THEVltM(7nsSSJSNGER, TUESDAY, JAHUAKY 31, IDOo
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LEGISLATURE
Proceedings of State
Senate and House
Yesterday
ANTI-JUG LAW
Wa Repealed by tbe House by a
Vote of SO to 21 There Was Lond
Argument I5ef ore a Vote was Taken
Representative 3IcXLnch Intro
duced a New Anti-Jug Law at Once
Applying to the Whole State
Measure for Increased Salaries for
Judges Was Favorably Acted on in
tlic Senate Other Irooeelings of
the General Assembly.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Italeigh. N. C-, Jan. 26. The Senate
met at 11 o'clock with lieutenant Gov
ernor Winston in the eaair and prayer
was offered by Rev. C. I.. Reed of 11. E.
church.
PETITIONS.
Petitions for the repeal of the Mer
chants purchase Tax were presented
by Senators Toms and Pearson.
By Senator Wright, o. Rowan, from
citizens of Gold Hill, that selling
of liquor be prohibited within five miles
of that place.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
The following bills were Introduced
By senator Pearson, by request; to
enforce the use of flat wire on roads.
Dy Senator Wright: To prohibit sales
of liquor with five miles of Gold Hill.
5By senator Webb: To amend the di
vorce law.
By Senator Thorne: To protect Hali
fax and Warren county game.
tfiy Senator Zollicoffer: To allow the
Mercantile Thanking Company time to
organize.
iBy Senator Ellington: To settle debt
due by the state to R. S. Tucker.
A message came over from the House
with the bill repealing the act passed
yesterday refunding State Treasurer
Lacy $374 which had been stolen from
him. Webb asked that the bill go to
the calendar, Gilliam objected and the
bill was referred to the committee on
claims. Scales then said thi3 was done
under a misapprehension, and he moved
to recall the bill and place it on the cal
endar. His motion prevailed.
(PASSAGE OF BILLS.
To amend the acts of 1887 regarding
Reidsville graded school.
To amend act of 1899 regarding Wood
township. Warren county.
The bill to fix the weight and regulate
the trade in corn meal came up. Scales
said he objected yesterday to the bill
because it would be dangerous to the
mills of this state. lie moVed a refer
ence to the judiciary committee. Gil
liam said the bill not only provided for
standard weight of meal, but makes
other provisions that meal shall not be)
offered for sale except in certain quan-
titles. His opinion that this was no
proper subject for legislature, but in
volved an important departure. He
-wanted the bill referred to the judiciary
committee and this was done.
The bill passed amending the act of
1890, abolishing the three days of grace
and making negotiable paper laws uni
form. Another bill passed relieves county
commissioners in regard to verification
of claims, and making certain of their
acts misdemeanors.
'FISHING IN CERTAIN SOUNDS.
The bill to regulate fishing in Albe
marle and Pamlico sounds and their
tributaries came up. in the shape of a
sustitute reported favorably by the
committee. Stubbs submitted a minor
ity report for the committee recom
mending another bill, and said he filed
this report at the request of citizens of
Dare county. The majority report was
adopted by only a small majority of the
large joint committee. The question is
an important one and the senate could
not vote upon it without first hearing
the just claims of opponents. The bill
was made special order for Tuesday.
INCREASED SALARIES FOR THE
JUDGES.
The Senate took up the bill regulating
judiciary salaries, increasing them to
$3,500, and repealing the act allowing
Superior court judges $250 for expenses.
'Williams asked what had become of the
bill allowing a. thousand dollars to the
governor for expenses, and declared
that if this allowance were not 'made
he would oppose the bid. Scales ex
plained that the bill before the Senate
was a unanimous compromise. Mc
Culloch said he had hoped consideration
of this bill would be delayed until other
needs vastly more pressing had been
looked after, and as to its being unduly
pressed he would be compelled to op
pose it.
"He said there was a large class of
unfortunates in the state, and pursuing
the sole object of Increasing the salaries
,of judges, regardless of the necessities:
cf the needy, the insane, afflicted and
amlnals, was not consistant and was
Aot the duty of the senate. The Con
federate veterans and institutions of
the state must be provided for, and,
more money must 'be appropriated forj
them and they should be cared for first i
but where is the money to come from.
He said that the argument that the
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present pay of Judges could: not Induce
the best legal talent to accept positions
on the bench could not obtain, for none
would dispute thai tbe Supreme and
Superior court benches of North Caro
lina were as capable and efficient as
those of any state In the union. He
urged that, aside from other considera
tions, thi3 was the time of depression,
and that it would be a strain upon
the people. McLean said he would op
pose this bill, not because of ill feeling
to the lawyers of the state. If this bill
were adopted It would put the hands
of the judges into the treasury to th
amount of $15,750, and this was no
time to Increase salaries. If the salaries
of judges are increased the other state
officers would ask for an increase and
this would be letting 'lown the bars for
a literal stampede. Officers of the state
had said to them that if the salaries of
judges were to be raised so should their
own, Jones said he concured with the
remarks of those who opposed the bill.
That the appropriations to schools
would soon come before the Senate and
the pension bill would be considered and
that these were much more worthy of
further financial consideration than this
bill. Turner offered an amendment
making the salaries $3,000 Instead of
f3,50.
Scales said he felt it incumbent upon
him to answer some of the arguments
offered against the bill. He yielded to
none in the matter of care for the in-:
sane, and would go as far as any man
in the Senate in taking care of these,
and he knew this legislature would
take the proper step in providing for
those who cannot now be admitted into
the hospital for the insane on account
of lack of room. He v. ould yield to no
one in regard to the old soldiers. The
state had kept them on beggardly
pensions and ought to be ashamed for
so neglecting them. He realized the im
portance of education and that every
human being in these states should be
educated. Discussing the bill he said
was simply a matter of business. Every
man on the Supreme and Superior court
benches was there at a personal finan
cial sacrifice, and 'f he were worthy of
his position he was worthy of his? hire.
This was not an increase of salaries,
except nominally. A few years ago
they allowed passes on the railways
but" this had been taken away from
them and meant a loss of about 4fl0 or
f00 annually. It is required of them
to h'jld special terms of court without
compensation. That before t'ds was
done they eked out about $500 annually
from the special terms. It was not right
to look upon the $3,500 as the 3-ilary.
The gross receipts of a merchant do not
represent his actual income. He must
deduct his expenses. The net results
to a Superior court judge must te con
sidered. Hotel bills, railway fares and
minor expenses cost not less than $1,000
every year, leaving the net salary $1,750.
With this he must maintain his home,
keep up insurance, educate his children.
There is not a harder worked class of
people In North Carolina than the
judges, and the hardest work a judge
has to do is when he is nominally on
vacation, going over old records, etc.
The average judge in this state does not
have a two week's vacation in the year.
The bill is for the good of the peopic
in the state, as the law now makes it
impossible for a poor man to be a judge.
He says that in this discussion the
name of Governor Glenn had bfcen drag
ged in and that he desired to correct
the statement as those who had spoken
of it had done the Governor a great in
justice. The bill regarding Governor
Glenn's salary was introduced by the
Governor's closest friend, and his name
could not be used in opposition to the
bill increasing the judges' salaries, nor
to do the bill injury. He had introduced
the bill and the papers of the state had
lauded the governor for his great hon
esty and magnanimous character in
telegraphing that the bill introducing
his salary be withdrawn. He was wil
ling to withdraw the bill and stand the
odium, but now it was being aired
again. It was doing both the governor
and himself a great injustice. The
Governor withdrew the bill because he
saw there would be opposition to it.
McLean explained that in referring
to the incident of the bill increasing
the governor's salary he -was not aware
of the particulars. Scales said he
knew McLean did not know what he
was speaking about and that therefore
knowing- the .whole state also wras la
boring under a misapprehension, he
desired to explain it. He hoped th
amendment would be voted down as
he would prefer that if the salaries
weu-e not fixed at at least $3,500 the oill
should be lost. Alexander offered an
amendment fixing the salaries ftr
judges at $2,500, with $750 for expenses.
Coxe sent forward a substitute for tne
bill amending the act of 1903 by strik
ing out the .word $250, and inserting
$750 for traveling expenses. Gilliam
iaid he was mortified by the treni of
arguments against the bill. His con
stituents heartily favored an increase
in these salaries, and the amendment
could not find lodgment in the judg
ment of the Senate. This action was
essential to the keeping up of the dig
nity of the bench what was actually
necessary for its maintenance. Flem
ing said he had proposed before the
committee that the salary be made $3,
00 a year. Mason, of Gaston, sak1.
the state was able to pay better sala
ries. Coxe withdrew his substitute.
Williams said he had a letter from ex
Attorney General Walser asking him
to support the bill, removing it from
politics, and that he wished he coull
do so conscienciously, but he could no:.
It was a foregone conclusion that the
senate had passed the bill, and he
knew he spoke in vain, but the state
was not in a position to make the
increase, it was impossible to make it
without increasing the taxes, unless
the state should have a deficit. He
knew he was not casting bread upon
the waters, and that he would undoubt
edly get it in the neck from them, but
he would take his medicine like a man.
Scales asked if Williams did not think
this last remark unworthy. Williams
replied that he did not and that Scaes
had been most unworthy in speaking
of the governor and the "bill to increase
-his salary. Scales asked wherein he
had been unworthy, but the chair rul
ed that arguments must be devoted
entirely to the bill. Williams continued
his argument. Wright said every mem
ber should vote for the bill. That it
would! not cause a levy of taxes, and
that the state would not pay a cent
for the South Dakota bonds until the
hi ghest cou rt com pelled such action,
which would never be taken.. Stubbs
on posed amendments. Ward said the
friends cf the measure to increase the
judges salaries should not ask for an
increase in taxes, but if the Senators
believed the bill allowed mere money
to the judges than their services mer
ited the- ought not to pass it.
The debate lasted until -three o'clock
when the bill passed Its final reading
by a vote of 24 to 23.
Upon passage of the bill on Its second
reading, and before the final vote, Scale z
rising to personal privilege, called W-.
hams attention to the lattcr's remark. ;
as unworthy because the. not only re
flected upon judges and cnaiors. but
upon himself, and Williams had replied
by accusing him of being unworthy m
his recital cf the history of Governor
Glenn's connection with the Governor's
increase salary bill. He said that he
had dozens of newspaper Clippings com
mending Glenn for asking that the bill
be withdrawn and it was but fair that
It be known that he Introduced the
Governors salary bill at the earnest re
quest of close personal friends of the
Governor and when it was seen that
the bill could not be passed before the
'nauguratlon and Glenn could et no
benefit from it, a conference of his i
friends was held, the situation canvass-
ed and it was seen tha: the House 5
would refuse to pass it. It was after
being Informed of this that Glenn, la
order to relieve h's friends from em- ;
barrassment, sent his celebrated tele- f
gram asking that io bid Le passed in- ;
creasing his salary. Scales said if to
make this explanation in justice to
Glenn and those who nad championed
the Governors increase sasary b:il was
unworthy, then was he unworthy, and if
treason, then was he a traitor.
Replying, Williams said that what he
had said was intended m a spirit or
pleasantry, and he had i-.ot meant t
reflect on Scales, Judges or Senators.
He could only say that Scales had given
away secrets and this was imprudent;
but he hoped no offense would be taken.
COMMITTEE WORK.
. The House committee on health re
ported favorably on Wright's Senate
bill prohibiting the sale of cocaine, moi -phine
and such drugs without prescrip
tion of a physician, also' on the bi 1 to
revise and consolidate the pharmacy
board of the state, and requiring a'
towns of over five, hundred inhabitants
to have prescriptions compounded by
licensed pharmacists. The bill requit
ing ali dealers in patent medicine,
containing alcohol, opium, cocaine and
such to take out special license, paying
heavy tax therefor, was reported ai
versely.
The House judiciary committee acted
favorably on Graham's bill limiting the
peremptory challenges of defendant in
capital cases to ten, none to be stood at
the foot of panel, and allowing the
state four challengers and on Win
borne's bill providing for a new trial is
criminal cases for newly discovered
evidence, pending an appeal to the su
preme court.
The Senate judiciary ommittee re
ported adversely on the bill which
passed the House making the. title of
an act a part thereof.
Before the committee on health, there
was argument on the biil to exempt
'Hendersonville from the law requiring
an examination of the drinking water
supply. Secretary Richard H. Lewis,
of the State Board of Health spoke in
opposition.
Senator Toms spoke in favor.' Repre
sentative Laughinghouse opposing the
bill said if any place were thus exempt
ed, and he was seeking for his family
a place to visit, he certain;y would not
go to any town which had such a liber
ty as this. The committee decided to
report the bill unfavorable.
THE HOUSE.
Speaker Guion called the House to
order and Rev. McNely DuBose, rea
tor of St. Mary's School offered prayer.
Petitions were introduced as follows:
McQueen: From merchants of Car
thage asking law against obtaining
goods under false pretenses, petitions of
the same kind being- introduced by Per
ry and Patterson.
Kirk, from 2,320 members of Stanley
(Baptist Association and 500 voters of
Stanley county, praying that the Watt.s
law remain as at present, if it be
changed it be made more stringent.
INTRODUUCTION OF BILLS.
Bills were introduced as follows:
Warren To amend the law paying
half fees to witnesses to Jones county.
Sledge To amerid the law relating
to paying half fees in Caswell.
Jones To protect fish in Swain.
Murphy To allow Spencer to issue
bonds for schools, electric lights and
other purposes.
Allen To incorporate Sylva,
Murphy To establish a graded school
at Spencer and other places.
Simpson To amend the game law of
1901.
Humphreys To create a buliding and
repair fund for schoolhouses in Rock
ingham county, and to amend the law
relating to deeds of trust.
Rives To amend the law re'ating to
public drunkenness in Chatham.
Roberts To amend the act of 1893 in
corporating: Mars Hill. Madison countv.
McGill To amend the pension act of
1903 as to (pensions for soldiers, sailors
and widows.
Patterson To abolish the pretended
election for graded school at Whit-tier,
Swain county.
Buchanan For relief of E. Aubrey.
Wade To prohibit throwing sawdust
in streams in Montgomery county.
Gaie Providing certa'n funds to be
paid to the trus ees of the Scotland
Neck Groded school.
A 1 lev To incorporate the Tuckasee
gee Railway.
Alley To amend the code relative to
certain grants under the Cherokee land
law.
Win borne To -change the name of
the Hertford county Telephone com
pany to the North State Te'ephnne
corripany, and to so amend the law
that the executor of an executor shall
not be executor of the first testator.
Biggs To allow Durham county com
missioners to spend $4,000 In opening
the streets and improving the court
house property in conjunction with the
aldormen of Durham.
A bill passed final reading- to revise
consolidate and amend the charter of
Spencer, ... -
THE ANTT-JUG LAW.
The House then took up the special
order, this being the bill to repeal tbe
anti-jug law of 1903, except as to
Cleveland, 'Cabarrus, Mitchell and Gas
ton counties. 'McNinch offered an
amendment incorporating an anti-jug-law
for the state into section 2 of the
Watts law, saying lie had no desire and
the friends of tempera-nee had none, to
take an advantage of an accidental law,
but that by passing the bill of hJU
amendment this accidental law would
in effect be repealed and at the same
time a state anti-jug ' would be
enacted. Davis, of Haywood, chairman
of the committee on liquor traffic ald
that as the amendment injected entire
ly new matter which was not consider
ed 'by the committee when It made its
original report he moved that the bill
be re-referred. Murjhy of Rowan ob
jected to this re-committment, saying
he thought members ought to meet the
issue squarely and be willing to say
whether they desfted to take advamao
of an accidental law or cot- Win
borne said he introduced a bill for re
peal, except as to the counties above
referred to which are named in the
acts of 1903, and that the bill was so
worded that any county desiring- it
could be placed within the anti-jug a
erritory. He added that ft was a well
known fact that the anti-jug law, bill,
applying to a whole state was defeated
in 1S03, and hence that it was nothing:
but proper to repeal any law which had
been enacted by mistake. Graham of
Granville favored re-commitment cf
the bill, as did Stewart of Harnett ar.4
Alexander of Mecklenburg. Koonce, t
Onslow opposed postponement, saying
it was generally understood during the
campaign, and he had so stated to hie
constituents, that the law would be re
pealed because it was 'tainted with er
ror. If not with fraud. He had the au
thority of the d stingulshed chairman
of the Democratic committee for the
assurance that e& a matter of course
the law would be repealed. Warren of
Jons Fa d the law was not mode an is
sue in the-campaign in his section, be
cause it was universally considered
that as a matter of course it would b
repealed. This is the only manly course
to pursue.and then.if it is desired an
other bill piviqg an anti-jug law to
the entire state could be Introduced and
stand on its merits. Men high In au
thority In North Carolina had led the
people to believe this law would be
promptly repealed so far as it had te
lated to territory not including the Mil.
He opposed any postponement. Murphy
of Rowan said he had no objections to
an anti-jug law of those counties whose
members desired it, but was not in fa
vor of postponing action in repealing
the law covering the whole state.
The people expected to see the law
repealed promptly, and yet here it
was, 20th day of the session, and the
bill to repeal had been held back and
now it was proposed :to still further
postpone it. Mitchell, of Bertie, fa
vored the repeal without any further
postponement, saying it was well
known how he stood on the temper
ance question and how the liquor in
fluences tried to defeat him in the last
campaign, but he could not rest con
tented a moment without voting the
repeal of the present law, passed inad
vertently. He believed an anti-jug
law cou'd be passed by this legislature
to cover this whole State, but whether
that was so or not, it would be un
pardonable and unmanly to allow the
law as at present construed by the
supreme court to remain on the
statutes. Robeson said he would vote
for an anti-jug law for the whole
State, but was unalterably opposed to
delay another moment in voting to
"repeal present law. He felt that the
construction placed by the supremo
court, making the law universal, was
good law, yet at the same time it
amounted to an admission of want of
care on the part of the legislature,
and as a former member he could not
make amends any too soon. Biggs
followed in the same strain. Riburn
said he was glad to know all members
acquitted the author of the local ant'
jug law of any intention to include
the State under .the pretense of a
local measure. He said he was the
partner of Mr. Hoey, the introducer
of the bill two years ago, and knew
that Hoey never dreamed of the act
having a general application. He
strongly favored repealing the pres
ent law, excepting for the counties it
was drawn to cover. McNinch with
drew his amendment saying he hopd
his purpose would not be miscon
strued. He gave notice that he would
introduce a bill to enact an anti-jug
law for the State. Davi3 withdrew
his motion to re-commit and the bill
passed, on roll call 86 to 21, the fol
lowing voted no: ?anady, Feimster,
Gower, Graham, of Lincoln, Jones.
McGill. McQueen, Olive, Redding,
Stronach, Taylor, of Vance, Thagard,
Wade, West, of Bladen, West of Chero
kee, Williams, Wood, Powers, of
Rutherford and Young.
In explaining why he voted no,
Powers said he believed a bird In the
hand was worth two in the bush.
On the third reading of the bill thf
following counties asked to be ex
empted from the operations of the re
pealing bill- Caldwell, Watauga,
Burke, Rutherford, and Randolph.
McNinch begged members to with
draw these amendments to have their
counties exempted at this stage of th
proceedings, saying it would be rob
bing the temperance forces of their
victory and endangering the passage
of an anti-jug law later on. Th"
amendment was then withdrawn an.l
the bill was sent to the Senate.
FINAL READING.
Bills passed final reading to vali
date judgments under which sales of
contingent remainders have been
made, and to permit trustees of de
ceased mortgagees to renounce the
right to foreclose.
By consent McNinch introduced a
bill to define the place of sale of liquor
in North Carolina, and it was referred
to the committee on liquor traffic. It
is n anti-jug law for the entire State.
The House committee on railroads
took up the growers bill prohibiting the
running of freight tram.3 carrying per
ishable products on Sundays. James
H. Pou, in behalf of h-? railroad made
argument showing how the law would
discriminate against the North Carolina
trucking interests, with the train car
rying truck from South Carolina and
other southern states going through
under the interstate commerce law.
Further consideration of the bill' wai
postponed until Wednesday February
1st," when a further hearing will be
given.
The committee on . railways agreed
to favorably report a bill imposing $50
penalty upon railways when they fail
to pram ptly "pay for iost freight, also
to report favorably a bllj forbidding
them from moving freighters on Sun
day, other than those Va frying- perish
able property, thus amending the law
enacted four years ag-.
Mrs. Lantry has reappeared In "Mrs.
Deering's Divorce It would have been
more like her to have reappeared in a
divorce of her own. Atlanta Journal.
POOL COTTON
Resolution to Retire 2,
000.000 Bales of the
Present Crop
10 FORM A PLAN
IVnuaiteiit Organization of tlte South
cm Inter-State CVtton Convention
flfiTectesl With tlic Illectkm of Har
vie Jordan as lresltlent Commit
ter Named to Confer With lrcsi
liit II(H-evcIt Ucirunlins the ln
largcinetit of American Trade -A
Ueport In the Interest or l ho Klimi
naticn of Speculation in Cotton
Little Criticism of the liovernutear
Kepoi-ts on Cotton Statistics.
New Orleans. La., January 26. Witn
the unanimous adoption of the plan le
porteJ by its committee for a perma
nent organization headed by Harvle
Jordan, of Georgia as president, and
E. S. IVters, of Texas, aa vice presi
dent, the Southern Interstate Cotton
convention finally closed its successful
three days session. Throughout the
morning? there had bean a hard strug
gle in committee for ascendancy be
tween the friends of Jordan and thoee
of Peters in the permanent association,
but all differences were finally recon
ciled and a unanimous report was pre
sented to the convention. The feature
of the forenoon session was the de
feat of the modified Waco warehouse
plan, which had been treported by a
majority of the committee. A commit
tee of three was named to confer with
the president in the matter of enlarge
ment of the American cotton trade.
At the afternoon session the commit
tee on closer relations between manu
facturers and producers made a reoort
In the interest of the elimination cf
the speculation in cotton. 1 he commit
tee said that the wide fluctuations are
di&istrous alike to the manufacturer
to promuifrate prices for cotton prod
ucts based on a uniform cost of the
law staple, and for either the farmer
or the manufacturer to maintain his
j price. It was recommended, therefore,
i that a committee consisting of one cot
j ten producer from each state be ap
j pointed Uo confer with mill men asking
ihat they join hands with the produ
cers in effecting a plan whereby the
producer can sell his cotton direct to
the manufacturer and thereby elimi
iate the epecuita.or from the market.
The report was adopted.
The report of the committee on per
manent organization followed. It pro-
iats for the creation of the Southern
Cotton Association, embracing all the
catton producing states and territories
to veprulate cot Ion production, cotton
supply and financing and especially
cotton marketing, using every effort to
tecure broader markets and to limit th-i
production to 'the demand at remuner
ative prices, and to reduce to a mini
mum all expense of handling cotton
! and its products from the time it leaves ,
, the field until it reaches the consumer.
i TIt r.f opo (a hrt sfn'TA -inrl territorial, i
i county an,t parish, and sub-divisionxl
a. 3.xuat:o t, all related to the parent
I slvm. Clucerv? are to be elected onca ;
I a. war. The executive committee of i
the main association is to consist of 27
members, apportioned as follows: Ala
bama 3; Arkansas 2; Florida 1; Geor
gia 3; Louisiana 2; Mississippi 3; North
Carolina 2; South Carolina 2; Tennes
see 1; Texas 5; Oklahoma 1; Missouri
1; Indian Territory 1. Each state and
territorial association is to be compos-
; ed of one member from each cotton
growing county.and is to elect delegates
to the main body. Each voting pre
cinct is to have two cotton producers in
the county organization. Tho president
and vice president of the Southern
Cotton Association are made ex-oflicio
members of its executive committee.
The committee recommended Harvi
Jordan for president and II. S. Peters
for vice president and provided a pro
visional executive committee. The
fjnds for the organization and its op--a-
Ton are to be derived from initial
confrerees and dues and cahrge on
each tale of cotton produced by its
membership.
The report was unanimously adopted
and Mr. Jordan expressed his thanks
for the confidence in him.
The following resolution was offered
by the resolution committee throurn
ex-Senator McLaurin and adop.ed:
"That a special committee be appoint
ed by this convention to confer with
the President of the United States, the
secretary of agriculture and the manu
facturers of cotton goods to obf.in
such concerted action as will enlarge
our trade in cotton products In for
eign eOuntrires."
J. A. Brown, of North Carolina, of
fered this resolution, which , was
adopted:
"That the officers of this convention
will be required and Instructed to im
mediately formulate a plan to poo!
2.C00.O0O bales of the present crop and
retire the same until after October 1,
1905," . : i
A resolution by E. C. Smith, of
South .'Carolina, was passed providing
for the appointment of an inspector by
each county In the interest of the ef
fective carrying out of the pledge to
reduce acreage.
There had been very little In tha way
of criticism of the government report
durin gthe convention and a resolution
offered by J. A- Brown of North Car
olina was unanimously adopted thank
ing Hon. S. N. D. North for the infor
mation and courtesy he had extended
to the conventional furnishing the g:jv
r.ers report requested and expressing
it as the, desire, of the convention that
the government reports on cotton sta
t'rti'f? should b continued.
A resolution by John Bostwlck' tf
Gec-rgia was passed asking land owricra
who have their land rented to agree to
accept as part payment for rent, corn,
wheat, cats or any other staple prod-
nets at market prices provided th taa
ant will reduce his cotton acreage.
After listening to an address oa ;be
importance of the convention by Gov
ernor Vardaman the convention ad
journed until ton Int.
Commissioner of Apiculture R. U.
Poole, of Alabama, presented the repott
of the committee a statistics- approv
ing the methods of the national sla
ners association am the quickest anl
most feas.i2e way of getting out re
ports. Former Senator McLaurin. of SoutA
Carolina prK?nted the report of the
commission cn the resolutions, heartllT
approving the reduction of acreage au
fertiiixcrsanl urging all owners of
cotton to hold It until the icovernmene
report on acreage shows to the world
that the Southern cotton farmers atind
solidly together, that they have com
piled with their agreement and demaaijfc.
value of their product.
I P. HHljvr. or Macon, Ga. spok
cn "Southern Banker Flaancin?
Southern Cotton Crop." Hon. &. TX
Smith, of MairnoUa, SL C, president f
the South Carolina Cotton Grower As
sociation, touched on the cotton grow
er's relation to the business world, ana
T. B. Parker, secretary oc tbe North
Cjtrolina Farmers Alliance addree4
the coa vent. on on the cotton Ituailo
In tbe south.
STORM BEGINS TO IUtKAK.
New York Ilecotcrinj; From tlx Kt
ftHis of tlic Terrible storm OnM
Weatlter A Ions the m; lic?lnuur
to Iive Way.
New York. January 26. New York
tonight H recovering from the cffct
of yesterday's Urm which po effectu
ally put a stop to traffic and tied t
some lines of business. Although tbe
day was bitter cold, 15,000 men we?e
sent out to remove the show from the
leading thoroughfares and aided by
the men of the surface car rendu,
many avenues of travel ore now open.
Cars nre tunning on many of t bo
principal lines, the railroads are send
ing out trains and a few boats arn
running on schedule, and milk, coal
and food supplies have begun to reach
the city over 2 5 ft traveller wtn
treated at hospitals below Fourteenth
street for frost bites and scores of oth
ers were attended at uptown institu
tions and by physicians. Owing to th
difficulty in reaching down town of
fices, but Uttle business was trans
acted during the day, and places of
amusement were scantily attended to
nisM. suburban railroad traffic grad
ually resumed normal commons late
in the day, but through trains on iroxt
of the roads were hours late.
Over r.00 men and women upent Lim
night in the passenger station at bnff
Island City and 135 persons sl pt In
the station nt Jamaica, L. 1. M;my
others were compelled to tvinufn al
night in trains and trolleys' stalled In
deep drifts on roads around Nevr
York. The embargo on jhlppinr was
lifted with the advent of clear weather
and the large fleet of delayed linen1
reached port ice covered. A'l report
tempestuous voyages and much suf
fering among their crews. The steam
lighter Clearance, which left Bayonnw.
N. J., for Brooklyn, yesterday will
seven men aboard has not been heard
from. A vessel Is reported Runk oK
Robins Reef and it Is feared It may r)b
the Clearance.
The firemen of New York sufferewl
severely from the effects of the storm.
They responded to 29 alarms amr-by
the orders of the commissioner were
denied their usual time off duty. The
cold weather which has been general
.along the Atlantic coast, appears to law
giving way. At 10 o'clock tonight the
mercury in New York registered T9
above .ero. In Washington, Balti
more and Philadelphia, it was 17. New
Haven 'j, Boston 13. Atlanta 2C. Jack
sonville 34. Asheville. N. C, 14.
Renorts from New York HtAv
I points show that the cold !s Ktlll ne-
vore,
Reports from Pennsylvania Indicate
some Improvement In conditions, al
though traffic and business In the
Wyoming VrUey are tied up by cold
and snow. In other sections Indica
tions roint to a raising of the block
ade. The storm has passed to the north
eastward off the Canadian morltlny
provinces.
r.ci:i frahfl'Ij bfatii.
Accident n n Sound Steamer lltat
Placed lasMigcr In Jeopirdy of
Their Lives for .Many Hours.
Norfolk, Va., January 2. For seven
hours today the lives of a score of pas
sengers were in jeopardy, on board the
steamer Bigamount, of the Norfolk and
Southern Railroad, which piles in tlx
Albemarle and Pamlico sounds between
tbe towns of Kdenton and Coluirbli,
N. C- While en route to'tho latter place
this morning, the cylinder on board the
steamer exploded, causing. It Is claimed,
a portion of the machinery to foe driven
through the starboard bow of the vessel
below the water line. Through this
opening water began pouring Into the
lower decks and for a time it looked
as If she would go to the bottom with,
all on board.
The wind was blowing about 7imik
an hour and snow was falling. Cap
tain Holmes ordered all the passengers
to go to the saloon above and detailed
three members of the crew to furnish
each with a life preserver, and to aoe
that they were strapped to the person
of each passenger. There were some
women aboard who became hysterical.
Some of these had to be forced to don
life preservers.
The steamer tossed about In tfcj
sound for hours in a helpless condi
tion, all the while blowing distress sig
nals. In the meantime members of th
crew were working at the hole In th
vessel.endeaVoring to stop the flow of
water that was constantly filling thm
lower decks. These men.it ia sald.work
ed in water up to their knees, -with the
weather hovering around zero. In tho
engine room mea were engaged In an.
attempt to repair the, broken cylinder.
After temporary repairs the Bigamount
was able to proceed under, her owu
eteam at the rate of two miles an hour
and arrived at Eilenton safety tonight.
When the boat was made fat to the'
wharf some of .the passengers fcostener)
to their homes without eren watt in,
to discard 4 be life preservers. .