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Hfiliis. I WW HD^n^Bflnor Events of the Week In a ^ Brief Form. ? m k W Of toc5 5kiv -fcfcSi HiKilii Srfvfc* A Nsjtro Shot "to Death. 3 lu-^ro named Jim Stevens, living on -Mr. J. 1). I'rcthro's plare. about seven miles below Aiken, was shot and killed by Mr. Jackson Fanning, an overseer for Mr. Prothro. Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Fanning was here today and stated that the trouble arose over a dispute with the negro about water mg me siock. i ne negro was im^cur ? nent. and Mr. Fanning reprimanded hifn. The negro cursed Mr. Fanning and advanced upon him with an open knifo in his hand, and Mr. Fanning drew his pistol, but slipped it in his pocket, and struck the negro with a stick. The negro then ran to his house, and others standing by told Mr. Fanning that he had better be careful. for Stevens would kill him if he had to waylay him. Mr. Fanning did not believe that the negro would trouble hiib again, but he went home and got his shot gun and came out to the gate. In the meantime Stevens naa gouen ms snuiguu aim i?ui<- u> Mr. Prothro's place, stopping on the way and trying to buy some buckshot. The negro crouched behind a wagon shed and tried to get a shot at Mr. Fanning, who had dropped behind the w lAfence when he saw the negro coming. After the negro came his wife, who screamed and begged him not to kill Mr. Fanning. Mr. Fanning, thinking that perhaps the woman was menettvering against him also., turned his head towards her when Stevens' shot him and ran. Mr. Fanning's face and head and hands were peppered with bird shot, but as the negro ran off he shot him twice and killed him almost instantly. Anderson Leads. A special from Anderson to the Columbia State says: "The amount assessed against Anderson county, $200 to help boar the expense of the State Immigration Association is at hand, and ready to bo paid over. JVhen Mr. Matheson's let? ter was received a few days ago the chamber of commerce held a special mooting and resolved to pay half of the amount, or $100. if the Farmers' Institute of the county would pay ihe other half. Mr. W. Q. Hammond, a leading farmer of the county, was in the city and hunted up the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and paid the other half out of his own pocket. The Farmers' Institute will not meet again for a month, and Mr. Hammond was much interested in the immigration movement, and he wanted the matter clinched, and started at once., so far as Anderson county is concerned. Minor State Items. The hearing before the railroad commission on the merchants' petition asking for a reduction of interState freight rates was concluded in the council chamber Wednesday night?that is, concluded so far as the evidence is concerned. But it is a long call between a petition for a reduction and actual reduction. It w>!l be fully bU days before tne commission renders a decision, for it has an almost interminable mass of evidence to review, and won't be in possession -of this and all tha arguments under 50 days. And then if the decision is against the railroad there is no substantial hope that an appeal will not be taken, and the matter indefinitely tied up in the courts. A telegram from Mr. Lewis W. Parker, president of the Olympia. Granby and Richland coton mills, of Columbia, wa3 received there last week and conveyed the satisfactory intelligence that the reorganization of these mills along lines on which Mr. Parker has bean working, was about to be effected. Senator A. C. Latimer has returned to Washington very much gratified at the reception which has been given his bill to secure Federal aid for building good roads. He said that a great many people had not understood his bill at first, but now that they do they admit that It is not in violaion of he constitution, nor is it out of harmony with Democratic principles. Calhoun, Jackson, Gallatin, Clay and others of the old school of statesmen favored such appropriations for good ^ * roads. The Hampton monument commission reports that there is on hand from voluntary contributions about $5,500. and it is expected'that in a few days this will reach nearly $6,000. A bill has been introduced in the House to supply the deficiency, so that a $20,000 monument can be erected at once, and I those who have talked with the Representatives state that the bill will probably pass. The DeKalk Cotton Mills, at Camden. which recently passed into the hands of a receiver, are now running out the raw material stocked in the machinery. It is estimated that the value of this material is al>out $6,000. The mill will continue in operation for about six weeks and then will close down indefinitely, perhaps until the next cotton crop. Dariingtcn county stands at the head J of the honor roll in the matter of contribution? to the Hampton monument ny fund. Although on a basis of property, assessment Darlington's pro rata would M have been but <$200. the county of IV sterling men and loyal women has conV tributed $1,000 to the erection of a B proper memorial. I A petition has been filed with the f- United States district court. Judge i Brawley presiding, to declare as bank rupt the Farmers' and Mechanics' Mercantile and Manufacturing Co. body adjourning within the hour and littin h?Mnrr tranp5cted other than the THE STATE'S LAWMAKERS A Number of Bills Passed Ey the Eodv. A Special Message. At the opening cf the sessicn of the Legislature on Wednesday the follow! ing special message from Governor Hey ward was received and read: Special Message No. 4. To the Honorable the Gentlemen of the General Assembly: In my annual message to your honorable body reference was made to lawlessness in cor State, the free.ucnt occurrence of lynchmgs being dealt with particularly. The necessity of rej rpect being paid to the law by civilized {communities was urged in this coni necticn. Von, tlie law-makers, had not j been assembled here a week when j another evidence of this lawless spirit I is given in the lynching at Reevesville. The Gove:nor is popularly credited with the power to prevent or punish these outrages against the State. In reniity he is practically powerless. When notified, he may sometimes frustrate the mob by the employment of trcops, but when the crime has been committed his hands are practically tied. The meagre rewards he has been empowered to offer out of his contingent fund have proven ineffectual, and this is as far as he is permitted to go. In the meantime the spirit of lawlessness is unchecked. Any band of lawless men may feel secure in taking the life of a fellow being on almost any pretext. This deplorable condition ought to be remedied. To compel greater respect, the proper respect, for the majesty of the law I recommend the enactment of special legislation in reference to lynching, that the great responsibility of officials directly charged with enforcing the law be brought home to them, and that more effectual measures be taken for the apprehension of persons who take the law in their own hands. In lieu of some such legislation. I suggest that the Governor be provided with an adequate fund for the purpose of suppressing lynching?a fund that may be used in offering suitable rewards or in obtaining evidence against lynchers in such manner as may be deemed Dest. I siucercly regret the necessity for this f.nd am not desirous of additional responsibility, but I will not shirk any duty that the General Assembly m bi i cart fif r* l'mnrtcn fr\y ana good name of South Carolina. D. C. HEYWARD. Governor. January 20, 1904. In the House. After an adjournment since last Saturday at noon the house of representatives convened at 12 o'clock Wednesday and spent an hour in session. At 1 o'clock Hon. A. C. Latimer, junior United States senator from this State, was accorded the privileges of the hall in accordance with the invitation sent him last week, and for a quarter of an hour he presented to the members of the general assembly strong arguments in favor of his bill to have government aid in behalf of good roads. There was only one-thrid reading bill on the caledar?Mr. Eflrd's to grant the Lexington Water Power company the right to erect dams at Dreher's and Rauch's shoals in Lexington county. This was passed and sent to the senate. Mr. T. F. Stackhouse introduced the memorial from the State Temperance. Ijaw and Order league. This document was received as information and was spread on the journal. Unfavorable reports were made on the following: Mr. Ford's marriage license bill; Mr. Dorroh's garnishee bill; bill to change the time for convening *V. a rrATtAfoV ooeomKlv nnf il thn e?W?OT1 ^ Liirr gciiti ui aoo^uiui; uuvn vuv owwmm Tuesday in May. and the bill to curtail the hunting season. Mr. Sinkler's resolution to extend the use of the hall to the State bar association this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon and night was adopted. In making up the list of offices to bo filled by election today, two vacancies in the Citadel board were overlooked. This omission was corrected yesterday by Mr. D. 0. Herbert's resolution. The Oyster Bill. In the house Mr. Toole called up his bill to grant to tbo sinking fund commission exclusive jurisdiction for the protection of shell fish, terrapin, migratory fish, ducks and other game fowls in the public waters and lands of the State. Mr. Glover of Beaufort wanted the bill recommitted in order that a delegation could appear and make statements to the committee. Mr. Toole objected to what he declared to be dilatory tactics. Mr. Glover declared that Beaufort is the only county in the State which has ever attempted to protect the oyster beds, and he offered his motion not to impede legislation but to put the committee in possesion of all information obtainable. Dr. Smith of Barnwell who favors the bill very heartily, agreed that it would be better to recommit the bill in order that any objectionable feature might be eliminated. Mr. Sinkler took in ? r\ tne same pwiuon as jui. oumu. Mr. Toole said that no defect had been pointed out and if there be any defects why not amend it on the floor. The bill would get locked up in the committee room and would die there. Mr. Colcock favored recommiting the bill and showed some points which needed perfecting. The bill was recommitted by a vote of 55 to 12. The house killed Mr. Banks' bill "to prohibit the appointment of other than freeholders as local trustees in common schools." This was the only second reading bill disposed of yesterday, net one being passed. The bill to regulate the commutation tax so that each county may have as much or as little commutation tax as possible, received sundry amendments and the matter got into such shape that final action was deferred until today. This bill was indefinitely postponed last Thursday, but on the day following Mr. Brown of Oconee by hard work got the house to reinstate the bill on the calendar that its objectionable features might be modified. Senate Proceedings. i The senate session was short, the introduction of several new bills and | i the reading of the calendar. Senator Brice introduced two petitions. asking that they be placed on the calendar without reading. One was from the State I.aw find Temperance league and the other front the women ! 01 \ crkville and both were along the ; line of changing the dispensary law so.that a dispensary might be removed by popular v to. Immediate consideration was asked j by Senator Hardin for his concurrent j resolution relating to tlm Columbia i Female college. It included a change of ! ?- CMumkifl . .ill.avn nrwl i tne name iu in?r wiumU.? vw..^0~ , also empowers the trustees to dispose ct the present property if desired. It ! was passed and sent to the house. A ' concurrent resolution sent up by Senator McCall proposing to grant a spe; cial charter to the South Carolina Immigration society was also passed. Senator Butler had withdrawn from the flies of the senate his hill to fix the salary of county treasurers. Senator Butler's bill to exempt Confederate soldiers from peddlers' and hawkers' licenses was sent to the house as was Senator Douglass' bill apportioning a part cf Union's share of the dispensary funds for maintaining a public library. .The Lanham excess baggage bill and Senator Raysor's Orangeburg school election bill were also given third reading. The house resolu' tion of Mr. Lanham to give Clarendon's country treasurer certain funds ' In repayment was indefinitely postponed. The Gause bill to prevent shipping shad out of the State was made . a special order for today. Rev. John Lake who made the open' ing prayer for Rev. Walter I. Herbert was once a page in the senate. He is a South Carolinian and is now a mis. sionary lately returned from China. Legislative Elections. The elections by the joint assembly Thursday were conducted quietly, the results seeming to have been expected, the battles fought out before the balloting commenced. A friend of a defeated candidate for dispensary director said after the voting: "He would have been elected had he sacrificed his principle last night." From that it would appear that the issues of the 1 election were practically settled in caucus. The balloting was tedious and there was no excitement as has been manifested on former occasions. The real sensation occurred last night. The attendance upon the joint assembly was meagre as there was a good show at the opera house. When the election for college trustees came up. no one seemed to know whose terms were about to expire, and it is now believed that Mr. L. A. Scase of Newberry was accidenta ' left off the Clemson board, and thai Senator Tillman or Mr. Roddey was dropped similarly from the Winthrop board. The joint assembly was called to order at 11 o'clock by the president, Lieut. Gov. Sloan. For associate justice of the supreme court to succeed Hon. C. A. Woods but one name was placed in nomination. Senator Brown of Darlington and Senator Stackhouse of Marion nominated Hon. C. A. Woods of Marion, who thereupon was elected for the term of eight years, his election at the last session having been for the unexpired term of Associate Justice Pope, then elected chief justice. Mr. Woods received 156 votes. There were two vacancies to be filled on the penitentiary board, the terms of Messrs. W. B. Love of York and W. D. Mann of Abbeville having expired. The names of both of these gentlemen were placed in nomination as were the following: J. 0. Wingo, representative from Greenville: P. T. Hollis of Chester; D. B. Peurifoy, representative from Saluda; W. N. Brown, representative from Oconee: W. D. Kirby representative from Cherokee. The vote on first ballot siood: Wingo, 69; Peurifoy. 66; Love. 54; Mann. 47; Hollls, 31; Kirby, 23; Brown, 16. There were 153 votes east, necessary to a choice. 77. Under the nrules forbidding votes being changed, another ballot was made necessary. Before the second ballot the names of Messrs. Brown and Kirby were, withdrawn. This ballot resulted: Votes cast. 153; necessary to a choice. 77; Wingo, 82; Peurifoy, 81; Love, 52; Mann, 53; Hollis, 38. One of the most interesting contests of the day was the election of a State librarian which followed. The nominations were: Miss Linnie LaBorde of Richmond. Miss Annie B. Dacus of Anderson, Miss Julia Tompkins of Richland and Mrs. J. A. Muller of Lexington. The first ballot resulted as follows: Miss La Borde, 103; Miss Dacus. 26; Miss Tompkins. 21; Mrs. Muller, 6. One hundred and fifty-six votes were cast?76 being necessary to a choice and Miss La Borde was elected on this ballot for a term of two years. Miss La Borde's election brought her the congratulation of many friends. DISPENSARY ELECTIONS. Representative W. O. Tatum of Orangeburg had no opposition in the election to the two-year term of dispensary commissioner and received 115 votes. The greater interest in the elections of the day was taken in the race for | the $700 per annum office of chairman of the dispensary board of directors. The nominees were H. H. Evans of Newberry, presented by Mr. Kirbler. seconded by Mr. Colocy, and J. A. McDermott of Horry, nominated by Mr. Jeremiah Smith., seconded by Mr. D. D. McColl. Of the 135 votes cast Evans received 09 and McDermott. 56. The house cf representatives was in session fess than half an hour vester-, day. After the introduction of new bills the time was given over *o the elections in joint assembly. When the Lanham bill came over from the senate, Mr. Mauldin raised objection to the senate amendment, which he declared, requires street railroads to carry 200 pounds of baggage under the head of "common carriers." The senate amendment was disagreed; to. By a vote of 99 to 0 the house agreed to the introduction of the bill amending charter of Columuia Female college. There was no majority favorable report on Mr. Richards' bill to increase the amount of beneficiary scholarships at Winthrop from $5,400 to $12,4t?u. The following new bills were presented: Mr. Beamguard, to let the asylum have 10 convicts every year, and to lpt nnnn to other institutions. Clemson now gets 33. Mr. Davis, to provide for libraries in 1 1 re public schools. The bill provides ' that when the patrons contribute $20 < the school board shall contribute $20 1 and the State Superintendent of edu cation $*0 out of the public funds. Mr. Whaloy, to amend the law con- 1 corning the lien of certain mortgages. 1 Mr. Holraan. to define vagrancy and : provide punishment. Mr. Holman, to have county boards 1 nf control and county dispensers elect- 5 ??d as other officers are. Mr. Llomar, to authorize and empower mayors and other officers to grant warrants to break and enter assembi- ' in," rooms in cities of 5.000 population and over. j In the Senate Friday Senator C. S. McColl. cf Marlboro. :s:roduced a J 1 il to establish a department of commerce and immigration and to provide for the appointment and compensation of a secretary. This bill was presented in the House by ftr presentstive D. D. McColl. Jr.. of Marlboio. The bil is the outcome of the immigration ' convention which has started the people to thinking. There are waste lands in South Carolina which would nourish under the cultivation of thrifty | people, and any investment the S.ate I would make In bringing such people here would be repaid ten fold yearly in the Increased income of the State and , in the acquisition of new and sturdy citizens. 1 A lengthy and vigorous memorial ; 1 was introduced and read in the Senate, ] urging action on this matter. The House of Representatives spent the greater part of four hours on two ; bills Friday. One of them is a bill to amend the law in regard to penalty for ! violation of farm labor contracts, the I other was a bill which would have 1 the penitentiary undertake the mining J of phosphate reck and the manufae- I ture and sale of fertilizers. A very important matter among the new hills was the presentation of a memorial from the State Immigration Association This was accompanied by ' a bill presented by Mr. D. D. McCoii. ( Tr to hnvo a Imrpan of pommprpp illiil immigration. Another new bill which will attract attention was presented by Mr. Wm. L Mauldin. of Greenville, which provides for the establishment of distilleries, breweries and blending plants in cities of It.OOO inhabitants. There was a nfass of matter handled yesterday, the introduction of new bills and committee reports consuming a j lot of time. The commission to report on the improvements needed in ond j around the State capital made its re- j turn. There was a memorial from the good roads convention and one from the immigration association. The com- t committee to examine the affairs of ( State colleges made its report also. In 1 ? consequence the journal will be heavy ] today and the State printer will have j his hands full. A speech which Sena. \ tor Tillman delivered in Congress last t spring on the "Black Papers" was sent j to Governor Hey ward with the request f from the Senator that the speech be ] communicated to the Legislature. This ( too will be printed. f There were many new bills in the t House. One by Mr. W. L. Mauldin, of ( Greenvile, seeks to permit the establishment of distilleries, breweries, and blending establishments in cities of 10,000 inhabitants. The blending will be under supervision of the Federal government 1 There was an unfavorable report cn t two bills to regulate the time for paying taxes. The House at fjrst accepted 1 tne report as tne commiuee was unanimous, but later the bill was put on the calendar. Mr. Youmans introduced a bill to forbid granting of pardon conditioned upon the convict's leaving the State. By Mr. Sarratt. to provide for majority rule in elections in cities of over ^.500 inhabitants. There were new bills to provide for issuing of bonds and erection of school houses ?t Dillon. Jonesville. Landrum and Ellore. Mr. D. 0. Herbert presented a bill to provide for a capitation tax on dogs . and another bill to regulate traffic in 1 cotton seed. * By Mr. Lancaster, a bill to permit < one's family to use his mileage book. ] The following were presented in the ! , Senate- | Senator Butler, to set a time for the 1 eltction of school trustees in Che-aw. 1 Senator Dean, to prescribe the pen. ( alty for assault and attempt to ravish. } Senator Mclver. to instruct the school trustees of Cheraw to issue ' bonds of school buildings. Senator Stanland, to pay the exauditor of Dorchester $63 by the county and $35 by the State. Senator Mclver, to alter section 714 of the code requiring the State Treasurers to give duplicate instead of trip- ' licate receipts Senator Manning, to establish a department of commerce and labor and 1 to determine the amount of compensa- 1 tion for the officers in charge. Senator Ragsdale. of Florence, to re- j auire common carriers to transport < free all judges and sheriffs when on < official business. Senator Hvdrick. to encourage tho ] establishment of libraries in the public schools of the rural districts. ( Senator Von Kolntz, to create boards of trustees of firemen's pension fund . and provide for pensions for aged fire, j men and firemen disabled by service. On motion of Mr. Rainsford, the ' house Saturday took up uncontested matters in order to got through with J local bills which otherwise would J have little show next week when the ' entire calendar is taken up with special orders. 1 The bills which in this way receiv- t ed second reading were: i To punish malicious and mischievous interference with police and nre < alarm boxes. 1 To add another section to the law 1 as to violation of labor contracts pro- 1 viding that conviction of violation 1.1 onntroet / SUUUK1 III/ L IC1 miuatu HIV, vuutiuw. v To provide for a lean of $12,000 , from the State sinking fund to the county of.Marion for the purpose of erecting a jail. i Bill to change the law with reference to public cotton weighers in Edgefield. State to Make Fertilizers. After the calendar had been cleared of all bills provoking no objection the house passed Mr. Rainsford's concurrent resolution to inquire iitfo the advisability of the manufacture of fertilizers by the penitentiary. Mr, Rainsford explained that the resolution requires the penitentiary direc tors to give all of the information possible. The expense will be borne by the penitentiary. The resolution requires no appropriation. The State's royalty from phosphate rock a few t-ears ago was $200,000. now not over i 15,000. What is the reason? Why not use convicts to dig out the phosphate rock and manufacture fertilisers ? Dr. J. B. Black and Mr. Morgan farored the bill, the latter for the reason that it would throw light on the nain question so that arguments could :e made intelligently. Mr. Webb stated hat he would vote for the resolution although he doubts whether they will lave any more information than at present. Mr. DeBruhl withdrew his lostile motion and the resolution was massed and ordered sent to the Sentte. SENATE. The day in the Senate was practically absorbed by discussion of the dause "shad bill." which came up igain Saturday, Mr. Walkers' motion FYiday to strike out the enacting words being again in order. The bill, after lengthy discussion, was passed. Crown Prlncs Missing. Washington Special.?The Corean minister authorized the statementthat there had been no attempt to conceal the whereabouts of the Crown Prince Eui Wha. He said that the young man is at present, and has been for some time, at Roanoke College- Salem. Va, and that recently he had made several visits to this city, always stopping at the legation. Regarding affairs in Corea, the minister said that his latest advices from Seoul were to the effect that everything was quiet. n.tMMmlfArc A rrp?:tefl Jacksonville Special.?S. A. Petty and M. Petty, charged with holding up and dynamiting the Seaboard Air Line passenger train at Sanderson on Jan. 17, have been captured. When arrested the men had dynamite in their possession. They have been identified by the engineer and baggage master. The United States authorities will charge them with firing into a mail coach, and jeopardizing the life of the mail agent. /liny People HomHess. Boston. Special.?The latest reports .0 the American board from the relief :enters in Macedonia show that there ire now 100.(K>0 persons who are lomeless and without means of support for the winter. Of this number setween 25.000 and 53,000 are in Monistir vilavet. The Turkish governncnt is affording some relief and 'unds are coming from America and Sngland. There is fear on the part )f those on the ground that unless some decisive steps are taken during :he winter there will be another polldeal outbreak in the spring. Ice Gorge Gives Way. Cincinnati, Ohio, Special. ? The arge ice gorge in the Ohio river beween Ludlow, Ky., and the western >art of the State gave way. As it % vas below the Cincinnati harbor no lamage was done here, but lower joints have been warned. Great ap../.Vn..Un (. #oH In Iho harhnr horp UUCUOIVU id IVib *U V4*v ?MW. >n account of gorges up the river that ire expected to break soon, as it is aining today throughout the Ohio valey. Wants to Annex Panamr. Washington, Special?Senator Morgan has introduced a bill providing for ;he annexation of Panama to the Unit;d States, "the rights and property of Panama resting in the United States without reserves." The bill appropriites $10,000,000 as compensation to Panama for its cession, places $15,000,)00 at the disposal of the President 'or the compensation of Colombia and tppropriates $40,000,000 for the purchase of the property of the new Panama Canal. .. WORLD'S FAIR TOPICS. San Domingo lias officially accepted Hie invitation to participate lu the SVorld's Fair. Germany and America have compel!ivc exhibits of forestry each five acres n extent. A world's congress of secret societies s to he held in St. Louis next fall in connection with the Louisiana Purl-base Exposition. A model of the Assouan Dam. which s on the first cataract of the Nile, will ho exhibited in Groat Britain's lisplay at the World's Fair A plaster cast of a gigantic whale ias been recently made in life size i.v the National Museum for exbib'-Uon it the St. Louis Exposition. King Menelik has accented invitation o talc?? part in St. Louis Exposition. To sends two lions as a present to [ resident "Roosevelt. Charles Calloway. of St. Louis. Mo.. 1:1s horn appointed official organist of lie World's Fiiir. The organ will be nstalied in Festival Hall, on Art Hill. The T.ouisinna Purchase Exposition overs two .square tniles?1240 acres. I is larger tbau the Chicago, Omaha. Sulfalo and Paris expositions compiled. Com to Fernan Leon, seeond son of ''omto Charles Leon, who was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte, is in St. Louis with his wife, and will reside here until after the World's Fair. The Crown Prince of Sweden will lead the Swedish World's Fair Comnission at St. Louis. The King of Sweden has promised to present a Kilmer to float over the Swedish pa,-ilion at the Exposition. One county in Idaho will exhibit <* he Mines and Metallurgy Palace at he World's Fair 200,000 opals. These .vili be shown in all stages?just r.s hey come from the ground in Idaho, ind later in every stage of cutting and jolishlng. . I 4 ?mama m ON BOLL PEST J Department of Agriculture Hot After the Weevil f. PLAN CF CAMPAIGN MAPPED OUT 1 # I Special Representative D spatched to The Texas Cotton Eields to Invest!* gate and Repbrt. Washington. Special?The Secretary nf Aerrirtilnire has aDnroved the plan# for the cotton boll wcvil investigation in the Southwest, for which a special appropriation of $250,000 has been mace availabie. Secretary Wilson believes that the best method, for meeting the ravages caused by the boll weevil v/ill be to put Into actual practice the facts which have been accumulated by the Department during the past two years in the Southwest, for which a special conditions, the planting of early maturing varieties of cotton. substitution of other crops, etc. The plans approved, which were submitted by Dr. T. B. Galloway, the chief of the bureau of plant industry, and Dr. Howard, the chief of the division of entomology, embody the following lines of investigation: Farmer's co-operative demonstration work! This will involve the organization of farmers in Texas and adjacent States In such a way to secure the cultivation of cotton under specific instructions from the Department of .Ag riculture. thus a definite working plan will be given to each farmers, the farmer himself to furnish the seed and fertilizers, if such are required. These aieas of cotton will serve as object leasons and will be planned to show the practibllity of growing cotton despite the presence of the weevil. Similar work will be carried on in Louisiana, where the weevil has not yet advanced. It is planned to have 8,000 to 10,000 farmers engaged in this work. Plans of breeding and selection of work. This work will have for Its ob^ Ject the improvement of present varieties of cotton, with a view of making them more prolific and earlier, so as to prevent the ravages of the weevil. The work will be conducted on experminent farms, which will be selected with due respect to climatic, soil and other conditions. The foregoing work will be looked after by the bureau of plant industry. The division of entomology will continue its eve8tigation on experiment ' farms. Thirteen farms for the growing of cotton will be located in Texaa and the investigations conducted will have for their object the determinatioft of numerous questions relative to boll weevil which have not yet been defl% rr?v- A# ?Va nueiy seiuea. i utr qucsuim u> u>? ??.feet of fertilizers on the early maturing of cotton will be considered. It la planned that these farms shall em- . brace about one hundred acres each. Investigation of parasites in the original home of the weevil will be made, the object being to introduce these r parasites into Texas with the securing of the destruction through them of the boll weevil. -/?? , ' Inspection of cotton products, their fumigation and general expenses at- '<a tending the certification required by v State laws will be another line of work conducted by the entomologist Investigation into the life history and habits of the weevil and for the > general testing of persons and machines. This work will be carried on necessarily in the boll weevil Infected districts. Investigations of other diseases than the cotton boll weevil, including the destructive cotton boll worm,' which Is one of the most serious pests In a number of the Southern cotton growing States. ~ u.rsf tSo wnrlr on the me urgguiwuuu v. _ co-operative demonstration farms has begun under the charge of Dr. 3. A. Knapp, who is now in Texas. Massacre of British. London Cable.?The foreign offlco has received news of the massacres of a British expedition nnder the auspices of the East Africa syndicate, by the Tarkhana tribesmen in the neighborhood of Rudolph Lake, East Africa. Several white men were murdered, but no details of the occurence have been received. ' * s Valuable Texts D rt. \ Austin, Texas, Special.?What, is claimed to be the richest radium bearing earth / in,, the world has ' been discovered in the Llano gold and coal fields, 115 miles rtorth of this city, tuimors 01 the discovery of earth bearing a large percent of radium in the Llano district have been persistent for some time, and these rumors were verified by the return of a party of scientists who had visited the mines to investigate the reports. These gentlemen stated that the earth will produce a larger percentage of radium than that of any other known deposit. Injunctiod Filed. Cleveland Special.?Judge Wing, of the United States Circuit Court, upon application of the Cleveland Electric * Railway Company, has issued a tern- J porary injunction, restraining the city J officials from enforcing an ordinance fl recently adopted by the city council J providing for 3-cent car fares within fl a certain zone. The ordinance fixed tomorrow as the time of the lnaugnr* ? ation of the new 'are schedule. The' injunction is to hold until February j I3. .J! V? % ,' ' ;?* ' a ~y . .. >