The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-18

H"ntlcmcn Of the General a.. ubly
Ia accuriaIcc with the ,nan,lt, 81
t." Constitution, have the hnr"r t,
pi',Nrt to you this my .ccr,t ..nnu.
n >sasc.
The Finances Of The state 49, sill !,
~ nnsatisiac,nry condition. Ever
Obligation oi the State ha- lrr.
promptly met but, u dp th'>. th.
'''rtc treasurer has nvrrlrawl foI
n:all au"urt-. ui,"n ,arlui- hankS i.
wlirh STATE fund, !iuy,. been Icpo~ :
ti. The State Of South Carolina
iniin always l,r in Il position 60 m,..r
".!rscnt expenses without the t,cc~
~. o' "vcrdr.ft- nrun bank, H. d"
i. 5, il is evident that one 1T tw"
'lnrs will have to bc done rih, +
li2 appropriation must he cat dr~n,
- The tax IT,, raised
BIENNIAL SESSION, piMA>ntp
Only eight States If thc I'nipn hold
annual ,cs-inn, ni their Ir..i ,Ia,nr.~
as1 it seems u mo>t desirable pulley
'or our own State Each -c~>i"m If
OR general assembly costs ab"ut fifty
housand dollars. We have too much
legislation, and consequently tao
u.any laws. Biennial Sc siuus, ini,, Il
b Forty days. would hc ample for due
IL ..tI
% Legislative business therefore
recommend that an amendment 10 the
Constitution Of the State, onk ing to
lhc establishment Of biennial sessions
.. the General Assembly, be submit
Ted to the people Nlcmbrr, of he
Legislature would then be- srl,ctri
i"r Il tcrm Of f"u.. years. This very
desirable action on the par, Of the
"r.crs would result in Il saving nr
i"cnty five thousand dollars Il year,
and this and other good reasons will
commend the measure 70 the people
&C the State
DOWN WITH LvNclnNG
During che last several years there
aas been an apparently incrcaing di
.n-itiOn among us To attempt the
,lylting OF real or surprised wrongs
~ the law breaking practice of lynch
'ne. 1t is impossible not 70 see in
This tendency Il serious menace to
society. We have the law, With all
It's agencies and it can always be re-
lied on to guard and punish, if we
will but back it with public vnt,ti
dcncc, and sustain it hy an rnIiyhtcn-
ID public opinion. If, however. we
suffer it to bc disrcgnrdrd aud di~hnn-
orcd by ri"t"us and Irresponsible mob-
80 shall find the lamp Of Justice be
ronc " tirchrand nf lawlcssncS> and
her protecting sword an assassin
':agscr We should not longer per
nit this usurpation of the highest
functions of justice by the unchecked
brute force Of the mob
Remedy suggests itself: see to it,
- conscrvators Of the peace Of the
State, as makers Of it's laws, az the
guardians Of its sacred homer, that it's
saws arc so enacted and so admins
:ored that conviction and punishment
shall follow crime with the certainty
ihat links effects to causes.
The officers Of the law must be
chosen for probity aud for courage;
and it should become Of itself high
crimo aud misdolneanor for sheriff or
constable to allow prisoner to be
taken by violence FROM hs hands, even
though his own blood should have to
re shed to protect the criminal.
AS an additional measure Of re-
straint, it would be- we'll, aud recon-
mend that any county in which the
crimo of lynching is committed shall
DC liublc to the heirs Of the victim Of
the lynchcrs in the sum Of - 600,
aud that men who shall be convicted
a participation in lynching shall be
deprived Of the right to vote or to
hold office in this Stutc.
TIE STATE INSTlTUTInNA
The colleges Of the State arc in fine
condition and arc doing excellent
work. The oldest Of them, the South
Carolina College. has $50 students.
and as able Il faculty az can be four Il
in the South. 1t has fully recovered
from tho depression Of few years
ago.
The South Carolina Military Acad.
omy, ~ y"u will see from the report
Of its board, is d,inr efficiently the
work expected "f it. THE severe rx-
periencc in maintaining discipline
through which it was forced to pass
last session has shown that it's author
itics can meet and discharge uin,t re.
eponsibIc and difficult duties with