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BL Holmes' Address Before the |;6ood Roads Convention, ft ERA ' IN . THE SOUTH, r ' * ^ftoads Ilavo Weti^rcto<t Our I>e? Kopmfent Along Every lilne^Mud 13 8a ud To*. r. ii,-. ^ ....... ? he following is the address of Prof. L Holmes, Btato Geologist of North ^lina, before the Good Koads Con itioa in Columbia during fair week, Mid i c?f % ^rqaident and Gentlemen) JflJjf meeting is an evidence of the whi&U wo hevo come to recognize, at the public rqad problom is the emost of the eoouomie- problems [oh. in th?? part of our country, wo lulled upon to solvo at the present ne. The awakening of interest in this bjoot is one of the phases iuwthe do* opment of the new era ifr the old 3>U*ing tho past quarter of a e growth of^flverailled industries, |feUoh.aa the trucking industry along our ?ttlf and Bouth Atlantic seaboard, the fringing up of various mauulaoturing utcrprlttoa throughout our hill oountry, ' ogruwth of pur mining industries, e development of oiir systems of ^IranspOrtattou, both by railroad ami by ? i Wo noto but one exception to ouHn* llreano in prosperity along va-ione linos, W.nd that is inconuootion with tho agri BuUUi'ttl interests of the country, and while in somo vospeots these interests have pushed ahead, in other respeots hey have gone hack. It wiil cbo out of laOe here to outer into a discussion as jilalLof tho causes of this agricultural fcpressiou about whioh 'we hoar 09 Uch, but undoubtedly one of tho greatest oausos is tho ctffadition" of our |H)blie road's. , ' ' !?^hese bad roads havo retarded do vol* ^ment along evoiy line. They have t^rt'ered with our schools and witU ^r .^hurchca, and with the pleas* teS'.-, ft$d oomforts of our peo* 4e. - ;in 'many other . way*. Their jghting iniluenco bears heavily on all, iyospSoiariy on the faruiiug classes. tiJui What is of moro vital im* ^]W>rWuco( 1h the' fact that these rjftiV JW18 oop^iituto an enormous JJiud ?\ud sand tax of not . Jobs than ?& per nufeita.i>pr unuum on every man, wpinuh aim child living in the fcJouth ;:j#rn btatos. in South Carolina alone torn bio burden amounts to not less Sthan $5,000,000 .annually. No wonder V'ib^t. our people Btagger under suoh a buvdf n, which t hoy do not soem either ' to rfilizo or to/understand. "This menus that it costs the people of South Carolina every year &j,000,(K)0 tore to do the hauling aud the travel* ing whioh they now do on the public road?, than it. would cost to do tJhjjjjjame ?fflouat of hauling and traveling ii thoro existed in Iho state gorff macadam roads instead of the presjut poor dirt roaus. jjjyory tax loviod is supposed to )i',- benefit tho pooplo who levy it and tKs v.' iaofley thus paid by the people as the 8oou comes . buck into circulation - arid reaohoa them again, but this &V OOOfOOJ. mud tiyu whioh iJ levieaVe o f the wifl of 'the febptr by tub inexorable law of nature and the *:?? ;* tfo"hditions of trttfjo, is a emjpl^W~T6^8, benefits no one. iithply au enormous yearly ..drain upon the euer ^w jtics, resources a.. 'J money of our i>eo ple? which'is assonseleas and UBelestat V it'js enoTmoTi87"inid'Ts a total lose, Our people oomplain that they are al > ?^ -re&dy too poov to build costly macadam Tbo truth is. we are too poor to V do%fthouttKeih, and ho loner an our Jjad roads coutiuue we may expeot to be -j-#* popr. Indeed, as compared with othei ^.States and countries whioh bare. good roade we mei poorer. WitL .-v - of the industrial progreai Will be greatly retarded *nd her agri > cultural interest will relativelygo back* ward. ' - ? v This public road problem is of too ^ vtyal importauoe to be left longer in the . background. , Wo must give it the re* cognition which it domands. We have 7-? teen asleep long enough. We are not ? : a wealthy peonle, nor have we a dense population, 'vifb wo must aooapt th? --*!? nation a* it is and make 'the best m efii . ^league and the wheelmen must enlist , in tbis work tho farmers, the t>oli? tioiann atid the bankers, the lureeohers and the doctors, the women ?? well ae i . .the men. colored citizene as well aethe *^he: Stale must do its Tart - - We - ought to have in every ' Southern State ' a >oad commission to officially aid in ttte~W< Organism^ atfd-direeiiug the work- of ! . road improvemeut. "The State should ? p*#rtde for the training of rosd - -*(iglheera at all of ita institutions for iifeber education. ' It ebon id mike an ?bich conld be need to ^-^riHetflfeBt- tD# mosey/ raised by counties and- townxhipe for permanent road .work and thus encourage this sort oT #d*k. It should use its convicts for the crushing of stone at . certain eSntral from which etone could be to the Variows oonntisa. irounliesninst do thair pari Tbey swrt of action, provide "Writ* m g. M mrznr: tgug/y -fr-P ^aAjgjdhflgMM 1 A 6 por 000k (8 foot in 10ft) and In the lo^ore level portion* of tho Stfites 3 foot iri 100 should bo regarded as a maximum gl?Vhil e some ayrarigeme'rit 'btiifct of course be made for kooping in ropair the unimproved roaue\from year to year, yot tho work of tho oounty should be ooncentratod &? far as possible on permanent improvement, and, tho ays torn of beginning this permanent work at the oounty seat and extending it as rapidly as possiblo outward into the oounty by decrees on tho moro im portant public roads id undoubtedly the system whioh aooomplishOs tho greatest good for the greatest number of peo?>!o. ' We mntt Tegard road building a* a business It demands into Iikoui aupor vision ai muob an railroad building, or Jetton manufacturing, or any other sort of busluess, Wo must aeleot for the po? siiiou of rpad suporvisore tho most com petent men to bo fouud, regardless of their politios or othor considerations, and whenever wo oan And a better man for tho place, we should fool duty bound to make tho change. Tho frioti^s of (rood roads muRt in timo stand by- the supervisor and aid him in his work. We must not malto tho mistako of wasting the littlo monoy whioh oau bo raisod by taxation for this pnrr>o?o and hence we neod constantly tho boat, engineers and tho host road buildori which oan bo employ od. A OIROULAlt Rogardtng tlio Making of Returns by tho Merchants of tho State. A Comptroller General Epton has un dertaken to apply tho provisions of a law on the statute books, whioh has boon there for a number of years, but has nevor yot been enforcod. It is in regard,, to the returns of merohants of the^v j property for taxation. If thsaofc's pro visions are thoroughly onforoed throughout tho Htato thorosults will bo rathor far-reaching. Mr. ICpton says ho is not aftor in atituting radical reforms in tho tax de partment; in fnot, hodoos not ontiroly approve of this seotion, but says that "inasmuch as ho fluds tho aot on tho statute books, it is his duty to onforco its provisions so far as ho is able. IIo>| is of the opinion that its ouforeement will relioye many merchants from hi rd ships they now boar, Hore is hiffoiroular to tho county au ditors: : & ... \ Dear 9ir -Your attention is direct ed to tho requirements of suction 23i) of tho revised fciatutos In order that tho pravieioufl of this sootion may be oom plied with, yon oro roque.sted to'/ at onoo send to this olHco the number of ntferohanta in your oounty. When returns for this purponp will be fur* nishod you. This dopartmont will insist that all raorohautB comply with tho requiro uiontsof this eeotion. You will take tho nocossary steps to put this^fform for return in tho hands of every' tpierohant in your county at tho earliest day praotioablo. Yours truly, L. P. ? Epton. Comptrollor General. Tho following is a copy of tho seotiop of tho aot whioh tho oiroular has roftf'-^l ence to: f id? oxave, scan no neia chant, atlho same quired fa list Hkis othor erty, shall deliver to the Seotion 220 (177.) Any person .who shall at any plaoo'in this State, bo en gaged in the business of buying and selling personal property consigned Jo him from any plnoo out of tho Staler br property not the product of this Stale, consigned to him from any plaoo' xvithin the State, snail be held to be a mer ;ho same timo - ho is re personal* prop the auditor of the county iu which his businesses situated a statement under his oath of,, tho avor ago monthly value of his personal property, moneys and credits portain ?ng-lohia-morcautilo_.Liusjj0L&59i_jto_ftfl_: certain which ..he shall sot down "the" value on hand on the Isi'dajr of Janu ary of the preceding year, or other time of commenoing business during the 'year, add thereto all purchases, when made, at oostand tho romainder shall bo theavorage onhandfor that month; and in like manner ascertain tho average val ue for each month, down to tho 1st day of January of the year in whioh the re turn is to be made, add together such , month values, divide the eg-" negate by the number of months he has been in business during tbo pre ceding year, as aforesaid, and to the quotient add the moneys and credits on hand tho first day of Jaui|*ry - in the yoar in which tho retnrn is '/made, and the product of? this last addition shall 1 be the sum upon which ho shall pay taxes for the year in whioh the roturit ismad<: A Provided, That when, bus) ness is opened after the 1st day .of Jan uary of the preceding year and closed before the 1st day of January of the year in whioh the return is made, the parties opening and .'closing sncU busi ness shall make returns on merchan dise? the time of oponing and closing such business being the times used an the basis of the return as establiUhetiiu tbia section. ' ' ..." The new comptroller has also discov ered a typographical error in the print ed copyoflthe assevment aotr~ThA oopy made it appear that the tmiefor taking returns expires on February 12. The error haa been oorrected in the follow ing circular ?enVto4he auditors: . Mn*n Sia:=rYoj.\r is directed to page 464 aets i8J7f wl)ioh provided for- the making of tar returns from Jan uary 1 to February 20 of each ?ear. Yo.vs twly, - L. F. Eptok, Comptroller General, Wntbittgtotii r ? Weather Bureau < money so it ran extend its viva the aoaatiy more w wants more *ervic*an<! y more weather next The Last Timo Legislature Can Sit Ovor 40 Days. PALMETTO STATE NEWS IT?MS, Two Constables Purdoned?Gov. ICI? lorbo'a Position as to tho CoiiBtutm lary? Sentonco Commuted. Charleston's Gala Weak, , begins on Monday, Deo. 18th. It was intended to hold tho fqstal weok during tho month of Ootoher but the prevalence of yellow fovor in tho South and the requirements of tho board of iioalth tljai all persons , ontoring tho oity should Iffe armod wiOr health certificates forced tho commit#? to deter tho festivities. The poBtpono mont of tho. Gala Weok haH given tho committee additional timo to perfect tho arrangements with the rosult that the Gala Week this year will bo.ono of tho moat attractive and successful that 1ms | over taken plaoo. Tho arrangements already oouoluded iiifiure a wook oboolt full of amusements of ovory kind and a most onjoyable time to all who tako in the .festival. The oity will have on bar gala dress. A deojded featuro will bo tho grand flrowoik speotaolo known as mio "iJattJo of Bunker Hill." The Cow mltteo baa gone to a heavy oxpoftso in ougaging this apeotaolo, whioh ranks as the ojiiff piecoof the I'aino Fireworks Coft'ipauy s productions. A grand flro man's tournament reol contest, ending with a street- parade of Charleston's un surpassed fire department. A number of reel oompauies from all ovor bonth Carolina and North Carolina havosigni* lied thoir intontion of participating in the contest and tournaments. A floral pavado, bioyolo races, funtastio parado and trades display and tho grand pagoant of the Minions of Minerva, parado of tho militin, shotgun and rifle contents, and numerous other attractions have boon provided** The oomnifttoo have spared neither pains nor exponso to got up a fine show and tho arratigo ments already oonolndod dnsnro the consummation of thoir intentions in this score.' " . .. ? ? ? Tho Governor being asked by a rep roftnntntive of Tho State about tho ru mor that ho had agreed to put on a largo jnuuuor uf liquor constables who would bo kuown as "detectives, " whoso duty j would bo to go about tho State, looato violations of the liquQr laws and report them to tliomunioipal authorities,, said that so far as'be wa$ concerned he had removed tho constabulary, but had re tained two detectives and a few specials to look after the rural districts. Ho has already statod to tho public that this was all ho intended to do until ho found that the municipal authorities of any place were not making any efforts tit en forcing tho liquor law. He says- that so far as the State Board of Con trol is concerned, its uiombers alone have the'powou to withhold the profits of any town or oity in whioh tho law is not being onfojeed. Ho alone,' on tho other hand, hoS the powor to appoint oonatables. If the State board, when convinced that tho authorities of any town are not* onforoing the law, aeos fit to exoroiae its power and thon t re quests him to appoint the constables trf look .after tho State's interests, he will then exercise his perogntiTO. Thia. tho G ovor nor said, whs tho status of the , wholo matter. ?The approaching session of tbo Iegis lature promises to bo a long one. The groat bone of oontention will, of oourso e the diapeneary law, but besides that educational, matters taxation and tho nhosphato situation wilfcome ifi'fdira targe share of argument. This will bo tho last session in whioh legislators may sit more than fortv days with pay, and the prosi>eots are' that t-hoy will bo ongaged co&gidovabl.y over that timo. Borne well posted men beliove the sob. sion will last two months.: Next year the legislature may remain' in session over forty days if members wish, but they will get uo pay for over that time. They will remain in aossion over forty days theu~nik - - ? Getting the benefit of the three mill nohool tax and the prosi>ect of obtaining considerably longer terms in the public schools of tue State has rosulted iu qtiito an increase in this year's enrollment of pupils in the fiohools, There are this year 2-5,846 more pupils enrolled in tho public schools than last year. Nearly 10,000 of these are white pupils. Another noticeable thing is that while there were scarcely more than 100 more girls than boys last year in'th? public schools, thin year the imis-havt a little ovor 1,000 in their favor. / The Seoretary of State has ifrted commissions to two Charleston concern* oa, follows: The Berkeley Chomical Company, whioh is to mauufaoture high grade fertilizers. The capital stock in to.be, vS'KK), 000 . divided into shares at #100 each. Tho Charleston Crockery Company; Tbe capital is to be $10,0uu divided into shares at 100 eaob. Governor Ellerbe has commuted to life imprisonment in the Siate peni-n tontiery. at l*ard labor the' aenteni a of death Jm posed upon John Wetkins,*' colored, by-Judge Klugh at tbe recent te/m of conrt in Kershaw coanty npcfekj bit' conviction of tbo crinie of rape. * i it i i' >? ' ? Governor IHTerbe tai pardoned Liquor Constables J, H. Brio* tod J. ATway, who killed John T. ' Sims in tbe "Mark CoinwV section ol flyerten burg oounty, on Dec. IB. 189?, nsarly two years ago. Th fovea and p^koaodtheriir lara are keeping the " Greenville busy. The 7a?aon? Tndareool( original package ease la to be Taken np to the Uniud State* Supreme Conrt to obtain a decision to amp* time for tho* ??id. Aembty vke* it ived. TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH, 'J'lio South. Thvoo won wore killed in a bollor ox plosion at liOttUville, Miss, Davi<l Onstoo Worth, of tho Arm of Worth & Worth, Wilmiiij/toji, N. 0.,J# ? dead. v> At Moultrio, Oft,, a fiflht ocourod nt ft party in which one mau was killed aud'ayother wounded. Tho Mooksvillo- \loorosvillooxtonsion of tho North Carolina Midlnnd Kail road will ho pushod through as rapidly ui practicable. Tho office of tho internal yevouuo col lector for tho Heooud district of Vir ginia has boon moved from Richmond to 1 otorsbUrg. A haiub<onio silver service was pro* sontod to tho gunboat Nashville ftt tho Norfolk navy yard by citizens of Nash ? villo, Tonn. Rumor says tho Plant Railroad torn nifty roniovo its ter.nlnal from ha vuiumh to Charleston aud ostatylifdi a now lino of stoamors. Kx-Policomftti ~?V. B. Cftmpbell, of Phelbyvi)1<\ Ky., wfta shot and lulled by Policeman (War Duncftn in defouso while resisting arrest , Tho .State lifevynpupcr ftt Richmond, Va., h?R gone into ft receiver's hands. Tho managomont hopos the suHpeneioft will bo only temporary. Governor Atkinson, of West Virginia, announces that for went of fmulH 110 requisitions will bo issued for any fugi tives from tho jurisdiction of the State's oflicials. At Fresno, Cnl., Mrs. A. M. Porn laughed ro heartily that a paroxysm of couching ensued, which caused tho rupture of a blood vessol, resulting m instant doath. In Portsmouth, Va. , Quong Tung, a Chinese laundrymah, wan aswuiltod in his shop and heiiton to death with a club. A nogro has boon nrrostod on euspicion. S. II. I'iedihlato, of Wilmington, N. 0. , has assigned. The ftspets estimated I at. $25,(:()0, are said to exceed tho Imbil )? ion,- -Preferences amount to $12,000 oy $13,000. . ? A barrel of alcohol 'turned ever 011 a lantern in the warehouse of tho Ravens wood Distilling Company, St.. J ouis, oau?ing a loss of S100,00l>, with iusur* j nuce of about 75 per cent. ! Ilenry Olivor, aged about 40 3'ears, committed snicido at Richmond, Va., by placing a gun under his chin, blow iug oir I ho 011 tiro front part of h js head. The caupo of tho rash oot is not known. ^ Wilmington, N. O. , has just organ ized a 1 aid fire department modeled after that of Atlanta, which in one of tho best in the Hqut.h. An Atlanta fire man will ?o to Wilmington to tiain tho membors of U10 now department. A Memphis- kouso tolegraphs that Ar kansas, Mississippi and TpnnesRoo will mulco tho largbst coitoii crop ever raised. Tho bottom crop aro much larger than wn$ oxpccted; half of it is not yet picked. At Wolborn, Fla. , Mr. RummornU'R littlo fi-year-old boy Tommy mauacrod 1 to crot in tho cotton pious unnoticed, and was not mis ed uutil tho body "bail, been sowed up aud thrown out on the weys, ready lor shipment. Tho men out the bale of cotton opon and found him orushod and' dead. Mr. IT. D. Leak has in his posses sion tho oldest piece of tobacco in ox istonco. It Was manufactured in Clinr lotto in 1800 by his father, the lato D. R. Loak, and has been in the possessioif of a Mr. Transcau, of Tonuesseo, over eiuco he purchased it in '(it) from tho factory in Charlotte. It was on exhibi tion at the tobacco fair rooently bold iii Winston, and attractod a Rreat ,]eft| 0f attontion. Mr. Leak will givo it to Mr. BfimRonr.r who will plnco it iu th<\ car "Charlotto" as ono of th'6 State's rolios. ? Charlotte (JST. C. ) Nowa. ? I ?- ? - TlioN orlh. jTbo Booonci trial of tho alleged ?wife murderer,. Luetgort, is now in progress aVCbicago. ? o John Donmark, a farmer, wan killed by nn asRa.ssin, who shot throngh'h window, near Vau Ettan, N. Y. Tlio reports from North Carolina and Texan to the National Grango, in ses sion at Iiarri6burg, Fa., wcro encour aging. Tho Stato Supremo Court lias sustain ed tho constitutionality of iho inhori Haiwro tax law passod by tho last Mon tana Legislature. At Cincinnati, O. , Capt. William P. Anderson dietl suddenly of heart faiV* ure. Ho wan a half brothor of Maj. Anderson, of Fort fcumter fame. 1 1 tho Indiana Quprome Court has ruled that prosecutiug attorneys may buo for wives aud minor children and recover money lost in gambling. William Hayne* pleaded guilty in Boston to an indictment charging him with tho embezzlement of SMilO from the Equitable Life Assurance Hpoicty. At Cleveland, Ohio, J. J. Shinherd has been arrested .on a chargo or em bezzling nearly ?200,000 from Ff J). Hobinson -and a rtceivor has been asked for hiB firm, which is alleged to bo in solvent and owing $5, 000,000, New York stock brokors who wish to bet on races, / elections 6r football matches will horeafter rotiro to tho loifrigitfg or smoking room. Tbo Unknown '"man who qommitted suicide at Charleston, 8.C., a fortnight ago, haft DdStf identified, by. tho num ber of his watch, aii U. 8. Bains, of Buffalo, N. Y. Albert J. Front/; the murderer of Bessie Little, oi Dayton, <>.* was elec trocuted iu the anuet of - the Ohio pen itentiary at Colnrabns, ' At Baltimore, on account of a motor' . man dixoheying orders, two e:ec1r c ears collided, wlireh rerattert i* kitting two motormefa and injuring' several otbesr per tons. " The Fatlooat Evangel iealTTnion will | meet next year in D*}r, ic# | ... .... \^|^i|na,eo?, y .v. Spanish spies are know " J ?Mi otfri roUifidaUoae. O ennany ls becoming all ijfl'jwt off?? MDortMlon. to ? ,\j. nrrj*T-; I Mlll'S USUI. The State's Appeal Taken to Su? I prcmc Court in Vandcrcook Caso. THE JUVENILE REFORMATORY, After tho Merchants? No Interest Ac* Count? To Worm I.ogl#lutor&*Otlter 8. C. Happening*, 'J nppoal in tho Vandercoolc oft so liaSwen taken and now the cuse goon up bofofo the United States Supremo Court for a llnal decision. Tho mass of pnpora has at last boon oompilod and JudgoSimonton bas higned thorn,- whioh caviioR tbo caro befoio tlio highost tri bunal of tbo country. The paper* are very volumiuous. It isunderntood that ' the attorney ^enornl will go immodi> I ftttly to Washington and endeavor to I havo tbo caso heard and a deoiaiou | rend orod before tbo logiAlaturo adjourns I that tlio law maker* may not have to be reaasemblod to disp0M0 of the carcass, should t ho Supremo Court aOlrui Judge Simonton's decision. Jf Judge Mnion ton ? opinion is ailirmed tben tlio legis lature will bo called upon to proviso some legislation to meet ihotradoof the original pack ago agencies, in either i ovent tbo otato will Havo considerable mouoy l?y a decision from the court bo ; foro (ho legislature adjourns and all i possiblo effort a will bo mado to this end. I There wero two batches of papors ! filod by Assistant. Attorney Geneiul | Townsend. Ono batch refers to ^bo equity part of tbo appeal, aud tbo othfir , to tho pointsi at law, Tlio assignment | of errors statosthat thehill of complaint presonts no question arising under the constitution or lawa of tho United States and that tbo court hax no juris diction, an thero are otjier adequate vomodies at law, if tho allocations aro true. It further *ays that Judge Simon ton orrod in holding the dispensary not and tho inovifflkiiii rclativo to tho pro hibition "f tho*?m port alio n of and tbo inspeetion of liquors not a valid, exercise of the police powora of tho State and in contravention of tho constitution of tho United States and tbo inter-Stato cyrii merco act.'* 'J ho condition i? aiso iriadu that Judgo Siinonton erred in holaine that a nou-rosidont can import, store or ? oil liquors, other hiiut^f or by on agent. ' Tho bill of exception aluo contends that tho court has no jurisdiction and that tho plaiotilVis not'tho real party in inieroKt. No action of tho kind can be maiiitainod under tho dispensary act and * tho constables or. n not bo sued. That thero is a misjoiner of cause of aclion in that the plaintiff sues for ro covory of tbo possession of porsonal properly ami also for ^exemplary dam agoR tor tho commission^ a treaspaKB in taking tho same./ '1 ho dispensary,. Iho Stato contends, i>* not in conflict with article (J of tlio constitution of tbo United htotos and its provisions. Tho part. e? defendant aro H. W, Vance, J. M. Scott, \V. N. Jiahr, W. Livingston, O. S. Mosoley and M. Te torson. As will. bo aeon from tho abovo should tho Stato lose tlio ease tho Stato authorities will havo to pay tbo judg ments, amounting to $l,OOU for tho loss of tho liquorrfaud $1,000 damages ortho parties defendant will bo held them /?elves responsiblo for tho #2,000 awarded to tho Vaudorcook company by the jury. Governor Ellerbo, in a general con vocation about bin annual moBaago to tho General Assembly, indicated that it' was liia intention to make it as brief oh possiblo ami at tho name timo cover all of tho points of importance. lie Raid that lie had askotLfor .pertain I u form a tion and that us soon as lio neciired 'lliift ho would bo ablo to begiu active work on his meKHage. It in evident that tho liquor problom trill bo the leading iasuo discusped by (governor Ellerbe aud ho/ in not making ]>ub!io at thin junohn'u what. ho will urge upon tho General As sembly oh the boat uolution of tho prob lom. ?The Stato. * Governor Ellerbo is vory much dd? lighted tliat the fctato lias not had to pay uny intorost this year. Although tho finances of tho htato at ono time woro exccodinaly low, Govornor El lerbo and Dr. Ttmmorman arranged so that thero would havo to ho no loan. Now that taxes nro coming in, thero will ho bo need for a loan, 'this is tho hint timo iu' many yeare that it lias not boon iimud DOcotihary to mako a loan of from $30,000 to $100, UUO during tho win tor. Rov. Bichnrd Carroll, who is agitat ing tho subject of the oMabliahment of a reformatory for youthful criminals, called on tho Governor, by appoint ment, last week. Tho Governor ex pressed sympathy with the movement und said that ho would do all in his power to ?-ee it consummated, but ho exprcsKod serious doubts as to whether tho .Stat^.wonld bo ablo to do anything qloijjrthltHino just now as tho condir tfdu of tho Ktato'? finances would not admit of it, iu his judgraont. The salons who will attend tho com ing sossion of tne Lt'giala;uro uood oA1 tortaiu no anxiety as to their being kopt warm whiio in tho egislativo halh ill addition to tho hot air facilities of regulating tho temperature of tho placo four steam heaters will bo ruu iu eaob hall. ThCBo heaters wore being put iu last week. At dll&ffeeton, Henry Hoywood, a colored lineman iu tho employ of the Charleston Light and Power Comj>#nyt we# . electrocuted b.v falling on Jive wire*. Hie body, whi'e hanging to the wires, emitted blue for about ] ibree miuute*. 1 Tb# anfctu.1 meeting of the ?lock* holder# of the Cbeiaw and Darlington Railroad Comtiauy. wh held in i*lor* eu?e. A dividend of i*r share wa? declared, payable on Deo. 10. At rieeton the maon*l meeting of the ,TOa of ?*N0rtbae?f*?> Kail ! iiahw wmHIm field; aada temiaanoa end of ? par etai ga* declared. . Xorth At], tie eqnedron grill Blackburn Makes It An Issuo and Doclaros IT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIXTIES, ICo ts Also Opposed to Any 8.v*tom That Qlveft Power to Shoot Down InnOcont I/nbor. An Atlanta dispatch fays; Tho an? nouncoment of Benjamin M. BlaoU* burn, editor of tho Daily Oommoroial, of thin oily, of his oandidaoy for tho Domooratio nomination for Congress to succeed Col. Jjiviuyton, from tho At* Inula district, brings out ft now plat form. After declaring himself in favor of tho oxtronio intorprotatiou of tho Chicago platform, ho adtUt to it thio : "I heliovo in a Democrat having Rorao ideas of hia own, and I favor a great many things that 1 boliovo to ho fruitful of good results to my pooplo that are not lo bo found in the platform. I am in favor of lyuching brutes for tho usual orimo, because I boliovo tnat it is our roligious duty to keep South* j ern homos pure and uudoll od, T ho-1 lievo tho ^'outh was right in tho sixties, and that tho sentiment of hor pooplo will sustain mo to day. J auv opposed to any Hystoin that glvea brutal and cowardly * fiyehophauts tho right to shoot down innocent labor uo was late ly done in Pennsylvania. " IIYI'NOTIZICD AM) ALMOST DIKD. A Pennsylvania (ilrl's Reinurlcablo Kxppi'loncpt A Wilmington. Del., dispatch pays; Miss Ifolon Baldwin, aged loM<>f Dola waro county, Fa. , almost died as a ro suit of being hypnotized at a privato party at tho homo of Owun W. Everott, on Jacksomstreet. During tho evening Clydo I homes, who has hoiuo skill in tho art, hypnotized sovoial young womon, and i\lins Baldwin also con Ken tod to try tho tost. .UivlhomuK made a fow alight passes and Miss Baldwin waw asl.eop in- a twinkling, tiho was revived, but ho caino hyntericid ami dually lapsed into ii cutnioptio eoiuiiiion. Tne usmd parses failed lo awaken hor, r ho was earriod into tho open air, but still slept and a doctor was nuablo to revive hor. Prof. Hamnol Booth, and J. B. Martin, who posboskos skill ni hyp notists, woro hastily callod from their beclu and found JWisa Baldwin cold, with hor pulse spasmodically beating at thirty-nine a minuta. ( Occasionally oho would oxftlaim: "I ail) awako." After . an hour's liard work tho mon restored hor to con sciousness. BKNTKNCKl) TO !>KATII, Ten Police Officials Must, Dlo for I lie Murder of Arroyos. Moxioo. ? (Bpocial.)? Tho great trial of tho murdorors of Arroyas has beou fiuishcd, terminating in tho sontoncoof death pronoun cod on Ion of tho polico olllcials and policemen oonccmod iu tho butehory of tho helpless wretch, whoso altaok on Pronidont Diaz cauHcd bo profound a ponsation hero. Tho ooudomned do not poom to roal izo thoir perilous ' position and tako tho matter coolly. Their lawyors havo on terod^an appeal in each caso. Public /opinion in this oitv sustaius tho vor jdiet of ttio jury aim tho aontonco of tho V 'i ho polico oflloorii who murdered .'ArroyaB will bo executed at an early 'date. ?, A PostoMoo Itobbccl. Maxton, N. C. , lias boon yieittfuljyu in money, about 8200 in stamps and thrco registered lottors, fill of wliioh wero takon. Tho burglars first visited a blacksmith's shop, where thoy pocured a drill. Tbey found 314 iu the old blacksmith's to/l cliost. Tbey took Ibat and tlien wy t to tbo pORtoftlce and knocked a panol out of tho door. Dorian for Armor Pinto Plant. Tho speoinl naval board appointed to examine into tho cost of armor-making, has designed a plant, dotalls of which it will prosont to Congress. 1^ will coat moro than thrco million dollars and will Iirvo a capacity of (J, 000 tonsof armor per annum, which ip about the combined capacity of tho two nrtnor plants now supplying tho navy. Tho Mcsangc Complete. Tho Cabinet hold. a very short' meot hifr lnnt week. It took up matters from eoveral of thedopartments. Presi dent McKinlcy informed tho Cabinet that his menage wan practically com pleted. IIo did not read any of it; It will probably be conaidorodat tho noxt meeting. Bull Head Mountain on Fire. A apccial from Elklp.N. C.? to the Charlotte Observer, aaye: For. pureral days tho atmoftphere up and down tho Yadkin TaNejrlni* tall of ambke.. JiulL Head ^Mountain, twenty- mtl?a from here, is on fire. It is Sweeping timlwr, feoeiutfs befora it, and la no doubt > gfond epeetacU. ? , " Cotonfal R?*Uleac? l)arne<il* i A 'ptM* ttlegfam from Northman' Ion county, on tho ^eanteri aUora of I Nfo TttADIC HKFOltT. 8omo Cotton Planters Compelled to Soil at liOss to Moot Advances Made, { HradHtreet's oommeroiul report foy iho past vvoftk say s ! Tlioro is a mod* } orato impyovemont in etuplo prices, ! ami in distribution of woolou goods, I shoos, hats and hardwaro in tho region ! tributary to Chicago, Mt. Louis, Kim* j sua Oily and Omaha. Jn ftouth Ouvo* Nina, 1'onnosaoo, Alabama, (loyrgin and i Louisiana business im delayed byyollow fover quarantine. There ?" a modorato revival of demand from intorior mer chants, whioh report Home of tho busi ness dolayod by yellow fover quaran tines. Trado reports from (ioorgm and Texas art* quite iv-i ux iiiur. Homo cotton planters urocomnollod to noil cotton at a Iohh to meet advuueon made earlier in tho reason, ami have little or no surplus witl; which to b\ty morchandise. Others, notnldy in Tex as, continue to hold cotton, which do* laya moioantilo collections nnd in sr?mo sections has an unfavorutdo iulluened. Colder woathorin tho Northwest and in tho Central Mississippi and Missouri i>vor valleys has helped the retail trade. Manufacturers of iron, stool, agrieul* tural implements, Move*, railway cars and woolen goods report an active tto inand and largo otitput, although tho appearance of speculative Htoel has ro Mijicd in weakening the price of billets A i fit a like tendency on tlio pert of lioa semer pig iron. Higher prices are recorded for whoat, corn, out*, syrup, IiuIoh, leather, shoos and tnrpuntine. The reaction in itoU nnd Htoel is likely to bo followed by an advance if tho present rate of cunnump* tion continues. L'owor pr icon for wheat, flour and pork are oXpeotod to rooog* ni/.e the ndvanccn on wheat omtflpdiau VP" corn, no that a low or mice for eoyporis practically the ? only important iloclinq in tho week. Vb t hero are business failurosroporfc ed throughout tho United >StateH this . week comparod with tt'lJJ last wook,.l)u9 iu tho w coy ? year ago, HViJ two years ago. xM)5 thrco years .ago, ami an con* tnmtod with jicn ' the lilto week of 1898. * ? I'TOM ALli IN tf|I?tCM.\TIU(J I'OLIMT. C- t ^ 1. - ' t ICmnm (loldmnn, Anarchist, Lectures In tlio C/ongr?*ni?tloiiu I Cliurclt. At Detroit, Mich , Emma Goldman, tho annrchist leader, looturod in tho Teoplo'e tab'ornaolo (Congregational), and boldly proclaimed her inlldolity, her disib.fdief iu tho laws and her oppo sition to tho custom of matrimony, oto. Miss Uoldiuau was invited to address tho corgregaliou by tho j^istor, )<ov. li. H. MoUowTi^dOHpito fccnsidorable oppoHition. A majority of tho deacons and many members of tho ohuroh dev.* clnro Lho proceeding,^) have boon out* rajjreoue and wholly without oxouho. Thoy call upon tho pastor to resign, otherwieo thoy say They will quit the ? churoh. JIKNICY^ QjioitOIC'S^WIIiTi. TCvoryt Inpc to Ills Wlfo- -Tho Hook llo Mont ICslromert to 1*0 Published. The will of the late Henry Goorge, fllod for probate in Now York, leaves his entire osl&to, consisting of tlio homo at Fort Hamilton, worth about $8,000, and tho copyright of his books to his widow. Mr. Georgo's book on political oconomy, In tho writing of which ho spent the last six^care of his life, and on whioh he expeoted his famo to rest, will' be published in a few months. MIC XI CO V^ANTS CUBA. Mexico City Papers Drenntfng About "" a Grent Tropical ttcpiibllc. The question of tho futuro of Cuba ia exoitiug some interest in Mexico City, Mexr; owing to the - talk of a possible-? unioD of the island with, tbe Mexicau vopublio in caso of its ultimately gain ing its indei>endeucep which would be pleasing to a large portion of Mexican Npooplo. The Herald remarks: "'r,Cuba should become a part of Moxi? co, whWi will eventually form a park oi the aroat tropical ropublio, oxtoud i.iiig to/the mouth of tho Orinoco, tua Kityf ih'e Carribeah ??oa and the (Sul'f of McXifu> the new world's Meiliterrean, " I - - ? \. cun^rTronAcco. \ /?*** Dlanoo to Allow 10,000 Bntos to bo Kxrortc?1. The chamber of commerce and the leaf tobacco merchants hare informed Marshal Dlanco that he ouffht to per* mit the exportation of the 10,000 bslos now in market Thete are valued at $3,000,000. THe manufacturers aro barely worked, and tho grower* are ia dismay at tbe small prospects of sale. Moreover they 'still have a part of the old cron in tho wuroliouse. Tbertecoh- " federations have been strou?ly< urgod upon the captain gouQ^il. ? 1 Train Uobbprs IIo??vlly Sentenced. [ In the district oojp&i%-?i-A???tin, T<jx. ? ? ' V U W. Fisher enft Felix Wolft . pleaded guilty to robbing the fnieipnaHonsI and Great Northern train at ? McNeill; twelve miles abovo hero, on tho aftor noon of Oct. 12 and" were sentenced to fiftvand forty-five yer?,- ro?pu<itivoly, iu thotitato penitentiary. Twenty yrrtrw fot Orlmlmtl A**ault. The at Newport, Ky. , in the case of George Gerret, indicted for criminal assault on Otenwm, brmtjfht in ? verdict of guilty, and fixed the penalty ? at twenty years in tbe penitentiary at .. hard labor.- Next to oapitnl pnhmhwent, thie le the extreme i-enaUy vt the law for this crime.