The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-01-12
Offers Many Radical Recon-
mendatiOnS.
Will From Time to Time Make Ad-
ditional Recommendations-Ex-
tracts From His First
Message.

To the Honorable, the Members of
the General Assembly of the State
of South Carolina:
Gentlemen: Once again you have
met together and it becomes my
duty as governor to make recon-
mendations which are for the best
interest of the people of our State.
This having been a very busy year
in the executive department it is i'm
possible to embody the various mat
ters into one message without max
ing it entirely too lengthy. There
fore, whatever may have been the
usual custom, l will communicate
with you by several messages in
stead of one.
l have given close attention to
financial interests and find extrava-
gance in many places and that use
less offices have been created, and
that it is possible to run the govern
ment on less money, which would
relieve our people from their heavy
tax burden.
BANK EXAMINER.
The position of bank examiner
should be abolished and the duties
thereof devolved upon the comp
troller general.
The bureau of agriculture is not
. accomplishing the work that it
should in view Of the amount of
money it isispending. :; =. i,
Unless there is great improvement
in this department it should be abol-
ished.
The position. of game warden is
useless and unnecessary and should
be abolished.
y GOVERNMENT PRINTING.
Athorough investigation by men
who cannot be unduly influenced,
and thoroughly understanding the
printing business, will show extrav-
agance in the public printing and
much useless and unnecessary work
is being done, which is very expen-
sive and Of no benefit to anyone but
the printers.
HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.
Our higher State institutions of
learning are receiving entirely too
much money, and special message
will be submitted to you containing
letters from the presidents of the
various colleges, which will clearly
demonstrate this fact. The idea of
one of your State colleges receiving
SIS, 900 for the number of students
which it has is preposterous.. Look
At Wotford, Furman, Erskine and
Newberry, number of students and
amount received by each. You may
say, look at the difference in the
graduates. What places are the
graduates of these colleges hold
ing?
WATER AND LIGHTS.
We are paying too much for water
and lights for the public institutions
in Columbia. From a thorough i'm
veatigation of the matter you will
find that their entire plant is on
State property. For the year 1911
you paid for water 81, 500 and for
lights $1,000, making a total OF
SI3,5U
CATAWBA INDIANS
Yon are paying too much money
to the Catawba Indians. This
amount has gradually increased
from year to year until it is now
$1,000. -
FINANCES.
In regard to finances: promised
the people to fight for reduction of
expenses and to veto extravaganza
and have done everything that !
said ] would do in my campaign
promises and have not done any
thing that | said ] would not do.
You were told in the campaign
'Blease's election will ruin the State
financially" Your attention is
called to the fact that with the as
sistance of Mr.. j. Pope Matthews,
cashier of the Palmetto National
Bank, of Columbia, money was bor-
rowed at the lowest rate wa have
ever had except during the admin.
istration of Governor Hayward,
when part of the amount needed
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