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THE GOITER WATCHMAN, Establis Oc ssolidated Auff. 2,1 C^iiTention Dees Little Work To-day ir^iforp Wffi Be Ready .Tornow row* Chaancey DePew Chicago, June 9.?The convention began the second session at eleven Scanty taking up preliminary work ?sential bcfot e fcegiiming nominations Van^^bairotinff. Reports of committee*j were adopted quickly, including that of* msdfcnz the temporary' organization ? permax.ent; which decided" , that 1-odge should preside %': through out the convention as permanent chairman. The resolutions committee workings on, platform sent word ~ they were uraseady to report and indi cations were thai it wouldn't be ready . .before midnight! Meanwhile frve-j ssHinte speech^/w^;% <>rder with Chagncey Jtf. DePew leading off. Af ;^ne hour thesessioh adjourned un til totat>rr?^^ L^.?-^er;-w^feinr;.a?:;*^ht the creden tials., committee completed the perrn^ aneot j-oli -bf the contention at 4:30 itt?sr 'mornmgr- The previous rulings on the contests by . the Rational cdm . jrnitte* were sustained in all llwtf ? tiiree cases. Two delegates, one. fr>m Georgia and Ohe. from ?Te^nesjsee, were; taken .. from Low den; and given to Wood. In tha fifth- Missouri district, where the: Na--j tional ^5oramittee refused- to seat any ^n^t&E: credentials committee. seated -' Ijowdea men, leaving the stand Lhe- two candidates unchanged, f . Choice of Xomfeiee Indicated '5^ie delegates assembled with vari .views as to who shall lead the .i&fii&i*n November. The Question, is mystery,' "even to ? themselves, ej t rivingUproarious approvayes to Lodge.'s keynote address, for the destruction ot the n Dynasty," there is no sign .of ?^^crence from those whose vote the Republican^ prekideittiai ?ste-to -undertake' the ijoh. have been no denv*iistra-4 ttojajteven for favorite sons, and there Th?^?e? a no. mention of. AVoo-l, John \'jm&jjip Leowden in the speeches. Lit ^^fcjpness confronted the delegates J fodjg|j|} 'Wi&^t^^em^^ i^rahl2.i-1 j&^%0 -be': Qjade permanent there ^are \ ?*'^pc^^?chee on ft he' .pre^ra^ny The " jfcatters w^'reports^^n^Ve^it^ >1 "t^ri?j^4tta:itt?(e: ?n^e-progress tie^^-th^jpwrui^n^ .of iw?tSo? on: Wh^^^voi^ i^uid ' ?' ??? . -??-??, ? ??? ^a'-beian itod^ in a. special sub.-' S^.^*% ?*?e t^e rema^der f u J^r^f^oni^ con ttoed-1.^neid- oj>ehv house to hear thed ,$kst. ^n?te-' sUgges^ons and advice. $ibe lea-iuer of nations question was the ceuier ?tf'ispecalation as the subcom znittfee l^egan Work! Samuel Gompers expec ted to- appear before the full <ojcn?n?n i?e_ witli stzggested 3?bor plans ?' and a delegation headed by Frank Wa?sh\ifi? ask tfce party to declare for the, 5^^mition of' the Irish republic.. ';.^Sf?Ht'ers of the subcoSnmittee are confident that they could agree on a l??gne, of nations plank, but. all are .3i^/las:' to.-^ir .it can be done. T?he ',? blistering of the predictions of agree ment, however, was caused by the -feeling that, the league question must gH&d& be permitted to reach the ebnven Mbm floor where" everyjone r*aliaed that ^:g^might; set fire works of des-tructien goinau- Asid.fr from, the' treaty issue BpEaest of the platform material is in ^such shape that only" the finishing ?'--^??uc&es.are to..be added. - It? still re iftained to b*-jde%!ained in some de tail' the, Me^a? declaration and, eonie Questions as. to the policy re-M .' g^^^'i^xoiitsii^il relations. Chicago; Juner ?.?Negroes before; the resolutions coi'vimirtee made a. de-j mand tiiat?Repuhlicans take'ttnequivo- j csil v stand -for enforcement of four- i v teenth amendment "and against con-1 " tinuation of "reignv of lynch law. ; Ensrineers Plan For Wateree Bridge Survey Jo Be Made at Early Bate of. Various Locations Columbia, June 9.?A year or more j will likely hive to elapse before the Wateree river bridge between Rich land and Sumter counties is in use, according to officials of the State Highway Commission, which Monday afternoon, approved the request for; 175,000 of Federal aid for the con struct n of this-span. The next step in thejprocess of.se-' V'- curing the bridge is the survey by the j highway engineers, wtth a view to de termining* the best location and the j cost of the various phases of the work, j The location of the bridge will be de cided by the State Highway Depart- I ment, which will act with a view toj the heat* bridge for the least cost and ' to serve greatest number of people, to the bet* satisfaction. The survey for the bridge will be I started: at an early date, but this will j take a f?ood ma?y ^months, it isNstated, j hecau?ti *cW highway department pro- j poses to survey a number of possible: locations and to investigate the situa tion thoroughly. After the-survey is completed plans will have-to be drawn, and when these are completed bids-will be asked for r and the contract let to the lowest bid ; der;^ All of these processes will take months. Sumter county highway authorities and Richland county authorities have approved the project and each coun ty will contribute r$37,5&0 to match the $75?,000 of Federal aid money, for the construction of a $150,000 bridge of steel and concrete, hed April, 1850. "Be Jost -??? -?-'? 381. Labor May Fight Ratification Resolution Presented at Mon treal Against League of Nations Montreal, June 9.?Free Ireland sympathizers in the annual convention; of the American Federation of Labor, today declared war on the league of nations ratification on the program^ recommended by the executive c?un-' cil they ajsserted that they were against a: *>? >venant "that binds the American people to respect and preserve the territorial integrity of Great Britain." Republicans Agree On Plank No Danger of a Split at Chicago Over League of Nations LEAD? CHL CON Chicago, June 10?-The third day of ..the Republican convention opened with the parry machinery doubly dead locked with no agreement, either as to the presidential candidate, or. even a tentative draft of the vital planks in the platform. Over, night the League of Nations is sue swepl: suddenly upward to a posi-. tlon of overshadowing: importance, al most of menace, in the party councils^ The special harmonizing sub-commit* tee on the platform split after hours of fruitless labor toward a compro: mise. They were unable to agree on any declaration, proposed, to be ins eorporated in the piatform. The sub committed did not adjourn until long after midnight. The disagreement of the report from the subcommittee faced the full committee on' resolu tions ^when it assembled today. Mean while the convention itself must'mark time. No real progress could be made with its work until some agreement is reached^- and another early adjourn ment seemed likely today. ? Undefinable rumors of serious rup tures .? betwen the.', factional leaders were abroad. tm>. morn in sr.: There,waif talk lot":bolts- and of--what' delegations wpuldiwaik out vin thatrcase: Nobody cbuki'say from where .this talk came. : rThe; -resolutions sub-committee met; again this morning with, the League o^-lNatipfis" plankstill -threatening- ? p?i-ty split. . The .tentative^ foreign rela Uoiispiank, declaring opposition to the treaty:; .^!h~^sexvasfibesy hut favoring the ratification vyith American: rights safe guarded, is.. under -consideration. Tlie' $i??)f was framed :af^rja?*. afl; night se^on, hut had not bwn^ccept ed by the irrecohcilables. The' tenta tive draft also condemned Wilson's Mexican policy.; It declared that no Mexican legime-'should be recognized until it was willmgr and able to give adequate guarantees of the protection j of American fights. It pledged the Republican party tq maintaining a j consistent, firm and effective policy: towards Mexico that shall enforce her! respect for the American flag and to protect Americah citizens and theii? property- There was no direct refer ence to the .quest ion of intervention in Mexico. The proposal for a mandate over Armenia Was condemned and the ac tion. of congress in passing the peace resolution approved. It indicated, al though, a preference to the League of Nations, which was" still in the forma tive stages. The committee probably will accept the .tentative draft, so far as it relates :?t> ^Mexico. Armenia and the peace resolution- ? .While awaiting , the report of the .platform committee the RepuhUcari i National convention held a half-hour ; session thisr. morning, ? then recessed I until 4 p. m. this afternoon when the platform is expected to be presented ! for>adoption: .- ? league - of ? nations plankr declared by the leaders to be ! acceptable to everybody, was unani | mously -Adopted, by. the ' resolutions | subcommittee, apparently ending all | threat of ai pjsiriy split over the league ! issue. It wiifcbo presented to the full j committee : and incorporated in the { platform on-which the committee is ! working. The agreement was reached [after a conference between Senators Borah, Smoot, McCormick and Lodge which members of the committee ac cepted* The resolution was drawn up by ex-Senator Elihu Root before I his departure for Europe. It omits any endorsement of the League of nations covenant and provides for a new agreement with other nations which shall include a tribunal for the | settlement of all international dis I put es. ?** Fire At Orangeburg ! Frame Buildings Destroyed Yes terday Afternoon Orange burg, June 9?At 3 o'clock Ithis afternoon Orangeburg was visited [by a fire that destroyed frame build I ings on South Broughton street in ; which were housed negro restaurants, I pressing clubs and a part of a wood ! working and blacksmith shop. The j large frame building was owned by J. W. Smoak and a smaller frame j building, the property of Owens estate. IS. W. Smoak carried no insurance on [this frame building, owing to the ex i cessive rate. B. B. Owen carried a 'small insurance against a loss of about $1.500. Mr. Owen's damage ' consisted largely in tools and machin ery destroyed. The large part of the buildings of B. B. Owen are uninjured. Mr. Smoak will remove the remains of his wooden buildidg and will erect modern ?tores. and Fear Xot?Let all the ends Thon A SUMTER, S. -& SATD] Wilson Keeping Tab Upon Chicago Doings rery Move and Word at, Chi cago Flashed Into White . House?Party Split Pre . dieted Chicago, June^*0?Taft arrives here tomorrow from the Westert., route to] ifcew York. He-will stop- a lew hour^ ] but said that he probably would not | visit, the convention or participate inj the platform conferences. ' . j ROCK HILL HOST TO FOURTH ESTATE] Rock Hill, June 9?Rock Hill, col lectively, and .Winthrop College, spe cifically, are entertaining the South Carolina State Press Association in its" 44th annual convention today and to morrow, with a full attendance of;ed-J ifors. and members of then* .families,! (and representatives of?ail led.trades. . j ;The meeting was called to order' promptly at 10 o'clock this morning] by A. B. Jordan, of Ditton, president j of the association. The Rev. W. M.j Jones; of 'Barnwell, offered the inv?ca-j I tioh, and messages, of, most- cordial | greeting were brought by V. B. Blank ensh ip, mayor of the "Good Town;" Dr. J. B". Johnson for the chamber of commerce; O. K. Williams, president I of the Rotary club, and Dr. D. B. ' Johnson, president of Winthrop col-j liege. William Banks, of Columbia,, who spent his hoyhood years in and [around Rock Hill, made ? happy, re j sponse for the association. M\. C. Brunson, editor of 'the Ffc>r (ence Times, and secretary of the asso I ciation, was detained at- home because of the illness of Mrs. Brunson, and J. Trby Koon of The State was named temporary secretary/ Following the fosmal organization for business, the report of President [ Jordan was read. This? was followed by a thought-provoking paper by H. G. Osteen of the Sumter item on "Should Publishers Adopt a Uniform* Advertising Contract . V: ' j Three papers were read in the if ternooh, each, being- followed by a gen eral 'discussion from the 'floor. -' The pap'ersrwer.e: ? '"? - 'rl ; ?" ?? <Tbe'>Twp-fifty Weekly:" by.. R.^L.! F>eem*,n of the Pee- Dee Advocate,; Bennettsyille. '. , . . >' - * "The Profit Sharing Plan WUh Em ployees, ilaye You .Tried It,?" by R. ML: HitVof*the EambergHerald. .. . -A /Fair Advertising .Rate <drf?*fie Weekly Newspaper,'* by T. H: Coker, Harts^iile Messenger. ' . ' Tl^re,wa5^no<dh*isioh of opinion on the general'proposition that there would, have to be a constant increase in subscription and advertising rates commensurate with the mounting of costs of labor and white paper. *To fail to. make adequate increases would be suicidal. Late this afternoon an automobil? ride was" given the newspaper people about the city, a large battery of ears from the Anderson factory being pro vided for this ?purpos*. MAJ. GEN. LEONARD WOOD I WILL WOOD FORCES JOIN JOHN SON'S TO PREVENT LOWDEN FROM BEING NOMINAT ' ED AT CHICAGO : Reports from Chicago to the N'ew York World yesterday said that there i is a strong possibility that Wood and Johnson forces will combine against the.Lowden forces if it is seen thiu neither Johnson or Wood can - be j nominated. There does' not appear 10 be any doubt but what Johnson i causing the Republican bosses much i worry and loss of sleep. Should John- j son bolt means the defeat of any onej nominated by the Republican bosses.! i ^President May I Reconsider Billsj hHas Ten Days to Consider Some That Were Pocket Vetoed ? Washington. June 10?Attorney | i General Palmer has made an informal ! ! ruling, which he has communicated j 1 to President Wilson, that the Presi- f dent has ten days after the adjourn ment of congress in which to sign bills and resolutions. This rule may change I the status of a number of bills which' the President killed by the pocket veto explaining that he had not had j time to consider them. 4 Jms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's i RDAYy JUNE 12, 1830. Enthusiastic Meeting at Pinewood Representative Body of Citizens Want to Annex to Sunfter A very representative collection of j the citizens of the Pinewood section met in- Pinewood Tuesday afternoon to consider^ the proposed annexation j to Sumter county. About 3 00 men as sembled in -the new store or' Weeks & Geddings and the meeting was called I to order at 7 o'clock by ttev. P. B. Ingram. After a few: remarks as to the occasion, of the meeting he intro duced Mr. David Moise, of Sumter, who was the prinicpal speaker of the afternoon. -As Mr. Ingram had to leave, Mr: p. R. Lide was mad* tem porary chairman! "... ' v . Mr. Moise made a very able talk on ! the subject of good roa^ds. He des cribed the roads in the past and those! now and ? declared that ' he and the citizens of Sumter county were tired riding.?n/them and were determined to go the limit in getting the best roads possible: . He told ihi people .of Pinewood that?- there had. .been good roads agitation for-years but now was the time tq-act instead-of talking. De claring that good roads "were of as much benefit, as good; ."isehccis, Mr. Moise caifed on the citizens" of Pine wood to.come in with Sumter and get jthem. Pinewood is so . situat ed - 'that the new . move,\ is, the best thfhg' for them. Geographically situated as. she is; it is the logical thing to come into Sumter; as mos: of the banking, ^legal and business inter-, ests of the--people . are jiere. .With these advantages and -the fact that the taxes, if they come in, will he no ?higher except' 'the additional levy for the. new roads, there; is- no' reason for ?Pinewood to stay behind while Sum ter goes on. . Mr. i'Mofee* Cmafle no promises Of - what Sumter county would do for the pew- addition ; He said that the Board was not going to rush in and disrupt labor, or do any thing rashly and that^ ho hard sur faced rbadsf would be promised, right now. Much, laughter and applause was caused "by one of the Pinewood qitizen$ **f h? cried out, "'Mr; Moise, we. don't demand hard surface roads, .vast come '??wr?ahd 'fiir- up; ftte-rtits .in the Ohes'We,g?t^,'? - It .waa^amised. ^how ever, that just as soon ^r'.p^Ucable, a hard'.surifacc road would- be.built to the new, county line and silk, the lateral roads sLid 'bfklges . would' be* put in good shape^ . This promise seemed to be satisfac tory and Mr. Moise wa^s given assign-: ed .petition asking for an' election for .^^Pifiewo'?d* section to deride' wheth er or not .th^y"Would anhebrwith Sum ter Throughput, the < meetingnhe're was much applause when-'the propos ed- annexation was mentioned, and cries of "Hurrah for Sumter" were continually heard. . . The time was growing late- and the citizens from Manning could not be /heard, and they asked that. another meeting foe held next Monday- at ' 6, o'clock, so Clarendon county could pre senttheir siflel As this meeting seemed agreeable to Pinewood; , Secretary! Reardon of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce aecepted thef nrvitati?n and I will see tha| a representative .body of Sumter citizens are.at the meeting to show PineWobd why th^y should an nex. HE KEEPS "TAB" OX REPUBLI- i CANS BY SPECIAL WIRES. Washington, June 10~-Every move j ma.de and every word uttered in the ; Republican National Convention- inj session in Chicago is being echoed in; the White House by means of special; telegraph and telephone wires, and inj addition minute bulletins are being tel- i egraphed over a direct wire by a well '? known press association! This wire does not go into the White House proper, but in the Eexecutive; Offices, which are occupied by Secre- '? tary Tumulty, and through him the President is made cognizant of what. is happening at Chicago. And while no official word has been I said, it is known that at least some of those in the White House are con fidently expecting to hear within the next three days of a split in the Re- j publican party such' as occurred in 1912; and the principal cause of the, split will be Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, who is expected to live up to his recently acquired name of; ?'Hell Roarin' Hiram." 1 I J ind Truth's." THE TRUE S< Girls Who Buy Furs Many Are Bought on Install ment Plan Chicago, June 8?"You should hear the reasons many working girls , give for buying fur coats," remarked a Chicago merchant to the great num ber of such purchases being made. "One of the commonest is, "Well, if I don't get it now befoie I get married, I never will afterward'." The sight of so many handsome furs coming 4so-downtown office build i ings has led to the report that girls are j I buying them on the- installment plan. \ \ No so in the main, according to in- j j.quiry among merchants. The furs that working girls buy on j ! installments, one house prominent. in! J this class says, are mostly of the j j cheaper grades, averaging in price j j around several hundred dollars. . j Now and then, said the proprietor' of this concer^, a working girl mak ing a good salary comes in to buy a $400 or ^500 fur. Her first payment on a purchase pf this size is required to be $150, .$200 or perhaps more. She j I has then four or five months in which : to meet the balance. I The run of the stores, however, ask j cash in advance- True enough, many have their own installment plan, but i this is qluite different from the de 'ferred payment system usually asso ciated with real estate. These deferred payments are "be fore" rather than Rafter" getting. the goods.. The working. .girl who sighs \ for a handsome fur can g:o,to alJnum ?ber- of the-big'.mer and select the coat she likes, make an ini-. Itial payment and have it,-laid away j [while she is completing a series of reg ular installments. When she has made the-last she gets the coat; . Many of the expensive fur coats worn by" working girls are bought by j girls who live at home with their pa rents, it is reported by furriers; and, j they add that frequently assistance is. I given from father's pocketoook. While "now or never" may be the j reason that leads many young women \ on a salary to a fur coat, some mer chants say that the high prices of other kinds of. coats is a very impor tant factor in these, purchases. Labor Rejects Educa tional Department Will Not Distribute Propaganda For Labor Policy. Montreal, June 10?-The " Americajn Federation: of -Labor;'.. in convention here, today ? rejected the proposal \6 create a permanent educational. de partment to distribute propaganda urging the support of the Federation's policy of non-partisanship in politics. Miss Anna t>arby, of Greenville, and Miss Aurela Vance, of Gainesville, Fla., are the guests of Mrs. Abe Wein berg. They are here, for the Norman Vance wedding.:. HIRAM W. JOHNSON WILL HE BOLT? Today's dispatches say that there is i a bad split among the Republicans on ! the League of Nations question. John-J son is maintaining ah uncompormlsmg j position against the league, while. ac- : cording to the New. York World, Wall j Street interests have wired Chicago j that "Johnson must not be* nominat-j ed." ' The question today is: "Will' Johnson bolt if Wall Street's orders;" are carried out against him?" f. Yesterday's New York World says' that under the roof of the Blackstone,, Hotel in Chicago there were gathered : ? together a score of the richest men<: in America, who were bending their j energies to. nominate Lowden and if ] i that could* not be done to secure the j; nomination of any one "except Hirman I1 Johnson, of Califronia. Party leaders h are said* to he hopelessly split on j < the question of "Johnson or no Johmjl son." and the League of Nations issue, j i Lowden has spent more than $1.000.-j 000 to secure the nomination, and th'eli bosses of Wall Street are .nowr center- I i ing on him in a concerted^ effort to \i prevent Johnson from being: aominat-: ] ed. Today's dispatches indicate? an1 almost hopeless deadlock, with fine] chances for a repition of the Taft- j < Roosevelt situation eight years ago,! 1 with Johnson leading the bolters. It: is said by the New York World thaf j< the progressive wing of the party au? ' former followers of Roosevelt are j gradually rallying to Johnson. i DUTHRON, Established June 1, 18??; VoLL. No. 35. .. '... ? ,..v'B To Make Nominations At San Fraficisc List Given of Men Expected-to. Present Names of Several Candidates ? San Francisco, June 9?Names of:., those who -will make nominating . speeches presenting the candidates to ~ the Democratic National ' convention :| here June 28 were announced tonightJ at the Democratic convention head quarters. Candidates; w^hose sponsors believed would: be chosen according to the ano?ncei?ent,.are": \ Wiiiam G. MeAdoo, Whose name ia /? to be presented by JDr. Burris Jenkins, Kansas City; Attorney General A. .. Mitchell Palmer, by John H. B^etow, v of Pensylvania; Governor James ?oxv-> of Ohio^ by Supreme Court Justice James C. Johnson, Columbus; Gov- ; ernor Edw.I. Edwards, of New Jerse^rr by Charies R F. O'Brien, Jersey Cit^; Senator Robert L. Owen; of G^la^i homa by D. Haydeh. Linebaugb^ *MUs^'* kogee, Okla.; James W. Geraid; by :p~^ S. G. Cherry, Sioux Falls S. I) ; - Sek-y: at?r- Gilbert Hitchcock," of Nebraska; ? by A. G. Schallenberger, former gov-< ernor of Nebraska; Secretary1, Meredith, by Claude Porter of;Iowav^ The announcement said it had^nj^ft been decided who would place in hJ&m|p ination the names or James W. BaviEr, of West Virginia, ambassadOrr?P; Britain, ' Senator Simmons^,' jj' Carolina, and Senator. Carter Gi Virginia. ,T Many Will Be in the I^eejf^^ VariW State Offices' Columbia, June S?Up to ^tfS day morning fourteen cana-:daw filed their pledges with the State! ocratic committee, officers- in ia and others were, expected: pduring the day, ; bringing the.-i to at least sixteen. The entries: <?pf^ on the 21st,. at noon. ' \., a'^QI?. The fpl?wing candidates hayev?l^.J For Lieutenant'Governor: <J?^?u^-? Cohen and Wilson G." Harvey,'; Chaxl^B^ ton; and O. K. Ma?idin, ?f Gr?g?Y^?:> For Cohgressr R. S. "VVhaley, a W. -Turner I/bgan; of Ch? rieston; F. Stevenson, of.?heraW; P. . of Kingstre; J.'J. McSwafciGr^mPttler Albert Hill, SpartaubutgU * ? For ^Ifcitorst ^ Y: '.Q. Lexington, tttjb> Circuit; * T. Charleston, ?or'jceeJ^e^qtL in s] circuit^ Rv I^/'Guntejci ^f^l^f^^ election in tlie second elrculti , For United States.Senate: Seua?H? E. D. Smith. - N, - ?-." For Attorney General: M^TWoI A number of othercandidates ha7 made formal annb^uncement and w|^ file their pledges soon.. Among 'flwsifc^ are Solicitor George Warren- who.iwili be a candidate for;the Senate; again?t [E. D. Smith; A. H. March ant of .-....?i!^r>' i angeburg and W.. W. Moore, the in cumbent, for adjutant .general; .Franifev Shealy, chairman of the Railroad Cphif mission, and other " candidates who will not be opposed ' for reelection^ State Treasurer Carter stated ; today that he is to be a candidate for reelec tion and will file his. pledge in a day. . or two. ..<-~v,' As yet no candidate, has offered..ipfc* the office of. comptroller gen?Rk\ from which Rut I^ C^borneann?u^o?^ he will retire fat the expiration of h?a present term. ? TMPayT Poor Smntw Firms Are in De* ticpient List ?\ Columbia, June 8?One* hundred and eighty-two corporations ot South Carolina have not paid the corpora tion license fees_this year, and the collection of? tfiis\noney was today put into the'hahds of Attorney Geherr-' al Wolfe;?? By far the largest number ; of corporations for any one city or town in the State'Which'have rot pa3$ this-fee is in Columbia.- The second.' largest bunch of such delinquent co?-'-'* porations is in Charleston-, and" the third in Greenville. There are ten ih - Sumfcer, four in Sp?rtanburg apd one or two in most every other county in the State. Many of these corporations have been dissolved and that account*.' for their not having paid the fee. The Attorney General will resort to processes of law for; the collections. Despite these unpaid fees, corporation, licenses have this year totalled more than for any past year. The comp troller general has.collected this year $1 IS,000 in corporation licenses. Last year the total was1 $ 107,288. For 1905 the first year such fees were collected, the total sum was $42,429. ' Each corporation is required to?.nay to the comptroller general *a license fee. based on the amount of capital. The minimum is $5 on $10,000 of capi tal. There, are approximately corporations in the State and, this year the fees have exceeded by about f 11,* t>00 the fees paid last year. Many of the corporations that have not paid the fee this year are still In business, but have -failed to pay thi* tax. Heavy penalties are attached, payment being due in April. The registration books of the differ ent wards have been opened and wjil be found at the following places: War<$ 1. office of R. s. Hood; Ward 2, office of J. H. Clifton; Ward 3; O'Donnetf^ Grocery; Ward 4, DeLorme's Pliaruf icy. The books will be held open un til the fourth Tuesday of July.