The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-08
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|AG!le j 5baaNERs Y IEshg NOR HEYsA1 AID
4 Presented With & Silver servics BY
The State conatab bulary
|Igg ss5FAa s a ENUIEE ssEtgra1 1ssHss ssHss.,
a Ex,A At,oriey Genera, Bellipg ger Rctea
As spokesmnn for tho Donors,
and tho Co ernor Ro-
sponded.
The Columbia State says, Gov. Hey
I ward was given an uneasy FIVE minutes
i Friday. All of the Columbia division
| of the disp pensary constables appeared
lin his Office suddenly and 1T was evil
j dent that there was some Significance
d Eir their coming. SIr. G. Duncan Bel
& iinger, WHO was to be their spokesman,
i held in his hand q slip of paper upon
which the governor Thought waszwrit.
3 ten a petition Of some kind, perhaps
for an increase III salary.
AS Mr.. Bellinger began to speak, the
governor watched intently, but, could
itderive no intelligence Of the purpose
I fof the visit which was skillfully yelled
/ by the speaker to the very last mo-
|ment. - ;ss - -. 8, e !
When the constabl bles, headed by
Acting Chief Irby of the local force,
had entered the Office, noting the look
ofinquiry on the governors face. Mr..
Bellinger said: would like to make
a statement in behalf of these gentle
men here. AS your excellency knows
very well, there is some embarrass-
ment on the part of the 3constables'
speaking for themselves individually,
s but these gentlemen here represent
the entire constabulary of the State,
and they have come to make a request
of you to today. While there is no
power given to you in the law express
~ to grant it, there is nothing that /
know of prohibiting it; and, inasmuch
as they and9 their friends feel that
they have during your administration,
J and during the term of Office of each,
done their duty to you as their supe-
rior and to the State as officers they
feel that they have right, to make
this request.
Now it is no spirit of revolt, or In
tended revoltor strike that they say
that if it Is not willingly, graciously
granted, and does not afford you pleas
ure that they as body, and each one,
will feel and will have. right to feel
deeply aggrieyed at this. =
oh fn Cfnt To f,>,,
that this action is not prompted, and
not suggested in any remote degree by
any of their superiors, but it is "a
spontaneous act upon the partSof the
entire constabulary. You, go NOR
!, as they, are engaged In the Ell l. zee
lEment of the law; you in a wider and
.Ihigher field, perhaps, but they III one
. Just as sacred and one iustas RESPONSE
ble
- soy,sss,sor, it is as glorious thing
y i0rs anse Xecttbi Vs :, =
confidence but the unfeigned affection
OF all who hold office by the appoint
ment under the executive; and these
gentlemen desire to express to you in
tangible form some Slight appreciation
of the sense OF obligation they are un-
der to you sonally-although they
are acting officially.
A man situated as you are must
necessarily have handed down to him
many heirlooms. These gentlemen de-
sire to present as a token Of their re-
gard today a silver service-which
they hope you will hand down to your
children as Il heritage, and knowing
the blood which flows through the
veins of father and mother, token
they offer in appreciation for your ef-
forts TO serve your State well, and
serve your State as you see your duty.
In this we expect you to under
stand that they desire you not only d
happy New Year but Il prosperous ad-
ministration, long life and happiness.
They ask you to accept this as token
of their regard and esteem'
When Mr.. Bellinger declared that
the cOnstables came to ask a favor of
the governor the latter was anXiotsly
waiting TO know the nature of the
request, and when Mr.. Bellinger indi-
Gated the. nature thereof Mr.. II. r.
Cullay, clerk of the constabulary, en-
tered from an ante-room with a silver
waiter on which was a solid silver
tea service, each piece engraved with
the letters I'D. C. H." 1t was ex-
planned that all the constables in the
State had contributed. 1t is a hand
some bit of ware, and the governors
pride in being the recipient was quite
evident. And the request which the
constables made through their spokes-
man was that the governor accept it,
How many people come into his
office begging-and none giving Daily
he is importuned to give this, to do
nate that; to pardon this one to ap-
point that one; but it is seldom that
the governor of a State is made to see
that there is some unsclfshness after
all.
: In accepting the beautiful gift,
| Gov. Hayward declared that he had
been so taken by surprise that he real
r ly did not know what to say.
A great many honors have been con-
lerred upon me by the people of South
Carolina" said the governor, ''and
these honors no one can appreciate
more than l do; but this, in my judg-
ment, is peculiar honor. 1t has been
given to me by men who perhaps my
? orders have caused to do what TO them
was disagreeable work 1t is given
} me by men most Of them not my an