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MIT TE 9OVERNliO South Carolina's Executi' To Th Lc STATE PROSPERING INDUSTRIALLY The Goverror Makes a Number of Rec ommendations Touching Upon Mat ters That Will Come Before the General Assembly. e The mcssage of Hon. D. C. IIeywar d, t Governor of South Carolina. t( the General Assembly, is a compreheiive! e and ueid document, giving the State's g Snancal condition and dealing at v length writh. many questions affecting the State's welfare-matters that will be before the legislature for considera- t tion during the present session. The b message is too lengthy to give here b t complete. but all the most important i suggestions are embodied in the fol lowing: MESSAGE To the Honorable, the Gentlemen of t the General Assembly. 0 The annual meeting of your honor able body brings a season of responsi- e ble duties, of arduous labor. In ac- i cordance with the requirements of the T Constitution.I herewith submit to you e my Annual Message, with the assurance e that I am ready to co-operate with you c In advancing- the weal and the dignity of our commonwealth. As a matter of prime importance, I shall first direct your attention to the condition of the e T Stateananees. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE r STATE. a For a number of years past the State , has been under the necessity of bor rowing money to meet its current ex penses. The amount borrowed has been annually increasing, until the last year v the State Treasurer was compelled to borrow the sum of $500,000. The rea- a son for this increase lies in the fact ti that since the year 1900 the expendi- e tures of the State have annually ex cedded the revenue. s In .1900 the expenditure ex- a ceeded the revenue by ....$10,045.42 s In 1901 the expenditure ex- a ceeded the revenue -by .... 13,924.29 ti In 1902 the expenditure ex-n ceeded the revenue by ......308,795.23 p In 1903 there was an apparent ex- sl cess of revenue over expenditures amounting to $56,304.29, but in reality ti the expenditures exceeded -the revenue si by $2,83337, for the reason that the. .o sum 4A 8-37.86 was then receiv .l3n ti setlement of claims against the United it States Government, and was placed in thtegeoeral fund. Last year again the. expenditures exceeded the revenue by t< at least $100,000, making a total excess S of expenditure over revenue of $365,- f 598.51 for the past five years. t In 1903 the General Assembly. realiz- t lng that this condition of affairs should t ao longer exist, appointed a committee y to consider "how best to put the State c upon a cash basis, what additional sources of revenue for the State are t available, and what changes should be al mnade in existing laws for the assess- s -me3t and collection of taxes.''" The committee reported at your last a session. making several recommenda- 0 tians, the only cne adopted, however, being a .licensc tax upon all corpora-d tilons. This law becarpe operative this5 year, and it is estimated that it will s -add $80,000 to the State's revenue. The t estimated revenue from the five-mill s levy for the present fiscal year will be $1,.050.000. The insurance .liceinse fees , and the fees from the office of the See-'u rt~agt. State may be estimated at $50,000. To this we may add $80,000 I from license fees, making a total rev- e enue for 1905 of $1,180,000-.r It will thus be seen that, if the ex- o penditu2es are the same as last year, is there wiIi'again 'e a deficiency, with I no prevision mace to place the'State I l 1upon a cash basis. IyI SINKING FUNDS. on The assets of these several fundson , December 31. 1904, are as follows: 'ci Comulative Sinking Fund (for reduc- c tion and payment of South Carolina Brown 4 1-2 per cerit Bonds), $527, 248.59. OrdInary Sinking Fund, $64, 109.88, of which $2,936.73 belongs to et escheats and $61,173.13 to the Ordinary re Sinking Fund proper. Sinkirig Fund pI for' insurance of public buildings, $16.- Ir 471.62. di REVENUE BOND SCRIPT.a On December 19, 1904, the Supreme si Court of.the United States affrmed the s( decision of .the United States - Circuit at Court, in thes ease of Lee against Rob- o1 inson, and declared the Revenue Bond T Script of this State to be void. Under a the Act of March 2. 1872, $1,800,000 of ha this script was issued, and since the It year of its issue, its validity has con- gi stantly been before the courts. By this sa decision the State is forever relieved 01 of the liability to redeem the $1,800,000 at of script outstanding, and a 'menace to her finances has been removed. Had ti the decision been the other way, the fu State would have beer ,,ompelled to pay se this $1,80,000. of EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. til I am deeply gratified to report to til your honorable body that during the be past year the great cause of education la has continued to advance in our State. cc No greater nor more all-important mn cause can demand our thought, our care and our best aenergies. In all lines, ma- Ci terial and industrial, as a State, we i: have proposed, and to know that our ca common schools and our higher insti- ot Crumn Confirmed, Washington, Special.-The nomnina- is tion of W. D. Crum, a negro, to be col- to lector for the port of Charleston, S. C., t was confirmed by the Senate in execu-. tiye session by a vote of 33 to 17. Crum 1s has been nominated by the President u three-times, and in addition to these et nominations has received three recess fa appointments, and is now serving af under the last of these. Confirmation ci was opposed by Senator Tillman, who ;x objected to the appointment of a si negro.w Postoffice Clerks Dismissed. Norfolk, Va.. Special.-W. E. Crisa mond and WV. E. Stokes, clerks in the Portsmouth postoffice. wore dismisseti from the service by Postmaster Butt. Teis action was ordered by the Post offico Departme~nt on recommiendationl of the civil service commnission. be foreh wh'ich both had been tried far allegedl *irregulari.ties in their examnination be fore the civil service comissionl m Portsmouthi. - Ic The worst famines come from the b failure tonutiate character. t Ee MLkis Siggestocs O r" .tions of ierr.i. ref!"ez this pors r. lr2;.c~t. n he ig(~L,best and ycst imr porter.t intc:asts of a common- S -ealth, shall be, as it is. a source of 0 ride and of pleasure to us all. Time, ibor and money spent for he purpose f educating our children' yields a re ,rn than which there is none great- Sl r. Ignorance is an evil which we can- Q at afford to permit-it is a crime p; gainst the future, and to get rid of is deplorable condition would be a toney well spent at almost any cost. b he spirit manifested by the masses of c ur people all over the State is a safe p uarantee of the hope that the future s 'ill continue to reveal progress and a yen greater success ih this all-impor- m int cause. The reports of the higher institu ons of learning which are supported P y the State will be submitted to you L y the State Superintendent of Educa- U on. These papers will command your v terest and every one will show a sat- rE factory condition of affairs generally rE 1 these institutions. I do not believe ti is necessary for me to go into de- tC ills, especially as the reports, full and to mplete, will be before you. ei At the South Carolina College the o; rollment of students is larger, I be- al eve, than ever before in its history. m he new normal scholarships have bee1 w agerly sought, they have been award I to most worthy and deserving appli ants, and It is clear that they have i een strong factors In Infusing new eI fe and activity In this institution. ti At the South Carolina Military Acad- ci ny an increased attendance is shown. tt he efficiency of. the graduates from the hi istoric institution has won signal St .cognition from the War Departmen, . d this is indeed .k tribute to the in 'orth and excellency of its manage- tc ient. This is one of the oldest and cl iost honored institutions of learning ti ith a carapr-of valued and useful ser ice in th, , se ClemsonFC9ege continues to grow ad flourish. Its capacity is taxed to ul te fullest extent to accommodate the el idets, and life and growth are every- p here in evidence. The agricultural m bolarships, estaglished at this college to the last session of the General As- b( -mbly, will attract many young men e iong the lines for which this institu- S on was primaril'y established. The S ew Agricultural Hall, recently com- p leted, is a valuable addition to its I )endid equipment. L Winthrop College. the only institu- h on of learning which South Carolina ipports exclusively'for the education b women, has a career which fully jus- b fies the distinction it enjoys. Since tr r establishment is has grown year by r' axr in the hearts of our people. and s3 ss roven a potent and in84ential fa ' >r in developing education in our1 Late. From its doors annually go aF >rth young women who have received b te most careful technical trainin; as chers, and the effect of the work of ~ ese trained and cultivated educators te in evidence in every county in South rolna:. I The South Carolina Institution for e Education of the Deaf and Blind, b) Cedar Spring, submits a report which ~ ows that this Institution is keeping p~ ce with our other educational Inter- a ts. I availed my;elf of the privilege p1 visiting the school last year, and ce as pleased and gratified to see evi-s mees of the remarkable work which "' accomplished. There can be no sub-b itute for the training, the system andc ie helpful influences which are here ei Sskilfully combined; there can be no w .st and adequate estimate of the good s hich is revealed in the molding ofa efulness.I The' trustees of these Institutions, I ithone exception, together with thoseJ the Colored Normal, Industrial, Ag cultural and Mechani'cal Collgee, at mn rangeburg-which, I am glad to say, t well managed, and' Is doing- good fc ork-all ask from you practically the Iqi Lie appropriations as were given last s] ar. I earnestly recommende that si ese appropriatoins be made, and the q1 od work done with the results ac- te implished, make me regret that we as Lnnot do even more. c COMMON SCHOOLS. pJ In reference to the condition of the ~ >mmon schools of the State, I would V spectfully refer you to the full and dnstakng details which are presented the report of our State Superinten- at 'nt of Education. This report shows d4 tncreased attendance, and also jc ows that twenty districts at your last .ni ssion secured the passage of special c< ta to Issue bonds for the purpose tb building new schoolhouses. In this of port Is included the statement that e21 very large number of school districts th tve levied special taxes. It Is gratify- fa g .to note that the school terms are mn adually being increased, with larger In lanes paid to teachers, which, in my is dnion, Is most necessary and import- b4 Superintendent Martin recommends at a certain per cent. of the school p1 nds be set aside for the erection of pC hool buildings by the county boards be education, and in this recomnmenda- d( n I heartily concur. A recommenda- p1 m looking to an Increase in the num- re r of rural school libraries, and regu- eri ing their establishment, which re- ar mmendation also has my indorse- w] nt. ta In reference to the South Carolina al illege the Governor recommends that of be elevated to the university plane. cc llng attention to the fact that all th hier States have State universities ex- it A species of sheep common in Syria so encumbered by the weight of its il that the shepherds fix a piece of In board to the under part, where it fc not covered with thick wool, to pre- 01 nt It from being torn by the bushes, T a. Some have small wheels affixed to Ce cilitate the draggir g of these boards re ter them. The tail of a common sheep M this sort usually weighs fifteen ai sunds or upward. while that of a large o' ecies after being weUl fattened will pl igh fifty pounds. IC Use of Mexican Money Stops. Laredo. Tex., Special-Since the w monetary measures introduced byI e Mexican government went into ef et the criculation of the peso has eaty decreased. owing to the pro )itve duty of $10 per kilo, whioh e Mexicanl govcrnmenlt exacts for c re-importationl of the peso. Theh >mercial Lecague today adopted res- f utins pledging its members to dio l mtinue the use of Mexican moane t .the border in this section. Local Ca mns have discntinued accepting P rpt South Carolina. He el:co rugg'sts a ild ccrnp:lsOry :rcl la:, Ur!ing the noc ssity cf ng a proper iraini:g to the children 1lU ,\ONER O: AGICLTTRE .DiET'C AN I fG? ATION. :s w h a reat (1C:lI of pleas :rt" :ImV nd to y our 'arefr.l von :', n e full ani a-i:mrale repert : a ar. Immrigration . his7l - t hos. bevondl any queion thie c:t n; ed for sach a de;art::e::t. omih C.:rolina, by the es t::blis'i 11nt t~ris department. has he:ome t' :)ier Sc:thern State in dcvelopI;g agri^l:ltural and (omrnerc:al re urets i,y means of immigration from :het States. and from abroad. an! this (t ias already won for us widespread ("o=nition. Though this department as only established at your last ses on. and our efficient Com:missicner ;aliied just nine months ago, the re >rt of Commissioner Watson will tow valuable and far-reching results ready accomplished. It is difficult to !gir. a work of this nature: to offi ally organize a State Immigration De irtraent in an arduous task, especially > when the State is beyond the lines ,on-; which the immigration move en has been progressing. STATE MILITIA. Your attention is invited to the se rts of Adjutant-General Frost and ieut.-Col. Ezra B. Fuller, of the nited States Army, which contain iluable facts for your consideration in ference to the State Militia. Upon my quest, Colonel Fuller was detailed by le War Department to report for duty, act in cooperation with the Adju nt-General in promoting the effici icy of our State troops. The services this officer have been most valuable. id theamilitary branch of our Govern ent has been materially aided by his ork. ]DISPENSARY. Last year I purposely refrained from aking any recommendations in refer ice to the Dispensary. My reason for tis was that I had not then had suffi ent time to familiarize myself with te practical workings of the system. I we since had greater opportiunity to udy some of the more important de As regarding the management of this stitution, and for this reason I beg submit, for your consideration, ianges which I am constrained to Link will be improvements. To properly regulate and control the ele of liquor has always been a ques on most difficult of solution. Theories yon this subject, whenever and wher er tested, always become difficult oblems when their practical enforce ent as laws, or regulations, are at ,mpted. No liquor law has ever yet en devised, which, in its general op ation, has given entire satisfaction. )uth. Carolina is the first and only .ate that has attempted to solve this oblem under such State control as included in our present Dispensary iw. In spite of the fact that this law is many strong points which com end it, most notably among them ing, in my opinion, the fact that it is decreased drunkenness, it is also ue that, like other laws, it has its im rfections. I am convinced that if this -stem can be properly regulated, it ill be one of the best solutions of the iuor question. If not properly man ;ed and controlled, its usefulness will at an end. The recommendations hich I shall make will be submitted ith a view solely to Improve the sys m, and to place all available legal straints around the sale and use of luors. The purpose of the Dispensary should ,not to increase, but to curtail and ntrol, the sale of liquor, and this pur se should always be kept in view. As business Institution, It should be sed as far as possible above criti sn. and Its restrictive regulations Lould be rigidly enforced. The man lement of the Dispensary has always Len the subject of more or less criti sm. During the past few months this iticism has been made frequently, and ith the greatest freedom. It Is neces ry that the system should be made business-like as possible, and to this iportant end I hhall principally direct y recommendations. STATE COMMISSIONER. The State commissioner should, in y judgment, be the officer whose du -t should be to purchase all supplies 'r the Dispensary. He should be re iired to make contracts, not for any ecified amount of liquor, but for ch supplies as may be actually re ired, such requirements to be de rmined by the Commissioner, based, :far as passible, upon orders re dyed by him from dispensers, ap oved by the County Boards, and filed ith him thirty days before the ad rtisement for bids by that officer. REMOVAL OF DISPENSARIES. At your last session there was en ted a law giving to counties which sire prohibition the right by a ma rity vote to close their dispensafries, Ld upon the taxable property of all iunties so voting it was required .at there be levied an annual tax one-half of one mill, this tax to be pended by the Governor In enforcing e law, should the local authorities il to do so. Objection has been ade to this law on account of the tax iposed, it being contended thai. it in the natumr of a penalty, Its effect uing to deter the people from voting r the removal of Dispensaries. I do not agree with this view. If ohibition be substituted for the Dis nsary law, then prohibition should enforced, and when this cannot be e through the sentiment of the peo e, expense must certamnly be incur d. The counties now pay for the aforcement of each any every law, Ld It is not fair to expect counties aich maintain the Dispensary to ke the profits accruing to the Gener School Fund, to defray the expenses the, enforcement of the law in a unty which payg nothing. Besides is thc tax is by no means cxccssive; can be expended or.ly when neccsi Central of Georgia Promotions. Atlanta, Speial.--On app.ication of e United States Mor tgage and ast Company, of No-v \'ork City, r the foreclosure of a mortgge deed trust for $230,000, Judge Williami Newman, of the Unite I States yurt, appointed Harry E. Fisher as ce.iver of the Atlanta Cotton Mills. r Fisher is an ofliciol of the railL, it immediately made bond in tr.e m of $10,000 and took charge of the nt The mill has been idle for .2 l months. To Invite President to Norfolk. Norfolk, Va., Special.-A commhittc'e om the council of Norfolk and a inilar body from the board.of tradec, ll leave Norfolk for Washington, here they' will be received by Presi mt Roosevelt Saturday and tender ma n invitationl to visit Norfolk on SSouthern trip. The committee omt the council will also present roe tions adopted by that body thanking ; President for his favorable rec umnendation regarding the .James an Exposition in his message to ty requires, and then so.e:y In an e: fort to accompiish th': purpose fo w:hich the people voted. STATE TOS?ITAT FOR THE IN SANE. The fo)vnrnor r"cOm:me'idS li;r aprropriations for tli:; institution, an spJeaks in words of praise cf the goo work it has done and is (oing. PENITENTIARY. In r erence to the condition of th Pitentiary, I would refer you to ti r aof the Superintendent and th Board of Directors. During the pas two years I have availed myself c op)''rtuni ies to observe this insttu tion closely. ana am glad to say tha it i, excelently managed. The con virt are well treated, and the disc piine is equal to that of any simila instit ution. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. The excellent work of this board 1 co:rnmended and it is recommende that its work be sustained by the leg i.:iature. PENSIONS. The largest appropriation made b: yorr body is for the care of the Cor federate Veterans. Tiis amount seem large when compared with the total ap prcpriation. but when viewed in anoth er light we cannot but feel that w woul:i like to do much more for th old soldiers who in years that hav gone did so much for their State an country. The total number of pen sioners on the rolls this year was 8 554. and $197,309.42 was the amoun distributed among them. The law generally speaking, is working satis factorily. but in reference to certait classifications it is believed that in provemeit can be made, and the Comptroller General will specificall; direct your attention to the proposec changes. Anything pertaining to the proper care of the veterans of the Confederacy will, I am sure, have you most thoughtful consideration. WE owe them a deep and lasting debt o gratitude, and care for those who, i1 their old age and declining days, need this care, should be, as it is, a piivi lege and one of the first duties of 'ou people. BIENNIAL SESSIONS. At your preceeding session al amedment to the Constitution provid ing for biennial sessions of your body having been agreed upon, it was sub mitted to the qualified electors of the State at the general election, a ma jority of wholfi voted in favor of thii amendment. Believeing as I do, tha biennial sessions will afford all neces sary legislation, and will result in e retrenchment of expense, I trust yoi will ratify this vote in order that th( I amendment may become effective. STATE BOARD OF DIRECTOaS. The Board should be required ti meet each week at their office in the State Dispensary. to remain in session as long as may be necessary for the transaction of' their business. The general supervision and managemen of all County Dispensaries should be in their charge, and they should be specifically charged with the duty o: seeing that all restrictons governing the various dispensaries should be strictly enforced. These are responsi ble and arduous duties, for which the members of this Board should receive a salary of not less than $1,500.00 per annum, each, and should be required to file a bond of not less than $10,000. 00. LAWLESSNESS. At the last session of 'your body: sent a special message upon the sub jects of lynchings and lawlessness This I conceived to be my duty a1 the time, and I regret to add thai subsequent developmcaits have fb1 changed my ' opinin. So importani should be the consideration given tt this subject, that I must again brini -he matter to your attention. BeforE making any further statement, I shall here quote from the special messagE referred to, and renew my recommen dation. "The Governor is popularly credited with power to preven:- and punisi these outrages agatrist the State. In reality he Is practically powerless When notified, he may sometimnei frustrate the mob by the employment of troops, but when the crime has been committed, his hands are really tied. In the meantime, the spirit o1 lawlessness is unchecked. A band ci lawless men may feel secure in taking the life of a fellow being on almosi any pretext. This deplorable condi tion should be remedied. To compel greater respect-the proper respect for the majesty of the law, I recoin mend the enactment of special legisla tion in reference to lynchint;s, in or der that the great responsibility of of ficials directly charged with the en forcement of the law may be broughi home to them, and that more effectual measures may be taken for the appre hensicn of persons who take the law into their own hands." CONCLUSION. In as brief space as posible I have endeavored to give to you Informatior concerning the most Important 'depart ments of our State Government, and have made for your consideration such recommendations as appear to me tC be necessary and important. I re joice to add that progress and pros perity continue to bless us, with the uplifting influences that come fron the earnest labors of a united people The welfare of South Carolina is large ly in your keeping, and much hope fox her future will depend upon the results of your deliberations. There was once a temple erected with. no sounds of tools of labor, with no confusion ol haste and disorder, without noise and strife. Imbued with this spirit, with united zeal and devotion may you quil yourselves like men; may your delib erations add to the upbuilding of oux Commonwealth; may they contribute to the reign of law and order, to the peace and happiness of our people, and to the dignity and honor of oux State. D. C. HEYWARD. Governor, Arkansas Legislature Organizes. Little Rock, Ark., Special.-The 35t1 noon Monday and organized by thE election of Webb Covington, of John son county, president of the Senate and Allen Windham, of Miller county secretary. W. W. Cate, of Craigheac county, was elected Speaker of thE House, and W .T. Campbell, of Law rence county, clerk. One Difference. "I'd like to know what's the diffex ence between a guesser and a fo~rc caster." saidl Mrs. Wonder. puzzlin: her mind over the ante-election fit ures in one of the papers. "A guesser,"' explained MIr. Wondei "imply lumps his figures, andi eiher -right or wrong at once: whnil a forecaster arranges his figures in; tbe of statistics and makes you wor der how on earth he could be any thingexcvent right." LEiSLARE MEET South Carolina Townmakers Get Do ' 2usiness. BOTH ROUSES AR OrGANIZE) Session c the House and Scr. Cre: ed on Tuesday and Both Cra;irhe Organized For Businezs. The Senate organized by the ciec ticn of the following named officers i Senator R. L. Manning, Sumter, ten Iorary chairman; R. R. Hemphil clerk: J. F. Schumpert, sergeant-al cims: W. H. Stewart, readir,g clerk Rev. W. I. Herbert, Methodist, cnar a'n. In each case the incumbent wa rc-elecscd aad nc,ne was opposed ei cept Chaplain Herbert. Mr. E. S. Dir gle, of Charleston, was re-appointe; assistant clerk. The dispensary question came up i1 the form of a resolution by Senato _ Blease, who seeks a thorough investi gation of not only every departmen of the system, but of every rumor tha has bcen started against it. After Clerk Hamer had called th, House to order at noon, on the nomir ation of Mr. Prince Altamont Mose was unanimously chosen temporar; chairman and was immediately swori in. He swore in the new members The House then went into the elec lion of a Speaker, and Mr. M. L Smith was chosen. J. C. Hamer, of Marlboro, was re elected clerk. When he -had take the oath of 'office, on m'tion of Mr Altamont Moses. he reported the or ganization of the House :.o the Sen ate, which had already reported t< the House as being organized. On the nomination of W. P. Pollock, J. S. Wil son, of Lancaster, was re-elected ser geant-at-arms. After the Dispensary. The legislative machinery was no quite ready to move with dispatch it al its parts, the new bills not being it shape to be acted upon as yet. 'So the sessions of both houses were short, ani neither was characterized by interest ing or important incident. The Senat( adjourned after the introduction of tw< unimportant new bills, and will likel3 adjourn until Monday. The House was in session only at hour, during which the Governor'. message was read. Representative Fra ser introduced a resolution to abolish the Saturday sessions of the House, s< as to adjourn on Fridays until Monday. '- at noon. An important new bill touching the dispensary is that by Representative Toole, who seeks to amend section' (the Brice act) so as to require the State board's consent before more that one dispenser can be appointed in any county. If a fourth of the qualified elec tors of a township in which it is pro posed to locate a dispensary petition for it an election shall be held and E majority at the ensuin!: lection ma3 reject the dispensary or in like mannei vote out dispensaries already estab lished. With the exception of Henry and Beaufort counties, dispensaries are not to be established in unincorporated towns except by special act of the Leg Islature. Counties may remove or es -tablish dispensaries by majority elec tion or petition of one-fourth the qual fled electors, but .these elections may be held only once' n four years. Section 4 provides for the appoint ment of the third member of th4 county board on the recommendatox *of the mayor at the county seat.- The county boards are to approve the or ders sent in by the dispensers for liquor. 'Thursday's Session. Thursday was again a do-nothing day in the South Carolina Legislature each house house adjourning after brief session, during which some new bills were introduced. Speaker of th4 House Smith announced his new com mittees, and this having been done it the Senate and the engrossing depart ment having gotten well under way it is expected that both houses will b4 working smoothly and with dispatcl by the first of next week. By an ayE and nay vote of 93 to 23 the Hous4 adopted Mr. Fraser's resolution doing away with Saturday sessions. In the House a number of new bills were ini troduced. These included Josh Ash ley's bill to abolish the lmmi,gratiox department. in the Senate, Senator Blease intro duced his bill calling for a reductiox in railroad fares to 2 1-2 cents a milE from 3 cents a mile. The committeE favorably reported his resolution call ing for a rigorous investigation of thE dispensary, but so far the result is that nothing definite will result from the Investigation and little attention ix ibeing given the resolution. The resolu tion went over, Senator Brice objecting to immediate constaeration.. Senator Raysor's dispensary bill, fol lowing the lines of Governor Heyward's suggestions with the exception that il gives the appointment of the threE members to the Governor, who Is alsc authorized to suspend the comimissiox for cause. The members of the board are to be paid $1,500 a year, and are t' meet weekly instead of monthly. The purchasing authority is taken fron the board and given to the commission ens, who is required to open the seal ed bids submitted to the State Treas urer in the presence of the board. The Senate and House com:;ittee ap pointed by the last Legislature to in vestigate the feasibility of establishing a State fertilizer faculty has submitted its report t,o the effect that t,he resolu tion under which the commission was created falling to provide for expense the commission has found a thorougi Investigation impossible. State Geolo gist Sloan, whom the commission call ed to its aid, estimated the cost of thorough investigation at $12,000~ ani two years' time. The matter Is o some general interest in view of th sad way in which the phosphate in dustry of the State has fallen off it the past decade-dwindling to almos nothing from a great and prosperou undertaking. The fight over the formation of th new county of Calhoun from partss o Edgefield, Abbeville and Greenwooi counties is warming up a bit, and in terest in the forthcoming contest increasing. A determined effort on th part of Edgefield will be made to ti up the new county in the Legislatur with the bill creating the new county The Calhoun advocated perfected thei approval of the State board of canvas sers from the finding of the Edgefielt county board, which decided to thro~ out the Edgefield vote on the groun that the books of registration wer opened on Mlonday instead of Tuesday as required by The Code. A specia meeting of the State board of canvas sers to determine the appeal will b held next Monlay at noon in the Sec retary of State's office. THE WAY OF A MN,. ,:!a "Critici.zn of Fair lomtcn and U"'n Trouble%. - 1 lo't . t ad ULt. yn if 1 pn aIuc '1() the overs my1 I haj. '1 to "OL ~ a bu" i it I splil i" ii 1:U_i1 ti'1C over' 1i3' 1 as you do o';er youl:. n I hotlr la:cr 1 'i. L'alan was s,1r r 1i: himsef! ai1i0ously in the inir -) b r11)1' i.im Is le sat in a chair .t hS)ir'br' s ::ad the barber was ;holdin::. ii 11irror b)acrk of him, while M ir. 'iand said. "Yes, I guess that will (.,. you might take just the least lit tie bit off the front part of my hair land c-ip off a tritle more just above miy Ieft ear. Seems to me you've left a little longer there than it is above my right ear. And I think I'll have - ou part my hair a little lower oi the s left-just a little: No, not that low. - A little higher. That wiil do. No, .don't comb it down quite so flat, and 1 brush it back more above the ears. That's better, but it's stil: too flat in front. Here: let me take the com). r See? I like it combed rather loosely. Let me see how. it looks in the back t again. Just hold that band mirror t back of me again. Isn't there a hair or two longer than the others right back of the left ear? Getting thinner 3 and thinner on top of my head, isn't r it? By Jove! l'd give ten thousand 1 dollars for some:hing that would keep - my hair from falling out and leaving me bald! Couldn't you.comb my hair somehow so that the bald spol wouldn't show quite so rrominently? Yes, I've tried :nassage for it. Had my scalp massaged an hour a day once for seven weeks. and was balder when I left off than when I began. Yes, you might powder lny neck a little, and just twist the ends of my mustache into something of a curl. That will do. Now do I look all right? Good-day." --The Woman's, Home Companion. WORDS OF WlSDOM. No prayer, no praise. , Worship fits for work. Sorrow is God's sieve. The Father of lights makes the fam ily of light. The steps of greed do not lead to the throne of grace. To laugh is proper to the man. Francis Rabelais. Nothing is given so profusely as ad vice.-La. Roche:'oucauld. God's angels are never apparent lest we should depend on them, nor ever absent lest we should despair without them. Hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches die that jurymen may dine. --Alexander Pope. The.Early Use of Dolls. France. which has always made fas hions for the world, started the custom of sending a doll 'off te Vienna. to Italy and to -'England, whenever a fresh fashion c'ame in, and -the arrivai of these grands courriers de I&.naode was an eveit oft the utmost' import ance. Even when the Britisly ports were closed in wvar time, speciqi per mission was given for the'eatrance of this messenger from France. Mercier speaks thus humorously about it: "'It is from Paris that the most Im .portant inventions in fashion give the law to the universe. The famous doll,' that precious puppet, shows the latest modes. One passes from Paris to Lon don every month, and from there goes to expand grace to all the empire. It i goes north and south, it penetrates to Constantinople and to St. Petersburg, and the pleat which is made in Paris by a French hand is repeated by every nation who is a humble observer of the taste of the Rue St. Honore." Perhaps this is the custom reflected in Venice, where at the annual fair held in the Plaza of St. Mark on 'Ascen sion day, a doll is always exhibited whose dress and laces serve as a model for the fashions of the year. The earliest dolls brought to Amer ica from abroad undoubtedly came as mere fashion plates, and only became playthings when they had served their first purpose.-Nancy V. McClelland, in Good Housekeeping. A King's Promise. In Belgium there is no capital pun ishment. The death sentence is often pronounced, but it is never executed. The statutes prescribe an extreme pen -alty, but it is only carried out construc tively, the condemned person being regarded in the eyes of the law as dead, but is permitted to live, serving Iout a life sentence in imprisonment. The reason for this strange state of affaIrs is that King Leopold promised his mother when she was dying that he would never sign his name to a death warrant. Death has been pro nounced upon many a criminal since, that time, but the death warrant has remained unsigned by the King. A .great many efforts hav-e been made 'to persuade King Leopold to make an ex ception to his promise. This was es pecially urged upon him in the case of three anarchists who had been con demned by the law to die, and al Ithough petitions signed by thousands Iof his subjects were presented, he would not yield, but remained faithful to the promise made to his dying mother.-Medicall Talk For the Home. SA MIan's Poesibilities For Living. -Actuaries employed by insurance companies adopt a standard method of computing prospective ages of risks. To ascertain how many years a person of given age is ordinarily expected to live, the present age is deducted from IeIghty, and two-thirds of the remain -der will indicate the likely future span of life. Actuarial schedules are a unit in this sy stem of calculation. In illus tration of the above statement: Age -twenty deducted from eighty years shows that forty ycars is the allotment, whie age sixty from eighty, leaving Ibalanace of twenty. represents that thir tei;e" ye:s and three mothis should, in favorable routine, elapse b)efore the in sured individual's liCe is classified in the past-tenise column. Thus it will lbe obsrved that insurance corpo9ations go thme biblical allowance of "t'ee score and ten" ten years bettexChie ~o Jamrnal. CAROLINA AFFAIRS Cccurrence; of interest in Various Parts of the State. Ceneal Cotton Mark?. 'Middling. Galvcstcn. eas: :... ............ New Orleans. uiet ............67 Mobile. easy. ..... ............ avannah, quiet .. ..............00 Baltimore. cuiet ..............71/ New York, quiet ...............1) ~cstn. ni'~... ...........6 Chariotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Middling.. .. .. .. .........' Tinges ..... ...........- 6 to 6% Stains .. ..................5 to 5% Hampton Monument Commission. At the meeting of the Hampton McTnument commission yesterday reso lutions were passed expressing the sor row of the members of the commission on account of the death of Col. C. S. McCall of Marlboro, chairman of the commission. Mr. McIver Williamson of Darlington was present and became a member of the commission by appoint ment of the governor. The other mem bers are: Senator Marshall and Rep resentatives E. Mitchell Seabrook, B. A. Morgan and Altamont Moses. Senator Marshall was elected chairman of the commission, an honor worthily bestow ed because he has taken such deep In terest in the enactIcc of fhe law and in the progress of the work of the commission. To Urge Organization. Anderson, SpeciaL-At the regular monthly meeting of the Farmers' Edu cational and Cooperative union a reso lution was unanimously adopted pedgiag the members of the union to reduce their cotton acreage this year 25 per cent. It was decided also to' make the same reduction in the use of commercial fertilizers. A committee of five was appointed to issue an address to the farmers of the State, urging thorough organization along, the lines of tb union in this county. Palmetto Itemt. The Union -.rd Glenn Springsg rail road has completed and opeied to the public the bridge made necessary by its 26-foot cut on Virgin street, near the old Presbyterian cemetary. The .. bridge is a very substantial structure and is wide enough in the middle to allow too vehicles te pass while on each side railed off is a pasagge way for pedestrians, the outside being lat tice work so closely built that there is no posibility for even a small child to fall throughg. The town street force nas been doing some work to put the approaches cf the bridgge in better con dition. This will be charged back to the railroad company. Florida Special Derailed. . Wilmington, N. C., Special.-Trala No. 37, known as the New York and Florida Special of the Atlantic Coast Ln, on Its initial trip from, New York to St. Augustine.- Florida, Inaugurating e tourist season, was wreckled this morning near Hardeeyfle S. C., 32 miles north of Savannah, the three rear coaches of the train made up of solid Pullmans having been derailed and tElrned on one side by the track. Fve pesengers, the Pullman conduc tor, electrician, four waiters, four cooks, two porters and the train con ductor, 3B4Cutcheon, Baggage Master Grist and the colored train porter were slightly hurt, while Flagman Moseley White, of Salters, S. C., was seriously, but not necessarily fatally, Injured. Headquarters of the system in this -- city have have not yet been able to accurately determine what caused the wreck. The three cars which left the track were at the rear, the locomotivee. and three others having passed over without damage. The Injured were transferred to the Intact section of the train and given necessary medical attendance at Savannahi, arriving there only an hour and ten minutes late. The remainder of the passerngers went through to thir destination. Fall River Unions to Meet. Fall River, Mass, Special-The mem bers of the different textile nloa ,In the city will be asked to vote on the. Question of delegating the power of set-. tling. the strike In the cotton milla here'to the fifteen members of the tex' tile council. The call for this meet mg was issued and is said to be the result of the efforts of Governor Doug lass to settle the strike, which has been in progress for nearly six months. Stock Growers' Convention. Jacksonville, Fla., SpeciaL.- The Southern Stock Growers' convention' listened to a number of interesting apers during the morning session. Four addresses were delivered at the afternoon session, after which the old officers were re-elected and the con vention adjourned to meet in Tampa, F'la., Fieb. 1.. Telegraphic Briefs. The American Public Health Asso ciaton , in session at Havanag discus sed tubcrculosis. More than 70,00)0 German coal min ers are on a strike. Vice-Admiral Doubanoff who recent ly conferred with the Czar, said that early pcace between Russia and Japan is likely. ' A statute of Lord Russel of Killowen formerly Chief Justice of England, was unveiled in Lozndon. King Christian, of Denmark, nomi nated M. J. Christensen, Mister of Pub li Instruction, to form a new cabinet. A bill has been introduced in con gress authorizing the sale of unused burial-lots in the Congressional ceme Two illed and Six Wounded. Manila, By Cable.-In an engagement vhich took place on January 8th, with refactory Moros on the island of Jolo, Lieutenant James J. Sev:ell and one private cf the Fourteenth United States C avalry, were l:illed and Second Lieu enat Roy W. Ashbrcok, of the Sev-. eteenth United States Infantry; Cap tain Halstead Dorey, of the Fourth United States Infantry; Second Lieu tenant R. C. Richardson, of the Four teenth United States Cavalry, and tre rate were wonnded.