The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-11-28
SOUTH CAROLINA.
GOV. RICHARDSON'S ANNUAL.
MESSAGE.

MESSAGE.
The state Debt OueStiOn-Tht
Color Line OH Railroad Trains
The Battle Flags of the Con
federacy.
COLUMBIA, S. c., November 27.-Gov.
ernor Richardson submitted his annual
message to the Legislature to-day con,
cer1ing the settlement of the State debt
known as the Brown CousolS, amounting
toabout six million of dollars bearing sin
per cent. interest, payable sem-annI-
ally, and maturing July 1, 1898. The
governor suggests that the Legislature
pass an act authorizing the lssur of bonds
and stock interchangeable. one for the
other, as is the case with Brown COnSuls.
bearing four per cent. interest per annum,
payable semi-annualy il such amount
as can be exchanged for Brown consOls,
said bonds and stock to be issued during
the year 1890, and to mature in fifty
years. As an induceInent to holders OF
the Brown Consols to exchange them tor
four per cent. bonds, the governor suG-
gests that the treasurer he authorized to
pay the difference in interest from the
date of execution up to the date of ma
turity of the Brown consols, which is
July 1898, in cash; and If the new bonds
cannot be exchanged at par, then to au-
thorize them to be exchanged at Il less
sum, but i'll no case at less than 81 dol
lars per hundred The difference between
the sum for which the new bonds are
sold and par value should also be paid
in cash from the fund appropriated for
the purpose, as it would make the new
bonds and stock more desirable as an in
vestment if prompt dnd certain payment
of interest was assured. The governor
recommends that in addition to the
guarantee now given by the State to ST.
cure the payment of principal and inter
est OF the Brown consolS, that the phOS-
plate royalty received by the State be
pledged to, and set apart for that pur-
pose also. This royalty yielded to the
State last year S2l3,OO5. Il sum nearly
equal to the whole amount of the annual
interest of the proposed new issue of Sc
curities. The supply Of phosphates is
practically IneXhaustiblc, and the de
mand for it i'll the crude state, as well as
frr manufactured products by the agricul-
tural industry of the world is growing
daily.
In regard to the popular agitation
now in progress for separate acCommO-
tions for the whites and blacks ON the
railroad trains, the Governor SAYS:
1T is a matter Oi general inform tiou,
that i'll response to an urgent public de
mand, sev, raj of the railroads entering
Columbia provided separate but equal
accommodations for passengers of the
two races during the recent State fair,
and that the experiment proved notably
successful, causing no friction or com
plaiut, but conducting instead i'll an
eminent degree to the pleasure and com
fort OF eXCurSiOniSlS. There is no reason
why this temporary regulation should
not be made permanent to the Joint ad
vantage of the railroads and travelling
public. The intermiXturc of passengers
of both races in the same railroad
coaches or compartments is frequently
attended by unpleasant incidents which
could be prevented by the provision of
separate accommodations and to this
accommodations being made equal in
character there could he no objection 10y
thoughtful persons of either race | con-
slider it my duty to present these con-
such action as may be deemed advisable
and proper and to urge that, as a pre-
fiminarv step to the settlement of this
pressing question, the general statutes
be carefully amended in order that com
mon carriers may I've relieved of dis
abilities under which they have Been
placed by those who no longer represent
the State, and that the reform, which is
demanded by public sentiment may not
be further impCded.'
The law which the Governor desires to
have amended is the civil rights law
enacted by the republicans, previous to
1876, and which declared that any cor
poration making discrimination in the
matter of accommodations etc, on ac-
count of race or color shall forfeit is
charter.
Under the head OF "miitia" the Gov
crnor makes the following recommended
tion:
II would earnestly bring to your at
tentiOn the prppricty OF collecting for
preservation the battered battle flags oi
the companies, battalipnS, and regiments
Of the State. These signs represent the
honor an | valOr oi our people, and the
State should take care that they are rev
errntly preserved as honorable mcmuri-
ais of gallant and SelfSaGrificlnG devotion
of her sons. Let her request the veterans
of the confederate army and navy to
send the battle Scared flags to the i'll
spector generals department to I've care
fully preserved in the capitol in appro-
pirate cases, where they will bear silent
testimony to the hrroiSm with which the
Sons of Carolina vindicatcd her honor,
and, the self sacrifice with which they
laid down their lines in her defense. |
recommend small appropriation to
carry out this suggestion and secure the
safety and preservation of the flags"