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TAKES THE OATH Gov. Ansel Is Inducted Into Office Once Again. MAKES NEW REPORT 111s Inaugural Speech Was Wry Short ami ContJtilis Two Important lloeommemlnt inns: That Drainage 4lotiunission he (Vcali'd ami Good Konds Problem he Tnekletl. Iti his second inaugural address delivered Wednesday afternoon, immediately after the oath of ofliee had heeti administered to him, Governor Ansel said: Gentlemen of the General Assemble 21 nil liiv fellow c i t i '.'.ens l-'or I lie second time 1 ;in\ here to assume the duties and rcsponsihilit ies of the highest State otlieer in the gilt of the people. For a second time, by the votes of the people. I am exalted to the position of governor of this great commonwealth. I am truly grateful for this manifestation of confidence and esteem and I am fully sensible of my inability to discharge fully tie4 duties incumbent upon me without your valuable and necessary assistance. I plead for a continuance of the sympathy and help that you have given me during the psst two years. I have endeavored to discharge the duties of my oltice with fidelity and an eye single to the best interests of all the people. That 1 have nmde mistakes goes without saying, hut they have been of the head and not of the heart. South Carolina has made much progress in moral, educational and material lines in the past few years and people are fully alive to the great, possibilities of even greater IMogress in the years to come and we see the signs of prosperity on every hand. We should tie paying more attention, however, to the conservation of our many natural resources?our land, forests and waterrvm M itch t Iimii t> h t i\r\w Ko_ ing given to this subject in all the States of the union, anil we should not lag behind. There is now being utilized in this State one hundred and seventyfive thousand horse-power of waterpower to generate electricity and for other purposes. There is still about one hundred and seventy-five thousand horse-power of water-power undeveloped. My belief is that before many years this power, now going to waste, will be harnessed and used to help supply the needs of our growing industries. Our farmers are producing a reasonable income and profit, and as the farmer is the only producer of those things which go to sustain life, every inducement should be given to the hoy to "stay on the farm." In the manufacture of cotton, we are second, in number of spindles, to but one State in the union. Had I time, I could uivo the out-out of the mills, the value of the product and the number of employees. The educational institutions of the State are sending out each year young men and women well equipped for the battle of life ana there is work for all of them to do. The country is calling for educated young men and women. i desire, at this time, to refer to two matters, which 1 regard as very important to the future progress of the State and which are not mentioned in my annual message: The time lias come in my judgment when we should give some attention to the question of the drainage of our swamps and wet lands. There are in this State over three million acres of these lands that can be reclaimed at a reasonable cost. The question naturally arises, what can we do? I suggest that you appoint a drainage commission whose duties it shall be to g'M up all the data as to where these lands are bunted; the probable cos' of reclaiming and the best plan of paying for the drainage. Let this commission report to the general assembly and then intelligent action can be taken. Another important matter that should engage our attention is the one of "good roads." Kvory good emzen 01 me Htaie is interested in this vital question. Conventions and conferences are being hold in many of the States to discuss it. The governors of most of the States *jre calling th" attention of their legislatures to it. Some of the counties in this State have gone to work and are making good roads. That they are needed in all of the counties every one will admit. The work that Is done should he of permanent nature, and it seems to me that, in order that the necessary information may be obtained as to the best method making good roads and the possible cost of such method, the department of agriculture should he charged with the du4y of getting this data and reporting the same to you. In North Carolina, the duties of road commissioner are placed upon the State geologists, in other States, road commissioners are appointed THE KEITT PLAN. Wllld! WAS ADOHTHI) HV Till'? STAT 10 UNION. And Hcfcrml to tho Local t'nions Over tho State for Hutillcation and KikIoinciiiciiI. Following is Col. .1. L. Keitt's plan for tho Farmers' lOdncational ' and Co-operative I'nion of America l to control tho sale of cotton, which | was adopted by tho State I'nion at its recent meeting and referred to the Local t'nions for ratification: 1. As thorough organization of the union in each county of the cotton States as possible. 2. Active educational work upon the merits of diversified farming, for the purpose of rendering our farmers self-sustaining, and thereby relieve t he cotton crop from liens imposed by the credit system. 2,. That a cumulative fund shall he raised by each county union within the cotton States , no part of which shall at any time he used outside of its own borders. (a) The said fund shall be exclusively used for the purchase of cotton and to be loaned upon cotton stored in bonded warehouses or otherwise sat isfac.t oril v insured (b) That tho fund shall bo raisod by 10 cents per bale upon each bale of cotton produced by members of the union of the crop of I'.Htp and succeeding crops until discontinued by resolution of this body. (c) That all cotton producers not members of this union I??? requested to contribute 10 cents per bale fo the fund. (d) That all citizens of the South, bankers, merchants and those of all other avocations, tie requested to contribute donations to said fund. (e) That each county union shall elect, five directors, who shall report to the union at each quarterly meeting. They shall he elected in such manner that the term of one director shall expire each year and the vacancy caused thereby shall be filled by election at the .July meeting. <>. That the directors in their discretion receive from rrlends of the farmers' union, for the purpose above stated, money in sums of $." or multiples of five; that a separate account shall be kept of this fund, priority of investment shall be given to it; all interest accruing therefrom shall be paid to the contributors, and the principal shall be re i ii 11 doc] upon demand after three months' notice, or if invested, as soon thereafter as it is received into the treasury. 5. Each county union shall provide for a proper administration by the directors, but in no case shall compensation or expenses of any kind bo permitted to entrench upon the principal or interest of the fund. 6. That each county should sell not more than 1-12 of its production of cotton each month, unless the minimum price is paid, and each county union is charged with fho duty of withholding from the market all cotton in excess of that amount. + SOUTH AFIUCAX FLOODS In Which Nearly Two Hundred L|ves Were Lost. Johannesburg, Jan. 22.?One hundred and seventy-three persons are known to have lost their lives today as a result of the Hoods, which are general throughout the Transvaal colony and northern Natal. Great damage has been done to property. Ily the bursting of Knight's dam, the W'itwatersrand Gold mine in the southwestern part of the Transvall was Hooded today and 10 white men una .?<> natives wore drowned. The water from this dam also Hooded the lower section of tl\e town of JClsburg, where a number of houses were swept away and 13 person* perished. A gold dredge valued at $(?U,l)0<) broke ardift today on the Kaap liver and was wrecked. Hundreds of Houses Destroyed. Constantinople, Jan. 22.?An official dispatjeh reports that more than ( 00 houses were destroyed by the earthquake yesterday at Phocaea, near Symrna. The shocks continue and tlie people tire seeking refuge in the mountains. The minister of tin? interior lias been dispatched to render assistance to the sufferers. * for this work. f come to congratulate you, my fellow citizens, upon what has been done along all these linos, and to ask that each of you will do his full duty in helping forward alt that makes for the betterment of our people. And now, as T take upon myself for a second time, the responsibilities and duties of this office, I ask that you will uphold my hands in every good work, and, by your generous help and co-operation, give me that encouragement I have a right to expect at your hands. By thus working togothdr, we shall make South Carolina second to none in this union of indestructible i States. % A SERIOUS CHARGE j UA1>Il INSt'l?TIN(i KlvMAHK TO A YOlJN<? LAIIY. John Walker, Colored, Is Brought to Oran^hurK and tanked up in Jail to Await Trial. Springfield, Jan. 23.?Special: 1'he lynching of John Walker was I narrowly averted yesterday eveuing by the counsel of cool heads. Walker has been employed by Mr. C. P. Keed, a large and prosperous farmer living several miles from town, for the past few months. Yimloi'ilnv iit'lui'iii.oi. . - - .... . ?i m (> u t i \ i ihm;ii >> il l l\ I * I Wrill up to the dwelling of Mr. lteod, and finding no one at homo except his daughter, a beautiful young lady, Walker is said to have made an insulting proposal to Miss Reed. She ran from lite house screaming. which soon attracted a crowd of neighbors, who took charge of the negro, Walker, and at the earnest request of Mr. Reed, the negro was turned over to Ollieer A. L. (Sossett of tills place, who carried him to Orangeburg. A very large crowd of angry citizens soon gathered and grave fears of lynching were felt. John Walker is a negro about 3u years old; was raised near this place and is said to be not of sound mind, lie spoke very freely to t lis correspondent last night and did not appear to be excited in the least. lie says that he was cutting logs for Mr. Reed and having finished, went to the house to see what Mr. Reed wanted him to do; not finding Mr. Reed he asked his daughter if she could give him a job. which she misunderstood and became frightened. Walker made no attempt to escape before the crowd reached him. Insulting l*ro|M>sal. Aiken. Jan. 23.?Special: Information readied Aiken late this afternoon of an insult by a negro to a while lady, about six miles from Salley, in Orangeburg county. The negro, whose name is John Walker, is under arrest and was late last night spirited away, presumably to Orangeburg, for safekeeping. Feeling ran high when the outrage was made public, and talk of lynching was freely imluged in, owing to which the officers were vigilant in their efforts to protect the negro, and lie was soon gotten away from the scene. The victim of the insult was the daughter of a promt nent fanner of that section named Reed. It is stated that tlie negro advanced to the lady and made an insulting proposal to her. Terrified with fear she reported the matter at once to iter father, and soon after the negro was in custody. Further than making an insulting proposal, it is stated the negro did not go. The affair was quickly circulated, and it was only through the vigilance of those interested in the case that, violence at the hands of an infuriated people was prevented. I/odged in Jail. John Walker, the negro above alluded to. was lodged in the Orangeburg jail Saturday on commitment papers issued by Magistrate A. B. Corbett, of Springfield, charged with attempted rape. Magistrate Corbett, fearing that Violence might have been done Walker by the people of the community in which the outrage happened, hurried the negro to jail with as much secrecy as possible. Tfcis is the second case of this character that has taken place in Orangeburg county within the past week. The other case happened near Norway, which is not very far from where the second outrage took place. Denies the Charge. Walker was interviewed in the jail by the correspondent of The) News and Courier, and lie denied, though evasively, the charge made; against him. This is about his story: lie was employed by Mr, Reed, who resides near Salley. in Orangeburg qoujnty; .that on last Friday morning lie had been put to work by Heed cutting logs and raking trash not so very far from Reed's house, and that just before 1 1 o'clock a. 111. this work gave out, and he went back to the house to see Reed about other work. He found no one there but one of the daughters of Reed, who told him that her father had gone off somewhere for a while. He was in the "hall" when lie spoke to Miss Reed, and immediately went out of the house when told that Reed was not there, and while he was still in tlie yard Reed came home. This is his story almost in his own words. I'pon being closely questioned lie admitted that Reed took liim in charge soon after returning, and j held him from about 11 o'clock a m. until, perhaps, 2 or 2 o'clock p. in. (though for what cause he did lint kllflU' I "'I'.'n 41.? " - . .. niuir I in: Illilfior was being reported to Magistrate Cor1)1 tt at Springfield, some distance away. lie was arrested by the constable in the afternoon and they took the train at Springfield and came to Orangeburg via. Columbia. Walker is a black negro, about 1IA1) A GOOD TIM 10. I Mr. Tuft Visits Charleston uiul Given g Warm Welcome. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 24.?After a round of entertainment by his friends in Charleston, which began yesterday at noon and continued until 10 o'clock tonight, Presidentj elect Taft will sail from this port I at 0 o'clock tomonow morning on tiio Cnited States cruiser North aCrolina for the Isthmus of Panama. The President-elect declared toulght that he had found every moment of his stay in Charleston delightful, and that he had enjoyed thoroughly the wholly unofficial hut very elegant and neighborly entertainment which had been arranged In his honor. He worshipped this morning at the Unitarian church, of this city, the sermon being preached by the pastor, the Rev. C. M. Gray. Mr. Tavvt and party visited the Oaks, owned by Mr. Parsons, some sixteen miles fro nit he city. As they left there wore assembled in the yard four or five hundred negroes from neighboring plantations , all singing "God be with you till we I meet again." The picture made a very marked improssion upon Mr. Taft. "It is." he said, "like a hit from dreamland." Mr. Taft made a short talk to the negroes, telling them that they must lead decent, honest lives and do that which was right. Another Shooting Scrape. .Tonesville, Jan. 22. ? About six miles from Jonesville this morning. i |>n.?tf.i? Wit. - * , ?> ii.mhi .-!iDi and killed 11 *n .Means with a shotgun. The killing was done at Wilson's house. Both are colored. Wilson came to Jonesvillo and surrendered to the marshal and was locked tip. He makes the statement that Means had an axe drawn on him, and that he shot in self-defence. * Alligator Found Near Florence. Florence, .Jan. 22. ? Yesterday while cleaning out a small branch, which runs adjacent to the park. Mr. 11. W. Orowley, guard of the chaingang, found a young alligator about 10 inches long. This was a very unusual lind, in view of the fact that there is no water in which there are alligators within live miles of the spot where this one was found. * Chief Justice Jones. Columbia, Jan. 21.?Associate Justice Ira B. Jones, of Lancaster, was today elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina for the unexpired term of Justice Pope, whose resignation has been accepted. There were two nominations. Associate Justice Ira B. Jones and Fugene B. Gary. There were 1 C? 1 votes cast, of which Mr. Jones received fM> votes and Mr Kiu<'iie B. Gary t>.~>. Destructive Landslide. Tangier, Jan. 22.?A landslide, following a severe earth shock, in the region south of Tettian, iias wiped out several villages. It is reported that hundreds of persons were killed or injured. Tot nan is a walled seaport town of Morocco, 2miles south of Ciibraltar. The territory is rich in vineyard and superior fruit abounds. * Car Load of Rabies. New Orleans, Jan. 22. ? A car load of 7babies was distributed in New Orleans yesterday. The precious freight, came from the New York Foundling and Orphan asylum. Scores of foster parents were waiting at tho station to lay claim to t lie little ones, for whom they had previously applied. * John .Must Fay More. Cleveland, Jan. 2 2?Though it lias among its members John I). Rockefeller, the richest man in the United States, the Euclid Avenue Baptist church, shows a deficit of $ 1,00b for the year just ended. John 1). Rockefeller was again chosen superinten, denr t\f ?!??> - - ... ... ^. mv ?tiuiiii\ m;iiuoi. \Viliu'sk.c(l l?y rliililrcii. No wherry, X. V.. Jan. 23.? With four of his six children looking on. Fi^dorick Copping, an Englishman ahout r?n years old, tonight shot and killed his wife and then committed suicide by blowing out his brains. The tragedy was the result of domestic troubles. * 0 feet tall; 4 5 years of ag<>. and says he has a wife and three children. The Other Case. Henry Danes, a young copper colored negro, is also in Jail under a similar charge. The prosecutrix in his case is a widow named Spires. The alleged offence is said to have occurred near Norway, in this county, on the first Sunday in the present month. The interview with him was very short, .as lie directly and most emphatically denies the crime. lie says Mrs. Spires first accused Payne Johnson, another negro boy, who works with him on the plantation of Mr. Alexander Davis, hut afterwards exonerated Johnson and placed the crime upon Danes. De knows nothing about the matter, further than that he Is charged with a crime he did not commit. Southern States J ffCf* iyiechlneryti j^Ll/ Plumbing PHONE COLUMR It'S GIBBES GIBBES S" PLANER, MATCHER Will piano up t<? 18 Inchon TJ 7 Inchon In thickness. I'lioqua I | G moulding in mudltini niul ttmi A- v kJ ciih-nct simps. Cllpaclty 5.000 Sol lit forir?il stool cylinder ?>< rate action. Klnest habhittinii II touted before oh 11>|>1 ntr. For f [' I AArl I Ul Hit KH MAOIllNKH VJJvJULl Sellers of Ulbb.'HUimrantecd itox lava cqlc FREE? 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( Today's report showed bales ginned and number of ginneries operated respectively States as follows: Alabama, 1,317,21)0 and 3,4 7 7. Arkansas, 93 1,540 and 2,115. Florida, 68,578 and 254. Georgia, 1,951,740 and 4,458. Kansas, Kentucky and New .Mexico, 1,7 87 and 6. Louisiana, 458,723 and 1,096. Mississippi. 1,551,265 and 3,476. ? Missouri, 55,1 82 and 78. T North Carolina, 661,295 and 2,7 > li. Onlahoma, 612,618 and 984. South Carolina, 1,1 93,520 and 3,2 2 9. Tennessee. 321,677 and 649. Texas, 3,529,4 26 and 4,14 8. _ Virginia. 12.014 and 115. ' \ Distribution of sea island cotton for 1908 by States is: Florida. 34,oo7: Georgia, 43,244; South Carolina, 13,205. The collected statistics of the I quantity of cotton ginned this season to January 1, are 12,465,298 bales. Shocks in Turkey. I Smyrna, Turkey, Jan. 19.?Sharp I q| earthquake shoc ks were experienced ' oj here this morning. No local dam- r age was done. 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'nbbage Plants?Garden plants, grown in the open air, will stand the coldest weather. Prices, one to four thousand, $1.50; lour to nine thousand, $1.25; nine thousand, $1 per thousand. We have special express rates. W^te us for our agent's outfit, and proposition. N. II. Rlitch Co., Meggetts, S. C., tin? largest truck farm in the world. tfie Kewanee System of water supply meets every requirement of domestic service and affords fire protection to. country residences. Thousands in use. For information and prices address S. S. Ingman, Columbia, S. C. Ve are buying Cow Peas?Advise us the number of bushels you liavo for sale and send us sai^des; we will make vo.. ' uur delivered Charleston. I. M. Pearlstine <& Sons, 201-203 East Bay St., Charleston, S. C. OMENTA B Kl'O COMPANY, 101 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Md. 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