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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. sv ..KTTKits rnoM oi it spe Cl m. (ohuiisi'ondi nts. of Interest l imn till l\trt?? of Stumor and Adjoining Counties. HOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS Mall vour letters to that they will reach this office not ' ter than Tuea morning. Wh-'n the letters are ?ived Wtjataead \y it la almost aa ipoiwlblllty to have them appear in g papsr Issued that day. DOTtANT. Durnnt. Jan. 13.?Mr. John Magill little son of Indiantown, spent Tueaday night with relatives here. Mr*. 8. at. Wltherspoon wa.i culled Sjg Georgia yesterday to the bedside at her mother. Mrs. Laura Mont| r, who Is extremely 1)1. Mrs. Mont ?wiery went to Georgia abm.it three eeks ago to visit her Hons and was then sick soon after her arrival and la been gradually growing worse. Mr. James Meehan who has been i the neighborhood for some time irns to his work tomorrow. Mr. James Reaves. County Presi? dent of tie Fanners' Union, attended a meeting held In Manning today. Miss Colclough hus been at the hos? pitable he me of Mrs. Kate Uallllard #ar t..s pl at week. The mi ny friends of Mr. William "Durant w II bo glad to learn that he Is better than he has been for some time past. Jan. 14.?Mrs. Montgomery died yesterday morning. Her remains will be brought to the Concord church to? morrow morning and Interred there beside he* husband. MAX Max. Jin. 18.?Mr. Redln McGee aad family also Mr. Freeman and Slaughter, of Tlmmonsvllle, visited at air. P. A. W. McGee's Saturday and ?an day. Mute Mamie Worsham flailed her Spent. Mrs. B. C. Trutuek. last week. Mr. Commander of Sumter, spent fJeturday night at Mr. A. J. Good saaa's. Mr. Join McSwaln. Jr., of Tim saonsvllle. spent Sunday In Olanta. M. and Mrs. J. p. Langst on of Sar Ol* vlette? et Mr. A. J. Ooodmani week. Dr. C. J. Tomllnson has returned Mr. Ira gillie returned Saturday from a visit to relatives In North Car? olina. Mr. Hoyt Tomllnson has gone to Florida. Mrs. Geo. Modlln of Darlington, at? tended services at Bethel Sunday af? ternoon A broken .buggy by the road side ?sar the mill Is evidence that some one had a runaway. Oats are Improving. Farmers have commenced work for another crop. Arrangements are being made for es larger nrop ot i du.cco than last Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Goodman went to Tommonsvllle today. Mrs. Adeline Delfel is critically 111. PRIVATEER. Privateer. Jan. 18.?The unfavora? ble weather has somewhat delayed ssae farm work, but laborers seem to bo plentiful and everything looks like farmers will have their lands pre? ll In good time. Oats are looking and I think there Is a larger acre planted than usual. Mr. e. Mima, of Ekloree. spent a days the past w ? >k at Mr. B. W Rivers. i. W. ?. and W. I). Lynam have been keeping bachelors ball for several years, are ISJMttng a dwelling in (ron: of their old hous. which mlKht mean that some one has won a happy home or that there Is a chance to win. Mr. Alvln Mlms. of Plnewood. vis at Mr W. G. Wetkt the pant >k. The h?alth of the community Is There Is no sickness that Rr* of. Privateer. Jan. H.?Privateer can it of the happiest ><?ung couple n gist season. Miss Elisa UtigtttJ, th bluflhlow yo'ung bride of 7? and Mr T. H I! idson, the happy <routn <? OS were married <>o Thursday after s?nn at Mr. liufiiH TbeSBJtat/ by Rat Wm Huynsworth. Mr. Hudson Is a old Confedrat* veteran, true und trie both In war and matrimony, whlc gate boon proven by his old 'omrtule*. who aay he was a brave soldler und faithful, and by the fact that Vlss R.nUrin Is the thir l h;u?|.\ I.rid.- h bas led to the altar. Miss Eliza as we have always InWWg h?-r. Is otM at Privateer's well known and hK'hh led women. A Irlend to eft I especially children. With S cheerful disposition ami pleasant senile she has w?m th ? hearts of m nr. lVoag may they live and may their lust days be their happiest and best. I notice the farmer* are gelling to work In earnest this year, and theft gnome to be a general determination go do something. Oats are looking well, better than for several years. Hog killing has taken up some tlmu since the cold wave set in, and from one source I hear of nine fifty pound cans 01 lard from two hogs. This was not in PlivateSfi however. I am also glad to note th it this has b#< one of the best spent Chrlstmases I have known for years. Drunkenness and disorderly conduct has been at the minimum and cheerfulness and happy greetings at the maximum. 1 can not hut think that this hM been due in great measure to the sermons and Influence of our minister and his highly esteemed wife. There Is considerable moving and am glad to seo thai: some desirable families are coming in. May hap old Privateer will look up once mOT . and blossaom as the mat. ANTIOCI1. A nth ch, Jan. IT.?We are having fine weather now, but owin ; to tin heavy rains of hi -i week, farm work Is at a standstill. Mr. J. W. Weldon and Mr. and Mrs. L. A* White aro spending today Ig l?shopville.. Mr. A. B. White spent Friday in (jaandea. Mrs. L. A. James and Miss Irani Weldon spent several days Of last week with friends In Camden. Rev. J. E. Strickland preached his third sermon at St. John's yesterda) p. m., he Is a very forceible preacher and Is liked by all his members. Mr. David Smith from Longtov.n, I C?. accompanied by his sister Miss Lizzie and Mrs. Bankheud are spend? ing a few days with Mr. ami Mrs. J. R. McLeod of this place. Mr. T. M. Grier who has just had his fractious young pony fitted up with a nice set of harness, found them missing a short time ago. The thief has not been found. Mr. J. K Richbourg spent Friday In l3i8hopvllle. Mis;; Irene Weldon is spending a few days with relatives in Blshopvllle. Mrs. J. R. Kirkley is still quite ill. Nothing in the matrimonial line. DEMAND FOR COTTON GROWS. Consumers Buying Staple hi Enor? mous Quantities. New York, Jan. 15.?The principal support for cotton Is the strong and active spot markets at home and abroad To this more than to any? thing else an advance in "futures"* must be attributed. Back of it all is the consumer. He Is taking Immense quantltes. A good deal Is for Immediate use and much Is simply to replenish reserve stocks which were drawn on so freely last season that they had got rather low. Rig spot sales continue In Liverpool. Manchester reports a better China de? mand with rising prices for silver. La terly Its trade in the Mediterranean has Increased. New York's trade with China is also larger. Prints have ad? vanced and print cloth, are strong Also it is worth while to note that wool is active and firm and raw silk stronger. Exporters of cotton at the South find much of the available cotton accumu? lated st the ports. Interior markets are so strong they can hardly be touched. Meantime dealers and ex gejftefl are under heavy ugreenn ntl to supply mills at home and abroad with cotton for January*February ments and the ports are being seaich ed for cotton for rapid shipment. Frelghf room for about 4 0,000 bah Is said to have been engag 11 for lhlp? ment to Liverpool. The st . !< of abo-.r 148.000 bales of certified cotton Is supposed to be mostly owned by Philadelphia Interests. The exportl continue large. The total keeps ah or 740,000 bales ahead of the same tinm last year. Spinners takings are over 1 mn, n i l bales ahead. Bears stick to 14.000,000 as the probable size of the 'nop; bull? says 13.000.000 to |l,s00, 000. M ? gnUUM Liverpool continue-; tC liquidate straddlss by buying March and May. Large spot merchants hav bought March and May In some easei to Dover shorts. New Orleans bus bought an l several of Its l;?r;re opera? tors express degjdcdly bullish convic? tions. The >outh generally show- b in oe bullish temp r. It seems that they me Inclined |0 bold back cotton. Wall street buys, hut funding little re fponee from the out hl ? public l A fines Itself to trading for moderate turns. Chicago has bought. N ?ngtaad ?pinners are buying July and October. Tili: SFMIXOLK CASE. \. \ Per et i on isa That ffudg* Watts' Or flee ix? Reertnded. Columbia. Jan. 14.- Before Judg< Hydrlek thl* afternoon Attorney BteV I eg* representing ths nan directors, of the Ismtnote. Securities. Co., win ask that Judge Watts* order appointing receivers be rSSSlndsd on the ground that the saiganj is now reorganised and lr. a condition to attend to Its own affairs ami bsejUUSS under tin new offer from the Southern Life It is no |on ,o i in ?Ivan! if this is refused he will ask iti it thg bUad OS the receivers he reduced to fifteen hundred as the North Caro? lina receivers hold nil 4but about five thousand of the assets. THE FjMIB IN. to .ihihtion BILLS will BE PRESENTED TOMORROW. I Ight i- Wot Absolute Prohibition Af? ter July 1-1?Local Option Not to Be Considered?Druggists win bo Permitted to Bell Alcohol ami Wlue On Certificate?m. l. Smith Leading Prohibition Forces, - Columbia, Jan. 15.?Drafts for sev? eral prohibition bills will be given to the engrossing department today and will bo presented tomorrow. In the house a bill will be fathered by M. I* and C. A. .Smith, J. P. Carey ??nd J. G. Richards. It provides for absolute prohibition after July 1, this year, Druggists may sell alcohol or wine, but only on certificate of the per? son buying, saying for what purpose it is to be used lor. Alcohol may be used In the arts and wine for sacra? mental pn-pn , only and sold only t > ministers. All certificates to go on file in the Olerka' otllee. The penal'y for violation of the law is one nun Ired to five hundred dollars or imprison? ment for the first offense, and Impris? onment only, for the second offen - . The previous disposition to have a referendum is now abandoned and the fight Is to be made for prohibition clear and straight. No leader has yet developed for the An ti-prohibition forces, INCREASES PRESIDENT'S PAY. Legislative)!. Executive and .Judicial Appropriation B1U Reported to Sen? ate. _ ? Washington, Jan. 14,?The legisla? tive! ex ? itlve and judicial appropria? tion bll was reported to. the senate to? day by Senator Cullom from the com? mittee on appropriations. The bill in? cludes provisions for the increasing of j the salaries of the president to $100, 000 annually, inclusive of traveling ex? penses; of the vice president to $20 - 000, and of the speaker of the house to $20,000. Provision is made also for increases in the salaries of Federal judges. COL. M. P. HUBBLE DEAD. Prominent Citizens ol* Anderson Pas? ses Away ut His Home After Two Year's Illness. Anderson, Jan. 15.?Col. M. P. Trib ble, one of the best known citizens of this city, died at his home on north Fant street this morning at 10 o'clock, after an illness extending over two years. His condition became worst It I .'und. v, and since that time he had been gradually sinking until the end came. He was about 70 years old. Col. Trtbble was twice married. His last wife, who was Miss Young of Laurens, with three children, Mrs. James Dixon of Florida and Messrs. Macey Y. and Sam Orr Tribhle of this city, survive him. All of the children wart ;it the bedside when the end came. The funeral will be held tomorrow fternoon, and interment will be made In Silver Brook cemetery. RICHMOND COATED WITH ICE. Trees in Pa-.-k Dnmaged and 2.500 Telephones out of commission. Richmond, V.. Jen. IT.?Richmond is today |ce bound and Suffering In the rrasp of the silent storm king. A rainfall, which began yesterday after? noon turned Into si. et during the night, and today streets under foot are lllppery, While overhead Wires, trees and poles are eovored with the icy COgtlng. The splendid trees In Capitol Square have suffered Severely, as have those in other parks and throughout the City, The ear service in the city Is tly hampered, and the Seven Pin? ts Liiie had to be abandoned for the lay, Twerty-flve hundred telephones are out of commission, and the tele? graph service out of Richmond Is greatly Inoommodt FEARFUL WRECK IN C\ LORADO. Twenty Persons Hille:! And Thlrtj Injured. Glenwood Springs, Colo., Jan. 16. ?Twenty persons w oe killed and thirty injured, many of them sei; ?ue ly, in a head-on collision between west bound passenger train Mo. B and an * tat bound freight train on the Den? ver and, Rio Grande Railroad, be I eon Dotsero and Sprues Creek, 22 mile* from Glenwood Springs, at S:80 o'eioek last night, Military Inspection III March. Columbia, Jan. 19.?Schedules for the spring military Inspections an nounced today call for the Inspection ol the Bumter company on Maroh 16. Mrs. ('. B, BrOOklngton of Charles? ton || missing from her homo. Col, M, P, Trlhhle, aged 70 years, well known citizen of Anderson is dead. LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS. Hoyt Clerk of the 1 Ion-;?', .Manu Clerk. Of the Senate. Columbia, S. C, January 12. ?it was a close and exciting race for clerk between two newspaper men, J. Wilson Cibbes and James A. Hoyt, the latter winning by 12 votes. The ney.t house race was (or read? ing clerk to succeed John S. Withers of Chester. The contest was between two Smiths, D. l. from Colleton And J. E. from Saluda. The latter won, 76 to 47. Mr. J. S. Wilson was rc-flooted sor g-. ant-at-arms of the house without opposition, two tentative rivals hav? ing gotten out of the way. The senate elections were lonf drawn out. In the race for clerk be? tween M. M. Mann. E. H. Aull and E. H. DeCamp, Mr. Mann won out over the two newspaper men on the twelfth ballot. ' For reading clerk Dr. W. S. Btokei was elected over the Rev. C. P. Booz i r by a large majority. W. l. Mauldui was made president pro tern, defeating T, y. Williams" ^''? to 10. At the close of the session the Clif? ton resolution regarding Tillman Wae introduced and passed without a dis? senting vote. The Rev. R. X. Pratt, Baptist, was re-elected chaplain of the house over T. X. Boozer, Methodist, 6'J to 53. The Rev. A. X. Brunson was re elected chaplain of the senate. Representative Cosgrove of Charles? ton Proposes Big Bond issue for Good Road Work. Columbia, Jan. 13.?Routine work characterized the SSSSloni of both houses Representative Cosgri re has an im? portant measure to introduce in day or so looking to state aid for good roads. It provides for a bond issue of two and half million dollars with an immediate direct appropriation in meantime of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ths counties pay one half the cost and the State the other half. The bill calls for a State highway commission to carry on the work with the advice of the engineer? ing departments of Clemson, the Cita? del and the South Carolina University. Columbia, Jan. 14.?The house adopted a concurrent resolution today to adjourn from Saturday to Wednes? day noon on account of Lee's birth? day Tuesday. The Clifton resolution on Senator Tillman was passed by the house to? day without objection. Columbia, Jan. 15.?The driest sort of routine characterized the sessions of both houses today, the ceremony of "publishing the election returns" in joint assembly being the most stirring event. Inauguration takes place Wednes? day. The farmer members of both houses will hold caucus Wednesday next, the day of State Farmers' Union legisla? tive meeting here to outline needed legislation, probably demanding new load laws, and the repeal of the leln law. Columbia, Jan. 16.?The usual Sat? urday fog end routine characterized the .sessions of both houses today. The three prohibtion bills were in? troduced today. The first house com? mittee report was made today on the Richards lien law repeal bill, which was favorable. The house adjourned over till Wednesday at noon. Columbia, Jan. 18.?The Senate, which did not join with the House in the holiday until Wednesday, met at noon today, and proceeded with such Dullness as came up. Several senators had obtained leave of absence, but enough were present to transact busi? ness Following are some of the measures acted upon: Senate invites the House to hav ? Chief justice election on Thursday it noon, The banking ami Insurance, and fish, game, and forestry committees were created, and the dispensary com? mittee changed to the committee on police regulations. The first of State-wide prohibition l etitions was presented today from Anderson. A resolution calling for situ- die ad? journment on February 12th was in? troduce!. LEVER PRESENTS RESOLUTION. Wr'nts Conans Bureau to Publish Quarterly statements About Cotton Stocks. Washington, Jan. 17.-?The collec? tion ami publication by ths director of tiie census of statistics of stock of baled cotton in the United States, to he summarised as November l, i)<" Cember 1, January 1 and March 1. in addition to the cotton reports, is pro? posed in a joint resolution presented in the house today by Representative Lever, of South Carolina. L. Reid Watson, a prominent citi? zen of Anderson County, is dead at his home. PITCHFORK IN USE. TILLMAN BITTEHLY ACCTJ8ES CABINET OFFICERH OP CON BPIRACY. Speaks In Senate With Avowed Pur? pose of Placing Bonaparte ami Hey? er In the Ananias Club? Washington, Jan. 34.?With the avowed Intention of "placing b< th At? torney General Banaparte and Post? master General Meyer in the Anaias Club, Senator Tlllman today address? ed the senate. lie alternated between acrid denunciation of these two mem? bers of the president's cabinet and ridicule which he hurled at them. Mr. Tlllman said it was not pleasant for him to intrude his personality upon the attention of the senate. "I have enough notoriety already," declared Mr. Tillman, "and I am not anxious to advertise myself, but the senate knows the provocation I am tint1 er and I trust will bear with me." Speaking of the difference of recol? lection between himself and Attorney I General Bonaparte, he declared." j "I am ready to have my word put [against him in any court in Christen I dorn and to let my record in the past j for truthfulness, honesty and integrity j stand against his." He asserted that he was not only I dealing with President Roosevelt, "hut with all the cabinet officers who are j in league, because, according to the j newspapers, they are discussing me at J cabinet meetings and are determined J to accomplish my ruin if possible. "When I deal with as unscrupulous J men as I do now, I am prepared for j anything, even the assassin's knife. My mail Is being held up. I am satls I lied Of that. I will not say my room has broken into because there are j keys that can open everything in this I Capitol. They n ay not have stolen I my papers, but they are gone." j Mr. Tillman then narrated a conver? sation he had over the telephone yes I today with Attorney General Bona I parte, in which he asked whether a j suit had been brought against the I Southern Oregon Company, the hold I er Of the military road grant. "He I did not know," said Mr. Tillman. I "There had been some correspondence j and a discussion back and forth as to I the method that should be pursued I by the special counsel, he said. I pressed him for an immediate answer, I yes or no. He said *e would make I Inquiry of the clerk charged with that j business and let me know. In the I course of a few minutes he returned J to the 'phone and said he would write I me a letter." J After having the letter of the at j torney general reael he declared that I up to this time and after nine months, j nothing had been elone in response to I the order of congress to bring suit. Mr. Tillman referred to the motive of the attorney general. "We all know how slow the processes of the law are I especially against military affairs. \Y ? ill know the process of being 'ready J to do it' of being 'anxious to do it.' " He referred to Postmaster General j Meyer and his statement that the j president had been in possession of the facts in this case only since De? cember 18, and characterized that as j falsehood number one." Mr. Tillman announced he had re? ceived another circular sent out by Dorr, in which the following state? ment wan made: "Some day 1 shall have justice and j reparation, and when that day comes, now not far distant, there will be a j noise that will he heard around the world." ! That statement by Dorr, Mr. Till I man insisted, was conclusive proof that Dorr had received assurance from I the president that he would "drag Till? man down as a liar and scoundrel." He wanted to know what degree of falsehood was to be charged to the two cabinet officers "or head clerks or bootlicks or whatever the president has around him." Mr. Tillman laid stress upon the fact that he had not attempted to ob? tain any government land, but only to purchase land that had been given a corporation with the stipulation that that corporation should sell it to the public at $2.50 per acre. He insisted that he was entitled to a full Investi? gation of these charges and to a re? port, as he did not wish to rest under the imputations that had been cast upon him. if no report should be made, he said, the Impression would go abroad that the senate had white? washed him and that he was guilty of some wrong-doing, which he did not wish to rest under. 2 1.) MINERS BURIED. r'ro'; Deadly Work in Hungarian Colliery. Ve /prim. Hungary, Jan. 14.?In an explosion Of Ore dann) in Attka coal mine here today which Wai followed later by B ?inst explosi in and 1 re, 240 men were entombed. Slxti en living miners and the bodies of 4r> d? ad persons thus far have been brought OUt Of the pit. The tire has been held to one lo? cality and It is hoped that the re? mainder of the entombed miners will be rescued alive. MARKS CLOSING PERIOD OF AMERICAN INTERVENTION. Liberal Party in Control of Covoin mettt, Bcttevefl to Envoi* Cock-Sght> l?g and National Lottery. H.ibana, Jan. 13.?Although the relni of self-government will not be Olli? lally turned over to the Cuban au? thority > until January 2S. when the inauguration of President Jose Miguel Gomel an 1 Vice President Alfredo Zayas will take place, the meeting to cay of the new Cuban congress mark? ed the beginnin; of the end of the second period of American interven? tion in the island, which began with the breaking out of the revolution in August. 1006. The s^ion opened with the tinkling of a bell three times as a preliminary signal and then once Ave minutes later. There was no for? mality of prayer* The decree issued by Provisional ?low Magoon convoking the congress make* a very strict requirement for the attendance of members. Neither senators nor representatives will re? ceive pay when absent from roll calls Without leave and neither house will be permittted to grant leaves of ab? sence to more than on<?-.-ixth of its membership at one time. These rules have been Uie subject of much discus? sion among the members, and un? doubtedly will be amended as soon as the Americans quit the island. Bills establishing cock-fighting and a national lottery will be among the d:st to be Introduced. The Liberal oirty. which has an overwhelm*ng majority in the senate and. the house, is said to favor a lottery, and its members are openly announcing that a bill providing :'or cock-flghtmg will be one of the first measures to be in? troduced. The second period of American in i?i\ention in Cuba has been made a3 unobtrusive as possible. The Ameri? can flag has been raised only over the camps of the American soldiers and marines outside the city. Although there are some 4,000 troops here very few of the men are seen in the streets of the city, the khaki-clad Cuban rural guards and the Habana police, dressed in gendarme fashion In light blue uni? forms, having the entir? responsibility of the maintenanc HARVARD PRESIDENT PICKED. l?rof. Ijowcll. a Harvard Man Will Suc? ceed Dr. Eliot. Boston, Mass., Jan. 13.?Abbott Lawrence Lowell, author, lawyer and Harvard professor, is to be the suc? cessor of Charles W. Eliot as head of the great Cambridge University. The suspense felt by the alumni and friends of Harvard since the resigna? tion of President Eliot in November last and the speculation as to his prob? able successor, ended loday, when, af? ter the corporation and overseers of "he institution had held separate meetings In this city, it was announced :hat the members of the corporation had elected Prof. Lowell. GOING AFTER THE PRESIDENT. Senate Committee to Inquire into> Destruction of Pennsylvania Depot. Washington, Jan. 13.?Another phase of the controversy between con? gress and the President developed to 1 ty when it became known at the Capitol that the Senate committee on public buildings soon will start an investigation into the demolition of the old Pennsylvania dei>ot. which was torn down by order of the President, apparently in the absence of legisla? tive authority. Senator Scott, chair? man of the committee will report a resolution of investigation. NEGRO SOLDIER ARRESTED. Wanted to Take Three White Women Into Hotel With Him. Watertown, N. Y., Jan. 14.?Be eauee the proprietor of a hotel in Jacketts Harbor refused to provide S room for himself and three white women, a colored soldier of the 24th infantry, stationed at Madison bar? racks, drew a revolver and threatened to shoot, and as a result Is now hi the guard house pending action by the military authorities. An effort was made to secure the soldier on a warrant charging hen with assault in the s< cond degree but Col. Paulding, commending the regi? ment, refused to give him up. The prisoner will be tried by court-martial ?n the charge of creating a distur? bance and conducting himself in a manner prejudicial to the good order >f the service. ONE HUNDRED KILLED. Another TerrflaV Mine Dissaus* in Went Virginia. Bluefield. W. Va.. Jan. 12.?An ex? plosion today in the mines of the Lick Branch colliery snuffed out more than 100 lives. In these same mines two weeks ago today 50 miners were killed by a similar explosion.