Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COlmHOP REPORT Georgia Ranks Fourth in Con sumption of Staple FOREO COTTON IMPORTED TL - D i CV ... t * A * 41 Aid |\UpUI I k-iiUVYO 1IIV.ICUBC 111 nillUUIIi \ oi Cotton Consumed by CottonGrowtng btatei. Washington, D. C.?The linancial ~Qt?turbtuices of 10U7, which have already ^become history iu the United States, have not entirely dnmppeareu among ihe cotton manufacturers of Europe, accoruui& tu a statement 01 Daniel C. Kcpcr ot tne bureau on census, in his leport 011 the supply anu aistriuuuou ot eoitou lor tut: year ending August 31, iDoU, just pubiisued. At tiie close 01 the season, ue saya a number of nulls were running 011 snort time, with little prospect ot au early resumption of tun time, lie attributes tins not alone to the Tjusiuesss depression generally, hut also to tho short crops produced In the iMiropean countries aim a very marked tailing oft in internal dcmanu througnout Europe, consequent to tiie higu prices brought on by ilio iiort crops. Notwithstanding this, however, the United Suites exported to Europe and other lortigu couutrieb about two tilling ui uui umj auuui uiiv third being consumed by the mm* of this country. The value of the 4nanuia.cJ.uret' made from Hie Ameri?tft-?*6ttoh <'K$l) l'or tin year enuing Aufcust 31, lSiuU, was . about $2,uuo,000,00u. 1 Massachusetts still is by far tiie /leading stale in the consumption of i kjtotton, as shown by Ins report, eon-1 Burning about 23 per cent ol tiie total Bfop of 19u9. .North Carolina was pText, with South Carolina third. Ceor Igia ranks fourth in the amount of cotpton consumed, consuming about lu per cent of the entire crop. j The report shows a remarkable increase in the amount oi cotton cou rsumed by tuo cotton growing states M)Ver JU08. These states consumed 797 in J'Jul', as against 2,l?7,uyii 1UI1W J JUO. Mtavannah lioltls her place as the port in the number of bales ex^Ki, being led only by tiaiveston sow Orleans. During the year Hid by Mr. Koper report, Sa/ exported almost a million HLiule her net receipts were Hgg9 ullion and a half. Savannah H M>nn doubled i^ie amount ol iruilnlQ 111 tM { ' Us. espe ontion ^ III j- Hum cotlie rt ni* >U ?iV 1st. i1/ ? i j buntiaies of cot.o seed by the hile preparing which the reels, the re were farm laborers jetion of cot00U.00U otheridling of tho ilted States, fliers found I juraging featho south is uu growth of iu tlio eotiu the year I only 180,umlicr has bounds so j ten and a <l>oration, and during the 'idles put vear icr d 1C at jrmany Have merit. Ipnoesaions t>y j?nd Germany junl tariff war. i ijoncludcd burn which Buttle Iityn ami niaxi , Xception of tin at. issue, which: the present ne i will lie pursued j diplomatic rop ^otiations agreed I I ei i< .til I!i in imu i:: and unqualified j many lueller Has at Five. ..iiirriod?'' asked he hooked Kniil mil Von Dor MaH 'Om I j .J A rurolne lgamy. 'rtil coyly, "nine-1 kmil Huh ttkijiuj'os in (ho pob< havo boen invon muollyr i? slil p. tloill hoi, i ..jSiXt.ntuc< ERADICATION JJFCATTLE TICK. TUo U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry Make* Interesting Report. Washington, L>. C. ? Tlie average price of southern cattle sold In the northern markets has been increased 53 a head as a result of tick eradication, making a ?..m lor the year troiu Lias source of *>o,ouu,l?uu, according to L>r. A. D. Melvin, chief oi tlie United States Bureau of Animal Industry. i ue sections of the south which have nave been lreed from these pests and relieved of ail quarantine restrictions uave been bonehted in many waj s, in a rcent report on tins work, he says: "More cattle are being raised, and a better grade of breeding stock is be . g introduced; calves grow faster, and cattle put on Uexh more rapiu?y uurnig tne grazing season and go into the winter in better condition because of the absence ol' tlio ticks; ttiey can be marketed witnout quarantine i estrictions, ;md higher prices are be.ng obtained; dairy cows give a larger yield of nulls, and values 01 larin lands are enhanced. Aside from us own observations, the bureau has received Horn persons in the released territory mitucrous letters and other Agressions eon tinning liie foregone j facts and testifying 10 the great benems following the extermination of the llckS. "The difference between the prices realized for cattle from the tick-in lesteii region and the prices of cattle of similar grades from auove quarantine line ranges from to $r> a head at the principal northern live s'ock markets, without taking into account the inipro' anient in cpiality ami eight of cattle because of Hie j eradication of the ticks. As more man l.UUd.UUU cattle from the quarantined area are annually sold in t. markets, it can easily be seen that i < extermination of the tick means an annual increase of at least ?3,ouu,- j D'li m prices obtained for southern cattle sold m northern markets. In addition to this, the increase in prices of cattle sold locally in the soim.Ii would represent a largo sum. ThTs I lot a 1 i ne reus o has already been found to amount to from to ?15 a head [ in the territory recently freed from ticks. An agricultural ollicial of one of the souttiern states reports that calves in the tick-free area bring just uounle tin; price that can be obtained for similar calves in the tick infested leglllO. "Heretofore, it hus boon impracticable to Improve tue quality ot south- i ?.r:i * attic by introducing line bleeding animals from other sections, be- : cause siu li animals yore liable to contract Texas lever ayul die unb ss protected by inoi ulaliyh. Furthermore, u J is impossible for animals to attain good growth una thrive when tney are uuarily infesned with ticks. With the eradication m the ticks, however, the southern liuiners are enabled to produro*good breeding animals and to i.n- 1 prove the grade of their stock. ' U. S. GHANlit) PHuliiblliUN PULICY. 1 Government to Aid States in Enforcing Prohibition Laws. I opeka, Kans.?A comidete change of pjlicy of the federal government 111 prosecutions for violations of the internal revenue lienor laws has been ordered by Attorney tjeneral Wickers/iaui, (iii instructions from President i aft, at least so far as Kansas is < oncorned. '1 ho letter follows: ".\ly attention has been called to 1)1 ittUmie ol tin* department with respect to prosecutions of offenses ..0 tue inl*. rnal revenue laws, and much complaint has been made K,y reason of the tact that 111 states the policy of which forbids the trallie in iitinors, the I'nited States government is clearly aiding and abetting in the violations of these laws by compromising proceedings for the enforcement of the internal revenue laws by the mere payment of money penalties. "Phlo unnmu ?i in?t itt' ? <-?_ proach. '.Juvernor Stubbs lias brought the matter to tin* attention of ihe president, who l't?ols as above indicated with respect to the niatu r. You are, therefore, instructed in the future, in prosecutions for violations of the internal revenue laws as a general policy to refuse to compromise all liability by itie payment of money penalties and' to endeavor to secure conviction and imprisonment for some reasonable lime in punishment of t!u. class of offense;?." Wag us iiicriiiised. i~y ? iv^muui ?j, vri. i in* , ?> i ni> car mon <>\ the: local Iran ion com pany were increased io a maximum of cants an fiour. This is an in< > rase if a cent an hour. The increase amo as a surprise to (lie men. Koanokc.Va. The KoanoWe Kail way and Kleetric company announced an iucrease of one cent an hour in (he pay or conductors and motRrnien. The increase was unsolicited tnyllsh Mills toininy to U. S. New Orleans, La.- An Knglish co* ton buying firm gave out an informal statement that several cotton mills will soon move from Kngland i .vii.slssippt as a result of the election in the IJnuaa isles. r,nyian<i s reins al to impoBO a tariff is haul to l<?- the chief factor in influencing r< ::iov al of the mills. Mississippi towns will hid for iho location of the mills, and two or three towns are considering i m- plan of .sending aK'UJts to KiiKland to in vite the industries here. President ?*fll**in, of I'le I'rdgres& vo union cabled several l.i.Ji ii nulla to niovf to Now Oilcan. liniqiitt Way lo Pay lily's Unlit. Bridgeport, Conn. That he be in mired for an atnotmt between s h hi firwl <* hi ? i hud lhr? fi! v f<i mil/ ttit- premiums and receive the bene (its under the policies at his death, is the novel scheme for paying the city debt which has been presented by David K. Hot i I) to tin* Bridgeport council for ita e??i;.-iideration. lie stip ulates !n return that the city erect to his memory a monument, with a suitable inR< *lption acclaiming him originator of municipal insurance Aviator fiadly Hurt. iro, tgypt.? Ilia motors stopping his aeroplane was two hundred i tho air. Aviator Singer, an man, wan seriously, if not t'a irf ul' \ 11 * 11 tiki liuirll i lin < i ground at I Itiliopoll:. )}.or cauH?d hnu hoiiio (roub ,o I'lchcd ait altitude of I)v? d f] and ho h'tfau to <l? ..(I VVl two hundred feet u the air lid v?r, tiin ur stopp< altogether. in?ct?r ti. <d tf> uiaUc long alitl" the ground, but ho w < j :tol? to (i rl iJi? cruriii 'I ho a <> was I ashfld. CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES; Big Railroad Men Say^lt Is Drift of Population to the Cities. POTENriALITlES OF SOUTH Back to the Soil I* the Slogan of Men Like Hill, Carncgi- and Y oakum, New York City.?Hig railroad men, great captains of industry and high government oflicials have joined hands to get at the solution of the highprice problem in a businesslike way. Men like J. J. HIM, J. 1'. Morgan, 13. K* Vnnlmm YV YV o.,.l An. drew Carnegie have taken up the subject and while there has been no organization of these men as yet, it is said as a fact that they have been in consultation not only among themselves, but with President Tart and other high oillcials, both state and national, as to what is best* to be done. It is the opinion of men of affairs that the whole trouble lies in tin steady drift ot population to the cities and the consequent cutting down of the relative productivity of the farm. In other words, there is a steady growth in the consumption demand without a corresponding increase in the supply of the necessities ot' life. Those linanciers ami railroad men are not taking up this question in ;i spirit of pure philanthropy. They real ize that the agitation is bad tor businoss; tiiat it is bringing about an inllamed public opinion liighiy inimical to big business, wiiicb, if not checked, is almost certain to lead to what they deem ill advised legislation, whien will cripple industries, itelieving, as they do, that natural causes have brought about the great increase in prices, they are determined to use their great power, not alone of money, but of conservative ability, to apply the proper remedy and start the tide of population back to the country and t<> increased population. As James I 11.11 U .. * . .i. i i 111 rtti iiirv it u|>. "Sixty-live per ot' our people are living in tiie cities. In 1X00 4 per cent were in the cities and towns, and in l.viO only l."> per cent of Hie entire population were living in the urban comniunities. Now the condition versed, and only 35 per cent of our people sire tilling the soil. "V'ou cannot tix the prices of products by statute. If a tanner can get Go cents a bushel for his coin, he is not going to feed it to hogs and have them die of cholera. Consequently the price of meat is going up; and the wage-earner will have hi turn to the breadstulfs lor his food. This; is true throughout the world." President Taft is thoroughly with tin- movement, and will aid il in every way possible. The governors of the agricultural states, tin' states which need agricultural populations, will help and an ac tice campaign of education is to lie carried on in New York, Chicago and other great cent.'is of population. In t.iis city, It. F. Yoakum, the multi-millionaire railroad builder and partner of Kdwin llawley in the Hawley-Yoakum system, called upon the people to g."t back to the I'arni. Speaking of conditions lie said: iimouni winch v. ill bo added to the national wealth when the agricultural potentialities of the south are developed almost stagger the imagination. It is a mistake to think that increased agricultural products would lessen the proceeds of the farmer. Instead t.iis would multiply the profits of the farm owner. 'Nothing would do more for good citizenship and our industrial stability than scattering the surplus population of our cities into the tanning regions of the south and southwest such states as Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Florida and Louisiana offer unrivaled opportunities. "Conditions of food supply and ad vanced methods of agriculture work are beginning to have their efleet upon the neglected opportunities in tinsouth." "It. has talon 10 years with a steady | increase in the price of foodstuffs to j reach the present level o" prices that are prohibitive for the poor. Tin 1 shows liiat increased production is tin hope, the only hope, for lowering prices and bringing the cost of living within tin- existing wage scale. Were the south s icpn senuilivos in cony.jess as alert and ag:ri" .-sive as many of those from the west and north V.c.1 IliiVi V.I- Should iOOll I'll lint ilx1 support of ili>' federal gov rtnniciit into tlii' development of the groat ontorprisi's for draining in; lions of aeres of swamp lands that now produce nothing. but which would, when hroiw'nt under cultivation, product' sutlicicnt to have a general el feet upon foodstuff prices. HI)R11)A FlliHIS VEliATABLE RATES. Alleged That Charges By Railroads Are Unreasonable. Washington, D. C. I nreasonab'e,; < xcossivo and discriminatory rateBon ii iiis and v< netatdea from Florida toj various! destinations in tin- I nited j Slates nrf! alleged '<? 1j? charged l?y : t.</ri ti rn and eastern railroads. The .11 .< j.?ii it his w ei<; iuoukni by i i i Kinrida Fruit and Vegetable Association UK"in>.I several inlersiale carriers Ar ft i men I s in liie < use were siiLnnitte I in tin- interstate commission aeeoinpanied by briefs. Tho case involves tariffs nn nil rail traiis|>ortatlbn of fruits and vegetables from Florida points to every oIIht part of the count i y. East India Cotton Imported. Montgomery, Ala. For tho llr.st time in tho hiHtory of the Montgom ?*i y cotton market fifty Imles of l'.a.st India cotton arrived Immv for an Alabama mill. Rockefeller Gives to Southern Colleges New York City. John 1?. Iloekcf"!I r has made conditional gifts of $7'., 000 towards J..'.om,??o(.? to the Batem college for women, at \\ im-.ton-Salem, .V (', and (<I $-(*>,(too towards $ ioo.'.iii to t ie (leorgetown College, tieorgetown. K v Castro Lejvet; for Terierite. Caracas, Venezuela. I'nvute coi r<'s|ioiulerK>* now in the possession of Ihu KoveniiiH.it rclat*-a ln.ii lor... ? r i rosiacnt i ;ij"iro una leli .ouiuk<i. -pain, for i > iii'i'ilc. Canur> Inlands, itn hi'' in: mi ion ol pio< > > i,i. Ihonc.f to Central America, ho as tu lie near Vorn/ue;a and hi a |m> to provoke .1 i\'v<>1 iit Ion axatnst President Cloino/. wiiou tlie v< ti' /.nclan ongress iue? tx in April to elect a pr< hidant of the republic. i in- load <m*h of all parties in iv are now i , d in supporting President (Jon e, . wl.ile the print-.pal : y inpai nit i /m id are in prison. f. mm * 36,000,000 STORAGE EGGS. AUo So Tons of Old Poultry in One Cold Storage Plant. New York City,?There are 36,000,000 eggs?enough to provide eight eggs apiece tor every man, woman Qiwl s? 11 t 1 <1 (n V*?wr V/^l/ PUv .liwl oil Its boroughs?in one cold storage warehouse in Jersey * City, according to information placed before the Hudson county, New Jersey, grand jury, in its investigation of the big packing and other concerns which maintain extensive warehouses on the other side of the Hudson river. The eggs have been there since last March, it was learned, together with 100,000 pounds of poultry, stored since April last. Prosecutor Pierre 13. Garven of Hudson county, had subpoenaed the man agers of the cold storage company, in whose warehouse the eggs ana the poultry are said to be stored, and oflicers of other large refrigerating companies to appear before the grand jury when the prosecutor hopes to uaee other large consignments of ancient meat and produce. The whole investigation Is directed against the cold storage -.concerns as a basis for determining the cause 01 the high cost of meats and other household necessities. liRUUrtU IIOn hULUTIN. Official Proclamation Issued on the Ground Hog Weather. Punxsutawncy, Ha.?Ground Hog Day was the great day ol tlie year in Punxsutawney, the homo of the ground hog. Tiie people, attired in their Sunuay best, assembled in the punlic square Jit noun to liear liurgess Freest.! issue the ollieiai bulletin lrom tlie ground hog weather works, while the Stars ana Stripes were liauuted to the breeze and six more weeKg o? winter was announced, liere is the oiheial bulletin: "The ollieiai shadow wan cast across the otbcial ground hog hole at .S o'clock tnis morning. The shadow was tangent to Canoe Ridge, 2o degrees, and stood square on the east gable 01' .Miller Stoops barn. This in uicaies uiustery weauiur uuui ai. Patrick's Day. There will Le good lox hunting February 22. Prime your apple trees February 15 and set your Huff Cochin hens .March 2'J. Dig your sassafras now. The robins will sing id I! Hat mi St. Valentine's Day and the swallows will appear April 27. This is considered a Ilne^ pioclaiuat ion. BURKUUUli'S MARKUlitS LLIiAl. Over Three Thousand Marriages in Bristol, Tenn., Declared Valid. Bristol, Tenn.?In tlie lest divorce case of Steele vs. Steele in Hie cir cult court at lilountville, Tenn., Special Juuge 11. Smith declared in tiffed tliiil the threo tnousaml two hundred marriagt s petiorined l>y the ltev. Alfred 11. 15m roughs itt the Bristol ilietna tlrceii within the last twenty years, are valid. 11. K. Steele sought to be divorced from his wife, l..ula Steele, upiyi the soli' ground thiit the license was procured through a deputy in Uristol instead of from the clerk of the court at lllounlville. '1'he complainant, alleged liiat under the law the deputy had no right to issue such a license. Judge Smith holds that whtl the practice deserves to be discouraged, he is unable to lind facts to warrant a decision against the validity of the marriage. lie therefore refused to grant the complainant the relief sought. Augusta Doctor Shot to Death. Augusta, ou- Dr. Charles nick man, out! of tlit! most prominent physicians in tin* south, brother of Ti',u.y 1. Hickman, president of the* (Jranitevilie Manufacturing Company, was found dead from gunshot wounds on the streets in Suiiihierville, the fashionable suburb of Augusta. The llickmans live in Hummervillo, ami Dr. Hiekman has been at his brother's home. The pockets iiad been ruled. Dud Dr. Hickman's watch had been torn from his vest. Packers Fail for $37,000,000. New York <^ity.?The Mexican National l'acKing Company, a Now .lor soy corporation, controlled by Knglisli investors and operating a string of slaughter houses in the Republic of .Mexico, under concessions from the Mexican government, failed with mil's, including stock, of approximately ?37,Uuu,O0o. '1 lie assets wen enounced, but it is estimated that they are in excess of the liabilities. l'h< coinpany will continue to operate- its plants as usual. Newsy Paragraphs. The \vliolosnle meal dealers of Now Yoork city announced an advance of u ct nt a pound in (lit price ot' beef as a result of the decreased demand It was announced a* Hie state department. that Ambassador Calhoun will leave lor his post at l'ckin Marcn ( ?, sailing from San Francisco on the steamer Mongolia. The German Kaiser from his private purse makes a Kraut amounting to about ?l."> <>n the x?!h of an eightli son in any family, the same father and mother. l Sio Kaiser also promises to stand as godfatlu r to the | lucky eighth sun. The epidemic of cholera in Russia for this season is officially regarded as i lowed, the last cholera patie nt having he en discharged as cured trom the St. I'etershurg liospitafs For several weeks there have been no new cases Totals compiled by tiie . anitary bureau show that since the outbreak ol the epidemic in AukuhI. i'jus there have born 16,6!m cukp?, iihI deaths, of which l,W31 cases ami 2,t> o deaths occurred during the year JiibI dosed. A new ministry iins been formed in Norway to take the place of that I which resigned several days aj?o and of which (iunner Kimdsen was pie niiei. The premier of the new cabi ne' is M. Knoowi The minister of , foreign affairs will be .1 Iretfeins, the ,< ?!.-cut minister to (ireat Britain. As the result of ;i sodden fright (' r.1.1 n cu ,!llu I '..ulr.tr i ........... ... I I will ? ?ifr I J |/? ? i II * l <! !-lt. Miss Cliristlno 'anlield, of MlnlH'apoliH, Minn , 21 years old, is ioIhii> i,l.i.(I, and medical exports are har i'UmI over tin- i-rtBf Miss CIkiifiild in a stenographer I loci >i"H Hi lor and Nichols of lh<i army. ' > ? report covering four Months' of Investigation of the di seaKu known an pellagra at tiie I'o! oria (lll.t, State hospital, way that the (It ' am.1 is rapidly upreud i ?, this country, that it ih present in n arly hv< ry large Insane asylum and |?' n? in its advanced stages It is prae ti' illy incurable. rh<> fourth Tlitiraday iu February, if vt .'4ii .'till. iirwtwl llilfl I.' Mil I>y the National IriK-ivloioiiiinatloiial | ass-ooinlion uh a day of prayer, to bo | observed by menibnn of evory cvan I j;i iir.al church In this country. f THREE MINR HORRORS 79 Men Killed in Colorado; 35 in Kentucky; 68 in Mexico. MINE AT CHERRY OPENED Pitiful Scene* When Illinois Charnal House Is Opened-?No Bodies Hftve Been Recovered. aaaaaaaaaaaaaa a a a MINE SLAUGHTER RECORD a ! a FOR ONLY THREE DAYS a A Alnmlnv 7K A A Tuesday .... 35 A Wednesday . . . (>8 Total . . .178 AAAAAAAAAAAAAA Laredo, Texas,?One of the greatest disasters In the history of Mexican coal mining, which has heretofore experienced several chushing blows, resulting in a tremendous loss of hunillll Ufa I.1.W.O In ? ?W? llulan mm. at IvUh Esperanzas, Texas. The toll of human life which paid the penalty of negligence on tne part of some miner is ofllcially placed at sixty-eight, while the list of injured numbers nearly as many. The explosion occurred in the No. 3 shaft of the coal mine of the Espernn/.as Mining Company, and is attributed to the ignition of gas from the flame of a miner s cigarette who was smoking contrary to the rules. The miners consisted principally of Mexican and Japanese. urakesboro, Ky.?Nineteen corpses removed from the Hrowder mine, ten bodies in sight in tho workings and six others known to bo dead, was the count in the death roll resulting from the explosion of gases in tho mine. Nearly a score or men were mangled by the explosion and many of tius will probably die. The bodies recovered were horribly mutilated, and some of them past identification. Hocause of the accumulation of gases in the entry where the explosion occurred, 170 feet beneath the ground and TOO feet back from the mine shaft, it was impossible to begin active rescue work until six hours alter the disaster occurred. The concussion tossed the bodies distances of many feet. The remaining missing men were in entries, but a lew feet distant from the workings where there was tue greatest known loss of life, ami the searching parties have been unable to locate these entries. Primero, Colo.?Fighting madly to escape through the narrow, partly choked ah shaft, trampling over their fallen comrades in their struggle for life, more than half of the 1 lit miners employed in the l'rimero mine of the Colorado Fuel and lion Company, u reeked by au explosion, were overcome by gas and lire. Their bodies were found in heaps along the hot Lou i of the air shatt, where I hey had fallen in the desperate struggle. One hundred and forty-nine men are known to have been in the miiu* when ' the explosion occurred. It is stated that T'.i are dead Their bodies are torn and cliarreu almost beyond recognition, and lias been impossible to identity the dead The cause of the disaster is still a mystery. Several theories are advanced. but definite intorniation as to the cause is not expected until the mine i:> cleared a:al an oiliciai :r.vc:; ligation made. Cherry, III.? Work was resumed in the St. I'aul mine by scores of men, following the removal iate of the her luetic seal that had kept the subterranean passagi a closed lor two months. Strong efforts will be made to clear the none of noxious vapors, wall in any smouldering Hit and rej cover the 1 (iO-odd bodies of miners ! who havo lain entombed 111 tne lignite labyrinths since tiie lire broke out on November 14. It was a tedious task to remove the tons of cement ami steel rails from > the mouth of the shafts, but man> | women stood riveted, staring blankly j ;it the workmen as they uncovered the shambles. I There is much to be done before man> bodies can possibly be recov: ered. No one in charge of the work will venture a dctinile estimate of ! I... >.n>i l>n I'..mi/1 This Liquor Makes a Man a Burglar. Pontiac, Mich?The police say thai I hey have traced nearly lifty burgla lies here in the past three years to the peculiar effects of whiskey in one mail. This man is James Monroe, a hotel proprietor, who, the police say, has confessed that he committed the burglaries. A few drinks of whiskey, he said, produced in him an irresistible impulse to steal. $4,UUU,tit)() ill. MI.KlihR. Atlantic Ice anu oo?i Co. Puts Fniching Touches on Gigantic Deal. A.A rl'l? Mlnnli.. Iaa n.wl ireiV/Uiif uu. i n?- Allium" n IT aim Coal Company, a corporation charter i <1 under the lawn of tin- state of Virginia, with hoad ollices in Atlanta (ia , purchaaod the plants of tiie Central City Ice Works and the Kmpir< Coal Company of Macon from A. # N. M. lllock, for a cash consideration of $425,Ota). Negotiations for plant, in seven other cities of Ucor&ia and Tennessee were also consummated embracing an outlay of approximate ly $4,000,000. Plants were purchased in Augusta, Dublin, Athens, Home j Columbus, Atlanta and Chattanooga j I Cllll. Waiter Cohen Released. Philadelphia, Pa. Ferdinand Co Ikmi, the hotel waiter, who is eharg od witn kidnaping Roberta do .latino. | 111o young heiress of this city, wa. released from prison in $l,->ou hail To Auction Off Carload of Babies. New Orleans, La. Rids on a cat load of babies wore begun here. Oi tehngH are not in money. (Jiiar.i. toes of ca.ro and support arc mcKonei, among tlio teririH of acceptance. I babies will come hero from a New | i <;i it us; mill. Killed Family to Escape L/ivine Wrath Fergus Falls, Minn. William Ituck 11ci111, a farmer, aged Hi? y < ar?, miir do rod liis wife anu lour children and shot hiinaolf. Kuckheuu oc< tared innad received a dlvino command tt |ii >c?( ii to a graveyard, when- it?< ami iiis family were to exhume hcvoi.? I . onif . u.>ii?k only tlieir ban hands ! I nb.sH tins command won carried out before' Kaster, luicklioiin Haid, heMini his family would be dragKOd i< death. Finding that it would be im poHHlble to pe- c rin the task on at count of the Iroxen ground, Hue hoim kuhI lie Killed his tatmly to e. cauo divine veiiKeaiicu. r' LATENtWSNOTES. GeneraL I Doclaring that the proposed Ini crease in postage rates on magazines ! and other socond-class mattetf practically would force them out at business, representatives of eigliA' magazines published in AtlautjLi, Ga., through iheir organization, the South orn Aiugazine jfuuusuers' association, have appealed to southern representatives in congress to do all In their power to "avert this real and threatened danger to the welfare of the American people." Former Governor David R. Francis of Missouri has accepted the first vice presidency of the Southern Commercial congress aud a membership j on the executive committee, after be i lug waited oil by a special committee i from Washington. U. (Jrosvenor Dawe, j managing director of the congress, I and John A. Pox, special director of I the National Klvers and Harbors congress, composed the committee. The I executive committee will meet iu I Washington on February 10. A record of current prices of ninety-six commodities in everyday use, as compiled by Bradstreet's agency, show that the cost of living had reached the highest point since such ilgures wore kept, exceeding even the prices of March 1, l'J07, when they went soaring in anticination of the panic, liradstreet's figures are based on actual wholesale quotations per pound over a wide area ol' markets. The latent index number is $9, i:J3, which means that the cost of one pound each .of the ninety-six commodities at the prevailing wholesale rate would total that sum. This is a gain of 11.7 since January 1, 1909, but only 3.5 over the lirst of 1907. Hut it should be understood that this list of articles is not conlined to foods alone, but includes textiles, hides and I leather, coal. oil. buiidiner material* drugs, etc., as well as breadstuft's and provisions. The rate of increase in l'odos alone is much greater. Washington. The supreme court of the United States lias taken a recess until February 21. The comptroller of currency of the treasury has issued a call for a stat ment of the condition of all national banks at the close of business on Monday, January 31. The Alabama and Florida senators have indorsed Q. K. Yancey, a grandson of William .\1. Yancey, for chief clerk of the bureau of navigation, navy department. M'hn mivv ilnnartmont l?na Commander Hubert M l'oary buck to duty. Ho arrived >11 Washington and probably will be assigned to a post in the civil engineering corps. Major Carson, chief of the bureau of manufacturers, has issued a bulletin calling attention to the complaint abroad ot the improper packing ot United States exports. The United States sends out something like two billions of dollars worth ot products j natural and manufactured. Twenty | mil)>or dollars is :> lr?v estimate of tho amount of loss through inferior j packing in the United States alone, J and the; trip abroad is considered | niucii larger llian tho domestic loss, j Major Carson presents photographs, especially ol" cotton hales, sliowing j tin- great superiority of the foreign packages. The house committee on war claims hoard Uepresentativo Clark of Florida and other southern mum hers in advocacy of bills to return to various states the cotton tax money amounting to about $l?S,000,000, which was collected during and immediately after the civil war. If congress should over act favorably on liiis matter amounts varying from $3,000,000 to 510,000,000 would go to many southern states. Tho committoo decided to bunch all the bills into one and to make a decision regarding a disposition of the matter at an early dat?\ An increase, in round numbers, in customs receipts of I32.U0O.000 nnd in internal revenue of 110 000,000, but a dolicit in the ordinary receipts of the government of $25,000,000 against $1)4.000,000 last year shows the result of tae first seven months' operations of th<' treasury for the fiscal year UM'.t-lO, as compared with the eorresiwMiditHr nf tho nropiwliiH* v?n?? Panama canel disbursements not Included in the above calculations have amounted to r.s compared with $ 12..r>2!i,US4 during tlio seven months last year. Senator Money of Mississippi announced th?? resignation from the senate of Senator Fountain 1.. Thompson of North Dakota, Senator McCunibor of North Dakota, presented the credentials of W. K. Pureed I, appointed by (Jovornor llurke to succeed Senator Thompson, and Mr. Purcoll was sworn in. It is said that Mr Chompson's resignation is due to ill heatln. Senator Purcoll, like hi;-, predecessor, is a democrat. The government for the first, time in the history of the country is printing its own postal cards at tne government printing otlice. As soon as the equipment for special printing ! lias been established a new card, to | lie known as the index or library | card, will bo issued. The card will | lie of an excellent quality of paper ' and of attractive design. The paper used will be lighter than that us<-d in the present card, hut it will bo more , ll< xible and will take it*: much better ! t nan the old yellow card S< nator ("tay of (Joorgia haw resumed his scat in the senate after an absence of more than a month, cans <d by illness. The senator wan warmly congratulated by his associates on both sides of the chamber. That the crowding of immigrants in the congested districts of tin? large cities is much less prevalent than la popularly supposed, and that common report of had living conditions le much overdrawn, is stated in sub stance in an exhaustive report upon immigrants in cities submitted t< congress by Senator iiiliingl.am oi Vermont, chairman of the immigra iiwii commission. A favorabl; report has been made to tho senate in the bill appropriating for a liuli hatchory in tho state of Ala baina. It is real easy to tell when eggs are fresh and when they are not with' out breaking tbe shell, according to statements made by Dr. Harvey W, Wiley, tiie government's ehiel chemist, at the "high-cost of-ilving hearIng being conducted by a house sub' CO III Hill l" u. ?' >? ' *?-.? iiu\ <J my ^Aplained, l>uf also demonstrated, u practically infallii i" method. H? had a big glass brealtt'r about threefouitlis lilled witii a ten per runt ho lution of common table .Hull. Into thin ho dropped tne < All tlio fresh egga Bank lo the iiotloin of the breaker, while lue that woia not fre?h Moan ,, a louith or a third of tho waior [PALMETTO STATE Nip Columbia, 8. C.?There are hrohlbitloniBls, local optlonista, onT> the fencoB, stand-patters, and lilgfi iloenee men in the legislature i ud all are doing a lot of talking, mor >, really, than la necessary for the iirelTare of the law-making body. The wiiskey question is claiming uie mionuon 01 all of the legislators In a qui<i way. One certain statement that upn be made is that every man of llie one hundred and sixty-six has hm views t along this line. There are two class| es of prohibitionists. First, riere are prohibitionists whom everybody respects?the man who believes in prohibition from a moral standpoint; and then there is the man who is on tlio nrnh i hi t inn huTid wni/nn inut hn. cause he thinkH li in a good political investment. The latter class is more numerous than the former and the movement can safely be sifted down to a poltical move. On the trip to Clemson the other day, the smoking cars of the coaches were given up to caucus rooms and there was some lively political talk. Car number 1?prohibition; car number 2?a mixture; car number 3? same as millibar 1 and so on. "This prohibition movement or cyclone," said the member from Charlestoon, "is linking the church and state too closely and is too much like anarchy. For the life of 1110 i can t, see why other sections of the state should say to ua just what we want and then force the prohibition down our throats. I am not talking for Charleston only, but for the entire state." "We want prohibition, prohibition," gesticulated one of the members who t had been drinking too much, and it is I a fact that a strong pretender of proI hlbition on that trip went to a prohibition town and got drunk, us the expression goes. High license is the latest and Senator Smith has Introduced a measure in the senate calling for such. Charleston, S. C.?One solid cargo ?five thousand tons?of cotton seed cake is the order from the mills of South Carolina and Georgia for export. Much of this will come from the Charleston cotton seed oil mills, and the cargo will probably bo loaded in this city. The significance of this immense purchase is that foreign buyers are willing to pay the prevailing high ! prices for the cake. The result of ' uh<r.tiw.n? uK|...twl will Kn I Iw, | strengthening ot' the meal market, and consequently higher prices 011 account of the removal from the market j in this state of such a largo quantity from the mills. Anderson, S. C.?A Hoys' Corn club ! lias been organized in Anderson covinj ty with about lifty members, ami I many more to join. The organization waB perfected with the assistance ivf I County Superintendent it. Iv XichoiI son, Mr. O. H. -Martin, State Superlnj trudont of Education J. 10. Swearini gen and Air. Ira Williams. The or- ^ | ganization meeting \sas largely ati tended and much enthusiasm was Columbia, S. C.;?D. \V. McLaurin has received a letter from a lady residing in Watertown, Mo., asking for information concerning an ollicer of the Twenty-third South Carolina regj iment hy the name of Cobb. She | .-\tates in the letter that she ban in | her possession a sword that was takt eu from Hi is ollicer by an ollicer ol' I the Twentieth Maine infant r> at the I battle of Five Forks, Virginia, in April, 1805. It is also stated that if tilt? ollicer referr* d to can be 10i tuit u ui Info i>topie tout the sword will be returned. The records do not allow that there was an olliccr Ij> tne name of Cobb in the Twenty-third regiment. GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOTES. ....The election in tlio legislature reI suited as follows: Insurance cominisloner, F. M. McMnster of Columbia. 1'enitentiary directors, J. 1). Doas of Kershaw; and \V. II. CSlrmi of Ander nv/il, VIVUIOUII II liniVUi), 1. *V1. .dauldin of I'ickons; W. t?. Ijouh oi Churuw, and ti. 11. Itawl of Lexington. \\ luthrop college, L). \\ . Mchnuriu of Dillon; U. K. Tillman ot Trenton. I Diversity ot South Carolina trustees, It. I'. Hauler, Jr., of .Marion, and i;. Spencer of Yorkvillo. State Colored college trust ties, W. Kloyd of nershaw; tj. It White of (Jnostrr. I'au joint session oleeted the follow* ; ing: Kor associate justice, I). IJ. llydrlck of SpurtanhnrK. Kor judges, lirst circuit, Vl. I>;ini/.ler ot Orangeburg; second circuit, itolurt Aldricn <>i Marnwell: third circuit. John s v\ ilKon of .Manning; Uaiitli circuit, )< t . Walts of Clieraw; Kixtli circuit, Ucorgc \V_ tiage; cigiith circuit, ? Kiugli ?ji Abbeville; statu librarian, Laviuia li. Laborbo of Columbia. ... .'1 'hero was a battle ol words on the Hour of tin- house between Rep it n< ntalivt s Kichards ami (downing vshicii came near resulting m a per 1 sonal < m ount* r. This was prevented by tin- interference ol' lriunds. Mr. lirowning stated that laying a ' till! ii)M nf iiiwiIi i lii t inn vlr a I'd 8 had Wild hold of tlio (all of tho ' prohibition mule and tiiat (tie mule would hick Mr. Richards into tlu> governor's oilico. lie said that Mr. ui( hards had supported the state dis p? nsary until that position was no 1 longer tenable and t.:at he had now ' laid hold oT the protn lion movei mnnt. Mr. Richards' only r< ply ! that Mr. drowning s c iium us were beneath his notice, i ....An interesting measure tlut lias ..I.LL...I lUi^.l .1 I ?..r ... <>... |xinn?ai Mil I U i VrtU I H/S lilt* 11 (IIJ * I H i the lull by Representative l?'oster providing for trial ol! fictions against, public service corporations. i .... Among the Iniis u.ik ii p isiu i (Iiirtl reading in the house \,ei\* ,r i Dixon':; i>ill making n .i i ..n ..icanor i for any person having lh< iu.>.o..i.\ ( and control ol children to shut them up iii any (h\r!im? or oui lio.iso and \ off and ' < l n a' Lint rouHncd; , ir c'ohI'T'h IiiiI i ) pr v< I tin; for' l feituro of infiuraneo lor (< :; in i< a. | gonr<, nnl?-8? (Ikj joinif coni.iiDntu i.? j (lie 'os?, and to provido for trial ' lnr\ for tli.il is n( :inil Mr i.- t , ; hill to pay doioners jurios. Mr. Clary's Itlll. : p. d. i r vines thai Jurors serving , JurlCH nail be paid ;">U cents a oay ....Dillon county has been establlshcd. Tho new county hill was given j its final reading. Thoro was no opposition on the third reading of tlie bill. After it \s as given its reading, Mr. Jauii r chnchod t < . ter, and all i..?i i now needed is to ratify ;<iul f< r tin- governor to sign j tho iCt. I II I V | Ion county h? .1 < .1 I .v . il, provir ' f(>r 11 s n ' | .... ell'Ml 1 I ( aii 1 l 1 , . 7 1 tile . \