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COTTON COXV3EXTIOX. The Delegates Will Be Royally En? tertained. Xew Orleans, Jan. 21.-The an? nouncement that Southern Bankers' association will send a large number of representatives to Xew Orleans on January 24 to assist and co-operate with the Southern Cotton Growers' Protective Association at its conven? tion to be held here, has created a highly favorable impression among the Xew Orleans bankers, all of whom have the interest of the big conven? tion at heart and each one of whom have appointed himsef a committee of one to^see that the visiting bankers enjoy their stay in the convention city. The Interstate Bank and Trust Company, which recently moved into its new building on Camp street, has extended the vistors, through the New Orleans Progressive union, the uses of its big assembly hall, board room and committee rooms and has arranged to provide, a corps; of stenographers and. typewriters for their special use. As yet the final arrangements for reception and entertainment of the banker-delegates have not been com? pleted, but before they arrive all de? tails will have been worked out by the several committees and the vis-H iting bankers will have an enjoyable time mapped out for them. Bankers all over the south have good reason for remembering the hospitality^ of New Orleans in general and of the New Or leans bankers in particular, and may come assured of a delightful stay. Xew Orleans claims to have the big? gest and finest bank building and of? fice structure in the south and visiting bankers will have an opportunity to compare the 13-story building of the Hibernia Bank and Trust company, which covers nearly half a square cf ground, with other modern bank buildings at Atlanta, Nashville, Mem pris, Dallas, Houston, Savannah, Rich? mond and other large cities of the south. BOILER EXPLOSION, Columbia, Jan. 20-There was an ex? plosion in the furnace room of the state capitol this morning which came near wrecking the entire plant. The accident happened in a very peculiar j manner and was the result of tam? pering with the water guage and boil? ers, " When the engineer in charge went to the engine room to fire up this morranghe found that the guasea r?g . i3iered the usual quantity of water for | .^~thj* i/^::Aj^^x?^?^^?^Q^^^^ the fires ^x^-^jr???^&t^^r^^j-?s- ? soon j AS the pipes became sufficiently heat- j ed there was en explosion in one of the,boilers that completely wrecked the pipes and came near tearing out the whole end of the boiler. An examination by the engineer dis? closed-the fact that some one had en? tered the room during the night and .emptied out all of the water and cut Cff the automatic feed pipes. In order that this might not show the water guages were tampered with and the indicator made to point ta the figure -which shewed a large quantity of wa? ter in the boilers. When the engineer made his usual examination he natu? rally supposed that the boilers were full and started his fires. The explo? sion occurred as soon as the pipes j . were sufficiently heated to feel the Coss'cf the steam; & ' It is estimated that the loss will not 3>e over ?800 and the work not having been accepted yet the contractor will "nave to do the repair work. Longest System in t&e Wo*?. j The longest system of electric power transmission in the world has been in? stalled in California. The vert? cal fail -of water on the turbine wheels at Ni? agara is ISO feet; the California per? pendicular ranges from 500 to 1,800 'feet, from sources extending to 9,000 .feet altitude. The life of a man struck with a bullet would be in far less dan? ger than, if struck with a 1,000-foot vertical stream of water the diameter ?of the bullet Such a stream pulverizes boulders and splinters large timbers. T^^&ttm^ in pipes, "but when these pipes are a foot or two ta diameter they must be made of the stoutest tested steel? held down by solid masonry, ail of which must be regu? lated frequently about the lower ter? mini, where the wear is incredibly ?wift and certain. CASTOR IA 3??r Tnfm-nta and Children, lum Yea Have iUwars BdogHt Bews th* ynjf JT" Cabbage Plants. % From the best tested seeds. Now re adv for sbidroent, iarse, strong, healthy, these pian ts are grown in the open air and will stand se? vere freezes without Injury. Early Jersey Wakefield. Large Type or Charleston Wake? field, which are the bes* known varieties of early cabbages, also Henderson's Succession, the best large late and sure header. Augusta Early Trucker, also a fine ty pe o? late variety. Neatly packed in-light baskets, $1.50 oer M; for five thousand or over $1.2S per M. F. O. B. express office. Special prices made on large -lots. Chas. M. Gibson, -romas ISL?OT, S. a. Dec. 14-3mos. FIEE IKSOB?KGE HATES. COMPTROLLER JONES* INVESTI? GATION OF S. E. TARIFF. He Has Reen Unable to Discover Whether Rates Have Been Gen? erally Raised or Not. By W. H. McCaw. Columbia, Jan. 21.-The report of Comptroller General Jones of his in? vestigation, made public today, fails to discover whether the act of the last legislature allowing the association to re-enter the state has resulted in the rates being increased or not. "Finding a uniform reply" to the circular of inquiry he sent to agents of the association "that rates had been reduced from 10 to 25 per cent." he "directed the circular to a number of citizens in different sections of the state. After quoting a number of letters from both ( agents, and. citizens the re? port concludes: "The above extracts from among the letters received are very confusing, and it is hard to say whether there has been an actual reduction or not -whether the Southeastern Tariff assciation will receive in the aggre? gate an increase or decrease upon the premiums received for the same amount of property insured under the new rates or not."" As the matter -has caused much comment in every section of the state, further extracts from Mr. - Jones' re port are given as follows: "Under section 8 of the act it is pro? vided, That insurance companies may be members of an association, the purpose and object of which is to secure proper inspection of risks, the classification of risks, the mainte? nance of uniform and reasonable rates and the prevention of discrimination in ' charges " between parties dealing with such insurance companies in this state. Under this provision the South? eastern Tariff Association re-enters this state. This association was organ? ised near Gainesville, Ga,, on October 10, 1882, its operations covering the states of North Carolina, S^uth Carolina, Georgia and Alabama and its object was stated to be 'to organize and maintain local boards to establish and enforce adequate ratse and uni? form commissions. Subsequently,it ex? tended its jurisdiction over Virginia, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana, but South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi and Louisiana passed anti-compact laws and dtne companies acted inde pendentiy ; of ^each yOther - in -making ! rates in . these states. Virgina repealed its anti-compact law in 1902. The as? sociation now has jurisdiction over the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida and South Carolina. * **The annual statements of the members of the association of business done tn this state in 1903 shows risks written $79,710,509, gross premiums received $993,173. Estimating the ex? penses at 331-3 per cent of the premiums received, shows expenses of 3331,057. This added to losses paid of $472,977 shows an'apparent net profit to the members of the association on South Carolina business of $189,138. The average rate per $100 was 1.246. This association entered the state and commenced re-rating about April 1, 1964. . M&nys ofr.the /cities* and towns, have not been re-rated, or the rates have not been promulgated, However, complaint was made to this office and the Commercial club of Rock Hill that the association had increased the rate.* After quoting a number of letters from bothagents and citizens, the re? port cottinues and concludes: "Only one direct complaint has been received appealing to the comptroller general for relief, that from the Sum? ter Warehouse company, which al? leged a raise from $2 to $4.25. This matter was taken up by me with Mr. Middleton of the association and I am informed by the Sumter company that they would withdraw their complaint as the matter had been satisfactorily adjusted. v "As I stated before the association has not completed their re-rating in the stat?, and in ma y places where it has been re-rated the re-rates have not been promulgated, notably. Barn I well. Union, Chester, Lancaster, Nine- I ty-Six and several other points. In these circumstances it would not be I becoming in me to criticise the action j [ of your body In opening the door for i ' associations to fix the rates in this State until a fair trial is given and the facts and data necessary to arrive at a correct conclusion as to whether it ? is advantageous for the people of this state to allow associations to fix the j rate which our people should pay for fire protection." Straight Facts. A whole lot of fancy phrases can be written about remedies, but it takes facts to prove any thing-good straight facts. And the strongest fact you ever heard is that Tannopiline is the best cure for piles on the market. It cures absolutely. Has a bealing, soothing effect from the start. All druggists have it for $1.0) a jar. Ask for Tannopiline and don't dare take a substitute. GlittT COTTON CONGRESS. MEETING THAT WILL DECIDE FATE CF INDUSTRY. Oi?icial Programme cf New Orleans 3feetin? of Cotton Growers" Pro? tective Association. New Orleans. Jan. 19.-Follcj.ving the preliminary announcement of the programme of the Southern Cotton Growers' convention at New Orleans January' 24, 25 and 26. President Har vie Jordan has announced the full of? ficial program. Mr. Jordan will open the meeting as temporary chairman. Perhaps the most important question at the opening will be the permanent chairmanship. Col. E. S. Peters, pres? ident of the recently formed National Cotton Association, also president of the Texas Cotton Growers* Association, is prominently mentioned, also Con? gressman John Sharp Williams of Texas. The latter is the father of the "Waco Plan" to hold and warehouse cotton, Vh?ch ; wilt-come up for dis? cussion. A committee to formulate and present a. report on the "Waco Plan" will meet on January 25. The full official programme is as follows: TUESDAY, JANUARY 24. Officers and delegates from the dif? ferent states will register and file their credentials at the assembly hall and locate their hotel headquarters. INVOCATION. ElectioT of permanent chairman and secrtcary. Address of welcome on the part of the city of New Orleans, Hon. Martin Behrmann, mayor. Address of welcome on the part of the New Orleans Progressive Uriion, Hon. N. J. Sanders. Response of address of welcome of Mayor Behrmann, Hon. J. Pope Brown, of Hawkinsville, Ga. Response to address of welcome of President Sanders, Mr. Walter Clarke, Clarkesdale, Miss., state vice president Southern Cotton Growers* Protective association. . Appointment of committees on cre? dentials and finance. Discussion on appointment of com? mittee on resolutions to consider cot ton'acreage and commercial fertilizers, state bureau of statistics, organiza? tion of producers, warehouse system and banking, state cotton exchanges and the present crop and surplus. / NIGHT SESSION, 8 P. M. Address, "New Orleans, the Leading Cotton Exchange in the United States" --Hon. A. Brittin, president New Or? leans Cotton Exchange. Announcement of. committees to serve on resolutions and to co-operate with delegations of southern bankers, cotton manufacturers, warehousemen, merchants and the southern commis? sioners of agriculture, who will be in attendance upon the convention. General^discussion on present cot? ton situation. SECOND DAY. Address, "The True Solution," stor? ing cotton at natural storage points by local warehouse companies, united through a general storage warrant company-Hon. Edward K. Summer well, of New York. Discussion limited to 30 minutes. Address, "Cotton Warehouse In? surance"-Mr. J. IL Dragn/of Atlanta, Ga. Discussion 30 minutes. ./ Address,^, "Farmers Attending to Their Own Business"-Hon. H. M. Thomas, Dallas, Texas. Discussion 30 minutes. AFTERNOON SESSION*, :.' 1?. M. Address, "Closer Trade Relations Between the P;* -ducers in 1 Manufac? turers"-Mr. I. V Parker, of Green? ville. S. C., cotton manufacturer. Dis? cusi?n 30 t*..:^-;!'.''; Address, "Southern Bankers Fi? nancing South's Cotton Crop"-L. P. Hillyer, cashier American National Bank, Macon, Ga. Discussion 30 min? utes. Report of committee. NIGHT SESSION. S P. M. Address, "Organization of Farmers" -Mr. L. C. Murray, Kingston, Texas, president Educational Co-operative Union of America. . Report of committees'. ; THURSDAY, JANUARY 26. Address, "Gathering Cotton Sta- ! tjstics by Southern Commissioners of j i Agriculture"-Hon. R. R. Poole, of! Montgomery, Ala., president of South- I ern Commissioners of Agruculture. I Discussion 30 minutes. Address, "The Agricultural Situa? tion in the South" Mr. T. B. Parker, of Raleigh, N. C., secretary North Car? olina Farmers" Alliance. Discussion 30 minutes. Report of committees. AFTERNOON SESSION, 2 P. M. Address, "What We Should Plant ! Instead of Cotton"-Hon. R. E. Smith, of Sherman, Texas, president Alfalfa Growers' Association. Discussion 30 minutes. Address, "The Cotton Plant, its Friends and Foes," Hon. Frank M. Miller, of New Orleans, La. Discus? sion 30 minutes. Report of committees. NIGHT SESSION". 8 O'CLOCK. Final report of committees. General discussion. Adjournment. Speakers are requested to limit their address to 30 minutes in order that ; the important business matters before . the convention may be fully dispatch I'Cd. i j Railroad rates from all points in the south will be one-fare, plus 25 cents, for the round trip for delegates and members of their families. Hotels, both American and European plan. Rates, ?1.50 to $3.50 per day. and upward. All delegates are urged to reach Xew Orleans not later than 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 24th, and report at once to the assembly hall of the Erogressive Union. The Arbitration Treaties and Senate. The provisions of no less than" seven arbitration treaties were made public by order of the senate at the close of last week. The treaties referred to are those with Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland. The treaties are drawn in substantially the same form, and the most Important provisions of ali are, it appears, identical. One of these is to the effect that differences which may arise of a legal nature or relating to the interpretation of treaties exist? ing between two contracting parties, and which it may not have been possi? ble to settle by diplomacy, shall be re? ferred to the permanent court of arbi? tration established at The Hague by the convention of July 29, 1899, pro? vided, nevertheless, that they do not affect the vital interests, the indepen? dence or the honor of the two con? tracting states and do not concern the Interests of third parties. Another pro? vision is to the effect that in each in? dividual case the high contracting parties, before appealing to the per? manent court of arbitration, shall conclude a special agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute and the scope of the powers of the arbitrators, and fixing the period for the forma? tion of the arbitral tribunal and the several stages of the procedure, of the arbitral tribunal and the several stages of the procedure. It is, of course, well known that President Roosevelt is strongly desir? ous of having the arbitration treaties ratified by the senate. He is also anx? ious that they be ratified without any substantial change in their terms, and indeed, at a conference with leading senators on Saturday last, he inti? mated that he would not consent to any radical changes in them. It is pos? sible that this intimation on the part 'of the president was evoked by the amendment proposed by some south? ern senators to preclude any inter? pretation of the treaties which might bind "the government to arbltratej claims on account of bonds issued by* states during the period of reconstruc? tion which might be made by holders who were citizens of foreign states. Such an amendment is, as a matter of fact, how before the senate committee on Foreign.relations. The view of the matter entertained by the president has ?een set out more recently and with great definiteness and emphasis in a letter addressed by him this week to Senator Cullom, the chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations. In this letter Mr. Roosevelt says t*hat under no con? ceivable circumstances could any such construction of the treaty as that ap -prehended by the proposers of the amendment be for a moment enter? tained by any president. The holders of state bonds, he says, take them with full knowledge of the constitu? tional limitations upon their recovery through any action of the national government, and must rely solely on state credit, and such a claim against a state could under no conditions be submitted by the general government as a matter for arbitration any more than such a claim against a county or municipality. The objection of the proposed amendment is, the president says, that it is a mere matter of surplusage, and that it is undesirable, when the form of these treaties has been agreed to by the several powers concerned, needlessly to add certain definitions which affect our own internal policy only, which deal with a matter of the relation of the federal government to the states that is Of course put. of th* question ever to submit to the arbi? tration of any outside tribunal, and which it is certainly absurd and prob? ably mischievous to treat is possible to be raised by the president or by any foreign power. No one, Mr. Roosevelt says, would even think o such a mat? ter as being one for arbitration or for any diplomatic negotiation whatever, and moreover, since the treaties run only for a term of Ave years, they will certainly be Interpreted until the end of that period in accordance with * the view expressed by him. It is not known yet with definiteness what the outlook is for the ratification of the treaties. It may be said, however, that no execu? tive within recent memory had so large a proportion of the electorate behind him. and that he has in h's letter supplied a gloss which would seem to render any amendment of the kind suggested unnecessary. The chances seem to favor the ratification of the treaties without material chango. It is certain that any substan? tial amendment of their terms would be folowed by their immediate with? drawal. 900DROPS |; j A\ cgeiabh Preparationfor As |? f?:r::!a?ng?lieFcw)dandBcguIa 5 j Ung foe Stomachs and Bowels of 11?.?3 *^W5^^i?Wtf*gB Promotes Digeslion,Cheerful ness andRest.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. NOT "NARC OTIC T?ctpe QfOUJQrS?MUELP?TCHER Purzpfun Seo?~ AbcSauui * Rockau Selle Asse Serti *? m Hons* Sent? Aperfeci Remedy fcrConstipa fioh, Sour Stomacli,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish? ness and Loss OF SLEEP. 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I will appreciate a look from you whether you are ready to buy or not. Respectfully, A. D. HARBY. OUR 5EC0ND Car horses and mules dye arrive Friday Oct 14th. Bought in St. Louis, at the World's Fair, conceded to be the largest horse and mule market in the JJ. S. If you want a good selection see this bunch before they are picked over. SPECIAL. Several choice drivers and family broke harness horses. Ten (10) smooth young mules. South Carolina Rust Proof seed\oats, the heaviest on the market, 65c per bushel. Booth Live Stock Co.