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\ An interesting Co I Genera > To the . Honorable, the Members, r the General Assembly of the Sts rv ' of South Carolina : ( . Another year has come, and y -are gathered to discharge the hi .and honorable duties laid upon y %? *by the people. It becomes my di to give to you such information [j!''- H have as to the condition, of t ' State and to suggest and recomme such legislation as to me may set k meet and proper. : State Finances. , At your last session, you gave t i "thority to-the Governor, the St? Treasurer and the Comptroller Ge -eral to borrow, not exceeding fl Imndred thousand dollars to meet t ? -obligations of the State to becbi X- *due during the year 10QS-such ..Confederate soldiers' pensions, i *terest on public deb'., appropriate tfor the State institution; of learoii .and other, appropriations mad- 1 "your honorable bodies. It became necessary .for us/ to bc TOW, dnring the year, the full arnon .so allowed and provided for, whii .amount will be repaid out of tl State taxes now being collected. Tl interest on said sum amounted $13,098.26. This will have to be co: tinned yea rafter year unless son plan is devised to catch up. I bril this matter to your attention in o der that yon may give the same yoi 1 earnest consideration and adoi some measure that will remedy tl matter. ?> In may last annnnl message, I re ommended the levying of a specii tax each year for'several. years 1 provide a sum so that we would n< be required to borrow. I hope thi some action will be taken to plat the State on a cash basis. I refer you to the report of or State Treasurer, which will give yo full and accurate information as t the financial condition of the Stat? 'V; - -Sinking Pund, . The Sinking Fund Commission ha <Ione a good work during the pas year. The assets of the several fund managed by this Commission orv. D< ?ember 31. 1 HOV were as follows: o& Cumulative Sinking Fund (for re demption and payment of South Cai olina Brown 4 1-2 per cent bonds' six-hundred and sixty-eight thousan ':. ,. and fiftv-eisrht and *09-10i dollars ($668.055.09.) Crrdin?ry Sinking Fund, seventy one thousand six hundred and thirt; and 12-100 dollars ($71,630.12). Sinking" Fund for Insurance, o Publie ?uildings. forty-five" thous?ni six hundred and eieht-five and - 61 100. dollars ($45,685.61). All will more fully appear by ref ?rence to the report of the Commis sioners.of the Sinking. Fund . v ?. State Dispensary Building. < At your last session yoar hdnor able bodies passed on Act. providing for the sale of the State Dispensar] building and lot in the City of Co ; lumbia br the Commissioners of th< Sinkine Fund, placing the upsei price at seventy-five thousand dollars The Sinking Fund Commission, ir obedience to said Act, advertised . the same for. sale, stating the upsei price. Kb bids were received foi the same. The property was turned over tc the Sinking Fund Commission by th< commission appointed to wind up th< State -Dispensary and is now in th? possession and under the control ol the Sinking Fund Commission. Ap plication has been made by several parties tp lease it, but no power was given the Sinking Fund Commission to make a lease. They desire thal authority be given them, either .tc sell or lease said building on such terms and for such length of time a* to your honorable bodies, may seerii best for the interest ot the State. Assessment of Property. This- important matters comes UTI every year for consideration, and ?he question naturally presents itself, what shall be done? I reiterate the plan I submitted in my message at its last session. In this the Governor recommends that parties making tax returns give under oath the items of his property and the value he places upon them, the same to be recorded that the equilization board may act intelli gently. Education. ; Much progress has been made dur ing the .past yearin thc educational interests'of the'State. "" ? " High schools are being established all over the State and thc common schools are keeping pace with the progress of the times, as much so as can be with the funds provided for them. I wish to emphasize here what I said in my inaugural address in January, 1907: "Our State Constitution requires that'-we shall 'provide a liberal sys tem of free public schools for all children between the ages of six and twenty-one.' We can realize the mind of the framers of this organic law. "The State institutions of' higher learning are doing a great work in the education^ of * many of our girls and boys, but these fortunate ones are but a meagre ten per cent of those within thc school age; and thc others are wholly dependent upon the common schools. ' 'Many of the graded schools are Injunction Secured. Collins, Miss., Special.-Seeking to restrain the carrying out of the leg islative act which provides for the establishment and support of an ag ricultural school for the "Education of White Youth's" in Mississippi on the ground that it violates the four 4eenth amendment to the constitu tion, Bobert Gaines, a negro, secured a temporary injunelion from ^udge Bollard resl raining the sheriff j and treasurer of Jasper county from col lecting taxes for . thc support of ?.?hcols of thu character stated. iv^j?qi?Mi.ix.|ii?ir'?ttr?<.,?t',??*>v.'?iar.?gs?'-*!. i ' " munlcation to The Assembly kept open for njne months in the year, but/many of tho small schools in the rural districts are in session but for three or four months in the year. Realizing that most of the children who attend these schools are receiving from them all ' the school advantages that they will ever get, are we doing our full duty to them? Are we thus fitting them for all of the duties of an intelligent citizen ship? . "You have no more important mat ter that will come before you, and I recommend that liberal appropria tions j be made for the common schools." The Governor notes the good work of the University and recommends that the number.of "normal scholar ships" be increased- to two to every county instead of 41 as now. Winthrop College is commended for such appropriations as may be needed to carry on its excellent work. Favorable consideration, is . asked for Clemson College for its faithful work. The. Military A cadera j is also com mended foi" Hz splendid achieve ments. President Waiker o:' th* Deaf ana Dumb and Blind Institute he says'is the right man in the right place. It is doing well and costs less per cap ita than any institution of its kind in the United States. He recom mends all needed appropriations. Industrial School For White Boys. ' Since the last meeting of the Gen eral Assembly, with the appropria tion made, the Board of Trustees have had erected a three-story brick building on the one hundred and eleven acres of land donated by the Atlantic Land and Improvement Company near the City of Florence, and have furnished the same with furniture, etc., to accommodate twenty-five boys. They have employ ed a competent superintendent and his'.'wife, both of whom have had years of experience in this work, and the institution was opened on the 4th day of November last." Thirteen boys have already been , admitted to the school and a good beginning has been made. I recommend that a liberal appro priation be made to buy needed, appara tus and mach'--??'- to teach th? boys who are. sent " "~~ trade, and to the fiscal yes The Colored I 'respectf to the good tution for shown by th Trustees. I, recommend "that the appiuH^_ 'fions asked for, by .the board be made. Dispensary Law. . Four counties of the State have voted out county dispensaries, to wit: Chesterfield, Chester, Claren don and Larens, leaving twenty-one counties in which there are county dispensaries and twenty-one counties in. $vhich we . have i county prohibi tion. In my last message, I reommended that the Carey-Cothran Act* be amended by providing "that not more than one county dispensary be allowed in any county where liquor is allowed to .be sold, except in those counties where there are . cities with a population exceeding twenty-five thousand." This suggestion was not enacted into law, and I now renew the recommendation and that the said Act be I further amended by making all the counties dry, that is, not al lowing liquor to be sold in any of the counties of the State, with the right to any of the counties now having dispensaries to vote upon thc ques tion as to whether liquors shall. be sold in said counties according to the rules and r?gulation ; provided in the Carey-Cothran ' . odid election to" be ordered up< petition being filed with the Coun.y Supervisor of such county, signed by at least one third of the qualified electors of such county. I also recommend that the Act be further amended by not "al lowing any county in which liquor is allowed to be sold to have a bottling, plant or mixing or blending plant, and that all liquors of every kind shall be purchased in bottles or in jugs, and sold in the original pack ages. 1 The commission appointed to wind up the State Dispensary. were, pro! ceeding with their "work during the past year until they were enjoined by the United States Circuit Court from paying out any of the funds in their hands. For a history of the litigation in the United States Court I respect fully refer you to the report of the Attorney-General. I recommend that provision he made for the per diem of the mem bers of the Commission for the year 1909. The Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Immigration. This Department has spent much time during the year in the agricul tural interests of the State. It has been instrumental in having the Ag ricultural Department of the United States establish several demonstra tion farms within the State. It seems to me that this Depari Southern Commercial Congress to Baild Skyscraper. Washington, Special.-Representa tives of the Southern Commercial Congress -have purchased the St. Mathews Catholic church property ot I 15th and H streets: It is planned to raise an endowment fund of one mil lion., and erect a twelve story office building and permanent home. One floor will contain the auditorium, while another will bc assigned to a permanent exhibit .of southern pro ducts. ment should devote-its time and en ergies ,tp "the agricultural j and com mercial interests of. the .State, ,.at- the same time ^giving to ail home seek ers and home builders such informa tion as ta our climate, resources,?etc.. as they may desire. The duties of the Commissioner of Labor could also bev placed on. this Department, and thus save the expense of this office, should it be established. In this con nection, I call your attention to the matter of the establishment of a De partment of Labor. I bespeak your earnest consideration of it and recom mend that some conservative measure be adopted with such powers and du ties as to you shall seem wise and prudent Soldien ' Home In obedience to the Act of the Gen eral Assembly passed at the last ses sion, I appointed a commission-con sisting of Messrs. D. Carwile, J. W. Beed and J. "C. Cantey, veterans, and Messrs. Milie Jones and J. Q. Mar shall, sons of veterans, to take chaTge of, and have constructed, the home for Confederate veterans as the said Act provided. The work was begun and the home is now nearing comple tion. The building is commodious and well fitted fdr the purpose and win make an ideal home ,for these grand old; men who fought for their country and who are now waiting for the command to "cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.".! . >. This home will have to be main tained and I refer you to the report of the commission on what has been done and what will b<* needed to car ry it on. In this connection, I desir to call attention to the pensions for the needy Confederate veterans. Many of them are now poor and deserving and it is our bounden duty to care and provide for them. I respectfully re commend a liberal appropriation for this purpose. Assault With Intent to "Ravish, etc. There are some amendments to the criminal statutes that I consider of great importance and which I think should be passed by your honorable bodies at this session. I called atten tion to them in my inaugural address and as they have not been enacted into law, I wish to repeat the recom mendations now. Subsequent events have confirmed my opinion that they were right and proper. I quote from said inaugural. "I further wish to call to your at tention another matter which I con sider of grave importance and that is the enactment of a law providing, the death penalty to any male person making an assault upon a female with intent to ravish, granting *the right to the jury trying the case to fix the punishment at life imprisbn QEtlt QUU_. shall be read to the jur. a= ?.xw... of the said witness on the trial of the case. "In this connection, I ask that you pass an Act making it a misdemean or to post or display in any public place indecent pictures of females. It is obvious to all. right thinking per sons." Supreme Court. More room for our Supreme Court and the Supreme Court library is necessary. ' A suitable court-room could be bpilt on the State House grounds. The money for this pur pose could be borrowed from the State Sinking Fund Commission and the same paid back by a small ap propriation each year for several years.1 .1 recommend that you appoint a comriiittee or a commission to look into this matter. Several of the State officers . have to rent offices or use committee rooms in order to carry on their work. If this court build ing were erected, the rooms now oc cupied by the Supreme Court would be sufficient to accommodate these of ficers. National Guard. The citizen soldiery is a very im portant arm oi the State government and should be sustained and-encour aged by all lovers of peace and or der. It has been my duty to call on some of them on more than one oc casion during the past year, and they have always responded with ' prompt ness and performed the duties for which they were called with fidelity. I call your especial attention to the needs of the National Guard and recommend a liberal appropriation for its maintenance.. State Hospital For the Insane. The report of the regents for the State Hospital . . the Insane will give you in dec 1 the condition of this institution: . There were on the first day of Jan uary, 1909, 1,463 patients within its walls. There were admitted during the year 606; 262 were discharged, and 251 died during the year. This institution must be sustained and maintained. Superintendent, Dr. J. W. Babcock, has made a very important contribu-' tion to medical science'in the study he has made and the papers he has contributed on the disease known as pellagrar Penitentiary. This penal institution is one of the best and is self-sustaining. Much damage was done to the State Farms and the crops thereon, by the floods Mother's Bash Deed. Apex, Special.-Mrs. B. B. Beas ley, brooding over the death af a child last summer, which she over nursed, attempted suicide Monday morning. While her husband was sleeping she rose and with a razor slashed her throat. She fell uncon scious and while thus on the floor a well developed, living child was born to her. Little hope of her recovery is held by the doctor. She is the moth er of six children. TO-WIMM?**?*?? *W.t?- ?. ..??.:.????.?. I ???-..!?.???.-.-. of August last.' This, with the iow price of cotton,- will show a decrease in. the income. The health pf the con-" victs has been reasonably good and the death rate-yery. small. The seven white boys under the age of sixteen years who were on the Lexington .County farm, called the reformatory, were transferred in No vember last to the Industrial School for White Boys at Florenc?, .is pro vided in the Act establishing the same, and they are now being well cared for and taught by competent persons at this industrial, school. The State Board of Health. This Board has done a good work this past year. The secretary has visited every part of the State when called on to examine into any cases of contagious or infectious diseases, and has prevented the spread of these diseases. On one or more occasions, the entire Board has responded to the call of their chairman and did good work in examining the cause of threatened epidemics and preventing their spread. Their work should be commended and sustained. I recomm?nd the necessary appro priation for the present year. Insurance Department. Several amendments to the insur ance law passed at your last session are suggested in the report of the Insurance Commissioner. These are necessary* and essential. Full power should be given to the Commissioner over investment companies as well as dre and life insurance companies. Historical Commission. The work of the Historical Com mission during the past year has been concerned chiefly with the preserva tion and orderly arrangement of the State's valuable collection of public records. The Commission has caused many additional records to be so flied as to make them available for use. I recommend that the needed appro priation be made to carry it on. The Audubon Society. The preservation of our game and fish from unlawful destruction is a matter in which every good citizen of the State feels an intrest. The Audubon- Society, chartered by the General Assembly in 1907. has charge of this matter arid is diligent and persevering: in carrying out the laws on the subject. The second annual report of this Society will be laid on your desks. Railroads. On the first of April last, the Southern Railway Company and the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company put on sale a two and one-half cent passenger rate on their several roads; a one-thousanm-mile mileage book for one person at two cents per mile; a two-thousand-mile milege book for *~?* r>orsnns belonging to one firm to the traveling public. Salaries. . The salaries of our State officers and Supreme and Circuit Court Judges should be raised to at . least what they were a few years since. The increase will not affect me or the other officers now holding office under their present terms, but I feel that it is due to those who come after us and I therefore, recommend it. Conservation of Our Natural Resour ces. It was my privelege to attend a Conference of the Governors of the States of the Union at the White House in Washington last May upon the important question of the conser vation of our natural resources. Many valuable suggestions were made and much information disseminated. Since that I have appointed a committee to get up information upon this subject, so far as i cerns the State, in order that j ^ay, at a later date, make such recommendations'' to you as to what should bc done along these lines". ? Governor's Mansion. I recommend that a commission be appointed to enquire into the cost and feasibility of erecting a new Mansion upon the lot on which the present Mansion stands, and reiterate what I said in my last message, which is as follows:' "The prseent mansion was erect ed more than fifty years ago, and has served the purpose for which it was built. Since 1SS0, it has been uesd as a home for the Governor. While it is comfortable, yet it is de teriorating and will soon require many repairs. The lot on which this building stands is one of the'; best in the City of Columbia. A new mansion built in the center of the lot, fronting on Richland street with side entrances from Gadsden and Loncoln streets, would be an ornament to the capital city of the State, and an ideal home for your Governor." And now, gentlemen of the General Assembly, the future welfare of the' State is in your hands. I know that you will look well to her interests and prosperity. Let wisdom and justice guide you in all of your de libratibns. I ninvoke the blessings of the Su preme Ruler of the Universe upon each of you and upon all the people of the State. Respectfullv, M. F. ANSEL. Governor. Columbia, S. C.. January 12, 1909. Wants to Take His Punishment. Raleigh, Special.-In Superior court Monday Aloubo Allen, who killed John H. Pierce at Leesville, this county, last September, pleaded guilty of mi der in the second de gree and was sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary.; He fled directly after the murder, leaving thc State, but returned a month ago say ing ho was tired of hiding and want ed to return to take his punishment. ?THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Following .is a fist o?, the members of the State senate with the post office addresses, the names with the * being those of new senators. The Senate. lieutenant governor and president of the senate-Hon. T. G. McLeod of Lee county; postoffice ls Bishop ville. Abbeville-W. N. Graydon, Abbe ville. Aiken-G-. W. Croft*, Aiken. Anderson-G. W. , Sullivan, Wil liamston. Bamberg-J*. B. Black, Bamberg. Barnwell-Geo. H. Bates, Barn well. Beaufort-Niels Christensen, Jr., Beaufort. . Berkley-J. A. Harvey, Pinopolis. Calhoun-S. J. Summers*, Cam eron. Charleston-Huger Sinkler, Char leston. Cherokee-J. C. Otts, Gaffney. Chester1-P. L. Hardin, Bascom ville. Chesterfield-G. K. Laney, Chester field. Clarendon-Louis Appelt, Man ning. , Colleton-J. S. Griffin, Walterboro. Darlington-D. T. McKeithan, Lumber. Dorchester-St. Clair Mucken fuss*, St. George. Edgefield-Thos. S. Rainsford*, Edgefield. Fairfield-W. J. Johnson, Ridge way. Florence-Nathan S. Gibson, Flor ence. Georgetown-LeGrand G. Walker, Georgetown. Greenville-W. L. Mauldin, Green ville. Greenwood-C. A C. Waller*, Greenwood. Hampton-W. S. Smith, Hampton. Horry-D. A. Spivey*, Conway.' Kershaw-W. R. Hough, Camden. Lancaster-T. Y. Williams, Lan caster. Laurens-J. H. Wharton*, Water loo. Lee-B,. F. Kelley, Bishopville. Lexington-D. M. Crosson, M. D*., Leesville. Marlboro-T. I. Rogers, Bennetts ville. Marion-W. J. Montgomery, Mar ion. Newberry-Alan Johnstone*, New berry. Oconee-J. R. Earle, Walhalla. Orangeburg-Robt. Lide*, Orange burg. Pickens-C. H. Carpenter, Easley. Richland-F. H. Weston, Columbia Saluda-J. M. Forest*, Saluda. Spartanburg-H. B. Carlisle, Spar tanburg. ,. Sumter-J. H. Clifton, Sumter. AAuuvA o ?J At" XJW* A . --- --?7 - - E. M. Rucker, Anderson ; H. F. Coley, Anderson; J. W. Ashley, Honea Path; J. L. Jackson, Anderson, R. pp: D. Aiken-R. J. Wade, Montmorenci ; Dr. W. D. Wright, Langley; A. R. Bush, Bush; John S. Williams. , Springfield, R. F. D. Beikeley-Lewis G. Fultz, Moncks Corner; Jeff D. Wiggins, Eutaw ville; C. T. Shuler, St. Stephens. Bamberg-C. W. Garr?s, Denmark; W. L. Riley, Denmark. Barnwell-Dr. A. B. Patterson, Barnwell; J. C. Griffin, Robbins; 0. D. A. Wilson, Ulmer, Beaufort-J. Berg, Ridgeland; J. M. Lengnick, Beaufort ; W. H. Niver, Port Royal. Calhoun-H. C. Paulling, St. Mat thews. Charleston-A. C. Tobias, Jr., Charleston; R. S. Whaley, Charles ton; A. W. Todd, Charleston; James Cosgrove, Charleston ; F. M. Bryan, Charleston; A. Vander Horst, Char leston; L. C. A. Roessler, Charles ton; H. G. Leland, McClellanville. Cherokee-W. S. Hall, Gaffney; E. J. Clary, Gaffney. Chester-A. G. Brice, Chester; S. T. McKeown, Cornwell; J. C. Nun nery, Edgemoor. ? Chesterfield-G. Wells Vaughn, Jefferson; E. W. Duvall, Cheraw. Clarendon-0. C. Scarborough, Summerton; J. R. Dingle, Summer ton; D. L. Green, Tubeville. Colleton-J. L. Robertson, Round; G. W. Way, Stokes; D. C. Sander?, Adam's Rum Darlington-L. M. Lawson, Dar lington ; L. E. Carrigan, Society Hill ; M. J. Spears, Lamar. Dorchester-Walker S. Utsey, St. George. t ? Florence-CharlesA. Smith, Tim monsville; H. M. Ayer, Florence; T. A. Clark, Florence. Fairfield-F. H. McEachem, Wnl laceville; C. W. Mobley, Woodwards; W. W. Dixon, Winnsboro. Georgetown-J. Walter Doar, Georgetown; Olin Sawyer, george town. Greenville-J. 0. Wingo, Campo bello; John R. Harrison, Fountain Inn; T. P. Cothran, Greenville; T. R. League; John G. Greer, Greer. Greeuwood-W. H. Nicholson, Grenwood; W. H. Harrison, Green wood; L. M. Bowers, Epworth. Edgefield-S.'McG. Simkins, Ed<re field; M. P. Wells, Edgefield. Hampton-T. B. Whatley, M. .D., Gillisonville; G. Miles Riley, Brigh ton. Horry-L. B. Singleton, Conway; M. M. Stanley, Loris. Kershaw-J. G. Richards, Jr., Lib erty Hill; M. L. Smith, Camden. Lee-C. W. Garris, Bishopville; J. B. Lane, Bishopville. Lancaster-J. Harry Foster, Lan caster; Harry Hines, Lancaster. Laurens-Jared D. Sullivan. Lau rens; Wm. C. Irby, Jr., Laurens; R. D. Boyd, Laurens, R. F. D. Lexington-Joseph L. Amick. Cha p?n, R. F. I).; E. C. Ridgell, M. D.. Batcsburg; Isaac Edwards, Bates burg. Marlboro-J. C. Gibson, Bennetts . ... . '.-- . Ville; D: D. McColl, Jr., ' Bennette ville; J. P. Bunch, McColl. Marion-E. C. Edwards, Mullins;. R. P. Hamer, Jr., Hamer; L. M. G?sque, Marion. Newbeirry-C. T. Wyche, Pros perity; Arthur Kibler, Newberry; Godfrey Harmon, Prosperity. Orangeburg-A. J. Hydrick, Or angeburg; John S. Bowman, Orange burg; B. A. Shuler, Elloree; T. P. Horger, Jamison. Oconee- C. D'. Mann, "West Union; P. P. , Sullivan, Madison. Spartanburg-W. J. Gibson, Cam pobello; L. M. Cantrell, Spartan burg; Ben Hill Brown, Spartanburg; M. A. Moseley, Cowpens; S. N. Nes bitt, Moore, R. F. D. No. 2; J. W. Lee, Whitney. . Sumter-T. B.-Fraser, Sumter; G. W. Dick, Sumter; C. E. Stubbs, Sum ter. Saluda-W. E. Bodie, Batesburg; W. L. Daniela Saluda. Pickens-J. P. Carey, Pickens; W. G. Mauldin, Cateechee. Richland-M. W. Coker, Columbia; J. J. McMahan, Columbia; E. G. Sefbels, Columbia; T. H. Suydam, Eastover. Union-L. J. Bornwing, Sedalin; J. Gordon Hughes, Union. Williamsburg-W. D. Bryan, Taft; J. Davis Carter, Leo; J. S. Graham, Morrisville. York-J. S. Glasscock, Lesslie; 0. L. Sanders, McConnellsville ; W. B. Wilson, Jr., Rock Hill; J. Porter Hollis, Rock Hill. MR. TAFT TO STUDENTS Atlanta's Distinguished Ouest is Kept on the Go Visiting the Col leges in and Around the City. Atlanta, Special.-Having pro claimed Friday night what is to be his Southern appointing policy, which is regarded, here as constituting the President-elect's important message to the South, Mr. Taft on Saturday manifested his great interest in tech nical education, in the development of the negro race, in the benefits of university life on the forming char acter of the youth of the future of women, teachers and entered with zest into the most brilliant social function the city of Atlanta has wit nessed in years. Mr. Taft spoke to the students of the Georgia School of Technology I hen to a mass meeting of negroes in Pip Bethel church. Saturday after noon he journeyed to Athens, Ga., where he spoke to the student body of the State Univesity and to the prospective teachers of the normal school, met the people of the city at a reception, and reached Atlanta again in time to .attend the recep tion and dinner in his honor, given by the Capital City Club, where he est nu. ^ ... unprincipled experts," was mspw.. ment. In his four years as Secretary of War Mr. Taft said he had come in direct contact with the best engineers of the world. He gave high praise tp the United States army corps of engineers. Having undoubtedly in mind the Panama canal he added: .''It is of the greatest aid to men re sponsible for work, although it in volves the expenditure of millions and millions of dollars, to be able to turn it over with entire confidence to a corps like that with absolute con fidence that everything will be man aged with absolute honesty and on thc highest scale of engineering skill." .... Score Die in Collision. Glenwood Springs, Col., Special Twenty persons were killed and thirty injured, many of them seri ously in a head-on collision between westbound passenger train No. 5 and an eastbound freight train on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad be tween Dotsero and Sprune creek. 22 miles from Glenwood Springs Friday night. While nothing official has been given out as to the cause of the wreck it is said to have been due tc a misunderstanding of orders on the part of Engineer Gustaf Oleson, of the passenger train. Oleson, however claims his instructions were read per fectly, but that he misread his watch, thus encroaching on the time of the freight train which was being drawn by two locomotives, tb*' first of which was in charge of his brother, Sig Ole son. Train No. 1 was made up of an engine and tender,- a baggage car, a smoking car, followed by a chair car a tourist sleeper and a full comple- ' inent of standard sleepers and a din ing car. The locomotives are up on' end and joined together as one piece: of mechanism. Their wheels were rolled down into the Grand river and pieces of machinery are scattered all over the scene of the wreck. The smoking car was only partly derailed while the chair car immediately fol lowing was completely telescoped by the touring sleeper. None of the standard sleepers left the track and no one was killed or injured in these cars, most of the dead and injured being removed- from the ruins of the chair car which was split completely in twain. Marriages Between Whites and Blacks to he Made a Crime. Washington. Special.-If Senator Milton, of Florida, can have his wav, miscegenation in thp District of C'nl umb;a hereafter will be treated in I he murts as a crime minishable by fine of .$1.000. The Florida Senator has introduced a bill providing that anv person who has one-eighth or more of negro blood in his veins shall Kn rnns^'Wrd ns of tho. African rare Such rnavriaees are declared to V null and void, and anv issue result ing from I hem illegitimate and in capable of inheritance. ? Prohibition Carries in State of Tennessee. PATTERSON FOR LOCAL OPTIO? House Follows Senate in Passing Bill Por Prohibition Throughout tho State. Nashville, Special. - The . very atmosphere about the capital has been pierced and riven by ital has been pierced and riven by the various advocates for State-widt prohibition, while a cross or oppos? ing current has been apparently aa strong . The opposers of the measure. are of course, divided between local option and -legal license. Governor Patterson has declared himself ar" favoring local option. At 5 o'clock and 2 minutes Tues day afternoon, Senate Bili No. 1> providing for the prohibition of ' the sale of liquor within four miles of any schoolhouse in the State of Ten nessee passed third and . final reading in the Senate. The vote came after > five and a half hours of argument, I in which almost every Senator on the floor participated. The final vota was 20 to 13, Senator J. T. Basker ville, of Sumner, and Senator Daniel Cooper Swab,, of Claiborne, voting with the eighteen Senators . compris ing the membership of the Grand Alliance. Inmediately after the vote was announced the wildest disorer prevailed, and as soon as a motion to adjourn could be put, a wild crowd surrounded Messrs. Holladay and Mansfield, the leaders of tie Allies,.' and the celebration took on the form.' of a love feast. The debate was replete with sensa tional incidents, the most remarkable of all being Ex-Gov. John I. Cox'a speech in defense of his past record and his present attitude toward tem perance legislation, and the charges oij attempted intimidation made by Senator Dancoy Fort, of Montgom-1 ery, against DJ*. E. E. Folk, whom h* termed the "high mogul" of the Anti-Saloon League. On Wednesday the House voted 62 to 36 for the bill. The measura passed is the ohs*; favorably acted upon by the Senate and now goes to Governor Patterson. He is expected to veto it, but under the constitution his veto only opera tes as a suggestion, not as a stay, : and a bare majority may pass th? . bill over the Executive's unfavor able action. The Governor is allow ed to hold a bill five days. If at the IOrCeS COme& llJIg oci; uvu yx un., ground. Amendment after amend- ' ment was presented, and promptly voted down by about the same ma jority as that given the bill on final passage. A great outpour of oratory , came from both sides. Throughout the discussion the gal leries were packed and several times the Speaker, at the request of local optionists, asked the sergeant-at arms to exclude visitors from the floor of the House. When the final vote was announced the cheers from ' the galleries were deafening, the de monstratio^ on the floor and in the galleries lasting several minutes. The State-widers are jubilantly as-, serting that the bill will be passed | over the Governor's veto by about the same vote originally received in each house. Shoots His Wife, Then Kills Himself: Alliance, 0., ' Special. - Albert Lazinwood, 50 years of age, a farmer living near Bergesolz, shot and kill ed his wife, 55 years old, and then; himself on the road near Annapolis Friday night. Jealousy is supposed to have been the cause. Lazinwood and his wife had been estranged and liv ing apart for several months. President is Considering Several Names For the Judgeship. Washington, Special. - At the. White House it was stated that the: President is considering the names of several men which have been pre sented to him before sending to tha ? Senate the nomination for Federal judge of the eastern district of North Carolina. No action will .be, taken on the matter until Monday or Tuesday. It was expected the Pres ident would send the nomination of H. F. Seawell, of Carthage, N. C., to the Senate on Thursday. . I ____. Charter Granted. Raleigh, Special.-The State has issued a charter to the Goldshoro Traction Company, the capital stock being $150,000 and E. T. Oliver, of Raleigh, the chief stockholder. This is the company which is building the street railway at Goldsboro, this he- . ing a very important development for that town. C. F. King Sentenced. Boston, Special.-Cardenio Flavua King, former financial agent and broker, who maintained palatial of fices in Boston and. New York, and who for a short time was publisher of a daily paper here, was sentenced by Judge S? h ofield in the Superior. Criminal Court to serve a term of not less than 10 and not more than 14 years at hard labor in thc State pris on at Charlestown. On December 29, . King was convicted on 27 counts of an indictment charging him with , larceny and embederaent.