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T him br doing this, I cocld keep in* b touch with wnat was going on over i c there aud uiey could call me at any; t time, aad I would be glad to come, 1< but he said he would not pay a cent: e for deputies. I explained to him that fc the county put no funds in my hands; t: to pay deputies to station at any one c place hut he said he was going to b leave tiis with mo to look after and h protect the lives and property at the a iirogon mill. I told him it would be a impossible for me to stay there or n keep a r^ular deputy there all the ? c time, as we had other parts or the; county to look after besides the Bro-j n gon mill,' hut still he refused to pay! I a deputy. I have done everything I; U could to keep good feelings between il the operatives and the management of ti the* mill, and have succeeded with the n exception of a little row between B. i l P. Oofield and Frank Kellum, which: i! was a fist fight, ami I only have both a sides of that. Kellum claims that s #ofield called him a damn liar, and fc Kellum . hit him, Mr. Gossett claim? Kellum cam-e up and jumped on Co- t field. Everything was quiet on until c Kovember 6, when an outbreak oc-, curred between 8:?0 and 9 p. m. 1 ? do not know who fired the first shots s at the mill that ni^ht. Some sey K' o started on the inside and some say, ti it started on the outside. The men| in the mill with Mr. Andrews as fore- ti man gay Mr. B. B. Gossett phoned the j & mill about dark and said tor them; a to be careful, that trouble was brew-! s ing. I think if Mr. Gossett wanted; t2 to cooperate with the sheriff's office \ e aad keep down the trouble, if he had i a any information that anything was |? going to- happen at the Brogon mill, fee should have notified me so I could have gone to the scene and prevented anjr trouble. In place of this Mr. Go?6ett has already taken the law in iiia own hand?, placed men in the mill uader heavy arms, doubled-'barrel shot gun*, loaded with buck shot and plen ty of shells, and large pistols. S On Wednesday night before this: outbreak, Mr. Gossett came Ed my jailer, Mr. J. R. Williams, -while J.! Olin Sanders and myself were on ourj way back from Greenwood where we! n had been attending United States * court. He wanted Mr. Williams to: < go to the mill and bring the men' ^ he had at work inside out of the mill " and to take them to the hotel, when ! Mr. Gossett knew that if Williams 1 *?nt there and attempted to take the men out of the mill that it would only e give the operatives a chance, if they' . wanted to beat these people up, and ? that Williams had no influence orer ! tr inese operatives, jusi a snort wnns before 1 reached the ?ity, he "was try-j ^ ing to have this done and trying to get the military company ordere out. j ^ When I got to LAnderson I was in formed by Mr. Williams what the management of the mill wanted done p and I called Mr. Gossett and toid him! I would go and get the men oat of i t&e mill, and see that there was no' . harm done to them. Still Mr. Gossett Q was trying to get out the military j company, but Mr. Gossett claimed that' . fa* had been Informed that everything 1 had been postponed and that every tin ir? or TQa nniftt +h?t h.a txr?a ootie. fied there would be nothing going on over there. Still Mr. Goseett was weua trying and doing everything in his power to get the governor to or dre out the military company to the' Bcogon mill, claiming that they were expecting the men they had there loading cloth to be lynched or severe ly beaten that night. I also called the governor, told him that I would go to Brogon mill and see that nothing happened over there. When I reached the mill I found ev-j *jT7Wi"is quiet, ua? uyerauves at uie Brogon mill had been informed from hearsays in town of the alleged at tempt to take the men out of the mill | " and of the attempt to get the militia | r placed around the mill. They had put ] d extra men on picket duty to see that! ho one went into the mill. I came hack : to town and reported -everything as 1 j t found it to the governor, ani told him 11 at the time that I believed it was an | T. attempt by Mr. Goesett and .Messrs. Bonham, Watkins and Allen to put something over me while I was away, " from home and to make it so strong to ] ' + Vtn /wtttlrl rt/vf ytmlct ! <rATTAT*nAT ordering out the.militia. t While all this has been going on Ithey have continued to load cloth fey my talking to the operatives, and getting them to keep the peace and let the mill go ahead and load the cioth. I have been talking with Mr. Gossett in hopes of getting at some * -way of settling the strike, but he p has held out all the while that he "wouldn't discuss anything wttfc. me ai about the strike, saying that wliat P Me would say would not be binding as ^ Mr. J. P. Gossett was president. I 8 tnen took the natter up with Mr. J. r. IiC ?ossett, president of the mill and ? Ifeought maybe he would suggest some Vl -way of settlirg, but he also would not! g discuss the matter, saying the mil? jn was in a state of seige over there and would not discuss the matter, but j ^ at last referred me to Gen. M. L. s Bonham and arranged for a talk with | a Siira Gen. Bonham also had nothing! e: to offer as a compromise as settling ! a the strike but said Mr Gossett was very : p determined about what he called hav- j iag the seige around the Jtfrogon mill, i and that lie wouldn't agree lo do any- j thing or promise to have any meeting j or anything else without the pickets, that the union have placed around the | mill being removed. Then he said it - might he that Mr. Gossett would 1 agree to start a part of the mill, claim- "a ing the mill could not raise money to i ? start all of it at once, which I thought j "tt&s a plan to start a partjof the mill j bo the national union would 1 draw their support from the operatives j or the Brogon mm, and tnen tney j n oould work what thev wanted to and J run off the balance, by perishing them : ^ wit. and I would not submit any i K such arrangements to the union, be-1 IV cawse I knew it would do no good, and! if anything would do; harm. j tl I have worked and tried all the while ' ci to get arbitration started Trat conid R aa&e no beft&r&y with tiie mill offi- E ials, and I believe at this time that he operatives would be willing to a&ve it to arbitration. 1 have delay- j d writing this statement because I j mew the governor had a man here c< rying to get into the facta of th.- jtc ase and to bring about a settlement, & >ut I learn he is about as far off as te e was when he came here. I give j 8 my authority ror tnis last siaie- u icot an article appearing Sunday! fc aorning in the Anderson Intelligen- j "i er. j ti' I wish to state my position from th <r?- on in regard to the wcrrk at the m Irogon mill. It aeems that every one T > looking for and expecting trouble is [ ute loaning oi <jioi? is tohuuucq a . ja fie Brogon mill. I think the Brogott to ail! management should refrain from of 9ading cloth until some settlement j reached, a? the lives of the people di nd the property of the Brogon mill ti< eems more to this conntrj' than a lit- g< le shipment of cloth. i ce I will do everything in my po"*rer th 3 preserve the peaee but if-the mill ti: entinues to load cloth and some one vr s killed or hart orer there, the liver d: f the men -who are killed rests on re ome one's shoulders other tuan m? te wn, as I think this is the best way; a bring about a settlement ! to if the governor should see cause be 3 order oat the military eompany arrd ome one is killed or eanaes bloodshed t the Brogon mill, then the respon ibility shifts from me to him. I think tiere should he an agreement reacb 4 $*>tween the operatives and the man geiment of the mill, and see no rea- j ^ oai wfcj- there cannot be. Respectfully, Joe M. h. Ashley, Sheriff Anderson County. th st s* as _ er mSV&TE? MOTE | t: MIGHT BE SEAR m v i of %?rso? & KcKiHHon fircHlar Ex- ee plained.?3To Tip in Adiance. ' th Chicago, Jan. 5.?Nine days before *9 'resident Wilson issued his peace,n ote Thomson & McKinnon, Chicago n( lock brokers, mailed to their cub- ?* :mers a printed circular reviewing ?I onditions in the warring countries ot e^ :urope and suggesting that a move mm 3r peace ,might be expected at anv im?. ' j e* F W. McKinnon said the circular . xpre<ssed the opinion of the firm on in larket conditions and unqualifiedly 11 ( enied that it was based on advance pc iformation that President Wilson ]s *as about to issue a peace note. " "The circular was issued in the reg lar />nnrcp r?f hiiflinpsc and was mail a d to all our customed," said Mr. m IcKinnon. "It was based on our SI] idgment of the situation in Europe: . nd not on any information of what y 'resident tWilson or what any one else light do. Since we issued that cir-! ^ ular we have been advising our, GI' lients to get away from the long side ! ?r f the market.'' j Mr. McKinnon expressed the. opin-' m that Congressman Wood had plac-! er 3 a wrong construction on messages 9? 'hich the firm had sent to its corre- y! pondents in the regular course cf usiness. 1 He denied ever having sent a mee -- ... eige to Mr. wartiey, a corresponded * f the firm at Oshkosh, Wis., based on! 0 dvance information that President 00 filson contemplated the issuance of ^ peace note. j ?e 7I:e printed circular issued by the'1 .... 21 rc?.d in part as fol-1 , ; tr ' ' to F'l'h condition, coupled with uimftnt throughout the world in wI . . i st vor ci yea.cc, wouig it oe surprising, a suggestion from an authoritative1 ~-;rco nhculd meet with a favorable' ssponse from all the warring powers? i "What will be the effect on values: P/ f our industrial securities that arei ependent directly or indirectly on! 'cr orders? There can hardly be a nubt that values of our best indus-' nals will decline and decline ma-jsi :-"al!y. while those of lesser intrinsic j J! r.^ue wilt be without a market at all. "We can not too strongly recom nd to our friends the advisability f rdvantacp of the present or it f fu i Vi I a? ur cc ' rr.-.rchcnsive steadiness and strength ' tlie market to liquidate all stocks hat are in any way dependent for :oSts upon the war/' I Great. Jfinstrcls. Minstrelsy at its best is exempli-1 ed by the Price and Bonelli Greater [ew York Minstrels, which will ap ear at the Opera House Friday night, inuary 12. This company is known 3 an organization of merit, which is roving itself to he an attraction for tie average playgoer who enjoys good inging and dancing and a good hearty ingh. The children, too, are not for otten, as they always enjoy the mar elous feats of the acrobats and Jug lers. The Price and Bonelli company umbers thirty performers, all white, ho have been selected for their ablli- ? r as minstrel artists of merit; sin ers, dancers, comedians, musicians nd novelty arti&ts vie with each oth r to make the performance bright nd entertaining. Good comedy is a rominent feature of the programme, j nd has justly earned for Price and | . tonelli's minstrels the title of the ^ ig Laughing Show. The production " ; all new; scenically and artistically! ^ rilliant, and is known to present" a .v ood, cli^an show, free from vulgarity.; grand parade, with the band an en-; re company will be given at noon; / lso, a, concert in ironi 01 iue int-aire . DC t 7:30 p. m., free to the public. 1 At the Opera House. | Again this afternoon and tonight.: yt rhe Birth of a Nation.at the Qpera ^ [ouse. i On Wednesday you will see "The! ,,, iglit of Happiness" at the Opera j [ou Viola Dana, the peerless little 1 ra retro star, will shine there. Oil Thursday at the Opera House iere will be shown something of cir- j is life with lAun Pennington in "The 1 ainbow Prince*. , ! ^ V TMV.y r.-on>D sot .tASWTfc KXTE3TE XOY1 (By William Bayard Hale.) Berlin, (via Sayrille,) Jan. 4.?Th< intral powers trill make no repl; > the note of the British entente, de rritKHi here as "the 'nein' of thi >n." / Sio-nifi/^n/ro in f-hic rhflrftCfprizfl on of the entente note may D< rand in the fact that .the Germai lein" means "no," but at the sam^ me id euphonically synonymous wit) ie dailestal enunciation of the Ger an word or f'nine," which is "noun.' his would mean that in Germany i felt only nine of the ten entent< jwers are insincere subscrib?ri ' the rejection of tlie Teutonic peac< fer.) While tli,* central allies hare even sposition to proceed to an enuncla :>n of more definite terms as sue ?ttted in the original proffer of De *mber 12, it is h?ld incompatible witt te honor of a great nation to con tine to invite direct commendatioi ith a group of powers -which in s Lplomatic note denounces it as * sckless prevaricator and refuses in reourse. Nevertheless it would be prematur* > believe that the door of peace hat sen closed, even for the present It is true that the first abstract o\ ,e entente note received here so un atcsmanlike in its uncouth phrasef Lve a distinct shock. A few hours later, opinion here \ reffected by my dispatch of y?s rday, was that the manner of th* Ltente note is more aggressive thar 3 actual contents. This second impression was height led by a study &f the actual ten hich now has been received here tie obnoxious impressions remain nn. odftied and preclude the possibilltj a direct reply on the part of th mtral powers. Nevertheless, the deeper sense o: .e note, as read in the actual text far from excluding the hope thai jgotiations may still in some man ;r proceed. It is. on the whole, rec ^nized that the first rejoinder of the jponents must necessarily be expect [ to take a character of an indict ent for the origin of the war and i sclaimer of any idea to abandon the forts. U is recognized that tlie complex terests of the ten associated powers ?cessitated this position. The dis jsition today in the highest quarters to r.'gard the entonte note, ever ith its impossible misrepresentatior history and its uncouth language as necessary dramatic gesture, whict ay perhaps be followed by the stl: aall voice of reason. Some astonishment has been pro ded in high quarters by the news om America that the United State" ess, except the Hearst papers, i; sappointed because the Teuton note i December 12 contained no mor< 'uuiv^ tci uia. It is inconceivable here that onlook s should expect either party of the >ntroversy to placard their terms be re their adversaries have evinced i sposition to listen to such terms anii ate their own. It is felt here that the centra >wers' enemies know that the tim< r the announcement of terms car me only when the belligerents hav< isembled to smoke the peace pipe anc e tomahawk has been brought !i ady for burial. Information <rwp?f>nin:?- thmntyv. al cities from all quarters of tht :>rld impressively coincide, indexing liversal popular demand that t^its r r~le cease. loubt, England is feeling the ag ues of war as never before in a'.' ? history and is living in daily Ap ehension of more fata) experiences Germany is forced to employ Mie II possibilities of her submariat Erapon. \ It is only party politics, cunninglj lided by the Northcliffe press, thai esenis the popular English outbreak in at f Vt e\ - ** x<!? mt wiuauouvu llltJ Wtix ider the ;.yranny of a dictatorial w;a; uncil. France slowly is "bleeding to death it here also yarcy politics make a >Id front, It should oe notod that no mention ther of the Russian cf French inten ds and ambitions is contained fr e entente reply, which, concerns li >!f mostly with Belgium. The truth is that a fateful hour iman history has arrived, demanding .w uvwt vi 1> V. \J y ^ 111LL ? WVI \ om inspired lips. In other crises eat men have lxs?n raised up tc eet the exigent demands of the hou.'; Will this history hour pass withoul jing seized upon by some morta tiom history a/walts to crown wit/3 i perishable laurels? This mortal to whom the finger ol story points is the man who happens this moment to he the president o1 ie United States. To him both group belligerents could make prepara ry their resolutions, intentions anc obitions. PriceJBonellis Minstrells. Taking all in all the New York moti^i^ Will yiuvc <x U cdi the way of diversified amusement r the tired business man, who needs good laugli to keep liih system in im for the cliase of the over elus > American dollar. Go to the Opera House on the ev iing of the 12th, and take the whole mily and enjoy a good laugh, it will 1 well worth your time, and the ati ission prices arc witliin the reach all. The scenery and costumes are jautiful, and a feature to any min rel show, and the manv sons: num rs, both ensemble and solo, include ,o melodies of the Sunny South, to ether with the popular ballads o e day. and the latest parodies and gs. RUB-MY-TISM?Antiseptic, Reliere* heumatism, Sprains, Neuralgia, etc I WOOD TELLS ECHOES f E OF PKAiCE XOTK LEAR a j Tumulty, His Xajae Linked With L<5ak "; Ib Story, Deates Everything. s Washnigton, Jan. 5.?Sensational j , [ rumore of a "leak." to Wall street In j '! advance of President Wilson's'peace J ? 1 note -vrere related to the hous? rales; 1 I tvi *rr\ iff frt/^rnr Vvt? Ronrnauntofirn ' c ivuav u,? ivvy* vowawtfcwi' v Wood of Indiana 1l support of his 1 resolution for inquiry. He prefaced -1 his testimony frith the statement that i he had nothing but hearsay evidence t to offer and vainly protested against - an open session of the committee. | ^ameo *na rumorea details 01 tat . alleged "leak" came thick and fas: j when Mr. Wood began his story. H- 1 ' j mentioned Joseph P. Tumulty, secre- ( ' I tary to President Wilson; R. W. Boll "! ing. a brother-in-law of the president; ' | Bernard Baruch of New York and s 1 i various brokerage houses, crediting 1 ' j most of his information to a letter re- c 1 j ceired from "A. Cnrtiss" of New York. s 1 This letter, produced later, was writ- e i ten on plain paper without the writ- 1 " er's address, and up to a late hour tonight Kenneth Romney, deputy t&r * geant-at-arms of the House, in New ?; York seaching for A- Curtis, had been ^ j unable to find any trace of him. iWBy tue stery. Statement* were issued after the j committee meeting by Secretary Turn-' j nlty and Mr. Boiling flatly denying the' j reports regarding them and Mr. Tum ulty demanded that Representative Wood pnblicly apologize for mention ing hie name. Mr. Wood followed with a statement pointing ont that he had desired to testify in private, but ; that those whosp names were the sut> ! ject of mmor shonld court the fullest | investigation. The committee adopted a resolu tion asking the New York stock ex . cnange anci local oroKers 10 preserve i * i their records of transactions from De- 1 ' cember 10 to date. Whether a* i these records shall he sought *s evi-; ? I dence "will be decided later. J t . "I am informed," Mr. Wood testi-; Ijfied, "that 3ernard Baruch had in-1 . j formation about the Lansing note to' t! the European belligerents two or1 r i three days before it was sent and that c i on two or three occasions at about j j; .' that time he was in consultation with' , Mr. Tumulty at the Biltmore hotel in; J . Xevr York." 5' Mr. Wood qualified his statement! i with a declaration that what infor-j * { matiori he had was only hearsay. } c -Chairman Henry, Mr. Wood and' c t other members of tha committee en-! r -; gaged in a heated exchange over i r I bringing Secretary Tumulty's name; s -1 into the proceedings without consult- j c J ing him. j t "Do you charge," Henry asked t 5 Wood, "that Mr. Tumulty profited. tfyjr * this socalled advance information?'1; r J "No, I do not!" said Wood emphati-| a | callv. "I do not charge that any one j - ! rrnflfod >itt if T am morAlv > * * i you what has been told me." j "Don't yon think," Mr. Henry con 1 j tinued, "that it would have "been bet l j ter for you to have submitted these J reports to Mr. Tumulty before coming I; here and giving them out publ cly? 5; Didn't Seek Pnbllcity. 1; "That is the very reason I wanted j J to submit these rumors in a private ^, session," Mr. Wood replied. "I do not 1. know Mr. Tumulty, and, therefore, j 1 did not want to go to him. He " might have been offended at me, a j' -i. c? ^ stranger, m/yiua-uuiixg uuu in l.u?i way;" Representative Chipperfield object ed to Chairman Henry's line of ques tioning, and after a general argument, Henry stopped. "j Mr. Chipperfield asked Mr. Wood If >j Mr. Baruch was a contributor to the 5 J Democratic campaign fund. "I am informed,'' Mr. Wood said. I "that he contributed $25,000 to the ': Democratic committee.'' :j Democratic numbers protested, say : j ing that if Mr. Baruch did contribute ' i to the Democratic fund it was to h [ worthy cause and insisted that mem bers of the United States Steel corpo ration doubtless contributed to the Republican fund. ? Republicans replied that Mr. Ba ruch's contribution was a very ma terial fact in the investigation. I "Is there any effort on the part of i ? 1 it.:. any one pressing mvcsiujai-iuu iv ? retard the efforts of the president to j bring about peace?" aeked Chairman i Henry. ? "Not that I know of," Wood replied. ) Barnch's office in New York, Mr. Wood said, he understood .is fitted t with private wires hunning to various I' brokers' offices, i i ? ! A. CFKTIS DEFIES WKITIXG TO TT0OD Only One Known in Sew iorfc says' He Has Given Ont Nothing on . Subject Boston, Jan. 5.?Allen C-urtis of the j Wall street firm of Curtis & Sanger, : | who was in Boston today, said that | he had written no letter to Mr. Wood i ; j snd had not communicated with anyjj ' else nn the suhiAft under invest!- I gation. Onlj One Known. New York, Jan. 5?The only "A. Curtis ' known to the New York stock exchange is Allen Curtis, of tbe firm of Curtis & Sanger of New York and ; Boston. No other broker by that name seem-j ed to be known, although it was j thought possibly he might be a curb ; broker, or an independent operator. The financial community was deep-' ly interested in the testimony before ; the rules committee. Officials of tlie stock exchange said, however, thev t>aw no reason to take official cogni-i zance of the alleged operations. At the office of E. F. Hutton & Co., It: was stated that "nothing is known transitions.* Baruch wag said to be at his hue ing lodge in South Carolina and h associates at his office declined make a statement. SEXATE INDORSES WOVE FOR FEAC ^tartllii? Speeches Made TTith Lew fari>mg Climax of Reosfli. Hon of Crisis. ;W)aBhington, Jan. 5.?Approval < President "Wilson's request for itateraent of peace terms from tf European belligerents was voted t< light by the sena4-e at the conclnsic /k. miCC \1CLJ O \J\ 25 Hi UXig UCLTd tC, At Ion csme -with dramatic suddennei rben Democratic leaders decided i t?e>pt a form of resolution that woul lot commit the senate to indorsemei ;f the whole of the president's not md ten Republicans of the Progrei sire group Joined the majority 1 naking the rote 48 to IT. Senator Martine of New Jersey wj he only .Democrat who roted in tl legatire. Discussion of the subjei lad reached a climax during the da rith a sensational declaration bv Sei itor Lewis, chief spokesman for ti democrats, replying to Republics sriticism of the president's cours IVithout referring directly to the sul narine controrersy the senator sa! he United States could not <*' rf the war if it continued an'* 'her America would not again ar"-* ran inception of orders or zeal of o icer as an ercuse for an ir j iry M 'itizen or property. The o'-j irged against the original resolutic Senator Hitchcock was that rould indorse the president's off?r 1 oin in a movement to guaranty vorld peace and his declaration of tt nterests of the United States in sma lations. Progressive-Republicans joint^J Sei itor Lodge and others in this coi ention. rlXAXCIAL CONDITIONS 5UK.IEUT OF DISCUS-SIO Columbia, Jan. 3.?The financi) ondit^on of South Carolina at the er >f the year 1016. and the defiicit whic ias oome about as a result of appr< )riations larger than the levy to mei hem, is the subject of a lengthy di: ussion in the report of the State ta ommission. which will be submittc o the forthcoming session of the gei iral assembly. The chairman of tl ommission is Gen. A\ W. Jones, fo: ner comptroller general, who was a] pointed chairman of the tax commi: .ion by Governor Manning upon tl :reation of the commission The a. ention of the general assembly is pa: icularly called to the financial stafr nen, referring mack to the governor nessage of 1915, in which the defiic it that time was referred to. "The general assembly of 1915/' sa3 he report of the commission, "ii 'reased the tax levy to seven mill chich produced $66,767.08 over tl urrent expenses of 1915, but not su icient funds to pay the deficit brougl iver from the years 1913 and 1914 r< erred to in the governor's messag .o win ujLUi c yaiLHsUiaiiy aywar nuj he tables presented. Ths deficit for the last year ibout $300,000, as shown by the repor The report shows: Actual receipts at the State trea; iry applicable to the ordinary or cu: ent expenses of the State for the fii ;al year 1914: ^rorn licenses fees and in direct taxes $ 307,824.* J. From ad valorem taxes. levy 6 mills 1,814,541.2 Total recepits applicable to inrc $2,122,366.0 Actual expemlf'nres ap plicable to 1914 '2,249,133.1 Deficit $ 126,767.( For the fiscal year 191.": i. From license fees and indirect taxes 3f 33S.338.S J. From ad valorem taxes, levy i mills 2.160.420.C Total receipts applicable to 1915 $2,498,758.6 Actual expenditures ap plicable to 1915 2,431,996.1 Excess recepits over ex penditures or surplus.$ 66.761.? We estimate the revenue for tt iresent year, 1916, amounting in tt .ggregate to $2,303,281.30. A. From license fees and indirect taxes % 299.374.4 ?*rom ad valorem taxes, wmmmmmmmmBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmn MUl The ninth loac season will arriv Wednesds We are selliru profit and witho where the most "There's C. R. W of Z 1-2 mills 2.001 .S83 ^ I Total revenue teatimat Lt- j ed) 1916 2,596,16'i.OS ,13 ! to' Deficit $ 294,964.*3 , A. Includes $10,020,75 State dispea tunds. 22,120.00 department o? agriculture, ac E ! Total $32,140.75 cumulations i from past collec _ ! tions. 1 t B. Includes taxes uncollected estir i mated in 1914, $7,637.71; 1915, $S0, . j 773.60. C. Dors not include ?$0,000 due cer 1 tain banks, authorized to be borrowed a by the commission of sinking fund ie The above $SO.OOO is an ooligation. ot 3- tlie State, but no provision has been >n made to ray it when due in Decern ed j ber, 1916. There is, also, an addl es tional outsanding liability of $95,006 to due the sinking fund commission, Id which with the above $80,000 makes up it i the $175,000 borrowed by the State e, [ to purchase State Park r d imprpre b- i ments in 1913. This debt of $173^00 in j due by the State was incurred in I 1913, and its payment has never been rs provided for. le D. The license fees for 1916 were re st duced $7,000 by withdrawal oC fire in-, W I surance companies from the State, ft 1_ ! is less than the income for 1915, $32, lc, 140.75, because the above mentioned ,J11 dispensary funds and accumulations e- in the department of agriculture were j included in that year. The above stale* ^ ment of license fees does not include the* portions of such fees as are be ! ' in corporation# in the co:Jrt. The f> increases, if sue* l>* will amount to about $40,004 .1 ntmnm .n JOrt C !.-.i Uoa }/i;i amiuui, ui vuv vut* xatsT. iw? yesra. The tax l:vy tor "!)* "! 6 1-2 mills, one-half mill less than 1915, or a re duction in ad valorem taxes of $155,$85.00 P. even tie from other sources i shows a reduction of 39,140.75 i i A total loss in revenue of $194,325.75 The amount authorized to be bor rowed in 1916 was $700,000 for current expenses; should have been $1,000,000. In 1917 with the same revenue and ap propriations, it will be necessary to ; borrow $1,400,000 to meet the current \ expenses and disbursement as they I Mmfl rhip " j The assessrd valuations of a I all taxable property in ';(1 ; the State in 1914 was ..$307,178,882 Tlie tax commission in 1915 j increased this by adding ' i for increase in valuation ! and additional property g_ i then escaping taxation.. 9,411,638 in I The tax commission in 1916 ?*.( added additional property . < r~ I then escaping taxation. 284.324 e-1 ?s j In 1916 the county boards H; reduced the average a? sessment on banks fr m rs 48 1-10 per cent as in j. 1915, to 42 per cent, mak s> mg a difference or 1,833.125 ie f- So that according to the it estimates of the tav corn s' mission, the assesments e, of 1916, if made on tte tn same basis as in 1914, should have been $318,707,972 is 1 While the assessments as t ' fixed by the county 1 boards and tax commis 3- sion for 1916 was only. 311,'370,291 r- A decrease from what the 9- commission thought they should have been of.. 7,337,682 ! The board of review made 52 i further reductions to the ! extent of 319,486 >r>\ ?! Making a total reduction from the commission's >9 \ estimate of 7,657,16$ And leaving the assessed valuation for 1916 at. .$311,059,816 ? | There is a tendency to decrease the )81 assesed value of property notwith i standing an increase in the actual j value. !9I Forty-two per cent of actual value I is the basis of equalization and re-. >6 ! assessment of shares and hank prop ? | erty of banks and banking corpora i tions, in view of the returns and the reports of county boards. The assessment of textile indus tries. public service companies aaifr .1 * - - ? noiamg companies is reviewed. ny uie j commission at length. , 17 i The litigation which has been hank ie died by the commission has already te been reviewed in The Charleston, ' American. i There are a number of recommenda [2 tions in the report, which have already been called attention to. 1 of mules for this e here tomorrow, iy the 10 l mules at short ut feed bill. Buy people buy. a Reason" OSE CO.