The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-12-08

the law in such county shall be paid for by
n tax levied on the people Of that county.
IL they want prohibition, let them have il
in fact aud not in name only. My observa-
tion and experience with men teach me that
it is idle TO expect any elective ca'cer tn or
ioreo tnis or any other prohibtory Statute.
Such men want votes, and will not make
enemies II they can help it.
In regard to the provision requiring q
majority Of the freehold voters to sign a
petition for the appointment OF Dispenser,
IL Is both unjust and unreasonable. Some
Of the present Dispensers appointed under
this requirement are Incompetent, and in
some cases they are not fit persons 10 fill SO
responsible position. think a provision
allowing the County Board to establish q
Dispensary at such point or points in
county as will put the people to the least
trouble sn securing what whiskey they need
for legitimate purposes should be incorpo-
rated in the amended Act.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
The Citadel is performing the work which
il undertakes to do in its usual satisfactory
manner.
Clemson College has been completed aud
partially equipped, aud opened in July last
with over four hundred boys, and there is
promise that at it's next session il will be
filled to overlooking and many will have to
be turned away.
At the South Carolina College, a'oue of
the schools which are running, the attend
ance is unsatisfactory. Materially, as TO
plant and buildings in general, the College
is in better coalition than it has hesn for
half century. The corps of Professors is
able one. and they are performing their
work with accustomed satisfaction but, for
the causes which wero set forth in my last
Annual Message, the boys continue to go
elsewhere. Yet have every reason to be-
lieve that low water mark has been reached,
and that the College in the future will at
tract q larger and l,rger number of students,
so that the attendance will reach satisfac-
tory average in one or two more years.
We cannot afford to take any step back
ward in education nor can we lower that
standard S:.;v pt,uv, regard fJr the
pledges Of the Reform Movement-every-
| thing which should influence those who now
| guide the destinies of the State, point at
this time rather TO the wisdom Of searching
for the diseases which may cause tho sickly
condition of the school and applying the
remedy, than taking advantage of the un-
| healthy condition TO strike it down, and
ihus remove landmark which always has
| been an 1 should continue to be the pride of
| every true Carol ian.
OF the South Carolina Industrial and
Winthrop Normal College, which has been
located at Rock Hill, after lively competi-
ton between that si'y. Spartanburg and
Chester, | will only say that, remembering
| the demand for n similar institution for boys
| ut Clemson, the Board of Trustees are plan
ming for duplication of that school. The
| amount of money paid by the people of that
thriving and ambitious little city, SG0,000
| will be expended in the erection of the main
college building, which will afford class
! rooms for at least UUU girls ; aud we hope TO
have the building completed and ready for
use by the lst of September next. 1t is
estimated that the equipment of a dormi-
tory sufficiently large to accommodate four
or five hundred girls would cost $4,000,
| would therefore recommend and urge that
you appropriate for this purpose from the
earnings Of the State Dspensnry such n
| sum of money, TO be available afts- The iifiy
thousand dollars appropriated last year to
the Dispensary has been repaid to the
Treasury. If the Dspensary does not make
it, then no harm will have been done.
There only remains to be mentioned the
| Cedar Springs lnsritute-the school for deaf
dumb and blind-which has teen managed
with The usual good sense and judgment
oharacierizng the institution, and merits n
continuance of your fostering care
The management Of the State LupMic
nat- could oc desired. While the State
farm on the Wat tcrcc suffered severe loss bv
thy breaking OF The dam and the consequent
overflow Of seven hundred acres of crop by
the river, the institution has been more than
| selfsustaning, has met payments on iLe
| property, and has large casl. balance tn
its credit. 1t is tn" irtentiou ~ The inrcc
tots 10 su in1reasc ihc strength aud heipht
| Of the dam that such q disaster will be i'm
possible in the future. The number of con-
| VictS In the iustitutiCn shows a heavy in
crease, being ,033 against 900 last Novem-
| Der.
The number of inmates in the Asylu,,,
has remained about at th" average and mo
| Capacity "l The institution is tested TO its
utmost. The Supe, intendcnt makes n sur
| gcstion, in connection with the use of con
victs. to make bricks in anticipation of the
necessity frr enl'rg'ns tho quarters for the
co'ored macs and guarding against FIRE,
| which ! think q capital idea
l would also direct your attention to the
| correction Of an abu7e which he points ont
| namely the use of the Asylum by persons
| feigping insanity t. escape criminal prosecu.
ton, Or course il Is net proposed to put
| insane people i'll the Pcnitcnliary, but rhcy
! can g there with perfect prOprieiy when
| they are charged with crime until insanity
is satisfactorily proven.
| In conclusion | beg 10 rcm.nl You, gen
| tlcmcn. thnt this session vf the Leg pIsIotu-c
| by reason Of tho fourth Tuesday falling 9,
| near the end Of the month, will be shorter
| by week than the average. should you ad-
l"urn 1T Christmas in accordance with the
unwrittcn law. No session Of the General
Assembly III the history Of the State has
| ever had II deal with more important viinl
| questions. Ia addition, you have TO elect
five Of tho eight circuit judges aud one Jus
ticc of the Supreme Court. My experience
and judgment have shown Inc that when i'm
portant elections are pending the pubIic
business is neglected and the Legislators
seem paralyzcl, becoming parisans Of thus
candidate or that, and paying no iced To
matters of lcgsla ion.
therefore urge on you TO appoint Iav
not later than Monlay. the lth of December
for getting rid of these clcctons-obstruc-
tions 10 legislative business The new
Criminal and Civil Code has to be passed ON:
the Dspensary law must be amended and
perfected wise and iudic or. bill 7J,iuc-
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