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SOUTH CAROUI News of Interest Gleaned Fro Arranged For r penitentiary Report. The superintendent of the State penitentiary, Capt. D. J. Griffith,, has completed his annual report on re ceipts and expenditures for the year 1908. The report shows that under the present official force the institu tion has made considerable money and the affairs were conducted on the ahost businesslike basis. The showing is all the more remarkable because of the destruction of the August freshet. The statement of the cash on hand and the expenditures is given as fol lows: .... Cash on hand De cember 31st, year 1908.. . .$29,262.24 Cash receipts for year 1908.. .. 85,755.48 -$115,017.72 Expenditures Expenses for year 1908, cash... ..$ 63,669.00 Permanent improment, ? 1908. 10,956.29 $74,625.29 Cash balance on hand De cember 31, 1908.. - 40,392.43 297 bales cotton on band December 31, 1908. 13.365.00 Accounts due and available 5,000.00 Total on hand and available $58,757.43 The permanent improvements in clude the reformatory building at the lexington, farm, costing $4,347.S9; boiler room at same, $1,875; beds for reformatory, $1,003.29; South Caro lina Industrial school at Florence, $543:9S ; Reid" 'farm 'mill, ' $580 ; mill equipment, $113.70; also repairs to "women's building at the Stat, prison ?nd various incidental expenses inci dent to keeping up the penitentiary buildings and outbuildings, making the total of $10,956.29 for permanent improvements. By the flood th? o^e penitrnti?ry farms lost about 20,00 bushels of corn as well as five or 10 tons of ha}', and bad it not been for this disaster the profit from the penitentiary this year would have been at least $75,000. As it is the showing of the year is the best in the history of the instution. Anderson Fanner Suicides. Anderson, Special.-News reached the city Sunday of a suicide, which occurred in the aorthern section of Garvin township, near the Picken s county line Saturday. Mr. W. A. nnxr. a \chitfi_man about 60 years --- Laurens Merchant Fails. Laurens, Special.-Former State "Senator O. P. Goodwin, farmer1 and merchant, Saturday made a general assignment for the benefit of his cred itors. Robt. A. Cooper of the firm of Simpson, Cooper & Babb, attorneys. ' being the assignee. Assets consists' of two. farms and some surburban town property, including a store house. The schedule of liabilities is incomplete but Mr. Goodwin's friends believe he will be able to save his home. How ever, itv is made without reservation, the homestead privelege being waived and crower rights renounced by Mrs. Goodwin. It is practically certain that creditors will be paid in full. Governor Calls For Contributions. Columbia, Special.-Governor An sel Tuesday afternoon issued an ap peal to the people of the State to con tribute to the relief of the Ilalian earthquake sufferers through* the South Carolina representatives of the Red Cross. Governor Ansel himself bas sent forward a contribution, which was acknowledged in a dispatch from an Italian newspaper. Fire Near Rock Hill. Rock Hill, Special.-The home of Mr. Will Biggers, situated on las farm, about four miles north of the city, with all its contents, was burned Wednesday night between 10 and Hi o'clock. Mr. Ed Biggers was the only ! person at home and he awoke barely ia time to save his life. The fire I caught near the chimney in the roof' and the falling timbers' waked the sleeper. The insurance carried on the bouse and furniture is not more than 50 per cent of the value and Mr. Big gers' loss is consequently heavy. Raiding Blind Tigers. Spartanburg, Special.-The police of Spartanburg, who have been active ' in running down blind tigers, have commenced to put on the screws tight er. This year promises to be a hard one for the dealers in liquor. Mayor Floyd has employed several plain clothes men to aid the regular mem-' hers of the police force in enforcing j the law. Several arrests have been made within the last twenty-four hours. Thc Cross in the East. The Columbia State of Thursday says: It was reparted last night that about 8 o'clock a beautiful silvery cross was seen in the eastern sk}'. The joining of the cross pieces was the moon, almost at full. The phenome non, or whatever it was, was observed from, several parts of the city and is declared not to have been any cloud effect, but something more spectacu lar. Mi?WS ITEMS m AI. Sections of the State and Busy Readers Skeleton Eaten With Quicklime. .Charleston, Special.-A gruesome and uncanny find was made Wednes day afternoon by Sexton Conklin in some marsh land just east of the St. Laurence Cemetery, when he stumbled over the partial skeleton of a human being, scattered in pieces over the grorid. Immediately after the dis covery Mr. Conklin . communicated with the coroner. The thigh and shin bones, together with a portion of the jaw bones of the skeleton were found lying within a distance of three feet apart. Nearby, a coat, hat and lady's satchel were in evidence, wrapped up in a part of a sheet very much dt cayed and covered with quicklime. Further on a paint brush was also picked up. The ?coroner was at a loss to say whether any foul work had been done or not. That the ghastly object was not there last Sun day afternoon is positively stated by the sexton, who had occasion to in spect thai part of the grounds at that time. . Knifed to the Heart. Columbia, Special.-What promises to turn out a sensational scandal is the finding Sunday afternoon of the body of Mr. Mann Phillips, a promi nent young Oconee man, two miles soutj' of the town of Walhalla, with a knife wound in his heart. Very meagre details have reached here so far about the tragedy, but it is evi dent that Oconee county is greatly stirred up over the ' killing. Enogh evidence has been gathered to warrant the arrest of two prominent young men for the murder, De Witt and Cleo, Yandiver, of Westminster. . The theory is that young Phillip's body had been carried to the spot where it was found after he had been murder ed. He was not armed and had on his heavy driving gloves and an over coat. It is believed he has been dead since Thursday night. Tried to -Shoot Train Hand. Blacksburg, Special.-On Sunday night three boys got on a freight train at Gastonia and proceeded to beat their way South. On the way to Bessemer a train hand was walking the top of the cars back to the cab and the three boy tramps shot at him. One of them, Charley Boyles, was lying flat on top of a car shooting when the conductor came up behind and secured him and brought him on to Blacksburg, where he was locked up. A deputy came down from Gas tonia and carried him back to jail in Dallas. He gave the names of the other bays who had escaped. They have probably been caught b}' this complainant against Oulla, .ann JJan iels; Elmore Daniels, defending him self on the charge of defrauding Mrs. Looper of $2,500, and Mrs. S. S Tiner, wife of the Paco! et man who is being tried for the murder of Ed. Kirby. ' Farm Producta. The report of Commissioner Wat son to the Legislature puts the total value of farm products in the State for 1908 at something over $118,000, 000 exclusive of cotton and live stock and live stock products. The year just closed will also be a bumper cot ton year, the yield going over a mil lion andria'quarter bales. $500,000 For Good Roads. Spartanburg, Special-At a well at tended meeting of representative cit izens of Spartanburg county Tuesday, a' resolntion was passed suggesting, to the Sp irtanburg delegation that a bill be introduced authoriziner^an elec tion to vote on the question of issuing bonds in the sum of $500,000 for the purpose of building good roads in the county. Spartanburg Levy Fixed. Spartanburg, Special.-The board of county commissioners have asked the Spartanburg delegation to the Legislature for a levy of 51-2 mills for this year. The commissioners pledged themselves not to go outside the amount to be raised by this levy, provided the delegation made such provisions as they deem necessary to pay off the present floating indebted ness. The indebtedness is between one hundred and fifty and two hun dred thousand dollars. Quake in Chester County? Chester. Special.-Some of the cit izens of Lewis and other sections o? the country think they felt a slight earthquake shock last week at about the same time that the great Italian disaster occurred, and while no dam age resulted to life or property, we understand that the quiver was quit? perceptible and caused considerable alarm in certain quarters. * Bird Hunter Killed. Marion, Special.-While hunting birds last week, near Mr. Henry Ber ry's home, Henry Braswell, 23 year? old, was acciedtally shot and fatally wounded by'Surry Waters, death en suing later. _ Something like No. 8 shot fell like rain at Santa Cms, Cal., on Wednes day. They were hot enough to burn where they struck the flesh. They are supposed to be of meteoric origin. DOINGS OF CONGRESS Summary of Important Proceedings Enacted From Day to Day. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6. Senate Summary. The postal savings bank bill was before the senate and many amend ments were proposed to it, some of them requiring the deposit of postal savings funds in State as well as nat ional banks. The Senate also received two mes sages from the President, one recom mending additional interstate com merce legislation and the other relat ing to the absorption by the United States Steel Corporation of the Ten nessee Coal and Iron Company, and passed several bills on the calendar. At 4:11 p. m. the Senate adjourned. House Summary. The only incident worthy of note in the proceedings of the House of Representatives and which caused a good deal of amusement was a brief discussion of the forthcoming African hunting trip of President Roosevelt. Incidentally there was a reference to the famous so-called Ananias Club. The whole debate hinged on tho newspaper story stating that Major Edgar O. Mearas, of the army, was to accompany the President and that in order to do so he had been put on (he retired list with increased rank. The matter was brought up by Mr. Mann, of Illinois, in connection with the consideration of a bill authorizing the issuance of commissions to officers who retire with increased rank. The remainder of the day was de voted to the consideration of a num ber of miscellaneous bills and resolu tions. At 5:18 p. m. the House adjourned. THURSDAY, JAN. 7. Senate Summary. Characterizing the action of the President in directing the Attorney General not to prosecute the United States Steel Corporation for its ab sorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company as "another arbitrary and lawless act of the Chief Magis trate," Sen?tor Culberson, of Texas, introduced a resolution in the Senate instructing thc committee on the judi ciary to report at as early a date as practicable whether in the opinion of that committee . thc President was authorized to permit such absorption. Mr. Culberson, at considerable length, criticised the President and insisted that Congress had the right i to give directions to a head of an executive department under certain conditions. Senator Hopkins declared that thc Texas Senator was not properly rep resenting the President and said that Mr. Roosevelt had not approves the action of the steel corporation, but OvJlliUr ?ililli 1_,U UJlJiiilUtc UUi'wuatX providing for an increase of the sal ary of the President to $100.000. and of the salaries of the Vice-President and the Speaker of the House .at Representatives to $20,000 each. The Senate adjourned at 1:22 p. m. House Summary. Although technically under consid eration in the House of Representa tives the District of Columbia appro priation bill was side tracked, while the members indulged in general de bate. This took a wide range, thc proceedings openeing with a defense of the rules of the House by Mr. Olm sted, of Pennsylvania. His remarks stirred up the subject in all its phases, and gave the so-called insurgents un der the'leadership of Mr. Gardner, of Massachusetts, an opportunity to air' their grievances. Mr. Cockran, of New York, occupied middle ground on the proposition. Mr. Taft's reported intention to break the solid South was incidentally brought into discussion in the course of a speech on the tariff by Mr. Shep pard, of Texas, who remarked in that connection that the President-elect had made himself ridiculous. FRIDAY, JAN. 8. House Summary. After having made him the target all day for criticism with here and there words of commendation, the House of Representatives by a vote of 212 to 35 rebuked the President by tabling so much os his message as re flected on -members of Congress in connection with his recommendations regarding the secret service detectives and also declaring it to be the sense of the House that they shall decline to consider any communications from any source which is not in its own judgment respectful. Ttward the close of the debate Mr. Gardner, of Massachusetts, vainly, -en deavored to secure, first the'adoption of a substitute for the resolution in the shape of an amendment express ing confidence in the committee' on ap propriations, and then the postpone ment of tho whole matter until Mon day but he was overwhelmingly out voted. Senate Summary. The Senate passed a bill providing conditions under which the thirteenth census will be taken. The House bill which was under consideration was amended to allow printing and bind ing of census reports to be done by private contract, instead of in thc. government printing office if found desirable by the director of the cen sus. An amendment placing the ap pointment of 3,500 census office clerks under the civil service commission was defeated. Senator Culberson's resolution in structing the committee on the ju diciary to report whether thc Prrsi dent has authority to permit the ab sorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by the United States Steel Corporation was adopted. The Public Awaits Its Reading Before the Senate. FRIENDS RESERVE CRITICISM Senator's Statement Will Be Read Those Who Have Examined All the Evidence Produced by the Presi dent Declare Tha* if the Facts Be True, the Senator is Guilty Simply of an Indiscretion and There Was Nothing Criminal in His Actions. Washington, Special.-No subject has been gossiped about recently at the Capitol "with such fervor as Pres ident Roosevelt's disclosure ef Sena tor Tillman's alleged connection with an Oregon land deal, but the collea gues of the South Carolinian are in clined to withhold judgment until he has had an opportunity to explain. The fact that the Senator will read his explanation probably will rob it of some of the sharp and homely epi grams usual to his speeches. Many exnre ssions of dissatisfaction are heard because of the manner in which the President made public the material gathered by postoffice in spectors about Senator Tillman. It is pointed out by Senators that the matter sent to Senator Hale was not in response to the latter's request to the heads of the executive depart ments for a statement of the opera tions of the secret service, as the in vestigation of Senator Tillman's alleged effort to obtain Oregon lands was prosecuted by inspectors of the Postoffico Department. It was rumored at the Capitol that thc President told a friend, who re peated the remark, that an effort was made by Senator Hale and Aldrich to suppress the facts about Senator Tillman. Undoubtedly this impres sion was gained by a visit to the President by Mr. Hale, who suggested that the matter relating to Mr. Till man be withdrawn. President Roose velt declined to withdraw the refer ence. Some of the Senators who have ex amined all of the evidence produced by the President and tho postoffice inspectors say that if the facts are as represented, the offense was one of impropriety and indiscretion, but that no criminality is involved. It was said that Mr. Tillman might have intro duced his resolution calling upon the Department of Justice to begin pro ceedings to compel the sale of the Oregon land at $2.50 an acre, in ac cordance with the original grant, and at the same time apply for some of the land withdrawn without making himself the target for severe criticism. In his statement in Fobrnarv* last the Senator said that he had not bought any Western land nor had he tracted" io uu,r the whole ease'egainst him has been built upon thc interpretation placed apon tho word "undertaken." To bring this whole matter before the public eye nt once let it be noted that Senator Tillman some time ago uTgcd that certain land grants, in Oregon had been forfeited by lack of compliance with terms of the errant and urged that they be sold. While looking into the matter he concluded to make an investment himself. When certain investigations were bein? made by, the secret service men this was discovered. In the late troubles between the President and Congross about the secret service appropria tions which the President wanted re stored to former sufficiency and the charges by Congress that th*5 secret service department was becoming of fensively active, the President used strong language which Congress looked upon as reflections on that body and. demanded of the President instances to justify his language. While disavowing anv intention of discourtesy he complied so far as to give names that furnished thc basis of bis lanenage. Thus the cast of Senator Tillman became a part of the justfication of the President. It seems that the Senator's case was stumbled upon while making cei tain other investigations. It is also stated that certam parties who were offended with; Senator Tillman's urging the salo of this Oregon land resorted to this method of rev?nee to put the President in possession of the facts of Senator Tillman's purpose to acquire some of this land. The Senator, it is well known, is in danger of physical collapse but will make a strong personal defense be fore the Senate. Now he finds too that an envelope with certain im portant papers which he left (before going to Europe) in his private drsV in committee room are missing. He does not charge that they were taken by detectives but such was possible from the fact that there were onlv common locks on tho desk. To add to the complication Post master Pams has sent Senator Till man a bill of $10.00 for postage for a typewriter that the Senator had franked from Trenton, S. C., to Wash ington, it being claimed that he had no right to send it under the frank ing privilege. The Senator refuse? to pay the bill on the ground that, il is the government's typewriter, that he was using in the'interest of the public and that it was the custom so to do, he having never heard cf any rule promulgated against it. Had it been his own private .albir he would" have expressed or freighted it. Senator Tillman has been accredit ed with rigid honesty as is President Roosevelt, the fenner fiery to the term of "pitchfork" and the latter impul sive to an unusual degree. Withal thc public will most prohablv pass nc judgment until further developments MR. TAFT'S VISITORS. The President-Elect is Kept Busy Greeting Callers and Conferring With Prominent Republican. Augusta, Ga., Special.-The Presi dent-elect is a member of the national child labor committee, and Wednes day he listened to a report on general conditions of child labor in the South, from A. J. McKelway, secretary of the committee for the Southern States. Mr. McKelway has bead quarters at Atlanta. It was his con clusion that the child labor laws of the Southern States are pretty well adapted to conditions, but that there is laxness in their enforcement. No action on the subject is understood to be contemplated at this time. National Chairman Frank H. Hitch cock returned from his trip to Bir mingham and Atlanta, and had an ex tended interview with Mr. Taft. John Hays Hammond, who visited Atlanta, zame back with Mr. Hitchcock. Chauncey Dewey, of Chicago, recently appointed inspector general of the Il linois State militia, is here to see Mr. Taft and Mr. Hitchcock. Mr.. Dowey was one of the two Taft delegates from that State in the convention, and it is understood he has some po litical friends he wishes to intercede for. A call was made on Mr. Taft by Judge William H. Jackson, of New York, and his brother, Henry Jackson, of Atlanta. The latter is a Georgia Republican of prominence. Henry Anderson, of Richmond, talked Southern politics with Mr. Taft it some length Wednesday, but noth ing tangible for publication resulted. The President-elect smilingly sub mitted himself for "exposure" to practically all the photographers in Augusta Wednesday. They called at his cottage, they said, to keep an en gagement made by Mr. Taft's "Jap anese secretary." This meant Moni co Lopez, his Filippino valet, and Mrs. Taft enjoyed the joke hugely. Building the Sea Wall at Sumter. Bapid progress is being made on the construction of the sea wall on Sullivan's Island and no trouble is experienced with the receiving of the material. At the scene of the work there is a large force of men and a fine equipment of machinery, driving piles and placing rock, and the work is very satisfactory. The building of the sea wall, of course, is under the charge of the United States engineer officer stationed at Charleston. Cnpt. E. M. Adams, of the corps of engi neers, and " he has as engineer in charge Mr. J. H. DuPre. a well known civil engineer, who is assisted by Mr, William Dehon. another capa ble member of that profession. Venezuelan Matter Not Yet Settled. Washington. Special-Daily advices are being received at the State De partment from William I. Buchanan, j the American special commissioner, who is now in Caracas, conducting ne 1 ' 11--+V?/? flf\mat of ri VP rn broad and iorm tuc ... his negotiations with the Venezuelan government are conducted. Grounds Off Cape Charles. Norfolk, Va., Special.-Losing her bearings in the dense forr early Wed nesday morning the British steamer An gio-Af ri can, with a carog from Tocopila, Mex., bound for Baltimore, brought up on Smith's Island* off Cape Charles, there is little wind and only a moderate sea running. She is reported in good condition. It is said it will he necessary to lighten the cargo before the vessel can be hauled off the beach. Southern Steel Com nany Will So c Start Up. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-W; P. G. Harding, member of the re-organi zation committee of the Southern Steel Company, announced Monday that the new corporation will be one of the largest in the South and that the plant will resume operation with in six or eight weeks. . Wilbur Wright Smashes All Aero plano Records. Lemans, France, By Cable.-Wil bur Wright, the American aeroplanist, beat all previous aeroplane records here Thursday with a magnificenl flight that lasted for two hours, and nine minutes. 'He covered officially a distance of 73 miles, but as a matter of fact, counting the wide curves, he made over 90 miles. Mr. Wright's feat was the more remarkable because of the intense cold. . After breaking the record Mr. Wright went ajoft again with M. Barthou as a passen ger. Schooner Capsizes; Four Drowned. Mystic. Conn.. Special.-The Gil; bert Transportation Company's schooner Myra W. Speers capsized 15 miles off Cape Cod on-the night of December 30th and four men of the crew were drowned. Captain Elisha F. Rogers, and one man were taken off by a fishing schooner. The Speers loaded with railroad tics from New London to Boston, struck a submerg ed wreck and was overturned. Judge Speer's Decision Reversed. New Orleans, La., Special.-A de cision of vast importance to the South and Southwest because it affects the question of an increase in freight rates on practically all thc railroads in these sections was handed down here Wednesday by thc United States Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing; the decree of Judge Emory Speer. oJ the Southern district of Georgi;] which restrained the defendant rail roads from putting the proposed in creased freight tariffs into effect. NEVER HURRY DOWN. Women should never hurry down to breakfast, says a beauty expert. In spite of what the poets sing, a wo man doesn't look her best In the ear ly morning. If she hurries over her dressing, she certainly wont look well. Wherefore she should rise In the most leisurely fashion, make her toilet as if time did not exist, and then she can stroll down to break fast with her face smooth and seren" and quite free from the lines which fuss and hurry Inevitably make. 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