The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 21, 1915, Image 6
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Mr. President, Mr. Speaker and Gen!
tlemen oi' the General Assembly:
I In assuming the dut'es of governor
I am mindful of the responsibilities of
the position. I invoke Divine guides
ance and earnc tly pray that wisdom,
courage and slremvdi may be given
I me to see clearly and t ? do ju tly in
all that may c >i e to me as du y.
Under our form of government we
have tbe t>vfp?tivp 1 bitivn and in
Idicial branches each separate and
distinct from tl o oth ^r, and each a
check 011 the other.
The governor of V e state is at the
head of the cxeeuti a launch. It is
liis duty to enforce t' e laws as they
stand on the statute hoks. It is not
his prerogative to dce'de whether a
law is wise, or host suited to a community,
hut he is to see to it that t) e
law is obeyed.
I have faith in our people: 1 believe
that they want the laws enforced, and
their conscience is awakened on this
subject. The watchword of my campaign
last summer was the enforcement
of the law. I now declare afresh
my purpose to carry out in good faith,
this pledge. I believe in home rule?
local self-government, and I expect
every one who is charged with enforcement
of law to do his duty. My
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desire is that In each community the
laws shall be enforced by the local
authorities. I take this, the very first
occasion, to say to these authorities
that I stand ready and eager to cooperate
with them in this work, and
that they may be assured of my aid
with every available lawful means to
attain this object. Let me add another
word, not as a threat, but as a
warning; if in any community the
lawful authorities fail to enforce the
laws, it will then be my duty to see
that the laws are obeyed. This I intend
to do.
The constitution provides that the
governor may make such recommendation
to the general assembly
as, in his judgment, are good and
proper.
The time has come when we have
to meet new conditions; we are living
in a time of change and progress. This
condition gives us new problems to
solve?new difficulties to meet. We
are to he congratulated in having at
the head of the nation- a man of great
discernment, courage and ability,
who is dealing with national questions
In statesmanlike way. May I
hope that we will seek inspiration
from that example to deal with
state questions with wisdom and courage.
We are progressive Democrats and
we muRt have the courage to do justly
to each and every class of our citizens,
even if it requires legislation
hitherto untried by us.
Primary Election Law.
In my judgment, the people of this
state, regardless of party, owe a debt
of gratitude to the last state convention
of the Democratic party for
adopting rules and regulations governing
the primary elections. Tt is due
to the members of that convention to
eay that the apprehensions of those
who opposed personal enrollment
were not justified, and that personal
enrollment, together with the publicity
given to the rolls of the clubs, saved
lis from Irregularities, and charges
of fraud. So far as T know, the last
primary election was one in which the
will of the people was honestly expressed
by their ballots, and these
were fairly counted. T recommend,
therefore, that your honorable body
shall enact into law for primary electlons,
such provisions as controlled
the last Democratic primary election,
in order that, in all primary elections,
each and every man entitled by law
io vote, shall have the right and op
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portunlty to vote once end that no
man shall be allowed to vote more
than once.
Education.
It. is gratifying to know tne progress
vo are making in education: it is!
oven more gratifying to realize that
our people are aroused to its p: "
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t cminod tluil the children of our 8til e |
shall be educated. This is mnv.i- '
e. toe in Iho spirit of self-help, and
each, year sees a substantial Jncrcaei
i" the number of school districts that
tax themselves for school purposes.
Our institutions of higher learning
havo shown steady growth and
are doing splendid work. We must
provide liberally for their support so ;
that their growth and development
can he maintained. But the fart
stares us in the face that we are in
a period of general business depres- :
sion and we must jealously consider ,
every item of expenditure, to save the
people from unnecessary burden. T
suggest, therefore, that at this time |
we should not undertake any enlargement
of these plants or any tin- j
necessary expenses.
Notwithstanding the progress we
are making in educational facilities
and the general awakening that has
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come to us, we must frankly admit
that we are still far short of the po,
sition we should occupy in the work
of education. It stands to our shame
that the percentage of illiteracy
among our citizens is so great.' This
stain must be wiped out; and to do
this, we must tax ourselves liberally
for the public schools, in order that
their usefulness may be increased,
and that the opportunity for educai
tion may be given to all of our boys
and girls. We must encourage the
spirit of selfhelp and every district
should first Impose a local tax
by the vote of its resident voters before
receiving state aid. Yet, the
growth of the public schols will be
determined largely by the amount of
state aid. Weak country schools must
be helped and every community must
be encouraged to have at least a
seven months' term, and no teacher
should be required to teach more
than fifty pupils. The state cannot
have an educated and efficient citizen
ship unless it extends help to weak
and undeveloped districts. Any com
; munity voting a liberal tax and en
rolling forty or fifty children, should
be assured of adequate educational
facilities. It is the duty of the state
to make up deficiencies in such districts.
The right-thinking people of
South Carolina will stand for this expenditure
of public money and will
Indorse the position that we cannot
spend public money better than in
educating the citizen. The people realize
and demand that the shame of illiteracy
must be blotted out from us
forever.
Mill Town Schools.
The problem of public schools In
manufacturing centres and mill
towns demands attention and study.
The state cannot longer overlook th<>
needs of children in such communities
and should encourage the spirit
of self-help and public responsibility
j that will bring substantial and markI
od results in public education, civic
j rfrowtli and community cooperation
I and development. I recommend that
| the state department of education be
given such additional help in its
forces that will enable it to do in
mill schools what has been done so
effectively in high schools and rural
schools.
Attendance.
As soon as ample school facilities
shall have been provided, the welfare
of our people demands that our chil|
dren shall be required to attend the
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schools. The policy of t' o state Is to !
educate all the peor'e at the i x: nso j
of all the people for the welfare of
all the people. I recommend, there- j
fore, the enactment of a compulsory |
attendance law with local option tea-1
ture. We must strive to brins each
and every community to tve point of
having school facilities: and, wherever
these facilities are acquired, to ree
uiro school attendance.
Picture to yourselves what it would
mean to South Carolina if all of her |
clti'/.cns were educated, and fro* he at-i
taim rent of this object we give our j
best aiul unlVorln<r effort.
Child Labor.
T recommend, as a companion net ,
to the oon -uil -ory attendance lav.-with
local option feature, that you will
?n ""md the law op child-labor by raising
!' " age Uir.it from twelve to four-1
teen years.
T-vtmn pnH AssoBsmrrt.
Wo all agree that change is needed
It" our tax laws. We have, in the past,
given more attention. to appropriations
than to revenue. We must increase
our revenue or decrease our
expenditures in order t^ stop the
overgrowing deficiency. The rcoorts
of the departments reveal the fact
t^at there is now a large accumuh\tei
deficiency that must he provided for.
Assessments are now unequal and unjust.
Much property escapes taxation:
different classes of property are
assessed at different percentages of
their value. Increased expenditures
for educational and charitable institutions,
as well as Increased expenses In
the judicial department, necessitate
the devising of progressive and more
modern methods of raising revenue.
I would therefore recommend that a
tnx commission be created to examine
Into this subject and suggest a bill
embodying a plan of revision of our
tax laws. In order to acquaint tHs
commission with existing conditions,
the duties now imposed upon the state
^oord of Equalization and tbe State
Roard of Assessors, should be devolv
ed upon it. Supervision of tbe enforcement
of existing tax 1 aws, should ,
be giv^n. temporarily at le.ast. to t1 is
commission, with nower to equalize
tbe assessed valuation of property between
county and eenntv and between
tax district, and tax district, increasing
or decreasing assessed val"*t'on.
as may be found necessary. Annual
ennronriations should he made by the
'egislature for state, county, and
school pumoses and the tax commission
should be authorized to imnose
such levy upon the assessed valuation
of pronerty, when ascertained by it.
as will raise tbe amount necessary to
meet tbe appropriations made by tbe
legislature. Tbe method of taxation,
tve levying of tbe burden so as to secure
justice between the tax payers,
is of as great importance as tbe fixing
of tbe appropriations by the legislature.
Tn this connection, as there is now
In force a Federal tax on income, and
as the operation of the present state
Income tax has been so ineffectual in
obtaining true and jus* returns thus
increasing rather than decreasing the
inequalities of taxation I recommend
the repeal of the state law taxing incomes.
Workmen's Compensation Act.
I realize the hardships and delays
and the frequent miscarriage of justice
in suits for damages for bodily
injury. Damage suits intensify bitterness
of feeling between employer
and employee without a satisfying
and just settlement between them.
Frequently a hardship is imposed upon
the employer; and just as frequnotly
injustice and unnecessary delays
in settlement of these cases are j
im nrvaoH nr\/?n ~ ?1 T
? upuu me employee. i recommend
the appointment of a commission
to study this question and to
report by bill or otherwise to the
legislature to convene in 1916, a measure
that will bring relief to plaintiffs
and defandants, by a workmens'
compensation act.
Land Registration.
The delay in congressional action,
on the establishment of a rural cred-,
it system, makes it necessary for us
to look to ourselves for help in this
matter. As the first and necessary
step towards the development of such
a system, 1 recommend the enactment
of a land registration act that
will guarantee title and fix boundary
I lines. This would enable the landowner
to obtain loans on his real
property with as little trouble and
expense as he is now able to do on
his personal property, by removing
the necessity of repeated examinations
of title. This is a necessary
step before we can provide a system
of land banks for rural credits. I
deem these measures important, if
properly planned and safe-guarded, in
order to increase the number of home
owners in the country aad towns, and
to furnish means for improvment of j
rural homes and the conditions of Hfn I
in tlie country. Ownership of home
means permanency of tenure; permanency
of tenure means improvement
of conditions of lite and surroundings.
If every farmer owned his
place and lived upon it the problems
of rural life would automatically solve
themselves; isolation removed, homes
would be more comfortable; there
would be better churches, better
schools, better roads, ami community
life more attractive, i realize that
this may ho classed as progressive legislation,
and we have limited precedence
for it in the country, dating back
only to 1910. I do not advise these
land banks as state institutions, but
that they should be developed by Independent
organisations under state
supervision.
Fertilizers.
Under existing laws regulating the
manufacture and sale of commercial
fertilizers, oux farmers have not ade
quato protection, nor do they yet
know what ingredients in fertilizers
are best adapted to their lands, and
what ingredients should bo avoided.
This matter should be considered with
great care; the interest of the farmer
who is tho consumer, as well as
the Interest of the honest manufacturer.
should he carefully guarded. I
would recommend, therefore, the Croat
ion of a commission to consist of
representatives of the fertilizer department
at Clemson College, of farmers.
and of representatives of the
manufacturers, to revise our fertilizer
laws and to report by bill to the
next session* of the legislature.
Auditing.
1 recommend tint nil ntntr? tr?o*it??
lions should ho examined and accounts
audit.ort regularly. 1 suggest
that you devolve this duty upon the
state bank examiner, and give that '
department the necessary additional
force to enable it to do this work thor
oughly and effectively.
T recommend the enactment of a
low providing fo rthe medical inspection
of pupils in the public schools-,
under the supervision of the state
hoard of health. in co-ooeratlon wflh
the state board of education, and
with due provision for the protection
of the pupils.
Penal and Charitable Institutions.
It seems to me that it would be
wise to consider our penal and charitable
problems as a whole. There is
a lack of co-ordination in the system
of management of the state penitentiary,
state hospital, reformatory, jails,
chaingangs and alms houses of the
state, counties and cities. We should
develop our humanitarion undertakings.
In this work we have the examples
of other states, notably Virginia,
illustrating what may be accomplished
by having a state board of
charities. I recommend, therefore,
that you consider the advisability of
establishing, in this state, such a
board, for. though the proposition involves
an evpenditure each year, if
this work is properly done, it would
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in those institutions.
National Guard.
T favor a strong, well-maintained,
well-disciplined National Guard, and
urge that adequate appropriation he
made for it, to make it an ecective
factor in the state government. South
Carolina must have an efficient and effective
National Guard
I will, at a later date, submit for
your consideration, by special message,
sugestions relating to the state
institutions, especially the Hospital
for the Insane, to which I am devoting
special consideration.
I will also communicate with you
later, on the subject of roads, the Confederate
Home, the Confederate veterans,
and the needs of the state board
of health; also the Lever bill, cattle
tick eradication, and other subjects
pertaining to the interest of our
people.
Permit me to remind you that we
are face to face with a situation in
business for which we have no precedent.
The European war has clearly
shown how closely allied and in
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ici lutucu ai 13 me mxeresis 01 me nations
of the world. The general
shrinkage in values and In business,
has added greatly to the anxietlee,
cares, and suffering of all our people,
and has greatly increased the number
of those without employment.
Under these conditions, we must, on
the one hand, jealously guard the eppenditures
of the public moneys; but
on the other, we should be slow to
stop public work that is desirable,
which would further increase the
number of the unemployed. The time
is propitious for the state and counties
to undertake carefully conducted
work on the public highways. This
would accomplish a greatly needed
improvement and would give employment
to many who have no means of
making a living. It is not a time for
us to be discouraged and to look at
only the depression around us. If we
think that conditions now are gruesome,
pause for a moment and consider
the conditions under which we?
labored in the sixties and early seventies.
Faith and hard work brought
us through these trials, and I am confident
that self-reliance and resource
ruiness win aominate and improve
this situation. With self-denial, with
economy, with energy and courage
we will meet our difficulties bravely
and we will work out our salvation,
and will bring about a restoration of
business and enterprise to a normal
condition. I^et me urge you to bear
in rnind these facts; and let us urge
you to that cool consideration of all
matters that will bring you to realize
that economy does not constitute
merely in cutting off items In the appropriation
bill, but rather in seeing
that the peoples' money is judiciously
spent and that for every appropraition
the state will receive a full
and adequate return.
Conclusion.
In conclusion; permit a personal reference.
From my earliest youth the am
bitlon to bo the governor of f4outh Carolina
has filled my breast. To serve my
-date is my ardent desire- to Join all other
patriotic citizens in the effort to do
their service and help in the upbuilding
of her resources and in the character of
her citizenship. I appeal to all citizens
to Join me in the determination to place
and to keep South Carolina, in the forefront
among her sister states in progress,
in moral tone, and in an enlightened and
educated citizenship. I am confident that
I voice the desire of a large majority
i of South Carolinians when 1 urge our
people now to turn their hacks on past
'actional bitterness nd dissension, to
look forward, turning their faces resolutely
to the future. The vision of a people
reunited must he kept before us; a
people determined to take advantage of
the resources which Cod has put within
our grasp, to develop these resources;
to build up our waste places; to diversify
our crops and industries; to educate and
uplift our citizenship, and to that end I
pray that Cod may give to me and you a
wise and understanding heart, that we
may he ab'e to discern the evil from the
good, and that He m y give us the spirit
to think, to say and > do such things an
ue right, and that His blessing may b?
upon us in our efforts to serve our state.
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Eighty Years Old.
"I had a great deal of trouble with
my bowels and bladder, and i>aii\ in
whin uu? which ieit nice rheumatism.
Weak back. Constipated. Urine
highly colored. Many doctors failed.
I have taken Peruna and think 1 am
cured. I have 'gained twenty pounds
in weight since I began Peruna." Mr.
W. C. Hemphill, Louisville, Miss.
Eighty-four Years Old.
"About fifteen or twenty years ago
I was suffering with pains in my
back. I could scarcely get about. I
got some Peruna and was relieved of
the pains ever since.
"I have used Peruna occasionally
since and recommended it to others.
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Why You
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BECAUSE wc carry best
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highest quality.
We cater to the "best trade"
as well as to those in moderate circumstances.
This is a high class store for
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During the year that has passe(
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many years.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that
cannot he cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure..
F. J. CHENEY & CO., TOT.EDO, O
We, the undersigned, have known
F. .1. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
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acting directly upon the blood
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Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per
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Take Hall's Family ?ills .for constipation.?adv.
Piles Cured Sr. 6 to 14 Days
tour dniRnrtut will refund money if PAZO
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Blind, Bleeding or Protruding PUea in6 to 14 days.
The first application gives Base end Re-* 50?
rerywhere Say
Peruna Is. for
Coughs, Colds,. Catarrhal
Diseases and after effects
of the Grip.
When T first know of Peruna the druggists
here did not keep it. Now they
all keep it.
"I have lived in this place eightyfour
years I am :i farmer. Was born
where I live. I liavo three living: children.
Should you publish tills in the
papers it will reach many of my old
1 friends. You can use my picture as
you think proper." Mr. G. W. Roberts,
It. F. D. 1, Box 8l>, Pickens, Miss.
Eighty-two Ye?r3 Old.
; "I had a severe attack of grip. I
suffered terribly while it lasted. After
my attack I sent for Peruna. My
! wife said I must have a doctor, but I
| insisted upon taking the Peruna, and
made a quick and perfect recovery."
Mr. J. R. Prince, R. R. 1, Tuckahoe*
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Eicjhty-ono Years Old.
"I had nervous prostration. One
doctor would say I had catarrh of
stomach and bowels, another nervousness,
and another enlargement of
liver. Nothing seemed to do me much
good. 1 commenced taking Peruna,
which built me right up." Mrs. .Martha.
A very,U8 Graham St., Leominster,Muss.
Seventy-eight Years Old.
"I had catarrh of the head. Commenced
taking Peruna and gained
eleven pounds. It is a great medicine.
A fair trial would convince any one of
its elflcacy." Mr. P. M. Joffrlon, Bogalusa,
Louisiana.
Those who object to liquid, medicines
can now obtain. Peruna Tablets.
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DURING THE NEW YEAR?
/our trade during the new year
-e the reputation built up dur2
kept up to highwater mark.
1 we have used our best endea;omer
a fair chance and an hon
we have tried to maintain for
trade during the year that has
customer, you already know
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citation and we promise to give
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TODDVILLE, S. C.
Expenditures for Labor by South Caro1'
a Farmers.
Thirty-nine per cent, of 00,401 of
the farmers of South Carolina employ
hired help, and their annual expenditure
for this item is approximately
?10 771 nnn
. ... ,wv/, niaaimiiik lo a report
which has just been issued by the Bureau
of Census. Ten years ago the
yearly expenditure for labor by farmers
of this State amounted to $0,107,000,
and the increase within a decade
has been 70 per cent.. Eighty-seven
per cent of the amount paid for labor
by South Carolina farmers is cash.
For continental United States the
yearly labor expenditure is more than
$051,000,000 and 40 per cent of the
farmers hire labor. There are nearly
3,000,000 farmers in the country that
employ hired hands.