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p Wets H ^rjLfhe Cotton tJjjLaurin. jllA * UMi LlTTl/t FAITH In Reduction of Acreage. He Con* tends that all the Cotton the South can Produce May be '.Sold at Good Prices by Enlarg* ing Our Trade. To the Ed tor of The News and Courier: The drop'Jn the price ol cotton Is exciting all over the South, and & Convenlon has been called In Ntw Orleans to consider questions re latlng to the cotton Industry. 1 havr seon many remedies proposed for over production, but have beard nothing about under consumption, and hereii lies (in?my opinion) the only p rman' ent solution of the problem. With prrper methods of distribu tlon, there is room for a larKer crop v/i wuvuu vimu i?n? yet teen produced in the South. It is painfully appar ent that burning cotton, reduction ol acreage, etc, are only temporary ixpcdients, and will afford no pcrmam ent relief. Can we find newer aud wider markets for our staple product? That this would be a complete remedy none can doubt, and thai such markets exist none familiar wit) the question will deov. Facing uk on the other s!de of the globe are the teeming millions of China, and It was among them that we found a market f jr our surpluc when the large crops of the late '90k 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 lncreas? In the United States of 32 per cciit, while In South Carol in a the output from our mills ran up from ten to forty million dollars, finding a ready mar ket in China. Indeed demand far ouUtilpped pro ductlon, ard there was a steady ad vancc in the price of sp >t cotton un til the China market was practically nU?A^ U.. * 1 ? At-- * viimcu itj diuuuicn in uiu nisi, anr speculation advanced prices at norm ally, and, icstead of an expanding market with advancing prices, we art In the period of a contractu g market with falling prices. It is evident thai we are facing another era of 1 ?w priced cotton. Can wo take advantage of tho situa tion and create such a widespread de. mand for cotton go ids that low prlc s and over-production will never be heard of again? Cotton is now below the c< st of production, lower by comparison than it has ever been before. Its natural ad vantages are such that if wc do nothing It will take care of itself, as it has in the past, tut by wlsd< m we can hasten the day when the king shall come to tils ownauain, and this. I apprehend, Is the great purpise of a Convention of tire cotton growers. China Is an old country, with the stored wealth of centuries; her people need cur cotton, particularly ti e cheaper fabrics. I heard Minister Wu say once that the'question of olcthlng was one of the greatest problems that c nfionted his people, bub Utile cotton is grown and the methods of manufacture primitive. They depend largely upon silk, and he laughingly added that, so great was the population, that If cotton were used as In other portions of the world, and you cculd get "each Chinaman to add one Inch to tlie length of the tail of his shirt, It would consume the cotton crop of the South." So far we have only touched with our cotton trade one small section in 'Nnrt.h (Ihlnn t.hn r*iv,rt.? iipuhp i-v ceeding twenty-live mlllkn dollars in one year. It may 'seem strange that a pr< lit or loss on an industry amounting to 340,000,000 annually should be affected by the loss of an export demand of $18,000,000 or $20,000,000, but the sceptical have only to refer to the history of the cotton trade for 1901, during the He xor troubles, when exports to China almost ceased to be convinced of the value of our at pr< s ent comparatively small K stern trade. The jear 1904 has demonstrated be yond doubt that in spite of the boll weevil the South can produce a cr< p of cotton far in excess of the demands from present markets, hence necessi ty forces either the curtailment of the crop or tlnding newer and wider markets. No one 'amiliar with present condltlcns believes that without s( mo providential disaster the crop of 1905 will be materially reduced. If the acreage is curtailed better cultivation and the increased use of fertilizer will make up the deficiency. We have the large profits of two well sold crops in mi* hunka and as lomr <is we nan hnv mules and guano wo will makeoofcfcon. The South now has a practical monopoly 111 the production of cotton. This she should keep at all hazard, tind new markets, and make enough cotton to supply the world at fair prices. Keduotion of acreage may do to talk, but resolutions will not reduce it, and I believe that there will be mon In tho Cotton Growers' Convention who will take a more comprehensive view of the situation. Considering that in China alone there is a population of 400,000,000 whoso trade with us per capita is now InQnitestmal compared with what it is bound to develop In the years to come, who will undertake to place a < limit upon the quantity of cotton i goods that the Orient will consume? Trade follows the Hag." "Undc ubt- 1 edly the time was never more favor- ' able for developing new markets; the *ar now in progress seems nearlng an i end. Japan will undoubtedly retain 1 Its position on the mainland of Asia; < Korea and Manchuria will be rapidly I taught Westeien methods, and under the tutelage of Japan the Chinese I Empire will be opened up to com- ] merce as never before. I with Alaska, Guam, Hawaii and I k hiigqjjepplDg I might become, It would In the fulness of the time, bo dwarfed tu Ooraparlson with the Inevitable development aortas the P.,oltlo. I believe that Mr. Sewatd right and that In China there la a market waiting, which will enable us to sell 20.OUO.000 Instead of 10,000,000 bales above ten cents the pound. If we could wi ,11 so little effort develop a market In a locality In North China, It seems to me that It c >uld be done In all accessible portions of the Empire. It ought not to be ditllcult to teach a thrifty piople the superiority of cotton over silk us an article of general wear. It lacherp>r, and the fact that it will wash commends it to a people 30 cleanly la 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 itHervanee. All bublQe>s is done la China under a system of guilds conducted on similar lines to the Federation of Labor In this country, and this fact properly handled has proven a help rather than ] a hindrance to the introduction of vmerlcan g<j?ds in China. You deal , with an oigan'zation instead of lndl viduals. If the cotton burned during | the past weeks had been made iuto ; cloth and sent Into portions of Chit a, ( where Amerlcan go-jo i are unknown, , t would be a far more sensible plan of | reducing the surplus at d making cus , tomers of these silk clad millions In J the Orient. Hut 7.000 miles of ocean roll be- '{ tween us and these cuaikets, It must , he traversed by ships and each day | the di 111 culties In that respect multi- ( plyOur carrying trade is in the bands, not only of our commercial rivals, but | of the nations who consume our raw cotton and are therefore bitterly op posed to assisting any movement where the ultlmctc effect must be to idvance the price of cotton. If the market for gone sis to be extended they will see to Is that It is done under their auspices and then not on %uoh an extensive scale as to make the staple scarce and high. The American merchant llag Is a stranger in the high seas, and will be until uuLgn;ro vunun auuiu iH'.Liun wmuu will enable the American built and ipcraled sh?p to compete with its sun lidiz d fort lgn rival. For jears meas ures to tiiat end have been before Congress, but the demand Iras never come up from the people, because the devcl pxe.it of this continent has heretofore afforded ample sc >pe, but the dajsof our national infancy are gone and we must go out into the markets of the world upcn a footing of equality with the other nations. Upon tire Atlantic our carrying trade is monopol /.id bv enormous foreign st? amshlp lines that are now ircllng the globe with their ships oh at 1 ave K nperors, Kings and nobles for their advocates and sti Crtli riders The nations of Europe rr jolce in the concentration of the weaith of tlieir people in their st amshlp lit es, they are sustained by subsidies from their Government and through tl eir con trol of transportation tliey levy trib ute upon all the peoples of the earth, and upon none docs It rest more heavily than the cotton grower. Less than three per c? nt of our arrying trade with Europe Is In American ships, a trade totally a bil lion and a half annually, two thirds of cur trado with the entire woild. The tirst step in extending and enlarging t ur cotton market must lie transportation facilities. It its asking too much of human nature to < xpect tin so nations which are locking for cheap cotton to develop new mark* ts Cotton manufacturing has been introduced into Japan,but has not fnurlshcd, so I am Informed, because of the Impossibility of yetting thcr.iw cotton. Hut for this I have no d.-ubt that by tins time Japan's cotton factories would be important purchasers of spot cotton. The New Orleans convention consider no question in which the South is more vitally Interested than shipping About J5 per cent of the total exports of the nation are shipped from Southern ports, while only about six per cent of the imports enter at Southern pirts. The great bulk of our exports originate in the South or in the Mississippi Valley that drains into tire gulf. New ()rleans and the gulf ports arc the natural exit, but the great liues of railways run east and west and I do not suppose any one doubts that there Is a cimmunity ,pf interest between these transcontinental lines and the sabsldized foreign steamship companies. That is the combination which has always defeated every effort In Congr&ss to pass a bill for the development of an American merchant marine. The same interests postponed for a quarter of a century the construction of the Isthmian Canal, hut under the present vigorous Federal administra tlon this Is In sight, and then natural laws can no longer he defied. Ood has so fashioned this country that the natural direction for its export products to move In north and south, not east and west. New Orleans should bo and some dav w;ll be onei f t he urrpnt.. est. If not the greatest distributing point in the world. At present about 20 per cent of the ships entering North Atlantic ports 1 come in ballast, while over 60 per cent entering Southern ports come in bal last. This Is a serious handicap to the cotton grower, for his Is an export product. It means that every sh'p I coming in ballast for cotton charges enough freight one way to pay the ex- I penses of the round voyage, which expense comes from the profits of the < maker of that cotton. I About 00 per cent of the cotton i goods made in South Carolina go to ' China, but under this combination of s transcontinental railways and foreign ' steamship lines, these goods do not < take the naturl course to deep water, < but go north more than a thousand I miles by rail and tlnd exir, many of < them over the Canadian Pacific Hallway. The cotton grower "he pays the freight." . When it comes to our next door neighbors in South Ameoia, we are in ' a still worse plight. Our cotton goods c go to South Amcrloa via Europe. A vessel loads In South America, ' comes to Charleston, or New Orleans, j discharges a cargo, takes a consignment of goods for South America, but 1 sails direct to Europe and from thence 1 to South America, thus completing 1 the circuit of the triangle, and hold- 1 ing at a disadvantage by this double c voyage across the Atlantic the American exporter. Here again "Jones, he pays the freight." ^ The foreigner Intends to control by e his ships the foreign markets and he s is bound by self lpterest not to enlarge s marlcot to where he will be s ?oot oot- f South American purchaser In despair accepts the European substitutes. Is It good sense for us to continue to allow Europe to buy our ootton, carry it across the Atlantic, manufacture It and then send It back across the Atlantic and sell it at a profit right at our door? They will do so just as long as they control transportation. 1 believe it was Qrady who said "cotton Is a fool," and 1 add has no friends. Jno Lownuks McLaukin. Henucttsvllle, January 13. MURDERED BIS SON. The Awful Deed Wm Done While the Fnther W?a Drunk. At Greenwocd the coronei's jury which adjourned Monday Jan. Hi, to meet agaiu Wednesday to tlnlsh hear- ' Ing tiie evidence In the matter of Scott CI gg, whose death was reported Monday Jan. 10, brought In a verdict Wednesday afteruoon that he cane to Ids death from a gun shot wounl at the nands of h s own father, John Ulegg. Tbo verdict was ixpectrd In view of developments after Monday's hearing. The unfortunate trag*d> has been the topic of conversation ever since It happened, lly s m sympathy Is expressed for the father, ( hi cause of the fact that It has been ' ihown clear'y that he was drunk at the time. In fuct, he seemed, as phrased by some, to be "perfectly srazy." Whether he caused the death of his s >n by drunken carelessness or by the Impulse of a sudden blind way ( of drunken passion will be for a jury ' to decide.^ John C egg was at once arrested a id Is now in the county jail to bo tried for the murder of his own son. T ie testimony heard by the Jury Monday, given 1 y Cl-gg and his son, was to the < tT ot that the boy was shot while 1 they were ou their way to Greenwo. d, and that they did not know who < Id It. Thjjury heard from other wltrusscs that the little boy said Sundiy night, after they had arrived here, that hh father had shot his broth :r, , and that this was said in the pre etice of the father. The little b ty'sohan^ed testimony Wednesday was in substance that his father pulled out (lie pistol to shoot at something on the road and they (his dead brother and himself) caught hold of the pistol and in si pai way his brother was shot. i Witnesses livh g along the road t(stifled that they saw Clegg tnd hoard his awful cursing. One mm, W. P. Rhodes, repeated some of his v le oiths, but could not swear whether they were directed at c.he b jy or .it tlio horse. All of the te itln ony showed that John Clegg was as wild and frei /.'ed as a man c u'd be made by whiskey, and that as a re ult of tills awful state he ciused the death of one of hlsViwn children. The boy's u: other has ncen dead for several years. Clegg was a pol ceman at Greenwood. There Is no dispensary In the county, and he was drunk or made cre/.y by drinking blind tiger whiskey, which must have been of the vilest sort., as Clegg seemed and acted like a crazy man while undor the ii fi leuce of it. Will Ijoho IIIh Joh. nUn.U'. T **--11 -- uudi ica ili niuiHy, p SlMJlSLCr Westminster, S. C., Is the p .stmaster who has gotten into trouble by making and soliciting contributions for paying the expenses of negro and other del? gates to state and county conventions. Mulky will lese his position; which he has held only since April 19, 1904 The investigation of inspectors of the post< fllcc department showed tlu.t he had not only made contributions for this purpoio himself, but had solicited and obtained contributions from other postmasters, and it was some of those who h-d compla'ned to the department, as told In ohls correspondence a day or two ago. In the future all postmasters who either pay money to politicians for traveling or other ex penses or sollolt money from other federal employes for the same thing will lose their positions. Several other postmasters are likely to lose their positions, ss others are reported to have done the same thing. (Oaten hy Cannibala. The Rev. M. L. Stlmson, South Sea missionary, who arrived recently at San Francisco on the steamer Doric, brings the first details of the murder of live Catholic priests and five nuns of New Britain last October. After the murders the savages ate the bodies of the victims within sight of the German Igca residence. Mr. Stlmson is settled at Penapl, Caroline Islands, and he got the details from the vice governor of New Bristaln. He said the nuns and priests were surrounded by a mob of 1 natives whose fanaticism had been aroused. The priests fought for their lives, but all were soon killed. Then the cannibals, proceeded to hold a feast on the bodies of the victims near v,he residence of Dr. Hahl, the governor. He has organi/.id a p initlve expedition. Two Were Killed. , Two persons were killed and two more very seriously hurt Wednesday as a result of a boiler explosl m wl lch occurred Wednesday morning al out 10 o'o ock at Graves Mountain. In Llncol i oounty Ga. The dead art: William Martin, Jr., white, son of ( William Martin, who owned the taw 1 mill. 1 Willie Johnson, colored a saw mill i hand. y William C. Martin was badly scild- t &d about the face, but not seriously 1 hurt. Another negro whoso name is t not known is badly burned about the c body and arm broken. He will p.ob- v ibly die. Two other negroes who * / ere s'.anding near the engine at the t hi me of the explosion, were blown r jver & rail fence, a distance of twenty 1 ' -et, but not hurt, with the exoepMon ' >f a slight bruise about their bodies. CkIIb Thorn liiarn. With dramatic fervor, Senator J )hn I El. Mitchell, of Oregon, on the floor 1 )f the United States Senate Wed.ies- 1 lay afternoon denounced his accusers b vnd publicly branded them as "mall- 11 ;!ous and atrocious liars." In a heart r /> heart talk with his fellow mem- n >ers, he proclaimed his innooence of y ,he charges upon which he, with Rep- 1 esentatlve Hermann, of Oregon, was 1 ecently indicted at Portland and ex- t >reased confidence in his ultimate vin- * licatlon. e Bad Boyti. j Several boys at Fort Gaines, Ga., a vlth the view of imitating the farm- q >rs who burned some cotton on the itreeta of that town a short time ago, iccured matches Wednesday nlghtand n et iire to a cotton warehouse. The C ire burned rapidly and 11 hales if out- $ " before it was got* d 1 *?WIA Q STATE DISPENSARY. I Report of Expart Accountants Who ] Examined the Books. Statistical Information Kesardlng the State'* Liquor Ruslneaa that ia Interesting Messrs. D. Zimmerman and J. W. Jones, the accountants appointed to examine the bocks and vouchers at the State dispensary Wednesday re- S ported that they had completed their s work. The iollowlng statistical in- -] formation was Riven in their reports: |, shots. r Cash in State treasury Nov. 30th, '04 41,268.96 l( Teams and wagons 64 00 Supplies (Inventory Nov j 30th, '04 7,043 75 v Machinery and office tlx- I tures 0.328 66 j Contraband (Inventory Nov. 30th, '04 1,498.20 a Heal estate (Inventory Nov. 30th, '04 62 860 56 c Merchandise In hands of s dispensers Nov 30, '04 494,388.26 Merchandise (inventory v of stock at State dispensary) 403,66921 p Suspended accounts.. .. 2,896 24 l'ers >nal accounts due State for aloohol and empty barrels, eto.. 19 479 31 j; Total assets $1,029,397.06 j LIABILITIES. 3ch<>ol fund $ 618,076.77 j, Personal accounts due by State for supplies, j whiskies, wines, beer, etc 610,721 28 Q Total liabilities $1,029,397 05 Cash statement for li>cal year ending Nov. 30th, 1904: r RKcairrs. . i Balance in State treasury, Nov. 30th, "03 ... $ 20,989 92 <l December, '03, receipts. 355,883 86 r January, U4. receipt*.. 248 ($04 7$) I February, '04, receipts.. 237,570 03 March, '04, receipts ... 230,449 40 J April, '04, receipts 189,039 76 May, '04, receipts 219,018 73 t June, '04, receipts 180,452.31 ^ July, '04, receipts 178,181.02 August, '04, receipts... 219,619.80 ( September, '04, rcce pts 241 437 78 October, '04. receipt* .. 290,628 06 November, '04, receipts 327,622 17 Total $2,945,298 17 t D18HUK8KMKNTS De -ember, '03 9 356,410.On Ja uary, '04 236,797 07 Fe truary, '04 252 131.8 ' Ml rch, '04 266,012 5 $ Ai 'II, '04 193 447.4 ! M* y, '04 104,066.00 June,'04 201,672 33 Ju'y, '04 162,383.96 August, '04 195,132.61 September, '04 226.584 82 October,'04 229,72186 November, '04 390,038 84 12,904,029 21 Balanoe in State treasury Nov, 30th, '04... 41 268 96 Total 12,945,298.17 Purchases for tlscal year ending November 30th, 1904: Whtskie^, Bottles, wines, corks, beer, labels, eto. etc. December, I 303,518 60 $ 26 771.97 January.. 62 128 32 21.708 61 February. 287,532 01 23.412 84 March.... 179 408 56 14 314 95 April 86 292 55 16,160 04 M ;> V 1 Art OAT CI) a! f\r\e a i 4UU,4<UI UU U,UWl),i I ( June 98 177 23 8,589.69 July 158 296.08 15,464 01 < August... 107,561.52 22,905 86 Sept 184,346 01 18,104.06] 1 October.. 297,044.33 21,966 87 t November 325,639 78 24 717 38 i Totals.. 2,316,242 68 1211,003 55 c i'HOKITS. S Gross profits oil mer- I ohandlse sold during c year t 652,118.75 < Contraband seizures.... 7,146.97 l State's Rbare of profits r on beer sold by Qer- 1 mania Brewing Co... 719.75 f Received on II. T. EJ- fl en's account 54 03 t Total profits I 660,039 50 <1 LOSSES. Supplies used 231,477.03 c Insurance premiums... 10,116.93 ? Breakage and leakage.. 661.51 e Freight and ezprcAS t charges 99 524 16 Labor (pay rolls) 33,873 69 ^ Expanse account 43,372 87 ( Constabulary 66,412.12 ' Litigation . 1,627 61 S Revenue license 125.00 f' Robbery of dispensary, v June 0th, '03 9 32 P Robbery of dlspemary, t May 13th, '04 72 36 I Loss by tire 980.98 v Refunded by State board d to dispenser, A Ikon.. 408.14 a State's net profit passed ? to credit school find.. 171,377.73 V Total losses 660 039.50 ti Just I3k9 Them. A 4a 4U- nui . D|/cwiai tu uno unic&go x rinunc ^ ieclares that the Colorado Demeorats it lave discovered sunioient evidence to d prove that recent frauds charged to ;he Democratic party In that State Hi vere the work of the Republicans i themselves. Deteodves employed by p the Democratic leaders allege that t /hey have develope d a ohaln of ev tl lence which will show that the boies a, vl loh revealed fradulent Democratic e) 'o es had previously been stuffed by tl h Republicans, with the purpose tf C( n: king out oases of fraud bv the r( )i mocrats and theD having the bozo 8I h own out of the c >unt. tl Killed In a Htot. \t Now York the oustom of ai j* t lian baker to leave his heavy d<I very basket In a dark hallway of ai at Cast Side tenement while he delivered ot its wares through the house resulted n a quarrel in whloh Pasquale Toto ej iello, aged 45, was killed aud his " ilece, Mrs Maria Totorlello, aged 30 L ears, probably fatally wounded, loth victims were stabtel. Mis. . ?otorlello identified the baker, Salva ore Ferrari, as the man who did the tabbing. When Ferrari was oaptur- f? d and brought baok to the tenement or identification the officers and 1 heir prisoner were surrounded by an ?? ngry mob and the poiloemen had to ! ght their way out. Miss Margaret Ilagaman of Haiti oh nre has brought suit against II inry re iallender of tho same city, asking on 20,000 damagos because the defen. th ant, against her will, "put his arms wi round her neck and kissed and hug* to ~c.rt.nin> we shall w< HOOD ROADS MEETING [n Columbia I ait We k Was Well Attended by Delegates. the Speakers W? re Congressman Warnoek of Ohio, Senator Latimer, Dr. Nllcs. The Goud Roads Associate u o' louth Carolina assembled In annual efslon in Columbia on last Thursday The following are a list of delegate^ p n attendance and the c unties they a epresented: t Abtevllle, Supervisor G. W. Nick ^ :S, J. C. Lorn ax and J. It HI ike; j Anderson, Supervisor S. U Jackson, 0 . W. Ashley. J. It Watson, Jobu K Vool, J. A. Hall,, A C Latimer, M '. Trllble, M L. llonl am and M 'errln. ^ Berkeley Sopei v if r J. II. Harvey ' nd J. W. H B eland. 4 11 Charleston, Supervl or Wm. P b antwell, T. W. Bacot and Eirb p luan. ^ Chestirfleld, Supervisor Susllh O!!er. (i Clarendon. Supervisor T. C. Owens. i? I. E. McKaddln. v Darlington, C. O. McCullough. I I) rchester, Supervisor H. II. Gross p Florence, Supervisor James B Me ,, l.'lde, W. B. Lang-Ion, W. B. Gause. |, Greenwood, Supervls>r J. M. Major, ^ . B McCanbs, It. L. Lyon. j, Horrv. Supervisor J. L. Boyd, E ,, \ Todd, W. L. Misboe. Cl Kershaw, Supervisor J. M So well, ^ ). M. Bethune. Lancaster, Sup3rvlsor M. C. Oatd f) er. J Marlon, Supervisor J. P. Stack ^ louse. J. C. Sellers. \ Oraugeburg, Supervisor Olln M . )au'zer, T. D. A. Llvlrgiton, J. A. t lankn. Richland, Supervisor W. 1). Starl tig, 1'. J. Garrlck. L. Itabon, Wm )oug'as.s, N. Itawllnsor. W. II. Sllgh t P. II. Hyat. H Spartanburg, Supervisor I) M. K tiles, M. F. Turner, W. T. B own. * Ualon, Supervisor T. J. Beden- . ?augh, It. L McNally, James 1' ^ /mson. ( WilllanaoKiirr* C,trvA*?tilo/\? 1 * ii iiiuiiu juiki uujici ?iavi i/UUU u. j Iraham. !: York, Sup rvlsor Thomas VV. Boyd. s Barnwell, Supervisor J. B. M>rrls. 51 Marlboro, Supervisor M E. Coward Laurens, Supei visor 11. B. Hum- ; jert. i President F. II. Hyatt called the ; neeting to order. The proceedings s vero opened by prayer by the It ;v. 1 I. W. Daniel. Mayor G bbes, on be- 1 lalf of the city,, welcomed the. dele <ates. The following olllcers were elected for the ensuing year: F. II. Hyatt, i president; Enle SI )&n, secretary; () 1 M. Dantzlcr, treasurer. < President Hyatt read his report for I ast year, which Is full of Interest. i A learned and highly aijpreclated i iddress on the subject, of imp oved I roads In Canada, the United States i ind Mexico was delivered by I)r. C. < M. NUes. i Gov. IDyward sent a message expressing regrets at his absence, caused by tempoiary illness, but pledged his 1 warmest sympathies and most earnest 1 efforts in the Interest of the South ' Carolina Good Roads association. I The assoiatlon adopted a oustlUi- 1 il n It a'so adopted a scheme sub i ultted by the secretary for the < r I ran /. itlon of branch county assocla- i .Ions, for which a c institution was ( ilso prescribed; c >pies of this plan for < rfganizttlon will he supplied to any counties which may apply for It. The following resolution was adoptid: j "Belt resolved, That this ass^ia ( ilon memorialize the general assembly X) provide that all State convicts, not i inder sentence for life, shall be sub- J cct to hire by the respective counties i >f this State for service in the con- ' it viint l/ttv o nrl t Lrt ?-w-* .? I f ^ . l. _ 1 IVI uuuiuu anvi UIIC IIJ?III ICUUIieC Ul lllli * juulic highways. This prayer is pre \ iloted on the fact that the number of . sonvicts a\allable in s'tme e unties is ] ,00 small to be economically guarded, 1 nalntalned and operated, and 011 the r urther fact the free labor available or road purposes is iotftlelent, unatisfaetorv and far rnoro expensive ihan the cost of the operation of the >roper sized chalugang for any re- h [uired vsork." 0 A committee was appointed to call > in the appropriate legislative com- / olttees and submit for tbelr c >nstd- v ration tbe recommendations adopted 8 ty the association. 1 At the night session Judge W. R. g Varnoek, member of congress from || )hlo, addressed the association on b 'Good Roads" and In commendation of ft Senator Latimer's bill which provides y or federal aid. Judge Warnock, in u rarrn terms, eulogized the southern tl eople for doing homage to the vlr- t( ues of such a hero and captain as ft lobcrt E. Lee by the fitting obser- vs ance of the annivcrsi ry of bis birthay. He predicated t ie character of people on tho character of its aeepted heroes. 9* Senator Latimer followed Judge (Varaock and made a forceful prison Ir atinn of the advantages of his bill f< ir federal aid for road bulling. v* At 1 o'clock p. m., the Association u dj unel till 10 o'clock Friday mornjg. Following is an account of Frlay's proceedings. Nearly the entire morning was conimed In the "experience meeting." 'his Is considered one of the most K roiitable parts of the proceedings. d 'he supervlmrs?the road builders rl lemselves?entered Into an Informal nd general discussion of thp.ir difT?r. P' at methods of meeting the dlftlcules encountered and the methods and ^ >staof building and maintaining gooci n >ads. One matter that received con- ,l derable comment was toe compara D( ve cost of keeping the dlllerent akos of road inachlbery In repair. 1 averal counties contemplate purchas " iK an equipment of road machinery Id were wisely profiting by expert ices of their neighbors. j, Al>out three hours was spent in this cc changing of ideas. The legislature di 111 be asked to remedy the defects in &r le law relating to road duty and ^ mmutation tax. .'j Under the operation of the existing t, w the oitlzens who do not pay the mmutation tax and who are there re subject to suoh road duty are so r apart and so difficult of identifies ur an by the county supervisor that the in st of brloglng them together Is said fo equal the value of services perform- co i. Furthermore, It Is claimed that ve ovlslcn restricting their services to ? e vicinity of their respective abodes duces the number available for any A e neighborhood to such a small force at their oombincd services do not g irrant the expense of and overseer I direct their limited am.unt of E >rk. * resolution was adopted by the H ' * ? ??n*tK>r Latimer H The Old Standa Grove's T has stood the t?es over One and a Hi of merit, appeal t,c Enclosed with every bottle Is iHHHUnMMMl u 1 Congressman Warnock of Ohio 1 or their able add res- es of the night | ef jre, Mayor Glbbes for the hospital ty of the city and the press for 1th curtesies. Where Wu llookard M?r<tered? Solicitor P. T. Ulldebranl Tuesday ontlrmed a rumor that a survey is be ig made of tl e territory around Ku awville to see whether or not thr lace of the murder of Keltt Hookard i hi Or uigeburg oouuty. Mr II.Me rand sivs that he had heard rumors to h'srtT^ot fr qioutly, but within tin ist fortnight he had ricalved from ery reliable sources such iuformatloi hat he o uld n >t dl*r. gard It. If It be roved that the crime was committed i Oangt b.jrg, the case will be tried l O a-igoburg, The survey Is being iade by a very competent engineer, lutawvllle is quite near the line and i is said that the negro was murderd at St. Julian's landing ou the antee river and In Orangeburg couii y. Mr. Hildebrand has .received In urination that the prisoners have eon removed fro n the j ill In Charles " on to the Herkele/ e unity jiil at Icnok's Corner The case Is due to ome up for trial at Monck's Corner ho latter part of tills mon*h. No More Stomach Tioublca. All stomach trouble Is removed by lie use of Kodol Dyspcps a Cure. It ivus nit! sioinacn pcrteot rest by di- ? resting what you eat without the tomach'said. The food builds up the >ody, the rest restores the stomach o health. YOU don't have to diet oursclf when taking Kod< 1 Dyspepsia Jure. J. D. Erskine, of A Renville, dleh., says, "1 sulTered Heartburn and itotnach trouble for some time My iister-in-law has had the same trouble md was able to eat for six weeks. She ivcd entirely on warm water. After aking two bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Jure she was entirely cured. She now rata heartlly and is in good health. 1 un glad to say that Kodol gave me Instant relief." Sold by Dr. K. Norton. Dr. E. Norton. , A Woman to Hang. The Sta'.e says: "Gov. Hell of Vermont is a mar* 1 among governors lie has refused all appeals for the parIon of a womar. who is sentenced to oo hanged in that Slate next month . md calmy declares that he will per y m11 the decrees of the court to have | their way. The woman, a Mrs. Rogers, is under s. ntence for the murlor of her husband, the date llxed for e tlio execution boirg Feb. 5ih. Not In , 70 years has a woman been hanged in Wrmont. Under the laws of that 3'ate is seems that the right to re- 4 dew the sentences of the court Is vested In the legislature as well as the executive and the legislature having failed to act at its last sessions the ( ( vernor propc os to lei the law take is course. There is very strong sjntinrnt against hanging a woman and 3ov. Hell will not have an easy time )f it for the next few weeks." j , Tonic to the System. For liver troubles and constipation 1 here is nothing better than De Witt's F .ittie Early Risers, the famous little ' Mils. They do not weaken the atom- ' ich. Their action upon the system c s mild, pleasant, and harmless. Hob ( doore, of LaFayettc, Ind., says, 'No " ise talking, De Witt's Little Early Users do thoir work. All other pills ? i i-- ? 1 iu<v< ?ii|/uaiiu uiiiKU mi! SICK III | lie stomach iiiui never cured inc. I)e- i iVitt's Little Early Risers proved to be lie long sought relief. They are simp- T y perfect." Persons traveling find 1 Jltlc Early Risers the mrst reliable * eniedy to carry with them. Sold by / Dr. K. Norton. I Family ami Norvant HufTooated William T. Ma?on, a lawyer, and lis family, consisting of wife and two hildren, E leu, four years old, and i Iarion, six months, with a servant, i ninie Wells, lost thei* lives In a tire ? rhlch p trtlally destroyed the brown 4 tone dwelling occupied by them at l 33 west Ono Hundred and Thirtieth 4 treet New York early Sunday morn- ? lg. 't he whole family appears toJtiave 4 cen suffocated. The charred bodies of ^ Irs. Mason, the servant and four ear old child were found in the closet J nder the roof scuttle thrr ugh which hey are supposed to have been ati^mpting to escape. The bodies of Ir. Mason and the youngest child rere in a bedroom. (/OUk'ih nml Cold*. ^ All coughs, colds and pulmonary omplaints that are curable are qulck' cured by One Minute Cough Cure, lears the phlegm, draws out inflam uition and heais and soothes the af cted parts, strengthens tho lungs, ards otr pneumonia Harmless and leasant to take. Sold by ?r. K. Norton. A11 KnK'iio Exploded. At Crcston two men were blown to istant death bj the explosion of a big rio locomotive tbere early Wedr.es ay rooming. A third man was seouBly hurt, ari the engine was de1011 shed, the trucks being the only m art remaining on the track. The ev sad are: Fred Keller, engineer, and 0t has. Skelrlck, tireman. Frank Newtan, of Elmlr.i, N. Y.. a travelling reinan, was seriously injured and is aw at the hospital at Akron. It is c? dd that the injector failed to work. he cnv'lns was drawing east-bound Jells Fargo exj rcss. to 8|?oi rty itellol. ^ A salve that heals without a scar is ftn e vV Itt's Witch Hazel Salye. No rem- 081 ly effects such speedy sellef. It aws out inflammation, sooths, cools, th id heals all cms, bums and bruises, sure cure for Piles, and skin diseases eWltt'sis the only genuine Witch azel Salve. Beware of counterfeits, ley are dangerous- Sold by 81r. K. Norton ga Bksidks a number who are out an ider bond, there are seven prisoners Gr the Spartanbhrg j ill awaiting trial ovi r murder at the next term of the Tt urt of general sessions, which oon- ag; nes on January 23. ati To Cur* Take Laxative Bromt Seven MQBon boxes soM In pest 13 mom ird asteless 1 it* 25 years. Avei alf Million bottles. > you ? No Cure a Ten Cent Package of GROVE'S BLA m uKM*'JpfSfovL^ ' *.' ' -; s flexdi P 0mr t'ona m entertaining ana Instructive a W f war of cure In your own houi A reuse of a local doctor or druggist. \ ,, /' than a quarter of a century and hi l&ZA/ hundreds of men whom I hnve curt for the book. In these 2f> years I ha f new and original and differs widely to cure mm in half the time, in a simple yet effe way to get back your vitality and strength, yoti worn you are. and so thoroughly that you will sti aro affected 1 will enclose besidestheC-i-page boo that I can muUoastudy of yonrensennd reimrttc books that 1 will send to men freeon ret oiet or nu Write me today sure. DR. J. NIJWTON HATHA 88 Inman Building 22 1-2 Soutl kilfyreT^Spyr That Is exactly what It Is, aF day at the State Fair showing It.s tli Kvery Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M property should have them. For sa COLUMBIA S Columbia., B. O. Tlio ma Southeastern Lin CHARLES! Building Material of all ki "RUBEROID." The Guinaed COIvLIMl Building and lie-Pros od Brick. Sf Terra (Jotta Flue Linings. Prepa for millions. iVhhko I Morphine I Clgarit Iablt, | Habit | Habit Curod by lieeley I 1320 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 1ft) CoL noe solicited. DeWITT'S WITCH HAZEL l~\ SALVE THE ORIGINAL. \ Well Known Cure for POes. Cures ebatlnate sores, chapped hands, soimi. akin diseases. Makes burns and scalds lalnleas. We could not Improva the quality ( paid double th# prlca. The best sslvs hat experience oan produce er that money :an buy. Cures Piles Permanently DeWltt'a Is the original and only pure and genuine Witch Hazel Salve made. Look (or he name DeWITT on every box. All others ire counterfeit. rxarAsao av I. O. DeWITT A CO.. CHICAOO. )r. E. Norton. Jonway-Seashore R R DAILY SCHEDULE. ji Myrtle Beach .. .. 7 a .iu it Conway 7:40 a..m . C?vi| 9:60 a. m .r Myrtle Beech .9:45 a. m . Myrtle Beach 1:30 p m .r Oonway 2:16 p. m v Oonway 6:30 p. m it Myrtle Beach 6:10 p. m r5TsCAR5ROUGir CONWAY, S. C., ATTOUNKY AT LAW. G.FfiRD Stalyhy | Attorney and Counsellor at Law, \ l CONWA Y, S. C ] H. HrW00DWARD, | i Attorney and Counsellor at Law, j CONWAY, S. C. i ( Dynamite Kxplodud, By an explosion of dynamite one ? He east of Bedford Ind , Wednesday enln^, two men were killed and four hers Injured. The dead: William S. Jenkins, Bedford. William Garrett, Oolitle. The men who were employes of the mtral Union Telephone oompany. id been working on the line east of n at city. They were return!a# to # wn In a wa^on in which they had ii irown the dynamite, exnirwn.n - ? n id tools. Tho Jarring of the wagon 1 q used the explosion of the caps. The t tgon was blown to pieces and one of i e horses was injured. 4 V A Terrible Mtory. A cablegram from Coustantinople ? ys word has reached there of the ~ issacre of an entire family by Hulrlans near Salonika. The BulgarU * captured a family of notable 4 eeks and threw them Into a baker's v en and burned them to a crisp. 4 le Greek patriarch has protested ^ atnst the continuance of these e rocltfes. oi e a Cold in One > Quinine Tablets. ^ / flu. This signature, ^ > hill Tonic I 'age annual sales I Does t>his record R , No Pay. 50c. | CK ROOT LIVER PILLS. Jj 11 send froe to any man simply upon his written st a copy of iny 6t ptute book on lost manhood, us debility, lmpotency, stricture, varicocele rcincnt of the prostate, blood poison, and ro? senses resulting from the above, such as erup. of tho skin, rheutnatisin, urinary disorders, rectal diseases, etc. It will tell In plain and s lantruowe all that you want to know. It is nd will open your eyes. It will show a tiUpplo e, privately and without tho publicity ana e*. I have been practicing this speciality for moro tvo in my vaults tho names of hundreds upon ed of these diseases after they had written mo ivodeveloped a system of euro that Is entirely from tho old methods. With It I am enabled etlvo way.. Wrlto mo nnd I wIII show you tho tr manhood and health, no matter how old or ry cured forever. If you will mention how you k a Self Kxatninatlon Hlanit on your disease so i you f i ee of charge. I have cightpt herinedtca* me and utldr* ss. in a plain unmarked envelope. WAY, i Broad street, At.rnta, 0a. EnTtnHREm Ire KUlcr. I) i n) utcatilo 1 ovary re llgli,tng <i?i tlities ill, Ginnery ami any one owning ,le by UPPLY CO.. ch nery Supply lio ise of tho State le & Cement Co. ton. s. c. nda. Higb Grade Rcoflnp Write for prio >a. Brick Works, UJV, H.C, ocial Sii vpos to order. Firo Proof .rod to till orders for thousands or 1 All Drug and Tubaooo I llablta. Lnntitnte, of C. imbla, S. (J. Confidential correspond \^^CK'DRA0q^# I ^KEDICINEJ I This great stock mcdicino is al H money saver for stock raisers. It I U is a medicine, not a cheap food or I I condition powder. Though put up I in coarser form than Thedforcl's I 3 Black-Draught, renowned for tho I H cure of tho digestion troubles of! ; persons, it has the satno qualities! I of invigorating digestion, stirring I up tho torpid liver and loosening I I tho constipated bowels for all stock I Rand poultry. It is carefully pro-1 pared and its action is so healtlnul I I that stock grow and thrive with an I :I occasional dono in their food. It I ;?] cures hog cholera and makes hogs I jl grow fat. It cures chicken cholera! I and roup and makes hens lay. It I . cures constipation, clistemper and il colds in horses, murrain in cattle, !I and mai^ a draught animal do I more ^>i I for the food consumed, i It gives animals and fowls of all Ej kinds new life. Every farmer and j-.I raiser should certainly give it a H trial. 11 It costs 25c. a can and saves ten : times its price in profit. Pittsburg, Kab., March 25, 1904. H I have been using your Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine on ruy ! stock for some time. I have used all [I kinds of atock food but 1 have found ,H that yours is the best for my i>uri>ose. ' ! J. 8. 1IA880N. jHBBMKflBEK9BBBRBBRS?Qfl^ | AVaJte Home Happy. ( | Good Music Will Do This. j j You want a sweei-toned Pisne, j j i or you may prefer a lino Or^an. ? We represent the H HMlsril I | I M?k? re. Our prices snd terms i i I will nppeul to you. Call <?n <>r ad- I I s dreas 1 1 \ MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, | I S In Opera Ilouao Rlock, I ! \ COLUMBIA, S. C. J [ "TriTHOUX^ M. Dm The Specialist. i V Cures all diseases of men. Lost ninhood, syphilis (blood pols >n), < onorhuea, gleet, a^rlctun, varloc- ele, iydrocele and all prl ate diseases of aen. Catarrh In all forms cured ulckly. Piled cured without operalon or detention from business. J oder guarantee. Rooms 421 and 22 Leonard hutlding, Augusta, Qa. Vrlte for home treatment. Office ours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sunday's a. m. to 2 p. m. &ku&iw4>?K tR AAA BANK DEPOSIT iJvJtl/VVl Railroad Far* Raid. 800 ' P it k K C 'iirs" Ofrered. nMflMBBHHHi fi ardatCoat Wrlt?Qu?c> 'Anm.aiaRAMK misiness college M?co*.Ua \ T\/f ? Cures Crip li 9 Jf In Two Days. 8 >7/ /, on every I