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^JpTED J Governor ESTABLISH Wd nU3c8?D TERMS N. &. S. ( ?m.f? .. . M(1 LietitenMA T 3 : J O. McLeod As , r Anothw Two \ of} ion of Rosoocea ^cjfs of Good Roada Mr W S;M 11,1rnth* AdliSI f? locked the'a? of N us the i- Wedncsd^ M, l)nfH wl / . ?... "a-'w* jiai.?wim impresenfjlkrI "rJwiLQjh joint aasembly of MCa8??7Mv3 Wednesday with gjfegmna^ God. a, and side aisles lookR house PT , F. Ansel and Leiu6:30 ^ God m Thomas 0- McLeod pf the upon their second l i" ?tDr. Bumor and Lieutenant >f /as troulectively, after which p. .icer- ^-re hade officials were duly nt. frop GF^adltt?^OW8: Secr?tary of 1 here eaacCown, Attorney GeuUtf*Jjthe four*" Lyon, Comptroller :ic w?eaae churcl Jones, Adjutant Genin of tctithy. hlsyd, State Treasurer it. othe/ continue n(j Railroad Commistlc ujwiV? f,gpaughman. tone toe* the Ansel's inaugural adhat lv S\| Sef and devoted almost "I ' reminds jhe development of the stran# /d learned resources. Ho advocatcabooifaTho?d In?)re attention to the con* * V;r tlj6ojg ] our land8 and forests -? '""feed is thTe,0Pm'nl ana Protection walk <JrJ look bai?'s water powers, pointThe: /? The it was being done in this rear ssdl declinedv other States and adver^St lfaere lS nOW D?ing utilized in this State 175,000 horse-power with that mueh more yet undeveloped. He specially stressed the importance of drainage, recommending the creating of a Stato j drainage commission to investigate and report on the best plan to reclaim over three million actes now lying useless for wnnt of drainage. He also dwelt on the importance of immediate aotion toward securing better roads throughout the State, and recommenced that the Agricultural Department be charged with the 'duty of securing information along this line. Governor Ansel said: "For the second time I am here to assume the duties and responsibilities of the highest State office in the gift of the people. For a second time by the votes of the people. T am exalted to the position of Governor f of this great Commonwealth. I am truly grateful for this manifestation of confidence and esteem, and I am fully sesible of my inability to discharge fully the duties incumbent upon me without your valuable and necessary assistance. "South Carolina has made much progress in moral, educational and material lines in the past few years, and ha?< a bright future in store, tKe people are fully alive to the great possibilities of even greater progTes* in the years to come and we see the signs of prosperity on every hand. "There is now being utilized iu this State one hundred and seventyfive thousand horse-power of waterpewer to generate electricity and for other purposes. There is still about , Jj_3,UU() horse-power of water power r'~ ^Undeveloped. My belief is that before many years this power, now go**T ing to waste, will be harnessed and W used to help supply the needs of our W growing industries. "Our farms are producing a rea/ sonable income and profit, and as the J farmer is the only producer of those things which go to sustain life, every inducement should be given to the boy to 'stay on the farm.' I "In the manufacture of cotton we [ are second, in number of spindles, to but one State in the Union. Had I time I could give the output of the mills, the value of the product and the number of employes. "The educational institutions of > the State are sending out each year young men and women well equipped for the battle of life, and tnere is work for all of them to ao. The country is calling for educated younu men and women. "I desire, at this time, to refer tc two matters, which I regard as very - tant to the future progress of . . tate, and which are not menin my annual message: time has come, in my judghen we should eive some at i. o the question of drainage of v, ? tps and lands. There are in thi over three million acres of t>i -..Ig that can be reclaimed at a t le cost. The question nat?s, what can we dot I sugou appoint a drainage cora: ju wiiose duty it shall be to get up all the data as to where these lands are located; the piptgable cost ' of reclaiming and the best plan for paying for the drainage. Let this commission report to the General As-< aembly and then intelligent action can be taken. "Another important matter that should engage our attention is the one of 'good roads.' Every good citizen of the State ia interested in this vital question. Conventions and eon} ferences are being held in many of the States to discusg it. The Qovamors of most of the States are eall a. ing the attewtiee of the Legislatures a to it. Some of the oountiee in this State have gone to work and are1 del making good roads. That they are toe needed in all the counties every one v ]) Ini?y i art hi->t . . > r' ' ' tpn1 "wwwqmppwiwpr* should be of a permanent nature, and it seems to me that, in order that the necessary information may be obtained as to the best methods of making highways, and the cost of each method, the Department of Agriculture should be charged with the duty of g*'.ting this data and reporting the same to you. 'In North Carolina, the duties of road commissioner are placed upon the State geologist; in other States, road commissioners are appointed for this work. "I come to congratulate you, my fellow citizens, upon what has been done along all these lines, and to ask that each of you will do bis full duty in helping forward ail that makes for the betterment of our people. "And now, as I take upon myself for a second time the responsibilities and duties of this ofilce, I ask that yon will uphold my hands in every good work, and, by your generous help and oo-operation, give me that encouragement that I have a rigbc to expect at your hands. By thus working together, we shall make South Carolina second to none in this Union of indestrnctible States." VETOES STATE-WIDE BILL Tennessee Senate Hears the OMef Execcntive'3 Official Disannrnv*! of the State-Wide Prohibition Bill ?Opponents of the Bill Sec a Ray of Hope?Governor Patterson States His Reason*. Nashville, Tenn., Special.?Governor Patterson Tuesday afternoon filed with the clerk of the Senate a message vetoing the State-wide prohibition bill which last week passed by both houses of the Legislature. The Governor's action followed adjournment of the Senate, after it had passed, on third reading by a vote of 20 to 13, the bill prohibiting the manufacture in Tennessee of intoxicating liquors. On original passage the vote was 20 to 13. In his veto message Governor Patterson charges that such legislation is against the Democratic platform and the doctrine of self-government; t4at it sets aside the recorded will of the people; that experience has taught that no arbitrary prohibition law was ever obeyed and its enactment brings no settlement of the question; that it destroys property, reduces State revenues, increases taxation, takes money from the people to send it elsewhere, formcnts discord, impairs the dignity of the Commonwealth, forstcrs hypocrisy and invite? evasion and deceit in the people. . 1 Dr. Woodrow Wilson's Address at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, N. C., Special.?Lauding Robert E. Lee as the impersonation of power, puissant but unperverted to a seltish end, held under absolute control by the genius in whom it slumbered, loosed only at the call of exigency and then but for the service of the whole of society, Dr. Woodrow Wilson Tuesday night defined the crucial need of the twentieth century in America as a general living forth of sound principles of sociology and governmental science interpreted according to the lights and the life of to-day. "The whole face of our national life has changed," declared the speaker. In the economic ficlH ihn old order of work and enterprise has passed utterly away- We must make use of combinations and of organization upon a great scale such as a past generation had not dreamed of. and because new organization is vast and complicated we can neither express it nor control it by means of the isolated individual endeavor which u6ed to be sufficient for carrying our material enterprises forward. In a return to the principle of individual responsibility in person and fortune for acts gf violence to the rights of the people, in the enactment and enforcement of laws regulating giant combinations of capital whose penal-, ties shall be visited on the individuals who are responsible for the ! T1_ iir:i * ? ? ui. uiison iounn wnat lie considered the keynote to remedial measures. Centennial of Pce's Birth Celebrated at Home and Elsewhere. Charlottesville, Va., Special.?The Edgar Allan Poe eontcnary celebration reached its climax Tuesday night when able addresses were delivered by Prof. Bartlett Wendell, of Harvard, on "The Nationalism of Poe," and by Cbarlcs Alphonse Smith, o( the University of North Carolina, 01 "Poe's Influence on Southern Literature." A cablegram was read from the Author's Club of London, and poems by Arthur Christopher Benson, of England, Prof. Edward Dowden, of Ireland, and John Boyd, of Canada, were ^ead. Therv* was also many tributes from distinguished foreign era. Dr. (Jharles W. Kent presided t the exercises. The 19th being the centennial annivereay of Poe's birth New York and many other places celebated the event. Three Killed in Explosion. Johnstown, Pa., Special. ? Three children between three and four years old were killed, another, aged five, was severely burned, and two women, mothers of the little ones, were painfully injured at Stoughton, Somerset county, when the children touched a match to a keg of powder to see it blase. All the dead a no injured arc' foreigner* Ther home was almost demolished by the explosspn. I THE S. C.JEGISLATURE Doings of Palmetto Lawmakers Told in Brief. The senate transacted very little business on Tuesday. The adjournment was taken at 1:30 o'clock a! the conclusion of the memorial exercises in honor of Oen. I\. E. Loo. The following new bills were introduced in the senate: Mr. Weston?A bill to amend an not entitled "An act to establish the insurance department of South Carolina, and to provide for the conduet of the same." Mr. Weston?A bill to declare and to define the powers of the insurance commissioner as to the prevention of fires and conflagrations and to authorize the investigation of the same. Mr. Weston?A bill to provide for the organization and regulation of mutual protection associations. Mr. Weston?A bill for the regulation and control of fraternal benefit orders. Mr. Weston?A bill to require all insurance companies doing business in South Carolina to secure their policy holders. Mr. Weston?A bill to regulate bond, investment, dividend, debenture, registry, guaranty, loan and fidelity building and loan and other such like companies. Mr. Weston?A bill to regulate insurance companies and their agents in this State; to prescribe the duties of the insurance department in relation thereto, and to punish violations of the insurance laws. Mr. Johnson?A bill to amend sec tion 4 of an act entitled "An act to provide the manner in which owners or prospectors of any railroad companies incorporated under the laws of other States or counties may become incorporated in this State." Mr. Kelley?A bill to regulate the sale and carrying of pistols. Mr. Sullivan?A bill to require public pinners and public warehouse companies to mark bales of cotton ginned or stored. Mr. Otts?A bill to provide for the appointment of a State auditor and two deputy auditors, define the duties of his office and to provide a penalty for the violation for certain provisions of this act. The House was not in session on Tuesday. A resolution was introduced in the Senate Wednesday to amend the constitution as to the provisions in regard to associate justices of the supremo court. The resolution provides: "That the supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and four associate justices. any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of husiness. The chief justice shall preside, and in his absence the senior assocate justice." It provides for a term of ten years, the term of one expiring every two years. The number of associates is now three and the official term is 8 years. A bill introduced upon the subject of trials for assault is of eeneral interest. The bill amends the section relative to the taking of testimony in cases of this kind, so that it shall read "that the victim may be permitted to testify in private, with only me juage ann tuo attornevs present." Senator Wharton's hill to provide for severe punishment for attempts to rape placing the same upon the same basis as rape, has been reported favorably. To reimburse the owner of stolen goods to the amount of their unrecovered value is the purport of a bill introduced in the senate by Mr. Earl". Rills were introduced in the House as follows: Mr. Fultz?To provide for the compulsory education of ilie chiiuicn of this State. Mr. Wright?To amend section 701 of the code, volume 2. relating to summoning of jurors on inquests bv pro I viding for payment of sueli jurors. | Mr. McMnhnn?To further regulate primary elections in thist S?ate. Mr. Lewis O. Fultz?'lo regulate the compensation of county officers. Mr. Cosgrove?To declare the wilful or wantom burning of any building which is insured, a felony and to provide punishment therefor. Mr. Garris?To amend an act entitled "An act to amend section 77, criminal code, volume 2, providing for ten year convicts to serve sentences on public works of the county,'as to provide for 20-vear c to serve sentences on public ^ f the county. * Jarris?To increase the average length of the school term and to improve the efficiency of the public schools in this State. Mr. McEaehern?To make it a misdemeanor to draw and alter checks on be?ks wherein the drawer has no, or not sufficient fmuls. Mr. Dixon?To declare the removal or attempted removal of a cause pending in the courts of this State to the federal conrts by a foreign corporation a misdemeanor and to provide punishment therefor. Mr. Dixon?To require railroad companies to furnish cars for freight and loading of such cars bv shippers, ana proviae a rorreiture or penalty in ease of failure. Mr. Cothran?A .ioint resolution proposing an amendment to article 10 of the constitution by addiiif thereto section 14. to empower towm and cities of over 10,000 inhabitant* to assess contiguous property for permanent improvements. Mr. T. P. Cothran?Providing foi ' t additional compensation to constables of magistrates. Mr. Cothran?To amend section I 1497, volume 1, code of laws. A. D. 1902. relating to the areneral stock low so as to include within its provisions turkeys, geese, guineas, ducks and chickens. Mr. Cothran?To amend section relating: to magistrates acting as rorrner. Mr. T. P. Cothran?To amend secCon 27.10, volume 1. rode ?f laws. A. D. 1902. relot'nc to powers of circuit judres at chambers. Mr. Cothran?To amend sections 240, 241 and 244 of chapter 11, article relating to election of elector* ?? ?j vta prcoiucni ami vice president. Mr. Dixon?To amend section 403, code of laws, South Carolina,- volume 1, relating to reports of county treasurer. Mr. M. L. Smith offered a bill restricting the sale of all intoxicating liquors, providing, however, for sacramental wine. Mr. McColl?To provide for beneficial scholarships in the University of South Carolina. The following bills were introduced in the Senate Thursday: Mr. Carlisle?To prohibit women and ohildren under the age of 16 years from working in cotton and woolen mills between the hour of 7 p. m. and the hour of 6 a. m. and prescribing punishment for violating the same. Mr. Carlisle?A bill to provide for fire escapes in certain classes c.f hotels in this State. Mr. Lide?To repeal section 1295, volume 1, code of laws, 1902, relating to the Colored Normal and Industrial Agricultural and Mechanical college of South Carolina and to enlarge the powers of the board of trustees of said college. Mr. Laney?A bill to regulate the manufacture, sale and delivery of commercial fertilizers and to provide penalties and punishment for violations of this act. Mr. Wharton?To amend section 3.") of an act entitled "An act to declare the law in reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sale, use consumption, transportation and disposition of alcoholic liquors and beverages within this State and to police the same," approved the ltith day of February, A. D. 1907, relating to powers of county dispensary boards. Mr. Graydon?To provide for beneficiary scholarships in the University of South Carolina. Mr. A. Johnson?To amend section 2 of an act entitled "An act relating to the selection, drawing, summoning of jurors in the circuit courts of this State," approved 7th day of February, A. D. 1902, by changing the time of preparing the jury list from December to July. Mr. Laney?To further regulate the running of motor vehicles in this State. Mr. Bass?For the protection of game fish in the State of South Carolina and for repeal of certain laws relating thereto. Mr. Graydon?A bill to fix the liability of common carriers by railroads to their employes in certain cases. Mr. Gravdon?To fix the place of trial in all actions to recover the penalty fixed by statute for delay, loss or damage to freight by common carriers. Mr. Harvey?To amend section 079, volume , code of laws, 1002. In the House a goodly number of bills were introduced, in part as follows : Mr. Lengnick?To amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the catching, gathering, sale, exporting or canning of oysters, terrapins, clams, shad and sturgeon, to provide for the licensing thereof, and to provide for the leasing of public lands suitable for the cultivation thereof. Mr. Clarke?To abolish tuition fees at Winthrop Normal and Industrial fonesre aim ai i lemson Agricultural College of South aCrolina. Mr. Ayer?To require county treasurers of the State to deposit in chartered banks surplus or unsued funds at interest. Mr. Ayer?To further provide for the examination of and the issuing of certificates to teachers and to further define the duties of the State board of education and the county boards of education relative thereto. Mr. Rueker?To create two school funds to be known as school fund No. 1 for white children, and school fund No. 2 for negro children and 1o allow each taxpayer to designate the application of his taxes for school purposes. Mr. Gasque?To amend section 064 of volume 1, code, providing for registration of notaries public. Mr. Harmon?To prohibit the manufacture and sale of mntches, other than safety mntches. Mr. Berg?To require the registration of all births of children in the State. Mr. Berg?To require license for marriages. Mr. P. P. Sullivan?Joint resolution to submit to the voters the question of the repeal of the homestead law. Mr. Carey?To provide for taking, , the depositions of female witnesses in pfldpc nf rono nnd ncQnnlt with in tent to rape, i Mr. Nicholson?To lengthen the > school term. r Mr. Hydriek?To amend section ? 3005, volume 1, code of laws of South < Carolina, 1902, requiring that crops - be up and growing make mortgage valid. -g - ^ r Mr. E. /V |yy>rohibit JKt f aster ooimn um My eMMr ?>ul rippla* apart. Write for fj \ t V any city or town from making i unlawful to sell lunches on Sundav. Mr. Williams?To amend sectioi 289 of the criminal code of Soul J: Carolina, 1902. relating to the rrirm of bigamy ami changing the punishment thereof. Mr. \V. S. I'tsey?To define th? crimes of cheating and swindling and to provide the punishment thereof. air. itucKer?10 anonsn capnai punishment in this Stat? except in certain eases. Mill Inspector May be Created. A bill introduced hv Senator F. II. Weston of Richland provides for the appointment of a commissioner of labor. There lias been much talk that this step will be takin. either that an independent oflice will be created, or that inspector will woik under C'ol. Watson, the commissioner of commerce and agriculture. The provisions of the bill are. in part as follows: 1. The commissioner shall collect, assort systematically and present in a report to the governor on or before the 10th day of January of each year, who shall transmit to the general assembly statistical details relating to all departments of labor in this State such as the hours of lubor. cost of living, amount of labor required, estimated number of persons depending on daily labor for their support. The bill provides for an annual submitting of a schedule to the manager or owner of every manufactu tig catamiBnuieui in me r>iaie, embodying inquiries as follows: 1. Name of person, partnership or corporation. 2. Kinds of poods manufactured or business done. 3. Number of partners or stockholders. 4. Capital invested. 5. Average number of persons employed. distinguishing as to sex, adults and children. 6. Total wapes not including salaries of mannpers paid during the year, distinguishing as to sex, adults and children. The commissioner is given power to enter all buildings which are subject to the provisions of the act. The methods of protection from accidents, the means of ventilation, and investigations into the employment of children are made a part of the commissioner's duties. There are some requirements in the bill as to the need for fresh and pure drinking water lor the employes of factories, and for punishment for violation of any section of the bill. oection id or tne bill provides against a child under 14 years of ape cleaning any part of the machinery in a factory. The most important feature of the bill is the requiring of keeping of vital statistics by the tirms employing children. The commissioner of labor would be required to make periodical visits to the mills and factories. The bill also provides: Every owner or manager shall be required to give the required information. The bill also provides that the commissioner shall have the power to send for persons or paj>ers whenevr, in his opinion, it is necessary and he may examine witnesses under oath, the testimony so taken to be filed and preserved in the office of the commissioner. He and his agents and inspectors shall have free access to all places where five or more people are employed as laborers. For Fire Escapes in Hotels. a kill fhoi ?i ?? #?? mill AO UI iitliruu IUlflCSl to tlio traveling public has been introduced in the senate which provides for tire escapes in the hotels of more than three stories in height. The provisions are: "Section 1. Every building or structure kept, used or maintained as, or advertised as, or held out to the public to be an inn, hotel, or public lodging house or place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for hire to transeient guests in which ten or more sleeping rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests shall, for the purpose of this act, be considered to be a hotel. "Sec. 2. Every hotel having three or more stories shall be provided with nil iron firp psphiip nn tlin Pill side of the building, connecting on eneh floor above the first with at least two openings, which shall be well fastened and secured with landings not less than six feet in length and three in width, or shall be provided with suitable iron ladders equipped with iron rounds not more than 15 inches apart. There shall be at least one fire escape for each four rooms on each story. The way of egress to such fire escapes shall always be kept free and clear of all obstruction of any and every nature. There shall be posted and maintained in a conspioious place in each hall and in ehch guest's room except the halls and rooms on the ground floor of such hotel, a printed notice, calling attention to and directing the way to such fire escapes. "Sec. 3. This act shall go into effect on October 1, 1909. "Sec. 4. Every owner, manager. agent or person in charge of a hotel who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50, and every day that such hotel is carried on in violation of this act shall constitute a senarate offense-" The following passed their third reading in the Senate on Friday and became a part of the law. \ % ' t The bill to do awa*" " ' y day limit after delivenRSSTJSL l of deeds or instrument^flS^^ i be recorded in order notices to subsequent ereditc purchasers for valuable consW tioa without notice was passeT third reading. The following bills passed tl rending and were ordered sent o? to the house: Mr. Sinkler's hill to regulate collection and distribution of bodies for scientific purposes. Mr. Otts' bill to i se< 300 of the code of law-ToT 1902, utile 2, so as to make a verdict jury and an order of the cour till* omitlfrv U'Koro ~ upon tlie real estate of the p against whom it is rendered, the rendition thereof, till the es tion of 10 days from the risir the court at which same was ered. In the three and a half hou: which the Senate held forth on unlay there was accomplished as follows; The calendar was t^one tlin from cover to cover. Five hills were passed and ord sent to the house. Fifteen bills passed second 1 injr. The county attorney bill was jeeted. The bill to increase the tern prisoners who may be made nt ' on the public works to 20-vcar instead of 10 years, as the lawprovides, was rejected. There was some further diseu. upon Senator Carlisle's hill t( awav with the 40-dav limit in w to record papers. An amendment adopted relative to making it low for 1") days to he given in ret ing mortgages and j?ersonnl proj deeds ih the elerk of court's of The amendment was proposed by ator Lide, it being pointed out this amendment would protect farmers and merchants who t not rush to the court house at to record the papers. State Wide Prohibition Petiti There were some pentitions rr ed from several communities t the requesting of the passage State wide prohibition hill in general assembly this year. Saturday the following new were introduced in the Senate. Mr. Kelly?To repeal the lien Mr. Rainsford?To provide f? . special course in bookkeeping, ogrnphy and typewriting in Cl? college. Mr. Sullivan?To amend s .3131 of volume 1, code of la the State of South Carolina of increasing compensation of wit in /innrf nf '? **I v uu i i v/i ^CIIUIU1 Mr. Croft?To amend seetio of the civil code of procedure ? State of South Carolina, volun A bill has been introduced ii senate providing that every elai loss of or damage to property bagrgrago while in the possessioi a common carrier shall be adj and paid within 30 days in ea shipments wholly within the in 40 days in ease of shipments without the State. Where the no station the claim shall be til the nearest station where the an a pent. Senator Weston has a bill to vide for making: it a felony focue to wantonly set lire, to bu attempt to burn any building: or : tore which is insured or any y who shall assist in this burnii attempt to burn, whether said son he present or absent or n give advice. The House on Saturday disj some activity and disposed of a her of local measures and kille? or three hills of pencral in teres addition it spent an hour lit new hills and committee report incidentally unfavorable rcpor bills in several instances were j ed and the death of the measur snl'ed. Mr. J. P. Gibson's bill pro' for a tax of $1 on all male do?r $10 <n all female dojrs, in orf <lecrease the number of wor ,..?o i :n?.i >< ????4?r? rviuru, iin %% us* if11 . i\U? hill to require all secret soeiet secure licenses from the eler court on payment of a license t $1. A similar hill was hefor House last year and nassed to reading, hut was finally killed. Gfoorgia Lumber Company Get? Veridict Against Southern. Maeon, Ga., Special.?The F Lumber Company was Tn I lwarded a vrriliet nf jkO . against the Southern Railway This suit was institute'! in r( iion with the famous Tift Li ' Company suit vers nr. tin* Soi Railway et el.. ellcirip'T ove?c' Spccisl Mastei in Chancery ubmitUvl 111- report. Boy Shoots His Father. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.- . i i liain 0. Bethea, a young white * _k * . 1 _A A. ? 1*11- 1 Li- M ' s*oi ana insianuy nuea nis t George Bethea, late Friday afti ><iaa the eld man was en Wring the rr?e of bis daughter in the wester tion of the eity. There had bad blood betwsia father and ? *<>> seme tima wbioh terminated quarrel, which canned the old death. Bcthsn in wader anna THE TOURI8T-S WAT. \ Guide?Want a guide Shox t o \J everything you ought to see In * Tourist?No. thanka; I'd rath* * J T ouftbln* to dagr. * " - \