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MILduS BUYING FUTURES. 0*4'11 nee in New York Lead Southern Factories to Purchase There? Will Demand Deliveries. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 20.?Savannah brokers received reports today that Southern mills were buying heavily of cotton future contracts In New York and would demand deMvcrles A considerable amount was said to be for January delivery. By this means the mills are enabled to take advan? tage of the low price of future spot c? tton In the Southern markets not having declined to anything like a corresponding degree. HOMAGE PAID TO JUDGE HUD? SON. Supreme Court Honors Memory of 'Well-Known Jurist. Columbia Jan. 20?Honor was done to the memory of Judge Joehua )t? B 1 )n the chamber of the Su? preme Court today, when a number at lawyers, friends and relatives of the great Jurist gathered to eulogtxe his name and work. The exercises were simple In their nature, and the words spoken in praise of the great South Carolinian were touching and sincere. There were addresses by Knox Livingston, of Bennettsville; A. O. Brlce, of Chester; J. K. Henry, of Chester; and Chief Justice Jones. Resolutions of love and respect were died with the court by Mr. Living? ston, end were ordered placed on the records by Chief Justice Jones. The love of Judge Hudson for right, his devotion to country, his In? satiable desire for knowledge, his fairness end impartiality as a Judge In administering the law, were ex? tolled In beautiful, yet simple words by men who knew him Intimately in his professional and private life. The greatest Jurist that the tSate has ever known was the sentiment expressed by Chief Justice Jones. Mr. Jonee spoke of his cordial relations with Judge Hudson as a young attor? ney end afterwards, when Judge Hud eon on several occasions sat upon tht bench with him. His life was called aa inspiration to all South Carolin? ians by the Chief Justice, and it was here that the greatest tribute was paid to Judge Hudson as a wjiker and a man who sought light on every question ELEVEN JURORS HEARING CASE f'nn-ufii Proceeding In MoGaha Mur? der Trial at Greenville. e)*V lre*n< W*e Jan. 2u^With only ren Jurors In the >^LWL? tXuri of General Sessions toduj^Butered on the .rial of the three nj^oea charged with the murder of John McGaha, uepa*w of Josh Ashley. During the day a great mass of teetlmony was taken, all tending to ehow the guilt of the men. The case will probably go to the Jury late Friday. At the opening of the case objec? tions were made to all but t he eleven jurors and both sides agreed to go to trial with that number. This In an unusual procedure and there Is much dlscusaict. among lawyers as to Its regularity. Judge Wilson, however, ruled that there would be no objec? tions to eleven men hearing the case. GREENVILLE GETS MILLION. Southern Power Co. Will Erect Big Emergency Plant hTere. Greenville, Jan. 19.?The Southern Power Company has consummated a desl with Dr. Teron Earle, of this city, for the purchase of some fifteen or twenty acres of land near this city, on which will be erected a larg; plant for electric power, which will neces? sitate an exepndlture of something like a million dollars In Greenville. This plant will be used as | emer? gency plant. (ill A ST I V CRIME IN "NEW YORK. Two Women and Man Found Mur? dered. New York, Jan. 30.?A triple mur? der was revealed la a obscure flat In the heart of New York's East Side, at No. 10 ai d 20 Montgomery Street, at dusk to day. Two women and a man are the victims, and the manner of death was horrible, flagged wtlh silk handkerchiefs and their heads ennio'd with a hammer >>v axe. they w*ro left bleeding and fully dressed on the floor with a whimpering bull terrier as companion for the dead Robbery was the motive, or else it is another ens*- of t? ?? Plack Hand. Selvatorc Scnlpone. a well-to-do young Italian bnher, his wife and a mlddle-nged woman believed to have been Mrs. Seal pone's mother are the victims. His failure to appear at his shop today started an investigation, which resulted In the discovery of the crime. Policeman, summoned %,v the Janitor of th.? apartn .-nt. ? nt'-n d the locked (lit by way of a tire es? cape. James Miller, chief of the detective force of the city of Charleston. Is dead at his home. MARRIED AT CHARLOTTE. W. A. Cooper and Miss Marie Henry Of Greenville Wed After Amusing Difficulties. Charlotte. N. C, Jan. 20.?After a fruitleaa effort to have an Episcopal clergyman marry them without first having gone through the formality of securing a license. W. A. Cooper, and Miss Marie Henry, both of Green? ville, woke up the register of deeds and magistrate and at 2:30 o'clock this morning were married in the functionary's office at the county eottti bouse. Magistrate C. L. Hun? ter performed the ceremony. C. V. Gulon of Greenville, a friend, and a policeman witnessed the marriage. Mum Henry had been visiting in Ches? ter and came to Charlotte to see "The Prince Chap," Mr. Cooper Joined her here and after the show they decided to got married. The couple return? ed to Greenville on train No. 29. NO CHANGE IN POSTAL RATE. Representative Flnley Says News? paper Publishers Need Not Be Anx? ious. Washington, Jan. 21.?There is much alarm among many publishers of weekly newspapers throughout the country because of the report recent? ly scattered to the effect that the con? gress would this year very largely in? crease the postal rates on this kind of publications and In fact all second clans matter. To an Inquiry made today to a rep? resentative of South Carolina who is a member of the committee on post office in the house, he replied that the rates on weekly papers would not be raised. "I have heard the rumors that this rate," Mr. Flnley said, "was to be largely Increased, but this will not be done." SNOW IN FLORIDA. Elements Astonish Oldest Inhabi? tants of Tallahaase by Furnishing Five Minute Flurry. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 21.?Al? though the thermometer registered several degrees above freezing, snow fell here this afternoon for five min? utes Not before in the memory of the "oldest inhabitant" has Florida'? cap? ital been thus visited. Tonight the temperature is moderating. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 21.?Savannah this afternoon experienced the first fall of snow since February 13. 1899. ThS fall was light. PLAN FOR EQUALIZING TAXUS. Repro*entn?llc D^?f, of Georgetown, Has New Proposition. Columbia, Jan. 21.? Mr. Doar thinks he has a plan of equalizing tax values that will do the work that it hi intended to do. Mr. Doar's plan is to pass a joint resolution to appoint a commission to fix a rate of taxes on all landa within the State on the bash? of population. For Instance, if a town of 5,000 situated In the Pae Dee section, and a town of 5,000 situ? ated in the Piedmont section, the valuation on cultivated, uncultivated and timbered lande would be the same. The greater the population the higher the price of land. Land ad? jacent to towns and cities would be fixed at a greater value than if it were farther out. When this com? mission fixes the valuation In tabulat? ed form it would apply to all sections of the State. Land one or two miles from Georgetown would be fixed at the same rate as a town of same Mae in the Piedmont. COTTON GINNED TO JAN. 15. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 21.?The re? port of the National Ginners' Asso? ciation, Issued today, says: "Complete returns Indicate there has been ginned up to January 16, 1910, 9,755.000 bales. The following are the figures by States: "Alabama 1,024,000; Arkansas 662, 000; Florida 61,000; Georgia. 1,823, 000; Louisiana 254,000; Mississippi 1,023,000; Missouri 55,000; North Carolina 611.000; Oklahoma 520,000; South Carolina 1.108,000; Tennessee 227.000; Texas 2,378,000." There Is a movement on foot at Cross Hill to create a new county. Catarrh Cannot l>o Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or con? stitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take Internal reme? dies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acts diroctly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi? cine. It was prescribed by one of tho hest physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescrip? tion. It Is composed of the hest ton? ics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two IngrodtenU Is what produces such wonderful re? sults In curing Catarrh. band for testimonials free, r, J. chunky &? co., Props, Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 76c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con? stipation. MILLS WATCH MARKET. Bl/YY FUTURES HEAVILY BUT ACTUAL COTTOX SPARINGLY. Tendency Which Wa? at One Time j Too Bullish is Now Thought to In? cline Too Strongly to Bear Side. New York. Jan. 31.?Prices show a small net improvement for the week, but confidence in the stability of prices has been seriously shake .1 by the recent decline of $13.50 a bale. ?plllOWi have been buying: futures pretty heavily during the last week or 10 days but to all appearances they have stuck to their policy of buying the actual cotton on a very sparing scale. It is evident, however, that about 10,000 bales of the New York supply will be shipped by representatives of James A. Patton to Southern mills. On one or two days spot sales at Liverpool have Increased but taken as a whole spinners at home and abroad seem more encouraged than ever to play a waiting game. Yet advices from Manchester are to the effect that there Is an Increasing de? mand for cotton goods from India. Western Wall street and Southern liquidation during the last two weeks has been on so thoroughgoing a scale that the technical situation has been greatly improved, especially as much of the cotton thus liquidated has gone into the hands of spinners and ex? porters. For the first time in near? ly two months exporters have been able to secure cotton on an export basis. Then, too, the short interest has lately increased materially. Some think, Indeed, that the tendency which was at one time to overdo the bull side has now gone to the other extreme and that there are too many bears. The spot markets have yielded grudlngly as the spot holder fights the decline In futures. Speculation has been overdone and prices have collapsed but It is maintained by tlie believers in an ultimate advance that the fundamental situation remains absolutely unchanged. That is to say it is still urged that there is a disparity between the probable crop and the probable consumption of any? where from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 bales. At the same time speculation has received a decided check. Sev? eral failures in Wall street, Including one of a house which was a member of the cotton exchange, have added to the demoralization. Some South? ern operators who recently bought on the first sharp decline have sold out again. Friday the tone was ?tronfer. Th* crop is still believed I ?e small. Whether corsumption be part... sufficient to mf' t the ease in the annual supply ?1s ethlng on which the trade is I awaiting ><(,ul. 15 TUNNEL DIGGERS KILLED. Charges of Nitro-Glycerine Explode Too Soon. Fishklll Landing. N. Y., Jan. 21.? Fifteen men, three of them Ameri? cans, were killed late this afternoon by a premature explosion of nitro glycnne In a tunnel which is to form a part of the great aqueduct which will carry water from the Ashokan dam, In the Catskllls, ' New York city. Dunn's Weekly Statement. New York, Jan. 21.?R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomor? row will say: "The disturbances In Wall street are apparently without effect on In? dustrial and trade situation, which measured, by the best tests, continues In a healthy and active condition. "A further perceptible broaden? ing of demand for pig iron is noted at many leading centres. On the whole there is marked improvement with basic and Bessemer grades at? tracting much attention. "There is evidence that the rail? roads are holding back considerable new business, although car orders at the West are quite liberal and several large contracts are pending. "In the primary dry goods market house sales are in progress and the break in the cotton market made no change in Jobbing prices. Buyers of cotton blankets and other napped goods of a staple character are op? erating freely at an advance over a years ago, and stocks in all parts of the country are reported to be well cleaned up. Hosiery and underwear are in better demand and new fall lines In cotton dress fabrics are being bought freely. Trade in prints is linht. in ginghams somewhat better ? and In bleached goods steady. "Cotton yarns are dull, worsted yarns steady and woolen varns steady hut quiet. "Supplementary orders for spring ?hoes are in fair demand and manu? facturers regard the outlook as prom? ising. The leather trade continues dull." *Charaber1eln'i Cough Remedy >s not a common, every day cough mix? ture. It is a meritorious remedy for all the troublesome and danserous complications resulting from cold In the head, throat, chest or lungs. Sold by W. W. Slbert. TO CONNECT AT PKEGNALL'S. | - Itailroud Cimmlsston Order? South I ern and Coast Line to Change Schedule. Columbia, Jan. 20.?The railroad commission today ordered the South? ern Railway and Atlantic Coast Line Railway officials to arrange their schedules so as to make connection at Pregnalls, a Junction point be? tween Charleston and Branchville. There were a number of complaints filed with the commission. The com? panies are ordered to show cause be? fore the commission by February 1, why the new schedule should not be made. In the letter to the officials the commission says: "You will at once arrange your schedules of passenger trains in order to make proper connection at Preg nall's. or show cause at this office by February 1, why the said changes should not be made." The commission will hold a hear complalnts with reference to the Chesterfield Telephone Company, and also at Cantey's Siding on January 27, in the matter of station accom? modations. ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING GIRL. Spartanburg Man in Trouble on One Charge May Have to Answer An? other. Spartanburg, Jan. 20.?Wesley Fowler, white, who is charged with abducting a girl child under the ag? of 16, may also have to answer the charge of contempt of court. In a case argued before Judge Shlpp lor the possession of Lauetta Rhlnehart Judge Shlpp Issued an order award? ing the child to E. L. Johnson. Sev? eral days ago the child was taker from Johnson and Fowler was ar? rested and gave bond. Paper* have been served on Fowler charging him with contempt of court. ?Have you a weak throat? If so, you cannot be too careful. You cannot begin treament too early. Each cold makes you more liable to another and the last is always the harder to cure. If you will take Chamberlain'* Cough Remedy at the outset you will be saved much trouble. Sold by W. W. Sibert. There promise to be as many men who first told us that Dr. Cook was an impostor as there are original members of the "Florodora" sextet. ?(New York Press. ?For indigestion and all stomach troubles take Foley's Orlno Laxative. Tt 1s th? natural remedy for indiges? tion, Jysp ipaia, heartburn, bad breath, sick headache, torpid iiver, i biliousness and habitual eon.*ttpa- ? tv.'u. Foley'^ Orino Ivixative sweet- j ens the stomach and breath. and \ tones up the entire alimentary sys? tem. Sibert's Drug Store. A Wretched Mistake to endure the itching, painful dis? tress of Piles. There's no need to. Listen: "I suffered much from Piles," writes Will A. Marsh, of Sli? er City, N. C, "till I got a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and was soon cured." Burns, Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema, Cuts, Chapped Hands. Chilblains, vanish before it. 25c. at Sibert's Drug Store. Fifteen mules were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the sale stables of James Swygert at Leesvllle. Loss $3,000. ?The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made Is Cham? berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They do the work whenever you re? quire their aid. These tablets change weakness Into strength, listleseness into energy, gloominess Into Joyous ness. Their action is so gentle one don't realize they have taken a pur? gative. Sold by W. W. Sibert. JUDGE JAMES ALDRICH ILL. Is Lying at His Home in Alken in State of Physical Collapse. Alken, Jan. 21.?Judge James Ald rich Is lying seriously ill at his home in this city. For some days the Judge's health has been on the down grade, and he is now suffering a phy? sical collapse. His condition Is considered quite serious. Judge Aldrich served on the Bench in the Second Circuit for 16 years, having resigned two years ago, on account of his ill health. He hoped that the relieving himself of the ar? duous duties as Judge would enable him to regain his health, but It has been gradually declining ever since. 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