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M? ?f'MTFIt WATCHMAN, Estahl fttc*?H<lafe<t Aug. 2.188 |?br tStaifbenn aiti .Jautbron. Wednesday and Smnnlay ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SITMTKR. S. C. Terms: $1 .It par annum?In advance. Adver tat? menu: (?me Square Arat insertion.II.tt P Beery snbsequent Insertion.10 Qratracte for three months, or longer will be made at reduce! rates. All communications sihlch sub eetve private latereaU will be charge' for as advertisements, Obttearle* and tributes of respects PwtH be charged for. M COTTON MARKET. CE8 fall i'NDEll ENORMOUS liquu> ATIO.V Bureau Report ou the Num? ber of Bales Ginned Tends to tttrengthrn U*e Market, But Selling Orders Poor Id and the Level Fall* New York, Jan. 10.?Under pres" of enormous liquidation invol? ute aale of approximately 1,500, beles. the New York Cotton Ex waa hard hit by a bear raid f, with loseee as high as 14.80 a a Wm. P. Brown and Frank B. is, who are credited with being the leaders in the bull cam which of late has taken profits st 111,000,000, were on the I? as active figures In one of ?tost exciting sessions in its hls ly cotton, which rscsntly had as hlsrh as 11.1?. dropped as low March touched 15.06. and point, while July opened at ipped to II.?t end closed a sr. May closed at 11.35 at 15.11. tonght bitterly and sold scale, several brok 81,000 bales The the drift of the Idea of sl setl themselves le slump of II to bull? claimed that the absolutely confirmed government estimstes of tHe tsdel yield. They did little, how r, to support the market. and :h <oatractn sold oft to 15.48 and to 11.15. or 87 to 41 points be? lt**, the closing of last Saturday, and % decline of $2.70 per bale from the Mgb level of the morning. There was a recovery of 10 or 15 - points around midday, but the later PSelling from various aourcea caused the demoralising break before noon. ?uch rallies as occurred during the middle of the day were of no impor . lance, and pricea became even more sensationally weak In the afternoon, when Wall street. Western and kSonthern houaes were literally ^swamping the market ^vlth the weight of their offerings. Nothing developed In the way of news during the day to indicate that the break was the result of any change In the general trade altuatlon, but the quick loss of the recovery from the drastic decline of laat week threw the trade Into panic. It was reported that some of the most Im? portant New Orleans traders as well as the big Western Interests were frtaindonlng the bull side of the mar? ket or were at least liquidating their r lines. Mr Patten and hla friends, among others, were credited with having eold heavily during the day. ? The market closed weak at a decline "f 14 t< 75 points, aa compared with last "atjrday. I r IH'rTS UIIOUKM I>KA1>. Was Prealdeiit and Editor of Blrm Instiam and |*roml<>nt In World of Journalism. Birmingham. Aln.. Jan. 12.?Rufus Napoleon Rhodes, president and edi? tor of the Birmingham News, a di? rector ? ?< the Associated Presa and preeidert of the Southern Publisher*' Association died today after a lengthy Illness >f Rrlght's dlsesse and an d trouble. wvi.im.iA rosron i? i: non. BUI). YewSTmeii <..f $2M) In SUni|m und $H la Money I nmm safe Greenville. Jsn. 11.?E ily this M ft* ulna, about 2 or 3 o'clock, the safe In the postotfice at Walhalla, S. ' C. was.blown open and robbed about two hundred and flftv dollars' worth of stampft an.I t;ht dollars In money waa taken. A man was arrested late this afternoon near the Georgia line* and It Is thought h?> was connected with the robbery. I \ ished April, 1850. 'Be Just a I._ SUM GOV. ANSEL'S MESSAGE M NOPim m i>uv AM) i i: v Tt RE1.I >S DOCUMtA l\ I ? Third Annual Message Contains Nothing Striking or Out of the Or? dinary?Suggestion Made Tliat An? other Election be Held in Dispen? sary Comities?Recommends That The Tax I*evy Be Increased?lie Sliys Arouml Asylum Investigation, Which Will Be the Sensation of the Legislatec Session. Columbia, Jan. 11.?Governor An? sel's third annual message to the leg? islature read In both branches of the leguiatu v. which convened today, Is a characteristic Ansel message, short, conservative and free from radical suggestions or recommendations and In very simple language. It is very mild, much too much so In the view of those who have been laboring many years for some important changes. It was received In silence and there was little comment upon it. It is only fifteen printed pages long. There is nothing striking or out of the ordinary about the message, which was to be expected. It is al? most wholly a renewal of recommen? dations made last year. Of course the most important rec? ommendation, at least the one which received the most attention, Is that, referr'ng to how this legislature should handle the liquor question. After dryly stating the facts concern? ing the August elections the message saya: "As to the dispensaries in the six counties which voted in the sale of liquor, I desire to renew my recom? mendation made in my message in 1908, to wit: 'that not mora than one county dispensary be allowed in any county where liquor is allowed to be sold except In those counties where there are cities exceeding 25.000* (Klchland and Charleston counties.) Thli la in the intereset of temepr ance. I firmly believe that If another election is held J% these six counties In the coming year most of them will vote the sale of liquor out. I ask your earnest consideration of the question of providing for another election In these six counties in the near future. Briefly summarized the remainder of the message is: Borrowing of hall' a million dollars was necessary last year to meet cur? rent expenses. Recommended that half mill extra be added to the State levy to gradually get the State back on a cash basis. Renewal of recommendation tho.t Inquisitorial plan be adopted as a cure for tax dodging. Nothing Is r.ald of Comptroller General Jones' recommendation th.it a State tax commission of five members be pro? vided to equalize returns. Attention directed to the report of the State Sinking Fund Commission* which shows cumulative sinking fund for redemption of State bonds $700, 853.58, ordinary sinking fund $79, 308.47, sinking fund for Insurance of public buildings $51,928.90. A good word for all the State col? leges and the Industrial school and commendations of their heads takes up two and a half pages. The Cita? del Board of Visitors request for $30, 000 for another dormitory story is endorsed. Adequate appropriations for the industrial school at Florence recommended, and a bill which the State colleges will have introduced to make examinations for beneficiary scholarship examinations uniform is commended. The dispensary wlndlng-up com? mission is thanked for its services, and the governor reports that It has turned In $275,000 to the State treas? ury with more to come when the cases In court are ended. A $30,000 Supreme Court building for the Stat?? Houso ground! is ask? ed. The governor lights shy of discuss? ing the asylum situation He asks careful consideration of the Investi? gating commission'!" report and con? tents himself with stating ths num? ber of patients In the institution. The penitentiary manngement Is commended, and the legislature's at* tentlon directed to the fart that th? contract for employing 300 oonvlctl In the knitting mill within the grounds expires before an dh?r legis? lature meets. "It is necessary) ther?'fo|e." the message a\s. "that sonn- action should be taken at this s sslon providing for another least to um parties now holding the lease or to others." As to tin- mli-Mid situation: "I am still of the opinion that more author? ity should be given to the railroad commission." As to the State Board of Health: "I bespeuk your careful considers* rid Fear uot-~Let all the ends Thou Aiu ter. 8. p., sature ti n < i the work and recommends* t: us of this board." The recommendation of last year that the salaries of State officers be ra'sed is rener? The work of the agricultural d<^ partm nt Is commended. The work of the new insurance de? partment "has been carried on with great real and fidelity," and the "wisdom of establishing this depart? ment is demonstrated." "A liberal appropr'rt'on for pen slons," is recommenced. The work of completing the Cal hOtin monument and the monument to the Women of the Confederacy is in good shape. The legislatures attention is drawn to the fact that the body is called upon to pass upon the Federal in? come tax amendment to the Federal constitution.! The governor does not intimate whether he favors the tax on incomes or not. The massage concludes as follows: "Gentlemen, the people of South Carolina look to you as the lawmak? ers of the State, and the guardian* of her future wellfare and future prosperity, to enact such laws as will redound to the best Interests of all the people. May the God of nations and of States guide you In all your deliberations." The asylum Investigating commit? tee report and recommendations to the legislature will be given to the press now in la few days, and shortly aferward will be laid on the desks of the members of the house and sen? ate. On account of the sensational revelations which came out In the reports of the several public examin? ations of witnesses last summer the report, which will be exhaustive and lengthy, will be read with great in? terest by the members of the legisla? ture, as the matter Is sure to be the subject of spirited debate in both branches, and it will be read with almost equal Interest by people gen? erally over the State. The committee will not make any ercommendations about changing the personal jj{ Sho. pr??ent ndrnlj^ tratlon of the. institution' but', will simply report conditions as the com? mittee saw them. The committee will recommend dismantlement of the present asylum plant, as Architect G. E. Shand s re* port to the committee reveals that It \% 111 cost about $350,000 to troperly remodel this, and will sugegst that In its stead two institutions be estab? lished, one for whites and the other for colored patients. The new plant* Wltl cost a total of about a, million and a quarter, but the present plant ?an be disposed of for abour. half a million dollars or more. The 360 Scrag of land going with th) present plant and belonging to the State is worth about $400,000 alont. The ommlttee thinks other land 'Uy -xs good for the purpose can 1)0 bvught for from $20 to $30 an acre he committee la advis d by a num '. er of experts that the pr>port'.on of land to patients for pioper and econ? omical administration shot,Id be an acre to the patient. The white asy? lum should accommodate about 800 patients and the colored about 900. There are now only 1,528 patients The present main enclosed grounds with buildings occupies about 60 acres. It Is suggested that on'.4 building, which could be remodeled at a cost of about $10.000, might be used as a third Institution for feeble? minded patients to advantage. Where these two new Institutions should be located the committee does not say. This is left to the legisla? ture. The report will carry a letter from Chairman Wilson of the State Board of Health making certain recommen? dations as to the care of patients, and a letter from Dr. Wynes, the cel? ebrated alienist expert. Dr. Wynes' latter endorses the scheme for sepa? rat?' oars Of white and colored pa? tents. NEGRO TO HE HANGED. Would.he Rapist Comictcd at Lex? ington. li'x'ngton, Jan. 12.?Coot l^ever, ths negro who attempted to commit criminal assault upon the beautiful you ig wife of a prominent Dutch For e farmer last November, and who narrowly escaped being lynched, will pay the death penalty for his crime* on the 25th of February, next. Mr. a. li. Fuller, of Florence countyi was orushed to death Mon? day afternoon by a falling tree. Hrry M. Daugherty, who for mr.nv years has been a prominent figure In Ohio politics, has announced himself a candidate for United States Sen? ator, to succeed Senator Dick. M*t at be thy Country'.;. Thy God's a ?AY. JANUARY 15. ! THE LEGISLATURE MEETS. ????? ? FIRST DAY'S SESSION BRIEF AND UNEVENTFUL, Senate and House Called to Ordci and Governor's; Message Rand? House Does No Business?Senate Clears Calendar by Itccommittin? Many Bills?Legislators Will Visit Winthrop on Lee's Birthday. Columbia, Jan 11.?Legislature opened yttlOOthly today, both houses being organising In'a quarter of an hour and the reading of the Gover \ nor's message occupied only a few minutes. The House adjourned without touching its calendar. The Senate partly relieved its calendar by re? committing some and indefinitely postponing other bills coming over from last session. Both houses unanimously adopted a resolution to spend Lee s Birthda> at Winthrop. Columbia, Jan. 12.?The first da> of the second session of the legisla? ture was spent most largely in re? newing old and pleasant acquain? tances, the house did no work, and the senate very little. Work started In earnest on the second day, wher both houses attacked their calendars There will be little delay, the las! session having left plenty of business for the present session, though much of it has not thrived in cold storage and will be wiped off the calendai with little ceremony. The flood o! new bills began at once, the engross? ing department was the first to get busy, and its clerks are alreadj grinding out new bills. There seems no way of avoiding a long discussslon and fight on the subject of State-wide prohibition, bul the representatives of those counties retaining the dispensary are satisfied that they will be able to keep then In spite of the onslaught of the pro? hibitionists. That will, of course be one of the fights of the session. Ii rlwayrf'jfe. , A rnatter thr.t Is going to cause ? great deal of discussion and no smal fight, will be the report of the com? mission appointed to investigate th< affairs of the State Hospital for th< Insane. It will be shown in that re port that the legislature has giver the board of regents all that thej asked for in every instance, excep in the matter of extension, and those appropriations were always mad? with the understanding that th< amount appropriated could be mad( to suffice. The gross carelessness o1 the authorities of the Institution ir many instances are shown by the examination pf witnesses, and then is in the hands of representative; ?ther matters of a more sensationa nature that may be brought out. The report avoids sensation, but does noi seem to attempt to shield any one though it was limited, In many re? spects In its scope. It points facts and leaves the legislature to draw conclusions. It seems that there has been serious carelessness on the pari of the authorities from the Board ol Regents down, that so many of the abuses have not been corrected. Tb? apparent disposition to make the re? port appear as an arraignment of the legislature for parsimony by the Board of Regents and authorities o! the institution promises to be a fail? ure. The report persists in taking the color of a criticism of the man* agement. From what can be gathered there are going to be some rocks thrown at Clemson In the matter of nepotism in the faculty. A bill is understood to be In preparation forbidding kins? men of the members of Boards of Trustees of State institutions being put In the faculties. It is said that there are at least a dozen such cases in Clemson College, and some of those who have been nosing around to And out what is the trouble at Clemson have determined that it arises from the fact that so many of the faculty of the institution are kin to members of the board that no man can take the head of that insti? tution and manage it; cousins and kinsmen of nearer or more remote degr. es have already i ?tt> n in their story before the presidnt can tell his. and he talks to prejudiced ears. That is some of the loose talk, which this correspondent does not undertake to father or stand sponsor for, it will all come out in the wash. The tem? per of the legislature towards Clem son Is rather critical, and has been growing more so for years. Tt is fell that there is something wrong with the grand Institution that ought to be gotten right for the good of the State and the salvation of the Insti? tution. There la some hope that the legis? lature* may be induced to grant a nd Truth's." 1910. ^ ? TRUJ * <ew Ser sum for the c V tion of the work on the s- > out of the State House, as V ^ selected for the woman's mi v At is to be On th it side, correspc mg with the Confed? erate monument on the north side. Every effort will be made to have the work continued, as that side of the State House is the first caught sight of by visitors coming into the State capital. There is little promise of fights or deadlocks in any of the legislative elections, and they will probably soon be put out of the war. Until that Is through with real work hardly be? gins. Dillon county will go through like grease, there will probably be a fight on it, and a large Dillon delegation is here, but they have little to fear, their case is too plain, the baby is already born, and the christening is the only thing left to do. Columbia, Jan 12.?The most im? portant new bill so far introduced was one by Wade Harrison, of the Asylum Investigating committee, which was introduced in the house today, providing for a state board of charities of five members to be ap? pointed by the Governor, which shall have general supervision of all penal and charitable institutions. The Secretary is to get $2,000 salary per year and his assistant $1,200. The 11 others are to serve without pay. i The House adopted a resolution of? fered by Mr. Richards, to visit Clem son College on Saturday of next week. Mr. K. P. Smith's anti-cigarette bill was killed in the house on the author s motion. The Senate pa.-sed to third read? ing Mr. Clifton's bill allowing certain 11 widows over fifty-five years old, to receive pensions. t' Columbia, Jan. 13.?The house ac? complished a big volume of business today. Mr. Cosgrove's two bills to regu? late Investment companies such as -1 the Seminole passed the second read? ing. * e ? ' 11 The ways and means committee I reported unanimously in favor of a constitutional amendment for a two and a half million dollar bond Issue for good roads. This will be follow? ed by a State highway commission bill. The good roads movement is in fine shape. There were a majority and minor? ity report on the bill appropriating six thousand dollars for a Calhoun monument on the State House grounds. Mendal Smith's bill providing for the registration of trained nurses passed. The Important bill requiring cor? porations to file statements was also passed. Mr. Cothran's bill authorizing -1 county boards to establish kinder? gartens was passed. Mr. Mars' bills requiring bank ex ' I aminatlons to be conducted with two directors was killed. The house adopted a resolution ?Ifor a joint session on 25th of Jan ' I uary to elect the following: Justice Hydrick and circuit judges for the second, third, fourth and sixth circuits; three Clemson trus? tees, Winthrop trustees to succeed Senator Tillman and Mr. McLaurin, f I two University and two colored col? lege trustees. Columbia, Jan. 13.?The repeal of the Hen law last year has not put that proposition out of the way en? tirely. It will be brought up again this year in an effort to reenact it on the ground that the people of the country cannot do without it and that they can find no convenient waJ' of carrying on the business of the farm without it. Representative GarHs, whose deep interest, amount? ing to sobs over the pictures that he painted Of the depression on the farms to follow the repeal of the law are well remembered by those who engaged in the memorable fights for the repeal of the law, will present a bill asking for the reenactment of It. There has, unquestionably been some modification of opinion through the country on the subject as soon as the law was repealed, and the farmer who was accustomed to that prop for his weakness leaned back and found it not. it is doubtful, how? ever, if anything can be done with the proposition. In the matter of the investigation of the state Hospital for the Insane, it is persistently reported that Dr. BabCOCk and the Board of Regents will promptly resign, that they are seriously troubled over the Investiga? tion. Nobody who knows anything about Dr. Babcock, but has the very highest opinion of him as a scien? tist, a learned physician and the very prince of men, but there is the great torn E SOUTHRON, Established Juno, 1M? ies?Vol. XXX. .... 41. ' est reason for criticism of the man? agement of the State Hospital for the Insane, and the fact that Dr. Fabecok is not a tip top executive : head of a large institution is not to ; be wondered at, few men unite the I qualities that Dr. Babcock possesses j with remarkable administrative abil. ity. and therefore much of the blame will fall on the shoulders of the Boarc: of Regents, and to meet th s a bill has already been introduced to provide for a new board of charities and corrections, which will abolish the boards of this, and other insti? tutions, and contemplates their gov? ernment by a commission. It Is learned from good authority, that Dr. Babcock and the board would have resigned long ago, but for the fact that their friends insisted that they would be unwise to retreat un? der fire, and though sick and humil? iated they will stick to the standard until the last shot is fired. They will not resign, and their friends will make a strong fight for them when the matter comes up before the gen? eral assembly. In the matter of the State-wide prohibition measure Senator Slnkler tells your correspondent that he has received very encouraging assurance in his canvass of the senate to the effect that dispensary matters will be allowed to remain as they are. The governor's message suggesting that other elections be ordered in those six counties retaining the dis? pensary to see If they would not re? consider and throw the liquor shop out, has been very sharply criticised in the lobbies of the State House. Senator Slnkler feels sure, nowever, that the present lgislature will not do anything to upset the existing status. Some of the prohibitionists seem inclined to respect the status as a compromise which tmosally bound all parties. Col. Cosgrove Introduced a resolu? tion yesterday to give the moral ef? fect of the support of the South Car? oline, legislature to the bill recently introduced In the senate by Senator Smith requiring a survey and esti? mate' of the wet and overflowed lands of ti%> nation, with the view of re? claiming them, as lands have been reclaimed by irrigation in the west. The purpose of the bill is largely in the interest of health in the South, and it was drawn by the Charleston drainage commlmssion and given Senator Smith at his request. It Is hoped that the measure will pass congress. The resolution asks the support of the South Carolina dele? gation In the matter. An effort Is going to be made to have the limit fixed for the record? ing of papers with the clerk by the assenbly last year at ten days, charged back to thirty, it is said by many representatives to be a physi? cal impossibility in some counties. Recalling the hard fight of last year on this subject it is not likely that the proposition will go through un? challenged. There promises to be a great deal of interest in matters educational this year, the first step being a meet? ing of the joint committees of the house and senate with the commit? tees of the State Teacehrs' Associa? tion this afternoon, when the cam? paign for the sesion will be mapped out as far as possible. The main is? sue will be the demand for an edu? cational commission, the same meas? ure urged by Mr. Aver last year and refused, but it is believed that the year has shown so patently the nec? essity' lor such a commission that it may be granted this year. Prof. T?te. President Meli and Prof. Hand compose the committee of the State Teachers' Association. CLARK AGAIN TESTIFIES. Complicated Testimony Given In Semhiolo Trial Yesterday. Columbia, Jan. 12.?It is expected that the State will rest in the semin ole case late tomorrow. it is not known what the defense is going to be. The ease at times takes fine le? gal turn?, and, all In all, the testi? mony Is very complicated. Col. (Mark was on the stand today and told more of the transactions of the companies Involved. He stated that $30.000 of the Carolina Acency stock was to be sold the first year, and the same amount the next year, and the remainder to be kept. It was also stated by the witness that the CIF" Ollna Agency . nd the Seminole Se? curities Company were separate. Col. ?Mark put $3,000 in the company. The testimony today was very much Involved and very technical in its na? ture. There have been no real sen? sational developments in the case so far Dr. F. H. H. ("alhoun, of 1 iemson College, has been elected < mem? er of the ecological Soelet> f America.