The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-13
ANNUAL MESSAGE TO
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Continued From Page u

last sentence Of which, gentlemen, |
am satisfied you Will say IS worry con
SolinR TO the parents OF the fourteen
young mon whom college faculties
and school trustees haV" murdered ''
tThe article from this newspaper
says in part: The growing boy
ought not 10 play football except
with considered advice. a." F0utbali
Is strong meat for strong youngst tvrs.
The solution lies with the parents to
see that their progeny do not try to
chew beef TOO stin with gm.;IiaJ
%ettysburg Reunion.
The Governor calls attention to the
fact that there is IN the Carolina Ma
tional Bank in Columbia II note for
$i.IOO for the expenses OF old sol
diers tO the Gettysburg reunion. IIC
asks the legislature 10 take up this
note. The history OF the matter he
sets forth in fun with the following
preliminary remarks:
after the adjournment Of the Gen
eral Assembly last year, General Is
Ii. Teague. Commander Of the South
Carolina Division, United Confederate
Veterans, and others very much int
6erested in the Gettysburg Reunion.
found that the amount or money ap-
propriated by you 10 give the desery-
al
to that reunion would not be suf-
ficient. Some effort was made To al
tempt to raise the money by popular
subscription. j took the position that
this was very wrong; that ! did not
think the eN-Confedcrate soldiers of
this State wanted To be held up as|
beggars or paupeTs. and even if some
few did want to be so held up. made
up my mind that none OF them should
be-"
The Governor recommends a.
change In the law governing requisi-
tions. He says ne will not issue
reputation for the mere collection OF
q debt. and that he has cndeavoreh 10
stop that practice by requiring the
county TO pay the expenses OF the of
ficer going after the person to be
arrested and brought back. There
is no law requiring a county to pay,
and he wishes such law passed
The State Farms.
The Governor says II respectfully
recommend that you discontinue all
work on the State farms. except the
reformatory In Lexington county"
He incorporates In his message an
interview given out sometime ago in
which he advocated putting the con-
victsson the roads says he:
II have nsver believed. nor do |
now believe, in keeping the peniten-
tinry for money-making institution.
I have never been one of those who
believe in making money out of the
unfortunate condition of Others, and
{ certainly NOT olit OF sthe blood. bone
4, and tiesa of unfortunate beings. |
,'.:e Gre .:e, !.:Sat :;:Se:.i.e!. s.sc~
the pls cling ue .cunvicts upon the pub
lie highways. There Is no question
before this county, unless IL be Chris
tianity, that is ahead of good roads,
and good roads will help Christianity. |
II we have good roads we will have
better schoolsi II we have good roads |
#e vii. hnra better abundance NJ tho |
churches and ut the schools. If we
have s0Gd fGssSis Il viii increase tiIn |
value OF the farms, because they will |
put them nearer to the towns in the |
length of time. II we have good
roads Ii will bring the farms closer
10 the towns and Cities
The Governor says further there Is |
no justice in requiring county TO
pay the State penitentlary authori-
ties for the use OF county convicts.
The county pays all the expenses of
trial and conviction and OF convey
-ins the prisoner TO the peniteutiary.
: He declares that there is absolutely
no justice In 1t, and. he wants law
to remedy IL.
Raps the "Deteetives."
The Governor takes rap at the
Burns detectives and other detectives
who had arrests made In the Pan
1teQals robbery case some months
he'd oYbe ,paymaster there was rob
subsequentGsG in broad daylight and
was arrested in 6sllraaa,a1, 66eilraaa eoi,d9etor , ,.
on some Young white EEasI.e lie ana Hi, later
of good family were arresY.SS Si'eSte, m
We're subsequently released. In Co.
menting on this the Governor says \
II think II high time that YOU gen
glemen should pass some law 10 stop
cheap cowardly, lying hirelings from
slipping around over the State. max
ing charges or causing charges to bel
7 made against our reputable citizens,
I humiliating them and their families
ard putting them to expense by hav-
ing them arrested and placed in Jail
and being otherwise annoyed and
s5trnubled, when there Is absolutely no
foundation for the charge, and they
z are made only to please the suspi- |
cion OF one OF these hirelings who
calls himselfsa a detective"
urge this upon you, gentlemen.
because the citizen who Is thus treat
ed has no redress In the law, and II !
he should take shotgun and kill one I
OF these liirelings there would be a |
great hurrah that he was red-hand- |
&ed murderer, and he would he ftS.ced
20 employ lawyers and SO through
(. q long aud tedious trial. Therefore, |
{ the injured party must sit down and
say nothing, because no good man.
IA II