The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-20
Auditing.

AoH' Shou'u oe examined ana aC-
counts audited regularly. suggest I
hat you devolve this duty upon the !
State bank examiner, and give that
department the necessary additional
'Orce to enable it to do this work thor
'ughly and effectively.
Medical Examination of Pupils.
recommend the enactment Of q
aw providing for the medical inspec-
ton OF pupils in the public schools,
under the supervision of the State
board Of health in cooperation with
the State board of education, and
with due provision for the protec-
ton Of the pupils.
Penal and Charitable Institutions.
1t seems to me that it would be
wise to consider our penal and chari-
table problems as a whole. There is
a lack Of coordination in the sys-
tenn Of management Of the State pen
itentiary, State hospital, reformatory,
jails, chaingangs and aims houses of
the State, counties and cities. We
should develop our humanitarian un-
dertakings. In this work we have the
examples Of other States. notably
Virginia, illustrating what may be ac-
complished by having a State board
OF charities. / recommend, therefore,
that you consider the advisa bility Of
esta blishing, in this State, such a
board. for. though the proposition in
wolves an expenditure each year. IL
this work is properly done, it would
mean greater economy and efficiency
in these institutions.
National Guard.
! favor a strong. well-maintained.
well-disciplined National Guard, anl
urge that adequate appropriation he
made for it, to make it an effective
factor In the State government. South
Carolina must have an efficient and ef-
fective National Guard.
! will. at later date, submit for
your consideration, by special mes
sage, suggestions relating to the
State institutions, especially the
Hospital for the Insane. to which +
am devoting special consideration.
/ will also communicate with YOU.
later. on the subject Of roads, the
Confederate Home, the Confederate
veterans. and the needs of the State
board Of health; also the Lever bill,
cattle tick eradication, and other SUBJ
jects pertaining to the interest of our
people.
gC. Economy.
Permit me to remind you that We
are face to face with situation in
business for which we have no prec-
edent. The European war has clear.
~ shown how closely allied and in
terlocked are the interests of the ma
tions Of the world. The general
shrinkage in values and in business.
has added greatly to the anxieties,
cares. and suffering Of all our people.
and has greatly increased the num-
ber Of those without employment.
Under these conditions, we must, on
the one hand, jealousy guard the ex-
penditures Of the public moneys; but
on the other, we should be slow to
stop public work that is desirable.
winch would further increase the
number of the unemployed. The time
Is propitious for the State and coun-
ties to undertake carefully conducted
work on the public highways. This
would accomplish greatly needed
improvement and would give EN-.
ployment to many who have no
means of making a living. 1t is not
time for us to be discOur-
aged and to look at only the
depression around us. If we
think that conditions now are grue-
some, pause for moment and consid-
er the conditions under which we la
bored in the sixties and early seven
ties. Faith and hard work brought
us through these trials, and l am con-
fident that self-reliance and resource
fulness will dominate and improve
this situation. With self-denial, with
economy, with energy and courage,
we will meet our difficulties bravely
and we will work out our salvation,
and will bring about a restoration of
business and enterprise to normal
condition. Let me urge you to bear
in mind these facts; and let us urge
you to that cool consideration of all
matters that will bring you to realize