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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.