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misfortune. II would bo worse than a bluu
dor which could not bo retrieved ; It wou'?? Re
h orlme against ourselves. Wlib sf,01n"y,M
rials nlrciirty on baud undwr Jl???'',,,'',>,.or,,"l
Cfemson Trustees, with u>< Appropriation or
310.000, supploineuuui ??y yolutib . y contribu
tions imd the al" of public-spirited citizens,
the Htute oouM make ul least-a respectable
nxlilhit; and whatever otbor economies In
~ iTubile expenditures the General Assembly
jv<ty dolermlne upon, (In all 01 which I hIiiiII
nortlly Join,) I desire to soy In all earnest
ness that a rullure to have tlio State properly
represented at Chicago would be an net of
parsimony that'would cause us to blush. I
would, therefore, urge tho election or ap
pointment of a proper Commission to tuke
charge of tho matter and see that . Car
olina shall occupy her proper p.'aco umong
her sisters.
M luce! t :i neons.
1 now beg to call your attention to some
matters of in Inor Importance: as briefly as I
can to give you clear Information.
TIIK iiiiik.CT TAX.
The United States Congress, by Act of March
'i, 18111; has refunded the direct tax collected
from some of our citizens during and Imme
diately after tho war. i lie amount Involved
is about 8222,1100, which is to bo received by
thuKtato In trust for tho parlies who pnld It.
It will bo neccssury for legislation on the part
oi the General Assembly, to accept the trust;
and that somo provision bo made for Its
speedy and proper distribution. After careful
Investigation, and consultation with an attor
ney who Is famlllnr with tho matter, a Hill
has been prepared providing for tho appoint
ment of a special rcforeo or commissioner,
who shall obtain the necessary Information
from the archives at Washington and net as
tho Sluto's agent In paylng'all claimants who
can present the necessary proofs. The Hill
has been carefully drawn and appears to cover
all tho points.
RBA PPOKTIOMM fSNT.
Tho United Stales census of 1K0O having
been completed as far us the tallies of popula
tion uro concerned, It will be necessary to
pass a law rcunporttoiilug representation In
thollousuof Hcprcsciitiillves. In this con
nection I desire hi call attention to tho mat
ter of rcdlstrlctlug the Congressional llls
trlcts. Our Stale has been held up to scorn In
tho National Congress because of what Is
known as tho '?black district." This gerry
mander, by which u district was formed com
posed almost entirely of black voters?a dis
trict the like of which was never soon before,
and which should nover bu seen again?can
liavo no excuse for longer existence. We
have no reason to dread a return of negro or
Republican rule in South Carolina, and there
Is now mi reason, if llioro ever existed any,
why our Congressional Districts should not
be arranged In reasonably compact Shape.
JtHDIOAL KX AM I N ICHS.
A Hill was passed at your last session abol
lslilng stuto Hoards <>r Mcdlcul Examiners,
and substituting therelor County Hoards,
whloh wero authorized to give cei tlllcutes to
applicants (o practice under certain restric
tions. The Hill appeals to have been hastily
drawn, and had It attracted my attention I
should have vetoed It. This Act lias givou
great dissatisfaction to the medical fraternity,
and in suvcral of the Counties the physicians
have refused to recommend for the appoint
men i oi tho County Hoards, and in onu (alter
appointment* they have refused to servo.
The trouble Is, that very little discretion Is
gl von tojthe examining Hoard, and under Its
provisions almost any charlatan who can ob
tain a diploma from a so called '?reputable
medical college" can he turned loose upon the
community to com in 11 lega 1 murder by mal
practice. In tho learned professions an Igno
ramus or mountebank who attempted to
practice law or enter tho pulpit would neces
sarily expose himself at. one. In medicine
U is Just tho reverse. Tho doctor rarely has a
consulting physician, 01 pcclally In tho coun
try , and tho people are at his morcy, only as
they protect themselVOS after they find out
his Incapacity, and often only after liio death
o f some loved one.
" In a matter Involving life It is a duty socie
ty owes to Itself to seo that every safeguard I?
thrown around admission to the medical pro
fession. Wo look alter the welfare of our
souls by admitting only good and puro men
to our pulpits; wo protect our property by the
assistance of able lawyers; but ihu Indiffer
ence which we show, and the carelessness
with which wo permit quacks to Indict pain
and murder our bodies, is astonishing.
Whether II Is liest to enlarge tho powers or
the County Hoards, and then throw addition
al restrictions around tho practice of medi
cine, or to have one central Hoard, Is for your
wisdom to determine. The latter would he
the least expensive and cumbersome, and
probably prove more satisfactory in the end.
I do not think any person should ho allowed
to practice inedlclnu who has mil taken ai
least a three years' course, and who cannot
stand an examination before a competent
Hourdol physicians.
a County Board is objectionable because in
a small area It might he accused o( rejecting
applicants from Jealousy or a desire to Cut oil
competition. This objection could not hold
against a State Hoard, and I therefore recom
mend tho re-enactment of Hie old law with
SUCll mod illcal tons US Will prevent abuses or
tyranuleal rejections.
COMPLKTIOK op CONKKDKltATK hoi.i.s.
In the report of lite Adjutant and Inspector
Generali he suggests that a small fund be pro
vided lor the publication, in pamphlet form,
Of the lolls oi such companies and regiments
as uro not complete. Tho purpose Is that
these may be distributed in tho territory from
which tho men were enlisted, so that llie sur
vivors may have some data to bo guided by
In supply lug the missing names. 1* should
lie a matter of Slate prldo, ami of Justice to
tho dead and living alike, that everything!
reasonable be done to put on record In the
archives of tho government at least the name
of every man who wore tho gray. I there
fore urge consideration of the Adjutant Gen
eral's recommendation. He is a zealous ami
OfficlOht Officer; and, being a gallant Confeder
ate soldier himself, will use every reasonable
efl'ort to finish Hits necessary work.
LIQUOR I.I0BNBB8.
I desire to direct your attention to a ques
tion of great Importance, with which the wel
fare of society and tho economical adminis
tration of the government are closely con
nected. It Is the matter Of licensing Hie sale
of'.Uiv/.r. without eut&rlivfc int&-auy discus
s'.on of tho prohibition question, I will tall
your attention to a gross liic<)Utillly und In
justice to a purl of our citizens, entiilled by
the present system. Section 17:12 of the Gen
eral statutes reads s "No license fori ho sale
of intoxicating liquor shall lie granted by any
municipal authority in any city, town or vil
lage in tiiis State, except upon tho payment
by the person applying for Hie same to the
Treasurer of the County in which said city or
town is situated the sum oi nn in addition to
tho license charged by such city, town or vil
lage, for tho use of said County, to be applied
to tho ordinary expenses of t ho County.''
It will bo seen that, by this provision of
law. only a small proportion of tho tax doiiv
ed from thesalo of Ihiuorgoes to tho general
fund. Now, while I do not bcllevo that. It Is
practicable, or even desirable, to attempt the
absolute prohibition of the sale of liquor In
this Slate, no sensible man will deny that
one-half or three-fourths of the crimes com
mitted in Iho State are traceablo directly to
the drinking of whiskey. In order to punish
Hicso crimes, tho machinery of the law Is set
ill mot ion.
The Courtsaro supported by general tax
ation, and largely by tho country people, and
yet the Slate permits municipal corporations
to maintain or license what many men re
gard as nuisances and breeders of erlmo,
wlille tWO-lhlrds or three-fourths of the mon
ey accruing therefrom Is retained by the cor
potations. The anomalous condition is pre
sented then or u community allowing Itself
to ho unjustly taxed as a whole for the sup
pression of a crime produced by tho action of
a part. Tho liquor tax Is largely for local
ben. lit. while thoabuse Is general. The peo
ple In the country not only pay trlhuto to
those who sell liquor,?by means of which
(he towns are bcuollllod and adorned,- hut
they pay tax for the snrpresslon of crime pro
duced by Ihr maintenance of these bar rooms.
It Is unjust and unequal, and ought to he
slopped. 1 lliereforo strongly recommence!
that all municipal coi porallous bo prohib
ited from levying any license at all, and that
all tax derivable from tho sale of whiskey
go Into the Stnte and County treasuries, leav
ing the matter of local option as at presont;
and If any municipal corporation desires to
license the sale of liquor, let It. derive no
special benefit from It. There are, as I am
Informed bet ween 700 and 800 bar rooms In
the Stale. How many municipalities would
relinquish the sale of lh)uor it they derived
no money hencllt from It I can not oven guess.
What decrease may follow Iho enactment ol
such law Is equally unknown. With h high
license Imposed on euch dealor In the article,
elt her at wholesale or retail, and all ol this
fund going to support Siato and County gov
ernment*, it appears to mo we would have a
large increase of revenue, ns well us o largo
dfOrASe 10 crime, with a corresponding de
crease In Couit expenses, and consequent
reduction of taxes,
? liief .! list lee S I in |?'.oil's lSOiUIl.
Very shortly niter tho ndjonriimcnl of the
General Assembly theSluto was shocked by
tho newsof tho death of Chief .iustleo Simp
son. This distinguished Jurist tiled of heart
disease, after u brief Illness, December 2fl. 1890.
It Is needless for mo to say anything by way
of encomium on this beloved mnn. On the
Held, In the forum, ns Governor, nml as
Judge, ho hud nlwuys discharged his duty
With Real and ability, and his public honors,
which wero varied, and of long continuation,
wero tho rowards of his high character and
acquirements. Ho was a typical Carolinian,
and whllu wo mourn his loss wo rejoice that
ho has left so bright an cxamplo for olhors to
imitate,
Cond union.
' In cnncltslon, I beg to remind yon Hint tho
Sresent General Assembly and tho proscnt
tato administration wero olectod on u plut
form of reform, and that the peoplo aro con.
fltlontly looking to us to redoom our plodges.
Many of the reforms coulepiptated have been
consummated, or In process of consumma
tion; but there aro Pthor questions of vital
Imporiarnjo which I hopo will receive your
?ttroful consideration. The present de
plorable condition of our people, which I
have morn than once alluded to, caused by
the poor yield of our crop and Its low price,
malio It obligatory upon you to cut oir every
possiblo Item of expenditure not absolutely
necessary, lor It is possible,' und allogcber
probable, tbut there will be a conskleruble
deficit by reason of tbe Inablllity of tho peo
ple to pay their bixos. A DIM to substitute
salaries Insteud of lees tn County oltlccs, put
11(i(X the Ices Into Ihe Treusury, mid making
a reduction of salaries all along tho lino to
a figure coricspomltng with the Increased
purchasing power ol money and the dec-reus
ed ability ol the people to pay, seems abso
lutely necissury. The suvlng may bo llitle,
hut wo havo reached the point where even u
small economy Is of material Imporlunee.
Itelylng upon your patriotism and wisdom,
nod assuring you of my coidlul co-operation,
I Invoke Mm blessing or Cod on your labors.
11. It. Tlllinuu, Governor.
Comptroller Ucnernl's Hc|iorl.
The annual report to tho Legislature of Comp
trellerQeberslW.il. Blltrbe, resile public yester
day, is n document of especial Interest to every tax
,iayer in the commonwealth, Thei-sper is c.xhous
live, and contains statements anil suggestions ut
more than ordinary significance. Other interest
attaches tu tho paper inasmuch as llio department
represented Is one or tbe nuiln arteries in tho ad
uilnlstrutloii. The snlleiit features of tho report fol
lows :
ANSl-ALBKTTLKUKMS.
As required l>y law 1 havo personally attended tu
und llisuu Iho fthnuol settlements hi eueh cuunly,
except In a lew eu eitles where 1 secured tho service*
of u competent ngi hi lo Ulftke Mich settlement lur
iii?.
These sctllciiK nts In muiiy respects. In several ul
tho counties, have Dot proved snllsfuctoiy. Nu
merous errors were detected, and In soino cases In
excusable irrcgulurlth s were found, und la Ulbert a
-ie.it c; ? ?f aceuiints uf treasurers; mui in. ooun
ly (Union) cmbt'sxloments of the tchool funds were
discovered. This case hst been turned over tu iho
courts us required hy law for .i ii.\. -<i. .di.-u und
action, Tho errora delected havo been corrected,
mal all monies |dueud In the public treasury, except
tu Charleston, where there la due frum staiu taxes
? 180.80, Irem count* taxes $1.012.70, and scho-l and
poll 92,892,18. a total ol gS,lC\??; nnd In Slimier
county ?017,40 from State taxes, S.'?.S'J from conn
ty luxe?, ami frolll school ami pull 1202.01, a total uf
?y.?S,:{2; ami In llniuii county {ll,'.,:;0 from Slate
taxes, iimking a total uf ^ll.ljus'.Ol duo these respec
tive rands hum tiio three counties named.
The balance from union county grows uiit of the
county treasurer presenting a receipt ns a voucher
w hich pioperly belonged tu and had been ullowed
In the settlement fur l?ss~80.
Iliformstloii comes to me that county treasurers
In seme cases deposit county nud school funds
in bank and receive thereof u small rat? of interest
on such deposit, and often parties holding claims
against these funds ftl'Q told that nu inuney is on
hand to pay tin in.
a CUANOK suoukstkii.
The irregularities thai have been thus revealed
suggest tu my iiilnd lliat sumo changes should be
made In Ultr system Of county culleeiluns and dls
burtouicnls, ami whiio it may havo ob|ectlonablu
feuiures I inn now uf tho Opinion that uno dls
burslng nfllcor for the Stato would remedy tiio ex
isting dllliculiics and irregularillcs.
A slight increase of Iho force (clerical) In tho ofllco
ul comptroller general would enable tho work to
bo dune and nearly every c unity in Ilm Hinte hav
ing SHalc depositories in them tho general public
Would out be inconvenienced nur additional expenses
be incurred by bUcb a sysleui of county and sehuol
difebursoinciitt.
The penitentiary, Sinking Kund commission nud
other institutions ul tho Mate under tie- law collect
and disburse money. 'I ho adjutant and Inspector
general disburses iho money appropriated fur tho
inn Ulla when ho It not a bunded officer, Tho habit
of extending the liimt Tor the payment of luxes
operates Injuriously upon the annual tettlemoatB
required In law. The time, should bo lived nt about
the Ihsi of .lanuury for the payment of taxes with
out penalty nud nut interred with except In ex
traordinary cases.
The system of one disbursing olllco would save
Iho expunscs ftnd tluio necessary tu semi iho comp
trailer goneral tu tlie thirty flvo counties in the
State and make Ills uvortight continuous or daily In
stead of as now only at the annual settlements.
There IsnUoanold balance duo In KerthftW Ooun
ly, coming over, lloWoVer, Irnin a compromise of
mailers there in the seltleinent for the preceding
year. Tho grand tuty of this county bos taken the
mnltcr In hand under order of court und n speedy ad
justment is hoped for.
IKSUBANC8 llKfAUTMKNT.
I beg to call your attention to i lie fuct that tho
revenues from this source aro far lues than tho same
source in other Males COUtlng under mir observation.
The I tw sul this Slate HOW 1'cipilro tin annnal license
fee of j ?:, which amounted this year tu $?,S\S0.
Also, each cutnpai.y doing business in the Slate is
required by law to return " gross premiums" lor tax
ntlun, frum which Source the State received taxes on
about $.'>rs>,ooo. Tills year tiio return ui premiums
amount to near $7-~>0, 000.
The three largest lilo insurance companies doing
business In this state paid into iho treasury of Geor
gia, as reported by llio comptroller general Of that
Stale, nesr $10,000, Into tho treasury of South Car
olina, us fur as tho facts havo t.eeti ascertained, si?o.
The gross receipts have not been returned regular
ly by any cisM uf oumpanles dulng business iu the
Stale eXCOpt Iho liisuruiiu eouipauies, and tlieso have
largely returned only gross receipts sent by agents
to tho homo olliee, and tlius a largo aiuouu'. .oso-.j ;-i
taxation. There Is another class or eouipauies which
slip into tin- stale w ithout complying with its laws
In any way and do iiiuru or less business.
The law should he made niuro Stllngent along this
line, with a view to prohibiting such business. As
il now stands the law affords no adequate piulectlou
tu the assured In eases of losses where contested und
Judgments obtained, as In many cases no property
is owned in lids Btnlo SU|eCt to tho process of law
necessary to compel payment. The only remedy
:-ow Is for tho Comptroller general to revoke tlie
license of such companies, which prohibit author
lawful business, but does not afford relief tu the
Citizen of Iho Slate who took risks with such com
panies.
A small deposit from eueh company admitted into
the Stale, (n South Carolina In.nils, made with the
State Treasurer, would remedy ilus dullciilty, but
should not be to large at to bo at all burdentomo to
the Insurance companies.
Tills requirement would also aid in obviating an
other dlllleully with wild cat companies, by prevent
ing tholr entering tho State at all, und Imputing upon
her citizens ns now Is sometimes done.
All companies admitted Into South CftttrilOgtt&Wutfl
be charged at least the tame fees'n?1'cV~olitfg"o* that a
South Caioluiii.e.,iy,i?f|1y wuiild.'by iho Suite Incor
lifnuiiiig'such cuinpaiiy to .to business in such State
or cuunly. In Other wordt tho comptroller general
or Insurance commls?loner should be given authority
to grade tile charges against u company by ihoso
made by the compuiiy's.own State so us lo make our
insurance law rcolprocalat between tlie Stute or of
other counties.
The Comptroller General cm discharge tho duties
of Insurance cemnustloncr, imt, with his present
experience. Inclines lo the opinion that an Insurance
department, either topamto orSUbjCOl to tho control
ol the Comptroller General, would bo a matter ol
economy lo tlie Stute, and properly guarded by law,
with emolcnt management, would Inoiuate tho rev
enuet to the Stutu proportlonulely to that of oilier
states froiii lids source. f
If tho onc'illshtirslhig-olllci-r idea advanced! under
another head should prevail, then there would he ncOd
of a subcxrunlucr, and the insurance couiiiiissiultor
could be given such authority as tills Inleresl may
require. Then a large number of interests hiiiI bus
iness in, and Seeking to C0IM into Oils State, thai
now pay untiling or COUIpftrfttlvely nothing, under our
law s, for the support of the government.
Building und loan iissoclullons, foreign land and
loan associations cannot lie reached advaiitngously
except by some sysleui ol license, and \Should bo
Classed with insurance eouipauies and made to con
ti ibulo their portion ol luxes toward ihe support ol
the government whose protection they enjoy.
Thero Is also a largo interest thai now comes under
the law known us that ult'cctlhg hawkers and peddlers,
which should bo placed under tho sumo condition
of law and made to do their duty as to taxation.
In concluding IblS subject, tho law should be so
amended that any ami every class oi business In, or
seeking luelitel tlie State, can be reached and made
tu pay a tribute to the government wiiose citizens the
business seek toinakomonoy outuf or investments
among. This cannot be done except by somo system
of bushiest which will force payment thorof hi ad
vance, ns ninny nro ephemeral m character and vunish
from Search or sight before tho tax collector can got
around.
Let every Interest, Individual and business bo forced
to pay a Just, fair and fqaltsble percentage of tho ex
penses necestory to guarantee proteonon tu such
Interest, individual or business by the govern
ment under w bota jurisdiction Iho Individual may
live or tho Interest may Ho or business bo done.
TAX All I. ? I'ltOl-KKTV.
TbO total taxable properly of tho State for tho flslca'
year ending 81st October, is 11, Is $1G4,'2-I2,tii0, against
8100,002,421 for tho lust Atlcal year. Au inc.oasu uf
% 17,010,21? over last year. About 50 per cent, of
this Increase is due to the Increased assessments upon
railroads, hunks and other eorporato properly hi tho
State.
Some complaints have been in... e us to tills special
class of iucreused assessments, bill It is not hello ved
nor has il been shown that theso assessments
are nbuvo the true value in money of tho property
site tied.
No complaints have reached this office from tho
increases on other clusses of personal property, It
is known thai tho Increase comet almost cuitroly
from taxable properly other than real estate.
Tlds Legislature, In my judgement should order
n reassessment of real estate in Smith Carolina, ns it
Is known that the nvorugo assessment upon this class
of taxable properly is not much abovo 00 per cent
ol Iis real money value, which diltlciilty can now bo
remedied only by tho nitthorlly or low coining
through tho action of the Legislature.
Thero are, as I Imvo good reasons to believe, mill
ions of dollars of .a lu i tsxtfldo property in this Htnlo
not now upon the tax books, nur can il lie lalrly reach
ed by Ige present laws promptly and ?llinlcnlly.
Tbe fuel lliat a largo amount of properly cscuiios
taxation altogether and that values aro placed so low
uiKin other properly makes tiio burden upon that
class of property, honestly returned and sssorsed,
iinbcuiuble ond vicious, and hei.ee largely tho cause
'or the complaints against high fixation from that
class of taxpayers.
With iho rc-uasosamctit of real estate let tho legis
lature also provide a system? a low that will^roach any
and every cln?s of taxable property in Iho Stole'
Let inutile*, notes, bonds and taxable securities of
every data nud and kind bo reached and pluced upon
our tax books.
The rumllK-ations of that system slionld bo so com
plete and thorough that no property can elude Its
grasp and tho rich and tho poor, llio high and the low
?thooilizen oi Soutli Carolina of overy condition
bo mado tu feel, to realize, to know that bo bears only
a Just portion of the burdens of a government created
Mini maintained for Hit- benefit aiiu protection of ?II
Its citlzeiit alike.
Assessments properly adjiwled to tho true Talue
In money thereof with all lux book*. I rontlib-nily
belli vi-, Initteiiil of the present valuation of $168,000 -
000 for taxation, we would have $m0C0,000. Wl Ii
the pro|H-rty uf tho Slate assessed at Its imj value,
other n sources of revenues carefully ami Judiciously
inuniiKed anil . ...-..?>.???. .; anil expenditure* kept
within tin- absolute needs uf tho government, the
levy lor rJtu'o purpose could l>e reduced to 2- or 9J
mills, und thus a great part of tho Iii'cnllve to the
liixpuyei? tododge r-turns will be removeil and the
estimates plneeil upon ourselves at huiiie anil opinion
from abrouiil of the Mi .<?? nut Impaired thereby.
The present low rnte of the pioperty of the State,
as now publish* .1 to tho worlil. Is keenly felt by every
elUsoo who knows the wonderful resources, and flnun
cial strength of the S'nte. A knowledge or these
facts, too, shoulil act ;is Incentive to every good cltl/eii
of Iho Bude to bis full duty In remedying tho evil
anilencoiir.igc thoae charged with the enactment anil
wlminlstriulon of laws to the fullest scruntin of the
cause anil the application of such remedies and aids
as will prodtlM the results desired.
The Ineguallilea of tho present assessments are
gross mid palpatdy glaring In soino Instances of the
mime class of property in different pni W of Iho State,
but the law us It DOW It does not confer tho necessary
authority upon anybody, except every lift la year, to
equalize tho assessments between the tilth-rent com.
muidtlea of the State, If tho authority now given
to the Stale board of < ipiullzattons for railroads could
be extended tosll taxable properly in the State other
than real estate tho evil, I think, could ho largely
remedied tnd proper equality of ttitmntntt In nil
these classes of properly made and preserved.
Il has been mv purpose to simplify and present the
dlfttouitlet at I Und intm from uuo year's experience
ami lettre details and remedial law to the good judg
ment, wisdom ami experience, of your honorable body.
Respectfully,
\V. II. Kli.kbbk,
Comptroller Gooortl,
ilepoi'f of Hi,Mate Trensuror.
OrrtoK or statk Trrasurrr,
Columiiia November I, IStll
To the Hon \V. II. Rllerbe, Comptroller Qenertl? J
Sir: 1 have Iho honor to submit through you to the
hoiioroaule Senate and House of Representatives Die
following report, exhibiting the stile of this depart
in, nl at the close of the last llscM yeirtnd Its trans- |
tetioni lorthe fiscal year ending Uoiobcr8l, 1691.
1 have thought proper to submit u number of bilef I
abstract statements In addition to the regular annual
statements In order lo give an easier view of the con
dition ami work of this department.
Cash liabilities November 1,1890.$1*9,107 SU
Cash on hand November 1, 1800. 77,lM:t 03
Net cash IndebtnetS November 1.1890.$411,258 40
Asset lorlh In tho following:
abstract of cash a88kts anii liab1litibs K0VRM
BBB 1, 1S9X
Assets In cash October 81, 1890:
Cash balance Oclobor 81, 1880.S 77,943 93 ]
General account.$ 8,018 00
Department ngrlcultute. :13.0V2 2T
Sinking rund commission. 39,337 40
Redemption dlflclcnolct. l.oil 20
Total.177,943 9:t
Current liabilities, in cash, October 81,
1MK) :
Interest duo ami not called for.$177,878 S4
I^.im Interest to be f ncludcd,$500). 60,000 00 |
Department agrli-ulture, applied toCleinsou
College...!!. 15,01)0 00 I
Department agru-ultu re due Oil department
warrants (since paid). 0,047 02
Sinking mild commission. 80 337 40
Interest on bunds net yet funded. 04,826 I 0
Unpaid balance ol appropriations. 100,608 07
$489,107 33
Cash liabilities November 1.1801.$428,932 83
Cash assets November 1, 1891. 84,016 02
Net cadi Indebtedness.1863,617 si
As shown In following:
I abstract 0ash assisis and I.I Altl i.1tik8 HOVRHURR 1
1891:
Assets in cash October81,1891:
Cash balance October81,1891.164,615 02
As follows:
General account. 22,870 49
Department agriculture. 1,111 62
Privilege fertiliser tax. ?>7 60
Sinking fund commission. 31,010 31
Redemption iletlcli-ncies(salea blues). 098 97
I Glemton bequest cash. 6,211 78
Ksclieatod properly, cusii. 2,001 01
Downer fund, cosh. 617 78
Totti.$04,015 02
ourrrmt cash LtABIMTtRS ootobrr 81,1801,
[nterost due and not called for.$178,1190 04 |
Interest on bonds not yet fnniled at'ler luiiil
hig. 92,893 13
Sinking lund commission. 81,010 84
Special accounts reserved. 9,332 49
Unpaid balance of appropriations. HO.OtW) 00
?428,93288
Abstract of liabilities other than cash, Itt SoVtmhcr
1881. (liolid debt:)
Brown consols.S5,808,076 70
Hill? 4| |h-i- celita. 400,00 ) ?mi
lb own 4 per Cent?, IblHI. 20,390 7U
Agricultural College sorlp. 101,800 00
Heuellciclicy sl-ick oiltntaild
leg......... 717 72
-JbKtatand ttock ?im lund.
utile In lirown consols,
leas Invalidity, etc. 801,014 SS
-$0,400,606 001
During the year the sinking
fund Commission lias pur
chased and retired
brown consuls amount
ing to.3 20,011 72
Total liabilities 1st November, 1880,
Cash liabilities.* 469,107 88
I.lahililiesother than cash... 0,133,617 78
- 6,922,710 051
Cash assets 1st Novem
ber,lo90.. 77,943 081
Net Indebtedness l?t No*
vember,1890. S0.S41,771 12]
Total Nubilities 1st November, 1891 i
Cash liabilities.8 128,232 K8
Liabilities other than tush. 0,400,000 00
-S C.KH.tsiS S31
Cash assets 1st November,
1S91. 01,016 021
ffo\ Indobtednest 1st No- , .
v?>?b^.l81L..........? . $0,770,22 1 81
Abstract revenue tnd receipts year ending81 Octo
| ber, 1891:
Taxes 1S.89-1890, and back taxes.3 770,895 57
Phosphate royalty. 184,609 to
Privilege tax on fertilisers. 53,896 s">
I Sinking fund commission. ls.779 29
Department agriculture. 3,533 25
Kuilroiid ussessiiu-nt for K. It. commis
sioners. 9,718 18
Tees, Secretary State. $3,000 07, insur
ance licences $?,8S0.. 8,970 07
Special funds. 17,459 22
Other sources. 575 79
Rnlaneo cash 81stOctober, 1890.
$l,151.0;i? 91
EXPRMDITURR VRAR RNDIMO CCTOBBR 81, 1891.
Legislative expenses. S 42,652 01
Public printing. 22,199 73
Kducultonul, cliunlaldc, penal and san
itary institutions ami expenses. 201,702 31
Oleinson Agricultural College.
Pensions.
Coiiunlssioucrs sinking fund warrants....
interest on public debt und expenses.
Loan under Act 1889 and interest..........
KleCtlon expenses.
Completion state llousu.
Refund taxes.
Maintaining militia.
Kedemptioii lirown consols.
Direct tax clilins, Act 1884.
I Department agriculture.
Contingent funds stationery anil stamps
of executive officers.
Salaries.. .
On other accounts..,
$1,087,091 W)
Balance ca?b 81st October, 1891. 64,616 Oi
$1,151.090 91
trust kunos.
Clcinson bequest? cash assets.8 6,247,78
Clems..n bequest?other assets. 70,962 80
Total estloiatcd assets.$82,210 5s
Downor fund?cash assets. $ ,117 78
Downer fund?other assets. 7,760 Co
Total.$ 8,274 88
Kschcaled estate of Malone?cash assets.$ 079 58
Ksclieatod estate ol Malone?other assets... 10,500 iT)
Total. 811,179 68
Kecheatod estate Barton?cash.$ 1,982 tw
A statement of each of theso In detail, with ref
erence to Acts governing same, Is furnished in this
report.
The transactions of this ofllco are further sot forth
in accompanying annual statements.
finances.
From tho Statements or exhibits given In this report
an idea can bo formed of the condition of tho lliiiin
cial affairs of this Stole.
No ubs can say that they are in nn eminently sills
factory condition. The fh-cal year was t-egun with
cash ItnblllllcA amounting to $4*11,107 88, and with
cash nssosts only $77,913 93, unit with merely $8,948 to
the credit of tho general fund and uvalliiblu lor lliu
? in 1. hi expeiist'A of tho Oovornment,
Notwtilislriiillng tho liictn Just staled anil the fur
ther clrciiinstaiice that the receipts from phosphate
royally fell off $52,030 09, as compared with the pre
ceding year, ami Hint some $15,100 of tho receipts of
the fiscal.year Just closed were applied to payment Ol
debts of preceding year, fortunately wo havo been
aide lo meet every demand made upon tho treasury.
We havo paid the loan negotiated under Ai l ol too
Legislature by the Inst Administration, iimounllniv
with Interest to $00,600, and also every claim against
tho State as Ii was presonted, without resorting to a
loan except In one small instance.
A loan of .-(hi was obtained from tho Cential Nat
lonal Hunk with which to pin, lee.- HI110 4J per
cent bonds and certificates of stock needed for purp-.. -
of exchange, and which purohaso was not technically
provided for In the appropriation of $1,000 for tho pur
po?c of completing the consolidation. It will bo nee-1
essury for tho Legislature lo appropriate tho ?um of]
#so0 to pay tut* loan kindly tnado to tho Stale with
out Inti-rt-Bt,
I bog leave to call your attention, ami that of tho
Legislature especially, to tho fact thit tho Stole owes
a large Moating debt, eMlttiati-tt at #371,890 07 of post (
UM interest aTone, besides iinpaM appropriations ???
set forth above, and to the further tact that tho so
c uled "Iren si vi >? reserve fund" la practically a myth,
representing for the most part dchts nnd not credits of
tho State. Tho sinking fund portion of what consti
tuted the original *-livasury reserve fund." amounting
to SIOvW IS, when tho Act wa? passed In ItsSOhas
since been expended, as I understand, under laws
governing the sinking fund lu payment of warrants
drawn against II hy the board of commissioners of the
sinking fund. The direct tax fund portion under Act
of I - ill. amounting originally to 939.211 39, (tho
amount received fiom Congress.) has been reduced to
#IS,453 17 hy payments lipon the warrnnts of tlie
Governor to panics lo whom it belonged under tbe
law.
Tho interest on tho unfunded bunds has been re
duced gradually as the landing In Brown omuls pro
gressed, ta ! 43, an estimated. Hut It should be
borne In mlml that these SN in a score debts the State
owes, and do not constitute a fund practically held In
reserve In the suite ircusury.
Tho only available way lo create a reset VI fund is to
raise ncllial tnotu-y by luxation or by the sato ol
Stuto securities and then hold II In reserve for the
special purposes for Which It was created. A reserve
fund is realty needed lO meet tho large Moating debt
or the state, composed principally or past due but un
called for Interest, uml interest on* unfunded bonds, es
timated to be *37l.8O0 07. besides unpaid appropria
tions. It would perhnps better sutisly the people (if
tho Slat ? if the Legislature would have this reserve
fund Investigated by a competent committee.
It issui prising that the coiuMilldutlon does toil pro.
gross in..,, rapidly and that the past due Interest lias
not been called for. Homo of It may never be called
for. However, a demand is liable to be ninth) upon
the treasury at any time for this money, and yet il
has been the policy of the Legislature to ignore the
danger und raise barely enough money to meet the
current expenses of the Slate, and depend upon bor
rowing to meet any such emergency. I reel it my
duly to rcspi cllully submit that this Is not the wisest
policy, especially ul this time when SO large a purl of
the State debt Is Hearing maturity, and when It Is
more than ever IllCUIIlbont llpou the Slate to see that
her treasury is provided with ample funds to pay
promptly any Just claims against her.
BBrUNUINO OV Till: consols UN DBB THE ACTS of
18S9 and lisOO.
I complied with Instructions given me In the Act,
and hud on.per notices Inserted In newspapers. I al
so bad circulars and copies ol the Act printed and no
tice given that they could be had upon application by
parties desiring information, and have sent out a large
number of copies. Copies of tiio circulars r.ml no
tics aro furnished with this report. 1 also had pre
paid! with much cure tho necessary bunks in Which
lo record all transactions under the Refunding Act and
duplicates of these books for tho ofllces of tho Gov
ernor and Secretary of tlie Slate. An agreement was
entered into with the American Bank Note Com pithy
to furnish the necessary plates and to engrave the
bonds and stock certiorates us heeded. 1 have order*
ed and paid for only thrco hundred ono lhousuml-d?l
lur bonds, three hundred live luindreil-ilnllar bonds
and two hundred and ilfty stock certificates, reserving
I orders for a further supply as may lie required from
time to time as refunding progresses.
Until July, 1S99, tho oOlceis restricted to the sys
tem ol exchanging the new 1 per cents for llio Brown
consols.
But little progress has been made in exchanging.
Only #29,805 70 of new I percent have been exchang
ed lor an i qua) amount af Brown consols. Under the
rigid requirements or the Act I am afraid not many
exchanges will be effected, Ptoitosltlona were made
which, If authority had been given mo io accept.
might have resulted lu exchanging one million of
these bonds by this lime.
1 am not seeking responsibility, bid I respectfully
submit thai perhaps a wider discretion should ho giv
en to the Governor and Treasurer than is allowed in
the Act ns It Stands, In the possible event of the
holders of the Brown consols declining to make a Vol
nntary-exebange for tho new i per cents such provis
ion should be made as will Insure the sale of Ihe 4
per cents. In order that tho proceeds thereof may be
appl led to the redemption of the consols at maturity
lu duly, 1S!>3.
An appropriation of funds should alto bo made for
the payment of the difference of 2 per cent in inter
est rcqtlln d in the Act.
ci.kmson BBqUBST.
Tho variety, character and condition of t lie assets
of this bequest give the treasurer urn! hit assistants
much trouble, and Increases very greatly Iii ? respon
sibility. Tho Stuto Treasurer has virtually been
made an executor ill tills ease and responsible for the
management of an estate, some of the scourltca of
which are payable in another State, und miiiio are
against parlies in different Counties in this Slate, se
cured by mortgages on properly, concerning w hich I
know nothing of own knowledge. See table. No. 8 for
detailed statement,
I have given notice to all parties against whom
claims are past due lo settle by November 7, or the
claims will bo placed in Iho hands of the Attorney
General for collection, my Intention being to invest
all the funds in state seeuriollo*.
I respectfully usk tbst the Legislature will author
ize the spc. dy conversion of all notes, etc. Into cash?
the Investment of this into a piece of scrip such as
tlie land script.
LAND 8CBIPT,
The requirements under Act of 1SS9, No. 100, In re
gard 10 tllO land scrip have carried out. because On
board of trustees of the University of South Caroli
na, to whom tile scrip was issued, have not been able
to produce it for eonceiiation. Consequently tho
State Treasurer could not Issue the new script In Hen
thereof i'> Ihe trustees of tl.e University and the trtts
tccAol Clcmson College. This olilce holds the re
ceipt of W. 1). Simpson, president of the trustees of
tiio University of South Carolina, for this missing
scrip.
If It is Impossible to ii.nl this scrip, as seems to be
tho ease. It might bo well for tho Legislature never
theless to authorise the issue of scrip to the two
boards of trustees respectively and at tlie same Hille
pnovldo for converting llio Olomtotl bequest Into simi
lar scrip.
PBIVILGOB TAX.
Tlie collection of tiio privilege tax on fertilizers
was Imposed upon this nlllce by Act of December,
1800, Table No. 0 exhibits tho amount collected by
tills office and from what companies, and also the
amount collected by department <>t agriculture. Col
lections for Ihtsfltcsi year exceoded those oflSSO-00
by $14,249 25,
BSCIIKATKD ESTATE T. BTKCV DOBtON.
On Jannarr 10, 1891, I received from A. \V. Jones,
auditor Abbeville Connie^ am' .ev-.^,.,m-'1v1-1 ?s'nttnv/i.
MjoM %e?1ftVtitfViiW of esahentod estate of T. Staoy
Burton, as by his statement on llle In this nlllce. I
took tlie liberty of placing Ibis amount in one of our
best sayings banks at Interest wldle awaiting needed
Instructions Irom the Legislature us to what disposi
tion to make of it.
TUR DOWNEB PVKD,
Alexander Downer, of Kdgetleld County, some lime
prior lo 1888, in Ids will devised ami bequeathed Ihe
principal part ?f his estate for the purpose of estab
lishing and maintaining a school for orphan children
on his plantation. The Legislature in 1889 nrdorcil
the appralsemdnt and salo of ihe plantation ami the
erection and maintenance of a school lor orphan chil
dren at or in ur the plantation. In 1 sstl the Legisla
ture ordered the sale of Ihe school building and lauds
by a hoard of Commissioners, and the investment and
relllVSStmontof Ihe funds and their preservation.
In 1887 an Act was patted authorizing the state
Traniurci lo receive the assets of this fund from K.
s. Hammond, treasurer, und to safely keep the same.
Authorlry was given to Invest Iho nsscts in South
Carolina and Georgia State Securities or in bonds of
the city of Augusta. A8 Stilled in tills report, the
fund now amounts to 18,274 3$, and Ii u lullt ho we'd
lo make some practical use of (he same not Inconsis
tent with the benevolent purposes uf Mr, Downer,
W. T. C. Bates.
Stale Treasurer.
Itoport of Secretary Of State.
To tho Honorable, the Senate and the House of
Bopreseutatl' es f iho state of South Carolina.
OBNTI.BMKN 1 havo the honor to hero With
transmit to jnar honorable bodies a report of the
transactions of this branch of the Kxcculive
DepnlIntent,for tho fiscal year ending 81st day of
October, 1801.together with such recommendations
as I have deemed it Important to make.
I qualified and took charge of tne olilce on iho 0th
day December, 11)00.
An invontory of the records, furniture ami
property of the olilce was turned over lo me b> lion.
.1. (J. Marshall, which I? now on llle.
The hum of $.'5li 93 HSI was also tuned over to Inc
by him, being the amount of cash c dlecicd fiom Ihe
3|st day Of October, 1800, to the Olli day of December,
1800, us shown by Ihe cash book of llio olilce, for
commissions, chaiiers mil certificates,
The records uf the olilce show that he issued from
(lie 31st of October.IS'JO, to tlie ('.III day of December,
1K90, forty-nine commissions lo olilce appolntid by
the Governor and elected by Ihe people,
Blnco the oth day of December, 1800, lo dale of
this report. 1 ha,.' received $2,883,14, which, together
with the #356,98 turned over by linn. J, Q. Marshall,
eomposo tho whole amount of cash paid into the
olilce for commissions Issued, granted, and certified
copies of records fUrnltbi'd, Under Act of 1890, as
construed by the Attorney General, no fees have I.e. Il
charged for commissions to Trial Justices, w hich re
duced the Income of the < dice about #1.100.
Nine hundred a.ni seventy-six >.a >. n ? have,
been issued, which Inolodo appointments made by
the Governor, and Ollloert elect, il by tho General
Assembly and tlie people,
Two hundred nnd eighty-three olllelal bonds havo
been approved and tiled in this department, ami the
same havo been turned over lo Hie State Tii isur. r
Kxliibll K, page ID, shows Ihe niunhei and SmountS
of I ami CCfttflCltOA of stock upon which the seal
but been stamped, and alto the nainct ol parties by
Whom surrendered and lo w hom Issued.
The various SpplOprtullona With w hich tin-Secretary
of State stands charged have been disbursed, as is Set
forth In Lsl.ibit K, see pago 81.
TRIAL Jl STICKS.
Section749of the General statutes requires the
Clerks ( out t of the I0VI r il Counties to transmit to
lids olilce a list of tho namea of Trial Juttloes who
have qualified within their Countlea during tho pre
ceding your. TbIrty-foUr tUOh lists have been received
in this olilce.
BOUNDABT line between FLORRMCS ASI> Wits
I.IAMSIIUIta COUNTIES.
By virtue of the Act passed at the last session of
tho Legislature I caused a suivey to bo made of the
boundary line between Hie Counties of Florence ami
Wlllluiiishiirg, ns directed in the Act. A map thereof
Is on llio In this olilce.
CIIABTBBS AMI COMMISSIONS.
The number of charters applied for and Issued
from this otltce during the fWcul yenr for exceeds that
of any previous year. Ben Kxhlbit G, page 82.
One hundred and fifty-two(152) charter* hi.Vo been
granted and fifty-seven (57) commissions of Incorpo
ration, tu which returns h:.ve nut yet becu made.
w lllcll a: .? cl.l.-sPi. d as follows: ?1 reel CSUtO and
Investment companies, ft electric light companies, 2
hall building companies, 10 publishing companies. 1
exporting and shipping company, 1 telephone
Kompanie*, 11 fcitillzer aud manttfucturlnir companies,
4 comprcM companies, 1 college company, 20 banking
companies, I batting company, 19 merchandise
companies, 4 warehouse companies, 40 iiianufactii rlnsr
companies, 1 engineering and stevedoring company, 8
drug companies, ,1 navigation company. 2 insiimi.ee
companies, 1 ice company, 4 water works
companies, i oil mil' CompOJlttS, 1 music company, 1
car compoiiy, 2 steum laundry companies, 8 building
and loan companies, 1 ventilated barrel Company, C
canning companies, 1 savlnc and investment company.
2 flslilng companies, I MasoniC templo company,!)
hotel companies, 1 opern house company, 1 poultry and
pel Slock company, 1 cotton company, 2 hospital
companies, 2 dredging and transportation companies,
2 loan and investment companies. 2 clothing compa
nies, 1 i.d-1. wareliourecompany, 1 steam joint com
pany, 1 commission house company, 1 school hook Sup
ply couipany, 1 hydraulic motor company, I graded
school company.I fair association company,! diiving as
sociation,I Jenkins' salety catch gun company,I towage
company, l kaolin company, 1 tnstt rets and spring bid
company.
The Carolina 1'rlntlng nnd Manufacturing Company
surrendered Its charter 12th March, 1891,
Twenty-three charter companies have Increased
their capital stock, and one company has reduced its
Capital stock. There Is a provision in the charter law
by which charter companies may increase their capi
tal stock, but none to authorize them to reduce, 1
most respcctifully call your attention this fact.
inpkxks.
Tile work of indexing the records In Jheolllco ol
tho Secretary uf State has been most diligently and
carefully pressed by Col. William Wnlluce. whom i
appointed to continue the work where Mr. I.. T.
Levin, dr.. left off. He has examined 60.980 grants
contained In w volumes end discovered l,20s errors.
Orants to tho number of 618 were found not Indexed
ut all, 7">.') other material errors wire discovered, such
aa Incur net paging, etc, which rendered Hie index
practically of no value to that extent. The missing
grants were Interlined, and the paging corrected,
which Is of gn at benefit to Hie people who haVC
interests involved. Many volumes, ho found, are
duplicates, or nearly so, which causes more or less
delay, Slid, BS Indexes seldom gave the water courses
on which tho lauds lay or neuiO of Counties as
subsequently divided, much time was consumed In
entering upon the indexes descriptions *ol? grants as to
location, which Is of great importance, and saves
much lime when reference to them Is necessary. The
completion of this work is of manifest Importance to
this cilice and the people at large, and 1 recommend n
further appropriation,
kbri'KROr statk IIOVSR AXDOROVXI s.
Rxhtblt K, page32,Shows the amount expended for
fuel lo heat the ollle.es. the libraries, and the two bouses
for the General Assembly, Whole an ount expended,
$099; amount appropriated, $1,200; leaving a balance
of $601 ? Kxhiblt V shows the amount expended and
appropriated for lighting the State House and
grounds. The eus lights of tho Senate were in bad
condition when the General Assembly met In ls'.iiiund
did not afford sulllclcnt light. Under a rcsolutionof
the Sen.ile. directing the Secretary of State to increase
their light, I hail tho RUB jets overhauled and made
every effort lo render the gas lights sufllcleot; but
after a second complaint of Senators and by resolu
tion of the Senate 1 was forced to have electric lights
turned on in Iho Senate Chamber. No provision was
made by the General Assembly for this extra expense.
l'he attention of your honorable bodies is called to the
Importance nnd feasibility of securing clvctrlc lights
for all public, buildings In Columbia through one
plant located at tho Asylum which would lessen the
annual expense oi' lights and be more satisfactory.
The Stale House grounds have been carefully and ill'
Igentlykept and Improved as much as the amount uf the
appropriation coulu afford, The flowers were belter
than I had hoped could he made with the sum appro
priated. The two IlloUUdS In the front led down dur
ing the year, tine of them has been replaced more
substantially, and tlio other Is now being rebuilt.
Hull's and plants for early flowering are secured In
limited quantities for the coming year. Terraces In
tho tear to correspond with those Iu front have been
nearly completed, but not sodded.
A less appropriation than allowed the lasl vent
would he tnsilllloleilt lo keep the grounds in their
present condition which during the year have pre
sented a neat appearanco nnd given m&ch pleasure to
visitors.
Allot' which Is respectfully submitted,
.1. fc, TixiiAi.. Secretary of state.
l.iuieMc Asylum.
The State.
The sixty-eighth annual repot! <4 Urfl Boarilof Ito*
gonls nnd superintendent of tho Stale Lunatic asy
lum was made public yesterday. It Is one of the
most Important of nil the annual reports, giving an
exhaustive resume of iho treatment of the State's
insane.
The number of patients treated during the yeai
was 1,182. Gf these, 73s remain at the asylum.
The COSt per Okplta has been 30} cents dally. In
Compliance Wltll the law 88 harmless insane persons
have been returned to tin- various coitntlos. Koine
of tin- counties havo remonstrated, saying they luve
no alms house. The suggestion is made "that tin
laws of admission of patients bo amended as disked
by the superintendent and the counties bo iniido to
pay into tho State Treasury a part of tho mainte
nance of their beneficiary patients."
An option has been obtained on a piece of land
nenr by, upon which to erect buildings for the col
ored male lunntics, if the Legislature should to de
cide.
'l'he report says that "tho .various departments of
the asylum have been conducted, in a measure, to tho
eatisfaoth.f the Regents."
Columiiia, S. C? Oct. 31,1601.
To His Excellency H. U. Tiilmnn, Qovcrnor ol .south
Carolina.
Snt : The Board of Regentsof the South Caroli
na Lunatic Asylum h ive the honor to submit lu your
Kxeellenoy the annual report with the accompanying
vouchers.
We would respectfully direct your attention to Iho
number of patients treated during the year, which
was 1,132. The number now remaining in the Asy
lum is 73s.
'l'he cost per capita has boon 3tt| cents per day, anil
for tin- year $183,42
lu compliance with tho law we have returned lo
the various Counlb s such harmless insane ns could bl
eared for at home, or in Alms Houses, numbering in
all 03. Of these three have been returned, Sorna o!
the Counties have remonstrated, saying they have no
Alms House, and can make no provision for lllCtll.
It would I o welLJfetJ ^hu^K^H^r.r^ui^nui'/Z' Alms
HiitiSeS, Slid make them Self.SUStnilling, which is en
tirely practicable.
We would respeclfully suggest tied the law of ail
mission of patients be ntnenned as ssked by the Su
perintendent and tho Counties be insdo to pay Into
tin- state Treasury a part of the tpninteiuuico of their
In-uellelary patients.
We call especial attention to that part of the Su
perintendent s repot t relating to making provision for
the colored male 111 unties, 'l'he ItcgontS have always
advocated the er> cling of all buildings needed, on or
contiguous to our present location as being the most
advantageous lo the staio in every particular.
In accordance with this view we have an option on
a piece of laud near by, upon which to erect lint build
Ines, if the Legislature should so decide.
Our Superintendent Is now organizing a Training
School In the Asylum, which will mid materially to
tile welfare of the patients ami we trusl will meet
With Hie approval of the Legislature.
During Hie year there have been changes in the offi
cers of the Asylum. Dr. P. K. (biilln ceased to he
Superintendent In May, and his place has been titled
I. y Dr. .1. W. Ihlbrock j Mr. II. P. tlreen, the Secreta
ry and Trensvrer, having uiod, his place has been tid
ed by Mr. .1. W. Hunch.
'I lie various departments nf the Asylum have been
conducted lu a manner lo the satisfaction .of the He
gents.
Wo feel assured that the Legislature will still
maintain this noble charity in a becoming manner,
and mnko snch appropriations for it us are needed.
We have the honor to be your obeilleiil'sei v'Uit,
11. W. TaVI.ou.
President of the Hoard of Regents of S. ?'? Lunatic
Asylum,
lUI'ERIXTRNIlHNT RABCOCX'S RRPORT.
In Ids report to the Regents Superintendent Bah?
eck snys: "At the beginning of the venr thro- wne
present 178 patients?380 malo and 389 female, of
II. i fe 1 l.'i were While, und 338 colored. There were
absent on M il lot u--three. During the year 311
were admitted, and the number under treatment I '32.
The highest no lot er of patients was 762 nnd the lo r
esl 780, There were dUeharged 3si of w hom p| w n
olntsed as recovered, 37 us improved. 0 unimproved;
14 were removed,6eloped, 169 died; 40 are absent
on trial, 'l'he result at the end of the year Is 788 pa
tients, 3I'.S male und 3711 female, uf whom 123 are
w hile ami 816 colored.
"Compared with last year, Ii Iota were admitted,
ol more discharged, fti more under treatment, 80
more discharged as recovered, and8 more died, in
addition to the 48 al.Si tit on trial tit the beginning of
tin-year, 1 ill Were released on pro nation, Of these
01 Were discharged as recovered, 89 as Improved, 3
unimproved, 22 tetnrnod, and 07 are still out. There
has been no epidemic disease of sei tons nature. Dur
ing the spring mumps were prevalent.
"On March I8tb, a white female patient committed
suicide by he in.-. She hud. beeil here about two
months ami hud manifested no suicidal tendency.
The verdict of the coroner's Jury exonerated the offi
oers and nurses of the Asylum, Among so large an
insane population, strive us we may to prevent them,
such unfortunate accidents seem inevitable.
"Tho following table shows the p. r capita cost for
tin- last fillet n ' years : '7ft?70. fJU2.s3- -70 V7.
$104 21; '77?78, $1*9.02; '78?79, ?I7tl,2ft ; '79 So.
*iftft.7s ; '80 -81, 8168.24 ; 'si?fri, $141.04 ;; 82- 83,
$140,64;'88?84. $149.78; '84?86, $140.? 4 ; 86 -SO,
$140.27; 80?87, $18789; '87 88, $140.69; "88 89.
$187.47; '89 90,$181.05; '60?01.$188.42.
?'According to the CeRSHS of 1680, there were in
this State a total of 1.112 Insane and 1,688 idiotic.
Under date ol October 17,1891, A. K. Childs, acting
superintendent of census, writes mo that -the present
number of Insane In South Carolina, ns shown by the
present census, is 920, and the number of idiotic I,SOS.
fhese are tho only facts that have, ns yet, been tabu
lated relative to lids class, and the same are liable to a
slight revision.' It IS probable that revision will dem
olish ate that this estimate I? too low, since It is not
credible that the Insane population ol (Ids State Is
now m arly 200 less than It was len years ago. If wo
nO'-ept these figures, the Interesting fact presents Its
elf that according to the statistics there are 2,781 per?
Sons?not including all epileptics?to w hom tho asy
lum Is open.
manaukmknt (11' tur ASTLVMi
"From time to time win n the ovi r-erowded condi
tion of Hie asylum tins demanded It, the commissi.>n
, ers of the several counties have been requested to
remove t< tr harmless cases in accordance with Sec
tion i.V.. of General States, * * . During the
past yt-af when recourso uns again had lo this meas
ure, most of tho county eomuilsstoneri compiled with
the law and remove.I the patients to poor houses or
their homes. The return of chronic Insane patients
to alms houses Isan expedient to ho resorted lo only
when tbe asylum I? too crowded to receive recent ea
?ee. . . .
'?It has never been the Intention of the manaors'of
the asylum to criticize any particular claaa or ola>?. s
of poisons concerned In committing: twlfents to this
Institution. Hut there certainly must he a lark of ap
preciation of tho eurposeeaof tho navlnin, as well sal
n disicgurd for the lights of Individual, when Ttwo |
little aiatere steed seven ami nine venrs, respectively,
are sent here at the sntne lime as insane, when'euft'or?
tnif from choivn or St. Vitus'? dance; or when th* I
father of a sixteen-year-old hoy, who had ? ? o Idiotic
from his fourth vear. was showed to think th?thl?|
Son's mliol could ho restored bv treatment hero
Wliile Instances of this kind are far Irom uncommon, |
?Onr board might again call the attention of the T eg
Islaluro to the statute which has operated well in
Alabama, enabling Its asylum to receive only proper
cases. This law provides thai before any patient Is
sent to the Insane hospital full and explicit answers
to tho Interrogatories must be forwarded to tho
surpi rlntcndetit of said hospital and notice received |
ii.jm It I ? ii that said patient can bo admitted."
corair SUPPORT,
Under llila head Dr. BsbOOCk considers the meth
ods of maintaining patients hi the States "where the
State does not pay tho whole amount for tho support |
of hoiictlciarv patients.'1 In New York publlo pa
tients aro maintained at a ralo not exceeding tlie ac- |
tual cost, biiiI it Is chiogcd to tho pntietil's county.
In Pennsylvania ami Mulne the counties tire required I
to make such payments. He makes this recommen
dation : "If such a plan meets with your approval, |
tho suggestion might be made to tho General Assem
bly to consider the ad visibility of having the com
missioners of every county pay for each of Its bcncll- |
clury patient a portion-?say otic-hall?of the actual |
expense through their treasurer Into the State treas
ury. In lid- way the ability of tho friends or rela
tives of patients to contribute to their support willl
be culled to the attention ol the oounty ollleers more]
lorcibly than appears to have been possible by exist
ing laws, while the elate treasury will be relieved of I
n part of the burden, and at the same time greater |
discrimination SSregards "proper cases" Will bo
forced. This Will divide bciullclary patients Into two
distinct classes: (1) County patterns, or those who
have settlements or legally established claims tor
support upon the communities in which they IIV?
(2) Stale path ids, or those ? ho have not established |
lahus upon any community by birth or legal resi
dence.
0ARB OK COLORED I.NbANK.
'?I cannot close this portion of this report, without |
having called your attention again to the urgent tie
cesslty of building here or elsewhere permanent and |
comloi table structures for Ihe colored male patients
The wooden lodges now occupied by them, worotn*|
tended for temporary use only. They aro now un
heultliv, insecure, and dungciotis in case ofl
lire. "
1BAIMNU SCHOOL toil KURBBS.
"Wishing to improve the standard of service lu'the
care of tho insane, nnd recognizing the great and
wide-spread demand for skilled muses, your board]
has determined toestubllsh n tiulnlng school lor nur
ses.
As 1 apprehend your Intention, it is to establish n I
school not merely for the Instruction el attendants
on the Insane, but to lit young women, ns In general
hospitals, to undertake nursing In oil its broLohes.
Nurses who enter the school will be regarded as com
ing hercjlo lit themselves for an honorable calling
well us lo assist in caring for the sick ami ctllclcd in |
this asylum."
Dr. Babcock says occasional lecturers by membersI
of the Staff Will be given on mental symptoms etc. |
"With lids broader conception of the needs of the Asy
lum and of tlie Stale the couiso i f Instruction has I
been prepared. The plan nt first will bo to give llio |
female attendants now in tho service of the Institu
tion the option of entering the school, but hereafter
all nowly engaged attendants will bo required to be
gin as probationers In tlie school. Tlie course of In
struction will be simple, direct and practicable os pos
sible, ami will Include in addition a daily training in I
Ward duties, a recitation from approved text books
and a lecture from a member ol tho Asylum medical
staff every week. Kxamlitatlons to test tiio ptollct
onoy of tlie nurses will bo held from time lof
lime. . . "
Tho estimated llrst years expenses tue about
?GOO.
WORK SIIOI' FOIl patisnts.
In September un experienced Instructor was put in I
??hui go of a work shop for white male patients. It is|
encouraging to be nblo to report that they aro show
ing much interest hi the work and almost dally acces
sions are made to llio ranks of workers.
El ha koi AL RESULTS,
ThO Treasurer's report gives In detail llio
receipts and expenditures lor the year,
it diows a halation lo credit from lust
*Tc?\...?..7...'.."jgr-ic;.i...r-.....-^-.?r^;^i'-,->14 "'I
Additional appropriation for maintenance^. robT?flb
Iteceipts from patients and other lOUrCCS,,,. 11.428 Ofl
Giving as the total Income. $122,049 10
Deduct for maintenance.$118,042 12
DeAolt Regent's Account. litl 23 113,700 37
Leaves balance to credit $ 8,9Mfi
This amount the board has thought best to opply us ]
follows :
Farm Improvements. #:t,noo oo
For bskory. 3,000 oo
Hal. for purchase of dry goods.Ao 2,93-r> 79
- #8,080 7!? I
If WO now consider the cost per capita, wo
lind i hat the gross amount expended on
maintenance was.$118,642 121
Hut out of tills fund wus paid for extraor
dinary expenses :
Permanent Improvements. t7,.ri!U 37
For coal ls'.U-b2. 4,208 20
For cows. 1,052 40 12,042 081
Which deducted leaves OS current expenses 100,(i()0 00
Divided by 164, Iho average number of pa
tients anil WO havo tliu annual per cap
ita cost. 188 -PJ
Divided by 3C5, gives the dally per capita.. 30J ]
If $10,053.04, amount paid by private pa
tients, bo deducted from #100,000,00,
we havo as tho annual per capita cost
to tin-siaie for maintenance. Iis ssl
And a daily per capita. 32} |
estimates tor. next vear,
I have been Instructed lo estimate for maintenance
#100,000, The appropriations applied for Will bo:
Km- maintenance.$100,000 CO
For Insurance. 0,000 (to
Mileage and per diem of P.. gents. 2,100 00
Training School lor Nurses. coo IK)
For patients' llbrary^,^^--?^,^^^-- V?TBb'
'" ~ #108,800 00
Tho proprietors of the following dally newspapers
have gratuitously supplied the Asylum with copies of
tholr issues : The kloistbb and iho Evening Hoc
or?, Columbia, tho New? and Otturlcr, < h?rtesten,
Tho weekly newspapers published throughout the
State nro well represented on the table < f the Asylum ]
oudiug loom.
Tho tables appended to the repel I give In detail all]
tacts as to ihe patients, their residence, matters in
connection with their support sad much other data. |
Tin- largest number n| patients admitted ?inline
iho year was between ihe ages of thirty and forty
jars. One hundred and sovontoen were single, 145
married, thirty-live widowed, and eleven unknown.
Two hundred and twelve hsd but one attack provloll
entering the asylum ; all but fourteen had occupa
tions. For all but 83Cases, causes arc > . il. One
hundred nnd tifly-llvc had the disease only three
months before admission. Ninety-one eases were
acute, :is recurrent. 54 epileptic. 21 ncuto melancholia
and tho ethers were varied. Ninety-four had their
i usou restored, most of them in from 8 to S months
I time. The number uf deaths, and the reports of the
chaplain and matron conclude the paper.
Kepoit of Adjutant ami Inspector
General.
Coi.umiua, s. 0. Oct. :tl. IS0I.
To Ills Excellency Henjuinin H. Tllluian, Governor
ot Sooth Carolina:
Sir? Herewith 1 have the honor to submit the
annual report of the operations of this department I
for the Use d year ending October 31, ISOI.
would iirst call tin- attention of your Kxcellcncy
to the Confederate rolls In this office, Under some
oi the fonuior administrations appropriations wore
made to cover the expenses of collecting the rails |
ami Illing them in this oOlco, Although a large num
ber of Ihe rolls have In en collected and Hied, I lind, in
undertaking to make an Index thereof, that Ihe work
Is incomplete, no mils w hatever of many companies
being on llio. w hich Laves out the personal or Indi
vidual record of the men, Now, the rolls should be
put in a durable shape, so that I hoy ran bo kept for
all lime and be of Cosy reference for every citizen Of
the State, because they arc marly all personally and j
deeply interested In litein, and even now tin y havo
become a matter of constant Inquiry and reference ; |
and In thefulnro will in- considered Invaluablo at
-how Ing Ihe mimes ami reCords of our soldiers.
As prepaid) the i anlest and host way of seeming
a correction ami levlsloli of the roils on hand, as well j
as the completion ol those not yet sent in, I would
suggest that tho rolls bo printed, In a cheap form
as they now stand -with blank pages left for those
commands not yel reported. These pnmphlola could
ho distributed to the proper persons, with the un
derstanding that they must be returned to this olilce.
w hen the correction and revision is completed. When
the rolls are completed as nearly and as accurately
as possible, they should bo put Into a permanent, du
rable I.k form, and i do not doubt but that the ex
pense of doing so could be recovered to the Stale by
putting the work upon tho market, at it reasonable
plICC, if Stich a step should bo doomed advisable.
I am glad in be able to statu that everything has
worked smoothly ami bariiioiiloiisly in this depart
mi nt of the state government since the inauguration
of tho present administration, ant' the peace ot tin
stau- has not boeii seriously dlst tubed since tin
Blsopvllloriot whloh was promptly suriirvssed by tin
presence of the Bninter Light Infantry, There
lias boon some local excitement ami threatened dis
turbance, ns at Spartanbiirg and Yorkvlllc, which
made It necessary to put certain companies undoi
anus ; but the decisive steps taken and policy adopted
by your Uscilehoy. to put an end to iho lynching of
persons In the bands o| Hie law, has had the desired,
salutary effect of i reventlng such scenes In this state
during this >c ir ut least. The promptness, too, with
which tho IsstGeneral Assembly met the claims c
the trOOpS, for tlie expenses and pay due the ''SUIIIll
l. '.-ht Infantryfor Its services on the occasion of Hie
BtsllOpVllle riot, as well ns the assurance of your Kx
Oellency, that the law which grants them a limited
sum when actually called Into service, should be ear*
lied out durlag your administration, was in such |
marked contrast with tho way in which they havo
heretofore been treated, Unit ith,, had a very sal
utary effect upon our troops w ho feel I hat their ser
vice, when rendered. Will bo properly appreciated. A
part of last year's appropriation for the maintenance
and encouragement of tho malltla was found due
ami; unpaid, fa almplo statement of which will bo |
found elsewhere In this report; but the amount duo
was satisfactory nettled by my predecessor in office, I
und has been paid to the troops, excepting a small I
balance, which will bo distributed with this year's
appropriation.
It has been tho earnest endeavor of this Department
to perfect the organization of tho mllltlu
forces ?f the Bitte, under the Uws governing tbeJr
Mine. taking up the woik si Itft off bv toy pre-'^
dece-sor hi ofilco. mid finishing tb* arming and equip
DientOf tho companies which had already been mutt
ered into service, and were entitled to proper recog
nition. Kveiy effort it being niai.', however, fo make
tbetpproprttuon of strat, clothing and equipment
goat faraa posUble,?oas to have t balance left [or
these couil-anles. It belnir deemed good policy tu en
courage a limited number of tuch commands, which
from time to lime, can be taken into activo malltia
ns vacancies from any cause may recur. In ordert',
make these' auppllea cobs far as ponlblo, ami also In
compliance with Stale regulations, to kct p our loieis
Uniformed alike. It has lern adopted as a tide of this
Department toUtueonly the t?tigne suits and Uavel
the comuiands to supply the gir.y dress regulation]
suits, with the assistance of the State annual appro
priation.
If the present wise policy of the State of llmitit efJJJ
? lie number of active militia companies?then{
looking moie to the quality andctlleUncy than to u.'.f
Hin?ber of troops?Is continutd, at.d of the present]
appropriation from the United State? tri vcrnuicM
for arms, uniforms and equipments, backed by a lib
erat, reasonable appropriation from the state, is alsi
Continued, it will not be long before we will have not
only a thoroughly armed t no equipped mi It tin force in
this State but also (by a little change in the applica
tion of the fund appropriated by thoState to encour
age the same set of men to remain in etch company]
a thoroughly well ditiled and disciplined force, . t
width the State can really feel proud. In comparison]
with any other. The reducedapproprlttlon for this;
year Is somewhat discouraging to tl e Hoops slut hi
vice, but it Is confidently expected that a more llt-tral
policy will licieafter prevail und it is hoped tl. ,i ?,.
may be able to secure a regular annual spproprttionl
,.f -.'..?>? per man passing inspection. It this were
done and a proviso Inserted in the law requiring u csr
ttlUtUUI tube paid out of the annual tpproprlttlot lu
every man who dies in the tCllvo militia, or I*
actually Injured Of killed while iii the active or actual
service ol the Stale, II would make the annual
appropriation Act ten sort of mutual insurance futui
and Insure alto tho thorough drill and discipline of
the troops, by keepingthotatueset ol meu continually
In sei vice. In the event of such change*, being mtil?
now or hereafter I would suggest that the laws be
amended so at to require the orgtnlzatlon of at leatt
one company in each County, und nlso to limit the
numberol men nllowed to each company, and thus
equalize rotnewhtt tie- distribution ol the tuen
tnd thereby of the fund also in the state. In Would I
also require every pay momber Of each company el
the activemilltlutobe "regularly ? nrolli .lund present
OrtCCOUntCd lor," or dropped froie the lolls at the reg.
ular Inspection.
In conclusion, allow meto say that my general
inspection of the troops of Iho State, as well as the
military display made lit various points, and mere
particularly at the Centennial, have very clear*
demonstrated the lact that South Curoliiia ha- a imu-li
better military force at her command than our |ico|i|i
nre aware of. It is with pride as well ns pletturt
that I ctutunounce that in spite of all tin- troiiblt
and tufferlng through which our people have pastel
within the last thirty years, they now show nut
their nitlitnry eiithusltisin und spit it ate not brokvii.
ami that they are full aware of, and alive to, not onlj
the military record und heroism our people, but Ur
als? prepared I rr all ordinary emergenclet that an
likely to arise In the present or near future of tli
Stub-.
Our military force innks nliotit third among tit
States, so far as actual numbers aru concerned, hut u
proportion to population it ranks among th? rlret,
while so lur us tiiatoi lid is concerned it Is 'e.t si conti i?
any. It has. Ion large degree, armed ?ml eqillftpei
itself, and our organizations have been really kept ah 1
bv the, pride und spirit of the men who Compute thctl.
1 bey belong to and are a part ol tho people, nnd ?r?
Of course In perfect sympathy with tin-Ill, and nowl
the liest guarantee the Stute has lor the preservation
of peace and good order, and III the lives, liberty and
properly of our people. It will require but hltls
more encouragement and assistance than I? now uhen
by tho state to make It a permanent as well n.? ?'
thorough and complete organisation equal, if net I
superior, to any of our sister states.
II. I? Karlrv,
Adjutant and Inspector Uenersl
The Governor's Message in Henri -A
Good mil to Hill In Introduced -
Tin- Governor is Nuwtnliicd.
Cpi.UMiiiA,8.C| Nov.21, l-'-'l.
The Qotteral AsCOtnbly convened at noon to
day, a majority of tho Representatives and
Senators being present.
Tho Governor's Message was presented and
rend.
Among tho important mil* Introduced in
the senate was one to lay out Cnltioun coun
ty from parts of Lexington and Omtigtbttrg
Seinti.ii- Killst inTrriiTi^^ 'i'h'm' ''"Vi
tor th.- procuring and presenting Of doer
menu relating to the history of South Caroj
Una.
In Kxeeutive Session tlloSonalO sustained
the action of the Governor in rontovlug Su
pervisors of Registration \V. P. C'nnlwoll of.
Charleston, und W. T. MoElroy of Laurcns.
The Cnlhoiiu County Dill was also Intro
duccd In the House.
It will havo a hearing before the Judlolar.l
Commltteoon I'rlday next.
Iiifnii(s---Idiots---Iletitlien, it ti.-it <>
their- fSnlvn flout
Infants,
Dying be furo they kuow good from!
evil, uro saved. Their death is Hit
unavoidable effect of t lie sin of Adam .
their salvation is tho unconditional e(
feet of tho atonement of Christ. "A>
by tho offence of ono judgment came
upon nil men to condemnation : even,
by the righteousness of ono tho free
gift came upon all men unto justillcu
-TTon oYTffe." ^AmT as ot" the ?OUls ol
infants so of their bodies'' l' ^S^wn
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive.'' Their resump
tion unto eternal life is as sure as tliMiyajji
Adam sinned and that Christ died
Justification is tho birthright of "cv
ory man that cometb unto the world,'
whether of heathen or Christian
parentage, whether baptized or tin
baptized. So, too, is secured thoil
part in the first resurrection by hini
who was "delivered for our offousci
and raised again for our justification."
Idiots,
May lie classed with infauts. Thoif
Idiocy and deatli.belnga result of "th*
ollcnso of one," and their justifi
cation ami resurrrcetion, being a re
sult of "the righteousness," and res
urrection "of one." As far as any ol
the human race are directly or indi
rectly unavoidably affected by tho sii
of tho first pair they aro uncoil]
ditlonally benefit ted by the atononion!
of Christ. Tlie unavoidable evil in
the one is countervailed by tho UM-to
conditional good in tho other.
Tub Hbathkn.
The accountability of heathens llkt
that of nil subjeots of the Divitit
government, is measured by thodegrei
of light they have. The hoathet "
are not accountable for the light o.
the gospel which tiny have not heard
Only for the light which they are a<
Countable If they live according !<?
tho light they havo they can do no
more?they are justified. If they
fail to do so they are condemned
"To him that knowoth to do good am'
dooth It not, to him it Is sin." Tin
moral turpitude of transgression h
graduated by tho degroeof light sin
ned against. "He that knew his
master's will and did il not shall b<
bejtten with 11111113- stripes, and he that
knew not"?had loss knowledge of?
"Iiis master's will shall bo boatOI
with few stripes."
Only a moral agent who wilfully
transgresses known law commits sin
and for this ami this above is lie
accountable. To a "jot ami tittle'
Justice will regulate tho awards <>i
tho saved and the lost. The Judgt
of all the earth will <l<> right. Then
will be no dissatisfaction among the.
saved; no complaint among the losl
? **u> ?
The Australian liallot system seenif
to work satisfactorily in the United!
Slates wherever tried.

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