The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-14
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY AGA
DENY

DENY.
At your last session you Increased the
annual appropriation of this institution
to $25, 600, with a view of reducing the
charges to the cadets from $500 to $3.50
per annum. This reduction was made
by the Board of Visitors at their meet
ing last June, and the board hopes this
action will tend materially to increase
the number in attendance. The health
Of the students has been good and the
affairs of the institution have been we'll
managed. An appropriation OF S26,-
250 is asked for.
The recent annual reunion Of the
students was very largely attended by
graduates from all over the country,
and the spirit shown by them was most
gratifying and argues we'll fcG the tu-
ture prosperity of this Academy.
COLORED COLLEGE.
From the report Of the president of
this institution it is learned that the to-
tai disbursements for the year ending
June 3Oth, 1901, were s32,350. An ap-
preparation from the Legislature OF
$13,32S will be asked. This institution
is doing q good work for the coloced
people of the State and should have
your encouragement In addition to
the above an appropriation Of 500 for
making, preparing, and installing an
exhibit at the Charleston Exposition
will be asked.
A 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 peo-
pie. In some cases those who have no
| means of support and no one on whom
to depend in their declining years are
enduring want and hardship and pri-
vation. Some of them even now are
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 dark
est hour Of her history, sacCificed their
all, and went forth to serve her and
to defend her rights on the field Of bat
tie. The record Of the part they played
in that conflict is familiar to you and
to the whole world and needs net 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 defense
of their State. Nearly q half century
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
among US, and it should be the provi-
lege and the pride of South Carolina
to see that not one Of these who served
her so well in the hour Of her need, is
in want, in this the evening Of his life.
It will be only a 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 Confederate Sol
dier's Home. If you ever expect to do
anything for the old soldier along this
line, now is the time. 1t is action tnat
is needed and not talk.
In this connection I beg to submit
an extract from the report Of the Board
of Regents for the Hospital for the In
! sane:
'In view Of the consideration by the
General Assembly OF the adVisablllty
of providing a home for Confederate
Veterans, the Board of Regents desire
to present to your Excellency the prac-
ticability of using the tract Of land en-
bracing about fifty acres upon the Wal
lace purchase known as the Bellevue
Place. 3 = 3 Upon this tract could
now be begun series of permanent
buildings adapted to all the uses OF the
Veterans. and in time they could re-
vert to the Regents for the purposes
of this Hospital. By this method the
Veterans would be given such buildings
as they deserve, since in view OF the
future use Of these buildings the safe
could well afford to eXpend larger
sum upon their construction than could
be done for merely temporary build
ings." r..
This plan strikes me IS entirely prac-
ticable and I commend it as. a happy
solution of the question. At the present
rate of increase among the occupants
Of the Hospital for the Insane the build
ing will be needed by the Hospital by
the time there is no longer need for 1t
as a Confederate Home and the State
will only be building for the future by
adopting this plan and utilizing this
property for the purpose indicated. VI
course it should be understood that
the. management Of the Home should
in no way be> connected with the man
agement Of the Hospital but separate
and distinct institution.
THE DISPENsARY.
This question has been so much dis
cussed, both on the stump and IN the
halls of legislation, and so bitterly
fought by. it's enemies and so strongly
defended by it's friends, that every
phase of it is familiar to you and to
the people 1t is now more strongly
entrenched in this State than ever be-
fore and it may be considered as the
fixed policy of the State for dealing
with the liquor problem. It's benefits
and advantages are patent to every
fair minded and unprejudiced critic.
That there is violation of the law IN
certain sections is no argument against
the system. Even in Charleston anu
Columbia, the sections of the State
where there have been more violations
of the law than in any other, the NUM-
cipal authorities have come to TeailZe
49, Font +bo+ tho dicDe0 Sory system IS