The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-06-18


Patron at GrngetOwn................ 3Jl ID
Patrol Edisl1................... UU w
Patrol in MariIn cnunty ............. ~ W
Patrol In Edg, field county .-.-.. 10 W
Phosphate department. ZS6O W
Salary special assistant II m"n.hs........ 1900 O0
sistant t'..s.',... acknowledgements. 45s 90
rI'1sa's;:: PFiH:,Ss; Al $
Annual inspcc i'm Of phosphate territory
State sr:cn nri and Mechanical society $500 90
covered in rhosphate litigation. ....... 1886 70
Total Disbursements. s81 Sp6 l3
Cash in State Treasury October 81 lSS9.. Z5,3O4 W
Grand total. $s5I29 IL
The demand Is made that we make this
campaign OF education, so will play school
master little further In this matter OF ex'
! penditures In the Agricultural Department.
Here are some questions which, whoever
VIII, or can. may answer:
Fist. 1t will be seen that Sl2 l62 has been
paid for lawyers fees. Why did not the At
torney General and solicitors who are State
'Gses Second a '"J Judgment @ With costs for s7s75
was obtained against the Pacific Guano Com
was probably n ruse to get some legal advan-
tage. and its property was attached under the
Judgment. Then compromise was made by
costs. The amount turned into the State
Treasury was S3I ,306 and the Department
kept Sl2: lG2 to repay costs OF lawyers fees.
the amount received. want to ask why was
| the matter compromised Mt all? And where
did the $3.50 go? And did anybody get any
money for compromising? .."-I.
Third. In 1854 the experimental stations
cost 1860. cost of chemists laboratory and
sundi les 81 1887, making s9,9S6.
United @ States sI5Go. known as the Hatch
| fund TO run an experimental station. / can
find no account Of how that money Is spent
or where 1t goes, either In Colonel Buffers re-
Are we spending S25, 1000 yenr on these sta
tlons? Has the station chemist or chem.
lists. and the University chemist both paid
by the year and do they then receive nddi-
tional pay for analyzlng fertilizers? Have
we duplication of Office and duplication OF
salary and no works In return thereof? Is
the spending of these agricultural funds.
Fourth. The net expenditures OF the Agri-
cultural Department as set forth above are
S8O,427. This includes for State Agricultural
| Society, 81, 500, making net expenditures SN.-
427. In the Comptrollers Generals report for
the same fiscal years (page 81 the Agricultural
Department Is charged with S3l, ,l60, but this
does not include the $500. Do we find three
state officers-I mention their names with
fear and trembing-maklng this sort OF
showing about the same matter of public ex.
pcnditures In official record.
The Treasurer chnrges the Bureau with
s5T42 more than u acknowledges TO have
spent and s., 500 more than the Comptroller
eraI charges it. with s., ,242. more than it ac.
knowledges TO have spent, and yet all tho
books of these officers tally. and they would
have these officers made mistakes, or Is there
something rotten in Denmark" Has the
Bureau spent more than 1t accounts for? II
the Agricultural Departments accounts accounts are
prior to iss7. spent over $4,000 without ever
showing single voucher) how VIII M the Comp
| Is the desperate and unscrupulous warfare
urged against me made lest thorough over
hauling Of the State Government might show show
farmer cleans up his premises once year and
especially his barn. There may be no "rats"
in our Slate House, (cries: eyes, plenty OF
'emw and consequently no rat nests, but
whether there are or not, general overhaul-
ing and sweeping out can do no harm and
while You may think that am actuated by
selfish motives hope we shall nave IL Wheth-
er boss the Job or not
Speech OF General Earle.
! Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am pleased to stand on Abbeville soil. 1t Is
the first time I have ever had the pleasure.
1t is sacred soil This spot Is sacred. Abbe-
VILE county holds high position In the State.
She has given to the state as much, perhaps,
more OF her glory and honor than any other
county.
am OF tnOSc VINO OelleVe tildC uli ItlhL 10
good and pure and noble is inspired by ,wo-
man, am glad TO see them here upon this
occasion. shall not promise them that moth
ing that falls from my lips shall offend them
1t Is not necessary for me to make that pro-
mise. -
Fellow Citizens, these are troublous times
more troublous than many think. We
have stood here before as Democrats. But
how different now. Then we stood man TO
man, holding aloft the palmetto tree. Do we
stand so to day? stand here to-day TO say
Carolina deserves higher place than ever
before. If what has been said OF 1t is true,
then she Is no longer worthy OF your respect.
} have been to every meeting from Green
VILE TO Abbeville. ! have endeavorcd 10 dls-
cuss calmly and dispassionately the issue OF
this campaign-not as us u politician, but as
q lover Of my state.
! South Carolina levles less taxes per capita
than any state In the Union, except two
only four have q lower rate OF taxation.
Tfliman-Will you give me q word right
there?
Tilinnn-When II comes to per capita
J, Governor Moses used the same argument.
In his message In 1873 he stateo that me
average per capita taxation was S5,5 while
in South Carolina II WAS only S3.a. Every.
hody knows that the white men pay the most
OF the taxes. ,
by reading anything from Moses, the Robber
Governor OF South Carolina say Moore
J told the truth. will agree with the devil. II
he tells the truth, therefore l agree Win q
great deal that Capt. Tlllman says.
Tillman-Thank you.
Fnrle-I say that we pay less taxes per cap
ita and less per 81 900 than do most OF the
states OF the Union, and do not think we
nav too much. fail to discover where Cap
tain Tillman proposes TO reduce your taxes.
Lam not in favor OF pulling down your
educa tional institutions: II the South Caro-.
lima University is spending TOO much, reduce
the appropriation.
II OPPOSED free tuition In the South Carolina
University: did not IKE 10 see rich ooys
Tlllman-You are coming over to my side.
! Earle-No sir: am not coming over 10
YOUR side. God forbid that should.
u lam in favor of the public school, anu
while am in favor Of the higher education
, other, would prefer to give uptthe hlgner
T;entlemen of Abbevile. you are Demo-
Gratis. hut do say that yon who follow Cap
tain Tillman are pursuing undemocIatlc
Methods. The March Convention and those
hines which precr dcd II aid followed 1t arc
~ lam not afraid to speak the truth, as
l,now Il. do not mean 10 offend any man,
but do mean 10 speak my honest seI.tien. MN in
IS7G we strohd together .ass one man., We
hrnl The chains that bound our grand OLD
siaie to the EARTH We thon adopted rules,
bv which we have been governed since, ana
d fsav that Captain Tillmun has dlsregarded
those rules. Was 1t Just 10 tne DenOcrn,,f ana
make a Seporate nomination? They puolisn
- nronu ncinmento in Will graves ana seri-
~ mnnS charges. are made agntnst the government
or Souih Cur0,ina-asainst the Democratic
party. r.,,.od Commission has been
,,,,e;, nr buuplIt or bribed; If your Legisln-