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> WHAT HE SAYS. # u>Gov. Ansel Gives His Views on State Matters IN ANNUAL MESSAGE Document Not Churueterizcd l?y I nusual Vigor Hut Many Improvemeats Are Advocated?Iteiterates Necessities in liegislation and I'ublie AlVairs. *sc Columbia, S. C., Jan. 13.?Cover1 ? / nor Ansel's annual message, read in the two legislative branches today, is brief and while It is not characterized by vigor touches on several subjects of importance. We print below the most important facts of the document: "To the Honorable, the Members of the Ceneral Assembly of the State of South Carolina: "Another year has come, another inile-stono in the history of he State has been reached, ami you are * gathered here in the capitol of South 31,Carolina to discharge t lie high and ^ honorable duties laid upon you by the people. It becomes my duty, in the discharge of the mandate ol' the constitution, to give to you such information as I have as to the condition of the State and to suggest and recommend such legislation as to me may seem meet and proper. "Providence has been hind to us during the past year. Peace and prosperity have reigned within our borders. We have been free from famine and pestilence and widespread epidemics. The fields have yielded reasonable harvest and the people generally are prosperous and contented. "Great responsibilities rest upon your shoulders in the discharge of the duties of the high and honorable olllces that you hold. I ask your careful, earnest and wise consideration of every measure that shall come before you, and let only sucn laws be enacted as shall be for the best interest of tin' State. "With these few preliminary words, 1 respectfully ask your careful consideration of the following message: State Finances. "I must once more call your attention to the important matter of our State's finances. At your last session, you Rave authority to the governor, the State treasurer and the comp'roller-general to borrow, not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars to meet the obligations of the State to become due during the year 1908?such as Confederate soldiers' pensions, interest on ] ublic debt, appropriations for the institutions of learning and other appropriations made by your honorable bodies. "It became necessary for us to borrow, during the year, the full amount so allowed and provided for, wl.ich amount will be repaid our. of the State taxes being collected. 'I bo interest, on said sum amounted to $13,098.20. This will have to be continued year after year unless , some plan is devised to catch* up. I bring this matter to your attention in orler that, you may give the same your earnest consideration and adopt some measure that will remedy the matter. "In my last annual message, I recommended the levying of a special tax each ye: r for several years to provide a sum so that we would not be required to borrow. 1 again call yoi most careful attention to this veryfJmportant subject with the hope that some action will be taken by ? /???? l./o.Avihln lio/linu t i\ hippo tllf State, in the near future, on a casli basis and thus strengthen our financial condition. Dispensary I tail. ling. "At your last session your lion orable bodies passed an act providing for the sale of the state (lis pensary building and lot in the citj of Columbia by the commissioner! of the sinking fund, placing the upset price at seventy-five thousam dollars. The sinking fund com mis-eon, in obedience to sain act oadertised for ninety days the sanu for sale, in the Charleston New: and Courier and the Columbia State statins in the advertisement the up set. price set out in said acts. N< bids were received for t ho same. "The property was turned over t< the sinking fund commission bv th commission appointed to wind up th ^ State dispensary on the 11th day o March, 1908, and the same has bee and is now in tlie possession an under tlie control of the sink in fund commission. Application ha been made by several parties t lease it, but no power was give the sinking fund commission to mak a lease. They desire that authorit lie given them, either to sell or leas sai^building on such terms and fc such length of time as to your hot orable bodies may seem best for th interest of the State. This is va liable property and should be brinj ing in something in tlie way of ren until it Is sold. Dispensary I/aw. "Since the last meeting of yoi honorable bodies, four coHnties < v > * 1 tho State have voted out county dispensary, to wit: Chesterfield, Chester, Clarendon and Laurens, leaving twenty-one counties in which there are county dispensaries and twenty-one counties in which we have county prohibition. "The commission appointed to wind up the State dispensary were proceeding with their work during tho past year until they were enjoined by the United States circuit court from paying out any of the funds in their hands. Receivers were appointed by the United States court to take charge of the fund and an order was made providing that the same be administered in that court. From this decree an appeal was taken to the United States circuit court of appeals, which court affirmed the order of the circuit, and the case was then taken to the United States supreme court, which court granted the writ of certiorari asked for. 'Idle whole cause is now liofnro lh.? I'lMftnl n I nu en neonot court and is to be argued on the 2 3rd ?!av of Kobruary of this year. We fully expert that a decision will bo made in favor of the State, and that the commission appointed will he allowed to wind up the affairs of the State dispensary in the near future and in accordance with the act under which they were appointed. A full and detailed report will then he made by said commission of all its actings and doings as such commission. Tor a history of the litigation in the 1'nitod States court 1 respectfully refer you to the report of the attorney genernl. "I recommend that provision be made for the per diem of the members of the commission for the year 1 9 u!?. Department of Agriculture. "This department has spent much time during the year in the agricultural interests of the State. It has been instrumental in having the agricultural department of the I'nited States establish several demonstration farms within the State, and much good has been accomplished ' . that way for the farmers. Little, if any, attention has been given to the matter of immigration, except to furnish information about the State and her resources to any who would inquire for the same, and io encourage homeseokers and homebuilders to come to our State. "It seems to me that this department should do vote it< tlmn > tut ??n_ orgy to the agricultural and commercial interests of the State, and that it should he maintained and supported mainly for this purpose, at the same time giving to all honieseekers and homebuilders such information as to our climate, resources, etc., as they may desire. The duties of the commissioner of lahor could also be placed on this department and thus stive the expense of this oflice, should it. be established. In this connection, 1 call your attention to the matter of the establishment of a department of labor. A bill looking to this end was introduced at the hist, session of the general assembly and will likely be introduced again this session. 1 bespeak your earnest consideration of it and recommend that some conservative measure be adopted with such power:; and duties as to you shall seem wise and prudent. Criminal Assaults, "There are some amendments to the criminal statutes that I consider of great importance and which 1 think should be passed by your honorable hnrlb-k at this session. They tire in tlie interest of the good order and peace of the Stall'. I railed titlent ion to them in my inaugural address in January, lh'iT, and, as they have not been enacted into law since I that, time, I wish to repeat the ree. ominondations now and to say that . subsequent, events in this State have continued niv opinion that the roc, onunendai ions were right and j)ropet i .National Guard. "Tito citizen soldiery is a very important arm of the State government and should be sustained ami - enocuraged by till lovers of pc:ic< - and order. it has been niv duty *.c - call on some of them on more th i. t one occasion during the past year 3 and they have always responded wit I - promptness and performed the du 1 ties for wliich they were called will - fidelity. I call your especial atten . ?tion to tlie needs of tlie Nationa t> Guard and recommend a liberal ap s propriation for its maintenance. Penitentiary* "This penal institution, tinder tin a 1 wise administration of cite super [> intendent and directors, is one of th e best and is self-sustaining. Mtiei o damage was done to the State farm f and the crops thereon hy the Hood n of August last. Fully one thousan d acres of corn were overflowed an K washed away, and this with the loi s price of cotton, will show a decreas o in the income. The health of th a convicts has been reasonably goo e and the death rate very small, y "The seven white hoys under th [O age of sixteen years Who were on th Lexington county farm, called th f- 'reformatory, were transferred i ie November last to tho Industrii 1- School for White Hoys at Florence as provided in'the act establisliin ls tho same, and they are now boln . well cared for and taught by ocn potent persons at this industri ir school. Right principles and habl of of work and labor are taught thor % and it is hoped that when they leave the school they will make good citizens. "There were on the first day of January, A. 1). 1900, eight hundred and eleven prisoners in the penitentiary, as follows: White males, 152; colored males, 598; white females, 3; colored females, 58. State Hoard of Health. "This board, through its oillcers and members, has done a good worn this past year. The secretary has visited every part of the State when called on to examine into any cases of contagious or infectious disease, and. by quick and intelligent action, lias prevented the spread of these diseases. On one or more occasions. the entire board has responded to the call of their chairman and did good work in examining the causes of threatened epidemics an 1 preventing their spread. Thel. work is a labor of love for thenfellow men, and should be commended and sustained. "The preservation or our game and fish from unlawful destructi >n is a matter in which every good citizen of the State feels an interest. The Audubon Society, chartered by the general assembly in 1907, has charge of this matter and is diligent. and persevering in carrying out the laws on the subject. The second annual report of this society will lie laid on your desks, and I ask a careful reading of its contents. Haih Oi els. "On the first day of April last, the Southern Hallway Company, the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Cotnpanv and the Seaboard Air Lino Railway Company put on sale a two and onehalf cent passenger rale on their several roads; a one-thousand?iui!e mileage book for one person at two cents per mile; a two-tbousand-ini'e mileage book for four persons belonging to one firm or corporation, at two cents per mile, and a live-bundredlmile family mileage book good to be used in tbis State at two and one-quarter cents per mile. "The different roads promised to continue tbis rate for one year with a view of ascertaining if tbo roads could maintain tbis rate and earn a reasonable amount for the service rendered. It is required that those using these mileage books shall procure tickets from the agents of the companies when traveling from one point to another in tbis or any other State, and tbis rule, in many cases, works an inconvenience to the traveling public. VThe salaries of our Sfate ofllcet s <11111 M I J I M <1111 clllll I III nil rUll I L .11111;^os should be raised to at least whai they were a few years since. Ii costs more to live now than former!y and the officers should b said a salar ycommensurate with iue wore they have to do, and the dignity of the positions they hold. Compare the salaries of our officers with tnoso paid by other States of the South to its officers of like rank, and the difference will be manifest. "The increase will not affect me or the other officers now holding office under their present terms, hut I feel that it is due to those who come after us, and I, therefore, recommend it. Conservation of Natural Resources. "It was my privilege to attend a. conference of the governors of the States of the union at the Whi.o House in Washington last May upo i the important, question of the conservation of our natural resources. Many valuable suggestions wort* ..... 1?. ...? 1 Ik p/.omnll.ni .1L?un... nated. Since t hat conference, I have appointed a committee of gentlemen lo Ret. up information upon this subject, so far as it concerns our State, in order that I may, at a later date, make such recommendations to you as to what should he done along these lines. These 1 gentlemen are doing this work without fee or reward. "I recommend that, a commission be appointed to enquire into the cost and feasibility of ending a new mansion upon the lot on which the I present mansion stands, and reite; ? tii? ? IKI i i n<ini in IUJ 111 *71. nicooa^v , which is as follows: "The present, mansion was erect '1 more than fifty years ago, and has served tlie purpose for which it was built. Since 1880, it has been us< d as a home for the governor. While it is comfortable, yet it is detoriora".j in?; and will soon require many repairs. The lot on which this building stands is one of the host in the city of Columbia. A new mansion built in the center of the lot, front'* ing on Richland street with side - entrances from Gadsden and Lincoln ,, streets, would be an ornament to } the capital city of the State, and an s ideal home for your governor." s ' I Cost 11 ill) His liife. d Chicago, Jan. 13.?Paul Zaaho?, rv member of the house tit Springfield e who while ill, was carried Into the e house to vote for Speaker Shurt* 1 leiff, died early today at his hone in this city. He was one of the ?*ep. e resentatives from the Second genu c torial district, e n Stabbed Seventeen Times. *1 Atlanta, Jan. 13.?While hot' were riding on the same mule, Wil " liam Nix, who sat in front was eu to death hy his brother-in-law, Rrigh Gllstrap, two miles south of Clew *1 land, Ga., on Sunday night. GRs trap stabbed Nix seventeen times n(/ Roth had been drinking. MONKY IS S!o|.i:\. Ily Thieves \\ ho (i?(!KCMl and As.vaulted Three People. Pittsburg. Jan. I V Itindinc. gagging and assaulting Solomon l.ough iter, eighty years old. and his two sisters, both of whom are between seventy and eighty years of ag' sacked the bouse, secured about w six masked robbers a few nights ago ransacked the house, secured about $ 1.500 in cash, ate their supper and then disappeared. The liOuehners live on an is 1lated farm midway between Jeannette and Harrison City. Louglunr and his sisters were seated at a table esiting supper when tin* men suddenly broke into the house. They sereamed and were given bard blows in the face. Then they were bound ami gagged the robbers with drawn r? voIv?m> threatened to kill, also to burn the house and eremate them. When | LoUghtier opened the safe the fobIters took the contents, $l,;"0o, ;m! fled. 4 Vi chArsi-; in land it. i:i>. ( ranter lvxpected to lie I Join on IJarth Again. New York, Jan. l~?.?This curious clause litis Iteen discovered in an ancient deed just unearthed at the county eh rk's otlice. It relates to a few acres of land in New Jersey, which William Patterson deeded to his sons in Isr.L', and reads ;s follows: "If at any time the grantor shall he horn on earth again the within described parcel of land shall revert to him. In the event tiiat he is not horn again or that the second coming of Christ is delayed more than ! ! !> years, then the said William l> and Samuel Patterson shall he possessed of the property," etc. r The Wages of Sin. Washington, Jan. Id.? Pecans she had returned to her husband from whom she had separated, Mrs. I ivvii. II....r.wl .4 1 I .v. ? .l liinr.n i Kii (Mil, ?\ < * * l *? I , ?t I III 1111 M 11 ? I of seven children, was shot and killed at her home in this city today by Frederick Kraminer, painter, L'years old, employed in the navy yard, who then turned the weapon upon himself and indicted wounds which proved fatal. Takes Long Itide. Washington, Jan. Id.? President Roosevelt rode ninety miles on horseback today, and when he dismounted tonight at the White House door, more than seventeen hours after having departed therefrom, he did not show any marked signs of weariness. He said he wanted to show that army and navy odicers could obey his orders without hure to themselves. Republican Prosperity. Roanoke, Vn., Jan. Id.?After b?ing in continuous operation for years, the twin iron furnace of th" Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, located here, went out of blast today and will remain shut down indefinitely. The reason for suspension is said to be general de prcssion in ino iron mano r and anoverstock of product. Kewanbul I! is lira very. Ashville, Jan. 1 2. ? Itecause John ny Dixon, colored, aged 1 J. cane to his rescue when lie was attache I and bitten by a iu.il dog. and, ah i bough it took .all bis savings. Arthur Wiley, a fatherless and lord working boy, has sent Johnny tc> Kn! eigh Pasteur Institute, going then on the same train to be treated I'oj his wounds. Vorder a * ' Suicide. Hamilton, Ohio, Jan. 12.? Fran! Donnelly, years old, after killin; his wife with a revolver, shot hiie self and then slashed his throat am wrists with a razor and walked fron Oxford, his home, to Hamilton, i distance of 15 miles. He is nov (lying at Iferry hospital here. Jap. I*'leet Coming. San Diego, Cab, Jan. l.'b?Accord itig to T. I. Isliida, who is a reprc sentative of Mitsui & Co., one of th mggi hi m fiinissii i p corporal ions 1; Japan, and who is now in this < i; on a business trip, a Japanese squad ron will visit California ports th latter part of April or early in Mu\ Killed by l<all. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 13.? Chas J. Locke, 75 years old, for man years employed on newspapers i this city fell on an icy pavement her today and struck his head, dyin soon afterwards. Only Two lOscaped. Zieglor, 111., Jan. 14.?Of 29 worl men in the mine owned by Josep Loiter, 2G were killed by tne e\fi!< sion recently, according to ofllel information given at the mining o fice. Tho last of the bodies was r covered. ( Prisoners Burned. ? LI tie Rock, Ark., Jan. 13.?In r _ attempt to escape from jail tod. . prisoners at Tillar set fire to *\ structure, George Lacey and Lass Collins were incinerated. GIRL KNOCKED DOWN uv \ PIKM> <>\ TIII: rcm.ir . STUliLT. Criminal Assault Attempted Lpnii m A Voting laidy in llcart of Pushtu al?lt' Iticliiiioiid Di-tiiet. Richmond, Ya., Jan. II.-- In 'he I heart of the most fHshiuahp' district in this city at an early !i.>.%r ycsterday morning. Miss Mai.< Louise Stunipf, lit year of aim. daughter of A. I*]. Stump!', a business man of this city, was severely b, nten and only saved of being erinti ;tall.\ assaulted by the tint* ly appearance of 11 via Pool, who was altraeted to the scene by her cries. The perpe- ( trator of the crime was Chaib-s (iillespie, a negro 'wentv-llve veais 4 of age, wlio is now under at test ami i will be given a heating as soon as .Miss Stunipf is able to appear befop 1 a sptcial grand jury. The crime occurred at C>:30 yes terday tuorning when Miss Stunipf was on her way to mass. The negro sprang at her, dealing her a b ow with his list, knocking Iter down. Tills he repeated win n she am ? and he then ondea\'?ted to acr ?mplish his purpose, wounding h<T in tii.. t i....a,- it), i.e. .Miss Stumpf fought nn it xi .he 11 < s| .erado. Sin1 finally succeeded in i *?: linin h< r feet and started to ran. 11"; screams had ait ranted 'It' alien tion of Pool, who was > sport in- a voting lady telephone operator to I ? r work. and when the negro saw Pod approaching he tut > d and Med Miss Stumpf fell tit the feet of P > n and the young lady, who carried !c ? to a nearby residence. from whence she wits removed to her home About two hours after the crime detectives Plournoy and Tiller discovered a negro at the cornet o! Heech and Main streets, about a mile from the scene of the crime, having his shoes polished. He answers! the partial discription and upon ?ing arrested and searched was found to have a ring and bracelet in his possession which had boon torn froin Miss Stwmpf. When tin1 crime became known there was consideranle excitom mp i.i tliat neighborhood of the city which was soon dispelled by the prompt action of Judge Witt*1. The judge came in person to the police station and emphat ieally announced thai there would he? a sp<" dv trial of tin? negro and that he would summon a special grand jury to indict him an soon as Miss Ktumpf is allowed hy her physicians to testify. I >yiiami (e li\ plotted. I.endville, Colo., .Ian. 13.?Mrs. Richard I m uterbaeh, wife of a prospector. was killed, and Miss lOstlier Schuster, a guest of tie- former, at her home, near Mitchell, 1 ~> mil"., west of here, was badly injured wh i a mysterious lire iu the Lauterbaeu eabin set off several sticks of dynamite today. Tin? explosion ble.v Mrs. I.auterbaeh to atoms, wrecked the leg cabin and severely hurt li woman companion. Another IN>\\ 1 Spewing. Washington, Jan. I J.- Another pliase of the controversy between ' congress and the presi lent developed today when it lv-ame known at I ti?.. (Mi.itni 11... t 11.? ' ...v w. ill (I 1111 ni iMi liMlKlhl" ' tee on public buildings soon will start an investigation into the demolition of the old Pennsylvania delict whirl) war torn down by ord : of the president, apparently in the absence of legislative aunt hority. Shoot -i Himself. Wilmington, X. ('., Jan. Id. 1 i. Shoit. a wealthy and prominent ' (dti/en of I.; 1 Waccaniinv, X. v1., 1 near 'his city, committed suicide x at his home today by shooting himv self through tlie head with a pistol. Mo was a meniher of the board of directors of the Athr.itin Coast (.lac and of the Murchison National bank. Ill health is given as the catiso for - iiis suicide. Prosecute Newspapers. N Atlanta, f I a.. Jan. 13.?The f.eor* gia Anti-Saloon league today announced that it will prosecute newspapers of the Suite for printing whiskey advertisements on the ground that these papers are hired hjomuk him koiickoik ior wnrjki'y ' houses, in violation of the State prohi bit ion law. Quakes oil This Side. Rellingham, Wash., Jan. 1ft.? Reports from the San Juan islands state that Tuesday's earthquake <- shock was severe there. Ttuiidin^s I; were damaged to a considerable e\i tent, but no casualties were repjrril ed. f e- Copper Tank Kxplodcd. Quincy, Mass., Jan. 13.?One nian was killed and three injured by the explosion of a copper tank, whim in was being tested by compressed air \y at the works of the Electric Ilout tie Company, situated in the yards oi no tiie Fore River Ship Building Company, lato today. MURDER SOLVED Minister Committed Murder and Then Killed Kimseif. rr LLS OF HIS CRIMF In n l/4'tlcr to tin* Sherilf of Adair County, Mich., Winn* llo Had Committed the llorrihle Crime, lie Told AM About It. and How Ho Did It. Carthage, III., Ian. II.- The Rev. lohn II. ('arinichael, pastor of three Methodist churches in and rear Adair, Mleh., confessed slayer of Jideon Browning, a oejghhor, whom ie slew with a hatch ?f and erein ited last Tuesday iiirdit in Rattle Run hureh, committed suicide today in (he toilet room of Miss Miranda Hughes's hoarding h< use by eu'ting Iiis throat with a pocket knife. The preacher left ; letter to the sheriff of Adair, Mich., giving details of the murde", dismembering mid iitciii* x:iti?> 11 ( itro\vning, : n?l ascri 11 i ng tlm not of self ?! f? n< and moral cnwii nlice I msc of the hypnotic influence that Ui'owniiij;, an i!'i! rate <"?cpmtor, hol<l ov? r liiin. While the confession of the church rid? : is re,5 her x' "ii.- ive and on some points minute, if leaves many '| ;se. I ions in regard to the tiuge.ly unsolved, admitting tliat t lie s atcments : e ;r..e. Sunn of t lie lety# tends to ci onto the impression that tiie confession is really the production of an unsound mind. The preacher does not explain satisfactorily how he and lirowicnj; ea tin* ; (* < o t (i t lie I tat t1 linn chur< h, or why l?oth seemed lent on keeping their presence them secret. exc-?])t to say that Hrownhi; wanted :lm preacher to oftieinto at Brownings wedding that night. This account does m t ? xplain the fact that 'ho preacher evidently knew that Browning already had one wife, if not we.. Nothing more than CarniieiueTs letter to tiie Michigan sheriff has t iitm far I tee n uncovered in Carthago lending to explain the mysterious i rngody. Carniiclne 1 died without regaining consciousness. lie lo.il mmii.'i roil f<? leave (V.rthage this morning, n n?I went to tin- toilet room in the yard before starting for the railway station. There several hours later Miss Hughes (Iiscovend him bleeding and frozen. lie ha<l ru' his throat, but the wound was not fatal except that long bleeding and the zero temperature had sapped his life. The suicide left a letter addressed to his wife in Adair, Mich., bir it has not. been opened. The preacher was unknown to any one in Carthago and gave his name as John Klder After a long rambling and disconnected recital of his meeting with drowning, C ;* 111 i I describe I tiio act i ve killing and incineration as follows in the letter for I lie sheriff: "I saw he was holding a weapon of some sort up his shove. Instantly I made a grab for ;t, and 1 got. ilie hatchet from him and asked what, he menat to do with that, lie slid, 'I'll show yon,' and trom his overcoat. pocket drew out a knit} in each hand. lie came at me, striking with both hands, while I hacked across the church, (town the side aisle, and across the front, hut I did not dare to turn about to open the front, door. Then I throw tho hatchet and struck him, and ho fell. I thou turned to open the door, when lie grabbed ine by the log and threw me down, wtiore my hands I came upon the hatchet. Them was | a desperate struggle, in which I used th" hatch* t until It - laid ?| 11 io? ant still. 1 cannot t? 11 a ) that happened after that. I was w.M to dispose of the body. I was in a honlble terror, go I began pulling ? f?" his garment.* that I might <1 rag the body away somewhere and hide if Then .vhen mv eves fell upon tnoso knives [ j IK*w into a rage an I b-gan to cut him, when lie woke i.p and grabbed me again. Then for a while I used that hatchet until I was sure he was dead. "Then 1 saw that the fire was hot enough to make the stovepipe red marly to the elbow, so I grabbed i him by the feet and dragged him 1 down there and cut him to pieces, putting in each part, as it was dismembered. Then I began to put the garments into the front stove, End I rememharoft ?? i? r. . ...... - - v M v a a II u 11 c\V< CI ? IMII draft and tho things might not hnvn. Than I saw that my clothing was torn and hloodv, wh'le some of his wore yet whole, and I exchanged, and then took all hut a few of mine and piled them in rlong with the body. "I then wont lip nearly to Tumuli Station, where I turned my rig about and started on the Welt track*. My great coot hid my torn and bloody garments until I got to Chicago, where I purchased others. I am tired of trying to hide, thougn ; I have succeeded in eluding the de| tectives so far. If you get this while | I am yet alive come ind got me." Carnegie says "millionaires sol ' dom smile." However, he imported two casks of pure Scotch last year.