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Penitentiary. The management of the State 



I'M-,.. ii srcnis in lir very satisfactory from a IUIM- 

 ness poii.t of view. Tin- report rendered in 

 Novcinlicr showed tliat the profits for the pa-t 



Near exceeded tin- expenses liy nearly $ ~' U H HI, 



and that tin- Penitentiary owned H line lot. of cut- 

 tle and hogs, and was able to hold all its cotton 

 for the lii-st prices, not then having sold a pound. 

 Many improvements have been made and paid 

 for, including improved quarters for the olliccrs 

 and guards and electric power for the machinery. 



Charities. The reportof the Home for Moth- 

 ers, Widows, and I >aughters of Confederate Sol- 

 diers has the following items: During the year 

 there have been in the home 89 persons, of whom 

 (i:5 were pupils of the school, receiving their 

 board and tuition, 8 were officers of the domestic 

 department, and 23 were permanent inmates. 



The expenses of the year were $6,190.68. 



Education. The Girls' State College, called 

 the South Carolina Industrial and Winthrop Nor- 

 mal College, has been located at Rock Hill. The 

 act establishing it provided that it should be 

 built in the place making the best offer and af- 

 fording the best advantages. Rock Hill is in the 

 upper part of the State, near the foothills of the 

 Blue Ridge mountains, has fine water and a 

 healthful climate, and on account of its railroad 

 connections is easy of access. 



The building as planned will front 200 feet and 

 extend back about 90 feet, with a large chapel in 

 the rear. It will be 3 stories high above the base- 

 ment, and will contain 40 rooms exclusively for 

 school and industrial work, none of them for 

 dormitories. In addition to ample provision for 

 academic, normal, and industrial work, a good 

 gymnasium and large society halls have been ar- 

 ranged for. 



The Legislature gave $50,000 for building a 

 dormitory to accommodate 400 or 500 students. 



The normal department of the institution has 

 been conducted at Columbia in the past year as 

 usual, having closed its seventh session in June. 

 The expenditures amounted to $4,281.98. In 

 the seven years of its existence the college has 

 sent out 157 trained teachers. 



Clemson Agricultural College was opened on 

 July 6. The sum of $234,704 has been expended 

 on the site, buildings, and equipment. The col- 

 lege will have about $86,000 a year, and 301 stu- 

 dents registered the first week. The maximum 

 attendance during the year was 445. 



The South Carolina College, at Columbia, seems 

 to be still in a declining condition. The Gov- 

 ernor recommended in his message that its doors 

 be opened for girls, and that provision be made 

 for normal training. The Committee of Ways 

 and Means incorporated in the appropriation of 

 $25,000 to the college the provision that young 

 women be allowed to enter, not lower than the 

 junior class, at the next session. 



A Great Storm. The terrible storm and flood 

 that devastated the southern coast Aug. 27 was 

 most severe in South Carolina. The winds, com- 

 ing from the east and southeast for hours togeth- 

 er, drove in a great volume of water from the sea 

 and heaped it up along the coast. At Charles- 

 ton, according to the observations made by the 

 local weather observer, the height of the result- 

 ant wave, as measured in protected areas, was 

 about 5$ feet above mean high-water mark, which 



was enough to flood all the lower levels of the 

 city to nearly that depth. Near Beaufort the 

 force of the wind was much stronger, the volume 

 of incoming water was correspondingly ^ : 

 and t lie topography of the coast at that point en- 

 hanced the rise of the flood. St. Helena and 

 1'orl Royal Sounds presented two large V-shaped 

 openings to the east and southeast, into which 

 ilit M-a was swept without meeting any obstruc- 

 tion, and being concentrated in the narrower 

 channels inland, rose to a still greater height in 

 them and along their shores. The water in tint 

 river at Beaufort, well inland, rose 8 feet above 

 spring tide, and waves 20 feet high rolled into 

 the town. The low-lying islands and mainland 

 about Beaufort were covered by a flood from the 

 sea, the dead level of which was 10 feet above 

 mean high-water mark. 



Port Royal, Beaufort, and Charleston suffered 

 severely, but the most complete devastation was 

 on the Sea Islands. It was estimated that 1,000 

 lives were lost. The great majority of the dead 

 were negro inhabitants of the islands. The grow- 

 ing crops were ruined by the salt-water flood, and 

 the phosphate industry, the only other resource 

 of the people of the islands, was paralyzed. The 

 population of the islands is about 45,000. In 

 Charleston the wharves were ruined, the battery 

 was devastated, one church was almost wholly de- 

 stroyed, and all the 70 churches were damaged. 

 The loss of life there was comparatively small, 

 not more than 6 deaths being reported. The 

 whole loss in the region was estimated at not less 

 than $2,000,000. The Governor issued a procla- 

 mation asking help for the greatest sufferers, and 

 assistance was promptly sent from other part of 

 the State and from other States. 



For the relief of the sufferers the State Legis- 

 lature made no appropriation, but it did extend 

 the time allowed for the payment of taxes, and 

 authorized Beaufort County to sell bonds. The 

 Red Cross Association took in hand the region 

 of Beaufort and the islands, where at least 30,- 

 000 people were to be provided for. 



The State Dispensary. The new law on 

 liquor-selling went into effect July 1. Trouble 

 in its enforcement began immediately and con- 

 tinued through the year. The first week in July 

 an injunction was sought by citizens of Darling- 

 ton to prevent the establishment of a dispensary, 

 on two grounds. The first had to do with the 

 petition and bond of the dispenser, which were 

 alleged to be insufficient. The second was that 

 the law itself was unconstitutional. Judge Hud- 

 son, of the Court of Common Pleas, before whom 

 the action was brought, granted the injunction 

 on both grounds. He took the ground that the 

 law embraces two distinct acts of legislation : 

 One prohibiting the sale of intoxicants by private 

 individuals, which is within the scope of legis- 

 lative authority, and therefore constitutional and 

 valid ; the other providing for a State monopoly 

 of the liquor traffic, which is beyond the scope of 

 legislative authority, and therefore unconstitu- 

 tional and void. He said : 



Tin- police power con regulate the weight of bread, 

 can insist on the inspection of UK at and milk, can re- 

 quire the storage of jxiwder. kerosene oil, or other ex- 

 itlnHive and inflammable materials within certain 

 limits aiul In certain wife receptacles; and just so it 

 can regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors, but it can 



