The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-13

"' w VI 'Ho greatest advan-
t"So to the people of the South.
Manufacturers have pros ented
samples Of tho latest models Of COT
ton machinery to tho department to
S"ch an amount us to make the value
OF u" property belonging to the
lcxt'lo School almost double the
amount that tho S;"to has expo. d d
on it.
PEN-IONs.
This State is now paying ont ar.
nually in pensions to Confederate
soldiers tho sum of 100000. No
amount that th" people cculu afford
would he too much to dispense TO
worthy and needy mon who risked
all Tor tho cause they held sacred
ana became by this service incapaci-
'"t'd for self support. But the
greatest caro- should bo taken tbot
such funds be properly distributed.
and that the State do not attemnt
moro IN this direction than is ubso.
l"taly demanded by the exigcncies of
the ca"e We have potable OH.
Ject-lcsson in tho abuses of tho na-
hona' system Of pensions to warn ia
TO "s' tho utmost circnmspection.
Onr own system Of pensions is in
need of changes and reforms. I'll,
expensive and cumbersome, and tco
open to those ,licitations Of ;nAn.
once and favoritism that invite abuses
ana encourage Extravaganza. The
system should be simplifiod, and ifs
regulations and restrictions be ma6e
strict and even rigorous. The town.
ship and county boards should Ia
abolished and application for pen
slons made to tho State Board. The
sum now expended in this wav.
lOO,0OO, is more than the State can
afford, and moro than is required to
satisfy tho just demands upon this
fund. This money is now being too
'ndIscrlmin"tcly distributed, with loss
to tho State and with Injustice to
somo beneiiciaries and favoritism to
others Many undeserving people
nre drawing pensions from the sAste...
and many needy and deserving vet
Grams are forced to 60 without. The
pension lists Of this State should be
purged and every beneficiary cut off
from them who does not show that
he is SO incapacitated to provide for
himself aud so dependent on his own
labor rs to be evidently worthy OBJ
ject of this public charity.
If these necessary measures are
taken, $4,000 will do moro real good
than 100000 arc now doing, and
tho State will bo saved wasteful ex-
pcnse, while the needy and tho wor.
thy will roap, rs they woro intended to
do, tho benefits Of this fund
L recommend that the pension list
bo purgod, that $4,000 only be ap-
propriated for pensions tho cominr
year, and that steps be taken to in
sure tho proper distribution Of this
amount.
THE HOSPITAL. FOR THE INSANE.
Tho proper support Of this helpful
public charity, which looks to the
amelioration Of ono of tho saddest of
human affections, has always ap-
po"lod successfully to the sympathies
Of tbs States representatives, and
should continue SO to do. But thero
is nood Of greater restrictions in the
method Of admission Of patients INTO
our Hospital for tho Insane, and I
feel that you should scek to apply
moro economical and scientific meth
ods IN the administration Of this IN.
stitution in this respect. The hos.
pital has recently been enlarged by
tho completion of tho Parker build
ing, which provides room for four
hundred patients, SO that DOW the
institution has capacity for 1000 in
mates. 1t now contains 0G6 afflicted