The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 29, 1905, Image 1
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m" "T;>. i^ wKriKliY. " L A N O AS i E tt! S. ' .1 IT L V 29, 1905 *
A QorntiH Pc^!???4a a{ i IT??nf f*?-- r? i
n kjwvvnu Lt^lllliaiW U1
Cotton Acreage.
Hydo'n Figures as a Basis?Re
port Says That Hyde, With
Holuics Prompting Him,
Made Kstinmto Lower
Than Facts Warrunted.
Washington, duly 2G.?AesisL
ant Secretary Hays today nmdo
the following report to Secretary
-u
.? H3UII uu iuo acreage or cotton
in the Southern Statos in 1905, as
compared with that planted in
1904:
"The crop estimating hoard of
the department of agriculture has
considered the report issued by
the bureau of statistics on June 2,
relative to the acreage planted in
cotton in tho southern States in
1905, as compared with that
planted in i904,and has concluded:
"First. That a new estimute
should he made on acreage planted
and that the figures in Mr Hyde's
hands when making his estimate
_i 1 1 1 ? -
Miuuiu uu uBcu as toe oasis.
"Second. That Mr Hyde with
Mr Holmes at his elbow, prompt,
ing him, made the e*tiuiate lower
than the facts at his hind from
tho reports from the seven clasies
of reporters employed by the
bureau warranted.
"Third. The board finds,
upon careful consideration of the
reports of all classes of correspondents
and agents, that the
acreage planted in cotton this
year, including the entire season,
should have been estimated at
65.1 por cent, of that planted last
year, equivalent to a reduction in
planted acreage as compared
with last year of 14 9 por eeut
(Instead of 11.4) or 4 831,000
acros, tho estimate of the total
acreage planted tins year being
26,999,000 aeres.
" The estimated percentage of
the decresc in each of the cotton
growing growing States is as
followa: Virginia, 13; North
Carolina, 16; South Carolina, 14;
Georgia, i4; Florida, 18; Alabama,
11; Mississippi, 16; Louisiana,
17; Texas; 16; Arkansas,
19; Tennessee, I3 , Missouri, 15;
Oklahoma, 15; Indian Territory,
11.
" The averages were made for
eieh State by each of the four
members of the hoard, and the
comparatively small disagreements
uro vo Unv1
HVIU 11UI UlUlllAfVI rtllliuni W IH Mljf'
by averaging, and the above results
are fully agreed to by each
and every member of Ihe board.
"Respectively submitted:
"Victor Olmated,
"Stephen D Eessonden,
"'Jeorge K Holmes,
"VV VV Long,
"Crop Estimating Board."
"The ubove findings are from
reports made under my supervision
have my entire approval.
"VV M Hays,
"Assistant Secretary in Charge
Bureau of Statistics."
"Approved;
"James WiLoo,
Secretary of Agriculture."
Texas Penitentiary Burned.
Huntsvilla, Texas, July 25.?
Fir^tiday destroyed the State
penitentiary here, entailing a loss
aggregating $50,000. The convicts
were removed when the fire
was discovered. There no
fatalities.
ft
ruryui rire spent.
Loss is Represented by
Twelve l.ives, 3,000,000
Gallons of Oil and
#1,500,000,
Hudson Tex., July 25.?Aftel
thirty-nix. hours of burning witl
volcanic fury, it is believed tin
H umblc oil Held tire is in afai
way to spend its fury. Work
ing under the greutest difficulty
and at the nnmont })eril of theii
lives hundreds of vvorkmer
threw up embankments botweti
the burning oil tanks anil thrnu
not yet on tire, and this in a larg'
measure, contributed towan
stopping the flames. It was im
possible to do anything with thosi
burning, but since it is now be
lieyed the further spread of the
tire is prevented, the oil in tin
burning district is nearly ex
hausicd.
Three million barrels of curdi
oil have been destroyed, twelv<
lives lost and property wipe
away to the value of $l,500,00t),
Of the twelve lives lost al
were negroc'6. Only six of the
bodies have been recovered, all
of them being chared beyond re
cognition.
Another Oil Fire.
Heaumont, Texas", July 25.?
The loss suffered by the Texa
company at Humble oil field bj
the burning of approximately 2,
500,000 barrels of oil was furthei
augmented this afternoon at Sou
Lake where lightning struck 1
tank containing 130,OOo barrel'
belonging to the same compnn\
and another tank containing loo,
000 barrels, all of which will be ;
total loss. The fire is still burn
ing but danger of spreading i:
obviated by the isolation of tin
two tanks struck.
A conservative estimate of the
loss it $50,000.
n D f ATI V f XT Tvl?w 1 \fr\
U IkijA L 1J X lJlh ?> /\ \)
Not'*.ing is moro io demand that
h medicine which meets moderr
requirements for a blood ant
system cleanser, such us Dr,
King's Now Life Pills. They art
just what you need to cure atomtoll
and livor troubles. Try them
At Crawford Pros', J F Mackey
& Co's and Funderburk Pharmacy
drug store, 25c,guaranteed.
When yon see a man holding
up a post the post must be loose
or the man tight.
More people wotdd avoid gel
ting into the fire if they had scns<
enough to keep out of the frying
pan,
A society woman says that mei
probably quit courting their wivei
hfionusft other niPn <lr? if ur? t?m/0
more nicely.
You wouldn't know some peop'<
had over heen on earth if yoi
didn't accidentally stumble on t
their tombstones.
A man might givo his wif
more spending money if sh
wouldn't spend so in.ich of it 01
tlmgs for him that he dorse
want.
?Now is the time to hoy you
crockery, glass and tinware out o
the Williams-Hughes Stock.
Beaucit Grocery Co.
Sound kidneys nro safeguard
of lifo. Mako ttio kidneys health
with Foley's Kidney Cure. Soh
by Fuoderburk Pharmacy.
Jealousy is a vino on whirl
sour grapes grow.
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Creditors Ming Pe'd
In Darlington I
I
Three Trustees Appointed
To take Charge Of
; Affairs.
Creditors of the Oil Con puny
Will Probably Receive Imoid
33 to 50 I'er Cent. ?
Summary of Debit*
1 and Assets.
} (13v J K Normcnt)
Q Special to Tho State.
1 Darlington. July lit>.-I he moot
- ing of ths creditors of tile Indoe
pendent Cottou Oil company
iVflc 1ml/l ? * fl.#? n ??..l 1. 4 : -
?uni III 1'IVJ *. Hill IIUUSW 1/I11H
i morning and it took loss than two
d hoursUi attend t<> the businesi for
.. which the mooting was called.
Kvurything proceeded smoothly,
e> there was nothing startling and the
i expected programme was carried
1 out in a businesslike manner.
, j When the tno schedule of assets
1 and liabilities was read, thoughts
- of the mill that grinds slowly
but which giiuds exceeding
- small, followed very naturally.
Some definite information was
named, but muny very important
details are Jtili lucking. The
i)oolis havo some apparently in
explicable entries, the former
* president ot the company is dead
' and time and circumstances,
* therefore can only reveal what is
r now not understood.
t'hu trustees appointed today"]
k have at once none to wor.c and i
aro shapingeovents to continue,
without interruption tho actual
working of tlia various mill and
1 ginneries, which will prohat y no
done. Messrs. Bright Wi iiamson
of Darlington, J A. Si uukls
of Charleston and C. K. Tiy >:,
jr., of Wilmington were elected
* trustees to manage the properties
and the sum of ?'25,0 00 each was j
required for their bonds
The affairs of tho Independent
, Cotton Oil company, with 2i
1 plants in North Caroiinn, eovpr.
ed a wide area, but very few creditors
ami stockholders were present
today. There was u goodly
, array of legal representatives on
hand, however, taking charge of
the interest of the creditois.
Among those were Messrs. llcnr
rv It.iiv-r T M \1~. 1 - ^
. . , * . i??. niuniOUlll, 1 J. 1Y1. I
y- Frost, W. H. Parker and Julian I
Mitchell, Jr., of Chaileston; Jos. j
- A. Loikbart & son of Wad shore; I
i H J. Ilaysworth, Greenvi U; W.J
5 ,F. Stevenson, 1i. (1. M.dhcson I
and Edward Mclver of Cheriw; I
i P. A. Willcox, J. W. R igsdale, I
n Geo. Galletly and W. F. Clayton, 1
5 Florence, Knox Livingston, lien-I
nettsvillo; C. F. Taylor, Wilmin-1
e gton; Geo. H. Kdwards and J. M. 1
t Law son, Darhngton, and Henry I
^ Mullins, Marion. Messrs. Oar- 1
gnn & Coggeshall of Darlington J
were present, attorneys for hank-1
e
^ rupt, the Independent Cotton 1
Oil company. 1
n '
t The previous account? of I he J
orditionof the affairs of the |
_ company?as published in tho j
f State?were ve y accurate and J
I) t few -"light chain: wore noted J
today. The summary of debts]
and assets reveal? very large tig- J
s urea, the debts amounting to a J
v total of *878,808,33. the assets |
1 aggregating $709,718,(14.
Tho Indications are that the]
i creditors of tho oil company may
probably receive trdin 38 to 50
/
?r
t cent. on their claims. The
stockholders will cct nothing and
the creditors will bo fortunate
should the above conjecture bo
correct. The affairs of the company
seem to have been in almost
hopeless coufusion and it has c
been extremely difficult to get o
absolutely reliable data. ii
My painstaking work, scrolling v
every avenuo of information, Re- t
ccivor Williamson provented
some positive imformation in his
schedule of ascets and liabilities.
The details of this make a volumi
nous document and later it may t
be found to contain some very in- v
tei eating facts. The largest (]
claims against the company are p
held by the banks. These claims p
aggregate abend $500,000 and j
are held principally by hanks in u
Churloston,Richmond, tVilming _
ton and New York. The hills .
payable account alone, as here 1
shown amounts to over $600,OOo *
i-uusisung or notes to banks and \
to individuals. q
A GKIM TKAGEDV. ^
is daily enacted, in thousands of n
homes, as Death claims, in each a
one, another victim of Consumption
or Pneumonia. But when
Coughs ami Colds are prop '
eily treated, the tragedy is averted.
F. (r. Huntley, of Oaklandon, I
Ind., writes: "My wife had the
consumption, and throe doctor,
gave hor up. Finally she tookDr,
King's New Discovery for Con- c
sumption, Coughs and Coldso
which cured her, and to-day she
is well and strong." It kills the
gorms of all diseases. One dos.
relieves. Guaranteed at 50c and a
?1.00 Fy Cruwfprd Bros., J. F- L
Mackey & Co. Fundorhurk Phar. f
niacy, druggists. Trial bottlo free. t
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Negro Taken frqm Train and ^
Lynched by'a Mob,
Memphis, Tenn., July 25.?A *
Commercial-Appeal special from }'
Glendora, Miss., says that a mob 11
of 50 men today took Will Har- s
ris, a negro, from a Ya/oo and s
Mississippi Valley train at Black *
Bayou and hanged him to a tree ^
about a quarter of a mile from the r
railroad. Harris and his brother c
Henry shot and seriously wound- a
ed two white men, Barksdalc and n
Allen, respectively 011 the ,James
plantation near Sharkey, July 19,
A posse juirsued the negroes and ^
in attempting to arrest them shot p
and killed Henry Harris. The t
other brother escaped but was 1'
arrested last night at Ileathman. "
This moPning the prisoner was ^
taken to Greenwood and later n
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IJidLtu uuucu(i it irain nnu was J
being conveyed to a point in t
Tallahatchie county where ho was 8
to be turned over to the sheriff
when the mob boarded tho train
and secured him. Little difficulty
was experienced in taking the j
n-jgro from his custodians and he c
was quickly conveyed to a pre- |
arranged spot and lynched. t
SICKENING SHIVERING FITS '
t
of Auguo and Malaria, can bo relieved
and cured with Electric
Bittors. This is a pure, tonic ;
medicine; of especial benefit in 1
malaria, for it exerts a true cura- ?
tive influence on the disease, driv- (
mg it entirely out of the sysem.
It is much to be preferred to Quinine,
having none of this drug'*
had after-effects. E. S. Monday, 1
of Henrietta, Tex., writes: "My
brother was very low with malarial
fever and jaundice, till ho took
Electric Bittors, which saved his
life. At Crawford Bros., J. F.
Mnckey & Co. and Funderbnrk
Pharmacy drug stores; price 50c,
iguaranteed.
Foley's Money and Tar
'or children.safe,sure. No opiate*.
South Carolina News.
I
(Specials to The Sfut"). C<
Gillis Cuso Again Continued.
Camden, July 27.?The Gillis
a*o was called this afternoon bu
n account of the absence of an
mportant witness, Mrs R< .
/ho in sick in Columbia, a coilmuanco
of tho case was grutPe 1. j 1
? ! c'(
lentiment in Anderson Scon: to!
bo Against the Dispensary.
Anderson, July 25.?The ccn-' (
ral prohibition committee, toj^
/horn has been entrusted the rnti pi
lispensary forces of tho county,
ins decided to call in all the petit
\
ons during tho hist week hi 1 ^
August. No date has been agreed j
ipon for the election, but it will , ,
irobably take place the ln^t week L
n August. 'i'ho petitions have j
. r 1 1 " * - 1
mm ireciy signcu, ami it ik rx
>ected that mor? ihnn half of t ho
an
[Vialitied voters of the county wiO
oin in asking for an electi- i
['hero is a strong -i ' i
gainst the dispensary at P
,nd the vote there will In*
vhelming against lliw Great .V ul
nstituto.
<ews and Gossip From the City
on the Congarec.
Special to Greenville News.
Columbia, July 24.?Formal e<'
loticc of an appeal in the A llian :o C
Exchange case has been served,
ilthough the papers have not 1
>een filed yet that show the cause :
or" the appeal. It is expected ?\J
hat the case will be argued at the
oming term of the S ;
^ourt.
Commissioner Watson's * it
o find a market for South C'i:
ina grown scuppcrnongs is an
littal stc[) toward developing the{NY1
cuppernong industry on a '.1;
cale. This State grows the finest 1
ype of these grapes in the world. i'L
'ho work of Col Watson has j r- c
csultcd in 1111 order lor the fir-t
arload for a big champaign and
nd wine making concern at 1 lorlan,
Me. Hit
M m L _ irfM
SPOILED HER BEAUTYHarriet
Howard, of 200 W. 04th j ^
It,. Now York, at ono time hud tin
er beauty spoiled with skin J
rouble. She writes: "I had Sr..4
theuni or Eczema for years, but
othing would cure it, until 1 used
lucklen's Arnica Salve." A tjnick dh
nd sure healer for cuts, burns of
nd sores. 25c at Crawford Bros,, 1- y
F. Mackey Co's, aud!
'underburk Pharmacy, drug!
tore.
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Senator Mitchell Sentenced. ^
Portland, Ore., July 25.?
Jnited States Scnc.tor Mitchell,
lonvicted ot using his office of j
I 4 c 1 1
? u.ini.3 b-tuiuui n> iiiruici
lie law practice of tho firm of j 011
Mitchell & Tanner, of this city,1^
IS
ivas today sentenced to pay a i
?f $1,000 and to six months ; .
al servitude. Pending a ic\F.
of the case by the Supreme L r
of the United States', exccuti. .;
i
of the sentence will be defence. J'
Meantime Mitchell will be placed;
under bail to the amount of
0O0.
BRONCHIT/S FOR TWENTYj
YEARS.
Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Dan-J
villc, 111., writes: ,4I had hion-j
chitis for twenty years and never i
got relief until 1 used Foley's J
Honey and Tar which is a sureh;
euro'' Sold b y Fnnderburk
Pharmacy. Also C O Floyd, Kir-,
shaw.
Swtfcern MjfsS Sold. *
r?ttor: ,V U-i !> rlinyton, Rock
lliii, S. C., an? Morohcad
M'.-;- , Son! jit Auction
{>: 11SO1
Special to The Observer
No ?v York, J I.' ?;*>.? Tho ptnrty
of iho Southern Tcxtilo
Mupr.ny, of \ ?. - William
.cot, which we- or. unized two
mrs a;*o with . ? ci; ia -tuck of
' A,OoO,0(.' as :ih; t?<.oinpnny
c m hi in cot: >n "it? mili.-i in
c S nith for the -.ilu of their
o<'uct~ tbiui;;h 0:0 b ise in
l!\v York, whit-h :.i 1 n bar.krupt,
wit .iu! 1 at Miction to- lay i>y
uirlutt Shnngood.
I'hreo 1 >tton Mills, with muinerv.
u >i. ^ - ' ..???t....
j i ? > v a iV/i iwu
-day by Charles Shun^ood.
Tliroo cott< mil -, with nm .
linoi ; Vr ia'-L . ! s- j irately
H: u WV.uh . ; ! I ' \\ !ar
Mill at Burlington, N. C.,
1 , . M.
! " Mills
Mv ' . )t to
r. H v..
l'ii actioiu _ i then pat up all
y or it ': '. sold
i i ; r, nut
' it . . .... re.
.tie in
a., vaj : ) r s-.l. :i tti
o> vh" I ni. 'rict
)urt ivir c< nth uutu n. Souio
erchttU'l .0, ::r. e. : - e.ul supItn
at th< rail'- < j sold i u)|000
to T.,A. Blythe, of Pbil*
klphia.
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> praises man and Hat
has many friends.
<r.i mk.> ?
'1 WO 13 T7JH (.1 UKD HIM
1 ' \\::-! < . ? Iney
tin '-lir.t s,"
*; A. i atari
I a., < ait u;. of
de\ 's >< , (. re r.V*cte?I a
imnnont cure.' ?!d l\v Fnnrhus
k l'hat mnov
w *. "slzj. : . ... *.-jri -y w ? iiMWSBt?>
General Repair Shop.
htivc opi iit-1 < ; | i'v 11 ? Pong ?v
irper ginnery, h blacksmith anil
it*ral -(.'puo -In \<i"i flossy s?erson
t?> ho ilie* !>? -.iith ng and
ii work. Ai! Hv,? .i r. -i' reason?>
prii i A si.in- of i' r patron**
P oiirucst'y s* i .'?? 1 (live nic a
i). J Q.ADAMS,
uly -I. 1 >-- In:.
c) r c () r t o >r w i : i g n i : r .
1 hereby announce my: elf a can
late fo. rcclccti a :< th obice
public critt .n \vcl0lo f at I.an
-,tcr, SC. 1' Nisbct.
I i.crcljy ann unco mysc'.f a
ndidate for 11. j off.ee of Public
>tton wci^hei at Lancaster C II.
A J Baily.
)H COTTON' WEIGHER AT
HEATH STlUN'GS.
I hereby announce myself ;i
indirl'it" f- the of' ?* ot Public
otton Wo her t i: >atft Springs,
. C. A I- M >Uey
. ?i> . .n.-v*. .. -?v. .?? te. 'Oi^arta
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R F fc ?r r * r^fl
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All jr.. iis lii.vliur <*ia 111* against
if ?* iu!' oi II. F, A J; 11 c > r. dofon^tMl,
"' ! rr v ' l i jr.- ; ,y | ; >v >u to
it .u I m i/n i for p * .1 : ,:nl all
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h. ( 1 .azent .
' sy : A .. 1 !' -t ?! :.
iotice to Debtors aii Cred .
r\ ? I i i H a a ' .1
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AJi per*.in* l;avi;i4 i -< nuain^L
>f I >lW) ' I . . IPe-?>i.?.(?,{
it] present tlu-m pr .. . p >uruj ?]]
it uimIoi - .;:i u .1 11
tnons indebtod ,r> said eatat
i;?Ue immediate , nyo < t e 11 1
> 1,. i.a Mi by*
uly >v Administrator,
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