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v;: ' \ t > ' 4 ESTABLISHED IN 1891 CM OUTJXPENSESli Taft Tells Congress Results of Economy Inquiry. SUBMITS SPECIAL MESSAGE How Increased Efficiency In Government Service at Lower Cost May Be Obtained, According to 8pec!al Commission. Washington?PreslJent Taft has submitted to congress a special message on economy and efficiency In the government service. The messuge In part Is us follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: I submit for the Information of the congress this report of progress made In the Inquiry Into the efficiency and economy of the methods of transacting public business. Efficiency and economy In the govern- 1 mcnt service have been demanded with 1 Increasing insistence for a generation. Real economy Is the result of efficient or- 1 ganlzatlon. By perfecting the organise- 1 tlon the same benefits may be obtained at less expense. A reduction in the total of the annual appropriations Is not In Itself a proof of economy, since it Is often accompanied by a decrease In efficiency. The needs of the nation may demand a large Increase of expenditure, yet to keep the total appropriation within the expected revenue is necesSayy to the maintenance of public credit. Upon the president must rest a largo share of the responsibility for the demands made upon the treasury for thy current administration of the executive branch of the government. Upon the congress must rest responsibility for \ those grants of public funds which are made for other purposes. I Plan of the Work. 1 In accordance with my Instructions, the x commission on economy/ and efficiency, which I organized to aid me In the In- ( qulry, has directed Its efforts primarily lo the formulation of concrete rccommen- | datlons looking to the betterment of the f fundamental conditions under which govirnmer.tal operations must be carried on. With a basis thus laid. It has proceeded j to xne prosecuuon 01 (kiwicu nawcn v> Individual services and classes of work, snd of particular practices and methods, pushing these studies as far and covering as many points and services, as the resources and time at Its disposal have permitted. In approaching Its task It has divided the work Into five fields of Inquiry havng to do respectively with organization, personnel, business methods, accounting and reporting, and tho budget. Comprehensive Plan of Organization. On organization the commission has entered upon the prepa-atlon of three series ?t reports The first series deals with the manner In which the services of the government should be grouped In departments. This Is k matter of fundamental importance. It Is only after a satisfactory solution of this problem that many important measures of reform become possible. The second and third series of report* Seal, respectively, with the organization and activities of particular services, and the form of organization for the performance of particular business operations. | One of the reports of the second series Is upon the revenue cutter service, i which costs the government over two and 1 a half million dollars enrh year.' In the t opinion of the commission Its varied ac- I tlvltlea can be perforrmd with equal, or i greater, advantage by other services, i The commission, therefore, recommends that It be abolished. It Is estimated that by so doing a saving of not less than $1.>00.000 a year can be made. ( Anotner report uiusirmng me aecoiiu | f series recommends that the lighthouse | and life saving services' bo administered 1 by a single bureau, instead of a9 at pres- ; snt by two bureaus located in different ( departments. These set vices have much In common. Geographically, the are similarly located: administratively, they ( have many of the same problems. It Is estimated that consolidation would result ( In a saving of not less than 1100.000 annually. Atolltlon of Local Offices. Perhaps the part of the organization in which the greatest economy in public expenditura Is possible hi to be found in I Itie numerous local ofti es of the government. In some instances the establishment and the discontinuance of these local offices are matters of administrative discretion. In other I istances tfiey are establ'shed by permanent law in such a manner that their discontinuance is beyond the power of the president or that if any executive officer. The responsibility fcr- the maintenance of these conditions mu?t naturally be divided between the congress and the executive. But that the executive has performed his duty when he has called the attention of the congress to the matter must also be admitted. Realizing my re- j spons'.blllty In the premises. I have directed the commission to prepare a report setting forth th? positions in the local services of the government which may be discontinued with advantage, the saving which would result from such action and the changes in law which are necessary to carry Intj effect changes In organization found to be desirable. On the coming In of the report, such offices as may be found useless and can be abolished will be $>, treated by executive order. Classification of Local Officers. In my recent message to the congress I urged consideration of the necessity of placing In the classified service all of the local officers under the departments of the treasury, the Interior, postoffice and commerce and labor. The next step which must be taken Is 1 to require of heads of bureaus In the departments at Washington. and of most of the local officers under the departments, qualifications of capacity similar to those now required of carta n heads of bureaus and of local officers. The extension of the merit system to these officers and a needed readjustment of salnr'cs will have Important effects Ir securing greater economy and efficiency. In the first place, the possession by the Incumbents of these positions of requisite qualifications must In Itself promote efficiency. In the second place the removal of local officers from the realm of political patronage In many rases would reduce the pay roll of the field services. At the present time the Incumbents of many of these positions leave the actvlal performance cf many of the r dutiei to deputies and assistants. The government often pays I wo persons for do^ng work that could easily be done by one. What is the loss to the government cannot be stated, but that It Is very large cannot b" denied In the third place, so long as local officers are within the sphere of political patronage It Is difficult to consider the question of the establishment or discontinuance of local offices apart from the I effect upon local pclitlcal situations. Finally, the view tha; these various offices are to be flied as a result of political considerations has for Us con4 'SATVVVVVVVVVWWSAAAAA.VVVVV'ls^ Wash All Dishes Under Table. A doctor's wife Just beme in Paris from Annam. whfere sbe was attached to a branch of the Pasteur institute, re'ates that servants in that country have the curious habit of washing all dishes under the table, never on top. Of Lord Tennyson's Brother. The "high-jinks of the blsh-nos?d" (to ure another phrase of his) angered him. as did all persons "who go a>>out with well-cut trousers and ill-arraoe?d ideas."?Athenaeum. , * . > ? . . . ' ??????? y?**- v . ;-/ . '-v THE L. sequence the necessity that the prealden and member* of congreas devote to matters of patronage time which tbey should devote to questions of policy and administration. Business Methods. In every case where technical pro cesses have been studied It has been demonstrated beyond question that larfe economies may be effected. The subjects first approached were those which lie close to each administrator, vis., office practices. An Illustration of ths possibilities within this field may be found In the results of the Inquiry Into the methods of handling and filing correspondence. Every office In the government has reported its methods to the commission. These reports brought to light the fact that present methods were quite In the reverse of uniform, fame offices follow the practice of briefing all correspondence; some do not Some have flat files; others fold all papers before filing. Some use press copies; others retain only carbon copies. Need for Lavor-8avlng Office Devfcee. The use of labor-saving office devices In the service has been made the subject of special Inquiry. An impression prevails that the government Is not making use of mechanical devices for economizing labor to the same extent as are efficiently managed private enterprises. A study has been made of the extant to which devices of this character are now being employed In the several branches of the government and the opportunities that exist ror meir more general uk. The efforts of the commission resulted k!ho In the adoption by several bureaus or Jepartments of Improved methods of doing copying, "rtie amount of copy work heretofore done by hand each year In the many offices Is estimated to aggregate several hundred thousand dollars. The commission exhibited, at Its offices, appliances that were thought to be especially adapted to this kind of government work. Following these demonstrations methods of copying were Introduced which have brought about a saving of over 75 per cent. In offices where used for six months. This change in one small cross-section of office practice will more than offset the whole cost of by inquiry. Waste in the Distribution of Publlo Documents. Oolng outside the office, one of the justness processes which have been Investigated Is the distribution of departnent documents. This Is a subject with vhlch both the congress and admlnisratlon heads are familiar. The prevallng practice' in handling departmental )ubllcattons Is to have them manufacured at the government printing office; tach Job when completed is delivered to he department; here the books or pam>hlets are wrapped and addressed; then ire then sent to the postofflce; there they ire assorted and^prepared for shipment hrough the malls; from the postofflce ;hey am sent to the railroad station, which is only a few steps fronj the gov rnment printing office, when they started. The results of this laborious and circuitous method is to make the use of the best mechanical equipment Impracticable and to waste each rear not less than a quarter of a million dollars of govern mont funds in useless nanaiing. to nothing of the Indirect lose due to lack of proper co-ordination. The use of equipment Is a matter which alao has been Investigated. Up to the present time this Investigation has been in the main confined to the subject of electric lighting. Lack of Specification!. ' The importance of establishing and maintaining standard specifications is found not only In the possibility of very materially reducing the direct cost of government trading, but also In Insuring to the service materials, supplies and equipment which aro better adapted to Its purposes. One of the results of indeflnIteness of specifications is to impose contract conditions which make it extra hasardous for persons to enter into contractual relations. This not only deprives the government of the advantage of broad competition, but causes it to pay sn added margin In price to vendors who must carry the risk. The Budget. The United States is the only great nalion whose government Is operated with-" >ut a budget. This fact seems to be more itrlking when It is considered that budtets and budget procedures are the outgrowth of democratic doctrines and have tad an Important part In the development if modern constitutional rights. The American commonwealth ha* suffered much from Irresponsibility on the part of ts governing agencies. The constitutional purpose of a budget Is to make government responsive to public opinion and responsible for Its acts. The Budget as an Annual Program. A budget should be the means for getting before the legislative branch, before the press, and before the people a definite annual program of business to be financed: it should be in the nature of a prospectus both of revenues and expenditures; It should comprehend every relation of the government to the people, whether with reference to the raising of revenues or the rendering of service. The principal government objects in which the people of the United States arc Interested Include: The national defense; the protection of persons and property: the promotion of friendly relations and the protection of American interests abroad; the regulation of commerce and Industry; the promotion of agriculture, fisheries, forestry and mining; the promotion of manufacturing, commerce, and banking: the promotion of transportation and communication; the postal service. Including postal savings and parcels post; the care for and utilisation of the public domain; the promotion of education, art. science and recreation; the promotion of the public health; * - ? - * r?.iiu... tne (jure una ruucmiun u> um and other wards of the nation. These are public-welfare questions In which I assume every citizen has a vital Interest. ! believe that every member of congress, as an official representative of the people, each editor, as n non-offlcia! representative of public opinion, each citizen, as a beneficiary of the trust Imposed on officers of the government, should be able readily to ascertain how much has been spent for ?ach of these purposes: how much has been appropriated for the current year: how much the administration Is asking for each of these purposes for the next fiscal year. Furthermore, each .person interested should have laid before hint a clear, wolldlgested statement showing In detail whether moneys appropriated have been economically spent and whether each division or office has been efficiently run. This Is the information which should be available each year In the form of a budget and In detail accounts and leport.s supporting the budget. I ask the continuance of this commission on economy and efficiency because of the excellent beginning which has been made toward the reorganization of the machinery of this government on business principles. I ask It because Its work Is entirely non-partisan In character and ought to apply to every citizen who wishes to give effectiveness to popular government in which we feel a just pride. The work further commends Itself for the lesson that the cost of organization and work has been carefully considered at every point. Three months were U.ken In consideration of plans before the Inquiry wus begun: six months were then spent In preliminary inver'lgatlons before the commission was organized; before March 3. 1911. when I asked for a continual ion of the original appropriation for the current year, only $12,000 had been spent. WM. H. TAFT Irony of Fate. The irony of fate crops out In the fact that the men whose portrait! would look best in the magazine! never succeeed in making It wortl while for the magazine to publish per train of them. Truly Fortunate Man. Honor and fortune exiBt for hin who always recognizes the neighbor hood of the great, always feels himsel I in the presence of high causes.?Emer { son LEO F( WWW' THE LEGISLATURE - tfHAT THE HOUEE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE MEMBERS ARE DOING. TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM Will Give to jht People of the State the Lateet News of the General Assembly of the State cf South Carolina. \ ?Thn railroad rommittee of the Henate and the house will hold a Joint session in the senate chamber to hear and consider disccssion on pending and proposed railroad legislation. The meeting is open to the public. A message from the governor, condemning the conditions be alleges to exist in the hosiery mill of the state penitentiary, desiring its abolition, advocating the tearing down of old buildings and the erecting of newores, was received by the senate and house. He advocates the erection of a hospital for tuberculosis on the farm in Lexington county; recommends that prisoners be allowed to talk to each other, read, hear Bermons and desires that whipping of weak and physically disabled convicts, that, by Inference, he alleges is prevalent In the penitentiary, be discontinued. He also wishes convicts to be worked on the new asylum buildings so they can get plenty of fresh air. The governor wants action, and says: "I deslro no friction, no row and no unpleasantness, but action; and it must be had by your or me. Which?" After some debate, on motion of Senator Sinkler, of Charleston, the message was referred to the committee on penitentiary for consideration. The governor of South Carolina. Bent a special message to the general assembly in which he defended his position on the appointment of special Judges. He reviews the conflict with the supreme court and tells why he refused to appoint upon the recommendations of the chief justice. The Joint assembly of the two houses made the following elections of circuit judges: For the 2nd circuit, Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken, to succeed the late Robert Aldrich. For the 5th circuit, Thomas H. Spain, of Darlington, to succeed Associate Justice R. C. Watts. For the 8th circuit, Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, to succeed the Jate Judge J. C. Klugh. For the 11th circuit, Judge J. W. DeVore, of Edgefield, re-elected. - it.. 11)11, Tiwlc, c \U VI I IIC IMIH I II I. UIlt tl UVIgC Ui ii , G. tShipp, of Florence, re-elected. The first two elections were full of spirit and vim and the dontest between Mr. Edward Mclver and Mr. Spain, to succeed Judge Watts, for the unexpired term, was one of the sharpest and moBt spirited contests that has been seen in many years. The Senate. What is known as the "Rock Hill plan" for reducing the cotton acreage wa6 endorsed by the senate, in a conI current resolution introduced by Sen I ator Stewart, of York county. Th^ I plan provides for a 25 per cent reduction in cotton acreage lhroughout the South, and commends the plan to the i fanners, business men and people | generally, and urges those in charge j cf the campaign in each county tc ; push the work. Dr. L. W. Tage, of the United Statei department of good roads building j delivered an address to the senate, the 1 subject being good roads, with par ; ticular reference to the bill for t i state highway commission now penel ing before the general assembly. Th< I senators heard his talk with interes | and there were many visitors in thi ! gallery during his address. New Senate ills. Mr. Weston?To amend an act t< : establish the insurance departmen j of South Carolina. Mr. Lide?To provide for writs o error In criminal cases. Columbia To Have An Abattoir. At a special meeting of city coun ' ell the contract to erect the city abat toir for Columbia was awarded t< I the Brecht Company of St. Louis, Mo the bid being $15,000 for equipman complete, delivered and erected. '1 h committee named by W. H. Gibbes mayor, to consider the abattoir bid was: R. J. Blalock. councilman; \Y F. Stieglitr, councilman, fcnd Join McNeal, city engineer. The total cos of the abattoir wiss be $26,000. Th buildings is to be paid for by the cit; of Columbia. New Steel Bridge Is Completed. The new steel bridge which span the Waocaraaw river near Conwaj has been completed and has been a( cepted by the commission. Thi beautiful and substantial structure which has been in the process of cre< tion for the past six months, wa built at a cost of $7,359. The cor | ; tract was let on Febraury 17. 1911 i | to the Southern Bridge Company, c Birmingham, Ala., and was to hav J been completed within six months a | ter the plans had been approved b the federal government. Wreck of Southern Freight Train. A wreck on the Southern railwa ? of a through /reight, which wa3 cam s ed by cars jumping the track, derai i ?d 16 cars, tearing up the track fc i about 3?0 yartfs, and almost con - Pletely destroying six cars loaded wit coal, piling them up and across th track. A large force of hands worl ed all day clearing the track. Th i "Carolina Special" went around an - the local passenger train came dow f and transferred passengers and mai v No one was hurt. The engine coul not be ?trpped for a long distance. RT )RT MILL, S. C., THURS Mr, Sullivan?To provide for the establishment and maintenance cf a rural poli-e system in Anderson county. Mr. Sinkler?To amend an act to incorporate the Medical College of South Carolina. Mr. Carlisle?To incorporate the Lockhart Power Company and define its dutieB and powers. Mr. Crosson?To regula.e the working of the chaingang In Lexington county. Mr. Crosson?To provide for yorkipg on the highway of Lexington county by contracts. Mr. Carlisle?To incorporate Piedmont Power Company. Mr. Weston?To regulate the election of the elective members of the board of trustees of the public schools of the city of Columbia. Mr. Epps?To amend an act to provide a county government for Williamsburg county. Mr. Earle?To prevent the placing of carcasses on the premises of another. Mr^I-aney?To create a state crop pest fcommission. Mr. Mars?To amena an act to re quire marriage licenses and regulate j their issuance. The House of Representatives. Mr. Woodward W. Dixon, a mem- 1 ber of the house from Fairfield coun- j ty, has announced that he will run in the primary for lieutenant governor. His candidacyi s entirely unaffiliated with any candidate for governor. Permission was granted for the use of the hall of the house of representatives for the state Democratic convention next May. There was no opposition. of course, to the resolution offered by Mr. Rembert. Mr. Salley withdrew his bill to require all steam railroads in this state to use Eastern time. A hearing was arranged for on Senator Sullivan's bill, to require telephone companies to furnish connections to their subscribers without extra charge. The house has lost two of its best members. Associate Ju3tice Thos. B. Fraser, by his elevation to the supreme court, will not sit in the house! He will begin his service at once. Mr vmnk p. fiarv will no longer serve ;is a member. He will qualify at once, and his first term of court will be in Charleston, early in February. Roth seats will remain vacant for the session. The house acted favorably upon a concurrent resolution, already passed by the senate, endorsing the "Rock Hill plan" for curtailing the acreage of cotton. The concurrent resolution was introduced in the senate by Senator Stewart. The judiciary committee of the house has rnado reports on the libel act and on the special mesage of the governor in ference to It. The first report of the committee, made by four of its members, which it appointed a subcommittee, recommends that ali the governor's libel act message, except his specific objections to the act which the constitution requires jirinted in the Journal, be expunged from the record, since "the style and langu ;e in which the same is couched are such that self-respect fcrbid3 that a dignified legislative body should permit it to become part of the records of its acts." I The second report of the jtidiciary committee, read recommends that the libel act pass in spite of the governor's veto. New House Bills. Mr. Jones?To provide for the establishment and maintenance cf a rural police system in Lancaster county. Mr. Bowman?To require the coun ! ty treasurer of Orangeburg county tc * publish quarterly a list of fines paid him by the magistrates of the county ! Mr. Scott?To amend section 2 of > an act entitled "An act to provide for the organization and regulation of i mutual protection asociations," ap, proved February 4. 1910, by repealing ; restriction as to territory." B. C. Edwards?To amend section i 14 of an act approved March 1. 1909 - and as further amended by an act ap? proved March 8, 1910, amending an t act entitled "An act to establish the i Insurance Department of South Caro lina and to provide for the conduct of the same," approved February 24 3 190$, by adding to said section 14 a t proviso regulating the additional li cense /ee to he paid by foreign life f insurance companies licensed to dc business in this state. South Carolina New Enterprises. i- The secretary cf state lias issued : a commission to the Carolina Disa tributing Company of Spartanburg ., with a capital stock of $1,000. .he t petitioner!? are J. R. Fair and C. (J. e Wych. A commission has been issued i, to the Realty and Investment Com s puny of Charleston with a capital stock of $6,000. The petitioners are 1 A. M. Manigault, T. R. Waring and A t M. Huger. A commission has been e I issued to the Jedburg Investment y Company of Summervillc with a cap ital stock of $8,000. An Election Held at Walhalla. s The regular municipal election fo. mayor, six aldermen and board oi : health, composed of three members, s was held here. The following was ;, the result of the race for mayor: W. M. Brown, 74: M. R. McDonald, 24: s J. K. Hendrix, 6. J. W. Bell. W. L. i- Verner, C. P. Walker, C. F. Hetricp, [, J. N. Badger and Otto Schumaker, Jr. if were elected aldermen; Dr. J. J e Thode, W. J. Hunt and M. C. Todd f- were elected board of health. The y day was very muddy owing to th' 1 melting Fnow and ice. Comptroller General on Taxation! y Mr. Jones says that the proper en s- forcement of the tax laws, under the 1- supervision cf a central tax board r recommended, would add thousands ol i- dollars of taxable property n~w et h oaping taxation: thousands of dollars e from income tax dodgers and incre.-se t- largely the revenue from those wbc e are not making true returns of theii d income. The desideratum?the equal n izatlon cf property?will result in the 1. $800,000,000 property in the state be d lng placed upon the tax bcok3 at fait valuatio' .... _:4 SDAY, JANUARY 18, 1912 [HE ANNUAL REPORT THE ESTIMATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR. i HAVE ASKED FOR $2,554,514 This Amount Is Going to Be Cut Down By the Ways and Means Committee.?The Taxes Amount tc About $1,650,000. Columbia?The estimated appropriation for the state government for 1912 is $2,554,514.62. as compared with $1,938,268.27 in 1911, according :o reports that have been filed with Comptroller General Jones by the heads of the various departments of the government, including the public institutions. The estimate was prepared by the comptroller general as required by law, and will be sent to the ways and means committee of the house. The income from the state tax will approximate about $1,550,000, and this means that the estimates will be trimmed down by nearly $700,000 by the ways and means :ommittee before the bill is sent to the house and senate /or consideration. The statements prepared by the comptroller general shews the various amounts asked by each departemnt. "The state revenue," says me eomptrolier general, "for 1912 form laxes. estimated and based upon the present assessment of $237,132,000, at i rate of 5 3-4 mills on the dollar would produce $1,651,000. To that ldd the estimated income from gources other than taxes of $257,800, ?nd we hare a total estimated revenue of $1,908,809. "It will be thus seen that the appropriations asked for exceed the estimated revenue of the state by $639,706.02, and If we make all these appropriations It -rill be necessary to Increase the rate of taxation. "In view of the prevailing low price of cotton, the staple crop of this etate, on which the great mass of tax-payers are either directly or indirectly dependent, they will not be able to stand an increased burden <V taxation, such as would be necessary to meet all the appropriations asked for by the various state officers and heads of state Institutions. "The matter therefore requires careful consideration at your hands." Detective Shoots Policeman. Greenville.?A dispatch received here states that Policeman Irvin Hendricks of Easley was accidentally shot and killed by J. R. Green of Spartanburg, at present employed as a detective by the Southern K&iiway. The two men were engaged in conversation while sitting around the stove in the city hail at Easley, when Detective Green leaned forward to expectorate In a nearhy cuspidor. In doing so a pistol, which was buckled around his breast in a leather case, dropped out. discharging as it struck the cement floor. The ball struck Policeman Hendricks In the back ol the head and ranged upward. pene> trating the brain and crushing the 1 ekull in the top of his head. Founders' Day at University. Columbia. ? The celebration of | 'Founders' Day" at the University ol South Carolina was brought to a fit ting climax in the hall of the house (V representatives. A large audience was present, and almost every seat on ! the floor and in the gallery was filled i The Hon. James Simons, of Charles 1 ton, presided, and seated on tho stagt in addition to him, were the othei j speakers of the evening. Dr. Wau chope, Dr. Smith, Dr. Joynea and Dr i McBryde. Agricultural Society Meeting. Charleston. ? The 127th annua meeting of the South Carolin? Agricultural Society was held in the | chamber of commerce rooms. While 1 the society's t'ull membership was not represented, the meeting was ? moat enthusiastic one. President Sam CtnnQ\' nroal/lorl Pr/iuiilpnl Stoney made his annua! report i which covers fully the work whicl ' the society has done in the past year A Big Raid Near Halifax. Barnwell.?What is perhaps the big gest "haul" from a single blind tlgei in this state since the prohibtion lav went into effect was made severa days ago by Sheriff Frank H. Creech his deputy. Rural Policemen I)unba; and Silvender. .Marshal Harter of A1 lendale and Constable J. L. Carltot and Emmctt Sease. The pluce of .1 W. and R. W. Williams, near Fair fax, was raided and a total of 10: gallons, two quarts and 1 1-2 pints o liquor and a barrel of Budweiser hee in bottles were seized. Will Soon Be Felt In Markets. Columbia.?E. W. Dabbs, of Sumte ;ounty, president of the South Caro Una Farmers' Union, thinks that th* bullish e/feet of the acreage reduc tion will scon be felt in the cottoi markets of the world. Mr. Dabbi j heartily indorses the Rock Hill plat for securing pledges on acreage. Mr ; Dabbs was in the city on his wa; home from a meeting of the Oconei County Farmers' Union. In spite o 1 the almost impassable condition o . tho roads 4ft or 5ft Oconee farmer met the state president. The Label Case Postponed. Columbia.?Attorney General Lyoi , .'nncunced that the trial of the wel I known "label case" had been post I poned until the next session of th< Richland county court. This an , nouncement was made following ai , agreement with counsel for the d? , fendants. The court will bo asked t assign a new date. Tho trial wil he postponed because of the illnes , of John T. Earley, one of the wit . nesses. and because several attorney fcr tho prosecution will be unable b attend at this sessjon r%f the court ? I ' ? T1 NEWS~OF~SOUTH CAROLINA K Column of Paragraphs That Have Been Collected and Condensed With Care By the Editor. Washington.?The senate confirmed the nomination of George H. Huggins as postmaster at Columbia. Spartanburg.?John Malone, charged with criminal assault upon the person of a 15-year-old girl, was acquitted by a jury in criminal court. A child was part of the evidence. Walterboro.?Postmaster B. Levy has compiled his annual report which shows a decided increase over last year's report. The Walterboro office does a big business. Clinton.?An epidemic of measles prevails In town and its was thought best to close the first two grades of the graded school for two weeks. Misses McCutchen and Prince, who are in charge c,f these two grades have gone home for two weeks. Holly Hill.?Holly Hill has a fire bug. Of that there can be no doubt. Since the burning of the school building on December 6, there has been an undercurrent of suspicion that it was the result of incendiarism. Lexington.?After remaining in the Jury room for fourteen hours the Jury in the case of Barney Reeder, charged with assault and battery with J -U-4 It intent to Kill, annouuueu uwi n wmu not reach a verdict and Judge Prince ordered a mistrial. Spartanburg. ? J. T. Harris was elected president of the chamber of commerce c,' Spartanburg at an enthusiastic and largely attended meeting. At the last moment A. W. McKeand, secretary of the Charleston chamber of commerce wired that It had been impossible for him to reach the city in time to keep his engagement to address the body. Charleston.?Word has been received by PresiGent J. M. Connelly, of the Charleston Au0 Club from New York, the headquarters of the American Automobile Association, that this city is now officially on a J branch of the great National Highi way between New York and Floridn, I thereby crowning with success the j efforts of the local Auto Club in this j direction. | Florence.? Fred Lane, an 11-yearj old negro boy, shot and killed Estella Burnett, a 14-year-old negro girl. An inquest revealed the fact that the boy was "monkeying" with a shotgun and told the girl he was going to shoot her. He pulled the trigger and the Burnett girl was killed almost instantly. Some ef the negroes state that it was dfone intentionally, while others say It was in fun. Winnaboro. ? The Hon. John G, Mobley, a most successful stock raiser of Falr/ield county, and ex president of the state ,'air association shipped to his Majesty, King George of England, n beautiful Jersey cow ; All charges were prepaid to New I York, where this highly rcgisterec | cow will tako the steamer for Kng , land. Mr. Mobley will receive 1 for this splendid animal. Columbia.?Mr. Ira B. Jones, forme chief justice and now a candidate fo governor, has mode no atatedment. H< is in Columbia and is constant!; , seen on the floor of the house an< senato chatting with friends. Ther are many people awaiting his firs I formal announcement of the platforn 1 on which he will seek election t< the governor's office, and be is a fig i:re cf much interest to the man; , visitors at the legislature. f'nlnmhli . The utmiml rp;inrf o , J. May, building inspector fo | the city of Columbia, shows that 1T>: I new buildings were erected in thi ; city during 1911, The estimated valui ' j of all buildings, for which permit , were issued, is said to have beei . $813,4So.55. Permits were issued t< 354 cwners c/ buildings, allowini them to make improvements and dc pairs. The cost for this is estimate* ! at $33,908.50. Gaffaey.- A movement has beet I hunched in this city to obtain ; t Carnegie free library, and judgin; ? from the success It is meeting witl > and the replies from Mr. Caruegie, i i Is possible that Gaffney will seeur .1 ?I TV,? llkm.v i, I I llltf VUTCICU llCUBUir. 1IIC JI l/l Ui ? II . thla city is probably ns complete, i I net moro so, than most of those ii towns the size of Gaffney, and it i ! an institution that the town has caus # j for being prcud of. Sumter.?('. E. Jame3, the allegu minning engineer, who was arreitei . | several days ago cn the eharse c r selling bogus mining stock rontrar : to the laws of the state, was releat 1 i ed from jail upon the receipt of advic to this effect from Insurance Con r missioner MoMaster. . ! Dillon.?H. E. Strickland, an err ) ployo cf the Maple cotton mill, wa .; run over by the Seaboard train her . and killed. His body was strnn I j along the tracks for a distance o f 100 yards or more. The inquest wa r begun, but an adjournment was take i for further investigation. Rock Hill.?The first county in th ! South to complete organization tinde r the "Rock Hill plan" for cotton acn i. ' age reduction Is York, whose comrai 5 j tee raised sufficient funds in rhirt . minutes to pay all canvassers fo i pledges for the county. X Greenville.--Dr. Edwin A. Aide: !! man, president of tha University c , Virginia, has accepted an invitatio y to deliver an address before th b South Carolina Medical Associatlo f at Columbia April 17. The accep f ance of the invitation is conveyed i ? a letter received by Dr. J. W. Jervej president of the association. AIcolu?Willie Washington, a negr boy about 16 years old. had cne c j his feel cut off above the ankle an 1 the other across the instep by beln > run over by a locel freight train c B the Atlantic Coast Line passing hen t. Gaffney.?A number of accident t have been reported from differec sections of the county, resulting frot 0 the snow and ice. Mr. G. W. M< 1 Kown, an aged citizen of the Arara e section, fell at his home, breakin his hip. Mr. McKown Is 70 year s of age and for this reason it is /eare o that the accident may bare eerlou consequence!. MES \ iinisiD" MANCHUS SLAIN THE SLAUGHTER BY THE REBELS AT SHEN SI DISTRICT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. ? IMPERIAL TROOPS ADVANCE f ' ' Have Pushed Their Way Within Sixty Milea of Sian Fu.?Whole Province in a Turmoil?The Conditions In China Are Described. . Peking.?The Kan-SU Imperial army after much fighting, has succeeded in pushing its way to within Blxty miles of Sian Fu. The entire province of Shen Si is in a turmoil. Many towns have been looted and deserted. The reported massacre of 10,000 Manchus by rebels In the Shen SI district is confirmed. Conditions In the Interior of China are graphically described in an Interview with Adolph Herman who went to Talyuan-Su to rescue women and children of the China inland mission. He says: "The impression I got from the rebels was far from favorable. There was no responsible head and some twenty men in various kinds of uniforms had possession of the railroad station at Ching Using Hsien. On showing my passport and papers from the United States legation, written in Chinese, I was escorted to the commander nearby. This officer had aev eral hundred soldiers with no two uniforms alike and various kinds ol rifles. "The cjty of Taiyuan-Fu showed row after row of empty stores in the best business quarters of the city. On reaching official quarters we were informed that a party of twenty-on? foreigners, mostly ladies, was soon due. We went to Yang Chuan to meet them and were delayed for four days there on account of the fighting. "The rebels complained that the ; range of their guns were too short i and so they had to flee before the Imperialists. Some of their new recruits did not even know how to handle their rifles. Powers Have Leave To Settle War. f Chiasso, Switzerland.?Alms of the powers to settle the Turco-Italian imbrolgio are believed to be aseum ; 1 Ing more definite ,form. Turkey's ' financial needs, a lever which it Is believed may be used to bring hei 1 attention to the importance c,f peace ', are daily becoming more acute. I1 ' is likely the visit here of the Gerraai foreign minister, Herr von Kiderlin Weachter, may have a big bearing 01 ( : efforts mnking for peace. Disorders Mark Lawrence Strike. r Lawrence, Mass.?Striking opera r Ivpb a* the biu Lawrence textile mill 8 i became so unruly and created si y much disturbance about the mill gate 1 that seven companies of Infantry am e j a field battery were called from th 1 neighboring cities to help the polict 1 The situation is now well in hand 3 During the near rioting the militia men used their >ayonets discreetly A dozen persons were hurt and 31 trouble makers were arrested. f / r Wave of Remorse Sweeping Countr; i i'eoria, III.?Dr. George A. Zellar ^ superintendent of the Illinois stati e . hospital, at Bartouvllle, expressed th< s belief in a lecture here that a grea i | wave of conscience and remorse ii 3 sweeping the country. He was led t< ? believe this, he said, by the confessloi of hundreds of A ams county, Ohio i voters, the McNamara brothers, Hen ry Clay Beattie, Rev, C. T. V*. Rlche i son, and Dr. Harry K. Webster. 5 Vessels Imprisoned In Ice. a Washington.?Thirty American fish t | ing vessels with cargoes of froze: e herring valued at $500,000 arc Ira n prisoned in lee floes off the New f foundiand coast and are threatene< i with destruction. Assistant Secre s tnrv of the Treasury Railey cause* e the revenue cut ers Androscoggii and Gresham to g< to the rescue. J Tells How To Fight Meningitis. f New Orleans.?Generous applica y tion3 of antiseptics and absolut i- cleanliness of the mouth and nasa e passages, immediate quarantine o i- i the infected premises is the treai ment suggested by Or. Oscar Dow i- ing, president of the Louisiana stat s board of health, in cases of infantll e paralysis, which is also known a g spinal meningitis. "It is a well e; f fRblished fact," said Dr. Dowlini! 3 that the infectious material is foun n in the secretions of the noBe an mouth of an ir/ected person." r Big Fire in Boston Hotel. Boston.?Boston's famous hostelrj t- 'he Rot ere House, in Bowdoin aquari v took fire The fire started in tb r Grotto. a dining room on the stree flcor, and quickly -<pread up throug r* rbf entire six stories. Many guest >f i were carried down ladders by fireme n and others rushed from the buiidin e ; through the smoke scantily clad. Froi n the Revere House the Are spread t t- ! the hall of the National Lanciers o n . Bullfinch street and then to the hous *, -A Engine Company No. 4 One fin j nan was killed. if , Is Alleged to Be Crooked. d j New York.?An accounting of an ij g restment of $600,000 alleged to hav if been made by the 1st' Marshall Fie! i. ot Chicago in the V Ma Coal Pu: b chasing Company, a $o,vu0,000 concer it organized to develop coal lands in th n Clinchfteld district of Virginia, j : ; lought In a suit fil?d trustees < t j '.ho dry goods ir .tant'a eatat g igainst Thomas F. Ryan Norman 1 s Ream. T. Jefferson Coolldge and tl d York banking flrnp of Blair f- Cc i? wh' it is alleged, srw members of th syndicate, ^wBSBBmBBB^ ' sesnKixnnnHB f- ROM TSHH v Column Of (^HflK29BH^Hfl^^^B|^| Has 'B?hJB^HHhI Tn JmiaBW^^K^B PS narnwdh.? bar *nJHSHn9HB|^HH^^H George H. bar judg<9^B^^BSH citttiit to auc^H^Hj^^Hfl^^H Robert Aldfieh The the support tbe general assembly. BHH^^M9fll Lexington.?Charlie V self-confessed horse guilty in the general and was sentenced by to serve twelve month# ty chaingaag and pay h Warren stole ttMgpjflyDecember 21,aw Blythwood two days later. ;J Columbia.?A nvndher of recommendations | the annual r e po r trw Ife commissioner of merce and industries to be assembly The recommitii!iBw1?j|M^HBB^M broad scope of. ~"r r^_ jglid the departments of foe state ment of agriculture. Oonway.?Dr. X T. HWjllBH^MMaj^^W hookworm physician state board of heattil^ arrived in ing in Horry count? <\* the of Howeil establleli ferent sections of the coon!? eotifc^^H^flfl the people can ca#Uy yt These offices will toe kept a limited time. Columbia.?Pointing ou that enrollment of the instltntton vii lOfl I for last year,V and that the I class in June waa the la r^ri&^^^HHH history of the institution, Dfl Riggs, of has his report to of education, tcfl I mitted to the general the the 9HHHH Columbia.?The annual National Guard South CarolinH will be a few when the be elected. to be submitted to tbB5KiB"^^^H assembly will be discussed. i Moore of Yorltrllle Is the prealdeu and A. E. Legate of Colombia seer* ' tM-v finvprai interesting addressesi fl^l on the National Guard affairs will be discussed. Columbia - The supreme court in a Hj decision by Assc -te Justice 'Gary . ' I afllrnicd the verdk. of the Charleston * L 1 county court In tho *nss of Anlce aJ|| Bennett against the Charleston Union - Station Company and/ the Atlantic ' Coast Lino Railway Company for I $1,750 on account of damages reco vod while ornployod as a car cleaner. II A motion for a new trial was denied, | and the case was appealed to the so- V preme court by tho defendants ^'vj V Beunrftsvillc.- The first county lit a orary and athletic contest over held J Q in Marlboro county took place in H ! Bennettsvillo a few days ago on the j H j 1 grounds oi the graded school. The H g j object of the exercises was the hricg- j ing into closer touch thu different I l" uchcols of the county and the derel* ' opment of an interest among the students in oratory and athletics. A I number of ttic schools were repre* seated. 1 Saluda.?A few days ago an elec VBH 1 tion was held lor u bond issue fur town improvements. I b*re was very " 'hMI?? Tko ennimur vtlif. ? IItut* opposition. 1 UC BHH.WW. t ors will gee gratifying results from t this election next summer. The CI vie i League gave a banquet to the town 3 officials at which many plans were S i suggested for the improvement of the H i, town. A mass meeting was held to S : ' discuss the interest of the town. j Newberry.?Col. E. H. Aull has assumed the duties of county . supers H j tendent a' education. to whieb he was I elected by the state board of ednca tion. The transfer of the offee was 1 1 made when Superintendent J. f wheaUr turned ever the records af rho office to Mr. AuJI. Acting undei 1 the previsions cf the Coostitntloo ( fl South Carolina as V holding two ef B ' floos, Mr. Aull tendered Governor ^fl 1 Blease Ills resignation as a member ^B < of the state hospital commiaslon. Newberry Fire orig'natlng in some unknown way in the baaernent^^B - of the pressing room of the Pomaiia.^^H 8 destroyed the pressing room and it?fl 9 'I machinery and a large quantity oB B ' meal cake. Oy hard work the ftr^BIB t-; was kept from spreading and the gii^B^B I nery, with its three gins, the engln^^^B e and boiler, the seed house and c hull house wero saved. The loss can ^B 8 not be accurately estimated now, but Km is somewhere from $10.^0 to $2O,09<i ^^B and is fully covered by insuranoe. d; The president of the mill is V 'I Smith The capital stock is 180,449,^^B owned chiefly by 1'omarla people. ^^B Columbia.?The supreme court refl B fused to grant the petition for anin^^^B *, junction against the Columbia t. Association, it being held that ^^H^B racing bad ended, and If it bad tut e l a nuisance, it had been b by discontinuance. Columbia ?The sales at the^BB^^B c beqr and whiskey dispensaries g the past year approached fl.cfl^^H^B tj j the exact figures being ISOoB B r For the preceding year the eai^BBB^^B n up to $698,007.18, the increase^H^^^H io | $102,207 41. The net profits B B 12 months just ended werefHBB^B 751.05; the verr preceding ll^BaHj^^H Columbia. ~V*o bids for tt^^BB^^Bl cent an abattoir for the been filed the city ele^^B^^^^B e figures at whicji the two ^^BQ^^^B d agreed to undertake to exec^^Maj^^^B vl&ns were made known t Hds were opened at council ^^^B^B^B Pelzer.? Freight train No. BHB^^^B >8 tftcking cars loaded with fl B fir the Pelzer Manufacturi^HB^^^H ,e v as derailed and totally defl y tie caboose and two box cMBB it flil over which they tell la^MgB^^H