Scraps and |arts.
? New Orleans, Nov. 28: The
Times-Democrat' in presenting its final
report on the cotton crop of 1909
states that the consensus of opinion
points to total of 10,625.000 bales.
The figures by states follow: Alabama,
1,050,000; Arkansas, 725,000;
Georgia and Florida, 2,000,000; Louisiana
350,000; Mississippi, 100,000;
North Carolina, 725,000; Oklahoma,
625,000; South Carolina, 1,150,000;
Tennessee, 300,000; Texas, 2,600,000.
Total, 10,625,000. These figures relate
to actual growth and are exclusive
of linters, repacks and similar
items. Correspondents report that
farmers have hitherto been disposed
to sell freely at current prices, but
now are inclined to hold the remnant.
? St Paul, Minn., Nov. 27: While
rel + Vt fho ropont
not entirety agimue mvu u.v ...v...
Siatemtnt issued by Bradstreet,
which intimates that the consumption
of food products in this country
has caught up with production,
James J. Hill says that the point
has been nearly reached and that we
are so close to it that there is reason
for alarm. "It is a matter which
should be seriously considered," said
Mr. Hill today. "Our present balance
of trade is an indication that the margin
between our production-and consumption
is becoming narrower. A
comparison of the figures of ten years
ago and those of today shows that
our enormous balance of that time
has dwindled away. We are not exporting
foodstuffs as we Were. We
are consuming them ourselves. The
increase in price this year over last
year is a matter of supply and dehand."
? A Washington correspondent
writes: Old Jones?the man who
likes his toddy?will never have any
more peace. Col. William J. Bryan,
that grand old globe-trotting Democrat,
has put out the word that he
is for prohibition. He may run for
the presidency again, and if he does,
he will paramount the "licker evil."
Once it was the crime of "seventythree."
Then other things. No telling
what next. But the blow has already
fallen. A bill passed here' last win
ter provides against the shipping 01
whisky C. O. D. into dry territory.
This law, which goes into effect January
1, next, reads: "It shall be torbidden
to collect the purchase price
of liquor shipped as interstate commerce,
before, on or after delivery,
in prohibition states." This means
that Old Jones must send the cash
with his order, or get his elixir of
life on time. This will stop the
"John Doe" traffic. Smart dealers,
it is said, have learned to ship cargoes
of their liquid refreshments to
express or railroad agents to be turned
'over to "John Doe" or some other
good fellow who called for them.
Now, if one knows of such an arrangement,
he can go to an agent
and call for what he wants and get
it. This will cease after the first of
the new year. The ropes are being
drawn a little tighter all the time.
Old Jones' neighbors are taking
care that he does not hurt himself.
? McAlester. Okla., Nov. 27: A
case that is believed to be absolutely
without a parallel in medical or
legal annals in this country has i risen
here involving rival physicians in
a little town in this county. The
child of one of the physicians was
dangerously ill of diphtheria, when
the father teiepnonea to a pnyaa-ian
In this city to rush a supply of antitoxin
to him. The McAlester physician
engaged a boy at a livery barn
to drive the twenty-five miles with it.
He reached the town about 1 o'clock
in the morning and inquired at the
first house he came to. The man who
answered said he was going to the
physician's home to sit up the remainder
of the night and would take
the medicine. The boy gave the man
the antitoxin and returned home.
The doctor's child died in a few
hours. Later the father advised the
physician who had sent the antitoxin
that it never readied him. Coming
to McAlester to investigate he found
the boy, heard his (tory and took him
home with him to point out the house
where he gave the man the antitoxin.
The boy led him to the house of
the rival physician who was treating
a case of diphtheria at the same time
the other physician's child was dying
of the disease. He saved his case.
The physician who lost his child is
preparing to bring a suit for damages
against his rival. Learning of
this the accused physician obtained
warrants for the messenger boy,
charging him with criminal carelessness
and perjury.
? Washington, Nov. 27: Fifty per
cent more work than was contemplated
in the original estimate and a
twenty per cent increase in the money
paid in different forms to employees
will be required for the completion
of the Panama canal, which Fresident
Taft has promised will be ready for
use not later than January 1, 1915.
Under the estimate or tne lsinmmu
Canal commission made in its annual
report, just made public, brings the
total cost of engineering and construction
up to $297,766,000. If the
purchase price and cost of sanitation
are added they will make the cost of
the work total $375,201,000. Changes
have increased the quantity of work
to be done and the commission explains
labor conditions in this paragraph:
"Prosperous conditions in the
United States, combined with the unsavory
reputation that the isthmus
had regarding its healthfulness made
it necssary in order to secure labor
to increase the wage scale from thirty
to sixty per cent over those paid
in the United States for similar classes
of work. Certain gratuities as
additional inducements were also offered,
which, in the main, have since
been continued. Moreover, the provisions
of the eight-hour law were
made applicable to the isthmus."
? Lee Fisher, a professional baseball
player, was arrested in Nashville,
Tenn., last Sunday afternoon and confessed
to having burglarized the
home of Mr. E. T. Lewis, a prominent
business man of that city, the
night before. The burglary was
a most unusual one. For an hour and
a half Fisher leisurely ransacked the
room of Misses Nannie and Lillian
Lewis while they lay in their bed and
f>igned sleep. They bravely acted in
'..lis unconscious role, fearing as they
said, that should they cry out their
father would rush in and would be
murdered by the burglar. Even,
when the intruder deliberately
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Nannie's hand. In search (or rings,
the girls apparently slept on. Finally
the tension was too great when
Fisher held a lighted match so close
to Miss Lillian's face that it seemed
her hair would be singed. "Who
are you." cried the girl, as she raised
to a 3itting posture. The burglar
rushed to the open window and leaped
to the ground just as Mr. Lewis entered
the door of his daughters' room,
attracted by their cries. From the
description furnished by the young
women, the police soon arrested
Fisher, who is about twenty years
old. Last year he played with the
Athens, Alabama team.
? Albert T. Patrick, the attorney,
now serving a life sentence in Sing
Sing prison for the murder of William
Marsh Rice, a Texas millionaire, appeared
before the appellate division
of the supreme court in Brooklyn,
New York, yesterday afternoon in his
twenty-fourth attempt to regain his
freedom. The hearing is on a writ
of habeas corpus directed against
Jesse D. Frost, warden of Sing Sing.
Patrick holds that he is legally dead,
and that the prison warden has no
right to keep a corpse at Sing Sing.
In this latest application Patrick presents
certain matters which he forgot
to incorporate in his last previous plea
for liberty when he insisted that Gov.
Hughes had no legal right to com
mute nis sentence 10 nre imprisunment
against his protest. The appellate
division decided against him
in that instance and the appeal will
be argued before the court of appeals
in January. Now the appellant
claims to have discovered that Justice
Dennis O'Brien of the court of
appeals had no authority to issue
the stay that saved his life, and he
wants the appellate division to decide
whether he isn't legally dead and
therefore entitled to his freedom.
Patrick says that the court of appeals
had sentenced him in a certain
week, that Justice O'Brien interfered
while the court was taking a vacation
that the prescribed time for the
execution passed and that the alleged
malfeasance of the warden in not
putting him to death as ordered by
the court allowed him to pass Into
the condition of being physically
alive but legally dead. This is
Patrick's twenty-fourth attempt to
gain his freedom through appeals.
Justice O'Brien signed in July, 1905,
the stay that prevented the execution
of the prisoner. Patrick says
that its authenticity has never been
decided by the courts.
(Thr \|otht'illc <?nquirrr.
Rntertd at the I'fstofflce in Yorkvllle
as Mall Matter of the Second Class
YORKVILLE. S. C.t
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1909.
Congress convenes next Monday.
a dispatch of last Saturday from
Geneva, New York, said that Dr. William
R. Brooks, director of the Smith
university, got a glimpse of Halley's
comet last Saturday during the eclipse.
It is pretty hard to arrive at a sat
iofactory conclusion as to what is best
for this country' to do with Nicaragua.
It is a fact that there is no such thing
as a stable government in that country
and never has been. Americans
who go down there and mix in do so
principally as adventurers. But at the
&ame time it seems that it is a good
idea to make those fellows behave, and
we are more than half inclined to hope
that the American government will undertake
to do this very thing.
J > ikie Ernest Moore of Lancaster,
who is presiding at the fall term of the
circuit court for Ycrk county, now sitting,
is a native of Yorkville, having
been born in the house now occupied
by Mr. J. L. Williams.?Yorkville Enquirer.
Yes, it is true that Judge'
Moore was born in your town, but he
couldn't help himself?his parents
happened to be there on a visit at the
time. Just as soon as he was able to
travel, however, he struck out for the
Garden of Eden, that is to say. for
Lancaster.?Lancaster News.
"Struck out for Lancaster as soon as
he was able to travel." The idea! It
Is a matter of record that he was not
even consulted and he cried about it
nearly all the way. And the first thing
he said officially on opening court last
week, was that he felt especial gratification
in being called upon to preside
over a court in his native county. The
News just don't know what it is talking
about. That's all.
Referring again to the matter of
the publication of the quarterly report
of the disbursements of the county
supervisor, it is proper to say that we
have learned within the past few days,
that the Rock Hill Record was never
even notified that it could have the
privilege of bidding on that $60 job,
if it so desired. There was no notification
so far - - we have been able to
learn, except to The Enquirer and the
Herald. The Record and The Enquirer
are the only papers In the county
that have the facilities for putting the
report In type. The circulation of the
Record and The Herald are about the
same, and the two papers go very
largely to the same people. We believe
the circulation of The Enquirer is
pretty nearly. If not quite as large, as
the combined circulation of the Herald
and the Record, and we are quite
sure that It covers the county more
thoroughly than either or both. It
even covers the territory surrounding
Rock Hill pretty nearly as thoroughly
as either of these papers. Now the
point in this whole thing is this: If
the commissioners were desirous of
giving each of the newspapers of the
county an equal show, we cannot under
stand why the Record was not considered.
If there was a willingness on
the part of others to give the advertising
to the largest number of readers
possible, we cannot understand why
ihere was no acceptance of our proposition
for all the papers to print the
report and divide the $60 pro rata on
a basis of circulation. If the idea was
to get as wide a circulation of the report
as possible for the money available,
we cannot see why the board
made a difference of less than 9 per
cent between the prices proposed by
The Enquirer and the Herald, when the
ainerence in circulation is neany one
hundred per cent.
THE WAR OVER COTTON.
3ulls and Bears Contest Every lmportant
Point.
The cotton market, says a New York
dispatch of Saturday, has resolved itelt
into a speculative duel between
large trade interests who think that
prices are unwarrantably high on the
one Hand and certain powerful New
Orleans. Chicago and Wall street operators,
who support the theory that sup-!
plies are certain to be short and the
consumption large and that prices are
due to be much higher. Liverpool spot
sales have been very small. Manchester
has sent gloomy reports on the condition
of trade, politics in England and
.ndia it is contended may affect British
trade, unfavorably, and if there is any
shortage of crop in America and Egypt,
there will be a much larger yield than
usual in India. Believers in lower prices
conter.d that consumption must be unfavorably
affected by the ruling prices
and that there will be enough cotton
and to spare. Not only are some specnl;itor<4
richtinir thp Mflvnnpp hnt (tnin.
ners at home and abroad are doing the
same thing. For over a month many
spinners have bought but sparingly.
An English estimate of the crop, too,
of 11,250.000 bales was issued on
Thanksgiving Day when the New York
market was closed and the average
guess of the members of the Liverpool
exchange is 11.462,000 bales.
Liverpool keeps selling straddles here
against purchases across the water, on
the theory that the differences between
the two markets are only about half
what they should be. At times there
has been considerable liquidation by
Wall street and western and southern
traders. Now and then it appears that
leading bulls have disposed of some of
their manipulative lines, even if they
have stood by their principal holdings.
The tone has been uncertain and more
or less apprehensive, owing to the
manipulative character of much of the
trading on both sides of the market.
But even on days when liquidation was
heavy it has been remarked that the
cotton on the whole has been well
taken.
The receipts have been steadily decreasing.
Those at the ports at times
have been only about half what they
were on the corresponding days last
year and bullish weekly statistics are
expected by many from now on. One
southern house estimated the crop today
at only 10.200,000 bales, including
2.450.000 bales in Texas and 1,950.000 in
Georgia. The south has sold so much
cotton at high prices that its financial
condition it is argued, enables farmers
to hold cotton hack if they are disposed
to do so. A Baltimore authority puts
the value of this year's cotton crop
with the seed at between $900,000,000
and $1,000,000,000. That would be the
most profitable crop on record, and
would have a distinctly favorable effect
on the finances not only of the south,
hut of the nation.
A rumor has been current that 10,000
bales of the local stock would be shipped
to France. Bulls, It is said, will
meet efforts to bring cotton here on
the part of their opponents with equally
determined efforts to dispose of
the New York stock In Europe. James
A Patten in an interview with newspapers
here expresses himself as very
bullish on the outlook, partly owing to
the presence of boll weevil in the south
and also for the reason that he considers
cotton in the position that wheat
was a year ago.
MERE-MENTION.
Howard Little, charged with the
murder of six persons at Hurley, Va.,
was convicted at Grundy on Saturday
morning, after the Jury had been out
all night. Little was sentenced to be
electrocuted at Richmond on January
7th Two children were probably
fatally injured at Quitman, Ga., Saturday
night by the explosion of a gasoline
stove in the tent of a party of
traveling preachers Wm. McKay,
the 15-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., boy,
who assisted Earle Bullock to rob the
state bank at Eudora, Kan., on November
11, has been paroled by the juvenile
court at Lawrence, Kan
Wm. Jones, charged with assaulting a
white woman near McAlister, Okla.,
wa3 on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment.
His victim identified him
in jail and attempted to kill him with
a pistol Henry Rachel, a negro,
was lynched at West Shreveport, La.,
Saturday afternoon, two hours after
he had attempted a criminal assault
on a 7-year-old girl Mrs. John
Duffy of Carbondale, Pa., on Friday
gave birth to her twenty-fourth child.
There are nine girls and fifteen boys,
all living Phil Allen, 65 years
old, former vice president of a national
bank at Mineral Point, Wis., pleaded
guilty of embezzlement Friday and was
sentenced to serve ten years in prison.
He got away with $168,000 The
mummified remains of Rameses, an
Egyptian king of 3,000 years ago, arrived
at Eoston on Friday Several
olnncrhlcr
uppilUitllUHS iu Oiaunoii oiaugiuvi
houses for dogs for human food, have
been received by the health authorities
of Paris during the past week
Harold Perkins, 16 years old, of Dos
Moines, la., hanged himself Friday, because
his aunt refused him permission
to attend a football game Twenty-six
prisoners, many of them mur-1
derers, made their escape from the
penitentiary at Tehaurtepec, Mexico,
Friday, by tunneling under the walls.
The internal revenue department
estimates that the next revenue of the
income tax on corporations will total
approximately $25,000,000 and that a
total of 122,000 corporations are liable
for the tax A cablegram from
Tokio tell3 of a mine explosion in the
province of Fukuoka, Japan, in which
fifteen miners are known to be dead
and 228 entombed About 3,000 girls,
strike-breakers and sympathizers in
the shirtwaist-makers' strike, engaged
in a free-for-all fight in New York on
Friday afternoon J. H. Lowry, a
street car conductor of Memphis.
Tenn., shot two negroes to death Friday,
in a dispute over a 5-cent fare....
Mrs. Charles Daniels and her 16-yearold
daughter, were shot to death by a
sheriff's posse in Pike county, Ky.,
Thursday afternoon. The two women
wore trviner to hold the posse off while
the father and a son made their escape
by a rear door. The men are wanted
for a feud killing Four towns on
Toneriffe islrr.d, of the Canary group,
are doomed to destruction by the flow
of lava that is coming from the craters
of six volcanoes.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The state convention of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, meets
in Newberry today for a four days'
session.
? Daniel E. Motley, wanted at Lake
City on the charge of embezzling $10,000
of the funds of the Lake City Trust
company, was arrested at Woodtown,
N. J., Saturday, where he was employed
by a negro farmer. Motley admitted
his identity and said he was glad
to be caught.
? Thos. J. Craft and Thomas Whittle,
two white prisoners, made their escape
from the Lexington county jail early
Friday morning by sawing the lock
from an iron-barred window. Craft
was under life sentence and was awaiting
the result of an appeal to the supreme
court for a new trial.
? Chester, November 26: But one
hunting accident has been reported
from yesterday in the field. Holmes
Robinson, son of Mr. George W. Robinson,
a farmer living on R. F. D. 3,
was painfully shot in the hip by Dudley
Burns, a colored companion, but
his wound while very painful will not
necessarily prove serious. The negro
was in the rear of the white boy, when
in some manner his gun was discharged,
the load entering young Roblhson's
hip.
? Chester, November 27: R. L Cunningham,
who is Chester county agent
and superintendent of farm demonstration
work under control of Dr.
Seaman A. Knapp of the department of
agriculture, is receiving reports from
those farmers of this county who engaged
in this good work this year. The
report3 without exception, show en-1
couraging results: as a rule, the yield
of corn is about double, sometimes
greater, on the places worked under
the direction of Dr. Knapp, compared
with adjacent land not thus worked.
? Mr. T. C. Duncan, former mill
magnate at Union, was up in the police
court there last Friday for assaulting
Mayor Wagnon. Mr. Duncan atacked
Mr. Wagnon at the latter's grocery
store because of a dispute about a
proposed sewer extension to Mr. Duncan's
place. The extension proposition
had been up in council and the work
was to be done In a short time, but Mr.
Duncan became Impatient at the delay,
and when he called upon the mayor
and threatened that if the sewer was
not laid in two weeks he would refuse
to pay taxes, the mayor said: "Mr.
Duncan, you talk like a fool." The
mayor was sitting at his desk with his
feet up. Mr. Duncan swore at him and
began pummeling him with his fists.
The mayor did some good kicking while
he was warding off Mr. Duncan's blows,
and soon the men were parted without
either having gotten much punishment.
They promptly shook hands, Mr. Duncan
apologizing and the mayor disclaiming
any ill feeling toward Mr.
Duncan. He told the ex-mill magnate,
however, that both would have to an
swer in the police court.
? Columbia. November 27: Tile Carolina,
Clinchfield and Ohio railway will
not be chartered under the domestication
act of 1909. After several hours'
debate the judiciary of this state,
which includes the supreme court justices
and the circuit judges, tonight declared
the act unconstitutional by refusing
the writ of mandamus. Thus
is ended the legal battle that first saw
the light during the past summer when
Attorney General Lyon gave his opinion
that the act was in violation of the
constitution. The charter was refused
by Secretary of State McCown, and
this action is now upheld by the court
sitting en banc. The opinion declaring
the act unconstitutional is by Justice
Kugene J. Gary, and is concurred in by
Justices D. E. H-ydrick, who writes a
separate opinion, and C*. A. Woods, and
circuit Judges Ernest Gary, J. C.
Klugh, Geo. W. Gage, C. G. Dantzler,
Jno. S. Wilson, J. W. Devore and R. W.
Watts. The dissenting opinion by
Chief Justice Ira B. Jones is concurred
in by Circuit Judges George E. Prince,
R. W. Memminger, who writes separate
opinion, Robert Aldrich and S. W.
G. Shipp.
? Awards of $4,000 in cash nrizes in
the Atlanta Journal-New York Herald
national highway good roads competition
were announced simultaneously
by the two papers Sunday morning.
The awards are divided into three
groups as follows: Atlanta Journal,
for counties south of Roanoke, Virginia?First,
$1,000, Guilford county,
North Carolina; second, $500, Spartanburg
county. South Carolina; third,
$250, Henry county, Virginia. New
York Herald prizes for counties north
of Roanoke, Va.?First, $1,000, Mercer
county. New Jersey: second, $500. Jefferson
county, West Virginia; third,
$250, Rockbridge county, Virginia.
Southern Bell Telephone county prizes,
for counties south of Virginia-North
Carolina line?First. $250. Greenville
emmtv. South Carolina: second. $150,
Bessemer City township, North Carolina;
third. $100, DeKalb county, Georgia.
In making their awards the
judges took into consideration the following
conditions: Alignment of roads,
grading, width of roadway between
ditches, width of roadwav surfacing;
slope of shoulders, condition of ditches
and general appearance of roadsides.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
John J. Hunter, County Auditor?Publishes
Information In regard to tax
returns for the Information of the
public, and also a schedule of places
he will attend for listing property.
Loan and Savings Bank?Wants you to
know that the size of your account
will make no difference in the good
service it renders to depositors.
Safety deposit boxes for rent.
W. R. Carroll?Wants at once, fifty
head of thin cattle for feeders. Will
pay market price.
J. L. Williams & Co.?Talk about special
bargains for December in Men's
pants, heavy shoes, domestics, underwear,
heavy goods, etc.
Geo. W. S. Hart, Atty for Petitioners?
Publishes a notice to show cause in
case of Jane E. Templeton, et al.,
plaintiffs, vs. Wm. A. Templeton, et
al.. defendants.
Yorkvllle B. & M. Co.?Again call
special attention to Its closing-outto-qult
sale, which continues until
December 24th.
York Drug Store?Has a foreword in
regard to its big line of holiday
goods, which it will have ready for
display in a few davs.
Herndon & Gordon?Give list of articles
that are needed every day by the
average family, and especially newly
married folks.
R. H. Jackson. Rock Hill?Has two
well finished, brick store rooms for
rent at Hickory Grove.
Thomson Co.?Is showing a superb line
of ladies' furs for early holldav shoppers.
and talk about wool blankets,
comforts, hosiery, domestics, etc.
Ches. M. Stieff. Charlotte?Explains
what is in a name when the name
refers to pianos, and especially when
the name refers to Stieff instruments.
See fourth page.
The store3 are now filled with
Christmas goods and wise people will
"shop early." That !s the way to get
he choice or wnat is Deing orrerea.
Change in the Federal statute as to
the shipping of whisky Into prohibition
territory merely means that after January
1 next, every man who orders liquor
must pay for It In advance, and
that the express company must deliver
it to him alone. A man must not order
liquor in the name of another, or in an
assumed name. In all cases liquor
must be delivered to the consignee to
whom it is directed.
"The Story of My Life Work," is
the title of a unique little pamphlet that
has just been received by The Enquirer.
The author is James Stanhope
Love cf Filbert No. 1, known to the
readers of the Gaffney Ledger as "Ben
Hope," and the story though simple
and plain is one that is well calculated
to appeal to the sympathies and the
better feelings of readers who are possessed
of health and strength and who
have had no personal experience with
affliction. Ben Hope has been a cripple
from infancy and has never walked.
V?*v riot err\ tr\ co hnnl
VJL t'UUI ac, lie twuiu 1IUV vv uvvw.
like other children, but In spite of this
drawback, through the patient efforts
of a loving mother, he le?,rned to read
and write, and with the help of
books and papers that have been furnished
him from time to time by
friends, his otherwise circumscribed
world has been very much enlarged.
The pamphlet referred to tells all this
in a way; but there is no complaint in
any of its pages. On the contrary,
there runs through it all convincing
evidence of patient hope and faith that
i3 indeed impressive. The price of the
little pamphlet Is not stated, in or on
It; but any one who desires a copy can
no doubt receive it, by sending the
young man 25 cents. There is more
than 25 cents of value In it to any
one who will read and study the pages
with a view to getting the full benefit
of the lesson to be derived, and no one
who sends the price Indicated is likely
to regret the investment.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? At a meeting held last Saturday,
the directors of the Tavora cotton mill
elected Mr. B. N. Moore president, vice
Mr. W. Brown Wylie, deceased.
? Mrs. Laura E. Parish, writes from
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Aiiania, mm sue win uc m ivm>n<v
next salesday, and that It la her purpose
to certainly sell her Westerlelgh
tracts to the highest bidder. This land
Is quite valuable and very desirable.
? The fire alarm was sounded last
Sunday afternoon as the result of a
blaze on the roof of the residence of
Mrs. Nannie Allison on King's Mountain
3treet. The fire department answered
promptly, but the flames had
already been extinguished by the application
of a few buckets of water.
The loss was small and is covered by
insurance.
HOW MUCH COTTON.
If The Enquirer were called upon to
state how much cotton there is in the
hands of the farmers of York county,
it would recognize that it was up
mrainst a difficult DroDOsltion, for the
information could only be obtained by
a careful, pains-taking canvass of the
whole county, and even that would
leave a great deal for guess work. The
reporter had a talk with a local cotton
dialer on the subject a few days ago,
and gives the ideas developed as follows:
"How much cotton is there in the
county now?'' was asked.
"That is something I have been trying
to arrive at for a good while and
to tell you the truth, I do not know."
"What does the whole crop amount
to?"
"Last year's crop was 44,000 bales,
and from the best estimates I can
make, based on reports from individual
farmers as to how much each has
made compared with last year, I do
not think that this year's crop will
amount to more than 28,000 or 30,000
bales."
"And you have no Idea now mucn
remains unsold?"
"Only this. It seems to be a general
rule that those who have always held
cotton heretofore are holding again
this year as usual. Some have sold a
few bales each; but most of the others
have sold none. I cannot say how much
cotton was in the county last year; but
I estimate that there is fully two-thirds
as much this year as there was last
year."
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
The court of common pleas, which
i ?
was opened as usuai on weuueauajr
of last week, began work on Calendar
1, yesterday morning, after organizing
the second week jurors.
Upon the call of the clerk, the second
week jurors were present or accounted
for as follows:
W. W. Burr, J. M. Costner, S. M.
Caldwell, J. C. Cauthen, W. M. Campbell,
Qulnn Wallace, R. S. Adams, W.
C. Gauldin, J. L. Whiteside, J. J. Sistar,
M. F. Jones. W. C. Cornwell, J. S.
Vonnotlir W C" Rnhinsnn D. A. Uee.
Blrt Nevins, J. Meek Burns, J. M.
Lindsay, R. \V. Bailes, J. T. McKnight,
W. R. Rogers, J. S. Plexico, R. B.
Whitesides, D. N. Gaston, Boyce Bennett.
J. L. Brandon, E. L. Ford, S. A.
Robinson, S. H. Epps, C. E. Armstrong,
R. D. Hope, W. W. Dickson, J. D. Nelson.
Paul D. Paris, D. W. Davis, E. J.
Bell.
Messrs. W. C. Cornwell, D. N. Gaston
and E. J. Bell were excused.
The first case taken up was that of
R. A. Bratton, executor, vs. the Catawba
Power company, a suit for $20,000,
because of alleged damages to the
plaintiff's plantation of about one thousand
acres, because of the building of
the dam of the power company. This
case has been pending for several
vears. and some features of it have
been up to the supreme court; but this
is the first time It has been before a
jury. It Is a case of considerable
length, and after the Jury were empaneled,
the balance of the Jurors were
excused until Wednesday morning; but
there Is a probability that the case may
not be concluded before Thursday.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Louise Guy of Lowryvllle, Is
visiting Miss Bessie Begram.
Miss Pauline Lindsay of Rock Hill,
is the guest of Miss Mary Starr In
Yorkville.
Mrs. W. G. White and Mrs. J. J.
Hunter of Yorkville, are attending the
U. D. C. conference at Newberry.
Miss Nell Schorb of Spartanburg,
spent Saturday and Sunday in Yorkville
with Mr. Geo. T. Schorb.'s family.
Mrs. Frank Tiddy returned to her
home at Shelby, N. C., Sunday, after
a visit to relatives and friends in Yorkville.
Mr. R. C. Bollck, of Ridgeway, has
taken a position with the Yorkville
Banking and Mercantile Co., as bookkeeper.
Mrs. R. C. Alleln of Yorkville, and
Deaconess Wilde of the Church Home
Orphanage, left this morning for
Greenwood.
Mr. W. W. Jenkins, Jr., returned to
WolTord college yesterday, after a visit
of several days to Mr. W. W. Jenkin's
family.
Rev. J. L. Oates is still confined to
his home with mumps. First one aide
of his throat was affected, and now it
is the other side. He is having a real
good case.
Mrs. H. H. Crosland and son, Master
Herbert, left this morning for their
home in Bennettsville, after spending
three weeks in Yorkville with Mrs.
Crosland's parents.
Mr. W. C. Erwin, who has been
with the Yorkville Banking and Mercantile
Co. for the past year as bookkeeper,
left last week to take a position
In Rion. S. C.
Mrs. J. T. Leeper of Belmont, N. C.,
Mrs. Allen Armstrong: of Qastonla, N.
C., and Miss Bessie Armstrong: of the
Point section, visited Mr. L. W. Louthlan's
family last week.
Mr. John B. Plaxco returned last
week from Bartow, Fla., where he attended
the annual meeting of the Associate
Reformed synod. He reports
quite a delightful time down in Florida.
Mr. Jos. A. Smith of the Cotton Belt
neighborhood, who has been unwell for
quite a while, was in Yorkvllle last
Saturday, and his many friends were
glad to have the pleasure of shaking
hands with him again.
The condition of Mr. Joseph F. Wal
lace, who has been confined to his
home for some weeks, shows signs of
slow improvement. Mr. Wallace is
able to sit up and is always glad to see
his friends when they call.
Mrs. L. B. Tate, a missionary from
Chunju, Korea, Is spending several
days this week In Yorkvllle, and will
make an address this afternoon In
the First Fresbyterian church.
f Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore and
daughter, little Miss Caroline Brevard
of Charlotte, N. C., spent Saturdayday
and Sunday with Mrs. S. R.
Moore and Mrs. Thos. F. McDow In
Yorkvllle.
Hickory Grove, November 26: On last
Thursday, about thirty-five invited
guests gathered at the hospitable home
of Mr. H. H. Sherrer, to participate in
a Thanksgiving celebration. The dinner,
consisting of four courses, was
not only an abundant one, but a most
elaborate one, and was prepared and
served In a manner and style that was
faultless. Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. M. P. Farris and children, Lee
and Hugh Bryson of Bethany; Mrs.
Macye Robinson and son, Hugh Egger,
of Sharon; Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Sherrer and children, Albert, Earle and
Pressly; also Mr, Patrick Reed of Gastonia,
N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Dowdle
and little son, Hugh John, of Hickory
Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Luther Sherrer,
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Sherrer and
children, Leila, MofTett, iva and tiugn;
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Sherrer and children.
Elizabeth and Haskell, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Cranford, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Plexico, and children, Joe Marion and
Lamar.
Statesvllle, N. C., special of November
27, to the Columbia State: One of
the prettiest marriages of the season
occurred Wednesday evening about 8
o'clock at the attractive country home
of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Sharpe, east
of town, when their daughter, Florence,
became the bride of Robert L. Jenkins
of Norfolk, Va. The ceremony
" Oi norfnrmcfl hv Rev. J. H'. PreSSly.
the pastor of the bride, In the presence
of a limited number of relatives and
Intimate friends, the event having been
planned as a quiet affair. The marriage
was pretty in its simplicity, the ceremony
being very impressive. The bride
wore a blue traveling suit. The decorations
were elaborate and the entire
interior of the spacious home was a
pleasing scene of beauty. The bride
is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sharpe and is an unusually handsome
and charming young woman, who is a
favorite with her friends. Mr. Jenkins
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Jenkins
of Yorkvllle, S. C., but has for the
past few years made his home at Norfolk,
Va., where he has a responsible
position with the Royster Guano
company. He has visited in Statesvijle
a number of times and has made warm
friends here. He and his bride became
acquainted while both were in college
at Due West, a few years ago. The
popularity of the couple was attested
in a material way by the number of
valuable and beautiful wedding gifts
received. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins left on
the 10.20 train for Hickory, where they
spent the night, leaving yesterday
morning for an extended northern trip,
after which they will be at home in
Norfork. Among those from a distance
in attendance at the marriage
were Mrs. J. Y. Miller of Gastonia, this
state, and Messrs. L. W. Jenkins of
Spartanburg, J. A. Jenkins of Rock
Hill, S. C., sister and brothers of the
groom; and Capt. T. A. Mott of Hickory,
N. C., uncle of the groom.
GENERAL SESSIONS.
11 TKn ITnrinlpot*
v\ nen ine ia.?i issue ui mc u..Mu..v.
wont to press, the court of general sessions
was still hard at work on the
criminal calendar, and a jury was out
on the case of Burrls Garrison, charged
with murder. After considering the
case for several hours, the Jury found
itself hopelessly unable to agree, and
the court ordered a mistrial. 1
The next case was that of the State
vs. M. W. Haffner, John Haffner, S. E. >
Haffner and Jim Crosby, charged with 1
the larceny of a lot of cotton from the
field. The case took up all of Friday
afternoon and the speeches were not
concluded until Saturday morning. At
the conclusion of the State's testimony,
the solicitor consented to a verdict of
not guilty as to John Haffner and Jim
Cro3by. The Jury took the papers as
to the others and returned with a verdict
of not guilty.
Practically all of Saturday was taken
up in the trial of the case of the
State against John L. Ashe, charged
with breach of trust with fraudulent
Intent This case was a rather unusual
one In several particulars, and
not the least unusual feature of it
was that it resulted in a verdict of
guilty, notwithstanding the fact that
it was clearly made to appear that the
prosecution had its inception in an effort
to collect an account
The State showed that the defendant
had bought a lot of fertilizers, amounting
to about $1,100 from the Planters'
Fertilizer and Phosphate company. A
portion of the fertilizers was for the
use of the defendant, and the balance
was sold to other parties. In accordance
with the terms of a contract between
the parties, the defendant gave
his note for the whole amount purchased,
and taking the notes of his
customers for the amount sold to them,
turned the notes of the customers over
to the fertilizer company as collateral
security for his own note. When the
notes of the customers were due, the
fertilizer company sent them to Ashe
for collection. He collected the notes,
and in due time paid to the fertilizer
company an amount equal to their aggregate
value; but there was still a
balance due on nis own note, ana tne
fertilizer company having evidence
that the defendant had used the proceeds
from the collateral notes for his
own purposes, prosecuted him criminally,
in order, It was alleged, to ccmpel
the payment of the other money.
According to the testimony, a representative
of the company went to Ashe
in the fall of 1908, for a settlement
Ashe admitted that he had collected the
money on the collateral notes and had
used it for his own purposes. He asserted
his Intention to pay, said he had
thirteen bales of cotton ginned, and
about twenty-five more in the seed to
gin, but his gin was broken down. He
offered to give up the thirteen bales
then and there, and the balance as rapidly
as he could gin it. The agent of
the phosphate company agreed to that
arrangement and twelve bales of cotton
were hauled to the s ation in three
loads, the agent of the fertilizer company
left the other bale because he did
not deem it necessary to make another
load for It; but the understanding was
that the balance of the cotton should
be forthcoming at once. This was early
in last January. At this time, Ashe
represented to the fertilizer man that
he having repaid the amount represented
by the collateral notes, the fertilizer
company should be willing to
watt on him for the balance. Shortly
afterward, he was arrested on a warrant
charging him as he was afterward
indicted and at the same time suit was
entered against him for the balance
due on his own note.
There was not a great deal of dispute
as to the facta In the case; but
when Ashe went on the stand to testify
in his own defense, the State made
an aggressive attack on his character,
quite a number of witnesses swearing
that they would not believe him on
oath.
In the argument the uttorneys for
uie ueiense neiu uuli were wee uu
breach of trust; that while the defendants
had used the proceeds of the notes
entrusted to him for collection for his
own purposes, he had done it in the
ordinary course of business, with the
full Intention of paying all he owed;
that he had actually paid all that was
represented by the trust notes; that
the balance due was his own note;
that his character did not enter into
the matter at all; that the whole proceeding
was merely in the nature of
an effort to use the criminal side of
the court to collect a debt that could
be properly enforced only on the civil
side of the court.
The prosecution strongly emphasized
the testimony that had been given
against th? defendant's character and
drew from that testimony presumptions
as to intent; but still greater stress
was laid upon the necessity of strength
cuing unu u^iiuiuuig tuc pi iiikipic wi
commercial integrity. It was argued
that a man's intentions can but be
judged by his acts; that this defendant
had no right whatever to mix these
trust funds with his own funds; that
the proceeds of each note should have
been sent in as such, and part of the
money was received and on no account
did the defendant have a right
to divert the money to his own purposes.
The prosecution stressed the
point also that after a breach of trust
had been committed, the subsequent
refunding of the amount that had been
stolen for the time being would not
make it good.
The Jury, after remaining out about
half an hour, returned with a verdict
of guilty. The court overruled a motion
for a new trial and sentenced the
defendant to six months In the county
Jail. Upon notice of appeal, the defendant
was released on a bond of
$1,000.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Magistrate For Bethel.
Mr. Horace E. Johnson who received
the endorsement of the voters for the
position in the recent primary has been
commissioned as magistrate In Bethel
township of York oounty, Mr. Johnson
has held the position before, and Is well
qualified by both knowledge and experience.
Mr. H. i* Johnson Is acting
as his constable,
To Re-Asses* Real Estate.
Auditor Hunter is giving notice today
of the opening of his books on January
1, for the purpose of taking returns
of property for taxation In 1910.
The quadrennial reassessment of the
real property of the county will be made
next year. The most striking feature
of the notice published today is the increased
number of special school districts.
There are more of these special
->cliool districts now than there has ever
been before.
Rock Hill vs. Yorkville.
Rock Hill Record: Fighting gamely,
the Rock Hill eleven went down in defeat
on Thanksgiving Day by the score
of 10 to 0 in favor of Yorkville. In the
first half Yorkville had things all their
own way, their heavy back plunging
through Rock Hill's light line, and
protected by good interference, made
long gains around the ends. In the
second half Rock Hill rallied on a fake
kick formation. Browne, A. made two
forward passes for forty yards and a
little later an outside kick for fifteen
yards. With the ball on Yorkville's
fifteen-yard line, Boyce attempted a
?oal from the field, but failed. Browne,
H. and Maaaey starred for Rock Hill
ind Allein and Wltherspoon for Yorkirille.
Arrested For Murder.
Constables S. N. Johnson and J. L.
Sanders, arrested another negro murderer
In Bethel township yesterday
morning-. The fellow's name is Cull
Barrett, and he Is wanted for killing
one, Charlie McNeely in Union, county,
N. C., In December 1903. He admits
that he is the party wanted. The negro
was spotted by Mr. Hi L#. Johnson,
who also brought about the arrest of
the negro who was picked up in Yorkvllle
last week.
Death of Mra. C. W. Whisonant.
Mrs. J. P. White of Yorkville, was
called to Wilklnsville last Saturday on
account of the death of her mother,
Mrs. C. W. Whlsonant, who passed
away on Saturday moaning after a long
and tedious illness. Mrs. Whlsonant
was 63 years of age, and besides her
husband, leaves several children, among
them, Mrs. White, Mrs. Jos. I). Durham
of Columbia; and Miss Grace Whlsonant,
the latter a former teacher in
the Yorkville Graded school. The funeral
took place at Salem church on
yesterday.
Negro Stabbing Affray.
Rock Hill special of November 28,
to the Charlote Observer: A well known
negro of this place, Julian Steele, better
known as "Dummy," as he has been
unable to talk for a number of years
on account of a severe spell of sickness,
was severely stabbed by another
negro named Sam Massey last evening
about < o clock, near the Highland Park
oil mill, "Dummy" was cut In the
back of the neck and It la said one
of the arteries was cut. He received
medical attention right away and Is
reported to be getting along very well
today. Massey was taken In charge by
the police. It is said that Massey stabbed
the other negro about a board bill
that was duo.
Bouquet For Constable Sanders.
Yorkvllle correspondence of Charlotte
Observer: Mr. James L. Sanders
of this place holds a commission
as special feonstable for York county,
his special work being that of suppressing
the illicit sale of whisky and
looking after that species of gambling
peculiar to the crs.p-shooter and cardplayers.
During the present session
of the court of general sessions he has
secured nine convictions for whisky
selling, out of nine prisoners so far
tried, and yet has several cases to be
disposed of. During the present year
about 13,000 has been paid in cash fines
by violators of the laws brought to book
by this one officer, to say nothing of
u lar^e numoer wno nave aune lime on
the chaingang. Mr. Sanders' total cost
to the taxpayers, including: salary and
expenses for the year, will not exceed
$1,600. The county has never made a
better Investment from a moral or financial
view point than the employment
of this officer, and it is safe to
say that if all the other counties of
the state had one or more officers as
capable and fearless as Jim Sanders,
little or nothing: would be heard of
the time-worn slogan that "prohibition
does not prohibit."
Prepare to Fight.
About twenty-five York county holders
of policies in a Spartanburg fire
insurance company that was discredited
by Insurance Commissioner McMaster,
met in Yorkvllle yesterday for
the purpose of making arrangemenu
to defend a suit that has been entered
against them. The Insurance company
Is run on an assessment basis.
aicmaaier naa receivea many complaints
about it, and an investigation
by him satisfied him that the company
was not solvent He published the
fact Some of the York county policy
holders sent in their policies at once
and paid up all past due assessments.
Others, assuming that they had not
been insured at all, and would not have
gotten their money had they sustained
a fire loss Just quit paying. In the
meantime, the insurance company continued
to make assessments, and
threaten suit in the event the assessments
were not paid. The meeting
yesterday was for the purpose of employing
an attorney to look into the
matter, file an answer to the complaint,
and resist the suit. It is believed by
many that the insurance company will
noi press tne suit; dui anyway tne
policy holders are now prepared for
eventualities.
A Satisfactory Eclipse.
The eclipse of the moon took place
last Friday night; but not exactly on
schedule. The understanding was that
it was to commence shortly before 12,
but It did not begin operations until
two hours later. Quite a number of
people sat up during the greater part
of Friday night, to witness the interesting
phenomenon, and these, of
course, included some of the best
astronomers among the young couples.
Of course, many of these saw It all.
The eclipse commenced at 2.11 Saturday
morning, reached totality at a
quarter past 3, and wad not entirely
over until nearly 6. Previous to the
entrance of the earth's penumbra, or
outer secondary shadows and even for
a short time thereafter, the satellite
was as bright and beautiful as could be
imagined, being at the full, as it always
is when it undergoes a totality
of eclipse. Almost the very moment
in which it was hurled into the outer
edges of the earth's long conical shadow,
which extends far into space 618,000
miles beyond the interfering m on,
the change was noticeable here and
from that time on the darkness, beginning
at the upper extreme, steadily
crept over the surface of the dead
planet, until between 3 and 4 o'clock
practically all was obscured, though
yet visible. The entire moon was burled
-in the center of the shadow, but It
is true more often than otherwise that
that body remains yet faintly visible.
This is supposed to be caused by the
light refracted through the earth's atmn.inhprc
all around the sunrise and
sunset line. The atmosphere, absorbing
nearly all the bluish rays, allows
the reddish to pass through and the
result Is the tint of faint reddish brown
or copper color imparted to the earth's
companion of the ages. Had very
cloudy weather prevailed around the
earth's sunrise and sunset line at the
time the moon might have disappeared
so completely as to be almost Invisible
through telescopes. Had conditions
been contrariwise, the eclipsed body
might have been so bright as to render
the phenomenon hardly perceptible.
Fortunately for the spectacle, neither
extreme of atmospheric condition was
manifested this time. The night became
quite as dark as it is when the
moon is entirely lost to this hemisphere
of the globe.
Increase of Federal Employes?The
personnel of Uncle Sam's establishment
is increasing by leaps and
bounds, the grand total of all Federal
omninvpa at nresent beine aDDroxl
mately 370,065 as against 306,141 in
1907, an increase in the two years of
about 64,000 persons, or about twenty
per cent.
These and other interesting facts
are brought out in the official register,
or government's "blue book" for
1909, which shortly will be issued.
The new publication will show that
there were 28,947 persons in the Federal
employ in Washington on July
1 last, the annual pay roll for them
being 331,541,225 an average of
nearly $1,100 each. The total will
be temporarily swollen next year by
the addition of about 3,000 persons
to the clerical force of the census
bureau, adding nearly $5,000,000 in
salaries during the year or more of
their employment. The treasury department
with 6,996 persons takes
the lead of all the government departments
in Washington in the number
of employes, while the executive
office ends the list with only fortythree
employes.
? Havana, Nov. 28: Not since the
downfall of the administration of
President Palma has the political atmosphere
of Cuba been more obscure
and more laden with suggestions
of trouble than it is at the present
time. The re-established republic
is scarcely nine months old and
already rumors have become persistent
that some way is being sought to
secure the retirement of President
Comes, either by persuasion or by ft
compulsion, and place Vice President
Zayas at the head of the nation.
When General Gomez received the
post of Chief Magistrate at the hands
of Governor Magoon the followers of
Vice President Zayas stood shoulder
to shoulder with those of the president,
and even the conservative opposition,
which had sustained the
banner of General Menocal In the
campaign of the previous summer,
lent him their loyal support, In the
determination to give the new administration
a fair trial. That they
regard the trial as a failure is evidenced
by their manifesto Issued
shortly before the reconvening of
congress, In which they declared their ' m
Intention of beginning an active cam- ' ^
paign against the administration.
Probably the most serious condition
that the president Is now facing is
that resulting from the continued
failure of efforts to effect a complete N
fusion between his partisans and
those of Vice President Zayas. Another
disquieting feature of the situation
is the renewal of agitation for
the formation of a negro party.
Steps preliminary to organization
were taken at a meeting of colored
men In the province of Oriente. For
some weeks past Havana has been
the mecca for local colored leaders
from all sections of the island, who
have come to confer with Senator
Morua del Gado, president of the
senate and acknowledged leader of
his race, In whose honor a great demonstration
was recently held In Havana.
The grievance of the negroes
Is that they have not been accorded
the number of offices to which thev
feel hct they are entitled.
? New York, November 27: Dr.
Frederick A. Cook 1* reported to have
suffered a nervous breakdown and nis
condition Is such that not even his
closest personal friends are permitted
to see him. The work of preparing and
annotating the records by which he expects
to prove that he discovered the *
north pole Is said to be responsible for
his condition. He came into the city
on Wednesday afternoon from a suburban
hotel, where he had been at work
for several weeks and consulted specialists.
His condition was reported
to be such that he was hurried to the \|
home of a friend in this city, where he
has since remained in seclusion. An
attorney representing Dr. Cook announced
today that the sailing of Walter
Lonsdale, Cook's secretary on the
steamship United States, with a large
portfolio was a subterfuge, and that
Dr. Cook's data really started for the
University of Copenhagen several days
ago on a much faster steamer. '"The ?^
portfolio which Mr. Lonsdale carried
was only a dummy to trap the conanlrotnpa
tnhn hova .% mrnru
up?*MVVt w ?? ? V I V0VI ?VU W V*/
means to gain possession of Dr. Cook's
data," said the explorer's attorney.
"I am convinced that an effort will be
made to rob him of the package which
he has in his possession before the ^"
steamship reaches the other side." m
Persons in Dr. Cook's confidence declare
that his detectives learned that
two men and a woman took passage
on the United States to gain possession
of the data which they believed
Mr. Lonsdale would carry to Copenhagen.
It is said that Dr. Cook received
a letter several days ago from a
scientist informing him tnat an effort
would be made to obtain the records.
AT THE CHURCHE8.
PRESBYTERIAN.
There will be prayer meeting on ^
Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock.
METHODIST.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 7 o'clock.
BAPTIST. '. ?
There will be prayer meeting on
Wednesday afternoon at 3. SO o'clock.
. Spfrfat Uoticfs.
At 8hady Grove.
There will be preaching at the new
Mefhnrilot phnmh nt ShoHv (lrnv* na*t \
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. \
Hickory Grove and Smyrna. 1
' There will be congregational meet- *
ings at Hickory Grove and Smyrna A. M|
R. P. churches, next Sabbath, immediately
after Sabbath school, for the
purpose of electing a pastor.
Congregational Moating.
There will be a congregational meeting
at Ramah next Saturday afternoon,
December 4, at 2 o'clock, for the purpose
of deciding the building question.
A full attendance is desired.
T. A. Brown, Clerk of Session.
HYMENEAL.
Married?By Rev. s. D. Bailey, at.
the home of the bride's father, Mr. B.. ^
Hill, on November 24, Miss NANNIE} ~
HILL and Mr. H. N. ALEXANDER.
art.. -ia . ? y*> l.i
oi-ne mouon ^inrnfi.
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Yorkvllle, November 30?Cotton 14|?
New York Market
New York, Nov. 29.?Spot closed
quiet, 20 points lower; middling' up~
lands 14.55; middling gulf 14.80; sales
none. Futures opened steady and clos- '
ed barely steady as follows Nov. 14.15;
December 14.20; Jan. 14.35; Feb. 14.46;
March 14.66; April 14.69; May 14.81;
June 14.68; July 14.77; Aug. 14.08; Sept
12.95; Oct 12.53.
New York, Nov. 29.?With the bull
lenders maintaining their passive atti- *
tude, and outside buying restricted by
the approaching government reports,
the cotton market ruled easier today
under scattering liquidation and bear
pressure encouraged by unfavorable
crop accounts from abroad and the failure
of recent small crop estimates to
stimulate demand. The close was
barely steady at a net decline of 5 to
20 points.
The market opened steady at an advance
of 3 to 8 points but this was not
a full response to strong cables, and
the declining tendency soon developed.
The circulation of December noticed
caused some liquidation of near
months; the crop estimate of a prominent
New Orleans authority, placing
the growth at 10,625,000 bales exclusive ^
of linters, was probably a disappointment
to some recent buyers of late
positions. At any rate offerings were
rather general while there seemed to
be little support, and bears became
more confident as they saw the market -#
gradually yielding to pressure. Rumora ijp
that cotton was coming back from
Liverpool and that a large Lancashiremill
wa? to shut down, added to the
depression during the afternoon In spite
of the bullish showing of the day's
statistics while stop loss orders were
uncovered on the decline to a net loss
of about 18 to 20 points on active
months. The close was within 2 or 3
points of the lowest. The average estimate
of Memphis cotton exchange
members published during the day was jB
10,749,000 bales, but had no appreciable
effect on the market. Southern
spot markets officially reported early
were unchanged to lc lower. Exports
for the day exceeded receipts at the
ports by about 60,000 bales. Arrivals
of cotton are expected here from Liverpool
before the end of the week as
well as further shipments from the
south, but New York reported a little
cotton today, and some of the local
spot men doubt whether the stock here
M'jn ovcpflii 1 Ri) Ann h?l?? hv the end
of the year.
Receipts of cotton at the porta today
36,242 bales, against 32,842 last
week, and 101,208 last year. For the
week 220.000 bales against 207,035 last
week and 463,357 last year. Today's
receipts at New Orleans 4,427 bales j
against 33,568 last year.
SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
I WILL sell at auction on THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 2D. all of my
Household and Kitchen Furniture for
Cash, to the highest bidders. Sale at *
10 a. m. R. H. FOSTER. Filbert, No. 1.
95 ft. 2t*