The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-01-12

year VIC entlTe amount was secured
ut 3 per cent.
REEUNDING. OF THE STATE DEBT.
While in New York Ananciers
gave assurances of their assistance
in refuuding our State debt and
stated that the bonds COULD be re-
funded for a less rate of interest than
we are paying today.
INVESTMENTS MADE IN THE STATE.
More money has been invested in
the State during the past year than
has eSSrSSeen invested in any one
year before. During the year 1911
Iuany millions of dollars were in
vested in new enterprises in South
Carolina amount being much
larger than for any other vear-the
fees from which amounted to 1885,
W5.92, being an increase of 35
per cent. over the banner year." as
will be shown by the report of the
secretary of state. My administra
ton, in every sense Of the word, has
been Il successful one, notwithstand,
ing the fact that the newspapers and
few others have endeavored to
make it otherwise. Instead of the
State being financially ruined, az
was predicted, IF Blease was
elected the State has reaped ma
terial benefits.
REorIsITIoNs.
Under the law acquisitions in all
cases should be paid for by the State.
This law was enacted before we had
county chain gangs. :.
Therefore ! recommend that you
amend the law 50 that in the future
it will read, when acquisitions are
issued it the party brought back into
the State is sentenced to the county
chain gang 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
requisition.''
REWARDS.
have been very careful in the
matter of issuing rewards because
sometimes criminals are allowed to
remain at large waiting for re-
ward to be offered. Having been
very careful along this line money
has been saved the taxpayers.
NEWSPAPER sUBscRIpT1SNs.
Wien / came into the office nearly
every newspaper in the State, daily
and weekly, wac coming there at the
expense Of the taxpayers. Imme-
diately an order was issued stopping
each and every one of them. 1t is
not right for the taxpayers to pay
subscriptions to newspapers for in
dividuals to read; and, in this way,
the taxpayers were saved several
hundred dollars.
.. NOTARIEs PUBLIC.
A proclamation was issued revok-
ing the commissions of ali 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 commits
sion. BY doing this l have made
the State 1926, have injured
no one, and got rid of all negro
ofiiceholders in the State.
PURCHASES FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS.
II the officials of the various
State institutions, who have 0 pur-
chase supplies, would meet together
and form an organization to buy
their groceries, coal, wood, electri-
cal supplies, and all other articles to
be used by them during the year,
hy contract and in bulk, it would
he great saving to the taxpayers.
For instance, Winthrop College, the
Citadel, State penitentiary, hospital
for the insane, South Carolina Col.
hege, and all other institutions that
have anything to purchase, by each
buying separately and individually,
cannot secure such necessities as
they need 1T as low q rate as if they
we're all to purchase together and in
bulk. 1t is therefore recommended
that an act be passed requiring this;
also requiring all of the officials of
State institutions to purchase all ar
ticles, as far as it is possible, from
parties within the State. :.
CoDIFIcATIoN OF THE LAWS.
Your attention is called to the
codifcation Of the laws. as sub.
mitted to you at the last session of
the general assembly, and it is sug-