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rs might become it would in the ful EEAW MNR ness of the time, be dwarfed In comparison With the inevitable Idevelopment acrcss the Pacitie. I believe th.t Mr. Seward wa;. right and tha. in China there is a Is the Solution of the Cotton market waitinz, which will enable us to sell 20,000,(00 instead of 10,000,000 Situation Says MI.cLaurin. bales above ten cents the pcound. If we could with so little effort de velop a market in a locality An North China, it seems to me that it could be done in all accessible portions of HIV I N (i LITTLE FAIH the Empire. It ought not to be difficult to teach a thrifty paople the superiority of cot ton over silk as an article of general wear. It is chespar, and the fact that In Reduction of Acreage. Hie Con- it will wash commends it to a people so cleanly in their habits. Then the tends that all the Cotton the South old saying, "Chinamen never wash their clothes and Japs never wash can Produce May be :Sold at their bodies," would be more honored in the breach than the b-ervance. Good Prices by Enlarg. All business is done in China under a system of guilds conducted on simi ing Our Trade. lar lines to the Federation of L-bor in this country, and this fact properly To theLElitor of The News and handled has proven a help rather than Courier: The drop:In theI~price of a hindrance to the Introduction of American gocds in China. You deal cotton is exciting all over the South, with an orgar ization instead of indi and a Convenion has been called in viduals. If the cotton burned during Ntw Orleans to consider questions re- the past weeks had been made inte lating to the cotton industry. I have cloth and sent into portions of Cbina, seen many remedies proposed for over where American goods are unknown, producti n, but have heard nothing it would be a )ar more sensible plan of about ur:der consumption, and herein reducing the surplus and making cus lies (in my opinion) the only prman- tomers of thrse silk clad millions in ent solution of the problem. the Orient. With prcper methods of distribu- But 7,000 miles of ocean roll be tion, there is room for a larger c:op tween us and these markets, it must of cotton than has yet been produced be traversed by ships and each day in the South. It is painfully appar the diffiulties in that respect multi ent that burDing cotton, reduction of ply. acreage, etc, are only temporary ex- Our carryirg trade-is in the bands, pedients, and will afford no perman- not only of our commercial rivals, but ent relief. of the nations who consume our raw Can we find newer and wider mar- cotton and are therefore bitterly op kets for ouristaple product? posed to assisting any movement That this would be a complete where the ultimate effect must be to remedy none can dubt, and that advance the price of cotton. If the such markets exist none familiar with market for go-ds is to be evended the question will denv. they will see to Is that it is done Facing us on the other side of the under their auspices and then not on 'globe are the teeming millions of such an extensive scale as to make China, and it was among them that the staple scarce and high. The we found a market for our surplus American merchant flag is a stranger when the large crops of the late '90s on the high seas, and will be until glutted all other markets. Congress takes some action which Five-cent cotton proved a great will enable the American built and stimulus to manufacturing and led to operated ship to compete with its sub the marvellous development from 1890 sidiz ;d foreign rival. For years meas to 1900, when there was an increase ures to that end have been before in the United States of 32 per cent, Congress, but the demand has never while in South Carolina the output come up from the people, because the from our mills ran up from ten to for- development of this continent has ty million dollars, finding a ready mar heretofore afforded ample scope, but ket in China. the days of our national infancy are Indeed demand far outstripped pro gone and we must go out into the duction, and there was a steady ad markets of the world up- n a footiJg vance in the price of spot cotton un- of equality with the other naio. til the China market was practically Upon the Atlantic our carrying closed by troubles in the East, and trade Is monopolized by enormous speculation advanced prices aLnorm- foreign steamship lines that are now ally, and, instead of an expanding circling the globe with their ships market with advancing prices, we are that have E nperors, Kigs and nobles in the period of a contracting market. for their advocates and stc ceholders. with falling prices. It is evident that The nations of Europe rejoice In the we are facing another era of low, concentration of the wea.th of their priced cotton. people in their st-amship lines, they Can we take -advantage of the situa- are sustained by subsidies from their tion and create auch a widespread de- Government and through their con mand for cotton goods that low prices trol of transportation they levy trib and over-production will never be ute upon all the peoples of the earth, heard of again? 1 nd upon none does it rest more heav cotton is now below the cest of pro. ily than the cotton grower. duotion, lower by comparison than it Less than three per cent of our has ever been before. Its natural ad- carrying trade with Europe is in vantages are such that if we do nioth- A merican ships, a trade totally a bil ing It will take care of itself, as it lion and a half annually, two-thirds has in the past, I ut by wisdom we of our trade with the entire world. can hasten the day when the king The first step in extending and en shall come to his own again, and this, larging our cotton market must be I apprehend, is the great purpcse of a transportation facilities. It its asking Convention of the cotton growers. too much of human nature to expect China is an old country, with the those nations which are looking for stored wealth of centuries; her people cheap cotton to develop new markets. need our cotton, particularly the Cotton manufacturing has been Intro cheaper fabrics. duced into Japan,but has not fourish I heard Minister Wu say once that ed, so I am Informed, because of the the'tquestion of clothing was one of impossibility of getting theraw cot the greatest problems that c nfronted ton- But for this I have no doubt that his people, but lit41e cotton is grown by this time Japan's cotton factories and the methods of manufacture would be important purchasers of primitive. They depend largely upon spot cotton. silk, and he laughingly added that, soOThe New Orleans convention con great was the population, that If cot- sider no question in which the South ton were used as in other portions of is more vitally interested than ship the world, and you could get "each ping. About 35 per cent of the total Chinaman to add one Inch to the exports of the nation are shipped from length of, the tail of his shirt, it Southern ports, while only about six would consume the cotton crop of the per cent of the Imports enter at South." Southern ports. The great bulk of So far we have only touched with our exports originate in the South or our cotton trade one small section in in the Mississippi Valley that drains North China, the exports never ex- into the gulf. New Orleans and the ceeding twenty-five million dollars in gulf ports are the natural exit, but one yea~r. tegetlnso alasrnes It may iseem strange that a profit adws rdId o ups n or loss on an industry amounting to oedut htteeI omnt 8340,000,000 annually should be af-ofItrsbewnthetrsc fected by the loss of an export de-tiealinsnd he abdze mand of $18,000,000 or $20,000,000, frinsemhpcmais hti -but the sceptical have only to refer to tecmiainwihhsawy e the history of the cotton trade forfetdvryfotInCgestoas 1901, durIng the Boxer troubles, when abl o h eeomn fa expor'ts to China almost ceased to beAezanmrhtmri. convinced of the value of our at pres- Tesm neet otoe o ent comparatively small E.sternqureofacnryteonrcin trade. The year 1904 has demonstrated be-oftestuanCalbtudrth yond doubt that In spite of the bollprsnvirosFdaldinsa weevil the South can produce a croplascnolngrbdei.Gdha of cotton far in excess of the demands s ahoe hscutyta h from present markets, hence necessi rldrci ty forces either the curtailment of nt o t xotpo dte getmv lirs ort randasorutnoeat thecro orfinin neer nd ide ~and west. new Orlano suldsen marketsonde dbt ill theroe of th gremunty o ne amiiarwit prsenodi-eat ifnoet thet geantes ditrbutin tios elevs ha wihot tm p~v pinta ines ord tesbiie Idetia dsaser hecro of195 wllftoreenteaboutp copaes. cent th be mterall reuce. I th ace-thiseontin whih Atanti alwayse ageisurtilebeterculivaionandcoete ever ballast wile onr6e ets theinceasd ue o fetilzrwil eneing outher portslopmen hfa mak upthedeicincy W hae te AmerTisan erioan icaprie. h lare pofis o tw wll oldcros cTon samer fotrsts postponexforta our anksand s lng we an urutr It anur thateverynstrutio mule andguao wewil makcot of comin Ishn ast l bodr coto he The Suth nw ha aprctica res-eng frightrous weealt ayminestra nopol in he poducion f coton opnts f the rogtund yae whichral Thi sh soul kep tllazrdpese cahomesdro th roit ofa the fin nw aretsad akdenu ctmke tof moveat cotand oth o tco tor fsnding theworl ad fir Abt60prcnofheotn mReut- farag a ot Ca some uder hi eoeboftion grea takb oesaoluionr will prsnt reduce t.fsontth gralwas adfrign tiond believe that thers e willv- steoi ine thsegodsdoo identa who tr h rpf10 will taeamrAopee bt gornt aboretha 20pe cetosand se 'vieall thedsiuatio. Ifmheac eps entrilnd fnrt eAtany poft Coieiscrtiled tte cin vain anedh coer blte Canaian Pacifi 60pRacen theireaseda poulaio of 400,000,000way. eTe couthen gror coe pay tal whose tprae weihency p er caiavesno reast."i sasros adcpth ingerfitsa ompared with sol hop itn hi comtngo es four ianexpdort sou ak nd dvlon the ecars buo neighbors i measthAea ee sIn mle anwganow willakectton- aomin si worelght. for cotton cagos limitlupn the prountion of cotton- gose tof otherund vyage whichpe. Thos thae thoul Oreepnt will consumed, esse lods ro Sth Arofericah aeforndnevaelpin anw makets eng maer of goodato oth. cu on t orsl theem narin an sails Aboet t0 Epe end fo theco eduction wil undoubtedly reai to Sonaut undera ths compnatingo tls postonsonutheionlandl nof reduce theracnintl hragley and oldig Kore and Mblieechrath will be ln teasi diadvnthee byoods double metauheCtetn metodes,'n uonden- voaege aur core tot te wAter, Eirewh will bae a ope p coehn- payth fonreihmot." hosn ee aseewr theftuor. mTle forin inds ext conolof Conihin Alasa Guan Hai and ths overs the Candign aets al sotothere pOrain fiendly00,000 waThe cotton rowere he will the ndiesormonal gmpaepowt, bass of fore t pacom ies or next cot s buynd if eedlop for our yrears ton 0eihbr cnsular Aeorts reor In om, arsenal unetk opaeaastill were plAhteOricott goodsn early fifth atty yasgof crtrtof sgne to South American prtshe. Sdyte petedhtlea was nevermoe bfvor dshred In caro es a oreigne ae nwith puroe restearin a is dict st orpeard until thec South American -urcbaser in despair STATE DISPENSARY accepts the European substitutes. Is it good sense for us to continue to allow Europe to buy our cotton, Report of Xxpert Accountants Who carry it across the Atlantic, manu facture it and then send it back across Examined the Books. the Atlantic and sell it at a protit I right at cur door? They will do so Statistical Information Regarding just as lorg as they control transport ation. the State's Liquor Business I believe It was Grady who said that is Interesting. "cotton is a fool," and I add has no friends. Messrs. D. Zimmerman and J. W. Jxo LoWNDES McLAUIIN. Jones, the accountants appointed to Bennettsville, January 13. examine the bocks and vouchers at the State dispensary Wednesday re ported that they had ccmpleted their work. The rollowing statistical in The Awful Deed Was Done while formation was given in their reports: ASSETS. the Father Was Drunk. Cash in State treasury At Greenwocd the coroner's jury Nov. 30th, '04....... 41,268.96 which adjourned Monday Jan. 1t, to Teams and wagons..... 64.00 1 meet again Wednesday to finish hear- Supplies (inventory Nov I ing the evidence in the matter of 30th, '04............,043.75 Scott C1 gg, wbose des th was reported Machinery and office fix Monday Jan. 16, brought in a verdict tures ............... 6,328 56 Wednesday afternoon that he came to Contraband (inventory his death from a gun shot wound at Nov. 30th, '04....... 1,498.20 the hands of his own father, John Real estate (inventory Cleg;f. The verdict was expec:ed in Nov. 30th, '04 . - 52,860 56 view of developments after Monday's Merchandise in hands of hearng. The unfortunate tragedy dispensers Nov 30, '04 494,388.26 has been the topic of conver.ation Merchandise (inventory ever since it happened. By sc me of stock at Sta.e dis %ympathy is expressed for the father, Supended acconts.. . 403,56 21 becaase of the fact that it has been Puspende accouns. 28 shov. n clearly that he was druuk at Personal accounts due the time. Iu fact, he seem=d, as State for alcohl and phrased by some, to be "perfectly empty barrels, etc.. 19.479 31 craz '." Whether he caused tae death Total assets ........ $1,029,397.05 of his son by drunken carelessness or LIABILITIES. by te impulse of a sudden blinI way School fund........$ 518,675.77 o drunken passion will be for a jary Personal accounts due to decide. b tt o upis John C egg was at once arrestcd and by State for supplies, is now in the county jail to be tried whikie,,in2,1ber for the murder of his own scn. The etc.es...nes.beer,510,721 28 testimony heard by the jury Mcnday, Total liabilities. $1,029,397 05 given by Clegg and his son, vras to the eff ct that the boy was shot while Cash stm f ia r n they v ere on their way to Greenwood, and that they did not know w"1o did RECEIPTS. it. The jury heard from other wit- 3alance In State treas nesses that the little boy said Sinday ury, Nov. 30th, '03... S 20,989 92 night, after they had arrived here, December, '03, reoeipts. 355,88-i. 85 that his father had shot his bi other, January, '04, receipti.. 248 604 79 and that this was said in the presence February, '04, receipts.. 237-570 63 of the father. The little b3v's cbanged Aarch, '04, receipts.... 236,449.40 testimony Wednesday was in sub- April, '04, receipts.... 189,039 75 stacce that his father pulled out the Kay, '04, receipts.... 219.018 73 pistol to shoot at something on the June, '04, receipts.... 180,452.31 road and they (his dead brother and July, '04, receipts.....178,181.02 himself) caught hold of the pistol and August, '04, receipts... 219,619.80 in sc-ma way his brother was shot. September, '04, receipts 241437 78 Witnesses livir g along the road O.teber, '04, receipts.. 290,528 06 testified that they saw Clegg and November, '04, receipts 327,52213 heard his awful cursing. One man, W. P. Rhodes, repeated some cf his Total............82,945,298 17 vile oaths, but could not swear DISRU38MENTS whetber they were directed at the December, '03.......8 356,440.00 boy or at the horse. All of the testi- January, 104..... 236,797 07 mony showed that John Clegg was as February, '04...252 131.87 wild and frer z'ed as a man ceu'd be March, '04...266,61253 made by whiskey, and that as a result April, '04...193 447.42 of this awful state he caused the May, '04.194.066-00 death of one of his own children. The June'04..201-672 33 boy's mother has been dead for several July, '04.162,383.96 years. Clegg was a policeman at August, '04...........195,132.51 Greenwood. There is no dispensary September, '04........225,58482 in the county, and he was drunk or October, '04...........229,721.86 made cr %y by drinking blind tiger November, '04...390,038 84 whiskey, which .must have been of the vilest sort, as Clegg seemed and $2,904,029.21 acted like a crazy man while under Balance In State treas har0lue. u ,ashPstateme for fscal year ending o Westinstr, S C. is he pstmater v.me 30th, 1904: ot~her elegateto sttecandiountyatc. etca. convntins.Muly wll osehisDecember, ' 03,518ce 60ts 5,883.95 postio, hic h ha hld nl siceJanuary '04 128ept32 248.604 79 Aprl 1, 104.Th inestgaton f'ebruary, '04,cepts. 23.412 88 entshoed hathe ad ot nly Arch, '04, rece2pt..5.. 26,150.04 mad cotrbuton fothiprpoe ayril,.'04 .1eceipt.59 . 68,005.41 himself but hd solicted an4o,-rJue e.ps.9 17.2 8 1,518.69 tamd cntrbuion frm thepot-Juney04,recit.15 296.08 180,464.01 masers ad i wa sme f tos August...04, 67,561.52.. 229,61.86 who ad ompaind tothedeprt-September,..14,3eceipt 2114707 men, a tod n tis orespndeceOteber, 97,0ree4ts.33 29,52870 a dy o tw ag. n te ftur ~ November, 35,6rece.pt 324717.381 poliicins or raveingor the ex Totals..............5 2,935581 ther psiion, ts thes re eprte yarh,'0......... 82,118.753 Apnrlan0se.z.r..... . ,146474 to av dnethsmethngMSaye's4. shar of profits 9406.0 EJuly, '04 .n.. .. ..o..b..r..ol62,383.96 TheRe. M L Stmsn. ouh agust Brewin........ 7193.51 at Sn Frnciso onthe tea e e's r accun..........54 03 ber Aftr te mrdes te svags Spplesbe,'d......... 391,477.03 Mr. Simso is ettle at ' Baalaeih nd Saexpreas Caroinenan ndcee otit.e chrgNov,.30th,.'....2. 4 169 tais lro th e i svro J ofb. aopyrll)....3836 Brestainse sa.,i the nuosmandtExpnecu ----3328 ingative whsctn fantiui o n Lor in.......1676 pig bthel epensso kilegro ThndRbeyo ipnay ther cannibts procseed ounty Jn th 0.......93 poasition, whhhe bodis o he ony icesRbeyo ipnay govprnor9 0. e h aivetiatpion O Sb e.......909 tivespetion. Rffthededstoftateeparr me to Werha e hald Stae' nt onlypae Tmode nrbons er hidsn twroe rdtscolfn.. 11377 hmrelfr seuthdsolicuted andaob occired Wdntribtion frmoing about-utLk hm masners, condt Ga soe ea the: Asciltth Ciag Ttun Willham cMamed Jr. whthe, sodepa laertat-eCloao eert Wilnia atdin whis onere sawhvponoee ufinvdence t mil proveothatorecentIfrahdsfcturgealt postmaser Joho colorer paysa mey the mcai atyi htS:t haolitwcransheoworkaofltne Republirans Williams Cat in wsi adon sc ealthwevs.Detisemlydb oed abotmther ace lkel n to lerosye Deortclaralge hert Aothengrs othrsae naeor tey aedvlpd hi fe t kneone the badlmbred abuthingewhc.il hwthtteoe Eoy and ar boe.H wan ill b hc evae rdlntDmcai Sabl die.sonay oher ngres whcen teshdpeiosybeysufdb I te o te eplsio, wreblon akigP ut ases o fa fraruedin b No-e overa ril enc, adisancoftwety emocrt anthen hain904:oxs Cals Tem iar. A Ne Yokite stom oran, Wih raatc eror SnaorJon taia bke teei eabelds, B. ithelof reon o th f~o lver bs ttcn . dar halwa c.a of he nied taes enae edns-Eas Deeement0351 whil e delivered7 dayaftrnon ~eouned isaccses ahsnary.. th 6ug the 32us 21.708t61 and ublily randd thm a mai- n arry.i which3 01qu 23.412 88 cou ad trcou lar."Ina har reloaged.. 45, was kile and bis.95 prese cofienc I hi utimeyin sAbbigt. We 167,56a.5 was,905.86 ad Boysctrponer were297. roun33 21,6. an ers who burGrosomerooton on the secued atces ednsdaynigt ad mretas bhroh sritgstHnyr aet Sanreranascoon arhue. staer Cender cofnthe sam .c..t., askin 0 orcorings thefirse t as ot- datheis hrwl,"uthsam tenuder on ietrol c Oneresidenc aroneekad isdadhg cagefre Aftro thepmrksu the flavasge e. n hn eran esal~ ae tinguised befthe uchms kithin oalinrwo nwthuhe sghta onte Gemn ressdence. XOOD ROADS MEETING1 and Congressman Warnock of Ohio for their able E~ddresses of the night before, Mayor Gibbes for the hospital- A n Columbia Ia't Week Was Well ity of the city and the press for its curtesies. Attended by Delegates. The Immortal Lee. L st Thursday was the birthday ofF kmong the Speakers Were Congress- R-bert E. Lee, one of the greatest manmen ever produced by any country or b manWarockof bjo Sea- people. le ranks among the greatest 12 ter Latimer. Dr. Niles. soldiers of the world as a military 0 geniu!:, ar d as a private citiz= he P The Good Roads Association of was a model (. all that was noble, s South Carolina assembled in annual true and ereat in man. There have b been soiiers, perhap-2, his iqual, but o ;esslon in Columbia on last Thursday. none his s.4erior. There can be no rhe following are a list of delegates question as to Gen. L-es zaacty as 5 In attendance and the c. unties they a military leader. "When for four t represented: years," as the AugustaChronicle says, k Abbeville, Supervisor G. W. Nick- "with an adversary outnumbering f les, J. C. Lomax and J. R Blake; him as 20 to 6 and the bulk of it com- t Anderson, Supervisor S. 0. Jackson, posed of the same fighting race as h's n 1. W. Ashley, J. R. Watson, Jobn K own men, be held the capital of the v Wood, J. A. Hall,, A. C. Latimer, M Confederacy safe against attack upon P. Tribble, M. L. Bonham and M attack, discreditirg, as well as defeat. c Perrin. ing, the ablest commanders brought t Berkeley, Supervisor J. H. Harvey to conquer him and cnly yielding at i and J. W. B. Breland. last under Grant's system of heedlesst Charleston, Superviior Wmn. P. sacrifice; he stands undoubtcdly in Cantwell, T. W. Bacot and Earle the fro t rank of military men. Bt i ShRan. it was rea.y after his thinned corps t Chesterfield, Supervisor Smith Oim- were su.rounded an y surrendered at ve,-. Appomattox and his stainless sword Clarendon. SupervIsor T. C. Owens was sheathed that the true greatness, 1 R. s. McFaddin. the real heroism, the magnificent pro Darllngtorv, C. 0. McCullough. portions of Rbert E Le, the civi-r D rchester, Supervwsor H. H. Gross. aan, wer lf exemplified. Florence, Supervitor James B Mc- As poor almost as any others that Bride, W. R. Langitb, W. B. Gause. ad worn the gray, his inherited c Greenwood, Su per vsr J. M. Majnor, wealth sw pt away by the war, he had J. B. Mcqants, R. L. Lyon. but to heed Gw the offers that yare Horry, Supervisor J. L. Boyd, " made him, hai but to nouminally con- i F. Todd, W. L. Misoe. necthimself vith this orthat organ Kershaw, Supervisor J. M Sowell, lzation or such a proposed industry or D. M. Bethuae. speculatirn, to have had an Income Lancaster, Superviapr M. C. Gard. far greater than his needs. But he resa ner. olutely refused them all, until, after a Marian, Supervisor J. P. Stack deep coniideration, having sitisfied house, J. C. Sellers, himself that he could help educate I Orangeburg, Supervisor Olin M. the sonds of th Sou h to recognize the Dntzler, T. D. A. Llvirgiton, J. A. inevitable and acsept th situation I Banks. make a fresh start and a new South Richland, Supervisor W. D. Starl- land, he consented to assume the ing, P. . Garrick, L. Rabon, Wm. Presidency (f Washington College Douglass. N. itawlinson, W. H. Sligh, (now Wastington and Lee University) i F. H. Hyat. for a mere stppd hardly adequate I Spartanburg, Supervisor D. M. to his wants. Miles, M. F. Turner, W. T. Bown. It was there, at Lexington, Virgin .1 Unon, Supervisor T. J. Beden- ia, that General Lee's heroism and baugh, . L McNally, juies P. fame reached their highet point, Vin gton. however te may have fammed in Williamsburg, Supervisor John J. the lo:es gleaned in Mexico and at Graham. the head of the Army of NorthernI York, Suprvisor Thomae W. Boyd. Virgiana. It was in the few years Barnwell, Supervisor J. B. M)rri. granted him to fill that post, that Marlboro, Supervisor M. . Coward. General Lee crowned his royal life and Laurens, Supervisor H. B. Hum- wrote his name In every Southern bert. heart, as well as in many gallant ones President F. H. Hyatt caiJled the across the sea and at the North. And meeting to order. The proceedings his memory should live with his peo were opened by prayer by the Riv, pie fir ever." Let us teach our boys 3. W. Daniel. Mayor G:bbes, on be- and girls that half of the city,, welcomed the. dele- "No Purer sword led braver band, gates. Nor braver band bled for brighter The followirg officers were feected landp for the ensuing year: F. H. Hyatt, Nor brighter land had cause more presidentl; Earle Slan, secretary; 0. grand, M4. Dantzler, treasurer. Nor cause a chief like-Leel" President Hyatt read his report forer last yar, whi is full of interest.e r ered A learned and highly arprecwated Solicitor P. T. Hldebrand Tuesday address on the subj3ect of improved confirmed a rumor that a survey Is be roads in Canada, the Utited States and Mexico was delivezed by Dr. C. ing made of the territory around En zaton os.utawvIlle to see whether or not the hoseM . .Sles Gev. Heyavqrd sent aL messqqae ex- place of the- murder of Keltt Bookard prssngeureg, atpeiso bsence casdiM nOagbigcut.M.H warmtzr syThie and i orstene tbsefcArqetlbtwti.h CoinP.J GarrodL RoaasscitonW. Douglass. awtinote a.H osltu eygeibehreauhIfomto Satedburg, servory inDag.u tecsewlM. re Miles, M.o F Turaner, co.nTy B'sowi n Oagbr.Te uvy n oation Swerisor be suppl ede ny-ti i htth er a udr Thenfollwnouinwsaot ate ie n nOagbr on "BeirkSuevsovd Thoat hs W.sBoyd. Marelborofropervesor M.in.Chawlrd. restie by the respetiv coutied --mtheo a a oc'sCre ofting Stat forervceihhepodn-s atrprto hsmnh strectopnead the prainenbynte ofth puli highas. Thisoraybers, pr e- Awmr ~ a dicte on the fcty thatme the , melf TeSaee-s Gv Bl f r coits.aalbei oecu~isI fuTher followthg ofriers lare aviledono oa hssnecdt for road pupsuer F. ine Hyatet, -b agdi htSanx ot prsidnctr Eandle . mlo retary;siv an0. m ecae ht ewl e Presidentdecrees readheicourtoto hav propernsied anhghlyfo anre-e qaddressod h ujc ofoimp"overs sudrsnenefrte r Aromitteeanada pphe nted t aldrfhrhsad hatefxd o on te apropratelegilatie fcrte geaeuton beig Febd. Bthe reo - in ittes nd ubm fo thir nsd ears consdeatiomn baving hatisfed n eraontherecmmedatonsadotedVimoelfta Uher coldhelw ofducat byheasscitio. tae Ios see thaoth te ricgtz tohe At he igt sssin udg w.B inewitabe satnacepo the siturtio I Warnoc, memerofongres afro vese oneted leiltur asumel ahe Ohi, adrese th asocitin o thPreie and tahisatonCole hy "GoodRoad" an in ommedat (n o ai ton andt Lst Unessisthe Senaor Ltimr's ill hic proide g mvereo tprpsed hlet theuate to eerlad JdeWrcI is watse. 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Ro. qAiresortion was appted byth cal Tefhern wasbdan teat-foxed forI byten thocaningnato Statr ells rgo exprehsrs.htto re THE LAW OF TUSPASS. FASMEU TILE SENATK Bill Passes the House Changing A Bill to Investigate the State Di. the Existing Conditions. pensary yhoroughly. The House spent the whole of last tiday morning in discussing a bill to Senatorial Spokesmen for Members rohibit trespassing on people's lands -er the Board Declare Thir - Mr. Beamguard explained that this Ill reverses existing conditions. The Wnlingness to be Look. 6w as to "posting" land requires the ed After. wner to publish notices in the county I aper for four weeks and to put up I The most Important transaction of gns on four sides of the land. The the Senate Wednesday was the pas 11 will make trespass unlawful with- sage of the concurrent resolution to ut "posting" being necassury. investigate the State dispensary. Mr. Irby made an impassioned There was no fght made and ~ihe peech against rich men who own amendment sugges:ed were embodied htousands of acres of land trying to without discussion. Had anyone eep their poor and honest neighbors anticipated a spicy debate they would rom shooting on their lands when have been mistaken, for, the chamber hey bring rich men here from the did not for any time lose Its wonted. orth and let thcm shoot all they air of dignity and newspapers seemed rant. to engage as much attention as the Mr. Ardrey, author of the bill, de- resoluti n. Tne resolution was a lared Mr. Irby's argument to be en- special order and therefore was taken irely in favor of the bill. Why should up first on the calendar. ot these people go to work and then Senator McIver's amendment that bay wouldn't need to be pottering the et mmittee be increased from two ,round on other people's land shoot- senators and three members of the og the best friend the farmcr has- house -. G-ree senators was accepted. he bird-which destroys the vermin Ee a:, -Jered an amendment that vhich kill the crops. instea; . having the committee sit Mr. Toole ,houghit the bill too dras- now and report before February 1st ,ic It is uWe'ess legisla tion and wUli (s provided In the resolutior) It nake it a misdemeanor for a man should meet socn after adjournment nerely to walk across the lkd of an- and report to the next session. The ther, even in incorporated cities. committee is t recive $4 per diem Mr. Hamel declared that Mr. Irby's and mileage. Another amendment ibjection is met, because the bill will submitted by Senator Raysor was a Lot prevent a maa from getting the provision that "statem' nts made by onsent of the owner of the land, and witnesses should not be used against t is but proper and right that one them in any criminal proceeding" be hould secure such conseLt, no matter stric~ken out. This was done. Sena rhat is the law. Dors McLecd and Brice, submitted Mr. Irby again attacked the owners amendments omnibus in character of large sates by citing the case of and giving the committee the right to In individual in Laurens who ha find out everything possible about the vrecked Door men'and acquired their dispensary and through any means, >raperty, and it would ba unjust t) its past and present history includ rive such men the right to liep these ed. oor men from hunting on uatenanted The resolution as i- now stands ands. provides that the committee will re Mr. Laban Mauldin of Pickens re- port to the next general assembly on >lied with equal earnestness that no the affairs of the dispensary. They nan would deny a poor man permis. shall have authority to summon wit ion to hunt on his lands to keep nesses, to employ stenographers and ;he poor man in meat. He favored accountants and have access to the ;'1e bill. books and papers of the institution. Mr. Morgan of Greenville declared There are special questions for them ,hat this bill is no Innovation. It to Investigate, particularly the follow narely enacts the law but in a differ- in at form. In reply to a question from Whether or not it is a fact that fr. Irby, Mr. Morgan declared that houses represented by agents who are f a man pays for a piece of land his near relatives of the members of te onstitutional rights thereon should board of directors receive large orders 20t be taken away from him. at each purchase. The bill as it finally passed to a Is it a fact that members of the hlrd reading provides: "That from board of directors are, or have been, mnd after the approval of this act, any agents for certain wholesale houses person or persons entering upon the from which ;lrge purchases . are lands of another, for the purpose of mak hunting, fishing, trapping, netting, Is it a fact. tIat parties to whom gathering fruit, vegetables, herbs, or large orders are given are not whole =utting timber on the same without sale dealers, but brokers and that the the consent of the owner or manager orders are filled by third persons,thus. thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a making the State pay the commison misdemeanor and, upon conviction of the middle m an?. thereof, shall pay a fine of not less Was it necess;.ry to purchase th than five nor more than twenty dol- large quantity or liquor ordered lars, or be imprisoned at hard labor December, 1904. to fll demands, and not less than ten or more than thirty especially the new and fxnmy goods lays for each and every offense." purchased which is unknown to the trade? Tney Mean Business. Are the extrordinary heavy pur A dispatch from Fort Motte to The chases made recessary to the best State says: "A meeting of the farm- buiness Interests of the dispensary ers cf this, the banner section of - Or- system? angeburg County, was held on the .. What is the financial standings of 10th, to discuss the cotton situation, the business, and is it run on the best Dapt. James A. Peterkin was made principles for the interest of the president of the mieeting. The general law as originally passed and amend-_ apirit of the meeting was that it was ed ? lime for the cotton planter to take ac Is it a fact that the State, through lion, and that organization' was a the dispensaries, is violating the con aecessity to accure a fair and regular ,titution of 1895, In that It is selling - price for cotton. It was agreed that a whiskey In less quantities than one :eduction in acreage of 25 per cent half of one pint? -' would be made In this section. Toe Is It a fact that the State is selling farmers in this section are in a posi- ' ncs od t t utmr n Gion to hold their cotton for what they cagn hmfroeqat onsider a fair price." The farmers in Isl afcthteringnsae the upper part of the county meantrelgovrheSaendoein musiness, and we hope they will be seilIdcmnst onyds aCked by the farmers of anl sections.pnssto"uhcraibadsf Want It Abolished. emebrofteSaeord f The house committee on agricult'ire drco~ B'riday decided upon a favorable re- Isiafcttaterin eure port on Mr.. Ashley's bill to abolishmetofhelwaedsned it she c~fice of commisisioner of agricul-bytecuydipnrsbodrof sure, c :mmerce and lmmlgratikn. Mr.orbthcnstofhem brsf a.shley appeared and spoke In behalf h tt zar fdrcos )f the bill. There were no arguments Hstewikywihhsbe inbmitted in reply, Senator Manningrentypchsdbnodrdot lot being able to get there to defend fo h elro sI edi eev she bill which he introduced last year frftr ili~3 Lud which has since become law. Wa sh netdeso h L'hree members were absent, but this dsesr o iur hc ae vould hardly have affected the atti- oe ogtbtnrdlvrd iude of the committee. Mr. Seabrook, ThcomtecaclloIsai he chairman, is very much opposed ayo h mlyso fieso h o the b1ill, and some others of the I~iuinadcnapyt h e ommittee believe that the bureau 3a sebyfradtoa oes hould be given a proper trial beforeAuhrttopnsfrcnemts 5'sgc omed in bysse roluston andcsomr and ~ GO~d BilL chalbeidn thfre reularte o wIns in c hand cao~unt The The ollwin bil itrouceInthe ameing ovrshal be ublic. fTerinx os yM.OleI tbcm s peceiaretob cnu ed to ute .dis wwlro"odhs"slsomuhpensarsyo"u. "cran rnso f tei iterst ad byes f sch edqurately f i t tae resouin uncoi orhav bunoedsomeodythe member of theae board ofetr Is:shtfomada rth a-fo that fcuty tha. certan requiroe mentsf thishactaitarhadlsbenunlawful byaycmo arert fe o il thath countyd nestigton.r'f Arb simla anonentf the em-o aeaauinorohrieaya- Hasro thewiskey. whic Hs H.en rd rbni fmrhniew en eant purheailed en craderdou fr aei odfo h olcin o mathe byealeo snto from thatsrv for~o regtwtot is pn tur dei-r dgiandnexposing foruorsminathonasec rtceen unle"b o iabu noClverd?" -The Commitstcn veall Pt stts d Watc Hi, tatyo thei veo concer og then tthfittietawehvad inseitureo rend aoral to the - raledest ee nee nGv ssemly rfor.v H add n poeac - T.ing cougasm. Higarivenstle l by udrihthe re olutonationese of Ten ofollwin Fall ientrikued trnth-euhognztoscnb cuiie tuse in the bele thafh is deoesbthdspsaycstblay Te - Ifo hher tinrs. 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