The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-15

mum service remain at three months
There are cases when II would De better
for the county and state 10 have $50
than three months' service and when
1t would be paid If the judge had the
discretion to impose 1t.
In dealing "ith this question your
only purpose should be TO improve and
perfect the system.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The report OF the state board OF
health. showing their work for the
year and making several reconmeiidu-
! tons. VIII be submitted to you.
. During the past year smallpox ap-
pearcd In several sections OF the S.nte.
such cases nH were reported TO me were
Immediately brought To the attention
of the board and I'm every instance ef-
1Orta were made To suppress the disease
by the enforcement Of general vacCin-
alton. According to the weekly health
reports OF the United States Marine
/ hospital service there were In th,. Uni
! ted States In October. 1901. twice as
+ many cases as at the same time In
1900. This should be Il warming to all
/ local boards Of health TO act promptly
at the first appearance or case ami
I enforce vaccination. The most eco
/ nomicai and effective measure in
ate and, owing to the widespread
: prevalence Of the disease throughout
the country recently. II would be- wise
! 10 take some action making vuccinu-
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! Soy throughout the state.
/ The board calls attention to the fact
! thnt IN 1888 an act was passed to pro-
i vide for the inspection or food. drugs,
spirltu0uS and fermcnted liquors. and
TO provide for the punishment for adul-
! terations thereof" and making 1t the
! duty cf the State board OF health to
carry out It's provision. No appropria-
I tlon was ever made however. to ena BILE
! the board to carry out the provisions of
hAu fhn,.f f<,r., I,o.,,
1 tich!ly or no effect. The inspection or
/ foods and drugs Is "a very important
matter. as on the use and consumption
! OF pure food and drugs depends. the
some action should be taken which will
, enable this law to be enforced. There
IL no doubt that at present there is
much adulteratiOn OF food and drugs
and law OF this kind should be made
I effective.
! The board also recommends that the
office OF state bacteriolOgist he created.
giving AS II reason. the great need OF
competent expert service to detect the
early manifestations OF disease an
shown by laboratory lest" especially
OF suspected tuberculosis or consump-
ton In It's early stages. diptheria and
! typhoid fever. The board rhinks the
! spread of these diseases cOlld then in
many instances be checked at the very
source and by early discovery and
treatment OF the cases restore to health
large number Of those with the dis
! ease.
F; Several other recommendation are
made which are embodied In the report
TO be submitted to you.
STATE MILITIA.
F! l deem 1t scarcely necessary to call
your attention to the ever increasing
necessity of the State having ut it's
command we'll organized and we'll
equipped volunteer soldiery-ever ready
/ 4 nrn1 nv I.
walton OF peace and good order in our
i commonwealth" Its maintenance
seems Imperative Therefore I deem
1t likewise unnecessary to suggest that
the dignity OF the State, the pride of
her people. the safety of life, the pro-
lection OF property. and wisdom Of
sound statesmnnship all demand that
the militia OF the State be cared for
and literally supported.
! 1t is generally recOgnized that under
the present direction OF the States
military department the volunteer SER
/ vice has been vastly improved and an
imnetus given to It's progress and dis
cipline that deserves and receives nv
neartiest commentator. l may saw
| that In every instance during my oc-
| cupancy OF the executive chair when
ever an emergency has occurred that
necessifated COLL on the militia to as
sist IN preserving the peace and pro-
tectlng the property OF our people, Off
GERS and enlisted men alike have
obeycd orders with the greatcat alac-
rity. courage and GOODNESS.
IN MAY last at the unveiling OF the
monument ut Chicamauga erected by
south Carolina in c6mmemoration OF
her heroes who there fought and fell,
consider 1t matteS Of pride and
! patriotism to have the volunteer troops
! to do honor to the occasion, and I
therefore directed the adjutant general
to form provisional regiment from
among those In the service. Nine COM
panies composed the formation and Col.
Willie Jones was appointed the colonel
In command. The cost OF tsanspOrtn-
, ton was $1.S76.25. which the military
board decided to pay out of the annual
appropriation made to advance the
efficiency OF the State militia. The ad-
jutant general In his report asks that
the said amount lie added to the next
appropriation, and l recommend that
this be done. In all such public State
or national demonstrations the various
States of the Union cheerfully bear all
the expenses of their volunteer troops.
i Anything which you may do to In
crease the efficiency of our State militia
Will be welcomed by the people OF the
state. and every true citizen will hail
with satisfaction the day when South
Carolina shall be able to follow the
laudab bic example of some of her sister
States In amply providing for and
maintaining that important arm OF the
! state government.
! CONFEDERATE RECORDS.
The adjutant and inspector general.
IN whose department the Confederate
rolls are placed for preservation, in
forms me that almost daily he Is called
upon by old soldiers or their kinsmen
for permission to examine the rolls In
search OF the names Of relatives and
for correction and for various other
purposes. Such daily examination and
handling naturally results in the wear
or the rolls and the fading OF the
names. These rolls are very incom-
plete. 1t is true. but an appropriation
should be made for printing them in
book form SO IA to preserve in per-
manent shape that part OF the record
for which the State has llready made
considerable expenditure AS n testi-