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The "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSl2$I?N HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE.' VOL. BE N N ETTS VILLE, S, C., ? FMI^AY/FJSBRUAUY 8, ? ---I- * " ^ NO. 6. THE CREAT NEED v" Senator Raysor's Plea for the Little Children of the State. MUST BK EDUCATED The Eloquent Speaker Contended Mist Compulsory Education lt Needed as a Logical Necessity Under Present Conditions and Principles. ln'advocating his compu'sory edu cation bill In tbc State Senate last week Senator Ray sor aald: "It ls not necessary to discuss either tba value or necessity of educa tion. The most sacred in the State and to tho State are her children, whether thoy be tht children of the r;ch or the poor. They are the mi st valuable un developed resouroa that she has. The poorest child In the State ls capable of enlightened, conscientious citizen ship and a useful aud honorable life If it ls propeily trained. "Tho pressing question with cvory people is not what tiley have been, but what they shall determine to be; not what their ancestors were, but what their children shall be. It ls therefore the highest, the holiest, duty of every Stale to see that the shackles of ignorance shall not bc kept on any pottion of its ptople; and Just so sure ly as she falls short of this high p:o rogative and solemn duty, just so -...?1.. ,1,..., uk. t.-~ ?.}.- ?V.-I.... nf UMIbij um.ii . J . i '-i lu gb l/?ll. v/l.t...... V/A OWQ dependt nee to other and more en lightened communities, in material and mental aud moral power, aud cietly ls the tribute money and humi lia dug the dependence. The highest honor in the history of this common wealth is that she has inaugurated .?yin'! is sustaining and developing a bj^iojv'.of ":ucntion..fi-(e to ull her chllurc.a^irf freest to'tim humblest. In no ether way eau the greatest go td to tile greatest numb er, the ideal of modern statesmanship, ba attained, and in no other way can the uplifting of nations and individuals, he aocom pllnLod. What m:iy follow universal education In the destiny of a people is not given to me to lift the voil and know, but this 1 do know, that, with out lt no State or individual ca i enter Into tho fullness and the power of this opening ccutuiy with its heritage oi possibility r.nd promise. . -"Under t.be complex conditions of our modern life, a common school ed ucation ls not only absolutely essen tial, but the highest training possible ls becoming more and more intensifi ed. Natural cordltk ns no longer de termine results, but Intelligence de termines the preeminence of nations and individuals. Mero labor n.eans mere servitude, skided industry every where bas tho mastery. "To meet this condition it ls essen tial tbat we develop .such a system of public instruction as will reach every : child. The State c? niiot afford to per- 1 ffii"; any of her children to grow up ignorant. If patents and others who have the custody of children fall in their duty In this regard, the intelli gence and coniciei.ee of the State should be equal io the protection of ' these helpless and unfortunate'ones. Nothing short of tills will meet the conditions as they exist today In this S'.s.to. Nothing short of this will be fulfilling thc duty the State owes to hoi self. "The Slate n u t educate h r c':il drt;n for the betterment i-f t:.eir con dltlons and for ht r own protection. Sh? cannot alford to leave thc educa tion of tl.o e who are to control her destiny In the near futuie in the hinds of parents or others, v?ho, from c;uele.Hsnef.s or indifference, are un willlbg t?tend their children to school and deprive them of the opportunity to better their conditions. "Our condition is such as to demand seilous consideration. In 1901 only 58 per c_-Lt. of tbe white children of this State were enrolled in the schools, the ave rage a" tendance was only about 4a per cont. Suoh a state of aCT-iiis I carnot h? long tolerated. Tne>e arc i too last litatistlos I have been able to' ob .aln. There lias been a gradual in crease lu the enrol ment of chi dren and lt is to be hoped that tho per cent, has ab o Increased. Hut tho num ber of white chi dren whe do net at tend any sobool is si nply alarming and calls for the enactment c f a c un pulsory law. it cannot he objected tint such a mei.sute is an Infringe ment upon pai en ta) rights. 'Hie argo mt nt that it ls tho parents' right to determine what education their child' rei! shall have, if any at all, overlooks tntltely the right of Ll ic child. Every child has thc right to have that au.ount t f education necessary to be come a good cltlz n. The parent who neglects to educate his child is unfit to govern lt. Ile is committing a ci imo against the State and society and is fjedt.g a great injustice to the child. "The children o? tbis Slate can he taken by the courts from the care of a parent who is manifestly unlit to ht ve charge of them. Tho Slat ' lias always recognized lb duty to protect ht r children. In a high sense, it ls a guardian to the child. Tito right, of the State to do t.hl? 19 founded m the duty of the Sta.e to pi ip. tuate Itself by the care of those who art hereafter tc constitute Itt?citizenship. It would te an anomaly for he law to interfere for the child's- physical w Kare, ?3 it is constantly doing, and ht.ve nothing to tay of Its int? llectual ni.d moral welfare. No govi rum nit ccu el exist, where no children atioatl e;r school, and no Slate can allow her highest and best interest, her child ren, to grow up in ignorance. "The duty of the Slate does nflt <;ease when she baa provided school facilities for all her oulidren. If par **iitH, or others who have the care of children, will not avail themselves of theae opportunities, it is tho duty of Hie State to compel them to do fio. Whore there ls not found s'ufnoleut motive on tho part of the children themselves to attend behool, which ls rarely the case, or where parents have not a sutllront Kruse-nf duty or obli gation to send them, tho State cer tainly lias the right, for Its own pre servation, to compel their attendaooe. "Every State in this uolon has provided a systtm of public education, and each year this system Is being en larged and perfected. Tolrty-two States have enacted compulsory' laws, and it ls a notworthy fact that no State which has adopted a compulsory law has ever repealed it. Those States which have adopted this law have by far the smailes per cent, of illiteracy. This system is no longer an experi ment; it is not only endorsed by all the leading educatois as a necestdby, but it* practical operation hos been successful. "If it has been found necessary to educate the mantes in a monarchical government In order that they may obey the laws how much more essen ttal is it to'us, where they both make anti execute the laws? This idea is not a new one In South Carolina. I be lieve lt is, or was, a law In Charleston cour.ty and possibly lu the city of Co lumbia. The constitution of 1808 pro vided for suoh a law, the new consti tution makes lt still more necessary. It makes the right to citizenship de pendent on the right to read and write, or to own a c.rtaln amount of property. This is practically an edu cational quail Heal ion. "Compu'sory education ls not only the logic.il sequence, but lt ls the only just!fieition of the puhllc school pys tem. This system is founded in the r'uty of the commonwealth to guard its own life and maintain IteeQIC-leney It ls uni vet s illy agreed that the edu cation of the citizen ls a necessary condition of its life; and, that being so, it is not only the right, but the duty of the State to Insist upon the education of all of its pu plo. It is the inalienable right of every child to secure that measure of tralnlrg which will flt him to eT joy the privileges and to perform the. duties of citizen ship. Aud if this right is for any reason denied by parents. It ls thc duty of the State to Interpose and se curo to the child Its right, It ls a manifest injustice to tax the people, whether having children or not, td support a public school sys'.em for the instruction of all tho children on the ground that the pub ic welfare demands lt and then allow Its privl IcgeB to 'ie wasted and children grow up in ig i (rance, as tho hr-fl* '.ronce o ? ?'.an lessness ot parents and tho;e who have the care of the children may d?ctalo. "My appeal ls for the poor, neglect ed children of this St;',te. Tue strong and the wealthy do not need my as slstance or that of thc State, hui it is thc weak and helpless w o appeal to my sympUhy. If the State dees ber duty lu this regard there is nothing in all her history, glorious as it hat been, that will be com parable to the ach:ev ments of tho future." ' THE UUlVSKSlt? BILL KILLED In tho Honso .by ?t Decisive Vote on Friday. T.ie bill to prnvido for the estab lishment of the University of South Car. >1 i ti a was killed in the hous%. ol representatives. Tho Stat'i says it stems that thc matter was badly ?.cn sraled from the outset, und might have passed i-.econd reading Thursday li^d lt come to a vote at that time The bill was imperfectly drawn, in the beginning, and had beeu la:d e ver from last Tuesday in order that the objectionable features might ba eradi cated. At the conclusion of several speeches made by m -robers of the house, the vote was taken on the motion of Mr. Lomax to strlko out the enacting words. Tho vote stt od: Aves-Messrs Ardroy, Arnold, Ash ley, flaker, Balientinc, Hanks, Beam guard, Br adham, Brant, Browning, Call ison, Cloy, Cu'ler, Divis, Dis Champs, D^Vorc, Dukes, Ea.rha.rdt, Li. B. E'.herer'ga, Faust, Fisbburne, Ganse, W. J. Gibson, Gray Gyles, nail, Hamel, Harrison, Demphlll, D. i). Herbert, Heyward. Keenan, Ker shaw, Kirby, Klrven, L&Fllte, Laster, Lofton, Lomax, Lyon, Liban Maul din, T. J. Mauldin, Morrison, Nichol son, Ott*, Parker, Patterson, Pitt man, Polh.ck, Prince, Pyatt, lt'ch ards, Riley, Sellers. Stoll, Strong, Taylor, M. W. Walker, J. I). Watson, J.d. Watson, Webb, Wlmberley-69 Nays-Hon. M. L. Smith, speaker; and Slessrs. BARS. Brantley, Hruce, Clifton, Colock, Goth ran, hoar, Ford, Foster, Fraser, Frost, Gasqtio, Gas ton, J. P. Gibson, Graham, Gyles, [Tall. Haskell, Higgins, Hutt--, Irby, Laney, Lawson, McCants, McColl. Jr., McFaddln, MoMaster, Massey, Miller, Morgan, Nash, Patterson, Pittman, Pollock, Riavep, Saye, Se'lors, Sink !er, Spivev, Toole, Tribblo, Turner, W riter, Wbaley, Whatley-40. Tlv se absent and not voting were: Messrs. Boyd, Bric-, Edwards, Glover, D. L Green, W. McD. Green, Ham lin, II trrellson. Harley, J. H. Horhert, Little, Moyes, Nance, Boston, Rawl inson, Sanders, Sheldon, J. M. Wal ker, Yeldell. Tot-y Moan Busiue-HS. A dispatch fiom Fort Motto to Tho State says: "A meeting of thu.farm ers ( f this, thc banner section of Or angeburg County, was held on the 10th, to discuss the colton situatl ?. Capt. James A. PeterkIn tvp.s mt.de president of the meeting. The general spirit of ti e meeting was that lt was time for the cotton planto-1 ? take ac tion, md that organization v.m a necessl! to secure a fair ut i rog ul: r price foi cottt n. It was i\y,u ec tea; a reduction lu acreig q of 25 poi cut would be made lu this section. The farm< rs in this section arc in a posi tion to hold t heir cotton for what they consider a fair price." The farmers In tho upper part of the county mean buslneis, and we hope they will be backed by the farmers of all soot ons. A I-'a nt Accident.. A dispatch fr..m Jefl-irson, S. C., to The State says meagre details liave jost been received there of aa ?sol dent on tho tram road belonging to the Palmetto Lumbar company in which one negro was killed and t brie were ii j.in ii. Tho Darno of the dead man ls not known. Tho accident oc curred Saturday norning by tho giving away of a bridge over Lynch's river. Drs. Miller and Gregory were hastily summouod to relieve thu In jured. PASSED THE HOUSE. Resolution to Investigate tho Work ings of the State-Dispensary. Tho Bill Ia Passed and Sont Back to tho Senate With Important7 , Amendments. The resolution providing for a joint legislative committee to lnvestagate the workings of the State dispensary passed tho house of representatives on Tuesday of last week and waa sent to the senate with amendments. In addition to the items heretofore stipulated as a guide for the commit tee, the bou. e adouted tho following on motion of Mr. Otts of Cherokee: "Is lt not a fact that excessive freights have been paid to railroads for transporting liquors luto the State when said ^liquors could have been shipped ij^to tbo State by water at less costpi the State?" The h/use amended further, on mo tion of fir. C. P. Sanders of Spartan burg, by\provlding that the commis sioners of ra^cstigatlon "shall notrfi^ C2lve pay forfenpro than 30 days."""'^ The following*^ was adpptcd ra mo tion of Mr. SanuV*8*to J?v/."ffided to Sec. 8 of the original bfiT: "Provided boat the evidence taken or adduced before said commission shall not te used for the purpose *t any criminal prosecution against the person who ls examined at the time such evidence ls taken or adduced." And toe following new section was added on motion ot Mr. Lomax of Ab beville: "Sec. 9. That the costs and expenses of hrs investigation be paid by tho State dispensary, each mem ber of said commission to receive 84 per day and toe usual mileage." When the dispensary bill was reached In Its regular position on the calendar, Mr. Ashley moved to strike out the enacting words. Dining the iilscusslon Messrs. H. H. Evans ani J. H. Towlll of tho dispensary b ard were observed on the floor. Eich s-emed to lake great iutorcst in tho pr eecdlogs. Wiien the bill came up for action on Mr. Ashley's hostile motvon Mr. Sink lei declared thai, this bili ls an indict mont of tho .State board of control. If there has been c irruption, let the ?axe fall to the roo's. If there be no corruption shown, let the accused bc vindicated. He urged for a fearless Investigation. When oilier Stales iiave bern charged witb corruption, t has been the proud boast of South Carolina that the records of her pub lic servants have been stainless. Hut the smoke is rising and ls getting .bicker and- thicker, and Something must bo doue and bo done at once, lie wanted the committee composed of able, fairless and Incorruptible men. The . resolution should be a lopied at onceas the session is draw ing.to a close. Mr. McColl declared the dispensary system to be a creation of the Suutii Carolina legislature, which is Itself ae e uutable lo the people. Ile declared that the people, the press and one of thu United States senators from this State had called attention to the charges hiing made against the man agement of the dispensary. Mr. Ashley-Do you know hov. much that former investigation cost? Mr. McColl-No, Kir, nor do I care. If there is corruption g dag on lt should be brought to light and lt would be nothing but right to con duct this investigation, even If it costs the State live mill additional. Continuing he said that tho people of tlie entire State are clamoring for investigation. There should be a omma tie which should bo com pesad of men wlw had not pr. judged the case. Mr. Richards declared that lt has been charged for years that there ls something wrong at the South Car - lina dispensary. Ile personally thies not believe lt, but ho thinks that thc people of the State are demanding in vestigation and should have lt. Mr. D. (). Herbert s'.ated on behalf of the commissioner, who ls rrom O: angeburg, that he has no objection to tte passage of this resolution. Mr. Gasqu? of Marloo favored the passage ot tho resolution as a matter of Juslici' to those under lndiotmout. Mr. Ashley st&Ud hlB position. There have b en investigations cost ing the Str.te 68.000 or $10,000 and they have never found anything wrong yet. Mr. Ashley took a shot at thc author of tho bill by saying thal members of the legislature sometimes offer res dillions of this kino just to get a job after the legislature ad joun s. The. house voted down Mr. La Fi tic's amendment lo llmlb the pay of this commission to 20 days. Mr. Lomax's amendment to provide for the ex peiu.e to be paid by tho Slate dispen sary at tho rate of $4 per day for members and tho ri gular mlloago al lowed members of the general assem bly was adopted. Thc house accepted Mr. Sanders1 amendmi nt that a witness1 testimony cannot be used against bim In crim inal pros icu lion. Hy a vote of 04 to 49 tho house: agreed to Mr. Sanders' motion to limit the. pay to 30 days. The. bouse decided lo accept Mr. 0 :.ts' amendment to have Investigated tho eli irgus. The resolution was wit back to the senate, v. 1th eiidtnents. N?> mi uni..I Sessions. Will tho Legislature jieet biennial ly? '.I hat ls a (pie;.Mon, says the State, In which thu peoplo are very much h.ten sled. The peoplo have expressed their desired for the h gisla turo to meet but once In two jeir?, although lt ls not genorally under stood that ble.nnlal se ssions would in. more pleasing to corporations than t.ny other measure before t he general assembly. Mr. Boamguard of York bas introduced a bill to.ratify the ac Hon of tho peoplo and to amend tlie constitution as directed. Tho judi ciary committee of the house Thurs day submitted an unfavorable report -aud there was nd minority report -showing that tho proposed amend ment would bi a infant and would on tall confusion, lt. looks from this report as If we will not hara biennial fissions for awhilo at least. Covernor D. C." Heyward Com mences His Second Term. INAUGURAL ADDRESS. The Chief Magistrale, Who Has Served tbe State So Faithfully the Past Two Years, Spoke Directly to flu: Members of the Gen eral Assembly. Gov. D. C. Heyward Wednesday took the oath of offlcc of cblef magls trato of the State and addreaved the general assembly briefly but In a very earnest manner. The leo press! ve core monies were witnessed by hundreds, tiie representative p.opie of manj counties-bel?g"present, and tho Kal lery was filled with ladies who had braved the severe weather. The exercises wero held in the hall of the htuse of representatives. Just before the bands of the clock rotated to the hour of noon, the houso sus pended business and the sergeant at arms announced: "The honorable the senate." The senators, head.d by the presiding o?lcer, Senator Man ning, and tho clerk, Gen. fllmphlll, entered and were seated. The sergeunt at arms then an nounced "the governor elect nf South Carollua and his escort." Preceded by the sergeants at arms of tbe sen ate and tbe house, the one with drawn sword, tiie other with the ma.ee of state, tho gubernatorial party entered. Gov. Heyward was accompanhd by [lon. Altamont Moses of the legisla tive committee on arrangements. Tho chli f justice of tho State, n :n. Y. J. Pepe, waa attended by Senator J. I). Marshall of the same commit tee. Lieut. G.'V. Sloan was accompa .led by Hon. P.A. Mo;giu, Judge W. ll Bradley by senator Walter H Wein and Rev. C. M. N?cs, D. P., ^y Hon. Ifii|.'er Sinkler. The Joint tssembly r:ieainei standing while. the governor and hts escort marched down the middle aisle and ascended to che. speaker's desk. Tiie other m im bers of tiie escort were Capt- lt. H. Jennings, State treasurer; Col. U. X Gunter, attorney g?n?ral; Mr. J. T. Gantt, s.'cretiry of state; Mr. O. B. Martin, State superintendent of edu cation; Mr. A. W. Jones, comptroller general; E. J. "Watson, commissioner agriculture, commerce and Immigra tion; Gen. Jno. D. Frost, adjutant ..eneral, and Solicitors Davis, Wilson,. Johnson, Tim merman, Henry and Soase. Others In tho party were Maj benjamin Sloan, p.esident of the South Carolina college, and Gen. Wilie Jones, chairman of the State Democratic executive committee. When all bad been seated, Senator Manning called the joint asfcmbly to order a'jd Introduced Riv. C. M. Niles. D. D , rector of Trinity church, who pronounced the invocation. Sen ator Manning then announced that "Hon. D. Clinch Heyward. governor elect, ls present and read# to qualify." The chief justice then ad va nc d to the right of the presiding elli .er and the chief magistrate to the left. Stand ing thus: Judge l\ipe, hoad of the judiciary of tho State, then in a most impressive manner administered the oath of odlce to tho head of the exe cut Ive department of th3 State gov ernment, the young g( vernor recently elected withe ut opposition to succeed himself In the only political ( lb ce he ever held, and the only one which he. will hold, according to hts own deda ration. TTIK INAUGURAL ADDRESS Alter taking tbe oath of cflloe Gov. i ley ward addressed the j lint assem bly In au Inaugural remirkable for lt* brevity, its directness and its evidcut purpose to encourage tho upbuilding of the State. Guv. Heyward said: Gentlemen of the General Assembly and My Follow Citizens: Two years ago 1 had the honor of taking ti.e oath of otllce as governor of South Carollua. Standing again today In th's cllsilrih-ulHhed presence, to pledge myself anew to the service of our State, I am even moro solemn ly i m pressed with the duties which must and do devolve upon one whom the people have selected as their chief executive. Tots occasion, with the formal renewal of my oath, though lt brings oefore me afresh the realization of grave responsiblltles, ills my heart with deepest gratitude because of the honors which have been bt stowed uf.on me by my fellow citizens. 1 he oast and thc future alike in stinctively rise before me, the one with Its work finished, Its history written; tho other with its unknown tasks, with Its welfare in our keeping. In tho retrospect I see much for which I am deeply grateful, much that 1 can hover forget. Especially true ls this when 1 remember the loyal sup port accorded me by tho people of our State In my endeavor to merit their conlideucc by advancing, aa best 1 could, the highest interest, of our commonwealth. To feel that those to wi on one ls alone respoi.slble should net upon him tho seal of their appn val by such a re-election ss was not e, Is Inde d a rewaid than which there ls none great, r to strive for. If I nive rendered any service to my Slate, If I have served my people hi some measure as I boped te. serve them, If ludee l I havo kept tho raith, this has only been posai bio because y< u, my countrymen, gave me your ei:c aungement and jour help. Colo you, Ihen, thc credit ls due, and to you this day 1 acknowledged my debt of gratitude. * The future ls fraught with even greater lmp:irt. Its duties must ba ?ii t, iLs problems must bo faced, its diflloultles must bo overcome. In these are included for us, gentlemen of. the general assembly, Individual responsibilities which should neither ba evaded nor disregarded. You are ?int here by thc sovereign people and you are sent for service It rests with you tLone to mcasuro up to your great responsibilities and I believe that yq? will not fall to do eo. Tho hlghe|#dutlea of^lrJzmshlp devolve uoon v&l for to v?>u is entrusted the eaorod fluty of framing and enacting laws "?ffioh hhail govern to enlight ened popple. ' The future welfare and th?* cominued prosperity of our State will ba^assurcd if your deliberations are obfraoterized by the "spirit of r-l8dotu!and understanding, the spirit of ooupBel and right, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LordrM In ?&6 oath wb'o'i I have Just token ?nave obligated myself to up hold. Md enforce the laws of our Statej#Thls I shall endeavor to do with rat regard to the rights of all our citizens, with jealous care for the i fair name and the unsullied repnta 1 tinn o??outh Carolina-, with faithful effort tra maintain the dignity and honor Mt our commonwealth; with bope ana oonQ lenee in all bceausetif our glorious past. In the dhcharge of my.ti?tles as governor 1 shall ex expect?ftand I feel that I shall rccehe -the ?nthiued co-operatlou and as sistance, not only of the racmbcis of your b^.'ty, but also of the law-abid ing people of our State. Ia nSy annual message recently sent to you^honorable body I called atten tion, lt?as brief detail as possible to the coalition of our various State de partments, and made therein such recommendations as 1 deemed wise and expedient. You are now fairly launched upon your labors and 1 shall make Sio further mention of these mattera trusting that what I have already nald concerning them has had your careful attention. I am deeply lntere$ed in all that shall merit and recelvoyour consideration and I wlli deem $ both a privilege an 1 a pleas ure toteslst you lu any way that lies lil my Bower. Youj?are making laws for a growing and pfii?pcrous State. The unrivalled natural' advantages of South Carolina, its grfat undeveloped resources. i:s wonderful industrial develop m nt all of ?hese, are attracting to us, m Dre than rifer before, the attention o? thc ouh3idp'world. In addition to these attractions and advantages, with us labor and capital aro not In coudie*, but together aro working In harmony for the upbuilding of our State. Thll ls a bhjsslug which ls d'jnied to marr 3titc.<r.aud we should neglect) n< meanly to promote .ts con* duane;. From every standpoint, with herein inn growth and inlluence, the [L^UH of outstate ls brighter tkari evjr b& foie lfVits history. Tonir'operly meet these growing tl mandi, so rich with promise, merits our upited action aud our utmost cn dcavdr.. Ditflcultks must b; over comel?) achieve the ends desired, but this snpuld nerve us l,o stronger auc more determined effort. U nueces ?an legh'Oii.':? ta-unwise legislation, anr unwise legislation hicde.r.i and retard th9 advancement and progress of : people. Fewer laws upon statut' books and their better euforo men' will undoubtedly bring improved cm dillons geu2rally and this would thei be accomplished with less friction A law should not only be neoc.-sar) but it should be capable jf enforct ment because, if disregarded, thi Cods to the disregard of all law:; thus striking directly at tbe ver, fouudatlons of government. ll, ls your province to dir cb the cr, oendlturoof the funds col!ect:d fr;>r the people and this should always b done willi regard for proper economy In yt ur oftl.Mal capacity yen shoo! always exercise the same ju Igraen and foresight that you do in you private business, counting the COE but never losing Bight of the objec to bc attained. Economy in public as In private atfaiis-means dolt, whit ls necessary, what the csu needs of the Slate require. A grov lng and progress! ve State necessarll means Increasing expense in ti.:; co duct of tis government and if the e: penrilturo? are wisely made, we cai with conlider.ee, look for greater r suite. I have briefly given you some thc thoughts tnat stir me on Ibis (J cash n, deeming it unneci ssary to ac to what 1 have already presented 1 your const.legation In my annual me sage. "We ure here, commissi ?ned I the people to work for the bast InU esls of Soulh Carolina. We con ha no higher privilege and should slri to prove ourselves worthy of Iheir tri by measuring up to our resp; ndbl Hen. 1 have made reference mt thin once to the honor and the dut which aro ours, but the full measi of success can never crown o.ir effoi unless wo have In all we do the i operation of the people. I have tried to ex pr.'ss to you soi of my feelings upon assuming, for t second time, tho office of chief map tralo of South Catollna. In rai talnlng tho honor, the integrity a the dignity of their State, So\ Carolinians have ever done their I duty, and lt ls this which has done much to make tho glorious biston our Seato. Our people have ne b^eti wanting in the past and tl can be safely trusted for the futun Let us, then, all strive to do part to provo ourselves worthy our heiltago, whith ls Indeed a gi one. * * * * " "Be just and fear not; Lot nil tho purls tin,vi aims'' nt ht? thy country's; thy Ciod's and tritt h's.*' May this animale and inspire ti all that wo do, and thus fal th f striving may we together couaec: ourselves anew to the service of native State, to our own, our hele South Carolina. Wnen Gov. Heyward had cone cd, there wat tumultuous handc ping on the fljor of the h use ant the gallery likewise. When quiet followed, Senator Manning presoi tko lieutenant governor elect, Jno. T. Sloan, who also took tho - of office. A* epilog the gavel furn presiding officer, Lieut. Gov. Sloai nounocd that the governor and h cort would retire. The j dpt as*ei was thon dissdved and the sci returned to their oh imber. Wednesday night from ?J to ll and Mrs. Heyward entertained in or of thc general assembly. Inti lennon thermometer had dropped degrees, but there was a steady st of callers at the governor's ina and within doors tnere was a ciel ful picture. Tlie house was deco with evergreens and vines, prose on inviting contrast; te. the blea of the winter night. There was i and Hg't rsfreahmsnta and th? I lng wa? spent tory oujoyably. I .:".... , *' _ HM - COME BACK HOME. This la the ? avies fain Jones Gives to Ku na way Boya. _iii . If Any Snob Boya Hoad Tills Wo Hope They Will Follow Bia Oood Atl vi co an rA Beta rn. To The Atlanta Journal: There ta an epidemic of runaway boys. Scarcely a day passes but what i we reud of boys and young men run [ling* away from homo, arid no tidings uf their whereabouts come back- to parents and loved ones. The gr?ai i troubla with boys ls the fact they don't think:. In the Qrst place, the > closer a boy uan be and the cloner he lives under the shadow of a gool mother the better it ls for him. The home roof is the best covering and i shield that a boy can know In this world. The literature of the day I? largely responsible for this orazVOD I the part of boys and young men to i ?eave home and wander up and down I through the earth. I supDOse no boy I liss left a good home, a good mother I ind father, but what thoughts 'ol notre and friends occur ever and anon bo him. At. night time, wherever In I pillows bis bead he matt) think of I ?nother at home; but be doesn't real i z; how mother and father suffer be 1 jause of the abseut boy. I hope thesi t ines may fall under the eyes of many I wandering boys, anl that If they re- a ruse to come back to their bornes, 1 Lhey will sit down and write to moth- t tx and father, or brother and sister i They need not say where they are. r jut let their loved ones know th^y I ire well and how they are gt-ttirg a ilong. How many thousand mother.- t lave boen made to utter the sad, pi- r hetio words: "Where ls my wan ? '.erl?g b?y tt-nlght? Go search for c dm where you will and bring him to \ ne with all his blight and tell bim I hat I love him still." A mother'.- t ove and a father's devotion are af t ong as all eternity. Broadei t dian this world, and thero ls no lann t io distant, no pathway so cold bu c vhat a mother's feet would tread that ( vay, a father's weary efforts woulo t tad that way until they como lu tl.' > iretienoe of the one who had wander' t id ol?. A good hoy can do better at t lis own homo and In he community c A herc he was raised than he cando r. anywhere else on earth. A bad boy i ;an do well nowhere. Latitude and f ougitude and geographical position o lota not determine tho well-dolug of f i fellow. Character alone settles the t \ usti?n with him. t The judge of our circuit court re ated the following Incident to me a ew days ago. Eight or ten boyn " vere indicted In his court as railroad ' ramps for riding traies, every one of vliom were strangers to him ann . rom did rent towns and States in the inion. They were convicted and hr ienttneed them simply to pay the ;ost or to three month's Imprison c neut. None of them could pay their ine and all went to thu chaingang. 3 sjmeof them have broken down In ^ heir pri>on life and have written tu 1 ihelr parents at home of their condi tion and their parents sent the monet a io pay tuolr lines and bri?'; them , mme. One of them, a son bf a poor t widow, who earned the money to pay c ier boy's One at the wadi tub. One c if tho.se buys lived In tho State of . Tennessee, one Ju the city of Atlanta, c if respectable family, another one In t S?rth Carolina. Tho others are still r n the chaingang; soma of them, per- t iaps, have no parents to whom they { ;an write or friends who will come to fl ,helr relief, and others perhaps art ( oo stubborn and proud to let their s condition he known at home. This is , aily une of the many Instance* whera r :uurts aro compelled to punish boys ^ 1 uot'ca that the police of Atlanta ] ook up a your g Arkansas b >y the )!her day and the little fellow broke t IJWII and told his history and the j 'aroily to which bu belonged and his j ;>arents were notitied of his where- , ihouts. There is no m .re commend L ihle work lu cities by detectives and j , rollccmen than the arrest and deten- I , ?don of str.tngc roys and they ought ? LO giva themselves more diligently to j ( the work of Unding out the name of j, ?very btray boy in every city. Lock , ulm up until he gives his Identity, lu this way they may save roany a , boy to his home and his mother and | ia\e him from wreck and ruin. Cir- j tersvllle, like other towns, has been , contributing to the number who have . have wandered ell. If a Carterville ' hoy who is away from home shall read , bliese words let bim Instantly sit down ind write an 1 tell tho lovod ones at. | nome how h.> is getting along. So ? many of these wandering bojs are "j killed by trains and other accidents ( and may ba thc loved ones never hear , cf where or how they went. If boys , could see that lt wai a crime thus to , aiake mother and loved ones suffer. , and how cruel lt is to give no tidings j of themselves of those who are anx ious and who are all the time think ing cf them by day and dreaming of them by night. Thero is scarcely an act that en tails so much punishment upon the innocent as tho crime of running away from homo on the part of boys and young men. When a boy leaves homo and wanders tff the mother goes to bid and suffers. Tho father is troubled and worrie Iso lie lsBcaroe ly titted for the business of his life. The vacant chair at the table, the pillow on which no head rested the night before, his chair tri the sitting room, his voice heard no more-a thousand things remind the loved oui s of tho absent one. I say again, come home boys, come home, but If you will not como home, sit down ;v.\d write, father and motlier and tell them how lt goes with you, whether you tell where you arc or not. T?CSO weird, miserable novels, whether high class or low-class novels, furnish the Incentive and motive for many a boy to leave heme and the company he gets in when he Js euee gone is .such that he soon falls In with their ways and goes to the bad before he scarcely realizes at ail what he lias done. 1 heard a fellow talklrg the other day how be and his young brother ran away from homo b.'cause their father whipped them; how they spent ono night away and tho next , day went back homo. They were only gone a llttlo over twenty-four I hours but hf "aid when he got back he found his mother in bsd Kick and he said I believe if we bad staid a week mother would have been dead when wo got home.. Ile said: "Wt were not at homo an .hour before ?JOthor, wis up and rejioihg over the fact that ber boys had come baok. " What must be the Buffering of a borne where a boy -bas been gone a month or a year aud sent no '.tidings back. Honor thy father and thy mother, boys, and thy days shall be long Upon the land which tho Lord, thy God"glveth thee. No child can dishonor his parents and do well here after. Let a boy suffer anything be fore be will wound his mother or dis honor lils father. . These Infernal novels with their weird lies and con torted characters have made a fool of many a boy and started him on a tramp to the devil and the deg*. In the state of Mi slssippl a runa way boy, who was then a young man, same to na i and told me that he bad ?aeen a ruuaway for more than Ave years, that he had never written a line to his father or mother, and asked me did I know his father and mother, telling rae the town and county where they lived. I said: "Yes. I know theor well." Ho said: "Will you ?vrlte to them for me and see If thej viii let me come back to see them." ? [ did s^i and when he did come back ?o his G torilla home there was a reg dar camp.mcptintr, picnic and May estival all combined. I can never orget how eagerly that boy looked , nto my face when be was asking me ibout his parents; Five years is too ong, boys, to keep quiet. Then, nobber may le dead, father burled, md the mischief you have done can lever be undone. Come back, now, nys," or write Immediately. God il >ne can measure the _depth and ireadth of a parent's love for a wan lerinir child. I would that every boy vho has run away from td? born* iou'd realize how deeply be ha* vounded and how fearfully he ha acerated the heart and feelings of ihose who lovod him best. I would .hat every editor or every paper In .he United States would catch ur his refrain and write on the subjeot >f the sacred duty of ?unaway boys to same or to write bick to their pa cuts at home. You could serve "mr country no heiter, gentlemen .ban to sound the bugle blast, dowr he Une so that every wandering b j iould hear or read, your words. The ?rod iga I boy lu bygone years came to dmself and immediately he started or home. There was the fatted alf killed, there were shoes for hi cet, a n ba for his bael*, and welcome . hat done his heart good. Comeback, j lays, come back. Yours truly, SAM P. JONES. ttP&OTXUX PKlMARY ELECTION. ' L Bill for That Purpose. Passed thc HOUHO Friday. The bill providing penalties for ertaln offenses committel in prim- < try e'.ectiom was acted on by the I louse Friday and passed in the fol owlng shape: Section I. At every political prim ay election held.hy a^iy-^ollticai^^L ?>i organisation, or" association for .he purpose of choosing candi lates for efflee, or the election if delegates to conventions in this state, any per ion whoshallJay threats ir any other foi m of intimidation, by .he payment, delivery, or promise of noney, or other article of value, pro cure or offer, promise or endeavor to )ro .ure, another to vote for or analnst my particular candidate, or for such consideration cf? r to er shall ho vote, ihall be guilty of a misdemeanor, anr ?pou oonvlotlon sla v.il be punished by L tine of not less than 5100 nor roon, .han $500, or be Imprisoned at hard abor for not less than six monti s. Sec. 2. That fr m and after the ipproval ot this act by tbe governor, t shall be unlawful for any candidate n a party primary held f .r the selec tion of the party's nominee for any >fllee in thiB State, by tba use of aoney or other valuable considera don, to employ any person ta devote als time an 1 influence or aay pori! m thereof In toe promotion of any ciudl lates interest or for the defeat of any ither candidate. Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for my person while a candidate for pub lic otllee during auy political campaign to giv>, promise or subscribe any aioney or other valuable tbing for any purpose whatsoever ex :ept for regular church collections had in a regular church building. Sec. 4. Every candidate offering for election under the provisions of jectlon 1, shall make the following pledge and file the same with the slerk of court of common pleas for tbe iounty in which he ls a candidate, unless he shall he a candidate in more than one county, In which case he ihall Hie same with the secretary of sta'e, before he shall enter upon his campaign, to wit: I, the undersigned -, of ti e county of and State of South Carolina, candi date for thc ollice of ?-, hereby pledge that I will not give nd spend money, or use intoxicating liquors for tho purpose of obtaining or influenc ing votes aud lhat 1 shah at the con elusion of the campaign, and before the primary election, render to the clerk of court (or secretary of state as herein provided) under o;th, au item ized statement of all moneys spent or provided by me during tho cunpaign for campaign purposes up to that time, and 1 1 uri her piedlo that I will immediately aft r the primary elco Lions t tat 1 am a candidate in render an itom z:d statement under oath showing all fu.ther moneys spent or provided by rae In said election: Pro vided, Thao a failure to comply with this provision shall render suoh elec tion null and v ld, In sj far as the candidate who fall-: to Hie the state m ut herelng ri quired, but shall not effect the validity of the election of any candidate complying with this section, and provided further, That such itt ni' / -tl statement and pledge shall ho open to public Inspection at all time*. A VOUIIK Victim. A dispatch from Chicago says Fin??, beth McCormick, only daughter of Cyrus II, McCormick, is dead, aged 12 years. '1 ho deat?i of the hi ress ot the an!.lom Ire's family was caused by [ append letts. AWFUL CRIME. A Farmer, His Wile and ChU- ; dren Killed and Burned. A FI/O?IDA HORROR. *t Ii Believed That the Black Cris? Wai Committed by Negroes, Bat No Trace of the Perpetrator! dm be ^Found by] [the Searchers. A dlspatc-i from Tampa, Florida, sa7H the little farming community of Wanchula, in Polk county, was plundged intu excitement Thursday morning by the discovery of a orime "-quailing in horror that tradgedy at Statesboro, Qa., last year. The home of John Kirby, a farmer, who moved there last October from Blount coun ty, Alabama, was f jurd in ashes and In the' smouldering ruins were found the bodies of Kirby, his wife and four sbiidren, ranging In age from a boy of n wei ve to Infant of one year. The whole neighborhood soon read - ad the scene and an investigation was made whiuh resulted in the Inevitable - conclusion that the entire family had been murdered and torch applied. to he dwelling. The skulls of eactyc?' .hr. victims, except Mrs. Kirby, diad oeen crushed In by some, i??avy weapon, and eaoh with the exception ii tho .vornan bad evidently been murdered as they slept. A hammer was the only weapon found In the ruins, which could have inflicted the wounds. The coroner's jury was empaneled and after making xamlnation of premises rendered ver dict that the ramily came to their . leath "by fire or some other means unknown." Tue general theory ls that a party if negroes committed the crime, al though no traces of tho perpetrators an be found. Some believe other members of the family were murdered In oed by being knocked in the head, md Mrs. Kirby was outraged and hen killed by some other means. . Thorough Boarch of the neighborhood ind investigation among the negroes is_being made. ELECTIONS BY LEGISLATURE. Jadeo Townsend Defeated by Bona* tor Hydrick ot Spartanburg. Tho first election Thursday in the j >int assembly was that for a judge to succeed Judge Ernest Gary. Mr. Pollock nominated Judge Gary, and seconds came from various other mem bers anc c ninty delegations. There were no other nominations, and Judge Gary wa; unanimously elected, receiv ing 150 votes. The second eleotion was for a judge :f.-tVj.' Seventh Judicial circuit to suc ceed 'Jc?<z^ D. A. Townsend. The Marlboro deieka^^Xj-y^t^. Judge rowusct.d; Senator Iiays?*r?3 tated Senator D. E Hydrick; Reprehseuta Dive Wa'son, of Anderson, nominated 0. P. Sanders, of ? par tan burg. The result of the ballot was: Townsend, 60; Hvcrick, 78; Sanders, 16. Thus unexpectedly, so far as the first ballot was ccn:erued, Senator Hydrick was lected haviDg one vote more than a majjrlty. The total vote cast was 153, of vhlch 77 was a majority. Dur ing the day be was the recipient of many congratulations. The t ext election was for superin tendent of the penitentiary. The in cubo_t, Capt. D. J. Griffith, was nominated by Representative Eth eredge. No one ehe was put forward, and Captain Griffith received the total vote, 140. . The next election was for the three directors of the penitentiary. M. O. Howland, J. G. Mooley, A. K. San ders, incumbents, were renominated. Mr. W. D. Kirby, a member of the ncuse from Cherokee, was also nomi nated. Senator Johnston, ot Aiken, nominated Mr. B. P. Holman, who a year or two ago was a breezing, merry figure In the house. The ballot result ed; Rowland, 65; Mobley, 140; San ders, 122; Kirby, 120; Holman, 12. ruis meant the election of Messrs. Mobley, Sanders and Kirby, Mr. Row land being defea ed. Mr. Arthur Kibler, of Newberry, was elected without opposition a trustee of the colored college at Or tngeburg._ Watch ll i m. Tho Columbia State says: This is not the first time that we have advis ed our readers to keep an eye on Gov. W. L. Douglas. His part in the settle mont nf the Fall River strike strength em us in the believe that he ls destin ed for higher things. A man who can take a six-months strike in hand and so arrange a settlement between oper ators and operative as, in the language of the press dispatch, to make "both aides regard the outcome of the delib erations as a victory" ls more tban a passing figure. He is a statesman and a genius. Ile Must ila II?. A dispatch from Richmond, Va., Ba> s the supremo o. uro of appalls has denied the supplementary appeal in the case of ex Mayor MoOue ol Char lottesville, convicted of wife murder. He was sentenced to ba hanged Jan. 20 and was respited by Gov. Monta gue until Feb. 10 A dispatch from I Charlottesville says McCue took the news e ilmly for a few minutes, and ?then, sayiug, "I will-get justice above," hurst, into tears. He gave way to uncontrollable grief for five minutes. ** Many Homolo??. At New York with the temperature at z;ro and a iortv-wlle an hour wlud . driving blinding clouds of snow, ono hundred aud fifty persons wore driven from their homes by fire Thursday night.- Although no lives were lost, the.victims suffered severely from ex posure and it is feared that some may not survive. Six double three-story tenemt nt houses were destroyed. Thia losi ls $100,000.