The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, September 11, 1903, Image 1
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SHAlIFF CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Negro killed in Saluda, Coroner's Jur2
Says, by the Sheriff and Another
White. Man,
ws and Courier.
aluda Sept. 8... About dark Satur
day "night Bob Crouch, colored, wai
shot while on the atreet and died soot
afterward. The affair was a com
plete surprise and soon a large crowc
had gathered around the dying man
During the afternoon and even aftei
sundown there wore a number of no,
groes on the streets, but there was
no disturbance of any kind.
Immediately after the negro died
Coroner Gipson summoned a jury ol
inquest and proceeded to take the
testimony of several negroes whc
had been arrested and lodged in jail
ns probable witnesses. At 1 o'clocl
the inquest was adjourned until Sun
day morning. The eye witnesseE
Saturday night placed the Crouch
hegro almost in the middle of Maiu
street, where it is intersected by
Church street, when the shot WaE
fired, and standing alone. Popc
Coleman had just left him and waE
walking away looking bacl over hik
right shoulder, still talking with Bob,
when a shot, cowing, as he stated,
from the side of the brick building,
was fired and the negro fell. H(
saw two men at the place where thc
piptol shot came from, but did nol
state who they were until rocalled
Sunday morning. In his testimon)
he says he was afraid to tell Satnr.
day night what ho knew; was afrai'
he'd be killed, and then goes on t(
say that. tho two men ho saw wer(
Sheriff Ithoden and Mr. Matt, Berry
lHe states that ho is positive, havinf
passed them noar this place just. be
fore the shooting and having alt
recognized them whon his attentiou
was attracted by the pistol shot..
Another nogro practically corrob
erates Pope Coloman's testimony
after stating this morning that he
too, was afraid to tell What lie kney
about the affair.
Jimmie Gillion, a clerk, testifiec
that he jimped out of the side doe
of the drug store when the shot wai
fired and, looking across the stree
to the opposito si le, saw smoke froi
a pistol and a man runnuing u]
Church street. He continued to rui
until he got to the Prosperity Stocl
Company's stabl(N and then walkei
a few stops and again commenced ti
run. Gillion started off up stroe
after the party he saw running, bu
soon turned back- When ihe wen
back in the store Matt Berry was il
there and others.
According to pope Coleman's story
Mr. Rhodlen ran off up Church stree
and Mr. Berry ran across the strec
and went in the drug store at a sid
(leor.
Every witness, except a little negr<
practically agreed as to the plac
where the shot came from.- Thi
little fellow claimed lhe sawv a ma
nearly across the street from wher
it was testified Sheriff Rhoden an
Berry were standing, raise his arm
like lie wvas "sighting," and the
fired. Ho did not know whether
was a white man or a negro.
Just about neon the jury of ir
qus,all white, redrdtefollov
camne to his (loath from a gunshot
the hands of W. L. Rihoden and Ma
Blerry."
Soon after the verdict was ai
*nounced, Coroner Gipson took Shiori
Rhoden into custodyV. Berry, wl
was in town, left for nis home, sov<
or eight miles in the country, abol
'1 1 o'clock. After the verdlict w.
Jmade known, Berry was informe
of the nature, and Sunday afterno<
returned here for the purpose, it
presumed, of surrendering.
Berry, who was placed on ti
stand as a witness, stated thatl
was nearing the dIrug store wvhen tl
shot was fired behind him. ThatI
looked around, but s'iw nio one who
the shot caime from, and then turn,
upl Church stree~t and went in t
~side (loor of the drug store.
There was absolutely no moti
for the killing so far as can
learned.
The sheriff has made no statem(
sifar as your correspondenit knos
neither han' Mr. Berry, outside
his testimony, given in substance
above.
The affair has been a leading topic
here.
It is understood application for
bail will be made at once.
Lying by the dead negro was a
double-barreled, braech-loading shot
gun, not loaded. The distance from
where the witnesses placed the man
I who did the shooting to where Crouch
was standing when he was shot, is
fully sixty feet.
SOUTH CAROLINA NBWS.
Items of More or Less Interest Condensed
In the State.
Clemson College has opened with
five hundred and seventy-six students
and President Mell says that no more
can be received.
In a brawl at Clifton mill No. 1
in Spartanburg county on Saturday
night Felix Dewberry, colored, was
shot by Asa Littlejohn and killed.
A warehouse in Orangeburg used
by J. P. Turner for storing tobacco
was destroyed by fire early Tuesday
morning. The loss in tobacco is esti
mated at $10,000.
The losses resulting from the fire
in Columbia Farly Monday morning
are estimated at $80,000, with not
over $30,000 worth of insurance.
Mr. J. L. Mimnaugh will rebuild at
once.
Connors, a young white man, on
Saturday shot and killed William
Calhoun, colored, near Clinton, in
Laurens county. The negro is from
Georgia and is thought to have been
a fugitive from justice.
Labor Day was celebrated in
Columbia on Monday on a larget
scale than ever before. There was a
very long paraTe and addresses were
made at the Fair grounds by Mayor
Earle, Governor Heyward au
others.
Early Tuesday morning fire brok(
I out in the grocery department of th(
r large Laurens cotton mills store
3 The building valued at $6,000 and
t the stock valued at $20,000 wer
i totally destroyed. The loss is par
tially covered by insurance.
1
Tooney Williams, a negro womar
who was shot coming from Augusti
back to Anderson on August 27, ij
dead. The nogro who did the shoot
t ing, Will Robinson, was arrested a
the time, but was released becausi
it was not thought the woman wai
seriously injured.
,The dispensary at Hampton wa
t destroyed by fire Monday afternoon
t The amount of stock on hand wai
e about $2,300, insurance about $400
The building was owned by ex Gov
>, ernor McSweeney, and is a tote
e loss.
The Williamsburg County Alli
eance held a large and enthusiasti
d meeting at Kingatree on Monday t
devise ways and means to fight th
tobacco trust. Delegates werea
Spointed to a convention to be hl
in Lake City today.
-PACOLBT MILL NO. 3.
h
it Trouble and Delay In Rlebuilding OwIng 1
The Breaking of the Two Tempo
rary Darns by High Water.
1- r The Pacolet Manufacturing Conr
ff pany is having no little trouble an
o expense in repairing mill No.
n which was not carried away by tl
1t June flood, but considerably dan
18 aged. The company expected
a have it repaired by this time and tI
n mill running, but now it seems thi
is it will 1)e the end of the year befoi
they get the mill in operation. Ti
1e company has had two temporai
ie dlams built to turn the water frno:
10 the mill so they could carry on tl
oe work and both of the dams have hec
re washed away by a rise in the riv
1(d caused by heavy rains above. T1he
hie dams cost about $2,500. All this
very discouraging to the com pan
ye which has already lost so much I
be high water. The stock of the Pac
let and Clifton companies were wi
nt worth twvo hundred for one befo
is. the June flood and they are at
MADE MAD BY HOLINESS.
Terrible Infanticide In Anderson County
Caused By Religious Fanaticism
of Negro Mother.
Anderson, September 8.---A hor
rible case of infanticide caused by
religious fanaticism occured last
night in Broadway Township, about
six miles from the city. John Graf.
fenreid, a negro, and his wife, had
been attending a "holiness meeting,"
and had become greatly wrought up
over the excitement attending it.
They left the meeting Monday night
and spent a greater part of the night
praying.
Just before daylight, Graffenreid
says, his wife awoke him and -asked
him which he loved best, his wife or
his baby, a child about 16 months of
age. She said the Lord was going
to take one of them and asked which
he would rather give up. He says
he said that if it was the Lord's will
he would rather give up the child.
He says the woman then got out of
bed and took the child in her arms
and declared she was going to offer
it as a sacrifice. He says he was
standing by her trying to got her
quiet, when she suddenly exclaimed:
"Here, Lord, take this child," and
threw it against the wall. His wife
then threw her arms around him and
tried to choke him, saying something
about both of them going to Heaven
together. They had a scufile, which
awakened the other children who
ran into the room and took the child
and placed it in a bed.
The woman then jumped out of a
window arid left the place and went
to the farm of V. Q. Hammond,
where she appeared early in the
morning, acting in a strange manner,
as if demonted, an- Mr. Hammond
secured her for fear she would do
herself or others harm. She said
something about her husband killing
her baby, and this aroused Mr. Ham
mond's suspicious, and he phoned
Sheriff Green for instructions. The
sheriff gave instructions to have her
husband arrested and this was done
by Mr. Allen Martin, w. was at Mr.
Hammond's, and the man and hif
wife were brought here and put iu
jail.
The woman is either raving mad
or an adopt at feigning insanity, an(
spent the day in rolling on the flooi
or trying to climb the Walls of thE
cell, but no word could be gottor
from her. The man appeared to b(
more rational, but is evidently weak.
minded and talked freely about th
affair, though his story is rambling
and disconnected. He does not shov
i any sorrow or remorse over the doati
.of his child. The coroner was awvay
today and the inquest has not ye
.been held, but it is believed the
above are about the facts of the case
*THE PASSING OF THE FORBSTS.
- In Twenty Years Tihe Scarcity Will B,
c Felt, And In Forty Years The Coun
try Will Be Pliched.
The Hon. James Wilson, Secre
1tary of Agriculture, in the Chicago
Record Herald, says:
It will not be many years uni
the monarchs of the forests, whici
have stood for 200) to 300O yearu
will have been redluced to dresse,
0lumber. It was not uuntil a corii
paratively few years ago that the peOc
ple realized that iln time the suppl
-of timber would be entirely consume
d and that something must be done
,renew the denuded timber landi
0 Consequently it is only recently thi
- the subject of reforestration has bee
o0 brought up for consideration.
0 Until a few years ago, eduucatic
it had neglected to teach forestry an
e scientiflc research necessary for ri
no production of trees and many agr
y cultural products. IUealizmng thin
Congress has incressed the hagrica
ne tural appropriation each year dlurin
n the last dlecade, until now $400O,00
r a year is allowed for forestry alon
me T1here are todlay about b00 youn
is men studlying the subject anmd whi
y,cnn be0 done by the farmer to hel
>y the reforestation of the country.
o We hove reched the point who
nll we may well be alarmed at the fo
re estry conditions. Few know who
ill to begin or what to (10.
In twenty years tihn sarcity w
be felt strongly, and in forty years,
at the most, unless immediate and
extensive actio-. 3 taken, the entire
country will be pinched. Our tim
ber supply will be exhausted, and
we shall suffer a wood famine far
worse than the coal famine which
England is now fronting.
What we must do is to study the
soil. A few years ago all our fine cigars
were coming from Cuba and other
West Indian points. I sent men to
these various places and had them
collect samples of the soil on which
the finer grades of tobacco were
raised.
This was brought to Washington
and analyzed. Having found the
properties of the soil,- I sent out over
the United States to find the same
kind, and as a result we are now
growing the finest cigar tobacco in
the world ight here in our own
country.
My men found the exact soil wanted
in Texas, Ohio and Connecticut and
in these States we raise better tobacco
than is grown in any of the Southern
islands.
So it is with forestry. The ground
that has produced the big trees and
the hard wood trees must be anal
yzed and seed must be planted im
mediately. If the necessary elements
are lacking in the soil, it must be
manipulated until it will grow tim.
ber.
Every agricultural college in the
country should have a forestry do
partment. Yale is the only institu
tion that has a regular course, Cor
nell having abolished hers. I recently
attended the graduation exercises of
a Western agricultural school that
recoived an annual endowment from
Congress of $70,000 a year, and out
of the 450 graduates not one knew
anything about forestry. This is
robbery.
A few figures will give a fair idea
of about how long the timber of the
country may be expected to last at
the present rate of consumption.
There are now 700,000,000 acres
of productive forest land in the Uni
ted States. The annual cutting of
lumber amounts to 35,000,000,000
feet a year; of timber, 3,000,000,000
feet; for railroad ties, 22,000,000, and
for fence posts, 3,000,000.
The lumber industry amounts to
$676,000,000 a year, and of this the
farmers receive $100,000,000 for tim
ber cut from their personal property.
If this industry is to be exhausted
the result can only be surmised.
Science is learning how to treat
soft woods, which grows rapidly, so
that they can be made to last as
long as hard wood, This will assist
in reducing the ann"'a consumption
of ties and fence posts, wvhich are no
small factor. We can only hope for
greater development in scientific re
search.
The fuel question must also be
considered. Every farmer should
grow his own fuel. Those which
are suitable for the purpose are soft
and grow quickly, and1 every farmer
should therefore have his fuel patch
as wvell as his produce garden.
Every child should be taught the
1 ee'.ing time of trees and know when
to go to them t.o find the seed, and1
' then they should planit thenm. TPhd
1seriousness of the situation mu:t. bc(
- imnpressed1 upon (lie coming genera
tion for they are (lie ones who wvill
Y suffer ini event of a famine.
Therefore, I say let every agricul
0 tural college have a forestry depart
Sment., and in the department stud'
It the soil. Teach your children froni
n infancy the value of every tree an<
tihe need of planting trees, and yoi
n who are oldor, ontei- in with the don
d thusiasts of the association,, advocat
a State~ forest reserve and1( plant
tree whenever you have ai sparO mo
"mont.
g Miller McKirnnoy, a imember o
0 the firm of Sloan & MtcJ(Kmney, mer
chants at Tucaupa mills, Sparta&n
burg, Was shot anid killed Wodnies
gday afternoon by Harry D)oan, Sor
It of a magistrate ini Spart anburg county
p A debt of $2.50 caused tile killing
There were no oye-witniesses. D)eai
o has surrend(ered1. Deoan says tha
r - they got into a hot controversy ove
the dlebt, McK(inney drawing a pisto)
re and that then ho shot. Botli wer
young men and1 very prominenti
ill the circles in which they moven.
THE TURKISH SITUATION. a
Further Terrible Atrocities-Mohammedan
Fanaticism May Push Turkeo
Into War. 0
e
London, September 9. -The offi- o
cial and press reports from the near v
East to-day emphasize the serious
ness of the situation there and con- si
firm the belief of the authorities here a
that, owing to the general irritation t
throughout Europonan and Asiatic n
Turkey toward the Christians, as a if
result of the Macedonian revolt, the a
6ultan may be swept by the uncont- li
trolloblo sentiments of his Ottoman n
subeocts into a war with Bulgaria,
despite the unwillingness of the Porte
to precipitate such a conflict. The
Turkish oflicials express gratification
at the Russian Austrian proposal for
coercivo diplomnatic action on tbo
part of the Powers at Sofia. They A
are confident it will be acceded to by 1
France, but whether it is adopted or s
not the Sultan's hand has already t
been greatly strengthoned, as he is
in a better position to act than hith
erto.
IOTr A inoirUT.
Washington, 1). C., September 8
Cablegrams were received at the
State and navy dopartments today
from Ministor Leisian, at Constan.
tinople, and Admiral Cotton, comn
manding the American squadron
now in Turkish waters, respectively,
giving an account of a r:ot which oc
curred at Beirut on Sunday.
Rear Admiral Cotton's cablegram
is dated Beirut, September 7, and is
as follows:
"Violence and bloodlihed betwoon
Mohammodans and native Christians t
occurred at Beirut on Sunday. Six t
Greek Christians, two Moaninodans
and throo Turkish soldiors wer %
wounded seriously. Other murders
are reported. I have prepared to
land a force for the protection of
the property of American citizens if
the situation denands it. Will act
with caution. The present trouble
is due to the animosity between the
Mohanimmedans and native Christians
and failiure to control crimes."
Minister Loishmin reports that a
riot ocurred yesterday at Beirut in
which seven Christians wore killed
and several wounded. Two houses
occupied by Christians were pillaged
by the soldiery. The panic was gen
eral. An officer and a signal man
from Admiral Cotton's fleet aro now
in the consulato and an investigation
of the conditions at Beirut is t)eing
made b)y a flag lieutenant, Consul
Itavnd(al and( another consular oflicer.
Mr. Loirshman says that the origin
of the trouble is riot distinctly stated
b)y our consul. He further says that
it is claimed by the Sublime Porte
that conditions at Beirut are again
quiet arid thrat the force now there is
suflicernt to guarantee the safety of
the city.
Lieut Charles IL. Hlussey is Ad
miral Cotton's flag lieutenant, and
it is presumed here that he is the
oflicer mmairng the investigation.
D)isi'ATPCH To0 f.ONI,ON.
London, Sept. .--A dispatch to
the Standard fronm Const anti nople,
dant,ed Sunday, says:
'"The Turks are nituch diSturbod b)y
the presence of thin A nmeicat' war
ships at Beirut arnd are making every
e1lfort to have them recalled. In spitei
of all assert ions that, the United St ateos
only mrtoends t hem to lbe there for thle
si mpie protoct ion of the rights of her
cit izonis, it is quite possible that the
dispatch of the war ships may initi
ate act ion loading nmurch fu rther.''
AwFJUL 'TUR KISH! ATR'IoCr'IES
Sofia, Bulgaria, September, 8. -
All reports fronm the vilayet of Mona
stir aigree in describing the situation
as ap)palling. Bet ween 30,000) anid
50,000) Bulgarian inhabitants arc be
lieveud to have been massacredl by the
TumrkH, anid every Bulgarian viilliago
-in the vilayet has boen dlestroyedl.
The refugees in the mountains and1
forests are dlying of starvation by
thousands. At pIresenIt it. is imipossi
ble to ob)tairn precise ligures. The
revolutiounary headquarters estirmate
t that thirty thousand B3ulgarian men,
wonmen and( children have booen k ilIled,
whaile at least the same numrber of
a refugees areoslowly perishing of hun
ge. lIn omniial circles thee higre
re regarded a an undoroRtimate,
nd ofliciall incline to the belief that
ie uumber of tih nita8crod Ox.
oods 50,000. Tho Turks are appar
atly determined to exterminate tle
atire Bulgarian PoPulation of the
ilayet.
In government eircles hero the
ituation it viewed with incrosing
larm: It ig reliably reportod that
ae Turkiih forcos in Macedonia
umber 300,000. It iH COlnHidOrOd
npossible thatt suci a force hia been
8s0mbled Iloroly to ertish tho rebel
on. It iH foared that. the h ultan is
1editating an at tack ol. Hulgaria.
GENERAI. NEWS NOTES.
ems of More or I.ess Interest Condensed
Outside the State.
A maun was arrested in Syractise
louday during the stay of the Pros
lent in that city because sIM)() one1
aid that he said thalt h would shoot
he Presidtint.
Tho Pittsburg col (,o., of I'it ts
>urg, Pa , haa acq<o4red control of
he Monongahela tol ma Coo Co.,
11aking one of the groutest coal com
inos inl tho worl.
Labor Dav wits genrall colo
rated throiglotut the country on
Jonday. Addi-mses were made inl
yracuse by Presidjnt koostwel, inl
)t. Piaul by Archbishop Irelund, and
n manyi), otiher places by promiiont
peoakers.
A gratid tand at Fort Leavon
vorth, Ki., crowde by 1,5t0t) pvt
>1(, gave way ml 'loasay u111-iring a
lnitl bat h, by Olo regllr ,
wenty-four porson I,gein injured,
hree perlitps futally.
The H1amburg Amerivan Lino
teamer Deutscliaind ma thi e t rip
icrois the ocoun from Chorbourg i
ow York in u days, Ii hoiurs and
)* milnutos. Tie voytago wus nadc
tt an average sped of 23.15 kiiot
er hour.
Robert, E. Peary will iiako unot lii
ttempt to rmich tho North Polo
Being a cotiiaibl,or in thlie U. S
Navy, it was Icessary ffr him t'
got leave of absence, whin1 wa
granted for throo years. Mir. P'er)
hoOpes to at Irt abolt ih1 Irst of Ju11)
next.
Rosa Adtus, it young lady of St
Paul, has bogtin suit agaiist a los
pital for $20,0)01 dumages, allegint
that by roason (if a full i t ho lospi(.
al's olovator salift shIm wI cripplot
in her arnie, rettmiering hitr tiniuita
ble for marriage, uamd thaut her < :0
suitors have detsertedi her.
delivered at tTuehosu, A u oi
Monday the Iirist of it series oif ad
dIresies on "'Amtetica's M iighty ii.
sion in thme Wochi." lie atdvecnte
the expeniditutre of at billion iand
half dollarM fori matkinig thle Ammeri
can na tvy th o groet in thle wtorld.
George W . I buavers, former liea
of the salary mtatl al lowantcloh dvisit]
of the piostotlico hilit depaturi, atguitm
whom a warrat' hadi betn issuE
chatrging him wvith roeeinvgcoimini
Hiort ii n esh reiis~ 4 t 811)old io ie di
oin 'ITiisdaiy, mtlI gave baii'iin thii sut
o f $5,00)0.
elevated triin. IHruing hadl pr
andi was ini chatrge of a poelieni
who was takitng himto th le peli
coulrt to bei arratign ednth iIIiis chaitr
when by great at rooigIth heo liur
the pol icoma t bac ltk and thl~row hi,
stelf unidrr the wvhools of thoe pastsi
train.
D)uring the labor day parade
Chicago, the p)roprietor of a iw
hiousie andI( van compan)tty was
saulteid because he was d rivinrg 0)
of his own teamts withbout a uini
label. I Ic wias (caught by a mi
numbering 1,000, who cut t ihatrmi
of his horses into sinallI pioc,
beat the antimals with canes, coi
polIlinig themu to run atway, and th,
heat Thornton~ badly. Thlorniton a
ploys a large number of teamtste
all of whom are members of I
union, and tha nit1tever before hadl a
tronble with the nrgniz,ation.
TILLMAN'S JURY
It Has Been Drawn In Lexington County,
but WIU Not be Published.
Columbia Record.
A gent leman from Lexington coun
ty who was in the city today told the
Record that the list of jurors for the
term of court to be held this month
will not be published.
Citizens expected to see the list in
the Dispatch of this week, but failing
to find it in the paper some of them
inquired of the clerk of court why
the names were not printed. Accord
ing to the gentlemen referred to, this
officer answered t hat the names would
not be published this time in order
to provent the p)ossibility of any
"tampering" with them. He did not
say, so far as the Rocord's inforinant
knows, who ho suspected might be
guilty of such an attempt. There is
no law, so far as Lexington is con
cernti, it said, to require the list of
jurors to be published in newspapers,
but their naiues cannot be kept by
olicials from ayone who may desire
to know who they may be. Still the
sitatomit, is to the reason the list
will not be printed in the Lexington
I)ispatch is interesting, and involves
a serious question as to whether
"huampiring" with jroiors .is a cis
ton ill th State or whether it is
muH)ect-od to be attempted at this
particular teri of court in Lexington
only.
DIlATH OF MRS. BOYESEN.
Womian Whose Truniks Were Searched at
White Stone Succumbs at Ashe
ville to Nervous Shock.
Laa Porto, 1nd., Sept. 9.-Mrs.
.ham Stowart Boyesion of Chicago
died tonight at Ashevillo, N. C., as
it result of nervous shock following
itcsaitions of it theft. The news
roched horo ii a telegram to friends.
Whilo Mrs. Boyosen was at a hotel
niear Spartonburg, S. 0., the room of
a guest from Augusta, (ia., was
robbmd of $000 worth of jewelry.
'Ile landlord accused Mrs. Boyesen.
She wits nlot inl good health and the
chargo resnted in her physical col
lps(. Before the end came she in
ltitulitod a $50,000 ditmage suit
against hor accuser in the federal
court, it Cliarleston. Mrs. Boyesen
has dono considorable newspaper
work and vam a intiisicial of maritked
ability. She was a momber of the
Daughtors of the American Rovolu
1 tiol, the Chicago Woimitn'ti club and
ot her orgaiz/ationsi..
LONG STrAPLli FOlR UP-COUNTlRY.
InterestinIg Eixperimenlts Ini Cotton Grow
tig ieiing Maie inl Columbia
by tile D)epartmuent.
Colubia Ciitor. N ews and Courier.
)Po 50or1in t rne the departmenit of
a atgricuiltulre hits boon11 maitking experi
mernts ini this Stitte withl a view to
dliscoverirng a long stiaple cotton that
d wvill grow onl upantIds, itnd one which
a willI not doegenierato atfter a few years'
t growth. T1hiese experimnents have
d heen conditucted ini H artsvill anitd Co
a Ium,biai under the di rectionl of Prof.
1 11. ,l. Webor, of the dleprtmenit of
-k atgricuilturo. Mr'. WVeber wits here
m, M'tonda1y and1( inisp)ected the ,ieveniteeni
expjerimon00tatl paitchies thatt haive booni
d ,plate (d just ouitside of Columnbiat.
,,Corngrssiritan Ilanver anid Mr.. It. C.
Keoenatn, wvho arc very muuch interest
ed( onithis miatter, atccompamiiled him
heon his trip. M1r. Wobor expressed
himiisel f as b)einig very much lehased
wit.h the result of his experimenlts
herO. Het hias been working for
(1( several yearsa to make a hybird of
.the seat island cotton ando the vigor
rug 0 p1lantit of the uplands. The aver
ago,seit isheud cotton hits a staple of
an inch and thlroe-qutarters, while
the stap)le of the ulplandl cotton is
Sonly tliroo-quarters of an inchl long.
Mr. Weder found from the expecri
montail stations that tihe cottoni has a
staplehi of an inch andh one-half, being
asin rouiild 1)0118 instead of the long
oval kind. lie is very mnuch imlpres
1,sol withI the godresults of the ex
piie t and hopes to furnish seed
*from thlis cotton to the farmers for
rs, next year's crop.
he A murderer andl two b)urglars dug
ny their way ouIt of the Schohiarie coun
ty, N. Y.. jail 0on Monay night