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SAi WY!!! CAMDEN. -_;_ Tte Untimely End Monday of Gol. E. Hiller Boykin. p Prominent Citizen of Camden and Well-known Throughout the State, Kills Himself in Try I. ing to Cross a Fence While Carrying His Gun. His Death Quickly Followed by the Soi ?K; ciste of Mr. E. C. Zemp, Cashier of the Bank, of Which Coi. Boykin Was President. Camden, Nov. 16.-This entire com munity was shocked this evening be? yond expression when the announce ment was made that Col. E. Miller Boykin had accidentally killed him? self. He left his office at the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank a few minutes before 3 o'clock, chatted pleasantly with several friends before getting in his buggy and starting home. After S&ieaching home he picked up his gun, which was a rather treacherous rever H&sible action and went out to shoot a -hawk. j The supposition is that as he started ! glfto climb a" fence he set the gun over the fence at tile same time making a motion to set over himself, when the gun was discharged, the load taking effect in his chest. He fell backwards, while the gun was found leaning on the opposite side of the fence. Mrs. Boykin sent a servant boy, Willie Richardson, out to hud Mr. Boykin, and he soon returned and told the j condition in which he found Mr. Boy? kin. His nephew. Mr. John Can tey, j who was at the house, ran to where j he was and. found him dead. A jury of inquest was empanelled by Magistrate McDowell, composed of the following gentlemen : M. Baum, foreman; A. M. Brailsford, BL G. Whistler, C. C. Brown, J. J. Work? man, F. Z. Kemp, W. K DeLoache, W. ?. Johnson, P. T. Villepigue, R W. Mitcham, W. S. Burnet, F. Leslie Zemp, C. J. Shannon, Jr., and John Whitaker; Sr., Tendered the following j verdict : We, the jury of inquest, find that the j deceased, E. Miller Boykin, came to j his death by misfortune or accident in i the accidental discharge of his gun j " . ?while out hunting. Mr. Boy kin's death is a distinct loss ! to this community. He accomplished a great deal for its material progress j * and was the President of the DeKalb ! ? Cotton Mill, which enterprise he was ?instrumental in establishing, and the j Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, the : Camden. Press Brick Company and the j Camden tUasket and Coffin Factory. He was elected a member of the Legis? lature in 18S0, and was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention which named Grove? Cleveland as the standard bearer in 18S4, and was later appointed by Cleveland United States marshal at Charleston. He was a com? municant of Grace Episcopal Church. Kind-hearted, generous, painstaking, energetic he was in every respect a . true gentleman, and his untimely death will carry profound sorrow to scores of hearts not only in this com? munity, but throughout the State. His wife and one son, Mr. Newton Boykin, assistant to the cashier in the Farmers' and Merchante' Bank, with a large circle of other relatives, sur? vive him. C. W. Birchmore. SUICIDE OF CASHER ZEMP. Camden, Nov. 16.-Since wiring you this evening of the tragic death of Col. E. Miller Boykin, president of the Farmers] and Merchants' Bank, this community has been well-nigh paralyz- ! ed by the suicide of Mr. E. C. Zemp, cashier of the bank. He was found dead in his barn tonight with a pistol ball in his mouth. Shortly after re? ceiving the news of the death of Mr. : Boykin, Mr. Zemp left his home, ostensibly to go over to Mr. Boykia's, i nearby, but instead went to his barn and committed suicide. Few men were held in nigher esteem than was E. C Zemp, and his tragic death is a great shock to his family and friends. If there is any shortage in tho bank's accounts it is not known, but a meet- j ing of the directors will be held in j ti? morning and a thorough investiga? tion will follow. In view of the death of *he president and cashier the bank i will necessarily be closed for a day j orso, when, it is thought, its busi? ness will be resumed as usual - ?ow Mr. Boykin Met Death. Special to the State. Camden, Nov. 16.-The entire com? munity of Camden was inexpressibly shocked and grieved at tbe sad and sudden death of Mr. E. Miller Boy kiu, who was found dead from an accidental discharge of his gun, hav? ing gone out to shoot a hawk which had been annoying his chickens. Mr. Boykin left his office at his regular dinner hour and while waiting at his home on dinner, a servant came in and notified him that a hawk was in the yard. He secured his gun, which is said to have been recently repaired. It is a hammerless gun and the safety catch had been put on backwards, consequently instead of the trigger being at safety it was ready for firing. He was last seen following the hawk into a pine grove adjoining his prem? ises and the supposition is that while he was in the act of getting over the fence the explosion took place, as the gr?* was resting on one side of the fence and he on the other, with his feet towards the fence. William Richardson, a little negro who was sent out to call Mr. Boykin to dinner, was the first to reach the scene. This servant came back to the house and met Mr. Jno. Can tey, who had stopped by on his way down town to use the telephone at lir. Boykin's house. Mr. Cantey ran down to see what had happened and found that Mr. Boykin was dead. The discharge had entered the breast. The report of the gun was distinctly heard from the house but no one paid any atten? tion to it, as it was thought that he had fired at the hawk. He leaves a ae voted wife and one son, who was his father's constant companion and friend, also a very large family con? nection. His wife was Miss Lula Cook of a distinguished Virginia family. His sisters are Mrs. E. B. Can tey and Mrs. Brown Manning, and his broth? ers are Messrs. A. H., Burwell, Allen Jones and L. Whitaker Boykin, all of whom are prominent and popular men here. Mr. Bokyin was one of the most prominent business men in tho State. He was a member of the Democratic convention at Chicago in 1884 which nominated Cleveland for proident; was a member of the legislature and in 188p was appointed United States marshal. After serving his term of office he returned to his home near Camden where he engaged in farming. A few years later he moved to Camden and organized the Farmers and Mer? chants bank; was eelcted president of the institution and served in that ca? pacity until his death. At one time he was president of the Camden cotton mills, then resigned that position and organized the De? Kalb cotton mills, of which he was made president. He was also president of the Press Brick company and several other enterprises of this city. Mr. Boykin was a man of charming per? sonality, a Christian gentleman of the old regime with a gentle and cour? teous manner and bearing. NO DEVELOPMENTS IN CAMDEN. Boykin and Zemp Buried This Afternoon. Special to the Daily Item. Camden, S. C., Nov. 17, 440 p. m. -No further developments. Boykin buried at 2 o'clock. Zemp . will be buried at 4. W. Lu M. ? SEHStTfi IN COLON. German Steamer Flying the Co? lombian Flag is Not Allowed to Land. Colon, Nov. 15.-The overdue Ger? man steamer Scotia arrived from the coast at sundown today flying the Colombian flag. Her agents signalled the Scotia to come alongside her wharf, but she is now anchored a mile and a half from the harbor. Cut? ters from the United States auxiliary cruiser Dixie are plying to and from the Scotia, which has no communica? tion with the shore. There is great excitement, and it is said that Gen. Reyes and his staff are aboard the ves? sel. The United States converted crui? ser Mayflower left her anchorage and steamed to meet the Scotia. . The moment the Scotia anchored twenty marines from the Dixie were landed here. Lord Kitchener's Leg Broken. Simla, India, Nov. 16.-Lord Kitchener, commander-in-chief of the British forces in India, has met with a serious accident while riding home alone from a country house near here. As he was passing through a tunnel his horse became frightened and collid? ed with the walled side. One of Lord Kitchener's legs was broken in two places. Some time afterwards coolies passing through the tunnel found the commander-in-chief lying there help? less? and brought him to Simla. He is now reported to be doing well. Norfolk, Va., November 16. JohnH. Dowling, cashier of the Portsmouth Dime Savngs Bank is missing, and with him went several thousand dollars of the bank's money. He left the city on Saturday night, November 7, telling A. J. Phillips, president of the bank, that he was going to spend Sunday with friends in Suffolk. Firebugs in Privateer. Two -fires ocumng within a few days of each other, and both under suspi? cions circumstances, have give rise to what appears to be a well founded be? lief that there is an incendiary at work an Privateer township. One might last week the barn and stables cf Mr. Frank Winkles were burned. In addition to his corn, for? age and farming implements a mule owned fey nis son-in-law was burned. Hie loss was quite heavy and he had no insarar.ce. On Monday night the bara, and ?tables of Mr. John W. Osteen were burned and the circum? stances were so suspicious that there was little room to doubt that it was th? work of an incendiary. A messen- : ger was sent to this city immediately j after the fire and "Old Station" the; bloodhound was loaned by the police ] in the hope that the incendiary might be captured. The dog was put on the trail about midnight and followed it without a break for seven miles until it crossed a swamp where it was lost, j the man having taken to water. The dog was not carried across the swamp and given a chance to pick up the trail on the other side, which he may have been able to do after having made such a fine chase It is not known whether any parti? cular person is suspected of setting fire to the barns, but the people of that neighborhood are considerably wrought up and if a firebug should be caught in the act it will be a serious matter for - him. Union, Nov. 16.- Oss Miller, a negro fireman in Union mills, was crashed to death last night by walking into the large flywheel of the mill engine. His legs and arms were ground to pulp and the entire top of his head was taken off and one eye was found several yards from thc body. Almost every bone in his body was broken. It is said he was either drunk or drinking aud as he passed the wheel fell under it. The Governor has commuted the sentence of John Wright, of Lee county, convicted of housebreaking and larceny, and sentenced to twelve months on the chain gang, to tho eight months which has been served. The petition was signed by all of the county officials and the delegation, and there was a certificate showing that the man was nearly dead with tuberculosis. WASHiNBTGN POLITICAL GOSSIP. What is Said of Roosevelt's Dec? larations Concerning the Panama Situation-The Fight Against Mor man Smoot. Washington, D. C., Nov. 16.-What might be termed the "Roosevelt Doc? trine" lias jost been announced from the White House in that part of the President's message which referred to the canal negotiations and was writ? ten before the revolution broke out in Panama. It had to be cut out of the coming message, but the President took care that it should not be lost to the pub? lic and gave it out for publication. He says very plainly, if Colombia will not come to a satisfactory arrangement with us let us build the canal in spite of her. The following quotations give the substance or the remarkable state? ment. "High authorities on the in? ternational law hold that the canal can be dug as an incident to exercising the power to prevent the obstruction of traffic across the isthmus." "In my judgment it is time to declare that the beginning of the canal cannot be much longer delayed. This nation does not desire to be unreasonable or impatient, but it cannot and will not permit any body of men permanently to obstruct one of the great world highways of traffic." "It seems evi? dent in a matter such as this we should finally decide which is the-best route, and if the" advantages of this or any other possible route are sufficient? ly marked, we should then give notice that we can no longer submit to trifling or insincere dealing on the part of those whom the accident of po? sition has placed in temporary control of the ground through which the route must pass; that if they will come to agreement with us in straightforward fashion we shall in return act not only with justice but with generosity : and that if they fail to come to such agreement with us, we must forthwith take the matter into our own hands. " This is tobe cut out of the President's message because of the changed conditions on the Isthmus. Why therefore should the President of the United States publish such a gratuitous insult to the sovereignty of the South American ocuntries? What right has he to talk about Colombia or Nicaragua being in temporary possession of the land through which the canal must pass? How can the South American countries believe in the sincerity of our carry? ing (int treaty obligations on the Isthmus when the President declares that this treaty gives us the right to build the canal without Colombia's consent? Why, after using this ficti? tious argument in the case of Colom? bia, did he farther on declare that we had the right to build either route, without the consent of Nicaragua or Panama? The Senate Committee on Military Affairs has decided to hold a public hearing of all the protests, which are being made against the appointment of Leonard B. Wood to be major general. His nomination has just been sent to the Senate by the Presi? dent. At the beginning of the Spanish War, Wood was an army surgeon. He was made Colonel of the Rough Riders and later appointed Brigadier General in the regular army. If this appointment as Major General is con? firmed, he will become head of the army in 1908 and remain such until his retirmnt in ?924. All the older officers over whose heads he has been appointed, and Who will thus be pre? vented from ever becoming head of the army, are bitterly opposed to Wood's nomination, which they claim wes received through political influ? ence. Senator Teller, who has no per? sonal interest in the affair, has come forward as the -champion of tliese offi? cers and. demands that the appoint? ment be held up until there can be a thorough investigation -of Woodys amiiitary record, and of his record as governor general of Cuba. Serious charges have been made against him, especially by Major Rathbone, the friend of Senator Hanna, who was eonvicted of postal frauds, while serv? ing as director general of posta in Cuba. Wood was largely instrumental in ptroeuring Bath bone's conviction. The Cuban postal scandais will be aired 'again at the hearing and -Gener? al Wood, through his friends, will have to show that he was nat respon? sible for, or implicated in, the loose administration of Cuba white he was governor of the island. There has been a lively debate in the Senate on the numerous petitions from a?l over the -country sent to that body, protesting against the seating of Reed Smoot, the Mormon senator from Utah. Senator Hoar claimed that the petitions were out of order as the question was a judicial one for the Committee on Privileges and Elec? tions, and it was as wrong to petition that committee as it was to petition the Snpreme Court of the United States. Senator Dubois of Idaho took issue with this statement and declar? ed that the petitions were entitled to the serious consideration of the Sen? ate as they represented the moral thought of the country. As there is little hope of proving Senator Smoot a polygamist the petitions declare that he is wholly ineligible to a seat in the Senate because lie is an apostle of the Mormon Church, which claims au? thority to control its members in civil as well as religions affairs, and that he should be expelled for giving his highest allegiance to a government other than that of the Republic of the United States. The petitions are sign? ed principally by women's and relig? ious organizations. The Daughters of the American Revolution and the W. C. T. U. are especially active in op? position to the Mormon Senator. Ex Secretary Carlisle is counsel for the petitioners and will make the leading argument before the Senate Commitee on Privileg?fcnd Elections. There is not the slightest chance of the Senator being forced to give up Iiis seat. There are many indications that the republicans intend to keep the race question prominent as a political issue and members of Congress will have plenty of opportunity to express their opinions on the principlles involved in permitting the negro to exercise politi? cal power. Tor the third time Presi? dent Roosevelt has sent the nomination of W. D. Crum to the Senate, although that body twice refrained from taking action on the appoint? ment of a negro to be collector of the port of Charleston, as such action was strongly condemned by the two Sena? tors from South Carolina and the white people of the city. The President named Crum as a recesss appointment and he has been serving several months. It is believed that the Com? mittee on Commerce to which the ap? pointment has been referred will report favorably on it, but Senator Tillman will fight the confirmation in the exe? cutive session and threatens a filibuster which may arouse a prolonged debate on the negro question. In the House, Representative Crumpacker of Indiana has reintroduced his favorite resolu? tion providing for the appointment of a committee to examine the suffrage conditions in the different states, with the evident intention of bringing about a reduction of the representation in Congress of the Southern States. Representative Dick of Ohio will sup? port a similar resolution and Senator McComas has introduced a bill in the Senate calling for an investigation of the condition of the colored race. The National Sociological Society, a com? mittee of which has just been cordially received by the President, is going to appeal to Attorney General Knox, to protect the negro by defending the Fifteenth Amendment. To All Whom it May Concern. Sumter, S. C. Nov. 16, 1903. There are a great many people apparently, interested in the recent re? duction of insurance rates on some of the dwellings in Sumter, as is evinced by the number of queries received by note and through telephone; among them notably Managers C. H. Hurst, of the Citizens' Insurance Agency, and J. M. Lawrence of the Sumter Agency. I take this method of replying in order to facilitate matters. To begin with, almost ail the frame shingle roof dwellings in Sumter have been written at one per cent, (one dollar for every hundred. ) Now every underwriter who knows his business, knows that one per cent, would not be the tariff rate on one of the above mentioned dwell? ings in a second class town, out of a very large number; at present I can not call to mind a single case where one per cent is the current rate. The bases rate on these dwellings is seventy five cents ; and where there are ex? posures of the same class of buildings there is a charge of twenty cents for each such exposure, making the rata on unexposed dwellings seventy five cents; on dwellings having one ex? posure there is a charge of twenty cents, which gives the rate of 95 cents for dwellings having one exposure; and a charge of forty #cents for dwellings having two exposures, giving a rate of 81.15 for the last named class. Dwell? ings exposed by more hazardous risks than dwellings are rateddifferenly still : there are only a few of this class in Sumter not over three or four all told. As it is my practice in business to look after the interest of my assured as well as that cf my companies to the best of my ability, I have written the dwelling risks in my care at the above mentioned rates. When the fact was brought to the attention of the Sumter Insurance Agency they wrote to my companies complaining of me for cutting the rates, whereupon the companies sent their representatives to this city, to investigate the matter, my books were examined and not a risk was cancelled by the companies on account of the rate, as all were found in accordance with my book of instructions. Any company doing business in Sumter will write dwell? ings at the above named rates. It is the duty of every insurance agent to see that his company gets an adequate rate. It ic also the duty of every insurance agent to see that his assured get the correct rate. All assureds are on the same footing, all have intrusted their interests to their agent, (when we write a policy we become the agent of the assured as well as the agent of the company we write for) be they large or small all are due the same consideration. There is no justice in charging some above the tariff that others may be allowed an undercharge. Since I have been in the business, I know of one case where the ri<oh landlord paid not <fuite one half ike fate that was being charged his poor -(and I think I nrght emphasize that word poor, without exaggeration) tenant and these two pol? icies were runn?ng side by side, written in the same agency : a living, disgrace to honest underwriting. My companies are not cut-rate com? panies, I am giad to say, and when you get one of my policies you will get .honest insurance, for which you will have to pay the tariff rate; and in ?ease of a loss you are guaranteed a good honest settlement. I do not re? present twenty-seven companies aggre? gating $300,000,000 in assets, but the assets of my companies are ample to protect all liabilities. I do not adver? tise "Insurance that Insures." as that goes without saying in the case of jsompanies whose reputations are made for fair and square dealing with the assured, with their agents and with other compnies in competition with them. I hope I have made this matter clear to all inquirers but in case I have not, I am ready at all times, to answer any and all questions on the subject of insurance to the very best of my ability, as it is my business and pleasure to serve the public along that line. AN DRENA MOSES, Insurance Agent. The stores and business houses will close oa Thursday, the 26th instant. The Chritsmas numbers of Smart Set, Argosy, Ainslee, Harper's Bazar, at H. G. Osteen &, Co. 's. Mr. L. D. Mathis, of Spring Hill, who spent Wednesday in the city was robbed of $175 while in the vicinity of the Carnival shows. He sold several bales of cotton to Levi Bros., re? ceiving one hundred and eighty odd dollars in cash. He placed $175 in bills in a pocket book and put the book in his hip pocket. From Levi Bros. store he went down to the show tents and knocked around there for a short time and then went to Barnett's store where he purchased a supply of seed oats, when he went to pay for the oats he discovered that his pocket? book was gone. He reported his loss to the police but could not be positive whether he was robbed or lost the pocket book, but it is believed that some one in the crowd around the show tents picked his pocket. Chief Bradford has done what he could to discover some clue that would lead ^to the recovery of the money or the iden? tification and arrest of the thief, but having no evidence to work on has learned nothing. HA600D:S ADiED. He Bids a Sarcastic Farewell to His ? Correspondents. Mr. Editor: I hesitate to relate an anecdote ; some one might say "Hit's a lie." In fact I've grown wary to say anything. My better half, to whom I read such portions of "Be Good" and "No Good's" articles as suited me, has enjoined the strictest silence. But you see how brave I am. I may be akin for aught I know, to the fellow who "cussed" the Judge, but put miles between before doing so. Let me say to "Be Good" that he is either out of practice or is a novice at lying. In either case he ought to stop. I am not getting mad because he has outlied me. To be truthful I had better lay down my pen ; but no I will write on. A word to "No Good." If he will lay down that fowling piece and take up his quill I will fear him less and love him more ; then the unex? pected and improbable will transpire, for "No Good" will do good. That was a reasonable article. "When such fellows go to talking I quit and listen. If you are not instructed you are amused and entertained, and that means a lot in this old world now. The man who makes you smile at no one's expense is a benefactor of the race. I have done with lying, that is, that I lie not. I have nothing more to say on the subject. I must write on something else or quit now lest I lie. "Practical Jokes" seem just now a good subject. Some people, I call no names lest I lie, treat life as a big joke, and others might as welL One says "It's better to laugh than to cry. " That depends on what it costs. A fellow I know came near getting his brains blown out trying to scare some women and children. It turns out that way some times. A burly Irishman seeing a large bull in a field thought it would be excellent to cross the fence and knock the bovine down. The thought pleased him much, and he had a hearty laugh, then he attempted to put the thought into execution but the bull tossed him back into the wood. "Faith,' said he, "it was well I laughed before I got over there." Three years ago a young man frigh? tened his brother into hysterics: it was some time before he could recover him. v Miss Henshaw of Florida who went crazy last winter is another instance. It is poor amends when he deed is done to say "I meant no harm." Let me tell "No Good "a story. There was a certain great Eock, venerated for ages, harder than ada? mant, firmer than Gibraltar. There was a certain pigmy who for reasons best known to himself sought to overturn that rock by every means within his power. There was another pigmy who, see? ing the mad purpose of the first, with much concern endeavored with all his power to counteract him. TBese two, to no purpose whatever, exposed themselves to all the inclemeny and hardness of the weather, while another, fearing naught, found shelter, protection, repose within the Rock. "With these few feeble remarks "Hagood" bids "Begood" and "No good" farewell. Hagood. Hagood, S. C. Nov. 16, 1903. Pisgah News Notes. Pisgah, Nov. 17.-The lowest esti? mate of the cotton crop has proved to be too high in this section. The frost killed all the late cotton, so the crop is short that much. Oat planting is now going on. A large area will be sown. Fever abounds in different sections, but of what type I can't say. This sec? tion is known to be one of the health? iest in our county, yet we have fever. It must generate from some local cause at the places where it exista As yet, there has been only one death, but others have been near the other world, and some yet are in a dangerous state. We have heard with profound sor? row the death of Hon. W. A. Nettles. The death of such a man is a distinct loss to our State and county. Always pleasant to meet with, we never left his presence but with a desire to see more of him. Rev. J. C. Crouch has been called again to ?fre pastorate of Pisgah church for next year. This is his fifth consecutive year. He will probably preach at Swift Creek Church again next year. The "church has had no ser? vices th's year. Times are dull here. Financiaily the country is worse off than last year. While the price of cotton has been good the shortage of the crop has left our people worse off than last year. The lien law should be repealed. It has outlived its usefulness. Too much credit like his year will always end in disaster to the country, for when the debts are larger than the m?ans to pay them with tight times will be felt. This has been a very expensive year and you warned the people last spring that what would probably happen from too much credit has happened. Of late years the past seems to be no guide for the future. Credit runs wild every spring. _ The City Treasurer received taxes today from the Sumter Insurance Agency on behalf of their companies, amounting to S750.00, which together with license tax already paid in, ex? ceeds SI, OOO. 00. The ordinance under which manu? facturing enterprises may be exempt from taxation, at the discretion of the City Council, provides that manufac? turing or other enterprises, whose principal business is the producing or making of articles for shipment to other places beyond the corporate lim? its of the City of Sumter may be ex? empt from taxation for a period of five years. The tax exemption asked for by the proposed street railway and power company cannot be granted under this ordinance. The ordinance could be amended by a vote of the people of Sumter, provided the consti? tution of 1895 permits the exemption of enterprises other than strictly man? ufacturing establishments. The proper? ty owners of Sumter would probably vote to exempt a street railway system from taxation for a period of five years, if they have the right to do so under the State Constitution, but as the matter now stands the Council is pow? erless, even by the most liberal con? struction, to grant the request of the I fa street railway promoters. j si ImFmssmm???mammammmBmmm A Golden Rulle of Agriculture: Be good to your land and your crop 1 will be good. Plenty of Potash intheferti?zerspellsqualityt -I and quantity in the har- . ?oj .<^^^J-,i vest. Write us and ^*?xull^^?^i we wili send you, V^^K^?^^ free, by next mail, our ^money winning >^^^^^^^H GERMAN KAU WORKS? <W????k New Ycrii-93 Nassaa Si. Claims Against the State. Columbia, Nov. 16.-In order to get it exactly what the floating indebted less to the State is Comptroller General Jones calls attention to the law on the subject. All claims against the State must be filed with the Comptroller Senora! by December 1 if the claim? ants hope to get their money. The law follows : Section 39. All claims for the re? funding of overpaid taxes or for repay? aient for services rendered or supplies furnished the State or any county, or Cor the payment of money on any ac? count whatsoever, requiring the action 3f the General Assembly, 3hall be pre? sented by petition, fully setting forth the facts upon which such claim is based, together with the evidence thereof, which petition shall be filed in%the office of the Comptroller General forty days before the meeting of the General Assembly and it shall be the duty of the Comptroller General to examine such?claim so presented and to report on the same during the first week of the meeting of the General Assembly, in each instance, as in his jugdment justice shali require, which report shall be acted upon as the two houses, by joint rule, shall provide. No claim for the payment of money shall be introduced into either house except as herein provided. Section 30. All claims against the State, except the bonded debt of the State, shall be forever barred unless presented within three years after the right to demand payment thereof ac? crues. And such claims shall also be for? ever barred if twice presented to the General Assembly or either branch thereof and rejected, or twice present? ed and withdrawn. COTTON MARKET. . Futures advanced this morning but the gain was not permanent and the market fluctuated throughcut'the day. The local spot market regained a part of the loss of Monday and Tues? day and middling sold during the day for 10.80 to 10.95. County Treasurer Lee states that taxes are coming in slowly and that up to the 14th instant the receipts were about $1,500 less than up to the same date last year. The tardy pay? ment of taxes is attributable to the short cotton crop and the scarcity of money. Washington, Nov. 16.- Represents^ ti ve Underwood of Alabama introduced a resolution today amending the con? stitution by repealing the Fifteenth? amendment. A similar resolution was introduced by Representative Heard wick also repealing section 2 cf the Fourteenth amendment. Washington, Nov. 16.-The United States supreme court today refused to.' grant relief to three men who are serving long sentences in the State prison of North Carolina on the charge; pf irving to sell a gold brick in Guil? ford "county, in that State. The xzm are all from Chicago. Washington, Nov. 16.- Reepresenta tive Ball, of Teaxs, after a service in the House of six years and a half, will retire tomorrow to private life. His resignation has been presented and accepted. He called on President Roosevelt today to pay his respects and to bid his adieu. Mr. Ball retires, he says, in order that he may devote his time to his law practice; but it is understood that he may become a can? didate for Governor of Texas. Berlin, Nov. 15.-The Frankfurter Zeitung's Constantinople correspond? ent says that the Pennsylvania Steel Company has been awarded the con? tract for 20,000 tons cf steel rails for the Mecca Railway, in competition with the Krupps and several other German and Belgian establishments. The price is $22.88 per ton, delivered it Beirut. With the methods now in use, seven renths of the force in coal is wasted. H few years ago the waste was nine :enths. Mr. Edison declares that a Ducketfui of coal should drive an ex? press train from New York to Phila? delphia, and a few tons be sufficient br the largest ocean steamship, whose junkers must now hold thousands. Hie Oceanic consumes a ton of coal ?vary three minutes, or 500 tons a day. Barcelona, Nov. 15.-The police to lay dispersed a meeting of Anarchists vhich had been arranged to celebrate he anniversary of the execution cf he Chicago Socialists in 1886. The iCtion of the authorities was taken ?ecause violent speeches were made at he meeting advocatig an active prop ganda of Anarchistic doctrines. lt is generally considered bad form o look a gift horse in the mouth, but he people of Salem, Mass., are ask ng how it comes that the late Mrs. lary Ropes was able to bequeath a lillion dollars to charity while she nd her sister paid taxes on bat $300, 00 real estate and personal property. Ten shares of the stock of the Sum ?r Telephone Mfg. Co., which were Did at auction on last Friday changed ands Monday at a net profit of $10 a ia re.