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Mil TBS 8UMTKB WATCHMAN. Eitabliah?? April, 18?O* Cosolidated lng. 2,1881. 'Be J ust and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims*t at, be thy Country's, thy God's and^Truth's." THE TB?B SOUTHRON, Established June 1 66 SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1908. New Series-Toi. XXI. No. 27 Published Sftrary Wednesday, -Bf 1ST. Gr. Osteen9 SUMTER, 3. C TERMS : $1 50 per annum-io advance iOTXBTISIMIHT: Ooo Square first insertion.$1 00 Cvqrj subsequent insertion........ ?.. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at redGced rates. ?? communications which subserve private interests ?Ul be charged fcr'as ad versements Obituaries aod tributes of respects will be ?harged for. / Itt QENERIL TUESDAY SN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. Gohimbia, January 28.-The House did a hard day's work. Quite a num? ber of important measures were dis? posed of. The House by an almost unanimous vofe amended the present law by in? creasing the Confederat?^pension fund to $200,000. It was the most complete tid?l wave that has swept over-- the House in years. ? few members stood battling for the Confederate Home idea, fearing that increased pensions meant death of the home idea/ and it looks as if the Confederate Home proposition will be killed in short order. The House again, for about the tenth time in as many years, killed the bill which proposed to repeal the lien law. There was quite a long and interest? ing discussion on the matter of new trials nisi. After the debate it was decided to pass the bill against the recommendation of the House judici? ary committee. A bill of general importance about drainage for towns and cities was pass? ed by the House. It provides for con? demnation proceedings by town au? thorities where necessary to carry out drainage plans. Mr. Bostick's bill, which meant to get . after the perennial tax dodger, tile men who hold stocks and bonds and mortgages, which the law contem? plates should pay taxes, was killed. The House first took up the third reading bills. The only bills to get their final readings In the House were: Mr. Durant's bill to amend the law as to agricultural Jiens. Committee's bill to incorporate the French Broad and Southern Railway Company. SENATE PROCEEDINGS. The first matter of interest to come before the Senate this morning was that of the invitation to attend the Charleston Exposition. Senator Shep? pard moved that the resolution accept? ing the invitation be amended so that only one day be spent at the Exposi? tion, and that day be Saturday, February 8. He said that he thought an official visit eminently proper. He did not mean to say that the Exposi? tion could be "taken in" in one day, bet he thought that the Senate should take only one day, because already much time has been lost He thought the Senate should lose as little more time as possible. Senaator Barnwell made a very earn? est speech in favor of the original resolution. Senator Stanland said he did not think the Senate could do justice to the Exposition in one day. Senator Appelt favored" a two days' visit, saying it would be doing the management an injustice by staying only one day. Senator Mayfield favored two days and on his motion Senator Sheppard's amendment was tabled. The county officers' salary bill next came up for discussion. Senator Hay suggested that the bill be recommitted in order that Senators might submit their views as to the amounts which would be just for their respective counties. Senator Gruber said the bill had been prepared by a joint committee last session and the terms are perfectly familiar to Senators. Under the reso? lution appointing the committee that body would not now have the author? ity to make any amendments. Senator Barnwell thought before considering the bill the Senate should hear from the Senators who drew up the bill as to their mode of procedure in making up the salaries. Senator Graber said the compensa? tions were arrived at bv use .'of all tho available statistics to be had in the State House. No reduction or in? crease in compensation was intended, but an equalization in accordance with population and necessary services required. He explained the details of the proceedings of the committee in the matter. It is a mistake to say that salaries have been reduced, for in the aggregate they are the same, he said. Senator Graydon said the bill was prepared absolutely without consider? ation of personality ror locality. The bill is simply an attempt to equalize the salaries in accordance with the population, wealth, etc., of the va? rious counties. Senator Barnwell pointed out that the salaries of some officers in Charles? ton had been raised and some had been lowered, and he desired to know by what process the committee arrived at their conclusions. Senator Sheppard regarded the bill as a most important one and it is a duty of the Legislature to do some? thing, and he thought the matter should be taken up. He suggested that it be postponed until 8 ocl'ock, so that delegations might get together and see what they wanted. Senator Henderson believed in going right at it Senator Sheppard with drew his motion. The motion to recommi t the bill was then defeated. Senator Manning: said that he be? lieved the scale agreed npon was too low and he proposed to amend by in? creasing; all salaries 20 per cent. Before the amendment was voted npon Senator Henderson made some observations on the bill. He said that many Senators were dissatisfied with the figures and he himself thought that no salary should be reduced, be? cause they are now small enough. As to anditors and treasurers, he thonght their salaries should be the same as they are now. They are semi-state and semi-connty officers. As to purely county officers, like sheriff and clerk, let each Senator fix the compensation for his own county in accordance with what is just. Senator Livingston moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill. Senator Bagsdale thought the only solution of the matter would be along the lines suggested by Senator Hen? derson. The debate was interrupted by papers from the House. In the morn? ing hour the Senate adopted the un? favorable report on the House fish bill and Senator Brown moved to recon ; sinder the motion whereby the un? favorable report was adopted. Senator Graber spoke against the bill holding that it would work a great hardship on the people of the lower section of the State. Owing to the absence of certain Senators who want? ed to discuss this measure further consideration was postponed until to? morrow and without coming back to the salary bill the Senate adjourned until ll o'clock in the morning. Resolution Adopted to Submit to the Peo? ple a Constitutional Amendment for " Biennial Sessions-Fixing Sala? ries of County Officers. Columbia, January 29.-The House today devoted practically its entire time to the consideration of two meas? ures-the bill providing for an elec? tion of an insurance commissioner and the adoption of a resolution to submit to the people a constitutional amend? ment on the subject of biennial ses j sions. The House by a larger vote than j on previous occasions gave its approv I al to the latter proposition, and tomor ! row the resolution will go to the Sen ? ate for that body to say whether the ! voters shall have an opportunity to 'decide whether they want biennial ses? sions or not. Mr. Kibler's bill looking to the election of an insurance commissioner met with surprising'strength and pass? ed the House by a decisive vote. The House committee today present? ed a favorable report, with material amendments, on the Senate child la? bor bill. The committee proposes that section 1 of the bill shall read : "That from and after the 1st day of May, 1902, no child under age of 10 years shall be employed in any textile manufacturing establishment of this State and that from and after the 1st i day of May, 1903, no child under the age of ll shall be employed in any textile establishment of the State: and that after May 1, 1902, no child under the age of ll shall be permitted to work after 8 o'clock at night, until after 6 o'clock in the morning in any ; textile manufactory of this State." The military committee reported un favorablv on the Confederate Home bilL ! The senate held both morning and night sessions. At the morning ses? sion the bill fixing the salaries of county officers was the principal mat? ter considered. The salaries to be paid to county officers was the first item to be con? sidered. The roll of the counties was called and the senator from that county fixed the salary to be given the auditor in that county. A few of the senators were absent and those coun? ties were skipped or the salaries left as fixed in the committee's bill, with leave to amend on the third reading. As a rule, two-thirds of the salary j of the auditor in each county is to be paid by the State, and one-third by; the county. The following is the schedule for the auditors, as the bill passed the senate yesterday : Abbeville, $900: Aiken,"SI, 100: An-I derson, 81,500: Bamberg, SSOO: Barn? well, $1,000: Beaufort, $1,200: Berke? ley, $825: Charleston, $2,000: Cher? okee, $675: Chester, 8900: Chester fiel, $675: Claredon, $800: Colleton, $1.100: Darlington, $900: Dorchester, 8700: Edgefieid, $1.000: Fairfield, $900: Flo renee, 8900: Georgetown, $975:! Greenville, 81,125: Greenwood, 8900: Hampton, $900: Horry, 8750: Ker? shaw, 8900: Lancaster, 8900: Laurens, $975: Lexington, $950: Marion, $937; Marlboro, 8800; Newberry, 81,000: Oconee, 8900: Orangebarg, 81,500: Pickens, 8675: Richland, 81,000: Saluda, 8800: Spartanburg,-: Sumter, 81,200: Union, 8800: Wil? liamsburg, 8900: York, 81,300. That in addition to the salaries herein pro? vided, the auditors shall receive a fee of 25 cents for each conveyance of real estate recorded. TREASURERS. The salaries of county treasurers was then fixed the same as the county auditors, the salary to be paid in tbe same proportion by the State and county as that of the auditor. There was some discussion over the proviso to give the treasurer a fee of 81.00 for each delinquent taxpayer, and the fee was finally fixed at 50 cents for each delinquent. Senator Dennis at first wanted to make it 25 cents, but con? sented to the amendment making it 50 cents. Then the senate went to work to fix the salaries of the sheriffs of the var? ious counties, after deciding to allow them 20 cents per day for each pri? soner. The following were the figures decided on bv the senate last night: Abbeville, "81,100: Aiken, 82,000; Anderson, 81,SOO Bamberg, 8850 Barn? well, 81,500 Beaufort, 81,500 Berkeley, 81,500: Charleston, 8500; Cherokee, 8800 : Chester, 8900 : Chesterfield, 8900 : Clarendon, 8800; Colleton, $1,300; Dorchester, $700 : Edgefieid, $900 ; ? Florence, $1,500: Georgetown, 81,500: Greenville, $1,800; Greenwood, $1,-! OOO; Hampton, $1,000; Horry, $300; Kershaw, 8900; Lancaster, 31,000; Lau? rens, SI, 500; Lexington, S700; Marion, $1,800: Marlboro, $1,350; Newberry, $1,100: Oconee, $500; Orangeburg, $2, 000; Pickens, $700; Richland, $2,000; Saluda, $1,000; Spartanburg, $2,000; Sumter, $1,800: Union, $1,500: Wil? liamsburg, $1,300; York, $1,400. CLERK OF COURT. The salaries of the clerks of court was then fixed as follows : Abbeville, $300; Aiken, $500; An? derson, $500; Bamberg, $150; Barn? well. $400; Beaufort, $400; Berkeley, $300; Charleston, $1,800; Cherokee, $200; Clarendon, $150; Chester, $350; Chesterfield, $200; Colieton, $300; Darlington, $400. ; Dorchester, $200 : j Edgefield, $200; Fairfield, $300; Flor : ence, $350 ; Georgetown $500 ; Green? ville, $900; Greenwood, $250: Hamp? oon, $250; Horry, $300; Kershaw, $350 ; Lancaster, $250 ; Laurens, 350 ; j Lexington, $300 ; Marion, $500 : Marl i boro, $650 ; Newberry, $275 ; Oconee, !$150: Orangeburg, $550: Pickens, : $300; Richland, $425; Saluda, $200; i Spartanburg, $500: Sumter, $400; Union, $400; Williamsburg, $275; York, $400. COUNTY SUPERVISORS. The salaries of the county supervisors was fixed as follows : Abbeville, $750; Aiken, $800; An? derson, $900; Bamberg, $250; Barn? well, $800: Beaufort, $800; Berkeley, $600; Charleston, $1,200; Cherokee, $500; Chester, $800: Chesterfield, $600; Clarendon, $600; Colieton, $550; Dar? lington, $750: Dorchester, $400; Edge field, $500 : Fairfield, $650 ; Florence, $600; Georgetown, $800; Greenville, $850; Greenwood, $700; Hampton, $600; Horry, $500; Kershaw, $600; Lancaster, $600 ; Laurens, ?300 ; Lex? ington. $250; Marion, $800; Marlboro. $600: Newberry, $750; Oconee, $300; Orangeburg, $400: Pickens, $250; Richland, $550: Saluda, $400; Spar? tanburg, $850: Sumter, $750: Union, 8600 : Williamsburg, $750 ; York, $800. CHARLESTON'S SHERIFF. When Senator Barnwell moved to fix the salary of the sheriff of Charles? ton County at $500 per year there were many requests for an explanation. Mr. Barnwell said that if the legisla? ture was going to leave the dieting fees for prisoners at 20 cents per day it would give Charleston's sheriff an income of about $6,000 per year. On the other hand if the sheriff is requir? ed to dist the prisoners at cost he would move to give the sheriff of Charleston County a salary commen? surate with the importance of the office. Later on the senate decided in favor of the fee system, and Senator Barnwell left the salary of the sheriff' of his county at the surprising sum of $500. Mr. Barnwell explained, how-' ever, that the fees from dieting the prisoners would give the sheriff a com? fortable living and that there was no danger of that official starving. Most of the Day Given up to the Good fioads' Convention and County Officers' Salary Bill. Columbia, January 30.-The House today had only two hours working time, as an agreement had been made that the Good Roads Convention could have the use of the hall after 12 o'clock, as well as at night. There were a number of excellent and sensible speeches made at the good roads meeting. The House today gave its final ap? proval to the bill looking to the elec? tion of an insurance commissioner and to the resolution looking to a consti? tutional amendment as to biennial ses? sions. On the first roll call the requis? ite two-thirds vote was not obtained, but the announcement of the vote was postponed, and later on the resolution received its third reading by a vote of 90 to 17, and the resolution has now gone to the Senate. The discussion today was confined entirely to the bill, relative to the adoption of the Code, which carries the entire statue law of the State. The whole point at issue was whether the Code commissioner, whose report was to be adopted, should be named or not, and whether the Breazeale codification or that of Mr. Townsend was to be adopted. The House had to adjourn-the debate on the subject un? til tomorrow and nothing final was done today. THE SENATE. The senate after having spent the greater part of three days discussing the bill to regulate salaries of county officers, got the old bill through a second reading.. But it was in such a mangled and mutilated condition that a special committee, consisting of four senators', was appointed to super? vise the engrossing of the bill before it is to be given is tibi rd reading. The senate has found more trouble in dealing with this bill than any other that has come np at this session, and as it was being given its second read? ing last night notices were given of wholesale amendments on the third reading. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 29.-J. C. Legree, colored, mayor and assistant postmaster of Burrough, Ga., a color? ed settlement, was arrested today by Postoffice Inspector Lewis on a charge of robbing the mails. A decoy letter was sent through the office containing money. The letter and the marked money were found on Legree's person. Legree was a sort of poohbah of the village, holding almost every office in it. Me claimed he was only retaining the letter because the postage on it was insufficient. Boston, Mass., January 29. Seven Italians were suffocated in a tenement house fire, in Fleet street, in the North end, this morning. Three others were taken to the hospital and probably cannot recover. The other victims include three women and one man jumped out of windows. The dead include women, men and children, all thought to be members of two families. The police are trying to secure identifications. SHUTS APPEAL TO PRESIDENT. The Comment Made Public by the Navy Department. Washintgon, Jan. 30.-The "com? ment" of Judge Advocate Gen. Lem ley and Solicitor Hanna upon the ap? peal of Admiral Schley as submitted to the president by Secretary Long begins with the statement that Admi? ral Schley and his counsel have shift? ed their ground. They say the chief features of the case were "the retro? grade movement;" disobedience of or? ders;" "inaccurate and misleading official reports;" "failnre to destroy vessels of the enemy, lying within sight;" and "injustice to a brother officer." These matters are all grave. The first was that the j finest aggrega? tion of American naval vessels . under one command was, by Schley?s direc? tion, turned about and headed for Key West, more than 700 miles distant, wlien within 22 miles of Santiago, where the enemy's ships were. The Second was that Schley deliberately and knowingly disobeyed the secre? tary's order overtaking his in his re? trograde movement. The third was that Schley's reason, officially given for the retrograde movements and dis? obedience of orders, i. e., "that the flying squadron was short of coal" was not true. The fourth was that for three days some of the Spanish ships lay within reach of^he flying squadron and no sufficient effort was made to destroy them. The fifth in? volves the point of honor. The com? mentators say: "All the above named features be? lieved by us to be the-most important if not the only really important mat? ter, into which the court made in? quiry, the conduct of Admiral Schley was condemned by that most distin? guished tribt..ial. Admiral Dewey and Rear Admirals Benham and Ram? sey and their findings and opinions upon all of these several points." The commentators charge that Ad? miral Schley now ignores all these grave matters and bases his appeal upon relatively unimportant features of the case. "Fifty-Eighty" Train Robbery. No Developments in Express Rob? bery. Branchville, Jan. 29,-There are no nfcw developments in the express rob . beTy. , It seems that there is, or has been very little effort made to capture the robbers. The supposition is that the robbers are in this vicinity yet. It is 'generally'rjelieved that "with a little effort the robbers could have been easily captured. It seems that as soon as the express safe was recovered the chase was abandoned. One of the Bobbers Caught and Taken to Charleston. Branchville, Janary 30.-The ex? press robbery is still the topic of ab? sorbing interest which takes up public attention. The news up to date is as follows : Yesterday the three men who con? veyed the through safe to the Edisto for concealment until it could be opened at leisure visited the spot where the safe was found. They were armed with guns and spent the day at a fire in the woods. Some woodcut: te rs observed their movements and duly reported the same. This morning a stranger attempted to steal a ride on the blind baggage platform of the train for Augusta, but was put off by the train hands. He had been closely wathced by detect? ives and when he set out on foot in the direction of Augusta Detective Hanley made a hasty trip to Fifty-? eight, bringing back Pinckney Kearse to identify the man. Kearse is the negro farmer whose mule and wagon was seized by the robbers to convey the safe to the river and who persist? ed in following fthem in spite Jof their oaths and threats to shoot him. An engine and coach containing the de? tective and a posse set out from Branchville and soon over hauled the man, who was at once captured. Kearse positively identifies him and says he is the man who ' broke a gun over his mule's head. The prisoner will be taken to Charleston tonight for the purpose of further identifica? tion at a certain hotel. The man had seven watches in his possession, which he claims to be his stock in trade, but which may have relation to some of %the numerous recent bur? glaries. THE LEVErTCONTEST. Washington, Jan. 30.-Representa? tive Lever has been informed that the hearing given his contested election case has been postponed by the com? mittee on elections from February 18 to February 20. It is learned from an authoritative source that the present intention of a number of the members of that com? mittee is to make a test case of Mr. Lever's case, in order to get before the House the whole question of the con stitntonality of the unequal suffrage laws in several of the Southern states. The chairman of the committee, Representatvie Olmsted, of Pennsyl? vania, is known to bo an ardent ad? vocate of the Crumpacker bill to re? duce the South's representation. Re? presentative Powers, of Maine, is an? other member of the committee who ha? on more than one occasion ex? pressed himself as antagonistic to suff? rage conditions in the South These members, with several others, it is said, are determined to get a whack at the representation of the South on the floor of the House, and have decid? ed that by reporting unfavorably the case of Mr. Lever an opportunity to do this very thing will be forthcoming. It will be rememembered that the basis of contest in this case is the un? constitutionality of South Carolina's suffrage laws. BITTER PERSONALITIES IM SENATE. Teller, Lodge, Tillman and Spoon? er Squabble. Washington, Jan. 28.-A Philippine storm was central in the senate cham? ber today for nearly three hours, but was void of definite results. At times it looked very serions and the specta? tors who thronged the galleries, watch? ed with breathless interest. Acrimony in senate debates is not in? frequent, but old senators say it has been years since there has been such a hurricane of bitter vituperation,, of personal taunt, of ugly charges, and of unmodified criticism as was witnessed today. Not since the discussion of the resolutions leading up to the Hispano American war have any such scenes occurred in the senate. " Even that de? bate lacked the personal bitterness manifested at times today. j Irritation was aroused on both sides of the chamber, and once or twice per? sonal encounters between senators seemed imminent. Once when Sena? tor Teller taunted the Republican sen? ators by declaring they knew the state? ments made in a recent dispatch from Manila, in which Gen. Wheaton was represented as criticising the oppo? nents of the government's policy in the Philippines were true, a half dozen j Republicans were on their feet in an j instant. Senator Lodge, at whom the ! taunt seemed to be aimed particularly j hurriedly crossed from his seat in the I center of the Republican side to the j main aisl? of the senate, and white to th? lips, passionately challenged the i statement of the Colorado s?nator, and demanded that he withdraw it. Sena? tor Teller so modified the statement that further hostilities at that time were averted. One of the sharpest colloquies of the session was between Senator Spooner of Wisconsin and Senator Tillman of : South Carolina. The race problem, involving the lynching of negroes was interjected into the controversy and much feeling was manifested. Senators in their excitement seemed for the moment to have forgotten the subject of debate. The chair (Mr. Frye) was able with difficulty to main? tain order. When the discussion final? ly was ended for the day, the chair felt called upon seriously to admonish senators that the rules of the body had not been observed, and after reading the rule which had been violated he expressed the hope that in the future senators would have a care to observe it. Such an admonition has not been made by the presiding officer of the senate in many years. BATTLE TMSAFFS. Sumter county cock's were victor? ious in the great battle of gaffs yester? day at the cock pit. Of the nine fights in the main they won six. The fighting continued nearly all day, and those who were there declare it was the most interesting sport in several ways they have had in a long time. " Wide interest extending even to Wash-' ington, Richmond and out to Cali? fornia, centered in the battle. There were interested spectators from several cities in this state and North Caroina. -Florence Times. Government Cable io Manila. - Washington, January 28.-By a vote of 8 to 7 the House committee on commerce today decided in favor of Government construction, operation and maintenance of a Pacific cable, and ordered a farvorable report on the bill of Representative Corliss, provid? ing for such a Government undertak? ing. The bill provides for a Government cable from the coast of California to Hawaii, and the Philippines via Mid? way and the Island of Guam, or by whatever route the President may consider most practicable. The cost is fixed at not to exceed $10,000,000, of which $500,000 is made immediately availalbe. The work of construction is entrusted to the army and navy de? partments, and after the cable is laid its operation is under the control of the Poastmaster General, Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy. Provisions is made for Government ; messages and also for private messages j at a rate not exceeding 25 cents per j word to Hawaii and 50 cents per word to Manilla. | The best way to lick out the Virgin? ia-Carolina Chemical company, is for every farmer in the state to have a fer? tilizer factory of his own in his own barnyard. this plan will bring wealth to individuals and wealth to the state. Those who consider the goods of the Virginia-Carolina compa? ny too high, will not have to pay for them, if the state goes into the com? mercial fetilizer business, the man who makes fertilizers in a domestic factory of his own on his own barn- j yard, "will be taxed along with others j to keep the state enterprise going.- j Yorkville Enquirer. i HOME MATTERS IN W?SHIN6!0N. Free Rural Delivery inspections to be Made iji Districts Repre? sented by Mr. Finley and Mr. Scarborough. Washington, January 28.-Superin? tendent Macey, of the rural free deliv? ery service, spent some time today con I suiting with several pl ' the South i Carolina delegation about the applica? tions pending in their districts for the establishment of new routes. Repre ? sentative Finley was promised that an inspector should visit his ??strict the middle of February and report on the thirty applications for free delivery now on 'file from that section. Mr. Finley also asked for' the continuance of the postoffice at Ezell, Cherokee County, which will -' be -$<B3e for the present at least. Fifteen-petitions for free delivery service from .Marion, Darlington and Florence counties brought Representative -^carborough to the department to ask that he be given an inspector as -j^rly as possi? ble. Superintendent Maoj&n will send one to that section on ?ebrnary 15. Mr. Scarborough also obtained a post office for Harney Marion ;5?punty J In the list of fonrih^as?s: postmas? ters appointed today South Carolina led with twelve ' apjioinfanehts : J. G. McGt?llougiv Benson, .' Williamsburg: County, vice Jv B. ; Chandler ; John H. Stackhousej; Campbells' Bridge, Marion County, vice A* ??. Powell; J. E. Causey, Causey, Horiy County, vice M. T. Jordan ; TJ? & Cainon, Elim, Florence County,' vi?? A. J. Ham ; Irven H.' Compton, "Gary, New? berry County,.vice John-B./Crisp; W. W. Gaston, Hollis, Chester County, vice J. D. Hollis; T. M.: Griffin, L?n derman, Greenville County, vice J. W. Grin; N. Foster, Olga, Pickens County, vice Millie B. foster ; Joseph Lake, Phoenix, Greenwood County, vice: James S. Watson; Jessie T. Timmerman, Ridge Sprang, Saluda County, vice Mary M. Watson : W. E.Elliott, Rowland, Kershaw County, vice S. A. West; Julia >E. Barker, Sycamore, Barnwell County, vice J. A. Lightsey. GOOD ROADS CONVEtiTIOH. Meeting in the State House at Co? lumbia. Colombia, January r30.- The Good Roads' Convention, which is now in session here, is proving a great suc? cess. It is doing a great c?eal of good. Quite a number of county supervisors and county officers have come here from various parts of the State to the practical demonstrations and lis? ten to the sensible talk of-experts in the good roads work. President F. H. Hyatt mapped out the work of the convention and every detail has been carried Ont in ecxel lent manner. The members of the Legislature de- . voted most of the day to ? listening to the admirable arguments in favor of good roads from men of national repu? tation, who are familiar with ?every feature of the work. The House surrendered the use of its hall after noon to the convention. A number of addresses were deliver? ed in the morning and at night Prof. Wilson of the geological survey was called upon and Prof. Holmes, of ' North Crolina, who has been a master hand in the work, delivered the main address of the occasion. To Reduce War Taxes. Wash ngton, Jan. 29.-The Republi? can members of the ways and means committee held a private conference tonight and decided to frame a bill for the reduction of war revenue taxes before proceeding with the subject to Cuban recipocity. It is pretty fulry understood that the majority is pre? pared to favor a measure effecting very large reductions, amounting practical? ly to a repeal of the entire war taxes, and aggregating about $68,000.000. / At the conference today it was the prevailing view that as Cuba had been the cause for incurring the war reve? nue taxes the burden should he remov? ed from this country before consider? ing the relief to be granted to Cuba. -?? - Sad Case in Greenville. Greenville, January 28.-M. Cooper, a white man 60 years of age, attempted suicide here this morning. At-noon he was found by Superintendent Riser in the cemetery, lying prostrate on the wet ground, his clothing covered with thin ice, and utterly unconscious. An empty two-ounce vial, which had contained laudanum, was found near him. He had been on the ground for several hours and when found little life was left. Physicians were sum? moned and upon the adminsitration of restoratives he regained consciousness. Little hope is expressed for his recov? ery. He was at one time wealthy, but lost all his money by speculation, and. he has no relatives or friends. Minutes sufficient to give you most delicious tea biscuit using Royal Baking Powder as di? rected. A pure, true leavener.