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sift j&owijrou. ^?sttohnsh^BBSSSaSSt ? - efJltfMJs, * & WMW, au I ? . x? I) the, o? ?)r cwra xajlv! to be ctJiurjuiju?. IX*. St.?Ths Ark w right oJtaeh rsssjemmts tk? cotton Interests of New England, at a te*fS|f. formally voted 1 0*O0\ieeejh SI par oent he now and March I. m ??rder to ?oadldoaa In the cloth mar e| New York. Cnleago, Booton ***** targe etattw. It wss stated 1 4ara ago that a committee appelhteU by the club to the sKuatto* among the mills ?otmel aufleleat sentiment to In the snccaaa of the carUllmsnt and that a restriction' of pro *e cssjniaod an a certainty. oan> af Hear England em? it 1,000 ?er so as, under nor aJU It Is expected that ieorn ut,tot wilt bo affected by Hajfc., : the owtaifaisnt tobe** operative today, mutetet* * stills have been '^ow* ?ince Tuesday sight. ? ?gepisaaat <ytn elf** ? Urge eg fall Erter print doth fa* Ma goods mills of New AtsMefceosT aortotwUoo. ?oo* Of the ther New1 spehirs factories ths York cor of floco, Maine; Peppcrfll of Blddsford, the mills of Lew Watervttfe, Brvnswtck and oth % Maine points, those In Lowell, em *agoy1ng 10 00%; Lawrence, Holyoke and Chleopee. Mass.. and mills con? trolled by large Rhode Island luter jpEf. -v Agrevensnt Asm sag Mills. The mills tn Thorndyke. Bondsvi'd- . Palmer. Wire and Warren. Miss,, and XfrOtnvtlle and New Ipswich. N. H.. Ooatroiled by Bliss. Fabyan * Co.. o* Jfew York and Boston, adopted a ahort urns policy a month ago as id Urn Menadnock mills of Cl*ssm*nt. N. II- These and other s*mceme will Tea eh the snd of their ourtailment pwttey bsfsrv che factories In ths larg? er ssmtrss. Mere than $e per c?nt. of ths spin dies In New England are represented I? the agreement The majority of the aaflls win run four days during January and February, closing Thurs? day nights, thus tncleOlng Saturday, a ahort work day, ta the shut down. Mills which hate contracts calling far delivery during the winter are at liberty to reduce their production SI per oent part tally before March 1. and the remainder after that date. The method of reduction Is left large? ly to ths discretion of the managers. According la some of ths officers ot the textile unions, ths operatives pre? fer to work four days a week rather than he continuously Idle for a period of nearly three weeks. The crtsllment movement ortgl In New York commission which feared a congestion of goods and falling prices In the spring af the mills continued to operate In foil ail winter. RtLFI'.H VOTR? OUT UgiOH. 'tier DWpewwy Is Killed and the Eswth Onrolhsa tTfcssttnl BOcosmcs a Prohibition CHf. llatelgh, N Cm Dec. St.?By s ma? jority of 14? Holetgh todsy voted out Its liquor dispensary and becomes at noon tomorrow a prohibition city. In the city thtre were ?31 votes for pro? hibition. 3*1 for dtvpensary snd two for saloons. The dispensary has been In operation here for fodr yeurs, 24 saloon* having been voted out in fa vor of ths dispensary. Ths sales have amounted to about SS60.9O0 a yeer. with shout $75.000 profit, this being placed to tns credit of the school fund. t*ie road fuad and th* city expense account. It reduced taxation, but the \oteft here believed thst Its Influence was got for the city's best Interest and voted It out. The olecticn was a quiet ans? t BUM H&AK ADM I RAI* HAS RESIGN KD Tbe Reason in Not Made Public? Homo Obvious Reasons. Washington, Dec. 24.?President Roosevelt today received and accepted the resignation of Rear Admiral Wil ard H. Brownson as chief of the bureau of navigation. The resigna? tion takes affect Immediately and Capt. Camsron Mc R. Winslow has been appointed to succeed the admi? ral. Nj reason for che resignation is given at the White House. Diligent inquiry frum Hear Admiral Brownson, from Secretary Metcalfand at the White House failed to develop the reason for the seemingly sudden retirement of the rear admiral from the navigation bureau. Admiral brownson lakes the pesltion that the subject is one for the discussion of his superior officer. Secretury Met ealf passes the responsibility of stat? ing the reason of the resignation to President ItooseveH. Secretary Lo? rn, speaking for the president, says that no information can be obtained from that source. Two theories have been advanced *s being sufficient In themr.elves to bring forth the letter of resignation. One of these reasons is that the ad? miral finds himself unable to agree with the Ideas of the president re? garding certain Important policies to be pursUed by the bureau of naviga? tion. Such a disagreement, honestly entertained, would leave the admiral but one course, and that is to take his place on the retired list and relin? quish the active management of the bureau. / The other reason Is that the rear admiral, being on the retired lurt ot the navy, may not be legally confirm? ed by the senate to an appointment to active duty. It I? known that the Judge advocate's apartment of the navy k?s been wrestling with this le? gal question, with special reference to the case of Admiral Brownson, for several weeks past. It also is known that aa opinion on the question has recently been rendered. What the effect of this opinion la can only be surmised. Those who believe that It Ir^^tfltflW -say that the opinion set forth the law to be that his confirmation could no l be legally executed by U|a senate. A Recess Appointment. Admiral Brownson's appointment as chief of the bureau of navigation was made by the president during the recess of congress. It li eustomary for the names of recess appointments to go to the senate on its next conven? ing after the appointmXsjts 1)*** bexi made. In the present cn?? *n<l be? cause of the uncertainty ot* the right of a retired naval officer to be as? signed to aetive duty. Admiral Brown son's name has been withheld. from the senate pending the rendering of the legal opinion In the case. The resignation and its acceptance will obviate the raising of the question be? tween the legislative and executive departments ot the governments as to the right of retired officers to be Appointed te active duty in time of peace. Since Admiral Brownson took com? mand of the bureau of navigation, that bureau has had to handle the question of the cruise of the Atlantic fleet to the Psclfic, the greatest peace move of the navy during its history. The resignation of Admiral Brownson as chief of the bureau of navigation has the effect ot placing him In his former position on the retired list of the navy Commander Winslow. who has been designated to act as the head of the navigation bureau, has for some time past been assistant to Admiral Brown? son. Commander Winslow Is ar.xlou3 to obtain command of the new bat? tleship New Hampshire so It is be? lieved that his present designation 13 Intended to bridge over an interval during which the president can make a selection of another officer. Among the namea mentioned In that connec? tion is that of Capt. Richardson Clo? ver, at present head of the board of Inspection and survey. Another name which It is known has been considered In connection with the vacancy is that of Lieuten? ant Commander Wm. S. Sims, who Is one of the president's naval aides. When the Rev. Dr. McArthur say* Oeorge Washington could no more fill the position of president today than he could the position of poet laureate of England does he mean to classify Roosevelt and Austen together as wholesale dealers In words??Louis? ville Courier-Journal. The newspapers throughout th? Statt are agitating the mutter of having u new libel law passed at this ?*>sslon ot the legislature. They elalm that the law eg it stands new Is an Injustice to the newspapers. id Fear not-^Let all the ends Thou Ali TER. S. C WEDNE ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY. BODY OF V OMAN FOUND NEAR HARRISON. N. J. Newark, N. J., Dec. 26.?A murder, combining the elements of mystery and deliberate cruelty, was committed on the Hackensack meadows in the town of Harrison early today and the nude body of the victim, a comely ywoman of perhaps SO years, nearly submerged in the icy waters of a lit? tle pond. Only the feet projected when chance passers by broke the ice in which the exposed portions were encrusted and dragged the body ashore this afternoon. The dead woman was finely featur? ed; her hair and nails gave evidence of a recent and scrupulous toilet, artd i such of her clothing as Was subse? quently found suggested in texture and style an owner of refinement. The pond in which the body was thrown is made by the overflow from the Pas slac river and is directly across the river from this city. The body has not been identified to? night, and it was pretty well estab? lished that it was not that of a resi? dent of this city or Harrison. Two men, who occupied a yacht, moored near whore the body was found, are detained by the police, but the most Important clue obtained was furnish? ed tonight by Peter Coogan, a watch? man employed by the Marine Engine company, who recognized the body as that of a woman whom he had seen crossing the meadow In compa? ny with a man early today. Later he saw the man atone. He then car? ried a bundle In his arms. The man was short and stout. Cries Heard by Girls. Two girls returning to their home In Harrison long after midnight this morning heard a, woman's cries ring? ing over the marshland. They seemed ,to come from the direction of the pond and sounded like "Spare me!" and "Help!" Nearer home the girls were approached by a well dressed stranger, who accosted them and followed them until they met a policeman, when he turned and fled. The girls had a good ^ew^r^ine- man under "^unr eieetrfc'1 light and while he was well and neat? ly dressed his hands showed either that he was accustomed to manual labor or had recently been engaged in work that soiled his Angers. Life had been extinct, the coroner said, about 12 hours when the body was foynd. Scratch** on the leg and trunk and pleco* of cinder forced Into the flesh ?howed that the body had been dragged along a cinder path which skirts the pond. Along the path the police picked up a white silk waist, slashed up the back, a skirt and a pali of silk garters. Following the path the police came upon the yacht Idle Hour, which was tied up at a point on the Passalc about 300 feet from where the body was found. On the yacht the police say that they tound a sealskin muff and fur neck piece. The ocupants of the yacht were Al? bert Thompson, 41 years old, of Elisa? beth, a boatman, and Frederick Kirk man, 38 years old. Both were em? ployed on the boat. Thompson said that he found the fur pieces near the cinder path this morning. The police found the boat dishes enough for three dinners. The men, howev? er, said that they had no visitor on the Idle Hour. The police said tonight that they had practically nothing against the prisoners, but would de? tain them until further Inquiry could be made. GOV. JOHNSON'S DEBUT. Maryland Is Said to be for the Gov? ernor for President. From the Boston Transcript. That there is a boom for Gov John? son, of Minnesota, yet remains to be seen, but he is certainly in the lime? light, and he follows approved meth? ods In visiting the Capital, where he may be seen of all Democrats weary of the Bryan ascendency. Gov. John? son is very little known to Eastern? ers, but he has made a brilliant debut in Washington as one of the mo?t striking of the orators at the Gridiron dinner, Justifying Henry Watterson's declaration of his capabilities. It is perhaps more than a coincidence that the movement in his support centers at Baltimore, for the Democrat** of Maryland are palpably restive under the Bryan regime. Some of them are booming Gray, but the Baltimore NewM Is for Johnson, and all of them remember that in 189G and in IMG the State gave its electoral votes for McKinley, In 1104 Parker pot eeven electora and Roosevelt one, The Maryland Democrats are conservative, for Maryland is a business state and seldom has taken kindly to a radical Democratic program. na't at be thy Country's, Tliy God's an SDAY. JANUARY 1. MARRIED ON A COTTON BALE. Plantation Hands Raised it and Used It as Altar for Wedding. ! _ Selma (Ala.) Dispatch. When Robert Roberson fell is lore with Tebbie Bell the two of them were picking cotton near Summer field, a little country town not far from here. Robert's close friend was ! Perry Braxton, and Perry's eyes look? ed with fondness on the charcoal complexioned Florence Norris. The friends fell deeply in love at the same time, but cotton picking was not do ' ing very much financially by them, and they looked about for a means of gaining their plantation sweethearts and paying the preacher. The two went in on a proposition of raitisg enough cotton of their own to provide them a start in married life und in off times they worked sundry gore strips of land and cared for their little patches of the plant. The first bale of cotton the field hand lovers picked from their own plants was ready to bring to market yesterday, and Robert and Perry grinning from ear to ear, followed Tebbie and Florence, blushing furi? ously but invisibly, arrived in Selma. I. Yaret8ky, a cotton factor in Wa? ter Street, bought their big bale and offered them the money. The two negro couples lingered in the cotton factor's office until Yarel zky's curiosity was aroused anu he asked them what was the matter. Hyar's de Bible, mlstan,' said Robert at last, "an' hyar's do ring fo' Tebble's flnguh." ?'An hyar's de ring fo' Flo'nce's fln guh, mistuh," added Perry. Yaretsky called up a minister on the telephone, and in a few minutes this double romance of the cotton fields was being rounded off. The (oft had waited eagerly for the pro? duction and sale of that bale of cot* tc\ and it had some sentimental Vc *ue to them. So they stood on the bale as the wedding ceremony was performed, the minister standing on a chair. "Is yo' gwlne honuh an* obey dis |jrklggahL Tebbie?" m?fc*d the irifht-ter peYFfng through his silver-rilmmed oc? tagonal spectacle. | "Suttinly. Ain't he mum ma-a-n?" retorted Tebbie. "All right" announced the parson. "Tek him an* see dat he treats yo' right, gal." "Miss Norris," began the parson turning to the other bride, yo' loves dis gen'man?" "Den let not man dissuder what Gawd A'mighty has 'j'ined on dis cot? ton bale." Selma never before had a bale of cotton used for an altar or a wedding as Interesting. NEW YORK BANKS REPORT CON? DITIONS. Information is Reassuring and Quick Recovery is Expected?Net Loss in Withdrawals Small. New York, Dec. 26.?Under call of the State banking department for the reports of condition on Dec. 19, 21 trust companies and 29 State banks of Greater New York have filed their formal statements. While the effects of the recent storm are plainly evi? dent, especially in regard to those few institutions against which the attack seemed most direct, the statements as a whole bear testimony of the quick recovery generally made and the un? wavering confidence of the great body of depositors. The reports pIso show that certain of the State ba'.iks of New York city did their share toward re? lieving the financial situation in other cities. They accomplished this by ac? cepting from the local national bank* a large quantity of clearing house cer? tificates, leaving the national banks in position to employ their cash in re? lief of customers and corporations in the interior. The 29 State banks of New York, Brooklyn and the other boroughs of Greater New York which have so far reposed show aggregate deposits ol $225,000,000. Of this enormous sum the net loss in withdrawals since Aug. 22 last amounted to only $3,056,117. The losses were distributed among 18 of the banks with total withdrawals of $13,925,761, while 11 banks showed an aggregate gain of $10,869,644. Only one State bank look advantage of its membership in the clearing house association to issue certificate? ^hlch are now outstanding as a lia? bility item of $250,000. Nine of the State banks hold clearing house cer? tificates to the extent of $7,100,000. Loans and discounts sbow a decrease Jn the statements of 19 of tho banks while tho value of stocks, bonds, mortgages, etc., as an item of re? sources also show a general shrink ago. A mnjorl^Pof the banks show I an increase of caaih on hand. id Truth's." THE TRI 1908. New S< WANT TO SELL BOOZE. In the Old Way Instead of Through Dispensaries?Petition fitting Up From Charleston to the General As? sembly. The following petition to the gen? eral assembly is being circulated in Charleston for signatures: , "To the Honorable, the Senators and Representatives, the General As? sembly of the State of South Caroli? na in regular session for the year 1908. "The humble petition of the under? signed respectfully shows: "That the dispensary system for the I sale of liquors In the county of Char? leston in said State in which your pe? titioners reside is not desired by a large majority of the voters and resi? dents of said county'as your petition I ors verily believe. "That the same is not suited to the 1 needs, circumstances and conditions of I the people mostly affected thereby. I "That for these reasons the said I system is not supported by pub'lc sen I timent, difficult to enforce and not I calculated to demand observance or I respect. I "That your petitioners humbly pray that such legislation may be enacted I as shall restore the license system to I this community which was of force at I the time of the original enactment of the State dispensary in the year eight I een hundred and ninety-two, with the I modifications required by the State I constitution of 1895; and your peti I tloners feel assured that thereby will I be secured, not only all the benefits I that could possibly be expected from I the dispensary system now of force I but the same would operate also for I the well being and upbuilding of our I people." I At recent conferences in which a I goodly number of our people partlci I pated, the undersigned were appoint' I ed a committee to look after the mat I ter of giving ttye people an opportunity I to sign the petition and to present the I same to the general assembly through I the, jeroper channel. J -Firmly believing that a large ma I Jorlty of the people of Charleston will I be in sympathy with this movement, I we approach the performance of our I duty with confidence. Our confidence is streng because in 1 principle our people are at heart op I posed to the dispensary liquor system. I In their opposition thereto they have I had ready and intelligent public sup I port from trie Charleston newspapers I for the past 15 years. I It is further strengthened because I we can refer to a law-abiding and law I respecting condition which obtained I here for many, many years before I the first establishment of the State I dispensary, a condition to which we I verily believe the people of Charles I ton long to be restored, and which can I afford as much revenue as that con I templated by the dispensary system. This confidence is further strength I ened by the favor accorded the "home I rule" doctrine in the last State elec? tion. And, finally, our confidence in the I people of the State is strong that they I will look into our true condition, see I what is suited to our needs and cir? cumstances, and favor our appeal, through our senator and representa? tives to the senators and representa? tives of our sister counties, for relief and for the enactment of a law that will give us peace, qu:?t, good order and happi ?. All who desire to sign the memorial will find a copy with any one of the undersigned: John D. Cappleman, 46-43 Broad street. O. G. W. Marjenhoff, 153 Church street. L*. C. A. Roessler, 1C6-168 Meeting street. Ashley C. Tobias, 171-178 East Bay. George Lunz, King and Grove streets. W. F. Jordan, 199 East Bay. I H. O. Strohecker, 287 King street. A. W. Wleters, at Consumers' Ice Company, Wolfe street, j H. B. Shroder. 147 East Fay. Julius D. K?ster, 161-165 East Bay. Frank Burbldge. 24 Broad street. LEEKYIIjLE MAX FOUND DEAD. "Mr. James WerU's Body Dis? covered Badly Mutilated. Batesburg. Dec. 24.?Mr. James Wertz. a young man who lives at LeeSYllle and is employed In the store of L. B. Cullum & Co., of this place, was found dead tonight at 8.15, hla body being close to the track of the Southern Railway. The horribly mu? tilated condition makes it ditlieult to arrive at the cause of death and upon this point there is much speculation. ft E SOUTHRON, Established Jone, ISM itles?Vol. XXYII. >i<>2a ( iiri-tniasville and Y?surday. There is a long winding road peo? pled with sweet and with somber ghosts, leading back through the fast-thickening shadows of memory to the land of yesterday. At the farther end of the road, its lights now twinkling brightly, now almost ob? scured in ihe gloom of today's ac? tualities, lies the little town of Christ masville. You have been to Christmasvilie, you know. Perhaps your head is sprinkled with gray. Perhaps your face is seamed with the sears that we boys and girls of larger growth count in increasing numbers as we fight through the battle of life. Per? haps your spirit is surcharged with cynicism or soured with disappoint? ment. Perhaps your logic, through the bludgeoning with which ycu have won your way to success or to failure, is crystal clear and you sco'i at the memories'conjured up at the thought of the snug little, bright little town. But?now be honest with yournelf,! ?hardened worldling, deveu^pChris tian, callous modern pagan; what would you give for the privilege of wandering back along that road, hand in hand with some of the sweeter ghosts that peer from out its shadows,, until you brought up before the gatee of gold and of azure that guard the portals of Christmasvilie? ! Yes, you may have tasted the tri? umphs of life &Jnce your last faltering,, skeptical visit. You may have tasted, all the sweets that ambition attained and 1' ve realized have to effer. But has any joy in life been half so vivid, have any rnaturer hours been* half so tilled with ecstacy. pure a?"" unabashed, as the joys anu th nours that were yours when you were a loy? al, believing citizen of Christmasvilie? Christmasvilie not real? What rank hypocrisy! What in life since then has been more real? Don/t you know that you believed more, fervently in the little old man with the jolly face and bulging pack than you havo in any man or thing since you sent him out of your life? Don't yen remem? ber that you listened for the patter? ing hoofs of his steeds, that jou kept your sleepy, sand-filled eyes on the open hearth garnished with flapping stockings, with greater eagerness and trustfulness than you have shown over any subsequent evert along the nearer end of the road? Don't you know that the keen, purer Imagination of childhood, making and peopling its own world? laughing and crying over the joys and griefs which you knew were unreal when you dree med them?offers a sweeter, a cleaner, a more genuinely happy budget of experiences than the tan? gible things that have occurred since then ? Well may ycu envy the little young? ster whose bright eyes grow round' and dewy, and whose little red mouth. puckers in a thoughtful frown as he scans the chimney log, or a*? he Iis--' tens to the tale you tell him?the tale i you half believe yourself. For he is in the land of yesterday. He is in the litle town of Christmae ville. He sees sights and hears sounds that may not creep into your .vorlti grown senses. He Is believing as in? tensely as vou belived. He Is Joy? ously, unqestioningly happy as yon once were. He is living in the one very real period of his life, in the on?* little town where the currercy is of the rich coinage of childish dreams end childish hopes and childish fears. Yotfd like to be with him, if only for a moment, wouldn't you? You'd like to swap off for heavy odds some of the ugly doubts and sullen memo? ries that cling in vour mind, and feel just once more the implicit faith, the innocent joy that makes glad the tiny citizen of Christmasvilie. Help brighten ihe things you so wisely call his "IHusiom." Tommorw he will be out of the land oi yester? day.?Atlanta Constitution. SWALLOWED 144 NEEDLES. Woman Takes Unique Method, of Sui? cide and it Finally Brings Reaalt? After Twenty-Six Operations. New York, Dec. 30.?After having had 134 needles of assorted aisee drawn from almost every part of her body, Mrs. Molly DesMund, who a year ago, swallowed 144 of them, died today in Fordham hospital, following her 26th operation. Mrs. DesMund, known to Ihe medl ca) profession for the past year, as the ??Woman of Needles," since she swal? lowed a package of them, ranging in? size from three quarters of an mch to three inches, becouse her husband left their home in the Bronx, fell Into a state of coma after the last opera? tion and never recovered. A big fire a Chappells desroyetr over seven thousand dollars worth ot property.