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

VIII be necessary at this session.
There were on the rolls last year 6.5O3
pensioners. In part OF the comp
troller generals report you viii find an
itemized statement OF the distribution
of this fund. together with list OF
pensioners on the roll
In this report the comptroller calls
special attention to tile fact that In
distributing hia money. u soldier 90
years of age who was not wounded or
injured in service, fares the same as
the wounded soldier. and the widow
whose husband was killed In battle or
died while in service. and who was not
cmarried. shares equally with the 80
year old widow. who lost her husband
within the last two years.
He also submits suggestion as to
classification and the amount To be
paid. As the comptroller general Is
familiar with this subject his sugges-
ton should have your careful attcn-
UNWILLING; OF THE CHICAMAJGA
MONUMENT.
The monument which. through your
generosity, has been erected at Chica-
nnauga to commemorate the heroism
displayed by the Confederate soldier
from South Carolina on that battlefield
was unveiled with appropriate exer-
cises on the 27th OF last May The
monument Is one OF the most beautiful
and appropriate on the field 1t Is
made OF South Casnlina granite. and on
fcderate infantryman. and on The other
Confederate artiHeryn,an. The top
or the monument is q graceful bronze
palmetto tree. the emblem of the Pal
metto state. On one side Is the in
scription: ITO ner faithful sons at
Chica mauga South Carolina C-ects this
monument to commemorate the valor
they proved and the lives they gave
on this battlefield On the other are
the names Of the regiments which rep
ffI Va In I,ntx II
and to the members OF which this
monument was erected. together with
the number OF killed and woundedd
from each.
most appropriate and were largely at
tended by veterans and citizens from
South Carolina. For detailed de-
scription OF the monument and account
of the exercises refer you to the pub
lished report Of the commissioners.
All true sons of South Carolina re-
joice that she has at last done her duty
to her sons who fought and fell on this
historic field.
REDISTRICTING.
At your last session you had before
you for consideration several bills for
redistricting- the State. None was
passed and the whole subject will come
up for consideration at this session.
the shoe-string districts which we
have In this State and 1t is duty you
owe the people to redistrict the State
into congressional districts that will be
compact and contiguous in territory.
This should be done without regard to
the political fortunes or interest of any
individual and solely with a view OF
serving the interests of the people of
the several districts. AT the last ses-
sion OF the congress OF the United
States an act was passed in which the
following section occurs:
Section 3. That in each State en-
titled under this apportionment the
number to which such State may be
subsequent congress shall be elected
by districts composed OF contiguous
and compact territory and containing
as nearly as practicable an equal num-
ber Of Inhabitants"
You will note that this act Of con-
gress provides that the districts "shall'
be composed of territory compact and
contiguous" This may not be manda-
tory. but as there Is 10 reason ut pres
ent for the congressional districts re-
manning as they are it seems to he
the part of wisdom and good Judgment
at this session to pass an act making
them contiguous and more 'com-
pact"
FOREST PRESERVATION.
1t is only recently that the subject
OF forest preservation has attracted
any attention in this country and even
now only few States have made any
systematic s.,n IL efforts to prevent the
to enact such laws as will tend to. keep
the supply OF merchantable lumber.
In our own State our people have been
almost reckless in the destruction OF
valuable timber without even realizing
1t. And 1t is not likely that we will be
able as yet to arouse them to the i'm
portance Of the subject. tThe State of
New York IS foremost in the work OF
forest preservation. and while this
fa xyelf In f, inf %Ia<
State. 1t Is accomplishing much that
will be Of inestimable benefit to the fu-
ture. The department of agriculture
has forestry division and Its officers
are ready mt any time to assist in the
way of instructing land owners as to
the best methods to pursue either for
the preservation OF standing timber or
of planting land that Is entirely open
with the young trees CT. with seed.
One of the most important things In
connection with the work Is to instruct
the people as to the real value of their
timber lands, and in this way prevent
them from ignorantly disposing of
these at prices that are fnr below their
value.
AS we have no department of agri-
culture except In connection with Glenn
son college the work of beginning and
laying plans for the preservation OF our
forests might be left to this institution,
but even IL few thousand dollars spent
on this work would pay big returns in
the future.
LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSE
TON.
Next year Will be the one hundred d tn
anniversary OF the purchase by the
United States Of the Louisiana terri
tory. This great territory was pur-
chased from France In 1903. and at
present comprises nearly all of the
States of Louisiana. Arkansas. Mis-
souri,. Iowa. Minnesota. North and
South Dakota. Nebraska. great part
of Kansas. the Indian territory, Colo
RADIO and Wyoming, and all Of Indiana,
Montana, Oregon and Washington. To
celebrate the centennial anniversary
OF this event. the Louisiana Purchase
exposition will be held In st. Louis.
Mo, during 1908. The management OF