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i lfr» J n Graham Ocl 1 M U V I) No 4 liken llrrntiiet ' Arthur P, Ford. Editor and Proprietor. AIKRN. S. C„ THURSDAY MORMING. FEBRUARY 2>. 190(*>. EstaDlislieil 1881. Price $1.50 a Tear, id Atecc. PRICE HAS A LIST Of All Correspondents of the Census Bureau. IS STATEMENT OF JORDAN “Oeutlemen, cotton is king today. Cotton statistics are now on trial.” With these words Chairman Wads worth of the house committee on ag riculture, opened the general hearing on crop statistics before his commit tee at Washington Friday. Assistant Secretary Hayes of the department of agriculture; President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga.; J. H. Tay lor, president of the National Ginners’ Association. Dallas, Tex., and many southern members of congress, repre senting planters, were at the hear ing. Assistant Secretary Hayes was the first speaker. He gave in detail the plan of the department of agriculture for gathering statistics and changes recently made in the system of the bureau cf statistics. He said the de partment proposed to retain the crop reporting board; to have 2,800 county repdHlng agents; forty-one Idlstrict agents and several supervising inspec tors who shall travel and instruct dis trict agents. Different codes were to be furnished each district agent monthly, and the agents’ reports are to be given ifo computers in sections to avoid the pos stbllity of leakage. With the perfect ed reports, Mr. Hayes said the mar kets would be less affected. Frequent and accurate reports would work against the speculator, he said, and the weather bureau reports will fur nish a guard as to conditions for the time between reports. Mr. Hayes said the department of agriculture would be benefited greatly by having more agricultural statistics at Its command. He said an acreage census should be taken every five years and would be of great assistance to the crop estima-ing board. "When asked about the accuracy of the cot ton estimates for last year Mr. Hayes said that judged by statistics in gin ning the cotton report was within 2 per cent of the actual production. President Harvie Jordan created something of a sensation, when he KUd: j-Teceived letters stating that -who to fureau are also correspon dents of Theodore Price, the cotton bear of Wall street,” said Harvie Jor dan, president of the Southern Cotton Association, to the committee. Jordan’s remark was something like a bombshell. Representative Burleson 'it Texas was on his feet in a mo ment. ‘‘I can promise,” said he, "that if their nrmes are furnished Mr. North, and this is found to be true, they will be immediately discharged.’’ Mr. Burleson went on to say that the bill providing a heavy penalty for any government official or em ployee who gives out official informa tion will scon be passed, and that it would reach any representative of the government who gives out informa tion to Mr. Price or anybody else. Mr. Jordan said later that he had referred to four correspondents of the census bureau, whom he knew sus tained these relations to Mr. Price, and he understood Mr. Price had in his possession a list of all the corre spondents of the census bureau. PROPOSE INSURANCE LAW. Kentucky Legislature Will Discuss Legislation. After many days of deliberation and nrgument by counsel for the state and l>fe insurance companies of the coun try, the joint committee on insurance •of the Kentucky general assembly agreed upon measures proposing *o regulate the companies, which meas ures will be presented to the assem- bly for approval. ALBERS IN ANGRY MOB. Irstwhlle Prisoner in Nicaragua Re turns Home Angry- William -S. Albers, the American citizen who was Imprisoned in Nica ragua last summer and served about six months of a three and a half years’ sentence, arrived In New York on tho steamer Panama from Colon and told his story of the arrest, conviction and release. ‘T am going to Washington to try and secure justice,” said he. "The case has already cost me $20,000, and I shall fight the Nicaraguan govern ment for its recovery.” DENHAM GETS NEW JOB. Leaves Atlantic Coast Line to Be Gen eral Manager of G. F. and A. It is announced at Atlantic Coast Line headquarters at Wilmington, N. C., that Captain W. B. Denham, as sistant to Third Vice President John R. Kenly, has resigned to become gen-' oral manager of the Georgia. Florida and Alabama railroad, with headquar ters at Bainbridge, Ga. NO OUTBREAK FEARED. Washington Not Alarmed Over Con dition* in Shanghai, China. The state department at Washing ton has received a cablegram from Shanghai, China, stating that the con ditions in that city are not such as to cause any alarm. Although the /boycott has diminished It Is reported X that no great fear U entertained of ^ any outbreak. MAY EXHUME CORPSE. Sensational Assertion Made at Hear* ing Before House Committee. Can Name Four Men Who Have Divulged Figures Alex Legler, Georgia Boy, Arraigned in Jersey City Court on Charge of Fratricide. A New York special says: Accused of having murdered his brother, Carl, for the purpose of obtaining life in surance money amounting to $3,000, Alexander Legler, Jr., was arraigned in court in Jersey City Thursday. Tha examination of the prisoner was post poned, however, ; until Saturday, at the request of Chief of Police Mur phy, who desired time to get together witnesses. The case is one of the most extraordinary in the police an nals of Jersey City. In explaining the case to the court, Chief Murphy- said that the prisoner was suspected of having poured benzine over his brother, Carl, and of having set him afire while he slept, and added that it was believed that when Legler saw that his brother would not succumb to his injuries, he caused the victim’'! death by administering some powder, presumably of a poisonous nature. The police announce that they will endeav or to have the body exhumed by the authorities at Baxley, Ga., whither it was taken by Legler soon after his brother’s death. Alex Legler, who resides in Baxley, and who is the father of the young man who is under arrest, states that he does not believe his son is guilty. He says both of his sons had insur ance policies in the same company, and he says his dead son told him previous to his death that his brother helped him to put out the fire, and that Alex., the young man arrested, rendered him all the assistance pos sible. Mr. Legler says Mrs. Rutherford is not on good terms with his son. He says his dead son’s policy was payable to his mother, and Alex had no interest. HELL IS AN IMPROVEMENT Upon United States So Far as Negro is Concerned, Says Bishop Turner. Bishop H. M. Turner, addressing the 500 delegates attending the conven tion of negioes in Macon, Ga., Thurs day to discuss racial problems, said: "I used to love what I thought was the grand old flag and sing with ecstacy about the stars and stripes, but to the negro in this country the American flag is a dirty and contempt ible rag. Not a star in It can the colored man claim, for it is no longer the symbol of our manhood rights and liberty. "I have heard of both white and black men perpetrating rape upon in nocent and angelic women, but no negro in this country has been tried by the heinous crime of rape in fifteen years. ‘T know that ibloody-handed and drunken mobs have said so, but what Chr&tian people would accept what thev say? Yet there are millions of mkn who pretend to be moral and claim to be sensible in this country tfho go to these drunken mobs to get information relative to the conduct of colored men. “Without multiplying words, I wish to say that hell Is an improve ment upon the United States when the negro is involved. If a little igno rant and stupid white man, who was never heard of and never would be heard of until ten thousand years after the resurrection trump, wishes a little notoriety, he begins to belie and slander the negro and bounds into popularity. And I challenge any one or all of them to meet me in pub lic discussion and I will show that the negro is a far better man than they are.” CASH FOR FISH HATCHERIES. Two Carolines and Georgia on the Ao- propriation List. The house committee on merchant marine and fisheries decided Thurs day to report favorably on a bill ap propriating $30,000 for a biological sta tion on the Gulf of Mexico. Bills for fish hatcheries were agreed to as fol lows: South Carolina, $25,000; North Carolina, $25,000. An appropriation of $2,000 was also agreed upon for the buying of addi tional land at the fish hatcheries at BuHcckville, Ga. WANTS CLANSMAN SUPPRESSED. Kentucky Legislator Moves Against Theatrical Play of Dixon. As a result of the production In Frankfort, Ky., of “The Clansman,” Representative Klair, democrat, has introduced in the general assembly a bill prohibiting the production of any “play that is based upon antagonism alleged formerly to exist between master and slave, or that excites race prejudices.” Th# measure provides penalties of $500 fine and Jail Imprisonment for vi olation of Its provisions. BRIDAL COUPLE SERENADED. Alice and Nick Aroused by Nocturnal Visit of Young Men. Joe Leiter of Chicago and a party of young society men of Washington, descended upon Friendship, where Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth are spending their honeymoon, at 2 o’clock Sunday morning, and treated tae white house bride and her husbami to an old-fashioned calathumpian ser enade, which awakened the echoes in the distant bills. WRIT SERVED ON BONI. Final Action for Separation Taken by Buncoed Anna Gould. A Paris dispatch says: An “urgent” writ was served on Count Bonl de Castellane Friday, making him defen dant in the separation proceedings of his wife, formerly Anna Gould. This decisive step was taken after renew ed efforts to effect a reconciliation had proved fruitless. The count ac cepted service of the writ. Wm. Schweigert & Co. Reliable Jewelers Diamonds, Watches, Fine Jewelry, high Class Wdres in Sterling Silver, Souvenir Spoons Card and Golf Prizes. Cor. Broad & 7th St. Augusta, Ga. J. W. JANSEN, T06 ELLIS ST., AUGUSTA, OA. -Dealer In- WINES, Liftoffs, CIGARS AND TOBACCOS- FIRST CLASS RESTAU RANT UPSTAIRS. GAME, SHRIMPS, LOBSTERS, CRABS IN SEASON. ■-rgyvr: Palmetto State News: City Delivery for Greenwood. According to a Washington Uis- patch the postmaster general has or dered the establishment of city de livery at Greenwood. Reappointed Postmaster. Colonel Charles J. Purcell has learned from the Washington author ities that he hak been nominated Cor another term as postmaster at NeiV-, berry. ; Strike Cloaks Three Mills. A strike of phosphate hands in the mills of the Virginia-Carolina Chem ical company at Charleston has ren- dcied three of the mills idle. Five hundred men have gone cut, and it is believed that 1,500 will quit work. The itio.n are getting $1 and demand $1.25 p day. Nearly all the strikers are ne trees and the trouble affects all the departments of the work. Charleston Wars on Vagrants. A Charleston news item states that many negro laborers are striking for $1.2 5 per day, but the movement will receive a sudden check in the deter mination of the police department Lo renew the warfare against the va grants. The operatives at the ferti lizer factories were so successful that the craze for striking has reached the city, but with the police prosecuting the vagrant, the movement is not like ly to be very successful. Senator Tillman has wired J. T. Hay, chairman of the dispensary in vestigating committee at Columbia, that he would leave Washington for Columbia at once for the purpose of appearing before the committee. He says he had not received an invitation from the committee to appear before it, but could not leave at any other time on account of the railroad rate legislation. Wife Murderer Surrenders. Claiming that he had brained his wife because of unfaithfulness, Lu ther Strickland, a white man living in the western portion of Anderson county, surrendered himself to the shcritt. No one in the neighborhood had heard of the affair, and upon In vestigation the woman was found cold in death, ^vith her four-year-old babe peacefully sleeping beside her. An t'Sly gash across her head told the story. The wound bad evidently been inflicted while she slept. Net Ever Disfigured. Col.mel Watson’s immigration de partment got a bad scare in the house ? few days ago. It just struck a snag in the appropriation bill, the house refusing to table. L. A. Fitte offered an amendment to cut the de partment's expense account $1,000. Before this could be done, the house cwitched to the bill of Green of Lee *.0 abolish the department altogether. The friends of the department preferred it to be wiped cut altogether rather than have it crippled The Green bill was killed, 58 to 48, and the L. A. Fitte amendment was rejected, G5 to 4G. The department came out of the fight not even disfigured. mcrous on account of the number of plaintiffs and parties who have inter voned in the proceedings. These proceedings are independent of the action brought by the Union and Buffalo mills to have Former Pres ident Duncan declared a bankrupt, which are now pending before Referee Earle. * Lynching Charge Failed to Stick. The seven prominent white men, including farmers, merchants and two state constables, who were arrested recently, accused of having participat ed in the lynching of John and Frank Deloach, colored, were icleased at Barnwell. Magistrate C. W. Moody decided tha^th^^vidence against 44rer2r» for murder. The decision 6f the mag istrate was greeted with loud cheering from a big crowd that was present. More than a score of witnesses were examined and their testimony was 111 in favor of the defendants. The Passing of Major Steedman. Major W. K. Steedman, after an ill ness of three days from paralysis, died in Savannah, Ga. Major Steedman was on the floor of the cotton ex change when stricken, and died with out regaining consciousness. The re mains lay in state in the veterans’ hall until they were taken to the train for Charleston. They were es lorted to that city and buried with the honors of a Confederate veteran by Camp Sumter. Major Steedman was born in Charleston December 23, 1838. After the w r ar he returned to Charleston, where he became connect ed in a short time with the firm of Knopp, Frenchs & Co., with which he remained until his death. As mana ger cf this firm he transferred his office from Charleston to Savannah in 1900. Of immediate relatives he is survived by his wife, one son, T. C. Steedman of Bamberg, a brother, J. Blake Steedman of Camden, and a sister, Mrs. R. E. McDowell of Hen dersonville, N. C. Dago Fruiters Break Bank. After a run which is said to ha\c been precipitated by the anxiety of several Greek friuters with small de posits, the Columbian Banking and Trust company of Charleston closed its doors a few days ago, the direc tors later made a general assignment cf property and assets for the benefit of creditors, naming Edward W. Hughes assignee. As no quarterly statement had been made since No vomber, 1905, the figures of liabilities and assets could not be obtained, in ihe last statement, a surplus of $6,500 was shown, and in January a dividend v/r.s declared at the rate of G per cent per annum. The bank was capitalized at $50,- 000, and was chartered in 1893. The financial troubles of a director, how ever, caused uneasiness, and the run, j as above stated, brought matters to a crisis. It is thought that the bank will be able to pay up in full. Hearing is Postponed. The hearing of the case against the Union Cotton mills of Union, to have the corporation declared bank rupt, was deferred for a few days ot Charleston. The agreement to post pone was a mutual understanding among the counsel, who are quite nu- Hasty Trial Begins on 26th. George Hasty, of Gaffney, who fa tally shot Milan Bennett and George Abbott Davison of the “Nothing But Money” theatrical company, on December 15, will be tried on the charge of murder February 26. Hasty, who has been in jail since the killing, will be defended by local counsel. The prosecution will be con ducted by T. E. Sease, state attorney for the circuit, who will be assisted, it Is understod, by special counsel, employed by the Actors’ Association of New York, which has taken the matter up. Several witnesses of the tragedy, members of the theatrical company, will appear on the stand for the state. The trial will be followed with the greatest interest, and private homes in Gaffney have offered hospitality to A GREAT FURNITURE HOUSE. ) J. Milton Allen, IMPORTER, Aiken, S. C. Bar Harbor, Maine. North East Harbor, Maine. Has oponed up in his store on Park Avenue, east of postoffice, a beautiful exhibit of Unique Novelties in Por celain, Faience, Glass, Bronzes, Sterling Silver, Tapestry, Table China, Toilet Sets, etc. All of the finest quality and most artistic manufacture. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. When you come to Augusta, stop and see their large stock of furniture, mattings, rugs, bed spreads, stoves, and in fact everything needed to furnish a house. You will get a hearty Georgia welcome aud right treatment. JohLon’s Bakery. [fOl IMS 1 'sh*-* 1 m'J VI ‘IgA aM Sapilf Co., Augusta, Ga. Cleanliness and Purity of Materials Are characteristics of all the Bread, Rolls, Cakes, Pies, Etc. mide at JOHNSO.V* BAKERY, Park Avenue. Tke dholeest Confectioneries and Can* dies [ always an hand. Tl but that 1 tions not pintj drii Coi “sal th) vafe caunoYbe had oftener than every fpur years. 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In a speech at Jonesboro, declared that he wanted a good man elected as governor by democrats, and if the other candidates, Cox and Patterson, would agree to it, rather than see the democracy of the state make a mistake, he would withdraw in the interest of Judge S. J. Kirkpatrick of Jonesboro, to whom he paid a high compliment. Judge Kirkpatrick hitherto has not been mentioned in the race. LEGAL ACTION RECOMMENDED. New York Life Will Be Asked to Re- fund Campaign Boodle. Recommendations that legal ac tion be instituted to recover cam paign contributions made by the New York Life Insurance company were submitted to the trustees of that com pany at New York Wednesday by the special investigating committee head ed ny Thomas P. Fowler. Jt i-s rec ommended that the money be recover ed from such officers and trustees as counsel shall decide are liable there for. Meat Shows Phosphorescence. Citizens of Christchurch, New Zea land, have had sneanny experiences. 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