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If^ORT MILL TIMES. ^j-H YEAR. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1907. NC. 4<>. ' THE $ G. LEGISLATURE APPROPRIATION BILL. Amonnt'jl!Giyen the Legislature to 6uppor* State Institutions. The tot3' carried in the appropriate0. ^ill ',l tl.'Hi), 138.48 and Hie to'al in<Trascs made in certain departme^1 ** 13,592.03, the totul decrease j* paragraphs being $?3.!l77.2l? Thesi figures do not iuthe Appropriation of $50,000 for i I selivpl hill: $3,500 for ConmvW.ie reunion*; and $15,000 for artificial limbs, tin- matters now being before the Hennlc. and if passed, will have to , be inserted hv amendments later. The increase in the appropriation asked for the University of South Carolina is made because of the necsssity of new residence for professors at a cost of $10,000. for new roofs at a cost of $2,870, aud $3,300 for three years' insu'uiiee on buildings and equipments. The increase in flic appropriation for Winthrop is for the practice t school, which bill as passed by Mr. t Richards and the increase for the Citadel is for a payment on new bar- '] racks. The bill carries the following Bums: , (lovernor's office. $13,250.00. Seerbtary of State, $0,050.00. v Comptroller general, $12,150.00. ( State treasurer, $7,450.00. , Superintendent of education, $5,- , 700.00. j Adjutant and inspector general $34,- j 400.00. , Attorney general, $5,875.00. , State librarian. $1,550.00. I'ensions, $250,000.00. Railroad commission, $9,000.00. , Code commission, $100.00. Keeper Stale house and grounds, | $1,400.00. Kleetrieian and engineer. $2,175.00. * Judicial department. $81,150.00. State geologist, 3,400.00. State penitentiary, $0,550.00. | Health deprntiuont, $11,100.00. r Tax department, $03,000.00. I'niversity of Small Carolina, $00,- . 118 <i:t - f Immigration department, $17,300.00 Wiitfhrop College. $S0,213.70. f Citadel, $34,250.00. ( Colored Collide, $7,800.00. Hospital for insane, $187,000.00. j Deaf ami dnntb, $27,900.00. f Catawba Indians, $1,700.00. Water, $2,000.00. Claims, $0,000.00.- j Public printing, $13,000.00. J.rght- State, $0,000.01). ( Fuel. $2,000.00. j 1 e'.phate commission. $300.00. j K?^ra books St.Tte oflieers, $1,300.00 j l'.xtra books State eollgos, $297.70. j Pay sinking fund, $15,000.00. Pay sinking fund, $5,000.00. j Stale board equali/.utiou. $1,000.00. j Superintendent registration, $(?,150.00. 1 Managers elections and printing, , $1,300.00. Insurance Governor's Mansion and State armory, $54.80. . Historical commission. $2,250.00. Public libraries, $5,000.00. . U'ipairs and fuel governor's man% "lion, $1,350.00. Hoard medical examiners, $1,100.00 j Pay commission examining dispeusarv. $1,200.00. McDonald, $250.00. Stenographer, $50.00. ! Museum, $100.00. State fair, $2,500.00. , Hoard fisheries, $7,000.00. '' ('onfederote home, $2,000.00, . Interest State debt, $2S5,()00.00. Interest State debt, $5,000.00. Hoard pardons, $800.00. . Statute J. C. Calhoun, $10,000.00. ( Snrety bonds, $142255. , State flag, $50.00. ? Launch house, $500.00. , (irnnd total,, $1,310,128.48. . Must Pay Por State Bonds. There was quite a tilt in the State . Senate when Senator Elird's joint resolution to relieve bondsmen of i former State treasurers and the present State treasurer from tinnncinl ic- ^ sponsibility from loss of $12,500 in ^ bonds came up. After a lot of dis- ^ i ussiou the bill was killed. The House Gets Busy. The committee on banking and insurance, through Mr. Tntum, reported favorably with amendments the Der- ( ham insurance bill on the opening of ^ the evening session. Mr A. (J. Hrice submitted a report } from the dispensary committee by , substitute on a bill providing for the winding up of the affairs of the dis- { IKuisnry, tinder the provisions of ^ which the governor is to appoint a j commission of live to wind up its f a flairs. At tlie request of Air. Kershaw, j from the public schools committee. j the house agreed to take up the com- j ..'.it i -11 ?u? ? * ? inn |?iin mm!; MM uir II" I HI UlJt- , lory building at Florence and make ~ i' an adjourned debate bill for Fri- j day at 12 o'clock. The house is very jealous of this privilege at this stage, and these requests arc frequently re- { fused, always except for exceptional ?j reasons. ? The general bill for changes of sal- t aries of county ofleers was rend. It j is a senate bill :^id there will be a ? ? scramble when it is readied on the calendar to ?ret various chaoses in it for the different counties in the Slate. I)r. Wyche sot his pure food bill made a special order for Monday at noon. Mr. Nash asked to make his pK?hibition bill a special order and the ayes and nays were called on the vote. The house was pretty evenly devidod between those who thought the matter had been snfficientjy thrashed out and those who panted for more of the frnv. The vote u-:ia fit tn oil Im* A H. Briee changed his vote before the result was announced and by one vote Mr. Nash's request was refused. Mr. Wyclie called up his hill abolishing all special school districts in the State excoept in towns of 3,000 and tool; the floor to defend it, explaining that the loose way the legislature formed special school districts in violation of the constitution liatl already caused great confusion and imperiled bond issues. The State superintendent of education as well as county otlicers had asked for this bill. There are so many vagaries ii the special law that it was necessary o wipe them all out and start over uid secure uniformity. Mr. Dixon thought it would be a cap in the dark. Mr. Kershaw thought the bill vould work great hardship and inns! ice and that these districts were vorking well and ought not to he inerfered with. His own town of Timmonsvilie would not willingly sur ender its special charter for uny liing. It would be an injustice to he other schools because it wotdd divide the working force of the county, tlready loaded down with work. The motion of Mr. Kershaw to strike out the enacting words prevailed. A substutute bill for Mr. Bi ice's >ilI regulating the sale of coi-uine md other drugs, which is pretty stringent in its provisions, >. s passed. Mr. Briee ?s child labor hill wasal.en up in place of Mr. Dixon's, vhieh was wilitdrawu. There was a najoriy rop.ort unfavorable ami milority favorable. Mr. I.awson, who nude the adverse report, moved to itrilce out the enacting words. Mr. Briee explained the provisions >1* the hill. It ndde<l a provision to .he bill now in force providing that 10 child miller 14 could l>c employed n a factory during school term unless he child could read and write legiliy. Mr. (ivies supported tlie hill. thinkntr ii a move in the right direction. Mr. Lnwson thought the hill a totapulsovy education hill tor (lie fac,ory people and if compulsory educaion lie a good tiling let us have it for all jieople and not legislate either for or against the factory people. Mr. (Ireer protested against any law hat would keep any one from work">r Mr. 'ireer of Qreenville opposed the lill. The cot/.on mill people are geting along very well. Tliey have bailees for education which are delieil to people in the rural districts, [f the hours of labor are reduced the ncome of the operatives will be reined. It would lake children out of ichool and put them in the milks. ('apt. \Y. \V. Dixon of Fairfield, ho author of a compulsory at tenlance bill, favored the bill. He spoke it length on conditions in mill cornuunities. Let the children be taught o read and write. By a vote of 42 to .'17 the house refused to strike out the enacting vords. On the question of ordering he bill to a third reading the vote vas oO to 38. Mr. Tat urn's bill to amend the lien iiw wji.s iuki'ii up una uennie nu,|ouri:>d. Mr. Tatnm made a very clear anil "orccful presentation of the hill, ihowiner liow it dovetails into the Eliclmrds hill to repenl certain secions of the lien law. There was a spirited debate in the louse over the llarlev hill, directed it the hopes of Hey ward county. The >ill after an interesting debate, in vhich Kepreseutatives Croft, Hurley iarvis, (JarCy and others enjjagod, vas killed by a vote of 53 to 51. Mr. roft of Aiken, made a feelimr speech id dressed in favor of the hill, ile dating that Iloyward county was an Vugustn chamber of commerce scheme tiul that Augusta had raised the mousy to carry it and spent tin; money Sod knows how; that Augustftns were noved into the territory to carry the lew county, which had been voted on droady twice in violation of the spir-' t of tlie constitution; that Augustn sorjK?ratc interests were trying to ursli the county into existence in viontion of the rights and the wishes >f the citizens of South Carolina. The House after a brief debate I tilled Representative Brantley's two ?ill-, the one requiring all hut lifocrtii convicts to serve on the county tangs, and the other calling for the talc or lease of the State farms now perated by convict labor. The House passed Mr. Anil's hill Woviding for scholarships in the texile department at Clemson College. Phe general appropriation bill came | nto the House in printed form, _ ind is of much interest. It carries | i total of $1,321,138.48, which is a | ict increase of $22,000 over last year. is t<> limit the manufacturing to wet counties ami to existing distilleries and breweries and t?? allow elections to vote out either manufacture or sale in a county or both. The local option people invited the State dispensary people and prohibitionists to join with them in perfecting a local option law. Child Labor Bill Passed. The House, liv a vote of 50 to d8, passed a bill forbidding children under 14 years to work in factories during the common school term, unless they can read and write. The general age limit under the* child labor law now is 12 years. Contrary to expectations, the Scnnti did reach a vide on the dispensary ? that is. it reached a vote on the Senate puriiiration bill, which it killmi, 21 to lti. iUense changing his vote against the bill for a parliamenturv purpose. The vote, therefore, was really 20 to 17. This tinallv settles the matter so far as puritieation concerned. It is now tinallv determined that if the Slate dispensary li\?-s it will continue for another year a* at present, with a new hoard, if (Jovernor Ansel decides after the hearing next Friday to remove the present board. The more tenacious among the dispensary people predict that the Carey-Cothran bill will also he killed; that the prohibitionists will give them the necessary majority. The dispensary people showed their weakness in making desperate efforts just before the vote was reached to adjourn. The local optiouists are more confident than ever. Some of them expect Senator Kaysor to vote with them, but are confident of a majority with all the prohibitionists against them. Those voting to kill the Kaysor purification hill were Senators Apj>elt, Kates, Klease, Brico. Brooks, Carlisle, Carpenter, Christcnsen, Crouch, ilardin, llaynes. Holliday, Mnuldiu. AleGowan, MeKeiihan, Otis, Sinldor, Sullivan, Talbcrt, Toole, Williams?21. Those volinsr for the Raysor bill were Senators Bivens, Clifton, Karle, Efird, Griffin, Hough, Johnson. Kelly, Laney, Kaysor, Rogers. Stackhouse, Townicnd, Walker, Wells, Weston, ?Jfi. Senators Blaek and Gradon, for the dispensary were paired with Senators Smith and Bass against it. which accounts for all the 41 Senators. AT LETHARGY BEACH. ] "Grace was engaged to that tall fellow tlve minutes after she met liim." 1 "Why the delay?"?Courier-Journal. 1 GUIDES CHILDREN Experience and a Mother's Ix>ve Make | Advice Valuable. An Ills, mother writes about feeding children: 1 "If mothers would us? Grape-Nuts J more for their little one3 there would i be less need for medicines and fewer doctor bills. ' those suffering from indigestion and stomach troubles would live on Grape-Nuts, toast and good milk 1 for a Bhort period they would e:;par- i ionce more than they otherwise would i believe. "Our children have all learned to j know the benefit of Grape-Nuts as an appetizing, strengthening food. It in | ?.wuib> \?iin iuw variations, t Ilka thi3: 'Mama. let'^ have toast aud Grapc-Nutu for breakfast; or, let's have eggs and Qrape-Nuta' ? nevof i forgetting the latter. "One of our boys in school and lfi y/^ara of ago repeatedly tells me his mind la so mnohbrighter and In evory ( way he feels so much better afteT , having Grape-Nuts an a part if not j all hiB breakfast." Name given by Foatum Co., Battle Creek,Mich. Read the little boott, "The Road to Well- | 1 Ilia," In pkgs. "There's a Reason." 1 The total is exclusive of the $.">0,000 for the new school project. $1,.">00 for artificial limbs, $15,000 for State House grounds improvements and $.'1..">00 for a Confederate State reunion. Much time was spent in the Senate debating Senator Efird's bill to relieve State Treasurers Bates, Timiucrman ami Jennings from financial responsibilities on their bonds for the Timinerman bond embezzlement amounting to $12,500, accrued interest. The hill was finally snowed under by a vote of 27 to 11. In other respects the work of the Senate was t'l nit; i * m (i nil" ll.llllir. Local Option Sure. Tlu? Senate *li<l not reach a vote on the Carey-Cotkran bill, though it cleared the way for final action by Iling flic Tnlherl straight prohibition measure. In this vote the State dispensarv people did not stand up to prohibition. The vote was 22 to 17. Senator Bivens changed from the State dispensary to local option. The Care v-Coth ran bill goes over for consideration along with a great mass of amendments from half e dozen Senators. The tight is on these amendments. It is likely that the amendments proposed bv Senator Otts, of Cherokee, will be adopted in the main, as these come from tue local option side. The effect, of these MRS. THAW TALKS Tells of tier Relations With I Stanford White WAS A TRYING ORDEAL FOR HER With Tears Slowly Trickling Down Her Scarlet Checks, the Girl-Wife of Stanford White's Slayer Relates to the Co\;rt the Story cf the Wreck of Her Girlhood. New York. Special.?Evelyn Xosbit Thaw told her story. To save the life of her husband, charged with murder, she haired to the world the innermost secrets of her soul. It was the same story she told Harry Thaw in I'aris in lOO.'J, when lie asked her to become his wife?the confession ot one who felt there was insurmountable barrier to her over becoming the bride of the man she loved. In the bit* witness chair she appeared but a slip of a girl and she told the story of her eventful vomit* aife in ;i frank, girlish way. As the young wife unfolded the narrative of her girlhood and told the early struggles of herself and her mother to keen bodv and soul to get her; of how gaunt poverty stood ever at the door, and how she finally was pble to earn a livelihood by posing tor photographers and artists, she won the murmured sympathy oL' the throng whieli tilled every available space in the big court room. Then came the relation of the wreck of that girlhood at 10 years of age. It was the story of her meeting with Stanford White, the story of the sumptuous studio apartta lit, whose dingy exterior gave no him ot the luxurious furnishings within; of a velvet covered swing in which one could swing until slippered toes crashed through the paper of a Japanese parasol swung from the eealing; the story of a glass of ehnmpuigiic. of black, whirling sensations and of mirrored bed room walls. In short, she {old all the story. "Don't scream so. It is all over. It is all right.'' "And this was Stanford White?" The question came from Dolphin M. Dclmas. now conducting the defense of Harry Thaw. " Yes, sir." Her Story. She told of her arrival in New York, of her life here, and eventually the acceptance by lior mother of the thrice-refused invitation of a girl of the theatre to meet some of her Trends at luncheon. The girl's mother told Evelyn's mother they were people in New York society and perfectly proper, else she would not let her girl go with them. "When she came for me in the handsome," said the witness, "1 remember hoping we would go to the Waldorf. 1 had heard mi much about it and wanted to go there. But the handsome stopped in front of a dingyloking building, and I was told to get out. My mother had dressed me My skirls were just to my shoe tops then. This was in Anril. 1001. ' * 1 it* was a hit* and fat, airly man, I remembered his meeting us at tlio head of three (lights of stairs," slje continued. "lie gave me presents, and my mother let me go to other parties . Then he said my mother should visit some friends in Pitisburg. She said she couhl not leave me. He said it would be all right; that he would look after me. Finally she went. Then eaine an invitation to a party, but no one else was there?just two. 'They all seem to have turned us down.' he said,. After we had dined and I wanted to go home, he said 1 hadn't seen all of the apartment and we went to a room with the mirrors all over the walls. That room was a bed room. On a small table stood a bottle of champagne and one glass. Mr. White I'WlUt'U uut ,|UM Wilis ^lil>S HIT lilt UKH1 I |?:?iil no attention to it. Mr. White went away, came back and said: ' I draped this room myself.' Then he asked me why 1 was not drinking my champaigne, and 1 said I didn't like it; it tasted hitter. Hilt he persuaded me to drink it and I did. "Room Got All Black." "A few moments after 1 had drank the champagne there began a pounding and thumping in mv ears and the room got ail blaek." Mrs. Thaw was almost in tears at this stage. "When I awoke my clothes had all been taken off me. I started to scream. Mr. White got up and threw 3. komona on me. As 1 sat up I saw morrors all around the bed. 1 began to scream again and Mr. White asked me to keep quiet, saying that it was all over. "When he threw the kirnona over me, he left the room. 1 screamed iiarder than ever. I don't remember liow 1 got my clothes on. , "He took me home and I sat up all aight crying." "Where was Mr. White when you ( recovered consciousness?" '1 TI?* was on the bed. beside me, undrcssed.'' "What did he say afterwards?'' "lie rnr.de me swear that I would never tell my mother about it. He said there was no use in talhinir and the greatest thinp in this world was not to pet found cut. He said the "iris in the theatres were foolish to laiK. tie nut rout atterwetU-. "Was Mr. Thaw e\eited whoa you told him those things :": "Yes, l-.o was exited, and walked up and dowu the room. We sat up all nijrlit. 11 said it wasn't ray fault; tliat no one could Maine me, and that I was only an unfortunate jjirl and that he didn't think any the less of rue; he would marry me anyway." "Did he offer i<? marry you attain?" "Yes, and 1 told him that if 1 did marry him the friends <>!" Stanford White would lattvth at hint and lauuh at me. as tliev saspeeted our relations. if they did not know." The witness t? ! Thaw that it would not he wall to marry on account of his family, lie persisted that he wished to marry her. Engineer Dies at His Post. XT- ci . i new vzrn.-ans, opcciai.?as a result of an obscured danger signal on n draw bridge on the Illinois Central llailroad, Engineer George Coburn, of McComb City, Miss., who stuck to his post, went to the bottom of Lake Pontchartrnin with his engine and was drowned. His lireman narrowly escaped b}' jumping. Blizzard Breaks Record. New York, Special.?Ten inches of snow fell Monday night and Tuesday in New York and vicinity, equalling the record for 24 hours. The railroads suffered severely in demoralization of traffic, and Wednesday the situation had not materially improved. The cross-town car lines were tied up completely and the elevated roads were badly hampered. As a consequence the subways, which were not affected by surface conditions, were more largely patronized than usual. Terrific Weather in the West. St. Paul, Minn., Special.?With few exceptions there has been below zero weather iti this section for 17 days and for three days thermometers have registered 22 degrees below zero, in North Dakota 20 degrees below zero was common, and this was coupled with erritic blizzards. The Worst in Years. Philadelphia, Special.?The snow which began in this vicinity early Monday developed into a genuine h'izzard, the worst since February, 1SDO. More than 12 inches of snow has fallen and the 'high wind has drifted it in places to a depth of throe or four feet. The storm has seriously interfered with all kinds of transportation. In many parts of the surrounding country the snow drifted so badly that no attempt was made to run trains on the schedules and consequently many were abandoned. Probing Turnpike Trust. Savannah. Ga., Special.?The Federal grand jury for the southern district of Georgia began an inquiry into the njuthods of the so-called turnpike trust. Assistant District Attorney Ackernian presented a mass of documentary evidence in support of alleged violations of the Sherman anti-trust law. In addition to tins a number of naval stores men of this city and Jacksonvililc were examined. Given a Life Sentence. Gainesville, CI a.. Special.?After deliberating sim-e .*{ o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the .jury returned a verdict Thursday morning finding Mrs. Sue Brooks guilty of being accessory to the murder of Jack Collins, former court bouse janitor, last November. The sentence of life imprisonment was imposed. Her sou. Foster Brooks, who was convicted of the same crime about two weeks aero was also given a suitom-e of life irn pi isonmcnt. PAPER THAT DISAPPEARS. A paper that might be valuable to people whose correspondents forget to burn their letters has been invented by a French chemist. Ordinary paper is first clipped lato sulphuric acid, which is diluted ae- ! cording to the durability intendo.l. Then it Is dried and glazed. The acid i Is partly neutralized by ammonia vapor. and when the paper is ready Tor use it looks cjuite like any other ' writing paper. S >< nor or later, how- ? eve r, It falls to pieces, which at < least saves the trouble of tearing it i up no matter what its other advantaged or faults may bo.?New York ( Mail. ] A MUNIFICENT GIFT Rockefeller Contributes ThirtyTwo Million Dollars TO THE EDUCATIONAL BOARD John D. Rockefeller Gives to General Educational Board Largest Single Prize Ever Handed Out Tor Educational Purposes ? Announced in Simple Letter From Son, OneThird to be Added to rcvmancnt TVrif? n*ir?-r? At* TwA N- a-? " * xwv-JLUltUS lO ))')Cn "Specific Objects Within Corporate Purposes of the Board, as He or I May From Time to Time Direct." New York, Special.?An announcement was made late Wednesday that John D. Rock teller has given the general education hoard $32,000,000. lie had previously given the board $11,000,000. The (lift is intended to assist in the work throughout the ountrv. The education board is designed to help educational institutions. The gift is in the form of thirtytwo million dollars worth of incomebearing securities, the largest single prize ever handed out for educational purposess. Mr. lioekcfcltlcr's contributions to the work now amount to $43,000,000. The general education board apparently was not prepared for tliis gift, which was announced simply in this letter: "New York, Feb (>, 1007. "General Education Board, "7)4 William street, New York City "Gentlemen: My father authorizes me to say that on or before April 1st, 1007, he will give to the general edunctioii board income-bearing se cunties, the present market value of which is about thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000), one- third to be added to the permanent endowment of the hoard, two-thirds to he applied to such specific objects within the corporate purposes of the board as either he or I may from lime to time direct, any remainder not so designated at the death of the survivor to be added also to the permanent endowment of the hoard. "Very truly, "JOHN I). ROCKKFKLLKR. JR." Most of the members of the hoard were surprised at the announcement atul amazed at the size of the gift. Dr. But trick, the secretary, said he di?l not know the ^ift was to be made until he received the letter. Other members did not know of the donation until the letter was lead. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., acted for his father, appeared shortly after the meeting was called to order and handed the letter to the secretary, Dr. Wallace But trick. John D. Rockefeller remained throughout the session of the hoard. Asked if he had anything to add to his letter, he replied that he did not believe he could add anything of importance to it, as the letter explained itself. Members of the hoard, when asked what the "specific purposes" referred to in Mr. Rockefeller's letter meant, said that it was in the line of educational work, and was intended, in their opinion, to give Mr. Rockefeller the right to direct tlie disposition of the fund to such institutions, within the province of the board, as he may deem proper. The elder Mr. Rockefeller is not a member of the hoard, but his son is a member and the acl f e direction doubtless will come from him. The hoard voted to accent the ft - and in appreciation, drafted a letter of acknowledgement to the elder Mr. Rockefeller. Reward For "Whitecappcrs. Atlanta. On.. Special.?Acting1 upon a petition filed about It) days ago by prominent officials and citizens of Habersham county, asking that a reward be offered for the apprehension of unknown whitecappcrs in that county, Governor Terrell offered a reward of $ "?() 'or t'ne conviction r?f each person implicated in the aPnir. The petition sets forth that several reliable, honest negroes were warned last December to leave 'heir farms and that section of the Stale. As a result a general exodus of negro laborers has taken place from that sec*ie? ari'l t!?? k .-,r )nb'>r i* serines Bronze Statue cf Czpt. .T-.hn Smith. Norfolk, Ya., Special.? It was announced from tlr. .Jamestown Imposition officers Hint Mrs. Jos. Bryan, Rife of tho owner of The Richmond rimes-Dispatch, has "iven tin' bronze statue of ('apt. John Smith, which ivi!I bo erected at Jamestown Island iindor the auspices of the Society for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, of which Mis. Bryan is a leading member.