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__________e__ _bemr jtro i EiTABLISHED 1865. NMWERIY,, A 1, . TW [CF A WRIFIY INIARCI A IPOI GOVERNOR lMSWEENEY IN CHARLESTON. HE DIsCUSSI TIC ANDKCt ON SAN ) IL. If Abusept Exlt tho Gisilly lernem will Surely be Puntiahsed lils Ioc.lency Decis.gee. [News and Courier. Feb. 27.J Governor Miles B. Meweieney ar rived here last night ovir the Soulh ern Railway from Colunibia. H came here to attend t he meting to night of the State commissinr s 4f tho Exposition. Private bnsines brought him here in advance of t b. meeting. He was seen last night a, the Charleston Hotel and itked his opinion of the Anderson stocka scandal. He said: "The matter was first brought te my attention by an aionimons lettei from Anderson County. Thie letti, was evidently written by t-omtt ip norant person. It detailed horr,r, among so called slaves. I sait tb letter to Solicitor Boggs, with i, Btructions that he take thft matter l} at once and make a thorough ies tigation. This he is doing. A fe% days after this the editorial in tho Anderson Mail appeared. Now I am not in a position to say wbethei the editorial or-the letter caused th, investigation. But a furth .- invei tigation is going to be - te and I believe the proper parties will be punished. I do not know whetlie the crimes said to exist should realii be charged against the stocka< e owners of Anderson County. W. must remomber that there are al ways two sides to a qnestiot, ano this undoubtedly has two sides. Om opinions must .now, the-refore, be drawn from ex-parte statement-. When the trial comes up those men accused of imprisoning negroes un der warrants of false ai rest will em ploy the best attorneys in the Stat, and the complexion of the case mosi by entirely changed. I have ever. reason to believe that Solicitor Bogg is going to do his duty, and all the. other officers, for that matter. If the investigation, however, is not whal it should be I shall conduct an in vestigation myself, paying for it out of the contingent fund. The watter is a serious one and cannot be crie d down. I look upon it pretty much as I do lynch:ng. I have alway used every power to protect a mani from a mob and will continue to d this. The Legislaturo just. clos, d appropriated $3,000 for expanse. incurred in protecting negroes frol, mobs, or, more politely, harml. I aun. ready to give twice-.tha:t amount. t . protect a maui's life. If the men i Anderson County are guilty of doin'g what is charged against them they should be huitted down ondl puenish ed. I believe that 50orne whit.. meI work negroes p)r'at ii much ias ria ilron) contriacto,rsi work their maiules u horses. In Anderson the~ ne.grI1 hove been imprisoned anid heat, no1 because they were niegroes, but bei cause they were ignorant. I b.elieve that if the thing is not stopped while men will also be imprisonled. "No more convicts.however, will toe leased to private parties after D cerm. ber 81, 1901. In cases of this ki d where a person would leasee a conevic' or convicts a contract would he drawn up between tbe lessee and the Stale. The lessee would bind himself to treat the convict or convie bnumanel). But I have known these contracts to be broken. About two years age' Superintendent Neal, of the Pen iten tlary, reported to me that a convict, who had beeti leased to someone mn the upper part of the State, had re turned to Columbia on seccount of bad treatment. The conviet was badly bruised and maimed. "I believe in exposing crime, but there is such a thing as giving too much publicity to matters of this kind. If the condlionse are aired too much before the investigation begins prejudice may enter and the situa tion resolve itself, in the eyes of many to the view of a white man against a negro. Too often in such cases jus tice is not done." The Governor was accompanied to the city by Phosphate Commissioner S. W. Nance. Col. Vance is here for a stopover on his way to Port Royal. Just afte - Governor MeSwe-nny itrrived bore ho was mot at the hotel by Col. Louis Appolt, editor of the Manning Times and a State Senator. Col Appilt im here to attend the meeting of the State commissioners of the Exposition. He will) be here, therefore, until tomorrow morning. FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN. International Trans-Continental Sunday School Tour. Perhaps never before in the world's his tory I as there been undertaken in the cause of morality and religion a greater or more important step than the organiz ing' and catryilg out of the present "Trans-Continental Tour" of I terna tioni Sunday School Workers. Five in number, they have been se lected by the he ids of the International Convention, from various denominations because of their especial fitness as leaders Anld teachers in the great cause of child evaigelization Professor H1. M. Hamill, of Jackson Ville, Illinois, International Field Secre tary, is perhaps the best known Sunday School worker of our time. As a speaker, writer, author and educator, his reputa. tion is worl] wide He has been con nected with the International Work for several years. Mr. Marion Lawrance, of Toledo, Ohio, has been General Secretary of the Inter national Convention since July, 1899 For ten years prior to that time he was General Secretary of the Ohio Sunday School Association. le has been Super intendent of the Washington St, eet Sun lay School, Toledo, Ohio, for the past twenty-four years. Prof. E. 0. Excell, of Chicago. has a iational reputation as a publisher, writer and singer, and his presence in aires good, inspiring mu.,ic which is of nuch value in the various meetings Mrs. fi M Hamill, wife of the Field -ecretary, is a Primary worker of great lbiliLy She has done most acceptable ;ervice in a large number of conventions, ind occupies the position at present of ornal Secretary in the Illinois Sunday ichool Association. Rev. B. W Spildman is a Sunday School ipecialist. le has been Field Sectetary )f the Baptist State Convention of North 2'arolina since April ist, 1896, and is an mergetic, earnest, practical Sunday ichocl worker. The commencement of the series of rorty-four meetings to be held on this -reRt tour, stretching from ocean to >cean, lasting nearly fourteen weeks and overing nearly 14,000 miles of travel and eaching sev- nteen States and territories, >egan at Richmond Virginia, on Sunday, February 17th. The evening before in Lhe V M. C. A. Hall an informal meet ng of the Sunday School Superinten lents of the city was held, and on Sun lay, meetings in many of the leading :hurches were filled with large and in ,rested audiences. The children's mass neeting presided over by Mrs. Hamill, .vho taught the lesson for the (lay, was es .ecially large and interesting. Thie chil Iren were also brkfly addressed by two of he other nmembers of the party. Prof [Excell led the singing, dividing his time between several of the churches during he day. It is the intention of the lead rs of the International party to make the bhildre n's mass meetings one of the spec al features of the tour It is a notable fact that Richmond is lhe homte of Dr. Edward L4eigh Pell, the ending Bible teacher in the South. On Monday morning the party moved mn to Danville, where the eleventh anunu dl convention of the Virginia Sunday -ichool Association was held on February 18, 19, and 20. More than one hundred luly accredited delegates were in atten lance, besides a large nunmber of local eachiers and Sunday School wvorkers. Ail aessions were wvell attended and the con ,ention was most enthusiastic. Fcr the past three years, the writer has Natched closely the progress of the wvork >f the Virginia State Association and its ~rowth in Influence and efficiency during his time has been most encouraging. D)uring the past year under the leader thip of the President, Mr. J. R. Joplin, banker and business man of Danville, nuch has beer. done which has helped to plac-' the work of the association in bet er shape and upon a more durable basis About six mt nths ago they were enabled .0 secure the services of Prof. T. A. Spren keI as Field Secretary. Hie is an earnest, mnthusiastic and untiring worker and de totes his entire time to traveling through aut the State, holding institutes, arrang ng for and addressing county and district conventions and organizing counties, In mie with the international work, There tre 10o counties in the State, twenty of which are now organized The work in the past has been greatly retarded from want of money with which to carry It on. This obstacle has now been removed, largely as the result of thd~ work of the International party, near ly $2000 ivas ple,dged during, the conven. elon just closed, The newv inspiration and encouragemnent brought by this party of International workers is inestimable and ls bound to secure great and enduring re snits. High Point, N. C , was the iext place visited. Here on February 20, 21, tild 22, the North Carolina State convention was held, and the reception of the tour ists was highly gratifying; the large church was crowded to its utiost through out the convention Two hutidred and fourteen delagates were registered and forty counties were represented Much credit for the encouraging out look in the '-old North State" is due its State President, [lon N. 13. Broutinton, a prominent lawyer of Raleigh and super intendent of the Tabernacle Baptist Sunday School of that cit., which is one of the leading Sunday Schools in the State Mr. George W. Watts, a leading business man of Duirhin nidi a stalwart Presbvtorian has done tiuch to support the work inl the past atid has continued his support this year even upon a larger scale thai before. In 1899 the services of Mr. J. W. Bryan were secured as a field worker. At Charlotte in 1900 when the nlext annual convention assembled much progress was noted largely as the result of the faithfulness and zeal of this untiring worker Forty-one of theninety seven counties are now organized. The good work still goes on and now at the close of this the i8th aninnal con vention which has just been held, $-050 have beei pledged for the coming year. The members of the international party while they bring with them great help for the local workers are also encouraged and strt ngthened in their own work by the earnestuc.s and devotion manifested by those to whlni it is their mission to britig aid and st gth to go forward in this great work. A ('H %N(ANO AC '. Measure of Imp.rtaien to Cities T..wni Isld (3,nftles [The State, Febrnary 20.] The following is the text of the new act "to provido for the establish ment of chaingangs in incorporated cities, towns and villngos situated inl o .unties that have no county chain gangs," which is of considerable im portatice: Section 1. That the authorities governing any city, town or village situated in countios where chain gangs do not exist. if they see fit so to do, may establish and operate a chaingang for the purpose of work ing the streets of such city, town or village, and the public roads leading into such city, town or villago. S.c. 2 That. all able-bodied ma'e persons convicted before the court of magistrates iii counties where no county chaingang exists, shall be sentenced, according to law, to work upoi the haingang established un der this act, by the city, town or vil. lage nearest the office of the magis trate sentencing such person. Sec. 3. That all itale bodied male persons convicted before the court of general Feissions or counties not having county chamngangs, who are sentelnced for a part of one )Oear or less, shall be tsentenced to work upon some one of the chaingaungs estab lished unde'r this nct. Sec. 4. That if after the pasage of this act, any county which has no)t already established a county chaingang, should hboreafter estab lish a county ebainigang,' then this act shacll neot a -pIy to sneh c<>'unty. A- d if after th. P c--aga of this act any county should abandon the county chainegang, then, uend in t hat ever.t, th is act shall incmmediat ely becoe operat iv' and of full force anid effect as t.o such county Mco abandoning the c.octy chcainegang syste nl.. SIears, thes Iho Kind You hiatt Always bi. Signatore Drive the Nail. Drive the nail aright, boys, Hit It onl tihe hieadl; Strike with all your might, boys, Ere the time has fled. Lessons you've to learn, boys, 9tudy with a will; They who recach the top, boys, First nmust climb the hill. Standinug at the foot, boys, (lazing at the sky; How '~ yotu get up, boys, If . ver try? Though you stumble oft, boys, Never be downcast; Try and try again, boys, You'll sneceed( at last. Alway perseverr-, boys, Though your task is hard; 'Toil and happy trust, boys, Bring their own reward. Never give it up. boys, Always say you'll try; You will gain the crown, boys, Surely, by and by. ANON, ARP ON IGNORANCE. IM Mr)w I'ls11.)-ol"If Ft Witirv's or TaI Hf- MIO.S AN 1. PAHICS. Ant V-due-ti liv-i N Now lo;apy () < i ext 11pok Aro Foud by thw Wil vr Wiih iring Mirk 11<41 Days. (Hforald and Nows.) Sixty years ugo thero wastsomneex cusi for ig-oranwe; wE had but fe'w [C1ho,ls in thlis souhern land and not a dozon nowspapiwrs in tho stato. There wero not half as many reading books in all our town as I live now inl my Bm Ill library of 400 volun-s Iii our scio >Is wo haind i bluo back spelling book, Smiloy's arithmetic, Murray's gramnar, Smit h's geograplhy and the English reader. To natr theseB wal' constideried at go,)d Old fashioned 'diantiol I have oi) lily sholf a copy of that saim ol.l En glish rader. A good lady sott it to mo not long ago, and I al*1mo-t wept over its d -light fil lutges, for tlhero is n1o school book now published that, Ias so cholo it select-ion of varied roa fing both i,i pro. and poetry. I have 1 1. toer 'r-o an old gentleman i . Florida a-kinig wliro he will find a littlo poin iinn hii ii mther taught him and a nuo of which hi has forgot eMa. "It begins,' ho said, "Pity tho sorrows of a poor old mara." I d-i not, know whero he will find it except in Ihe (ld English read or. It was written in 1709 by Thomas Mos8, and was quoted by Dr. John 011 aind Golaimith. Both loved the patthotie, and14 nlothinrg more pathetic was ovor written. Pit,y the sorrows of a poor old man W0oe rminibling lin hs have borne him to one door. Whose da.s have dwindlvd to the Sh6rltUst --panl;i Alh! give- rhef and heaven will bless Your 8t're. These tattered ol(ithes my poverty be speak; These- hoary lovks proclain my 1 . n a h e n e d % e 8rs . 'And man% a furrow in my grief woria che k IHam bcen the channel to a flood of t"ars Oh. take me- to your hospitable hone, Keen blows the winil and piercing is Ihe cold; Shor t l my pIassie to the fVi~rndIly tomb, For I am poor and miserably old. These are s,me of the verses, and in another occurs the line often quoted: "A pampered menial drove mc from the door." This copy of MTurrny's English reader was printad in London two years before Queen Victoria was bor n. It was I ha' text hook in moat of the schoils whena 1 wvas a hoy, and from it we got our speeches and learned how to h)ow and gesture and and( give accent and e'mphasis, This hook with the teacher's aid, gave us an idea of elocution arnd how to read impressively, anid I wi-lh it was in all our schoolsa to dayv. WoV have good scholars but very fow good roadoers. It is rare to findl a praeachsr who can a'mpha- iz" his te.xt on a chapter or a hymon. Eve.ry college and espeially a'very th. ological s''minary, should haive a profea-ssor of re'ading aid rip! ako rg. I remaember hearing an aloquena t di vi. on preach a sormon-froma th texi, "M 0 -ini is ever before me,"' atnd w&.bh was .is ut terance of t hat I im.ul at ion of David and such his p)rofoundI and solemn rendering of the ec-during consegnences of sna, that all of his h"iarers wero deeply imapra'swad. "My sin is ever beforo me still rngs ini our memories. I said thiat Sixty yelars ago there was some .xensoi for ignorance, hut nlevert h..b's t hat ago and( those siclhiolri pro-luacedl marny very notable men0. The1 younig peaopale were eager for knowledge. A new hook was a traeasuro ian t he ha'ouse, and there was more time, more leisure, and Solo mon says that, "ini loisuro there is wisdom." But n"w books0 are almost in the way. Th y crow,i us andl surr >tnd us anid "'tlhe cry is au ill they coma.'' Yong poo le rad an average of two or three a weeak, arnd foargomt the contents in a month. There are magazines in every hotusehold, and they conttain our best literature, in struct ivi anid ent'rtaining; newspa pers flood the country by the millions. The Now York World hoats that. it pubishod 2)10 millions copivs hist year. IEryo (c13oun'ty InI our ate-to 11a at counfty isVHPaIPPr, finld tho vditor of tho Ca1rrollItor papor Says that. tho chiiren roai1 great doml moro I hin thsir fithllirs did andot koop ip) with wars and polictic and iurdors and suicides. Then what is tho mt mttr. .ishop CandI r wroto lit (%xvvllint and inl structivo articlo recetrily on "Thi pita-ing of grvat nun." ito novmr writoi anyphing thmt, dovs niot give us food for thought, aind I ilm) thfuliill th1la h ail, not it.olhl. Yet, tith da % of grvat mi hails passmd, ot. ollY in Gl-orgil, but the Sith. Elo qluoleo il tho pullpit, Itho form1 111d the councvil.( of th Iaitioln forty and fifty yars agyo Wasl liou r prido and our bollst, whoen wo had wnionig Our preheivr suh nioblo and tio mn 3a8 31orgo Pivrce, Dr. Mo(uns, Log street, Jsso Morcor, Natlnil Craw frd, Dr. T'ucker, Bshop Elliott anld BlLk wit h, Jols(ph Stilvs, Dr. Nixson, Dr. Gouldinlg, an1d tuihl lawyerti ai(n Atatesmni am -Forsyth, Troup, tho t,wo COI)bA, Jmikmis, Toombt)-, 8top hons, Johnus'.1n, Walter. Colquitt, 1n110 I3n (,ill. Th lero aro twmnty namtlilis given, und manitTly 110ro might bo aidded, and it is is laeivintablo truth (hilt their eItIaN (10 not exist ill Georgin to day. This dency of groat 11111 is 1111parmit in evory Southern attto, and aq for the north tIoro is nothing thero now but jhitocrac y who buly thlvir wiay iito public oflico find defy trial or criticism. Thit Strutggl for mon y i.i tho curso of th aig1. It halls smllothored tho 31o blo lspiraitionls of 031. natir 't. "k Ilonley, ffo-t 11onoy holost ly if th1on 1.,mlst, but lkt lill ovolits got limoey, ilit )it h 1omot)to. Tho conmi3 poolOo wlnit somio, 3an(d th plutocrits wait. M1oro. Tho imasses of tho p1oplo aro :II at strain. I am3 o of tbem, andl(] I know how it im, for 1 havo boon on a1 strain vvor sin1co tit, wir. It, is iu -klo aud tongie to kop in hailing dist.anco of soclity. So man1y of our Cl11ss haRVO a1 riCh man'1W Way)S andl( at poor mun's purso thit wo havo to hung o1 to I ho ragg-d (dgo of glmi iity Thler, atro fo manily thinigil niowaldays that. wo atro just ohg"d to hi.av--thiigs thut did riot vxist in mir antobtmlh datys. Our bops m1u11t go to collogo to got. a iiatt mring of books an(d at full text of aithlolets. Our v:irls must go to got polish ailid m111ko collego frivndn and recei o visits and rtirn visits aftor they graduito, and it takwi mon(y for Olotthoti andt(1 monioy for railroad fareo, and1( ever now', and1( theni a girl' gets ma3rried and11 choss8 hier eollego m11ates- for h1er1 att.ondauLts, and3( that1 takes3) mioret clothose- and a wod dling p)rosen1t, and1( so forth, and( so0 fifth and1( Isixth, and11 so on. Oh, 113 coutnt ry ! WVhen1 wilI this straiin topI? T1hore oughlt to bo a mriser inl every family, or a richl ba3C13 olor unio( wilo carried ai big li fo insuran11co, and3( would dio jsAt ait the31 right tim and1( leave a fortuIno to his impecuiou sistrs or is nliOCe! WVhy, if I had a good ban13k atccountl to dIraw onl, I could wvrito a more~ cheeorful 1letter 3and( talko a hopeful view of thmlIgsan kee {p) calmI and1( serorne; but ais it i's, I 11( fnd yself Itlampoonting ths Wes8 ~'0t Po11 intcdetH, am13( 1 want 3 those rinl gleade((rs--Barr'3y and( Do''kory and( 11 Dval-band3(ed1 down to pos8 trity as1 the cham18p1ion hiizers and1( theIir namos3.' piut in 3a anita3logue4 alonigaido of to (1nko( of Alva to 111u1strate human brutality. .But I dlidn'lt meanil to say3 anything haird about the Tech boys who have boon 8suspended1(. I haivo greoat hopes0 for that ji itiution, and3( adm31ira3tion3 for 311( mannor103 inI whichI the3( boys3 r*( dei ved tir displine)11(. Nobody hinks any 3133 ss'8 of thoem, for thore w3asO nohng mean3i1 or cruel' in thei r thoughtls 1 condul3Ilct, and11 o1very ou3t sidIl fathor sus8ta1ins Mr. LymIan 113ll and1( the( falculty. Of couirso thir umot hlora airo deeply aiggieved. Thley alwayti s are( when'1 their siots aire pun. ish1'd; tI a1t isa na331 tra and3( beaut iful trait,. inl3 a31moth r's chairactor. She clinIgs to her b)oytl, regairdless of whe0the(r they aire right or wrong. She is like a tigrossl when robbedl of her whlolps. I haivo received sovorali Ilttersl from tho mothers of thiose boys3, and3( they defond1 111033 with 1 eairnesit, inIdarntOn. Oneno atllih 101 hr of ono uof t homso ho\i \ you wrott 1abtouit, and if yu wish to play Dioviges, bring ol your cane." lit w i h1a1vo 111do frivinds for 'lit is at 1 l It 4 111011101 , .dI t10 poet SAYS: "A Ilmother is ai mother still, The '1oblest thing alive." Bit I aull not Dl(.gonevs, and it wIts not tho iotlor, ist th fliti'r i that hot 11lunvd, f d I hl v( 1 o11 ,t r-e -1 v 1 It lino fror anyl-, o ill AfO n ll Arp. 1'. S.-\V see tha1, tolfnera1 Char -l i K ilig, of tI l- Un ititdl Stalit r'411 -1 , is I t, only I polo"iz,iir g for I hit \\'. 8 ' oint. I hazI , hat it. deft ding them. and f4ayNs i t., t vI d 'osnt m a (itt 1vr muI IIIchII for boys will bi . I , )Y (4.11 ilt wrIitvs i tho Sat3ri-day Evnm l'of illd it i4 th o vifort, to ve uso brtility I v vier rd. I rIcelcon Ihe. Wa113 wll paid f,-r- it. N. B.-,Judgo Fito re<quos t no lo 1verybody ilnow Ohat Billarow vouity is on) tho up1 Lraldl m1Al is going to build i thirty thousan do Court. housti this year. W I inr oit. of dtl, and haltvie at good piho o)f imolN ntho baini. i ots MItrch Ntmbe-r i r i,tooi le 11tool' thsor Amiliity. Th f arch n b of Frankl11 Lem lilt's Popular Mmnltly will bo ver\ gmt-rally regiird lil tho best issul inl thik history of thm matgazino. We can rememibor no bwtt,.r minbOr. A striking articl-e, "P,aribmr Nmrth than Nallst-n," givt S till, it.,11 it a vq lato avvount that has 1pear'd on thii Hidl 4i of tho watt1 r. (of thit hitroic dilsh for tho polo which Iluis placed tht name of b)rultzz aI thl h of thlt 1e liiof 4ti(l ht( of Arctic explor-rS i-:vI-rybo\i who remombers Nanson's w\ondorful tory will vi ld witi vIr neII(sH Of this yevt ml o m111r-v lus vxploil. Thm tallo is fi ll of th k'livlicst 111n:a44 interest, find fihltws what nall filln lattainl wen-11 enlry113eg i1 t111rm-tvd b1 m1(41odl amtI1 cour aof maIl- ( liltchod w%ith W\'ith] fall this it is1do bitful whethir1i. m1a)n read0ro Will nt( ( bV i ll 1)10 -- abs.l ori in a ar11 11(icle of at I 3y 1i1. r vil8n lt;:d. For many1 mont11Ih13 l s pIst anl iabortho setrivi of loi ta1 lland physical vxpveriI1vI-tH hafvo bemn Imide 111143 gover nm nita4itil guiid'cllie, witl 19omn 7,000 of the puiblic tvhool chil dren in Chieag o. Tho result shows, appartlily conchisivi-ly, 11411ht th do volopment,ll of at child'm jinind is thel direct corollary of (it dq-V, lI of itH body. toi Ihot avorli gi., thi l. cnll,iorty ud mSorally,ins webt as1 4rCysicallyh. An artiel up1on rthis most intert ing subjit, 1writt1e no broduio h rt of. careful investui prva1lIC o the 1roper 1ut1riti14 I411It traItl for years pasool,.1 arieo of suoh t4mp8,ortfc toXC paren4Its hatls app1ad 81 ofi sor fuiors 1901,4 bNins i'.in tho (March u numbgof er. (JTihose wi ho rioadi t18ro tion t r.r.n l ewn but in ot,bo11 pes, ( (;oryulll his thom 1..1d Fracers,811 pr8epah rgto dog batlelfor tis coinlelntol. f peiod lio of te m0 ost <bmt ic in hiors 1ory. The pot, "JiI( full of O unxotr tiri,' of OXelti ul, illlo an 1 d witn 1411et,1 Il an we cani 1344a41 nO ov w rc show Iso tru4' 14an4 apprI 'ecit ion oi 11 ho1famou ivenl4 Nat ron-th 18ro. cunnngry the Cullr.onnih, wvho luder stoo thiatlh ofl way L to deeasROn whr. S.nA. walso tonplayhuim aginste lIf brot her.iIllil 801$ fWt threel feture of thes March umbIIte UnfotunaBtoly, of can mY)oroyr.n coTTON GROWERS WILL GET TO WORK, INI.:CI 'ATrI,' ly y -i i ASSOUIA. T I ON %I VC~ 1 0 It1 1).~~0V It Will Main"'il in Iur ji-Fortlt prement lit nftpterAVIIWI bat fit 11mintieello, (t.-Tholough (,rgialzaion im to bo, sought. (The State, Feb. 26.) The cotton growers of the southern Statvs aro trying to gvt down to a basi" of organization this year, and Ihoy Ipo to accomplish something ih at will have e4fect in thoi marketing of tho W01 crop. M r. J. C. Wilborn, the prosident of tho S ate Cot tTj 9rowers' association, Vho has h1it. fori a long timo at the head of t he National and Stato Farm. ers' Alliance orgaiizations, says that active steps ure ilready t>eing taken, ail ho is satisfied that a great deal n ill b. ac(mi Ill ishod. He has just re tnr1ed from litlanta, whero ho wont to itteid the iveeting of the encutivo Commliit teo of tbe general Cotton Orow frs' associat ion, t he first gathering on the line indicated yet to bo held. The lion. Iloko Smith is chairman of this connitten and it is composed of three reprosmenttit ive mien from vach of the vol ton growing St ates. For instance I li no1mbors fic-om North Carolina are Gon. W. U. Cox, J. 13. Allioni and Mr. Cambell, and from Georgia, Hoke Smith, I on. J. Popo Brown and J. H1. Jordaa. Sout h Carolina's other t.wo i1m,1b1s4' ar Col. IR. A. Lovo of Ches tor aid IHoion. D. l. Crosson of Loos At the motinw it was decided to fon it fnco an izer State Cotton Srewr-, Pr.,tect ivo associition and to -stibhi a buroau of information, king u up through reports with the exact acr:qg%, l h crop conditions and tho numbor or prospective bales in OlaCh St it o. 'Vi' boadquartors of the )lS!01Ciiatiou's 1 oi will for the pres I'it bo lit Monticello, (it. Thel organ izat lion of the hassociltionl was effected by i ho elect ion of Ion. J. Harvey Jor l1an of ilolticc-llo, Oil., 11s prosident; Col. It. A. Love of this Stato as vice pro,iditit and .1. ]1. Allison of North Cr-inAt is seert i ury. Thc otion growers in ll l ho States intoresied havo boon nrgil to organ izo lopm at gonerl plan to ho promnil '-aliitid covoriig overy cointy in the cot toii region, ant kd iiake direct reports to Io aissociaition's buII0trean. M r. Wilborn says that .ill along the linm 0n of he largest crops ever it n.wn is ex poeted his : year, anrud that. 'uttoni growers will fail in their duty toi t.hemiselve anS td t heir faiilies if they dto nod elk (lhe only protection they canl got -t lhat resulting from organi zatioun. A suibcommtiitte was appointed to (contfer with the Southern P'ress asso ciation. Mr. Wilhorn, as pre'sidlent of (I.e Sont hi Carolina Cotton Growers' asso e'iti on, wishes it anniuounced thant lie standlIs read(y at anry time when called npjoni to go to atny point ini the Stato and assist in the organization of biranchies of thle association, CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Ha'e Always Bought Boars the Bignaturo of INAUGURJIAI EXCJUlitsONs. seino,ril Air i.tn I(anlway to WVasintgton On at(coutil of the inaugural cere. mon31 3' iof thme President and V'ice. P res'identit,iat. WVasliningt on, March 4, (ho S.'aboard( AirI Lino Railway wvill sell Iexcursioni tickets from all stittions at ratte of first-class fare for the round trip. Tiiokots will be good going on all trains of March 1st, 2nd and1( ddi, and valid for return March th I. i'(01, inclusive. For fine trains and fnst schiedtules ike the Seaboard Air Line Railway. 'Their famious "F4loruIay andl Metro polit an Limited" andi "lIorida' and Atlanta Fast Mail" run direct. to Washington. For t ickets, schedules and sleeping ivar accommoat~iitiou, call on or ad dIre'ss aniy agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway.