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TAFT'S PLEA ; i < For White Republican Party in 1 the South. CAN SEE NO DANGER Of Vpcto Domination, and Says Race Problem is Eliminated Politically. He Asserts That This Section'^ Interests Are No Longer Bound IP in Democracy. New York, Dec. 7.?Presidentelect William H. Taft, who came to New York today to address the North Carolina society of this city, was given a tumultous reception tonight by the members of the organization and prominent men from ail parts of the South at the annual dinner of the North Carolinans at the Hotel Astor. Five hundred members and guests of the society filled the brilliantly decorated banquet hall, which was redolent of the pines of the resinous trees forming the background for more fragrant blooms, which were scattered everywhere c~rer stoowy linens and flag-draped walls. Intertwined ensigns of the State and nation were conspicuous in the decorations of the banquet v hall, and larger flags were displayed in front of the hotel throughout the on/4 o von I n sr U?J Mr. Taft, in the course of an address, which was confined entirely to the South and its problems urged again that the voters of the South should breaK away from the outlived sentiment and traditions of their past political affiliations and cast their ballots in accordance rather with their economic and real political beliefs. Mr. Taft declared that nothing would give him greater pride during his coming term in the chief executive office than so to direct the policy of the national government with respect to the Southern States as to convince the intelligent citizens of the South of the desire of his admlnetraton to aid them in working out satisfactorily the serious problems before them and of bringing them and their Northern fellow citizens closer and closer in sympathy and point of view. White Supremacy Assured. "I am not going to rehears the painful history of Reconstruction or what followed it. I come at once to tb<? present condition of things stated fmm a constitutional and political standpoint. And that is this: That in all Sorthern States, it is possible, by election laws prescribing proper qualifications for the suffrage. which square with the 15th amendment and which shall b* equally administered as between the black and white races, to prevent entirely the possibility of a domination of Southern State, county or municipality governments by an ignorant electorate, white or black. It is also true that the sooner such laws when adopted are applied with exact equality and justice to the. two races the better for the moral tone of the State and community concerned. Negroes should be given an opportunity equally with whiteB by education and thrift to meet the requirements of eligibility which shall lay down In order to secure the safe exercise of the electoral franchise. The negro should ask x for nothing other than an equa. chance to qualify himself for the franchise and when that Is granted by law and not denied by executive discrimination, he has nothing to complain of. "The proposal to repeal the 15th amendment Is utterly impracticable and should be relegated to the limt.o of forgotten Issues. What we are considering is something practical something that means attainable progress. It seems to me to follow, therefore, that there is cr ought to be a common ground upon which we can all stand in respecfr to the race question In the South and its po litical bearing that takes away any justification for maintaining the con- , tinued solidity of the South to prevent the so-called negro domination. The fear that in some way or other a social equality between the races shall be enforced by law or brought about by political measures reallv has no foundation except in the imagination of those who fear such a result. The federal government has nothing to do with social equality. The war amendments do not declare in favor of social equality; all that the law or constitution attempts to secure is equality of opportunity before the law and in the pursuit of happiness and in the enjoyment o*. life, liberty and prosperity. Social equality is something that grows out of voluntary concessions by the. Individuals forming society. Reasons of Sentiment." With the elimination of the race question can we say that there ar? removed all the reasons why the people of the South are reluctanc to give up their political solidity , and divide themselves on party lines in accordance with their economic and political views? No. there are other reasons; perhaps only reasons of sentiment., but with the Southern npOTllp aro a fciorVi - ? < 1 ~ " Ui6U.OtlUU6, ocilstive and outspoken people, considerations of sentiment are frequently . quite as strong as those of some . political or economic character. In the first place, it is now nearly 40 years since the South acquired : its political solidity and the inten- , sity of feeling by which it wa? main , tained and the ostracism and social proscription imposed on those white Southerners who did not sympathize with +h? necrrftv for such solidity 1 could not but make lasting imprej- * sion and create a permanent bias 6 that would naturally outlast the rea- s Bon for its original existance." c Mr. Taft referred to the trials )f the Reconstruction period which iccentuated the greater trial of the jast, and the slow returns of prosperity to the South folloging the ;ivil strife, as further agencies that help to keep alive the feeling engendered by that controversy, and continued: But times change and men change with them in any community, however fixed its thoughts o^ habits, 1 X VlAAn,k/l ana many circumstances nave uicoocv us with thier influence in this matter. The growth of the South since 1900 has been marvelous. The manufacturing capital in 1880 was $150,000,000; in 1890, $650,000,000; in 1900, $1,150,000,000, and in 1908, $2,100,000,000, while the values of the manufacturers increased from $450,000,000 in 1880, to $900,000,000 in 1890, to $1,450,000,000 in 1900. and to $2,600,000,000 in 1908. "The farm products in 1880 were] $660,000,000; in 1890, $770,000,000; in 1900, $1,270,000,000, an.l 1908, $2,200,000,000. The exports from the South in 1880 were $260,000,000 of dollars; in 1890, $306,000,000; in 1900, $484,000,000, ani in 1908, $648,000,000. "In this marvelous growth the manufacturers of the South now ex ceed the agricultural products and thus a complete change has come over the character of her industries. The South has become rich, and onlj the surface of her wealth has been scratched. Her growth has exceeded that of the rest of the country, and she is now In every way sharing in its prosperity. State Rights and Democracy. "Again, the Democratic party has not preserved inviolate its traditional doctrines as to State rights and other issues and has for the time adopted new doctrines of possibily doubtful economic truth and wisdom.Southern men adhering to the party and the name find themselves, through thep influence of tratdition and the fear of a restoration of conditions which are now impossible, supporting a platform and candidate whose political and economic theories they distrust. Under these conditions there was in the last campaign and there is throughout the South among many of its most intelligent citizens an impatience, p nervousness and a restlessness in voting for one ticket and rejoicing in the success of another. "Now I am not one of those who are disposed to criticise or emphasize the inconsistency of the position in which these gentlemen find themselves. I believe it would be wise if all who sympathize with one party and its principles were to vote its ticket, but I can readily understand the weight and inertia of the tradition and the social considerations that makes them hesitate. I believe that the movement away from from political solidity has started and ought to be encouraged and 1 think one way to encourage it is to have the South understand that the attitude of the North and the Republican party toward it is not one of hostility or criticism or opposition, political or otherwise; that they believe in the maintenance of the 15th amendment, but that, as already explained, they do not deem that amendment to be inconsistent with the South's obtaining and maintaining what it regards as its political safety from domination of an ignorant electorate; that the North yearns for closer association with the South; that its citizens deprecate that reserve on the subject of polif i.r?c n? V* {/-?W en 1 r\v% cr Viae Kaon main. tained in the otherwise delightful social relations between Southerners and Northerners as. they are more and mor? frequently thrown together. "In welcoming to a change of party affiliation many Southerners who have been Democrats ve are brought face to face with a delicate situation which we can only meet with frankness and justice. ' In our anxiety to bring the Democratic Southerners into new political relations we should have and can have no desire to pass by or Ignore the comparatively few white Southerners who from principle has consistently stood for our principles in theSouth when it brought them social ostracism and a loss of all prestage. ^or can we syinpatnize witn an enort to exclude from the support of Republicanism in the South or to read out of the party those colorf.1 voters who by thoir education and thrift have made themselves eligible to exercise the electoral franchise. Matters of Education. "We believe that the solution of the race question in the South is largely a matter of industrial and thorough education. Some Southerners who have ulun expr ssion to their thoughts seem to thing that the only solution c>: the ne?f) qucst'on i.s his migration to Af'-ica; but to rae such a nronositlon is ntterlv fatuous. The negro is essential to the South in order that it may have proper labor. Th?ir ancestors wer>> brought here against their will. They have no country bi't. this. They know no flag but ours. They wish to live under it and are willing to die for it. They ar? Americans. The proposition to increase the supply of labor in the South by e rr legation from Europe, is seems to me, instead of being in'niical to the cause of the negro, will aid him. As the industries of the South continue to grow in the marvelous ratio ?.lleady s.vwn the detoaaJ for labor must in rcase. "Primarily an indu^tiial education for the masses, higher education for the leaders of the nogro race, for their professional men, their clergymen," their physicians, their lawyers and their teachers, will make up a system under wh'ch their improvement, which statist'es show \o have been most noteworthy in he iast 4 0 years, will continue at he sa?n<.! rate. ' On the whole, then, the be:>t mblic rrnnion of the North and the iest public opinion of the South ieems to be coming together in repect to all the economic and politi:al questions growing out of presi !pt race conditions. "The recent election has made It probable that I shall become more or less responsible for the policy of the njext presidential administration and I improve this opportunity to say that nothing will give me greater pride, because nothing will give me more claim to the gratitude of my fellow citizens, if I could so direct that policy in respect to the South em States as to convince their intelligent citizens of the desire of th: administration to aid them in working out satisfactorily the serious problems before them and of brini; ing them and their Northern fellow citizens closer and closer in sympa they and point of view. During th< last decade, in common with loveri of our country, I have watched with delight and thanksgiving the bone of union between the two sectiom grow firmer. I pray that It may b< given to me to strengthen this move ment, to obliterate all sectional linei and leave nthing of differences be tween the North and South save\? friendly emulation for the benefit o our common country." WONDERFUL DISCOVERY. Travel Ten Miles a Second by Stand ing Still. Butler, Pa., Dec. 10.?Rev. Phil lip Shredanovich, pastor of the Greel Orthodox church here and editor o Justness, yesterday announced a dis covery which if it works out, wil put Newton Franklin and JEaisoi far In the rear. The pastor-edlto declares he has Invented a means b; which the rotation of the earth 01 its axis,may be taken advantage o in travel, and that by standing stli one may go round the world ii twenty-four hours. He has found a way, Rev. Mr Shredapovich says, by which mei may lift themselves above the eartl to a point where they will stan< till while the earth, rotating fron west to east, will do thejr travelinj for them. The secret Is jealousl guarded by the pastor and his wife whom he credits with suggesting th idea. Rev. Mr. Shredanovich said: "W will hoist ourselves above the earti and await the coming of the desire^ place, then we will lower ourselve where we desire to be. In this wa we may go rrom America to n.urop in leas than twelve hours. My secrc is how to stand Buper earth and no be trailed by the earth's attrac tion." BRYAN WAS ARRESTED. His Hunting Party Had Killed To Many Ducks. Galveston, Texas, Dec. 10.?Wi! liam Jennings Bryan fell into tb hands of a game warden yesterday when he and three other hunter were arrested at Lake Surprise, th fsmnnnn csttia nr*>m?rvp nf Ranlfp Moody, of Galveston, in Chamber county. Bryan, Moody and two friend were- charged with having violate the State game law by killing mor than 25 fowls each. The law limit the number of ducks to be kille by oqe person 26 in 24 hours. More than 150 dead ducks test: fled to the work of the four me up to the time the game warden aj peared. Then it was sworn tha Bryan had really killed but a fei canvas backs. Moody and the othe two Nimrods pleaded guilty and ac cepted the penalty, the fine bein $25 each. PANAMA INVESTIGATION. Democrats Want Inquiry Into Tha $40,000,000 Purchase. Washington, Dec. 7.?Democrat ui Lite nuuse art; pmuumg tu ueiiiaui an investigation of the purchase o the Panama canal property and i' conformity with this program Rep resentative Rainey, of Illinois, in troduced a resolution directing th< Speaker to appoint a committee o five to 'ascertain how much of th< $40,000,000 which appears on th? record to have ben paid to th< French company, was really paid t< that company." It is said that the National Dem ocratic eOmmittee Requested Raines (to present the resolution, which provides that the committee shal ascertain if any portion of the $40,' 000,000 was directly or indirect^ paid to American citizens, to at American syndicate, and if an> member, or Senator, profited by tht transaction. ?___________ GOVERNMENT DYKES BREAK. Five Dwellings and Lumber Planl Are Swept Away. Pine Bluff, Ark., Dec. 7.?The government dyke at the foot ol Tennessee street gave way late today; and tonight the waters of the Arkansas river are fast eating theii way toward the mouth of Hardings Bayoii which crosses the city. To day five dwelling houses and the warehous6 of the Arkansas Packet Company, were swept away and the greatef portion of the Candy Hardwood mill was destroyed. Barracque Street for a distance of five blocks east of Georgia street has been ebmpletely destroyed and the buildings on the south side of ths; street are being moved back as rapidly as pbssible, with the water following closely in the wake of the workmen. Took His Own Life. St. L6uis, Doc. 7.?Charles A. Eckstromer, Swedish vice counsel in St. Louis, committed suicide today. Eckstromer came into public notice some tinago through a controversy with Federal officials which resulted in the revocation of his exequatur by . President Roosevelt. Later he wal reinstated and resumed his official duties. TOO BIG A LIAR FOR HIM TO TACKLE SAYS EDB , ITOR LAFFAN, - Who, In Dignified but Scorching . Words, Roasts Roosevelt, Refusing | to Bandy Epithets With Him. Mr. Laffan replies to the Presi' dent's letter as follows: 1 "The editor of the Sun presents ! his compliments to Mr. Roosevelt 5 and acknowledges his active sensii bility in respect of the attention I which Mr. Roosevelt has been good i enough to pay him in hi? letter to the Hon. Wdllam Dudley Fosulke, of - Indiana. 3 "Notwithstanding the directness E - of this challenge, the editor of the , 1 Sun declines a controversy with Mr. f Roosevelt. He is by no means in- 1 different tc tne implied compliment 1 discernible in Mr. Roosevelt's tirade, 1 but Mr. Roosevelt has shown jn his < frequent collusions with various per- ( sodb of distinction that he has an Overwhelming advantage over any respectable antagonist fn his, Mr. Roosevelt's complete freedom from , any sense of personal obligation in , ? respect of the truth, -^e editor of the Sun is fully alive to the extremi- 1 ~ ty of the inconvenience wnicn ai- taches to a personal controversy with i R a man who has shown himself cap- . r able of suppression and perversion 7 of individual correspondence, an art ? which, in ordinary life, would, in 1 J the cognizance of any club or association of self-respecting gentlemen, 1 entail his prompt erpulsion. "In saying these things we cannot disguise our chagrin and humilk lation that the person who is adj driessed is also the President of th . United States. "It is curious that the Mr. Foulk-j Is a preferred repository of tbe??e confidences of the President. It was g to him that Mr. Roosevelt, sent his memorable letter denying that he ^ was UBing the Federal patronage to ^ aid Mr. Taft's candidacy, a letter ^ which at once took its place amor.g the most valued incunabula of vey ractiy." ! CHOKED TO DEATH. " . it ??? Man Falls Over Dash Board and Is * Killed. Spartanburg, S. C., Dec. 10.?Luther Thompson, aged 35 years, a o well known young farmer of .the Inman section of the county, was found dead in his busgy by members of I his famly. He had fallen forward, bis head hanging over the dash e board and it is believed that he was r? strangled to death. s From what can he learned It ape pears that Thompson went to a still !r in North Carolina on Monday, ites turning to his home late Monday night he drove Into his lot to put up 8 Ms horse and buggy and being in d an alleged Intoxicated condition, he e fell forward and his head caught over 3 the dash board and before he could extricate himself, he strangeld to death. i n GREAT WATER MAIN BREAKS. >- . it v Traffic Blocked at Brooklyn Until T Hole is Bridged. g New York, Dec. 7.?A good sized * area in Brooklyn in +he vicinity of Washington and Johnson streets was still wet today after last night's deluge, caused by the breaking of t k twenty-four-inch high pressure water main. With a roar that could be heard for blocks the water shot upward for . 3 twenty feet, sending with it a shower * of paving stones, sprinkling everv' body within fifty yeards. Traffic , 1 was blocked until a hole in*th?e street ten feet square was bridged. | Police reserves and an emergency ] - crew from the water department < f jvere called out to hold the crowi 1 - In check and prevent a panic. No ] i one was injured. ] i > DROWNED IN POTOMAC. j i r Young Men Go to Death In Trying to ] Shoot the Rapids. i Washington, Dec. 6.?Joseph H. j banter, aged 30, a boaanist in the t 1 National museum, and his compan- f ' ion, Robert Wallace, aged 16, were i drowned today wnue trying to snoot t the rapids at Stubblefield falls, in f the Potomac river, about 10 miles i north of the city. The bodies have not been recovered. r I The young men were on a fishing f trip in a small canoe, which over- \ turned in midstream with them, due a to striking a rock. Both were resi- \ dents of this city. j C 1 STEAMER RESCUED. Y t Lost Her Propeller at Sea, Toweu s Into Port. \ [ Halifax, N. S., Dec. 7.?The C. . steamer Valentia arrived in port to- ^ . 4ay towing the oil tank steamer c . Oriflamme, which had been picked a i up disabled at sea. The Valentia, 0 i laden with cotton, was bound from ^ f Wilmington, N. C., for Bremen, and 0 jthe Orlflamme, with a carge of oil, I n was bound from Philadelphia for s . Cette, France. The Orlflamme lost i her propeller and was helplessly f. adrift when she was sighted by the Valentia, which answered her sig-- ^ halB and went to her assistance. B] p Printer Kills Himself. 0 Defuniak Springs, Fla., Dec. 10.-Frank E. Gibson, of Bennettsville. S. C., a printer employed in one of Defuniak Springs' printing offices, ? committted suicide by cutting his jy throat with a razor. Doctors were ^ summoned, but he died before medical aid could be rendered. * h A FATAL FIGHT , c leligious Fanatics Precipitate a Row in Kansas City. J i )NE HUNDRED SHOTS! ? J I i'ired In Riot in Which Party of * ( Fanatics, Let by "Adam God," and Several Policemen Engage, Re- ' suiting in Three Deaths and Prob- ? ably Four Fatal Injuries. I Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 8.?In tlie ihadow of the City Hall a riot in vhich religiouB fanatics and police- , nen were participants, and during : vhich a hundred shots were fired ;his afternoon resulted in the death >f Policeman A. O. Dalbow, probable fatal injuries to four and slight in[uries to two other persons. Those probably fatally injured are John Sharp, known as "Adam G?d," as the preacher; Michael Mullane, i patrolman; Lola Pratt, 13 years Did, and Patrick Clark, a police sergeant. Harry E. Stege, a policeman, and George M. Holt, a probation officer, were also hurt. The trouble occurred while the streets were crowded. While the fight was In progress the participants traversed an entire block. Probation Officer Holt, of the Juvenile Court, today went to Fifth and Main streets, to investigate a case of alleged abduction. Near that corner he met John Sharp, known as "Adam God," who was exhorting a crowd. With Sharp were A. J. Selzer, and a woman and five children, ranging in age from 3 to 14 years. Holt did not like the manner in which the woman attempted to get money contributions from the crowd, and he decided that she and her male companions were not proper persons to have custody of youbg children. The woman announced that she and "Adam God" would conduct services at Poor Man's Mission tonicht. whprpnnnn sh#> nnri hpr mm panions started toward the mission. Officer Holt then inquired as to the identity of the children. The woman immediately assumed an attitude of resentment and replied that the officer "had beter attend to his own business." "Adam God," who wears a long, white beard and hair, threatened the officer. Officer Holt was not armed, but stood his ground until "Adam God" struck him a heavy blow behind the ear with a pistol, making an ugly wound. Holt then started for the police station for assistance. A9 Holt moved away the preacher tried to shoot him, but the cartridges failed to explode. Officer Holt rushed into the police station and announced that a band of religious fanatics, armed to th-3 teeth, wei^e at the threshold of the station, and he warned the officers to prepare for trouble. The sergeant in charge ordered Patrolmen Charles Dai bow and Harry E. Stege to arrest Sharp and his followers. Sharp a'nd his companions were within fifty yards of the police station when the officers stepped Into the street The Sharpite9 gave evidence of fren zy and, with profane abuse, they served notice -on all that they would preach right "under the eaves of the police station and the police cannot prevent us." The officers did not, however, expect serious trouble and were not prepared for the volley of bullets which met them after they appeared on the scene. Dalbow was killed instantly and a bullet passe.! through Stege's arm. Other officers hearing the firing, rushed into the 3treet and a general fight ensued The officers refrained from shooting, for fear of endangering the lives of innocent people. Lieutenant Clark, who had com? into the street unarmed, was shoe n the eye, and Patrolman Mullane was shot in the back as he hurried nto the police station for reinforcenents. . : In the meantime a riot call irnticrhf nnli/>om<an frnm fill rUrpr ions. Thoroughly aroused, the oficers closed In on Sharp and his folowers, firing as they went. When he firing ceased "Adam God" lay atally shot through the head and >ody. It was later learned that Sharp'* , nale companions was Louis Pratt, ather of the five children. Pnatt vas arrested uninjured. The woman md the children fled to a house>oat, in which they lived on the dissouri river. Fifty policemen folowed them, and found the woman - lad barricaded herself in the house>oat. Standing on the boat with a hotgun, phe shouted to the officers: "Come on, you fiends." The boat i-as only a few feet from the ban-t if the river and several officer* lashed toward it. The woman Iropped her weapon, and seizing two if the children sprang into a boat nd began to row into the middle f the river. The officers called ier to stop, but she only plied thy ars more vigorously. The policeion firofi a vollpv at. the boat. Ono hot rfruck Lola Pratt, tearing away he greater part of the child's ace. She died later. ! The woman then surrendered it the police station she said that he was Mrs. Pratt, wife of the comanion of "Adam God," and mother 1 f the wounded child. Killed by Train. Cleveland, O.. Dec. 10.?W. H. rowninshield, aged 40, of Boston, [ass., said to be a nephew of Rear dmiral Crowninshield, was run own and hilled by a railway train ere last night. * BAD MAN WITH A GUN. saloon Keeper Shoots and Kills Three Negroes. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 11.?After l brief argument with a crowd of tegroes engaged in a game of biliards at a saloon on Desota strent lear Beale, shortly after midnight his morning, William Latura, a vhite saloon keeper of this city, ihot and killed three of the negroes ind woUnded four others, one mor:ally and the others seriously. One )f those wounded is a woman. According to statements of bystanders the negroes were grouped ibout the table when Latura enter id the saloon, as ne appearea a few heated Words passed and in the next instant Latura had drawn liis revolver and begun firing. Each of his bullets took effect with the result as stated. Latura, who it is said had been drinking, was taken Into custody after the shooting. * MAIL CARRIER HURT. Thrown From His Buggy and Perhaps Fatally Injured. Spartanburg, Dec. 7.?Jesse L. Wood, a well known letter carrier, was thrown from his buggy early Sunday morning and seriously injured. The horse Mr. Wood was driving took fright on east Main street, Just in front of the First Presbyterian church. He was thrown violently to the sidewalk and knocked unconscious. When taken to his home it was discovered that three of his ribs had been broken and one of his shoulders terribly injured. He is threatened with pneumonia, which makes his condition trebly worse.?The State. PULLED FROM BURNING HOUSE. Mother Passes Children Through Wfndow to Safety. New York, Dec. 10.?Ten persons were dragged to safety from a burning tenement in Williamsburg last night. Mrs. Mary Kilcoine, after being awakened, called for help and when two policemen responded handed her two small -children through a window to safety. Hsrman Zeigler and his father, aged 85, and the old man's wife, aged 80, were overcome by smoke, but were rescued, as were the famil" of Mitchel McDermott, who were carried to safety after having been found unconscious. * A FATAL PLUNGE. Fireman Who Fell From Window Dies From Injury. Macon, Ga., Dec. 10.?Thomas Fulford, the 21-year-old Central of Georgia fireman, who fell from the second story of his boarding house on Third street yesterday afternoon, died at the city hospital today. Fulford came in from his run feeling badly, went at once to room, feeling feverish. He went to open his window and fainted while in the act. While in this condition he fell forward to the ground 35 feet below. His skull was fractured. He was unmarried. His home was in Amerlcus. 1 * Commits Suicide. New York, Dec. 7.?Leaving two letters, in one of which he said had "suffered more than anybody in the world," Louis Evans, of Brooklyn, a youth of nineteen years, shot and Instantly killed himself in a hospital where he was undergoing treatment for tuberculosis. Explosion in Magazine. Calcutta, Dec. 7.?An explosion at at military station, where men wer.i engaged in converting .ball cartridges Into blanks resulted In the killing of eleven men and wounding of twenty-six others. The casualties *vere all among native soldier*. Life of Peach Trees. It is claimed that the most profU able period in the life of a Deach tree is from four to eight years. From a peach census taken last year in Orange county, New York, it seem that thorough cultivation 19 mo>re essential to the p?ach Jtree than either pruning or spraying. * Southern States oUfiL Machinery jSS/ PHO\ COLUME r? GibbcsTorl T A money-maker indeed. Tr'r? ?1# ti7?4 ?A 11/ Ci """" j@< Gibbes M Good! chlnery Box 1300, C IF IT'S GIBBE rhe American All-Wrought Tlip D Spilt Steel Pulleys. ^ * /T\ BTANDAIUJ DESIGN / ??tM? ? GINNER'S REPORT OF COTTON GINNED TO DECEMBER ONE. i 11,010,864 Bales and 26,033 Ginneries?Increase Over Last Year. S. C. Shows 1,052,547 Bales. A total of 11.010,864 bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1908 to December 1; and 26,922 active ginneries, against 8,343,396 bales ginned 3 year ago were announced in the bureau report on cotton ginning Tuesday. The 1907 crop was 11,057,822 bales, of which 75.5 was ginned to December 1, the 1906 crop, 12,383,101, with 77.2 to December 1 and J905 crop, 10,495,105, bales with 82,8 to December i. In 1906 there were 10,027,868 bales and in 1905 8.689.663 bales ginned to December 1. The report counts round bales as half bales and excludes llnters. It Included 200,818 round bale9 for 1908, 154.636 for* 1907 and 227,145 for 1908. Sea Island bales Included 68,497 for 1908, 55,299 for J 907 and 41,250 for 1906. ' Today's report gives running bales ginned to December 1 and active ginnerls respectively by States as foiiows: Alabama, 1,171,404 bales and 3,429 ginneries. Arkansas, 7 76,153 bales and 2,073 ginneries. Florida, 58,677 bales and 251 ginneries. Georgia, 1,736,737 bales and 4,384 ginneries. Kansas, Kentucky and New Mexico, 1,374 bales and 5 ginneries. Louisiana, 897,179 bales and 1,645 ginneries. Mississippi, 1,297,291 bales and 3,422 ginneries. Missouri, 45,750 bales and 70 ginneries. North Carolina, 554,002 bales and 2,681 ginneries. Oklahoma, 432,077 bales and 973 ginneries. South Carolina, J,052,547 bales and 8,184 ginneries. Tennessee, 278,679 bales and fi25 ginneries. Texas, 3.200,221 bales and 4,091 ginneries. y Virginia, 8,773 bal?3 and 92 ginneries. Tfc? dlst-ibutlon of *ea isbml cotton by State* Is: Florida 2*,0u3; Georgia, 32,1*55; South Carolina, 8,339 bales. Ti e corrtcced statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned this season to November 14 are $9,595,809 bales. , Dairy Pointers. Whatever w|e ehfould give our cows to eat we should never neglect to provied them with plenty of water and pure air. Ventilation and cleanliness are two matters which are going to cut an important figure in the future dairy business. It may be set down as an absolute fact that an animal in an unsound mill* \ uuuuiiiuu uauiiui give puic uiniu CLASSIFIED COLUMN" "Wanted to Buy?Five hundred to one thousand bushels mixed cla" peas; must be free from Whippoorwills and speckled peas; will give highest market price. I. M. Pearlstine & Sons, 201-203 'East Bay street, Charleston, S. C. Wanted?Men and women who earn less than $25 per week to become' chiropodists; easy, profitable work. Booklet free. Rochester School of Chiropody, Rochester, N. Y. Vegetable Plants?Cabbage, Lettuo, Bermuda Onion, Tomato, PeppeEgg Plant and Sweet Potato; the I finest in ths South. 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