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WSDHS8DAY, DBCKMBXB 10. Governor Tinman's Inaugu ral Addirete. The following is Gor. TiUman's ia aagoraI*ddrees, with the exceptjoa of & few unimportbot paragraphs : Gentleman of tie General AttemUjf : It is seldom io Ike history of polities that a rate w a? hotted as I am. It is custozoary' to perform the ceremony of inauguration in publie and ooiy once before that I am aware bee it been nat essmf in South Carolina to bold it in Opea air io order to 1er, the people see To the large number of my fellow citizens who bate none bio the honor to come as witnesses of tbb impressive cersmoaisl I mm only say im ?m\ ?orda I thank,yoo. ] To the people I owe mj electioir after a most memorable canvas*. To the people only t owe allegiance ?od to the pe?pfe I pledge m y toja]service. This is:**, mere boiidaj oo?aakra The ?" tseueOf (b?t great ooesmonwoeltb bave far the first titee is ite history demand ed obtained the right to choose the? Governor, sad I, as the exponent and leader Of the sew revolutioo whieh bro&gh? sboot the change, am here to tabe the^olemo oath of office aad eater npoo the discharge of its oserons duties. Before doing this it is proper, and usage make! it obligatory od me, to maze known my views and. opinion* on the Important questions agitating the pub'ic mind ead-to show where- and bow the reform! are needed and can be wrought. With sueb an audience as this, sym pathetic and enthusiastic, I might, if I were an orator attempt to play npoo jour feelings and win applause by flightso&wfeai some call ?loquence, but which ainm?e people consider as gut tering generalities, the tinsel and brass . buttons of a dress parade, meaning nothing ami worth oothiog. The responsibilities of my position, the repasen of the people npoo my lead ership, the shortness of our legislative session (one fourth of which is already . goo*^ alike demand the display of prac tical statesmanship and business meth ods. We are ?net to do the b osi ess of the people, not to erp?ve beautiful theo ries, or discuss Ideal g o ver o meut. We combb?reformers, claiming that many thiisgr ia the government are wrong and ? ?sichere"ia room for retrencbment and redwstioo of taxes. Our task is to give the-people better government and more sfifcSjewt ?o vem ment as cheaply as pos *?ef; We mttet, however, never lose light of the fact that niggardliness is always economy: The people will pay even more taxes than at present if they know those taxes are wisely ex pended and for their benefit. Before I proceed to d?neuse in plain, ctraigbtforward, farmer fashion, the leg ufinon I shall ask you to consider, I desire to congratulate you upon the tig tjajL victory achieved by the people ? throughout the Union at the recent elec tron. Democraey, the role of the peo ple, bas won a victory unparalleled in its magnitude and importance, and those whose hearts were troubled as . tbey watched the trend of National leg UovVieo re its nobtushing usurpation of authority, its centralizing grasp upon tbe tbroats of the States, its abject sur render to tbe po wer of corporate money and class interests?all sueb must lift op joyfol hearts of praise to tbe All Baler ?and feel their faith in the sta bility ?bf our Republican inatitwttoos our own State tbe triumph of De mocracy and white supremacy over moBgrelism and anarchy, of ci Lit tat ion 'over, barbarism, has been most complete And it is gratifying to note tbe fact that this was attended by a political phenomenon whieh was a surprise to all of us?our colored fellow citizens abso lutely refused to be Jed to the polls by their bosses. ^ The opportunity of bav io^?szr votes freely east and honestly eo.mted* which it ban been claimed, is denied negroes, caused scarcely a ripple of excitement: among them. Tbey -quietly porsned their avoeations and left tbe conduci of the election to the whites. Many who voted east their ballots for the regular Democratic ticket. And tbe. consequence is that to-day there is less race pr ejudicO and more kindly feeling between the white meo and black men in South Carolina than tas existed at any time since 1868 The dismal experiment of universal negro suffrage, inspired by bate and eftwarffly desire tor revenge, tbe rottoo government built upon it and propped with bayonets, the race antagonism which blazed op and is still alive ; the robbery under tbe form of taxation ; tfe trot and debauchery ia our legisla tfyJerbans and at our capital ; tbe proe titnt?on and impotenee of our coorte of jet?t?ce, while rape arson and murder stalked abroad in open daylight; tbe paralysis of trade, the stagnation of ag ricolture, the demoralization of society, the ignorance, the spatby, the despair which followed and brooded over the land?all these things have we endured ajad survived. Nearly a quarter of a century has passed since tbe two peoples who occu py one territory were taught to bate each other. The carpet bag vampires and baser native traitors who brought it about and have kept it for their own greedy purposes are nearly all gone. There never was any just reason why tbe white men and black men of Caro lina should not live in peace and pros perity together. Our interests are tbe ame, and our future, whether for weal or woe, cannot be divorced. The negro was a friend and faithfnl servant during tbe war when there was every oppor tunity to glut upon onr wives and chil dren' any hatred or deaire for revenge Ami there is not a single instance ou tSmi of any disloyalty to hie master'* family during that trying aad bloody ! period. He had none. And we should ' be charitable towards bim for tbe ex cesses to whieh he was excited by the opportunity, example and ioetigatioo of bis white leaders daring the dark days 1 have depicted. His conduct in tbe recent campaign shows that be hss begun to think for bjjmself sod realize at last that bis best frfarifl sad safest advisers sre tbe white mien who own tbe land aad give bim employment When it U clearly shown thai a ma jority "or "oor colored voters are no longer imbned with Republican ideas, tbe rex*d negro preblem will be solved jd4 tbe fesr of a retaro of negro dom inatilo will haunt as no more. Can I not appeal to the magnanimity of tbe dominaot race? Can I not pledge in your behalf that we white men of Sooth Carolioa stood ready and willing to listen kindly to all complaints, lo grant til just rights tod safe privi leges to these colored people?that they shall have equal protection under the Saw and a guarantee of fair treatment at our hands ? That the colored people h a ve grievan ces it is Idle to deny. That the mem ory of the wrongs sod insults heaped upon the whites by the blacks duriog their eight years' role has provoked re taliation and often iDjustice is true. It wat B?torai and inevitable. Bat we owe It to ourselves as a Christian peo ple, we owe it to the good name of oar State which has been blackened thereby ?od its prosperity retarded, that these things should he stopped. We whites bave absolute control of the Stote gov ernment and we ioteod to retain it. The intelligent exercise of the right of suffrage, at once the highest privilege and most sacred duty of the citijen, is as yet beyond the capacity of the rast majority of colored men. We deny that "ali men are crested equal.7' It is sot tree now and was not when Jef ferson wrote it Bot we cannot deny that it is onr doty as the governing power.io Sooth Carolina to insure to every individual, black and white, the "right to Hre, liberty and the parsait of bappiaess." With ?11 the machinery of the low in onr bands, with every de portment of the government?executive, legislative and judicial?held by white men, with white juries, white Solicitors, white Sheriffs, it is simply infamous that resort should be bad to lynch law and that prisoners should be murdered beatone the people have growo weary of the law's delay and of its inefficient ad ministration. Negroes have nearly always been the victims, and the con fession is a blot on our civilization. Let us see to it that the fioger of scorn be oo more pointed at our State by reason of this deplorable condition of affairs. Let us hunt out the defects in our laws. Let us make plsin and simple the rules of court which have granted continu ances and new trials upon technicalities. Let as insist that only intelligent, sober, virtuous citi ten ? sit oo our juries. Let punishment for crime, by whomsoever committed, be prompt and impartial, and with the removal of the esose, the effect will disappear. And, as a last desperate remedy, to be used only wheo others fail, grant to the Executive the power of absolute removal of toy Sheriff who fails to prevent noy soco set of vio lence in bis county after the law has token control of a prisoner. I have thought it wise to speak in emphatic terms oo this subject because every Carolinian worthy the name most Nmg to see the time when law shell reassert its sway, when our people wiU not be divided into hostile political camps and all class?e and colors shall vie with each other to friendly rivalry to make the State prosperous and happy. Having never aspired to or held poli tical office before, my place in South Carolina has simply been that of ? voter tod t tax payer . Bence, i sa not as conversant with the details el the differ ent departments of the State govern ment as I could wish. With such knowledge as I possess I will now as britfly as possible direct your attention to each matters of ob lio interest ss seem of most importance. Is oar present school system t good one? Are we doing til we can to train our y oath and fit them for the duties of life? I toswer emphatically, No! Io our towns and villages, by reason of supplementary taxes or voluntary con tributions, the schools tre fairly good. Among the farmers the country the good school is the exception, while in ferior schools, which run three or four months, tre the role. There is just enough effort by the State to paralyse private schools, and there is absolute retrogression in ednet tion tad corresponding increase of illit eracy. We spend in round do m bere for free common schools per annum about $500,000 and for higher ?duca tion about $100,000. This it 52 cents per capita of population tod allows less than $2 to etch child of tehool age. It matt not be forgotten that the whites piy nearly til of this except the poll tox. ' Without giving reasons which will oc cur to every thinking mind, I suggest the following scheme to improve the school system ts t basts of permanent tnd last ing schools. The respective counties should he divided, by t reliable survey or, into school districts ts nearly square teethe contour and the Itrger streams tod swamps will permit. These should be of tn tret not greater than thirty-si nor less than sixteen square miles, in proportion ts population is dense, tod with one white tnd one colored school in each. All the publie school foods fbonld be concentrated to run these alone. The trust?es should be elected by the residents of said districts, only freeholders being eligible to the office. The poll tax should be increased to $3 instead of $1,as now, tod this will re quire t constitutional amendment. Empower trustees to erect buildings near centre of districts, with money borrowed for thai purpose, tnd set apart each yetr so much of school fund as may be neoeeeary to liquidate the entire debt io ten years, principal sud interest. Allow voters to etch district to levy at their option t supplementary tsx for its sole nee up to ive miles, if they so d?rire, with privilege of each tsx payer designating the school to which bis ad ditional tax shall go. Finally, let the State, alone if need be, bot in company with other Southern States, if p.wsible, have suitable school books compiled oo royalty or booght tt wholesale, ss may be cheapest, sod fur nish the same to scholars at cost, allow ing no others to be used io public schools. We find in onr school histo ries Confederate soldiers designated ss "rebele" and Southern statesmen called * traitors.7' The State alone eso remedy these evils tod the State should do it. The people have decided that there is no ose for t graod university tt Co lombia But they are equally deter mined that the South Carolina College ss a school for liberal education in the classics, io the theoretical sciences and in literature "shall be liberally sup ported.'7 After consultation with the president tod some of be professors tod trustees, I recommend that the university system to be abolished, the experimental farm at Colombia be sold tnd the proceeds be eovered into the treasury, the meehtoictl department, with til its belonging* trsnsfered to Ulemsoo college sod tbst a complete reorganization be ordered. A liberal ippropriation sud one whicb will suffice to give the institution stability sod ?haracter ought to be made. Thirty ;housand dollars for all purpose? and uition fees eso be profitably used io my >ptoioo, tnd i bope thot it will receive bat amount by perpetual tonutlgttots so as to r?nove the college altogether from political influences and antago nisms. The work oo Clemeoo college, ns joo have been informed by the repon of the Board of Trostes, has been de layed by the failure until recently to make suitable brick oo the ground When it is remembered that the tras tees had to go io the woods aod build everything from the groood?college, mechanical department, laboratory, mess ball, dormitories, professors' booses, etc.?it ese be readily seen that a large amount of money will be Deeded. After close calculation we find it will require not less than $150,000 to com plete aod equip all the necessary build ings io a plaio aod substantial manner. The last Legislature appropriated $43,? 000 for this purpose, aod it will require at least $100,000 more to complete all the departments and start tbe college. The Agricultural department build ing at Colombia should be sold and tbe proceeds ene he applied to building purposes. This building has cost op wards $25,000 aod sboold be worth at least $20,000. Tbe experimental farm at Colombia is worth probably $5,000. So to tabulate we find : From privilege tax, $32,500 Department building, 20.000 Farm at Colombia, 5,000 Available for building purposes $57,500 There is besides an anooal income from tbe laod scrip food $5,750 sad about $4.000 from tbe Clemeoo be quest. As soon ss tbe General Assem bly shall take proper action there will be $15.000 more, ander a recent act of Congress, wbteh is to be divided be tween Clemeoo and Cla?non an acnnal appropriation, which increases by $1,000 per annum till it reaches $25,000 Oq the basts of these recommenda tions aod the income from tbe (Jlemson bequest, we cao see $65.000 at least io sight as a building fund for oext year sod $45,000 io 1892. enough to com plete the Clemsoo oollege io two years, aod it is for yon to decide whether you will pat off the opening of the college aotil October, 1892, or give money, oat of tbe treasury to eoable it to be completed aod pet io foil operation next October. Tbe annual income of tbe institution will be as fallows : Botch food, ?. S.. $15,000 Land scrip fond, U. S., 5,750 One half Morri?l. 1890, fond, United States, 7.500 Privilege tax, say, 40,000 Total, $68.250 The people are very impatient for tbe Clemsoo college to opeo and I hope yon will see your way clear to follow ooe or tbe other of the plans suggested so as to enable the trustees to complete tbe bnirdmgv and start tbe college oext October. Of the Citadel Academy I shall have little ssy. It is unfortunate, io my opinion, that it was ever reopened as a beneficiary military school. The money (60.000) which has been recently spent in rebuilding the burned wing aod ic repairing aod equipping tbe whole building could bave been far more profitably used in erecting an industrial aod oormal school for girls nod tbe $20,000 annual appropriation, which it takes to ran the Citadel, would have gone far towards supporting each a valuable aod necessary additioo to onr educational system, It, however, holds a warm place io tbe hearts of many of our people as a landmark of tbe old regime. A cooservative regard for the rights and wishes of eveo a small minority ooght to bave weight with those who have themselves so loog been denied what tbey wish. There are too few lights in Sooth Carolina for us to put out any of them and for the present I recommend that the annual appropriation be granted. There te an imperative need for so industrial school for girls in the State. Oar system of education for women looks to training their minds and giving tbera accomplishments for the adorn ment of society. But reverses of fortune or death often bring tbe neces sity of bread-winning, and tbe tender mother left a widow, or daughter left to orphan, finds how little worth io dollars aod cents is tbe music, drawing tnd painting, etc., upon which mooey tnd time had beet lavished io ber so called education. Tbe State has never done anything for its women except ap propriating to the Winthrop Trainiog School for Tetchers. It woold be wrong to enter ioto competition with our private female colleges by establish ing ao ordinary school?bat ooe in whioh the industrial arts and sciences, telegraph, designing, stenography, bookkeeping, the chemistry and prac tice of cookery, housekeeping, etc., are taught will, I am sure, supply a loog felt tod pressing want. The State may oot be prepared to undertake this work right at this time, but justice sod eulighteoed statesmanship will not allow it to be loog delayed, As a step io this direction, I recomo:end that the Gov ernor be authorised to appoint three commissioners to ascertain and report on what are tbe proper requiremeuts of such ao institution, and what will be tbe probable annual cost of its maio teoence. After a thorough examination of the methods and work of tbe Winthrop Trainiog School I am positive in say ing oo mooey spent by tbe State for education promises a richer retoro than that given this institution Tbe cry comes from all over tbe State for bet ter trained teachers. There are in oor white public schools 1,102 male 1.586 female teachers, showing that women are most in demand. What effort is made to supply it. Trie State gives $150 per aouum to one woman beneficiary from each county who attends the Winthrop Training School, and none are admitted except those who tre tvowedly preparing themselves ts tetchers. The coarse is one year. Now mark the contrast : Three hundred dollars are ppent annually on each beneficiary at tbe Citadel ; two are allowed from each county. Tbe course is four years and tbe graduates are virtually released from tbe obligation to teach in tbe public schools, while mtny of them have left the State as soon as tbey graduate. Truly it would appear that ' Man to man go oft unjust, la always so to woman," aod here we have not only injustice, but a woeful laek of common sence. I will olose my remarks oo education by repeating the words of a deep thinker. "If we educate our men their children may be educated, but when we educate oar women we know that their children will be educated " I have made one brief visit to tbe aeylam, sod bare made such inquiry aod investigation ae I could io regard to its system and management. Tbe institution is very foli, aod tbe appro priation for this year is $110,000 with $10,000 additional income from pay ments. There are people io the asylum who oogbt not to be there, because they cao be more economically supported elsewhere. A change sboold be made io the law so as to require each eoouty to support its own ioeane. Pauper patients should under restraint, when needed, receive kind treatment, plain substantial food, skilled medical atten dance nod comfortable clothing. But poor taxpayers, of whom we have plenty, ought not to be expected to support pauper lunatics in netter style thao tbey themselves are able to afford. Agaio, when time and treatment have shown that a paoper lunatic is incur able but harmless, needing nothing but a little food aod clotbiog, why should tbe institution be crowded with inch class of patients when tbey can be as safely aod more cheaply cared for io county poor house ? Another thing, many of tbe inmates of tbe asylum who are harmless are placed there by tbeir natural relatives to get rid of the burden of tbeir care aod support, aod those having do property in their own name, are classed as paupers. Were each county o ade to support its own lunatics tbe authorities would refuse to send such to tbe asylum. To relieve existing pressore and to restore the institution to its proper uses as a hospital for dangerous aud incurable lunatics, I advise that a commission of three physicians and two Citizens, to be appointed by the exe cutive and paid out of his contingent fund, shall make thorough examination of tbe inmates confined there, and re turn to tbe counties from which they came all persons who can be safely sent away. Next in importance to the asylum is the peoiteotiary. Tbe results obtained at this institution have not been satis factory, aod the bane of its manage ment is politics. Io my judgment tbe best results to make the institution yield ao income commensurate with its work cao be secured by removi? g all restrictions oo leasing or hiring the coo viete aod allowing them to be era ployed os any work, public or private, that pays best. It is twenty-two years now since our present constitution was forced opon us by aliens. Some of ite provisions are wise, bat there are others uoeuited to oor conditioo and wants. Some of its provisions caooot be obeyed, others we have Dot tried to obey, still others have been trampled 1 upon to the great injury of certain counties and sections. I cannot point oat all defects, but I am unalterably fixed io the belief that a cooveution of tbe people sboold be called to make needed changes aod incorporate euch 1 additional features ae will adapt it to ? oar people and tbeir surroundings. The cost of such convention should oot weigh io tbe least against each action, for tbe benefits to be expected will so far exceed the cost that money cannot : enter as a factor. While demanding a ? new constitution, receot events show that our people are determined to allow oo wanton disregard of the present ? instrimeot. The wrong of tbe failure to reapportioo representation will be righted beyond doubt by this Legisla ture. But I feel in duty f ound to call your attention to another most out rageous infringement of its clear and ? oomietakeable behests which has gODe unchallenged for ten years. I allude to the division of Charleston couuty < There is oo doubt that Charleston coun ty, as it *' is unconstitutional. It ; lacke the required area, therefore the 1 act creating Berkely county is not law. I It can only remain of force by your i failure to discharge year doty as re- ? quired by your oaths of office. The constitution of 1868 gives this ; county two Senatore, clearly by reason 1 of its large area and population. If that county is divided and a oew county ; created, sball tbe same area and popa I lation be entitled to three Senators by < reasoD thereof? Here isa most pressing reason for a constitutional convention. I will oow touch on the means of ? saving the people's mony, reducing sud I equalizing taxes and increasing the States income from the phosphate royalty. There is nothing that will 1 save the people more mooey than a good railroad law, administered by an honest, 1 impartial, fearless commission. I an hesitatingly advise that a law similar ; to that of Georgia be enacted. < Whether tbe choice of commissioners shall devolve upon tbe people, the General Assembly, or the Executive, is for you to determine. Our platform demands that it be given to tbe people,- but an immediate reorganization is desirable, while our next election ? is two years off, and if proper men are selected I am sure (hat the State will receive instant and great benefit. Let as in future know no sectional line in the State and in selecting men for positions of honor or trust, ask not whether a candidate is a Reformer or not, but whether he is tbe beet man for tbe place. The question of equalizing tax?e is one of tbe most important aod perplex ing with which we have to deai. We find tax payers by tbe thousand not only fail to return all tbeir property ae tbe law requires, but tbey sign tbe oath that tbey bave returoed all their property at true value, wheo tbey know, and the Auditor knows, the returns are absolutely false. Tbe Auditor does not care, beeaune he gets a salary, and be does not ?ke to offend a man who has a vote, while the Governor does not care, because he appointed tbe choice of tbe people. Tbe lor.pl equalization board appoint ed by tbe Auditor for political effect, and getting do pay, goes through these returns horridly aod makes some slight obaogee and tbe county board doee like wise, and nobody except tbe tax-dodger ? in satisfied. Here is tbe exhibit of tbe Charleston banks as given by the < Auditor of that county : < The tabulated statement (which is here omitted) contains a list of twelve i banking institutions, with an aggrega- ? ted capital and undivided profits 1 amounting to $2.806,610, aod deposits i $6.538,000. on which tbe total assess-11 meat to $1 265,000, sod tbe taxes paid paid $12.017. These are figures taken from state mente ae presented by cashiers of tbe different institutions, and they speak for t tbe m pel ves. ( Theo we know farmere return mules j that cost $150 at $50 sod $75, so the disease is universal and now what is ] the remedy? The beet and only effectual way of securing co-operative equality io assessments, as it is the only ' way of securing economy aod efficiency io coooty affaire, is Township govern ment, each as exists all over the Northern States, and such as existed here before the war io our local boards of road commissioners, &c. As the adoptioo of tbe coostitotiooal amendment abolishing the office of coooty commissioner will allow a new system of connty government, I suggest for your consideration a scheme of local government which will give as efficiency and economy in county affairs. Let the voters from each township elect from its freeholders a board of three supervisors who shall have charge of road ? and the assessment of property in their respective townships. Let the pay of these supervisors, if any, be just what the people of that township are willing to pay ont of their own pockets, as voted in township meetings When the Auditor comes around to assess property let these supervisors be present and put prices on land, stock, etc., under oath, and should aoy taxpayer neglect to make returns let the sapervi sor fiod oat and assess his property, receiving therefor $1 from each tax payer that neglects to meet the Auditor. Let the chairmen of these township boards of supervisor* constitute a county board of finance. Tne Auditor should be altogether free from political in fluences, and be appointed, as now, oo the recommendation of tbe coooty board of finance, rather than by the primary system. The next subject to which I wish to call your attention is tbe management of the State's phosphate beds. Tbe octopas which seized apon tbe iodastry twenty-one years ago has kept the water tnrbid with its inky fluid. [Bere be gave a history of the granting of the privileges to the River and Marine compaoy to mine rook io navigable waters, and traced the phosphate trans actions up to the present time ] A Government survey alone can demons trate the troth or falsity of tbe belief, wbicb is based apon the assurances of ex perts, who, themselves, have mined rock in waters of the State. 1 thoogbt it best to obtain tbe help of the United States if possible, and to ask the detail of ao officer of tbe navy or coast survey to do the work. I think, upon inquiry, an appropria tion of {10,000 will be sufficient, and by the time the General Assembly meets a year hence it will have some thing definite to go opoo, and can con tinue the work or not, as it may deem best. There is some further legislation which will tend to make oar bonds command a more ready sale at home. First. By requiring State banks of deposit to place with the State Treas urer as security State hoods to the amount of tbe average deposits of State funds of such backs. Second. That every bank chartered by tbe State be required to invest a part of its capital stock, say 20 per cent., in State hoods. Third. That all insurance companies doing business in South Carolina be re quired to deposit 325.000 in Sooth Car olina bonds with tbe State Treasurer as a guarantee of solvency, as a find that can be attached, if the compaoy does cot pay its losses promptly. Gentlemen of the Secate and Hoose of Representatives, I mast apologize for tbe time I have consumed io discussing these important matters, and with a few remarks as to the relatioos which ought to exist between the Executive and tbe Representatives of the people, I will close. Daring the recent campaign the lines were sharply drawn, and I was elected on a platform which, among other things, demands "rigid economy io public expenditures, the abolition of useless offices, redaction of salaries and fees of all officers. State and County, to conform to the increased purchasing power of money, and the decreased ability of the people to pay taxes, that public officers be paid in proportioo to their labors and responsibility." An overwhelming majority of both roar honorable bodies was elected on tbe single issue as to whether you en dorsed this platform and its exponent. We are here to redeem these pledges, tnd it is your doty to make tbe laws tod mine to execute. The responsi bility is squarely on us and we cannot shirk it. There are some minor matters to which I will direct your attention in special messages from time to time, rbe observations I have made and the recommendations I have offered are for y oar consideration. Your duty is not discharged unless you sift, amend, alter and add to these suggestions, anything which, in your judgment, will perfect them and subserve the object wbicb alone should actuate us all, the public welfare. I have giveu you the best light I have, bot I am not infallible and bave no pride of opinion. There is a fearful responsibility rest ing upon me by reason of the reliaooe 00 my leadership, but you cannot avoid the responsibility resting on your own shoulders, and you will do wrong to cast a single vote against your judg ment, no matter whence comes the rec ommendation. In the matter of appoint ments I must rely almost wholly on your advice and suggestion where the people have left us any choice. The most important appointive office io each county is the jury commissioner. The pressure brought to bear on this officer by bis friends and attorneys of meo indicted for murder is very strong, and unless he is incorruptible the jury gets "fixed" and justice is cheated. Tbe office of trial justice is one of large power and importance, and no man wbo ever drinks to intoxication should hold it. Only three weeks remain of the usual legislative session which has been lim ited to Christmas by unwritten law. You have to deal with many matters of great importance, and whether you oan perform these duties properly in so short a time must depend on your diligence and absolute refusal to waste time 00 silly, wild-oat schemes, and local aod special legislation which are curses of aur time. Pledging you my best efforts and hearty co-operation in your arduous labors, aod invoking the guidance and blessing of tbe Father upoo our labors io behalf of our beloved State aod its people, I am now ready to call heaven 0 witoess and take the oath of office. j At the conclusion of Capt Tillmso's iddress, which was frequently inter* ] upted by cheers, the other officers took be oath of office, sod that afternoon tbe 1 >fficcs wese turned over to the new re- J ?ime with but little ceremony. This ends the last act in the great { political struggle. { . 'it goes right to the spot," said an old nan, who was rubbing in Dr. J. H. McLean's folcauic Oil Linimetit to relieve rheumatism. vloct 1 Disadvantages of Raab. Bank has its disadvantages if "the claims of long descent" incomber its possessor with snch a baptismal heritage as Lyona Decima Veronica Esyth. Un dine Cyssa Hylda Rowena Adela Thyra Ursula Tsabel Blanche Leilas Dysart Plantagenet, which is the came of a pretty 12-year-old cousin of the volatile Sari of Dysart, all the other Dysart Plaatagenets being endowed with equal liberality as to pr?nom en and agnomen, as witness for example Mabel Helming ham Stiial Huntingtower Beatrice Bb> zocberrie Evangelice Vise de Loti de ?rellana Toedmag Saxon Dysart Plan tagenet, or Lyneph YdwaHo Odin Nester Egbert Lyonel Toedmag Hngh Erchen wyne Saxon Esa Cromwell Orma N?v?l Dysart Plantagenet.?Harper's Bazar. Be Told the Truth. At the conclusion of a festival an ex cellent teacher, d?sirons of administer ing a trifling moral lesson, inquired of the boys if they had enjoyed the repast With the ingenuous modesty of youth they all responded, **Yes, sir.** "Then," asked the excellent teacher, "if yon had slipped into the garden and picked those strawberries without my leave would they have tasted as good as now?" Every small boy in that stained and sticky company shrieked, "No, sir!" "Wiry not?" "X2ause," said little Thomas, with the cheerfulness of conscious vir tue, "then we shouldn't have had en trar and cream with 'em."?New York World. ?_ Gritty Sandwich Denier. There is a sign in^bis city which would have called out the authorities in short order in the days of Salem witchcraft, and the author of the sign would have surely been knighted for bis originality as well as for bis orthography. The sign reads "SANDwitchess." He's a gritty dealer, to say the least.?Norwich Bulletin. POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.? V S. Govern ment Report, ?ug. 17, 1889. Nov. 12. Sm:? little fortuneehaTebeen mad. at Work tut n?, by Ann* Page, Auerin, ^ ' " * ,' ^ ?? "*, ? Toledo, Ohio. ^E?2^^ ? ','* cut- Oihar? are doing a? well. Why T^riWW^M"'1' -v"u? Sonie 0Ttr *sw).00 * J ^mv J??X?j?mnionth. To? can do the work and lira ? A^l^^ IPa^^Hat home, whtrrrer too art. Zreabe J BJI^Wldnnrr? uro eaailv earning ?rom f? to /_? zAmW Stradar. A a^ea. Weahow yottbolT <*t*2. 2Bm and .tari too. Can work in spare time ? J tm^ or all thr'iirae. Biff money for work er jwH an. Faltara unknown >monf tferm. _ JaWeS* NEW and wonderful. Parti calar? freo. .Hallett ?fc Co.. Box. ?SO Portland, Maine DO YOU KEEP EES. If so, send your name and address for a Free Sample of the A?EBICAJT BBS JOinUTAX) Weekly?32 pages-One Dollar a year. 'PUBLISHERS 246 Bast Madison Street, CHICAGO, ILL. CHRISTMAS GOODS -AND OTHER GOODIES, -AT M. L. MAJEWSKI'S Bakery and Confectionery. In addition to a dai) supply of Fresi Brea?, Rolls, Cates, Pies, k, I have a 6ne line of FRESH CRACKERS, of various kinds, FINE FRENCH CONFECTIONERY, r RUITS, NUTS, RAISINS, TOYS, DOLLS, FIREWORS, GLASSWARE, AND FANCY ARTICLES. CIGARS AND TOBACCO. Ail goods first class sod prices the lowest. Give me a call. M. L. MAJEWSKI. Nov. 19? Urn of a Story SHOULD KEEP AN On these Columns. We ShaH Soon Be gin the Publication of Beatrix * A SPLENDID SERIAL BY Julian Hawthorne, One of the Best Writers of the day. It Is Thoroughly Americani And Depicts the Trials and Triumphs cri a Young Girl on the Operatic Stagey in a Most Fascinating Style. DO NOT MISS IT. If Yon Are M a Subscriber SEND IN YOUR ORDER. FERTILIZERS ! FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS! ?aving bought largely, fob gash, a foil as sortment of, Fertilizers, Acids ni oilier Guanos, We are prepared to fill orders for luch at low figures and on reasonable ierms. C. WULBERN & CO., Wholesale Grocers, 171 and 173 East Bay, ?ov. 19. Charleston, S. C. ittt'ttuni?u Tax* Swift's Specific in the Spring, When water-Mlies blow. For health and happiness ?twill bring, And canee the x?iood to flow In i oyons cur renta, pu re and free Through evry vein and artery. Oft on the vernal season attend A sense of hebetude, Of languor; -which always portend A thickening of t he blood. This 8. 8? 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Ils large dividend returns reduce the final eost of insur ance to a minimum. 6. ?It is tbe best company in which to insure, as it combines all the ad vantages of age, large and select mem bership, financial strength, absolute security, and the cheapest insurance that is honestly possible under any con tract which has a definite value to the beneficiary. ?.?It has no stockholders to claim any part of the profits. The assets and surplus all belong to tbe insured. shows economic management. 9 ?Its new policy is tbe most liberal ever offered by any insurance company. 10. ?It places no restrictions upon travel, occupation or residence after be ing two years io force. 11. ?Being practically non-forfeitable and incontestable, it provides a legacy and not a lawsuit. 12 ?It is tbe simplest and most com? prehensive form of insurance contract ever issued. If the policy-bolder pays his premiums while he lives, the com pany will pay tbe full value of bis policy when be dies. 13.?All claims are paid immediat-ij opon acceptance of proofs of death. 14 ?The distribution policy of this company presents a most attractive in vestment feature. It not only accumu lates the surplus arising from the premi ums over the cost of the insurance on each policy in force during the distri bution period, but increases it by com 8?Its ratio of expenses to receipts ] pound inte. ?t. ALTAMONT MOSES, Ag: t for Sumter. Edward L. Cremami, July 9 General Agent, Columbia, S. O. REMOVAL -AND NEW GOODS. To accommodate my largely increased and increasing busi ness, ? have removed to the handsome and commodi. us new Brick Store next to John Reid's, opposite my old stand, where I can now be found with a stock of DIAMONDS, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, SPECTACLES, &c surpassing in brilliancy, extent and variety any stock of the kind ever shown in this city, with daily additions of new at tractions. Thanking my friends and the public generally for the very liberal patronage bestowed on me at my old stand, I hope to merit a continuance of the same, aod I hereby extend to all a cordial invita tion to pay me a visit at my oew stand, where, with a larger stock and increased facilities in every way 1 am better pre pared than ever to cater to their wants. Don't forget the place, REIDS BLOCK, MAIN ST., SCOTER, S. C. Yours, anxious to please, L. % FOLSQM. Erery thing in the line of repairing done ai heretofore. Oct 8 FARMERS, You can Store your Cotton at Compress Warehouse, get a receipt, and borrow money on same if you wish. Su?ter Compress and Warebonse Co. Oct. 29,?2m FOR SALE OR LEASE. THE STORE-HOUSE and lot, now occu pied by the undersigned, with all neces sary appurtenances for the conducting of a cotton, wholesale and retail grocery business. Lenient terms to approved purchaser. Leaves a liberal patronage and paying business for successor. Address, R. P. MAYBS, oct-22 2m Maycsville, S. C. . A. , Successor to C. I. HOYT & BEO. Gold and Silver Watches. FINE DIAMONDS. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, 4c. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb I_ HOW'S YOUR FENCE? We have the CHEAPEST and Best W* WOVEN WIRE FENCING r * ML_^\ Wire Ropo Selvage. INCHES BIOS AT 60 CSHTS PER SOD. Lawn. Garden, Poultry and Stock: Fencing, all sizes and width*. Gate? tornatoti. Prices low. 80 Id by dealers. FretjrHt Paid. Send for circulars. BeaTIXBT WOTKS WTBB FKSCSCO., CHICAGO, III? P. e.-All-et?*l LAWX and CE?ET??Y 1"? PROTECT Your WHEAT Your From injury by the |'FIy" by niVA ton-d rissine with IIA SO CERE ALITE. One bag per acre will largely increase the yield of grain and straw. BOYKTN, CA RM ER & CO., Baltimore, Md. Not 26?3m_ NOTICE. AMEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS of the Sumter Ice Manufacturing Com pany is hereby called, to meet at the onice of said company, on the 22d day of December, 1890, in the city of Sumter, to consider the question of increasing the capital stock of said company from $10,000 to $20,000. J. J. HARBY. Not. 19 '90?4L_President. J. D. KENNEDY, Attorney at Law, CAMDEN, S. C. Will practice in Kershaw and adja cent counties. Men. 12.