PUBLISHED TRl-WEEKLY
COTTON ?ED
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CROP TWO "WEEKS AHEAD
Apareatly it is Maturing Mach Earli
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[. 'ist Than Usual?Comparisons In
<Iicate a Crop of From Fourteen to
Fifteen Million Bales--liepbrt$ by
States is Given.
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With a total of 9,968,17$ bales of
cotton of the growth of 1911 ginned
prior to November 1, as announced
by the census bureau, the promised
teoord-hreaking cotton crop of this
season is fast -being made ready for
the manufacturer. At no time in the
history of the great American cotton
industry has so great, a crop been
ginned to this time of. the year. . -
The amount ginned to November
1 exceeds by 1,777,000 bales the
amount ginned to this date in 1908,
the previous record. It also is great
er than the ginning to November 14
of any other year, being about 200,
$00 bajea more than was ginned to
that date in 1904, the record year.
This would indicate that the crop was
at least two weeks earlier in matur
ing and reaching the gins than In pre
vious years.
Calculations of the year's total
crop, based on the ginning reports,
would therefore, probably be more ac
curate if figured on the November 14
reports of other years. In previous
record years, about 70 per cent, has
been ginned to that date and a rough
estimate of this year's crop might be
placed at a minimum of 14.000,000
ba>s. Commercial experts estimates
however range up to more than 15,
?00,000.
The census bureau's fourth cotton
Sinning, report of the season issued at
10 a. m. Wednesday, and showing the
number of running bales, counting
round as half bales, of cotton of the
growth of 1911 gined to November 1,
with comparative statistics to ithe
corresponding date for the past three
years is as follows:
United States: 9,963,172 bales,
compared with 7,3 45,953 bales last
year, when 63.5 per cent of the entire
crop was ginned to November 1; 7,
017,849 bales in 1909, when 69.7 per
cent was ginned, and 8,191,557 bales
in 1910; 148,670 or 61.8 per cent In
Crop was ginned. The number of
round bales Included were: 68,343,
compared wich 81,183 bales in 1910.
Ginning by States, w:th compara
tive statistics and the percentage of
the total crop ginned to November 1
in previous years, follow: -
Alabama?1,089,376 bales, com
pared with 748,878 or 62.8 per cent,
in 1910, 676,331 or 65.0 percent in
1909, 8!)1,667 of 66.9 per cent in
1908.
Arkansas?443,505 bales, compar
ed witfcf|24,769 or 40,7 per cent in
1&10; 472,252 or 67.7 per cent in
1909; 536,785 or 53.9 per cent in
1908.
Florida?55,973 bales, compared
with 38,924 or 57.9 per cent in 1910;
45,664 or 73.8 per cent in 1909, and
43,234 or 61.2 per cent In 1908.
Georgia?1,906,256 bales, compar
ed with 1,241,825 or 68.5 per cent in
1910; 1,384,913 or 74.9 per cent in
1909, and 1,387,641 or 70.2 percent
in 1908.
Louisiana?232,047 bales, compar
ed witih 154,634 or 62.7 per cent in
1910; 188,112 or 72.8 per cent in
1909, and 287,885 or 61.7 per cent in
1908.
Mississippi?585,021 bales, com
pared with 576,641 or 47.6 per cent
in 1910; 572,131 or 53.3 per cent in
1909, and 893,148 or 55.1 per cent in
1908.
North Carolina?597,959 bales,
compared with 386,096; or 51.3 per
cent in 1910; 370,S91 or 58.5 per
cent in 1909, and 373,713 or 54.7
per cent in 1908.
Oklahoma?5 55, 705 bales, com
pared with 585,237 or 63.6 per cent
In 1910; 412,631 or 74.7 per cent in
1?09, and 217,629 or 3 1.6 per cent in
1908.
South Carolina?1,021,972 bales,
compared with 729,117 or 60.2 per
<jent in 1910; 791,629 or 69.6 per
cent in 1909, and 821.60S or 67.6 per
cent in 1908.
Tennessee?212,579 bales, com
pared with 129,S40 or 40.4 per cent
in 191.0; 148,670 or 61.88 per cent In
1509, and 198,7S3 or 59.5 per cent in
1908.
Texas?3,210,218 bales, compared
with 2,405,157 or 81.5 per .cent in
1910; 1,920,188 or 77.8 per cent in
1909. and 2,502,862 or 69.0 per cent
in 1908.
All other states?57,511 bales,
compared with 24,835 or 29.3 per
cent in 1910; 34.437 or 59.9 per
cent in 1909, and 36.602 or 50.0 per
cent in 1908.
Arab Women Fight as Men.
Arab women, dressed in men's
clothing, are leading in the fighting
against the Italians in Tripoli. The
sex of these amazons was not discov
ered until a number of them had been
killed. This information was re
ceived at Malta Thursday on steam
ships from Tripoli.
Welcomed at Tokio.
Charles Page Bryan, former min
ister *o Belgium, was Wednesday
welcomed by representatives of the
government.
FIEND IS CAUGHT
ARTHUR BOWEN TAKEN INTO
;^^T^T?DY NEAR NEESES.
Was Arrested Wednesday Night,
Brought' to Orangeburg and Then
Carried to Columbia.
Arthur Bowen, the negro fiend who
attempted to 'assault a white lady at
Springfield! a, short time ago, has
been -cjiiight, ? and Ib now safe in the
penitentiary. He was arrested on
?Wednesday night near Neeses only
a short distance from where he at
tempted his'awful crime, ^brought to
this ?City,, and then carried to Colum
bia Vipn the suggestion of Governor
BlejBe^.who had been apprised of his
ca&?re.r
jhe; "whereabouts of Bowen had
be&n known for several days, and the
sheriff' and his deputies were keep
ing a close watch on him, waiting for
a fcood' opportunity to taks h!m,in
custody. That opportunity came on
Wednesday night, when Special Of
ficer J. H. Oliver took the fiend in
custody and landed him in jail in
this city. Thursday morning he was
taken to the penitentiary at Colum
bia by Deputy Sheriff T. A. Salley
and Special Officer J. H. Oliver.
'Bowen admits that he attempted
the assault; that he was employed on
the plantation where the attempted
crime took place; that he knew Wade
Tyler, the negro who was shot while
in the hands of the sheriff, being
charged with having silded Bowen to
escape. It was reported that Tyler
gave Bowen money and went with
him to another negro's house. Bow
en ,could not be seen because the of
ficers did not care to have it known
that he was in custody, and there
fore kept him away from everyone.
The Columbia correspondent of
The News and Courier says Bowen
after reaching Columbia was identi
fied by Chief of Police Jumper, of
Springfield, as the right Arthur Bow
e.n. who is wantec" for an alleged
attempt at assault near Springfield
some time ago. The other negro
who was captured at Johnston Wed
nesday night and carried to the pen
itentiary for safe keeping, and who
is said to have confessed to being
Arthur Bowen, Is not the negro want
ed, according to Chief of Police Wal
ter Jumper, of Springfield. ' *
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Arthur Bowen, the fiend who at
tempted to assault.a highly respected
white lady of Spriagflctu a skort time
ago, and who succeeded in making his
escape, was arrested Wednesday af
ternoon at Johnston and was taken to
Columbia and lodged in the peniten
tiary for safe-keeping. The fiend con
fessed to attempting the crime with
wnich he Is charged to the authorities
at Johnston.
Bowen was apprehended in John
ston about five o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon and reached Columbia Wed
nesday night .it 10:30, accompanied
by J. D. Bartley, mayor of Johnston,
and J. H. Swearin'gen, chief of police
of that town. The party was met at
the union station by J. C. Robbins, a
guard 'at the penitentiary, where the
negro was taken immediately upon
his arrival in Columbia. He Is now
held there.
The State says Mr. Bartley said
that Arthur Bowen had been In John
ston only sinjee last Sunday, but the
negro's actions had been suspicious,
and he was closely watched. A3 soon
a3 an accurate description of the fiend
wanted at Springfield could be ob
tained it. was found that the negro's
appearance was found to tally with It
in all particulars and he was taken
into custody at once.
In order that there might be no
disturbance, the arrest of the negro
was not made known, and he was car
ried to Columbia on the first train.
A general man-hunt for the negro
was in progress up to a few days ago.
Johnston is about forty miles across
the country from Springfield, the
S/cene of the crime of which the ne
gro is accused, and which he has now
confessed.
Under close questioning by the au
thorities at Johnston, the negro broke
down and admitted that he attempted
to commit the crime. He also said
that he worked for Wade Tyler, the
negro who was shot by some member
of a mob atsSpringfield after he was
in the hands of Sheriff Salley.
Chief of Police Jumper went to
Columbia and Identified the man ar
rested near Neeses as the Bowen who
attempted the crime at Springfield.
Chief of Police Jumper knows Bow
en personally and he says the negro
arrested at Johnston is not the
Arthur Bowen wanted for tre Spring
field crime, but that the negro ar
rested near Neeses is the man that at
tempted the crime. So that settles
the matter, and the right fiend is in
custody.
Another Bowen Arrested.
Just about the time the right
Arthur Bowen was being arrested
near Neeses on Wednesday night, an
other negro by the name of Arthur
Bowen was arrested at Johnston on
the supposition that he was the man
wanted for the dastardly Qrime at
Springfield. Here is the account of
the arrest at Johnston of the wrong
Bowen:
Accused of Wife Murder.
Charged with causing the death of
Ms wife, Etta Richardson Childers,
at Leesburg, Va., by placing poison in
a bottle of medicine she was using,
y.ort S. Childers was indicted by the
grand jury Monday afternoon.
ORANGEBl
SWEPT TO DEATH
Chief Officer and Tw? Hep of toe Stea
mer Mauds Carried Into Sea.
BY A HUGE TIDAL WAVE
Which Swept the Deck of the Big
Steamship as She Plouged Through
the Ocean Off the Coast of Florida
on Friday Afternoon of Last
Week.
The chief officer and two men of
the Morgan line steamer Momus were
swept from the deck of the vessel by
a tremendous wave on the voyage
from New Orleans,' completed at New
York, and drowned. The victims are:
X. T. Beesch, chief offleer; J. P. Serge,
boatswain, and. R. Nordberg, seaman.
The unusual' tragedy occurred Fri
day afternoon of test week off the
coast of Florida, but it was not re
ported by Captain John S. Boyce un
til the Momus arrived at New York
on Wednesday with her flags at half
mast.
The great swell, described as one
of tidal wave proportions, swept over
the Momus with a deluge like Niagara
and carried the three men overboard
as if they had been corks. Before the
lifeboat could be lowered the victims
disappeared.
There were twenty-five passengers
aboard the ship and through the cab
in windows many of them saw the
men carried away.
A gale was blowing and the three
men. were working on the forward
part of the deck when, without warn
ing, a tilad wave rose above the ves
sel and crashed thunderously down
upon the deck.
Chief Officer Beesch saw Nordberg
rushed across the deck and sprang to
hiB assistance. Both went over the
side together.
Serge, the boatswain, was also
caught in the torrent and, impelled
by a lurch of the ship, shot over
board after his companions.
Orders to man the lifeboats were
issued at once and as the. Momus
rolled and pitched the boat was low
ered.
Until darkness set in the little boat
risked the mercy of the increasing
gale and sea in the hope of recover1
ing the bodies of the doomed men,
hut without avail.
Two of the crew were Injured while
lowering the lifeboat.
A GRAND OBJECT LESSON.
What a One-Horse Farmer Showed at
the Augusta Fair.
The Augusta Chroncile says one of
the most attractive displays at the
Georgia-Carolina fair, demonstrating
possibilities on a small farm, is the
individual exhibit of S. T. Adams, of
South Carolina, who is a small far
mer. The explanations accompany
ing the display furnish a lesson that
could well be studies by any visitor
who -is interested in modern farming.
The exhibit is made entirely from
Mr. Adams' small farm, which makes
it more worthy of note, In the estima
tion of visitors. In it are found corn,
hay, sweet and Irish potatoes, meal,
flour, hams, bacon, canned goods of
all kinds, domestic ioods of all kinds,
the exhibit being complete in every
way.
It shows, that the small farm pos
sibilities around Augusta are great
and there in really no limit to what
may be accomplished. Mr. Adams'
friends are congratulating him upon
the award of second premium for this
exhibit.
Mr. Adams was awarded the first
prize on baled cotton. He only rais
ed two bales pf cotton and entered
one and got the blue ribbon.
Manchu Fleet Bottled Up.
The fort? at Wu Sung, China, com
manding the entrance to the Yang
Tse Kiang river, surrendered to the
rebel forces Thursday without firing
a shot. With the fall of these forti
fications into the hands of the revolu
tionists the fleet of imperial warships
under Admiral Sah Cheng Ping is
now bottled up and can not escape to
uea.
Uncle Sam is Hands Off.
Despite the plefc received from the
Turkish government asking for inter
vention to stop the alleged atrocities
being committed by Italian troops in
Tripoli, the general opinion in diplo
matic circles at Washington is that
the United States will, like England,
maintain a policy of "hands off."
Will Burn Rotten Corn.
Farmers throughout the Illinois
corn belt, although facing heavy loss
on account of the large amount of
srain that rotted in the fields, due to
excessive rain, have determined to re
coup part of their loss. They will use
the decayed corn for fuel during the
the winter months.
Turkish Gunbout is Sunk.
A Turkish gunboat has been sunk
in a naval duel with an Italian cruis
er in the. Gulf of Akabah in the east
ern horn of the Red Sea. News of
the battle was received at Constanti
nople Thursday from the Turkish
pommandant at Akabah, a fortified
village of Arabia. I
JRG, S. C, SATURDAY, NOVE
EBEL LEADERS SLAIN
ANARCHY THREATENS TO FOL
LOW THE MURDERERS.
Foreign Women and Children Or
dered ' to Leave Several Chinese
Cities for Safety.
Matters are growing rapidly worse
in China for the Manchu Dynasty,
which seems to he on its last legs.
A condition bordering on anarchy ex
ists at Chang Sha,'owing to the des
perate rivalry of the revolutionary
leaders, who took possession of the
city a few dayB ago. " The two most
prominent republican chieftains,
Generals Chiao and Tseng, were both
murdered by soldiers Thursday. They
had been jealous of each other's po
sitions and their quarrel had been
taken up by their followers.
Foreign women and children have
been ordered to leave Siang Tan and
a similar order has been sent to
Chang Li. Other important cities in
this province have joined the revolu
tionists, but in all of them the revo
lutionists are conducting the govern
ment peacefully. In an effort to con
trol the situation, Than Tsuan, the
republican governor, nas been pro
claimed dictator.
The city of Fu Chow Is now in
the hands of the revolutionists. Af
ter taking it tbey wiped out the en
tire Manchu district. The foreign
settlements have not been disturbed,
but fires have broken out In Beveral
sections of the native city, threaten
ing its destruction. Fu Chow is one
of the most important cities in the '
south, having a population of 700,
000. It Is the seat of a naval arsenal,
government ship ,ryards," a-, mint,
school of navigation and a large dry
dock.
The situation in Amoy is quiet but
a serious state of affairs is threat
ened, owing to the scarcity of provis
ions. Most of the city's supply junks
were captured by pirates in a spec
tacular raid Thursday, the entire
crew of one ship being massacred. A
revolt of troops in : the village of
Anhai, 50 miles north of Chang Sha,
is causing trouble there. The sol
diers have burned the magistrate's
yam en and the provincial customs ,
house.
Excitement at Peking is growing
rapidly. The residents of the For
bidden City are taking in great quan
tities of rice and other stores. Fif
teen hundred infantry and 500 eav
alry of the ?Mo.nchu'frfeS division, wno
fled from Shi Kia Chung, after the
assassination of Gen. Lu Cheng, ar
rived at -Peking Thursday. The lega
tions consider that .all hope for the
Manchu dynasty has vanished.
Nanking in the south and Peking
in the north appear to be the last
remaining strongholds of the Man
chus. Foreigners are Bafe. Foo
Chow, the capital of Fo Kien pro
vince, was turned over to the revo
lutionists Thursday. Wu Hu is likely
to capitulate any time.
The Maachus still hold Nanking,
but they are outnumbered 4 to 1 by
the revolutionists, who are awaiting
supplies of ammunition before re
suming the attack. The rebels lost
heavily Thursday without greatly
damaging the enemy and Friday sus
pended operations. The Americans,
Germans and British have landed ma
rines to protect the consulates, where
the foreigners have gathered.
In Shanghai the situation becomes
increasingly serious. The imperial
government has absolutely disap
peared and the foreign consuls are
unable to recognize the self-consti
tuted government. British ware
houses across the river were looted
Thursday morning. The police fled
upon the rioters' approach. The con
sular body announced that the for
eign settlement was prepared for
self-defense and that the. revolution
ists must maintain order in the near
by districts; otherwise foreigners
must interfere.
SOLDIER WAS DEAF AND DUMB.
Kan Away From the New Jersey to
Fight for the South.
Ben Oppenheimer, who ran away
from his home in New Jersey during
the War of Secession and joined the
forces of the Confederacy, actively
participating in some of the most des
perate of the struggel, never heard
vn order given or a shot fired. He is
doaf and dumb and now 84 yecrs of
age. At the State Confederate re
union in session at Montgomery, Ala.,
rhe Memphis, Tenn., visitor was hon
ored by many attentions from his
comrades at arms. A cross of honor
on the lapel of his coat attests to his
faithful service in the sixties. He
attended the reunion at the birth
place of the Confederacy at the solic
itation of the local camp. Oppen
h'.imer was near Gen. Albert Sydney
Johnston when the latter was killed
and saw him fall.
Negro Woman Gets Patent.
A patent was recently granted to
Laura Emma Hudson, wife of Charles
P. Hudson, a well knywn negro citi
zen of Lancaster, for an improvement
on an ice cream freezer. The patent
has been sold to the North Pole Ice
Cream Freezer company.
Killed Rabbit Hunting.
The Rev. Henly Brooks, a promi
nent minister of East Tennessee, was
killed at Cedar Fork, in Claiborne
County, Tuesday while rabbit hunt
ing. His gun was accidentally dis
charged with fatal effect.
:mber ii,i9ii.
MAKESJIPIY
Dignified Letter Addressed to Governor
Bfease by Committee
PERTINENT AND PITHY
Waiving the Discourtesy of Governor
Blease's Action, Mr. J. J. Evans,
of Marlboro County, Speaking for
the People, Goes Straight to the
Point of the Discussion.
Mr. J. J. Evans, representing the
committee appointed by the mass
meeting of Marlboro County farmers,
has made reply to the letter of Gov
ernor Blease. The committee, fol
lowing the instructions of the mass
meeting of the farmers, telegraphed
Governor Blease asking for a hear
ing in reference to calling the legis
lature in extra session to help the
farmers maintain the price of cotton.
Governor Blease declined to hear the
committee and gave ohl a long let
ter on the subject to the press. This
letter was received by the committee
after it had appeared in the newspa
pers. The committee had hoped that
Governor Blease would at least give
the people of Marlboro county a hear
ing, but in this they were.disappoint
ed. The letter of Mr. Evans to Gov
ernor Blease Is as follows:
"Dear Governor: I have the honor
to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of this date in response to my
telegram requesting a hearing for the
representatives from this county on
the subject of an extra session. The
request was made in response to the
decision of a mass meeting of Marl
boro farmers, held last Monday in the
court house.
"My message to you was not
through the county prints, and L re
gret sincerely that you did not accord
us a bearing before reaching your de
cision. Waiving, however, the dis
courtesy to us, it does seem that a
mass meeting of Marlboro citizens
might have expected an opportunity
to present the reasons which caused
them to make this request.
"The right of the people to speak
in mass meeting In a free govern
ment is supposed to be sacred, and
will be a protection against injustice
long after the ephemeral power of
the wily politician has passed away.
"The old-time'theory and the only
valid reason for a democracy is to do
the greatest good to the greatest
number, and I do not conceive that
there .is any manner that you could
better employ the functions of your
great office than in assisting the far
mers of the State to secure better
prices for the products of their la
bor.
governor, whoathatlsponsesxnire?h
?"It is not a good shepherd, my
dear governor, who would sit on a
stump and impartially allow the bear
and the sheep to light It out. The
crafty and the strong should not be
allowed to compel the weak and the
simple to fight them on their own
grounds and the government take no
consideration of mency, justice, and
the eternal moralities.
"Your excellency says that the
holding of the cotton crop now will
do no good except to a 'few wealthy
farmers.' Most respectfully I beg
leave to differ with you on that ques
tion. Any advance in the price of
cotton would be of great advantage
not only to a 'few wealthy farmers,'
but to every man, woman and child
in the South.
"Cotton is the basis of our wealth.
In this country not one-half of the
crop has been ginned. Much is being
held In the hope of help from some
where. I believe that a call from you
for the legislature of South Carolina
to meet in extra session to do what
she could constitutionally to aid in
the present, holding movement would
of itself advance the price of cotton
materially. If the crop of South Car
olina is 1,200,000 bales, a cent a
pound would mean $6,000,000 to the
people of the State.
"I think, governor, that you are
mistaken about the 'poor farmers'
getting no benefit. It is the 'poor
farmer' who needs it most: the rich
farmer can hold hi scotton. It is the
poor farmer, operating under a lien
and mortgage that these times are
literally crushing into the earth.
Compelled to buy his fipplies at ex
orbitant prices, he is now forced to
sell at a cruel sacrifice. The fact is,
my dear governor, the 'rich farmer'
is a myth?;.he last pne evaporated
when cotton went below 10 cents.
"You speak of the mill mergers be
ing the cause of the depression. I
think it goes deeper than that, gov
ernor. The mill mergers are the out
growth of the business conditions and
policies of the past centuries. We
are living in a new era, the principle
of individualism dominant over the
past is exhausted, and when the con
sequences of a principle are exhaus
ed, the structure built upon it crum
bles away. We are living in a time
when the principle of association is
the controlling force, and with all the
varied interests combining into
trusts there is nothing left to pro
ductive labor whether on the farm or
in the shop except to make their gov
ernments the vehicles through which
by unity of action they may have
some voice in fixing theii si are of
the fruits of their own toil. It is a
misfortune, governor, even if our
people were able to hold their .cotton
for them to be forced to do so unless
adequate provision be made to bor
HARMON IS PLEASED
PREDICTS LANDSLIDE FOR DEM
OCRATS NEXT YEAR.
Signs of Victory for the Democratic
Party are Evident Everywhere in
Country.
Passing his opinion upon the re
salts in Massachusetts, Kentucky and
Ohio, and other points where Demo
cratic candidates were elected Tues
day, Governor Judson Harmon of
Ohio, Wednesday predicted a national
Democratic landslide next year.
"The results of these elections have
pleased me very much," he said,
"and I consider them a forecast of
the outcome next year. It is the
strongest indorsement of Democracy
that has been tendered by voters in
recent years. Not only local elections
do I consider significant but also the
elections in Kentucky, Massachusetts
and other points."
Governor Harmon went on to say
that the result of the city elections
in Ohio show unquestionably that the
public is pleased with the present ad
ministration, the tax reforms that
have been made in Ohio and the man
agement of State offices under Dsmo
/cr?tic sway.
When asked regarding the Cincin
nati resultB, Mr. Harmon said: "Per
sonally nothing could have pleased
me better. I have fought for twenty
five years to free Cincinnati from the
sway of Republicanism and am cer
tainly delighted to find that the vot
ers have awakened and broken the
chains that'bound her. ,
"Signs of victory for the Demo
Iratic party are evident everywhere.
Next year I predict that this party
will win the national offices, Includ
ing the presidency. It 1b an endorse
ment of the Democratic administra
tive policies and the labors already
performed by that party."
SAILOR EATEN BY SHARK.
Shipmates of the Sailor Witness the
Horrible Spectacle.
Death between the Jaws of a mon
ster man-eating shark was the sad
fate of Jules Antalne, an aged sea?
man, in the harbor of Pensacola,
Fia., Wednesday afternoon. Th?
gruesome sight was witnesses, by tht
crew of the British steamer Alders
gate, on which Antoine was employed
as a watchman and/by half a hundred
baymen engaged In loading the vessel
with lumber. Antoine evidently had
fallen overboard by accident for the
first seen oif him was when the shark
swam leisurely out from between the
ship and the lighter of lumber with
tl'e body of the man clamped between
its jaws, the head and shoulders pro
truding from one side of Its mouth
and the legs from the other. For a
moment the shark remained on the
surface, then sank.to arise a moment
later with only the head In sight, the
remainder of the body apparently
having been swallowed. The shark
remained on the surface the second
time for nearly a minute and was
seen no more. One of the watchers
tinted from the spectacle.
row money.
"To tie up one hundred bales of
cotton means that much money retir
ed from circulation. . A warehouse
certificate is now merely an asset in
certain localities or channels of
trade. If the name of the State of
Louisiana makes her certificates good
In all the money marts of the world,
why would not the name of South
Carolina be equally good? Why can
you not do for our 'State what Gov.
Jared Y. Sanders has done for Louisi
ana? Whycould not the magnificent
harbor and terminal facilities of
Charleston be utilized for this State,
as New Orleans' are for Louisiana,
Mississippi and eastern Texas? The
harbor of Charleston is a splendid
asset, it belongs more to South Car
olina; why not use it
"As to the cost of holding an extra
session, I am deeply gratified to learn
of the patriotic spirit which prompted
the senator from Newberry to refuse
pay for services at an extra session.
I am not willing, however, to admit
that the Senator from Newberry had
a monopoly of the patriotism of South
Carolina, and if called on 1 believe
the entire general assembly would
serve in this emergency free of cost.
"The act of 1908, page 1079, pro-J
vi des pay for the regular session;
therefore we may infer that the leg
islature expected that members call
ed In extra session would serve from
patriotic reasons, or that no govrnor
would ever be so progressive as to call
an extra session Tor any purpose oth
er than to elect some man to office, as
was the case In the extra session to
which you referred.
"With assurances of my high re
spect, I am yours, very truly,
J. J. Evans,
For the Committee."
Five Hundred Were Killed.
A news agency dispatch from Con
stantinople says that It was official1
ly announced at the Turkish capital
that the Tuiks had recaptured Derna,
in Tripoli, and that ">00 Itai'ans were
rending force were taken prisoners,
killed and the remainder of the de
Attempt to Wreck Train.
Evander Ivey and Luther McLucas,
colored, are in jail charged with at
tempting to wreck the train on the
Bennettsville and Cheraw railroad,
near Blenheim. McLucas implicates
another negro boy, Willie Ross.
TWO CENTS PER COPY.
HANKOWRNED
Two-Tbinls cf (he City Destrcyecl Oer
ing Hgkicg for Several Dajs
MANY HADE DESTITUTE
Horrible Stories of Brutality and
Cruelty on the Part of Both Chi
nese Rebels and Regular Troop*?
Hundreds of Half Burned Bodies
Lie Arno tig the Ruins..
Two-thirds of the city of Hankow,
Cbina, has been destroyed by fire dur
ing the las'; ten days, following fight
ing between revolutionists and loyal
troops. The lowest estimate of the
loss is $50,000,000. Four hundred
thousand persons are destitute. Hun
dreds of half burned bodies lie among
the ruins. Many of them are the bod
ies of women and children.
The customs house, the post-office
and the American missions have been
spared. The city has been looted, the
imperialists taking a hand in the pil
lage. Imperialists officers tried to
check this work and executed a num
ber of the soldiers. Refugees were
deprived of their loot on entering the
British concession, cart loads of val
uable f?rs, silk and jewelry being;
seized. It is suggested that the Red
Cross receive the proceeds.
On Friday afternoon of the last
week the consuls appealed to the im
perialists to cease burning the town.
A proclamation, which was Issued Im
mediately, declared that the rebeln
were responsible for the fires and or
dered that thesb be checked. The
following day new fires started in var-.
ious quarters.
The David Hill Memorial school for
the blind, connected with, the. Wes>
leyan mission, has been looted, while,
in contrast, all the property in Wrt.
Chang, which Is held by the rebels,
has been protected. On November 3
there was considerable artillery firing;
beginning before daylight.
The imperialist batery behind Ha*
kow moved to the southwest in belat
ed fulfillment of the promise to shift
the line of fire from the concessions-.
This battery and another stationed ,
on the plains engaged in a heavy duel
with Han Yang Hill. The Wu Chan?
forts joined occasionally in the de
fense of Han Yang.
A few hundred of the revolution- .
hits are still in Hankow. Riflemen 02
onpo8lte of the Han river fought all
day and there has been similar fight
ing Sunday, but steadily decreasing.
There is much open revolutionary
talk among the imperialists. '
?Foreigners.? are hearing horrifying
stories of brutality. The imperialists:
have hanged men, and falling to
strangle them, tortured them to death
by prodding with bayonets or crush
ing with stones. The outrages against
women can not be told. Red Cross
bearers have been killed or wound
ed. Soldiers on both sides have kill
ed their wjdunded enemies.
It was ascertained that Yuan Shi
Kal, the premier desinate, is in this
neighborhood, but he is keeping his
presence hidden. It is suspected that
he went aboard a British' gunboat,
and it is reported that he has been in
terviewing Republican ministers se
cretly.
A thousand revolutionary soldiers
from Hu Nan reached Wu Chang. At
I-Chang and other river ports the re
publicans are collecting the custom
dues. Consular reports from I-Chang
say refugees from Chung Chang, in
Sze-Chuan privnee, are bound thither.
Secret societies, it is reported, are
gathering control in Sze-Chuan. The
mobs at Klu Klang are violent.
MOST UNUSUAL FREAK.
Cow in Greenville County Has Thirty
one Horns.
The Greenville Daily Piedmont
says the most unusual freak of nature
that that county has probably ever
produced is a cow that belongs to
Mr. H. R. Scalf, who lives near the
CoDastee Mill, which animal has a
multitude of horns growing over her
back and hips. Mr. Scalf says the
cow has thirty-one horns, though he
tells people that there are seventeen
so they will not be disappointed when
they see the animal. There are sev
I enteen prominent horns.
iSome of them are very small, says
the owner, but there are in all thirty
one. The cow is eight years of age
and the horns started to grow two
years ago. Mr. Scalf has had the cow
examined by a veterinarian and he
says that the animal will in time be
covered with horns. The horns arc
growth.
The lonesgt of the horns are the
wo natural ones at the cow's he
these being some four inches In
length. The others range from an
inch and a quarter to very short
lengths. The cow gives milk and is
a good animal. Mr. Scalf says he
thinks he will sell her to some carni
val company.
Southern States Quarantined.
Fourteen States in the South and
Southwest today were placed under
cattle quarantine by Secretary of Ag
riculture Wilson. The prevalence of
Texas fever among the cattle is the
cause. The states quarantined are
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North
and South Carolina, Virginia, Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan
sas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and
California.