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KHWW ? ??.y* ' f. ? --. "tmbqKSV' ,. *> ? v' v/a MB VOL. V. NO. 51. CAMDEN, S. C? THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, ?909. ae .THE S. C. LEGISLATURE W"H of Palmetto Lawmakers Told In Brief. A resolution war. introduced in the Senate Wednesday to amend the constitution as to the provisions in regard to associate justices of the anpremo court. ? The resolution provides: "That the supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and four associate jua f tices, any three of whom shall con-1 stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The chief justice shall preside, and in his absence the senior * assocate justice." It provides for n term of ten years, tile term of one expiring every two years. The number of associates is now three and the official term is, 8 years. A bill introduced upon the subject of trials for assault is of general in terest. The bill amends the section relative to the taking of testimony in cases of this kind, so that it shall read "that -the victim may be per mitted to testify in private, with only fhc judge and the attorneys present.'* Senator Wharton's bill to provide for severe punishment for attempts to rape placing: the same upon the same basis as rape, has been reported favorably. To reimburse the owner of stolen goods to the amount of their unre covered value is the purport of a bill Introduced in the senate by Mr. Earle. Bills were introduced in the House as follows: Mr. Fultz?To provide for the co:n pulsorv education of tho children of this State. Mr. \> right?To amend section 701 of the code, volume 2. relating to sum moning of jurors on inquests bv pro viding for payment of such jurors. I Mr. McMalian?To further reinit iate primary elections in this State. Mr. Lewis (}. Kultz?To regulate -*the compensation of county officers. Mr. Cosgrove-?To declare the wil ftil or wnntom burning of any huild , ing which is insured, a felony and to provide punishment therefor. Mr. (larris?To amend nn act en , titled "An a^t to amend section 77. <^iminal code, volume 2, providing for ten year convicts to serve sen tences on public works of the coun ty," so as to provide for 20-vear Convicts to serve sentences on public works of the county. Mr. Harris?To increase the aver r age length of the school term and fo improve the efficiency of the pub lic schools in this State. Mr. Mcl'.achern?To make it a mis demeanor to draw and alter checks on banks wherein the drawer has no, not sufficient funds. Mr. T)i xon?To declare the removal or attempted removal of a cause * pending in the courts of this Stat.' to the federal courts by a foreign corporation a misdemeanor and to provide punishment therefor. Mr. Dixon?To require railroad companies to furnish cars for freight and loading: of such cars by shippers, and provide a forfeiture or penalty fti case of failure.' Mr. Cothran?A joint resolution I proposing an amendment to article 10 of the constitution by adding thereto section 14, to empower towns ^ and cities of over 10,000 inhabitant* ?o assess contiguous property for per manent improvements. Mr. T. P. Cothran?Providing for additional compensation to constables of magistrates. Mr. C nth ran?To amend section' 1497, volume 1, code of laws, A. D. 1902, relating to the general stock law so as to include within its pro visions turkoys, geese, guineas, ducks dnd chickens. Mr. Cothran?To amend section B88 relating to magistrates acting as coroner. Mr. T. P. Cothran?To amend por tion 2730, volume 1, code of laws, A. f>. 1902, relating to powers of cir cuit jndces at chambers. v?Mr. Cothran?To amend sections 250, 241 and 244 of chapter 11, ar ticle relating to election of elector* or president and vice president. Mr. Dixon?To amend section 403, code of laws, South Carolina, volume 1, relating to reports of county treasurer. Mr. M. L. Smith offered a bill re stricting the sale of all intoxicat ing liquors, providing, however, for sacramental wine. V Mr. McColl?To provide for bene ficial scholarships in the T'niversity of South Carolina. The following bills were intro duced in the Senate Thursday: Mr. Carlisle?To prohibit women find children under the age of 10 years from working in cotton and woolen mills between the hour of 7 p. m. and the hour of 6 a. m. and prescribing punishment for violating the suae. Mr. I.ide?To repeal section 120.r? olume 1. code of laws. 1P02. relating o tl ft? * volun ^fo the Colored Normal and Industrial {cultural otu'l Mechanical college South Carolina and to enlarge tie pfltavrs of the board of trustees of snifl college. Mr. I.aney?A bill to nmlate the faanufneture, sale and delivery of , commercial fert;l:?.ers and to provide | penalties r.ml p- r:-lmient for viol i l; tlons of ihis a< f. " Mr. Wharton?To amend section 3f> of an act ^ntifjed "An act to deflate the law*in reference to and L to regulate the manufrichire, sale, us-1 consumption, transportation and di* Ition of alcoholic liquors and bev within thin State and to police saiaa," approved the 10th day of V JL D. 1907, ralatiag la l y powers of county dispensary boards. Mr. 0 ray don?-To provide for ben eficiary scholarships in the Univer sity of South Carolina. Mr. A Johnson?To amend section 2 of an aet entitled " An act relat ing to the selection, drawing, sum moning: of jurors in Hie circuit courts of this State," approved 7th dny of February, A. D. 1002, by changing the time of preparing the jury list from December to July. Mr. Lanev?To further regulate" the running of motor vehicles in this State. Mr. Bass?For the protection of rame fish in the State of South Caro lina and for repeal of certain laws relating thereto. Mr. Graydon?A bill to fix the lia bility of common carriers by rail roads to their employes in certain iases. Mr. C.ravdon?To fix the place of '.rial in all actions to recover the penalty fixed by statute for delay, loss or damage to freight by common carriers. Mr. Harvey?To amend section 070, volumo , code of laws, 1002. In the House a goodly number of bills were introduced, in part as fol 'ows: ? Mr. Lengnick?To amend an act Jntitled "An net to regulate the patching, gathering, sale, exporting >r canning of oysters, terrapins, dams, shad and sturgeon, to provide for the licensing thereof, and to pro vide for the leasing of public lands suitable for the cultivation thereof. Mr. Clarke?To abolish tuition fees it W inthrop Normal and Industrial college and at Clemson Agricultural .'ollegc of South aCrolina. Mr. Aver?To require county treas urers of the State to deposit in char tered banks surplus or unsucd fnnds ?t interest. Mr. Ayer?To further provide for :he examination of and the issuing >f certificates tw> teachers and to further define the duties of the State board ot education and the county boards of education relative thereto. Mr. Rucker?To create two school funds to be known ns school fund Ko. 1 for white children, and school fund No. 2 for negro children and to illow each taxpayer to designate the ipplieation of his taxes for school ourposes. Mr. Oasque?To amer.d section fif>4 )f volume 1, code, providing for registration of notaries public. Mr. Harmon?To prohibit the man ufacture and sale of matches, other than safety matches. Mr. Jterg?To require the regis tration of all births of children in I he State. Mr. Berg?To require license for marriages. Mr. P. P. Sullivan?Joint resolu tion to submit to the voters tho "juestion of the repeal of the home Mend law. Mr. Carey?To provide for taking the depositions of female witnesses in eases of rape and assault with in tent to rape. Mr. Nicholson?To lengthen the school term. Mr. II yd rick?To amend section 3005, vohime 1, code of laws of South Carolina, 1002. requiring that ciops he up and growing to make mort gage valid. Mr. K. M. Rucker?To prohibit nny city or town from makinir it unlawful to sell lunches on Sunday. Mr. \\ illiams?To amend section 280 of the criminal code of South Carolina, 1002, relating to the crime ?of bigamy nnd changing the/?punish ment thereof. Ml*. W. S. T'tsov?To define tin: crimes of cheating and swindling and to provide the punishment thereof. Mr. Rucker?To abolish capital punishment in this State except in certain cases. The following bills were introduced in the senate Friday: Mr. Carlisle?Providing for the erection of fire escapes in hotels; regulating the conduct of such hotels, and providing for the appointment of inspector of hotels. Mr. Crosson?To make it a mis demeanor to spit upon the floor of passenger coaches and cars. Mr. Oriflln?To provide for bi ennial sessions of tho general as sembly. Mr. Stewart?To amend tho law establishing a department of airri riculturo, commerce and immigration, so as to eliminate the word "immi gration" and clauses relating there to, substituting in lieu thereof tho won! "industries" and to incorpor ate provisions relating thereto. On Friday the following bills were presented in the House: Mr. Seibcls (by request)?To pre scribe a mileage base for making freight rates for all roads in South Carolina. Mr. A. O. Hrico?To amend section 24/ir>, chapter (>f> of volume 1 of the code, relating to the recording of deeds, mortgages and other instru ments, limiting the time to 20 days after 1st of May. 1000. Mr. Scihcls (bv request)?Requir. ing tho railroad commission to put into effect a uniform classification for all roads in the State. Mr. Foster?To require all life, health, tire, casualty or other insu rance companies to pay 10 per cent attorney's fee in cn>r* of suit and recovery agairH them. Mr. Foster-- To prevent the for feiture of insurance for certain sea sons, unless the same contribute tr such Iqss, and to provide trial h\ jury of that issue. Mr. Drowning?To make it a mis-, demeanor to violate a lease of land? or tenement? and prescribo the puu iahmant therafor. Mr. Mars?To amend section 2310. volume 1, code, relating: to eireuset or other such traveling shows ex hibiting under canvass or outdoors for gain. Mr. Ashley?To amend an act en titled "An act to provide a mini mum sum for the annual appropria tion for pensions, and fixing the same at $250,CK)0," approved the>10th day of February, A. D. 1007. so as to further provide for the distribution of artifical limbs to certan Confed eratu soldiers. Mr. J. H. Foster?To prevent for feiture of insurance because of con veyance on lien recorded. Mr. Irby?Relating to sales of mer chandise on accounts secured hy ag ricultural and chattel mortgages. Mr. Irby?To amend an act en titled "An act to regulate the em ployment of children in factories, mines and manufacturing establish ments in this State." Mr. Harris?To declnrc and define the conditions upon which foreign fire insurance corporations may en gage in and carry on business in this State, and to provide for the distri bution of the fund arising from the compliance with inch coudtions. Mr. McMalmn?To provide for the establishment and maintenance of a county policc system for the better protection of person and property within this State, f * ?ially in the mt.il districts. Mr. Dixon?To pmride for recov ery of wages due Jp manufacturing est-iMishments to employes and pro vid:ng a penalty. Mr. Dixon?To require common carriers to post notice of belated trains, giving time and cause, and to provide a penalty for ncglect there of. Mr. Dixon?Licensing the par chase, owning and borrowing of cer tain deadlv weapons. The following new bills wore in t rod need in the House on Saturday. Mr. Dixon?To prevent any cor* poration oragnized and chartered un der the laws of this State, or doing business in this State, from acquir ing or holding any stock in any otIn corporation organised and ('bartered or doing business in this State. Mr. Wells?To amend an act en titled "An act to declare the law in reference to and to regulate the man ufacture, sale, use, consumption, pos session. transportation and disposi tion of alcohol!e liquors." Mr. Dixon?To require insurance companies to pay 10 per cent, of the recovery on anv policy as attornev fee on policies in cases where suit is brought by the beneficiary. Mr. Patterson?To establish a State board of health and define its powers and duties. Mr. Clary?To pay coroners* juries. Mr. Clary?To amend the pension ,-law* by adding another section, pro viding for the names of widows be ing placed on the pension roll. Mr. Mann?To repeal an act en titled "An act to provide high schools for the State." Mr. Cantrell?To compel support of wife ami children by husband. Mr. Seibels?For I lie registration of deaths in South Carolina. Mr. Patterson?To provide for the registration of school teachers and to regulate the emplovmcnt of teach er? in the public schools. Mr. D. C. Sanders--?To declare a new pension law for the State. Mr. R. P. Smith?To deelnre the president or such other officer a* shall have the custody nnd control of the funds of any corporation, ex cept hanking, organized and doing business under the laws of this State to make an annual itemized report under oath to all of the s'ockholders .of the said corporation, showing the actual assets and liabilities of the said corporation and providing a punishment for non-compliance with j the terms of this act. . Mr. McMahan?To require attend ance upon school by children be tween the ages of 8 and 12 years, ex cent in certain capes. Messrs. .?. P. Gibson and Mosely? to prescribe the manner of inflicting the punishment of death. The following passed their third reading in the Senate on Friday and became a part of the law. The bill to do away with the 40 day limit after delivery or execution of deeds or instruments required to bo recorded in order to constitute notices to subsequent creditors or purchasers for valuable considera tion without notice was passed to third reading. The following bills passed third reading and were ordered sent over to the house: Mr. Sinkler's bill to regulate the collection and distribution of dead bodies for scientific purposes. Mr. Otis' bill to amend section 300 of the code of law* of 1002, vol ume 2, vo as to make a verdict of a jury and an order of the court, ?n the county where rendered, a lien upon the real estate of the person against whom it is rendered, from the rendition thereof, till the expira tion of 10 days from the rising of the court at which same was rend ered. In <he three and a half hours in which the Senate held forth on Sat urday there was accomplished work as follows: The calendar was gone through from cover to cover. Five bills were passed and ordered sent to the houf.e. Fifteen bills pnssed second read ing. The county attorney bill was re jected. The bill to increase thf term of prisoners who may be made to work on the public works to 20-year limit instead of 10 years, as the law now | provides, was rejected. There was some further discussion upon Senator Carlisle's ball to do away with the 49-dav limit in which to record papers. An amendment was adopted relative to making it al low for 15 days to be given in record ing mortgages and personal property deeds in the clerk of court's offices. The amendment \vus proposed by Sen ator Lide, it being pointed out that this amendment would proteet the fanners and merchants who could not rush to the court house at once to record the papers. State Wide Prohibition Petition. There were some pent it iron receiv ed from several communities as to the requesting of the passage of u State wide prohibition bill in the general assembly this year. Saturday tho following new bills were introduced in the Senate. Mr. Kelly?To repeal the lien law. Mr. Rainsford?To provide for a special course in bookkeeping, sten ography and typewriting in Clemson college. Mr. Sullivan?To amend section 3131 of volume 1, code of laws of the State of South Carolina of 1902, increasing compensation of witnesses in court of general sessions. Mr. Croft?To amend section HS'J of the civil code of procedure of the State of South Carolina, volume 2. A bill has been introduced in the xervtc providing that every claim fo? loss of or damage to property ami baggage while in the possession of n comn.cn carrier shall 'be adjusted and paid within .'>0 days in ease of ?diipinents wholly v i11:? r the State: in 4'l days in ease of shipments from without thf St:? t??. Wher* there is no station the claim shall be filed at the nearest station where there ia an agent. Senator Weston has a bill to pro vide for making it a felony for any one to wantonly set fire, to burn or attempt to burn any building or struc ture which is insured or any person who shall assist in this burning or attempt to burn, whether said per son be present or absent or merely give :idviec. The House on Saturday displayed some activity and disposed of a num ber of local measures and killed two or three bills of general interest. In addition it spent an hour hearing new hills and commit tee_ exports and incidentally unfavorable reports on bills in several instances were adpot ed and the death of the measures re sulted. Mr. J. 1'. Gibson's bill providing for a tax of J?! on ail male dogs and f 10 on all female dogs, in order to decrease the number of worthless dogs was killed, as was Mr. Rncker's bill to require all secret societies to srcure licenses from the clerk of court on payment of a license fee of ?$1. A similar bill was before the House last year and passed to third reading, but was finally killed. "Womanhood Must Be Protected," Says Negro Bishop. Franklin, La., Special.?"I stand ready to go with the whites today right into hell to protect a woman, white or black, against a fiend," said Bishop E W. Lampton, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in his charge to the Louisiana Conference of his church here Saturday night. "Womanhood must be protected; let us do our part." Virginian Railroad Completed. Roanoke, Va., Special.?With the completion Saturday of the Ion,? bridge across New river, west of Roanoke, the last gap in the line of the Vircinian Railrad, which has been built bv Henry H. Rogers, from the coal fields to the sea. was Hosed and the first train waR run through from Roanoke to Deepwater, W. Va., the western terminal. Thaw Will *>o Tried Again. New York, Special.?Harry K. Thaw will be given trial in New York City to determine whether he is snne or insane. An order to that effect was issued by Justice A. S Tompkins, to whom an appel ask ing for a trial was made by Mrs. William Thaw, Harry's mother. Un der Justice Tompkins' decision Thaw will not he given a trial bv jury, the case to be heard before a court or judge of New York City, with or without .the assistance of n referee as the trial judge may decide. Mrs. Palmer Not Onilty. Tampa, Fla., Special.?The jury frying Mrs. Pauline Palmer, for the murder of her husband, Luke Palmer, in July last, at their home, Friday rend< red a verdict of not guilty, af ter a trial lasting a week. The de fense claimed the killing was done to proteet the chastity of Mollie Powers, 13-year-old servant girl, who was be ing assaulted by Palmer at the time. The State claimed conspiracy to kill I'almer for life insurance. WAIT Tlfd, 8HF/9 OLDKR. On her sixth birthday Etholberta'* fat.her R?avc her a llttlo ring wlt.h a tiny pearl 1n It. Not very Iotut after that f<h? appeared In her father'* of fice, looking very woebecono. "O, daddy," i?he said, "I've lost tb? lltle pill out of my ring!"?Phlladel phla Ledger. ANSEL INAUGURATED Together With Lieut. Governor McLeod. BOTH BEGIN SECOND TERMS Governor M. F. Ansel and Lieuten ant Governor Thos. G. McLeod As sume Ihitie3 for Another Two Years?Conservation of Resouccs and the Building of Good Roads the Burden of the Inaugural Ad dress: Columbia. Special.?With impres sive ceremonies in joint assembly of e Le^islaturo Wednesday with crowded galleries and side aisles look on, Governor M. P. Ansel and Leiu tenant Governor Thomas G. MeLeotl !mVnrKrra,ed "pon their ?' O? Governor and Lieutenant Mi- f?r* ?e8Pectively. after which the other State officials were duly sTa0tonRnx?8 J?J!mVS: Secretary of crn! t ? McCwwn? Attorney Gen f\?. . a Lyon* Comptroller S j r pV-,JT' Adiut?nt ??? tj T ? Bov<1- St?tc Treasurer ii H. Jennings and Railroad Commit sioner B. L. Cniifrlmian. Oovemor Ansel's inanCTrnl n,l. enfiitWa? riet' iu,<1 ^otisl almost Stito n ? . dovc,?Pracnt of the Mate natural resources. He advoeat KPr^r,nar Tr? !lt,Pn,ion to the eon , a ,1(,n 1of ,?"r nnd forest* of ,h!,0? 7?!lo*>mPnl and Protection the State s water powers, point ng out what was being done in this direction by other States and adver ting to the fact that tliere is now boms utilized in this State 175 00" horse-power with that much n/ore vet undeveloped. He specially stres sed the importance of drainage ree ommcnding the creating of a State drainage commission to invest israte nnd report on the host plan to" re claim over three million acres now ?in?. "Kp'ess lor want of drainn?\\ lie also dwelt on the importance of immediate action toward scc.,rinR better roads throughout rlio State nnd iwommended that the Agricul tural Department he charred with Governor Ansel said: I ?r *\w second time I am here to assume the duties and responsibili f. <>? ?<?"> in I hp M?t of |he people. For a second time by the votes of the people, I am exalted to the position of Governor or this great Commonwealth. I am truly grateful for this manifestation of confidence and esteem, and I nm fully sesihle of my inability to dis charge fully the drftics ?ncumbent upon me without your - .,ablc and necessary assistance. South Carolina has made much prosreM ,n !tlora, educating and material line* in the past few years, nnd has a bright future in store, the people are fully alivy to the great possibilities of even greater progrcs* m the years to come and we see the 8Ip"m,?f P^Pfrity on every hand, fu- now bpin? utilized jn 1 f;tAtc one hundred nnd seventv ive thousand horse-power of water power to generate electricity and for ?till about 175.000 homo-power of water power undeveloped. My belief is that be fore many years this power, now go ? VltC' wiM be ha?^ nnd used to help supply the needs of onr growing industries. Our farms aro producing a rea sonable income and profit, and as the farmer is the only producer of those things which go to sustain life, every inducement should be given to the boy to 'stay on the farm.' 'In the manufacture of cotton we are second, in number of spindles, to but one State in the Union. Had l time I could giv? the output of tho mill,, tho ?r th. product /!m, nnir|bnr of employes. tu c* * educational institutions of the State aro sending out each year J' ?L mtn nnd Wonien well equipped 'k; bat;!? of Me. and thore.s work for all of them to do. Tbo country ig calling for educated young men and women. "1 desire, at this time, to refer to two matters, which I regard as verv thlTfittti t0 !h0 ,f.utturo Prove'* of the State, nnd which are not men in my annu*i message r u'me ht" como' in mv .i ment, when we should give ?ome at tention to the question of drainage of our swamps and lands. There are in hi. State over three million acres of these lands that can be reclaimed at n reasonable cost. The question nat urally anus, what can we dot I sur-' gesf (hat you appoint a drainage com ?in m ? d"tv H shaI1 be to get np all the data as to where the** j lands are located; the probable cost of reclaiming and the best idan for pnytner for the drainage. Let this commission report to the General At? semblv ?nd fhc. intelligent action ! enn ho taken. "Another important matter th.it should engage our attention is the one of ?t;ccd root's.' K-Prv poo(, jfi. zen of f?ir? ^trl'. 'i i ? . ' '? ? rri- ss m?e.cfted in tins V finrs'irn. C.nvr: lions nnj onn .1 ?T". "r" I" n-?nv of "" !t Tl-o n.,v- I rrnors .,1 *..? of (!,? ; ,H! n'lo,,t.,o? of |atl,rel to it. . or.io of Iho <? mntirs in this '"t" "nv' *ono lo Work nn 1 oro m?l(,nir (rood rnn.l. Time Ih-y nr? noo.l.dI in Ml the .c mtirs ovcrv ono will admit. Tho work that is dono should bo of a permanent nature, and it seems to me that, in order that the necessaiy information may bo ob tained as to the beta methods of mak ing highways, nnd the eost of each method, the Department of Agricul ture .-honld bo charged with the duty of getting thi? data and reporting the same to you. "In North Carolina, the duties of road commissioner are placed upoa the State geologist; in other Slate-, road commissi*pers at*' appointed fo: this woik. "I ccmc to congratulate you, rav fellow citizens, upon what has been done along all those lines, nnd to ask that each of you will do his full duty in helping forward all that makes for the betterment ef our people. "And now, as I take upon mvself for a second time the responsibilities nnd duties of this office, I ask that you will uphold my hands in every good work, and, by your generous help nnd co-operation, give me that encouragement that I have a rigli: to expect at your hands. By thus working together, we shall make South Carolina second to none in this Union of indestructible States." GOV'MT COTTON REPORT South Carolina Credited With 1,193, 520 Bales and 4,229 Active Gin neries. Washington, Special.?There were 12.007,231 running bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1008 to January 10, last, against 1 (),3Hi>,Sf?l a year ago, and 27,441 active ginner ies, against 27,3($0 a year ago, accord ing to the Census bureau report of Saturday. The report counts round as half bales and excludes linters. It includes 232,521 round bales for 1000, 1S8.037 for lftOS and 00.450 Sea Island bales for 1000, 80,100 for 1 The total bales ginned in 1007 up to January 10, was 12.170.100, rep resenting 03.8 of the crop of that year and of the 1008 crop 03.5 was ginned bv January 10. Today's report tdiows bales gin ned and number of ginners operated respectively by Stafes as follows: Bales. (lins. Alabama 1,317.200 3.177 Arkansas 031.540 2.115 Florida 031.510 2.115 Georgia 1.051,740 3,458 Kansas, Kentuck and , New Mexico 1.787 0 Louisiana 458,723 1 .000 Mississippi 1,551 .'J(i."> 3.47(5 Missouri 55.182 78 North Carolina.. .. G01.205 2,75'I Oklahoma 021.(?1S 08} South Carolina.. ..1,11)3,420 3,22!' Tennessee 321.(577 040 Texas 3.520.42(1 3,1 IS Virginia 12.(114 115 Distribution of Sea Island cotton for 1000 by ^tates is Florida 345. 007;(ieorgia 43.244; South Carolina 13,205. The corrected statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned (his season to January I are 12,405,208 bales. SUPPLY OF COTTON. Sccrct.nry Hester's Report Shows 5.563,507 Bales Against 5,415,900 Last Week. New Orleans, La., Special.?Secre tary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton is sued Saturday shows the total vis ible to be 5,503.5(17 bales, against 5,415,000 last week and 4,837.000 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 4,520,507. against 4.440,000 last week nnd 3,734,730 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt. Brazil, India, etc., 1,034,000, against 000,000 last week and 1,102, 870 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cotton there is now nfloal and hold in Great Britain and Continental Europe 3,207.000, against 2,738.000 last year; in Egypt 207,000, against 233,000 last year; in India 347,000, against 471.000; and in the United States 1,713,000, against 1,301,000 last year. Now YorV., Specinl.?Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 10.00; mid dling Gulf, 10.25; no sales. Futures opened firm and closed barely steady. Months. Open. High.Low. Close. Jan 0.7H 0.70 0.07 Feb.. .. 0.07 March .. 0.70 0.7rt 0.07 0.08 April 0.07 May .. .. 0.65 0.74 0.G5 0.00 June 0.00 July .. .. 0.07 0.07 0.50 0.59 Aug 0.52 0.40 0.47 Sept .. .. 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.40 Oct .. .. 0.41 0.47 0.38 0.41 Nov 0.3") Dec .. .. 0.30 0.40 0.33 0.35 COLUMBIA COTTON MARKET. (Quotations by 'L. V. Dibble.) The Columbia cotton market for Saturday was as follows: Good middling 012 Str'ct middling 0 3-8 Middling 0 1-8 [ Low middling 81-8 Rfleigh Spot Cotton. Receipts Saturday 05 bale4. Price, best grades.. ..0 3-4 to 0 7-8f. A MODEST HKQt'RST. Kit.>t I'af-O'jngT?4':ir?1oti tuo, but would you mind leandlng me your spectacles a moment? Second Personn;or ?With pleasure, sir. First Passenger?Thanks awfully. And now, as you erui no longer rea.l your newspaper, would you kindly paas It over to mo??Tit-Hits. SHIPS JNI COLLISION While Star Liner Republic and and Lloyd Liner Florida MEET OFF NANTUCKET ISLAND Republic Gees to Bottom After Un loading Her 781 Passengers and Crew?Greatest Feat in History of Wireless Telegraphy ? Four Aro Killed. Now \ or.<. Special.? flrave anxiety pervailed here Saturday ami Satur day night as result of the thril ling maritime drama being enacted off Nantucket on the coast of New Kngland. following the ramming early Saturday of the l>iyr White Star liner Republic with 7<M souls aboanl. by t!n? steamer Florida, of the Lloyd-It;:linn line. The wireless telegraph played an important part in the grave incidents happemling at fon? far trrnn th<? shore, and proved its utility as it has never done hefore. Bit by hit it tohl the tale, tiist an nouncing the news of the .collision and the plight ol the liner, which news CSMIK' direct from the injured ship itself. Then if t<>I<I of the res rue of the Republic's passe tigers, the condition from time to time of thn sinking ship and finally summoned from the adjacent seas the White Sfnr line I'altie. the French steamer I.a Lorraine, the Curnadcr Lucania and the revenue cutters Achushnct and (iresham. At 8 o clock p. tn. the wireless brought reassuring news from Cap tain Ransom, of the steamer Baltic. He said that the Kcpuhlic was still afloat ; that, (he Florida, with her own people and most ??f flose from the Republic aboard, close to 2.000 souls in all, was nearby and that the Raitic was near the scene, standing by ready t<> lend aid. The steamers La Lorraine and Lucania. Captain Ransom said, were also in the vicinity and the Republic through her wire less outfit, was directing the move ments of the sh?pe of rescue. T nt i 1 an eatlv hour Sunday it was believed the eirshiii" together of the two hig ships had no' resulted in death of injury to a single passen ger or member of the < rows. Shortly after midnight, however, the wireless telegraph flashed tin* news that two passengers on the Republic had been killed and fwo others injured. Late in the day another wirele?s message: t"ld of t>nr deaths < )i board the Florida, cither of n cr l:--::; of the crew or steerage passengers. It is apparent that l!ie Florula must have hern between .'?0 or *10 n*Mes oiT her course in b'ung anv wher" near the Rapublie. (he e^sf botind and westbound s<ea ner lanes here are that di^fanee apart. ? The collision, beijig amidship, nl most immediately flooded the engirni room of the Republic and of course rendered her absolr' 'v helpless, hortunat( ly, her wireless equipment was well supplied with storage baf feces and three were used for more than six hours, until thev gradually became exhausted. After that, re course to signalling bv means of sub marine bells was adopted. In the middle of the forenoon fhe transfer of passengers to the Florida was made, and although the fog was very dense, unusunllv calm weather for this season of the year in the North Atlantic enabled the transfer to be mode without accident. By noon the Raltie and LaLorraiue wetv close to the scene of collision, but owing to the dense fog, were nimble to locate the Republic, nil hough the submarine bells could be hcatd fre quently. The prompt closing of the Repub lic's water-tight compartments which kept her afloat and undoubtedly paved the lives of many of those nu board. In the afternoon it was learn ed from fhe Baltic that flies* com part tnenfs were still holding fhe vea j sel above wafer, but that the bulk heads and eorrpmfmenf doors wer? under a fearful strain and likely Ic give way nf any moment. A dispifth nf M:.'W) Sunday nighl said: " Republic gone down. No one aboard. /If crew s^fe on revenue cuftcr Oiesharn. A n h< uir later a,",'.:er wind?n message was received sinking fhaf flu revenue cutter Grcsham, with the Republic crew on board was pro ceeding to Oayhend. The Republic's passengers found 000 returning Italians, many of them survivors of fhe earthquake, on board the Florida, which left Naples on ?Tnnttnrv 0th. Lincoln's Native County Votes Dry. Hodgonville, Ky., Special.?Tn a heal option election Larue county, in which Abraham Lincoln was born nearly 100 \eais a'.ro. voted "dry" by a majority of l.OS.'i, the vote bc iiib more llirui 4 to I against license. Would Not Incrcaso Pension. Washington, Special. ?- A motion by Representative Ol <>((, ?.j New York, It. iv ? the pension of Julia It. ('ougldrji, >? idow of Rear Ad niiml ('ou^Iilnn. tnilcd S<:'!es navy, from #*>0 a motif h is provided for in a pension bill, In a!('0 a mov.'h creat ed a lively interest in fhe House o? Representatives. After a vigorous debate the nmendminf was lost by a vote of 42 to 1C.:*.