The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-09

of the State being hnanclally Tulneu,
as was predicted, "if Blease was elect |
3D." the State has reaped material
benefits.
Requisitions.
Under the law, acquisitions in all /
cases should be paid for by the State.
This law was enacted before we had
county chaingangs. I have made it
rule when a requisition was asked for,
before granting it, to have the county
advise if the party was convicted and
sent to the county chaingang, that the
county would pay the expenses; that
if the party was sent to the peniten-
iary, the State would pay the expen-
ses, believing that when one county
receives the benefit from the labor
of a convict it is not right for all the
other counties to be taxed to pay for
bringing the convict back into the
State, and in this way the people
have been saved hundreds of dollars.
Therefore, I recommend that you
amend the law so that in the future
it will read, when acquisitions are
issued, if the party brought back into
the State is sentenced to the county
changing, that the county pay the
expense of the requisition; and, if he
serves in the State penitentiary, the
State to bear the expense of the re-
quisition."
Rewards.
I have been very careful in the
matter of issuing rewards because
sometimes criminals are allowed to
remain at large, waiting for reward
to be offered. Having been very care
full along this line, money has been
saved the taxpayers.
NcnSp6pcE SuDSCl1pllUuSs
When I came into Office, nearly ev-
cry newspaper in the State, daily and
weekly, was coming there at the ex-
pense Of the taxpayers. Immediately
an order was issued stopping each
and every one of them. It is not
right for the taxpayers to pay sub
scriptions to newspapers for indiyi-
duals to read; and, in this way, the
taxpayers were saved several hun
dred dollars.
Notaries Public.
A proclamation was issued revok-
ing the commission of all notaries
public. You passed new act and
since 1851 have been commissioned.
While this has been no hardship to
any individual, for any citizen ought
to be willing to pay two dollars per
annum much less two dollars in whole
for notary public commission, by
doing this I have made the State ST.
473.25; have injured no one, and got
rid of all negro ofice-holders in the
State.
Purchases for State Institutions.
If the officials of the various State
institutions, who have to purchase
supplies, would meet together and
form an organization to buy their
groceries, coal, wood, electrical sup
plies, and all other articles to be used
by them during the year, by contract,
and in bulk, it would be a great say
ing to the taxpayers. For instance,
Winthrop college, the CitaIeI. State
penitentiary, Hospital for the Insane,
South Caroline college, and all other
institutions that have anything to pur-
chase, by each buying separately and
individually, can not secure such ne
cessities as they need at as low a
rate as il. they were all to purchase to-
gether and in bulk. 1t is, therefore,
recommended that an act be passed
requiring this; also requiring that all
of the officials of State institutions
purchase all articles, as far as it is
possible, from parties within the State,
so as to patronize home people; and,
it is further recommended that an
act be passed requiring these people
to advertise for bids for their sup
plies, as some Of them are now pay
ing more than they can purchase the
same articles for if other parties had
an opportunity to bid. Many thous-
ands of dollars can be saved for the
people if some system Of this kind is