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!s the Solution of the Cotton Situation Sayj| McLaurin. HAVING LITTLE FAITH IQ Reduction of Acreage. Me Con tends that all tlie Cotton the South can Produce May be Sold at . Good Prices by Enlarg ing Our Trade. To tho Elltor of The News and Oourler: The drop-in theifprlce of cotton is exoltlng all over the South, and a Convenlon has been called In Nt w Orleans to consider questions re lating to the cotton industry. I have seen many remedies proposed for over production, but havo hear" nothing about under consumption, and heroin lies (lu my2oplnion):tbe only perman ent solution of the problem. Wkh proper methods of distribu tion, there is room for a larger crop ef cotton than has yet been produced in the South. It is painfully appar ent thal, burning cot'.on, reduction of wjreage, etc, are only temporary ex pediento, and will afford nc perman ent relief. Can we find newer and wider mar kets?for our.staplo product? That this would be a complete remedy none can doubt, and that such markets exist none familiar wltb the question will dcDv. Facing us on the other side of the globe are the teeming millions of China, and it was among them that we found a market for our surplus when the large crop:} of the late '90s glutted all other markets. Five-cent cotton proved a great stimulus to manufacturing and led to the marvellous development from' 1890 to 1900. when there was an Increase "tin the.Unlbed States of 32 per cent, 'while in South Carolina the output from our mills ran up from ten to for ty million dollars, finding a ready mar ket in China. Indeed rlfimnnd fir outstripped pro ductloD, and there was a steady ad vance in the price of spot cotton un til the China market was practically closed by troubles In the Hast, aur speculation advanced prices al. nor m ally, and, instead of an expanding market with advancing prices, wc art In the period of a contr?ctil g market with falling prices, lt is evident that we are facing another era of low priced cotton. Can we take advantage of thc situa tion and create such a widr<-pread de mand for cotton go ids that ?ow pric?.? and over-production will never ht heard of again? Cotton ls now below the c st ol pro duction, lower by comparison than lt has ever been before. Its natural ad vantages are such that if we do iioth lng it will take care of itself, as it has in the past, I ul by wisdom we can hasten the day when the king shall come to his own airain, and this, I apprehend, is thc great purp: se of u Convention of the coitou growers. China is an old country, with tht stored wealth of centuries; her people need our cotton, particularly thc cheaper fabrics. I beard Minister Wu say once that the'question of clothing was one of the greatest problems that c nf rooted his people, but Utile cotton ls growi, and the methtds of manufaclurv primitive. They depend h^ft^TI pV?'On silk, and be laughingly aJf?ou that, so great was the population, that if cot ton were used^fis in other portions of ' the woild^-and you could get "each Ohinoman to add one inch to the length of the tall of his shirt, lt would consume the cotton crop of t'.ie South." So far we have only touched with our cotton trade one small section in North China, the exports never ex ceeding twenty-five millicn dollars in one year. It may ?seern strange that a profit or loss on an Industry amounting to .340,000,000 aunualiy should be af fected by the loss of an export de mand of 818,000,000 or ?20,000,000, but thc sceptical have only to refer to the history of the cotton trade for 1901, during the Boxer troubles, when exports to China almost ceased to rx convinced of the value of our at pres ent comparatively small Eastern trade. The year 1904 has demonstrat ed be yond doubt that In spite of the boll weevil the South can produce a crop of cotton far In excess of the demands from present markets, hence necessl ty forces either the curtailment of the crop or finding newer and wider markets. No one familiar with present, condi tions believes that without sr me prov idential disaster t he ci op of 19u? will be materially reduced. If the acre age ls curtailed better cultivation and the increased use of fertilizer will make up the deticiency. We have the largo profits of two well so'.d c:ops In our banks and as long .is we can buy mules End guano we will makecotton. The South now has a practical mo nopoly in the production of cotton. This sho should keep at ali hazard, find new markets, and make enough cotton to supply the world at fair prices. Reduction of acroage may do to talk, but resolutions will not reduce lt, and I believe that there will be men lu the Cotton (Jrowers' Conven tion wi:o will take a more comprehen sive view of the situation. Considering that in China alone there ls a population of 400,000,000 whoso trade with us per-capita ls now Infinitesimal compared with what it is bound to develop In the years to come, who will undertake to place a limit upon tho. quantity of cotton good'i tbat the Orient will consume? Trade follows the ilag." Undoubt edly tho time was never more favor able for developing new mai leets; the ?var now in progress seems nearing an end. Japan will undoubtedly retain Its position on the Mainland of Asia; Korea and Manchuria will he rapidly taught Weaterr.u methods, and under the tutelage of Japan the Chinese Empire will be opened up to com merce as never beforo. With Alaska, Oui,rn, Hawaii and the Philippines we hr.ve huge stepping stones to the Orien;, friendly ports under our own Hag, depots, bases of supply, and If need be, for our protec tion, arsenals. Nearly fifty years ugo a secretary of State predicted that large aa was our ! trade with Europe, greater aa lt' might become, it would lu the ful ness of the time, be dwarfed lu comparison with the Inevitable development acrcss the Pacific. I believe that Mr. Seward wai right and tht.t in China there ia a market walting, which will enable us to Bell 20,000,300 instead of 10,000,000 bales above ten oents the pound. If we could wi tb so little effort de velop a market in a locality in North China, lt seems to me that it could be done In ail accessible portions of the Empire. It ought not to be di moult to teach a thr-fty people the superiority of cot ton over silk as an article of general wear. It ls ohecpar, and the fact that lt will wash commends lt to a people so cleanly in their habits. Then the old saying, "Chinamen never wash their clothes and Japs never wash their bodies," would be more honored in the breach than the observance, All business is done iu China under a system of guilds conducted on simi lar lines to the F?deration of Labor lu this country, and this fact properly bandied has proven a help rather than a hindrance to the lntroducticn of American goods in China. You deal with an organization Instead of indi viduals. It the cotton burned during the past weeks had been made Into cloth and sent into portions of China, where American goods are unknown, it would be a far more sensible plau of reducing the surplus and me>klr>g cus tumers of these silk clad millions in the Orient. But 7,000 milos of oceau roll be tween us and these markets, it must , be traversed by ships and each day the difficulties In that respect multi ply. Our oarryirg trade'ls In the bands, not only of oi~r commercial rivals, bul of the natlors who consume our raw cotton and a-e therefore bitterly op posed to assisting any movement where tho ulUmate effect must be ti advance tho orice of cotton. If tnt market for ;:o>ds ls to be ex^endec they will Rea to is that it ls dom under their auspices and then not oi such an extensive Ecale as to mak the staple scarce and high. Th American merchant Hag ls a strange on the high seas, and will be uuti Congress takes some action whlcl will enable the American built an operated ship to compote with its.sue sldiz.d foreign rival. For years meai urea to that end have been befoi Congress, but the demand lias neve come up from the people, because tb development of this continent hs heretofore afforded ample sc ?po, bu tho days of our national infancy ni jone and must go out into th maikets of thc world up n a fool in of equality with the othe? nal o Upon the Atlantic our oarryit trade ls monopolizad hv onorniot foreign steamship lines that ars ho circling the globe with their Ktd| that have E open rs, Kings and nob! for their an vocal es and stiCitholdei The nations of Europe rr joice lu tl concentration of the wealth of the people ID their steamship lines, th* are sustained by subsidies from the Government and through tl eir co end of transportation they levy tri ute upou all the peoples of the cart and upon none docs it rest more bea ily than the cotton grower. Less than time i er cent of o carrying ti ado with 10 ne. pa is American sbip-., a trade totally a b lion and a haif annually, two th ii of t.ur trade with the eutire world. Tue first step in extending and c larging our cotton ir arket must transportation facilities, lt Its oskl: too much of human nature to expe these natio is which are looking 1 cheap cotton to develop new marke Cotton manufacturing bas been inti dUced into J at. an, but bas not four ii ed, so I am informed, because of l Impossibility of getting theraw ex Lon. But for this 1 have no di uht th by this timo Japan's cotton factor would hs important pureba;era ?ST/wtTcoTEon. The New Orleans convention cc sider no question in which the Sou ls more vitally Interested than sh ping. About 35 per cent o? the to exports of the nation are shipped fr< Southern ports, while only a; out i per cent of the Imports enter I Southern p irts. The great bulk our exports originate in the South tn tho Mississippi Valley that dra into the gulf. New Orleans and t gulf ports are the natur;: 1 exit, l the great lines of railways run e? and weat and 1 do not su ppr se s one doubts that there ls a commun ot interest between these transe tinenta] lines and the sabsldl; foreign steamship companies. Tba tho combination which has always feated every effort in Congress to p a bill for the devele pment of American merci an", marino. The same interests postponed fo quarter of a century the construct of the Isthmian (Janal, but under present vigorous Federal adminlst tlou this la la sight, and then nate laws can no ongtr Le defiod. God 1 so fashioned this country that natural direction for Its export \ ducts to mo\e is north and south, east and weet. Nev/ Orleans should and some day will be one of the gr< est. If not i he greatest dlstrlbut point In tho world. At present about 20 per cent of ships entering North Atlantic pt come in ballast, while over f>0 per c entering Southern ports c rue in 1 !ast. This ls a serious handicap to cotton grov er, for his is an exp product. Il means that every t. coming in ballast for cotton char enough freight one way to pay the pennes of the round voyage, which pense comes from the profits of maker of that cotton. About 00 per cent of the cot goods mule lu South Carolina go China, tut under this combination transcontinental railways and fure steamship lines, these g.;ods do lake the naturi course to deep wa but go north more than a thous miles by rail and Bod exit, many them over thc Canadian Pacific II way. The cotton grocer "he pays freight." When lt comes to our next r neighbors In South A mejia, we ai a still worse plight. Our cotton gt go to South America via Europe. A vessel loads in South Amor comes to Oh irleston, or New Orle; discharges r. cargo, takes a cons mont of goofis for South America, salis direct to Europe and from thc to South America, thus com pie.' the elrcult of the triangle, and h lng at a disadvantage by this doi voyage across the Atlantic the Ar lean exporte-. Hore again "Junes pays the frc ght." The foreigner Intends to contre lils ships the foreign, markets and ls bound by self Interest rot to etd; the cotton a arket to where he wi forced to pay high prices for spot ton- Oar consular reports record stancrs where A mor lean goods signed to South Aruorlc.au ports 1 been hold In Europe and foreign u duplicates Bent forward until South American purchaser in despair accepts the Eure peau substitutes. Is lt good sense for us to continue to allow Europe to buy our cotton, carry it across ihe Atlantic, manu facture it and then send it back across the Atlantic and sell it at a prout right at our door? They will do so just as long as tiey control transport ation. I believe lt was Grady who said "cotton is a fool," aud 1 add has no friends. JNO LOWNDES MCLAUKIN. Benncttsvllle, Janpary 13. MURDERED HIS BON. Tho Awful Deed Wau Doun While the Father Waa Drunk. At Greenwood the coroner*a jury whlcb adjourned Monday Jan. 10, to meet again Wednesday to llnh.h hear ing the evidence In the matter of Scott Cl- gg, whose death was reported Monday Jan. 10, brought in a verdict Wednesday afternoon that he came to hiH death '.jma gun shot wound at the hands of h's own father, John Clegj". The verdict was expected in view of developments after Moaday'B hearing. The unfortunate tragedy has been the topic of ^conversation evor sluco lt happened. Hy 3' ma sympathy ls expressed for the father, because of the fact that lt has been shown clearly that he was drunk at the time. In fbet, be seemed, as phrased by some, to be ' perfectly crazy." Whether he caused the death of hiss m by drunken carelessness or by the impulse of a sudden Mini way of drunken passion will be for a jury to d?cldo. J( bn C'epgwas at once arrested and is now in the county Jail to be tiled for the murder nf his own sen. The test'mony heard by the jury Monday, given hy Clegg and his son, vas to the . IT ct that the boy was shot while they were on their w;ty to Greet woori, and that they diel not knew who did it. Tho jury heard from othe- wit-| ncs cs that the little boy said Sunday night, lifter they had arrived here, than his fathor had shot his b:other, and that this was .said iu the pie^ence . it the father. Theil Ule b v's cl anged testimony Wednesday was In sub :tt-at ce that lils father pulled i ut the pistol to shoot at something on the road and they (his dead brolh-r and himself) caught hold of the pis ol and in Boma way his brother was shot. Witnesses li vii g along tin road testified that, they ?aw Oleg* and heard his awful cursing. One man, W. P. Rhodos, repeated some of bis vile o '.Los, but could not swear whether they were directed nt the buy or at tho horse. AU of the testi mony showed that John Clegg was as wild and fre: z'.ed os a man c n d be .nado ny whiskey, and that as a result nt this awful state he ctused the deat h of one of his own children. The Doy's rroMier has bi eu dead for several years. Clegg was a pol coman a' Greenwood. There is no dispensary In the county, and be was (bunk or made cn/.v by drinking blind tiger wh'skry, which must have been of the viles* sort, as Clegg seemed a-.d acted like a crazy man while under the Influence of lt. Will IJOBO Hi? Job. Cliailes J. Mu!ky, p.sin.aster at. Westminster, ii. C., is the p istmastei wlio lias gottea into trouUe by mak Jug and soliciting contributions f"r paying the cp?nsca of negro and Otbcr delegates to state and county conventions. Mulky will kse his P sillon, which he has held only Since A pril 10, 11(04 The Investigation of inspectors of the postuulce depart ment showed that he had nor. only made contributions for this purpose birr.fce'.f, but had solicited and ob tained contri h ?Hons from other po:>t masters, and lt was some of those wh ' had complained to the d?part aient, R.s told In this correspondence a day or two ago. In tho future all poslmostera wno either pay money to politicians ferr; traveling or other ex penses or solicit money from other federal employes for the same thing will lose their positions. Several other postmasters are likely to lose their positions, PS others are reported Lo have done the same tlih g. Huton Dy Oaniiibalti. Tho. Kev. M. L. Stimson, South S^a missionary, who arrive ! recently at, San Francisco on the steamer Doric, brines the first details of tho n.order of live Catholic priests and five huns of New Britain last Octo ber. After thc murders tbe savage a'.e the bodies of tho victims within sight cf the German Igca residence. Mr. Stimson ls settled at Penapl, Caroline Islands, and he got tho de talls from the vice governor of New Bristaln. He said the nuns and prh-sts were surrounded by a mel? of natives whose fanaticism had been aroused. The priests fought for their lives, hut ull were soon killed. Then thc cannibals, proceeded to ?old a fea ?t on the bodies of the dctlma near the residence of Pr. Flt hi, the governor. Ile has organizad t puni tive expedition. Two Wer?! Killed. Two persons wsre killed ai d two more very seriously hurt Wednesday as ? result of a boiler explosl >n which occ irred Wednesday morning about IO o'clock at Graves Mountain, lu Lincoln county Ga. Tho dead are: William Mariin. Jr.. white, son o' William Martin, who owned tte saw mill. Willie Johnson, colored a saw mill hand. William C. Martin was badly scald ed about tho face, but not seri' usly hurt. Another negro whose i arr.- h ont, known is badly burned about tho ody and arni brok- n. He will prob ably die. Two other negroes who were si anding near the engine at the t /is of the explosion, were blown uv ir a i all fence, a di st ance of dwenty feet, huh not hurt, with the exception of a slight bruis) ab..ut, their bodies. Galla Thom lilnrs. With dramatic fervor, Senator John ll. Mitchell, of Oregon, on tl.- floor of the United States Sonate Wednes day afternoon denounced bis accusers and publicly branded them as "mali coua and atrocious liars." lu a heart, fyi heart talk with Ins fellow mem bors, he procla med his innocence of ho charges up in which he, with Itop resentatlve Hermann, of Oregon, was recently indicted at Portland and ex pressed confide ace In his ultimata vin dication._ Bad Buya, Several boys at Port Gaines, Ga., with the view of Imitating tho farm ers who burned ;,omc totton on the .streets of thal, town a short timo ago, secured matches Wednesday nlghtanc! -.et (he to a cotton warehouse. Toe lire burned rap (Hy ?ind 1 1 bales if cot ton were consumed In f. re lt was got ten under coitrol. One residence oaught lire from sparks but the Hames wers extinguished before much dam age was d ino. \ STATE DISPENSARY. j ? Report of Expert Accountant* Who Examined the Booka. Statistical Information RegarufiiK thc State's Liquor liuslucss that is IiitorcatlnK. Messrs. D. Zimmerman and J. W. Jones, the accountants appointed to examine the bonks and vouchers at the State dispensary Wednesday re ported tbat thuv had completed tbjdr work. The roilowlng statistical in formation was given in their reports: ASSISTS; Cash in State treasury Nov. 30th, '04. 41,208.90 Teams aud wagons. 04.00 Supplies (inventory Nov 30th,'04. 7,043.76 Machinery and ofllce fix tures . C.328 50 Contraband (inventory Nov. 30Lh, '04. 1,498.20 Real estate (Inventory Nov. 30tb, '04.- 52,800 50 Merchandise lu bands of dispensers Nov 30, '04 494,388.20 Merchandise (Inventory of steck at State dis pensar)). 403,509 21 Suspended accounts.. .. 2,890 24 Personal accounts due Stats for alcohol and empty barrels, etc.. 19,479 31 Total assets.?1,029,397.05 LIABILITIES. School fund.$ 518,675.7' Personal accounts due by State for bupplles, whiskies, wine.1, beer, etc. 610,721 28 Total liabilities .$1,029 3.17 05 Cash sta ten: cat for fiscal year ending Nov. 30th. ' 904: RECEIPTS. Balance In State treas ury, Nov. 30th '03... $ 20,98') 92 December. '03, receipts. 355,883.80 January, '04, recsipt*.. 248 004 79 February, '04, receipts.. 237 570 63 March, '04. receipts_ 236 449 40 April, '04, receipts. 189 039.75 May, '04, receip's. 219,01-H 73 June. '04, receipts. 180,452.31 July, '04, receipts. 178,181.02 August-, '04, receipts... 219,019.80 I September, '04, iccelpts 241 437 78 ! O.-teber, '04, reculpts . . 290,528 00 Noveineer, '04, ?eceipts 327,522 13 Total..2,045.208 17 niSltlJltSEMENTS December, '03.$ 356,440.00 January, '04 . 236,797 07 February, '04. 252 131.87 March, '04. 2(16,612 53 April, '04 . 193 4 17.42 May, '04 . 194.0(11 00 June, '01 . 201 07 2 33 July, '04 . 162,383.96 August, '04. 195,132.51 September, *04. 225.584 82 October, '04 . 229 721.86 November, '04. 390.038 84 62,904,029.21 Balance In State crcas ury Nov, 30th, '04 . . . 41 208 96 Total.$2,945,298.17 Purohases for fiscal year ending No vember 30th. 1904: Whiskies, Bottles, wines, corks, beer, j labels, etc. etc. December, $ 303,518 00 8 25 771.97 January.. 02 128 3?. . 'V xjJl February. 287,532 01 23.412 88 March.... 179 408 56 14 314 95 April .... 86 292 55 16,150 04 May. 166.207.59 6.005.41 June. 98 177.23 8,589.69 July. 158 296.08 15,401 01 August... 107.501.52 22,905 86 Sept. 184.346 01 18,104.06 October.. 297,044.33 21,966.87 November 325.039 78 24 717.38 Totals.. 82.316.242 58 $211,903 55 I'llOFITS. Gross profits ou mer chandise sold durbin year.$ 052,1 18 75 Contraband seizures.... 7,146.97 State's share of profits on ber^r sold by Ger mania Brewing Co... 7li? 75 Received on H.T. Ed en's account. 54 03 Total profits.$ 060,039 50 LOSSES. Supplies used.$ 231.477.03 Insurance premiums... 10,116.93 Breakage and leakage.. 061.51 Freight and express e.harues. 99.521 16 Labor (pay rolls). 33,873 69 Expense account. 43,372 87 Constabulary. 66,412.12 Litigation. 1,627 64 Revenue license . 125.00 Robbery of dispensary, June Otb, '03. 9 32 Robbery of disi ensary, May 13th, '04 . 72 30 LO;S by tiro. 9b0.98 Refunded by Sta e boaal Lo dispenser, Aiken.. 408.14 State's net prolb passed to credit schorl fund.. 17 1.377.73 Total losses.$ OOO 039 50 J IIHC I ..ike Them. A special to the Chicago Tribune declares that thc Colorado Demei rats hive discovered sufficient evidente LO prove that recen J frauds charged to the Democrat lo party in that S'ate were tue work of the Republl ar s themselves. Detectives employe I by the Democratic lead TS allege iJiai they have developed a chain of evi denco which will show t hat tho b >xes which revealed f'adulent Democratic votes bad previously been stu ff ec by the Republicans, with tho purpose ef making out ca?iC3 of fraud by the Democrats and t icu having the boxes thrown oui of the count. li lil.:.1 lil H Kl..! . At New York the custom of an Italian baker to leave his heavy de livery hankel in a dark ballway of an Last Side tencmont while he delivered bis wares through the house resulted in a quarrel In which Pasquale Toto Hello, aged 45, was killed and his niece, Mrs Marla Totorlollo, aged 30 years, probably fatally wounded. Roth victims were Stabbed. Mrs. roi irlcllo Iden tl Qed the baker, Salva tore Ferrari, aa thc man who did the subbing. When Ferrari was captur ed and brought back to the tenement for Identification the cfllccrs and their prisoner were surrounded hy an angry mob and tho policemen had to Qght their way out. Mis.-. Margaret Hagaman of Balti more has brought suit against Henry Callendor of tho same city, asking i'.'.u.OOO damages because the defen dant., against her will, "put his arms around ber neck and kissed and hug ged her." Ono thing certain, we shall kiss no Haiti more woman without her consent. GOOD - R^D&??EKTING In Columbia Ia?t We?k Was Well Attended b7 Delegates. AuiuDK tlio 8t>onk?*rs Were Congress man Warnock or Oblo, Sena* tor Lat ? mer. Dr. Niles. The Good Roads Association of South Carolina assembled In annual session In Columbia on last Thursday. Tbe following are a list of delegates in attendance and tb? cuntles tbey represented: Abbeville, Supervisor G. W. Nick les, J. C. Lomax and J. It Blake; Anderson) Supervisor S. O. Jackson, J. W. Ashley, J. lt. Watson, Jobu K. Woori, J. A. Hall,, A C. Lxtlmor, M. P. Tr ibbie, M. L. Bonham and M. Perrin. Berkeley, Supervisor J. H. Harvey) and J. W. B. Broland. Charleston, Supervisor Wm. P. Cantwell, T. W. Bacot and Earle Sloan. Chesterfield, Supervisor Smith Oli ver. Clarendon, SupervisorT. C. Owens, lt. E. MoFaddln. Darlington, C. O. McCullough. Dorchester, Supervisor IL H. Grass. Florence, Supervisor James B Me ndie, W. R. Lang ton, W. B. Ganse. Greenwood, Supervisor J. M. Major, J. B MoC*nts, R. L. Lyon. Dorry, Supervisor J. L. Boyd ./"E. P. T??dd, W. -C. lfflshoeT*---- ^ Kershaw, Supervisor J. M Sowell, D. M,. Bethune. Lancaster, Supervisor M. C. Oard uer. r Marjon, Supervisor J. P. Stack house,>j. c. Sellers. OrangL-jpurg, Supervisor Olin M. Dmiz'er, }T. D. A. Livingston, J. A. Bulks. ! Richland, Supervisai iv. &. S?MXY hig. P. J. Garrick. L. Ribnn, Wm." Dclass. N. Rawlinson, W. FI. Sllgh, F H. Ilyat. Suartinburg, Supervisor D. M. Miles M. F. Turner, W. T. B own. C.don, Supervisor T. J. Reden-1 haugh, R. L McNaily, James P. Vin-on. Williamsburg, Supervisor John J. Graham. York, Sup?rvlsor Thomas W. Boyd. Barnwell, Supervisor J. B. Morris. Marlboro, Supervisor M. E. Coward Laurens, Supervisor II. B. Hum bert. Pres cient If. IL Hyatt called tbe rrreting to order. Tho proceedings were opened'by prayer by the Riv J. W. Daniel. Mayor G bbes, on be half of Ule city, .welcomed the dole gates. Tlie following ollicars were elected for the ensuing year: F. IL Hyatt , president; Baile M an, secretary; ? M. Dantzler, treasurer. President Hyatt, read his r.?p. >rt for last, y^ur, which is full of Interest. A learned and highly ai predated address on the subject of improved roads In Canada, thc United States and Mexico was delivered by Dr. C. M. Niles. Gov. II ey ward s:nt a mes?r.g? ex pressing regrois athis absence, caused by temporary illness, but pledged uh warmest sympathies and most earnest etlorLs in the interest of the. South Carolina Good Roads association. The assclatlon adopted a constitu tif u IL a'so adopten a scheme sub milted by the secretary for tho c r ganiz ttlou of branch county associa tions, for which a constitution was also prescribed; c ipiet- o' this plan .'or organization .viii bj supplied to any counties which may :"-pply for it. Tiie fellowing resolution was adopt ed: 'Bs it resolved, That this associa tlon memorialize the general assembly, to provide that all St;ite convicts, not under sentence for bf?', shall be sub j: ct to hire by tho respective countie oi this State for service in the con struction and the maintenance of the public highways. This prayer ls pre dieted on the fact that the number of convicts available in some c u ties IM t io sm ill to b? economically guarded, maintained and operated, and on tim further fact the free labor available for road purposes ls iueilijient, un satisfactory and far moro expensive than thc cost of the operation of .Lin. pr iper sized chaingang for any ro il ui red work." . A committee, was appointed to call on the appropriate legislative com mittees und.submit for their consid eration the recommendations adopted by the association. At thc night session .Tudh'e W. R Warnock, member of congress from ohio, addressed the association on "Goi cl Roads" and Iii commendation of Ss nator Lat i mer's bill which provides for federal aid. Judge Warnock, in warm terms, eulogized tim southern people for doing homage to the vir tues ot such a lier > an 1 captain ai Lob .TL E. Lee by the fitting obser vaneo of the anniversary of his birth day. Ho predicated tnt- character ol a people on the c taracter of its ac cepted herkes. Senator Latirasr followed Judge Warnock and made a forceful prr-sen tatton of the advantages of lils bil for ferlerai aid for road bulling. At l o'clock p. m., th^ Association adj nine I t ill 10 o'clock Friday morli ng. Following ls an account nf Fri cl i>'s proci edlngs. Nearly tho entire morning was con sumed in the "experience meeting." This is considered ono of the most profitable parts of tho proceedings. Thc supervisors -;he road builders themselves-entered into an informal a ld general discussion of their r?ilTwr eut methods nf meeting the alfUeul tics encountered and the methods iud costs jf build! ig and maintaining good roads. One n atter that received con siderable coin te ei t Wtis tho compara tive cost of letup.ng the dil?eiunt o akes of road machinery lu repiir. Several counties contemplate puicins liig an equipment of r-.-ad n^"'' ^ and were wisely pr?Ut'u?""uy experi ences of theJr neighbors. About, three hours was spent In this exchanging of ideas. The legislature will ba asked to remedy tho defects lu the law relating to road ciuty and com m i ita t ion tax. Under the operation of the existing law the Citizens who clo not pay the commutai ion tax and/who are there fore subject to such roa i duty are so far apart and so difficult of Identifica tlon by the county supervisor that the c:st of bringing thom together is Bald to equal the value of servie s perform ed. Furthermore, lt is clo.lmed that provision restricting their services to thc vicinity of their respectivo abodes reduces thc number available for any one neighborhood to such a small force that their combined services do not warrant the expense of and overseer to direct their limited am unt of work. ' A resolution was adopted by the convention thanking Senator Latlmer and Congressman Warnock of Ohio for their able addresses of the night before, Mayor Gibbes for the hospital ity cf the city and the press for its courtesies. Tile Immortal Lee. L >st Thursday was the birthday of Hubert E. Lee, one of tho greatest nen ever produced by any country or people He ranks among the greatest s-ldlt A the world as a military geniu.-, -rd as a private ciCz'jn he was a model of all that was noble, true and great in man. There have ht p. u soldiers, pertup-, his equal, but nene bis superior. There can be no question us to Gen. L .e's capacity as a military leader. ''When for four yeats," as the Augusta Chronicle says, "with an adversary outnumbering bim as 20 to ti and the bulk of it com posed of the same fighting raes as his own men. be hold the capital of the Coufederaoy safe against attack upon attack, discrediting, as well as defeat ing, the ablest commanders brought t.) conquer him and only yielding at la?t under Grant's systam of heedless sacrifice; ho stands undoubtedly in tho frouo rank of military men. But it was really after bis thinned corps were su< rounded and surrendered at Appomattox and bis statutes* sword was sheathed that the true greatness, the real heroism, the magnificent pro portions of Bjbert E Lie, the civi lian, were exemplified. As poor ni most as any others that bad worn the gray, bis inherited wealth swept away by the war. he had but lp ticed to the offers that were made bim, bad but to nominally-con ncct himself with this or that Organ ization or sucha, prop >sed industry or speculation, to have had an income far greater than his ieeds. But he res olutely refus d them a)l, until, af tor deep conslderation, baaing satisfied himself that he could help educate the sous of tho South to recognize the inevitable and accept lhi situation make a fresh start and a.*ew South land, bc consented to asaumo the Presidency i f Washington College 0*uw Washington an** Lee University) for ?rmere slipped hardly adequate to his waT?-i. - lt was there, at Lexington, Virgin !a, that General Lee's heroism and fame reached their highest point, however the, may have flammed lo the glories g'eaned in Mexico and at the head of the Army of Northern Vlrglanla. lt was in the few years granted him to fill that pest, that ' General Lee crowned bis royal life and I vrote his name in every Southern heart, as .voii as m many gallant ones across the sea and at the North. And bis memory should live with his peo pie forever." Let us teach our boys and girls that ''No Purer sword led braver band, N ,>r brave, baud bled for brighter land, Nor brighter land had causa more grand, Nor came a chief like-Lee!" Whore W?H Book ard Murdered? Solicitor P. T. Hildebrand Tuesday confirmed a rumor that a survey is be ing made of the territory around Eu tawvllle to see whether or not the place of the murder o' Kcitt liookard ls In Oraugeburg county. Mr. Hilde brand s\ys that he liad heard rumors to this effect frequently, but within the last fortnight he bad received from very reliable sources such Information that he coula not disregard it. If it be proved that the crimv was committed in Oraugeburg, the case will bo tried In O.angeburg. The survey ls being made by a very competent engineer. Eutawvllle ls quite near the line and it is said that the negro was murder ed at St. Julian's landing on the San tee. river and in Orangeburg coun ty. Mr. Ill debrand has received in formation that the prisoners have been removed from the j iii in Charles ton to the berkeley' cjuuty jill at Monck's Coiner. The case ls due to orae up foi trial at Mouck's Corner Che latter part of this month. A Woman IO Han;;. The Stale says: "G^v. Pell of Ver mont is a marvel among governors Ile has refused all appeals for the par don of a woman who ls sentenced to bj htuged In that Slate uext month and calmy declares that he will per mit the decrees of the court to have their way. The woman, a Mrs. Ro gers, is under s nlence for tile mur der of her husband, the date fixed for tho execution being Feb. 6lh. Not in 70 years bas a woman boen hanged in Vermont. Under thc laws of that State ls seems that the right to re view tho sentences of the court ls vested in the legislature as well as the executive and the legislature hav ing failed to act at Its last sessions the governor proposes to lot the law take Its course. '1 iiere is very strong 82nti roent against hanging a woman and Gov. Hell w ll not have an easy time of lt for the next few weeka." 1 '..ml!> at (.1 Servant Sn O'. > c.it ed William T. Mason, a lawyer, and his family, consisting of wife and two children, Edon, four years old, and Marion, six months, with a servant, Annie Wells, lost the!' lives hi a fire which puti.illy destroyed the brown stone dwell! ig occupied by ihem at 13:5 west,One Hundred and Thirtieth street New York early Sunday morn ing, ibe wh< le family appears to have bren sufi icat td. The charred bodies of Mrs. Mason, the servant and four year old child were found in the closet under the roof scuttle thr ugh which they are supposed to have bern at temptlng to escape. The bodies of Mr. Malton and the youngest child were in a bedroom. Dynamite Explodod, Hy an explosion of dynamite one mile east of Bedford Ind., Wednesday evening, two men wero killed and four others injured. The dead: William S. Jenkins, bedford. William G .rrett, Oolitic. Central Uni n Telephone company, bad been working on the line east of that city. r.'.'hey were returning to town in a wagon in which they bad thrown the fly nara I te, explosion cap and tools. The jarring of the wagon caused thc explosion of the cap3. The wagon was biown to pieces and one of the horses was Injured. An Englue Exploded. At Creston two men were blown to Instant death by the explosion of a big Kile locomotive there early Wednes day morning. A third man was se riously hurt and the engine was de molished, the trucks being the only part remaining on the track. The dead aro: Fred Keller, engineer, and Chas. Skelrick, fireman. Frank New man, of Elmira, N. Y., a travelling fireman, was seriously Injured and is now at the hospital at Akron. It is said that tile Injector failed to work. The engine was drawing east-bound Wells Fargo empress. I viii ??*nd ire? to any rr^n simply upon his wrlttea request a copy o? toy et-pngo book ou lost manhood, nervous debl?lty. Impotency, stricture.- Yaricooole, enlargement o? tba profile, blood poison, ?nd t? flex dlHeases resulting from the afcove. such os erup tions ot tbe skin, rheumatism, urinary disorders, piles, rectal diseases, etc It will tell in plain mia simple language all that you front to know. It ls entertaining and instructivo and will open your eyes. It will show a simple war of euro In your own homo, privately and without tho publicity end ox? pense ol a local doctor or dru cel.st. I have boen practicing this speciality for more than a quarter of a century and bnvo In my vaults tbo names of hundreds upon hundreds of men whom I have cured of tbeso diseases alter they had written me for tho book. In theso 25 years I have dovcloped a system of euro that is entirely now and original and dlflors widely from the old methods. With lt I am enabled to euro men in ball tho timo, In n simple yet effective way. ? Writo me and I will show you tho/ way to get book your vitality und atrotigth. your manhood and health, no matter bow old or' worn you aro, and so thoroughly that you will stay cured forever. If you will mention how you uro affected I will enclose besides the M.page book a Sol t Examination Ulnukon yourdUsenseso that I can make a study of your case and reportto youfrenof cliargo. I have eight ot her medic** books tlmt 1 will (?end io mer. free on recul nt of name ;ind address. Ina plain unmarked envelope* Write mo today sure. DR. J. NBWTON HATHAWAY, 88 Inman Building 22 1-2 South Broad street, Af.rfita, Qa. KILFYRE! KILFYRE ! ! KILFYRE ! ! I That is exactly what it is, aFire Killer. Da a > ii"ira^ioa ovary day at the State Fair showing its fire fighting qualities. Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery and any ono owning property should have them. For sale by COLUMBIA SUPPLY 00.. OoluDll-?!?., S. O. Tho machinery Supply house of tho State Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. * Building Material of all kindu. High Grade Roofing "RUBEROID." Write for priesa. COIvUMBI?, C. Building and Re-Presied Brick. Special Shapes to order. Fire Proof Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to lill orders for thousands Qr_ for millions. < T* Whiske Morphine I Clgaret All.Dr ig and Tob?ceo Habit, I Habit | Habit | Uabba. Cured by Keeley Institute, of ?3. C 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Poi 75) Col ambla, fei. O. Confidential correspond ence solicited. THUS LAW OF TRESPASS. A Bill Passes tho lionso Changing tho lOxlHtinc Conditions. The TTouse spent the whole of las.t Friday morning In discussing a bill to protnbit trespassing on people's lands Mr. Beamguard explained that this bill reverses existing"conditions. The lav. as to "p 'Sting" land requires t ^e owner to publish notices in the county paper for four weeks and t.i put up signs on four sides of the land. Tho b ll will maka trespasi unlawful with out "posting" buing urccs.sary. Mr. Irby made an impassioned speech against rich men who own thousands bf acres of land trying to keep their poor and honest neigbbjrs from shooting ou their lauds when they bring rich men here from the noith and let them shoot- all they want. MT. Ardrey, author of the bill, de clared Mr. Irby's argument to be en tirely in favor of the bid. Why should not these people go to work and then they wouldn't need tobe pottering an.und on other people's land shoot ing the best friend the farmer has the hird-which destroys the vermin which bill the crops. Mr. Toole ohougnt the bill too dras tic lt ls u.-e'.ess legislation aud wili make lt a misdemeanor for a man merely to waik across the land of an other, even in luoorp 'ra'ed cities. Mr. Hamel deda rod that Mr. Irby's Objection is met, because the biil will not prevent a ma-.i fforn getting the CDnsu-ut of the owner of the land, and lt is. but proper and right that one should secute such consei.t, no matter what ls the law. Mr. Irby again attacked the owners of large . states by citing the case of au individual in Laurens who has wrecked ooor mun and acquired their property, and lt would be unjust to give Auch mm the right to keen these poor men from hunting on untenanted lands. Mr. Laban Mauldin of Pickens re plied with ?.quai earnestness that no man would deny a poor man permis sion to hunt on his lands lo keep tho poor man In meat. He favored tho bill. Mr. Morgan of Greenville declared that this bill is no Innovation, lt merely enacts the law but in a eliilar ent form. In reply to a eiuestion fr m Mr. Irby, Mr. Morgan declared that If a man pays for a piece of land bis constitutional rights thereon should not be taken away from him Tue bill as it dually pa>se.d tb a third reading provides: "That from and after the approval of this act, any person or persons entering upon the lands of another, I ir the purpose of hunting, fishing, trapping, netting, gathering fruit, vegetables, herbs, or cutting timber on the same with mt the consent of the owner or manager thereof, shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction theie?f, shall ply a tine of uot less than live nor more than twenty dol lars, or be imprisoned at hard labor not less than ten or more than thirty days for each and every offense." 'I'll*'} Mi nu liUwin? 88. ! A dispatch from Fort Mot e to The Skate says: "A meeting of the farm ers t f this, tho banner section of Or angeburg County, was held on the loth, to discuss the cotton .situation. Capt. James A. Peterkln was mad:' president of the meeting. The general spirit of the meeting was that lt was time for the cotton planter to take ac tion, and that organization was a ^- to secure a fair and regular price for co.^n. lt was agreed that a reduction in a.> agc of 25 per c?nt would be made li*-'Mg section. Tue farmers lu this sec.. '--a posh tion to hold their cot ton i'u. Jil. tbify cousdder a fair price." The farmers |n t hc upper part of tho cjunty mea business, and wc hopo they will b backed by the farmers of all sections. Hicctlou or Judges. Tho house agreed to the report from the committee on privileges ana elec tions, fixing next Thursday, January 20ih, as the day for election of the following officials: Ju Ige of" fifth cir cuit, to succeed Judge Ernest Gary; Judge of seventh circuit, to succeed Judge D. A. Townsend; superinten of the penitentiary, to succeed Capt. ID. J. Griffith; three ^rectors of the penitentiary, to succeed A. K. San ders, J. G. Moblcy and M. O. Row land, and ono trustee of the state Col ored collrgo at Orangoburg. The sen ate has already agreed upon this date. ?Hake Home Happy. Qood Music Will Do This. You want ft sweot-toned Piano, or yon may fprpfVr a Ano Organ. Wo represent tho Standard i???k'TH. Our pHcea and terras will appeal to you. Call on or ad drosa MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, In Opera House Blockf X COLUMBIA, S/C. j ~TTS. HOI L?YMAN, Alf?T' The Specialist. Cures all dlr eases of men. Los* manhood, syphilis (blood poison;;" g morhoea, glee :, stricture, variocjele, h ./drocele and ill private diseases of . men. Catarrh iu all forms cured quickly. Piles, cured without opspa thm or deten Ion from baslriess. Untier guarantee. Rwras 421 and 422 Leonard building, Augusta, Qa. Wrlte for hon e treatment. - Offlc? hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sunday's 9 a. m. to 2 p. in. GUARAN / TEED BY A & R AAA BANK DEPOSIT 33oWU Railroad Faro.Pald. 500 ?> FREF, Courses Of'ored. .trU?3SESS3SSlW B^ardatCost WH???0"V* .-tinnia.aLASAMAb'JSlNESSCOLtE^9.Hacon.ai Want tt AboliuhcU. The house committee on agriculture Friday decided upon a favorable re port on Mr. Ashley's bill to abolish tile i tll?e of commissioner of agricul ture, c mnmerce and immigration. Mr. Ashley appeared und spoke In behalf of the bill. There were no arguments submitted in reply, Senator Manning not being able tv? get there to defend the bill which lie introduced last year and which bas since become law. Three members were absent; but this would hardly have affected the atti tude of the committee. Mr. Seabrook, tho chairman, ls very much opposed to the bill, and some otbere of the committee believe that the bureau should be given a proper trial before being coDtiemn?d. Witten u?m. The Columbia State say?: This is not the iir.st time that we have advis ed our rti.ders to keep an eye on Gov. W. L. Douglas. His part lu the settle* ment of the Fal. Uiver Htrike strength tin us in -,he believe that he ls destin ed for higher things. A mau who can take a six months strike In hand and S J arrange a settlement between oper? ; j attira and operative as, In the language of the press ?L patch, to malte "both sides regard the outcome of tho delib . M tious as a victory" ls more than a p.issinc ligure. Hu is a statesman and a genius. A t?otid mil. Thc followlug bill introduced in the house by Mr. Culler, if it bec-unes law, will rob "old boss" sales of much of t heir interest, and buyers of such things rr tho Intense mental pleasure of speculating whether they bad beon buncoed or have buncoed somebody elsa: "Tnat from and uft.er the pas sage of tills aot lt shall bo unlawful for any commun ouriltrJ?t?jfip*for sale at audi n or oUgflyHB^y ar* tide or bundle of5uaudl.se when tho same isjjoW for the collection of charge i or tfelght without first open ing and oxp sing for examination such article or bundle." "Social Clubs." The Charleston Evening Post states that there ls grave concern among the "social clubs" of that city lest the l?gislature respond favorable to the [suggestion rf G JV. Hey ward and enact a law-, under which the operation of such orVur.ix.u ions can be scrutinized by the dispensary cjnstabulary. The Columbia State says "the social dubs aro doing a proutabie business under ex'sting condition and they do not want to be bothered, and this of itse'if ts sut?loient reason for thu legislature to oc ?ele to the governor's recommen dation."_ BESTDKS-* a number who are out under bond, thero are seven prisoners In the Spartanbhrg J iii awaiting trial for murder at tim next term of th? court of general serions, which con venes on January 23.