Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23
VOLUME XXxyIlI,-yo.'5.

Il The Statutes of the several State.
! in relation to the militia contemplates
i as does the act Of Congress on this
# subject, that the organization Of the
e State militia shall be- assimilated to
that of tie United States army. This
f plan has been followed in the brlga-
s ding of the several regiments already
f organized, and will be adhered. to in
Y the future.
9 The limited number of arms in the
u possession of the State viii not per-
nit us'to arm the whole of the Ma
/. tional Guard at present, nor it
, either necessary or expedient that all
the militia should be equipped for
wal in a time of peace. 1t is be-
, ieved that the regiments already
armed, and now most Of them thor
oughlv drilled, will furnish almost a
sufficient force, with the unarmed re-
serve organization, tc meet any con-
tingency that may occur.
Should an emergency arise. re-
quiring larger force, arms can be
issued from the State armory for any
additional regiments that may be
"ee:S'1To'o H,.i,prlae,liss...sf
Protection! for Insect-D Destroy ing Birds.
The farmers of the whole country
are directing their asseptionand earn
lest efforts to the suppression of the
roxious insects that annually invade
and destroy great part OF the cot
ton, grain and fruit crops. The in
| Jury and loss to the agricultural pro-
ducts of the. United States by the
depredations of those insects that
feed upon vegetable life, are estima-
ted, by high authority, to be ordina-
rily, not. less than fifty. millions of
! dollars per -annum. -. Z,
1t can readily be shown, by the
statistics I have examined, that the
increased multiplication of insects,
attributable directly to the extermi-
nation of birds, causes a destruction
Of the products of industry, repre-
isenting annually, throughout the
world, the Labor of several millions
Of: men, .Itr e
The only effective mode of check
ing.and, subduing these pests is to re-
spect the order Of nature, and pre-
serve the small birds to meet and
conquer them. They alone can stay
the advance of the dreaded army
worm, waose far-reaching columns,
unresistibie by man, waste our cotton
fields, and blight, in their silent but
'pitiless' march, the hopes and pros
poets Of the planter. i
|: Without further multiplying the
evidences drawn from costly expert
ence,iof the value of birds as sup
pressors of noxious insects, thereby
iddihs to our agricultural wealth,
and cheapehing to the consumer the
cost Of many of the nacessarries of
ife produos'l by tillage, I,earnestly
recommend the passage of an. act pro-
vlding Tor tAa-panishment, by mod
crate fine and Imprisonment, of aa7
person who snall. .wantonly kill or in
Jure' any insectiverous bird at any
Season Of the year.
Salaries of Judges.
| recommend that, the salaries of
the,Supreme Court and Circuit Judges
Of the State be proportionately IN
creased, respectively.
They are the hardest worked and
poorest paid officers in any depart
ment Of the State government; and,
while / am constantly admonished of
the necessity of economy in the ad-
OF. the government, I
deem 1t an act of simple justice and
sound policy, on the part of every
State, to appropriate for the salaries
Of high Judicial officers such amounts
as are consistent both with the dig
1lty Of their positions and the tieces-
stiles thereby imposed upon them.
Jury Law.
Under existing laws providing for
he preparation of the jury lists, no
?ourt of Common Pleas 81; General
SESSIONS @': can be legally held in. the
month of January, although it's pre-
crloed by statute that in several
onntles therein. named there shall be
cid terms Of said courts, beginning
n the fist Monday in January. Sec,
ION 3, chapter 3, of the general stat
lies provides that the jury lists shall
e prepared once in every year, du-
!ns the month Of January, and Sec
ION. l. OF tie same chapter declares
AAtt, the time for drawing Jurors
hall pot be less than .soyen nor more
lsn fifteen days before the daywhen
se jurors are required to attend"
is obvious that il the jury lists are
} be prepared in January, and ."the
'rors to be drawn not less than sew
days before the day on which they
re required to attend" thee can be
D term held which requires the at
1dance OF Jurors on the first Mon
ay III January. Il recommend that
!e law providing for the preparation
the jury lists be so amended, at
our present session, as 10 provide
Iat the board of. Jury commissioners
all prepare jury lists and draw the
sora whenever it shall be necessary.
+ the holding of any regular or spe-
al tenn Of the Court of General
'Fslons or Common Pleas, in their
spective counties.
Agricultural Lien! La,sl
"A celebrated writer upon govern
entail science made the semark.
ah4fed upon vide Observation that
5lhe true arr Of government, :onsst3
governing as little as possible"
This is no doubt true, and vas de-
,ned to enforce the,c5rrect ,ptinci-
'that-legislative enactments should
t unnecessarily 1rammel Individual
terprise or independence in the or
nary business relations Of tie c;ti-
The State. however ,,.b;1o 4