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IP* JL if VOLUME XV V CAMDEN, 8. 0., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21). l')04 t I\ l>. 3. j? KIR Hluor Events of the Week In a Brief Form. A Negro Shot to Death. | A negro named Jim Stevens, living j on Mr. J. D, l'rothnty place, about neyen miles below Aiken, was shot and killed by Mr. Jackson Fanning, an overseer for Mr. Protbro, Tueaday a f- I ternooiv Mr. Fanning was here today i and stated that tho trouble arose over u dispute with the negro ab^ut water- j ing tli? stock. Tho negro was Imperti nent, and Mr. Fanning reprimanded j ntm. Tho negro cursed Mr. Fanning and advanced upon him with an open knlfo In his hand, and Mr. Fanning drew his pistol, but slipped It in bis pocket, and struck the negro with a ?stick. Tho negro then * ran to his ! house, and others standing by told Mr. j Fanning that ho had better be caro ( ful, for Stevens would kill him If bo -.' had to waylay him. Mr. Fanning did not believe that the negro would trouble him again, but ho went home and got his shot gun and came o.it to the gate. In the moantlmo Stovcns had gotten his shotgun and came to Mr. Prothro's place, stopping on tho way and trying to buy some buckshot. ? Tho negro crouched behind a wagon shed and tried to get a shot at Mr, Fanning, who had dropped behind tho I'once when he <$aw the negro coming. Afteij tho negro came his wife/- who rcra/mcil and begged him not to kill v Mr. Fanning. Mr. Fanning,, thinking that perhaps the woman was menou vering against him also, turned hie bead towards her when Stovens' shot him and ran, Mr; Fannlng's face and he. id and hands were peppered with bird shot, but as tho nogro ran off he shot him twice and killed him. almost irfstantly. ; ? J- ? Anderson Leads, c A special from Andersaj* to tho Col umbia State says: "The amount assessed against An derson "county, $200 to help bear the expense of tho State Immigration As sociation is at hand, and ready to bo paid over. When Mr. Matheson's let tor was*. received a few days ago the < ham her of commerce held a special meeting and resolved to pay half ol 'ho amount, or >100, if the Farmers' Institute of tho county would pay the /other half. Mr. W. Q. Hammond, a / loading farmer of tho county, was in tho city and hunted up the sceretartf of the Chamber of Commerce, and" paid tho other half out of his own ~t pocket: The Farmers' Institute will not meet again for a month, and Mr. Hammond was much- interested In tho immigration movement, and he want ed the matter clinched, and started nt once, so far as Anderson county is concorned. - ? Minor State Items. The hearing before the railroad ? commission on the merchants' peti tion asking for a redwetion of fnter ? Stato freight rates was concluded in the council chamber Wednesday y night? that. l?7Ronelwle4,-aqfar as the ' evldencexls concerned. is a long aCil between a petition wa re duction and actual reduction. Wit will bo fully 60 days before the /Lopimls slofl renders a decision, for ftltias an almost interminable mass of eVidence to rbnovr, aprf won't bo in possesion of thft-.^di all tha arguments under, 50 days. And then if the decision is agoJnat the railroad there is no sub stantial hope that an appeal will not be taken, and th6 matter Indefinitely tied up in the courts. * A telegram from Mi. ijewls'W. Par ker, prosldent of the Olympia, Granby and Richland coton mills, of Columbia, was received thero' last week and con voyed the satisfactory intelligcnco that the reorganization ot- these mills along lines on which Mr. Parkor has been working, was about to be effect* ' od. Senator A. C. Latimer has returned to Washington very much gratified at the reception which has been given ' his bill to secure Federal aid for building good roads. He said that a ~ grMt many people 1) ad not understood his bill at first, but now that tbey do Ihey admit that It Is not in vlolaion of he institution, nor is it out of har mony with Democratic principles. Calhoun. Jackson, Gallatin, Clay nnd - others of tho old school of statesmen favored such appropriates for, good : roads. . The Hampton monument commission reports that there la on hand Yrom vol ~iratary contributions about $5,500, and - u 18 expccica iunt in a fc~ davc this win reach nearly 16,000. A bill has "been Introduced In the. House to sup ply the deficiency, vso that a $20,000 monument can be erected at once, and those ttho have talked with the Rep resentative* state that the bill will j probably pass. J The DeKafk Cotton Mills, at Cam rfen. which recently passed into the hands df a receiver.- are now running cut .the raw material stocked in the machinery. It is estimated that tb* value of this material is about "16.000. The mill will ccntlntas in operation for nbout six weeks and then will , doss Yown Indefinitely, perhaps, until the . ne^t cotton crop. ^ th h rf the honor roll In the matter of con ?? tribiitions to the Hampton monument fnud. Although on a basis Of properly ?tent Darlington 'a pro rata would but fWO. the caunty of s and loyal Women ha# con fitsctlcau c?. & jyuaTJi fjntm l'il? THE CRUM APPOINTMENT AGAIN Senator Tillman Introduce* ? Set -of Rraolutions of Inquiry. The Scnato heard further discus sion of the quotation of appointments to offlco during congressional recesses, listened to a speech on the isthmian canal question by Mr. Morgan and passed ft number of bllla of a semi publie character. As a result of the debute on the appointment question a resolution asking for specific infor mation concerning tho nomination of W. A. Crum as coloetor of customs at the port of Charleston, 8. C., was parsed , A resolution offered by Mr. Tillmaj} asklpg for similar informa tion concerning the nomination of Brigadier General Wood And other army officers went over until tomor row. Mr. Culberson introducel the resolution drawn by a commUtco ap pointed u recent Democratic confer ence for tho purpose of getting addi tional information concerning the Panama-situation. The resolution fol lows: "Resolved, That the President be requested to inform tho Senate wheth er all the correspondence and notes between the Department of State and tho legation of the United States at* Uogota and between either of hose and the government of Colombia for the construction of An isthmian canal, and al lthe correspopdcuco and notes between the United States and any of Its officials or representatives or tho government of Panama, concerning the reparation of Panama from Colom bia, havqstfron sent to the Senate and if not, that he be requested to send the remaining correspondence and notes to the Senate in executive ses sion." When the resolution had been read Mr. Collum conferred with the other Republican members of tho Senate committee on foreign j-elatlons, and It was decided not to oppose Its pas sage if the. Democrats consent to an amendment providing thai the Presi dent shal send tho Information, not Incompatible with the public In terest." The resolution now Is man datory an<l Democratic Senators say that If amended it would be as Inef fectual as other resolutions on the same subject. Mr. Tillman called up his resolution asking the committee to report what constitutes a recess of tho Senate. Mr. Hale argued that the December nomination of Colector Crum was not a new appointment and the Comptrol ler of tho Treasury would meet the question of the right to drftw salary when that matter came before him. Mr. Tillman read a letter frorp ' Sec retary o? Treasury Shaw, reciting the various appoifttments of Crum to the Charleston, S. C.? collectorshlp and giving the version that the last ap pointment was made precisely at 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday in December, when one session ended and the other began. Mr. Hale said that matter was not of special significance, that tho ap pointment is not a new one and that Crum is still serving on his first ap pointment* Mr; Tillman said that Crum is hold ing office just, tho same and, said ho, "1 notice, too, (hat Leonard Wood Is sending out dispatches from the Phil ippines signing himself major general ?and he IS not a major general." In response to requests Mr. Tillman again road Secretary Shaw's leiter con cerning Collector Crum's nomination. The letter did not state whether a com mission had been Issued, but said that Qrtim had given bond, and Is now dis yfiirging the dutlea of his office. / Mr. Aldrlch made tho point that this statement shows that the question is merely that as to whether Crum Is properly in office and suggested an In quiry addressed to tho Secretary cov ering that point. * Mr. Tillman said, however, that lie would not accept such a resolution un less it also covered the military nom inations. Mr. Tillman later presented the fol lowing resolution, which was agreed to without debate: "That the Secretary of the Treasury bo and he Is hereby instructed to send to the Senate information by way of reply to. the following questions: "First ? What is the date of the first appointment of W. D. Crum to be col lector of customs at the port of Char leston? "Second ? What is the date of the second appointment and was any com mission issued thereunder? "Third ? Wh^t is the date of the third appointment and its character and limitations? V* "Fourth ? What is the date and cir cumstances of the fourth appointment; Has anycommisslon been Issued under it? If bo, "under what authority of law? Is Crum now in office, and if so, un der what authority of law?" Mr. Morgan spoke with especial ref erence to his resolution directing the President to enter into treaty negotia tions with the governments of Nic aragua and Costa Rica for a canal on the Nicaragua route. Mr. Morgan contended that the pro tocols with WcCfagua and -Cost* Rica negotiated by President McKinley were binding on the United States. Mr. Mor gan declared that the Preaident had wilfully violated t*?r&?ooner act, re quiring him ta turn tb the Nl coram* route in case of failure to secure de sirable concessions tor the Panama route. He said there could be no com petent defense oT the oourse ot the President and characterised the speech es made for that purpose as "drafts upon common cense." --- -r ? ? Miiny a farmer"* son or daughter, pays the New York Farmer, It strug gling miserably and hopelessly In, the city as no underpaid and overworked nobody, who might be enjoytog the Imtader, freer, cleaner, better, aanei lira ss th? old home farm . When the term boy or girl gets the city feVex \ only the drastie medicine of miserable , . a?^lHe*eiwlU xheck or cur* IL Fool tab pride, fglse ideals. indolence and sajelead many young bms ' THE STATE'S LAWMAKERS A Number of lillU Passed liy the Uody. A Special Alessage. At the opening of the session of the legislature on Wednesday the follow ing special message from Governor Hey ward was received and read: Special Message No. 4. To the Houorable the Gentlemen of the General Assembly: In my annual message to your hon orable body reference was made to lawlessness 1q our State, the frequent occurrence of lynchlnga being dealt with particularly. The necessity of re spect being paid to the law by civilized communities was >urged in this con nection. You, the law-makers, had not been assembled here a week when another evidence of this lawless spirit is given in the lynching at Ileevesville. The Governor is popularly credited with the power to prevent or punish these outrages against the State. In reality he is practically powerless. When ttotlfled, hb may sometimes frus trate the mob by the employment of ^roops, but when the crime has been committed his hands are practically tied. The meagre rewards he has been empowered to offer out of hla contin gent fund have proven Ineffectual, and this is as far as he Is permitted to go. In the meantime the spirit of law lessness is unchecked. Any band of lawless men may feol secure in taking the life of a fellow being ou almost any i pretext. This deplorable condition ought to be remedied. To ,couipc.l greater respect, the proper respect, for tho majesty of the law I recommend the enactment of special legislation in reference to lynching, that the great r^npouoibility cf oflicials directly charged with enforcing the law be brought home to them, and that more effectual measures bo taken for tho apprehension of persons whtf>take the law in their own hands. In lieu of some such legislation, I suggest that tho Governor be provided with an adequate fund for tho pui pose of suppressing lynching? a fund that may be used in offering suitable re wards or in obtaining evidence against 5 lynchers In such manner as may bo deemed best. I sincerely rogret the necessity for ,th<s and am not desirous of additional responsibility, but I will not shirk any duty that the General . Assembly may see fit to impose for. tho welfare and good name of South Carolina. 1 D. C. HBYWARD, Governor. January 20, 1904. In t4ie House. After an adjournment since last Sat urday at noon the house of representa tives convened at 12- o'clock Wednes day and spent an hour in session. At 1 o'clock Hon. A. C. Latimer, Junior United States senator from this State, was accorded the privileges of tho hall In accordance with the Invitation sent him last week, and for a quarter of an hour he presented to tho members of the general assembly strong arguments in favor of mis bill to have govern ment aid in Behalf of good roads. There was only one-thrld reading bill on the c&ledar ? Mr. Eflrd's to grant the Lexington Water Power com X>any the right to erect dams at Dre her's and Uauch's shoals in Lexington county. This was passed and Sent , to the senate. Mr, T. F. Stackhouse introduced the memorial from the State Temperance, Law and Order. league^ This ...document ' was received as Information and was spread on the journal. Unfavorable reports were made on the fpll<>tolnj?\Mr. Ford's marriage li cense blu; tift. florroh's garnlsheo bill; bill to change the time for convening the general assembly until tho second Tuesday In May. and tho bill to cur tall the hunting season. - Mr. Sinkler's resolution to extend the use of the hall to the State bar as sociation this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon and night was adopted. . In making up the list of offices to be filled by election today, two vacan cies In the Citadel board were over looked. This omission was corrected yesterday by Mr. D. O. Herbert's ^eso i lutlon. The Oyster Bill. In the house Mr. Toole called iip.hls bill to grant to the sinking fund com mission exclusive jurisdiction for," the protection of shell fish, terrapin, mi gratory fifth, ducks and other game fowls In the publio waters and lands of the State. Mr. Glover of Beaufort wanted the blf.l recommitted In order that a dele gation could appear and make state ments to the committee. Mr. Toeto objected to what ho- de clared to be dilatory tactics. Mr. Glover declared that Beaufort Is the* only county in the State which has ever attempted to protect the oys ter beds, find he offered his motion not to Impede legislation but to put- the | committee in possesion of all informa tion obtainable. Dr. Smith of Barnwell ?who favors the bill very heartily, agreed that it would be better to recommit the bill in order that any objectionable feature might be eliminated. Mr. Sinkler took the Hiue position ss Dr. Smith. Mr. Toole said that no defect had been pointed out and if there be any defects why not amend- it on the floor. The bill would get locked up in the committee room and would -die there. Mr. Colcock favored recommlt'ng the bill and showed qpme points which needed perfecting. The bill was recommitted by a vote _Oi\W to 12. _ ; The boas* kflled Mr. Banks' bill "to prohibitive appointment of other than freeholders Is local trustees lOuXOjp- I mon schoofe," This was the only ?ec-~] ond reading bill disposed of yestetdsy, not one being peescd. The bill to regulate the commuta tion tax so that each county may have as -much tff as little eommutatlontaxi as possible; received sundry - amend ments and the matter got Into such shape that final action was deferred until today. This bill was indefinitely postponed last Thursday, but on the day following jjfr. Brown of Oconee vby *bSrd work got the hotrse to re'n ?UCetb* bill on -the calendar thadLittj objectionable features might be modi 5e*ate Proceedings. Tka senate eeeskm waa short, the body adjourning within tho hour and little being transacted other than the Introduction of several now bills and the reading of the calendar. Senator Brlce introduced two peti tions, asking that they be placed on the calcudar without reading. One wa? fiom tho State Law and Temperance league and the other from the women of Yorkvllle and both were along the line of changing the dispensary law go that a dispensary might ho re moved by popular vote. Immediate consideration was asked by Senator Hardin for his concurrent resolution relating to the Columbia Female college, It Included a change or the name to tho Columbia college and also empowers tho trustees to dlBppso of tho present property if desired. It was passed and sent to the house. A concurrent resolution sent up by Sen ator McCall proposing to grant a spe cial charter to the South Carolina Im migration society was also passed. Senator Butler had withdrawn from the flies of the senate his bill to tlx the salary of county treasurers. Senator Butler's bill to exempt (^on federate soldiers from peddlers' /and hawkers' licences was sent to tho house as was Senator Douglass' bill appor tioning a part of Union's share of the dispensary funds for maintaining a public library. Tho Lanham exccss baggage bill and Senator Raysor's Or angeburg school election bill were also given third reading. Tho house resolu tion of Mr. I-anham to give Claren don's country treasurer certain funds in repayment was indefinitely post poned. The Cause bill to prevent ship ping shad out of the State was made n special order for today. Itev. John I.ako who made the open ing prayer for Rev. Walter I. Herbert was once a pago in tho senate. He is a South Carolinian and Is rf<5w a mis sionary lately returned from China. Legislative Elections. ti 1 *lC .e,ect,ous by the Joint assembly fhursday were conducted' quietly, the i'si if s seeming to have Ifcen expected the battles fought out bckore the bal loting commenced. A friend of a de feated candidate for dispensary direc tor said after the voting: "He would nave been elected had he sacrificed his principle lost night." From that it would appear that the issues of the election were practically settled in caucus. The balloting was tedious and there was no exciteincnt as has been mani fested on former occasions. The real sensation outlined last night. The at tendance njioVthe joint assembly was meagre as there was a good show at the opera house. When the election for college triKHiees came up, no one seem ed to know whose terms were about to expire, and it is now believed that Mr. J-. A; Sease of Newberry was acciden tally left ofT tho Clemson board, and that Senator Tillman or' Mr. Roddoy was dropped similarly from tho Win throp board. Tho joint assembly was called to or der at 11 o'clock by the/- president, Lieut. Gov. Sloan. - J' or associate Justice of the supreme court to succeed Hon. C. A. Woods but one name was placed in nomina tion. Senator Brown of Darlington and Senator Stack house- of Marion nomin ated Hon. C. A. Woods of Marlon, who thereupon was elected for the term of eight years, his election at .the last session having been for the unex pired term of Associate Justice Pope, then elected chief Justice. Mr. Woods received 156 votes. There were two vacancies to be filled on the penitentiary board, the terms of Messrs. W. B. Love of York and W. D. Mann of Abbeville having expired. The namearortjoth of these gentlemen were placcd in nomination as Were the following: J. O. Wlngo, representative . from Greenville; P. T. Hollis of Ches ter; D.~ B. I^eurlfoy, representative from Saluda; W. N."" Brown, represen tative from Oconee; W. D. Klrby rep resentative from Chjerokee. The vote on first ballot stood: Wlngo, 69; Peuri foy, CG; Love,-64; Mann. 47; Hollis, 31 1 Klrby, 23; prown, 16. There were 163 votes cast,"' necessary to a choice, 77. Under the new rules forbiddlngQvot^a being chanced, another ballot was made necessary. Before the second ballot the names of Messrs. Brown and Klrby were withdrawn. This ballot resulted: Votes cast, 153; necessary to a choice, 77; Wlngo, 82; Peurifoy, 81; Love, 52; I Mann, 53; Hollis, 33. One of the most Interesting contests of the tyy was the election of a State librarian which followed. .The nom inations were: Miss LInnio LaBorde of Richmond, Miss Annie B. Dacus of An derson, Miss Julia Tompkins of Rich land and Mrs. J. A. Muller of Lexing ton. The first ballot resulted as fol lows: Miss I.?a Borde, 103; Miss Dacus, 26; Miss Tompkins. 21; Mrs. Muller, 6. One hundred and fifty-six votes were east ? 76 being necessary to a choice and Miss La Borde was elected- on this ballot for a term of two years. Miss La Borde's election brought her tho congratulation of many friends. DISPENSARY ELECTIONS. Representative W. O. Taturo of Or angeburg had no opposition In the elec tion to the two-year term of dispen sary commissioner and received 115 voteB. Tho greater interest in the elections of tha day was taken in the race for the $700 per annum office of chairman of the dispensary board of- directors. The ncmin'ccs wvio H. H. EY?t>?? of Newberry, presented by Mr. Kirbler, seconded by Mr. Colocy, and J. A. McDermott of Horry, nominated by ..Mr: JCTPs^ah Smith, seconded by Mr, 'P.,D. MctJolL Of the 155 votes cast .Evans received 99 and McDermott 56. N ? . The house of representatives was In session loss than half an hour yester^ dav. After tho introduction Of new bills the time was given over to tho elections in Joint assembly. When the Lanham bill came over from the senate, Mr. Mauldln ralsfed objection to the senat* amendment, which he declared, require# street All roads to carry 200 pounds of baggage under the head of "cozArooa carriers." The senate amendment was disagreed to. . By a vote of 90 to 0 the house agreed, to.'the Introduction of the hill amend-' lng charter of Columuia Female co|| lege. Then* was no majority favorable report en Mr. Richards' bill to increase the amount of beneficiary scholarships at Wlhtferop from 15.400 to fl2,4uv. The following new bills wars presen ted: . . . Mr. Beamguard, to let i&e asylum have 10 eonvlcts every year, and to let none to dttar institutions, Clemson , - ?r. ' ? - V now gets 33. Mr. Davis, to provide for libraries jn tho public brlUKjls. Tho bill provide that whon tho patrons contribute $20 tho- school board shall contribute $2o ami tho Stuto superintendent < >f odu cation $10 out of tho public funds. Mr. Whaloy, to amend tho law con cerning tho lion of certain mortgages. Mr. Hotmail, to define vagrancy and provide punluhment. Mr. llolman, to havo county boards of control and county dispensers elect ed as othor officers aro. Mr. Iloinar, to authorise and empow or mayors and othor officers to .grant warrants to break and ontor awcmbl <ng rooms In cities of G.OOO population and over. In tho Senate Friday Senator S. McColl, of Marlboro, 'utrodtieed a bll to establish a department of com merce and Immigration and to pro* vide for the appointment and coin pert Ration of a secretary. Th'.o hill was presented In tho House by iirpresenta tlvo I). I). McColl, Jr., of Marlboro. Tho !)!1 is the outcome of tho Immigration convention which has started the peo ple to thinking. There are wa*te rands in South Carolina which would nour ish under the cultivation of thrifty people, and aity investment tho S.ato would mako in bringing Such people here would be repaid ten fold yearly in tho Increased income of tho Stato and in tho acquisition of new and sturdy citizens. i a lengthy and vigoroua memorial was introduced and read in the Senate, urging action on this matter. The House of Representatives spent fhe greater part of four hours on two bills Friday. One of them is a bill to amend the law in regard to peu&lty for violation of farm labor contracts, tho other was a bill which would havo the penitentiary undertake the mining of phosphate rock and the manufac ture and ?ule of fertilisers. A very important matter among tho now bUfa' was tho presentation of a manorial from the State Immigration Association. This was accompanied by a bill presented by Mr. D. D. McColl, Jr,f to have a bureau of commerce and immigration. Another new bill which will attract attention was presented by Mr. Win. I* Mauldin, of Greenville, which provides for tho establishment of distilleries, breweries and blending plants in cities of 10,000 inhabitants. There was a mass of matter handled yesterday, the Introduction of new bills and committee reports consuming a lot of time. Tho commission to report on the improvements needed in ond around the State capital made its re turns There was a memorial from the good roads convention and one from the immigration association. Tho com committee to examino the affair-? Of State colleges made its report also. In consequenco the journal will be heavy today and the State printer will have his hands full. A speech which Sena tor Tillman deliverod in Congress last spring on the "Black Papers" was sent to Governor Heyward with tho request from the Senator that thp speech bo communicated to the Legislature. This too will be printed. \ There were many new bills In tho House. Ope by Mr. W. I,. Mauldin, of Greenvlle, *eeks to permit the estab lishment of distilleries, breweries, and blending establishments in cities of 10,000 inhabitants. The blending will be under supervision o t the Federal government There was an unfavorable report on two bills to regulate tho time for pay ing taxes. The House at first accepted ( the report as the committee was unani ! mouR, hut later the bill was put on' the calendar. "?""Mi1:- "TCQlU'SifB' ^ introduced a~ "bill to forbid granting of pardon conditioned upon the convict's leaving the State. fJBy Mr Sarratt, to provide for ma jority rule in elections in cl/Ues or over 3,500 inhabitants. There were new bills to provide for issuing of fyonds and erection of school hong'* <>?? Dillon. Jonesvllle, Landrum ana Bllore.v-" Mr. L>. OC Herbert presented a bill to provide for a capitation tax on dogs ami another ijjjj to regulate irafllc In cotton seed. by Mr. Lancaster, a bill t<> ijerir.lt one's family to use his mileage book. The following wore presented In the Senate: Senator Butler, to set a time for tho election of school trustees In Chyraw. Senator Dean, to .prescribe the pen alty for asBault anrMittempt to ravish. Senator Mclver, to Instruct tho school trustees of Ohcraw to issue bonds of school buildings. Senator Stanland, to pay the ex audltor of Dorchester $<55 by the county and $35 by the State. Senator Mclver, to altor section 714 of the code roqulrlng the State Treas urers to *1ve duplicate instead trip licate receipts , Senator Manning, to establish a de partment of commerce and labor and to determine the amount of compensa tion for the officers In charge. Senator Rncsdale. of Florence, to re tire common, carriers to transport free all ludcos and sheriffs when on official business. , Senator Hydrlck, to encourage the establishment of libraries in the public schools of the rural districts. Senator Von Kolntz, to create boards of trustees of firemen's pension fund and Drovidc for Denslons for aged fire men and firemen disabled by service. On motion of Mr. Rainsford, "tho boifto Saturday took up uncontested matters in order to get through with local bills which otherwise would havo little show next week when the ? entire calendar Is taken up with spe cial orders. Tho bills which in this way receiv ed second reading were: \To punish malicious and mischiev ous Interference with police and tire alarn? boxes. To add another section to the law as to violation of labor contracts pro* vldlng that conviction of violation should not terminate the contract. To provide for a loan of $12,000 from the State sinking fund to the county of Marlon for the purpose of erecting a jail. J Bill to change the law with refer ence to public cotton weighers In i Edgefield. *> State to Make Fertilizers. After the calendar had. been cleared of all bills provoking no objection the house poAsed Mr. Itatnsford** concur rent resolution to Inquire into the ad ?Usability Of tfie m*nuX*cU}r? o*_ fer tilisers by the penitentiary. Mr. Rainsford explained that the resolu tion tequlras t he peoKentlary djrto torn to glvo all of the Information po? tdblo. Tho oxpfiis.i will bo borno by (he penitentiary. The resolution re quires no appropriation. Tilp State'* royally from phosphate rock a /ew yea ra ago waa $200,(100, now not over $ir?,000. What Is the reason? Why not use convicts to dig out tho phos phate ro'^k and manufacture fertili sers? Dr. J. !l. Itlack and Mr. Morgan fa vored the bill, the latter for the rea son that It would Jfthrow light on tho main question so j/\a{ arguments could be made Intelligently. Mr. Webb slated that he would vote for the resolution although he doubts whether they will hayo any more information than at present.* Mr, DcSruhl withdrew hfs hostile motion and the resolution was passed ary^. ordered seut to the Sen ate. SKNATIC. The day Itt the Senate was practi cally absorbed by discussion of tho Qatiso "shad bill," which came up again Saturday, Mr. Walkers' motion Friday to strike out the emitting words being again In order. The bill, after lengthy discussion, was passed. MONUMENT TO GORDON, General Lee flakes Suggestions Con cerning the fWUJV^* Columbus, Miss., Specmt.~General Stephen D. Lee. coiumaji'der-ln-chlof of tbe Uuited Confederate Veterans, has Issued an unofficial call to every Confederate organization to take Im mediate action and organize to Becuro subscription for a monument to be erected to the late John II. Gordon at i Atlanta, v The call is In the nature of an appeal. The following Is tho cir cular: 1. Tho groat domonHtratlon of warm lovo and confldence shown at the bur ial of General John 11. Gordon at At lanta. Ga., and tho abundant evidence of esteem manifested everywhere (h our beloved Southland and also throughout our great republic, sug gests to the undersigned some concen tration of action neeeHHary to a quiclt and successful movement to erect a monCtai^iit out of such funds as may bo raIseuJtW?:oyear. 2. While as ?omniandor-ln-chlef of tho Confederate Veterans' organiza tion I do not think It proper to lssuo in general orders an appeal, still as tho successxjr of our beloved comman der and - bis persoual friend and ad mirer, I issue this call to every Con federate organization, to divisions, brigades and camps o'f the United Con federate Associations; to the Ladies' Memorial /Associations und Daugh ters. Sony and Children of, tho Con federacy/to take immedta?6' action *nd organise to securo \jncmument move ment. 3. I also suggest to States, cities and organizations generally to unite with us In buiidirg a monument. 4* I also sjggest that a local co m? mltteo bo pi-omptly formed at Atlanta to receive subscriptions for the monu? ment at tho home of General Gordon (Signed) STEPHEN D.^EH, POaTalTrlals. Washington, Special; ? In the poBtal trfal the gQvernment IntfddUcM fur ther evidence tending to show the relations existing between Machen, Groff brothers and the Lorenzs.^ln connection with the sale of letter-box fasteners to the government. Several witnesses from Cleveland and Toledo having connection with hank instltu* tlons testified to various deposits by the Lorenzs of checks of D. B. Groff for largo amounts and to certain debts made against their individual ac counts. N. H. Baumgartner, Mach en's brothcr-ln-laW7\ secretary of 'the Deposit Trust Company, Westminister, Md., also testified as to Machcn's de posits with that company. A consid erable portion of the day waa'^taken 'up by arguments by counsel on^both sidles concerning the materiality and admissibility of certain evldenco of fered. The subject of the coaching of witnesses by Postofllce Inspector May er again came up, during the discus sion of which Mr. Douglas, for tho de fense, said he also would include Postomco Inspector Gregory In the charge. The matter was finally passed over, upon tho statement of Mr. Kum ler counsel for the Lorenzs; that he would procure affidavits to support the charge. He offorcd to produce ono such affidavit today, but District At torney Beach objected to this form of evidence. Making Great Exertion*. Washington, Special. ? Minister Con ger has mrormed the 8tate Depart-.; ment that the HJfclnese government has appointed Prince Pulun as exposition commissioner to the Ixniisiana Pur--' chase Exposition. The minister aaya that the Chinese gpverntnent la mak ing exceptional efforts to have a cred itable display at the exposition, and' the appointment of Prince Pulun la * striking evidence of that fact, aa peas a member of the royal family. * - ? , Dynamiters Arrested. Jacksonville Special. ? 6. A. Pttty and M. Petty, charged with holding up and dynamiting tho Seaboard Air Line passenger train at Sanderson on Jan. 17, have been captured. When -ar rested the men had dynamite tn their possession. Tbe^ jfrave boca identi fted by 4fte engineer aw* baggage mas ter. The United States authority wm charge Hhem with flrtnginUJ #. mall coach, and Jeopardising, .the UK. of tfee maU agent WAR ON BOLL PEST 6 Department of Agriculture Hot After the Weevil PLAN OF CAMPAIGN MAPPED OUT Special Representative Dispatched to Tbe Tcxhtjtstton Hleids to Investl* gate and Report. Washington, Special.? The Secretary of Agriculture has approved tbe plans for the cotton holl wevll invoatlgatlo In tho SouUlweit, for which a specla appropriation of f2M,0Q0 baa been made available. Secretary Wilson be lieves that the heat mothod, for meet ing tho ravages canned by thfc boll weovli will bo to put into actual prac tico tho facts which have been accumu In ted by the Department during the past two years in the Southwest, for which a special conditions', the plant ing of early maturing varieties of cot-' ton, substitution of other crops, etc. Tho plana approved, wbfch wore sub mitted by Dr. T. I). Galloway, tho chief of the bureau of plant industry, and Dr. Howard, the chief of the division of entomology, embody tho following lines of Investigation:* Farmer's co-operative demonstration work. Tills will involve the organlza- . tlon of farhiers in Texas and adjaccnt States in such a way to secure the cul tivation of cotton under specific in structions from the Department of Ag- , riculture, thus a dofinlto working plan will be given to each farmers, thfl^ farmer himself to furnish tho seed and fertilizers, if auch aro required, Theso nrcas of cotton will servo as object les sons and will bo planned to .show tlio practlbillty of growing cotton despite tho presenco of the weevil. Similar work will be carried on in Louisiana, where th<j weevil .lias Hot yet advanced. u It is planned to have 8,000 to 10,000 farmers engaged in this work. Plana of breeding and selection of work. This work will have for Its ob ject the improvement of prosont varie tics of cotton, with a view of making them more prolific and earlier, so an to -- prevent the ravages of the weevil. The work will be conducted on ex* permlnent (?rms, which will,. be so-" lected with d\?e respect to climatic* soil and other conditions. The foregoing work will he looked after by the^bureau of plan* industry. The division of entomology will con tinue its evestigntion on experiment . ""f arms, Thirteen farms for: the grow ing of cotton will be located in Texas "? and tbe investigations conducted will bnve for their object tbe determTnatTdn of numerous questions relative to boil weevil which fcave not yet been defi nitely settled. Tbe question of the ef feet of fertilisers on the early matur ing of cotton will be considered,. U 1? planned that these ^ farms shall em brace, about one hundred acres each. ? Investigation of parasites lnal home of tbe weevil will be made, the object being to Introduce these parasites Into T?$m? with tbe of the desttna^tWn tbrougb tbefflL iboll weev^r Inspection of cotton products, their fumlgatRttr-aftcl general expenses at tending tbe certification required by Statelaw* will ho another line of conducted by the entomologist ^ investigation into th* 111$ JiTbtcry and habit* of the weevil and for tbe general testing of persona and . chines. This work.willbe carried on nocessarlly In the boll weevil infected districts. Investigations of other diseases than the cotton boll weevil, Including tbe destructive cotton boll worm, which l? one of the most serious pests In a nurd- i ber of tbe fkrathern cotton growing States. The organization pf the work on tho . co-operative demonstration farma .bwr begun under the charge of Dr. 8. A. Knapp, who Is now In TexaB, Valuable Tem D ft. Austin, Texas, ' Spec laiv~- What Is claimed to J>e the ricb? est radium bearing eajtbla the ~~ wo?Td haS "been discovered the Llano sold and coal fields, Its miles north of this city. Rumors of the discovery of earth bearing a large percent of radium In the Llano dis trict have been persistent for some time, and these rumors were verified hy the return of a party of scientists who had "visited, the mines to Inveatl' gate the reportr. -.-These gentlemen stated that the earth will produce , a. larger percentage or radium tuaii of any oth?r known deposit. Lfiitd. ca-Wlng. of upon rlc Cleveland Specials the United States Clrcul application of the Cleveland Railway Company.bas Issued ft porary Injunction, restraining the cltr official* from enforcing an ordinance, ~ ?d by, the city council , providing fdRi-cent car fares within / a certain ?one% The ordinance fixed .S tomorrow as the time of the !naugur> aUon of the new fare schedule. The V injunction Is to held until February It. ' Massacre ef British. - London Cab! * o^?; has received news of the saassawes of a Brtttsh e*ped?**~ pices of the the Tartrtiim irltiMM|W > ' US^fcood <