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VOL. V. NO. 51. CAMDEN, S. C? THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, ?909.
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.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.:*.