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At,r" VLXL V NO 7 NEWBERRY3 S. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 24. 1908. TIEAWE.$.0AYA OUR LEGISLATUEJR LETTER. Justice Gary Reelected--Honorable . Robert Aldrich Named as Judge. rSpecial to Harald and Nox. Columbia, Jan. 23.-The two houses met in joint a.sembly yesterday at noun and proceed to illI vaca.ncies in certa'in oflices, as f..llows: Hon. E. B. Gary of Abbeville, re eleected, associate justice of the su preme court. Hon. Robert Al 'h of Barnwell, judge of the secona circuit to suc eed i's cousin, Judge Tames Ald ricl, resigned. Col. Aldrich reeeives 85 votes to 72 for Coi. Claude E. Sawyer of Aiken. Directors of the penitentiary, essrs. D. R. Peurifoy of Saluda and B. F. Thomas of Barnwell. Mr. John 1O. Wingo of Greenville, an incum -bent, was defeated. Mr. Peurifoy -rws reelected. For trust -. of Clemson, Messrs. C. D. Man..A. G. Richards, Jr.. and Jese H. Hardin of Chester, Mr. Har din being relected. Mr. G. Duncan Bellinger of Columbia was defeated for relection and \Mr. H. L. Watson of Greenwod was also voted for. For State librarian Miss L. H. La Borde was reelected without oppo sition. Ths following trustees weare re - elefted: Winthrop, Gen. Wilie Jones of Columbia and Mr. John E. Breazeale of Anderson. Citadel, Hon. Orlando Sheppard of Edgefield. State Negro College, Mr. Arthur Kibler of New berry and Mr. A. L. Dukes of Orange burg. The elections were not concluded until nearly six o'clock yesterday afternoon, a recess having been -tak-. en for dinner at two o'clock. Today at one o'clock the general assembly in joint session will be ad dressed'by Gen. Stephen D. Lee, the comnanding officer of- the United Confedeitte Veterans, and a native of this State, but now a resident of Mississippi. Tonight, by invitation through a resolution, Senator B. R. Tillman will address the general assembly, the subject: announced for his talk ~being "Immigration and How it Af facts the Race Question.'' This is the addrass he has delivered in the iaorth and west but it is doubtful if the senator sticks very elose to his suibject this time. The hou-se has passed a bill intro duced last year by Mr. Marshal.1 of 'Charleston, changing the terms of the .court eounity superinten'dent's of edu cation -and supervisors from two to four years. The vote was 59 to 31 in favor of the bill. -Bv a vote of 59 to 47, the house re jeet ed Mr. Morrell 's bill to require marr'i'a:e licenses. The house is- evi deatly against any form of mjarriagb 1j.ecense. A bill by Mr. Douglass of Chester fiekt. requiring railroads to post late trains every 15 minutes, instead of 30 minutes, as under the present law. passed the house without op position. Mr. Nash's bili to establish an in surnance department has bbeen dis eussed but not voted on in the house. Sena3t-or Earle has a bill to fix pas senger rates, his schedule of rates being less than two cents for mileage ooks. It also prohibits the ex hangze of transportation for adver tising. Senator Carlisle has a bill fixing the riates in accordance with the suggestions of President Finley. The senate has passed over Gov. Ansel 's vet*o a bill relating to a local school listri-et in Lexington county. Senat.)r Efird of Lexington made a fight for the bill and thre senators stod by their fellow-senator. Petitions for prohilbition have sent in from several places, includ.ing Richand county. A delegation ap pointed by the State Baptist conven tion has appeared before the dispen sary committee and asked for a state law, the s>okesmari being the presi dent of the convention, Mr. C. A. Smith of Timmonsville. The house has pass.ed a resolution condemning the action of the Aiken county dis pensary board in opening a dispen -ar a Nrt.h Agusta in d?iance of dle1n2T,eratle (l:etrlne. An effort may be made to have th resoluticl FARMERS' UNION ELECTS OFFICERS. B. Harris of Pendleton Elected President-Large Delegation Here. The State, 23rd. The Farmers' union of South Caro lina met in the council chamber in the city hall at 11 o'clock yesterda, with 24 counties represented by 106 lelewates Besides the delegates> thcrte 'wa:s a lar;e crowd of visiting 1me mibers Preident C. S. Barratt', the presi- i dent of the National union, presided at all the =e-sins. The body adopted a constitution which is more explicit than the old one and will give better satisfa.ction to the members, it is claimed. The utmost harmony prevailed and there is no schisn or faction in the union. There nevecr was a more har monious meeting, it is claimed. After the adoption of the constitu tion the following officers were elect ed: B. Harris of Pendleton, president. A. J. Perrit of Darlington, vice president. J. W. Reid of Spartanburg, secre- i tary-treasurer. - W. E. Bodie of iSalud'a. chaplain. B. F. Earle of Greenvijle, organiz er. +A. F. Calvert of Abbevillz, door keeper. -S. Quinn of Cherokee, conductor. Executive conmittee-,W. B. Parks of Edgefield. J. C. Strilbling of An derson, 0. P. Goodwiti of Laurens, J. I Frank Ashe of York, T. C. Willough by of Florence, L. L. Baker of Lee. The following resolutions were in animously adopted: "Resolved, by the State Farmers' union of South Carolina, That the legislature now in session be and is herciby urged - to pass the Richards bill for the repeal of the agricultural lien' law that our people may have relief from its ruinous effects. "Resolved, further, That our State legislature be urged to spiedily pass a labor contract law that will stand the test of the courts.'' Out of Sight. Philetus M. Heifer has estalblish ed a college among the prisoners at Auburn, N. Y., the faculty being composed of convicts who are gradu ates of Oxford. Harvard, Yale and other great universities. Discussing his old college scheme recently, Mr. Helfer said: ''But anything is good for convicts that interests, cheers an.d encourages them. Bise.oura.ge them, scorn them, ad& you rouse the latent evil in them even as it was roused the other day in a frail and beautiful New York typewrit:er girl. "'This refined creature worked for a rather cranky old broker. The brok er found a good deal of unjust fault with her. but she was gentle and pa tient, and put up with him in silence. ''One morning, however, he turn edi up in a quite insupportaible hu mor. ''Look at my desk!' he roared. 'All in disorder ! All1 in confusion ! All' ''But, sir.' the young girl inter rupted mildly. 'you have oflten told me never to toneh your desk.' ''Well I don't want you to dis iub my papers.' he admitted. AndI then his eyes eaught a sheet of pos ta.e stamons. 'Eut look at these s~tamjrs. I don',t want them here,' he shouted.I "She took up the stamps. ''Where shall I put them, sir?' she said.I '''Ah' he snarled, 'put 'em any wh:'N-nywthere out of sight.' "'She flushed. " V-y well, sir,' she said icily: and. giving the stamps a quick lick with er pretty tongue. she struck the bi sheet on his bald head and de parted to look for another job.' WHERE STATE'S MONEY Fe WAS SPENT LAST YAR. E Fe [nte~esting Annua. Statement from I Coniptroller General Jones-Es: 1 timates of Expenditures for Year 1908. Sa Com.ptroller Genenal Jones has sub nitted to the general assembly his Bo stimates of the receipts and expen :lit:ures for the year 1908 and also a itailed account of the expenditures For 1907. The comptroller general astimates that a tax of 4 3-4 mills, :ogether with the revenue from indi =ct sonrces, will pay the estimated ,xr"nses of the State and leave a sur ph (f .e 25,000. while a levy of 5 S mil" will not only pay the expenses 42 rf the State. but will pay the de- ap eiciency of 1907, amounting to $64,- h W00. and leave a surplus of over $20,- wi )00. At the same time the comptrol- 86 ler general estimates tha.t the appro- es priations for the year will exceed 1, those of last year by about $150,000, bo thus making allowances for. any ex- be traordinary expenses that might be bl( made and also for the expenses of fr( the general eleetiol, which takes on place in the fall. 43 The report is of interest to every taxpayer in the Stiate, as it shows exactly how the money will be spent oti in the various departments. It is as a follows: To the Honorable General Assembly of South Carolina: As required by rlaw, I submit here- pr with the annual repot of this office for the fiscai year ending Deembar 31, 1907: In the State treasury a at ash balance of .. .$ 275,448.42 sti Less warrants issued by ir comptroller g e n e r a l be and not paid at close to of business Dec. 31, 00 1907.. .. .. .. .. .. 19,663.35 pe Leaving a cash balance, th' as shown by comptrol- tic kr's books .. .. .. .$ 255,785.07 tit Of this cash balance the re following special funds th are not a-vailable for t. ordin-ary expenses of t the State government: Privilege tax .. .. ....$ - 805.00 of S. Carolina Dispensary 28.06 by Comission sinking fund *',th (ordinary) ...........992.65 er. Morrill fund .... .......9,902.76 " Sinking fund, for redue-- ca tion... .. .. 3,701.73 t Prmanent school f'und. 8,128.75 an Insurance sinking fund. 13,559.41 es Bank examiner's fees 1,368.73 to Red.em1ption brown con- 9C sols ... ....... .......2,069.14 fo Clemson beqtuest .... 457.70 p~ Special dispensdry in- 1 vestigation .. ..........41.98 pa Fireme?n's pension fund 21.45 $1 Dispensary auditor's sal-* ary and expenses .. 1,062.98 te Trust sehool fund UT. S. 51,171.72 re Game protection fund th (Auduibon soeiety). 280.00 42 Total special funds . ... $ 93,592.06 ra Cash ~balazzea ordinary er expenses .. ........ .$ 162,103.01 by Brought forward cash ' * balance ordinary -ex- Jv penses .... .. .....$ 362,193.01 a Uncollected taxes 1907 and back yean's, esti-* mnated .. ...........919,540.97 an ____ ____ ty Total a.vailaible for or- n dinry xpeses1908 $1,081,733.98 bQ Lesntsadinterestdi outstanding .. ......$ 309,321.85 Balance interest on bonded debt due Jan. 1, 1908 .... ........82.897.77 Interest outstand;ling, past due .. .. .... 2,846.32 , p en balance appropria-,v tion 1907, $79,632.61, of which there will be n expended about .. ..70,000.00 ed leg $ 465,065.94 1.as eavinig estimated bal-- ex] anece for ordinary ex- 1Ar penses 1908 .. .. ..$ 616,688.04 Tn Add insurance license Ba fees. estimated, 1908, and additional license es secretary of State. stimated, 1908 .. .. 20,000.00 as corporation licens , estimated, 190S 76,000.00 ;ome tax, estimated. L908 .. .. .. .. .. 12,000.00 Lares railroad com nisssioners, paid by -ailroads .. .. .. .. 10,700.00 a.i'd of fisheries .. .. 10,000.00 lotal indirect taxes. Lstimated, 1908, .. ..$ 173,700.00 otal balances 1907, ind previous years, Ld indirect taxes 1908 790,368.04 the estiwiated expenses of the tte government for 1908 are $1, !,232.30. It appears that if th" pro.piations do not exceed the es iated expenditures for 1908, it al require the taxes of 1908, 681, 1.00, and as no part of these tax will be available before November it is apparent that the 1Sbate must crow $375,000.00 to pay expenses ore the taxes of 1908 are availa The State's revenue for 1908 >m taxes estimated and based up the present assessment of $267, 3,030.00, at a rate of 4 3-4 mills the dollar, would realize $1,270, ). To this add from .indirect and ier sources $173,700, and we have toal estimated revenue of $1,444, ). If the estimated expenditures, 422,23., are not exceeded, a State ry of 4 3-4 mills will pay all ap ppriat'ions and leave a surplus of 1,798. Less Deficiecy. In my last annual report I called ention to the gratifying circum Lnces that the State Ifinances were such condition that it would only necessary to -borrow about $150,000 $175,000, as compared with $500, [ in 1905, to meet the current ex nses prior to the collection of tax for that year. In consequenc of 3 increase in current appropria ns of $192,783, more than was -es aated in my -eport, without a cor ponding increase in the revenue, re would have baen a deficiency $192,783 in meeting the appiopria ns of the year. This deficiency is found to be much less. because an increase of $11,487.000 made the Statl board of assessors in a assessment of railroad and oth corporation property. together th the n'atural growth of the Stiate using $6,451,000 increase of other mble property which resulted in inrease of ad valorem State tax to the amount of $80,721. This, retrer with an increase from cor ration li.eense taxes of $23,755. llowing the decision of the su eme court in the ease of t:he Brit iand American .Morta8eage com ny, and the u.nexpended balanee of 3,580.47, written off, and $10,000, tima ted open balances. to be writ 1 off for the- year 1907, with other venues, rekiueed t-he deficiency at e elose of the fiscal year to $64, 9.00. The increase in the valuation of lroad and other corporation prop by of the State 'board was eaused their effort to obey the law, by as sing such property at its true ue. The board did so; but upon showing ,made by the corporations eted, that other property was tax at much less than its true vialue, that the taxation of this proper at its true value was a discrimi tion agzainst the corporations, un e decision -of the courts, the State ard granted the request' for a re tin of the assessment t.o 60 per of what was deter '.' to be i u value of the Droperty. Estimates for 1W08. h? ordinary ?xpenses of the State JMC is estimated at $,422,232. e; is in excess of fl.e estimated 'es of 1907 by $15,)1.59. Thel reaserd estimate for 1908 is eaus-I by the statufory appropriations, islative contracts made at your t session, and the gen.eral election enses for the ensuing year, viz: nual apprpriation for igh schools .. ......$ 50,000.00 ~rease of pensions .... 25,000.00 lance due on purchas. f police barracks for outh Carolina Military ~.im-........ 7500.00 Commission on State house and grounds ... 15,000.0 Increase maintenance 'Winthrop college (sal aries) .. .. .. .... .. 4,350.0 General el.-ct=on expe2:-; :uid Pri:tti .. .. . 25,000.0 Saaries sumervisors . regi,t-tim... .,15C.0 I:ioarl of s^e"ies .. . 7,600.0 Increase in salaries steno raoli'r=. assistant - torney ''n- al, ph'. cian and captain cf guard at penitentiary and clerk of historical o mmission .. ..... .. 1,340.0 Board of health pure food in.spection ..-.. .. .. 1,000.0 Insurance Winthrop col lege.. .. .......... ..2,659.0 $150,159.0 There being a deficiency of $64 429 at the end of the year 1907, an the estimated expenses for the yea 1908 'being $1,422,232, as abov stated, it will be necessary for yot honorable body to levy a tax for th year 1908, which, with the othe sources of income, such as corporatio lieenszs tares and other taxes froo indirect sources, will pay this def eie'cy, as well as the estimated ei penses of- the year 190S, both a4 gregating $1,485,661. In order to compy with the const tution, article 10, section 2, a levy < 5 mills will raise $1,337,190. 1 this add the estimated revenue, fro] indirect sources of $173,700, and % have $1,510,890, leaving a surpl balance of, say, $25,000. Had this coi stitutional provision been complie with heretofore, the State woul now be on a cash basis, ald if it it now complied with, in a few yeai this result will be attained. This clearly apparent from the fact thi with an actual deficit of $64,429, t' State only had to borrow $350,00 i the year 1907; whereas in 1905 it ha to borrow $500,000. In other word the State only lacks the amount < borrowed money to be on a cash bal 1s. If the appropriations are kel within the amount of the estimate revenue, the natural increase in pr4 perty values will give a surplus ai nually which will soon be sufficier to run the State until the collectic of taxes, thus obviating the necessil for borrowing money in anticipatic of the collection of taxes, and pla< the iState on a cash 'basis. Your attention is called to ti statement that follows, showing ti increased receipts and expenditure of the Statie from 1897 to 1907. TI receipt's for 1907 are necessarily est mated, for the reason that on Dlecers her 31 the net uncollected taxes est mated for 1907 dmounted to $919,54 BOY OF FOUR BURONS BAEN Rma.kable Instance of an Outburi of a iChild's Temper Near Sautuc. The State. Union, Jan. 20.-A remarkafble il stance of the serious mitters the can follow a child's outburst of teil pr, is reported today es having o urred in this county *neaar Santt yesterday. From the story as tok1,: appears tbhat because a little 4-yea: old negro boy whose mother woul not dress him in hi's 'best sait < eothes 'and take him to church wit her, the boy became so enraged the after his mother had gone away froi home. in a spirit of anger set fire to large barn and completely destloye it with all its .contents. The boy's father's name is And Hamilton and lives on Dr. T. I Bates' place near Santue and t1h story that 'the direct causse of th irnin was due to th boy's ange: was vouched for by several respor si'ble persons. The barn was quite a good size strutre and contained, it is sail considerable forage. Wh;en the ps rents returned a home and foun ort what their offspring had don and what ihad caused it all, what the did may be imagined though at thi juncture the chapter on spanking ARRESTS MADE AT RIO. Developments in Plot to Blow up American Ships-Band Made up 0 qf Foreigners. 0 Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 20.-There were further developments today, ae cording to the local police,'to the ef ( forts being made to unearth the per sons responsible for the alleged plot to destroy part of the American fleet in this harbor. Several arrests have been made. A band which is supposed to have organized the plot is made up of 0 foreigners. It presumably is com posed of five Italians, one Cana1iian 0 and two Germans. John Fedher is one of the Germans. Three of tha 0 Italians have been arrested, and it is -. said that other members of the band 0 have been taken into custody at Sao .. Paulo. d The band counted on the assistanVe r of a Spaniard named Rochero, who e has lived in this city for a long time. ,r A year ago, however, this man went e insane and since thrn he has been shut r up in a sanatarium at Montevideo. n. n JOHNSON'S AVAILABILITY. c- New York World. E "The republic is opportunity," said .Garfield. Could the Democratic i- party nominate any man for presi f dent who more completely embodies 0 this vital principle of American in n stitutions than Gov. Johnson, of Min a nesota? Is thera another man whose is cai4idacy wouM prove such an in 1- spiration to the foreign-born voter I who has reached up to freedom and d citizenship? is Not since Andrew Jaekson has the -s United Staftes had -a president whose s parents were born under another 6t flag. Not the part of Jackson's mar Te velous political strength lay in the n appeal he made to those humble cit d izenrs of the Republic who realized s' that what he had done the 'son of some other immigrant might do. AccordiEng to the census returns, less than half the voting population i of the United States is of native born white parentage. One-fourth of it was foreign-born, and of the na ~ tive-born population nearly one t ,fourth ,had foroign-born parents. It *n s to this labter element that Gov. Johnson belongs, as did Andrew' - n Jaekson. The Scandinavian population, front which Gov. Johnson sprang, holds the e 'balan'ce of political power in Min t nesota, South Dako ta and North Da Skota. These threa States have 19 ie eletoral votes, and Mr.. Bryan coull net possibly carry one of .them. The Scandinavian influence is , very strong in Illinois, Wisconsin, Miehi -gan, an:d Montana, which :have 57 votes in the electoral college. Mr. ,Bran could not make the slightest impression on :the Republican magopri t ties of these States. There are 60',OOO Scandinavian voters in Chicago alone and 86,000 in Illinois. Under normal pcitieal .conditions suech as existed before Mr. Bryan became the leader 1- of the Democratic party, they might Lt perhaps turn 'the State. 1 Gov. Jcahnson's appeal would not b~e restrieted to S'iwedes and Norwe e gians. It would go out to all those t elements, once alien in blood or lang - uage or allegiance, who sought free. d dom under the American flag, and f know from .their own experience that h the republic is whet Garfield said it t was-opprtunity. The candidacy of n' this son of a .Swedish immigrant a who has worked his way up from the d humblest conditions would be hard ly less inspiring to the native-born y than to the man of foreign birth or . parentage, for Johin Johnson's ear e e'er represents the proudest and old e est boast of American citizens!hip.A , The World repeats what it has al L- ready said, th'at as the Democratie candidate for president he would ba a at least 1.000,000 votes st:ronger in j, New ork and New Jersey alone e- than Mr. .Bryamn a Surely the Democratic national convention wfil not shut its eyes to the qualifications and availability of such a man unless it is so infatuated s with .defeat and 'disaster that the.