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DEBATEDTHETARIFF
House Democrats State Their
Position on the Question.
SOME INTERESTING VIEWS
Opportunity Presented While Philip¬
pines Measure Was Being Consid¬
ered—Protection Policy
Aired.
A vigorous speech in favor of the
Philippine tariff bill by Mr. Dalzell
of Pennsylvania opened the proceed¬
ings in the house Wednesday. It was
followed by several others against
the measure, most notable of which
was a two-hour address by the veter¬
an statesman, Mr. Keifer of Ohio, an
ex-speaker, who returns to the house
after retirement of twenty years. Mr.
Keifer bespoke “stand pat” doctrine
of the most pronounced type, and said
he should oppose the pending bill, be¬
cause it was a concession to the dem¬
ocratic principles.
Opposition to the bill was made be¬
cause of fear of rice competition by
Mr. Pujo of Louisiana.
As the result of an interruption,
Champ Clark of Missouri made this
comment regarding the Dingley tariff
law-. “I think it is an infernal curse
to the whole American people.”
Mr. Williams, the minority leader,
interjected into Mr. Pttjo's speech
■what he considered the exact demo¬
cratic position on the tariff.
“It should be levied solely with
regard to the maximum revenue pro¬
duction.. If it protects in certain
planes, well and good; but that should
not be its primary object.”
Mr. Williams explained that his
party did not believe in free trade,
and that the declaration in its plat¬
form that all forms of protection are
robbery, to which attention was call¬
ed by Mr. Grosvenor, did not mean
free trade.
The recent ejection of Mrs. Minor
Morris from Hie white house office
was made the subject of remarks by
Mr. Sheppard of Texas.
Messrs. Payne and Grosvenor raised
the point of order that Mr. Sheppard
was not discussing the bill under con¬
sideration, but the point was not sus¬
tained by the chair, and Mr. Sheppard
continued, saying:
“If the president had heard the howl
of a wolf or the growl of a bear in
the adjoining room, he would have
been on the scene immediately.”
He characterized the occurrence as
an “unwarrantable and unnecessary
brutality, which demanded Investiga¬
tion and merited censure.”
“If congress,” he continued, “com¬
posed of American fathers, husbands,
brothers, permits this incident to go
unrebuked, it will add a passive and
cowardly approval of this violation of
the most sacred principle of American
life.”
Mr. Grosvenor replied, saying that
congress was not a police court, and
that he did not believe a sensation
should be spread abroad damaging to
the character of the American admin¬
istration.
The house adjourned until Thurs-
day.
PROPOSITION IS ACCEPTABLE.
Alabama to Have Convention to Name
Members of Supreme Bench.
While there is all sorts of com¬
ment cn the action of the Alabama
state democratic committee in laying
out the plan of the campaign in the
state this year, it is a fact that every¬
body seems pleased with the provis¬
ion for a convention to name mem¬
bers of the supreme bench and to
keep the party organization intact.
Confirmations by the Senate.
The senate, in executive session,
Wednesday confirmed the following
nominations: Frank Frantz, governor
of Oklahoma; H. J. Hagermann, gov-
ernor of New Mexico; receiver of
land office, N. H. Alexander, at Mont¬
gomery, Ala.
HESTER ON COTTON MOVEMENT.
Figures Show Decrease in Crop Mar-
keted of 1,029,000 Bales.
Secretary Hester’s analysis of the
cotton movement from September 1
to the close of December, Inclusive,
shows that, compared with the crop
movement last year, Texas and Indian
Territory have brought into sight this
season, in round figures, 166,000 bales
less; other gulf states have marketed
754,000 less, and the group of Atlantic
states 110,000 less, making the de¬
crease in the total of crop marketed
1,029,000 bales.
JUDGE HART DIES SUDDENLY.
Prominent Tennesseean Found Dead
in Bed at Chattanooga.
Judge Henry C. Hart of Knoxville
field deputy collector of internal r*r-
enue, was found dead Wednesday
morning at the Southern hotel in Chat-
tanooga. He had retired in his usual
health, and the cause of his death
is unknown, but it is supposedly heart
trouble. He was a man of wealth,
SLTit} influence, in r i6nn6SS66.
“CLOUD UPON THE STATE”
Governor of South Carolina Deplores
Odious Dispensary Situation In
Message to General Assembly.
Governor I), U> Heyward, in his rues
sage submitted to the general assem¬
bly of South Carolina, which Con¬
vened in Columbia Tuesday, says:
“Tfca only cloud which throws a
shadow over the state is the unsatis¬
factory- condition of the dispensary.
No one caa deny that the present at¬
mosphere surrounding the dispensa¬
ry,” he says, "is a grave reflection
upon South Carolina for a state in¬
stitution, end any odium which at¬
taches to its operation necessarily at¬
taches to the state.”
Ha regards the action of those coun¬
ties voting to abolish dispensaries as
a rebuke to the mode of operation
rather than repudiation of the sys¬
tem. He urges that existing condi¬
tion should be immediately remedied.
The governor declares it should never
be the policy to force dispensaries
upon counties or communities desir¬
ing prohibition.
The message urges more stringent
measures for the prevention of lynch-
ings.
“While we have every reason for
encouragement,” the govermor says,
“the recent killing of two defenseless
negroes by an armed mob is for every
reason to be deplored and condemned.
Such outrages are not only flagrant,
and inexcusable, but they inevitably
lead to the disregard of all law, the
cheapening of human life and the
undermining of our very civilization.
The lawless element must be made to
realize the sanctity of human life ;
they must be taught the fearful con¬
sequences that follow the blind pas¬
sions and prejudices of mobs which
take the la winto their own hands;
human life must have every right
guaranteed in our constitution, and
lawless and reckless violators must
be prosecuted without fear or favor
to the utmost of the law.”
WANTED TO QUESTION JURORS,
Solicitor Springs Sensation in San¬
ford Murder Trial a$ Rome.
The -Sanford case was resumed at
Rome, Ga., Tuesday afternoon at 2
o’clock promptly and the names of
the jury were read out as follows: S.
G. Bray, R. A. Jones, A. W. Chap
man, W. S. Barnett, Harry Donkle,
S. C. Selman, J. T. Lathrop, L. M.
White, B. A. Blalock, J. E. Watson,
B. F. Smith and C. H. House.
After the jury was in the box and
before the jury was sworn, Solicitor
Ennis sprung a sensation by demand
ing the right upon evidence that had
come to him since the jury was made
up to propound certain questions to
certain jurors concerning their com¬
petency, with a view to challenging
the same. For a long time the state
and the defense argued the right of
the state to do this, Judge Wright
finally deciding that the solicitor had
no right to propound any questions
unless the juror was first attacked by
extrinsic evidence.
LEFT THE BULLS IN CONTROL.
Census Bureau’s Report Causes Rise
in Cotton Price.
The cotton market was dull in New
®riean 3 Tuesday until after the re¬
port of the census bureau came in at
1 o’cloek, when March quickly ad¬
vanced to 11.90, 31 points above Sat¬
urday’s closing. The market had look¬
ed for a report of 9,800,000 bales gin
ned up to January 1, and when the
actual figures were shown to be only
9,721,000 bales, the bears scurried to
cover, leaving the bulls in undisputed
control.
LOOKS BRIGHTER IN RUSSIA.
Government is Encouraged Over Tem¬
porary Suppression of Revolution.
The success which thus far has at
tended the campaign against the vio¬
lent revolutionists has plainly encour¬
aged the Russian government to ho-
lieve that the worst is over for the
winter, except in the Baltic provinces,
the Caucasus and the Don region,
where the prevailing anarchy is likely
to continue indefinitely.
RAISE THE COLOMBIAN FLAG.
San Bias Indians Rebel Against Sover-
eignty of Panama.
Irranaquina, grand chief of the San
Bias Indians on the lower Atlantia
coast of Panama, announces secession
from Panama and the renewal of al
legiance to Colombia of himself and
followers.
There are about 30,000 of these In
dians along 110 miles of the most fet ■
tile part of the coast of Panama and
in al! the villages the Colombian flag
is being displayed. This revolt against
Panama’s rule is said to be fomented
by the Colombians.
WANT GRIGGS FOR CHAIRMAN.
Georgia Delegation in Congress AP-
prove of Judge’3 Qualifications.
The members of the Georgia delega-
tion in congress have unanimously
selected Judge Griggs as Georgia's
member of the congressional cam-
paign, with the understanding that he
will be a candidate for the chairman¬
ship of the commitee, the place he so
ably filled in one campaign.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 18. 1906.
CROWERS CONVENE
Southern Cotton Association
Meets in New Orleans.
NOTABLE SPEECHESMADE
President Jordan Reviews Situation in
Interesting Annual Address—Pro¬
ceedings of First Day’s
Session.
With a large and representative at¬
tendance from the cotton growing
states, the Southoru Cotton Growers’
Association opened a three days’ ses
sion in New Orleans Thursday.
The hall was crowded when Pres¬
ident Jordan called the convention to
order. A feature that attracted at¬
tention was the presence of a negro
delegation from Hinds county, Missis
slppi. Secretary Woods of the Mis¬
sissippi association shid they were reg¬
ular delegates and entitled to scats.
President Jordan was given an ova¬
tion. Invocation was offered by Rev.
Dr. Beverly Warner. Ex-President
John M. Parker of the New Orleans
cotton exchange delivered an address
of welcome in which he said the spec¬
ulator is the greatest enemy the far¬
mer has. He counseled ihe farmer
not to “kill” the golden goose by put¬
ting up prices so high as we will soon
have an active competition from other
countries.
Mr. Foster, member of the Louisi
ana railroad commission, and a largs
cotton planter, responded. When Mr.
Foster concluded President Jordan de¬
livered his address on the southern
farmer.
President Jordan reviewed at some
length the objects of the association
and its accomplishments, He re-
ferred to the discovery of dishonest
practices in the bureau of cotton sta¬
tistics *n the department of agricul¬
ture at Washington and the fight
made by the association for purity
there. He then discussed the reasons
for the demand made by the associa¬
tion—11 cents for cotton.
“It has been ascertained by inves¬
tigation,” he said, “and has not yet
been denied, that at the prevailing
prices of the manufactured products
this season, spinners could easily
have paid 12 cents for the entire
crop to the growers and declared div¬
idends on their investments, OJl
this basis a crop of 10,000,800 bales
should have brought the producers
$600,000,000. If we demand and re
ceive 15 cents for the balance of the
unsold portion of the crop, basis mid¬
dling, at interior points, we will still
be unable to average the whole crop
at 12 cents a pound, due to the unwar¬
ranted low prices at which more than
one-half of the crop has been sold.
The proposition to hold the balance
of the crop at a maximum figure of
15 cents is, therefore, based upon
conservative reasoning surrounding
the present legitimate laws of demand
Concluding his address, President
Jordan urged the wisdom and neces¬
sity for compact organization among
the growers in every cotton producing
county In the south.
Mr. Irvine of Georgia said exten¬
sive Italian immigration would ulti¬
mately result in Italian possession of
southern lands. He thought the en-
ergies of the south ought to be direct
ed to the education of its youth in
the advantages of farming and to the
sending of city boys to the fields.
Mr. Smith of South Carolina said
that the south during the past year
had made all the cotton needed with¬
out difficulty, and with negro labor,
and there was no occasion for dis¬
cussing the question of securing ad¬
ditional labor until the southern l’ar-
mers were assured an enriching re
turn on the cotton they were able to
raise.
At the conclusion of the discussion
Hon. D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N.
was introduced to speak on ‘Cot
Values in Textllo Fabrics.”
At the opening of the afternoon
announcements were made of
from the various states to
on the committee which does the
work of the convention, Tho
provided for are on acre
and diversification, pushing the
of organization and financing
association, warehousing, holding
of unsold crop, trade relations
statistics.
The night features were a paper by
D. AValker of Sparta, Ga., on
relation between banker and
He was given a vote of
for raising the first $ 10,000
the work. Whiter Clark, presi¬
of the Mississippi division, speae
organization, detailing the results
had followed the union.
NINE DIE IN HOTEL FIRE.
Three Stories of Building Burned
and Guests Were Entrapped.
Nine persons lost their lives in a
fire which burned out the fifth, sixth
and seventh stories of the West hotel,
*.n Minneapolis, early Wednesday.
The blaze started in an unknown
manner in the packing room on the
first floor, and, ascending the elevator
shaft, spread when it reached the
fifth floor.
JURISDICTION IS DENIED.
Greene and Gaynor Raise Such Point
of Contention at Beginning of
Their Trial In Savannah,
After four years spent in exile us
fugitives from the law, Benjamin I).
Greene and John F. Gaynor appeared
Tuesday in the federal eourt for the
southern district of Georgia before
Judge Emory Speer at Savannah to
answer to several indictments, cliarg
ing them with conspiracy to defraud
the government, with embezzlement
and with receiving money known to
have been embezzled front the United
States.
The attendance in the court room
was large, the interest shown by
members of the bar being particular¬
ly intense ;a number of visiting law¬
yers were after present.
Shortly the Convening of court
Mr. Erwin announced that at this
time he desired to call only the cases
of Benjamin D. Greene and John F.
Gaynor, making no allusion to the in¬
dictments standing against the co de¬
fendants, William T. and Edward H.
Gaynor, brothers of John F. Gaynor;
Michael A. Conolly and former Cap¬
tain -Oberlin M. Carter, none of whom
were in I he city.
Upon the request of Colonel Mel-
drlm, Mr. Erwin outlined the method
of procedure he would adopt in the
trial of the cases. He will ask that
the defendants plead to the several
indictments against them, it being
then his purpose to consolidate all
tlie charges and try the accused upon
the indictments, the defendants plead¬
ed not guilty to in 1902 before they
loft for Quebec, forfeiting bonds of
$40,000 each.
A plea in abatement was read by
Colonel Meldrim, holding that the
court was without jurisdiction, be¬
cause the charge of conspiracy, upon
which the first bill of indictment, has
been found, was not an extraditable
offense under the treaty obtaining
with Canada, He asked the court
io discharge the defendants front cus¬
tody. Mr. Erwin expressed a desire
to file an answer to the plea later,
suggesting that the case might pro¬
ceed in the meantime. The court, ten¬
tatively took the same view. Counsel
for the defense objected, however,
claiming that the question of the
plea was one of vast importance, auu
that it should be determined forth
with.
The indictment, said Colonel Mel¬
drim, was found upon a charge of
conspiracy. The British privy coun¬
sel has found that conspiracy is not
an extraditable offense between the
United States and the Dominion of
Canada, hence as the defendants were
extradited, they cannot be tried upon
an indictment alleging conspiracy.
This, according to the defense, should
quash the two old indictments.
Mr. Erwin replied that he would
require time in which to formulate
his answer to the plea.
The remainder of the day’s session
was consumed in preliminary sklr-
mishes between counsel with the is-
sue upon the contention advanced still
undecided when adjournment until
Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock
was taken. It seemed quite possible
ns one observed the slow progress
of the case that it might be days be¬
fore the point of drawing the Jury for
the actual trial will be reached.
ALABAMA STATE PRIMARY
Will Name Successors to Senators
Morgan and Pettus.
A state primary in Alabama wa-3
ordered for August 27 by the demo
cratic executive committee in session
at Montgomery. The committee not
only ordered a primary for the se¬
lection of democratic candidates for
governor and United States senators,
but it provided further for the suc¬
cession to tho United States senate In
the event there should be a vacancy
caused by death in the next four
years.
The voters will not only vote for
successors to Senator Morgan and
Pettus, but they will vote for men
who are to be appointed by the gov
ernor in tho event either of the two
senators die.
CAPITALISTS FAVOR EXPOSITION.
Monied Men of Atlanta Will Aid the
Great Fair for 1910.
A representative body of Atlanta
capitalists assembled at the chamber
of commerce Wednesday, at the in¬
vitation of John W. Grant, chairman
of the 1910 exposition canvassing com¬
mittee, which is to work among the
capitalists.
The gentlemen present, every one of
whom is prominent in the business
world of the city, expressed them
selves as heartily in sympathy with
the exposition movement.
COLLISION BEING PROBED.
Naval Board of Inquiry Convenes on
Board Battleship Iowa.
A naval board of inquiry, compos <
of officers of the Atlantic fleet, was
conven ed‘aboard the battleship Iowa,
off Old Point, Tuesday, by Rear Ad
miral Hobby D. Evans, and an in
vestigatlon into the collision of the
battleships Kentucky and Alabama,
off Five Fathon bank, New York
last Sunday, was begun.
LANDSLIDE HORROR
Twenty People Lose Life In
Most Pecu iar Accident*
HOUSES WERE ENGULFED
Block of Buildings Tumble Into Brick
Yard Excavation and Take Firs.
Men, Women and Children
Crushed.
Twenty persons—men, women and
children—are believed to have per¬
ished in a landslide which occurred
at Haverstraw, N. Y., about midnight
Monday night.
Tho landslip occurred at the end
of a street, and eight houses were car¬
ried over n clay bank into the brick
yard excavations, dropping down 100
feet.
The slide is supposed to have been
caused by the fact that those working
in the brick yards dug too close to
the end of the street, causing a cave
in.
Most of the people were in bed
when the catastrophe took place. Im¬
mediately after the slide the houses
caught lire and the persons who went
down perished in the flames.
The great slip of clay carried away
the water main, which supplied tho
fire hydrants, and when the firemen
arrived at tho scene they found no
water with which to extinguish tho
blaze in the ruins of the houses which
had so suddenly been sent over the
bank.
A large force of men worked des¬
perately Tuesday to uncover the ruins
of the houses carried down. Up to
It o’clock there had been little suc¬
cess owing to the great mass of clay
to be moved and to the fact that
where the houses had burned the de¬
bris was so hot that the work was
very slow.
Firemen, reinforced by hundreds of
volunteers, worked desperately to sub¬
due the flames, which were slowly but
surely consuming the bodies of thorn;
who were caught in the wreck of their
homes.
The list of missing constitute tho
only known victims of the landslide.
Two blocks of houses are supposed
to have been undermined.
The landslide came gradually st
first, Tho ground, weakened by rain
and snow, showed crevices near the
edge of the street late in the after¬
noon and in tho evening portions of
the bank, where workmen had been
digging clay for brick, begnn to give
way.
The section was not thickly populat¬
ed, for most of the former dwellers
had left on account of fear of just
what happened. Many of the rescued
left their houses early in the evening
before the final crash came.
GROWERS URGED TO STAND PAT.
President Jordan Issues an Encour-
aging Statement to Holders.
President Harvle Jordan has given
out an interesting statement address
ed to the spot holders or cotton udvla-
ing them not to sell, but to Htand
pat and demand the full price. The
statement concludes as follows:
“We know now that the crop is
short and that the balance of the
unsold portion of this crop must bring
higher prices to offset, the depressol
markets we had to suffer in Septem-
her and October.
"Stand pat and demand tho lull
price. We are sure to win If wo firm¬
ly hold the small balance of (ho un¬
sold crop for 15 cents.”
IS NOW SENATOR PAYNTER.
Successor to Blackburn Formally
Elected in Kentucky Legislature.
Both houses of the Kentucky legis¬
lature Tuesday cast their ballots for
the election of a United States sena¬
tor to succeed Hon. J. C- S- Black¬
burn, the honor falling to Judge Thos.
H. Paynter of the court of appeals.
The republican minority cast their
votes in both houses for Hon. W. H.
Cox.
ROADS MUST PAY UP.
Georgia Supreme Court Uphold* the
State in Back Tax Cases.
Georgia's supreme court decided on
Tuesday that the Georgia Railroad
and Banking company and tho Cen¬
tral of Georgia Railway company are
liable to the state for taxes on 30,009
shares of the capital stock of the
which Western is of owned Alabama hy'each railway, of the half Geor- of j
gia corporations named. The supreme I I ,
eourt thus sustains the decisions in j
cases of Judge John T. Pendlo- j
of Fulton superior court.
SMOOT CASE WITNESSES
Summoned by Chairman Burrows to
Appear in Washington.
Chairman Burrows of the senate
committee on privileges and elections,
Tuesday, issued subpoenas for a num-
ber of witnesses to testify in the case
of Senator Smoot of Utah. The names
of t!)-- witnesses will not be made pub¬
lic -mm after the subpoenas are serv-
oj\. Most of thorn are tn Utah.
VOL. XII. NO. 10.
EVERY PLE i ^ tRRULE0
Menri, Greene and Gaynor Lose Ir
the First Round Before Judge
Speer—< Court Talks Plainly.
In the United States court at Sa¬
vannah Friday morning Judge Emory
Speer rendered a decision overruling
every pica that the crime of conspir¬
acy with which Gi'CCne and Gaynor
are charged was not extraditable.
The decision wus a sweeping one
in favor of the government, it means
that the defflndunts must go to trial
on the two old indictments In which
there are fourteen counts regardless
of whether they are tried upon the
Indictments recently found or not.
The opinion of the court was, tn
part, a* follows;
“The plea alleges that the court is
without jurisdiction for the reasons
therein stated. They are that the de¬
fendants were lately under tho sover¬
eignty of Great Britain; that under
the troaty and under oxtraditiou trea
ties between this government and
Great Britain the defendants were In¬
dicted to be tried on the charges; first,
for participation in fraud by agent
and trustee; second, participation in
embezzlement; and. third, receiving
money and property, knowing the
same to be fraudulently obtained."
The judge said:
“For many years the United States
has been trying io bring to the liar
of public justice the men whom suc¬
cessive grand Juries have indicted
for nlleged violation of Its laws and
alleged misappropriation of enormous
sums appropriated by the llberar,:y
of congress for the benefit of tills
city, of the Georgia sea coast, and the
mighty values involved in the trans¬
portation by wntor of the Interstate
and foreign commerce of ottr coun¬
try. On tho other hand Ihe rights of
an Individual are not less sacred, not
loss to be carefully conserved by tho
courts thnn the rights of the public
In so far as (hey may be properly
involved. Ihe court has, therefore,
listened attentively and carefully con¬
sidered the exhaustive arguments of
counsel.
“Why is the court ttHkcd at
stroke to hew down the arm of
tice ns it would hold the scales in
equal pot»e between the
and the accused?
"It is said that to uphold this
dictment would be a reflection
the national honor, but in view of
action of all the courts of Great Brit
aln and the ample sufficiency of
Indictments, It will appear, I
to annul them would seem a
tion upon the national intelligence.
“The whole contention of ihe
cused may ha summarized in a sin¬
gle sentence. Tho indictment charges
conspiracy and the prisoners wero
returned to the bar of this court
for something else. It is further
charged that the prisoners are put
on trial for crime Bother than those
for which the extradition was granted.
"The ruling of this court In 115 fed.
rep., 344, on the demurrer to a sim¬
ilar indictment has been cited as au¬
thority to support, the plea of the de¬
fendants. ft is urged that the court
reiterated the word conspiracy as a
designation for the offense, but the
fact should not be disregarded that
along with this expression was the
fullest and most circumstantial de¬
tail of tho facts, which were set out.
in the Indictments, which were adopt
od by ail the British and Canadian
courts, which passed on the question,
which brought, the above extradition,
which gave the information to the
prisoners of the character of the
charge ngalnst them and which must
be proven substantially before tlie gov¬
ernment can expect a verdict of con¬
viction. It was described not merely
as a conspiracy, but jih a joint, and
successful endeavor to defraud the
United States by participation in the
crime of its trusted agent and offi
cer.”
Report of Indian Revolt Denied.
Senor Obaldia, minister from Ran
ama, in Washington, has received the
following cablegram from bis govern¬
ment: "Deny uprising of Han Bias In¬
dians.” Personal differences between
chiefs caused circulation of the ro¬
port.”
RATE BILL OF MR- HEPBURN
Wtli Be Supported by Republican
Members of Committee.
A Washington special says; For
the purpose of giving the house bill
some prestige before the senate,
Chairman Hepburn ami members of
the committee on Interstate and for¬
eign commerce, are endeavoring to
reach an agreement for unanimous
report, of a rate lull. This developed
Friday’s meeting of the commit-
at which the republican members
announced their purpose of support¬
ing the Hepburn bill with certain
•light changes.
GRAND JURYMEN AFTER GREEN.
True Bill Against Man Who Was a
Juror in First Trial of Sanford.
The Floyd county grand jury at
Rome, Ga., Friday afternoon returned
a true bill for perjury against George
Green, a juryman on the former trial
of Sanford. The solicitor general
stated some time ago that he had
dence to prove that Green had ex
pressed himself as determined to ac
quit Sanford
FOR FIFTEEN CENTS
Farmers are Urged to Hold
Cotton by Convention.
BANKERSPLEDGESUPPORT
As Means of Reduction Diversification
of Crops is Urged — SensatUnaf
Advices Sent Out from New
York. r
By a unanimous vote the Southern
•
Cotton Association In session at New
Orleans adopted the report of Its com¬
mittee on holding, recommending that
tho balance of the crop of 1903-6 lie
hold for fifteen cents a pound, A
joint committee pf bankers and farm¬
ers from each State and territory is
to carry the plan into effect. Co-op¬
eration with the growers of sea Island
cotton is provided for, long staMe cot
ton to be held at 24 cents.
That the sum of work of the South-
ern Cotton Association was to be a
declaration for fifteen cents cotton
with reduction in the form Of diversi¬
fication was practically sottled at the
Friday afternoon session of (he con¬
vention when Chairman Dancy of the
committee on holding. In advance of
the presentation of Its report, an¬
nounced that the committee had unan¬
imously decided favorably on that
proposition. The announcement pro¬
voked the convention to a whirlwind
of cheering.
The premature announcement of tho
conclusions of tho committee was
forced by advices from New York to
the effect that newspaper dispatches
and Wall street reports printed and
circulated there Indicated a lack of
harmony among the elements making
up the convention and dlsseirslons
over the 15 cents proposition.
R. Dancy, chairman of the holding
committee, then said that in view of
ttie reports which had been circulated
in the east of dissension In the con¬
vention, he desired to announce In
advance of its report that the com¬
mittee was unanimous in its decision
to ask the convention to stand by the
proposition that the southern farmers
will hold their cotton for 15 cents.
Chairman Walker of Sparta, Go,
who presided over the meeting of tho
bankers, then announced that the
bankers had enthusiastically adopted
the following resolutions:
“The southern bankers in conven¬
tion congratulate the Southern Cotton
Association on the success which it
haH already attained in its efforts to
maintain a fair mid equitable price
for the south’s staple crop, and rec¬
ognizing that the interests of the far¬
mers, bankers and business men of
the south are inseparable; therefore,
be It
"Resolved, first, That we, represen¬
tatives of southern banks, hereby re¬
new our pledge of moral and financial
support to the Southern Cotton Asso
elation, in their efforts to carry out
this purpose; and second, we urge
tho Importance of a better and more
complete system of warehousing and
caring fdr cotton.”
Chairman J. H. White presented the
report of the committee on foreign
trade relations. It Indorsed that made
by tlie standing committee, The lat-
ter signed by ex-Sonator McLaurin,
as chairman, said Ihe committee met
President, Roosevelt and cabinet offi¬
cers In Washington after the last con¬
vention, and explained to him the de¬
sire for a commission to enlarge the
cotton trade In foreign countries
By invitation Secretary fU ‘ well
of the National Sinners’ As *’>•• >
made an address to the convention.
“There are not 300,009 bales o. •ot-
ton yet to gin In the entire south. ’
he. said. “More than 50 per cent of
the gins everywhere are closed. Many
of the others have only five to seven
bales to gin. Ury goods have been
constantly advancing In price during
the year past, and. we have only to
stand together to get the reasonable
price the association has asked fo-.
cotton.”
ROOSEVELT RIDE8 THE GOAT.
President Initiated at Honorary Mem¬
ber of Order of Bed Men.
l tider the siipervisksn of Judge
Daniel of Griffin, Ga., and other high
officials of the order. President Roose¬
velt took a first ride upon the Red
Men’s goat. He is now an honorary
member of the Independent Order of
Red Men.
The interesting ceremony of initia¬
tion took place at the white house
Thursday morning. ___
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Assemble* in Columbia With Dispen-
sary Matters the Principal Business.
The South Carolina general assem¬
bly convened In Columbia Tuesday.
Governor Heywood’s message treated,
among other things, of the efforts he
has made to suppress lawlessness The
principal business to be transacted
at this s*ston will be the considera¬
tion (1 the dispensary law, which has
t:<v*n loympitiUI by nearly half of tho
counties tn -the stfcte.
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