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Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-18

Plumber and Timer
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of His Beat.

The recent civil sr!Tic2 examination
brings to mind an amusing story wElrh
was told in connection with one OF the
earliest examinations for policemen.
The question asked by the examining
commission was: How many miles to
the mGon?"
Pat, hsty son Of old Erin, whose
right to place on the force had never
Le!ore been disputed, answered:
Il don't know how many miles It is.
Dut know that il is far enough away
30 be oa:s!ae MY beat. even when it's
~!
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Hand.Shaking Forbidden.

A new club is being organized A.
.he town OF Kazan under the name OF
DO Not Shake Hands" The origins'
tor is one Of the most prominent local
EarTisters. On meeting each other the
members OF this club are not to shake
rands, but make obeisance. Before
,.rdies the obeisance Is to be more ner-
eYent and the bow very deep. II 3
handsome lady extends her hand the,
club member is to touch it gently with
lis lips.
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AS You Like It.

As You Like It.
(From the Atlanta Constitution.)
BEST MUSIC OF THE YEAR.
Reaping time or sowing.
Sweetest sound to hear
Little tin horn blowing
All the music o the year,
1t fills with joy dim places
OF SORROWS and of sighs:
Brings dreams Of 1h!iiIen's faces
And bright. eXpectant eyes.
Stern life-a riVer flowing
Yet pa,ses still TO hPar
Tia: !.ttle tin horn blowing
-. tie a.i>:y q tx Ss:sr
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Get Better Prices.

A foreign correspondent lamsnt!ng
the lack oF American enterprise is tae
matter OF introducing goods in foreign
markets says that mo large country
has 50 many commercial travellers al
home and so few abroad" That goes to
s1ow that Americans find home mar
hc,> deserve their chief attention.
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A li+crary List.

u have 4 little holiaa! lis; here. D'y
dear" said the authors wife.
Read it," said The aD,hor. stcrnly.
Here it is: You are to write a SON
ret for turkey: beautiful little lyric
FOR 4 ham; short sioIy for sacl;
Of -four: and a fine Christmas ode fer
the rent. and If youre real good. III
let you buy me = new clOai: and pay
Tie Gas nill.
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'Ah. / knew nigh balls would J."
my finish" sighed the wild goose as
a r.Gs Hlllet struci, i:inl ia Inid-air ana
lyJrsHt bin ID ..v zeal estate Judge
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The Medical College Of the State
OF South Carolina. located at Charles
ton. continues to place at the disposal
of the Governor the privilege Of az
pointing to scholarships, good for one
year, seven Young men or young wo-
men, one from each Congressional
District of the State. The appoint.
ments have been made each year, and
the effort has been to secure deserv.
ing and ambitious young men and
young women from among the appli.
cants. The liberality Of this institu.
ton deserves commendation, for Dy
giving these scholarships it has aided
many young men and young women IN
their efforts to fl themselves for their
life work.
CHILD LABOR.
A compulsory education law would
help very much in the solution OF the
child labor question. In fact. the
adoption OF a child labor law will nc.
cessitatc compulsory education.
This question must be met and
solved. and the sooner it Is done the
less difficult Of solution It will be.
England, France. Germany, and all the
manufacturing States in the north of
our country. after thorough investi-
cation and long experience, looking
both to the mental and moral uplifting
and the material advancement of the
people. have decided to prohibit the
labor IN mills Of children of tende.
age. We cannot longer avoid the re.
cn hA 80
right to interfere. no thoughtful cit:.
zen will question. No one can sue,
cessfullv controvert the position that
this labor of long and constant hours
is injurious to the child. and, there
fore, affects the citizenship of the
future. This being true, the State ha;
4 right TO come in and say it shall be
stopped.
We have rapidlygrown into a manu-
featuring State. and are being forced
10 meet strong competition from 9th
er sections. 1t is argued that the
State has a right to control. to a rea.
sonable extent. the hours Of labor of
the child, in view Of the fact that
the responsibility for crime and ignor.
ance rests upon the State.
PARDONING BOARD.
The Constitution of the State pro
vi6es that the Governor shall have
power to grant repricves. commuta
tons. and pardons iu such man
ner. on such terms, and under such
restrictions IS he shall think proper
He is required to report all pardnns
md communications to the General As
sem5lr. II is also provided that ev
cry petition may frst be referred tC
. Beard Of Pardons. to be provide?
by the General Assembly, whici
Eoa"' hall bear AL Such petition:
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The State has enjoyed an era Of ma
sersal prosperity which Is unp-ecc-
.dented. Now enterprises are being
projected. ond the buildine Of ""'+c''
mills goes constantly on. Business Of
every character has been e.,eL..o..
ally prosperous the past year. Peace
and good order prevail throughout
the State. and at the same time pro-
Sress has been made along education
al lUes.
FINANCES.
rhe income to the State for the
oar ending December 81 was not SUI
1icieut to meet its obligations. Tho
Governor and the State Treasure
we're forced to borrow the fu!! amount
Of the 100000 authorized by the last
Legislature. This was made neccS-
Ssry by the fact that the last Arpro-
Triation Act carried with it more than
the revenue from the levy for State
r"rposes would realize. It is NOT
.,ooa business judgment for the Star4
to borrow money to meet current ex.
penses. Knowing the total assessed
property OF the State, the levy should
b" sufficient to raise enough money
20 meet the appropriations. Or if !:
Is desired to fix the levy the Appro-
r,iation Bill should be kept within
tho amount such levy will realize.
YOU should so regulate the two thct
tho State will not be compelled to bor-
row money for current expenses ami
re forced TO paw interest charges
TAXATION.
The Constitution Of 1898 saws: "All
taxes upon property, real and person
al, shall be laid upon the actual rauH
of"the property taxed. as the san"
mGy be ascertaiaed by an aSseSsmCYt
made for the purpose Of laying su"a
tax" And in another section ::
saws: "All property subject to tax
alton shall be taxed in proportion 70
its value" And why not at its "aC-
tual value?" You will note the la%
suage Of the Constitution. 1t says.
shall be- not may be-" Il is mar
lat0cy. and yet We are going along
violating this provision every year by
trying to fix some percentage Of az
tual value" and this percentage is diff.
ferent in every county. The Stat"
Beard of Equalization. at meeting:
held the past summer. found such in
equality in the assessments that tho
decided to memoriali3e the LeGi3la.
ture to fix sixty per cent. Of the al.
tual value as the proper basis OF vain
alton for the purpose Of taxation. VII
sixty pr cent sixty per cent: VIZ
not follow the plain language Of tn"
Constitution 1t was found tha: IL
some counties eighty per cent. Of tas
actual .Ta!1e vas the b22!S. ':hi:" il
Others it vas as low as fift% per ceut.
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GOVERNORS ANNUAL MESSAGE.

Csr ere actual value, aud III some ca$es
cvnn lower. To adopt a percentage q
Gctual value would he a H,s%. VIOLA
ton Of the nrovsh.o;is of the Consti-
ta'iess Z makes little difference TO
Tie taxpayer what the basis Of valu.
alton is so that all property Is ass"*
Cd in the same ,ratie n' 'aide. for
2rtain amount * money has to h"
r1ieoA "a meet the expenses of the
S::a'Prhflcnt. and il the valuation Is
G!:gh the rate is low. ard vice versa.
The Inequality which nov "xlsts. hnN
ever, makes the hMraee hear '.Hfven?y
and the best plan IA ta require that
the msRdstn rs the Constitution De
;ol'nW~a, II one county is assessed
81 50 per cent. and another at ~ cC:
cent. Of actual value. onc IS paying
100 much or thr otner is paying too
little of rs proportion Of the State
taS' l'hc tax for county purposes
makes little difference. This ls =
question which has pa+sisd 'cgisla-
tors since government haS been organ
lied and tayas pald. and the man who
can daTfsa a plan which will make the
aMYtien of taxation bear evenly Oh all
property will receive the we'll done OF
the people of the State.
Equal and insT Taxation, levied on
all property proportionately and in ao-
cor,ance with its value, is the pro-
duct CT the highest justice. and when
done to meet simply the demands or
government. economically administer
cd, is Gevcr hHrdeEsome. On The
other hsnd, unequal or unjust taxation
Is always burdcnsomc If all proper
ty We're returned honestly and fully at
its Just valuation the problem would
be solved. hut 40 long aa human Ma
ture is frail and the impression pre-
walls that II IL not expected to return
property at its value, We may not ex-
poet this result.
The plan recommended in my last
message. | believe. will aid IN got.
ting all property on the tax books anG
contribute largely to en- equitable ra!.
uation, and | repeat 1t hsre.
Under the present system the r"
turns are made to the County Aud
tor. There is q Township Board CT
Assessors. which meets at the court
house after the Auditor has taken the
returns. and undertakes to 30 over
all Of them in one or two lays. Then
there is a County Board Of Equali-
zat;on, which also meets at the court
house and goes over the returns for
the entire county in one or two days.
All Of this is done in somewhat OF Il
perfunctory manner and accomplishcs
little or nothing in securing an equit'
able assessment of property. There
are counties in the State in which
some Of the land is assessed at one
third or oae-half its actual value.
while othe" land is assessed at It's real
value. In fact there may be two ad
joining plantations. the one worth
twice as much Bs the other, and yet
under our system each is assessed fer
taxation at the same price per acre.
ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
= II would be waste Of words to
attempt to argue before any assem-
blage of South Carolinians the impor.
tance of good roads and the necessity
for road Improvement. Neither
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A Holiday Life.

A Holiday Life.
Life is q riddle
a wild game O chance;
Tune up de fiddle,
An join in the dance,
Bright eyes are winning.
With joy in each glance;
Life's just beginning
JoiL in the dance.
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E;na Old i.ady-lon's thc daintiCs;
l'!," auy j.. ;Ac "!,."" crowd. soW "a
:, -. ..StE !.... ..,'. :. ..v...!"
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good rd agreed upon
that 81 estion which
concerns us is how best to secure
them; to devise some plan by which
we can, at least. begin the building
of good roads. 1t is business prop
osition. and should be taken hold OF
in a business way.
With the extension Of the rural de-
livery of mail the necessity is upon
Us for road improvement. for already
the department at Washington is dis
c"ssing the irpracticability Of extend
ing, or even Of carrying on this SER
vice of mail delivery unless there is
road improvement. 1t has been stated
that the Postmaster General is to he
asked to consider a plan for the be:.
tcrment Of our public roads. and the
request Is based on the fact that only
cne sericTs obstacle stands in the
way of extending and developing Our
free rural delivery service. and that
is the condition of public highways.
EDUCATION.
The strength and stability of any
community are largely in proportion
to the intelligence Of that community.
The intelligence Of the community is
always in proportion to the education
Of the masses. The power and
material advance and development.
however valuable these may be. but
n an educated citizenship--an educa-
ton which trains its citizenship intel
lectual!y. physically and morally. II
our State is to keep pace with the
ether States o. the Union our people
aust re educated-not few here
and there, but there must be gen
cral education Of the masses. The
~cslth producing power Of country
is in proportion to the education CT
Is citizens. and as VIC increase the
efficiency Of every citizen by eiuca
ton. so We increase the wealth pro.
ducing power of the State. If We
should double the wages Of every man
in the State, We should not thereby
increase its wealth a dollar, hut Ii
We could double the efficiency Of c.
CRY man in the State and then doubt,
the wages We should quadrnple tic
wealth Of the State Said Mr. Rus
kin A piece cf land which will only
support ten idle. ignorant, and improl
dent persons will support thirty O.
forty intelligent and industrious
ones The vGlue OF a count-" c.
lends rather upon the virtue and IN
diligence CT tho paorln who ighaht
/ taan uron the richness CT the soil.
81 wealth has its lasi; in intel.
scnce.
We should permit 10 child to groa
Up 70 meet The responsible Gu..es 9!
citi2srship wiShcur !. tc2st the ru@:.
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Say that Life is longing
Providence, or Chance
All We need, my brethren.
Is room "Hcngh to Gan'e.
s-;nr-, f..r :. ,,,f;,,.
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rIE,IcoE COLLEGE,.

Clemson College opened last Sep
tember with a matriculation list Oh
519 students. which number is very
near the limit of its accommodation.
The character Of work done by the
students Is much. in advance OF former
EsarS aid liz iHstitdtioIi Ia rapidly
growing in favor with the pedplc
And justly 50. for,i is,,dQins q grsea!
service ~ Tic State in, sending or'
such q large number of young men
with practical training to take charSt
cf pursuits looking to material bene-
fit to the people in developing the
resources Of the State. The various
departments are being steadily d7Yel-
orpd, and tie facilities for, GOrk arc
hSiHE Fasif.'y 'AcFS*sad; Fler7cr re-
ceiv2s 10 direct appropriation liirodSa
you. For detailed information as 10
its financial condition and in regard to
thu different departments | refer you
to tnh Htitual report rf the college,
which will be submitted TO yCit:
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY
ACADEMY.
The report Of the superintendent OF
this institution will be submitted I"
rcn TIN orhorl IS dnjns good work
for the young men of the State. ala
is run economically. The Board CT
Visitors will ask for an appropriation
of S25, 900 for maintenance. $1,000 fci
repairs to buildings and $3.50 for adj
dttinrs ~ iihrrry' making total oil
s26250. 1t should be remclilbere
that the Academy educates youn6
men from each county absolutely free
out Of the appropriation asked. and
recommend to you the request OF the
Board of Visitors as entirely reason
able.
THE INSTITUTION FOR THE EDL'
CATION or THE DEAF AND
DUMB AND THE BLIND.
The annual report Of the superln
tcndeut of this institution gives II
detail all il6tEsSsrt information in
reference 10 the work being dot,e By
the State for the education Of hei
blind and deaf children. and also fully
sets forth the amount OF appropriation
necessary for the maintenance Of the
school 5or the ensuing fiscal year.
The superintendent asks for An ap
preparation of $4,000 for SUPPORT; attt
$500 for general repairs. This request
has the full and unqualified endorse
ment OF the Board Of Commissioners
The reputation established by the
management Of this institution 70!
conservative estimates, and the eco
h0michl expenditures and the in
creased 3ttsndance. arg sufticien
guaranty that less sum thai aske.
for would not suffice for the proper
maintenance Of the school.
COLORED COLLEGE.
The Colored Normal. Industrial, Ag
ricultnral and Mechanical College vii
ask for al appropriation Of not les!
than $4,000. half Of which amount il
needed 10 finish and equip the brirs
Industrial Building. This buildin,
has been in course Of erection durin!
the past two years. and should D,
completed at as early date as possi
BILE. The other $1,000 asked is fo
current expenses. The Institution
present having more than GOO student
it is very reasonable amount. Thi
college. since its foundation in 1896
has been run, on economical princi
plies. The total appropriations re
ccired by It during the whole periot
! OF its existence amount to only So
500, an average OF less tlan S9.0e
for each year, received fr9m tn
------MEDfcm7CorTE1yE
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By Coy. AcSweeaey TO the General
Assembly.
AT SESSION BEGINNING JAN llA,
Chief Executive Gives Some Sound
advice to the Lawmakers of tho
ipalmetsr State.

NE following Is in substance the
= rarI message Of Hon. Mics B. Nc.
- Ieney. Govcrnar Of South Carolina.
cad in both houses of the General
Assembly;
Gep .tesaen Of the General Assembly:
IGa come fresh FROM the people 10
fegSlate for the welfare of South
Carolina. There are many grave
problems demanding solution. Il IL 4
INC pregnant with opportunities a,:d
possibilities. There is demand for
the exercise of wise counsel and pru-
dent Judgment The o1ice of leSis.
lator is ono o. great possibility, fna
Nave the pnwer to lay the hoiaeh Of
taxation upcn the people add at the
SAN" tine the power 10 spend the
money gathered from the people. You
also y ave the power to make the laws
oy Nhich they are to be governed.
TIey have trusted you with this great
lower and expect lou TO use it with
wisdom and with prudence. looking
only to the best interests Of all tho
PEOPLE. Whatever promotes the'i
Sappiness and welfare should be Solr
constant concern. If all men would
'rsfrain from interfering with the
rights of others or Of molcsting them,
government wouli not be necessar:
-Sut, unfortunately. We have not reach
I'd that high standard Of morals,
Government, however. should ATTEMPT
Ia do na more than to protect persons
aud property and enforce contracts
rolrY arily made. 1t Is true, as a
rule that the least governed are the
EeS- governed.
IN sending to you this. my last Gn-
l.aal message. It is gratifying to note
,5H good feeling which prevails
snrmg the PEOPLE throughout the
SFase. ald the absence of factional bit
f1ness which at one time divided our
waople. During my administration |
1--we enGeAvored TO ignore factional
divisions and to be the Governor Of
Il, the reople-to insure to each COM
,Iunitr as far as possible the right o.
focsl sclf-government. In making To-
60 appointments l have sought IN
K case the advice and recommeEda
~ Of the representatives OF the
:J"aty. believing that they were bet
t.. acquainted with local affairs and
ne wishes Of their people than
cid possibly be. If by this course
J sATe in any measure contributed 20
,a~ unification Of sentiment among
~. people and the wiping out Of fac
'tional lines. I am gratifed. II this
day Of rapid industrial development
and progress there is not time for
fSctional chickering's. Our chief pur-
peso should be the material progress
snd Y elopment Of our State. along
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60,5l5.40
s443,1ss.ss
.$123.699.o7
Net profit. to the State.
s5ss,ss7.sy

IUCtsI HcL pIUHt' . -.'Iv~S"b~~''
From the figures quoted aboge
.nere was on hand to the credit OF the
Sehoof Fund November 30th, l90zs.
$G52R29.22, and the total amount cars
ried o merchaudiso was S73QS12.17.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-11-18

The Thatcher Music Co. has just
added twenty new pianos to their stock
and now have on hand about thirty
five, a larger stock than is carried by
any firm in the state. They have re-
Gently placed four pianos in Salt Lake
homes and are going after business in
Il big way. The firm is really a credit
TO the city and the State and the peo-
pie should appreciate it.
Apostle Merrill and Sarah Ann
Merrill, of Richmond celebrated their
golden wedding last Wednesday with
appropriate festivities. Many friends
and relatives gathered at the meeting
house in the morning and after a
short session at which Apostle Mer-
rill was presented with gold-headed
cane and Mrs. Merrill with gold
watch, Pres. JOS. Morrell presented
both with rings. There was big
spread at noon and social pleasures in
the afternoon and evening.
The football team from the Univer-
sity Of Wyoming will come to Logan
next Saturday and play the A.C. of U.
eleven. The game Will be played at
the b. Y. c. campus, and those fami-
liar with the work of both teams say
that the game will undoubtedly be Il
good one. The University has arepu-
tation TO make, and the A. G. of T..
there is great incentive for effort.
There Is considerable expense attach
ed to bringing the visiting team here,
and If possible you should attend and
lend your presence and financial en-
enlargement to boys from the hill
who have to foot the bill.
At pecial meeting of the Board Of
Trustees of the A. c. Of T., Saturday,
the buildings recently completed were
inspected and accepted. Pres. Kerr
reported on the condition OF the school
and showed it to be in most Satisfac-
tory condition in every respect. At
tendance is larger than in any previous
year, departmental work is more sys-
tematically organized, facilities and
equipment is increased, and the gen.
eral spirit manifested on part Of the
students is for progress. To the i'm
proyements already made, is to be
added an electrical distribution, and
Trustees McAlister, Owen ard Pres.
Kerr were appointed as committee
to look after the matter The Trustees
as a whole are highly pleased with
affairs at the A. c. Of U.