The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-15
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY
ATADENyT

annual appropriation Of this institution
! 20 $25, 900, With view OF reducing the
charges 10 the cadets from $500 to $3.50
per annu,n. This reduction was made
by the board Of visitors ar their meet
ing last June, and the board hopes this
action will tend materially 70 increase
the number IN attendance. The hea!tn
OF the students has been good, and the
affairs Of the institution have been Well
anaeed. An appropriation Of S26.25O
IS asked for.
! The recent annual reunion Of the stu
j dents was very largely attended by
! graduates from all over the country,
and the spirit shown by them was most
gratifying and augurs we'll for the fu-
ture prosperity of this academy.
COLORED COLLEGE.
i From the report of the president Of
| this institution it is learned that the
! total disbursements for the year end
ing June seth, 1901, were sS22, $50. An ap-
preparation from the legislature Of
$l3,32S will be asked. This institution is
doing a good work for the colored
people Of the State, and should have
/ your encouragement. In addition to
the above, an appropriation OF st00 Tor
making, preparing and installing an
exhibit at the Charleston exposition
F. will be asked.
4 SOLDIERS HOME.
! Within the past few years the neces-
sites Of many Of the old Confederate
soldiers whose names are enrolled in
the ranks Of those who volunteered
! from this State have been forcibly
brought to the attention Of our people.
! In some cases those who have no means
| Of support and no one on whom to de-
pend in their declining years are en-
! during want and hardship and priva-
ton. Some Of them even now arc IN
! the county poor houses
These are the men who in the time
! OF their youth and strength. in answer
! to the call Of their State in the darkest
| hour Of her history, sacrificed their al
and went forth to serve her and to de-
! fend her rights on the field Of battle.
The record Of the part they played IN
! that conflict is familiar to you and to
; the whole world. and needs not to be
repeated here. Suffice it to say they
did their duty and their whole duty,
and more than most men would have
considered their whole duty, in the de-
! fenSe Of their State. Nearly g. half cen
| tury has passed since then, and most OF
them have answered their last roll call
and gone to join their comrades on the
other shore. But few Of them are left
samong US. and it should be the prlVl-
! lege and the pride Of South Carolina to
see that not one Of these who served
! her so we'll in the hour OF her need is
j in want in this the evening OF his life.
It will be only q few short years at
| best when there Will be no necessity for
you to consider this question. for there
will be no one TO occupy a Confederate
! Soldiers Home. If you ever expect to
| DO anything for the old soldiers alonS
| this line, now is the time. It is action
| that is needed. and not talk.
| In this connection beg to submit an
extract from the report Of the board
! Of regents from the hospital for the in
sane:
, I'm view Of the consideration by the
general assembly Of the advisability OF
providing q home for Confederate vet
Grams, the board Of regents desire to
present to your eXcellency the practlca-
bility Of using the tract OF land en-
bracing about fifty acres upon the Wal
! lace purchase. known as the Bellevue
Place. Upon this tract could
ROW be begun 2 series of permanent
buildings adapted to all the uses Of the
veterans. and in time they could revert
to the regents for the purposes Of this
hospital. By this method the veterans
I
! deserve, since in view OF the future use
!of~these buildings the State could well
afford to expend q larger sum upon
| their construction than could be done
! for merely temporary buildings
This plan strikes me as entirely prac-
! ticable, and I commend it as q happy
solution Of the question. At the pres
! eft rate OF increase among the occu-
pants Of the hospital for the insane the
| buildings will be needed by the hospital
! by the time there is no longer need ior
| it as Confederate Home, and the
State will only be building for the fu-
ture' by adopting this plan and utilizing
this property for the purpose indicated.
/! OF course it should be understood that
! the management Of the home should in
no way be connected with the manage
ment Of the hospital, but separate
and distinct institution.
THE DISPENSARY.
! This question has been so much dis
i'cussed, both: on the stump and in the
halls Of legislation, and so bitterly
fought by its enemies and so strongly
defended by it's friends that every
phase Of 1t is familiar to you and to the
people. It is now more strongly en-
trenched in this State than ever before,
and it may be considered as the fixed
! OOllCy Oh the SLdIS IOr OG1IIItS WILL ILiS
| LIQUOR problem. It's benefits and advan-
| tages are patent to every fair-nlinded
and unprejudiced critic. That there is
! q violation OF the law in certain sec
/; tionS is no argument against the syS-
tenn. Even in Charleston and Coium-
! bia, the sections Of the State where
there have been more violations Of the
law than in any other. the municipal
authorities have come to realize the
fact that the dispensary system is the
fixed policy OF the State for dealing
with the liquor problem and have
adopted ordinances providing for the
punishment Of violators. If the mayors
and councils OF all cities and towns
would exert themselves vigorously IN
enforcing the law and bringing to JUS
tice those who violate it there would be
no necessity for maintaining a large
constabulary force. AS public sent-
nent growS more and more in favor of
the law this will be done. That pub
lie sentiment is growing in favor Of
the system must be admitted by every
careful observer,
The management Of the diSpensary
for the past year has been business
like and satisfactory The State board
OF directors and the State commissioner
have worked in harmony, and every
thing has moved smoothly, these Of
ficers having been faithful to the trust
imposed. The report Of the directors,
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