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<iotI unit our Natlvo JLand . . CAMDEN, S. 0., FRIDAY, JANUAltY 15, 1897 Tho^M^fSfth'eSWto Commis sion last Wook. >LM0k ??l ? U \4+*iLt *f>- *? ^ -V*?*-"*?- - ? I s *.* ' ?' ? . JONES'S ANNUAL REPORT. * Appears to bo u Nct'dssUy to ItoduOO tliO Uoyulty t6S35 Cout?ftTou??li()ft .tatlici liofilttlaturo. . . ? v tmm J" ~ Tl)6 iv f o P h osph ate Cpmm is sion ^^.^VQbjaov'^ oOlqo pt tho Stato capito). * $?hor? .WW ft Wll attondauce of tho members. Stftt,o Phosphate Inspector ?>*o?os submitted hto annual roport, whioh will bo found bolow. Tho report a deplorable condition of t$o industry iu South Carolina, that it appears to bea noco88ity to reduce tiro? f pyfiUy io oent j a t?n. This has been ""^od^y fho strong competition which l steadily djrivoii the priooof the rock , .oiSttti. .Iho board disoussod the aitua ?t body to tako Huoh action as it 7 Hero 13 thereportof Inspector rSTf Sa cotnpa Beau . ,.r .JfiflpPi: Carolina Mining and John 0. ^Nelson who had To JUb Iifcc.oUei\cj/t John Gary Evans, CtovemoP' and Chairman JJoard 8ir;-~I bavo. tho honor to submit this, ray annual report aa State phosphate iri 17: ' Bpeotor?^f or the year ending: Aug, 51 1 , .3990. 1 also append Report of the opor ^ations from Nov. 1, J896, tp I)6o. 8|, COMPANIES MINIKO. ~ t>urmg the past year the following named companies and individuals have " 3bee& engaged in mining and ahippittg phosphate roeki vis. : uoosaw ' ' rtt^Y Farmers' Mining company fort Phosphate Company, James Reid and the ?ai company, and John 0. N< ceased mining, shipping, tho roCk on haad cit time of cessation. James O'Hear suspended Aug. 87, 1898 having on band 023 tons of rook. ? OPERATIONS FOB TUB PAST MAB. Total tons of rock mined during th? year ending Aug. 81, 1890, estimated,. 128,708 tons as Jgainst tho year ending Aug. 81, 1895, roe, 777 tons; a decrease as compared with August. 1895, of 78, 009 tons, and as compared with the ?l;:.-J,fearl8g8.--a deotease of 96; 767 tons, i _ ? ? -TI%e- total'.' number of tons of rook shipped during tho year eaditig .Aug. r^" 81, " 1890, was - 121,0^^100- ions; as against the year. 1895 of .174,400 35*100 tonaj ua against theyear 1898 of 249,888 9-100 tons; as against the year 1890 of 287, 149 0-1.00 tons; being a clooroasefrom that ot the year 1893 of 52,797 60-100 rV Vtons; being a decrease, frpm_that Of the " vftftr 1808 of 1 27. fc35fi{* iOQion s : being a nee?weifrdm re^k on hand Aug. 81, 1890, 8S,667tons; fc.?r , total amount of fook on hand Aug, ajL ?t W6i37tm tons. . ? "* Ql' . ' ' . ' RO TAiW: ?' Amount of State's royalty for year Aug^^81,~?:18titi, .... $00,858.76; ?: of. State's royalty for 1 895, c ; ^7?*w,;i.8; decrease from last phosphate year, 929,840.87. * ? \ ... . %&83 k.8hipp^ ?rMnttomM-kei ? v ^here have beon shipped: To foreign ports, 98, 627 tons; coastwise, outside of Htato, 11,26? tons; taken at (Charleston, ' - 5.0174 tonsj taken at Beaufort or Port ? 1J?801 tons; total shipment, L^ho'detaiic^l ehipments are m to\ - lew?Y CoOSaw ' Company?Foreign, 82,040 ~ " ton * '? coa9t\vi86, 8ii3 tons; Charleston, 4,548 tons; total, 87.421 tons. Farmers' Mining Company? Foreitt^,; > ' ? 43, 018 toha ; coastwise, 1,089; total 44, 052 tons. - Beaufort Phosphate ? Company? -Fer - " eiim. il, 944 tons; coastwise, 0,697 tons: 03m tots; total, 80,042 . Jonn Noieott~Chai?Ie5toni 460f ton b. S: Total ShipTnents? Foreiga, 98,527 tons; coastwise, 11,267 tons; Beaufort, s 11.801 tons; Charleston, 6, 0i 7^ tons; { , total, 121, tons; ; ^ " Det^il^d fitatemcip^ of royalty due the v State by tfee several mining companies, as based bh the actual shipments : 1- : Namo of Tons State's C Coaapaay.^ ?, Btiippad, - Royalty. Co;v. '? . . ... 87,421 '^lS^lO.CO Farmers' Mining Co 44,062 22,020.00 JPbo?--; Go ^80,041 15* 020.60. . - Cardllim Mining Co 0,7^8 8,868. 00 >,W.Y. Frinp " 374 t87.00 r Wames Heid 3,614: 4,267.00 :/v. v^ofca'O. Nelson. J.'f 46?i 60-100 384. 76 Add Carolina MI^ Co. ftt $1. ?2r 106 "? 105.00 ? c .. ? . K i '?? 'f ???>!' I./*" t2ltC03^10q;<W.858.7? " h&aeen. * yery greftt f*llinsr _ the amount ?f-*ocE . iount <6t tho royalty uring the year aa com e pr?yioua:^earm. : And it the amount of rock shipi>e<f ?*!trfRaT'4r^" amouhT < ? - Tous. Coosuw Company. 5.8,489*' Farmers' Mining Co 48, DU9 BeaufOrt rtwsphatQ Co, . . 20,087 Carolina Mining. Co. . 04,00? " ?? Wi V. Tripp....' ........ ,? m 75?100. Tptal..,.. <.. 104,470 75*100. L For 20 year? Immediately preceding Jttfoiyeav I89Q, our South Oaroliiia river mines, particularly. supplied tho Euro pean markot with the 'bulk of its im ports of phosphate rook ana tho not nrioes to the miners ranged from SO to *8 I. O. b, ill 1880, to 80 to $7 f. o. b. in 1800, at which tlrno tho Florida phos pbatoseeourod recognition, firtco which tho prico hits continued to decline until now the flame fluotufttea between ~#Mo I&.25 per ton f. o. b!, on n basin of 57 per cent; tri-bftMo~ b<3ttfl ^phfr'sphiUaof lime, aa showing tho extent to . which I he Hon th Carolina phosphates have boon supplanted iu the European mar kets by tho produotsof other mines, I give below a comparative statement of i>hosphato rock imported into Europo from this State, Florida ami Algoria, respectively, for nine month*, begin ning January 1st, WOO, and onding Oo 4obor Ut,.:jMQ; \ B. a Algeria. Florida. Rock.- Total 1800 Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. January 15,845 0,013 0,070 20,057 Feb . . I. 14,840 97,023 10, <*11 53,029 March.. VMO 18,780 5,137 38,100 April ... 10,847 14,280 11,418 43,045 May.... 18,440 81,803 2,803 77,828 Juno . , . . 11, 180 _87,561 .. 5,777 54,51$ Tilly.... 10,007 80,220 0,107 55,080 August. 18,283 4&g0,t 13,840 68,782 Sept . . . . 0,040 ^|81 4,033 44,403 Total .118,300 2ofc 028 05,098 443,417 Eiri<orBA^iflflf<oKTS. U" * V Pdf < 1898. 1804. 1 895. 1890. Tons. Tone. Tons. Tone. Florida io Deo. 81 881,418 441,818 435,510 850,000 Algeria to . ? L jDeo. 81 0,150 53,223 186,583 150,000 9. C.yoar ._ . ending ~ Aug. 81 183*123 ^ 63,494 125,885 03,527 Totals. 1 13, 00<) 578,538 687,483 593,527 Ffonrtliid it will bo seen that instead of furnishing tho bulk of the phosphate rook imported by the ' EuroiJoan manu facturers of fertilizers, as was tho case a few vears ago, the mines of Algeria And Florida alone supply more than that , (famished by tho South Carolina mines, to say nothing of that furnishod by oth er mines in the World. If the question be asked why this falling off in tho Eu ropean demand for the South' 'Carolina rivor rook, I would say that for a long time South Carolina river rook enjoyed comparatively a monopoly for ..expj}tt> but since tho discovery of phosphate do posits in Florida, Tennessoo,. Alger ijf ftttd other countries, she no longer en joys such a monopoly, and besides t ho deposiU of uiosi-of 'the above mention ed mineB, while of a much higher grade than ours, can be mined antl prepared Jot market at a cost approximating out*."' % NET rjUCKfi KEAXiXZBD Hi' I'll IC MIN INO COMPANIES. ? From the certified statement made bv the Farmers' Mining Company for adjustment of royalty on- shipments made from June 1, 1890, to Sept. 1> 1890; also of the Carolina Mining Com* panyi from May 13 to Nov: 18, 181)0, will, be seen that the net t>ri<Jo realiaed by the companies per tonfor rock, after paying the royalty, was in the'.'caso of the Iw'mcMj^inuig Company from $1.40 ty MfSra per tou, f. o. V , and in the. ease or the Carolina MiningX'om pany from $1.02 to $3.03' per ton,.' f. o. b. Out of this is to be paid the cost of keeping plant in Repair, cost of miniftg, towing, .drying, eto. , and- placing, alongside of the vessel ready for ship ment. In my last report I called attention to thejact of the suspension work,on the parfcof the Carolina Mijti pig 6ompa* ny, one of the most extensive worKfee?-: gaged in tlie'phosphateTiusInessiri this State. This suspension* ; as th en s t a ted , wad Caused by the f?ot that with the ut most economy the company0 could not mine because of the low It was with the hopo of ihducingtliis" company t<j resume operations, as well as to preYest7 others from stopping work' that led me to recommend a tem porary reduction of; the $tato'e royalty, to 25 contsier ton until suoh iim*-^ the market! should improve'aiid a higlir. eV TOialty ' eould be paid. This reeom? meudation not being acted upon and prices getting no better this company . and t^o site is now offerd for iaale. ^Cn order that it may bo seen what, a loss thephosphate industry m this State has sustained by Reason of the discontin uance of operations by this -company, I mibmit the felUmingJapcount of the or ganization and operations of said com pany.' ? ? , ? ^^r^CAIlOLJNA MINING C'OMPANV, ... This company was organized in 1885 by F. Brotherhood, a man of fine bu?? ne?* qualifications and peculiarly filled for managing such air1 enterprise^ w!h> induced a number of English capitalists to invait their moneyin tho business. Thejrhad built tlie largest phosphate dredge in the world, at a^est oifvfiSO, OOp fttid their entire investment m the .business amounted to at least $850^000. Their works ranking \v><h the faiponfr Cooiaw epmpatijr^tK^pmffleUuees. i^atettl en t shov^ng^Wly. pai_(V the - State on shipments made by the Caro FjCom Aug. 1st. 1885, to Ap ril 1st.' lWffi' ll BfttA Jte ? 1 ? f ri v, rr, j| 18,701.60 y 81V1888..,.. US' 9*$J6 00 and aa subsequent events have fully i sustained the corrcotne.ss of that opin ion, I again fool it my duty to report to your honorable board tho actual com ,<liU4n.of thia industry, as viewed from ray standpoint, in order that, having all the faota before you, you make suoh recommendation to tho Legislature, tte, in your wisdom, you may think proper. ,, . A. W/JoNisa, ?> State Phosphate Inspector. W 1 1 OS 10 COMMISSIONS? RIiIikI Must Pay Slnlttmoro l?copt? $20,2o(> and OoMn. Tho following special; appeared in the Columbia State from Annapolis, Md., undor.dale of ?/*?. Mlm ? - "The Court of Appeals has reversed the decision of the court below in the celebrated South Carolina bond ca*o. Tho suit grow out of a dispute between T. Edward Hambloton & Co. and other Raltimoreans and Coldon Rhiiid, Of Georgia, and a banker named I^aneas tor, of N6\v York and Richmond, wliero a division of commission for floating a bond issuM of tho Stato of South QKvo lina. "In 180!) Rhind obtained authority from tho Authorities of South Carolina to float &tf,000,000 State bonds. He- ap plied to Lanoa'stor for aid in forming a syndicate to tako them. /Lancaster waft tinablo io float tho entire issue and Hambloton & Co were appoalcd to. It was agreed that subscribers should iharo oliko in tho profits of tho trans action. After the bond issue, Lancas ter and Rhind. it is alloged, entered into a secret agreement whereby two thirds of tho Interest dtto on July 1, 18D8, should bo paid to Lancaster to pay 'syndioato expenses,' whioh, it was hinted, was political ihfluenco. This, if the whole of tho issno were consid ered, would amount to more than $118,000. "The court, holds that the syndicnto had a right to know what theso syndi cate exp.ensos were, aiid says that Lan caster not only suppressed the truth, but deliberately uttered tho most un blushing falsehoods. Tho oourt finds against the olaim of Rhind that Lan caster wa? entitled to this two-thirds in terest, and requires Rhind to pay over ?120,230 with interest and costB, to tho applicants, the Baltimore members of tho syndicate. " MANDAMUS DISMISSED. The Famous Lord Lost Bond Case Disposed of. The judges the Stato Suprome and -Oirouit Courts who ^pmo time" ago heard the famous Lord lost boud caso while sitting in bank handed -down their opihions last week at Columbia. - Jiistioe Qary ih delivering tho opin ion of tho court decides that in this proceeding tho use of the name of the State was unnecessary because it is an application by a private citizen for a writ o?mttndamus to enforce a private riglx^' and the motion' of tho attorney general to strike tho name of the State from the bill of the case is granted. ? That Judge .Withorspoon ?; did not in ton a by his decree iiP any manner to interfere with tho statutory remedy for funding of the bonds in, question. ? That tho legislative intention in on ? acting- laws for tn^fanding of State" bonds was to insist uponV strict com pliance with the requirements tof such aota and that the requirements of saicx funding aot cannot be complied with except by aotual aurrendor of the bonds themselves and tho cancellation thereof by the State Treasurer. The petition for writ vf mandamus ia> dis missed. /AsBaraato JustaoePope, Oh f ef .T it s ti oe Molver, Jndges Tdwnsend, Watts, Aid Hbh, B?net> K*neet Gary and Buohan an oonour in the opinion- of Associate ' /i;w ' ? ry ?ots, but that ?fo diwfae - of > Witherspoon WHAT RAliMOADS OWN. The Valuation of Their Property as ., Taken From the Comptrollcr-lion erii's Reports , The foil owingr figures tvkira from tho annua} report of theCoxnptroller-Oen- ? | eral make an interesting exhibit, showing as they do exactly what alt the property of the railro&cU doing business^ tha State is rated at for inftatiop? The amonnte given are tpose upon which the roads pay i^xoa. Hero are the figures; _Totarmito8.of sM4n track, ... ^.275.93 Total value of track . . ...... .$22, 085, Si] 2 Value of depots. . . , 445 Valu? * " ' and water sta in ea dnery.. Value wo oc ie inachlne Value station! Value toola^ d mi fValue bi ylrfW?fetl?*rr?>vi ?? | r* V* i Tc/tal value of all property GfrandtoUl** all railroad property in the State . . V. W.81fr Wf,m 8,135 86, WO 162,035 01,800 v,m;w Georgia '.WO, of The Attorney Genoral Makes His Annual Criminal Report, A LONG LIST OF" HOMICIDES. Constables Havo Not Presented Strong Cases- -Coiu'oaiml Weapon Law a Dead Letter. That portion of the annual report of the Attorney geftforal dealing- with tho criminal statistioa-of tho courts during tho year beginning November 1, 1896, and .ending December 81, 1890, hap been completed nwV turnod over, to. tho Stftto printer, Tho report if* brimful of? interesting information and the most eflBontlal point 1b that it ehows that tho constables, havo not preaentod strong eases to the courts for violation of tbo dispensary law or elso tbe law ia not re ceiving tlio moral support of tbe people Of tho Stato. Hero ift what tbo attor eonoral *m?oli<WW. statements it will be seen that 8,009 criminal oases were disposed of in the Statu -during tho last -four toon mouths coMCVod by this report. Of this num bor7'theJV^rft,hl75 convictions, 488 acquittals and l,8?,noi prosoqnis and nohills. UesideB these oases disposed of in . thot- court of Wouoral sessions, probably hundreds of misdemooporB havo been tried by the magistrates in the different counties, no account of which reaphes this office for the reason that such cases are not required to bo reported, ? "It fuai|K>r appears from tho consoli dated stfiWments and former reports of solicitors to this office, that tho follow ing number of criminal case have been i disposed of from 1897 up to and includ ing 1800, to wit: Seventy hundred and thirty-eight coses in .1867 ; 2,110 oases in 1 888 ; 8,098 oases in 2,000 cases in 1890, without the number in i the Fifth Cirouit; 2,14%^jaSes In 1891; 1,070 oaseB in 1892, Wittttho number in tho Third, Fifth and Sixth circuits; 1,000 cases in 1898, wlthotit the number in the Fifth and Sixth oircuits; 2,080 cases in 1894, without the number in tho Third oircuit: 2,860 <sases ip. 1890, and 8,002 cases m 18901 During the last deoade there seems to have boon a remarkable uniformity in tbe number of criminal casos disposed of each yoar in the State, whioh indicates that there has boon no marked increase in crime during this period , ?? "The orimo of assault with intent to kill and aggravated assault and battery .eu?m io have been predominant, there being ?74 cases-r-thout 20 per cent, of all tbot-orirainal oases disposed of in the Stato. There was only one case of the kindred crime of carrying concealed weapons in this State, and this was ig nored by tho ?rand jury, which shows that this law is not onforced. "The next most important orimo seems to have been tho violations of tho dispensary /aw, there being 627 eases. T*Be wjmel of burglarly foota up 278 cases, ana larceny 198 cases. Komi-' oide > oases - have- also been largo, the number disposod of being 20$ casos. The nor cent, ofconviotions in oases dis posed of during the last 14 mouths is about 89; no bills and discontinuances about 46 per cent. The per cent, of convictions in homicide oases is $6, in burglarly about 69, in larceny 60, in as sault and battery 87 and in dispensary oases about 25. ?'Of the convictions lor tho last 14 months there were five sentences to death and 29 in. the penitentiary for life, Oil to~ termB intheOonitentiary and 467: to jail and chaing^Sgs; ^ ' 'By way of cofrparWJn it was found that -in 1891, 2,808 cases were dUposod of ; in the Stato. Of those. 885 were discontinued and no bills; there-were 982 convictions and 480 acquittals/ In 1895, 2,087 cases were disposed of. Of these 774 casos were no bills and dis?... -continuances, and in .697 caaea. there were convictions, and in 865 cases ao quittalls. It. will thus be seon that the proportion of conviotions has been maintained and there has been eomo increase. >r * 'Frotti tho consolidated statements, | it will be seen that during the - last 14 months thero wajrtho very large nrtm- . bar of 1,844 n^Klls and discontinu ances in the cr^mnol cases in the jEitate, which -was about 40 |>er cent This should be remedied in some way, for the expense V^lessly entailed ^on the courts is very lfrge. Something should be done in the way of legislation to prevent this evil. "It appears further that during the period oovorod * by this 'report thero were 207 homicide cases in the State. Of these, in 52 cases thero were convic tions, iu 110 acquittals and in' 45 no bills ?and discontinuances. In "1889 thero were 111 closes of homicide disposed of in the Stato. Ia 27 eases there wore convictions, in 05 acquittals and in 8 mistrials and 11 discontinuances and, no bills. The per cent, of convictions "wm 24r: " '?In 1895 there were 205 homicide cases disposed of. In 20 casea . there were no bijls and discontinuance^, in 60 -oases conviotions and 118 acquittals. Tbe per cent, of convictions was 82?^ JSBy comv&rioicjm with these year* it will bo that tbeie is no inorease . of the cases of homicide or decrease" in tho number of conviotions. - ? . "During the last 14 months there wereonly 14 cases, of rape deposed of j this nftmber^there quit-* sana. _.jle decrease in the number j LbprglaiyjaAjLarceny daring " 41 eases bcrnino woro afllrmed; in nix casos now trials wero granted and three eases lmvo not yet beonheard." ? ? An inspootion of tho statistical report ttttaobea thows some in Attorn of interest not oovoved in tho above roport. In tho entire Htato thoro were 037 canes of violation of thodipponsary law. It in worthy of note that m of thom resulted in'no bills being*- wtur nod by . the grand juries or discontinuances on tho part of tho Stato. Twenty-four of fenaers wero acquitted and thoro wore lflO oonviotions. There was only ono case for cruelty to animals which resulted in ,4nobilP' being returned. There weie but 13 eases far gaming. Three wont out on no bills, five wore convicted and four fwaiyUud. ? - Thoro was only ono case rosulting in eonviotion for soiling goods on tho Sab bath day, Thoro wove ??0 eases for assaults with intent to ravish, with 7 convictions and 8 acquittals. Thoro were but 40 cases of adultery and fornication, resulting in 10 convic tions and 6 acquittuls, 81 cases being thrown out. vja It is worthy of noto that tLoro woro but 15 cases of bigamy, resulting in 0 convictions and t acquittal, tho other cases being dropped. ANTI-LY^CHINti 1j\W. Proposed Amendments to Bettor Por foot Jfe Tho lynching of tho HCgto Brown in Orangoburg recalls Lho faot that this is the ilrat lynohing to take plaoe since tho new Constitution wont into oft'oot. Ono or two othora have boon reported? that ia oertain criminals havo mysteriously disappeared or "escaped" from thoir oaptora, but no genuine hanging has ocourred until Brown swung irom tho railroad mile post. Tho ytato tlouso officials know noth ing more of (ho aflhir than was publish od and Reverul of them paid that from the report* jt looliod as if tho officers had oujmlK'od at tho lynching, but that waa only from tho meagre details fur nished and fuller investigation might negative tho idoa entirely. However, the lynohiiig recalled the faci, too, that the friends pr relatives of a lynched party can auo tho oounty for $3, 000 damage; It will be interesting to seo whether anything will bo done in this oaso, though tho probabilities are that no legal proceedings will rosult. In aiaqussing tho effect of tho law As* eiatfcnt Attorney Oonoral Townsend ex pressed tho opinion that lynohinga could bo prevented better if ; tiie law wa? so amendod as to give tho aooused an imfnA^iate trial. His idea is to re quire otfunty oflloials to report any dime, for whioh lynohing would proba bly rcLsult, to tho Ohiof Justice at onoo. who. shall in turn bo require^, to dotail eome Circuit Judge to proceed to the oounty andhavea hearing immediately. Judgo Townsond propoood that amend ment when he woa in tho Legislature, but it failed to pass. A prominent Senator, in disoussing the matter, said that he would introduco Buoh an Rinondfnent during tho sitting of tho Qcuoral Assembly. It is a ourioua, lfiroi^cal, coincidence that on tho very day Brown was lynoh ed tho" Attorney General received a letter from the Attorney General of West Virginia in which Ire W&T warKt in his praiso of tho .South Carolina law against lynohing as boing tho best pre ventive against such lawlessness that ho had over seen and asking for a copy of it, so he could, havo it introdxiced in the Legislatqro of his State where lynchioga were qnito frequont he, said. ?The Register. MURPHY'S GRANGES. Pivo of the Jurypteu Speak Pavoi ? t>Iy tor Itym. Murphy, the con v ictal murderer of Treasurer Copes, ban not &iveu up all hope of getting his sOntenoo commuted. -Hie father was in Columbia last ^eek and called "on Governor Evans. ITe had a i>etition which he preeeated.ask in? that the Bontonco be commuted to lite imprisoj\m?tit,__Ta hia petition he haa tho statement of Ave of the jurymen" that the trial waa conducted amidst in tense fooling, and that they have learn ed since thai much of tho testimony was unreliable; ; Q'ovef not. Cyans told him to go back and get a majority" of the -jury to sign the statement and - the probabilities ware that Murphy w.ould not bang, although he, himself, would, hardly hare time to act on tho petition. He told .the oUl <pan that he would see to it that Murphy was not hanged until ho had a full ; and complete hearing. Murray iB Dow in thepaaitentiary, but will be tukenliack to arangehnrg and resentenced at the next term of oourt --Register? . MOON8HINKK8 LAY A TRAP. Fttlll fo Work, for tlio RIspcn- j ?ary Constable* Smell u Mouse. The sqnad of dispensary constables located at Greenville, andalnf) the of ficers at Bpartanburg, came near beings led into a trap by some of the mountain people. Constable May gave tha infor mation to the Register, The trap was laid for Constables Toland, of Spartan burg, and May and Bruoe, of this city, bul Included all who would take a trip' to the mountains. It was arranged, =? no ~ gates Cdttttabla May, thAt 4 Still was to be raided some miles .above Bpartan bpxg in the mountains. May says that Wi agent of the mouutaineer* aoted ae guide and proponed to lead the raid. He waa ~ an* peeled - and **** lllnA/1 en ft ?rd iff aceused of being theli * V the Constable? to ner. howmi Just how m BILL A HP'S LETTER. " 7:7- rrvt-jT r rt r vMHHPi;'".' r<*>. ? ? ?>* \ WTKOYHS OP TUB UOMUAYjS AND WANTS >10 UK OF THO, i .-V riiUob<>|)hi<t' Some IiitoroMlntf Vuett ua to How Out' Cuurtl 1 1 ut Ion Wits ,M ?<lo? fle,.?3n?s;e*tn (huns'.'*. The holidays ar<? over and now lot us all Invoke down to tl o work of 11 now yeaf, Tlioao holiday* uuul to Ue h,.lv-<la vh, but thoy are not very sa^ivd now. ' Thovs*oom ? ivcoc-iiiary, how*vetv for tho rest rrml iAjlHy rt tion o( I ho nihul an well ns tlu> body, The voutlnonml tension o( Im^lnosa Oai?>i must bo broken At U>;w?t onco a y<vu\ it is Ijko greasing tho wagon to make it run easy, It fs like* vfccofiS and Saturday to t.uhool ohlU dron. Tho majority of people In Una country llvo'to'o' tifuoli on i\ ttr;iin and do not tnko relaxation enough, A man should not llvd* in n treadmill. Oftmnmoe^njjs, excursions, I denies and an occasional sporting day nil >elp tho tlreel mind just as iv good llvor med icine helps tho digest Ion. fhls rest .and olmngo reacts upon tho physical nature aud keeps mind nnd body In tune, The Amorl efpi pooplo nro toMloo ,ml0'1 hurry, moro so than any other*" people*. <,ho Htiblt eamo from New' England, where tho rigor of cll mat? and poverty of soil foroed thorn to extraordinary diligence. Dftwn south, In tho City of M ox Ico, there la no hosto. Merchant* eloso tholr Htorca and meohanlos leaVO their shops at 1 o'clock, and all hands go to Iholr noonday meal nnd *tny f jr Jut hour nnd a halt. They tako tholr v?mo to eat and then 1 to smcke? .the men Wtolr cigars and tho j women tholr cigarettes. Tho stolen nro not i opened until 10 o'clock^ in tho morning, I Everybody hew leisure, and -onjoy It. Tho I English pcoplo work hard, but. not nil the ' tlmo. They will sit at the table and dlsouss j tlmir roa&t oeef and tho affairs of tho nation i for an hour or moro Ijf the world In shaking j with an earthquake. They have holiday* all 1 through tho year and they observe thorn. Thero nro 6ovon legal holidays that tho ehureh established, suoh ai Good Friday, Eeifller Monday, Ash Wednesday, eto. Thoy havo many moro on tho civil 'and military lists. ? - ,5-;- - Wo havo but two In tho United Stato that may bo called national and are generally ob served, namely, the Fourth of July and Christinas day, Thanksgiving Day Is ob served when It Is proelalined, . but It Is not onjolned by any law. It la oi^ly ft custom, just as Is Doooratlon Day up north rtnd Me morial Day down south. Wanhlngtort'fl blrthdny Is observed by all but seven of tho ?t?los, and New Year's Day by fourlouir^ of them. General Leo'a blrlnduy is ju -holiday In several southern states. Inyiiouisiantt thoy havo Murdl Gras anttTfi# battle of New Orleans as holiday#, aud in Texan thuro Is Independence Day and tho baltlo of Ban Jacinto. ,l% Georgia' Observes all tho days of a national f araoter fttitf .fvJl that show dovoflon to lib ty andTOverence for heroism. I am proud say that dfcofgla-, has been always ,tru*J.<JL the ,y Hliu tyfDVWVI' IV. ....... , say that Georgia-- has ix-on always .true J.^] w.e principles that our fathers fought for. Her dnlogatcq signed the Declaration qL lur .1 di ponaonoe without cavil or hesitation. For days and weoks the fate of that declaration hung io Iho balance? hung by a hair and was earrlod by a single vote. Thirteen COlOhie* tvero roprescntod. After long aud scorot discussion and much .bitterness sit voted for it and six voted against it. Pennsylvania was last on the roll. Her flvo delegates woro called amidst tho breathless silence of tn'o convention', Tho flrsCwho wasfDoh FranTt lin, voted yen, tho n?rt voted nay, tho third voted yea, and the fourth vote4 nay. John Morton was the fifth anil last, and upon his doolsion hung tho destiny of ?a nation 4hat was yot to bo. Ho was a man of great abil ity nnd integrity, and a man oi prayer. Tho convention tromblcel with painful niDsk'ty whM> .h.o, ftwsp .pti'V >pjf?ii3Tj..vQke.eaid ; j nI oeisl my voto for liberly emu Independ ence," , 1 For somo moments thero was n?j -awful ellence. No oheers, nosljouts, no exultation, AH (bU> tho troinondous responsibility they had Taken. John Morton's voto turned the scale. It completed the. arch Ihey' were laboring to build. Ills voice was tho key stono,, and henco Pennsylvania lios ov^r since boen called tho Keystone Htate. John Morton died a few weeks after. "Had he ttved no doubt ho would bave becb a "nOli bio actor In our revolutionary history. . All tho colonies poon afterwards ratified tho work, and tho wniilwgan. After its eloso tho Const itution of 4^7 wops framed by.Madl son and JofTersbn ftna a conv/wtlon cftlleijlto considor it. ThoTttates oil volod for it wtvo Bhodo Island, but only four voted, for It unanimously, nnd Georgia was ono of them, Iiittle ' ilhody obfeotod to ^Ometbfng in tho ?Con*t?itioa ana nut on war paint and wlth drowfiBho stayed out nearly threoyea^s and. th'oh eon greM prepared to treat her.au a for eign powVr ana to send an ambassador and a eonsul arcrtherrto nia^o a treaty. This made her .qnd oA she was already feeling JonMomo nnd was getting tired of paddling heV own canpe.'Bho surrendered and camo into tho Union. Tho Adoption. of ) our present Constitution was by no means a Jkcaeoful and -harmonious work. It was ought through under'great trlbblatioib but the Georgia delegation gave no trouble. Abraham Baldwin and William Fow signed without hesitation. Georgia ha3 honored Bald w tit ossho did tho signers of tlio deela- 1 ration of independence. I wondor why William Fow bos never* been so hohored? Alo^t of our oountiea and towns havo bcon namod for ou>r notable men, but Fow has. no namesake. Georgia was tho 0j?t St a to to name n county and a town 'for Washington, and she has "not forgotten tho great mon of tho stato and nation, but ?he has forgotton William Fow. Hls reo ofd in Appleton and in. White's historical collections is a very remarkablo one. HO eamo from JPonosylvania aud settled In. Angusta; was a colopel . in tho revolution ary war; was tho' first judge 'ofltlchmond county; was a member of tho oonttne|Hal oongres sj was seni as a delegate to tho eon* atitutional convention of 1787, waa one of ow first two Unltod States senators and a "member of tho convention that passed our/ , state eonstfkiHofti labored, faithfully tof .expose tho Yaeoo fraud. Later on he wm\ elected circuit judge of the second, district. Ho was ominent in every offl<j? he ever held, and when in 1760 ho removed to New York city to practice hi?* pro fatal on his great abili ties wete soon disooverOd and he was electod mayor of that etty. -intrgrteilng somo s^tagrflf thbloia histAtjt rWsurorfeed to find thft the four y oars', presidential term had few to favOf It lftthe constitutional . convention, iljr rcverenoe for that particular work ojf jgur ; fsthMS all passed awav, for U wat lifcethe oomj nhi mict of a petit larr^tt waa noboe