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Gilt COUNCIL MEETING. mann M\rn:it* iwsnid ipon \ i first n| s>|ON of M \\ \ 1 Ml Number ..i i haunts In Police r'onr? Protests \gulu*l License Tux? lu,.ii,i <?f llculih Wants Mensuren l or Protection?Other Mailt i-. City Council held Its first regulur session of the year 1913 Tuesday night and mutters of general ln'er eat came up before them and were acted on. j ?? .iirw ii met at rather a late hour und the session continued until early morning. Among the matters com? ing up were the election of police officers for the year, the hearing of a number of protests against the license ordinance, and petitions on various mattem. A number of changes were made In the police department, sev? eral of the old officers not being re elected and several new officers being lected. Chief of Police J. R. Sumter recommended a number of changes in the system, and such changes were approved by Council. Mr L. 1. Parrott. on behalf of the Parrott Milling Company, asked for exemption from licenses and taxes for his company, a privilege generally grant*.l to new manuafcturlng con? cerns. The request was granted as It was thought best to encourage new Industries in the city. Mr. J. W. Smith asked permission |g build a gasoline tank under the street in front of his garage and erect a pump on the street for filing auto? mobile tanks with gnsollr.?.. The mat? ter was referred to the City Manager for investigation 'tnd a report to Council. Mr. C. L. Cuttlno asked that a Are hydrant be placed at the corner of Church and Peach streets and that the sewer system be extended up Church street to this point, so that connections could be made with hous? es) on the street The matter was dis? cussed and referre 1 to the City Man? ager for him to find out the cost and report to council. Mr. Cuttlno stated that the lawyers of the city were not satisfied with the license tax. but had decided to take up the matter later. Mr. H. G. Osteen protested against the tax on publishers and printers. He staged that this tax had been raised from fifty cents a thousand to fifty cents a hundred, which he con? sidered exorbitant. Mayor Jennings stated that the change had probably been made unintentionally in classi? fying the license tax. The matter was settled by a change back to the orig? inal license tax of $10."0 and fifty cents on each thousand dollars of gross Income, over $10.0^0. Requests from Messrs. J. K. cross well and J. Fred Wise for r- bit. | on water rents were refused. The water had been wasted through leaks In the pipes, causing big increases in the bills for the qcarter. but Council did not deem this the fault of the city. Dr. H A. Mood, on behalf of the board of health of which he is a member and health officer, asked that Council adopt certain ordinances to prevent the breeding of Hies and mos? quitoes He wanted an ordinance passed requiring the screening of all privies, stables and places where edi? bles ar*? sold. He made a talk tilling of the danger of the fly as a spreader of disease. He stated that the Jail was not kept clean and . ecommend ed legislation for Improvements. He stated that it was no use to try to kffl out flies and mosquitoes, when the fight was not made to prevent their breeding I' w,u dialed to pass an ordinance |g require the sere* ning of sll privies, and to investigate und find out whnt steps could be .u*en to? wards screening stables, action to be taken later. A request for change In the license on accident Insurance companies was received, but no action was taken. A btt?-r f'nm the board of health Informing Council of the election of Dr. H A. Mond as health officer was received and read and Wednesday evening at 7 30 was set as the time of meeting with th? board of health to rilne'ins mat."rs. 'I N? hoard of health had gntM I for a heiirlng in regard to this and other matters. The n? xt matter oomlng \ p was the election of noil ? nfHetfl f??r the year. A num).f ipplh ations gad I- ? n rec?i\>d and preoented bj the City <'|erk. all of tin- pr? nt ?? itt? ers applying for re'election n>g the fores as well as n numli'T of nejfUj no n Chi? f gejmlei npoa reejsx ;t by CwtJswtl staled which oAcers lie de? sired to r? t nn < n the fofOS He niiMn i severed whone sjualiftcatIons, he itnted, b? Was filtnlltUr With, say ing that |?t nunted ? Iflht live men, ii. did not know ye nhethei he conM get along with this nutni.. r, but would pan he feeotnmendntloni Inter a.s t? what another lie wunted 11? would end>*a\or to put a man on Ho- outly ing district-, as )\>- believed lhal tin outskirts of Iks <it\ should haVS pro lectlon as well as the centef of th< town Me WOttld Hist barn more o the offb . and I he Work of the poll* ? im n before be mini?' any recommend? ations. The election resulted 111 the follow? ing men being chnaen on the force, their terms of office being subject to the pleasure of council, In addition to Mr. J. 11. Sumter. who had air. ady been chosen chief: lust servant, J. M. Harwick; sec? ond sergeant, H. (J. McKap'ti; third sergeant, A. V. Owens; T. P, Ward, W. J. McKagen, J. M. Lawrence and W. F. Dunlap. Mr. P. Gallagher was placed on a salary of $40 a moitit to do such service as the chief saw fit to direct. Thief Sumter was directed t.? de? stroy all whiskey stored in the guard house according to law, excrpt such as was held for evidence. He asked for a desk and certain changes in the guard house, which requests were ap? proved. Mr. Sumter stated that he would endeavor to cover as much of the out? skirts of the city as possible daily, and make a report of the condition of the streets to the City Manager, as that official had requested him to have his department do. Mr. d M. Hurst was re-elected City Clerk and Treasurer. It was decided to separate the du? ties of the school physician and the city physician. The choice of a school physician was left to Supt. Hd munds for him to make such select? ion and terms as he saw tit and report to Council. Dr. Carl It. Epps was chosen city physician. Applications for this position were received from Drs. Epps, W. S. Burgess and W. E. Mills. All bills were referred to the prop? er persons to be approved and paid. It was decided not to turn the matter of checking up and "O. K'ing" bills to the City Manager until later. The matter of borrowing money for the city was discussed and Mr. Jen? nings was instructed to write to the proper parties to find out at what terms he could secure the necessary funds. The water works report for the quarter was received as information. The Clerk was instructed to write the legislative delegation to prepare a bill abolishing the water works commission. The police report for January was received as Information. The City Clerk's report was refer? red to Mr. Rowland to be checked up. A letter from the National Corn Exposition authorities was read and received as information. The purchase of the police uniforms was postponed until the next meeting of Council. A certified check for $1,000 from Mr. Edward Reiha, secretary of the gumtOf dal Company, was ordered re? turned, as the gas plant was now in operation and Mr. Reiha had fulfilled his part of the contract with, the city. The request <rt?m the Southern Cot? ton Oil mill to allow them to pay a li? cense of $75 and not require them to make a statement of their busirc ss for the year, was refused. CXCLC SAM'S MONEY. l oi owiii): Fncodou?. ifewapapec Story the Mint 1? Swamped With Letters of \pi>cul. Washington. Jan 14.?A newspaper story discussing the per capita circu? lation of the money In the United States In a humorous vein has Hot de?1 the treasury department With appll eatloM t'.nr |S4.7S( Which if the na? tions wealth were divided cqual'v, Would be the possession of every man. woman and child. The story facetious? ly advised those who needed the Money to draw upon the government. Doaeae of letters today swamped Qsorge e. Roberta director of the mint. One woman wrote: "Kindly send me by parcels post my dividend of the $3,350,7-7,000, which is $34.7-, in one dollar bills and 12 pednies. Another applicant said he was mar? ried man With ? family and he hoped the government would not be offendc i by his i ?inest for his own. ' Mr RohortS has drawn a clrculef let ? r in Whleh he must disappoint I he applicants with the Information that the treasury department month* ly computes the per capita circula? tion on ... theoretical basis and has no control over Us distribution. HOCH I COM MITT F.F.* wsoiM i:i? IHF <??... \\ . Hielt < hail in.in ?| Ways and Means ?'olnmbia. J i n. 1S. The I louse Committee appointments wer< an nouneed today by Hpeuker Kmith, The following are the chulrtnen .q the Important house committees: w.i\ i and M? an Qeo \V. i >i< k, <-t Sumter; judiciary, a. Vanl'crhorst, of Charleston; Edu< atloni <' T. Wyche, of Newherry; Incorporations W C Irby, Jr., of I. lurensj Agrleul lure, .1 W. Ai hi' oi Andel son Banking and Insurance, J, C. Iiaskln, ?.f Lee; Medical Affairs, W. H Bturkte, or Calhoun; ?'iiims, J a. Hub ?? i. Hamberg, MR i LEMHON ALUXE Is EX TITLE? TO c It EDIT. II. YY. Mills Reviews Biieeehes and Writings, Cnlllng Attention to Xeetl for Agricultural School. To the Editor of The State: in your Issue of the '?'th in<t., there appeared gn article with these head? lines, "Presiding Elder Real Clem son Man.. i>r. J, w. Daniel Bays he Is Responsible for College Suggestions to Pounder, Mr. Clemson Proposed to Establish Mining School, but Amended Idea t<> Make it Agricultur? al." Th?- article then quotes Kev. J. W. Daniel as saying, "i am responsi? ble for Clemson College ,ami 1 am proud of it." l have absolutely no desire to take any leaf from the laurel crown which Dr. Daniel is worthy to wear, but there are certlan fails of history Which he himself may not know, and which ought to be made matters of common knowledge. These Will show beyond doubt that Mr. Clemson is alone really responsible for clemson OOllege, as it exists today, the Agricul? tural and Mechanical College of South < Carolina. The records of the Pendleton Farm? ers' society will show that November 24, 18t?6, a committee consisting of lt. F. Simpson, Col. YV. A. Hayne, and Thos. G. Clemson were appointed to appeal to their fellowmen for aid "to found an institution for educating our people in the sciences to the end that our agriculture may be improved, our worn and impoverish? ed lands be recuperated and the great natrual resources of the South be de? veloped." Also, these records show that In January, 1867, "Mr. Clemson addressed the society in an interesting and most able and instructing dis? course and submits the following an peal in the form of a circular which by direction of the society was print? ed and fully circulated, both at home and abroad." This appeal, which was written by William Henry Trescott, opens its second paragraph with these words "Considering that our lands are so impoverished by the growth and ex? portation of cotton, that much of them will not pay the cost of culti? vation and that our agriculture gen? erally Is In a wretched condition," and continues, "We, the committee on be? half of the agricultural society, and our fellow-citizens, now make this our earnest appeal to the well-disposed of all classes and sects, for aid to found an Institution for the diffusion of scientific knowledge, that our civili? zation may advance and we may once more become a happy and prosperous people." The appeal concludes, "Letters and contributions to be directed to Hon. Th< s. Q, Clems.nil LL. D., chairman Of committee, IN ndleton. Anderson district, South Carolina." These quo? tations arc sufficient, 1 think, to es? tablish the early Interest of Mr. Clem? son not only in scientific and industrial education, but in agricultural educa? tion as well, One excerpt more is, however, much to the point, in the minutes Of the society, of which he w is elected p esldent in w>s, we find the following under date October 14, lift; The president < Mr. Clemson) en? tertained the society for half an hour on the subject of scientific agriculture, and the Importance of scientific ag? ricultural education." .Other ex? tracts ni ght also be given but I for? bear. The gddress of Oov. Perry, to which Dr. Daniel refers and which seems to have suggested to him the idea of agricultural development, was deliver? ed to the Pendleton Farmers' society, at Its 88th snnlversary meeting, Oc? tober, is^i, so that the Interest and activity of Mr. Clemson in agricultu? ral education antedated tins address by some 1 r, to 18 years. Further, Mr. Clemson died April 1888, and in his will, bequeathing ids properly to the state, he says. "Feel? ing a great sympathy for the farmers of this state, and the difficulties with Which tiny have to contend in their efforts to establish the business of agriculture upon a proper basis, and believing thai thers cm i>, no per? manent Improv? menl In agriculture without a knowledge of those sciences width pertain particularly thereto, I have determined to devote the bulk of my property to the establishment of an agricultural college upon the Fori Hill place, My i" rpose is to es? tablish an agricultural college which will afford useful Information to the farmers und mechanics; therefore it whould afford thorough instruction In agriculture and tin natrual sciences connected therewith; II should com Idne, it practicable, physical with In* tellectuul education and should be i high seminary of learning in which thi graduate <<\ the common schools 'in commence, put ue and finish it course ,,f studies terminating In thorough ihcoretli and practical In? struction hi those studies and arti hlch be 'i ?lue. tiy upon ngrlculture." I ?ubmlt that tins is scarcely tin* language of one who e ?s "thinking of leaving Iiis possessions to found .1 mining college." u does not sound as the writing of a recent convert to the Idea of scientific agricultural education. But once again, in the codicil to his will, Item 12, .Mr. Clem? son says, "The desire to establish such a sc hool ol* college, as i have provided for in my last will and testa? ment, has existed with mo for many years past, .mil many years ago l determined to devote the hulk of my property to the establishment of an agricultural school or college. To accomplish this purpose is now the one great desire < f my life." Such language, "For many years, and many years ago,'* is, utterly inconsistent with the claim that the idea was suggested to Mr. Clemson as late as October, 1884, when tin- will and the codicil were written in less than four years certainly, and probably in considera? bly less than four years; hut it is quite consistent with the records of the Farmers' society, and with the will, in its several parts. 1 think that 1 have shown conclu? sively that however mud Dr. Daniel might have confirmed Mr. Clemson in his desire to found an agricultural college, he did not suggest the idea to him. The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina is Mr. Clem son's own child, conceived in his mind as early as IStiG, and finally, after more than 20 years' patient thought, quickened Into actual being by the gift of the savings of a lifetime. South Carolinans should keep Mr. Clemson'l memory continually green. W. H. Mills. Clemson College, Jan. 10. HOW COLLEGE WAS FOUNDED. Correspondent at Clemson Thinks Dr. Daniel Has Keen Misquoted in Recent Interview. To the Editor of The State: In your issue of January 9, Dr. J. W. Daniel of Charleston is quoted as stating that he is responsible for Clemson erliege; that It was he who set Col. Simpson on the track of the agricultural college idea when Col. Simpson was ready to urge Mr. Clem? son to give this property to Wofford college. The friends of the late Col. R 'W. Simpson have thought, and still think, that in the conception, establishment and development of this great institu? tion there is "glory enough to go round," due credit being given to Senator Tillman, Col. Simpson and others who have helped to shape the destiny of Clemson college. If Dr. Daniel has played his part, by all means let him have such credit. But the friends of the late Col. Simpson object decidedly to the statement that Col. Simpson had ever proposed to di? vert Mr. Clemson's proposed gift to the State from the original purpose of the giver. Surely Dr. Daniel, a life? long friend, of Col. Simpson, has been misquoted or else his memory must be at fault. Those nearest to Col. Simpson say that even In the early '80s Col. Sim son held a long cherished hope thai he might some day he able to serve in the uplift of the agrlcultral interacts Of the State. He Would have .iceucl, therefore, no suggestions as to advice to give Mr. Clemson?even had Mr. ('h-mscn needed such advice as to the purpose of Iiis gift, Col Simpson was never known to claim that he suggested to Mr. Clem? son the Idea of leaving his property to the state for the founding of an agri? cultural college; for Col. Simpson was familiar with the facts set forth in the following statements (matters of record*, which the writer thinks con troverts the statement ascribed to Dr, Daniel: "Mrs. Aaron Boggs went to see Mrs Clemson.Mrs, clemson told her thai l oth she and Mr. Clemson in? tended to leave Fort Hill to the State for the purpose of erecting an agri? cultural college . . . ." < Extracts from the statement of Rev. Hugh McLeea follows.) ?'1 was intimately acquainted with the Clemson family from the year lMis to 1^7 1 inclusive." "Mrs. Clemson told me she desired to see an industrial institution erect? ed upon Fort Hill tract ? t' land, it was in litigation it the time, but she considered it her prop rty. Mrs. Clemson reiterated the same thing to n>.< when she was living at Fort Hill, after it had been sold und bought In by ln r or her trustee. Mrs. Clemson :t:i?d to accomplish this purpose dur? ing her lifetime. In fact, from my per? sonal knowledge of lh< matter, the idea of erecting an Industrial instl ! i mi..n at l'ort Hill origin ted w Ith .Mrs. Clemson; and Mr. Clemson, in all hi< talk about the matter, re? ferred to it as *' A e,' our.' etc." Alts. Clemson talked to me ii great deal about the benefits thai would ac? crue to this State from the establish? ment of such in institution and she was much Interested in ueeing it u< - i'oinpll8h< d. ? "Mr Clemson continued In his pur? pose after his wife's death" (In iy7'-i v\ith this difference, that aftei hi wife's death he proposed to give the hulk of ;tii his property v it h Fol I Hill COMPTROLLER GENERAL JON* ES RECOMMENDS RESCRVEY OF STATE. Attention Culletl to Confusion Arising and How Various Districts Escape. Would Cost $?0,000. After culling attention to the fact that over 1,000,000 acres of land in South Carolina ate escaping taxation, A. \V. Jones, Comptroller general, in his annual report recommends a re* survey of the territory of the Stats so as to show the number of acres in ? ach tax district, lb- calls attention to the admiral-lo map of Spartanburg made under the direction of the county commissioners. The comptroller general urges upon the general assembly to assist the United States government in complet? ing the soil svirvey of the State. It is estimated that about $60,000 will be required to complete this work. He says that such a survey would be of great value to the State in increasing its revenue and securing a more equable administration of the tax laws. He says in his report: In my reports for 1909 and 1910 I called attention to the fact that over 1,000,000 acres of land in this State are escaping taxation, for the rea? son that they are not on the tax du? plicates and can not be placed there until definitely located in some par? ticular tax district. Annually petitions are sent to this Office asking abatements on account of reductions in the acreage of plan? tations and other tracts of land shown by new surveys. Hut we never hear of an increase in acreage. The whole tendency is toward a shrink? age of land in both acre and value. By this process thousands of dollars are annually lost to the State, county and public school funds. To avoid this, 1 recommend a re survey of the territory of the State so as to show the number of acres in each tax district. The only official survey of the State is Mills' Atlas pub? lished in 1825, showing the district and parish lines then existing. It is extremely difficulty now to determine in what particular school district iands are located, and more difficult to de? termine the quantity lying in any par? ticular district. No one knows the exact location of many of the dis? trict lines, and the taxpayer often solves the difficult^ by returning the property in the district having the lowest tax. Some of the counties have under? taken such surveys, and I call your attention to the admirable map of Spartanburg coin ty made under the direction of the county board of com? missioners for that county in 1910. Inasmuch as the bureau of soils of the United States agricultural de? partment has been since 1902 ^rratl ually making a soil survey in many counties, which now covers about 40 per cent, of the area of the State, to which the commissioner of agri? culture, commerce and industries calls your attention in his report for this year, it would be of great benefit to the tax department and all classes of our citizens and taxpayers for the State to aid in the completion of this survey, and have the county, town? ship, school district and municipal lines accurately located on such sur? vey and maps showing the same. The additional cost of locating these lines, and also the public roads, would be comparatively small, it is estimated that the necessary Held work to com? plete the soil survey and locate there? on tin* school district, township and county boundaries, would be about $00,000. An accurate survey and lo? cation of the lines of the tax dis? trict and of the area of the lands in them would soon pay for itself in the increased revenue from taxes on lands now escaping taxation. The location of the roads, streams, bridges, fords and ferries would be of use to the ever inc reasing numbers <>f automobillsts, and would justify a special tax on such vehicles alone suf? ficient to pay the expense of the sur? vey, and making of the map. Bonce, i unite with the commissioner of ag? riculture, commerce and industries in lecommending that the State assist the federal government in the comple? tion of the survey begun by them, and locate thereon the boundaries of tor the accomplishment of this pur? pose. Mr. Clemson told nie Mrs. Clem? son had made him promise that he would never sell or alienate To t lldl or put it hey? nd where tin St ite . ould get it for agricultui <i p , pos? ? M r. < iemson > "told me 1 ? had w Hied all of ins pl op. 11 v to tin Stab for the purpose of ? 'tab! shi an instil utton and thai ihe papers Were in i h< hand- ol < 'ol, Ith ti Upon Mr. Uion's d< ath Ml son made Col. Sinipsoi 1 itto ney. ind, in a nev w III, no d. \ Koin< - w hat I!" old one m ul? i '??I Simpson Iii- ev , in.,i <'ol Simpson di, w up till will \. ?'|< mson ? 'oil. ge, .1 m. 11 the various tax district*. Such survey would lie of great value i<? the state, in Increasing its revenue and securing a mor equal administration of the tax Laws, and l< - * ?J to the improve? ment of its s< hool system in the va? rious districts, wlii< ii w uld tend to tlie avoidance of lav. suits growing out of ndeftnite desciiptl? ns and h> tioni of lands in deeds and mort? gages, facilitate the issuance and sale of school district bonds, end the de? velopment of tiie agricultural and other industries >>i the state. The following is a letter from the chief of bureau of soils. United States department of soils, to Commissioner Watson with reference to the status of the survey being made under its direction and probable cost of com? pletion: Hon. E. J. Watson. Commissioner of Agriculture, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter of January 4th, stating that the comptroller of the State desires to take means to expedite the soil survey work in the State in order that the State can be complete 1 at the earliest practicable date, has been received. From the most reliable data at hand. 1 estimate the State of South Carolin.i has 19.516.SO0 acres of land surface. Of this, the bureau of soils has completed to date 7.571,852 acres in soil surveys. We now have five men in the State and I hope to complete by March 1st the remainder of Orange burg county and all of Hamberg coun? ty, which will make by the first of March 8,252,172 acres or 43.3 per cent of the State. There remain to be surveyed 11,264,628 acres or 57.7 per cent. Our records show that up to date, but not including Bamberg and a part of Orangeburg counties, the sum of $38,909.23 or an average of $3.30 per square mile or half a cent per acre has been expended in the State. Since my estimate to you of 1909, salaries have considerably increased, the subsistence of the men and liv? ery charges have increased, and the work h;8 been done in more detail. From all of the data available to me, I estimate that the completion of the State v !; cost about $57,000 or allow? ing for ;he putting on of the school district >nd township boundaries it will cost, say about $60,000 to com? plete the work. This estimate, of course, includes only the cost of the field work, as the bureau has hereto? fore and will continue to pay certain overhead charges such as the prepara? tion of teports, inspection and map drafting. I should also recommend to the secretary and to congress, if this is necessary, that as the county surveys near completion the bureau make some necessary revision in the earlier add work and assemble ali of the ar? as into a State soil map on such a scale as may seem desirable. Regarding the completion of the county surveys, it has been the policy of the bureau lor sometime past to put at least an equal amount of money into the work that the State contri? butes, and if this policy can be con? tinued in the future, as 1 hope and think it can, you may count upon the bureau standing at least one-half of the expense of the completion of the detail soil surveys of the State, besides doing inspection work, the map draft? ing and the preparation of a State soil ms i when the Held work is com? pleted. The completion of the field work would thus require about $30, 000 from the State and the same from the bureau, and the work could be complet d in two or three years, de? pending upon the availability of the Hinds and the number of men who could be assigned at any one time. I enclose a sketch map showing tht progress of the soil survey work in the -t?te. Very truly yours, Miiton Whitney, Chief of Bureau. A TITAN TIC DAMAGE SUIT. Lawyers Hope to Obtain for Then clients More Than sio.ooo.oim Damages After 1jo?> of \ ? ^1. New York. Jan. 11. ? Fifty lawyers who hope to obtain for their clients more than $10,000,000 damages for loss of life and property on the steam? er Titanic, wa re arraigned against at? torneys tor the Whit.- Star line in the L'nited States district court toda>, the expiration of the time limit set by ;h< "ourl for tiling suits The j limit w is extended to February It. The White v-Mr line contends that , n re liability is limited undei the I'll ted States statutes to less than $iuo,o? ? tie- value of recovered arecki ? and passage money. Ameri? can elaima allege that the line :. ; claim this limitation, because ii w is itself responsible tot- the loss ol lif< bj reason of personal n<cli u< n< e. If their assertions in this re? spect is sustained, the claimants will recover full damages. But even if this claim is not upheld, the conten? tion ? v. i-. Brough m. representing ?00 d.< cants. - that tlu White Star line's liability can only ir limited by the pr< ilsions oi tin British law which would compel the company *.o pa) th< total damages ol about |S,? ' 000,000