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fADY FOR WORK| ?road Constition Adopted by the1 eJ j|y o as jL Southern Cotton Association. f< A PL\N A LIBERAL ONE. { Ie t? t The Pol.cy of the New Organization Will w t be to Develop the Entire South. s v r It ig Not Coniiued to Cotton d n Growers Alone, but In* I o vites all to Join. I , 8 We publish bc'mw the most promt t nenti sectlo.is of the constitution 1 ado .'tod last wet k bv tho comualttoo ^ of tie Southern Cotton Growers as o ^ elation appointed for the purpose. The j a committee met in Atlanta and was t composed of tho following gentlemen: s Harvlo Jordan, of Mootloelo, Oa., h president of tin Southern Cotton t Growers' association; John C. Gibson, I of Port Gibson, Miss. , J. A. B'owno, s of Chadbourue, N. G ; E. D. Smith, of Magnolia, S. C ; H. V. Brooke, of r Luverne, La ; It. It Daio y, of Dallas, V Tex. Section one declare the purposes a of the organization are: t 1st, Systematic organ'zatton to pro i tect and devek p tho cotton and ngri- t cu tural interest of the cotton growing r staler and territories. 2nd. To retro r late, by all bgal means cuttcn, corn c and grain production, dlversllloatloo 1 of orops, stock-biedlug, fruitgrowing c and all such matters as p irtain to ag c rlculture In said states and territories, a or the cotton gown g counties and i parishes of same. 3rd. To regulate, by c all legal means cotton supply and cot s ton financing. 4th. To fac lltate, en- e large, extend any systematize cotton S marketing, using every available t means to secure broader and more ex- t tensive markets, and to limit produc- I Hon to demand at remunerative price?. 1 6th. To reduce to a minimum all ex penses of handling and transporting ( o >tton and Its products, from the time c It leaves the Held until It reaches the i consumer. Oth. To promote, stimulate f and seek more vailed uses for ra v and i manufactured cotton. 7 :h. To en- 1 courage, aid and secure building' and 1 operation of c >tton and other inanu factories, throughout the cotton grow- i Ing states and territories. 8 ,h. To c bring together and In co operation all < the various c tton Interests, cotton 1 manufactories and agenc'os, with a ' view to such regulations, as will pro- 1 tcct, stimulate an 1 promote all. 9th. t To use all agencies and means which 1 11*111 Irnn-mrn f -1 ..... >uiyiulC| |;ci II UU| illHl HI- I crease all southern ports and the hud- t ncfs done at e; o 1. 10th. To bring i before the p'oper authorities and use i all legal means to se uro establish mcnt of d elta In com nod ou.t and 1 available .southern 1 ar ors f..r ship f budding, ship repaira and i aval s'.a ? th us. llth. To urge, encourage and i advance any all measures, which will t bring about commercial teatios bj i tw len the United States, China, .J ipao f an 1 the entire eastern world, whereby J American commerce, is extended and ( nev fields are opeued to the pr due- ( Ik ns of the cotton growing states and i territories. 12th. To further all t measures and evolve pans to turn to the United Sta i\s Ccntr.il and South : American trade and fur extending the 1 use of the products of the cotton c trrnwluir Qtal-no ?nul i **? ?*41 a? !?%? # <. ? UV?*WV,IJ UUU UUillUWllUO vrtTll I as those of the entire union to the i people of those couutrlcs. 13th. To t formulate a policy, pn pn.re plans and < go"; ready for ti e great opp utunities c which will come to the cotton g-ow- c Ing states and territories with tho opening of the irthmian canal. 11th. C Tc elTectu.ite and make operative clos- t er bnsme^^ relations between cotton a muiufacti r is and cotton producers, v and dealers In manufactured cotton, r whereby neither shall hive their bus- r Iness Interesls jeopardized by sudden c and unreasonabe depression in prices o or by unnatural and entirely speculative advances In value of raw material, s Neither of which are based ou supply fl and demand. 15th. To mature plans a and reetbeds for .-.ei urh ; accurate sta- v tlstlcs from ginneries, prlvato and 1< public, from cotton, manuf ctolcrs so d as to furnish correc t Inform atlon as to " annual consumption, from farmers, so p as to know gcnoial acreage, devoted, t from year to year, to any sp c flc ag- a rlcultural pio luct In the cotton grow- t ing states and territories; and for se- P curing such other statistics as may be u of value to the general purposes of tt this organization. 16th. To prepare P and furnish to each glnnor, under S sanction of law, a uniform system of o gin- Lo iks, for use by all gibs, private vv and public, as will get accurate information from ali such glus, of cotton b ginned, from month to month, during ginning season, with actual weight of ti each bale, so that such weights may be aggregated, divided by live bun a drcd, and the number of bales given P by states and counties and territories, r< on tho lixod baj-ls of Ave hundred ai pojnds each. 17th. To use every t( proper effort to secure adt quato con si stltutional legislation to put Into forcj T and cff< ct, where necessary, the moth- vl odu and plans adopted by this organ- p! lzation. v gs SectIon two Rays no power gl ven and si no duty provided In article one shall af be so exercised or performed, as to be tl violative of the constitution of the tl United States, for any cotton growing P< state, or the laws of the United oi States, or any of said states and ter- Pi rltorles. Section three provide* that tc the organization and all of its asso- ui elates, under its system of state and er county and su j civil division organ!/, i- tc tlons, are and shall be non political, ai They shall not co operato with any at political party, nor in any manner us; p> their organizations, or membership to tc aid any political machinery, policy or fo combine, butsha'l exercise and per- tl form all powers and duties herein pro* g? . vlded as a non partisan agricultural so and commercial organization, design- lei ed alone to further the purposes re- m cited In artlclo 1 of this constitution in by and through Its system of organlz th at ons, strictly in accordanco with law, H( and by suggestion, presentation of sh ph.nsand proposed legislation, tosuoh at la v-making bodies, as, from time to 7t ^ time, becomes necessary, without ref- de erujoe to parties or party polloy. fo Slould any ttllcer of this association pi publicly announce himself as a candl- It date for any national, state or county va c flier, such announcement shall 1m- ou m dlately vacate his position as an of- th fleer, and no person offering for, or pe -- t holding any of the above named po- sa * litlcal oftlces, shall not be elllglbls to by The fcnjr position in this association. oo arr.cng ^eotion four says the powers of this fl> (went/, riizatlon shall bo distributed as T< ' U in Ainh 01] ditys m. A ooroini in vita-1 tien te uM. J. 8kinn, Paster, 1 i tton growing state and territory, a j; mtral or {aoizatlou. All of said or-, lulzatior. t to be composed of repre- j ntatlves, chosen in laoh cotton ji rowing county or parish, there being ,, Jt less tl an one representative from H keb of said counties or parishes, aad ,, i many more, not exoeedtug three '; om each, as any of said states or j[ nrrltorles may determine for itself. ,, .11 of said organizations, however, bo- (l ig subordinate to the Southern (Jot- r jn association. Second. There shall \A e lu each cotton county or parish, In ^ aoh cotton growing state or U rrlory, an organization to be knowo as s he county or parish orgaulz itton, and \ rhlch shall bear the name of thecoun- r y, or parish In which organized. It 0 hall be compos d of not less than two } eprescntatlves from each civil niblvision of same, or of such o,her t lumber, not exceeding live, at may f ?c determined In each of said cour ties , r parishes. All said organizations, A lowever, shall be sub irdluate to said ^ tate or territorial organization and 0 o the Southern C,?tton association ^ fhlrd. There shall be in each cotton ^ on growing civil sub-dlvlslon of each v otton growing county or parish, In b aoh cotton growing state or territory ^ .sub organization, to be known by the N lamo or number of each of the civil a ub division, in which organized. All c aid sub organ!/, itlots, however, shall H >e subordinate tx> said county or par- j sta, salrf organizations, and to the t loutiierr; Cotton association. Section five provides that there % hall be one supremo organization, j mown as the Southern Cotton a^soci- r ition. it shall meet annually on the c .bird Tuesday in .January, and at such j >lace as it shall determine. It. shah ] lave power to adj jurn lis meeting or ncetlngs to any date It elects. It may j >e called In extra session by its presl- , lent or by Its executive committee, ( n absence of the president, when t leeiurd advisable. Section Kix says t acli and all of said organizations ibovo named shall have const itu- , ions, which shall be uniform and sub trdlnate to this. Such constitutions t ihall be the ones prepared and adopt id by the executive c >mmlttce of the louthem Interstate Cotton convcn- ^ ion, named by its resolutions adoptled at N?*w Jrlcans, state of Louis- |f ana. on the 26th clay of January A. J 1005. Sec ion seven says the Southern Jotton Association shall be compose 1 >f representatives from the following lamed states and territories on the allowing basis, to-wit: ( ) The state t A abama, 3. ( ) Toe state of Ar cansab 2. ( ) Tbo state of Florida, [. (i) The state of Georgia, 3. (e) rbe sta'eof Louisiana, 3. (') Tne itate of Mississippi, 3 ( 1 The state )f Missouri. 1 (*j) The s .i . ( N >rth Carolina, 2. (i) State of South (Jaro. loa, 2. (J). State of Tennessee, 1. (*) The state of Texas, 5 (1) The s a*e o Virginia, i (no) The btate of Kmucky, 1 (n) Oklahoma, 1. ( ) Trie lu Mao Territory, 1. Said re proven natives si.all be elected for the first .lm ; by t ic ref-pectlvo state and terdtorlal organiz itlons named In sec ; Jon 4, nt the mooting of same to b j u-ld on ihe 21st of February, A. 1). ; IU05. Said state and territorial or-1 janizatl >ns to meet for the ilrst time ind at any other times at such plao. s is may ho named in the constItu Jon of each, or at such places :vs they especti ely tlx uudir the powers riven oa31 In Its constitution. Sa'.d itate aid territorial orgautzitlons ihall ainiually, as provl led in thur constitution, elect their respective epresoritatlves lu said Siuttiern (Jotion association. Section Aight provides that said v)u'?uoin uuloi n Association shall at ts annual mooting elect tlie following 1 )tllcers, to wit: A president, a vice ( ^resident, a sroretary, a treasurer, ( md such other officers as It deems * leoessary and proper for the dlschargo s >t business, who shall hold offioe for >ne year, or until their successors are 1 deotcd an 1 qualify. 1 Sec!loo nine says the said Southern ( >oiton Association may, from time > ,o time, change the representation of 1 ,ny of said states or territories, pro- 1 dded each shall always have oris rep- 1 esentatlve. No change of basis, of 1 epresentatlon, shall be made ex *ept s n aggregate production In each state 1 tr territory. 1 Section ten says realizing that sea i ons must always be considered In c igtirlnt acreage and production from c ny given acreage, under favorable r reathe* conditions, may produce a v arge cop, and a largo acreage, un- c er uu'avorable weather conditions, 1 lay yU Id a small crop, power Is ex- 1 resily confered on the Southern Got- a on Association to formulate plans ' nd accumulate capital, s > as to con- ? ivi i%Livt inivc Utiic ui any (innUiii siir ^ lua, ar <1 prevent violent, suiden and a nreasonable lluctuatlons, and so as K 3 regulate the marketing of such sur- 6 lus to securo remunerative prices 8 ection eleven prescribes the powers c f the Southern Ootton Association, ' 'hlch snail be as follows: 8 First They shall cover and em- 1 race each and every matter, special t r named, In Article 1 of this oonstl 8 itlon vested In tnls association to t dopt measures, regulations, plans ^ d proceedings, necessary to com * ass tl e said purposes, such plans, t igulat ons and measures to be sj w laptec as not to bo violative of state, irrltorlal or federal laws. Second. It tl lall have powor to raise revenue. * nlrd. It shall have p >wer to re- P Isc, re^ulato, direct and formulate a lans for the state or territorial or- t< inlzxtions, provided It may adopt ich plans, regulations and measures S i said state or territorial or^anlr.i a ons may have already put into opera- c on. Fourth. It shall have the ai Dwer to have prepared a uniform sit tl ' ginning books and request the do- K< irtment of agriculture at Washing- ,r >n to adopt the same and require the ol le of them by all ginners in the sev ? al cotton growing states and terrl- 81 >rlei. Fifth. * It shall also prepare t1 id present to the legislatures of said N ates and terltorlcs, through the P' oper conin ittoes of same, from time time, such bills as will pub into rce and operation adequate constltu- ai inal legislation in furtherance of the meral purposes of thie association, far as procuring, through state glslatlin, systematic plans and ai ethodo of gathering statlstlos for d< formation of the membership of a, lis association and the general pub- rc i can I e properly done. Sixth. It ej rail ha to power to oi Iglnate, change, ni nend ? nd annull any of Its by-laws h. H shall have all powers Inolintal t > and necessary for putting In w rce and giving effect to the various jn irposes of Its organization. Eighth. ^ shall fix by by-law or otherwise the nlma bonds to be given by Its varl is officers, and to add to or ohauge clr duties from time to time as exirience shall suggest or make neoes m ry. Ninth. It shall determine, by in ' law or other means or order, the ed nditlon of all official bonds. It shall dl : the pay of Its own members. In mfch. It shall be the judges of the dt lallfloati )D8 of Its own members, m uuok orwK tin mrinw norce j J. L. Boyd, Supervisor,' ? rririTfr* leventh. It shall name t< e various )mmlttees, standing and others, and re crib? the duties of each. Twelfth, t shall determine and fix Us own { ales of procedure, and ah ill adopt ich parliamentary rulea as It deems eoessary for despatch of business, 'hlrteenth. It shall appo ot at ts i rat and each auhsequetr annual leetlng a committee ou ru es, which omrulttee shall report a system of ulea at earliest p sslble date. Four, eenth. It shall have po'ter to tlx he number of Its members necessary 0 constitute a quorum, provided uch number shall uot be h as tbr.n en. Fifteenth. With concurence of twotl lrds of lis memb rs iresent and voting It may expel a iv ember for disorderly conduct, i.v emperauce or contumaciousabsei :e rooi Its meetings; provided stckne a. ubllc duties or good came shall ie act pted as sufficient explanation or bu nco from any mcetlg. Sixteen h. Yhen auy vacancy occurs such aanoy shall be certified by the pnullent to the preddent of tin state or[m'zulon, who shall at or.oc till said raoancy by an app. intment which hall hold g od until the state or;anix tlon shall meet and fill such racansy. Seventeenth. It shall keep 1 raluute b ok or books, In which all >f its proceedings, at any metirg, hall he ortered by Its secretary or lis deputy, such minutes to tie ap iroved by It E ghteeuth. 11 shall provide all stationery, when In sasil<?u, for ise of rs various (dicers. SineUeoth. All approp latl ms of noney shall be made under sumo orler. by-law, or resolution adopted by t, and net otherwise. Twentieth. It shull hare full and general control >ver every Interest of this orgai iz iilon, and a nail make and adopt such . ules, regu atlons and measures as It inds advisable In the furtherance and Ut?.lnmeni of the purposes of this or- j fan Iz it. Ion Section twelve says the means , lecessary for the purposes of this or- ( fan'* \tlon snail be raised by the . lame, as f l.'owa: 1st. One fourth cf all duos and , )ther funds, no matter from what ( lource, col ectftd by and through the i tub-organ1nations, In each cotton , (rowing oiunty or parish, or by any , if the officers of same, or by any of . Is committees, shall he paid Into the treasury . f this astoolatlon. ; 2 1. All sums c illected by anv ooun- i ty organ z vtlon, In any state or terrl- i lory, and all sums collected by any parish organization, In any state or I territory no matter from what soprce, ! >hall bo dlvlued in half, one of which i Halves shall be retained by said ooun- i ty organization for Us own uses, and 1 the other shall be sent at once to the ' treasurer of the state organization, i Upou nceiptof It tho treasurer of < mid state orgatrzatlou shall, at ouco, remit one-half of the sum so received i 10 the treasurer of this association, mid stato organization retaining the remaining half for its own uses and purposes. 3d. Eicli state or territorial organization shall turn o\er to the treasurer of this organization, one < oalf of all other sums of mt ney, which i 11 may collect, through its organization, officers, or comm'tteis, of which nay be donated to It by any person ir corporation, no matter from what tource derived. 4 th. This association s mil, by Its jommlttees or by ibM oflloers, raise revenuo from any and ail sources It may oleot, and by whate' er plans It may adopt, whether by donation, iuhsoription, or coutributl in. 5th. Said organizatlo is, In the various counties, or parhhes afore ur IIJ I/IIU sai'l C1VU 8 in CllVlMlOLlS if name, shall never be ak d for duos, or assessment, beyond the maximum jums llxed in their respecectlve cojaitltutlons. Section thirteen declaies that as i ihe purooics set forth in Article 1 of ihla cinstitution extend to and e feet ivory interest in all of the co ton 1 growing states and territories, as veil < is tend to the general v elfare and < .vtllbeing of every indurstry and l usl- i less Interest in each; and as son e of i ts purposes extend to lnt< rest be. ond < \% d states and territories, there ore, jach and every c< mmtrclal orgai iza ,iOii In any of said states oi terrlto. ies, 1 mgaged In growing, ma mfacturing I >r handling cotton, and each and < svery banker, the southern press, 1 nerchant, glnner, com pressman, varehouseman, oil mill man, land iwner, landlord, teacher, professional 1 nan, capitalist, ootton exporter and I allroad company are urged to co oper- I ite with this organ'z .tion in effect- C ng its purp >ses; also the entire south 1 irn press, cotton exchanges, boards of 1 rade, commercial exchanges, as well ( >s state, county and town or city or- I an zitloi s, no matter where situat- C 3 or looaied, in said cotton growing 1 tates an 3 territorle-j, are urged to I o operate with this organiz vtion and I ts subordinate organ zitions to the 1 ttalnm?nt of its purposes, wliloh C end to tl e good of all. Thlsorganlza B ion, and ltsofiloers shall adopt and 1 uggest es well as bring into opera 1 ion all asallable and proper means to i ring all of said organizations, per i ons and corp orations into hearty ? ympathy and earnest co-operation 1 rtth it. J Section fourteen says the organizaion shall adopt plans, measures, and 'ays the effeoting the following urposcs, to wit: F,rat, the building nd establishment of cotton manufaoirips. nn ? ? v* * * J 1 ? n ?, ... u.?v?ui nuau MUU| IU Hie " )tton growing states and territories, r, econd, tho co operation of all ootton 1 lanufactories, no matter where lo vtod, to brln# about closer relations 81 nd direct business dealings between lem and the producers of cotton, 1 ) as to prevent ruinous fluctuations ^ i the cotton markets; and to secure ^ leapcr transportation of raw aud * lanufactured ootton. Third, to adopt 1 loh plans and measures as will con *! ibute to more stable values, and as 81 ill bring the loom and the ootton p roducer into full understanding. The remaining sections of the cm- 1( >1 utlon Rpeak only of the officers id their duties. Died In the Know. tl A dispatch from Macor., Ga., says c i unknown organ grinder was found ^ jad Thursday near the 1 ne of Jones r< id Hlbb counties on the ( eorgia rail- p tad It Is supposed he died from st [posure to the toy weather Sunday a ght. Ills monkey wis playing J x>ut as far as the chain whloh was 0! ipped in the dead man's hand, n ould allow him to go. A resident n i the oommunlty took oharge of le monkey. The dead man was f< irled by the oounty of Jones. M lieapnfl from Tri in. A dispatch from Lanoister says a ale passenger on Thuriday morng's down train, for some unezplainI reason, jumped eff the train a short d< stance this side of Camden, falling tl a heap on the ground. Theoon-f&i lotor went b&ok to see him, but the 0| an stated that he was nc t hurt. fr there. Trustees Warn pee School. 1 CARRIED THE DAY. till Panes thi House to Build a Bute Beformatory. j The Bill Api rcprlate* Five Thoui* sod Dollar* to Start on *t d Uio of Convict*. By a vote o.' 78 to 20 the house of epresentatlvis Wednesday Rave fa? 'orablo consideration to the bill to irovlde for a State lnrtustrla school bi wayward 1k>js This Is tin bill to >rovidc fur a nigh grade reformatory, k plaoo In whlcb youthful criminals vlll be reformed and proper deas of nanhood instilled Into their hearts. V.t half-past 2 o'olock the hi use becan the oonsl ioratlou of Mr. Patterkin's bill "to establish an Industrial ichool for bo>Sftud to provhli for Its rovcmuient end maintenance " Mr Pattersou sp. ko In defense of lis bill. It Is not askiug this State to make an ix peri men t which has not been tried slsewhere. There Is one in every southern State except live, and In Georgia and North Carolina toe govsracrs hue asked for such a bill to io passed in those States. The Industrial school in Alabama was started .vith live boys. The appropriation v&s $3,000, with which land was jought. The boys slept in teuta and ite In a log cabin. Today there are 40 boys In the school in Alabama and i prominent judge has said that the State can bolter afTjrd to do without my other Institution. In Tennessee there Is such a school which has turned out 1,000 boys, only 2 per lent, of whom have returned to orlme, ai d nearly all of them are filling portions of trust. He expects no ob jcctlon to the bill except on the ground of exponso. The penitentiary last year turned Into the State treas ury $10,000. Is there any hotter use bo which that money oould be put? xun uiuucjf wilill lillO H,UUU 8&VCQ from the quarantine stations would iflvc all that is necessary. The bill does call for an appropriation, but tbe bill will save jail costs, court oosts and other costs. The family of a criminal in New York was traocd for seven generations and it was learned that in the jails, almhouses, etc., tbe State has been put to an expense of 11,250.000. Tne hoys will be taught a trade and will be put to work on the farms, so that the Institution will hi mado self supporting. In the State reformatory there are now 4? negro boys and two white boys. They are taught Sunday school lessons, but no trade or secular school lessons. There are other white boys on the chalnganga. What will a white boy ever amount bo if he is to be ohalned bo a criminal negro for 90 days? He tpoke of tho moral effect of the bill In reclaiming youths and saying to them they are a part of tho State. Several members spoke against the measure because they did not believe tho State could afford the expense to build it at this time. Mr. DeVore i-fluted an amendment to the bill to cut the appropriation to 17,500 in place of 315,000. Mr. Otts favored the general principles of the bill, but he thought $5,000 would be enough fur the first year, as some tlrae wou.d be consumed in tho board being organized and In buying a site. He offered an amundment to that c fleet and providing fcr the penitentiary to furnigh labor to erect buildings Mr. Patterson announced his willingness to accept Mr. DeVoro's amendment to out the proposed appropriation ioi$7,600. After one year's trial the legislature will be well pleased with lis work. Ity a vote of 37 to 25, Mr. Otis' amendment wa?. adopted and the appropriation will be $5,000 Instead of 115,000. Tho house also adopted Mr. Otts' further artendment "that so many convicts as t icy may require in building or to aid In buildIntf he fiirn chori Mia - v? n uuvu VIIU viuniDIQ UJT 011U directors of the ponltentlary without sost to the lirustees." Mr. Gaston pro* posed an amendment which was adof tt-d. It provides that three o the sev an appolntl /e trustees shall l>e lald(?. Those who opposed the bill wore: Messrs. Ashley, Bellentlne Buiks, Brantley, C jller, Earhardt, Edwards, Bptlnu, L B. Ktheredge Faust, iause, W. J. Gibson, Ilamlln, liarey, LaE'ltte, Lester, Taylor, M. W. Walker, Wcbh and Wlmberly. Those who favored the bill were: Messrs. Ardrey, Arnold, Baker, Bass, [i^amgu&rd, Boyd, Bradham, Brant, irlcc, Brownlner, Bruoe, Ualllson, Jlifton, Cloy, DesChamps, DjVore, Doar, E J. Eohered^e, Fishburne, ford, Foster, Frascr, Frost, Ga*que, 3aston, J. P. Gibson, Glover, Graram, Gray, D. L Green, W. McD. Jreen, Hall, Ilarrellson, Harrison, IiSkeU, Hemphill, D. O Herbert, Ioyward, nig^lus, Hutto, Irby, Ceenan, Kershaw. Klrven, LaFltte, ittnuin T i??i- r *' >?.tuuu| uvoia^i i junii(S| uyuii| mo* Jants. McOoll, McPaddln, McMaster, ' dasiey, Miller, Morgan, Moses, Na?h, Nicholson, OLts, Parker, Patterson, i\ttman, Pollock, Ponton, Priace, Jyatt, lUwllnscn, Reaves, Rlohards, tlley, Sanders, Saye, Sellers, Sbeldon, Iplvey, Stoll, Strong, Toole, Tribble, Turner, Verner, J. M. Walker, John WatsoD, Whaley, Whatley and foldell. Baptised In I?e. In an Invalid's ohair a woman past 0 years old and parallzed In one aide, ras wheeled out on the loe and bapIr.ed in the Delaware river, near 'hiiadelphla. Those who saw her aken from the hole In the ice thought he had suooumbed from cold. For a jw moments she gave no sign of life, 'he worn in Is Rosle Dradley of that Ity. She was baptzed by Elder klnner of tho Ohurch of God. Atended by Ave elders, who walked on he ice In bare feet, the old woman tng In a feeble, tremulous voloe as he was rolled In her ohair to the laoe of baptism. She was lifted off he ohair and lowered through the ;e into the river. ?I? 1 Talked Too Maeh. Frank D. Cjmeford, a member of be Illinois Legislature from Oook ounty, wan expelled Wednesday ao a c lembor of that body by a tote of 121 * d 13, and bis name stricken from tbe ,c lis of the bouse assembly. His ex- 1 ulft 1 oii was the climax of a series of * jnsatlonal charges of cdtruptlon and t ttempted crlbery made In a leoture 8 anuary 31 before the' Illinois College * f Law by Mr. Oomeford against 0 lembers o' the Illinois legislature ' hloh were Investigated by a special 8 Dmmlttce of the house, aad which 8 )und that the charges brought by [r. Comefcrd were unfounded. Wed- * esday the oommitte reported Its 5 ndlngs to <he house. 111 1 ' u Ne<ro Pound Dead. j, A negro, Oal Ashley, was found : sad Monday hear North Edsto trts- c e. Magistrate Johnson wai notified t id held the Inquest. It Is public b itnlon that death resulted from rl eating. A ? ?j-- ?-> * * f . r?)A IV HE CONFESSED. McCue Cleared Up the Mystery of His Wife's Death BEFORE BEING HUNG. fte Unfortunate Man Dccliaed to Make a a Final Statement, But He Left a Confession With His Spiritual 1 t Advisers. He Mat Death f Without a Tremor. At Charlottesville, Va., without a tremor J. Samuel MoCue met death on the scaffold st 7.35 o'clock Friday morning for wife murder. Hardly had his struggles ceased when his confession was glveu out l?y his three spiritual advisers, Revs. G L Petric, II. B. L e and John H. Thompson. MoCue listened calmly to the death warrant, and when Sergaut R gers asked: "Do you think that if I gave you my arm you would be able to walk to the scaffold?'' he replied calm ly: "I can walk without yyur aid." O.i the way he stumbled once or twice and the officers proffered asslwtanco. It was not needed, howevor. There was no weakness. McCue had merjly slipped on the frozen snow. Watched by a silent cowd of perhaps 30 people, McCue mounted the scaf fold. By this time the sunlight wan streaming serosa the housetops ar >und him. Not a muscle of his face moved. ( Rogers and two guards ascended the ( scaffold with him. The prisoner was j placed over the trap, his arms wore pinioned and his anklea strapped. The j black gown was folded around him and the noose adjuited. All this while McCue stood without moving. The hope that he might i make some statement before he died finally passed away. The cowl dropped i ovor his head, and he had seen his last < of the world. N<?t a w>rd had he ut 1 tered. Before he placet! the rope about I McCue'a neck Sergeant It igera put his arm over the condemned man's should , ers and whispered something to him When everything was ready Mr. Rogers again spoke to McCue, asking him If he had any statement to make. "None at all," was his answer. The trap was sprung and 19 minutes after ward MoCue was prom unoed dead of strangulation. Ills neck was not brokcn. In order to thwart tho curiosity of the morbidly inclined, the sheriff kept ; secret the time of the execution , Many p- ople believed that It would be , olose upon noo*\ Yet as early ar> fl a. m., a well advised few were moving , In the direction of tho Jal!. An hou passed and by tois time the few wlu , were to bo allowed to enter were st and- | Ing within the prison enclosure, huddling arour d a stove. Af or the execution one of McOuo's spiritual advisers said: "Mr. MoGuc left this world with feeling of blt'orness toward no human being In 1). Ills heart was wonderfully softened. He was earnest , and tender. Krlday morning In our | presenoo he offerod to God a forveot , prayer for his family--for his broth- , ers and their wives, for his sister, for , his uncles and aunts and lastly and most fervently of all for his children , He called them eaoli bv name. Ho ( invoked the blessing of Almighty God upon them all." Immediately after the ereentinn McCue's three spiritual advisers Rave ; out the following signed statement: "J. Samuel McCue stated Friday ( morning in our presence and requested | us to make public that he did not . wish to leave this world with suspicion \ resting on any auman being othor i than hliaself; that he a one was re- | sponsible for the deed, Impelled tc It i by an evil power beyoni his oontrol, ' and that ho recognized his sentence J HH jUSt." J. Samuel McCue was 4H years old, ] and twice had been mayor of the city , of Charlottesville. The tragedy for i which he paid the penalty created ' more Interest than any other crime that has occurred In the State In the past quarter of a century. On Sunday night, Sept. 4, McCue, accompanied his wife to church, and they returned . home about 9 15 o'clock. Within 15 f minutes after they had repaired to < their room to retire for the night the | city was aroused by messages announc- '< Ing the murder of Mrs. McCue, and ( friends, physicians and officers hurried t to the MaOue homo. Mrs. McCue was t found dead in the bathroom and Mo t Cue was lying on the floor with an c a K?-a oIAW /V? u ' ' * ' auinoiuu UU U1H ULIUUK dill lelgnlllg 1 untxjnsolousneks. He later asserted c tnat the attack had been made by an c unknown white man who had climbed I through a window. Mrs. McCu 5 had c been dealt a blow that broke her n se c and her left en* had been almost Rev- v ered by a secci d blow. l>'&*h was a 3&used by a gunshot woun J Just abjve r the heart. Mc Due never was nble to t explain the pres?noe in tho bathroom t Df a small piece of cotton undershirt whlob fitted exactly a torn place in t.he shirt which he had on when jhe offlcsrs arrived. Two women I1 Sgured in the reports that circu- J ated as to the cause of the mur- ? ier, and a letter filled with en > 1 earing language sent him by one s >f his women olients was produced fi it the trial. MoCue had quarreled with N lis wife a number of times She was ' 10 years old and the mother of four ^ children. The ooroner's Jury held Mo 1 Due for the murder three days after t occurred, and he has since been confined In the Jail, vehemontly protesting his innocence. Ills trial was * included November 6, and he was lonvloted, the Jury being out only 26 Sl ninutes. ? t Burned to Death. S Six colored children were burned to ol Ian f V. In m nnkl. ? 11 ivwvu iu wium uu duo prop6rDy or ^' he Okeetee olub, about 30 miles from h lavannah, on Sunday night. This a the story told by a lady who came rom the soen*. "Richard D or and its family, oocsistlng of his wife and ti 1* children, IIred in a log house on f he reservation of the Okeetee j lub. Sunday night Door and his ir rife left their six children at home u .nd went a siort distance to visit gi ome of their neighbors. Djrlng fi heir absenoe the children went to E leep, leaving a big Are In the fire- ?. lace. It is piesumed that a live ooal oiled from the fireplace on to the > loor, setting the house on fire, burn- I ng to death five of the children. The [ Ixth ohild, a girl 16 years of age, esaped through the door, which was I he only exit to the cabin, buo her I urns and Injuries were of suoh a se- I Ions character that she, too, died tbe 1 blowing day.' I 9 The Old Standc Grove's 1 has sCood t,he t,e: over One and a H of merit, appeal t?< Enclosed with every bottle i Arrested For Forgery. Edgar P. Mitchell, a young man 23 'ears of age, was arrested at Barnwell >D Tuesday morning charged with brgery? The arrest was made upon marges p eferred by the Si uthein ExjrtHH company. An ofHolal of the exjresa company made the following itatement of the case Friday: The igent at Wlllls'on loft his odloe for a ihort time to meet an Incoming train m Monday morning. Some one en iored the open i fli^e during his absence ind to <k thi r fro n a bookoontatntrg 18 orders, worth $50 each when tilled ut a id properly signed. O re of these orders was presented at tho express tlloo at Blackville on the same afterloon. It was signed "W. E Ham* leten " The agi nt at Blackville cashed ihe order, but learning that the book trad been takeu from the ofllce at WliBston, lie became doubtful of Its {enuluen^s. Wil.ls'.on was notlllod, ind an investigation led to the arrest if joung Mitchell at Barnwell on Tuesday morning on the charge oi forgery The young man was bound :>ver for trial on $1,0U0 bond uutll the March term of court at Barnwell After his arrcs1. Mitchell confessed his guilt and six of the orders were f und In li s possession. They had been till ad out by hltn but not signed. Mitchell is said t) be of a well known family In Barnwell county, s .mo of his rela Lives being prominent c unty tftlcers. Thai Tickling in tho Throat. One minute after taking One Minute, Cought Cure that tickling in the throat is gone. It acts in the throat? not the stomach. Harmless good for children. A. L. SpotTord, postmaster iit Chester, Mich., says: "Our little girl was unconscious from strangulation during a sudden and terrible attack of croup. Three doses of One Minute Cough Cure half an hour apurt speedily cured lier. 1 cannot praise One Minute Cough Cure too much for what it has done In our family." It always gives relief. Sold by Dr. E. Norton. Shot to I>o*th. A Spartanburg dispatch says Polk OJom shot and ki led Houston II Hembree Thursday afternoon near Holly Springs. Olom was arrested at his home Thursday and lodged in the county J-ill. From what was gathered at the coroner's Inquest it appears that the wife of Thos. Hembree, s"n of the d' ceased, left home, and Thomas at la bro'her and the f ither woi out it. quest of the woman. Some of the party in"1 shotguns. Thoy ctlled at Oion 's house, he being a neighbor. Houston Ilcmbreo inquired If the wo man was thero and received a negative answer. He started away and a few minutes afterwards OJom fired, the bull it of bis rlflo penetrating the right t tlgh of II juston Heoobree, severing the femoral artery. Hembree wa ked a short dlstanoe and fell dead. After the tiring on his father one of the Hembree boys and Odom exchang ed four shots each with ut remits. Deceased was tlfty years old, and leaves a wife and ten ohlldren. OJom It- a young man. Ofi o Your htoumoli a Kent. Your ood must he properly digested and assi nilated to be of any value to you. 11 your stomach is weak or diseased take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you eat and gives the itomach a rest , enabling it to recupciate, take on new life and grow strong again. Kodol cures sour stomach, gas, bloating, heart palpitation and all digestive i isorders. L. A. Sopcr. of Little Hock, Ky., writes us: "We feel that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure deserves all the commendation that can be given It, as it .aved the life of our little girl when she was three years old. She is now six and we have kept it for Iter constantly, hut of course she only takes it now when anything disagrees k it li her." Sold by Dr. K. Norton. Haying Slowly. A dispatch from Charleston says the ?hlpm3nt of fertiliser Is now much ihort of the usual figures but the ' lealers are expecting the orders to ;>lle In, necessitating a great rush at ilmort any time. Usually at this time >f the year the soil enriching stuff is jolng out of Charleston at the rate of ilmost 400 oars a day and now the novemcnt Is less than 100. The reiuction is due to the indecision of the , armers on the matter of planting >otton. The farmers are waiting on >no another to see what will bo done n the way of reducing the cotton Top. It is yet time for the big rush if orders to set in, but in the meanvhil s th3 v rehouses are well stockrd md ti e lank of orders and small shipnent has resulted In the reduction of he employes at the mills to the exent of close to 1,000 men. 1 he Hnnshlne of Spring. The Salve that cures without a scar s DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Cuts, ' iurns, Bolls, Bruises and Piles dlsap- i ear before the use of this salve as J now before the sunshine of spring. Iiss II M. Middleton, Thebes, 111., ays: " I was seriously aillic ed with a ever so*e that was very painful. DeVltt's Witch Hazel Salve cured me in ' ess than a week." (let the genuine, old by )r. K. Norton He Was Fooled. Colonel "Bill" Sterrett, of Texas, ratohed the Serate getting ready for , he trial of Judge Swayne. Later Dmo one asked him what he thought | fit. "Why, with all that aolemol- ' y," he Bald, "I expeoted to see wayne brought In loaded with hains. We never get bo serious as hat In Texas unless a leading oltlzen i about to be hanged." OeHorvert Popularity. To c ire Constipation and Liver , roubles by gently moving the bowels . nd acting as a tonic to the liver, tal^e 1 ilttlc Marly Risers. These Famous ^ little Pills are mild, pleasant and har- I iless.b it effective and sure. Their > nlversi 1 use for many years Is a strong uarant^c of their popularity and useilness. Sold by ?r. K. Norton. To Cui Take Laxative Brom Sevt n MiBlon boxes sold in pest 13 mc V ird "asteless CI st? 25 years. Aver alf Million bottles. 1 3 you ? No Cure, < a Tea Cent Package of GROVE'S BLAC The Guinard> 1 COIvUMBI Building and Re-Pros-ed Brlok. Spe< Terra Ootta Fluo Linings. Proparc for millions. Southeastern Lira< CH AHLESTI Building Material of all kin "RUBKROID." 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