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jferapfi and |acts. ? Washington, January 19: A supplemental report on the bill to appropriate $25,0000,000 a year for Federal aid to road construction in the various states today was hied in the house by Representative Shackelford, chairman of the house roads committee. A special rule, making this bill in order as an amendment to the public appropriation bill now before the house, probably will be acted upon tomorrow by the rules committee. The amounts of the southern states were fixed as follows: Alabama $518,750; Florida, $183,750; Georgia, $771,250; Kentucky, $583,750; Louisiana, $302,500; Mississippi, $473,750; North Carolina, $660,000; South Carolina, $415,000; Tennessee, $706,250; Texas. $1,126,250; Virginia, $591,250. A farm credits bill also was introduced in the house by Representative Bartherick of Ohio. Under this measure a new bureau in the treasury department would lend 60 per cent of the value of farms on mortgages at 4 per cent. The money would be obtained by issuing 3 per cent government bonds. ? A1 J. Jennings, farmer train robber, now practicing attorney in Oklahoma, is determined the public shall indorse his reformation, and to prove that they will do so he is now a candidate for the nomination for governor. He believes if he is elected he will give Oklahoma the best, at least the - * it has most nonesi, c?n........... known. If he fails of nomination or election he will have achieved sufficient prominence to make his law practice even more profitable than now. The difference between Jennings and some others in politics is that he admits he was a highwayman and a thief, and they don't till indicted. Jennings is making a perfectly plain appeal to the people of his state. He was a bandit, he served time in a prison, but he reformed. Now he is going out to hunt the crooks and the gangs and rings in politics. Already he has had the experience of running for county attorney in his home. He came within 500 votes of election. Considering the fact that the professional politicians of - both parties worked against him, he says, he believes he was really elected. He gives the professionals, whom he has attacked bitterly, credit for ability sufficient to fake up 500 illegal ballots. ? Washington, January 18: Secretary of War Garrison tonight issued a statement which militia officers consider makes it plain that the war department is not committed to the principle of paying the militia. The secretary reiterated his statement made to militia officers who were here throughout last week, that if details of a bill could be agreed on, he would take the question up with President Wilson, but he emphasized the fact that he has reached no conclusion. "I have observed in all the statements with respect to the proposed militia pay bill which I have seen, an implication which is unwarranted by the facts," said the secretary. i wouiu like the exact situation to be known so those who discuss it may do so advisedly. The fact is that I have made it perfectly clear to every one concerned that the administration is not committed to the principle of such pay. I said that if details of a bill could be agreed upon containing all those advantages to the Federal government which advocates of the principle argued would demonstrate the desirability and advisability of adopting the principle of militia pay, I then would take the matter up with the president and announce a conclusion thereon. For the purpose of having the subject presented in its best possible shape, the suggested draft of the bill has received the consideration of the judge advocate general of the army, the militia affairs division, the general staff, the executive committee of the national guards' association, the adjutant general of all the states and the national militia board. In addition, I have sent copies to the respective chairmen of the militia affairs committees of the senate and house. When all this preliminary consideration is completed and a finished product results, I propose taking up the matter with the president for the purpose of reaching a proper conclusion." ? Pensioners in South Carolina received 1253,070.95 in 1913, according to a statement issued last Saturday, from the office of the comptroller general. There was a decrease of 187 in Jhe number of pensioners over 1912. The state appropriation for pensions is $250,000 a year. Comptroller General Jones has issued the following statement: "There has been a decrease in the roll as compared with the year 1912, of 187. The total amount paid pensioners in 1913 was $253,070.95. The appropriation was $250,000 and the additional $3,070.95 paid out came from refunds by clerks of court of pension moneys on account of deaths and other causes. The clerks of court have responded very creditably to the careful checking of their accounts for the year 1913 required by this office, and the result is evidenced by the large amount of refunds on account of 1912 and 1913, which amounted to $12,542.62. As will be seen from the statement below, the expenses of the pension department, county pension commissioners, county and state boards, salary of clerk, printing blanks, stationery and stamps amounted to $3,577.59 in 1913. In most states the pension department is a separate office, and we doubt if any one of them is a? <^Annmina1 hflJlis RJt WllUUVbCU V** VUV vw??v??.w ? is done in this state, thus leaving: the largest amount possible to be distributed among the needy soldiers and widows. However, the two lower classes C No. 2 and C No. 4, are only receiving $22.10, a sum totally inadequate to relieve their wants. It is to be hoped that the financial condition of the state will so improve that before many years they can receive their full quota, $36 apiece as contemplated by the pension law. The law is working satisfactorily, and it is a matter of pride to note that our pension report is the only one in a number of southern states which gives the individual record of each soldier. The roll is one of honor, and will be prized by coming generations." ? Footsore, ragged, almost famished from their three days' march on foot of 67 miles over a wind-swept mountain road, the 3,300 Mexican federal soldiers routed from OJlnaga, Mexico, by the rebels, with 1,067 women and about 300 children arrived Friday, within a few miles of Maria, Texas. They are to be transported to Fort Bliss at El Paso. The ragged remnant of the Huerta army, which sought asylum in this country rather than face possible extermination by the rebels, will be formally interned at Fort Bliss as wards of the government. They will be held there indefinitely on footing of prisoners of war. General Mercado was confessedly humiliated, not only at defeat and the necessity for ^W??Ai U -that Vto Hlgm UUL uerauac ui a ii IUW u? would be court martialed should he return to his native country. Besides General Mecardo and mingling with the United States cavalrymen, who acted as guards, were the Federal Generals Castro, Aduna, Landa, or Pinal, and Romero, all shorn of their swords, but some still retaining their uniforms. The picturesque march abounded with incident. The birth of a child, the death of several wounded soldiers, the search for water in the desert, the constant straggling away from the line of march and the rounding up again of scores of the refugees were some of the difficulties with which the United States cavalrymen had to contend. The Mexicans outnumbered the escorting American soldiers ten to one. Viewed from a hilltop, the oncoming army as it zig-zagged through the mountain passes and reached backward into the dusty distance ten miles away, was a picture of exhaustion, although the prospect of soon reaching their destination seemed to revive courage. Since they were routed from Ojinaga the Mexican soldiers have had only scant food supplies. Their march to Marfa was made possible by the establishment of the three camps provided en route. But these camps were supplied with limited rations because all foodstuffs and water had to be carried by water. Many were poorly clad and without blankets, and their suffering at night was intense. Of all the marchers, the Mexican women are the best. There were instances of women who yielded their places on horseback or burros to the men. All semblance of the uniform ranks of an army disappeared during the march. It was a curious mingling of people and animals, while in placet the women, with their red dresses ant shawls, gave a touch of brilliant coloi to the scene. Wherever there wai space in the line or between a horse'i legs there was almost sure to be i mongrel dog. A rooster saved fronr the wreck of Ojinaga, crowed from th< back of a burro, to which he was carefully attached with a leather string Children perched on the top of burroi that were almost covered with theii burdens of domestic property, laughec and beat the animals with sticks. Nov and then some one staggered to the roadside and sat down to be picked ui by the relief wagons following th< main body of refugees. Wide-eyec j babies looked from the arms of mothers on the moving scene. Women, children and men, from time to time yielded their places on horses or burros t< some friend or kinsman who needed ? rest. And so, soldiers and civilians who had been through the battles anc who had endured exposure, hungei and misery and who had turned theii backs on their own country, tonirhi looked forward hopefully to live in t new and strange land. ?he ^orbvilk inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce In TorkvilU as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. O.t TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1914 The president today sent congress t message that is to serve as a chart o: guidance on the trust question. It Congressman Lever will push tha cotton grading proposition on whicl he is working to the limit, he will b< worth big money to the cotton producers. According to a story in the Rock Hil I Herald, the York delegation has yielded to the persuasion of a delegatior from the Commercial club of Rock Hil and decided to recede from Its previously announced intention of giving Bethel township three or four month) work. We hope this is not correct While we are unwilling to state thai Bethel has a higher claim on the chaingang than any other township, we wil say that from the standpoint of fairness and justice, Bethel's claim outranks that of either York or Catawba The Anderson Daily Mail prints ? strong and sensible editorial In whicl it argues that the blame for lawlessness in South Carolina rests on tlu so-called "better classes." We agre? with the Mail in about all it says except that we cannot exactly reconcile the idea of conceding that the lawlest class is the "better class." Of course we understand what the Mail means or we think we do. When it says better class, it would have us think of people who are prominent in the church and stand high socially and although we do not assume that it refers te all of these people as being among the law breakers, we do not believ< tnat U means many ui mciu, iuiu < so we agree with it. However, w< are too loyal to the principles o: American liberty to concede as arigh any privilege that may be assumed bj any individual, however great he raaj think himself, which privilege is no recognized by the Constitution an< laws as a matter of right, and inBtea( of designating the people who wilful ly and deliberately ignore the laws aj belonging to the "better class," w< consider that they belong to the crim inal class. Until all men are made t< obey the laws, and big malefactors ar< punished along with little ones, then can be no real peace or security in so clety. The Enquirer is in no sense an ad vocate of higher taxes. As a matte; of fact we believe that the people o South Carolina are already paying more taxes than they ought to pay We are very well aware, however, tha the tax system in this state is horribly inadequate and unjust, and needs i complete overhauling. It is probabl: true that the bulk of the tax burdei everywhere is borne by people wh< are least able to bear it, but we hav< reason to believe that inequalities ar< greater in South Carolina than in an: other state of the Union. Our wholi system is wrong and needs to be thor oughly revised, and if in the revisioi it should be patterned after, say thi state of New York, the present burdei would be far more equitably distrlbut ed. But to secure a proper overhaul ing of the system is going to be ex ceedingly difficult, for various reasons Not the least of these reasons is tha among thousands for whom relief wil be certain there are many who will b< frightened into a belief that an: change in the existing machinery wil only tend to hit them harder thai ever. But there is certainly room to improvement?very considerable roon ana tnere is no proDiem mai is now De fore our representatives that is o more vital interest to the present an< future welfare of the state. From the announcements that an being made in the papers it would ap pear that there is going to be somi pretty lively times in the Fifth con gressional district this summer. Mi W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, has no exactly said that he is going to be s candidate, but he has made a state ment that will make the people tall and serve as a pretty good feeler. Mi Stevenson knows the game well, ha plenty of money and is quite a vigor ous campaigner who will at least di vide the vote of the old so-called con servative element with some of th others. Mr. Claude N. Sapp, of Lan caster, is a young lawyer of brains an< ability, who has a strong followini among the so-called Reform elemen of Lancaster, and who will gathe strength from that element all alonj the line. As to whether Mr. J. K. Hen ry or Mr. T. B. Butler will run agai: has not developed; but it is reason ably certain that Mr. G. W. Ragsdalc of Winnsboro, will be in the race, an of course so far as anybody knows Mi Finley, whose reputation and recor are too well known to call for com ment, will stand for re-election. Be cause of the political and othe changes that have taken place durini the past few years, and because o various other unknown quantities tha enter into the situation, with a lineu like that already in sight, there is n predicting at this distance from th primary, what the probable result wil be. Mayor John P. Grace, of Charlestor is writing in his paper "Commo: Sense," a series of articles in which h is endeavoring to show why the us of corruption money is so necessary 1: i Charleston elections. He blames it on I the "aristocrats." He undertakes to show that while the aristocrats are in 3 the numerical minority, the white i blooded "social climbers" are so nu) merous and sycophantic that it has ' been easy for the aristocrats to use . them to keep themselves in power. He J claims that his fight has been for de. mocracy against aristocracy. He wants r to smash the rule of the few and ess tablish the rule of his many, and his > one great difficulty is the numerous | sycophants who can always be de pended upon to recognize the super! ' ority of the class that claims privn ' eges above rights. He says this class i is willing to sell their souls for the . tolerance of the aristocrats, and that 1 they having introduced the use of r money for the purpose of buying thai t portion of the humbler, but better 1 class that does not understand the true principles of American manhood, it is necessary to meet corruption money with corruption money. Mayor * A J ? ?i%An? Ikaf Grace quotes me recuruo iu ouuw u?? ) he used his utmost endeavors to secure the establishment of the Austra; lian ballot system in Charleston so as to absolutely prevent the purchase of votes, and shows beyond question that his efforts were defeated by the aristocratic element which is not willing to trust the electorate on a manhood basis. He describes the aristocrats as "blue bloods," the "in-betweens" as "white bloods," and Democrats as "red bloods," and declares that up to his " own election the red, white and blue here indicated, was about the only respect in which the American flag was - typified in Charleston. ^ We have no special quarrel as to the recent choice of Judges by the general assembly, although if we had t been voting our ballot would not have been cast for either of the gentlemen elected. We have never been able to get over Judge Gage's charge to the Newberry grand jury in those proceedings against Thomas B. Pelder, j??-? A1? ?thot It hn/t the J auvising me giauu JU1J powers of a petit' Jury. We believed then that the Felder letters to Hub Evans were genuine and since then we have become absolutely convinced of the fact. According to our way of looking at things, we are unable to find justification for dodging facts under any consideration. Our choice for associate justice would have been the Hon. R. W. Memminger, and although that gentleman was not a candidate, if we had had a vote, that vote would have been cast for him all the same. Our observation is that there is not a member of the state Judiciary who is more generally level headed and sound and certainly not one who is possessed of greater courage to do that which he believes to be right, regardless of consequences, personal or otherwise. Judge Memminger nas oeen strongly ' supported each time his name has ' been mentioned for the position; but he has always steadfastly refused to ' put forth the least personal effort ii the scramble, and that is the reason he is not on the supreme bench today. ' Judge Moore measures up to a fairav1 erage of ability; but he is in no res3 pect superior to either Mr. Henry or ' Mr. G. W. S. Hart. We consider Mr. i Hart as an eminently fair and just man, as well equipped in his knowl3 edge of law as any man we know. If f he has any particular fault we do not ' know what it is; but we are tempted ' to suggest that his conceptions of the ' law of meum and teum has probably 1 prevented him from getting as much * out of his profession as would have * been gotten by many another lawyer of far inferior equipment. He is uns usually well qualified for a judicial po3 sition and should have one. If lengthand efficiency of public service count 3 for anything, Mr. J. K. Henry has as 3 high a claim on a judgeship as any ? other man in the state; but very much like Judge Memminger, Mr. Henry js disinclined to scramble for himself in a matter or tnis Kina, or auow ma ' friends to scramble for him. If placed r in the attitude of having: to discharg< 1 a conscientious duty to the people, wc f would have been very much embarrassed at being compelled to choose between Messrs. Henry and Hart. However, being in no wise responsible we are not particularly concerned at the choice the general assembly has made. So far as we are able to see the supreme and circuit benches have not been materially affected. Neither is any weaker or any stronger. The Boll Weevil. They say the boll weevil is coming along this way. Maybe it is and maybe it is not, we do not know; but at a guess we would say that it will be here after a while. Different friends who look ahead - have sueeested that we sound a warn > ing on that line, and although we t have printed column after column on 1 the subject, here goes again. s Our opinion of the probable benefit f of such warnings is not calculated to 1 stir up a great deal of alarm on the 1 subject, for as a matter of fact we do r not believe our people can be seriously i alarmed. If the boll weevil is what they say ' he is, and he comes this way, he is goi ing to have a very decided effect on economic conditions; but he is not going to get in his work all at one fell e sweep, and he is not going to turn this - country into a desert. The worst that e he can do is to drive the farmers into . raising a greater variety of crops, and >. in doing so he will benefit the farmer t rather than hurt him. i In no section that the boll weevil has . invaded has he completely devasted 1c the growing crop all in one season. . The first season he gets from an eighth 8 to a quarter, and the second season he . gets from a quarter to a half and so . on, usually giving the farmers and . merchants ample time in which to e make other arrangements. We hope the boll weevil will not tort vade this locality; but if he does ing vade it, we do not believe that he will t do nearly as much harm as many people fear. On the contrary, we believe he will do us good rather than harm, B and we feel reasonably certain that if - our farmers would anticipate the boll n weevil by commencing to do voluntarily now, what they will be forced to " do when he comes they will be much 5, better off for it, whether he comes or d not, p. . ?Columbia special of January 16, to the News and Courier: F. B. Grier, of - Greenwood, was this afternoon elected - president of the South Carolina Bar r association for the ensuing year. Other officers are: Vice presidents, 1st s circuit, W. L. Glaze, Orangeburg; 2d t circuit, J. B. Salley, Aiken; 3d circuit, t T. C. Haynsworth, Greenville; 4th circuit, D. D. McColl, Bennett8ville; 5th J? circuit, W. M. Shand, Columbia; 6th ? circuit, C. N. Sapp, Lancaster; 7th circuit, C. P. Sanders. Spartanburg; 8th circuit, I. H. Hunt, Newberry; 9th circuit, T. W. Bacot, Charleston; 10th circuit, B. A. Morgan, Georgetown; ?. 11th circuit, C. J. Ramage, Saluda; n 12th circuit, L. F. Gasque, Florence. The executive committee consists of R. B. Herbert, Columbia, chairman; e J. A. McCullough, Greenville, and n Fred H. Dominick, Columbia. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEVv ADVERTISEMENTS Shleder Drug Store?Suggests that you try a cup of its hot chocolate when you feel tired and worn out. York Supply Co.?Has the necessary hardware to fit you out for your spring plowing. Also talks about teriili2ers. T. W. Speck?Asks you to bring your watch or clock or Jewelry to hira if it is broken. J. J. Keller & Co.?Insist that it is to your interest to see them for all Kinds of lumber products, builders' hardware, paints, oils, etc. Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Has something to say to the man who wants to do early gardening. It has the necessary tools, fence wire, etc. Bank of Clover?Wants your deposits, large or small and will give you the best banking service. | James Bros.?Invite you to come and see their mules and horses at your I convenience, ask for prices and examine as to qualities. The Kandy Kitchen?Gives pointers | on candies, fruits, etc., that will interest you. T1" 1 Y)?/vo A n\r /nrt11170r licoro tn V/ttl lUU D1UO. noiv bUi?vi wwvt w vw see them before buying. They have the goods, the qualities and the prices. About farm tools. Palmetto Monument Co.?Reminds you that stone records are permanent and wants to show you monuments, markers, etc. Lyric Theatre?Gives programme for the week. Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp comes January 28th. City Meat Market?Wants eggs and butter. Sells the best beef, oysters, ham, etc. Mrs. W. D. Glenn, President?Gives notice of coming of Clemson Glee Club at the Graded school auditorium next Saturday night. First National Bank, Sharon?Publishes its statement showing condition at the close of business Jan. 13. Sam M. Grist?Reminds you that your property can burn and suggests the wisdom of insuring against loss. First National Bank, Sharon?Tells you some of the things that have taken place at Sharon since its establishment. Thomson Co.?Reduces prices on all goods in all departments from 20 to 50 per cent. Columbia Fertilizer Co.?On page 4, tells you about the good qualities of its fertilizers. For sale by Carroll Bros. Cloud Cash Store?Is receiving new goods for spring wear. Special reductions on various goods. J. M. Stroup?Can supply you with all kinds of trimmings for your mutes, as Well as all kinds of farm tools. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Wants to furnish you with turn plows, repairs and all kinds of farm hardware. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Has new curtain scrim at 5c to 25c yard. Reduced prices on winter underwear. Standard Oil Co.?Gives more reasons why you should buy and use a Rayo oil lamp. See page four. Yorkville Bargain House?Calls attention to various specials that it is offering for this week. The purpose of Senator Beamguard's bills with reference to the auditor and treasurer is to increase the length of the terms of these two officers from two to four years. If the bill goes through as it should, the nrooonf terms nf the nresent officials j ? K will be in no wise affected thereby. Governor Blease ha* paid Henry Leech and Jack Cousar $25 each for the capture and conviction of the negro Rob Johnson who killed his wife at Hickory Grove some time ago, and who was sentenced at the last Term^pf the court of general sessions to life imprisonment on the York county chaingang. BILLS BY MR. BEAMGUARD The following bills introduced in the senate last week we*6 referred to the committee on Finance: Mr. Beamguard?A bill to amend Section 440, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1912, Vol. I, as amended by an act entitled "An act to amend Sec. 4400, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1912, Vol. 1, related to county treasurer for Charleston and Newberry counties," approved February 21, 1913, by including York county within the proviso thereof. Referred to committee on Judiciary. Mr. Beamguard?A bill to amend Section 381, as amended by an act entitled, "An act to amend Sec. 381, Vol. 1. Code of Laws, 1912, relating to county auditors for Charleston, Newberry and Clarendon counties," approved February 21, 1913, by including York county within the provision as the proviso of said amended section. Referred to committee on Judiciary. WITHIN THE TOWN ? There were special exercises in the Graded school auditorium yesterday in observance of the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The exercises consisted of an address by Dr. E. W. Pressly of Clover, and prayer by Revs. J. L. Oates and F. Ray Riddle. After the close of the exercises in the auditorium the children were granted a half holiday. All of the ceremonies were under the general direction of the Winnie Davis chapter, U. D. C. ? Mr. S. M. McNeel has commenced certain improvements on the older portion of the McNeel block, and the understanding is that he is to put in a new front that will make the part of the structure that was purchased from Mr. R. J. Herndon conform more nearly in architectural effect with the balance of the building. The Lyric Theatre, Mr. McManus, the manager is advised, is not to be disturbed during the remodeling process. ? The First National Bank of Yorkville has purchased a building site on the corner of Congress and Liberty streets, 30 by 100 feet, now occupied by Miller's barber shop. The bank people are not yet ready to give out details as to their plans, but it is very well understood that they have for years been anxious to get a suitable site for the erection of a building of their own, and that they will soon put up a handsome structure in keeping with their rapidly growing business goes without saying. The price paid for the lot was $4,600. ? The Western-Union Telegraph company has a force of men at work repairing the company's line along the C. & N.-W. Ry. The men started to work at Lenoir, and have been overhauling the line all the way. There are about twenty in the party, encamped in their ovn cars below the old depot. The Southern Power Co. also has a force of workmen encamped in the Ancona cotton mill pasture. This force is repairing the power company's lines in the vicinity of Yorkville. "MORE OIL IN THEM" While in Sharon the oth' r day, a representative of The Enquirer had a talk with a leading business man about the local cotton seed market It is not necessary to mention the business man's name for the reason that the conversation was strictly personal and there was no expectation that it would be published; but still it may be proper to remark that this particular gentleman has the reputation of being very matter of fact, with only a limited sense of humor. The question of The Enquirer man was prefaced with an explanation and was like this: "Now it is a well known fact that you people pay more for cotton seed than they do anywhere else in the county, and disinterested men who thoroughly understand the business tell me that you often pay more than you can get from the oil mills or elsewhere, and what is bothering me is to know what it means." "Well, we do pay pretty high sometimes; but we Just have to do it. There are always some people who put the price out of sight and the others go along as far as they can. "Do they make any profit?" "?ometimes they do and sometimes they don't" "Have you made any profit?" "Couldn't say; haven't figured it up yet; but I don't think I have made much?don't know though." "Then you cannot explain why the Sharon market is always higher than other markets?" "Don't know unless it is because the Sharon seed have more oil in them. There are those who do say that the Sharon seed have more oil in them, and maybe that is why they sell higher." The gentleman made the remark a ftuinlrla I r* Vila avo o nH loff the impression that from his viewpoint there really was no other solution of the puzzle. 3ECOND WEEK JURORS The following petit Jurors were drawn this morning to serve during the second week of the approaching term of the court of common pleas: T. G. Wright Broad River R. M. Barnett - Bethel D. C. Sturgis Catawba S. M. Barnett Ebenezer L. W. Setzer - Ebenezer R. H. Peacock Catawba A. L. Lineberger Catawba J. W. Lessiie ... Catawba R. E. Montgomery York W. G. Hayes Broad River .T. M. Williford Catawba T. F. Lessiie Catawba C. A. Boney York J. S. Leech Broad River R. L. Quinn Bethel R. E. Brown Catawba M. R. Kee Catawba B. N. Craig Catawba Jno. M. Russell Catawba J. L. Wood Bethel J. C. McCarley Bullock's Creek Austin Cobb Broad River Geo. E. Ford King's Mt. J. C. Adams King's mi. J. E. McAlliley Bullock's Creek J. P. Adams King's Mt. W. O. Harshaw York Jno. L. Dowdle .... Bullock's Creek C. B. Able Bethesda J. Walter Summerford ....King's Mt. J. T. Feemster York W. L. Hill Broad River W. T. McClaln York A. J. Sturgis Bethel W. Q. Brown York B. B. Robinson York ABOUT PEOPLE The little son of Mr. S. L. Courtney of Yorkville, is critically 111 with pneumonia. Mrs. J. G. McCants of Winnsboro, Is visiting Mrs. Helen Adickes in Yorkville. Miss Louise Dobson of the Ridge school near Clover, visited Yorkville reiauves lino ween. Mrs. Frank McCluney of Riverside, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. P. White, in Yorkvllle. Misses Bessie and Mary Connolly of Rock Hill, visited relatives in Yorkvllle, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lowry Guy of Chester, visited the family of Mr. R. B. Lowry In Yorkvllle, Sunday. Mr. Edw. Watts has moved his family from the Ancona mill, Yorkvllle, to the Aragon mill, Rock Bill. Mrs. B. O. Doggett of Charlotte, visited the family of Dr. A. Y. Cartwright in Yorkvllle last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Craig of Lancaster, visited relatives and friends in Yorkvllle and vicinity this week. Miss Mary Currence of Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. 8, is visiting the family of Mr. J. M. Brian in Yorkvllle. Miss Maud Stroup of the Presbyterian college, Charlotte, is spending I this week at her home in Yorkvllle. Mr. J. W. Kirkpatrick of Yorkvllle, spent Sunday at Hickory, N. C., on account of the Illness of his mother. Misses Marie McNair and Lillie Parks of Winthrop college, visited Misses Mary and Carrie Cartwright in in Yorkvllle, last week. Miss Mary McFarland, who has been undergoing treatment in Baltimore, Md., has returned to her home on Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. 4. Mjrs. W. G. Ferguson and Miss Wil lie Ferguson 01 ijancasier, vianeu mc famllv of Mr. Robert Shillinglaw on Yorkville No. 7, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Williams, Miss Armitta Green and three children of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Watson, of the Ancona mill village, are quite sick with pneumonia and grippe. Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Kennedy and children of Chester, Dr. MofTatt and Mr. Barron Kennedy of Rock Hill, spent Sunday, in Yorkville with the family of Mr. W. M. Kennedy. Rock Hill Record: Friends of Mr. Perry Ferguson, formerly of Yorkville, No. 8, but now a resident of this city, and who is making his home with his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Youngblood, will be glad to learn that he is improving from his recent spell of 'grippe and is able to be up. BEST 80IL BUILDER Mr. B. Harris, former president of the South Carolina Farmers' Union, and now a government food inspector, was in Yorkville, last Friday and in a short talk with the reporter made the statement that sorgum cane is the best soil builder of which he has any knowledge. "What we need to enrich our lands more than anything else,*' said Mr. Harris, "is humus. The great trouble with our agriculture is that we take everything off and put nothing back, leaving the land to degenerate into a poverty stricken condition, mechanically and otherwise. "Twist it and turn it as you may; but what we need above everything else is not commercial fertilizers but humus?something to conserve, moisture and restore the mechanical condition. "A hundred pounds of sand will conserve 25 pounds of moisture. A hundred pounds of clay will conserve 90 pounds of moisture, and 100 pounds of humus will conserve 190 pounds of moisture. It is not necessary to explain the importance of moisture to the soil and the relative figures I am quoting tell their own story. "My experience with all kinds of crops has demonstrated that sorghum cane gives more humus than any other crop I know of, not excepting peas or crimson clover. Another thing. You do not want to turn under any crop and work it the same year. You loose too much humus and the process is too expensive. You should turn under your cane and follow with oats, or turn under your crimson clover and follow with peas. If you try to cultivate a crop immediately following the turning under of a cover, you expose to the heat of the sun, the atmosphere and the rains, too much of that which would have otherwise been valuable fertilizer. After you turn under a crop of sorghum, peas, clover or anything else, you want to keep it under until it has become thoroughly incorporated with the soil". "The great need of this country," concluded Mr. Harris, "is for the farmers to learn more about soil building." NOTARIES PUBLIC. Following is a list of the notaries public who have been commissioned by Governor Blease since the governor's proclamation of February, 1911, revoking all commissions then in ex istence, and the date of the quallflca- i tlon of each notary: R. C. Allein, Yorkvill^... .Feb. 21, 1911 B. C. Barnes, Rock Hill.. Feb. 15, 1911 J. J. Bailee, Fort Mill....Feb. 17, 1911 Percival C. Blackmon, Rock Hill.... Feb. 17, 1911 Geo. A. Beach, Rock Hill..Feb. 22, 1911 Jas. Meek Barnett Jan. 29, 1913 A. H. Blanton Dec. 10, 1913 F. E. Clinton, Clover Feb. 15, 1911 Chas. L. Cobb, Rock Hill..Feb. 17, 1911 M. F. Cobb, Rock Hill....Feb. 22. 1911 Wm. J. Cornwell, Hartnony March 3, 1911 E. A. Crawford, Guthriesvllle March 8, 1911 J. M. Cobb, Hickory Grove March 15, 1911 W. R. Conrad, Guthriesville March 17, 1911 J. C. Chambers, Sharon.March 22, 1911 John Randolph Cobb, Sharon Sept 9, 1912 ? T. M. Campbell, Clover. ...Feb. 24, 1913 W. M. Dunlap, Rock Hill .Feb. 17, 1911 , Hi M. Dunlap, Rock Hill..Feb. 17,1911 Robt. M. Dulin, Bowling Green < Feb. 21. 1911 ( Samuel H. Epps, Fort Mill , Feb. 28. 1911 J R. E. L. Ferguson, No. 8, Yorkville.. ^ Sept. 20, 1911 J. C. Faris, Catawba... .April 25, 1912 J. F. Ferguson May 17, 1912 H. C. Glenn, Yorkvllle.... Feb. 18, 1911 T. B. Glenn, No. 7, Yorkvllle March 21, 1911 O. E. Grist, Yorkvllle May 6, 1911 J. D. Good, Bullock's Creek Dec. 5, 1911 Jno. R. Hart, Yorkvllle.. .Feb. 15, 1911 Samuel H. Hay, Jr., Rock Hill Feb. 21. 1911 Jos. Charlton Hughes, Fort Mill.... . .Feb 22 1911 A. M. Haddon, Sharon.... Feb. 24, 1911 J. C. Helms, Rock Hill...Feb. 27. 1911 J. E. Hart, Yorkvllle....March 4. 1911 C. J. Henry, Rock Hill..March 8, 1911 J. Hi Hayes. Lesslle April 10. 1311 Jno. S. Hartness, Sharon..June 10, 1911 J. C. Hardin. Rock Hill....Oct. 5, 1911 A. E. Hutchison, Rock Hill Jan. 1, 1913 John Porter Hollis, Rock Hill March 27, 1913 DeWitt C. Johnston. Rock Hill Feb. 18, 1911 Jno. A. Jenkins, Rock Hill.Feb. 22, 1911 Jas. E. Jackson, Clover... .Feb. 27, 1911 Samuel N. Johnson, Yorkvllle March 4, 1911 Samuel L. Johnson, Rock Hill March 11. 1911 Robert Jackson Stames, Hickory Grove March 28. 1911 Julian B. Johnson May 13, 1911 White W. Jackson, Yorkvllle AnWIl * 1013 i J. R." killlan. Yorkviile. . March 28, 1911 Jno. R. London, Rock Hlll.Ffeb. IB, 1911 rW. B. Meacham, Fort Mill.Feb. 16. 1911 J. H. Miller. Rock Hill Feb. 18. 1911 W. L Mawey, Yorkville. .Sept 7, 1911 J. A. Marlon, Yorkville. .June 26, 1912 J. P. McMurray, Yorkville. .... ... Feb. 14, 1911 Thos. F. McDow, Yorkville Feb. 20, 1911 I. J. McFadden, Rock Hill Feb. 21, 1911 N. M. McDill, Hickory Grove Feb. 25, 1911 J. Lesslle McGlll, No. 1 Yorkville... March 8, 1911 John W. McEHhaney, Fort Mill March 4, 1911 Wm. Jackson McGlll, Smyrna March 18. 1911 S. M. McNeel, Yorkville. .June 28. 1911 A. MolTatt McGlll. Ramah.Jan. 15, 1912 John A. Neely, Rock Hill March 2. 1911 L. D. Pitts. Rock Hill...March 2, 1911 Coleman Sims Pratt, Sharon Dec. 9. 1911 E. R. Partridge Jan. 29, 1913 J. H. Ouinn. King's Creek.Aug. 7, 1913 Wade B. Roddey, Rock Hill March 17. 1911 .T. C. Rhea. Rock Hill Dec. 20, 1911 R. M. Robinson. Clover ..Sept. 7, 1912 J. P. Slfford. Clover Feb. 20, 1911 O. L. Sanders, McConnellsvllle 1 Feb. 23. 1911 1 J. T. Sparks. Catawba... .Feb. 24, 1911 1 J. L. Spratt. Fort Mill....Feb. 27. 1911 ' J. K. Scorns. Rock Hill.Feb. 27. 1911 r' J. L. Stacy, Clover March 7, 1911 C. W. F. Spencer, Rock Hill 1 March 9, 1911 J. D. Smith, Yorkvllle No. 1... J March 11. 1911 ' T. B. Spratt. Fort Mill..March 27, 1911 1 S. R. Spencer, Rock Hill..Feb. 24. 191' 1 T. R. Shurley. Rock Hill..May 12. 1913 P. W. Spencer Rock Hill.May 22. 1913 I Samuel G. Strait, Smith's Turn Out Oct. ?, 1913 i G. C. Thompson, Sharon ' March 24. 1911 J. Wm. Tnompson, Jr. Rock Hill.... J March 18. 1913 Oils P. Thompson, Rock Hill 1 March 18. 1913 Jno. R. Williams, Rock Hill Feb. 16. 1911 J. C. Wllborn. Yorkvllle.. Feb. 15. 1911 Geo. W. Williams, Yorkvllle Feb. 15, 1911 1 W. B. Wilson, Jr., Rock Hill ' March 1, 1911 J. J. Waters, Rock Hill March 2. 1911 James S. White, Rock Hill ' March 6, 1911 J. M. Wllkerson, Hickory Grove.... A r\w<1 1 101 1 R J. White. Rock HJll Jan. 4. 1912 R W. White. Filbert Feb. 10. 1912 J. M. F. Wylie Aug. 26. 1912 Millard T. Williams, Clover Oct 17, 1913 LOCAL LACONIC8. Whisky Shipments Off. According to authorities on the subject, shipments of whisky into York county during 1913. fell short of 1912 by at least one-third. At Clover, Guthriesville, Catawba Junction, Yorkvllle and other places, the amount of mail order liquor was materially decreased, but at Rock Hill the 1913 figures were as much If not l above those of 1912. Sanding the Roads. The people down Blairsville way mean business about fixing their roads. Fifteen volunteer wagons with i drivers, were at work four days last week hauling sand from Blairsville to ward Bullock's Creek and Hoodtowp. Township Supervisor Plexico Is paying for the loading out of the township funds, and the people are doing the rest. Dead in Seed House. Coroner Louthian was called tc Rock Hill last Saturday to hold an inquest over the body of Frank Steele, a negro, who was found dead in the seed house of the Highland Park Oil mill. Steele's work was to remain in the seed house and look after the seed conveyer to keep it from clogging. The work did not require constant attention, and it is supposed that the negro was covered up and suffocated by cotton seed while asleep. The coroner's i jury, however, brought in a verdict to i the effect that death was due to causes unknown. Mrs. W. M. Campbell Dead. Mrs. Ethel Johnson Campbell, wife ! of Mr. William Campbell, of York- ; ville No. 2, died at her home last i Friday evening, following an illness ' of only a few days. Mrs. Campbell i was in me join year 01 ner age. one 1 was for many years a member of Allison Creek Presbyterian church, ! and was widely known as a lady i of the highest Christian charac- ? ter. In addition to her husband, she ! Is survived by seven children, as fol lows: Annie, John, William, Emma, j Lyles, Floyd and Myrtle. Mrs. Camp- | bell is also survived by her father, , Mr. David Johnson and three sisters, ; Mrs. I. A. Bigger, of Rock Hill; Mrs. Charles Price, of Steele Creek, N. C., ' and Mrs. John Campbell, of Yorkville ; No. 2. After funeral services at the . home at 11 o'clock, Saturday morning, the body was laid to rest in Bethel j cemetery. Quick Work. i The publication of the statement of J condition by the First National bank ( of Yorkville in The Enquirer of last ] Friday afternoon, furnished an lllus- ' tratlon of promptness that is out of j the ordinary. The First National along , with most other national banks, has ' in agent in Washington whose busi- ? less it is to notify by telegraph lmmeiiately upon a call from the comptroler of the currency for a statement of :ondition. The telegram was received it 10.20 a. m., and Cashier Allien lmnedlately telephoned The Enquirer to enow whether the statement could be landled in the issue of that day. On >elng advisee! in the affirmative, he jrepared the copy, turned it over ihortly before 1 o'clock, and, upon re:elpt of proof of publication a Jew lours later, got the papers off to Wash- . ngton the same evening. The People's National Bank of Rock Hill published ts statement in the Herald of Friday ifternoon, and the First National bank if Sharon, had its statement ready; >ut was unable to get it to Yorkrille intil Friday night. fork County Teachers' Association. One of the largest meetings of the fork County Teachers' association jver held, took place at Winthrop sollege last Saturday. Dr. D. B. Tohnson welcomed the teachers to iVlnthrop and asserted that Winthrop vas at all times eager to help the ural schools. Miss Mary Stokes of he Rock Hill Graded school, gave i demonstration reading lesson with i class of children, and Miss Ruth itnUpn nf the Ebenezer school, read J in interesting paper on "The use of :he library in connection with read- ' ng." Dr. P. B. Wells, pastor of St. John's M. E. church of Rock Hill, iddressed the teachers, his subject jeing "Some old truths restated." A neeting of the county Rural Improvement association was also held in ronnection with the teacher's meetng. The following officers to serve luring the ensuing year were elected: President, Miss Leila Dussell; vice president. Miss Minnie Garrison; sec etary, Miss Winnie Crawford; treasurer, Mrs. Hettie S. Brown. Rock Hill vs. May Reversed. Rock Hill Herald, Monday: Wilson md Wilson, attorneys for Rock Hill In the case of Rock Hill vs. C. S. May, et il, have received a copy of an order by Judge George EI Prince setting iside the verdict recently rendered In the above entitled case and ordering a new trial. The case may come up at the February term. The case came up it the fall term of York court and a verdict was returned in favor of the ] lefendants. The plaintiff immediately made a motion to set the verdict iside and a new trial ordered. The suit was to recover $5,000, the amount }f the bond given by the defendant I while city clerk and treasurer of Rock 1 Hill. The suit was Jointly against ! May and his bondsmen. The amount i misappropriated and the interest on same to date would amount to more than the bond, the suit having been j pending some time. The order of Judge i Prince is as follows: The above en- 1 IUI?' ? ? " ?" hv a turv hafnri> LIUCU WIOC TTttO VilCVi V/ M ^ , me at the recent fall term of the court : of common pleas for York county and : resulted in a verdict for defendants. , Thereupon plaintiffs counsel moved for a new trial on the several grounds taken down by the stenographer and . to be found in the report of the case. After argument of counsel on this : motion the matter was taken un- : der consideration by me until I could be furnished by stenographer with a , transcript of the record. After careful consideration of the record furnished by him, 1 am of the opinion that the verdict is not only not supported by the great weight of the testimony, but is manifestly against it, and it is clearly against the law as charged by me. In so holding I have not overlooked the defendant's contention of estoppel en pals. There Is no evidence that the city council accepted money from the defendants with notice that defendants intended such payment in full settlement of all breaches of both bohda" There la no evidence that either the city council or the sureties knew at the time that there has been any breach of the bond given February 6, 1906. The evidence is clear that the amount paid in the summer of 1909 was the amount disappropriated by the treasurer during his term of office subsequent to February 6, 1908. The evidence is clear that the amount then paid was all the misappropriation then known, and I have no doubt that the sureties then thought there had been no precedent misappropriations. But there is no evidence tending to show that the city council hori "AHnn that thtCk ail PotifiB intanffoH such payment to cover any breaches of the bond made February 6, 1906. The evidence clearly shows that this bond was breached by misappropriation of the city's funds and the defendants have failed to establish by the preponderance of the evidence their plea of accord and satisfaction. It is therefore ordered and adjudged that the verdict herein be set aside and a new trial had." MERE MENTION The president of the newly organized Federal baseball league, is reported to have made an offer to Ty Cobb of 615,000 a year for a period of five years F. M. Jones of Clinton, N. Y., recently paid 615,000 for a thoroughbred young bull of the HolstelnFrcslan breed The suicide of the chief of the meteorological observatory at Kagoshlma, Japan, is announced, he having committed hari-kari because he failed to warn the people of the danger of the eruption of the volcano Sakura-Jlma. which did such damage and cost so many lives at Kagoshima last week....A graduate student of Cornell university, Ithaca, *N. Y., announces that he is able to increase the flow of goat's milk to doub.e the usual quantity and five times richer in cream, by the injection of a recently discovered serum, under the skin of the goat ..It is reported fmm .Tonan that IK 000 Deonle were buried alive in the city of Sakura last week by the eruption of the volcano Sakura-Jlma... .Present plans are for the official opening of the Panama canal in January, 1915, with Colonel Coethals to be the first governor of the canal zone with plenary powers. Yeggmen blew open a safe at Osceola, Ala, Friday morning and got away in an automobile with 1250 It is stated from Chihuahua, Mexico, that Gen. Villa and General Caranza are preparing to unite their rebel armies and with a force of 25,000 men march on the City of Mexico At San Francisco, Friday, 600 cases of eggs were received from China, under the new tariff law, which admits eg*; < free of duty. It is estimated that 30,000 cases will be received from China during the year Dr. Carl Jacob- i son, a rich brewer of Copenhagen, left his estate of $40,000,000 to art pur- < poses Six children were burned to death in the destruction of a residence i at Cobononk, Ontario, Saturday. The i mother of the children escaped by < jumping from a window A wealthy : Nashville, Tenn., negro has announced i a gift of $5,000 to establish a hospital In Liberia, Africa Fire destroyed the docks of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, a steamship, three schooners ' and five barges loaded with lumber at 1 Jacksonville, Fla,, Saturday afternoon. A cablegram received at Ham- < burg, Germany from Punta Arena, : Chile, brings information to the effect that the German steamer Acilia re- ; centiy sunn on: Aerra uei rxiego, carrying1 down with her fifty passengers and a crew of forty-eight members... Jack Rose, who became famous In connection with tho trial of Lieutenant Becker of the New York police force for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. In July, 1912, has begun work as an evangelist. Gunmen of New York say they will yet kill Rose for his part in the Becker trial....The National Reform association in its fight against the Mormon church, proposes to prosecute Mormons under the Mann white Blave law In recognition of his work in improving health conditions in the canal zone. Colonel Wm. C. Gorgas has been recommended by the secretary of war for the position of surgeon general of the United States army... .During the last three months of 1913, the common pleas court of Cayoga county, Ohio, granted nearly 600 divorces, and during the same period nearly 800 new divorce cases were Hied Commercial Ice will be cut In Fresno county, Cal., this year for the first time in the history of the county A New York financial writer says that American investors < ire investing millions of dollars in Caladian securities in order to escape he income tax William Travers t ferome is receiving numerous letters hreatening his life unless he withlraws from all connection with the :ase against Harry K. Thaw. Jerome lays he will stay on the Job New ;rop fleld-grown strawberries were >ut on sale at Texarkanna, Tex., Frllay...Under the new tariff law wheat 'rom the Argentine republic is to be idmltted to the United States duty :ree The rules committee of the ower house of representatives, has roted against the proposition of creatng a permanent committee of the louse on woman suffrage Charles ind Samuel Dawson, aged 20 and 1? m tears, are under arrest at Mount Airy, I M. C., charged with having murdered heir father in December. In an alleged confession it is stated that the boys dlled their father in defense of their nother Many cities of France are reported to be facing famine on ac:ount of heavy snow storms cutting off ail road traffic Mayor Donn M. Roberts of Terre Haute, Ind., was ar-ested Saturday, charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit fraud and itufflng ballot boxes A lone banlit held up the passengers of a chair *r on a Western and Atlantic train lear Vinings, Ga., Friday night and jot away with about $300 worth of x>oty......Secretary Daniels of the mvy department last Friday, gave out :ontracts for $1,917,340 worth of pro lectiles for the navy. The contracts were awarded to American steel companies The dam of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper company, at rVnKKIn W Vo ftn thn Pntnmiic river. IV T <?., *..w . -r .,.. rave way early Thursday morning! lending a wall of water down the val>ey. No lives were lost There are nore than 10,000 applicants for the 100 Jobs to be given out by the treasury officials for collecting the income .ax Preliminary estimates by the lepartment of agriculture show that Itm jf the 1,140.000,000 acres of tillable V land In the United States, only 27 per ? :ent Is actually under cultivation ? lames J. Hill recently paid $1,000 for JS i 14-inch ear of corn produced in ~M Minnesota Two well known New Fork physicians, connected with the Rockefeller institute, announce the discovery and successful use of a serum that will cure paresis, or softening of the brain The "kodak trust" is reported as seeking to settle the suit which the government has been pushing against it since last June Car) Browne, chief lieutenant in "Corey's ^ army," in the march of the unemployed to Washington from Ohio, in 1824, died in Washington, Friday Chas. R. Pendleton, editor of the Macon, Ga., Telegraph, died Friday. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. t ? Washington special of January 17, to the Columbia State: Representative Thomas F. Byrnes today came out strongly In a speech on the floor of the bouse in favor of better treatment for the rural mall carriers of the country. When the post office appropriation bill was under consideration he referred to i statement which he had received from the postmaster general In which tha tattar atAtad that while the bill OS tensibly provided for an increase of salaries for all carriers, as a matter of fact the salaries of all trl-weekly car* A riers would be reduced and there "T would be great discrimination in the Increase of salaries of daily carriers. Mr. Byrnes stated that under the provisions of the bill the increase on al3 mile route would be $75 a year; on a 25 mile route S7S.50, and on a 24 mfle route $50. He asked for an Increase ^ from $1,100 to $1,200 for the standard routes, adding $30 for every mile above and deducting $30 for every mile below. He also said that If the* bill went through with the increases now provided for the total amount in the bill would have to be similarly increased or else there would be a deficit in the rural delivery service. ? Gaffney special of January 17, to 4^ the Spartanburg Herald: More than 200 Gaffney citizens attended the mass meeting held In the court house last evening for the purpose of ratifying the action of the municipal executive committee in ordering the election for ^ ihe first Tuesday in Feb rotary, * and to adopt rules and regulations governing the primary election. A ripple of excitement swept over the house when r. speaker advocated allowing Thomas Hester, who was tne Kepuoiican postmaster of Gaffney under the T&ft administration, to run for mayor in the primary. Mr. Hester made the statement that a majority of the members of the executive committee had assur- m ed him that he could run in the primary as a candidate for mayor. Two of the members who were present de- --W nled this, but stated that they had told Mr. Hester that he could run in the general election, and that against a certain other candidate, they would give him (Hester), their support The ^4chalrman ruled that no one but a bona Ada Democrat (whatever that it) could run as a candidate in the primary. Since then Mr. Hester has announced that he will run, and the outcome Is awaited with much interest by the people of Gaffney. The only other candidate who has been announced so far is Mr. N. a Littlejohn, who was formerly mayor of Gaffney. Much pressure is being brought to bear on y Mr. J. Q. Little to offer as a candidate, and it is thought that he will an- <4nounce shortly for the position. ? Captain A. W. Jones in his annual report to the general assembly, after discussing the tax system, urges that a tax commission be created to take the place of the state board of equall- k zatlon and state board of assessors. 7 The work of assessing all property in the state would come under this commission. The comptroller general also asks that the general assembly provide for submission to the people of an amendment to the Constitution providing for the repeal of the constitutional school tax so as to leave the amount to be appropriated for school purposes to the discretion of the legislature, "as the value of the taxable property and the school needs both vary from time to time. I would again urge upon your consideration the necesslty of the revision of the system for taxation and raising the moneys necessarv for the support of the government# The increase in the public needs for revenue and the inequality existing in the present system for meeting them is very evident. After discussing the increased expenditures necessary because of the growth of the various institutions supported by the state and the increase in other expenses, he says: "Now these annual expenses are not going to be reduced, and they must continue to increaso with the growth of the state. These figures show the necessity of your devising a practical system by which this necessary revenue can be equally raised so that each taxpayer and each dollar of property shall bear its just I share of the burden and no more. The inequalities of the present system are so well established and known that it is unnecessary to detail them. No equitable system can be devised unless you ascertain the actual value of all property to be taxed. It 18 impos- % sible to secure an assessment of the exact value, but It can be secured approximately. The people dread an assessment at true value for fear that If they let the lawmakers know the real value of their property, and such value should be at once placed on the tax books, your honorable body would be led to make appropriations that would tax them to the limit of their capacity, or not reduce the present rate of levy. They also fear that they would be taxed more for educational purposes than necessary on account of the arbitrary constitutional 3 mill school tax which now raises $888,000. For if property were assessed at its actual value this constitutional levy would treble, or raise more than $2.500,000. and they are unwilling to risk being forced to pay an unjust and unnecessary amount of taxes. I, therefore, renew my recommendations heretofore made that you provide for the submission to the people of an amendment to the constitution providing for a repeal of the constitutional school tax, so as to leave the amount to be appropriated for school purposes to the discretion of the legislature, as the value of the taxabll property and the school needs both vary from time to time. The constitutional restrictions on the exercise of the taxing r powers of the legislature should be removed, and the legislature left free ~ to adopt such laws as may from time to time seem best. I renew my recommendation made to former general assemblies that a single and permanent tax commission, or board be created and vested with the power to supervise the work of assessment of property for purposes of taxation."