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,/-* doar girl was gono with th® ^nn rnoon , s The v * 1 > *» than ~f I ' gins in'opaninft victs Springs. below are They tlm Alia cam new S fife pea E road now Whitehead’* timt engaged bo* 7Mr Liu _^______iapnjii>|B lid T S their Bush, just z_ > News. > <’ ' M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor. 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. _____