The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-01-13

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three mills tax, to run their schools
from eight to nine months in the
year. We have now 13l high schools
IN the State, and the good work they
are doing will, in my judgment. fully
compensate for the appropriations
you have made for them. The re-
strictions You have made of an cx-
penditure Of not more than five per
cent OF the appropriation to any one
county, L recommend be changed. so
that the State Board of Education
may use more than that amount in
a county where it is needed, if some
other county does not qualify for the
full amount it would otherwise be
entitled to.
The appropriation made for the
rural schools last year has been of
great benefit to many i'm the State.
and L respectfully recommend an
other and larger appropriation for
the next scholastic wear.
A bill will be introduced at this
session OF your honorable bodies
looking toward a change in the pres
ent law as to the examinations for
scholarships i'll the various State in
stltutions. After consultation with
the representative of said State in
stutlons, the bill which will be intro.
duced accords with their views of
the changes which should be made.
and L respectfully recommend that
the said bill be enacted into law.
Dispensary Law.
IN obedience to the last Act of
tins General Assmebly, an election
was held on the third Tuesday in
August last i'll the twentv-one conn
ties that had county dispensnries ot
the date of such election.
The elections all passed off very
quietly and the people voted in ac-
cordance with their views upon the
question presented. Fifteen out of
the twenty-one counties refused TO
vote the sale of liquors into said
counties. Six of the counties voting.
to wit: Charleston. Georgetown.
Beaufort, Aiken, Richland and Flor
ence, voted in favor of the sale of
nqror. and the county dispensaries
IN SAID SIX counties have been carry
ing ON their business as provided i'm
the 'Carey-Cothran Act" and the
Act ITO Prohibit the Manufacture.
Sale, etc. of Alcoholic Liquors. etc.
and to Provide Penalties for Viola
tion Thereof approved 2pd of
March. 1909.
The fifteen counties refusing to
vote i'll the sale of liquor have dis
posed, or are disposing of their
stocks, as provided in the Act "to
Provide for the Closing of the Sever
al Dispensaries in This State and
for the Sale of All Stock of LIQUORS.
Beverages, Fixtures and Other Prop
erty Belonging TO the Several Dis
pensarles,' approved March ,, 1909.
and the business Of the dispensaries
Will soon be wound up under the
supervision OF the Dispensary Audi
tor.
As to the dispensaries i'm the six
counties which voted in the sale of
liquor, | desire to renew NV recon-
mendation made i'll my annual mes
sage to the General Assembly in
l9oo, to wit, THAT not more than
one county dispensary be allowed in
any, county where liquor is allowed
to be sold, except in those counties
where there are cities with a popula-
ton exceeding twenty-five thou
sand.' This is in the interest of
temperance. | firmly believe that if
another election is held in those six
counties in the coming year most of
them will vote the sale of liauor
out. | ask your earnest considera-
tion OF the question of providing for
another election i'm these six coun-
ties i'll the near future.
Winding-Up Commission.
Since the last session of your hon.
orable bodies, the litigation that was
pending in the United States Court
restraining the Commission from
proceeding with their work and ap-
pointing receivers for the fund, has
been decided by the United States
Supreme Court in favor of the State.
The Commission, since that decis-
ion, has been busy in the perfor-
nance OF its duties and many of the
claims against the State have been
settled. A few Of the claimants have
appealed to the Supreme Court of
this State from the adjudications of
the Commission, and these cases are
now pending in said court.
The Winding-up Commission is
composed of DR.. W. j. Murray, John
MeSween, Esq, Avery Patton, Esq,
j.: 5: Brice, Esq, and Capt. A. N.
Wood. | wish to recommend in the
highest terms the fidelity to duty on
the part of these gentlemen and to
express my sinceer thanks to each
of them for the work they have
done as members of said commission.
They have up to this time turned
over to the State Treasurer for the
use of the nermanent snhnnl Ell