Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 12, 1910, Image 3

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So Recommends in His Annual Message to General Assembly. HEEDS NEW EXECUTIVE MANSION Deals Further With State Finance, Education, Dispensary Law, Agri culture, Confederate Veterans and Monument to the Women of South Carolina. Columbia, Special.-Governor An sel's message teas read before the Senate and House of the General As? sembly Tuesday, and is in part as folows: To the Honorable, the Members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: It becomes my duty, under the Constitution of the State, at this, the opening session of your honor able bodies for the year 1910, to give to you such information as I have as to the condition of the various de partments of the State and to sug gest and recommend such legislation ss to me seems meet and proper. The year 1909 has been one of much prosperity kin aU lines. Your duty, therefore, as the makers of the law which is to govern this great people, is more grave and momen tous, and I beseech that you bring TO the discharge of ihese duties your best thought and judgment. State's Finances. During the present fiscal year, it "became necessary for the Governor, State Treasurer and the Comptroller General to borrow the sum of five hundred, thousand dollars in antici pation of the collection of1 taxes, to pay off the interste on the ? State debt, pension for the Confederate teterans, the other appropriations made by-you at the last session, and to pay. the expenses of the State government for the year. We were fortunate in being able to borrow this money at three per cent through the Plametto National Bank of the city of Columbia. The notes given ! for this amount are now being paid out of the taxes collected for the .year. In order to place the State on a ?ash basis without borrowing each year, I recommend that you levy an extra one-half mill for the next fe-c port _ on wMchT-mETte placed on your during the .session. The as s, as shown by said\ report, are as ows: s j Cumulative Sinking Fund (for re ? mp ti on and payment of South Car- , a Brown 4 1-2 per cent bonds), 00,208.58. Ordinary Sinking Fund. $79,208.47. Sinking Fund for insurance of tblic buildings, $51,928.90. ' Several losses have been paid dur the past year from this last nam fund. The largest being the in n?e on the dormitory and school lding of the Colored Normal Col lege at Orangeburg, which was de ; .stroyed by fire in December of last year, the amount paid on this loss being. $1,670. The Sinking Fund Commission, in accordance with the power granted it by the last act of the General As sembly has contracted to lease the old State dispensary building in the city of Columbia for a term of three years, and the automatic i sprinkling apparatus is now being put in the building as authorized by I said Act. The rental price is $1,200 per annum,, and eight per cent upon the amount expended on the im provements made. By making this lease we save, to the State the five dollars per day and night that we now have to pay for watchmen and frill receive twelve hundred dollars per annum and eight per cent on the amount of expenditures for the im-j provements put . on the building. In obedience to the last Act of j i you honorable bodies, we advertised I the property for sale at the upset price you placed upon it, but re ceived no bids. We then made the ' . lease above mentioned. Education. Marked progress has been made during. the present year in the edu cation^ institutions of the State. The increase in attendance in the com men schools, as well as in the high schools and colleges, is greater than in any year in our past history. A reference 1t the admirable report of the State Superintendent of Edu cation will verify the above asser tion. New and better school houses are being built, and many of the school districts are taxing them selves, in addition to the ordinary three mills tax, to run their schools from eight to nine months in the ye*r. We have now 131 high schools in the State, and the good work they are doing will, in my judgment, fully -compensate for the appropriations you have made for them. The re strictions you have made of an ex penditure, of not more than five per cent of the appropriation to any one ninty, I recommend be changed, so t tho State Board of Education y use more than that amount in county where it is needed, if some er county does not qualify for the fall amount it -would otherwise be entitled to. The appropriation made for the rural schools last year has been of great benefit to many in the State, and I respectfully1 recommend an other and larger appropriation for the next; scholastic year. * * * A bill will be introduced at this session of your honorable bodies looking toward a change in the pres ent law as to the examinations for scholarships in the various State in stitutions. After consultation with the representative of said State in stutions, the bill which will be intro duced accords with their views of the changes which should be made, and I respectfully recommend that the said billy be enacted into law. . . . . Dispensary Law. In obedience to the last Act of this General Assmebly, an election was held on the third Tuesday in August last in the twenty-one coun ties that had county dispensaries at the date of such election. The elections all passed off very quietly and the people voted in ac cordance with their views upon the question presented. Fifteen out of the twenty-one counties refused to vote the sale of liquors into said counties. Six of the counties voting, to wit: Charleston, Georgetown, Beaufort, Aiken, Richland and Flor ence, voted in favor of the sale of liquor, and the county dispensaries in said six counties have been carry ing on their business as provided in the " Carey-Cothran Act," and the Act "To Prohibit the Manufacture, Sale, etc., of Alcoholic Liquors, etc., and to Provide Penalties for Viola tion Thereof," approved 2nd of March, 1909. The fifteen counties refusing to vote in ?the sale. of liquor have dis posed, or- are disposing of their stocks, as provided in the Act "to Provide for the Closing of the Sever al Dispensaries in This State and for the Sale of Ail Stock of Liquors, Beverages, Fixtures and Other Prop erty Belonging to the Several Dis pensaries," approved March 2, 1909, and the business of the dispensaries will soon be wound up under tho supervision of the Dispensary Audi tor. As to jthe dispensaries in the six counties which voted in the sale of liquor, I desire to renew my recom mendation made in my annual mes sage i to the General Assembly in 1908, to wit, ''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 popula tion exceeding twenty-five thou sand." This is in the interest of temperance. I firmly believe that if another election is held in those six counties in the coming year most of them will vote the sale of liquor out. I ask your earnest considera tion of the question of providing for another election in these six coun ties in the uear future. Winding-Up Commission. Since the last session of your hon orable bodies, the litigation that 7;as pending in the United States Court restraining the Commission from proceeding with their work and ap pointing receivers for the fund, has hg?n dpmdpd Viv tVia TT,.U-J nt, t now pending in said court. The Windin g-up. Commission is composed of Dr. W. J. Murray, John McSween, Esq., Avery Patton, Esq., J. S* Brice, Esq., and Capt. A. N. Wood. I wish to recommend in the highest, terms the fidelity to duty on the part of these gentlemen and to express my sinceer thanks to each of them for the work they have done as members of said commission. They have up to this time turned over to the State Treasurer for the use of the permanent school fund, as required by law, the sum of two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, and more will, in all proba bility, be turned over after the liti gation about the claims now in our State Supreme Court is ended. Supreme Court Building. I wish now to recommend that a Supreme Court Building be erected on the State House grounds, on As sembly street side, but facing the Capitol, at a cost not to exceed thirty thousand dollars. This moKay could be borrowed by the State from the Sinking Fund Commission and paid back by an annual appropria tion of from five to six thousand dollars until the same is repaid. I believe this to be feasible, and a commision could be appointed by your honorable bodies consisting of one of the justices of said court and two or three of the State officers tp arange the plans and superintend the construction of said building. * * * State Hospital For the Insane. At the last session of your honor able bodies, you appointed a com mittee to investigate and report to you the conditions and needs of this institution, and, as said committee's report will be on your desks very soon, I shall content myself with giving the following data: There weer on the first day of January. 1910, 1528 patients within its walls: White men, 375; colored men, 322; white women, 511; color ed women, .*20. There were admitted during the year 605. Theer were 287 discharged and 256 died during the year. Penitentiary. This institution, under the care and direction of the Superintendent and Directors, has kept up its good reputation and has had a year of good results. There were on the first of Janu ary, 1910, 893 prisoners in the pen itentiary, as follows: White males, 170; colored males, 661; white fe males, 3; colored females, 59. They are located as follows: On county chain-gangs, 69; on State farms, 185; at Lexington County Reforma tory, 90; at Clemson College, 33; Penitentiary yard and hospital, 516; total, 893. Railroads. The passenger rates on railroads in this State, that were put in opera tion bv the railroads on the first of April, 1908, are still in existence ami the charges for passenger transpor talion are the same. I ara still of the opinion that more authority should be given to the Railroad Com mission of the State, to require the railroads to comply with all reason able rides and regulations made by said Commission. The Commission, in their report, make certain recommendations which I respectfully ask you to consider. State Board of Health. Our people are becoming more in teerst?d each year in the health question and in the duty of the State to prevent the spread of all epidem ics and contagious diseases. National Guard. I desire to reiterate here what I said in my last annual message, to wit,' that: "The citizen soldiery is a very important arm of the State Government and should be sustained and encouraged by all lovers of peace and order." Whenever called up on to render any srevice for the State, they have responded with promptness and dicharged their du ties with fidelity. I recommend a liberal appropriation for its main tenance. Salaries. In my annual message to the Gen eral Assembly in 1908, I used these words, "Some years ago, when the purchasing value of a dollar was more thau it is at this time, the sal aries of our State officers and judges of the supreme court and circuit courts were reduced. I desire to ask if the time has not come when these salaries should be raised again and your officers paid a salary commen surate with the work they are re quired to do?" I desire to again bring this matter to your attention and to ask its serious consideration. Our State is prosperous and the work of each of the officers is increasing. The increase in salary would not benfit any officer now serving his present term, but I feel it is due to those who come after us. Department of Agriculture, Etc. Much good work has been done by this department in stimulating the farmers of the State to improve their methods of farming and by giving them information that will be help ful. At the last session of the Gen eral Assembly an Act was passed making it the duty of this depart ment to see that the provisions of the factory inspection law and the child labor laws be obsreved and en forced. Insurance Department. The work of this department has been carried on with great zeal and fidelity. "When we consider the great volume of business done in both life and fire insurance in this State, the wisdom of establishing this department is demonstrated. Confederate Veterans. It is hardly necessary that I bring to your attention our duty, in a substantial -way, to help the poor and needy Confederate veterans. This duty I am sure is appreciated and felt by every one of you. South Carolinians will never for get the valor and heroism of these true and tried old soldiers. I recom mend a liberal appropriation for pensions for these grand old men. y The Soldiers' Home, established carolina. lu obedience to the provisions of the Act passed at the last session of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to Provide for a Monument to the Heroism, Fidelity and Fortitude of the Women of South Carolina during the War Between the Con federate States and the United States," approved March 3, 1909, I appointed as the commission there in provided for Gen. C. Irvine Walker, of Charleston; Col. Thomas J. Moore, of Spartanburg county; Capt. C. A. Reed, of Anderson ; Capt. Wi E. Gonzales, of Columbia, and Major John G. Richards, of Kershaw county. These gentlemen went im mediately to work and iii a compar atively short time received contribu tions in cash amounting to about eleven thousand dollars, thereby complying with the terms of the Act, and a contract has been entered in to between them and Mr. F. W. Ruckstuhl for the sculpturing and erection of the monument aforesaid. He is now engaged in making this monument and the howe af the com mission is that it may be completed during the present year. In an Act providing for the ap pointment of the commission, there was no provision made for the pay ment of the actual expenses of the commission while in discharge of their duties. I, therefore, recom mend that some provision be made to pay the actual expenses incurred by these gentleman while attending lo the duties of the commission. Reports of State Officers, Etc. * The reports of all the State officers and departments will be given to you during the earlv days of the early days of the session, showing the work of each during the past fis cal year. I commend these reports to your careful consideration I ask that you study them and make yourselves familiar with all - the business of thc State. These gentle men have all been faithful to the trusts committed to their chanre. Income Tax Amendment to the Con stitution of the Unitd Setates. The Congress of the United States at its session begun and held at Washington on the fifteenth of March, A. D. 1909, passed a Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, commonly known as the "-In come Tax Amendment," and has sent the same to the Governors of the several States of the Union to be presented and submitted to the j legislatures of the several States for such action as to them seem meet. I request you give the matter al tent ion ?:t mis session ard say by your !?..*: .-.nether the ,'State of South l *iin i is in favor of the said amendment or opposed to the same. Gentlemen, the people of South Carolina look to you as the law makers of the State, and the guar -7-1-~ dians of hei(welfare and future pros perity, ip enact such laws as shall redound to the best inteersts of all the people. May the God of ?di nations and of States guide you in all vour delibera tions. M. P. ANSEL, January ll, 1910. Governor. ; POSTAL REVENUES GROW --- First Assistant Postmaster Gen.ral Deals in Facts and Figures. Washington, Special.-As a busi ness institution the Postoffice De ?artment, next to the United States reasury, is the greatest in the government. According to figures submitted by Charles P. Gradfield, First Assistant Postmaster General, for the fiscal yea rended June 30, 1909, made public in his annual re port, the gross revenue of the' pos tal service . reached the enormous total of $203,562,383, an increase of $12,083,720, or 6.31 per cent, over tho preceding year. Theer- were 7,2C2 presidential postoffices on July 1, 1909. Of this number 398 were first class, an increase of 14; 1,707 weer second class, an increase of 112; and 5,C97 weer third class, an in crease of 230. The total increase in the number of presidential offices was 356. There were 1,444 post offices established during the year and 2,004 were discontinued, leaving a total of 60,144 postoffices in oper ation on June 30, 1909. During the year 1,626 postmasters weer appoint ed at presidential offices. At fourth class offices 9,161 postmasters weer appointed. The report recommends an amend metn to the law whereby fourth class offices may be advanced when the receipts of the office qualfy it; wages of the clerical and carrier force should be increased in first and second class offices. Nearby half the offices of presidential class are housed in leased quarters. * Petitions Fox Morse Pardon. * * Portlaud, Me., Special.-Peti- . * tions addressed to Prseident * * Taft asking for the absolute * * pardon of Charles W. Morse are * * in circulation here. The peti- * * tions set forth that he did ho * * intentional wrong, that, he has * * repaid his debts; that his jury * * was largely influenced by popu- . * lar clamor and that, even though * * guilty, Morse has paid the pen- * * alty by his imprisonment while * * awaiting the outcome of the * * case. . DENIES CHARGE OF MADRIZ. Zelaya Defends Self in Case of Groce and Gannon. Mexico City; Special.-As justifi cation of his refusal to pardon Can on and Groce and in support of a denial which he made last Saturday of irregularity, Jose Santos Zelaya exhibited for the first time telegrams which he claimed to have received from the American victims of Nica ragua's martial lajw. Zlaya uttered his denial in reply to charges made Jiy President Mad riz of Nicaragua, that the executions the general maimgw. .. submit their requests for advanced wages and change in hours to arbi tration under the Erdman law. The switchmen askdd for arbitration. Five Burn to Death in House. Burnside, Ky., Special.-Mrs. Martha Corder, her daughter, Mrs. James Kidd, and three small chil dren were bumed to death in a fire which destroyed Kidd's Louse at Plavens, Wayne county. Two Yeggmen Are Killed. Tallahassee, Fla., Special.-In a struggle with two safe blowers, Paul Sauls, 17 years old, son of J. M. Sauls, the night watchman at the postoffice building, shot and killed them both in the basement of the building. The boy.was only slightly wounded. Tho two cracksmen were white. . Plot on Zsiiya's Life. Mexico City, Special.-Jose Santos Zelaya has been warned by officials here that the police authorities are in receipt of secret information that two Salvadoreans and an American are in Mexico City and are only awaiting a favorable opportunity to take his life. Heavy Cost ox Canal New York. Special.-''I believe it will cost $500.000,000 to complete the Panama Canal and that will amount to $5.00 a head for every man, wo man and child in the United States," said Mr. Langley, of Kentucky, re turning from the Isthmus. Lad Coughs and Cure Himself of Ap pendicitis in Nick of Time. Pittsburg, Special.-Surgeons at Kittanning, Pa., had placed Norman Barnett, the little son of George .Barnett, on the operating table to ent out his appendix, but just as the knife was ready thc lad vas seized with a fit of coughing which cured him. He emitted a needle, which is believed to have caused his illness. Texan Murders His Family. Ballinger, Tex., Special.-F. B. Kimbler, a prominent farmer living in the northern portion of ' this county, killed his wife, his 6-yeax old son and 3-ycar-old diughter, seriously wounded bis niece, aged 20, and ende? his own life by cutiing his throat from ear to ear with a pocker b .Le. El health probahl/ the cause. Four men attacked a bank in Brooklyn and fatally wounded i clcil. Dnrln* rho ; var l?C? ti; J teltjnno?i' ~p.s adci'tvd cn Q.ZZ? nii.cr? o! ra': MEMBERS OF GENERALASSEMBLY The roll of the senate and house are given below, the stars showing those who have two years yet to serve : Lieutenant governor and president of the senate-Hon. T. Qt. McLeod of Lee county; postoflice is Bishopville. Abbeville-W. N. Graydon, Abbe ville. Aiken-G. W. Croft*, Aiken. Anderson-G. W. Sullivan, Wil liamston. Bamberg-J. B. Black, Bamberg. Beaufort.-Niels Christensen, Jr., Beaufort. Barnwell.-G. H. Bates. Berkley-J. A. Harvey, Pinopolis. Calhoun-S. J. Summers*, Cam eron. , Charleston-Huger Sinkler, Char leston. Cherokee-W. C. Hamrick, Gaff ney. Chester-P. L. Hardin, Baseom ville. Chesterfield-G. K. Laney, Ches terfield. Colleton-J. S. Griffin, Walter boro. Clarendon-Louis Appelt, Man ning. Colleton-J. S. Griffin, Walter boro. Darlington-D. T. McKeithan, Lumber. Dorchester-St. Clair Mucken fuss*. St. George. Edgefield-Thos. S. Rainsford*, Edgefield. Fairfield-"W. J. Johnson, Ridge way. ' Florence-J. W. McCown, 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. Kelly, Bishopville. Lexington-D. M. Crossoni, M. D.", Leesville. Marlboro-T. L Rogers, Bennetts ville. Marion-W. J. Montgomery, Marion. Newberry-Alan Johnstone*, New berry. Oconee-J. R. Earle*, Walhalla. Orangeburg-Robt. Lide", Orange* . burg. Pickens-C. H. Carpenter, Easley. Richland-F. H. Weston, Colum bia. Saluda-J. M. Forest*, Saluda. Spartanburg-H. B. Carlisle, Spar enburg. Sumter-J. H. Clifton. Sumter. Union-B. F. Townsend, Union. Williamsburg-W. L. Bass, Lake City. York-W. H. Stewart*. Rock Hill. House of Representatives. Following are members of the house of representatives. Abbeville -P. B. Carwile, Abbef jdlle-L-M. J. Ashlev, Honea Path; J. * Oville. * ? ??rson ; opriiiguciu, v? i?, xj. Berkley-Lewis C. Fultz, Moncks Corner i Jeff D. Wiggins, Eutawville; 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. Pauling, St. Mat thews. Charleston-A. C. Tobias, Jr., Charleston; R. S. Whaley, Charles ton; A. W. Tedd, Charleston; James Cosgrove, Charleston; F. M. Bryan, Charleston; A. Vander Horst, Char leston; L. C. A. Roessler, Charleston; H. G. Leland, McClellan ville. Cherokee-W. S. Hall, Gaffney; E. J. Clary, Gaffney. Chester-A. G. Brice, Chester; S. T. McKcown, Cornwell; J. C. Nun? narv, Edgemoor. Chesterfield^?. Wells Vaughn, Jefferson; E. W. Dnvall, "Cheraw. Clarendon-O. C. Scarborough, Summerton; J. R. Dingle, Summer ton; D. L. Green, Turbevllle. Colleton-J. L. Robertson, Round; G. W. Way, Stokes; D. L. Smith, Waltterboro. Darlington-L. M. Lawson, Dar lington; L. E. Carrigan, Society Hill; M. J. Spears, Lamar. Dorchester-Walker S. Utsey, St. George. Folrence-Chas. A. Smith, Tira monsville; H. M. Ayer, Florence; T. B. Brown, Friendfield. Fairfield-F. H. McEach?rn, Wal laceville; C. W. Mobley, Woodwards; W. W. Dixon, Wiunsboro. Georgetown-J. Walter Doar, Georgetown; Olin Sawyer, M. D., Georgetown. Greenville-J. O. Wingo, Campo bello; John R. Harrison, Fountain Inn; T. P. Cothran, Greenville; T. R. League, John G. Greer, Greer. Greenwood-W. H. Nicholson, Greenwood; W. H. Harrison, Green wood; L. M. Bowers. Epworth. .Edgefield-S. McG. Sirakius, Edge 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., Liberty Hill; M. L. Smith, Camden. Lee-C. W. Harris, M. D.,-Bishop ville; J. B. Lane. M. D., Bishopville. Lancaster-J. Harry Foster, Lan caster; Harry Hines, Lancaster. Laurens-Jared D. Sullivan, Lau rens: Wm. C. Irby, Jr.. Laurens; R. D. Boyd, Laureus,' R. F. D. Lexington-Jos. L. Amiclc, Chapin, RI F. D?; E. C. Ridgcll, M. 1).. Bales- : burg; Isaac Edwards, Batesburg. i Marlboro-J. C. Gibson, Bennetts ville; D.\D. MCCOU, Jr., Bennetts ville; J. K. Bunch, McColl. Marion--??. C. Edwards, Mullins; R. P. Hamkr, Jr., Hamer; L. M. Gasque, MarnP0 Newberry-C. T. Wyche, M. D., Prosperity; Arthur Kibler, New berry; Godfrey Harmon, Prosperity. Orangeburg; . Jno. S. Bowman, Orangebui?g-A. J. Hydride, Orangeburg >' B. A. Shuler, Elloree; T. P. Hor&rer. Jamison. Oconee-C. D. Mann, West Union; P. P. Sullivan, Madison. ! Saluda^-W. E. Bodie, Batesburg; W. L. Dakiel, Saluda. Spartanbutg-W. J. Gibson, Cam pobello; L. M. Cantrell, Spartan burg ; Ben Hill-, JSpa.rJa^jJB^M. A. Moseley, Cowpens, ^S/NrNesbitt,' Moore, R. F. D. No. 2; J. W. Lee, Whitney. Sumter-T. B. Fraser, Sumter; G. W. Dick, Sumter; C. E. Stubbs, Sumter. i Pickens-J. P. Carey, Pickens; W. G. Mauldin, Cateechee. Richland-M. W. Coker, Columbia; J. J. McMahan, Columbia; E. G. Seibels, Columbia; T. H. Suydam, Congaree. Union-L. J. Browning, Saluda; J. Gordon Hughes, Union. Williamsburg-W. D. Bryant, Taft; J. Davis Carter, Leo; J. S. Graham, Morrisville. York-J. A. Glasseock, Lesslie; 0. L. Sanders, McConnellsville ; W. B. Wilson, Jr., Rock Hill; J. Porter Hollis, Rock Hill. REPORTS COTTON GINNING National Sinners' Association Places Total of Cotton Ginned to Janu ary 1 at 9,621,000. Memphis, Tenn., Special.-The regular monthly report of the Nat ional Ginners' association, just is sued, shows that, up to January 1, there have been 9,621,000 bales of cotton ginned this season, nearly 3, 000,000 bales less than ginned last year at the samt time. The associa tion, in its report, estimates that there are still 159,000 bales to be ginned this season. By States the report and estimate is as follows: To be State Ginned. ginned. Alabama.1,015,000 7,000 Arkansas. 654,000 14,000 Florida. 60.000 1.000 Georgia.1.819.000 11,000 Louisiana. 255,000 5,000 Mississippi V. .. 966,000 24,000 Missouri, Vir ginia and Ken tucky . 56,000 2,000 North Carolina .. 606.000 . 13,000 I Oklahoma.5fi4.000 18.000 South Carolina...l,09S,0CO 10,000 Tennessee ... 226,000 4,000 Texas.2,312,000 50,000 Totals .. J. ..9,621,000 159,000 BANS PAPERS ARE FOUND. Two Citizens by Accident Come Upon Forty Thousand Dollars of Notes. Americus, Ga., Special.-Forty thousand dollars of notes and valu able securities belonging to the Bank of Ellaville, which is owned and con trolled by the Bank of Southwestern _.a. ajro7~nrost oi me bank papers were found missing. Every effort made to discover the missing documents proved fruitless. Two cit izens came upon the papers by acci dent. A $500 reward offered by the Americus bank is still outstanding. The object of concealment of thc securities remains a mystery. GENERAL DIAZ'S TRAGIS END. Drowned While En Route to See President Mariz on a Mission of Peace. Bluefields, Nicaragua, By Cable. General ' Pedro Andreas Fornos Diaz, who started out* for Managua, in or der to treat for peace with President Madriz, met with a tragic end on Greytown bar. The canoe in which he was attempting to make a land ing was caught by a gigantic wave and broke amidsbip and Diaz disap peared from view in the sea. This removes from Nicaragua a spirit of whose intrepidity was boundless. KARL HAU ATTEMPTS ESCAPE. Warden's Dog Upsets Plan of Form er Professor in George Washington University. Stuttgart, Germany, By Cable. Karl Hau, former professor of Ro man law in George Washington Uni versity, Washington, D. C., who is under life imprisonment sentence for the murder of his mother-in-law, Frau Holiter, in 1906, made a vain attempt to escape from the jail at Bruchsal, Baden. A warden's dog upset the prisoner's plan. Pinchot Dismissed. Washington, Special. - Gifford Pinchot, chief forester has been dis missed from the service of the Unit ed States by President Taft for in subordination. Associate Forester Overton W. Price and Assistant Law Officer Alexander C. Shaw, Pinchot's immediate associates in the forestry bureau, followed their chief out of the government employ. $8,000,000 Spent in War on White Plague. New York, Special.-More than $8,000,000 was spent during 1908 in fighting tuberculosis in the United States. This money was used, ac cording to a bulletin just issued by the New York Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in treat ing 120,000 patieuts. New York state leads in the amount of work done; the next seven states are Pennsyl vania, Massachusetts, Illinois, Mary land, New Jersey, California ano Colorado. PALMETTO HAPPENINGS News Notes of Sen ern I Interest From All Pari? of the State. OVER $378,000 COLLECTED. Much Money Sent to the Treasury Finance in Good Shape. Columbia, Special.-The finances of the State are in excellent con dition, according to a statement made at the State treasurer's office last lilonday, the 3rd. Notes aggregat ing-- 3100,000 have been paid , in in terest on the State debt and there is plenty of money to meet, ?ll ob I ligations. The total amount ?"*' taxes received to date from the county treasurers amounts to $378,771.35. The following is the statement of the laxes received from each of the counties of the State: Abbeville.$ 5,775.75 Aiken. 11.908.96 Anderson. 2,720.95 Hamberg. 20,180.27 Barnwell. 17,400.02 1 Beaufort. 8,163.86 Berkley. 10,898.69 ; Calhoun. 2,940.59 Charleston.42,814.82 Cherokee. 6,230.76 Chester. 7,944.97 Chesterfield. 8,608.73 Clarendon. 4,431.13 Colleton. 12,605.36 Darlington. 12.049.95 Dorchester. 6,500.00 Edgefielft. 2,575.41 Fairfield,. 10,295.96 Florene*',..". 3,000.00 Gcorgetin. 2,017.22 Green vi lt.. 22,000.00 Greenwell. 3,500.00 HamptorJ1. 5,462.31 Horry .J?. 2,500.00 Kershaw?. 5,142.03 Lancaster ... 1,345.73 Laurens'.11,149.77 Lee. 6,500.00 Lexington.".. 7,000.00 Marion. 12.281.75 Marlboro. 5,181.04 Newberry. 5,278.04 Oconee.: .. .. .. 3,880.00 Orangeburg. 19,423.98 Pickens.... 2,512.83 Richland. 13.280.61 Saluda. 2.S70.09 Spartanburg. 12,566.90 Sumter. 5.87S.19 Union. 11,000.00 Williamsburg. 7,954.51 York. 13,000.00 Total.$378,771.35 The State has borrowed during the year $500.000 for current ex penses, this being the limit allowed by law. ? TEACHERS ELECT OFFICERS. Columbi successfu Prof. Dakiel, of Clemson, is Elected President. ia, Special.-After the most meeting in its history, the State Teachers' Association and its"""' affiliated (bodies came to a close Sat urday. D. W. Daniel, of Clemson College, ?'.Has elected president of Association, succeeding W. K. Tate,^-, priiH'vral of the Memminger NorrnaiflM _ . _ _ _min oi Due wes'. lourth distric B, E. Geer, of Greenville; fifth cistrict, W. H. McNairy, of Cheste:*; sixth district, E. P. Miller, of Bennettsville; seventh district, L. W. Livingston, of Orangeburg. The following officers were elect ed last year for three years, and en tered i: ito their second year of office : Treasurer, C. V. Neuffer, Columbia; recordi ng secretary. E. C. McCants, Andersjon; Corresponding secretary, W. H. JoK?s, Columbia ; member ex ecutive comrpittce, L. V. Dick, Abbe ville. Good} Columbia, Carolina Go meet here ? has been ad< president of county super ins: their a pointment oif from each ful meeting Reads Meeting. Special.-The South Roads association will an nary 18th. A letter Iressnd by F. H. Hyatt, the association to the . isors of the State urg emlance, also the ap a number of delegates county. A most success expected. dd t ip 140 M School Houses. Columba, lina has [bc Special.-South Caxo largest constitutional levy for ich( ??1 purposes in all the Southern Sta tes says thc State. Thc "totil c spenditures for common spools last ; rcar shout $1,500, P?O. There were 140 new school houses ererbt1 during the year at a cost of $b'JP^p; 96 State high schools have bee1 ?established; the school year has 3ee^ extended to 100 days and 21 co unties have lengthened the term of tl e superintendent of schools to four y Car?, Columl nual meei Bar Assoj 20th and langemeni t?ie meeti pars. lina Bar Association. a, Special.-The 17th an? lng of the South Carolina iation meets here on the 2lst of this month. Allar s have been perfected for Cornorat*011 Tax Effective. Columb a, 'Special.-The Federal excise taf^ irhich is ejective, will jofith^Carolina corporations. Wilf Hamper "Tigers." Charles :on, Special.-With the new federal I; iv.- which went into effect January 1st, which will add to the trials ancl losses of the blind tigers and other importers of contraband liquors ii making these shipments all the mi ire liable to seizure through the brail ling or marking of pack ages, ana thc dispensary constables and polia? department will be able to make ll still better record during the com?i\ year in confiscations for the viclB^a : of the dispensary act.