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ANNUAL MESSAGE IO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (Continued I rum I'age 11 broken limbs. I desire now io call your attention to un editorial which appeared in UM- Columbia stat??, tho IUH4 sentence ot which, gentlemen, I am aatislied you alli say :s very con soling to t!ie parents of Hie fourteen young mon whom college ruciiltic* ami schodl trust?es have murdered." (Th?- a rt ich; from t lt newspaper says in part: "Thu growing bo) ought not to play foot ba I except with considered advice. . * * Mooibal I ls strong limul for strong youngsters The solution In s with the paren s lo see that their progeny do not try to ?liew a beef too .stltl with j.-" .tile.) i.ett \ -.Inn u Ke HU Mitt. The Governor calls attention to the fact that there is In the t'urolinu Na tiona) Hank in Col um bia ti note for $1,700 for thc .xpenscs of old sol diers to the Gettysburg reunion, ld asks the legislature io luke up this note. The history of tin- mutter he sets forth in full v. Ith tin- following preliminary remarks "After the adjournment iii tho (Ion era! Assembly l;?st year. (Jetterai lt H. Teugue. Commander of th? South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans, and others MTV much int terested in the Gettysburg Kennion, found that the amount ot money np propriated hy you to give thc deserv ing survivors from tills State a trip to that reunion would bot bc suf ficient. Some effort was made to at tempt to raise the money hy popular subscription. , 1 took the position that this was very wrong; that 1 dh! not think the ex-Confederate soldiers ol thia State wanted to he bold up a? heggars or paupers, und oyen if .som? few did want to ba sq held up, I made up my mind that none of them should be." The Governor recommends u change in the laav governing requisi tions. He says he will not* ISHIM- a requisition for the mere collection ot a debt, and that he has endeavored to stop that prat-lice by requiring the county tn pay the expenses of the <>r HCer going after the person to be arrested and brought back. There is no law requiring a county to pay, and he wishes such u law passed. The Slate Farms. The Governor says "I respectfully recommend that you discontinue all work on the State farms, except the reformatory in lexington county." He incorporates in his message an intervluw given out sometime ago in which he advocated putting the con victa on the roads eays he: "I have n. ?er believed, nor do I now believe, lu keeping the peniten tiary for a money-making Institution. 1 have never been ono of those who believe in making money out of the unfortunate oonditlmi of others, and certainly no. out of the blood, bone ... anjjl, J)e>!u of unfortunate bel?g*. TI.?.,... i -?.w;,...i.. f.....;>. the placing A convicts,upon the pub lic hlghwnys. . There ls no question before tnis county, uulesa li be chris - tianity, that is ahead of good roads, and good road? will help Christianity. If we have good roads wo will have better schools; if we have good roads .vre will have better atendance at the churches and at tho schools. If we have good roads lt will Increase thc value of the farms, because they will put them nearer to the towns in the length of time. If we have good roads lt will brlug the farms closer to the towns and cities."' The Governor says further there la no justice in requiring a county to. pay the State penitentiary authori ties for the use of county eon viet?. The county pays all the expenses of trial and conviction and of convey ing tho prisoner to the penitentiary. He declares that there is absolutely no juBtlce tn lt, and. lie wants a law, to remedy it. Raps Hie "Detective-.." The Governor takes a rap nt the Burna detectives und oder detectives who had arrests made In the l'an T?fiiMs robbery case some months The.paymaster there waa rob HUbamiuen?y*-i" b*??d ?<*UKM and waa arrested in -{K?roa.d. ^"ff or on some young WlmeS^^. Ia rr of good family were arrel^no*V?, were subsequently released. In'tS^j mentlng on this the Co vernor says: "I think lt high time that you gen glemen should pass Borne law to stop cheap, cowardly, lying hirelings from slipping around over the State, mak ing charges or causing charges to be ' made against our reputable citizens, humiliating them and their families and putting them to expense hy hav ing thom arrested and placed Mn jail and being otherwise annoyed and troubled, when there ls absolutely no foundation for the charge, and they are made only to please the suspi cion of one of these hireling? who calls himself a "detective." .'I urge thia upon you. gentlemen, because the citizen who ls thus treat ed has no redress in the law. nnd If he should take a shotgun and kill one of these hirelings there would be a great burrah that he was a red-hand ed murderer, and he would be fibred to employ lawyers and go .through a long and tedious trial. Therefore, th? injured party must sit down and say nothing, because no good man. if he can help himself, wants the ,.hlood of bis fellow man upon his ids, although in canes of his kind ? really believe it would be justified botn in the sight of man und God. Tuberculosis Hospital* It is useless for me to call your attention to thc turr?b'.e ravages of tuberculosis in this State, a? well aa In every other section of the country. Thia deadly disease is one of the greatest scourges with which we are afflicted. It is not only our duty, but it ia certainly directly to our own personal interests, to make every en deavor to stamp it out. co-operating with those who are dcvo;!og then lives in this great effort, and in the meantime to ii-sseu Its ravages os t?ut4j as wd 6an. t therefore rt+otu im-iMi ilia) you .-. t .i-n!. . .i suitable j?irc- ot land owned hy loo stau*, and that yotj iiiuok Rtillicleut u|i|iro' lin.it:?.II tor til- oroctloii Ih'urenii of a tuberculosis sanitarium tor tho treat ment ul Cns dl-< .i ft. "I lien Icu vu lo repeat my recoin iiieiidation asking Kial you pa-n an ail providing foi ti lia! two ? MI' pas songer rat? on al railroads in tln Stal. "I .un oppose;! to all kinds of mil' cage hooks, c'.tnnguable, interchange nhle or any ot lu r kittel. I wain H fixed so that when u mun guts on a train and halide a conductor nv?, cents i\in ride II nillo, or w "him h hand.- 'lim two dollars lie cull ride one hundred in Iles. I do not vain any inlle.ige books. ilenf 'for K UT! ric Cur*. I recoin mimd Ihut you require that nil ear . operated <>n < !. tri?- lines m this State, whuthur within or without lile incorporate inuits of any town or eily, ie- healed. when the weutiter i -. such as to just I fy it In thu interest ol ll.omfort <>r passengers on sam cars, nuil thal these ears bu supplied with uir or eniorgoiiey brakes. My rudson, gentlemen, for this nc oniniuiidation should ho apparent ev en without its being stated Ladles collie out of heati il si and g"t in to those cars on a cold .. for a ride of four ul liv? miles, or possibly moro, lu thu different suburbs around Columbia, tor instance) peo ple, have to walk some distance mi a cold, rainy day lo the ear lino, ant' tak<- tile ears for ll rule of tome dis tan'e. Tiny got their feet wet and discomfort and illness results. Another thu Mer discussed very frankly is a r< commendation "that you pass a law prohibiting thu charg ing of whnl ar>- termed excess charg es upon personal baggage ?'hen car ried along with thc passenger upon railroads. He :-ays that somebody is making money out of this and. he believes, hishonesty. ile cited nu in staure of his own experience where a trunk was taken on trips to Nev. York. Atlantic City, etc., and was not made to pay excess, but on a trip to Washington ho hud to pay c cents charges, although two persons, rid ing on separate tickets, carried thc same trunk. Ile says that tilers is something wrong In "this mean, !h| miltons sygstem." It 's u small way of robbing people. The amount is not Hie question, although it might he of consequence to "some poor peo ple who iniisi ride tho railroads," net their feet wet, and have to Mt In these cold cars for a considerable while. Discomfort and sometimes illness is the resul.t Smoking In Cafes. Another matter handled character istically and warmly, ts the custom of some persons of smoking in din in ?? rooms, restaurants and cafes, lie BU/S in part that Caere was a time in the South when li' a man smoked a pipe or cigar while walking along on thu strei-t by thu side of a lady he was not regarded as well reared, and such a thing S3 smoking while ruling in. ii buggy iwlth a young lady would atit, "have teen tolerated. Hut today we have not only seen these things, and too far. "i regret exceedingly to know that people In South Carolina (I will not say gentlemen, nor will I say true men I sit in our publie dining !"Q'-?!?S restaurants and cafes, and smoke cij Kars and foul littb- cigarettes, and whits and puff and blow tba smoke out through their nostrils, and this ?moke is carried either by tho antur al breezes or th's current of an elec tric fan Into the eyes, mouths and nostrils ot refined women. It makes me ashamed of my state. "If I were^Jn ono of these places with a lady and should sec a man light a cigarette or cigar I would quietly ash him please not to smoke, as there were ladies in the room, or I would get up and leave with her. Hut evorybody' does not feel like doing this, n.ul I have actually heard ladles complain bliterly to their escorts ot the annoyance of this smoke." The governor says that no law is needed for a trus gentleman Ol well reared man, but there are some per sons who have not proper respect for Others and they should be made to behave. There should be a lav making lt a mlsduanor. itu criticises the growing tendency to change county "linus "every time : Qtneb?dy gets mad because his pro perty h. assessed a little higher than he thinks it ought to bo, or thu su pervisor doesn't work the roads." ^ f Ho declare- that this leads to conrow^ amj tne SOvornor should lo,,, v,n "su*-1 discretionary power, wi.iie favornw, ,, <.olintlP8t ne als., deplores crSJK^ . m>w oountv when in co doing an tn? tf?u, would be ruined. *.> . Cattle Tirk Kratlktinii. The governor warm-, np? on this subject . Hu says that a great deal of ugitatlon has been going on in re ference to thu eradlction of the cat tle tick in this Statu. Of course, everybody ls in favor of this move ment, and foolish indeed would ho hu w ho would oppose any effort In this direction. However, it is a matter winch am should not give only hasty consideration to. and you should Hot be swept off your feet by sentiment, but you should investigate very ser iously and very oarofully what work has been done, and how lt is done, and how bust to continue thu work. i have suggested, and repeated to you, that I think Glenison College, is receiving enough mon^y from the fnrmurs: in th? fertiliser tax to give nt least part of lt back to"tho farmers by using it for eradication ?*? the cat? tie tick. Clemson College was estab lished in 18X8. whllo thc Hon. John Peter KOchnrdson wa? Governor, and he stated lb his message of lSt*0 tbst after along tight In the courts some thing over SOO acres of land and $11, 283 in money had been received from tlio Clemson will. This property was turned over under Governor Rlchardsctva administration, and much wo c towards the building of i Lbb college was completed during his term. Go1 ernor Blouse then quote? Sen ator Tillman as saying In 189? "1 would hay. further, t; at lifter Clem-| son Col leg? siiall h?vc gotten wt-111 undo iva 3 und i.'i|uli>pe<), in four or live y eu ra ai aa? ' t':i-r< will hoi enough tiiutiey nov. Ko I ti g tu that; Kt'hool to run .t. .ind also t . (.-. ?iii--' school (Winthrop fol?ele) without taxa!.<>n I Commenting or. thin, (Jo vernor I I'Ica . -.tn thal Tillman was u false j propio i. The en? niion ?ti mun' of ttioney ? hu ii - r?T .?I ii> i lean nu . ol loge stn y a groat mau} i>? o;?le in Hie. Slate i?> !K Ko- mn-; . vii ivsgaiit approprjalion . . . i mud?' to aii> IIIHH lutloii ol leirniuK a Hie Soul . I won id. thereture. ? \yiir pa ri kit tar utteutiou lo a ea redil study Of tins mutter iron; every standpoint, und in sl-t (hat ? li te-on Cull? do ililli .erk <?i cattle tick cradl allon on its pres ent receipt? without uti) extra levy upon tl.i people of South Carolina tor tl:is purpose." Ile. concludes: that it would be unjust to make those tottii ties which liuve eradicated tie- tick pay for Hi'- work in other count ios lesa progressive. Ile faw.r^ a i:om iiion sense way of eradicating the caith' lick. At the, point t!i . Governor discus ses tin primary system in this state, in view rn" thc particular Interest In tin':, special subject, lila vie>va tltere oti uv- published elsewhere in a sep arat"- ai tide. Following lids is his discussion of "federal encroachment upon Mate's riK^its."" Under tin.- head be t ails nt tenUnn to tin- Uw making lt a fede ral offense to mb an Interstate s.iip iii-nt while in transit. ( .\ ivliolo train crew was convicted .it t!i?- re pent terni ot' th.- rederul court in Greenville tor robbing a rreight train or goods shipped ?rom outside cf the State lo a linn in Hi lton > The (Jov urnor's position la that niter the goods are placed on board, tho chip per ha., no control over them. The f?deral ?ev? i nment. he (lis iar es, should h t th?' States regulate their nv.il troubles, such as railroad rat- - tin- white BUivo t radie, etc. He luia nb objection to the laws except that they encroach on tho State's prongatlves. The federal ..-.yvern-. ment '.viii lake charge of a case If a store la broken into and "a little one cent po t office happens to he in thc back end of it." M.. guys that this ls no tri'ria! ;i>at tfr thi-- eHcroacliment, but is get ting inor? serious every day, and he calls attention spccil>y to another matter: Another Act. I notice, is the one living ?lates for hunting purposes wttbin tile borders of our State. The birds and the ducks ami the deer and tho tish and the other Kaine within tho borders of South Carolina belong to our people, and the United Stutes Government has no right io dine in to this State and interfere with our loc al game laws. Thl3 is only aa ef fort to protect a certain set of Northerners, who come down here and buy np large tracts of land and t'.ien prohibit our home people from hunt ing on it. They establish their hunt ing club?,, which are often nothing less than barrooms, and are some times gambling dens, and put fenced around their hunting pres?rvthJ and say to our people "Stay out." Or 'hey como into our State and hunt and flab ?iromiscuonaly-? dodging the payment or any tax or'license to tue detriment of our home people. Now cornos thc United Stat?? Guverauieui, because these people are rich, ami is attempting, in their interest, tn de prive tho people of our State ot th' '?' Hod-given liberty and right to hunt and hV.i for the game and fish which an All-Wise Providence has provided' free to all mankind, and to deprive the people of our State of the right to regulate their seasons and to ?protect their Kaine and lish aa they see Ut. And they have gone further now and appointed a specril agent to . run around over the State, meddling Into other people's basin. * -, te bring pTOS ections for violation or' this law. Enforcement of Law With reference to the enforcement of law. the governor regrets to report that conditions are not favorable. This "annot, he says, he laid at his iloor. He asserts that -his hands have been tied. When Jie went t,nto the gover nor's oHtoe Wc. appointed a strong con stabulary fO/ce in every county and in several counties their salaries were not paid. A test case was made from Bdgelleld "and the supreme- court sus tained the netten ot' the county board and'the strong arm of the law was stayed and I was thus positively pre vented from havipg under ray absolute control and direction a force for the enforcement of the law." "The sheriffs were answerable to the people and to them alone, and they could snap their fingers In my face. When lt ? ame to the magistrates who appointed the constable? in the var ious townships, these magistrates could bo named only by and with the ^qsent of the senate. The se?ale re fuse lo cobfjrm some o^ my ap pointees.- reue supreme court sustain ed the oonfCi.^.. nf my enemies and said I could not -w00int any magis trates except under eev^in conditions. My hands were ugaln tied. (Aa this platter ls unite inter^ijrjjr a full extract ls published elsewhere* Then foi low tu order tho reiteration of recommendations, found elsewhere lu full, and a review of conditions in this Htr.te, also printed te full. Before concluding, the governor pays his re spects to the State historical commis sion, especially to Judge H. A .M. Smith, ol Charleston and Joseph A. McCullough, of Greenville. The gov ernor says thnt these two have been holding two office* in violation of the law. If Mr. Smith were a little negro crap shooters or some poor whiteman Who happened to sell a little whiskey, this same judge would give his a crim inal l enience for doing what he him self ts now doing, in my opinion. Next time he sentences some one lie should say. "I nm also a violator of thc law: you can't sentence mu, but 1 will con tonee you; you are a common citizen, but 1 am a big (?) judge; I can violate the law and defy it. but. you little shrimp, I will teach you a lesson." 1 used to think Mr. Smith a learned man, but I now conclude that he la a little cheap, partisan politic al. who thinks he knows all tho law, willie the lawyer before him knows none. I ara not runtier jurprb|e<| Bl lila accepting a judgship, from a Republican while claiming <:> he a Democrat. ? < t. gentlemen, I am criticised for' pardoning thu little rellow who vlo-j lutea the low and bega for merry, j white thea? "big" men are al?ovu th?; luw, mid eau no! I?- reached, and H lea se i- criticised on the charge of' rreatiuK ? political disturbance, while j tl ? se "big" men, and others like them. ;.!?. cuuslng tl? turmoil hy refusing to{ abide by thc law. I cau't und. island why these men an- so tenacious of this little joh. j There I. supposed t<> bo no money in i: m.? evi a <i" actual expensen ?.f at- i t'.pdlng'the meetings. Why ls it that; i usu twit dintIftgdlshed gentlemen hold on like bull ?W;k?holding to a piece of bono? Doesn't it look as If, , lhere is something in the woodpile? And why are men holding the high ofth es of United states senator undi State senator SO tena* ious ia Holding ; (in to college trusteeship. In violation of Ute Constitution of t'.ielr State.! which they are sworn to uphold? Doesn't if look a.- if there ls some-1 Hiing in til?' woodpile? I care nothing for the little position j on tho historical commission, it doesn't Interest me personally. I uni satisfied that whatever history is! written a? to nie. il it is written hy my friends it will be fi'.lr. and if written j by my enemies it will he an infamous Ile. I recommend that, unless you are dealrouri ot ullowing these men whom ? 1 have mentioned to continue in their! open violation and defiance of the con stitution, that you abolish thia histori cal commission, in order tu get rid of I these men, and either create a new! commission, or have none, as I am, satisfied the one we hu ve ls worthless, I useless, and will prov? some day to be ' more of a nu stance to people wno de- I sire to set ure the true histor) ol thia State than of va Jue. Conclut-ion. 1 hope, gentlemen, that your session will result In th?- passage of only good laws: that you will give to ?t your honest and conscientious thought, | and that your beal efforts Will be put forward in behalf of your Stale and i her people; that political strife audi dissensions will not appear, and that I pence and harmony will prevail among you. I trust that when you shall have j adjourned the people bf South Carolina I cnn truly say tins was tho most con--j structive legislature we have ever had ! If they ran. not. it will be your own fault, for you ure the architects,' the contractors aud the builders, and if tho building is faulty neither can blame the other, "iou mu?t all stand or full together. .May ?od guide and direct you, that you into 'mild wisely and well, and may He bless each and every one of you in your work. v'ery respectfully, COLI-: L, BLE A SE, Governor. WONDERFUL PROSPERITY OF SOI TH CAROLINA (Continued From Page One.) The . business entlock ls bright. Tiased. J ,Upon : healthy business con ' J>;:rin? i'.,v ?aiter part,, ot the month pf November, thc presi dent.^ Hw National Loan and lix Chjtthge flank of Columbia--who will surely not be charged with being my friend, (having mtbstantisMy chown thal ho is not--wired the president of n New York bank: "Your wire. Bus iness -ondit'ouH in this State, are healthier than I have known them for several yearn." Viewing tho initiation from every standpoint, never wits lhere n in ner year for South Carolina, and never was there so. bright a future before the State and her people. Consider the facts, gentlemen. They are ample cause for congratulation and pride. Consider them well. Does lt look as If Mease and "Bleaselot?" have ruined the State, as was predicted by my opponents in the campaign of 1!?1-*? Tile, prosperity and the progresa of every preceding year have been far surpassed, and tlio showing which has been made is not snort of won derful. TO REGULATE WORKING HOURS Commissioner Watson Will Ask That Cotton Mill Operatives Be Protected Columbia, S. c.,- Jan. 5.-Acting up on complaint of more than 1.000 mill operatives in South Carolina. Com missioner Watson will ask the gen eral assembly for a atrtngont meas ure to govern the number of lionas of work in textile plants. He said tl.at the question of making up lost was giving a Kre.u deal of trou ble, .o. i ti,at the matter was left en tirely itf'SHe hands or superinten dents. He 8?H that the measure would not work K? hardship on ihe mills, but would give protection to the operatives troni abuse? py an indtsrriminatatc overseer'Or su"|.*rin teiident. The measure will specifically de fine Just how "lost time"- must be made up. "Cnder the preheat con dition there is no means by which a mill may be prosecuted lt the ope ratives are required to work more time than they lose," the commis sioner said. ADVERTISE YOUR TOWN Hy Having Irs Name on the Ku veli.pc of Every Letter You Send. Let Us Quote Prices For Printing Your Stationery. NITRO CLUB Guns and Ammunition Complete Stock of Fire Arms and Ammunition All styles, all makes-single, double barrelled, hammerless and repeating shot guns. Single shot and repeating rifles. Complete hunting outfits, such as suits, leggins, coats, belts, and full camp supplies. Al?o Mammoth Stock of Hardware of Every Description We make a specialty of farm implements, stoves, ranges, and builders5 supplies. Come and See Us Anderson Hardware Go. E. Whitner Street f Anderson, S. C. J ft S??TE S L?W KS- BEING PLANNED Will Seek to Put a License Tax on ' Automobiles to Keep up thc Roads Columbia.-State registration and State-license fees for motor vehicle s in South Carolina und the construc tion and maintaining of a system of State highways under the department of agriculture, commerce and indus tries, which shall issue the licenses by whicli motor vehicles ure to be registered, is provided for in a bill whichuvill be introduced in-the gene ral assembly when it meets in Janu ary. At present South Carolina, with ene oilier. State, has no State regis tration of automobiles. All of the other States have fc?ate registration. The object of the proposed bill'ls to pr?vido for tho buildinE and mainten ance of a system of highways aorost the State, and from county seat to county seat, and the employment of highway engineers to locate roadwayi under the department of agriculture which department will be charged with the duty o? enforcing thc law. Thc bill would also provide for a system of patrol for maintenance of the highways. Proposed IMnn Outlined! There would be a system of State highways running across the State to .bo maintained without assistance from co.mlleB or towns. All roads would he mapped and marked, ami there would be an annual inspection of all bridges nnd State and county highways. The bill would neek to make a s>stem of county highways, the department fit agriculture to lend Its engineers to county authorities to locate roads and to collect and publish road statistics, including mileage and all other infor mation which would be available when put Into booklet form for dis tribution. Local authorities would be lent assistance as to tue various methods of road construction. Public meotiags would bc held in Hie several counties of the State to d i sett?:, road building, and Section 3 would require: "The commissioner shalt map out a system of State high ways, which shalt be thc muin funk linos connecting th?^iarger centres of population, generally spunking, and comprise, about 4 ppr cent of tho to tal mileage, and generally connecting the county seat of each county with the county seats of. the- adjoining ?on n (les. The commissioner would he requir ed to designate and ch?rt a system ot county roads, which would be main tained nt the joint oxpenBe of the State, county and township, in such proportions as the local renditions In the State would determine. B?ch county highways would be the main Palmetto State's Largest MUSIC HOUSE . % We carry a representative iine of high grade iPIANOS"! \ Codsisting of the following makes: i Ev?y;<& Ponadl Pool? Hames Bros* \ \ H@s?irj ?? S? G? lUiademaim r j Gaireirndfoim Lag?im<dl& Ak? A?s AuafoDp?ap? -anadt N?ris <& Had?, ss '.Player P5ana?? ss OirgaiffiS'aiffidl.MoBical Merdbaimdl?s? G. A. REED* ORGAN R PIANO COMPANY., 11V1I7 \ORTII MAIN' STUFET, ANDERSON, s. c. i-il-'f.^L'. - FI KM) SEEDS Spring Parley; Geradan Millet; f'a nadian Field Peas; Chufas; Soy Heans; Egyptiun Wheat; Kafir Corn; . Fctireta; and Toesinie-price? aro right. Kurraan smith-Tho Seedsman. PHONE 464. 1 There's Something in Our JOB PRINTING That Appeals to the Particular Man mark?.} roads in nach county, and such other highways in each county as would make a properly developed and well-connected system in each county. Engineer* Subject to Call. The commissioner would. he em powered JO employ ono or more hlgb wuy engineers who would bo jubject to calls from county supervisors and road commissioners, to render aid in an advisory capacity. Tho commis sioner would ?x the salaries and thc terms ol office ol' tho engineers na he deemed beat. Authority for en gineering service, and making ?uch maps, and publications *'oul?l he con ferred %y the act. FURMAN SMITH The Seedsman Field and Gar den Grasses; i Clovers; Vetch ---Grain; Feeds a n d Poultry Supplies. LOCATION: Who le s ale Rpw-in rear of Post Office Building. PHONE 464 TERMS CASH.