Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-01-17

by Reforming the Methods of Pur-
chasing, Asks That State Tsx Sys-
tenn be Raorganized.
In has Gast message read on the
convening of the Legislature, Cover.
nor Heymard asks the passage of a
compulsory education law, recon-
men&as strengthening the INN igration
department bv increasing lis appro-
prlation 70 $4,000, suggests the ercc-
tion Of temple of justice TO relieve
the oNsYurowd.d condition of the
Stste House, asks that :Ettempt at
rape i1 made punishable by death,
renewS his recommendations of pre-
Vlous messages rs 10 .prifying the
dispersary system by changing th>
method of prchasing, md urges that
the State tax SYSTEM he reorganize,i
So a. TO provide lar 'titate board of
hTe to ePializc the assessment of
property. He recommends that the
salary of the Governor aud other
state officers and the Mi~cuit and Su-
pneIne Court judges br raised. The
new Governor, Mr.. N. T. Ansel, OF
G1eenville, and other State officer.
VIII he ;inaugurated STruary ID. Gov
eanor Hayward makes his message
brief on account OF the change in ad-
ministrataon.
Immigr aSion.
AS to the Immigration the messasx
says in part:
During the past aix months you1
department of agriculture, commerce
and ration-tlDugh established q
less than three yealS ago-hGs under
taken :uhe execution af carefully pre-
paraJ plans and frys worked with
such wlgor. energy aid success to ac-
comp!lsh the desilsG ends, that il
has succeeded in commanding the at
ention ,'ot only OF this country, but
1he Htsention of the countries of Eu-
sope also. This hns placed South
Carolina once more an the forefront
as pioneer leader d. movements af-
iecting the welfare of the nation. The
bold, bat carefully plIrnned operations
of this departments have brought
about the handing down of decisio;t
lr Washington that eluGrly defines the
powers OF the State and puts us
and cur sister States-in a position
to move intelligently saDr that select
ed immigration that rd, only. our own
people and the people of the South.
o"t wlnrh the people 'of the entire
country, have been de>Asnding in vain
slrec TIN. hordes of undesirables pour
Ing iztS 'onr great poIps of entry be-
gan t'9 create what we &ave all recor-
nl2ed as II problem.
1t had been alleged Shat the de-
partment Gvould be used bv the fnan-
"lally stronger class OF cur citizens
10 The INJURY of our weaker class.
During the year it became absolutely
necessary Ii order to keep in opera
ton maEy of our manrfacturiny
plants, TO secure additional labor TO
operate idle machinery. The conGi-
tlon was such that unless some re-
lief could be obtained, the owners of
The properties would suffer. and. in
tlme, the operatives would suffer also.
Even facing these conditions. no move
was made TO give the needed aid until
the assurance had been filed that all
eHor.s to secure the necessary labor
had been made with no prospect of
result, in this and adjoining States.
or In other portions of the United
States.
Extra conservatism in all mat
ters relating to this undertaking has
marked, and is marking the course
OF your department. The semblance
or lack of support in this critical
stage, when the department has the
confidence of the best influences ;u
Europe, would almost certainly leo
pardize the success of the undertak-
ing and possibly lose for US the op-
portunity now open. Once allowed 70
pass, this opportunity will be prob
ABLY beyond cur power to regain in
a half century.
A. Great Opportunity.
1t is scarcely nece essary for me 70
retapitulate the factS in reference T.,
the character of Immigrants landed
IN Charleston last November. mon
whom such high encc.nium was nro-
nounced by the Fed ral examining
officers. Nor is it nece isary TO repeat
here the details of thel selective meth
ods employed abroadf-the selec;ire