The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 20, 1905, Image 1

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PERSON Miss Pa Coll spent Mr Jr has oai M' ' le Marlboro' 'DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULSAND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY FOR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." xV?L. XXX, BENNETTS VILLE, S. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1905. NO- 4. SENATE MEETS. All Former Attaches Elected Without Opposition. WOBK DISPOSED OF. Several~New Measures Introduced OB the First Day. Among Them a Joist Resolution Calling for an In Tcstlfatloa of tbe State Dispensary. Promptly at noon on Tuesday, Jan 10th, Lieu ouant Governor Jno. T. Sloan let la'd his gavel and called thc senate to ordor. Prayer was offered by the ohaplain. Rev. Walter I. Her bert, and tbe body proceeded to or ganization by tbe electljn of the efl! eera. It was not long before some real business was done. In fact the senate was working w?ll before the hour of adjournment at 1 30 o'clock, while that more unwie dy body, thc house of representatives, presented the other extreme. There are many new faces in the senate. Senator E. J. Dennis of Berkeley, who came up from thc bc use of representatives, succzeds his father, the late Gen E. J. Dennis. Senator Robert Aldrich of Barnwell, solong a cemmaudlng figure in the deliberations of tho body, Js tucceed f d by Senator George H. Hates. Ex Qovernor John C. Sheppard of Edge field has retired from the senate and in his place is a new senator, T. G. Talbert. Senater S. G. Maj field of Bamberg resigned his seat to enter the congressional race in the Second district. He is succeeded by Dr. J. B. Black, who was in thc other bouse four years. In the place of Senat ir Thos. Talblrd of Beaufort is Kells Christensen, Jr., Hie editor of the Bea-uicrt..Gazette. Senator Geo. S. Mower cf Newovrry is succeeded by 0. li. Blease. Cape.. J. ?nnyjfy-*. Brooks cf Greenwood succeeds tor J. M. Gaines. The other new Sena tors are: Dr. W. L. Mauldin of Greenville, who once presided over the senate as lieutenant governor, E. S. Blease of Saluda, F. P. McGowan of L-sureus, J. R. Earle of Oconce, W. S. Johnson of Fairfield, Walter H. Wells of Florence, D. F. Edrd of Lexington, J. u Bivcus of Dorches ter. The uaw-senators aAid those-who were re-elected at the last election, were sworn In by the president of tb-? sen&te, the sergeant-at-orms holding the Bible before them as iscuttimary. The senate then proceeded lo tho election of officers and Senator Thos. F. Ravsor of Orangeburg In a few graceful remarks, nominated for pres ident of the senate Senator Richard 1. M;.niling of Sumter, Nominations were then closed and Senator Man ning was elected unanimously by an aye and nay vote. Senator Manning therefore will preside in the absence of the lieutenant governor. Senator Blake of Abbeville placed In nomination for clerk .the name of the veteran in that position, General Robeit BJ, Hemphlll of Abbeville, who was then elected without opposi tion. This begins his eleventh year as clerk of the senate and his popu larity and t fllciency seem to increase at each new term. Seiator Blease of Newberry nominate d for sergeant at arms Mr. J. Fred Schumpert of Now lerry, who offered for re-ekction, and Senator J. S. Brice of Yt rk nominat ed W. H. Stewart of >'i?rk for re election as reading clerk. Both nom inees were elected unanimously. Sen ator Mciver of Chester Held nominated ReT. Walter I. Herbert for chaplain, Senator 0. M. Davis of Clarendon nominated Rev. W. J. Snyder and Senator Bl ?ase of Newberry nominat ed Rev. N. A. Hamrick of Lexington. Rev. Mr. Herbero received 24 votes, Rev. Mr. Snyder 8 and Rev. Mr. Hamrick 4. Mr. E. S.. Dingle of Charleston was reappointed assistant clerk and Mr. August us M. DBAI of Richland was appointed bill clerk. The preshih g tiller mnounced thc following app liniments: Doorkeepers, J. F. Bobo, W. E. Evjiis; pag. s, E V. Cullum and W. ll. Johnson; lal.or ers, Jack Presslyand Albert Nance. President Sitan made a brief hut heartfelt addie.-s In which he express ed pleasure at being once more willi the senators. Ills spca ch was couched in tine language and delivered with good effect. After Lieut. Gov. Sloan had de clared the senate ready for the trans action of business, Senator Manning of Sumter expressed in titting words his gratification ah thc trust Imposed in him. Ile thanked the president and the senate for tho mark of conti nence and begged their indulgence for any mistakes that l.e might make, ne assured them of his Intention al ways for the right and felt that they too chcerlhhcd this ideal. /m A m^t/ioii was made' by -S^vin'.^r idough that a committee of thr c be j appointed to annoui ca to thc gover nor that thehenate was organized and ready for business. On this commit tee were appointed Senators Hough of Lancaster,'. Johnson ?of Fairfield t-.nd Marshall of Richland. Senator l'eu rlfoy of Colh ton moved that a similar message bc sent thc house. Resolutions /vere Introduced by Senators Warren of Hampton and Raysor of Orangeburg in rt gard to thc omnibus bills for changes aud vacan oles in county otllccs. A concurrent resolution was Intro duced by Senator Blease of Newberry to Investigate the conditions and af fairs of the State dispensary. Tills resolution pro ides that a commltiec of two senators and turee members from the house bc appointed to con duct the Investigation, employing an accountant and stenigrapher and having accots at all times to the b .oks and the right to summon witnesses. The resolution proposes that the ccmmlttce ihould he empoweied to calton any '.Olee i or employee of the .Hipen** and lo have wltuesaas at the regular rate of pay for witnesses in Richland county. It 1* also em powered, wllh power to commit for contempt of ooutt. The committee is, if possible, to make a report before February 1 and the expenses shall be charged to the dispensary, to be paid by the commissioner. This was referred to the committee on dispensary, and immediately after wards Senator Hougli reporl'd that the governor would present his mes age. Col. J. E. Normont, G JV. Hay ward's private secretary, appeared with the message which was then read. With lt was a special message calling the senators' attention ti the various reports already out, and com menting on the promptness with which they had been delivered. Senator Raysor introdnied a bill sailing for compulsory education of at 12 weeks per annum, S nai.oi Brown introduced a bill to reduce tobacco ?harg? s aud Senator VonKolnltz two ullls relating to the liability of Btook lolders, both of banks anil of other juterprlses. Senator Von Kolnitz liso intn duced a Joint resolution to illow the Charleston Light and Wa ler Power company to ereofc a perma ?ent dam across Gr,ose Creek. The recommendations for commit tee appointments were then read md adopted. The clerk of the house i,ppcaied to unnounca that that body iad been o-gau'zod and wa-, reidy for luslness. Senator Raysor moved ad ournmenb. .WEDNESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. South Carolina's house of lords, the enate, took but a bare 20 minutes Wednesday to dispatch its business, senator Marshall of Richland Intro luced a bill to perpetuate the charter if the South Carolina Histor:cul asso ciation. This bill also providts a oom in the State house where the aluablo records may be kept and an .pproprlat.lt n of $ 1,200. Senator Mauldin of Greenville ln roduced a Joint resolution to have he governor appoint a committee to n vi s M ga te the llnanclal affairs of ?reenviiie county. Senator Blake of Abbeville intro luced a bill to allow Augustine T. imythe, Patrick Calhoun and Gam ?iilo Beale to dam the Savannah river X Trotter's shoals in Abbeville coun ,y for the purpose of Installing a lower plant. President Sloan announced these ijpi^ntmjMits: Pete Sanders, door V->vJ\7. O. j?>ks, mall carrier; Andrew Crawford, Jr., secretary to .he president; Abu Foster, laborer. THE HOUSE MEETS. The house of representatives was ;alled to order by the clerk of the last louse, CJ. Tom C. Hammer, at 12 i'olock Tuesday, Jan. 10. Mr. George 3. Prir.ca of Anderson immetUate^Jj loininatod Mr. Altamont Moses of ' Sumter as chairman during thc organ isation. This liomin.'.Hun was second d by Mr. Beamguard. Mr. Moses was lected by acclamation. He was es ortcd to the chair bv Messrs. Prince, ieamguard and Ford and the oat)1, yas administered by the clerk. The chairman announced that the irst duty was the swearing in of the K;W members. Thu delegations came orward as they wir.' called In their lphabetlcal Older, presented their redenti^ls to the sergeant-at-arms of he last house and wore sworn in. A q'iorum teing prest nt, the house iruCt-eded to form permanent organl ition and entered upon the election f a speaker. Mr. B. A. Morgan of ?reenville nominated Mr. Mendel L. Imith of Kershaw in au uppropriate .nd eui? glsi ic speech. The nomlnath u /as seconded by Mr. J. G. Richards, r., of Kershaw, Mr. Huger Slnkler f Charle dun, Mr. D. O. Herbert of )rangeburg, Mr. Prince of Anders m, lr. D. D. McCall, Jr., of Marlboro, Ir. J. E. Beamguard of Yoik. Mr. C. I. Ford of Fail field, Mr. II W. Fester f Lancaster, Mr. P. B. Allison of 1 reen wood, Mr. E. T. Lilhite of Barn iorg, Mr. S. W. DeVore of Elgeflcld nd Mr. L. W. Haskell of Richland, iho moved that the nominations be lused. Messrs. D. O. Herbert, J. E. Beam uard and C. H. Ford were appointed ellers and Mr. Smith was duly de lared elected, receiving li? votes out f a total of 110. Messrs. B. A. Mor ?an, Gaston and Nicholson were ap lointed a committee to inform Mr. >mltb, who thanked the lu tue for heir expression of cond.lence in him >y reelection. The nominations for clerk c; rae icxt,. Mr. D. I). McColl, Jr., nominab id Mr. T. C. Ila mer of Marlboro. Tue lomhialioii was seconded by Messrs. trice, Richards. Headlamps, Trlbble, lerbert and Lafitte. Messrs. Wbaley, fraser and Bruce were appointed ellers, and Mr. Hamer, after roll call, vas declared elected. This ls hts i.urth term as clerk. The other elections proceeded rap dly. Mr. W. P. Pollock nominated Vir. J. S. Wilson of Lancaster as ser (eant-at-arms. Mr. Wilson's nomina lem was seconded by Messrs. Hamel, Edwards, Ashley and Rawlinson. There was no opposition and Mr. Wilson was reelected and duly sworn. On motion ->t Mr 0:ts the rules of ibo hast house, were adopted as the ?ules for the present house, and 500 soples of the rules were Ordered print :fl MI. J. H. Watson of Anderson ni lu nated Mr. J. S. Withers of Chester ns reading clerk. Messrs. Bruce, Gaston ind Wbaley seconded Mr. Withers' nomination and he was elected. Rev. R. N. Pratt of Columbia was nominated as chaplain by Mr. Moses ind elected. Mr. Fraser raised a point if otder that the chaplain not boil ga regular < fllces of the house could be idected by bCJlaimation. The motion was made simply to save time, but the speaker thought that it would take more time to look into the point than to look it up and tl.o motion was withdrawn. Mr. R'cl.ards then moved that a ?ommlttee of three bo appointed to notify the governor of the organizing L?r the house; Messrs, Richards, MJSO, and Sinkler wiro appointed. In the allotment of seats, Coonee and Oran^eb'.irg were thu two first names drawn from the hat and both d?l?gations received choice seats near the ootitre abde. Speaker Smith, after the allotment of teat*, announced that, without ob j^otion, the houso would be us9d to night for the college celebration aud an invitation was extended tbe mem bers to, attend. On motion of Ur. Gaston the bouso then adjourned until noon Thursday. WEDNESDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. In the house of representatives Wednesday morning half an hour was consumed in reading the roll of mem bers in order to get the names cirreot. There were few alterations, but the member from "Anderson" county asked that his name be recorded as "Joshuay W. Ashley" instead of "J. W." The governor's message was re ceived and read. This occupied quite a lot of time also, and there was little else done Wednesday. Mr. Joseph Glover of Beaufort pre sented himself before the bar of tbe bouse and tuok the catii of o alee, Ou motion of Mr. Alta m mt Moies bbe parts of the governor's mi s iago were referred to* tbe committees to which they properly belonged. Speaker Smith did not announo^ tibe names of the members of tho va rious com mitt eos or tho names of the ittaohes in tbe hall, but will probably Jo so Thursday. Amoi'i the bills to be introduced in ihe bout**- will ba ono to or?ateJ?i\tf'1 mun county; a bill by Mr. p. jflfrme / jcrt to Hit banks un<lcr^HH'e/i .ovulations?i for taxatl^aHBWPTOT r nllls and cotton seed oiPMus. |< The following bills were presented Tuesday: Mr. Slnkler-To fix the liability of iti ckholders In banks. Mr. Nash-To further provide for ;he creation of the State Historical \ss< elation. Mr. McColl-To regulato the sala-11 des of court stenographers. Mr. Kershaw-To promote the at icndance of children upon public lObools. Mr. Toole-To reduce the number >f hours of a day's work In a cotton nill from ll to 10 hours. Mr. Kershaw-To amend the act Ixlng warehouse oharges on tobacoo. Mr. Wbalcy-A bill tc authorize ;he Charleston Light and Power com iauy to construct a permanent dam Lcross Goose Creek In Berkeley Ccun -y. THURSDAY'* PROCEEDINGS. The bouse nf representatives got lown to work Thursday. Quite a I] lumber of bills were introduced. A lumber cf concurrent resolutions ve-e also submitted. Citizen Ashley ? )??ered a concurrent resolution to ad- ^ mm sine die February 11th. j When the motion of Mr. Fraser of i Sumter to change rule 1 of the house, o have the house stand adjourned I \ it 12 o'clock on Saturday till 12 i'clocfc on the following Monday was ead Mr. Ashley at onoe opposed lt. le wanted the members to stay in ( Columbia and attend tojtheir work. f Chedoas-of.i^-jan was "expensive to febtr \ Jtato. Mr. Morgan of Greenville j LSked to have the resolution read igaln. Mr. Fraser then explained j .he motive for the change. As for . ilmself, he Bald, he had Dot lost more han half au hour from legislative .lme since ho had been a member of I he house, but it was a notable fact ^ hat much time was lost both in dis sussions oh Saturday morning as to vhetber or not the house should ad ourn and then on Tuesday when of en times buiiness had to bo done1 iver again. Tho resolution was car ted by a vote of 93 to 23. A RUIH TO DEPOSIT ?au8cii a lian on ? Bank in tho City of New York. | t .1 At New York three pdlceman and wo Il-ibrew women were injured In a 11 un on the State bank In Grand street n the heart of the business s. ellon ot 11 Cast Side Wednesday. Tue run was ttended by some sensuional Incl-1i lents. Toe 5.000 persons crowded | ( .bout the bank became si Insisten hat they broke down an Iron railing .round a light well In front of the mlldlng, and lt was only by desperate .lu..?o'.tig on the partof thc police that ,he excited and unruly mob was pre- | . rented from foiclng meuy of Its nucn icr into it. The policemen and wo | | nen v/ere hurt at that point. The cause of the run was as extra i ni i na ry &s the frenzied character of 11 /he run itself. Ou Tuesdty there vas a rush of depositors to got their i ( noney Into the bank in time to heglD j i o draw interest at once, and the long lue of waltliiii depositors couvlnced ihe excitable Hebrews that something vas wrong with thc Institution. Five mildred persons waited In front of :.ho building all Tuesday night and .heir number quickly swilled to >,000 when the bank opened Wednes lay though not all of that number were depositors. The baik which has deposits of (10 500,000 and a cash reserve of 81, 100,000, and which Cashier A. Vuor lls said, earned 24-1 per cent, protits ast year, sent down street for money iarly Wednesday and $250,000 was wrought by the wagon load, largely In ipccic. At the sight of money those waiting became only more, impatient "o get at it. Tho hank (Al dubs paid iT as fa?tas the operation could be ?onducted. In all the bank paid out Wednesday $55,000 and received In Jepusits 8140,000. An I', o j-1 nc Bxplodetl. At Creston two mon we're blown to 1 Instant death by tho explosion of a big Erle locomotive there carly Wednes day morning. A third man was se riously hurt and the engine was de mo Ished, tho trucks being Hie only part remaining on the track. The dead are: Fred Keller, engineer, and Chas. Skelrlck, fireman. Frunk Now mau, of Elmira, N. Y., a travelling fireman, was seriously Injured and isl now at the hospital at Akron. It, is said that tho Injector failed to work. The engine was drawing east-bound Wells Fargo expriss. A Ijnrjc' 1*1 nw. The largest plow In the world b owned by Richard Gird of Sin Ber nardino county, Cal. This Immense agricultural machine stands 18 feet high and weighs 30,000 pounds, lt runs hy steam, is provided with 12 12-inch plowshares, und ls capable ot plowing fifty acres of land a day. lt consumes from ono to one and one half tons of coal a day, and usually travel at the rute of four miks hoar. AN 1MP0ETANT BILL ? Hew Dispensary law Proposed by Senator Bayior. It I? Bsiod on the Linos Sassested by Governor Heyvrnrd In His Message. Tho most important event in the State Senate on Thursday was the In troduction of a bill by Senator RavBor to amend the Dispensary Law in suma very important particulars. The bill follows the recommendations of Gov. Hey ward in his message, except that it gives the governor the power to appoint the State B tard of Uontrol. The bill provides that a board con sisting of three members, to ba known os the board ot directors of tho t tate dispensary, ls hereby established, whose duties and powers shall here after be defined. Tha members of said board shall be men of good moral sharacter. not addiotcd to the use of In toxic i tin g liquors aa a beverage, ''shall be appointed by tho govor ShaJl rrtle term oi offl03 of Ba'd boird Bo '*t9? two years, unless sooner re x>Cd by tho governor; they shall juallfy and be commissioned as oth<?r ?tate oOlcers. In the event of a va iancy by death, resignation or other wise, suoh vacancy shall bc fill d by jhc governor. Eich member shall re ?elve for his services fifteen hundred iollars, payable in monthly install ments, and shall givo bond for the Faithful discharge of duty In the sum if 810,000. The board shall make all rules and regulations, not In onslstent with law, for the govern-nent of the iispen^ry. Members of the boa?xl lannot run for any other cilice, and Hie present board ls bo continuo for t,hc terms to which they were elected. The board sha'l have general super vision over all county dispensaries, vprl shall seo that all restricting laws ind regulations are strictly enforced. They shall meet once a week at their juice In Columbia. A dispensary commissioner shall be dected by the legislature tot a term jf two years, aud to receive a salary )f ?3,000. The governor shall have ?be right at any time to suspend such commissioner for eau e which he shall vinsider sufficient, until the next sos don of the general assembly. The rovernor shall appoint a successor In ?he inberim and shall report to the eglslature his reason for his actions ind in case the legislature sustain, .he reasons, it shall elect a successor. The commissioner shall within thirty lays after thc first of Maroh, 1005, ind thereafter quarterly, .advertise in ?wo or_moro.daily naners nf this state md one without it tor oms to"oo iuisqo io furnish liquor for the quarter.' SuW lids si all ba sealed in an envelope, ' vith seal of the company, firm or cor loration, and so sealed sbaT be ex iressed to the state treasurer. Only me bid shall be made by any one, vhich shall state thc qusliby,price and inamical analysis and aerompanying ibo bids shall bi a sample of each sort if liquor, containing not more than n e half pint, to br; delivered to the iispensary commissioner. The bids hall be kept by the treasurer who nust nut himself Inspect them or al ow any one elsa bo do so. Tho bids ihall he delivered bo bhe commissioner ind opened by bim ab a mectlrg of ?he board in public aud shall keep a .ecord of such bids. Ide may reject all bids and adver ase for more. Ho shall purchase all fq'iors, and if the purchase docs not :ome up to sample the seller shall for 'elt the value. The contract shall ,e awarded to the lowest bidder, not 'or any speollled amount, but for such lua.itlties as may ba actually required ?o till orders received from county dis pensers, approved by county boards of sontrol. Ha shall make quarterly ?eports to the state board of directors if the amounts contracted for, in s'uding brand", grades and prices, vtth the names of Reders, during the irevlous quarter, wbloh rep ?rt the state b ard shall have published in at east two daily piners if the state. The fiscal year shall cn * Novembor JO. The governor shall jopoint not ater tban Dec. 15 two! >xperb ac .omit an ts to examine the'books. The ijunby boards shall be appointed by ihe s;ate beard, two by and with the pensent of county delegations, and t,he third on the recommendation of mayors and intendants. They are to i?old otllce two years. The county hoard shall ap:-<~?0 P.?i orders for liquors sont the commissioner by j unty dispenser?, and shall lilo with the commissioner, thirty days before lie advertises for bids, a list of liquors needed lu the dispensaries, Including brands, grades and amounts required. Q< unty hoards shall elect dispensers, ind no one shall hs cle3ted dispenser ai clerk who Is related within the dxth degree by blood or marriage to .my member of tho state board, the 30mmissioner or member of tho coun ty hoard. Minya Woman Who Knrused CnHh. Marie Dassanti, aged 24 years, was found dead by her husband at Buffalo, N. Y., Wednesday in a room on the third floor of the' Terrace Park hotel. Her hands and rceb wore tied and she appears to ha\e been strangled to death. View days ago sha had in formed neighbors ti'.^t. she had re ceived a letter from tho D'aok Hand Society demanding $200 under penal ty of (kath. A man ls said to have visited her room Tuesday night, and evidence of drinking was found Wed nesday. The woman had l<ei re ported to have about 12,000, and it was said that she was to return to Italy st.ortly. Iii (juin il To Wear Uniforms. Tho new order of the treasury de partment relating to the wearing of uniforms appin s to ihe Charleston cusbi m house and the Inspectors, watchmen, welshers, gauger?, board ing officers and other offiolals on out side service, will ion the regulation blue uniforms, brass buttons, badge and caps, beginning on May 1. The officials have nob heretofore worn uni forms and they are nob highly pleased with tho order which means the ex pendlture of their nion^y, but they have to comply, of courte, with thu regulation!. A BIG SHORTAGE In the Finances of Greenville County. A BALANCE OF ?1,352 - I y - Is Due the* County by Ex-Treasurer 0. Lawrence Walker.*^ Senator Maul? din's Commission Will Fully Veutllatc'Entire'Affa.rs ol Greenville County. The''revelations that will In a few days \>a.made In the legislature rela tivo td the flnanolal conditions of Greenville county will or?ate a s mua tion In the upper part of the state, but the result; will not be a profound surprise to tnose familiar with the loone business methods that are poi Blble and often prevail with reperd to county 'govern mont matters under the present ISWB. Tbe affair will be ful ly aired under Senator Mauldln's re solution calling for the appointment ot a commission to investigate. When a correspondent asked bim about the matter Comptroller General Jones, who was directed by the last legislature td Investigate the situa tion, referred to advance sheets of his report to the present legislature, in which he says: "The meager appropriation, $oOO, for making Investigations was totally Inadequate to continue the Investiga tions reported as necessary in my last report. ' Ilowever, I felt lt my duty to the taxpayers of Greenville county, together with the demand of tho ex trc?fi?'i?r, to proceed with ibu hives tlgation. I Bent Mr. E B. Wilson, ohief clerk of this office, and Col. D. H. Wiso, of Aiken, with instruc tions to make a thorough investigation of the county's flnanolal affairs. Their report shows a startling condition existing. It appears from the report that ex-treasurer G. Lawrence Walker i ls due a balance of 82 352. The bond-" ed indebtedness of tbe county was found to be iie4,500.COutstandlng notes countersigned by the treasurer ? and charged to him $94,712.34. The i floating indebtedness consisting of notes lor money borrowed, 838,800. Outstanding claims 825,012 08. The flating debt is fully it? m zed in the ' counVi? supervisor's statement whioh ls ma part of this report." It ls i thuj - that< atfc4??;g \ \1 t' -J-..?tfgft'tiO' ?erjff?:0?..u?j?<, i !_i.^rvisor, Is 803,8?Z 08, although the exaot amount is not definitely known, ; and it will be necessary in-order to ; arrive at the exact floating'debt of Greenville county to advertise for all claims to be flied by some certain date or be barred. The total debt of Greenville county at the date of tho invest gatton as -above set forth, ap pears to te 8343,024.42 "It appears from the Investigation relative to the supervisor's report that tho sum of 838,200 has been borrowed and expended in violation of law, and lt appears as if the lenders of this < mt my were aware of this violation, from the Btatute authorizing Green- 1 ville county to borrow funds. "Not one of these notes designated as floating indebtedness has been 1 counter-signed by the treasurer, as re quired In section 819, nor ona dollar of this 838,80') was paid Into the coun ty treasury to bo disbursed according to law. In my opinion nooe of these notes are a valid debt against the county and csunot be paid until some action ls tike i by your honorable body to validate V e same. Io this investi gation it appears that the late master of Greenville county hold some $13, 000 in olalms against the county. His successor, I understand, has turned these olalms over to the couuty super visor, I am unable to say what was the consideration for these claims. None of till) fl tating indebtedness which includes this borrowed money, appears upon the county supervisor's books, aud no record could be found showing any en'.ry of thia floating ln debtness. "It will be further noted that the couuty trea urer's cish books and some other books of record, covering the expend?!ures and receipts of -the dispensary, fees from clerk of court, tines and licenses and other sources of revenue other than taxis, have disap peared. Ho AluM linn;:. Tho Virginia Supreme Court of ap' peals refused a writ of error in tho case of ex-Mayor McCueof Charlottes ville, convicted of wife murder and sentenced to hang the 20th of this month. A Charlottesville speolal says that when the news of the action of supreme oourt in denying a writ of error was conveyed to MoCue he lo3t his nerve and fainted. MeUuc was removed from his cell to the steel cage In the jill. Ile insisted upon taking bis personal effects In his new quarters, but was not permitted to transfor any of bis papers except his will. After being searched McCuu said: "I am not going to commit suicide. I will not snuff' out this brief time of life left me, for lt is only a matter of timo anyhow and if I did commit suicide I could not meet my darling wife In heaven." Takes lils Own Lifo. A dispatch from Durham, N. C., says Friday morning while kneeling in tho attitude of prayer Dr. Albert G. Carr killed himself with a pistol, no had been in falling health for somo time, suffering from insomnia Thursday night he retired without eatlug supper and as usual awoke carly Friday morning. It had been bis eubt m to awake h!s sen, William Carr, who 1B superintendent of the Durham hosiery mill, early every morning. Shortly after this the shot was fl.ed. About an hour after thc ab coe, ? of his son Dr. Carr was found as before .st tted. He was one of tho bjst known physicians In tho State and aside from h s promincoce In his profession, he wis a ver- i weah hy mon Ho o tn lc 1 a< out ?:r'(?,dU0 lu suranoe aa his hf?, \ ( s. LEAD THE STATE. Orangeburg aL?. Anderion Counties Com? Pin in ?outh Carolin?. Several Texas Counties Ratso ?nd Market Bis; Crop* of Good Cotton. I Orangeburg and Anderten counties j aro tbe largest cotton producing counties In South Carolina' and their yield ot the fleecy ste pie ranks them well in tbe standing of the counties in the cotton belt Obavleston get? but little of Ander son's cotton but a goodly part of the yield of Orangeburg, tbe former cot ton being used very generally b? the mills in the upper section of South 1 Carolina and Charleston's participa tion in the prell ts of the second larg est growing cotton county comes in | when tho dividends are declared on the stock of the mills in which there is much Charleston money. For a long time, says The Anderson Mail, it has been known that Ander son county produces a very heavy yield of cotton, but very few people have taken the trouble to ascertain her exact standing amnng tho cotton producing counties of the Southern States, from the latest absolute offi cial figures, those of the season 1903 04, the following facts are learned: Anderson's county yield entitles her to twenty-second place in the list of all the counties in the Cotton Belt and to Bcoond place in South Carolina. Orangeburg alone Btands above her in this State, with a lead for the season of 3,307 bales. Anderson's yield in 1003 was 43.397 bales. Anderson's yield in 1004 was 43,557 bales. Oaly seven counties east of tho -Mississippi produced more ootton, one of tbes . bdng Orangeburg county, South Car olina. West of the Mississippi more ootton was produced by 12 counties in Texas and one county each in Louisi ana, Indiau Territory and Oklahoma Territory. Ellis county, Texa3, leads the whole Cotton Belt with the enor mous production of 107,612 bales in one season. According to the reports of the United States Census Bureau, Ander son county stood i?till higher Jn?> 1803-04. Only seven counties'east of tte Mississippi produced more ootton than Anderson, Orangeburg county, South Carolina being one, and the other six being in Mississippi,and only 13 . ountles west of the Mississippi grew moref^Two of three were in Western Louisiana and eleven in Texas. An derson county stood twenty-first in the list of all the cotton-produoing counties. ' Tho average yleld_ per acre is said ts vjw 12 1Z<J vrr.- uoio."- --a.- ,.<r.-viv<i^^a' ? the estimated acreage this year of 32.000,000 acres, we would have a yield of 13,440,000 bales of cotton, while the largest crop lu previous years was 11,268,000 bales in 1808 '00. This is, of course, estimating that the average yield ,1s 42 100 ot a bale to tbe acre, and that 32,000,000 acres were planted in cotton last year. Only Heron Saved.--''' Seven survivors of the Ill-fated Nor wegian ship Marpesla, which 'was wreoked at sea on Christmas day by an explosion of naphtha resulting in the death of eleven members of her crew, have arrived at Ne* York on the steanor Trinidad from Bermuda They had been rescued by the Danish steamer Gallia and were landed at Bermuda by tho Calila which was bound from Hamtu'g for Savannah The Marpesla sailed from New York for Cette, France, on December 0 with a ca-go of naptha, and encount ered gale after gale, which weru safe ly weathered until December 17, when the ship was hattered and knocked about in a merciless manner. Cases of naptha soon gave way and in a lit tle while freed naphtha was floating on top of tho water in the bald. By Chrlstmns day the Marpesla was a loaded bomb needing only the dicht est spark to blow tbe whole structure to atoms. How (?parks retched the highly charged hold never will be known, but ccrtalnlv there came a terrille report and in a moment the the entire ship was wrapped in Sam es. ' Seven of the eighteen men OP board who bad not been caught in the first burst threw themselves Into the sea and were rescued by tho Galba which chanced to be In the vicinity Moonshiner lillie Oflloor. John Carver, a mercbsr of a posse of revenue officers In charge of Capt Kit Spears of the raiding force, was shot and instantly killed in Cooke county, Tennessee, Wednesday morn ing while on a raid. The officers had located and destroyed a 70-gallon still Just across the State line in North Carolina and had arrested Wilson Prince, ono of the owners, whllo he was at work in the distillery. Carver and Oscar Hopkins, another posse man, were sent to tho homo of Wm. N. Brown, a partner In the still, to arr, BI him. Brown refused to ad- j mit thc officers but instead shot over the door ( f his log cabin home, killing Carver instantly. Tho full charge of buckshot entered Carver's breast, tear ing out his beare. Brown escaped. Price was carried to Newport, Tenn., and Jailed there. This ls tho iitst death on a revenue raid in this section since Sheriff Dosser of Cocko county was killed about 4 years ago, within 400 yards of where Wednesday's tragedy ocourred. KtllbU His With, A special from Nownan, Ga., says that ,F. M. Alums shot and alj most instantly killed his wire theie Wednesday. Ile attempted suicide soon afterwards, but was prevented from ending nls own lifo. There ls consid erable excitement over the occurrence. Jealousy on the part of Alums to I wards his wife and the fact that she would not live with him aro supposed to have been the causes of the tragedy. _ Great Gift To Church. Levi P. Morton, former Vice Pres . lent of the United States and Govern r of New Y^rk, ls the giver of ?600, 00 to the fuud for the completion of tho cathedral of St. John the Devine in New York City. Tho gift was an annoutiOed last we 3k, but Mr. Morton s ?ame wai withheld ?util now. IDIOTS BUEN COTTON. This Ii What Senator Tillman Sayi Aboutit. Uo Say? Sertalblo Farmer? la the. Boutu Aid Holding Their Cot' ton tor Better Price?. In a letter to the Atlanta Journal Senator Tillman says the news from the South that thefej?is serious taite among the cotton- planters of burning a cart of the last cott jn crop, ls startlirg. In answer to your letter, asking me to comment on the situa tion, I will say that I Bee no necessity to burn, and I will briefly give my reasons. The law of supply and demand la not at work now in regard to this staple. During the last 12 months there has bet n the most Btartllng rise In price of cotton, followed by the most unexampled fall in the history >f the commodity. From 17 1-2 cents In February to 0 1 2 in December, breaks tbe record in the cotton mar ket. Speculation is at the bottom or the fall, Just as it was behind the phe nomenal rise. Tbere was no good rea son for cotton ever going to 17 1-2 and there ls absolutely no reason now for cotton to be selling at ti 1-2 co cts. That there is a large crop, probably the largest in the history of the staple, 13 no longer disputed, but the world needs every bale of it. A short while ago the papers were filled with .lark forebodings of the dis asters threaten! il to commerce and the manufacturing" industries from the shortage of cotton. The English, G;-man and French spinners were looking about throughout tho colonial possessions of thoEe countries for suitable land to grow cotton to supply the shortage in the American otop. i Now the price of American cotton has run below the cost of production i and many silly people in the south are talking of burning lt. Tho.world needs all of the cotton that has been grown this year, and needs lt at a fair price to the producer-say 8 1-2 cents- 1 which leaves a small margin for pro fit. A 10,000,000 bale crop, such as we grew last year, ought to bring 12 .cents, and most of that crop sold for : that or above. Twelve millions or 12, 500,000, which I consider to be the maximum yield this season, ought not to sell below 8 cents. Sensible farmers In the south are ? holding their cotton. It costs too : much to burn it. There is no i guarantee thr.t there will be a large : orop In 1905, and the cotton world was never so bare of cotton in its his tory as it was the first of last Septem bor. ?^^^tct^bst^tOBi*^ n to 8 1-2 c?pka Inside bf "Wdays, and tbere will be a million bales that will not come to the market even at that price. Ther*o is absolutely no need for i panic any where, aud none but idiots will burn cot ton. The southern plant ers an; in a butter condition financial ly than tlicy hare ever fctnjpithin my reoollectlou. WehjivtlhadTf^gZ^nricc foi - cotton tte'last two crops. Most men are out of deb?? and have money in the bank. At least half of the cotton which has not yu t gone to market ls held by men who are absolutely independent and need not sell at all if they do not wish to do so. IX duct, then 1,500,000 or 2,000,000 haled from the last crop to bo carried over unless tho price suits and it will bo seen that thc law of "supply and demand" will go into force between now and next summer. Tue cotton will not go into sight at [ tho present price, and I know of no means to make men sell who do nov want ito and who are not obliged to. I will say in conclusion that tbere will be very little burned and un'esc tho price raises between now and April, there will be a large fall off In the acreage ot the next crop. There in nothing to be alarmed about, and the country will J >g along in the ordinary way after the present flurry passes off. Tho Mount viii? Killing. Sheriff T. J. Duckett of Laurens Friday wrote Gov. Hey ward an oflljial communication in regard to the kill. lng pf Dan Fuller at Mountvlde about the middle ol' December. The negroe s dead budy was f^uod in the cabin where he had lived alone. The murder had been committed several days be fore it was discovered. Mr. Euller, the intendent of the towu, offered a re ward fo tho arrest of the parties who committed tbe crime and asked Gov. lleyward to supplement this. Gov. Hey ward was on the point of offering a reward when he received informa tion that five negroes bad been ar rested by tho Sheriff's deputies. W 111 tl av? No Sta IT. There will be no "Sunburst Colo nels"' under Governor Charles S. Dent en i f illinois. The glory of shin ing in gold lace und of wearing long swords ls to be denied to those whose martlul Instincts and social ambitions hitherto have led them to seek places on the governor's staff. There will ba no staff. Such is the news given out at Springfield. Governor Deneen said that he lnteuded to get alot g without a staff. He said he could not Hud in the statutes any provision for their appointment, nor could ho find any special uso for their prcseuce. Vandals at Work. A dispatch from Washington says an unsuccessful attempt was made by one or more civilians to blow up t ie statue t f Frederick the Great, recent ly preseuted by tho E nperor of Ger many, and now standlug in tho war colli ge grounds. A charge of explo sives with a lighted fuse was attached bj the fence surrounding the statue but was removed by an employee be tore lt exploded. No damago resulted. The perpetrators es-oancd. llunslan Mltitury Tragedy. The Berliner Zeitung reports a fatal clash between reservists and thc looai garrison at Smolensk, Russia. Thret thousand reservists, the paper says, stopped at Smolensk. Tncy ran amuck rioted aud plundered and the governor ordered the leen garrison out, who fired Into the reservists. The colonel and five of his Junior otilo TI of tue reservists, i?ultld*d out of shame. To Decide Who Should be to Save Others. A TALE OF THE SEA. The Araeri.aa Dredge Texas Foundered at Se? ia Stem. Twtaty-Oie et the Crew'was Drowned, nnd for Six Days tbe Survivors were With out Food. A dispatch from Waterford, Ire land, says the steamer Z no arrived there on Wednesday with the captain and 12 men of the American steam dredger Texas from Dantzlc, via Southhampton December 12, for Gal veston, which foundered in a storm off the Hebrides. Tbe crew entered the o nail boats but one containing the onief officers and 21 men sank imme diately and all ita occupants were drowned. The survivors drifted for several days before being picked up. . The survivors who suffered terribly from cold and hunger bay that Just prior to sighting the Zeno they had drawn lots to decide which should killed to provide food for tbe n The Texis foundered at.lmldpl?bJK Obrlstmas eve. Three of hoiTDoajBf.: were launched tut. two of them were swamped. Tho third, with the sur vivors, drifted H days, the lastr.alx of whloh. they were absolutely without food or water. One of the men died from exposure. The remaining 12 suffered 'terribly and drank sea water, the result being that their bodies are covered with boils. The gale and ra'n continued and one of the castaway.; became In sane. The others were i> hysterical and almost demented when rescued by the brJgi,ntlne 'Mercedes, which transferred them to the Z.no. Oapb. Plnnott, who belongs tu Galveston, says they drifted 60.0 miles from the scene of the disaster, 280 miles north east oil the Azores. Ile succeeded In restraining the men from cannibalism. PERSIA PAYS UP. ary Gota Handsome Sam. Jn March 13 last the department 9f state received news hy cable of tbe murder of the Rev. Benjamin W. Labar?e, an American missionary, near Ouroumla, in Persia, by a gang ?ttf?ntio X^urds. A demand waa im mediatel&?^5jjLi for the arrest and trial of tjfO?^krers, v/hos?v leader, Seyd Mlru a lineal desce This circumstance' arousing disturbances i ferred with prompt anc tlon on the par6 of the lbc.il ties. The most pressing and earnest rep- ' r?siliations of the Am?ricain lega tion at Teheran remained fruitless until Ojtcbsr 12, when the^United States minister was Instructed by. cable to make known to the govern ment cf the shah the piesident'&j.. con cern in the adequate punishment of all the criminals and of bis invention to lay th?? muter bafore congress^ with appropriate rccojomendations if compliance with his demands for tull justice were further delayed. The murderers were thereupon ar rested, but the Persian government, ?olding the life of a descendent of the .irophet sacred, offered a pecuniary in demnity in lieu of the death penalV 'or Mir Chafer and promised the exe 'Hitlon of bis accomplices. After con ?ultatlon with the widow of the Bev. Mr. Ltbiree, the oiler was accepted, ind an ludemnlyt of $30,000-greatly n excess of the Bum named by the widow->vas paid to the American le gation on January 3. Solemn assur ing has been given thai the accom plices would receive effective and ?witt punishment and that no special tax would be levied on Christians in the provino^ to recover the amount of tho indemnity. - - . Booze Soloed. The Charleston Post says Constable Bateman with a squad of assistants held up a wagon of liquor Tuesday morning at about 11-15 on Meeting street, just in front of the fireproof building, and created Borne diversion for bystanders by the capture of bo< Z? which was being hauled through the streets of the city for parts un known. Thc wagon and the white I man in charge were driven off to headquarters by the constables, and the negro driver was chased for som3 distance down Chalmers street, and ' then left to finish the raoe un pursued. There were two barrels and a box of of ''stuff" Beizad by the cinstables. Did Not Interforo. Senator Perkins of California tells a story of a scene in a court room on the coast where a man arrested for rahh?ry vnhnmnntly asserted his inno cence, even after he had been convict id by a Jury. "May the Almighty strike mo dead on this spot if I am not innocent!" he shouted. "The judge waited for a minute or two. Chen he said: "Well, prisoner, &s Providence has not interfered I will take a hand and sentenoe you to a three years hard labor." Suicido of Kaiser's Dentist. Doctor Sylvester, tho American dentist of the kaiser, who suicided, lay In Btate at his home in Berlin, Germany, hundreds filing past to see the re.i,ailis, which will be oromated at Hamburg Saturday, lt is reported dhat after the suicide tho body was .eft unwashed and unheeded several lUiurs. Tills lias caused .great indig nation. Dr. Sylvrster was most pro? nlnent socially ai d made an unmade careers ai de*lrtd.