The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-13
CONDITIONS AND NEEDS
OF The ENTIRE STATE
i CLEAR AND COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW OF AFFAIRS.
In Portions of an Able Message Gov
ernOr Deals With Matters With
Gloves Oil.
Snecial to The Herald and News.

Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, Jan. 13,-The general
assembly of South Carolina convenes
in annual session today
The annual message Of Governor
Blease, after brief Introduction,
pays a fine tribute to the three de-
ceased members of the general as
sembly, Messrs. Fred, Williams, OF
Pickens, Geo. R. Rembert, of Colum-
bia, and john c. D. Schroeder, OIL
Charleston.
Education is stressed as the most
important question before the people
of the State, and the adequate sup
port of the free public schools as the
most important phase Of the question
of education. The one-mill tax for
the use of the free public schools
the needy schools-to be dispensed
by the State board Of education as
that board may decide upon the most
needy schools, is strongly urged
Tne governor expresses his friendship
towards the higher institutions OF
learning, but demands that they be
supported economically, and that the
country schools be given their pro-
portionate share of lhe State S
educational appropriations.
Tie deaths from intercollegiate
football are deplored
The note given by t2e governor and
Gen. B. H. league to supplement the
fund to enable the survivors from this
State to attend the recent Gettysburg
reunion, is called to- the attention
of the General Assembly, and pay
ment requested. This note amounts
to $1,7OO.
The governor recommends that
work upon the State farms, except
the Lexington Reformatory, be dis
continued. He favors placing the
able-bodied convicts upon the public
roads.
The matter of the State penitentiary
leasing county the county's own
convicts is called attention to, and
the injustice of allowing the State
penitentiary to charge county $4,O0
FER month for the use Of the county S
own convicts is stressed.
Arrests upon mere suspicion are
condemned, and the recent cases III
connection with the Parr Shoals rob-
berry are called attention to.
Licenses for "so-called detectives,
IN order that they may be held crlml-
nally and civilly responsible for false
Imprisonment, false arrest, ETC., are
strongly recommended.
The establishment Of a tuberculosis
sanitarium upon land nov owned Dy
tAe State is recommended
flat two-cent passenger rate upon
all railroads in South Carolina IS
again strongly urged.
Proper heat and proper electric, air,
or emergency brakes are recommen-
ded upon electric lines IN this State,
and the passage Of an Act to this
effect is urged, in the interest OF the
nrotaction of life and property.
Excess charges for personal bag
gage on railroad trains arc condem-
ned. and recommendation made along
this line
The governor urges that smoking
in public dining rooms and cafes
where, ladies are accustomed to be,
be prohibited by law.
Proper restrictions in the matter
of forming new counties and an
nexing part of one county to another
are urged, the governor stating thaI
he favors small counties, but is will
ing to have the State map changed
only when. there is real necessity
for it.
The governor favors steps for the
eradication of the cattle tick, and
urges that Clemson be required to
sake charge of the matter. He re-
peats, in italics, that he favors action
for the radication of the cattle tick,
but wants it done in common-sense
way, with due regard to the interests
of the taxpayers. In this matter,
he does not want to be misunderstood.
He favors eradication of the cattle
tick and strongly urges it, but wants
it done in the proper way
The primary system is discussed at
length, and the governors position
appears fully in his message publish
ed below.
Details IL regard to the enforce