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Broad Const;tion Adopted by the Southern Cotton Association. PI A A LIBERAL ONE The Policy of the New Organization Will be to Develop the Entire South. It is Not Confined to Colton Growers Alone, but In vites all to Jain. We publish below the most promi nent sections of the constitution adopted last week bv the committee of the Southern Cotton Growers Asso ciation appointed for the purpose. The committee met in Atlanta and was composed of the following gentlemen: Harvie Jordan, of Monticelo, Ga., president of the Southern Cotton Growers' association; John C. Gibson, of Port Gibson, Miss.; J. A. Browne, of Chadbourne, N. C. : E. D. Smith, of Magnolia, S. C ; H. Y. Brooke, of Luverne, La,; R. R. Dancy, of Dallas. Tex. Section one declares the purposes of the organization are: 1st, Systematic organization to pro toot and develop the cotton and agri cultural Interest of the cotton growing states and territories. 2nd. To rcgu late, by all l~gal means cotton, corn and grain production, diversification Of crops, stock-breeding, fruitgrowing and ali such matters as pertain to ag riculture in said states aud territories, or the cotton growing counties and parishes of same. 3rd. To regulate, by all legal means cotton supply and cot ton financing. 4th. To facilitate, en large, extend any systematize cotton m&rketing, using avery available means to secure broader and more ex tensive markets, and to limit produc tion to demand at remunerative prices. 6th. To reduce to a minimum all ex penses of handling and transporting cotton and its products, from the time lt leaves the held until it reaobes the consumer. 6th. To promote, stimulate and seek more varied uses for raw and manufactured cotton. 7th. To en courage, aid and secure buildirg and operation ot cjtton and other manu factories, throughout the cotton grow ing states and territories. 8 oh. To bring together and in co operation all the various c itton interests, cotton manufactories and agencies, with a view to such regulations, as will pro tect, stimulate and promote all. otb. To use all ugencies and means whiob will improve, perfect, enlarge and In crease all southern ports uud the busi ness done at ei c i. loth. To bring before the proper authorities and use all legal means to secure establish ment of d^cks in commodious and available southern har'eors ior ship building, ship repairs and naval sta tlons. 11th. To urge, encourage aud advance any all measures, which will bring about commercial treaties bs tween the United States, China, Japan and the entire eastern world, whereby American commerce is extended and now fields are opened to the produc tions of the cotton growing states au1 territories. I2?.b'. To further all measures and evolve plans to turn to the United States Central and South Americun trade aud for extending the use of the products of the cotton growing states and territories ai well as thoso of the entire union to the people of those countries. 13th. To formulate a po'.ioy, prepare plans and get ready for the grear. opparVunYtl'es whioh will comfTui tue cotton grow , lng states' and territories with the V hashing of the Isthmian canal. 14tb. To effectuate and make operative clos er business relations between cotton manufacturers and cotton producers, and dealers In manufactured cotton, whereby neither shall have their bus iness interests jeopardize I by sudden and unreasonable depression in prices or by unnatural and entirely specula tive advances In vaiue of raw material. Neither of which are based on supply and demand. 15th. To mature plans and methods for securh g accurate sta tistics from ginneries, private and public, from cotton, manufictoiers so as to furnish correct information as to annual consumption, from farmers, so as to know general acreage, devoted, from year to year, to any sp. c1 fie ag ricultural pioduct In thc c; tton grow ing state, and territories; and for se curing such other statistics as may be of value to the general purposes of this organization. 10th. To prepare and furnish to each glnner, under sanction of lasv, a uniform system of gin books, for use by all gins, private and public, as will get accurate Infor-1 m it ion from all such gins of cotton ginned, from month to month, during ginning season, with actual weight of each bale, so that such weights may be aggregated, divided by five hun died, and the number of bales given by states and counties and territories, on the fixed basis of five hundred pounds each. 17th. To uso every proper effort to secure adi qnate con 8titutional legislaron to put into foicj and effect, where necessary, tho meth ods and plans adopted by this organ ization. Section two says no power given and no duty provided In article one shall be so exercised or performed, as to be violative of the constitution of the Uiited States, for any cotton growlnu state, or the laws of the Uuite.ii States, or any of said stales and ter ritories. Section three provides that tbe organization and all of Its asso ciates, under ito; systexa of state and county and sub civil division organiza tions, are and shall be non-political. Tney shall not. co-operate with any political party, nor in any manner us . ttelr organizat'ons, or membership to aid any political machinery, policy or cambine, but sha'l exercise and per form all powers and duties heroin pro vided asa non partisan agricultural and commercial organization, design ed alone to further the purposes re cited in article 1 of this e >n. Mt ution by and through lbs system of organiz at lon;., strictly In accordance with law, and by suggestion, presentation of plans and proposed legislation, to such law-making bodies, as, from time to time, becomes necessary, without ref erence to parties or party poilcy. Should any ofiicer of this association publicly announce himself as a candi date for any nat ional, slate or county cilice, such announcement shall Im mediately vacate his position as an of ficer, and no person offering for, or holding any of the above named po litical oillces, shall not ho elllgibla to any position In this association. Section four iays the powers of thi3 organization shall be distributed as follows: First, there shall be, In each cotton-grow lng suite and territory, a central organization. AU ot said or- , ganlzatloos to be ?omponed of repre sentatives, clio sou in each cotton growing county or parish, there being not less than one representative from each of ?aid counties or parishes, and as many more, not exceeding three from each, as any of said Btates ur territories may determine for itself. All of said organizations, however, be ing subord?nate to the Southern Cot ! ton association. Second. There shall I be in eauh cotton county cr pariah, lu eaoh cotton growing state or terri tory, an organization to be known as die county or parish organization, and vhioh shall bear the name of the coun ty, or parish in willoh organizad. It shall be composed of not less than two representatives, from each civil sub division ot same, or of such other number, not exceeding ave, as may be determined in eaoh of said counties or parishes. All said organizations, however, shall be subordinate to said state or territorial organization and to the Southern Cotton association ' Third. There shall be in each cotton ton growing ol vii sub-division ot eaoh cotton growing county or parish, in each cotton growing state or territory a sub-organization, to be known by the name or number of each of the civil sub division, in whioh organized. All said sub-organiz itlons, however, shall be subordinate to said county or par ish, said organizations, and to the Southern Cotton association. Seotion five provides that there shall be one supreme organization, known as the Southern Cotton associ ation. It shall meet annually on tho third Tuesday lu January, and at such place as lt shall determine, lt shall have power to adjourn Its meeting or meetings to any date it elects. It may be called in extra session by its presi dent or by Its executive committee, In absence of the president, when deemed advisable. Sectiou six says each ard ali of said organizations above named shall have constitu tions, which shall be uniform and sub ordinate to this. Such constitutions shall be the ones prepared aud adopt ed by tko executive committee of thc Smthero. Interstate Cotton conven tion, named by its resolutions adopt ted at New Jrleans, state of Louis iana, on the 26th day of January A. D. 19?5. Seotion seven says tho Southern Cotton Association shall be composed of representatives from the following named states and territories on the following basis, to-wit: (-) The state of Alabama, 3. (.) Tue state of Ar kansai. 2. ( ) The state of Florida, I. (d) The fctate of Georgia, 3. (e] The sta'e or Louisiana, 3. (f) Tnt state of Mississippi, <'.i ( ) Thc state ot Missouri, 1 (h) Thu s a J uf Nortto Carolina, 2. (0 State of South Ciro ?ina, 2. (j). Slate of Tennessee, 1. (k The state of Texr.s, 5 (1) The s,;.te ot Virginia, 1 (rn) The state of Ken tucky, 1 (n) Oklahoma, 1. ( ) Tra Indian Territory, 1. Said repre-en tad ves shall be elected for tho llr.si time by the respective state and ter ritorial organizion,s named in sec tion 4, at tho meeting of same to b held on the 21st of February, A. D 19?5. Said state and territorial or ganizat ions to rn >et for the first timi and at any other timos at sucii place as may be named In the oustitu tion of each, or at such places as the; respectively lix under tho power given i ac i in its constitution. Sail state and territorial organsziblon shall annually, as provided In thd constitution, elect their respeotiv representatives in said Southern Cot ton association. Sect:on eight provides that s^f Southern Cotton Association shall i Its annual meeting elect the folio win, otllcors, to wit: A president, a vic president, a secretary, a treasurer and such other ottlcers as it deem necessary aud proper for bhedisoharg "'-\u$iine?0\ whc>tteall .hold otilco fo one year, or until their successors ar elected and qualify. Section nine says tho sal.i Souther Cotton Association may, from tim to time, chango the representation t any of said states or territories, prc vlded each shall always have one rec resentD.tlve. No change of basis, t representation, shall be made exeep on aggregate production in each stat or territory. Section ten says realizing that sen sons must always be cousldered i figuring acreage and production trot any given acreage, under favorabl weather conditions, may produce large crop, and a large acreage, ur der unfavorable weather condition! may yield a small crop, power is ei pressly confered on the Southern C;>! ton Asa o elation to formulate plan and accumulate capital, so as to cor trol and take care of any annual sui plus, and prevent violent, sudden an unreasonable lluctuations, and so u to regulate the marketing of such sui plus to secure remunerative prlco: Section eleven prescribes the power of the Southern Cotton Assoclatioi which shall be as follows: First. They shall cover and ea brace each and every matter, epecia ly named, In Article 1 of this const tution vested in tnls association t adopt measures, regulations, plat and proceedings, necessary to cou pas3 tl e said purposes, such plan r?gul?t ons and measures to be s adaptor, as not to he violative of stab territorial or federal laws. Second. 1 shall hive power to raise reven ?ii Third. It shall have power to n viso, regulate, direct and formul?t plans for the state or territorial o? gahlzibiOnB, providod it may ador, such plans, regulations and raeasur; as said state or territorial orgauiz tlons may have already put luto oper; tion. Fourth. It shall have tl: power to have prepared a uniform s of ginning books and request the di partment of agriculture at Wa-ihini ton to adopt the same and require tl use of thom by all glnners In these eral cotton growing states and terr tories. Fifth. It shall also p epai and present bo the legislatures of sa states and terltorlcs, through tl proper committees of same, from tin to timo, such bills as will pu> int force and operation adequate constlti tional legislation In furtherance of tl general purposes of this assoclatioi so far as procuring, through sta1 legislation, systematic plans ar moth ods of gathering statistics fi Information of the membership i this association and the gcnoral pu lio can be properly done. Sixth, shall hive power to o. innate, chang amend and annuli any of Its by-law 7tb. xl shall have all powers inc dental to and necessary for putting force aud giving effeot to the vario purposes of its organization. Eight It shall Ox by by-law or otherwise t! various bonds to be given by Its vai ouB olllcers, and to add to or chan their duties from time to time as c perience shall suggest or make nea Bary. Ninth. It shall determine, by-law or other means or order, t condit on of all oflicial bonds. It sh fix the pay of its own membo Tenth. It shall bo the judges of t qualifications of Its own mombo Eleventh, lt shall name the various committees, standing and others, and prescriba the dutton of each. Twelfth. Lt shall determine and* fix Hs own rules of proceedure, and shall adopt such parliamentary rules as lt deems np<\ocaa yo tos despatch cf business. Thirteenth. It shall appolDt at its tl rat and each subsequent annual meeting a committee on rules, whloh committee shall report a system of rules at ea -liest possible date. Four teenth. It shall have power to fix tho number o? its members necessary to constitute a quorum, provided such nuinoer shall not be less than ten. Fifteenth. With the concur rence of two-thirds of its members present and voting it may expel any member for disorderly conduct, in temperance or contumacious absence from its meetings; provided, sickness, public duties or good cause shall be accepted as sufficient explanation for absence from any meetig. Sixteenth. When any vaoanoy occurs Buoh va cancy shall be oertified by the presi dent to the president of tho state or gan:?, iLion, who shall at ouce fill said vacancy by an appointment which shall hnld good until the state or ganiz itiou shall meet and fill such vacancy. Seventeenth. It shall keep a minute book or books, in which ail ot its p:o -eedlngs, at any meeting, shall be entered by its secretary 01 his deputy, such minutes to be ap proved by it. Eighteenth. Itsbal provide all stationery, when in ses sion, for use of its various officers Nineteenth. All appropriations ol money shall be made uuder seme or der. by-law, or resolution adopted b] lt, and not otherwise. Twentieth lt shall have full and geueral contro over o very Interest of this orgat iza Lion, and shall make and adopt sucl rules, regulations and measures as i finds advisable in the furtherance am attainment of thc purposes of this or ganizatkm. Section twelve says tho mean necessary for tho purpose? of this ot ga?iz ition, shall be raised by th same, as follows: 1st. One fourth rf all dues an other funds, no matter from wha source, collected by and through th sub-organ'zatlons, in each cotto growing county or parisl , or by au of the officers of same, o . by any c its committees, shall be piid Into tt treasury f this association 23. All sums c dlected by anv com ty organ'/, ition, In any state or terr tory, and all sums collected by at parish organization, ia a ly state i territory no matter from what Boure hhall bedivlued In half, o ie of whit halves shall bo retained by said oui ty organization for Its own uses, at the other shall be sent at once t< tl treasurer of the state o -ganlza; io Upon nceipttjf it the treasurer said state organ'/, ition shall, at c nc remit one-half of the sun so rect Iv Lo the treasurer of this associa io said state organization rotalnlnt tl remaining half for its own use? ai purposes. 3d. Each s Vate or territorial ( Ionization shall turn over to t treasurer of this organization, o half of all other sums of money, whl lt may collect, through i.s organ!; lion, officers, or committees, of whl may bo donated to it by any pers or corporation, no matter from wt: source derived. 4th. This association shall, by committees or by its oificers, ra revenue from any and all sources may elect, and by whatever plane may adupt, whether by donath subscription, or contribution. o.b. Said organizations, In I various cbuntie&j or parishes afo said, or i;i the said civil Bub-di visit of same, shall never he ak cd for du or assess rient, beyond the maxim sums fixed in their respeoectlve ci stitutiona. rff*i> Seotloc thirteen declares that the puruusea set forth in Article 1 this constitution extend to and efl every interest in all of the cot growing .' tates and territories, as w as tend to the general welfare i wellbeing of every indurstry and bi ness interest in each; and as some its purpo.es extend io interest bey( said states and territories, therefc each and every commercial organ! tion In any of said states or territor: engaged in growing, mauufactur or handling cotton, and each ? evc-ry banker, the southern pn merchant, glnner, compressai warehouseman, oil mill mau, la owner, landlord, teacher, profesdo man, capitalist, cotton exporter ? railroad company are urged to co oj ate v/i th this organ'/, ilion In cfit log Its purposes; also the entire sou ern pres1!, cotton exchanges, board! trade, c -mmercial exchanges, as v as state, county and town or city gan zations, no matt;r where siti ei or located, in said cotton grow states and territories, are urged co operate with this organization; Us subordinate organ/.atlous to attainment of its purposes, wi tend to die good of all. Tills organ tion, and its ethiers shall adopt suggest as well as brlug Into opi tion all available and proper mean bring all of said organ I; alona, ? son^ and corporations nto net sympathy and earnest co-operal with it. Section fourteen says tie organ Lion shall adopt plans, ni ?asures, ways thc etlcotlng the follow purposes, to-wlt: F.rst, die bulk: iud establishment of cotton marni Lories, no matter what rflnd, In ;otton growing states and terri toi second, the co operation of all ont Manufactories, no matter where ?ated, to bring about dos-or rclat md direct business dealt igs betw ihern and the producer.- of cot? io as to prevent ruuious lluotuat in the cotton markets; and to SJ sheapur transportation jf raw nanufactured cotton. Third, to E mell plans and measures as will iilbute to more stable values, ai ivill bring the loom and thc c producer Into fu'l understanding The remaining sections of the itl uLlon speak only of the ol' ind their duties. Dlotl In tho Snow. A dispatch from Macoi, Ga., m unknown organ grinder wav. U lead Thursday near the lino of J ind Bibb counties on the Georgia .oad It is supposed he died ixposure to tho Icy weather Sui light. His monkey was pla iboutas far as the chain, which ?ripped lu tho dead man's h vould allow him to go. A re.sl n the community took chary ,tie morkey. The dead man juried by the county of Jones. i. - ? : i ? ? ( i from 'fruin. A dispatch from Lancaster s nalo passenger on Thursday n ng'sdown train, for Homo unexr. )d reason, jumped oil the train a: llstanco this side of Camdon, U n a hea|) on the ground. The luotor went back to see him, bu xian stated that he was not hurt CARRIED THE LAY. Bill Fastet the House to Build a But? BeformrWy. Tho Bill Appropriate? FITO Thons? and Dollars to St%rt on and Uso of Oonvlots. , By a vote of 78 to 20 the house of representatives Wednesday gave fa vorable consideration to the bill to provide for a State industrial Eohool foi wayward boys This is tho bill to provide for a high grade reformatory, a placa in which youthful crim?nala will be reformed and proper ideas of manhood instilled into their hearts. At half-past 12 o'olock the house be gan the consideration of Mr. Patter son's bill "to establish an industrial school for boys and to provide for its government and maintenance." Mr. Patterson spoke in defense of bis bill. It ls not asking this Stato to make an experiment which has not been tried elsewhere. There is one in every southern State except five, and in Georgia and North Carolina the gov ernors have asked for such a bill to be pa: sod in those States. The indus trial school in Alabama was started with Uve boys. The appropriation was 13,000, with which land was bought. The boys slept In tents and ate lu a log cabin. Today there are HO buys in the school In Alabama and a promluent judge bas said that the State can better alford to do without any othor institution. In Tennessee there is such a school whioh has [ turned out 1,000 boya, only 2 per cent, of whom have returned toorlme, and nearly all of them are filling po sitions of trust. He expects uo ob Jection to the bill except on the ground of expanse. The penitentiary last year turned into tho State treas ury $10,000 Is there any better use to which that money could be put? This money with tho 84,000 saved i from the q nrantino stations would give all tba j ls necessary. The bill doss call foi an appropriation, but the bill will save jail costs, court oot-ts I and other costs. The family of a criminal lo New York was traced for seven generations and it was learned that In the jails, almhouses, etc., the State has tx:en put to an expense of 81,250,000. Tue hoya will be taught a t'.ade and will be put to work on the farms, HO that the institution will bi made self supporting. In the State reformatory there are now 49 negro boys and two white boys. They are taught Sunday school leeson?, but no trade or secular school lessons. There are other white boys on the chalngangs. What will a white boy ever amouDt to if he ls to b) chainrd to a cri min il negro for 00 days? He spoke of th? moral effect of tho bill In reclaiming youths and saying to them they are a part of the State. Several members spoke against the measure because they did n )t believe the st tit e could afford the expense to build it at this time. Mr. DeVore i Hired an amendment to the bill to cut the appropriation to 87,500 In place of 815,000. Mr. Otts favored che general principles of thc bill, but he thought 85,000 would be enough for the llrst year, as some time would be consumed in the board being or ganized and in buying a site. He of fered an amendment to that effect and providing for the penitentiary io fur nlgh labor to erect buildings.- X J Mr. Patterson announce.'1 }? ??HI l.igness to accept Mr. x/aYore's amendment to cut the proposed ap propriation tO|87,500. After one year's trial the legislature will be well pleas ed with Its work. By a vote of 37 to .?5, Mr. Otts' amendment was a?opted and the appropriation will bo 85,000 instead of $15,000. The house also adopted Mr. Otts' further amendment "that BO many convicts as they may require in building or to aid in build ing he furnished the trustees by the directors of the penitentiary without, cost to the trustees." Mr. Gaston pro posed an amendment whioh was adopt ed. It provides that three of the sev en appointive trustees shall be laides. Those who opposed tho bill were: Messrs. Ashley, Bellentlne, Banks, Brantley, Culler. Earhardt, Edwards, Epting, L. B. Etheredge. FdUHt, Gause, W. J. Gibson, Hamlin, Har ley, LaFltte, Lester, Taylor, M. W. Walker, Webb and Wlmberly. Those who favored the bill wore: Messrs. Ardrey. Arnold, Buker, Bass. H^amguard, lloyd, Brad ham, Brant, Price Browning, Bruce, Callison, Clifton, Cloy, DesChamps, DjVore, Doar, E. J. Etheredge, Fishburne, Ford, Foster, Fraser, Frost, Gasque, Gaston, J. P. Gibson, Glover, Gra ham, Gray, I). L Green, W. MoD. Green, Hall, Harrellson, Harrison, Haskell, Hemphlll, D. O Herbert, Ileyward, Higgins, Ilutt<>, Irby, Keenan, Kershaw. Klrven, LaFltte, Lawhon, Lester, Little, Lyon, Mc Cants. McColl, MeFaddin, McMaster, Massey, Miller, Morgan, Moses, Nash, Nicholson, Otts, Parker, Patterson, Pittman, Pollock, Panton, Prince, Pyatt, Rawlinson, Reaves, Richards, Riley, Sanders, Saye, Sellers, Sheldon, Splvey, Stxll, Strong, Toole, Tribble, Turner, V< mer, J. M. Waiker, Jchn J. WatsoD, Whaley, Whatley and Yeldell. Saptlxod in loo. In an imalld's chair a woman put 80 years ok and ^aralized in ono si le, was wheelo 1 out on tho ice and bap tized in the Delawaro river, near Philadelphia. Those who saw her taken from the bolo In thc Ice thought she had su cu rubed from cold. For a few momjnts she give no sl<n of life. The womar. ls Rosie Bradlny of that city. Sho was baptized by Elder Skinner of the Church of God. At tended by I' ve elders, who walked on the ice In hare feet, tho oil woman s\ng in a foohle, tremulous voice as she was rilled in her chair to the placo of baotlsm. She was lifted off tho chair cud lowered through the ice into tho river. T ilkcd Tuo Muoh Frank D, Cirneford, a rjomb?r of the Illinois Legislature from Cook C?unty, waa expelled Wednesday as a mcmbor of tint body by a v ito of 121 to 13, and his namo stricken from the rolls of thc houso assembly. His ex pulsion was the climax of a series of sensational chargos of corruption and attempted bribery made in a lecture January 31 before the Illinois College of Law by Mr. Comeford against members of tho Illinois legislature which were investigated by a speolal committee of the houso, and which found that tho charges brought by Mr. Comeford were unfounded. Wed nesday tho commltto reportad lbs ?Indiums to the house. Nop.ro Found l)u*d. A negro, Cal Ashley, was found dead Monday hear North Edlsto tres tle. Magistrate Johnson was notl?el and hold the loqucst. It ls pubho opinion that death resulted from freezing. THE ORIGINAL BRICE BILL Pannoo tho U o uso of ltoproson t ?tl vco by a Lar?o Majority. In the house Tuesday night the original Brice bill, which has been killed in the senate, passed. In the house it was introduced by Represen tative Toole and there was a debate of over an hour un the merits uf the bil). On the motion to strike out the enacting words the vote stood as fol lows: Yeas-Banks, Boyd, Brantley, Clif ton, Culler, DesChamps, Doar, Dukes, Edwards, Eptlug, EJE beredte, Ford, Gaston, Gause, Glover, Graham, Gray, Green, D. L. Gyles, Harley, D. O. Herbert, Higgins, Hatto, Irby, Klrven, Laney, Lawson, Little, Lo max, Lyon, Pittman, Turner.-31. Kays-Ardrey, Arnold, Ashley, Ba ker, Bass, Beauiguard, Bradham, Brant. Brice, Browning. Bruce, Cloy, Cothran, Davis, DeVore, Eubart, L B. Etheredge, Foster, Fraser, Frost, Gib on, J. P., Gibson, S. J., Green, M. MoD. Hall, Harrellson, Haskell Hemphlll, Heyward, Keenan, Ker shaw, McCall, McFadden, McMaster, Massey, Miller, Morgan, Morrison, Moses, Nance, Nash, Nicholson, Otts, Patterson, Postoo, Prince, Pyatt, Rawlinson, Reeves, Riley, Sanders, Saye, Sellers, Sheldon, Slnkler, Spl vey, Stoll, Stoll, Strong, Taylor, Toole, Trlbble, Venter, M. W. Wal ker, J. M. Walker, Whaley, Wlmber ly, Yelldell-08. Pairs: J. E Herbert and Richards, Lester and Hamel. Out of the 31 votes for the tax Ave were from Orangeburg, three from Lexington. The others were scatter ed. Mr. Frazier's amendment was adopted from among tln?-mauy_ pre pared on that line. It reads a., . fol lows: Provided, that a county that bas no dispensary shall not hereafter receive any part of th?. surplus that may remain of the dispensary school und, after the deficiencies In the art.ms county school funds have been made up as provided by law. All other amendments were killed by large votes. Mr. Sinkler proposed an amendment In favor of including a vote for high license. He wanted oounties to have the right to sell liquors by license. Lost. Mr. Gaston moved to continue the bill, aud on this another yea and nay vote was ordered. The bill since the last vote was taken, had been amend ed so ns to deprive counties without dispensaries from any part o* the sur plus from the dispensary school fund. The original bill of Mr. Toole made no mention of school money, but sim ply repealed tho provision imposing a tax on counties voting out tho dispen sary. The motion to continue the bill was lost on a yea and nay vote of 68 to 33. The bill was then given Its second readh g with the Frazier amendment as t > th s school fund. Arrested For KorRcry. Elgar P. Mltoi ell, a j ou ig man 23 years of age, was arrested at Barnwell on Tuesday mc rr log chu'gei with forgeryj The arrest was made upon charges preferreu by the Southern Ex press company. An oft!?lal of the ex press company made the following statement of the case Friday: The agent at Willisson loft his office for a short tim? to meet an incoming train on Monday morning. Some one en tered the open chi ce during his absence ned took thrr-jfrom a book containing 18 orders, v?o-th $50 each when filled out and proparly signed. Ooo of these orders was presented at the express ellice at Blackville on the same after noon, lt was signed "W. E Hamble ton." The ag: nt at Blackville cashed the order, but learning that the book had beeu taken from the office at Wlillston, he became doubtful of Its genuineness. Willis'on was notified, and an investigation led to the arrest of young Mitchell at Barnwell on Tuesday morning on the charge of forgery. The young man was bound over for trial on 81,000 bond until the March term of court at Barnwell. After his arrest Mitchell confessed his guilt and six of the orders were f und In his possession. They had bean lili ed out by him but not signed. Mitchell is said to be of a well known family in Barnwell county, sime of his rela tlves being prominent county officers. Hhor to Death. A Soartauburg dispatch says Polk O3om shot and kided Houston H. Hembree Thursday afternoon near Holly Spriugs. Odom was arrested at his home Thursday and lodged in the county jail. From what was gather ed at the coroner's Inquest lt appears that the wife of Thos. Hembree, son of the dfceas'd, left home, and Thom as and a brother and the father were out in quest of the woman. Some of the party had shotguns. They called at Odom's huuao, he being a neighbor. Houston Hemb-ee Inquired it tbe wo man was there and received a nega tive answer. He started away and a few minutes afterwards OJom fired, the bullet of his rife penetrating the right thigh r,f Houston Hembree, severing the femoral ai tory. Hem bree walked a r.bort distance and foll dead. After the tiring ou his father one of tho Hembree boys and Odom exchanged fuir shots each with >utre sults. Deceased was fifty years old, and leaves a wife and ten children. Odom is a yoting man. Get Uood Placen. Orders were issued Tuesday at the navy department assigning Midship man Isaac W. Hay ne to the Battle ship Koarsage, flagship of the North Atlantic tient, and Midshipman H. F. Glover to tho battleship Kentucky. Midshipmen Hayne and Glover were appointed to the naval academy from South Carolina lu Juue, 1U01, and graduated on Jan. 30 last, when they received diplomas from President Roosevelt. They will sall on Febru ary 22 from Bhltimore to Join their respective ships, which are in thc Carrlbean to participate In the win ter manoeuvres. Both assignments are very desirable as the Kearsagc and Kentucky arc first class battle ships and on the home satioa. Ho Was Fooled. Colonel "Ulli" Sterrett, of Texas, watched tho Serate gottlng ready for tho trial of Judge Sway ne. Later Borne one asked him what ho thought of lt. "Why, with all that solemni ty,'1 ho said, "I expected to see Swayne brought in loaded with chains. We never get HO serious as that In Texas unless a leading oltlzen ls about to be hanged." A Newberry Ohuroti Hurtled. The O* Neale Street Methodist church, In the mill village, was de stroyed by tire about 10 o'clock Mon day night. The church building with Its contenta was totally burned, but tho adojlulng chapel wus saved with some loss. The church cost $2,500 and the furnishings 1500. HE CONFESSED McCue Cleared Up the Mystery of His Wife's Death BEFORE BEING HUNG. The Unfortunate Man Declined to Make a Final Statement, Bat He Left a Confession With His Spiritual Advisers. He Met Death Without a Tremor. At Charlottesville, Va., without a tremor J. Samuel MoCue met death on the scaffold at 7.35 o'clock Friday morning for wife murder. Hardly had his struggles ceased when bis confession was given out by his three splrtual advisers, Revs. O. L. Petrie, H. B. L-e and John H. Thompson. MctJue listened calmly to the death warrant, and when Sergeant R gers asked: "Do you think tbat if I gave you my arm j ou would be able to walk to tho .scaffold y" be replied calm ly: "I can walk without your aid." O a tbe way he stumbled once or twice and the officers proffered assis tance. lt was not needed, however. There was no weakness. McCue had merely slipped on the frozen snow. Watched by a Bilent crowd of perhaps 30 people, MoOue mounted the scaf fold. By this time tho sunlight was streaming scross the house tops around him. Not a muscle ot his faoe moved. Hogers and two gu?rds ascended the scaffold ^vlthJhi.m. The prisoner was p??o^^over^trie trap, bli arms were pinioned and bis ankles strapped. The black gown was folded around bim and the noose a''ju ited. All this while McCue stood without moving The hope that ho might make some statement before he died finally passed away. The cowl dropped over his head, and he had seen his last of the world. Not a w^rd had he ut tered. Before he placed the rope about MeCue's neck Sergeant R 'geni put his ar m over the condemned man's should ers and whispered something to him. When everything was ready Mr. Rog ers ngalu spoke to McCuo, asking him If he t ad anv statement to make. "None itali,'' was his answer. The trap wa i sprung and 10 minutes after ward MoCuo was pronounced dead o* strangulation. His neck was not brok en. In or?cr to thwart the curios'ty of the moibldly inclined, the sheriff kept secret the time of the execution. Many p ode believed that lt would be close ur on noon. Yet as early a? 8 a. m., s well advised few were movlrg in t' cirecMon of the J vii. An hour pass 1 and by this time the few who were to ha allowed to enter were stand ing within the prison enclosure, huddling around a stove. Afcer the execution one of McOue's spiritual advisers said : "Mr. McCue left thi3 world with feeling of bitterness toward no hu mp being in lt. His heart was won der iwiiy softened. He was earnest and tender. Friday morning In our presence bo offered to God a fervent prayer for his family-for his broth ers and their wives, for his sister, for his uncles and aunts and lastly and most fervently of all for his children. He called them each by name. Hs Invoked the blessing of Almighty God upon them all." Immediately after the execution McCue's three spiritual advisers gave out the following signed Btatemen;: "J. Samuel McCue stated Friday morning in our presence and requested us to make public that be did not wish to leave this world with suspicion restiug on any bu nan being other than himself; that he .a ono was re sponsible for the deed, impelled to it by an evil power beyond his control, and that he recognized his sentence as Just." J. Samuel McCue was 4(i years old, and twice had boen mayor of the city of Charlotta svllle. The tragedy 'or which he paid the penalty crea..d more interest than any other crime that han oci u^red lu tho State in the past quarter of a century. On Sunday night, Sspt. 4, McCue, accompanied his wife to ctiut-e'j, and they returned home about C. 15 o'clock. Within 15 minutes after they had repaired to their room to retire for the night the city was aroused bv messages announc ing tho murder of Mrs. McCue, and friends, physicians and officers hurried to the Mc'Jue home. Mrs. McCue was found dead in the bathroom and Mc Cue was lying on the floor with an abrasion on his oheek and feigning unconsciousness. He later asserted that the attack had been made by an unknown white man who had cl'mbed through a window. Mrs. McCu > had been dealt a blow that broke ber n se and her left ear had been almost sev ered by a second blow. Death was caused hy a gunshot wound Just above the hec rt. McCue never was able to explain the presence in the bathroom of a small piece of cotton undershirt whioh dtted exactly a torn place In the sh;rt which he had on when the oscars arrived. Two women figured in the reports that circu lated ts to tho cause of the mur der, a.id a letwr filled with cn dearing language sent him by ono of bis wohnen clients was produced at the tria. McCuo had quarreled with lils wlf'' a number of times S ie was 40 vea-s old and the mother of four chlldre i. Tho coroner'* Jury held Mo Cuo fo the murder three days after it occurred, aud ho has since been contine i in the jail, vehemently pro testing his innocence. His trial was conduced November 6, and be way convloti d, the Jury being out only 26 minute? 1 < a rn od to Death. Six c dared children were burned to death 1 i a cabin on the property of tho Ok etee club, about 30 miles from Savannah, on Sunday night. This ls the si.ory told by a lady who came from tho Rcene. "Richard l);or and his family, consisting of his wife and six children, lived in a log house on the reservation of the Okeotee dub. Sunday night Door and bia wife left their six children at borne and wont a short dlstanoe to visit some of their neighbors. During their absence the children went to sleep, leaving a big Sro In the fire place. It is presumed that a live coal rolled from the fireplace on to the fijor, setting the house on five, burn ing to death tlvo of the children. The sixth ol ?H?, a girl 15 years of age, es caped through thc door, whioh was the only exit to the cabin, but her burns and Injuries were of suoh a se rious character that she, too, died tba following day.' | y/E ARE X-OOKIHG; FOR YOUR ORDERS COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFC CO -^TT COLUMBIA S C. ir iii ????????I???IMI?I? THE GUINARD BRICK WORKS, COIyUMBIA, O. Building and Bo-Pressed Brick. Special 8hapes to order. Fire Proof Terra Gotta Flue Linings. Prepared to AB. orders tor thousands or for millions. Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, 8. G. Bunding Material ot all kinda. High Grade Roofing "RUBEROID." Write foi prices. 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C., Presidential Inauguration. ^ For Civilians rate one first class fare plus twenty-five cents rfu for the round trip from all coupon stations. For Military Corn er panics and Brass Bands in uniform accompanying them in par 9 tics of 20 or moro on one tickets-at one cent per mile plus na arbitrarles. Tickets sold March 2nd and 3rd, limited March 8th, ?T 1905, but may be extended to March 18th, 1905. ? Very low rates to other pents now in effect. ? The SOUTHERN RAILWAY ls the best route to the aboTe X points operating through Pullman and Dining cars on all ? through trains. For full information apply to any agent of the ^ Southern Ballway, or re., ysr. II xj IN: I\ Passenger Division Agent, Charleston, S. C. M IN Y LIVES LOST I In Foundej ing Steamer Near *"oast of Nova Scotia. Blinding Snow Storm, Willoh Rased For Twen-y-fbiir Houri, was Cause of Wreck. A dispatch from Halifax, N. S., sayB that during a raging gale and blinding snow 6torm, which swept the Nova Scotia coast for about twenty-four hours, the ocean steamer Damara, of the iFurneas, line, ran on I the reeks at Musquodobolt, thirty miles east of Halifax, early Tuesday, I and ls believed to have foundered with the loss of many lives. The first ofllcer of the ship, with [eighteen of the crew, escaped in one i of the life boats and landed at Pleas ant Point, after a terriillo struggle with wind and sea. Captain Gerst, master of the Da mara, four passengers and the rest of the steamer's crew left the vessel in [another life biat. They have not j been beard of since, and it is feared that they have perished. The occu pants of the boat wbiob reached shore were utterly exhausted aud many of them were badly frost bitten. They bad a harrowing experience, battling , in the darkness for hours in the open j boat against tempestuous seas on a treacherous coast, with the thermeter ten degrees below zero and an Arotlo I blizzard. Thoy landed on shore some time during the day and reached the tele graph ellice at Musquodobo<t harbor in the evening, whence they wired the first news of the disaster to the agents of the Furness Hue to Halifax to which point the Damara was bound. I The survivors say that tho steamer ?struck about 2 o'clock Tuesday morn ing when the blizzard was BO thiok that it was impossible to see a ship's length ahead on what proved to be Musquodoboit ledge, five miles from the mainland. An immense hole, through which the sea poured in torrents, was I smashed in the bow of the steamer. I The Bhock of the impaot awakened every one on board, and huge break ers Bwept the vessel fore and aft. Life boats Immediately were ordered over the side, and ail bands left the [ship. It is believed that tho steamer must have foundered qutokly and snail hope is entertained by the survivors of the wreck that the captain and other occupants of the missing ll 'e boat could have successfully withstood the extreme rigor of th a weather pre vailing on this cjast for many hours which have passed. The wind Tuesday night was off I shore and if the missing boat has not already swamped it bas been driven seaward many miles and ls now probably adrift on tho Atlantic In the worst wrather th's season. The chief officer of the Damara re ported that thc steamer struck some object about tive miles off shore early Tuesday and at once sprang a leak and began to settle. A blinding mow storm was raging at thu time. When the life boat drew away the steamer was deep In the water. Captain Gemt and the others who were in the se> ond boat stood by the steatxor and nothing has been beard of them since. Tho Damara left St. John, N. F., last Saturday with 900 tons of cargo. 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