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SHOWS UP TEDDY Sensational Charges Made Against Him and Others TO SWINDLE PANAMA Congressman Rainey Makes the Accusations and Declares That the Present Administration and the President-Elect Have Aided in R. R. Frauds in Oentrul America. Washington, Jan. 26.?Representative Rainey, of Illinois, this afternoon delivered a scathing and seusational speech in the house, upon the Panama canal purchase. He attacked President-elect Taft, William Nelson Cromwell, a number of NewYork financiers, and others. He said, in part: "It Is to be regretted that the time of the president of the United States has been so much taken up with outdoor sports and among the pleasures of the lighter literature. He knows nothing of the drudgery, physical or mental, that Is required to arrive at matter of fundamental importance. "Declarations of alleged facts.that j come with so much assurance and such frequency from the White House are not always entitled to the weight we would like to give tc communications from the chief executive of the nation. The statements with reference to Panama canal matters are sometimes particularly inaccurate. "For some weeks the secret service agencies of the government have been at work investigating the senior senator from South Carolina. They have succeeded in discovering that he used his frank inadvertently in private correspondence, and so deprived the government of revenue to the amount of two cents, and the matter was considered importanl enough to be embodied in a special message from the president to oongress. The senior senator from Massachusetts, I believe, is still invited to White House dinners, is the presi dent's friend and advisor and the cabinet maker of the incoming president. I have not heard of any secret service agents disturmng me semoi senator from Massachusetts, and ye* he is directly, individually and solemly responsible for the fact that on the first day of January of this year for the purposes I have named, there was taken out of the treasury of the United States over one million dollars. "We have embarked now upon the stormy seas of Central Americar politics. Our flag is floating nov in the Isthmus of Panama. It seenn that the Constitution does not always follow the flag. In fact, it has no< followed it at all in its recent ramblings, but a coterie of New York Cit> financiers follow it and flock aroun-1 like vultures, wherever it goes They have followed it to the Isthmut of Panama and have already, undei Its sheltering folds, pounded dowr upon that defenceless little country They have taken everything in this country that is not nailed down an it w?s thev that have commenced their operations on the Isthmus of Panama. "It becomes necessary now t know something about Central America politics, and I desire to introduce to the country Senor Don Josr Domingo de Obaldia. It is important to know something about the career of this interesting SpanishAmerican statesman." Senor Obaldia's connection with the Panama canal and its purchase by the United StateB was then gone into, the speaker declaring that Obaldia and William Nelson Crom well, together with high officials ai Washington and elsewhere ha.' agreed upon certain actions not tc their credit. "There is pending now in the gen eral asembly of Panama,' he said, "the most infamous railroad proposition ever submitted to any government. That infant republic ha? had no experience in building 01 managing railroads. This proposition is being seriously considered and about to be adopted by the general asnembly. Randolph G. Ward, I of the city of New York, Is the person -who appears on record in the matter and who seeks to get for his successors, his heirs or assigns, most valuable concessions." Mr. Cromwell's re<-nrd, as general counsel for the Panama canal company was gone into and also hif legal connection with E. H. Harriman and the trans-continental railroads. Mr. Cromwell's organization of an American syndicate to purchase the canal was referred to. After he had obtained $3,000,000 out of the $5,000,000 subscribed for the purchase of the Nicaragua canal project, Cromwell gropped that scheme and sought to sell the Panama canal company to the United States government for $109,000,000, but finding it impossible, reduced his price in one hour to $40,000,000. "I propose to discuss later how much of that $40,000,000 ever reached the creditors and share holders r>f t>i? French Panama canal com-1 pany. "Through all the career I have described," he said, "Mr. Cromwell has remained the trustee advisor of Secretary Taft in all matters pertaining to the Isthman canal. It is hard to explain why all the agencies of the government are now being used in an attempt to indict certain newspapers for saying unkind things about Mr. Cromwell and some oth- ' ers." After referring to the alleged at- ; tempt of certain New York and other i LIQUOR QUESTION SENATOR LIDE WANTS TEOPLE TO SETTLE IT In a Special Election to be Held Next August and Decide it For Good. An important bill has been introduced by Senator Lide of Orangeburg relative to the ordering of a general vote throughout the State to be taken upon the question of whether the State shall go prohibition or not. This referendum proposition is said to meet with the favor of many members of the house and of the 3enate. It has even been stated that aome of the prohibitionists aro in favor of this measure. The bill provldoa that an "electlGj shall be held to determine the State's policy regarding the sale of alcoholic liquors on August 24, 1909." The object is to find out just how the people stand upon this question. As is generally provided in sucl] votes there will be slips of paper provided with two questions as follows: 1. Are you in favor of local option between county prohibition anc a county dispensary system? 2. Are you in favor of extending local option between a system ol prohibition or license or a countj dispensary system? These questions will practically settle the attitude of the people o; South Carolina as to the liquor ques tion. The managers for election anc tlia nthpr neressarv Drovisions an made in the bill for the election. MONEY TO HUNT GRAFT. Rockefeller, Carnegie and Schif Contribute to the Fund. New York, Jan. 27.?It has jar i ecome known that John D. Roeke feller, Andrew Carnegie, Joseph H ichiff and several other well khowi lnanciers and philanthropists ar backing the bureau of municipal re ;earch, which was organized to in .estigate the ctiy's finances and al eged graft. To carry on the worl nese men with Mrs. Russell Sagi md others have subscribed a fun* if 1100,000. Mr. Carnegie and Mr Rockefeller are said to have donatei $20,000 each. Severe Earth Shocks. Monteleone, Jan. 25.?The eartl ;hocks here average a dozen aan; md apparently they are increasinj n number and intensity. financiers to obtain forests on th isthmus, and also the right to re claim certain lands on the Isthmus Jr. Rainey, adds: "Since the election of last Novem ter, bread lines have commenced ti orm in the South and in our prin .Ipal cities and today in the capita ity, on Pennsylvania avenue, unde he shadow of the dome of the capl ol, a bread line appears daily, con itantly increasing in length. If wi jermit the scheme of William Nel on Cronawell, Roger L. Farnham Jharles P. Taft and others to g< hrough on tha Isthmus of Panama his government will have there i jread line containing four hundret housand people. "The men who are attempting t( ' steal and to appropriate to thei wn use the revenues of this republic are in reality about to impose enor nous additional burdens upon th< treasury of the United States. To lay the deficit in the treasury is ove $74,000,000. If we permit thesi men to rob the republic of Panama we will place upon the United Statei he oppressive burden of providinj i government for four hundret housand people there. "I do not charge that the gentle nan who will be inaugurated presi lent of the United States on th< ourth day of March as a party t< this Infamous scheme for robbing his little country. I have only pre sented the evidence. His friend Cromwell, his selection of Crom well, Farnham and Drake as mem iers of the board of directors of th( ^anama railroad, his continued enforcements of both Cromwell anc Farnham, hs iinterference on th< 'sthraus of Panama, which compelled he election of a corrupt statesman ibsolutely under the control of Cromwell, as president of that republic. "All these things and other things r'or which the present administration is responsible made possible the signing of a contract by Obaldia ! which may bring the gentlemen inerested therein riches beyond the dreams of avarice. It will not be long, if this scheme goes through, before the campaign contributions made by some of the gentlemen interested in this enterprise, will be returned a hundred fold. "If we permit the plans of Mr. Cromwell and his associates to go through on the Isthmus of Panama, and if these treaties are confirmed, there will be no revenues in Panama out of which to pay this indemnity. The United States government will be called upon to pay it all, and if these plans for the spoliation of Panama proceed to a successful conclusion. it will not be long until immense burdens of a different character with Panama will be imposed upon our treasury. "These patriotic gpntlemen, thereforp. are being permitted, not only to rob the republic of Panama, but indirectly to r*)b the treasury of the United States, and in their efforts in this direction, th^y have had so far the complete co-operation and the active assistance of tho present administration and of the naxt, president of the United States." MEANS SQUARE DEAL FOR THE FARMER AND SHOULD BE* PASSED. A Measure That Will Enable Farmers to Tell in Advance Probable Demand for Cotton. A special from Washington to The News and Courier says the prospect of favorable consideration of Congressman Lever's Joint resolution, authorizing the director of the census to publish additional statistics as to the amount of baled cotton on hand on September 1, November 1, December 1, January 1, and March 1. Is very bright. The resolution is of great Importance to the entire cotton trade, but especially to the cotton grower la that It gives the latter full Information as to th* probable demand during the coarse of > the season for his product, and thereby enables him to put his cotton on the market in a more Intelligent manner. The census committee, to which , this resolution was referred, gave Mr. Lever a hearing yesterday, at which time the director of the cen. sus, Mr. North, and Mr. Roper, who I Is in charge of the issuing of the ginners' report, appeared with Mr. Lever in Bupport of his resolution. f It is the opinion that these gentler men made a most favorable impression upon the committee, and that , the committee in a short time will [ report the resolution favorable to . the House. In support of this resj olution, Mr. Lever said among other ; things: "The committee is aware, of . course, that the census bureau is collecting statistics from time to time showing the amount of cotton produced, the amount of cotton grown, 1 and at the Bame time the statistical bureau of the department of agriculture Issues a general report ob t the first of December, estimating . rhe amount of cotton that has been raised during that year, so that the government' is furnishing to the cot3 ton world at this time figures as to e the amount of cotton produced, but is giving only partial statisitcs as to the amount of cotton needed from time to time by the manufacturing 1 world. ? The rOtton farmers throughout fhe South, in my observation, com' plain about this system. They are willing to have the amount of cotton ginned from time to time, published as is now being done by the census bureau, they are willing tc h have the government estimate on y the amount of cotton that has been S oroduced during the year, but they contend, and I think with justice, " hat if you are to furnish to the manE ufacturer, the buyer and consuming * world, the amount of cotton pro* ' 1 *? ?? fVi art nfl ' aucea, it is uu muic muu more than just, that you should at the same time, furnish to them, the 3 selling world, the producing world, the necessities of the buying world, 1 as is indicated by the stock on hand r in the various warehouses and the iike, and this resolution undertakes :o furnish a complete statistical picB ture, both as to the amount produced and the amount needed to meet the demand of the mills. We can Illustrate this In a homely way perhaps by putting two parties 2 opposite to each other on either side of a table In a game of "seven up." The cards are dealt and each is care3 ful that he conceals his "hand." ' The government steps in and says to c one, in this case the cotton producer, " the cotton farmer, "lay your hand on ? the table face up." The manufactur * er sees bis hand and plays his cards r accordingly, and, of course, the ' farmer gets the worst of the game. This resolution intends to lay both 5 hands on the table face up, bo that 5 each player will have a square deal. : The cotton farmer is entitled to this consideration. This eliminates to some extent the feature of speculation, and gambling in cotton, in my judgment, and gives - both parties, the buyer and seller, ' a square, fair deal at the hands of the government, so far as statistics > for cotton go, and that is the only purpose of the resolution. I will ' say in this connection before I close, ' that for the first time in the history of the government we have reached ! t point where congress ean legislate along these lines. Hitherto we have I not been able to get these statistics - ot cotton on hand in the various aunties, and the warehouses of the world so as to present a complete' : picture, but through the good work of the census bureau during the past ' year, an arrangement, I understand, has been made with the foreign con sumers of cotton by which they will furnish to the census bureau their holdings from time to time as requested by the bureau, so that now we are in a position through this resolution to colleet the figures from the United States, and at the same time supplement them with the figures that we get through the census bureau from the foreign holders of cotton, and thereby present a complete and absolute picture of the cotton trade, the amount produced and the amount needed by the manufacturers." In answer to questions by members of the committee, Mr. Lever said further: "The census bureau is now issuing a report on septemoer 1. The heavy selling period of cotton, when it goes out of the hands I of the farmer, ranges from September to January 1. The census bureau is furnishing only one report a year, that of September 1. That furnishes rather incomplete information and this resolution proposes to give to the cotton world, through the heavy selling period, the figures of consumption and stock on hand, so that the farmer will be informed from time to time of the necessities . DARING BANDITS HOLD UP AUTOMOBILE OP A PAYMASTER. Which Was Guarded by Two Policemen, One of "Whom Was Killed by the Robbers. London, Jan. 26.?A daring holdup was perpetrated on the streets of Tottenham, in plaia view of hundreds of people, but so bold was the work of the two bandits, and so quickly did they work that it was not until they had secured their booty and fled that a general search was started. An automobile, containing two weeks' waaea for the Sherman Rub ber company, was enroute for the plant at noon today, guarded by two policemen, when suddenly, without warning two men leaped upon the foot board of the automobile. Botfc held revolvers in their hands. The) flred, killing one of the policemen and dangerously wounding the other The chauffeur brought the car t< a halt and the satchel containing the money was stolen brom beneath th< seat of the tonnean. There is n( clew to the robbers, although th< usual police drag net is thrown out THE WAGES OF SIX. Georgia Lad Shot Down in a Cra] Game. Alpharetta, Ga., Jan. 25.?Lyinj face upward in a pine thicket nea AlDharetta, with playing cards am money scattered about the body o Frank Webb/ aged nineteen, wa found late yesterday evening, with bullet wound through the hear! The coroner's jury is busy today i trying to learn the details of hi death. Five white boys and eight ne groes are locked in the Milton cour i ty jail today following the invest! gation. They were companions o i young Webb in a game of cards, i . is alleged, and the evidence point i toward the shot having been fire i by one of the gamesters. Some c ; the negroes said this morning tha a white hoy fired the shot. ; Young Webb's father, E. C. Webt was sheriff of Milton county flv s years ago. Miners Killed. ! , San Louis Obispo, Cal., Jan. 23.1 Six miners were killed and elgt others were severely injured by a 1 explosion of gas in the Stone Sano Coal Mine at Chanvellor's Frida ' night. One of the miners entere a room with a lighted torch. Th '< rocm was full of gas and the e> ' plosion follewed. Most of the me 1 were Italians. Norfolk Shocked. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 26.?A sectio ' of the city was thrown into excitf ment yesterday afternoon by th sprinting through the streets of F 1 D. Armington, in nude condition, fo lowed by men and boys, white an black. Finally he was taken to pc lice headquarters, where he had t be put in a straight-jacket. He pre claimed he was the re-incarnatio ' of the original Adam, and command ed by God not to wear clothes. Jumped Into the Ocean. oo T n NorrolK, Jan. 23. jaiuta t Schuer, 26 years old, unmarried, member of the wholesale dry good house of Asiel & Company, Walke street, New York, left his roor aboard the steamer Princess Annf on the Old Dominion line, while tha easel was on her way here fror New York and leaped over the rai into the sea. Tillman and Burrows. Washington, Jan. 27.?Senator Tillman and Burrows were designat ed today by the Senate as member of the Naval Academy Board of Vis itors. of the manufacturer and may pu his cotton upon the market in i more intelligent manner." In the course of his remark: director of the census, Mr. North said: "I regard cotton from the in ternational point of view as the mos important crop that this countr: grows, and there is no doubt tha these figures are as valuable acros! the ocean as they are in this country I think also that there is no doubi that the price of cotton is fixed bj foreign conditions more iruiy mai is the case with any other staple This is the fact which these gentlemen have in mind in desiring this legislation." The Hon. D. C. Roper, who is ir charge of the issuing of the ginners report, also discussed the advisability of Mr. Lever's resolution at some length. In conclusion Mr. Lever continued: "If there are no further questions, I am very much obliged to you for your courteous attention, and in conclusion let me say that I regard this as a very Important matter I to the cotton industry of this coun try, and as suggested by the director. I Mr. North, there is no opposition to it. from any source. It is not a contest between the cotton growers and the cotton, manufacturers in any sense of the word. It is only an effort to complete the cotton picture of this country so that we may see it in its fullness and act upon full information both as sellers and buyers. I should be very glad, indeed, if the committee sees fit, if we could get a favorable report at the earliest possible moment in the hope that we may be able to get the resolution passed at this session of Congress. .1 thank you very much." I A MONEY SAVER c FOR THE COTTON FARMERS OF THE SOUTH. ^ Valuable Invention of a South Carolinian That Will Revolutionize the Handling of Cotton. ? A large manufatcuring plant is to be established in Richmond, Va., to manufacture the Neely compress, which was invented by Mr. Samuel ** XT ? i -- ~ a riuwa* O n VI. y, ui ijueaici , u. v/., auu which it is claimed will revolutionize the handling of cotton that is ex- r ported to other countries. f According to the figures that come from the census bureau at Washington there were about 12,500,000 bales of cotton ginned in the South, em States last year, and it took i something like 30,000 gins to do : this work. Ginning means the sepa> ration of the cotton fleece from the 5 i seed and putting the fleece into r bales; large unweildy bale9 that are , but poorly fit for shipment by steam. er to foreign parts and that cost > entirely too much in freight, storage ; and other charges. > To meet this situation there have ) been established in the leading South- I ; ern cities during the past decade or * . two various compress companies, which take the bales of cotton as they come from the country gine and compress them into smaller areas and put them In a kind of shape for ? shipment to Europe ports but as a matter of fact there has been but little change within the past three 5 quarters of a century in the manner r of bailing and compressing cotton i for foreign shipment, except that the f iron screws has been substituted for s the old wooden screw that was used a by our forefathers. Of course, there hare been many n improvements in the gins that are in 8 use so far, as the mere matter of the separation of the seed from the lint is concerned, but all of the improvements made in the matter of compressing the ginned bales ready f for shipment have been primarily t in the interest of large corporations, s which control the comparatively few d compress establishments in this 'f country. The owners of these steam compesses have been enabled to form one of the most gigantic and moat >. autocratic of the trusts. e In the olden time the cotton grown in the South that went to all parts of the world was ginned at the country and village gins and con densed in the old-time bales of great it bulk, pounds. These bulky bales n took up a great deal of platform n snacp at the storaee Doints and a y great deal of car space when the d railroads came to haul them to the e seaport points for shipment to forc eign manufacturers, and also a great n deal of space in the ships that took ? them across the waters. The compress became a necessity, that is, a steam compress that could n take the bulk bales and squeeze them into smaller space. These steam e compresses are few in the number, ^ being established only in the seal_ port cities of the South, and in time, q as before stated, the compress men became something of1 a trust, and 0 then later on one of the most arrogant of all the trusts. The ships ren fused to receive for transportation l_ the old-time bulky bale direct from the country gin, and thus the farmer was placed at the mercy of the compress men. At least 8,000,000 bales of our cotton are exported, and every one of these exported bales must go 3 through one of the few existing comT presses located in the cities. This " export cotton has to be shipped from e i' the gin to the compress and be com- r ( pressed before it is put on ship? board for shipment to some other country. All this costs money and it comes out of the pockets of the Southern farmer. To obviate all of g these interminable troubles and to , s bring about some peace of mind to c " the Southern cotton grower and to s increase his profits on the sweat of his brow inventive genius has been at work for several years. ^ As a result of this study several ^ t inventions were made and came on 1 the market, but none of them en- ^ tirely filled the bill, until Mr. Samuel t p M. Neely, of-Chester, S. C., who t lived in the cotton country, brought ^ " out his cheap and in every way suit- j| * able compress. After years of study, ^ '' and just before his death, Mr. Neely g 1 invented and had patented a com- ^ 3 nrpss that is hplifivcri tn mp#f thp situation and this is the machine t that a million dollar company has bepn organized to manufacture in 1 Richmond. The Neely machine is very simple. K and will he made in time for this ! year's crop at a cost to the ginner of about $1,500 each, and their great | saving to the cotton grower is suf- ^ ficient to guarantee that every one if the thirty-odd thousand gins in 1 the country, will sooner of later have one in operation with the gin; at and by this means the cotton growers tii of the country will be guaranteed w a saving in the business of a frac- in Mon over S3 per bale, or in the ag- hs ?regate $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 to per annum on the cotton crop of the ar South. The means by which this great savings to the cotton growers of the South can readily be seen when it is remembered that one of the ordinary railway cars will take from the interior, that is. direct from the gin to tbe exporting point, 100 bales of cotton compressed by tne .\eeiy ma- Yc chine, whereas under the present sys- bei tem of ginning four cars are requir- tio ed for that number of bales. Then in another big item of economy is the chi saving of freight in shipping to of European countries. rol The ships which carry cotton to fro Europe charge by cubic foot space 121 and not by weight. Hence there will rue Southern States Si CyCL gsv PHONE 1ft COLUMBI/ ^ Gibbes Improved (2 ii 1 ^T*V Pay for lUelf In a day. 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This densitv insures a cheaner In jurance, as It is almost impossible] * :o consume cotton by fire if it itfj bei jacked with this density and is ab- Ste ?olutely free from air, and in ad- i 23 ifition the Neely bale is thoroughly J ind neatly covered with burlap in- 11 itead of the flre-inviting jute, and ~ s so packed that the covering holds Ij jood until it reaches the spinner ? vherever he may be, thus making itjp^J 1 package that in every way pleases ^ he spinner of the East and makes it g nore valuable to him. a This mode of packing is not new j ivrtnnf A m TVi/\ T? oof Tn<4)?fi jAiscpi* iu niiivi iv.a. jl uu uaoc muiau ind Egyptian cotton shippers, who ^ innually land many bales in England ind other European markets have ? ong since been far ahead of Amerians in their system of baling, and ' .s a consequence they have not been ubjected to the tare charges which very American shipper has suffered rom. These tare charges amount to 15,000,000 annually, and these s oillions the South has lost by in- ? erior and improper baling. All of 1 his trouble is to be overcome by I ~~~~ I The he Neely compressing system. The | hlng can be easily figured out, tor, t is no Becret that American cotton inded in foreign ports under the old ^ ystem of baling is subjected to a ^ iscount of thirty pounds tare on ach bale. THREATEN* TO KILL LAWYER. We U! fc lej-orts Circulated Growing Ont of w (hp Land Oases. st Muskog-e, Okla., Jan. 27.?Some- St 11115 UL a uuii j ?oo va\|fvi ivulv u pon the circulation of rumor of 1101 ireats to assassinate M. L. Mott, :torney for the Creek Indian Xa- :,bie on, and others conected officially carpi ith the land investigation. Xoth- Let g tangible obtainable. however, writ* is developed, and it was impossible trace the origin of the rumors to Shop ly definite source. Cc NEW BREAD LINE. Jraticn Army l ndertakes to Care ! ^ " i. ni V/1 for Hungry People. 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