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PART ONE VOL. 1. NO. 1. Weekljr, K?t?WUhe4 1860;Doily, Jan. 18, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. $5.00 PEF ANNUM. Gov. Bleas In Discusses Ed?? Primary Elec mk dations a " '" ' "-"---*-~? Gi ^iic uv-'iiT'ii * rn ITT; iii LI j .. You have met In annual a?saion, ?x obodtenco to tho Constitution, to take auch action,-BB tho law-making power of tao State, ns shall best preserve < ??>rlghta and subssrye the interests of nil tbc-people whbni'you represeut. In welcoming you to the gcssloii " jot ?514, it is with the earnest nope ihai your efforts in that direction may be wisely guided, and that you may work together 4c harmony in the perform ance of that high,and patriotic duty. The Constitution' provides that the Governor .snail, from time to lime, give to the General Assembly, infor mation of tho condition.of thu Sute, and recommend for its consideration such measuren as ho shall deem nee .diea>/" ll! W??BB?????BB?BKM transmit to .you my -annual message. . The (Jovernor then calls attention to tho thr?? deceased member.-! of the house, Hon. Trod Williams of Pick ~'4=; Cs rt" n. S-'broder of Charleston i "who waif out down sud denly in tuts primo* of his rigorous manhood." And a beautiful tribute ia paid to Col. George R. Hembort, "ono of my closest perseiml friends, and hi? memory is very precious tc me".! The Governor continue? that. Mr.?d Rcmhen was "a hard fighter, that tie :'believed in ?he people abd chwnpion ed their-cause. His ideals were high and to them her was true." \ Education* The" first matter dlscusee? by the Governor after theae. preliminaries is tba oi?us?: uf oducwutju. t-fis com ments are as follows: s Tho moat important matter which cap engage -jour attention . as the representatives of the people-Ja Gie proper education of thoBe, who Will bo the voters/and the mothers, of the next few .years. South Carolina has made marked progress al.ong educa tional Unfltti - Gur\. c?h/wjlo ?rrd oo-r leg^s have experienced, a growth both wonderful and gratifying. Ry cn a newspaper which has j.reachvd Unit j nothing good couid come to ?omni carolina eating my administration, said during the last ..jommencoment season : <'Tbere is no. reason, tc de spair of South Carolifia. Never be schools ot every degree, from kinder garten to ?uiverslty, doing a . Work ', comparablefwlsh what they aro doing . now, and lt 1* as au?'e as tho day fol lows the night that th> people and ^^Eunen^o^tJ^^ " State's various higher institutions of learning, I rete- you to their annual report, and the condition of the pub lic schoola ls set forth In the report of the State Su?>eriut?n4ent of Edu . cation. . lay position aa to oifn educational institutions has teen stated to yon fully so often that lt hardly needs v repetliion h?we. I favor! liberal but not extravagant support, st our t\\gh-. <, CT institutions, and.I favof liberal and adequate support ,of our l?reo public schools, sa that tho .little country children, -mam' .trwhomlcan never receive any. training excipt tnat ot the country.schools, .mayJpcure an . education which wilt fertoare them + for the bettie? of life. ' V Tsere can .be no question that thc country schools have beemtoo' much jieirlcctod. . Thora eau bb if? ouestlon - that they have received tod little in comparison with the big tonroprla tions lavished upon our hitler insti tutions. \ wouM not do auteu to lu jare one of our State insiitatlons. but the .people .of South Carolba today are demanding, and justly din anding, In no uncertain terms, that Jlho chil di' Vi. nt on?in*?"y nimiri.n anrt ni the rolll viliagee shall TecdW their just share ol the State's appropria tions for educational purpose*. Wo shpuld support our hither In stitutions; but we should steer clear ie Gives H His Chai national issues, tions, And a r Things; ^ecommen s ut eximviigjincp, ana wc shou?? PTO-; vide adequate facilitlea tu give every white child in South 'Carolina, a com mon Behool education, in comforta ble schoolhouses, under the training of( good teachers who are! paid suffi cient salarles to do the ?cfrk. The people do not ueed and they do not want compulsory education; .what they need and what they want and what they demand, and what they are going to hav is adequate school fac ilities. "A Beal Act.* ? I . respectfuilv recommend that yon paaa an Jict i ... ag an extra tax ot ono mill for th ' use of the free pub lic schools of this State-not an abortion such as you passed last ses sion, but a real Act that witK-dO the people some. good, along the line of my recommendation to you at your l&St session, which recommendation is fresh,in your memork's,. or which lam ,.b'x, . toQL?lu i fMat*^?HSwrJB'JSMrjgrSal 1 Jri?w-' tii>ou uv ">eft-ranice to .my mes sage tn your'Journal ' of 19!:;. .Now, gentlemen, I impress upon you the. necessity of this one-mill tax, and, of. your making it perma nent The country people want it; . they are demanding it, and tflay most sMureily ?hr.uiii have it. i, Your fast Act amounted to nothing except a practically useless tax upon the peopto. . Look at the schools which received tho money How many country ?"hpol i it? How. roany rown schools got targe amounts of it--and1 today you are bearijjg it said that tho apecial tax will be taken off in districts . which ure abie >?*? pay, and thia money used instead. My purpose, gentlfcmen ,waa to help, tlte Wenk country achoola, where there is no special tax, mid whore the people are not able to pay any-* the weak country schools where there aro no high schools, and where the children have/ little or no chanco to get any education except what they may be able to secure , in their booie c?untry . schools. Ahd I again ap- ' peal to-you along, this line, - ' The Governor sees on to make an appeal to give the "people of the State a nn?-niill tr,Y tor weak schools. "I guarantee you that it will go. where most" needed, and -I gu?rante* you ,that the benefit?, s* ir. w!? be far prem??r iran any. vwupuiuvry vruwvw tlon bill that you can pass. Tho Governor calla attention to the manner of distribution ol the one mill tax .levied la I?13, and hrlnging ?aa v *? v v?-^v?'i mm .*??^r x -r v- n tax !ri 1914 Would bring ta- 8300,\W)0. The State superintendent ot educa tion has declared thar ''the mainten ance of State aidetLhlgk schools now in operation demands $60,000. The ?nuance of State aid fOngWBMB tricta will .require $60,0?? Rura graded schools, employing two and three teachers, are applying for $60, 000. The restoration of the * State building fund would require $40, 000. Public school libraries, togeth er with tho Rural School Improve ment Association, now receive $?, 000." Your Ac' if last year provides for $tid,000 fo. '.gh schools, ?80.00O for extension of public schools, $20,000 for .consolidated gradell schools, and $fj,00O for rural libraries retalning| :>0 per cent. In the county as ? coun ty board fund. , I would not say o'je word, gentle men, against any or all of then? edu cational uctl\ Ules, but what I have begged av-1 plcadr d for is that yon set aside this ex).ra one-milltax so that it mky be used by the State Board -of Education in helping the little one-teachor schools; the little schools with leas than twelve pupil??; the little schools, that run less than sixty days; the little schools that] need help lu order that tba little chil dren may vet the bare rudiments Ot an.educatlon. There were 148 white schools Jn" this"-Stat? last yeai that> hid lesa tuan lit: pupils; ?hore 375 that -bsd a regular attendance ot* lesa than 12. There were 13A whits schools thst ran Jess than 60 drys; 183 that ran 60,^70 day*. It la for help for the schools that arc not! >AGE 1 is Views c racteristica ig Style. abie to ? help themselves that I am pleading/ I baye given you the facts and I have besought and urged you, showing you the necessity for it. I have done what I could. I can do no more. The matter is now with vyou.. ~ Country Schools in Want In thia connection, I beg to cali youir att?n^on to report filed by the Rural School Supervisor with the Etate Board of Education, on April 4, ??1S, in which he says: "The short term of many country Softools and. the, irregular atendance ,of man?' pupils make lt Impossible for them to finish tn one yasr the work mapped out for the grade? in the State course of study." .Again: "Throe-fourths . of nur ' country schools employ only one teacher. Thia teacher has each day from twenty to forty recitations.* . . Gentlemen, 1 have called atteentiou to this malte.-, before. How In the name of common sense do you ex pect theEc little country children to get an education? I bave advocated and still advocate more comfortable fJ2hoolhou80s, coixyehlently located; largor salaries for the teachers, in order that wo may secure the beBt, and enough teachers to supply the demand of tho number ofjiuplls. If you will give these necessities to your country schoole. the boy or girl "who Ls never able to get anywhere else can he prepared for the ordinary bat tles of life. I would respectfully recommend that you pass an Act tb provide, sup plemental mading for tho free public schools; that Is, that, whenever .the trustees of any public schcol ima ll the County board of education he re quired to provide from the general! county school fund a like sum. Not Ready >'or "-Compulsion." I desire t?'call to your attention on zrt'clr ~rittin hv ose ?? 05* fc??*??Ed oEa of the most prominent"women in our State, she having'hold high posi tions iii tup different organizations in South Carolina. This article appear p ina ?>iCT.??t???^> " A {"cv.'crixcr". In one of our daily newspapers. A j study ot thc figures showing the in-j crease in the white children attend; lng school shows thtt it ts not "coin P'dslon" but opportunity that is needed. ?More teachers, larger sala ries so as to secure and kviep the b'.st teachers, more convenient and i in. .. .....ii? ^.. >.? ~ ^-' - 1IUU3C3 batter equipment for teaching pur poses and longer school terms-yes. inore money to help the country schools and less extravagance in our culleges-r-that's what we need. ' The Governor pays a high compli ment io the institution for the deaf, dumb and blind a: Cedar Spring?, rounded in 184?) by N. P. Walker, whose son. Dr. N\ P. WcV-zr, ie the preseAt 'manager. The Governor says: i>v. and Mrs. :Walker. ; haye, ti?wj botli "M'??W?? to- 3.0. awhprft fihevi need some rest and car.?, and I think! tho devotion which they have shown to their Stats through their love for) th?se Utile blind, deaf and dumb I . gratitude o? ?'Very man, and woman In South Carolina. This institution is wonderful, I saw things there st thc commencement exercisen last*^MM{ which I would not "btve." believed | <tb?tlblp,.lJLXJind bren told aLJl I. mimi autln IS-wi iin Iii Nlt.Un. Say that the training given these cl dren ts wonderful duos not express! it. 1 do not know of any language j that ian expr?s-* it. and too much cannot be done by the State for the institution- To be appreciated the voik which the school is doing must be seen. I recommend that yoe make an ap pronrlotlog to nave a nice. cottage bnllt on the grounds of this institu tion, and that It Le ?et aprt as a home, for President r.r.d Mrs. Walker during the remainder of their live?, and that Dr; Walker be elected presi dent emeritus, with n s ul li clent sal ary to gi>e bim and his good wife thone ?.binga which nie necessary to mak>? them romloriable ?aid happy for tho remainder of their declining yearn. This would be a trlbote which I am satisfied every one of your con ??t?tu.^fri would applaud, and which nonio show to the world that there ls yet .-oi ie Appreciation of those who are wlU'n? tp.-give their lives ;for the H'dit i nf huipMmly. The Month Carolina l atverslty. Von gentlemen remember ray fight against ono Mitchell/ who' was tor awhile Che so-called president of the South Carolin? university, an** ?di*o the tight that I have b?..-n making for years for home men to be put at the head of our colleges, and for gradu ates of tho Institutions to be placed] lu the profe?*?n?-shtp? when there are vacancies. As I, have expressed before, when a mother hos given bertiL to as many -children , as the Soma Carolina University has, t? ?fie haan l one mu who can attend to her buBll ness lt ls time for her to stop. Whel we get rid of what we had dowd there some people- proclaimed thal the University was, mined; that thJ oalti putt;, ?bat they would foliow inls di st in gu lath ed (?) man tal to some other State. But, aa-mattel pr fact, what are the conditions? Or September 22 it was reported: "Th{ enrolment to date shows an increaeJ of nineteen per cent over that of tb{ corrspondlng date lash year, aud tba was the high-water ntark previously established." Now, gentlemen, was " riefet when 1 said iha? w?Tr?nted ; home atan at the head of this institu tioo? Has tlie change injured tht school ? In connection with the South Caro lina University, I notice tbnt the new dormitory, wihich has been complete! St a cost of $23,0j)O of, the people's loney-which la such a little part ol tho appropriation you gave the Uni A ersity-has. been* completed, and ii actually holds thirty-nine, mea. Think of it-a $25,000 schoolhouse to holli thirty-nine boys. How vmany Ilttk 'country, schoolhouses do you find with that number ot boys, and even more, that,coat $50 or $75? Yet I suppose & ou will bo asked'?bte Kes sin? tn ir i VA nnnth?v 42T..iion uj hnil? nncther schoolhouse for thirty-nine hoya. But- when you are asked for fiomerhiiiB for the litt!* country chil dren you either will vut Rive it, or else you will muddle U up so that TO no pareenwi arousa ia ?ii eh ^rib^ lets that 1t Will fce oi no beneipt. Gen tlemen, I h?pt* not. I appeal to . you again to compare thc amounis w? ure spending upon a. few in tho higher institutions of-learning and the thousands -Of little children In thc cos.ntr^ HSitco?a. Winthrop College. '.The Governor under this head ?calls attention to tho fact that .he. did not feign the rcrx>rt of . Winthrop College ? ifuuicea Tur i?w rc.-a?im ""?itiviag upen unable to attend thc meeting of the board or trustees, I am not ulffkdect ly informed us tu *:*pre?o an opinion as to the correctness of the report, or to recommend to the general as sembly what amount of money ls es sential ,for its management. The Governor here goes' Into thc history or the college, showing thai the free scholarships were provided by the, general assembly in 1887 un* der Governor John Peter ' Richardson, and that In his final, message to tike legislature in 1890 Gov. Kflcbardson called attention to tho neod of a school which would givo "thoougii, practical training in the industrial arts in order that woman's opportun nura ivr Hcu-iqppuii, ?i?j irv-'.?.<???; plied, etc. In commenting upon, this Governor Blease says: utlem&n cannot, do <rx| i;.x:v'.i fer the education <.t the anu?an of our State, but you can allow sen timent to lead you to extravagance These ifcw words in ref*rence tc WI.? <-*...,_i ...... ..U i rx <-r mnuu< ho, to yoti for the Work she ia doing uni) to warn you1 ngalnat extravagance." The Citadel. ' The CUadcJ Academy is in prospe rous and floufiching condition, anc la doing he- inual good work. $ fee ? tba?-tt^'.ii>?fc?ass .for irn tn m Vftfl she speaks for herself, and asserves roar most earnest and thoughtful consideration, and such appropria tion as Will enable her to continue in her usefulness to the young olen of thc State. The Wed ?cai College, This baby ls nearly grown, al though she ls not a year old. She will put on her new suit of clothes in the near future and will step into ber new home and start housekeeping, and if you gentlemen will just help her a little, in my opinion (the will prove the most valuable instit ut len the State has, for she will turn ont young men graduates who will be. ia position to help you in some of your greatest problems in the matter of ridding yourselves of some of our greatest evils, such as tuberculosis, pejagra, and other scourges. 1 com mend this institution to you Tits Governor respectfully recom mends that tbe legislature make a law prohibiting the board of trustees of any State college for white pupils "from admitting any negro, china man, Japanese, Cuban, or other dis agreeable and incompatible race into said college or school with white pu pils." As to football, ho says, "I mention-, ed bomsthing last year about football and its awful toll ot human life and (Continued on page 4.) i OF LIQUOR LAW BLJ?ASE HAS INTERESTING COMMENT IN ANNUAL MESSAGE D?FENDS HIMSELF Hrs Hand? Have Been Tied His Political Enemies and He Couldn't Act le followinR interesting extract thc Rovernor's message ls print full ns it har. more than ordinary ?mt of Intercut locally: regret to say to*you that condltiona i ?n? i ni' ?.. i]'.? enforcement ot the IvlMkcy laws are not at all favorable. 1Thf|. however, can not be truthfully tnt my door. When I first came in governor's office 1 appointed a lg constabulary force and began, Jr that section of the statute which gaijg me the power, to appoint good in every county throughout the e State to enforce the whiskey c. But there was much bitterness ist me at that time, and, to my rise, it was manifest in county of and in attorneys for county s, und. as a reaul?fin several hies where I appointed these con |CH or men to enforce these laws, they presented their claims for PH the CQi,jitv l>oiird? under the rc of their attorneys in Borne in res, and in other instances of their free will and accord, positively (flatly refused to pay thc salaries lese constables. A test case waa [e from the county of Edaerield in HUSJiBuprenn? court.-..ault thc. ?untemoJ ' <ofJ|t sustained the'action of the"coun-l >anh. in refusing to pay these and thc strong arm ot thc law [stayed,' aud I waa thus positively aeted from having under my ab le control and. direction a force the enforcement of the law. The Iffs were elected by thc people, and Il no control whatever over them la regard, save a little section of aw which reads as follows: ny constable, deputy constable, magistrate ??1? sm-u negtect'i titre ts perform the duties re by this chapter, shall be sub . u pe 1 sion by the governor." I;;, as I j !:nown hy all men, was awlrtar.ro to me. These sheriffs answerable to the people and to alone, and they could imap their Rv. ia my face, flften it c^me io the magistrates, *-hp?bppo?nt thc constable-, In the var lipu? townships, them magistrates in |?U Jactant e < could only bc named by and with the advice and consent Senate. Thc Senate refused to rm some of roy appointees. The was another ca?e In the supreme Thc supreme court agata sus the contention of my enemies lld that I could not appoint any strate eseept under certain con Is. The result .was that the mag-j ?UJMI could also snap their Angers] I In tWk (ona nf tV>n ..-.1 ... ---- Ul? EBTBIBDI "~J constables, "You obey rae, and ie governor." My hands were tied, as will be readily seen if Ul refer to trie 'decision in the rates' case from the counties of nburg. Anderson aad Oreen refofe, it is very unfair and un charged me Ute violation of called dispensary, or, more fly called, whiskey laws of our Some people hold up their I hands in horror und aay, "Blind tigers ; are taking the State; Bloase ls not en forcing thc iaw in reference To prohi bition or dispensary." AU those who] , rc honest and truthful know and will .;>dmit that the facts nerein set forth I are absolutely true and that my hands have been tied by the refusal of coun ty boards to obey the law and to pay the salaries of the men whom I ap point to enforce thin law. and by the decision of the supreme court in say ing that' I could not remove magis trates without the consent jf the Sen ate 01 appoint them without the ad vice and consent of -the Senate, and aa t result 1 have been shorn of my power I to do that which I would have done if lt had not been for these antagonistic views of certa'n senators, certain county boards, atid of the supreme court. ' My record as mayor of roy home I town, .Newberry, as will be testified ] to by even my bitterest enemies there, will show that I gave that town the cleanest administration which she had had tn years, and there was leas blind tiger liquor sold tn Newberry the year I waa mayor than has ever been sold ia the town any other year ?Ince the dispensary law waa passed, and the same would', have been said of STU th Carolina in connection with my ad ministration aa governor if 1 had been allowed to appoint mea to enforce thl? iCcfitiaued on Page Seven.) WONDERFUL OF SOU! THE BF HT l'A RT OP THC NE8SAG ERAL ASSEMBLY SHOWS IS BULGI1 During the past 12 months South Carolina lias been blessed with won derful prosperity. From every stand point the good year 1913 has been the best year in the history ol the State. Material progress has been ready aud rapid, and always sure, and educational advancement and moral uplift have not lagged behind. The total enrollment in the sehools is greater than ever before, there i being 167.914 white children lu at tendance upon public schools aa com pared with 156.280 white children during the session of 1911-12. Then years ago the total enrollment of white children was 134,330. There are 4.r.84 white teachers in the pub lic schools, an increase of 221 over the preceding year, which, aays the report of jin: Siaie Superintend?nt of Education, "was one of the greatest improvements made during the. year." Ten years ago there were '.1,492 white teachers in the State-an increase of about 1,100 during tba past decade. A good many of the school districts have levied special taxes as high as eight mills In order to take advan take or State aid. During the -campaign of 1912 it was heralded around the State hy my op ponents tb,at if Rlease was elected even the insurance1 companies would withdraw their investments from routh Carolina, and that they would leave the State. In 1910 -the total investments in State, county and mu nicipal bouda, first mortgage bonds . of real' estate, and first mortgage bonds of domestic corporations whose property is situate entirely within i the State, not including Investments ; made by South Carolina companies, I ..WOre. ...Tiwi, na? ihv . pr?cedin? the first year of my ad-* ministration. In 1911. thc first year! I. was Governor, the total Invest tuen ts of this character pn Decent-J her .11 were $4,630,669, an Increase i of more than two million dollars, and! almost one hundred per cent. On1 December 31, 1912, these investments: amounted to $8,095,591, and on June1 30. 1913, to $9,943,963. A conserva-1 . tive estimate of increase lu invest-1 menta of ' this character between j june 80 and uecember ii wouid bo. $900.000 to $1,000,000, increasing the-i total to nearly eleven million dollars, j an increase of more than eight mil-, lion dollars during the three years of j my administration, the increase dur ing the three years being more than throo times the entire amount invent ed In 1910, ,Tiie premium Income of life, fire and miscellaneous* compan ies, exclusive of the premium re i ceipts or South Carolina companies. I in 1910. was $6,558,265; in 1911, $7. ' 198,514; and lu 1912. $7,591,144. At the time this message is written the ! figures for 1913 are not available. The corporation license fees In 1913 were $133,816, as compared with $122,613 the preceding year. Thc aesesment of rs?rosd property ! for taxation was increased by the State Board ot Assessors, in 1913, j by $799,8231 and the increase in as sessment of express, Pullman palace car, telegraph and telephone com panies, amounted to $533,332, a total Increase of $1,333.155. ; T^i_I .. .1 ?... . f. .. c...... 1 \.. ? .. .......-ii.M v..v ....... ?. .partaient ot Agriculture, and furnish ed me at my request, show that no ?tate in tho I'nlon, perhaps, has even I approached South tr ralina in devel I opment during thc past year along 1 agricultural and industrial lines. Tho I value of all agricultural products of the State jumped ii. thc lau census decade from $51.324,000 to $141,983. ! 000. During the year 1913 the value j of the corn, cotton, tobacco, 'wheat, i oat?, bay aad potato crops alone just seven, without considering rice, truck, fruits, or having anything else embraced in the above decade totals, aggregates . $154,518,119, as. against 1123,219,042 for the same crops dur ing' 1912, and $111,137,889 (census) in 1900. The . increase In 1913 over 1912 in those seven crops clone, measured in dollars, was $31.299,076- a sum only $20,000,000 less than tito total va'uatlon of all farm products in 1900. Tho corn crop for 1913 was I...6?.ooo bushed greater thar In 1912, the average yield per "acre at last having reached twenty bushels, or within two bushels of the average for the United States, representing an increase In dollars of $10,484,880. During 1913 8,962.000 more "pounds ot tobacco were produced than In 1912,' for which the growers received $J. I 684,339-$1.930,896 more than in 1912. The growing tendency to raise food I supplies at home is shown by the fact 1 that In ,1913 254,000 more bushels of I wheat ""?re produced than In 1912. j representing an increase of'$l0i,4O9 seer me 1912 wheat crop. The cot ton crop of 1018 was perhaps the second largest the State has ever raised, and was the best ever market ed in quality, bringing to the farmers ?bout t98.500.000. The gross income 5MBLY PROSPERITY M CAROLINA K O FTHK (.UV Kit NO lt TO THE ?KN. THAT T.IK OM? STATE Mi A ll KAU to t!ie people from agriculture during 19111. may be conservatively estimat ed, according to the Department ot Agriculture, at approximately $160. 000,000. or more than three time? what it was in 1900. This la with out regard to tho live stock Industry, which ls also increasing steadily und rapidly. And even yet. accord ing to those who have studied the possibilities and conditions, the agri cultural opportunities In South Car olina have a? yet only been barely touched. In the decade from 190? to 1910 the value of manufactured pronuots in South Carolina jumped frotii $53. 336,000 (exceeding agriculture at that time) to $113.236,000. In 1912 the manufactured products amounted in ?2t,544,???. me figures for ail manufacturing are not available for 19U at thc time this message is written, but the increase was almost UH substantial as was shews foi" ?g riculture. The figures, however..for the prin cipal item in our manufacturing In dustry.-the textiles-are available. The textile plants 1 money value during the year 1913 i\irited oui gooda almost to the value Of the cotton crop of the State and nearly, to tqe amount or the capital employed. There were an Increase dr ' $4,905, 092 in capital invested over 1912. The Increase In value of annual pro duct over 1 ttl2 mt the mldMiimm?r r?m sus waa $5,239,518, while it tar esti mated that the final figures now be- ' lng compiled ty the Department ot Agriculture will show an Increase ov er 1912 in this regard et roer? Utas $10,000.000. The va I te '-jp* hi ?ow'^?.G^JoV. her of persons employe* increase of 1,938 durfjwlH year. There waa an UiM^^H 242.810 tn the amount paid tc lives in 1913 ?S compared with The spindleage was Increased ?UQHH the year by 153,516, the total nd!*-* ber of spindles now belog 4,B!S7,489. ^5 There was an increase of 4,813 looms, the total now being 111.483. the milla are consuming 800,283 bales of cotton annually. Direct wdter drive has decreased 8,298 horse pow er, while there has beer, an Increase of 3,551 horse power in steam drive, and an Increase of 2.027 of electric power generated by water power; electric power generates, by- steam has decreased 4.72Q horte power. Tile t total horse power furnished Wt elec tricity generated by water is ndw 66.942; by steam, 75,728; by water. 24,783; and by electricity seherated by steam, only 5,680. The total num- g ber of children employed last year waa 8.584 against 8,892, in 191?. Or these.5,003. as against 5,073 tn 1912 . : were bebween the ages of 14 kuHH years. Between ?he ages of 12 and 14 - _!.. . Bbl -...-I--. ?Qi?. as against 3,619 the preceding yeer. There were considerate, dren of the tatter age ^m^^^^R?^**"' pioyed i um ? ?? 1909. "?w^wwi' 3,976 from 12 to'14, and |? under 12 years. What inoraste there has been sthce 1909 in child labor^ baa been in iue u umber uc?w??u Mt mm*? IC years. In 1912 a larger Increase lb textile capital was shown than iras shown in 1913, but the increase in produc tion was only $2.574.000 last year. The smaller increase in capital and larger Increase In product during 1913 are due to the fact that saverai large new mills which were in pro cess of construction in 1912 were In full operation in 1913. In ? summary rurnlshed me by the Department or Agriculture; the de? velopment or South Carolina ls ep itomized as follows: v "Water power developments, upon a larpe scale are progressing rapidly, electric drive?. Interurban linea are being built and are getting into opera tion, In the towna and cities diversi fied small Industries are starting up one after another, modern steel frame buildings are being built, trans portation facilities are being aug- ?.' mented, value of farm ?ad urban property are Increasing, rapidly ead! substantl'.ly. banking is tn g heal thy condition, commerce by water is . developing even Into tho heart of the Capi'.a? City, preparation is betas maoe with .a view ot making ?the most of the opportunities to ba af forded by the. opening ot the JrVtbAaa. Canal, and upon all onustractive lines cf endeavor the Cemin'.AwerJth is moving forward, with tre steady, stride that ta characterising the.dev* velopment ot agriculture." The flgurts tell the story. ifenUe mes, S"t, v*?s *u?s&S>' ***** the -figurt?. tho cd^^HlBK prosperi ty and progress MVMI on ev ery hand af? c*"?|^Hg (ContlnuedSHHHflK J t