re commendation arrises out of the con- on of the constable Biadon, Tn Spartanburg—whom, says Gover nor Tillman, “any but a crazy or corrupt -jury would have acquittel without leaving their sea!ts” THE DISPENSARY AS A BUSINESS. The Governor gives the following figures showing tne workings of the State Dispensary since its start: Abstract, N ovember 1st. Total cost of liquors #416,853.12 Total expenses.. 507,056.15 Total sale to dispensers.... 694,271.69 Amount due by dispensers to |State. .1 106,490.42 Amount cash received from • L ... in revolution and I ment of"all old leaders. An man, fresh from the plow and ^ tern* whatever elected Governor. I i foreseen and predicted the dogged ' position that I would have to endu severe adverse criticism and a m malignant and slanderous warfare. Whrther I was a prophet or not the history of the past four years will tell. The “long, rough, rocky and stumpy road to the executive mansion” was travelled in 1890, and the campaign of 1892, in which I asked the people for aw indication vote 01 confi dence, can. be best described as s tri umphal processioivin which a major- ilyjjX .52.L><KJj?Llhg. vvhite men inJhk State marched at nn jy ot their determination that Democracy in South Carolina meant the rule of*the majority, and that the people were de- terroined to govern themselves. • .-^-r Since I hav# been chief 'magistrate of South Carolina I have haa more Complex questions of grave cbiise- ? |uence to deal with, have been con- ronted with greater problems press ing for solution, than have marked the civil history of the State during all the balance of its existence. In the discharge of my official duty 1 have known butjone rule, the welfare qpf the people aud the honor of the State. I have aefenaed its honor and dignity to the best of my ability. When a question would arise I have asked my self. “Is this good for the State? Is it ' right?” And when my conscience has approved I have moved forward, with- i out regard to consequences. I him no selfish motive jn accepting the leadership and running for Gover nor. 1 have worked harder for . the State tlian I ever worked for myself. I take this opportunity* of expressing my gratitude-tar-the; "people for - the love they have shown me and the dispensers... 553,811.13 Amount cash all other sour- “10,865.26 ces Total* cash .* #564,676.39 Stock at State Dispensary (wholesale) 55,455.59 Amount due by, State Dis pensary ties. From which deduct appropriation State 43,815.26 147,694.93 50,000.00 Net profits # 97,694.93 The three heaviest items of expense are: Constabulary # 49,853.34 Bottles,demijohns and kegs. 53,999.72 Freights 55,999.72 At the business of the county dis pensaries the Governor makes tne fol lowing statement: Total amount purchased from State by all the dis- saries #671,555.59 Total amount of sales, in- ^ voice price..... 573,578.38 Total sales to consumers (county profit added)... .#679,222.88 Gross profits 165,355.40 Total expenses. ;.. 88,480.15 Total net profits # 76,775.25 Expenses Of dispensaries while closed, included above, #9,690.49. During tlie quarter ending October SI sixteen new dispensaries werfe yun ata loss, amounting in the aggregate to $538.97. ’ This was caused by the illicit sale of liquor in competition, and the hard times reducing consumption. It is not ~ie next quarter will show any such condition. If so; all such should liave salaries reduced and ex penses cutdown, or be discontinued. There are open now in tlie State six ty-nine dispensaries, all told. The total profit by the county dispensaries, net, is $76,775.25. Of course out of this must come the expenses during tlie.' dispensaries were hoT open, and it will take some time in some counties to pay off this debt. It must lie understood that tlie profit claimed hy the State dispensaries is all mvested in stock—liquor on liand in ilumbia and at all the local dispen saries. The fiiiancial condition of the State dispensary is fast reaching a ^oint where cash can be paid for erything and no accounts lx* run on credit, and in a few months the $50,- 000 can lie turned liack into the treas ury, and later on the profits can lie turned in to the geaeral fund for use the same as taxes. , JSDUCATION. , The Governor carefully reviews the condition and the operations of the several. educational institutions sup ported by the State. He shows that the total appropriations required or asked for by the four colleges will ag- something like this: iuth Carolina College $30.00ft Citadel 23.429 Olemson *« «.««*•«»..»...««.. 35,000 Winthrop College at Rock Hill 75,000 Winthroy Normal School, Co lumbia 5,700 confidence which they have displayed. That love aud confidence and a clear conscience have been my shield from" the (jarts of envy and malice which have been thrown so relentlessly, and I leave the office with the conscious ness of having discharged my duty as . - I saw it, and an absolute confidence that the-just hjwtorwtn—of-tbw wfll sustain my good name and gj'^w due credit for those things whicui in obedience to the will of the pedpl^r and sustained by them, have accom plished. I must also thank my coad jutors in the State House for their uniform courtesy and zealous co-oper ation. Without their active help I must have oft times failed. I am glad to be relieved of the burden, which has pressed upon me at times with a weight, which no man , living can conceive who has not been similarly situated, With charity towards my enemies, who have hated me. I know not why; with love and gratitude to my thous ands of friends, I return my commis sion to the people who gave it, proud of tlte consciousness that most Of those who put me in office are still my staunch supiiorters while 1 have wrung from my enemies at least respect. My record as Governor is made. “What is write is write, Would it were worthier.” Respectfully, B. R. Tillman Governor. * • i. AOSETT PATS TB FRH6I1 •M hi CiMiia at In «W Mi !■ M $ 1 COO for IM| J) I J- VT.gUWTMh 5ttS0C¥ S7IT- <v>u- -ihting of Buraso, tW*te*il A.Wub- *< worth SfiS, Sill*, *11 QgMi. S69“'*-“$37 JaatM inlrudne* thaw. M* frtlxtal paid on thla Or- - g _ and S aid# Chain —north tttayw $169,129 He thinks that the cost of maintain ing these institutions must, in some way, be curtailed, and that the pro fessors’ salaries should be reduced. The beneficiary system, both ih the college and the Citadel, needs revis ion and improvement. He thinks that the-allowanee to the Citadel beneficia ries should be reduced from #300 to $150, the number of beneficiaries doubled, and each required to* pay a part of his expenses at the institution. IN GENERAL. The lunatic asylum has been dently and efficiently managed, daily average *of patients during the year has bren 798, maintained at an average annual cost of $132.80. • The penitentiary had, on October 31st, 1,062 prisoners. The operations of the prison show, on that day, a net balance of $27,302.54. • The States income from all sources, for the fiscal year ended Nov. 1, was $1 661,100.17. * The law’s delays—the sloth of the courts in dealing with crime—the Governor gives as a fruitful source of lynchiugs. CONCLUSION. A few words in conclusion and I have done. Nine years ago I began the agitation of certain reforms look- “ ~ to the education and upbuilding agricultural iuterests. Without ding it and almost before I knew it, things had shaped themselves into as constables and detectives, a political movement, directed to re expense has been very heavy, j forming abuses in our as to be expected that both affairs. The people we 1 work would be required to and diasatisfied conditic 5ut it was time and' iiree fourths of the counties*,- That. ate governn lliJKMCliV U& I t,fT yth* rwralar prtaa i fUGOT feats'*dol Th# wsimfhrtam m r*>.\ I at jiw 4 of FnrMt Vf fXo-v'. PIANOS. ORGANS. 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