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Promptly at noon on Tuesday. Jan. (
10th, Lieutenant Governor J no. T. !
Hloan let rail his gavel and oalled the 1
senate to order. Prayer was offered
by the chaplain, ltev. Walter I. Herbert,
and the body procudid to or- t
ganlxtU n by the eleetl< n of the ofll
oere. Ifft was not long before some 1
real business was done. In faot the '
senate was working well before the *
hour of adjournment at 1 .10 o'eloek, J
while that more unwieldy t>odv, the
house of representatives, presented
the othor extreme. fl
There are many r.cw faces in the ,
senate. Senator E. J. Dennis of (
Berkeley, who came up from the "r
house of representatives, succeeds his
father, the late Gen E. J. Dennis.
Senator Kol>ert Aid rich of Barnwell,
so long a c< mmanding figure in the
deliberations of the body, Is succeeded
by Senator George H. Bates. ExGovernor
John C Sheppard of Edge- *
field has retired from the senato and t
in his place Is a new senator, T. G. .
Talbert. Senator S. G. May field of (
Bamberg resigned his seat to enter
the congressional raco In the Second f
district. Ho is succeeded by Dr. J. <
B Black, who was In the other house
iuur years, in the place of Senat r '
Thos. Talblrd of Beaufort Is Neils .
Chrlstenscn, Jr., tiie editor of the
Beaufort Gazette. Senator Geo. S. '
Mower if Newberry Is succeeded by
0. L. Hlease. Capt. J. Hampden .
Brooks of Greenwood succeeds Sena
tor J. M. Gaines. The other new Sena- j
tors are: I)r. W. L. MauHJn of
Greenville, who once presided over
the at nate as lieutenant govtrnor, E.
8. Blease of Saluda. F. P. McGowan
of Laurers, J. U. Earle of Oconee,
W. S. Johnson of Fairfield, Walter
H. Wells of Florence, I). F. K'lrd of
Lexington, J. D Bivens of Durches
ter.
fll'he new senators and thoso who
were re-elocted at the last electiou,
were sworn In by the president of the
senate, the serjeant-at-arms holding
the Bible before them as Is cui t >mary.
The senate then proc eeded to the
election of cflleers a d Senator Thos.
F. Rivsor of Orargeturg in a fe.v
graceful retra ks. nominated for pre s
ldent of the senate Sc nator Richard
I. Manning of Sunter, Nom natlcns
wero then c'o-ied and Senator Manning
was elected ut.anlDiou.-dy by an
aye and nay vote. Sei ator Manning
therefore will preside In the absence
of the lieutenant governor.
Senator Blake of Abl>e\iUe placed
In nomination tor clerk the name of
the veteran in that position, General
Robort R. Hemphill < f Abb< villc,
who was then elected without opposition.
This begins bis el? venth vear I.
as clerk of t he senate and his popu- }
larlby and i filciency seem to Increase ,
at each new term. Senator Hlease of
Newberry nominated for sergeant at ,
arms Mr. J. Fred Sohumpert of New- ,
terry, who offered for rc-ehctlcn, and ]
Senator J. S. Price of Y< rk nominat- ]
ed W. II. Stewart of Yurk for re- j
lection as reading clerk. Both nom- ,
Inmh were elected unanimously. Sen- (
ator Molver of Chesterfield nominated |
Rev. Waltei I. Herbert for chaplain, ,
Senator O. M. Davis of Clarendon
nominated Rev. W. J. Snyder and ,
Senator Blouse of Newberry nominated
Rev N. A. llamrlck of Lexington. f
Rev. Mr. Herbert received 24 votes,
Rev. Mr. Snyder 8 and Rev. Mr. ,
llamrlck 4. Mr. E. S.j Dingle of ,
Charleston was reappointed asdstant j
clerk and Mr. Augustus M. Deal of
Richland was appointed bill clerk.
The presldii g ( die. r announced the
following appoint met ts: Doorkeepers,
J. F. Hobo, W. K. Evans; pag(8, E.
V. Cullunri and W. H. Johnson; lalorers,
Jack Presslyand Albert Nance.
President Sloan made a brief but
heartfelt add re. s In which he er pressed
pleasure at being once more witn
the senators. Ills speech was couched
in fine language and delivered with
good effect.
After Lieut. Gov. Sloan had declared
the senate ready for the transaction
of business, Senator Manning
of Sumter expressed In fitting words
his gratification at the trust imposed
in hiinv Ho thanked tiie president
and the senato for the mark of confidence
and begged their indulgence for
any mistakes that lie might make.
He assured them of his intention al
ways for the right a??d felt tb&l they
too oheerished this ideal.
A motion was made by Senator
Bough that a oommlttee of three be
appointed to announce to the governor
that the senate was organized and
ready for business. On this committee
were appointed Senators Hough of
Lancaster,! Johnson fof F'alrtiuld and
Marshall of Richland. Senator Peu
rlfoy of Oollrtou moved that a similar
message be sent the hou.-.e.
Resolutions were Introduced by
Senators Warren of Hampion aud
Raysor of Orangeburg In regard to the
omnibus bills for changes and vacan
dee In oounty offices.
A concurrent resolution was Introduced
by Senator Hlcase of Newberry
to Investigate the conditions and affairs
of the State dispensary. This
resolution provides that a commit'en
of two senators and three members
from the house be appointed to conduct
the Investigation, employing an
aocountant ana stenographer and
having access at all times to the nooks
and the right to su mmon wltnes-.es.
T1 o resolution proposes that the
committee ihould l\ empowered t<>
(The
coi
j otdon, the hous) would he used tonight
for the college celebration and
an Invitation was extended the members
to attend.
On m >tlon of Mr. Gaston the house
then adjourned until noon Thursday.
WKDNBSDAY'B PUOCKBDINQS.
In the house of representatives
Wednesday morning half an hcur was
consumed in reading the roll of mombers
In order to get the names c irrcct.
There were few alterations, but the
member from "Anderson" ocunty
asked that bis name be recorded &s
"Joshuay W. Ashley" Instead of "J.
the regu'ar rate of pay f r witnesses
in Richland county. It is a s3 empow^^d
with power tj c m ml t for
contempt of ciu't. Toe comajlttee
is, If possible, to makon report Ix f ?re
February l and ti e expenses shall be
charged to the dlspcnsaiy, to hi paid
by ti'e commissioner. i
Thin was referred to the committee
on d'spenaary, and finim dlately afterwards
Scnat< r II' ugh rept rt d that
tiie governor would present bis mesago.
Col. J. E N Kin oit, Gjv. II ?yward'w
private secretary, appeared
with tiie messag; which was theu
read. Wltii it was a special message
calling the scnaU rs' att ntion t > the
various reports already out, and commenting
on the prompt less with
which thev had been dellve ed.
Senator ltaysor introduced a bill
sailing for compulsory ( due;.tlon of at
12 weeks per annum. S natoi Brown
Introduced a bill to reduce tobacco
3harg?s and Senator VnnKolnilz two
hills relating to the liability of stocklioldeis,
both of hanks an 1 of othi r
jnterprlses Senator Voa Koln.tz
ilso intrt duced a Joint res lutlon to
illow the Charleston Light and Water
I'ower company to erect a permanent
dam across Goose Creek.
The recommendations for committee
appointments wore then read
uid adopted. The clerk of the house
ippeared to unnounce that rJiat body
lad been o'ganized and was reuly for
>usineis. Senator ltaysor moved ad
purnmenb.
VT KDN K8DA Y 8 PHOCERDINQ3.
South Carolina's house of lords, tiie
innate, took but a bare 20 minutes
Wednesday to dispatch Its business.
Senator Marshall of Richland introluccd
a hill to perpetuate the charter
>t the South Carolina Historical assoil
at ion. This bill also provides a
oora In the State house where the
valuable records may bo kept and an
ippropriauon or ?i,200.
Senator M&uldin of Greenville introduced
a Joint resolution to have
die governor appoint a committee to
nvtstigate tho tinanolal affairs (f
Jreenville county.
Senator lilake of Abbeville Introluced
a bill to allow Augustine T
Smyihe, Patrick Calhoun and Gamrllle
Heale to dam the Savannxh river
it Trotter's shoals In Abbeville county
for the purpose of Installing a
)ower plant.
President Sloan announced these
ippuintments: Pete Sanders, door
(eepor; N. O. Pyles, mall carrier;
\ndrcw Crawford, Jr., secretary to
die president; Abe Poster, laborer.
THE IIOV8E MEETS.
The house of representatives was
jailed to order by the clerk of the last
iouho, OjI. Tom C. Hammer, at 12
I'clock Tuesday, Jan. 10. Mr. George
E. Prince of Anderson Immediately
lomlnated Mr. Altamont Moses of
Sumter as chairman during the org m
zatlon. This nomination was secondid
by Mr. Peamguard Mr. Mo es was
ilectrd by accl.im it'.on. lie was esjorted
to the ci air bv Messrs Prince,
11 hi gua-d and P rd au i l.l o oatii
*\?s admiolnter d by tin chrk.
PSa - ? ? i - - -
ii v v/i iiv i uj(ii i it I ill. Ull'Jld I Dill I. 10
irst duty was the swim in: in of the
lew members. The delegations came
'orward as they were cailoo in their
Bph.ibetlcal o der, preuen.cd their
jrtdeniials to Ltie series it-nt-arras of
jhe last house and were t worn in
A quorum beln# present, the house
procteded to form permanent or^anl
ution aiid entered upon the election
?f a speaker. Mr. B. A. Morgan of
Greenville nominated Mr. Mendel L
Smith of K< rshaw in an appropriate
ind euh fistic speech. The nnininatl* n
*as seconded by Mr. J. (1. Richaid^,
Jr., of Ke shaw, Mr. Ilugor Sinkler
jf Charleston, Mr. 1) O. Herbert of
Jrangeburg, Mr. Prince of Anderson,
Mr. I). D. MoOal), Jr., of Marlboro,
Mr. J. R. Beamguard of Yo k Mr. C.
S. Ford of Falrtiold, Mr. H. W. Fustcr
pf Lancaster, Mr. P. B. Allison of
Greenwood, Mr. R T. La title of Bamberg,
Mr. S. W DcVore of E Icefield
and Mr. L. W. Haskell of Richland,
who moved that the nomlt atlons be
sh sed.
Messrs. D. O Herbert, J. R Beam
tfuard and (J. S. Ford were appointed
tellers and Mr. Smith was duly declared
elected, receiving LIU votes out
of a total of 119. Messrs. B. A Morgan,
Gaston and Nichols n wjre ap
pointed a committee to it form Mr.
Smith, who thanked too home for
their expression of conli ieoce In him
by reelection.
The nominations for clerk cams
next. Mr. D. I). MtColl, Jr., nominal
ed Mr. T. G. Ilamer of Marlboro. The
nomination was seconded by Messrs.
Brice, Richards, DesChamps, Trlbble,
Herbert and Latlttc. Messrs. Whaley,
Fraser and Bruce were appointed
leuers, ana Mr. 1 lamer, after roll call,
was declared elected. Tins Is his
fourth term as clerk.
The other elections proceoded rapIdly.
Mr. W. P. Pollock nominated
Mr. J. S. Wilson of Lancaster as serjeant-at-arms.
Mr. Wilson's nomination
was seconded by Messrs. llamel,
E1 wards. Ashley and Hawllnson.
There was no opposition and Mr.
Wilson was reelected and duly sworn.
On motion of Mr. Otts the rules of
the last house were adopted as the
rules for the present house, and 600
copies of the rules wcie ordered printed
.
Mr. J. B. Watson of Anderson ncurinated
Mr. J. S. Withers of Chester us
reading clerk. Messrs. Bruce, Gaston
and Whaley seconded Mr. Withers'
nomination and lie was < lrcted.
Rev. It. N Pratt of Columbia was
nominated as chaplain by Mr. Moses
and elected. Mr. Eraser raised a point
of / ^r that the chaplain not being a
reg ' Jt tfllcesof the house could l>e
elected by aerialmatlon. The motion
was marie 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 the motion was
withdrawn.
Mr. R'ohards then moved that a
committee of threo be appointed to
notify the governor of the organizing
of the house. Me^rs. Richards, Moses
and Sinkler were appointed.
In the allotment* of scats, Oconee
and Orangeburg wtre the two first
names drawn from the bat and both
del-gatlorH received choice seats nenr
the oeatre aide.
W." The governor's message was received
and read. This occupied quite
a lot of time also, and there was little
else done Wednesday.*
Mr. J' seph Glover of Beaufort presented
himself before the bar of the
house and took the catb of otllce.
Oa motion of Mr. Altam ?nt Moses
the parts of the governor's rms.age
were referred to the committees to
which they properly belonged.
Speaker Smith did not announce
the names of the members of the various
committees or the names of the
attaches in the hall, but will probably
do so Thursiay.
Among the hills to Introduced In
the house will b? one to create Calhoun
county; a bill by Mr. D. O. Herbert
to put banks under tbe same
regulations for taxation as textile
mills and cotton seed oil mills.
The following bills were presented
Tuesday:
Mr Sinkler?To tlx the liability of
st(Ckholders In banks.
Mr. Nash?To further provide for
the creation of the State Historical
Ass( elation.
Mr. McColl?To regulate the salaries
of c -urt stenographers.
Mr. Kershaw?To promote the attendance
of children upon public
schools.
Mr. Toole?To reduce the number
of hours of a day's work In a cotton
mill from 11 to 10 hours.
Mr. Kershaw?To amend the act
fixing warehouse charges on tobacco.
Mr. Whaley?A bill to authorize
the Charleston Light and Power company
to construot a permanent dam
across Goose Creek in Berkeley County
THUHSDAY'S mOCKKDINOS.
The house of representatives got
down to work Thursday. Quite a
num'.or of bills were Introduced. A
number of concurrent resolutions
were also submit ted. Citizen Ashley
offered a concurrent resolution to adJ
iurn sine die February 11th.
When the motion of Mr. Frascr of
Sumter to change rule 1 of the house,
to have the house stand adjourned
at 12 o'clock on Siturday till 12
o'clock on the following Monday was
read Mr. Ashley at once opposed it.
Ho wanted the m< in hers to btay In
Columbia and attend to their work.
The loss of time was expensive to the
State. Mr. Morgan^ of Greenville
asked to have the resolution r\
aKain. Mr. Eraser then explained
the motive for tiie change. As for
himself, lie said, he had a >t lost more
i Iran half an hour from legislative
time since lie had bien a member of
he house, but it< was a notable fact,
liit much time was lost both in discussions
on Saturday morning as to
whether or not the house should adj
mm and then en Tues 's.y wiien of
ten times business had to be done
over attain. The resolution was carried
by a vote Of 93 to 23
A RUSH TO DHPoTlT
Cnuaort * Ilun on ft Hank In tho Oily
of Now York.
At New York three p dlceman and
two Hebrew woucen were injured in a
run on the State bank in Grand street
In the heart of the busln ss s ctlon of
East Side Wednesday. The run was
attended by some sensational incidents.
The 5,000 persons crowded
about the bank became si insistent
that they broke down an iron raihntt
around a llg'it well in front of the
bulldlntt, and it was only by desperate
clubblntt on the part of the police that
the excited and unruly mob was prevented
from frv.nint* i?
...? ujuu/ vi un number
Into it. The p illcemen and wo
men were hurt at that point.
The cause of the run was as extraordinary
as ttie frenzied character of
the run ltsilf. Oa Tue-*day there
wis a rush of depositors to net thtir
money into the bank in time to begin
to draw Interest at or.ee, and the long
'ine of waiting depositors convinced
tire excitable Hebrews thatw methlng
was wrong with the Institution. Five
hundred persons waited in front of
the building all Tuesday night and
thtir number quickly swelled to
5,000 when the bank opened Wednesday
tlrough not all of that number
were depositors.
The bank which has deposits of
$10 500,000 and a cash reserve of $4,
000,000, arid which Cashier A. Voorhls
said, earned 244 per cent, profits
last year, sent down street for mor ey
early Wednesday and $250,000 was
brought by the wagon load, largely in
specie. At the sight of money those
waiting became only more impatient
to get at it. The hank < fll jials paid I
off as fast as the operation could be
conducted. In all the bank paid out
Wednesday $55,000 and received In
deposits $440,000.
/in ningine Kxplodod.
At Crcston two men were blown to
Instant death by the explosion of a big
Frio locomotive there early Wcdre^dny
morning. A third man was seriously
hurt and the engine was demolished,
the trucks being the only
part remaining on the track. The
dead are: Fred Keller, engineer, and
Chas. SkeVrlck, fireman. Frank Newman,
of Elmlra, N. Y., a travelling
fireman, was seriously injured and is
now at the hospital at Akron. It is
said that the injector failed to work.
The engine was drawing east-bound
Wells-Fargo express.
A Liarjf*) ft'tovr.
The largest plow in the world is
owned by Richard Qird of San Bernardino
county, Cal. This Immense
agricultural machine stands 18 feet
high and weighs 36.000 pounds, it
i runs by steam, Is provided with 12
i 12-inch plowshares, and Is capable ot
plowing fifty aores of land a day. It
consumes from one t<o one and onehalf
tons of coal a day, and usually
travel at the rate of lour miles an
Ston
s WAY, S. C., THUI
AN IMPORTANT BILL
K New Dispensary Law Proposed
by Fenator Bayior.
It la naaed on thn Llnei Bnggtited
by UoToruor Heyward In
Ilia Mriugc.
The rao3t Important event in the
State Senate on Thursday was the Introduction
of a hill by Senator Ravsor
to amend the Dispensary Law in some
very important particulars. The bill
f iIIowh the reoommeudatiois of Gov
IleyAard in his message, except that
it gives ti^ 'ernor the power to
app jinl the Slate li >ard of Control.
The bill provides that a board coil
slating of three mambors, to be kuo<vn
as the board c?f directors of the state
dt.pensary, is hereby established,
whose duties and nnwora *hs?ll ham.
aftor be defined. The members of
said board shall be men of good moral
character, not addicted to the u>?e of
Intoxicating liquors as a beverage,
an l shal bo appointed by the governor.
The term of oflloo of said board
shall be two years, uulej.8 sooner removed
by the governor; they shall
qualify and be com missioned as other
siate officers. In the event of a va
caucy by death, resignation or otherwise,
such vacancy shall be fill, d by
the governor. Each member shall receive
for his servloes fifteen hundred
dollars, payable In monthly Installments,
aod shall give bond for the
faithful dischargo of duty In the Rum
of $10,000. The board shall make all
rules and regulations, not Inconsistent
with law, for the government of the
dispensary. Members of the toard
cannot run for any other office, and
the present board Is to continue for
the terras to which they were eleobed.
The board sha 1 have general supervision
over all county dtsponsirlos,
and shall see that all restricting laws
and regulations are strictly enforced.
They shall m et onoe a week at tholr
office In Columbia.
A dispensary commissioner shall be
elected by the legislature for a term
Of uwo years, and to rcoelvo a salary
of # f,000. The governor shall have
the right at any time to suspend such
commissioner foreau e which he shall
consider sufficient, until the next ses
slon of the general assembly. The
governor shall appoint a suocessor In
the interim and shall report to the
legislature his reason for his actions
and in case the legislature sustain,
the reasons, It shall elcot a successor.
The commissioner shall within thlrtv
days after the first of March, 1905,
and thereafter quarterly, advortlse In
two or more dally papers of this state
and one without It for bids to bo made
to furnish liquor for the quarter. 8uch
bids sba'.l bo sealed In an envelope,
with seal of the company, firm or cor
poratlon, and so sealed sba'l be ex
pressed to the state treasurer. Only
one bid shall be made by any one,
whlc t shall hate the quality,price and
cm n icai analysis and accompanying
the bids s ii.ll be a sample of each sort
of llqu ir, containing not trore than
01 e half pint, to be delivered to tho
dispensary commissioner. Tho bids
*hall be kept by tho treasurer who
must not himself inspect thorn or allow
any one else to do so. The bids
shall lie delivered to the commissioner
and opened by him at a meeting of
the board In public and shall keep a
record of such bids.
lie may reject all bids and advertise
for moro. He shall purchase all
l:q iors, and if the purchase does not
come up to s.mple'the seller shall forfeit
the value. The contract shall
i e awarded to the lowest bidder, not
for any specified amount, but for such
quantities as may be actually required
to till orders received fiom o >unty dispensers,
approved by county boards of
control. He shall make quarterly
reports to the state board of directors
of the amounts contracted for, lnc'udlng
brands, grades and prices,
with the names of sellers, during the
previous quarter, whioh rep-rt tho
state b >ard shall have published in at
least two dally papers of tho state.
The tlscal year shall end November
30. The g ?vernor shall appoint not
later than Dec. 15 two expert ac
couutants to examine tho books. The
c uintv boards shall be appointed by
the s ate hoard, two by and with the
consent of county delegations, and
the third on the recommendation of
mayors and intendants. They are to
hold otllce two years. The county
board shall aDDrovo all order* for
liquors sent the commissioner by
c unty dispensers, and shall fllo with
the commissioner, thirty days before
he advertises for bids, a list of liquors
needed in the dispensaries, including
brands, grades and amounts required.
C. unty boards shall elect dispensers,
and no one shall be elected dispenser
or clerk who Is related within the
sixth degree by blood or marriage to
any member of the state board, the
commissioner or member of the oounty
board.
Mlays Woman Who Refused Cash.
Marie Deasantl, 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 feet were tied and she
appears to have been strangled to
death. A few days ago she had informed
neighbors that she had recelvi
d a letter from the Blaok Hand
Society demanding $200 under penalty
of death. A man is said to have
visited her room Tuesday night, and
evidence of drinking was found Wednesday.
The woman had been reported
to have about $2,000, and it
was said that she was to return to
Italy shortly.
Required To Wear Uniforms.
The new order of the treasury department
relating to the wearing of
uniforms applies to the Charleston
cuit< m house and the inspectors,
watchmen, weighers, gaugers, boarding
ofllcers and other officials on outside
service, will ion the regulation
blue uniforms, brass buttons, badge
and caps, beginning cn May 1. The
officials have not heretofore worn uniforms
and they are not highly pleased
with the oTder which mo.tns the ex
pet dlru e of their money, but they
have to comply, of course, with the
1 i
ISDAY, JANUARY
A BIG SHORTACE
In the Finances of Greenville
County.
A BALANCE OF $1,352
Is Due the County by Ex-Tressurer 0.
Lawrence Walker." Senator Mauldin's
Commission Will Fully
Ventilate Entire Affa.rs of
Greenville County.
The revelations that will lu a few
days be made In the 1< glslaturo relative
to the tlnancial conditions of
Greenville county will oroate a s :nHa
tton In the upper part of the state,
but the results will not bj a profound
surprise to those familiar with the
loose business methods that are possible
aud often prevail with record to
county government matters under the
present laws. The affair will ho ful
ly aired under Senator Muddle's ro
solution calling for the appoi,Vment
of a commission to Investigate, when
a correspondent asked him about
the matter Comptroller General
Jones, who was directed by the last
legislature to Investigate the situation,
referred to advance sheets of his
report to the present legislature, in
whloh he says:
"The moager appropriation, 1500,
for making investigations was totally
i.iauotjiiaio i/u oouunue wie investigations
reported as necessary In my last
rt port. However, I felt It my duty
to the taxpayers of Greenville county,
together with the demand of the extreasurer,
to proceed with the Inves
ligation. I sent Mr. B B. Wilson,
ohlef clerk of this office, and Col.
I). H. Wise, of Aiken, with Instructions
to make a thorough Investigation
of tho county's financial alTalrs. Their
report shows a startling condition
existing. It appears from the report
that ex-treasurer G. Lawrence Walker
Is due a balance Of $2 352. The bonded
Indebtedness of the county was
found to be $104,600.[^Outstanding
notes countersigned hv the treasurer
and charged to him $94,712 34. The
floating Indebtedness consisting of
notes for money borrowed, $38,800.
Outstanding claims $25,012 08. The
floating debt Is fully lt< m zed In the
county supervisor's statement which
is made a part of this rep >rt. It Is
thas seen that the total floating Indebtedness
according to the c iunty
supervisor, Is $63,812 08, although the
exact amount Is not definitely known,
and It will be necessary In order to
arrive at the exact floating debt of
Gre<uvlUco untv to advertise for all
claims to be iiied by some certain
date or be baried. The total debt of
Grterivlll" e county at tho date of the
invest'gailon as al>ove set forth, appears
to l.e $313,024 42
"It appears from tho Investigation
relative to tho supervisor's report that
the sum of $38,200 has been borrowed
and expended In violation of law, and
It appears as If the lenders of this
money wero avare of tills violation.
from the statuto authorizing Greenville
county to borrow funds.
"Not one of these notes designated
as floating Indebtedness has been
counter-signed by the treasurer, as required
In section 819, nor one dollar
of this 138,800 was paid Into the county
treasury to be disbursed according
to law. In in / opinion none of these
notes are a ^lld debt against the
county and cannot he paid until some
action Is t>-ken by yuur honorable body
to validate the samo. In this investigation
It appears that the late master
of Greenville county held some $13,000
In olalms cgalost the county. Ills
suooessor, I understand, has turned
these olaltrs over to the county supervisor,
I am unable to say what was
the consideration for these claims.
None of this floating Indebtedness
whloh Includes this borrowed monev,
appears upon the county superv s<>r's
books, and no record could be found
showing any entry of this floating lndehtness.
"It will oe further noted that the
oounty trea urer'H cish hooks and
some other books of record, ooverlng
the expenditures and receipts of the
dispensary, fees from clerk of court,
fines and licenses and other sources of
revenue other than taxes, have disap
peared.
He Mum tlang.
The Virginia Supreme C -urt of ap
peals refused a writ of error In the
oase of ex-Mayor McOueof Charlottesville,
convloted of wife murder and
sentenced to hang the 20th of this
month. A Charlottesville special
says that when the news of the action
of supreme court In denying a writ of
error was conveyed to McCue he lost
his nerve and fainted. McCue was
removed from his cell to the steel
cage 1" the Jill. He insisted upon
talcing bis pers >nal effects In his new
quarters, but was not permitted to
transfer any of his papers except his
will. After being searched McOue
said: "I am not going to commit
suicide. I will not snuff out this
brief time of life left me, for It is
only a matter of time anyhow and If 1
did oommlt suicide I could not meet
my darling wife In heaven."
Takes His Own Life.
A dispatch from Durham, N. (J.,
says Friday morning while kneeling
in the attitude of prayer Dr. Albert
Q. Oarr killed himself with a pistol.
He had been in falling health for
some time, suffering from insomnia
Thursday night he retired without
eating supper and as usual awoke
early Friday morning. It had been
hit cust m to awake hit sen, William
Carr, who Is superintendent of the
Durham hosiery mill, early every
morning. Snortly after this the shot
wus fired. About an hour after the
absence of his son Dr. Carr was found
as before stated. He was one of the
b st known physicians In the .Stale
and aside fr m h s promt fence in his
profusion, he was a very wealthy
mm. He oirrie;l about 150,000 Inliurancfl
en uu life.
mill.
19, 1905.
LEAD THE STATE.
Orangeburg and Anderson Counties
Come Fir* in 8outh Carolina.
Sftornl Texas Counties lUlso and
Markit Big Crops of Good
Cotton.
Orangoburg aud Andcrsoi counties
are the largest cotton producing
counties In South Carolina and their
yield of tho fleecy staple ranks them
well In tho standing of the counties
In the cotton belt
Charleston gets but little of Anderson's
cotton but a goodly part of tlx
yield of Orangeburg, the former cotton
being used very generally bv the
mills in the upper sectiou of S ut!
Carolina aud Charleston's participation
in the profits of the second larg.
est growing cotton county comes in
when the dividends are declared on
the stock of the mills in which there
Is much ChArlf mnnni.
For a long time, says The Ar.d, rson
Mai), it has been known that Ander
on county produces a very heavv
yield of cotton, but vory few peoph
bavo taken tho trouble to ascertain
her exact standing among the cottonproducing
counties of the Southern
States, from the latest absolute oill
ctal figures, those of the season 1903 04.
the following facts are learned:
Anderson's county yield entitles her
to twenty-second place in tho list of
all the counties In tho Cotton Bell
and to second place In South Carolina.
Orangeburg alone stands above her In
tills State, with a lead for the season
of 3,397 bales. Anderson's yield In
1903 whs 43,397 bales. An 'erson s
yield In 1904 was 43,657 bilos. O.ily
seven counties east of the Mississippi
produced more cotton, one of thes
b-ing Orangeburg county, South Carolina.
West of the Mls-lsslppl more
o >tton was produced by 12 counties In
Texas and one county each In Louisiana,
Indian Territory and Oklahoma
Territory. Ellis county, Texas, leads
the whole Cotton Belt with the enormous
production of 107.612 bales In
one season.
According to the rep ots of the
United States Census Bureau, Anderson
county stood still .higher in
1893-94. Only seven counties t ast of
the Mississippi produced more cotton
than Anderson, Orangeburg county,
South Carolina being one, and the
other six being in Mississippi,and only
13 ountles west of the Mississippi grew
more. Two of three were In Western
Louisiana and eleven in Texas. Anderson
county stood twenty-first in
the list of all the cotton-producing
counties.
Tho average yield per acre Is said
to he 42 100 of a bale. Therefore on
uuo esumateo acreage this year of
32 000,000 acres, wo would have a
yield of 13,440,000 bales of cotton,
while the largest crop In previous
years was 11,208,000 bales In 1808 '00.
This is, of ooiu&e, estlmating that
the average yield Is 42 100 of a bale I
to the acre, and thai 32,000,000 acre*,
were planted in o >tton last year.
Only herun Mftveil,
Seven survivors of the ill-fated Norwegian
ship M&rprsla, which whs
wrecked at sea on Christmas day by
an explosion of naphtha resulting in
the deal h of oleven members of |jer
crew, have arrived at Now York on
the ste&ner Trinidad from Bermuda
They had been rescued by the Danish
steamer Gallia and were landed at
Bermuda by the Gallia which was
bound from llamtugfor Savannah.
The Marpisla sailed from New York
for Cette, France, on December 9
with a cargo of naptha, and cooountered
gale after gale, which were safe
ly weathered until December 17, when
tho ship was battered and knocked
about In a merciless manner. Cases
of naptha soon gave way and In a little
while freed naphtha was floating
on top of the water in the hold. By
Christmas day the ^larpesia was a
loaded bomb needing only the slight
est spark to blow the whole structure
to atoms, liow sparks reac led tiic
highly charged hold never will be
known, but certalnlv there came a
terrific report and In a moment the
the entire ship was wrapped in flames.
Seven of the eighteen men op
board who had not been caught In the
tlrst burst threw themselves into the
sea and were rescued by the Gallia
which ohanccd to be in the vicinity.
niooiiHniner Kllln <>ftlo?r.
Johq Carver, a mcirbsr of a posse
<if revenue officers In charge of Capt.
Kit Spears of the raiding force, was
shot and Instantly killed In Cocke
county, Tennessee, Wednesday morn
tng 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, one of the owners, whilo he
was at work in the distillery. Carver
aud O.icar Hopkins, another posse
man, wore sent to the home of Wm.
N. Iirown, a partner In the still, to
arrest him. Brown refused to admit
the officers but InAtead shot over
the door of his log cabin home, killing
Carver Instantly. The full charge of
buckshot entered Carver's breast, tearing
out his heart. Brown escaped
Price was carried to Newport, Tenn.,
and Jailed there. This is the tirst
death on a revenue raid In this section
since Sheriff Dosser of Cocke county
was killed about 4 years ago, within
400 yards of where Wednesday's
tragedy occurred.
Killed His Wire.
A special from Newnan, Ga., says
that ,F. M. Alums shot and alj
most instantly killed his wife there
Wednesday. He attempted suicide scon
afterwards, hut was prevented from
ending nls own life. There Is considerable
excitement over the occurrence.
Jealousy on the part of Alums towards
his wife and the fact that she
would not live with him are supposed
to have been the causes of the
tragedy.
Great Gift To Ohurch.
Levi P. Morton, former Vice Pros'dent
of the United States and Governor
of New York, Is the giver of 1600,
000 to the fund for the completion of
the cathedral of St John the Dcvine
In New York City. The gift was anannouuetd
isst week, but Mr. Morton'!
name was withheld until now.
IDIOTS BURN COTTON
This Ii What 8eL?tor TillmaH Btyi
About It.
Hi Sij? Sensible Farmers In the
South Aro Holding Their Cot'
ton for Hotter I'rlcrs.
In a letter to the Atlanta Journal
Senator Tillman says tlie news from
tho South that there la serious
talk among the cotton planters of
burning a cart of the last cott >n crop,
is startling. In answer to your letter
asking me to comment on the situation,
1 will say that 1 see no necessity
to burn, aud I will brhfly give- my
reasons.
The law of supply and demand Is
not at work now In regard to thh
staple. During the last 12 month*
'here has been the most startling rise
in price of cotton, followed by tin
most unexampled fall In the history
?f the commodity. From 17 12 cents
in February to 0 1 2 In December,
breaks the record In the cotton market.
speculation Is at the bottom of the
fall, Just as It was behind the phe
ci imonal rise. Tnere was no good reason
for cotton ever going to 17 1-2
and thero Is absolutely no reason now
for cotton to bo selling at 6 1-2 cents.
That there Is a large crop, probably
-he largest In the history of the
staple, Is no longer disputed, but the
Aorld needs cvory bale of It.
A short while ag i the papers were
tilled with dark forebodings of the disasters
threatened to commeroe and
the manuf icturing industries from
the shortage of cotton. The English,
Gernrau and French spinners were
looking about throughout the colonial
po*se->slous of those countrias for
nultable land to grow cotton to supply
the shortage in the American orop.
Now the price of American cott >n
has run below the cost of production
nd many silly people In the south are
talking of burning It The world needs
<11 of me cotton that has been grown
this year, and needs It at a fair price
ti the producer?say 8 1-2 cents?
vhich leaves a small margin for protit.
A 10,000,000 bale crop, such as we
grew last year, ought to bring 12
ents, and mo*t of that crop sold for
that or above. Twelve millions or 12,
500,000, which 1 consider to be the
maximum yield this season, ought not
| A OAU T?A1/N <? O
tu wii uoiuv* o UCIHH.
Sensible farmers In the south are
holding their cotton. It costs too
much to burn It There is no
guarantee that there will bo a large
crop In 1905, and tho cotton world
was never so bare of cotton in Its history
as it was the 11 rat of last September.
I predict that cotton will go baok
to 8 1-2 cents Inside of 90 days, and
there will be a million bales that will
not come to the market even at that
price. There Is absolutely no need for
panic anywhere, and none but Idiots
will burn cotton. The southern planters
are In a better condition financial- |
ly than they have ever been within my
recolleotlon. Wo have had a good pr.oe
for coti-on the last twj crops. Mos'
men are out of debt and have money
lu the bank.
At least half of the cotton which
has not yit gone to market Is held by
men who are absolutely Independent
and need not sell at all if they do not
wish to do so. Deduct, then 1,500,000
or 2,000,000 bales from tho last crop
t,? ?> ?* ? -
uv, uc Mincu u*ur unless me price
suits and It will be seen that the law
of '"supply and demand" will go Into
force between now and next summer.
Tne cotton will not go into sight at
the present price, and I know of no
means to make men sell who do not.
want 4to and who are not obli"??d to.
1 will say In conclusion that there
will bo very little burned and un'ess
the price raises between now and
April, there will be a large fall off in
the acreage of the next orop.
There Is nothing to be alarmed
about, and tho country will j>g along
in the ordinary way after the present
Horry passes off.
Tim MouiiItIIIo Killing.
Sheriff T. J. Duckett of Laurens
Friday wrote Gov. Hey ward an official
communication in regard to the killing
nt Dan Fuller at Mountville about
the middle of December. The negroe s
dead body was t> und in the oabln
where he had lived alone. The murder
ia i been committed several days before
It was discovered. Mr. Fuller, the
lutendent of the town, offered a reward
to the arrest of the parties who
committed the crime and asked Gov.
Heyward to snpplement this. Gov.
Heyward was on the point of offering
a reward when he received informa1
n that live negroes had been arrested
by tho Snerlff's deputies.
Will ttnvn No HufT.
There will be no "Sunburst Colonels"'
under Governor Charles 8.
Deruen t f Illinois. Tho glory of shining
In gold lace and of wearing long
swords is to be denied to thn*?
martial iDHtlnots and social ambitions
hitherto have led them to seek places
on the governor's staff. There will be
no staff. Such is the news given out
at Sprlcgtleld. Governor Deneen said
that i e intended to get aloi g without
a stall, lie said he could not find in
the statutes any provision for their
a* poliitujent, nor could he find any
special use for their presence.
Vandals at Work.
A dispatch from Washington says
an unsuccessful attempt was made by
one or more civilians to blow up tie
statue (f Frederick the Great, recent>
ly presented by the Emperor of Ger>
many, and now standing in the war
ooliego grounds. A charge of explosives
with a lighted fuse was attached
to the fence surrounding the statue
but was removed by an employee be
fore it exploded. Mo damage resulted.
The perpetrators escaped.
ltussiaii Military Tragedy.
The Berliner Zeltung reports a fatal
clash between reservists and the local
garrison at Smolensk, Russia. Three
thousand reservists, the paper says,
stopped at Smolensk. They rah
amuck rioted and plundered and the
governor ordered the local garrison
i out, wiio tired into the resurvists.
rue colonel aid live of his junior
i <>ni r - of the reservists, tuiolded out
of shame.
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NO. 41.
DREW LOTS
I
To Decide Who Should be Killed
to Save Others.
A TALE OF THE SEA.
Tn? Americas Dredge Texas Foundered
at Sea in Storm. Twcsly-Ose
of the Crew was Drowned,
and for Six Days the
Surv^ jrs were Witb%
out Food.
A dispatch from Waterford, Ireland,
says the steamer Zeuo arrived
tl.ere on Wednesday with the captain
and 12 men of the American steam
diedger Texas from Dantzto, via
Southhampton December 12, for Galveston,
whloh foundered In a storm off
the Hebrides. The crew entered the
sroall boats but one containing the.
chief officers and 21 mm sank immediately
and all its occupants were
drowned. The survivors drifted
for several days before being picked
up.
The survivors who suffered terribly
from oold and hunger say that Just
prior to sighting the Zeno they had
drawn lots to decide which should bo
l.lll.. J a
I Miieii to provide rood for tlie rest.
I rho Tex^s foundered at midnight
i Christmas eve. Tbree of her boats
were launched tut two of them were
swamped. The third, with the survivors,
drifted 14 days, the last, six of
whloh they were absolutely without
food or water.
Oue of the men died from exposure.
The remaining 12 suffered terribly
and drank sea water, the result being
that their bodies are covered with
bolls. The gale and rain continued
and one of the castaways became Insane.
The others were hysterical
and almost demented when rescued
by the brlgantlne Mercedes, which
transferred them to t he Z no. Capt.
Pinnott, who belongs In Galveston,
says they drifted 500 miles from the
scene of the disaster, 280 miles northeast
of the Azores. He succeeded In
restraining the men from cannibalism.
PERSIA P*Y3 UP.
The Widow of ? Murdered Mlsnfoiiary
Oretn H andnomo Sum.
.
Jn March 13 last the department
of state received news by cable of the
murder of the Rev. Her Jan in W.
Labaree, an American rai.'islonary,
near Ouroumin, In Persia, bj a gar g
of frantic Kurds. A demand v/as immediately
made for lbe arrest at d
trial of the murderers, whose leadir^??
Seyd Mir Chafar, was looked upon as
a lineal descendant of the prophet.
This circumstance and the fear of
arousing disturbances obviously interferred
with prompt and ? ffloient action
on the part of the looil authorities.
'
The most pressing, and earnest representations
of the 'American legation
at Teheran remained fruitless
u nil October 12, when the United 4
States minister was instinoted by
ot.ble to make known to the government
of the shah the president's concorn
in the adequate punishment of
ail the criminals and of his Invention
to lay the muter b b.ro congress,
with appropr.alo recommendations
11 compliance with ills demands for
full Justice were further delayed.
The murderers were thereupon arrested,
but the Persian government,
holding the life of a descendeot of the
prophet sacred, elf red a pecuniary indemnity
In lieu of the death penalty
tor mir unarer and promised the execution
of his aoccmplices. After consultation
with the widow of the Rev.
Mr. L ibirec, the oiler was accepted,
a ad an lndemnlyt of 430,000-greatly
lit excess of the sum named hy the
widow?was paid to the American le- .
gallon on January 3. Solemn a-isura
ace has been given that the accom-^a
pi Ices would recelvo effective and;-j
swift punishment and that no speolaT
ttx would bo levied on Christians In
tae province to recover the amount of Tqj
the indemnity.
Hot ec Hotrod.
The Charleston Post says Constable '
B&teman with a squad of assistants
held up a wagon of liquor Tuesday ^
morning at about 11.46 on Meeting
street, Just In front of the fireproof
building, and oreated noire diversion
for bystanders by the capture of
booze which was being hauled through
the streets of the city for parts unknown.
The wagon and the white
man in charge were driven iff to
headquarters by the constables, and
the negro driver was chased for soma
distance down Chalmers street, and
then left to finish the race unpursued. ' ^
There were two barrels and a box of
of ' stuff" seiz :d by the c mstables.
I??l Not lnt< rt'oro.
Senator Porkins of California tells
a story of a scene in a court room oh
the coast where a man arrested for *|9
robbery vehemently asserted his lnno- Mm
oence, even after he had been convict- '
ed by a jury. "May the Almighty
Btrlke me dead on this spot if 1 am
not innocent!" ho shouted. "The j#.
judge waited for a minute or two. jm\
I'hen he said: "Well, prisoner, &gj||
Providence has not interfered I
take a baud and sentence you tqjgt
three years hard labor."
3B
Snlotde of Kalier'w Dentist. J
Doctor Sylvester, the AmeS
dentist of the kaiser, who BUlu^Hjp
la) in stale at his home iu BlH iU
Germany, hundreds tiling past ^
the remains, widclt will t>e cremlftvanMM?
at Hamburg Saturday. It is rtporjnr|g|^gH
that after the s ii. i .e the hoiy '41 flj
left unwashed and unheeded so/era1H
This has caussd .great. fl
Nation. Dr. .Sylv;.s er was not pJH H
p jhlneni sou all) and ma ie uu uuirtfl ffl
dereeri