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ACT NO. 25.

ACl ANO. 90.
BY Mr.. Herman. House Bill No. So.
Chairman of the Joint Judiciary Com
mittee, A. X. c. Substitute for
House Bills Nos. 2, 3, and 26.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the COnsti-
tuition Of Louisiana relative to tax col~
lectors for the City of New Orleans,
providing for the election of one Tax
Collector for said city. fixing his term
of Office, his compensation and the
clerical and other expenses Of his Of
flee and providing for the payment
thereof.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of Louisiana,
twO-thirds of the members elected to
each House concurring. That there
shall be submitted to the qualified elec-
tors IF this State the following propos-
ed amendment to the Constitution of
Louisiana, to wit:
That there shall be one State Tax Col
lector for the City of New Orleans who
shall be elected by the qualified electors
of said city for the term of four (4)
years. He shall receive a salary of Five
Thousand $4,000 Dollars per annum
payable monthly. The fees received
from delinquent tax-debtors, as also the
fee Of LOO charged for tax research
certificates to the persons applying for
same, shall be turned over to the State
Treasury.
The Legislature at it's first session,
after this amendment shall have been
submitted to vote of the people, as
herein provided, if the same be adopted,
shall anDronriatt Snch sim az may he
necessary for the payment of the clerical
expenses. rent. furniture and porterage
for the office of said tax collector; pro-
vided, however. that the total amount of
said appropriation shall not exceed the
sum Of $35. 10000, and provided further
that said appropriation shall be by items
showing the particular use to which such
appropriated funds shall be applied.
Section 2: Be it further enacted, etc :,
That this proposed amendment be SUBJ
mitted to the electors of the State for
their approval or rejection as required
by Article 321 of. the Constitution of
Louisiana ani the general election laws
of this State. at the general election to
be held on the Tuesday following the
third Monday in April, 1908.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, etc. !,
That al properly nominated candidates
for the Office herein provided for shall
be voted for at said general election and |
the one elected shall be commissioned in |
the ssme manner, and enter upon the
discharge of his Office, at the time when
The terms of Office of the present tax
collectors in said city expire, and he
hall eaperaede the pr1eeEt tax coilec-
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ACT. NO. Is.

All. NJ. ID.
By Mr.. Millsaps. Senate Bill No. 2.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment TO Article 2SS
of the Constitution cf the State of
Louisiana relative to Railroads. EX-
press, Telephone, Telegraph. Steam
boat and Sleeping Car Commission.
Section l.. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assemble Of the State of Louisiana,
two-tbirds of all the members elected to
each House cOncurring. that Article 2SS
of the Constitution of the State of Louis
lana. be amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
Article 2SS. The General Assembly
may add TO or enlarge the powers and
duties of said Commission, or confer
other powers and duties on them. They
may also provide additional clerical. or
other assistance that may be deemed
of said Commission, and may add other
penalties to make the work of said Com
mission effective.
1t shall be the duty Of the Attorney
General, and the various district attOr-
neys, to aid said commission in all legal
matters, for which they shall receive
not exceeding % per cent. Of all fines
and iorfeitures collected by them; pro-
vided the commission may employ other
attorneys in lieu of these officers on like
terms.
No person in the service of, or attOr-
ney for, any railway, express. telephone,
telegraph, steamboat or other water
craft. sleeping Car company or corpora
tion, or pecnniarily interested in such
company or corporation. shall hold the
office of commissioner.
The fines collected, aftor paying the
attorneys fees and the costs in suits. in
which the Commission may be cast for
costs, shall be paid into the State Treas
ury.
Section 2. Be It further resolved etc.
That the foregoing amendment of the
Constitution of the State, shall be sub,
mitted to the electors for their approval
or rejection, as required BY Article 321
of the Cons titulion of the State of Louis
lana ind general elections laws of this
State at the General State Election to be
held in this State on the 2lst day of
April, 1908.
j. Y. SANDERS.
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
J. w. HYAMS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved November 28th, 1907.
NEWTON c.. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL,
Secretary of State.
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NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given to the
stockholders of the Bloch Clothing
Co., Ltd, that stockholders
meeting will be called at its once
in franklin, Parish of St. Mary,
Louisiana, on Saturday, the lo.n
day of April, A. D., 1908, at ~
O'Clock A. NJ, to vote upon =
proposed increase of the capita'
stock of said company OF IwelUe aoe
Thousand Dollars (s12,UV.W,
thereby making a total caPl.a,
stock of Twenty-Seven Thousaou
Dollars 1927, ,0OO.OO.) at when
meeting the stockholders are re-
quested to be present either III
person or by proxy.
LOUIS LEVY,
|. BLOCH,
S. WE'LL. y1
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tors of said city, whose offices shall be
abolished by the adoption of the amend
ment hereby proposed: provided, how
ever, that should the foregoing amend
ment not be adopted, then the election
of the Tax Collector herein provided for
shall be null and void.
J. W. HYAMS.
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
J. y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate.
Approved December 4. 1907
NEWTON c.. BLANCHARD.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
JOHN L. NICHE
Secretary of State.
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The Auditor of Pnhlic Ac.

Article 81. The Auditor of Public Ac-
counts shall receive salary of Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per
annum. The Treasurer shall receive a
salary of Two Thousand Dollars per an
mum. The Secretary of State shall re-
ccive salary of Five Thousand Dollars
per annum. Each of the said officers shall
be paid monthly, and no fees, or per-
quistes or other compensation, shall be
allowed them: provided, that the fees
now. or which may hereafter be fixed by
law to be charged by the Secretary of
State, shall be collected and paid over
by MIN monthly to the State Treasurer
TO he placed to the credit Of the General
Fund
Article 50. Appropriations for the
clerical expenses of the officers named
in the preceding article shall specify
each item Of appropriation: and shall
not exceed in any one year, for the
Treasurer the sum of Two Thousand
Dollars: for the Secretary of State, the
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars and the
salary of the Assistant Secretary OF state
and ali clerical force of the Insurance
Department and all other expenses OF his
office shall be included in this amount;
and for the Auditor of Public Accounts.
the sum of Four Thousand Dollars.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That the foregoing amendments OF the
Constitution of the state, shall be sub
mitled to the electors for their approval
or rejection, as required by Article 32l
Of the Constitution Of the State of Louis
;ana and general election laws of this
state at the general State election to be
held in this State on the 2lst day Of
April. 1908.
J Y. SANDERS,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
J. W. HYAM..
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved November 9th, 1907.
NEWTON E. BLANCHARD.
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A trne copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary of State
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ACT NO -.


BY Mr.. VOegtle. Senate Bill No. 6.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment To- Articles 81
and 82 Of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana relative to fixing the
salaries of the Auditor Of Public Ac-
counts, Treasurer and Secretary Of
State and providing that all fees re-
ceived by the Secretary of State under
existing law or laws which may here
after be enacted, shall be covered into
the State Treasury.
Section l.. Be it resolved bv the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
twO-thirds Of al the members elected TO
each House concurfing, That Articles u
ard sc OF the Heq1titution Of the State
g Ioaielsel % tie1 g - e read
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ceased. No. 1856.
Notice is hereby given to the credi-
tors of this estate and to all other
persons herein interestedtO show cause
within ten days from the present noti-
fication, if any they have, why the final
account Qf Father J. r. Bollard,
administrator of this estate, should
not be approved and homologated and
the funds distributed in accordance
Herewith.
In evidence whereof witness my Of
fetal signature and the impress of my
seal of Office this Goth day of Mar1h,
A. D., 1905.
WILBUR I'll. KRAMER,
Clerk of Court.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.

23rd Judicial District Court-P&r-
ish of St. Mary.
Succession of Louis Pucheu, De-
ceased. No. 1856.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26
DROPS DEAD.
While Looking at the Corpse Of a
Drowned Baby.

In Dunklin Township, in Green
vile County, three miles from Green
vile, the 1-year-old child of Joe Say
les, colored, fell into a tub which
drowned. The child's mother had
left 1t alone to go into the house and
when she returned 1T was dead.
The news quickly spread through
the neighborhood and number of
people gathered at the house, among
them Joe Jordan, the 1S-year-old
son of Mr.. j. B. Jordan He walked
up to the tub, in which the child had
been drowned, looked at 1t and drop
ped dead.
Mr.. Jordan says his son had a mar
row escape from drowning in the
same manner when a child The boy
had weak heart and it is supposed
that the recollection of his narrow
escape when a child and the horror
of the negro child's death caused a
shock to his system which resulted
in his death.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26
TWO ELEPHANTS AT LARGE
Escape from Circus i'm Florida ant
Make for Georgia.

Chief OF Palice Dampier, of Val
dosta, Ga, received telegram from
the Van Amberg Shows, at White
Springs, Fla. stating that two of
their elephants and escaped and were
headed for Valdosta, where the cir
Gus wintered.
Later reports which have reached
here say the elephants have been sur
rounded nine miles from Geona, Fla.
by crowd of farmers with guns.
and that the big animals were fred
upon, the shots only infuriating
them and causing them to dash away.
Three or four trainers from the
circus are hurrying to the scene to
try and capture them. kilograms
from White Springs say the people In
the country through that section are
almost terrorized and are organizing
In great numbers for a big elephant
hunt. >
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26
CAN'T DO 1T AGAIN.
James Says Corruption
Funds Defeated Bryan Twice.

Loud Democratic applause greet
ed Congressman James while making
a speech in the House on Tuesday,
when he asserted his belief that In
the last two campaigns against Mr..
Bryan, but for the corruption
brought by the Republicans on the
monopolies and trusts of the country
Bryan would have been elected Presi
ident of the United States"
Mr.. Bryan, he said, stood for some
thing and had convictions and the
courage to express them "He has
never prostituted his garments for
money" he said. "He has never sold
the love of the American people for
corporation gold"
The people OF the country" he
said, would lin just time do proper
need and credit to the man who
draws the naked sword in their de-
Tense and in their rights" and he
believed that these people, "are GO
ing to elect for President that grand,
that splendid, that matchless Demo
crat: w. j. Bryan.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26

tacle all the same to see the mad
race for negro votes.
"Mr. Roosevelt is always loud
mouthed and even vehement in the
proclamation of his own purity of
purpose and patriotism. He has alb
solute faith in his own infalibility and
is apparently so drunk with power
that he unconsciously lapses into the
imperial we and sends cablegrams
about me and my people, But these
things are OF small moment-'vaga-
ries of a noble and impetuous spirit,
and we could pass them by were it
not for the existence of cold-blooded
facts to show Executive responsible
ity for many of the evils which ex-
ist without dispute
Paul Morton, as vice-president of
the Santa Fe Railroad, said Mr.. Till
man, "in the rebate cases laid him
self open to indictment and liability
to personal punishment. but the Pres
ident peremptorily refused to permit
Messrs Judson and Harmon to pros
ecute him."
Senator Tillman denounced Presi-
dent Roosevelt for not prosecuting
land grafters, and Senator Beveridge
interrupted to say that the only diff
ference between the President and
Senator Tillman was that the former
prosecutes upon evidence and the
latter without it. Mr.. Beveridge
wanted to know why Senator Tillman
in his flood OF messages has not COW
cred the subject. Mr. Tillman replied
that If Mr.. Beveridge wants me to
make more criticisms than / have the
Senator from Indiana Is a great big
glutton."
Mr.. Tillman reviewed the events
of the recent currency crisis and
charged Wall street with many mis-
demeanors.
The profits of this nefarious stock
mongering have" he said, found
their way into the pockets of the
very man who with evil results of
their fraud manifest pose as 'saviors'
and and crowned kings and are
lauded TO the skies when they were
really trying to save themselves from
the disasters which threatened to
ONCi W Hcliu lnelll dIOllb WIN IHelT ue-
luded victims. One of these saw
Tors had done more than any other
of the money kings to deluge the
stock market with watered stocks"
A long review was given by Mr..
Beveridge of Democratic politics, and
he declared that conference had been
held in Washington for the purpose
of coming to a plan for asking for
Bryan not to again be a candidate on
the Democratic ticket, but when Mr.
Bryan was there. he said. not one ot
them had the courage to tell him
what they had planned to do. This
statement called forth denials from
Mr.. Tillman, Mr.. McCleary and Mr.
Rainey, all of whom declared thai
there had never been any idea OF ask
ing Mr.. Bryan not to run on the Dem
ocratic ticket and that stories TO tha
ieffect were mere myths.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26
AWFUL TRAGEDY.
JUDGE BUCHANA SHOT WHILE
RIDIN> ON TRAIN.
He Is Fatally Wounded and is Taken
to Hospital in Augusta Where
He Died.

A dispatch from Augusta IN Tn.
News and Courier says former judge
y. w. Buchanan, of Winnshor,
c. died there Tuesday at 1t.2o
CLOCK as the result of the 9o-c,1;hr,
rifle wound which he received Iii
sitting in a railway car at Vel
STATION >. G., Monday afternoon.
ouuge buchanan was coming from
Wihnsooro to Augusta and was sit
tlhs oy an open window reading n
newspaper when without warning
the small leaden missile wbizzed
through the opening and buried IT,
self in his right side. the shot baviny
Deen fired by some unknowi marty
the only theory entertained here ho.
ing that 1t was n stray outlet fired
oy some person practicing shooting
Inc wounded man was brought
10 this city and an operate III at ID,
L. h Wright's private sanitarium
resulted In the successful extraction
OF the bullet. but the intestines had
been pierced in several places The
remains were taken TO Winnsboro
for interment.
Judge Buchanan was to noet y
party in Augusta composed of bie
orothers-in-law, Messrs. James II
IliIman, A. r. Fuller. OF Laurens.
and his sister-in-law. Ms. G. a
Bunch. He was sitting in a seat with
Judge Lyon, and as the train was
leaving Wards Station, thirty-five
ml9es from Augusta, he exclaim !
ed that brick had struck him, arose
IRON his seat, and in Il few minutes |
later tainted from the shock of his
wound.
A dispatch from Edgefield saws
that three boys were ont hunting
near Wards and one Of ,hem acci- |
dentally shot in the train with n rifle.
1t is reported that the boys have been
arrested, but no names are given and
1t is impossible to get authentic in.
formation as to the real facts OF the
SAD tragedy. 1t is su opposed that q
full investigation will be had and the
matter clarified
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26

| am not asking for any honors at
the hands of the Democratic party !:
| have been honored far beyond any
OF right or as q matter of merit, and
| especially appreciate the generous
support that has come to me from
the Southern States. 1t has been graf
flying to me to know that my Dem
ocracy has been satisfactory to the
rank and file of the Democrats OF the
South. as well as TO the rank and
lie OF the Democrats OF the North
If the Democratic voters believe
that / can assist the party by beine
I candidate why should / refuse?
And why should | take the advice
few editors who have never been
friendly rather than the advice OF
millions of Democrats who have been
colaborers with me for more than a
decade?
The policy of the party must be
determined by the voters and when
discuss Democratic principles l dis
cuss them with the understanding
that | have no power to coerce, as
have no disposition to coerce. | can
only persuade. and I have never tried
to persuade others to believe except
where ] have myself believed.
You have as much right to your
opinion as to any other editor. and
surely your Democracy can not be
questioned when you, unlike some
other editors. propose to test the
popularity of measures and OF
men by the vote OF the people
Popular government rests upon the
right OF the people to rule and every
party, If II deserves place under q
popular government, must recognize
the right OF the voters to rule. Power
comes up from the people and not
down to them You are on SOUND
Democratic ground when you insist
that the destinies of candidate
like the destinies OF a country, mus
be placed in the hands of those who
do the voting, for to he Democratic
we must believe in the capacity o
| the people TO govern themselves. a:
we'll as in their right to self-govern
ment.
Again thanking you for your gen
erous defense of the principles anc
policies for which / am contending
am, Very truly yours,
/ w. j. Bryan.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26
MUST BE DEAD.
Hope No Longer Entertained for the
Modern Crusoc

All hope of finding Fred Jeffs. a
sailor who was stranded on Indefati-
gable Island, in the Pacific ocean. has
been practically abandoned. The
gunboat Yankton. which was sent
from Cailao to hunt for the missing
seaman, has arrived at Acapulco.
Mexico, and the commanding officer
reported to the navy department that
no trace of Jeffs has been found.
which is taken to mean that he is
dead.
That Jeffs must have experienced
many more hardships than those re-
lated OF Robinson Crusoe is evident
from the nature of the island upon
which he was stranded Indefatig-
able or Santa Cruz Island, is on the
equator, entirely uninhabited save by
monster turtles and venomous rep
tiles of the tropical regions The
searching party believe chat Jens
could not have lived long after he
was wrecked. on May 8, 1907.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26
WANTS THE FACTS.
Ihlman Asks Pointed Questions
About Some Bank Transactions.

Senator Tillman introduced a res
olution calling upon the Senate com
mittee on finance to conduct an in
vestigation and answer some pointed
questions bearing upon financial
legislation. Among the questions
asked are as to whether the national
banks OF New York York are In the
habit. under the guise of commercial
loans, of furnishing permanent CAPT
tai for speculative or other enter
prises; whether the Treasury Depart
ment had knowledge of the loans by
the National Bank of North America
OF New York. which are the subject
of suit by the receiver against c.
w. Morse. and of other similar trans
actions in other national banks;
whether the national banks are en-
gagged by themselves or through 9th
er organizations In attempting TO
control or dictate the legislation of
Congress upon the currency ques-
tionS. .
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Three Men. All Prominent. Shot From
Convent Grounds.

DR.. Glovonni Grana, a prominent
physician; his brother In law, John
Orofino, and n friend, Alfonso Mole,
were shot from ambush in Ybor City,
Fla. by four men, who had secreted
themselves in the grounds of St.
Joseph's Convent Mole will prob
ably die, the others being only slight
ly wounded All are Italians. and
the shooting is believed to be the re-
suit OF a Black Hand Plot. Five
thousand dollars was demanded from
DR.. Grana several weeks ago, and he
had also been warned to leave the
city. Demands have also been made
on other prominent Italians. and
much alarm has prevailed in the
Italian colony. The police have ar
rested five Italians on suspicion.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-03-26
The COTTON CROP
FOR LAST YEAR GOES OVER
ELEVEN MILLION BALES.
The Census Report Issued by the
Department of Agriculture Gives
the Total Figures.

The census report issued Friday
shows that the cotton crop grown in
l9O7 aggregated 11.261,163 running
bales, counting round as half bales
and including linters, and showed q
total OF 21,o77 active ginneries for
lSoI This is against lo,3O5,265
bales in 1906, and 1O,725,6O2 in
1905.
The statistics include 177.646
bales returned as remaining to be
ginned after the item of the March
canvass. The total number of run
ming bales as given is equivalent to
1.3O2,S72 of 500 pounds each.
The average gross weight of the
bales for 1907 is SOILS pounds. The
item for the crop of 1907 are TO-
79S.596 square bales: 19S.549 round
bales; S6.793 sea island bales; 19S.-
$40 round bales; S6,793 sea island
bales; linters 276,5OO bales.
The number of running bales by
States follows: Alabama 1.126,O2S;
Arkansas 76O.162, Florida 57.616.
Georgia 1891, ,9O0,- Kansas "a. Ken
tucky 4,205, Louisiana 676,Sz3, Mis-
sissippi 1,464,2O7, Missouri 35,-
997, New Mexico 447. North Caro-
lima 64S,517, Oklahoma S64.1O6.
South Carolina 1,175,375, Tennessee
274.536, Texas 2,271,724. Virginia
9,4S6, Kentucky's total includes lin
ters of establishments in Illinois and
Virginia.
The linters included 276.5OO bales
for 1907. 322.0 .064 for 1906 and 23O,-
497 for 1905. Round bales are 1873,
$40 for 1907. 26S.219 for 1906, and
279,S36 for 1905. Sea island bales
are S6,S93 for 1907, $3.50 for 1906.
1899 for 1905.
Average gross weight of the bales
for 1907, including linters as given,
is against 501.9 for 1906; that of
the round bales is 246.I pounds for
1907. compared with 245.1 for 1906.
and the sea island 391.6 pounds for
1907, compared with 1872 for
1906 .
Watson's Close Estimate.
The State says when the govern
ment estimate on the cotton crop for
1907 came in the estimate made in
November by Commissioner Watson's S
department was compared with the
figures issued from Washington and
1t was found that there was a differ
ence of only 3,49S bales in the
figures on the South Carolina arop
and 109,957 on the entire crop of
the United States.