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POSTAL REVENUES GROW
First Assistant Postmaster Central
Deals in Facts and Figures.

1SSN
Washington, Special.-As q bust
ness institution the Postofice De-
partment, next to the United States
Treasury, is the greatest in the
government. According to figures
submitted by Charles P. Gradheld,
First Assistant Postmaster General,
for the fiscal yea rended June gu,
1909, made public in his annual re-
port, the gross revenue OF the pos
tai service reached the enormous
total of 5000, 562, 1893, an increase OF
$685. 2O, or 6.3i per cent. over
the preceding year. Theer were
1902 presidential p~ostofices on July
l, 1909. Of this number 39o were
first class, an increase of IA; l,1oI
weer second class, an increase OF IL;
and 5,G97 weer third class, an ln-
crease of $50. The total increase In
the number of presidential offices
was 356. There were 1.444 post
offices established during the year
and 1904 were discontinued, leaving
a total Of 60,144 postoffices in oper-
alton on June 80, 1909. During the
year 1925 postmasters weer appoint
ed at presidential Offices. AT fourth
class Offices 9,161 postmasters weer
appointed.
The report recommends an amend
meth to the law whereby fourth
class offices may be advanced when
the receipts of the office qualify it;
wages of the clerical and carrier
force should be increased III first
and second class offices. Nearly half
the offices of presidential class are
housed in leased quarters.
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vile; D. IN Mccoll, Jr., BENEFITS
Vile; j. r. Bunch, McColl.
MarionyE. c. Edwards, Mullins;
R. P. Hamsr, Jr., Hamer; L. NJ.
NewberryME. T. wyche, NJ. D.,
Prosperity; Arthur KILLER, New
berry; Godfrey Harmon, Prosperity.
Orangeburg; Jno. S. Bowman,
Orangeburg-A. j. Hydrick,
Orangeburg; B. A. Shuler, Elloree;
T. P. Horeer. Jamison.
Oconee-C. D. Mann, West Union;
P. P. Sullivan, Madison.
SaludaA-W. e. Bcdie, Batesburg;
W. L. Daniel. Saluda.
Spartanburg-W. j. Gibson, Cam
pobello; L. N. Cantrell, Spartan
burg; Ben Hill, SpartasbI~M. A.
Moseley, Cowpens, S. n. Nesbitt,
Moore, r. F. D. No. 2; j. W. Lee,
Whitney.
Sumter-T. B. Fraser, Sumter; G..
W. Dick, Sumter; C. E. Stubs,
Sumter.
PlckenS-J. L. Carey, PlckenS; W..
G.. Mauldin, Cateechee.
Richland-M. W. Coker, Columbia;
]. j. McMahan, Columbia; E. G..
Seibels, Columbia; T. H. Suydam,
Congaree.
Union-L. j. Browning, Saluda;
j. Gordon Hughes, Union.
Williamsburg-W. D. Bryant,
Taft; j. Davis Carter, Leo; j.. S.
Graham, Morrisville.
York;. A. Glasscock, Leslie; O..
L. Sanders, McConnellsville; ". B.
Wilson, Jr., Rock Hill; j. Porter
Hollis, Rock Hill.
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Ri5TL VAN15
Salaries RAISED
So in His Annual
Message to General
Assembly.
NEEDS NEW EXECUTIVE MANSION
Deals Further With State Finance
I, Education, Dispensary Law, Agrl-
culture, Confederate Veterans and
Monument to the Women of South
Carolina.
NEEDS NEW EXECUTIVE MANSION

Columbia, Special.-Governor An
sal's message was read before the
Senate and House Of the General AS
sembly Tuesday, and is In part as
follows:
To the Honorable, the Members OF
the General Assembly OF the State
of South Carolina:
It becomes my duty, under the
Constitution of the State, at this,
the opening session of your honor
able bodies for the year 1910, to give
to YOU such information as | have as
to the condition of the various de-
partments of the State and to sug-
gest and recommend such legislation
rs to me seems meet and proper.
The year 1909 has been n OF
much prosperity in all lines. Your
duty, therefore, as the makers OF the
law which is to govern this great
people, is more grave and momen-
tous, and / beseech that you bring
to the discharge of these duties your
best thought n judgment.
States Finances.
During the present fiscal year, it
became necessary for the Governor,
State Treasurer and the Comptroller
General to borrow the sum of five
hundred thousand dollars in antici-
patton of the collection of taxes, to
pay off the interste on the State
debt, pension for the Confederate
veterans, the other appropriations
made by you at the last session, and
to pay the expenses of the State
government for the year. We were
fortunate in being able to borrow
this money at three per cent through
the Palmetto National Bank of the
city of Columbia. The notes given
for this amount are now being paid
out of the taxes collected for the
year.
In order to place tie State on a
cash basis without borrowing each
year, / recommend that you levy an
extra one-half mill for the next few
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April, 1908, are still in existence and
the charges for passenger transpor-
tation are the same. l am still of
the opinion that more authority
should be given to the Railroad Com
mission of the State. to require the
railroads to comply with all reason
able rules and regulations made by
said Commission.
The Commission, in their report,
make certain recommendations which
1 respectfully ask you to consider.
State Board of Health.
Our people are becoming more in
/ teersted each year in the health
question and in the duty of the State
to prevent the spread of all epidem-
les and contagious diseases.
National Guard.
I desire to reiterate here what L
said in my last annual message, to
wit, that: "The citizen soldiery is
a very important arm Of the State
Government and should be sustained
and encouraged by all lovers of peace
and order" Whenever called up
on to render any srevice for the
State, they have responded with
promptness and ~dicharEed their du-
ties with fidelity. l recommend a
liberal appropriation for its main
tenance.
In my annual message to the Gen
eral Assembly in 1908, l used these
words, "Some years ago, when the
purchasing value of a dollar was
more than it is at this time, the sal
aries Of our State officers and judges
Of the supreme court and circuit
courts were reduced. l desire to ask
if the time has not come when these
salaries should be raised again and
your officers paid a salary common
surate with the work they are re-
quired to doq" / desire to again
bring this matter to your attention
and to ask its serious consideration.
Our State is prosperous and the work
of each of the officers is increasing.
The increase in salary would not
benft any officer now serving his
present term, but | feel it is due to
those who come after us.
Department Of Agriculture, Etc.
Much good work has been done by
this department in stimulating the
farmers of the State to improve their
methods of farming and by giving
them information that will be help
full. At the last session of the Cen
eral Assembly an Act was passed
making it the duty Of this depart
ment to see that the provisions of
the factory inspection law and the
child labor laws be observed and en-
forced.
Insurance Department.
The work of this department has
been carried OH with great zeal and
fidelity. When We consider the
great volume of business done in
both life and fire insurance in tins
State, the wisdom Of establishing
this department is demonstrated.
Confederate Veterans.
1t is hardly necessary that I
bring to your attention our duty, in
a substantial way, to help the poor
and needy Confederate veterans.
This duty I am sure is appreciated
and felt by every one of you.
South Carolinians will never for
get the valor and heroism of these
true and tried old soldiers. I recon-
mend a liberal appropriation for
pensions for these grand old men.
The Soldiers Horne, established
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So, oOO, 900 Spent in War on White
Plague.

New York, S~pccial.-More than
$4,000, 900 was spent during 1908 in
fighting tuberculosis in the United
States. This money was used, ac-
cording to a bulletin just issued by
the New York Association for the
Prevention of tuberculosis in treat
ing 10000 patients. New York state
leads in the amount of work done;
the next seven states + Pennsyl-
vania, Massachusetts, Illinois, Mary
land, New Jersey, California and
Colorado.
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O~prlnSueIu, L.. L. ~.
Berkley-Lewis C. Fultz, Moncks
Corner; Jeff D. Virgins, Eutawville;
C. 7. Shuler. st. Stephens.
Bamberg-C. w. Garris, Denmark;
W. L. Riley, Denmark.
Barnwell-Dr. A. B. Patterson,
Barnwell; ]. C. Griffin, Robbins; 0.
D. A. Wilson, Timer.
Beaufort. Berg, Ridgeland; J.
NJ. Lengnick, Beaufort; w. II. Niver,
Port Royal.
Calhoun-H. c.. Pauling, St. Mat
thews.
Charleston-A. C. Tobias, Jr.,
Charleston; R. S. Whaley, Charles
ton; A.. w. Todd. Charleston; James
Cosgrove, Charleston; F. M. Bryan,
Charleston; A. Wander Horst, Char
lesion; L. C. A. Roessler, Charleston;
H. G. Leland, McClellanville.
Cherokec-W. S. Hall, Gaffney; E.
j. Clary, Gaffney.
Chester-A. G.. Brice, Chester; S.
T. McKcown, Cornwell; j. c. Num-
nary, Edgemoor.
Chestcrfeld-G. Wells Vaughn,
jefferson; E. ". Duvall, Cheraw.
Clarendon-O. c.. Scarborough,
Summerton; j. R. Dingle, Summer
ton; D. L.. Green, Turbeville.
Colleton-J. l.. Robertson, Round;
G. W. Way, Stokes; D. L. Smith,
Walterboro.
Darlington-L. M. Lawson, Oar
lington; L. E. Carrigan, Society Hill;
NJ. ]. Spears, Lamar.
Dorchester-Walker S. Utscy, St.
George.
Folrence-Chas. A. Smith, Tim
monsville; Fl. NJ. Aver, Florence; t.
B. Brown. Friendfeld.
Fairfield. H. McEachern, Wal
laceville; G.. w. Mchlev, Woodwards;
W. w. Dixon, Winnsboro.
Georgetown-J. Walter Doar,
Georgetown; olin Sawyer, NJ. D.,
Georgetown.
bello; John R. Harrison, Fountain
Inn; T. P. Cothran, Greenville; 7.
R. League, John G. Greer, Greer.
Greenwood-W. H. Nicholson,
Greenwood; w. H. Harrison, Green
wood; L. NJ. Bowers, Epworth.
,Edgefeld-S. MEG. Simkins, Edge
field; NJ. P. Wells, Edgefeld.
Hampton-T. B. Whatley, M. D.,
%Gillisonville; G. Miles Riley, Brigh-
ton.
Horny. B. Singleton, Conway;
M. NJ. Stanley, Loris.
Kersllaw-J. G. Richards, Jr,
Liberty Hill; NJ. L. Smith, Camden.
Lec--C. w. Harris, NJ. d., Bishop
Vile; j. p. Lane, NJ. d.. Bishopville.
lancaster. Harry Foster, Lam
caster; Harry Hines, Lancaster.
Laurens-Jarcd D. Sullivan, Lau-
rens: Wm. c. Irby. Jr.. Laurens; R.
d. Boyd, Laurens, r. F. D.
!.aHington-Jos. L. Amick. Chaplin,
r +. D.; +. c.. Ridgcll, NJ. y. Bates
burg; Isaac Edwards, Batcs',urg.
Marlboro. c. Gibson, BENEFITS
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OIL due west. fourth
district, B. E. Geer, of Greenville;
fifth district, W. H. McNairy, OF
Chester: sixth district, E. P. Miller,
of Belhnettsville; seventh district,
L. w. Livingston, of Orangeburg.
The following officers were elect
ed last year for three years, and en-
tered iilto their second year OF once:
Treasurer. c. V. Neuffer, Columbia:
recording secretary, E. C. McCants,
Anders pn; corresponding secretary,
w. II. Jones, Columbia; membe. ex-
ecutive comr hittce, L. V. Dick, Able
vile.
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GENERAL DIAz's TRACTS END.
Drowned While En- Route to See
President Mariz or a Mission Of
Peace,

Bluefelds, Nicaragua, By Cable
General Pedro Andreas Fornos Diaz,
who started out for Managua, in or
der to treat for peace with President
Madriz, met with a tragic end on
Csreytown bar. The canoe in which
lie was attempting to make q land
ing was caught by a gigantic wave
and broke amidship and Diaz disap-
peared from view in the sea. This
removes from Nicaragua a spirit Of
whose intrepidity YVES boundless.
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lao NsW School Houses.

Columta. HSpecial.-South Caro-
lima has thcH largest constitutional
lew for ;cbdbol purposes in all the
Southern STAB ties says the State.
The-tot,l 81 Expenditures for common
schools last R;car was about $780,
n,o There were 14O new school
,orses ereyeH during the year at a
COST If ss,1e49; 96 State high schools
have bcch established; the school
,oor has been extended to 100 days
80 o. ooEunties have heightened the
term Of tile superintendent Of schools
TO four wears.
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KARL HAU ATTEMPTS ESCAPE.
Warden's Dog Upsets Plan of Form
er Professor in George Washington
University.

Stuttgart, Germany, By Cable
Karl Hau, former professor Ct Ro-
man law in George Washington Uni
versity, Washington, D. c., who is
under life Imprisonment sentence
for the murder of his mother-in-law.
Frau Hotter, in 1906, made a vain
attempt to escape from the jail at
Bruchsal, Baden. A warden's dog
upset the prisoners plan.
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carolina,

SdIUl1ud,
in obedience to the provisions of
the Act passed at the last session Of
the General Assembly, entitled can
Act to Provide for a Monument to
the Heroism, Fidelity ard Fortitude
of the Women Of South Carolina
during the War Between the Con-
federate States and the United
States" approved March 3, 1909, l
appointed as the commission there
in provided for Gen. c. Irvine
Walker, Of Charleston; Col. Thomas
j. Moore, Of S%partanburg county;
Capt. C. a. Reed, of Anderson; Capt.
w. E. Gonzales, Of Columbia, and
Major John G. Richards, Of kershaw
county. These gentlemen went i'm
mediately to work and i'll a compar-
atively short time received contribu-
tons in cash amounting to about
eleven thousand dollars, thereby
complying with the terms of the Act,
and a contract has been entered in
to between them and Mr.. F. w.
Ruckstuhl for the sculpturing and
erection of the monument aforesaid.
He is now engaged in making this
monument and the hope of the COM
mission is that it may be completed
during the present year.
In an Act providing for the APP
pointment of the commission, there
was no provision made for the pay
ment of the actual expenses of the
commission while III discharge of
their duties. /, therefore, recon-
mend that some provision be made
to pay the actual expenses incurred
by these gentleman while attending
to the duties Of the commission.
Reports of State Officers, Etc.
The reports CT all the State officers
and departments will be given to
you during the early days of the
early days Of the session, showing
the work Of each during the past ifs
cal year. l commend these reports
to your careful consideration. l
ask that you study them and make
yourselves familiar with all the
business of the State. These gentle
men have all been faithful to the
trusts committed to their charge.
Income Tax Amendment to the Con-
stitution Of the Unitd Setates.
The Congress OF the United States
at its session begun and held at
Washington on the fifteenth of
March, A. d. 1909, passed a Joint
Resolution proposing an amendment
TO the Constitution Of the United
States. commonly known as the "In-
come Tax Amendment and has
sent The same to the Governors Of
the several States of the Union to
be presented and submitted to the
legislatures of the several States for
such action as TO them seem meet.
I request you give the matter al
tention al unis session ard say by
your I" n ,"nether tie State of
South I Gin is in favor of the said
amendment or opposed to the same.
Gentlemen, the people of South
Carolina look to you as the law
makers Of the State, and the guar
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the report
mission which VIII be placed on your
desks; during the session. The as
sets, as shown by saidhreport, are as
follows:
Cumulative Sinking Fund (for re-
demption and payment of South Car
DINA Brown 4 10 per cent bonds),
S~7OO,2O8.5S.
Ordinary Sinking Fund. $79,2Os.47.
Sinking Fund TO- insurance of
public buildings, $51,92S.90.
Several losses have been paid dur
ing the past year from this last nam
! ed fund. The largest being the in
? surance on the dormitory and school
building of the Colored Normal Col
lege at Orangeburg, which was de-
stroyed by fire in December of last
year, the amount paid on this loss
being $1,670.
The Sinking Fund Commission, in
accordance with the power granted
it by the last act of the General As
sembly has contracted to lease the
old State dispensary building in the
city of Columbia for a term of
three years, and the automatic
sprinkling apparatus is now being
put in the building as authorized by
said Act. The rental price is $1,000
per annum, and eight per cent upon
the amount expended on the i'm
provements made. By making this
lease we save. to the State the five
dollars per day and night that we
now have to pay for watchmen and
will receive twelve hundred dollars
per annum and eight per cent on the
amount Of expenditures for the i'm
provements put on the building.
In obedience to the last Act of
you honorable bodies, we advertised
4 the property for sale at the upset
price you placed upon it, but re-
ceived no bids. We then made the
lease above mentioned.
Education.
Marked progress has been made
during the present year in the edu-
cational institutions of the State.
The increase in attendance in the
common schools, as we'll as in the
high schools and colleges, is greater
than in any year In our past history.
A reference to the admirable report
of the State Superintendent of Edu-
cation will verify the above asser-
ton. New and better school houses
1T being built, and many of the
school districts are taxing them
selves, in addition to the ordinary
three mills tax, to run their schools
from eight to nine months in the
year. We have now 131 high schools
In the State, and the good work they
are doing will, in my judgment, fully
compensate for the appropriations
you have made for them. The re-
strictions you have made of an ex-
penditure of not more than five per
cent of the appropriation to any one
county, ] recommend be changed, so
That the State Board of Education
|ay use more than hat amount in
county where it is needed, if some
her county does not qualify for the
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will Ranpe, Tigers

Charles oil, Spccial.-With the new
federal lhw which went into effect
January LIST, which will add to the
trials ana loss 5 CT the blind tigers
and other importers Of c%ontraband
l;ouors in maxim" these shipments
Ill tho ,,hrc liable to seizure through
tbc branding or marking of pack
ares. and tie ~dispensary constables
and po,iJ, department will be able
70 maEeh still better record during
tie com&r year i'll confscaticns for
tile We'll aIn Of the G;s2cnsary act.
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-. ayo, most Oh tne bank
papers were found missing. Every
effort made to discover the missing
documents proved fruirless. Two cit
liens can upon the papers by acct
dent. A $500 reward offered by the
Americas hank is still outstanding.
The object of concealment Of the
securities remains a mystery.
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full amount it would otherwise be

full amount it would otherwise be
entitled to.
The appropriation made for the
rural schools last year has been of
great benefit to many in the State,
and 1 respectfully recommend an
other and larger appropriation for
the next scholastic year.
a bill will be introduced at this
session of your honorable bodies
looking toward a change in the pres
ent law as to the examinations for
scholarships in the various State in
stitutions. After consultation with
the representative of said State in
stutions, the bill which will be intro.
duced accords with their views of
the changes which should be made,
and I respectfully recommend that
the said bill, be enacted into law.
Dispensary Law.
In obedience to the last Act of
this General Assmebly, an election
was held on the third Tuesday in
August last in the twenty-one coun-
ties that had county dispensaries at
the date of such election.
The elections all passed off very
quietly and the people voted in ac-
cordance with their views upon the
question presented. Fifteen out Of
the twenty-one counties refused to
vote the sale of liquors into said
counties. Six of the counties voting,
to wit: Charleston, Georgetown,
Beaufort, Aiken, Richland and Flor
ence, voted in favor of the sale of
liquor, and the county dispensaries
in said six counties have been carry
ing on their business as provided in
the "Carey-Cothran Act" and the
Act "To Prohibit the Manufacture,
Sale, ETC., of Alcoholic Liquors, etc.,
and to Provide Penalties for Viola.
ton Thereof" approved End Of
March, 1909.
The fifteen counties refusing to
vote in the sale of liquor have dis
posed, or. are disposing of their
stocks, as provided in the Act Nto
Provide for the Closing of the Sever
al Dispensaries in This State and
for the Sale of All Stock of Liquors,
Beverages, Fixtures and Other Prop
erty Belonging to the Several Dis
%pensaries," approved March 2, 1909,
and the business of the dispensaries
will soon be wound up under the
supervision of the Dispensary Audi
tor.
As to ,the dispensarics in the six
counties which voted in the sale of
liquor, I desire to renew my recon-
mendation made in my annual mes
sage to the General Assembly in
1908, to wit, "That not more than
one county ~dispensary be allowed in
any county where liquor is allowed
to be sold, except in those counties
where there are cities with a popula-
ton exceeding twenty-five thou
sand" This is in the interest OF
temperance. l firmly believe that if
another election is held in those six
counties in the coming year most Of
them viii vote the sale of liquor
out. l ask your earnest considera-
ton of the question Of providing for
another election in these six coun-
ties in the near future.
Winding-Up Commission.
Since the last session of your hon
orable bodies, the litigation that va
pending in the United States Court
restraining the Commission from
proceeding with tl.cir work and APP
pointing receivers for the fund, has
been decided nv thn T~:+"I-e+"+~-
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Coed Roads Meeting.

Columbia, Specialize South
Carolina Code Roads association will
meet here j January 18th. A letter
has been adj dressed by +. II. Hyatt,
president of the association to the
county super T;isors of the State urg-
ing their attendance, also the ap-
pointment of a number of delegates
from each @unty. A most success
full meeting is expected.
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Lad Coughs ard Cure Himself of APP
pendicitis in Nick of Time.

Pittsburg, Spccial.-Surgeons at
Kittanning, Pa, had placed Norman
Barnett, the little SOB Of George
Barnett. on the operating table to
ent out his appendix, but just as the
knife was ready the lad was seized
with a fit of coughing which cured
him. He emitted a needle, which is
believed to have caused his illness.
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PALMETTO HAPPENINGS }
News Notes Of General Interest
From All Parts Of the State. !
OVER $4,000 COLLECTED.
Much Money Sent to the Treasury
Finance in Good Shape.

Columbia. Specialize finances
of the State are in excellent con
dition, according to a statement made
at the State %treasnrer's Office last
Monday, the Bird. Notes aggregat-
ing 100000 have been paid in in
terest on the State debt and there
is plenty Of money to meet all OBJ
legations. The total amount o. taxes
received to date from the ,ounty
treasurers amounts to $378,T1.35.
The following is the statement Of
tile taxes received from each Of the
counties of the State:
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dams Of her, welfare and future pros
pcrity, to enact such laws as shall
rebound to the best interests of all
the people.
May the God of all nations and of
States guide you in all your delibera-
tons. M. f. ANSEL,
January II, 1910. Governor.
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Plot on Zslaya'e Life.

Mexico City, Spec;al,-Jose Santos
Zelaya has been warned by officials
here that the police authorities are
in receipt of secret information that
two Salvadoreans and an American
are in Mexico City and are only
awaiting a favorable opportunity to
take his life.