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BXPLOKABLE FlXtlA IlL COXIHTION OF THE STATE ! Treasurer's Report 3fost Important Matter Confronting Assembly. $40, 000 Borrowed for Booze-Hunt and Added to Taxpayers* Staggering Burden. Columbia, Jan. 19.?The general assembly having adjourned over from yesterday afternoon until Monday night at S o'clock, in order to take advantage of the invitation to visit tWinthrop college today, there was an atmsophere of quietitude about the 'State capitol, in strong contrast to the busy scenes of the past two weeks. When the legislature convenes next veek it will receive the report of State Treasurer S. T. Carter. The facts which will be recited in this re port have already been called atten tion to in this correspondence. "We regret, however, to report," says the iState treasurer, on behalf of the State finance committee, compoesd of the governor, comptroller general ^nd State treasurer, "that the jtffount au tfcorized to be borrowed was more than $300,000 ehort of the amount necessary to meet the appropriations." Seven hundred thousand was au thorized to be borrowed, under the au thority of the appropriation act of 1916. ' I "In addition to this loan of $700, 000, and claims of about $3ts0,000 talc en care of by banks above referred j to," the report says, "the officers bor rowed $40,000 for enforcement of the prohibition law. The heavy loan to the Stale hospi tal for the insane was alse called at tention to. "It became necessary," says Treas urer Carter, "to call upon some of the banks to carry claims for State 'in stitutions until sufficient taxes with which to meet them could be collected. The banks responded promptly to the call of the State," etc. "Summing up," he says, "we find it was necessary to borrow or arrange for funds to carry on the government until taxes wer<? collected," giving ine ngures, aggregating ji.uu.vw. 1 Treasurer Carter calls ihis am - "enormous total." i "To meet all obligations prompt#, authority should be given to borrow, approximately one and a quarter mil-! lion! dollars, in anticipation of the] collection of taxes to be levied for. the yecr 1917," he says. Treasurer Carter says that he deems it his duty, "with the conditions now confronting us, to suggest to fhe law makers that something be done to check this rapidly increasing con sumption of the surplus fund." , Further in his report he says that *'money will have to /be borrowed on or before the 1st of April and un less appropriations are reduced, or j more revenue provided, we will have' to borrow in 1917, in February, to pay' the legislative expenses, and within! two or three years the surplus will \ be' wiped out and money win have to be borrowed "at the beginning of the year." ** The report, .which goes to the comptroller general, and will be hy him transmitted to the general as sembly, shows in concrete form the deplorable financial condition of the State at tbis "time. This is the most important matter confronting the taxpayers of South Carolina, and for that reason a full synopsis of the report is given, as fol lows : "Loans for Ordinary Expenses. "Under authority of the appropria tion act of 1916, the State finance com mittee, composed of the governor, the comptroller general and State treas urer, called for sealed proposals to be submitted April 13th to loan the State $700,000 to pay ordlnscy ex penses in anticipation of the collec tion of taxes. Two forms of bids were asked for. One to place the entire loan of $700,000 at once, and the other for the loan to be made in installments as the money was needed. The bid of the Palmetto National bank for the entire amount at 2 per cent (2 per cent) interest, being the lowest, was ' accepted. It is gratifying to the com viieu gtru wiiii uauuiuig una matter to report that this is the low est rate of interest at which a State loan has ever been placed, and it is an indication of the high standing of the State's securities. The State's credit at this time is second to none. . "'We regret, however, to have to re port that 'the amount authorized to ibe borrowed was more than $300,000 short of the amount necessary to meet the appropriations. It Became necessary to call upon some of the ftanks to carry claims for State in stitutions until sufficient taves with which to meet them could be col lected. The banks responded prompt ly to the call of the State and seem ed glad to aid us. The cla.tr.s have all been presented and paid. "In addition to the loan of $700, 000, and claims of about $300,000 taken care of by banks above re ferred to, the officers borrowed forty thousand ($40,000) dollars, un der authority of section 41 of the ap propriation act, for "enforcement of prohibition law." The money was borrowed from time to time and in terest varies from 2 1-2 to 4 per cent. Provision must toe made by Ihe gen eral assembly for repayment of this Joan, with interest, which will be due on April 1st. The call by the sinking fund com mission for redemption on April 1st, 1916, of the 4 1-2 per cent. Redem$fc> tion of Brown Consols, necessitated a settlement with the sinking fund re duction of the loan of $182,159.72 to the State hospital commission. Of the loan, $26,322 was placed with the ordinary sinking fund, and $75.837.Ti: with the insurance sinking fund, and under authority of section 41 of the appropriation act, eighty thousand ($80,000) dollars, was borrowed ]| the commission from the Palmetto .National bank. The loan will mature April 1st, and its payment must tn provided for. "Summing up, we find that it waf necessary to borrow or to arrange for funds to carry on the government until taxes were collected: For ordinary expenses $ 700,001 For State institutions 300,OQi For enforcement of prohibi tion Uw 4 0.00C For part payment of lpan to | State hospital 80,00* Making the enormous total ' of $1,120.00' | 'To meet all obligations promptl; authority should be given to borrov 1 approximately one and a quarter mil ' lion dollars, in anticipation of the coi | lection of taxes to be levied for th< i year 1917. This estimate is base< I upon the appropriations made fo 1 1016, and the amount will be affecte< by any increase or decrease in ap propriations. j "It has not been customary for th< 1 treasurer to comment on suc-n matter: in his reports, as recommendation! I and suggestions are made by tin 1 governor and comptroller general bu j with, the conditions now confronting us, I deem it my duty to suggest t< the lawmakers that something be don< to check this rapidly increasing con sumption of the surplus funds. 11 I 1899 and 1900 the State had sufficieni ! surplus to run a "cash basis"?no i a dollar was borrowed during thos< ! two years. A few years ago it wa< not necessary to borrow before Sepr tember, but the increase, from year t< year, in appropriations over th< revenue, requires us to borrow monej earlier each year. In 1915 the loar was placed on May 24th; in 1916 1! was made on April 13th, and this y u (1917) the indications are that monej will have to be borrowed on or before the 1st of April, and unless approba tions are reduced, or more revenue provided we will have to borrow in 1918 in February to pay the legisla tive expenses, and within two or three years the surplus will be wiped out and money will have to be borrowed at the beginning of the year." The report then goes into detajls of the- refunding of the State bond's. INTEREST IN BEEF CATTLE. Boll Weevil Stimulates Beef Cattle Industry. Clemson College, S. C., Jan 17.? During the past year South Carolina farmers have shown great interes: in the purchasing of registered stock and the establishment of herus for the production of beef as indicated by reports from the county demonsta tion agents. In twenty-two counties of the State 94 herds hate been start ed in the past year, and 96 registered beef bulls; 236 registered beef cows and heifers, and 604 grade beef heif ers have been brought into the State during the past twelve months. From these same counties 2,145 feed*, r have been brought in for beef. The figures indicate a very decided tr^r "qrd nrenaredness for the boll weevil. The farmers who are fortifying themselves in this way will be able to withstand the attacks of the weevil when he launche? his of fensive on them. In these same coun ties the progressive farmers ha*e built 52 silos to preserve wholesome, palatable food for their-herds of cat tle. fWA>"TS PK0H1S TO TAKE OWN MEDICINE Mr. W. R. Richey, Jr., as a matter of personal privilegj?, said lie had been criticized upon his introduction of his ironclad prohibition bill. "The} criticise me," he said, "because I have gone down in the history of the State as a supporter of Former Gov ernor Blease. I have always been m favor of airtight prohibition." As to sincerity of purpose, he said that he was willing to leave the question to his home people. He wanted~a 'law that would prohibit, and if a liquor Ion- r> nf nrnln'Kif tV? rt ian uiu nut pi uinyu vai s oiluuiu be let down and the whole fiock al lowed to come in. There is nobody be hind this bill but m?. I know it is a thorn in the flsh of ftome people, but I am going to give them a chance to practice what they "have been preaching. It is now up to them." BIDS IXY1TED. The town council will receive bids for the leasing of the Opera House ior a term oi (o; inree years oegm ning 'May 1, 1917. The term Opera House includes auditorium, galleries, dressing rooms and stage. All repairs necessary during the term of the lease are to be made by the party leasing the premises. Council retains the r-ight to let the auditorium for college commence ments, school exhibits, etc., at actual cost of each entertainment. Council retains the right to reject any or all bids. Bids vs ill be opened February 27 1Q17 1-20-td Z. F. WRIGHT, Mayor SOTICE! NOTICE!! Penalty attaches to all licenses un. paid February 1st, 1917. By order of council. * J. W. CHAPMAN, Clerk and Treasurer 1-20-td NOTICE OF PIJfiAL SETTLEMENT T will a final of thi e9tate of Ethan Shealy in the Probata Court for -Newberry county, S. 0.," 01 the 15th day of February, 1917, at li o'clock in the forenoon and will im mediately thereafter ask for my dis charge as guardian of said estate. W. M. CHAPMAN', Guardian 1-19-4t. MOTHERHOOD WOMAN'S JOY e 1! r?L!Ui ouggesuons 10 V/imaiesa Women. Among the virtues of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the ability to correct sterility in the cases of many women. This fact is well established as evidenced by the following letter and hundred.0, of others we have published in these colums. Poplar Bluff, Mo.?"I want other women to know what a blessing Lydia mother and hus - band both urged me : < totryLydiaE.Pink \ ' ham's Vegetable ;Compound. I did t-? ?? ?'so, my health im proved and I cm now the mother of a fine baby girl and do all my own house work."?Mrs. Allia B. Timmons, 216 Almond St., Poplar Bluff, Mo. In many other homes, once childless, there are now children because of the fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound makes women normal, healthy an'! strong Write to the Lvdia E. Pinkham Medi cine Co., Lynn,"Mass., for advice?it will be confidential and helpful "The Wheel of the Law/' One of the most powerful produc tions ever re^ased by the Metro Pic tures corporation is "The -Wheel ol the Law." The star is the superfc dramatic artiste Emily Stevens, who has already appeared in several Me tro wonder plays, and the director la George D. Baker, who recently made for Rolfe Photoplays, Inc., the ex quisite production of "The Preten ders," with Emmy Wehlem as star. Jfhe same company produced "The wheel ot the Law,' which is from the pen of Katharine Kavanaugh. Will be shown at the Opera House Wed i nesday. ! Frank Mills, who is a star in .his own right, is featured in Miss Stev en's support, and other prominent players are Edwin Holt, seen as "In spector Burke'' in "The Pretenders," Harry Davenport, of the famous Dav enport family, and Charles Eldrige, well known to Metro patrons. "The Wheel of the Law' is built around a big central idea, showing the injustice of securing convictions solely on circumstantial evidence. It is a story of dynamic force, with dis trict attorneys and political bosses ' as its leading characters. Miss Stev ens is first shown as an eminently successful Broadway star, which she really is in her own proper person. Miss Stevens shows <s-hat the triumph of a successful New York seasoii really means to a notea woman star. Both "Mona Mainard's" home life and her life behind the scenes are gra phically depicted. There are also scenes of unusual vivacity, j An intensely interesting and ab ; sorbing scene is one laid in a cliem | ical laboratory, showing the arsenic I t. st for the purpose of discovering the presence of the drug in the body ' of a poison victim. Each detail of this . test has been accurately followed. I In "The Wheel of the Law" Mona Mainard the Broadway star, marries the rising young lawyer John Norton, ; j who has just been made assistant dis met atteorney. sne rears to ten mm (I that her young brother Tommy has 11 just .been refreased from Sing Sing j and that he has gone away to begin Lj life over again. Norton's hobby Is (i circumstantial evidence. He wins '. case after case solely on this kind ol 1 evidence until he himself becomes tc , I b lieve that it is infallible. He be comes district attorney, and so fai eniovs the ronfirience of hoth fhp nen : pie and tlie political bosses that he is in line for the governorship. He 11 convicts 011 circumstantial evidence | a poor old man who is evidently inrro ! cent, and the old man dies-on the wit ' j ness stand. This awakens Mona tr the gravity of th? situation, and <shr implores "her husband to abandon his system, but with the goternorship ir , mind he is obdurate. She is horror-stricken when liei . own brother is falsely accused of crime committed by Ryan, a politica : boss. In desperation she hits upon t , i plan which through circumstantia ! evidence maKes ins nusoana appeal j1 to be her attempted murderer. Shock - ed at the narrowness of "his escapt he alters his plans, apprehends th? ; real culprit, letting Mona's brother go . and abandons his belief that circum [ stantial evidence is infallible. "Broken Chains'* Opera House Tuesday. The ambition of every producer o motion pictures is to present the olc Ftory of love?in some way, thrilling and unique manner. Mo remark lia; ever stood the acid test of the cynici so successfully as: "Love Will Find i Way." In "Broken Chains" some thing happens, and this particula something provides a new vehicle foi future romances. It is one of thos< beautiful southern stories that re minds ue of life's higher -elevation It is a thrilling drama of modern wo men and leaders of men?big men Thfere is nothing in this story t< hurt your feelings, but there is mucl to entertain those who are lcokinj for pictures?clean, wholesome an< " pleasant to remember. Invigorating to tne Pale and SlckSj The Old Standard genera! strengrther ins? tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS c'.iill TONIC, drives ou I Malaria.euriche -t :e blood.and build-; ipir.e^ys I 't m A >ur.' tun r For aw it lis a-d >"h 1 ar^n EOERAL Of BOLTON HELD IS GREENWOOD Body of Late Lieutenant in Marine Corps to Be Brought Trom Santo Domingo. The State. Greenwood, Jan. 18.?T. J. Bolton, , father of Lieut. Karl Bolton who ! was killed .Vednesday. January 10 on I the island of Santo Domingo, today 1 received a telegram from Congress ' man Wyatt Aiken at Washington stat ing that the navy department had made arrang. ments with the Clyde Line to bring Lieut. Bolton's 'body to New York city on January 30 and should reach Greenwood on or about ! February 2. The telegram stated ! that an officer of the marine corps j will accompany the body to Green wood. It will be remembered that Lieut. Karl Bolton while sitting at lunch on the deck of a small tug i which was conveying a detachment of United States marines to the land ' ing at San Pedro Marcoris was shot through the bead and instantly killed > by a native boy who was V .he crowd | on the dock watchin6 V tug. manvne swecr. | Miss Sweet, who has been seen in a series of extraordinary photodrama tic characterizations during the past two years under the Lasky banner, is i said to appear to the greatest advan tage in the photoplay entitled, "Un protected," a drama of Southern Pris on Camps, written especially for her I -by James Hatton. i I Miss Sweet, as an orphan girl, goes to livo with her uncle who is cruel to her. An accident befalls the old man ! in which he is killed and she, unable to clear herself of the change, is con - victed of his murder. She is sentenc ed to ten years in prison. In some of the southern states the practice of leasing prisoners to pri vate contractors still maintains. The cruel, unjust system of penal servi tude is exnosed in ail its horrors to gether with its remedy in "L'nprotect ed." The play was produced by James Young and th<-> cast includes besides 'Miss Sweet, Theodore Roberts, Ern est Toy, Tom Forman, Mrs. Lewta McCurd and Jane Wolff. At the Op^ra House. he two favorites, Ethel Clayton anri f'nrlvlp Rlaflrw-*11- will bp seen ill "Broken Chains" at the Opera House Tuesday. This is another of the cele brated Brady-made pictures through the World Film corporation. "Whejls of the I^aw," which will be shown at the Opera House 'Wednes day, is a romance of supreme drama tic force in five powerful acts. That pretty, popular, graceful and sweet Blanche Sweet will be seen in "Unprotected." at the Opera House Thursday. During the exhibitions the people will be voting for their favorites In the contest. Friday it will be "Potash and Perl ; mutier. u is saiu uiat auuien<jes I lose self-consciousness while seeing | and hearing this comedy, so hilari ously funny is it. LEVER TO TAKE BEST Declines Invitation to Speak ia Early Spring1. i Washington, Jan. 20.?Representa-| ! tive Lever of South Carolina today' received a very urgent invitation from J. S. McBride. school extension agent of the bureau of education, to deliver an address on "The Needs of the ! Farm Woman" at Lincoln Neb., Phil ,. adelphia, Pa., or Rock Hill, S. C., In i! the early part of next April. Mr. Lev ! regretfully declined to accept the 'l invitation. It is understood that Mr. 11 Lever intends to take a much needed ;! rest immediately after the adjourn . ment of congress and that he has de , I clined all invitations to speak during . i the early spring. ! P. H. McGowan. ' I RGK-M >EFD FOB AFFROPKJATIO> FOB SCHOOL!" Columbia, Jan. 19.?The midwin ter meeting of the county superin tendents of education of the State; held in Columbia this week, took ae nun lootung luwarus important legis lation in this general assembly. "They advanced the general finan cial condition in regard to education,' said Superintendent of Education Swearingen this morning, "and ex pressed the hope that the legislature continue the appropriations and pro vide the money called for in the inter est of the grading of the schools." The association expressed itself as being especially anxious for th- leg islature to appropriate the sums rec ommended by the State superintend ent, and approved the budget of $453, 000 in full. "The biggest item con tained in the budget," said State Su perintendent Swearingen today, "Is $175,000 for consolidated and graded schools in country districts. Tht most doubtful item is $50,000 for buildings, although practically every county superintendent has filed appli cations for State building aid. In ev ery district where a new house has been erected during the year the local trustees are relying upon the State appropriation. "For the vear 1915-16. $35,000 wa? appropriated and was expended on 14C buildings. One hundred and eight} new buildings were erected; hence 40 communities were without State building aid. "The county superintendents alsc endorsed a county board fund, to be expended by the county superintend ents and their associates, In their dis cretion, among weak districts, as well as for neglected improvements in strong districts. "The bill for vocational training with federal aid was enthusiasti cally endorsed, and the sur>erintend entfi appointed a committee to con fer with the legislature on the ques tion of industrial education in the public schools. "Under the new law passed by con gress," continued Mr. Swearingen "South Carolina will receive $26,00(J for vocational training, provided the lpfrisla turo anthnri^PQ snmo board to co-or>erate, and appropriates as much as $26,000 for the work. In Stat:>s accepting the federal grant, the amount of federal aid increases from year to year. South Carolina would ultimately receive $111,000 afinually, it a similar amount should he final ly appropriated by the legislature up t>n an approval of this policy." The county superintendents reiter ated their recommendation calling for a State board of examiners for teach ers, and by their action they express ed a belief that oposition to the crea tion of such a board "is causing an undesirable wa5ta of much schnnl money,'' as Mr. Swearingen expressed it this morning. Thirty-five counties were reDres?mt ed at the meeting. Among those in atendRnce wer<-- six county superin tendents recently elected. Tlit Qafoioe That Dees tot Affect The Reec Because of ita tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVE BROMO QUINl?#Si5> better thrfa ordinary Juini ie and nof caose nervousness no* ' ? )?# >/ the lull n??? The "Griffon R. C. Perry's Jan 24th. See the 1 ailoring Depart If Coff Dis u POS the healf drink in of homes Made from Dl" a little wholesoi An ideal f instead of f FOURTEEN. i OFFICER .NEEDED i TO ENFORCE LiW Anti-Saloou League Leader .Sees Im portant Field for New State Official. I Discussing the proposal ^hat a ffj'.n ; missioncr be elected by the g.neral assembly to enforce the' prohibition lav,', J. K Breedin, State superintend i nt of the Anti-Saloon league, said, while in Columbia >esterday. "The commissioner should be able to visit every county at least one.* a ye.ir and these trips, made K re sponse to complain:s or upon hi* own initiative, would to the commis sioner first hand *nu>re3s1ons. On these trips he wouldrconfer with the sheriffs-, magistratej and rural police men and these mee'ings should resu't in largely promoting Doth the activ ity and efficiency of t':ie officers for TvnnM hn at plhow?; th~ full power of the State instead of the tedious routine uf correspondence, wMch never fully s-atlsfactorv police measures. "The comirv.^on^r ??? his person would be the cooling of the st?Mig arm of the State to cooperate wf local officials. From so/ne experience that T had nst summer I learned that much m">re can be rccompUshacl by an aroused local o,Ticer. sometimes with special assistance, than by ein nlovin? a numerous constabulary. And once a local official is arouse* and successful "e becomes comole'e master of that sitaaMon for all tin? . "The commissi Jitership. as T ''on ceive it. should accompMjh much bet ter results for t;:e State at less fx nensp than heretofore. The increas ing demands uoon a jrrvornor's and thought make imp native the del egation of this part of his effort. er> a commissioner. Another reason for the commissionerj'jjp -s that, the com missioner mieht alter 1 preliminary hearines when c^oecial reason should exist and so have fV Sta'e represent ed at the beginning.' MRS. JOHX SI MMERS HAS PASSED AiWAY Mrs. John W. Summers of 200 Ger vais street died at the home of her caughter. Mrs. J. B. Fennell, 130 Sum ter street, yesterday morning at ? o'clock, after a brief illness. Mrs Summers, who was 55 years of age went to the home of her daughter a week ago yesterday on account of the daughter's illness and was herself ; taken sick quite suddenly Friday night. j Mrs. Summers was the daughter or Jacob Shealv of the Dutch Fork sec tion in Lexington county. She and "her family connections are well known both in Richland and Lexington coun ties. Mrs. Summers is survived by the j following close relatives: Her hus band, who is superintendent of tlr> Congaree river bridge; two daugh ters. Mrs. J. B. Fennell and Miss Car ina Summers: two cons. E. "Rivers ; Summers and X. H. Snmm^s. all of Columbia; and three sisters. Mrs. Jane Swittenberg, Newberrv: Mr" Laura , Onmalander. Ohapin. anrl Mrs. N\ J Columbia: and th^e brothers, j Vn<?ii S^epiv, >nrtrPTv Sh^alv an'l ' Isaac Shealy. of Lexington county. Man" will be at on rk o 1 uary zo ana display in the ment, TUM # i* 20 years ;hfuk table thousands ime Wheat and me molasses. amily drink :ea or coffee