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fe', - < ' - , If.' IfE , 1 ^ 51 51 ' ?M 1 ' ' jjfe THE FORT MILL TIMES VOL. XVII. . FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 28, 1909. NO. 43. I THE S. C.LEGISLATURE Doings of Palmetto Lawmakers Told t in Brief. H A resolution way. introduced in the Senutd" Wednesday to amend the I constitution as to the provisions in regard to associate justices of - the supremo court. H The resolution provides: "That the supreme court shall consist of a I chief justice aud four associate jtlSI tices, any three of whom shall con stitutc a quorum for the transaction of business. The eliief justice shall preside, and in his absence the senior nssooate justice." I It provides for n term of ten years. the term of one expiring cverv two I years. The number of associates is now three and the official term is 8 years. A hill introduced upon the subject of trials for assault is of general inI terest. The hill amends the section relative to the taking of testimony in I eases of this kind, so that it shall I read "that the victim may he ncrI mitted to testify in privnto, with only I the judge and tin- attorneys present." I Senator Wharton's hill to provide g for severe punishment for nttomni" to rape placing the same upon the same basis, ns rape, lias horn reported favorably. To reimburse the owner of stolen poods to the amount of their unrocovered value is the purport of a bill introduced in the senate by Mr. Earle. Hills were introduced in the House ns follows: Mr> Fftltz To prtivide for the compulsory education of the children of this State. Mr. Wright To amend section 701 of the code, volume 2. '-elating to sumf moiling of jurors on inquests by providinp for payment of such jurors. Mr. McMahan?To further regulate primary elections in this State. Mr. Lewis G. Fulls:?To regulate j tho compensation of county officers. Mr. Cosprove?To declare the wil- i ful wantom burning of anv building which is insured, a felony and i to provide punishment therefor. I Mr. Harris?To amend an act en- | titled "An act to amend section 77. criminal code, volume 2, -providing for ten year convicts to serve sentences on public works of the eoir.i; ty," so as to provide for 20-venr convicts to serve sentences on public , works of the countv. Mr. Harris- To increase the average length of the school term and | i- to improve the efficiency of the publie schools in this State. I Mr. McKachern?To make it a mis- ^ demeanor to draw and alter checks on banks wherein the drawer has no< 4\: : o ' */ inn auiiiuirni i u m< is. Mr. Dixon?To declare the removal or attempted removal of a cause pending in the courts of this State to the federal courts hv a foreign corporation a misdemeanor and to provide punishment therefor. Mr. Dixon?To require railroad \ companies to furnish ears for freight and loading of such cars hv shippers, and provide a forfeiture or penalty in ease of failure. Mr. Cothran?A joint resolution proposing an amendment to article . 10 of the constitution by adding thereto section 14. to empower towns ' and cities of over 10,000 inhabitants to assess contiguous property for per- 1 mnnent improvements. 1 Mr. T. P. Cothr*-? -Providing for additional compensation to constables of magistrates. Mr. Cothran?To amend section 1407, volume 1. code of laws, A. D. ' 1002, relating to the general stock law so as to include within its pro- 1 visions turkeys, geese, guineas, ducks ' and chickens. Mr. Cothran?To amend section I relating to magistrates acting as ' coroner. Mr. T. P. Cothran?To amend section 2730, volume 1. code of laws, 1 * A. D. 1002, relating to powers of circuit judges at chambers. * Mr. Ootbrcn?To amend sections 1 240. 241 and 244 of chapter 11, nr- : tide relating to election of electors ( of president and vice president. Mr. Dixon?To amend section 403, 1 code of laws, South Carolina, volume ' 1. relating to reports of county treasurer. ' Mr. M. L. Smith offered a bill re- f stricting the sale of all intoxicating liquors, providing, however, for ( sacramental wine. ' Mr. MrColl To provide for bene- ? flcinl scholarships in the University of South Carolina The following bills were intro- y duced in the Senate Thursday: Mr. Carlisle -To prohibit women j and children under the age of lfi years from working in cotton and * woolen mills between the hour of 7 j p. m. and inc nour or o a. m. and prescribing punishment for violating I the p?mc. ( t' Mr. Lido To repeal section 1205 ( volume 1, code of laws, 1002. relating 1 to the. Colored Normal and Industrial J Agricultural and Mechanical college of South Carolina and to enlarge the i powers of the hoard of trustees of ' said college. 1 M \ Laney? A hill to regulate the I manufacture, sale and delivery of ' commercial fertilizers and to provide 1 penalties and punishment for viola- 1 tiotjs of this net. 1 Mr. Wharton?To amend section 35 of an act entitled "An net to ' declare the law ill reference to and * to regulate the msnnl'acl m e, sale, us consumption, transportation and dis- .1 pohLliottoi nlnibjiwi frqnorirjMnt hevcra0ot wilh-.n this i-'tnt.- and to |. the ?anit It.!hjAay of l< Fe^SfflHB t0 5 powers of county dispensary boards. Mr. Oraydon?To provide for beneficiary scholarships in the University of South Canflir.c. Mr. A. Johnson?To amend section 2 of an act entitled "An net relating to the selection, drawing, summoning of jurors in the circuit courts of this State," approved 7th day of February, A. I). 1902, by changing the time of preparing the jury list from December to July. Mr. Laney?To further regulate the running of motor vehicles in this State. Mr. Bass?For the protection of ratue fish in the State of South Carolina and for repeal of certain laws relating thereto. Mr. Graydon?A bill to fix the liability of common carriers by railroads to their employes in certain jases. Mr. Grnvdon?To fix the place of 'rial in all actions to recover the aenaltv fixed by statute for delay, o?s or damngc to freight by common iarriei-s. Mr. Harvey?To amend section 979, eolume , code of laws, 1902. In the House n goodly number of bills were introduced, in part as fol- < lows: Mr. Lcngnick?To amend nil act t mtifled "An act to regulate the < ra tolling, gathering, sale, exporting | ir r : 1 A -~.ww.-u ui uj'Menj, lerrapms. lams, shad ami sturgeon, to provide i "or the licensing thereof, and to proride for the leasing of public lands ? Mutable for the cultivation thereof, < Mr. Clarke?To abolish tuition fees v it Wintbrop Normal and Industrial !ollege and at Clemson Agricultural ? College of South aCrolina. t Mr. Aver?To require county treas- j irers of the State to deposit in clinr- < :ered banks surplus or unsued fnnds it interest. c Mj*. Ayer?To further provide for | t be examination of and the issuing )f certificates t?> teachers and to t further define the duties of the State joard of education and the county p )oards of education relative thereto. | d Mr. Rucker?To create t\vo school h funds to be known as school fund \ ii !w>. 1 for white children, and school j c fund No. 2 for negro children and to o tllow each taxpayer to designate the ipplication of his taxes for school j t mrposes. r Mr. Casque?To amend section 6(54 u volume 1, code, providing for s egistration of notaries public. t Mr. Harmon?To prohibit the manufacture and sale of matches, other e than snfetv matches. r Mr. It erg?To require the regis- f (ration of all births of children in b he State. Mr. Rorg?To require license for nnrringes. p Mr. P. P. Sullivan?Joint resolnion to submit to the voters the j' jnestion of the repeal of the horncitead law. li Mr T<- 1 ? ..... . ??n-??ui [irovidP ior taking v :he depositions of female witnesses ii n cases of rape and assault with inent to rape. ' ti Mr. Nicholson?To lengthen the f jchool term. Mr. 11 vd rick?To amend section o 1005, volume 1, code of laws of South "nrolina, 1002. requiring that crops o jo up and growing to make mortgage valid. r Mr. K. M. Rucker?To prohibit t( any city or town from making it e inlawful to sell lunches on Sunday. Mr. Williams?To amend section n 2S9 of the criminal code of Soutii arolina. 1002. relating to the crime T )f bigamy and changing the punishnent thereof. 1 Mr. W. S. Utsqy?To define the c rimes of cheating and swindling and ^ o provide the punishment thereof. Mr. Ruckcr?To abolish capital n mnishment in this State except in ? certain eases. " in : s: The followine hills were introduced P n the senate Friday: j Mr. Carlisle?Providing for the | ;reetion of fire escapes in hotels; in egulating the conduct of such hotels. It' 2nd providing for the appointment!01 if inspector of hotels. Mr. Crosson?To make it a mis-: *< lemeanor to spit upon the floor of. h lassenger coaches and cars. Mr. flrifiin?To provide for hi- r' nnial sessions of the general as- b lembly. Mr. Stewart?To amend the law d >StnKlicKinff ? ? ^ - * " A ??<(( > ucpui uuriii 01 aj;n- " ieulture, commerce an<l immigration, ^ 10 as to eliminate the word "immi- n rration" and clauses relating there- P o, substituting in lieu thereof the 1 vord "industries" and to incorporite provisions relating thereto. J On Friday the following hills were r' ^resented in the House: | Mr. Seihels (by request)?To preicribe a mileage base for making ?*' freight rates for all roads in South Carolina. Mr. A. O. Briee?To amend section ^ M56, chapter 65 of volume 1 of the u ?ode. relating to the recording of j, leeds, mortgages and other instru- t nents, limiting the time to 20 days ifter 1st of May, 1000. n Mr. 'Seihels (by request)? Requir- j| ng the railroad commission to put ( into effect a uniform classification ,| ^or all roads in the State. 0 Mr. Foster?To require all life, lealth, fire, casualty or other insu- w rnnce companies to pay 10 per cerit lttornoy's fee in case of suit and ccovery against them. Mr. Foster?To prevent the for- f 'eitnrc of insurance for certain rea mns, unless the same contribute to R such loss, and to provide trial by iury of that issue. j, Mr. Browning?To make it a misdemeanor to violate a lease of lands ir tenements and prescribe the punaliment therefor. 1 -AJ * Mr. Mars?To nmend section 2319. volume 1, code, relating to circuses P or other such traveling shows ex- o hibiting under canvass or outdoors i' for gain. P Mr. Ashley?To amend an act entitled "An act to provide a mini- u mum sum for the aftnuul nppropria- a turn for pensions, and fixing the same ti at $250,000." approved the 19th day a of February, A. 1). 1907, so as to j< further provide for the distribution ii of artitical limbs to certan Confcd- d erato soldiers. 1 Mr. J. H. Foster?To prevent for- a fciture of insurance because of con- t veyance on lien recorded. f Mr. Irby?Relating to sales of mer- n chandise on accounts secured by ag- t< rieulturnl and chattel mortgages. Mr. Irby?To amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the em- e ployment of children in factories, t mines and manufacturing establish- ^ ments in this State." 5? Mr. G arris?To declare and define I the conditions ui>on which foreign v fire insurance corporations may en giige in ana tarry on iiusiiiess in mis State, anrl to provide for the diatri- s bution of the fund arising from the o roiuplianc# with such condtions. c Mi*. McMnhan?To provide for the stablishment and maintenance of a 3 ounty police system for the better f noted ion of person and property *! vithin this State, e* * "cially in the '' oral districts. Mr. Dixon?To provide for recov- ' rv of wanes due qp manufacturing stftlilishraents to employes and proiding a penalty. ' -* Mr. Dixon?To require common 1' afriers to post notice of belated '' rains, giving time and cause, and to a irovidu a penaltv for neglect there- " s Mr. Dixon?Licensing the pur-, ' base, owning ami borrowing of ?er- v ain deadlv weapons. The following now bills were in- t reduced in the House on Saturday. a Mr. Dixon?To prevent anv corlorntirn oragnized and chartered un- v er the laws of this State, or doing < wsiiicss in this State, from acquir- n ng or holding any stock in any other ' orporntion organized and chartered v r doing business in this State. o Mr. Wells?To amend an act cnitled "An net to declare the law in eferonee to and to regulate the mnnfacture, sale. use. consumption, pos- s ession. transportation and disposiion of alcoholic liquors." p Mr. Dixon?To require insurance r* ompanies to pay 10 per cent, of the n eeoverv on any policy as attorney 1 ce on policies in cusos wl^re suit is 'J rouglit by the beneficiary. 0 Mr. Patterson?To establish a s itate board of health and define its owera and duties. [ Mr. Clary?To pay coroners' 1 aries. ' Mr. (larv?To amend the pension aws by adding another section, pro- '' iding for the names of widows be- s ig placed on the pension roll. c Mr. Mann?To repeal an act en- * itled "An act to provide high schools I or the State." l' Mr. Oantrell?To compel support f wife and children by husband. Mr. Seibols?For the registration f deaths in South Carolina. Mr. Patterson?To provide for the agist ration <?f school teachers and r> regulate the employment of teach- 1 rs in the public schools. w Mr. P. C. Sanders?To declare a P ew pension lnw for the State. ^ Mr. 1?. P. Smith?To deelnre the resident or such other officer as hall have the custody and control of ? he funds of any corporation, cxept banking, organized and doing u usiness under the laws of this State a mnke an annual itemized report ndor oatli to all of the stockholders f the said corporation, showing the n etnnl assets and liabilities of the ^ aid corporation nnd providing a ^ unishment for non-compliance with he terms of this act. ^ Mr. MeMnhnn?To reouire attendnee upon school by children beween the ages of 8 and 12 years, ex- ^ ppt in certain eases. ^ Messrs. J. P. Gibson nnd Moselv? > prescribe the manner of inflicting lie punishment of death. The following passed their third pading in the Senate on Friday nnd T wbijic 4i (mn i>i me law. The bill to do away with the 40- }s ay limit after delivery or execution ^ f deeds or instruments required to e recorded in order to constitute ^ oticcs to subsequent creditors . or it urchnsers for valuable considers- V ion without notice was passed to hird reading. w The following bills passed third r| ending and were ordered sent over 3 the house: n. Mr. Sinkler's bill to regulate the a! collection and distribution of dead odies for scientific purposes. Mr. Otts' bill to amend section 00 of the rode of lnws of 1002, volme 2, so as to make a verdict of a ury and an order of the court, ni j he county where rendered, a lien n pon the real estate of the person gainst whom it is rendered, from )( he rendition thereof, till the expiraion of 10 days from the rising of j. he court at which same was rend- ' rdl. rj, In the three and a half hours in t, 'hich the Senate held forth on Katrday there was accomplished work s follows: The ^calendar was gone through rom cover to cover. f; Five bills were passed and ordered y cut to the house. y Fifteen bills passed second road- q 1KThe county attorney bill was re- y ictcd., p .' 4.IK The bill to increase tlie term of risoners who may be made to work n the public works to 20-year limit lstead of 10 years, as the law now rovides, was rejected. There was some further discussion pon Senator Carlisle's bill to do way with the 40-day limit in which 3 record papers. An amendment was dopted relative to making it nl>w for 15 days to be given in recoiling mortgages and personal property eeds in the clerk of court's oflices. 'he amendment was proposed by Sentor Lide. it being pointed out that his amendment would protect the armors and merchants who could ot* rush to the court house at once o record the papers. State Wide Prohibition Petition. There were some pentitions receivd from several communities as to he requesting of the passage of a ?tato wide prohibition bill in the eneral assembly this year. Saturday the following new bills k-ere introduced in the Senate. Mr. Kelly?To repeal the lien law. Mr. Rainsford?To provide for a pecial course in bookkeeping, stenography and typewriting in Clenison ollege. Mr. Sullivan?To amend section 131 of volume 1, code of laws of he State of South Carolina of 1902. ncrensing compensation of witnesso ? ~e ? -i : II < WUII ML M'>MUII?. Mr. Croft?To amend section 3W f .(lie civil code of procedure of the ttnte of South Carolina, volume 'J. A hill has been introduced in th< enMte providing that every claim foi oss of or damage; to property and iairgnge while in the possession ot common earner shall he adjusted nd paid within 30 days in ease of hipmcnts wholly vithir the State: n 40 days in ease of shipments froui rithout 1 1h St vj e. Wher* there io station the claim shall be filed at he nearest stntion where there is :i agent. Senator Weston has a bill to proidr for making it a felony for any no to wantonly set lire, to burn or tienipt to burn any building or strueurc which is insured or any persou rho shall assist in this burning or ttempt to burn, whether said peron be present or absent or merely tve advice. The House on Saturday displayed ome activity and disposed of a nuiuior of local measures and killed two r three bills of general interest. In ddition it spent an hour hearing ew hills and committee reports and incidentally unfavorable reports on ills in several instances were ndpotd and the death of the measures reulted. Mr. J. I1. Gibson's bill-providing or a tax of $1 on all male dogs and 10 on all female dogs, in order to eerease the number of worthless ogs was killed, as was Mr. ltucker's ill to require all secret societies to ccurc licenses from the clerk of ourt on payment of a bitwise fee of I. A similar hill was >eforc the louse last year and passed to third ending, but was finally killed. 'Womanhood Must Be Protected," Says Negro Bishop. Franklin, La., Special.?"I stand endy to go with the whites today lerht into bell to protect a woman, liite or black, against a fiend," said lishop E W. Lampton. of the African lethodist Episcopal Church, in his barge to the Louisiana Conference f his church here Saturday night. Womanhood must be protected; let s do our part." Virginian Railroad Completed. Roanoke, Va., Special.?With the smpletion Saturday of thf long ridge across New river, west of oanoke, the last gap in the line of le Virginian Railrad, which has pen built bv Henrv H. Rogers, from le conl fields to the sea. was closed nd the first train was run through rom Roanoke to Deepwater, W. Va., le western terminal. Thaw Will he Tried Again. New York, Special.?Harry K. haw will he given trial in New ork City to determine whether he t sane or insane. An order to that [Tect was issued hv Justice A. S 'ompkins, to whom nn appel nsk>g for a trial was made by Mrs. fillinm Thaw, Harry's mother. Un T i! rn ? J- _*. mi it .insure i ompmns nerision innw ill not be given a trial bv jury, the *se to be heard before n court or idgc of New Yo>?k City, with or ithout the assistance of a referee ? the trial judge may deride. Mrs. Palmer Not Guilty. Tampa, Fin., Special.?The jury ying Nfrs. Paulino Palmer, for the nrder of her husband. Luke Paltner, , i July last, at their home, Friday ndered a verdict of not guilty, af r a trial lasting a week. The de nse claimed the killing was done to rotect the chastity of Molhe Powers, 1-year-old servant girl, who was boig assaulted by Palmer at the time, he State claimed conspiracy to kill aimer for life insurance. WAIT TILL SHE'S OLDER. On her sixth birthday EthclbertaN ithc. ,-;ave her a little ring with a ny pearl in It. Not very long after tat jftie appeared lri her father'* ofce, looking very woebegone. "O, daddy," sho said. "I've lost tho tie pill out of my ring!"?Philadcl hla ledger. ANSEL INAUGURATED Together With Lieut. Governor McLeod. BOTH BEGIN SECOND TERMS dovcmor M. F. Ansel and Lieutenant Governor Thos. G. McLeod Assume Duties for Another Two Years?Conservation of Resouce3 and the Building of Good Road3 the Burden of the Inaujural Address: Columbia, Special.?With impressive ceremonies iu joint assembly of the Legislature Wednesday with crowded galleries and side aisles lookon, Governor M. F. Ansel and I.iciittenant Governor Thonias G. McLeod were inaugurated upon their second terms as Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, after which the other State officials were duly sworn in as follows: Secretary of >iato It. M. McCown. Attorney General J. Fracer Lyon, Comptroller General A. W. Jones, Adjutant General ,T. C. Boyd. State Treasurer it. H. Jennings and Railroad Commissioner B. L. Cnuphmun. Governor Ansel's inaugural address was brief and devoted almost entirely to the development of the State natural resources. He advocated paying more attention to the conservation of our lands and forests and the development and protection of the State's water powers, pointing out what was being done in this direction by other States and adverting to the fact that there is now being utilized in this State 175.00? horse-power with that much more yet undeveloped. He specially stressed the importance of drainage, recommending the creating of a State drainage commission to investigate and report on tho best plan to reclaim over throe million acres now Iving nsclos- for want of drainage, lie also dwelt on the importance of immcdiatn action toward securing bettor roads throughout the State, and recommended that the Agricultural Department be charged with the duty of securing information along this line. Governor Ansel said: "For the second time I am here to assume tho duties and responsibilities of the highest State office in the gift of the people. For a second time by the votes of the people, I am exalted to the position of Governor of this great Commonwealth. 1 am truly grateful for this manifestation of confidence and* esteem, nn.l t fully sesihle of my inability to discharge fully the dtifies incumbent upon me withoVit your valuable and necessary assistance. "South Carolina has mndo much progress in moral, educational and material lines in the past few years, and has a bright futnro in store, the people are fully alive to the great possibilities of even greater progress in the years to come and we see the signs of prosperity on every hand. "There is now being utilized in this State one hundred and seventyfive thousand horse-power of waterpower to generate electricity and f<?r other purposes. There is still about 175,000 horse-power of water power undeveloped. My belief is that bofore many years this power, now going to waste, will be harnessed and used to help supply the needs of our growing industries. "Our farms are producing a reasonable income and profit, and as the farmer is the only producer of those things which go to sustain life, every inducement should bo given to the boy. tn 'stay on the farm.' "Tn the manufacture of cotton we are second, in number of spindles, to but one State in the Union. Had I time I could givo the output of tho mills, the value of the product and the nnmber of employes. "The educational institutions of the State are sending out each year V miner moil oti/1 tr/?w/v? : 1 . n equipped for the battle of life, and there js work for all of tliem to do. The conntry is railing for educated young men and women. "I desire, at this time, to refer to two matters, which I regard as very important to the futuro progress of the State, and which arc i^t mentioned in my annual message: "The time has come, in my judgment, when we should give some attention to the question of drainage of our swamps and lands. There are in this State over three million aeres of theso lands that can he reclaimed at a reasonable cost. The question naturally arises, what can wo do f I suggest that you appoint a drainage commission whose duty it shall he to get up all the data as to where theso lands are located; the probable cost of reclaiming and the be^t plan for paying for the drainage. Let this commission report to the General Assembly and then intelligent action can bo taken. "Another important matter that should engage our attention is the one of 'good roads.' Every good citizen of the State is interested in this vital question. Conventions and conferences are being held in many of the States to discuss it. The Governors of most of the States are calling the attention of the Legislature* to it. Some of the counties in this State have gone to work and are making good roads. That they are needed in all the counties every one will admit. The work that is done 1 ./. 4 ^ ^ ... Kj . should bo of n permanent nature, and ^ it seems to me thaW >n order that the k, necessary information may be obtained as to the best methods of maleing highways, and the eost of caeh 1 method, the Department of Apriculture should be charged with the duty of getting fhi* data and reporting the same to yon. . "In North Carolina, the duties ot' I toad commissioner are placed upon the State geologist; in other States, j road commissi*eel's are appointed fo: this work. "I come to congratulate you. nr. fellow citizens, upon what has been done along all these lines, and to ask that each of you will do his full duty in helping forward all that makes for the betterment ef our people. "And now, as 1 take upon mvself I1 for a second time the responsibilities ' and duties of this otlice. 1 ask that li you will uphold my hands in every ' good work, and, by your generous Ihelp and co-operation, give uio that e encouragement that I have a rig})- '' to expect at your hands. By thus a working together, wo shall make t South Carolina second to none in this t Union of indestructible States." ii , v: ?j> . ? GOV'MT CCTTON REPORT I a South Carolina Credited With 1.193,- n 520 Bale3 and 4,229 Active Gin- s nerioc ( Washington, Special.?There were r 12.007,231 running bales of cotton J" pinned from the growth of 1908 to v, January 1(5, last, against 10,339,7)51 i a year ago, and 27,441 active ginner- n ies. against 27,300 a year ago, accord- a ing to the Census bureau report of Saturday. The report counts round f as half bales and excludes linters. t It includes 232,521 round bales for j 1909, 18S.037 for 190S and 1)0,450 Sea Island bales for 1909, 80.190 for 1909. The total hales ginned in 1907 up j to January l(i, was 12,170.199, representing 93.S of the crop of that ] year and of the 1908 crop 93.5 was j, ginned by January 10. ] Today's report shows bales gin- ? ] nod and number of ginners operated ;1 respectively by States as follows: I Bales. (tins. r Alabama 1,317,200 3,477 . Arkansas 931.540 2,115 i, Florida 931.540 2.115 , Georgia 1,951,740 3,458 Kansas, Kontuck ? and New Mexico 1.7S7 0 ., Louisiana 458,723 1.090 t Mississippi 1,551.205 3,470 Missouri 55.182 78 ^ North Carolina.. .. 001,295 2,750 j, Oklahoma 021,018 984 j South Carolina.. ..1.193.420 3.229 j. Tennessee 321,077 049 (> t Texas 3.529.426 3.148 Virginia 12.014 115 (] Distribution of Sea Island cotton n for 1909 by States is Florida 345.- w 007:Geortria 43,244; South Carolina ^ 13,205. The corrected statistics of jt the quantity of cotton ginned this season to January 1 are 12,465,293 bales. ..( SUPPLY OF COTTON. Secretary Hester's Report Shows ,( p.ooo.oo/ uiuies Against 5,415,900 . Lart Week. ^ Now Orleans, Ln., Special.?Seere- p( tarv Hester's rtatement of the world's visible supply of cotton issued Saturday shows the total vis- t] ible to bo 5.503,507 bales, against 5.415,900 last week and 4,837,(>00 las! v year. Of this the total of American ^ cotton is 4,520,5(57, against 4.440.900 y last week and 3,734s730 last year, J( and of all other kinds, including Egypt. Hrnzil, India, etc., 1,034.000, , against 000,000 last week and 1,102.- Q, 870 last yeur. . Of the world's visible supply of cotton there is now afloat and held ' in Great Britain and Continental Europe 3,207,000, against 2,738,000 jj last year; in Egypt 297,000, against y 238.000 last year; in India 347.000. against 471.000; and in the United . States 1,713,000, against 1,391,000 c< Ir.st year. New YorV.. Special.?Spot cotton S|' quiet; middling uplands 10.00; mid- |,( dling Gulf, 10.25; no sales. J Futures opened firm and closed ?j barely steady. Months. Open. IlighJLow. Close. Jan 0.78 9.7G 9.07 \ Feb 9.07 ' March .. 9.70 9.70 9.07 9.08 April 9.07 May .. .. 9.G5 9.74 9.65 9.GO June 9.00 ro July .. 9.67 9.07 9.59 9.50 l{ Aug 9.52 9.40 9.47 Cf Sept .. .. 9.43 9.48 9.43 9.40 Oct .. .. 9.41 9.47 9.38 9.41 f)( Nov 9.3"> qu Dec .. .. 9.30 9.40 9.33 9.35 tj, ,T. COLUMBIA COTTON MARKET. (QuotaI ions bv 'L. V. Dibble.) jj The Columbia cotton market for Saturday was as follows: flood middling 0 1-2 lc Strict middling 0 3-S ,v Middling 0 1-S Low middling Sl-S ? 1M Ralcigli Spot Cotton. in Receipts Saturday 0.r? bales Price, best grades.. ..0 3-4 to 0 7-^c. A MODEST REQUEST. b} First Pa-songer?Pardon mo, but \* would you mind leanding mo your B. spectacles a moment? m Socoud Passcnrer? With pleasure, fr sir. a First Passenger?Thanks awfully, e?l And now, as you can no longer read 1 your newspaper, would vnu kindly pass It ov^r to ine??Tit-Bits. vc SHIPS IN COLLISION Vhitc Star Liner Republic and and Lloyd Liner Florida rtEET OFF NANTUCKET ISLAND Republic Gees to Bottom After Unloading Her 781 Passengers and Crew?Greatest Feat in History of Wireless Telegraphy ? Four Arc Killed. Now York, Special.?Grave anxiety ervailed liere Saturday and Saturny nifiht ns the rosnll of the tlirilinir maritime drama being1 enacted IT Nantucket on the coast of New Indian J, following the ramming arly Saturday of t!:e big White Star nor Republic willi 7(il souls board, by tlie steamer Florida, of ho I,lovd-Itnlian line. The wireless Olo<?r:l till lll.-IVI'.t 11 11 inmnrtmnt ?* ti tlio grave incidents happcndirig ?*" en. far from the sfiorc. and proved ts utility :is if has never done beforew Hit bv bit it told the tale, first anlouncing the news of tlte collision nd the plight of the liner, which icws craio direct from the injured hip itself. Then it told of the resile of the Republic's passengers, the ondition from time to time of the inking ship and finally summoned rom the nd.ineent seas the White >tnr line Raltic, the French steamer .a T.orraine. the Ourriader Rneania rid t!io revenue cutters Aehuslmet nd (iresluitn. At S o'eloek p. rn. the wirrless trough t reassuring news from Caj?ain Ransom, of the steamer Raltic. Ie said that the Republic was still iflnat; that (be Florida, with her iwti people ami most of those from lie Republic aboard, close to 2.00(1 mils in nil, was nearby and that the taltie was near the scene, standing iv ready to lend aid. The steamers .a T.orraine and I.ucania. Captain tnnsorn said. were also in the vicinity ml the Itepublie through her wireess outfit, was directing the inoveucnts of the sliipe of rescue. TTntil nn early hour Sunday it was. iclicved the crashing together of the wo big ships bad not resulted in enth of tn.iurv to a single passoner or member of the crews. Shortly fter midnight. however, the wireless plesrapli flashed the news that two lassengers on the Republic had been ilied and two others injured. Rate ti the dnv another wireless message old of four deaths on hoard the loridn. cither of members of the row or steerage passengers. It is apparent that iho Florida inst lmvc been between .10 or 40 liles off her course in being anyhcre near the Raiinhlic. :is flio ound ami westbound steamer lanes ore are tliat distance apart. The collision, being" nmidship, aliost inmiediately flooded the engine oom of the Republic and of courseordered her absolti1 'y helpless. \ rtunatelv, her wireless equiprneut as well supplied with storage batcries and three were used for more han six hours, until they gradually peenie exhausted. After that, renurse to signalling by means ol* sublarine bells was adopted. In the middle of the forenoon the rnnsfer of passengers to the Florida as made, and although the fog was pry dense, unusually ralrn weather r?r this season of the year in the 'orth Atlantic enabled the transfer > be" made without accident. By oon the Baltic and LaLorraine were lose to the scene of collision, but wing to the dense fog, were unable > locate the Republic, although the lbinnrine bells could be heard freuently. The prompt closing of the Repute's water-tight compartments whieb r*pt bcr afloat and undoubtedly ?ved the lives of many of those ov mid. til the nltenuu n i! was learn1 from the Baltie that these eomirtments were still holding the vrs 1 above water, hut that tli" bullcf?ads and f o"*pni'ment. doors were ruler a fearful s'rain and likely tc ve way at any moment. A <issr?".i?-;i nt Sunday mcbl lid: "H; public cone down. No oneloard. All eve? p-fe rri revenue ifter fiiesl'ri:r.:* An hour Infer another wirele* essape was lcceived ->':iiitur that the ivenuo cutter Gresham, with tho epublic crew on board was pro edinp to Gnyhead. The Republic's passengers found )0 returning Italians, many of them irvivors of the earthquake, on bouvt] ic Florida, which left Napies on inuary 9th. Incoln'c Native County Votes Dry. Hodgonville, Ky., Special.?In a cal option election Larue county, In liiclt Abraham Lincoln was born >: rly 100 years ago. voted "dry'* ,* n majority of the vote lioli more than 4 to 1 against- license. W'culd Not Tucroa^o Pension. Washington, Spv til. ? A motion r Representative Olcott, of Nrncr re-k, to ipcrea t!u> pensiofi of Julia lOUghl'Ml, v ?'r v of. Rear Adiral ('oiighla.i. 1 it 1 States nnvy^ oni : i : r |ii<j"ulcd for in pone n bill, to . !< ) p month creati a bvcly in the House of refictitat'W / ftc a vigorous, onto tho rn was lost by a, ite of 4'J to r x, t . iJi. Ja