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VOL XLIII.' NO. 91 NEWBERRY. S. 0. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2. it900.TWOAWEK 15A ~~VYE.-' PRICE OF COTTON MUST GO HIGHER Pa GINNING REPORT SHOWS A OONSIDERABLE SHORTAGE. f r< "Obtain Your Fixed Price"-Mr. E. eig D. Smith's Advice to the Farmers fol Based Upon Recent Figures M. Prepared by Govern- an, ment. ler da; Mr. E. D. Smith of the South Car- wi olina Cotton association has issued n to statement concerning the recent gin ning report made by the department il of agriculture. Mr. Smith says that en the. figures show as predicted by thea association that the crop is a short one and the farmers should obtain a 12 1-2 cent per pound for the product (In if they will only hold their cotton. Mr. 1, Smith in his statement says: Sol ''The bureau's report on ginning Gc makes the total amount of cotton gin- wl nied up to the present 4,910,000 bales. South Carolina is 396,000 as against H< 639,00 last year. I think all will agree w that at least 50 per cent of South Carolina's crop was ginned up to the sti 18th of October. This being true, we will not make much over 700,000 bales m of cotton. Last year's crop was about to 1,125,000. This will leave South Car- loi olina something like 400,000 baleis o short. Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina all show about the same per- vil centage short. Texas makes up lip excess lacking 80,000 bales of bring- b ing it up to last year's ginning. th ''The next ginners' report, I am confident, will Show that our conten- Gi tion that the crop is short, is true. no Last week and the week before the sci mills and the cotton buyers gave 11 ia cents readily for cotton. If they could t afford to buy it then at that figure, dr it is worth that much now, for the reason that they had placed their con- il tracts months ahead and could afford to give'11 cents antd show a hand- an some profit. co "There is no reason why you, the bIr farmers of the South, should sacrifice la what cotton you do sell them, be cause somebody predicted there was a le much larger crop. Demand from them that they shall give for what you do w( sell them from now on, what they N< have been paying for it for the last two or three weeks at least. Cotton ry is worth today on the markets, in ' view of the price and the scarcity of ha goods, 12 1-2 cents a pound. If the I) farmers will just absolutely refuse to er sell it for less, this price can be ob- M tained for the balance of'this crop. Lc "Of course everything depends up- qu on the unanimity with' which they hold cotton. I am still convinced that be on account of the frost and storm -making anything like a top crop.is a impossible; that this crop will not fe appreciably exceed last year's and ,therefore cotton is bound ultimately ta to go very much higher. The world wvill need 12,500,000 bales and one of at the best posted men in the cotton N. world wired me that if the crop) should turn out 12,00000 bales, it i would readlily b)ring 7d. in England. I (10 not think any o..e looks for a eropl as great as 12,000,000 bales. Let the fairmers of the country settle this que'stionu and settle it now by ab- .w solutely refusing to part with their " property, except at a value satisfac- ac tory to themselves. . The break in the ye market of one cent a p)ound withini to three days entailing a loss of $5 a di bale compared with the labor of the' d farmer for 12 months to make that th bale of cotton, is enough to arouso- it. him to a sense of his duty in the pre-at mises. 'To work 12 months to pro, T dluce that' which speculator's and gam- th blers can take '10 per1 cent, from its ar value in 336 hours is enough to either 01 make a man hluit growing cotton or showv that he is a man. The wvorld s or waitng to see whether you are men.' T Mr. Smith is nowv at work on the c plans for the organization of the man.. moth holding conmpany which is to S buy and hold all cotton offered at less than the agreed price. Some time ago a full statement of the purposes of m this compitny was given in The State and since then the association has IN received many letters seeking inifoxt maition about the cqmpany. Another asc statement will be given the press in mn a few days.I NEWS OF PROSPERITY. Isoned By "Rought On Rats"-1N Fatal Resuts--Narrow Escape From Horrible Death. Prosperity, Nov. 1.-The delegat< im the Woman's Home and Fo it Missionary Convent ion .will lea Augusta, Ga., on Saturday. Mr 0. J. Kreps, Misses Eva Lest( I Willie Mae Wise and E. N. Kil will leave for Batesburg on Satu y and will spend a couple of da; Li Dr. E. C. Ridgell before goii Synod in Augusta. 'wing to the illness of Mrs. C. inter, the Sorosiv Club will not I tert'ained at her home on Friidi per program. Nlr. K. Baker and little son na flying trip to Prosperity on Mo y. They. came to see Mr. S. rre, who has been quite'unwell f ine time, and we regret that V neral is not doing well at tl: itinig. Miss Ethel Plasinger and b'otl >lland have been visiting Mrs. J. heeler. Master H. H. Rikard was on o 'eets Tuesday slinking hands. Mr. G. C. Steele and family ha wed to Mr Steele's farm in Lexin a &unty near Irmo. We regret ;e Mr. Steele and his family frc r town. Mrs. J. W. Reeder and children a iting Mrs. M. B. Bedenbaugh. . Dr. I. F. Littlejohn, of Pacolet, I en in town for a few days enjoyii e pleasure of greeting his friend Dr. George B. Cromer will addre 'ace Sunday School Sunday aft< on at 3 o'clock, at which time C i0 will observe children's day ai ke an oiYerin-., for missions. T 1111011 in I he moirning will be a essed largely to the children. Mr. Rufus Fellers has been vis x relatives the pa-.t week. Miss Edna LAvintcn, of Columbi d Mr. Will Livinlg.t.n of Lexingt unty, have been visiting th other, Mr. H. K. Livingston, w s been quite sick. Marks Simpson, of Newberry e( 'e, spent Sunday at home. Ur. J. Hayne Boozer, after a t% ,eks visit to his father, returned ,w York on Tuesday. Mr. Thomas Holloway, of Newbe , was in town yesterday. The cliildren of Mr. D. H. Wheel d a family reunion on Monday J. S. Wheeler's. Mr. S. F. Whe wife and sister, of Columb essrs. H. F. and M. L. Wheeler, xington county, came up. It w ite a pleasant gathering. Misses Beatrice and Cleo Aull, ha en on a visit to Mrs. Lois Domini< Mr. A. Z. Counts is able to be o ain, after his attack of typho ver. Dr. J. L. Bowers, of Little Mou in, was in town on Wednesday. Mr. R. C. Counts is nowv domnicil the Dr. Simpson residence on Ml iry street. Mr. C. (G. Barrier' has moved in Shome elm str'eet. Uncle George Aull, of Pomaria, w town 011 Wediiesday. Dri. .J. L. Bowers reported a case s'ioninig b)y putting routhi on rt coffeec. Joe Mil11er and wife hi optedl a little girl about fourt'e ar's 01(d andl bieauise she did not g the fair got "plouly'' and( on Su y she was told to make coffee. inking the coffee they discover at ther'e was something wvrong wvi Shortly after eating both Mill d his wife were taken violently si tey sent for' the doctor' and lhe foiu at they were poisoned and upon< rination of the coffee pot the po I was fouind. Dir. Bowers says th ve their life to getting sick a litting same from their stomacl me girl thought if she could get Joe aind his wife she would cc to (10 as: she pleased. Mill res near Silghs with Mr. John meely, Jr. Mr. Jesse George has been elect arshial for' the town of Pr'osperi We clip the following from' t 'ws and Courier, 'of Sunday.' Mir. Shelton is getting along as w his br oken uip conditionr will pi it: There was a serious accident y terday oil the Coluinbia, Newberry aid Laurens Railroad, near High o Station. The north-bound passenger Ass train struck a man named Thomas 2 Shelton and seriously injured him. He was brought to Prosperity and W "dumped off.'' The railroad author- Wi r- ities refusing to care for him, he was 'j ,e taken in charge by the town authori- cal s. ties and was made as comfortable n preo r possible. He has several ribs broken fol1 >- alld hur1t. internally. lie is in a criti- 'ing r- Cal condition. Last night, when it tre; .5 was thought that le could not live; w g lie told those who were watching by el his side that if he died lie wanted o . what he had given to Maggie Wal- (oz )e lace, and that he was a native of 1re y Hanovier County, Va., and owned t wo plantations. sill le Mr. F. C. Merchant had a narrow prt 1- escape from a most horrible death to- tio (lay. At the oild mill his overalls ed >r I caught on a revolving slaft. and h a< le was ra11idly being wounld to his to is death. He had presence of mind 11(4 enough to grasp a post and hold oi n r, until his clothiing gave way. Had lie tl( not doie 'this lie would have beet , r beaten to a jelly. an r Owing to the accumulation of cot- do ton at the Coast. Line depot Cotton is e all over the grond. A passing en g- gine to-day set fire to it and for a 0n to while it looked as though our town mi ni would be swept by the fire fiend, and me we have no water-works or fire com re pany, and would be at. the merey of the fire. Appeals to the authorities do as to put in a watchman are unheeded, of ig and so our town may be swept off the St 1map and night. It seenis that there aff s should be at remedy, especially when - tile depot and cot ton is in the heart of ie te town. id Cotton picking is nearly over in this be section. About 60 per eit of a crop . d- is lie iaiximuni. Peas and liotatoes are nearly failures. Some grain is it- being sown. Potatoes are being dug. Corn is badly damaged by the rains. a, Hay only a half crop, owing to rain - and- early frost. da - t h ir An exciting time was experiencedt 10 last night on the Columbia, Newberry De and Laurens train from Columbia to I - Laurens. Three negroes were attempt- bill ing to beat their day. Conditetor 1bu ro Blair followed them into the baggage r, tio to ear, where one of them grabbed up a the baggage master's rifle and fired r- at him, but missed him. They jumpe to off the train, but it was stopped and wl , a general fusillade began some fif at teen or twenty shots being fired. Two ol- of themi got away, but one was shot o a, m the arm, and was captured. No Or of one on the train was hurt. Passengers Ri joined in the fight and every effort was made to catch them after they ve fired on the baggage master. The k. fellow who picked up the gun car ut ried it with him. t1c id Warrants will be sworn out for the tl< negroes as they are known, as Our town has joined the ranks or pu the progressives. We now have " r license system just the same as the '' e- city. Now for water works and elee- , totie lights. whu We extend comgratulat ions toi Mr*.in J1. B. Stockmain. Jamecs Walter, Jr., pr as hias come to make his hiome at hh<x da home. thi We are gald to report. that Mast er ti t1 Pat Mitchell is doing nicely. Ith< We anre also glad toi annonie Ilhat l et Mr U. K. Livingston is doimig bel ter ..iand lie is exp)ectedl to 1)e well again. [n Miss Blaniche Kibler will visit her ed uncle, Dr'. 10. C. Ridgell, at Batesbuir" c th next week amnd probably visit the 0 er womens missioniary' convent ion in Au ek gusta. r id Sparks from a passing engine set x- fire to the cotton oni the p)latfo.rm at is- Little Mountaini yesterday morning ey and for a time it looked as though ther 1d towni would be burned upl. 'The citiz is. ens cae to the rescue and the fire i was confined to the cotton. 200 bales be were burnied with a lonss of $10,000.00. er- I am 1to1( that it was all insured so ti A there will.be no loss locally,.i A cot toin fire was narrowly averted qu ed here Monday. An engine sot fir'e to j ~y. cotton on the platform at C., N. & L. Inc lie railroad. Fortunately only seven bales an, were burned. There is much danger I 311 from the condition here.fo It's as diffletilt to fin,tl a friend us, na it isnt loosenanm ennmy. tl NEGRO AGITATION. tumes Grave Proportions With 1 ,ace at Washington.-All About C School Teachers. ( slinigtoii cor. Columbia State. 'le race question at the iational 11 ital seemis to be assuminig gravo s portions amonig the 'colored" ,s. Tley are iolding mass meet now over what tihey terml their I Ilment inl thle pulcschlools, an1d Ie tley do nlot specify anly parti i1 1)1rieanes of wlich they Can l 11dainl excepIt fhe dismissal of ('ar Hiand at few other teachlers, thley VVensuIng1. certainl white people, evially Dr. ChianItcel lor, the new eint'iielldent. of schools, and ex ssing tle most virulent coideiia I of tihe sentiment heard or breati anywlere that the ilegroes are not, lowntrodden people. Thley poinit tile fact that the negroes of Pid lphia by forming a m1ob anid (-litenling riol siceeded ll IinakiIg may4INor1 anld tle court slippress 'lie Chanminan'' in Philadelphia, I declare that the thung for them to is to ''agitate." Ile new superintelident, Dr. Chan lor, hIs lweii throwin cold wvater this agitation, and onle of the pro lent neg-ro preacliers at a mass L-ting last niiht quoted him as hav said tliat if the iie.,roVs did not p this agitating they would bring %n upon themselves some such state afTairs as prevails ii Me Soutliern ktes. It is a pretty baIl state of ai's which prevail in the Soutlhern ites, thiese ieg-roes ump ler-e seem to Ik and they deeply .lind1 iiligiantly ent the threat of any men, especi v the superiliteident of selihools, o is a liepulblia111 1n1d anl adilmi is lion imi, tlat anyhing eo:id ng. abut such ii deplorafle hing .. )r. Chancellor. as stated a few vs ago in this eorrespondene, is oiie who proposed to bring here W. E. B. Dubois, the celebrated ,ro agitator niow living ill Atlanta, I make him anm oflicer in tlie schools with the distinct uiderstanding t )ubois was to (case his ''agita o'' anginst Boker Waslinilgton I industriall edcation. The negroes not olject to Duiois. Whlat they not like is the condition upon ich he would lie invited here, for Mker Washinigton is no idol among rthern or ''Yankee'' negroes. Dker is a working negro and in fav of negroes workini-g. The Yakee 1ro is Inore ini favor of being a itleman. The (ly time the Tm tee negro has ever pleased them s when he ate with the president. at dlighted fthem, but. when he tells in that their salvation lies along pathis of toil, they hiss him, aid they ontce did ill Bostoi, someftines I the razors oil him. Mlhis negro pieacerl, Corruther, iembe)(r of' thle colored citizens' nmit te Oil thle public sehools,'' o led t he onlslauight ni thte suipet ('ndenJit ofi schlols last iglit, ached'i a r'ed hiot sermloni last Suin iiuight, an ~ud it w%as inl referenace to dlenit is aillegedl to have thIireatenued ni~Iegroes withI ' 'Sout hero t ron s. '' Corri't hers dlecla red thait he 1 110 use for thle colored main who a afraid4 to st id ump t roouble, if' there lie mig ih t s('en1re his righit s. Hie de r'ed thaiit t roubile is sore to( c'omfo rio daiy aund it amiighit as well come~ tro(ubile hiimsel 'f lhan lo lie cow ly anid leav'e it for hiis chiilde 1( to' ( lt (lut. imonlg thlose* pre'Csent at. thIiis ma1ss soins of his own was made to skip of WVilmiington about six years i, about t he timnt of fthriots thmere. d lie: ' 'Dr. Chancellor sems to be I of chieanery and( tricks. Hie eatents us with Southieirn I1truble weo keep uip our agitationi of this mstiont. I tell you it was through t such agitationi that Charles Summ , Fred. D)ouglass, Wend,elI Pl)l:ips I other great imeni :ade thte inst i ion o (f hiumanu slavery to totteir anid I. Let uis, t .a, lhe men anid auAate il j'ist.i(e is donle ini our schools.'' o t hey believe in agitating. Ala ni rneanero preent sna1 "We must, speak out for the right. confgrattilate the colored people of 'hiladelplin on their manhood Ini ausing the suppression of ''The lansman.'' We want suel m1anhood nI couragew liere." Cardozo, the negro sipervising rincipal wlho was dismissed from the Ahools, is suing the school board, an1d 1) is lelpilg the agitation. Ilis case 4 Iing talked about, and will be eard Friday. Zich Mechee. )R. EPH. W. FOSTER DIES or HIS WOUNDS. ,onscious to the Last, Telling Phy sicians That He Was Pre pared to Die. UnIlion, ct. ct31.--)r. Epli W. Foster lied this afternoon it 4.30. lie wa. 'on1sciouls almost to tie last and it .30 became aware tliat his condition vas lopeless. IlIe told the physicians halt( thley .oulld nlot save hliml all(] (hat it! was prepared to die. ]Ih. Foster was 24 years of age. Ile vas prepared for colle.ge inl tie public (eh(ools of this city and ifter ai couist it Clemson gradilted froi tle IUi1 'ersity of MlarylaId's detal college. le wvas very popullar hiere and was -aptain of the loeal imilitary companily. lis fatiher, who is a wealtliy firimo'r, s almost leart-broken ail his motlher S prostrate(l. le is si-vive( by it motiher whto is clief electrician at. eal Shioals aid thirce sisters. Ie wvas a meiber of tie Methodist .-h1i1rcl. and the fineral will probablY wV (on1ducte(d from Orace einirch to nmorrow. Mary Emierson, in I'llis Majesty IuI(I tihe Maid.'' is wlih will appear it tle Opera loitse November 17, is Me of tle attraefion inl whiche 1he "Nixon & Zimmermnain Company pill .ellt (1-al of faiti. . Miss Emlr..n's rmarkable likeness tc Maude A:am. M(I her elever ;, ! . aid easy 11ue., ler, make her a e.reral favorite, an ias been evilenced by the excellent louses talit have greeted her every where since hier opermg. VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. The heirs at law of B. L. Dominiek, leceased, will sell it public out cry' before the court house it Newberry m sales(lay in December (third (lay), 1906, time following described real estate, of wlhich the said B. L. Don. inick died seized and possesse(. 173 1-10 acres in No. I twoiislip, me and one-hiif miles west of New Jerry bounded by lands of II. W. Whittaker,P. N. Livngstoni, C. L. Ila v id and George Ilipp. Eighty to one imired acres in fiiie timber. Also one lot and one two-story wriek store room thirty by one hun Ired feet in the town of' P)rosperity, A\lley between this lot and biuildiing oft llawkinis Brothers belongs to this lot. Stor'e roomf O(cupied by S. R. Hirge' 2ompanmy andt lot con taining 11-i 00t of' in acre. Tw'io acres, more or less, andit (1we~ll-I n g of' eight r'oomsn, barm anid st able, ni Pr'ospeity oni CaFks Ferry rloaa nid botinded by lots of' Mrs. IHosat annioii, MIrs. Lizzie Tlaylr andm( ot hi ilands of' H. L. D ominuick, dIeceasedl. HouItse and lot ini Prosper)ity ('onf alining 6-1(00 neres ad,joining the oil 'nill. Lot containing 58-1 00 (If an acre ad joining lanids of .J. L. Wise, L. C. foerchant rand on Luther Str'eet. TJerms: The lots in thle t own of P'rosperity described above will be old for cash. Trho tract (If land in o. I Township will be sold for oneI imlf cash, balance on credit of twelve noithls at eight per' centt interest Pr'om (lay of sale secured b)y bond1( ofI urllchaser and mortgage of p)remis9es, vith privilege to purchaser to pay all ajsh. Puirchiaser to pay for' papers, 11d( recording same. Plats of all these lanids may be seen it the' oNiece of' thle cleirk of court -at Jewherr'y. Mrs. Rosa E. D)ominick, *J. A. Dominick, M'1r. (*. C. Fellers, Mr's. WV. 0. Mitchell, Heir's at Law of B. L. Dominick, lecaned. ;LEKSON COLLEGE ANNUAL REPORT LANCE AT THE INSTITUTION'B YEARLY EXPENSES. mprovements Being Made.-Income From Fertilizer Tag Tax Shown to Be Exactly $164,996.82. [le State. Anderson, Oct. 29.-Judging from he newspaper editorials and the talk >f individuals, Clemson college will 'ome in f'or a big share of the timo >f the next general assembly. Knowing that the annual report of ,he board of trustees of Clemson col ego was being prepared, your corre ipondent called on Col. R. W. Simp 01, ebcliirnan of that board, at Pen lleton yesterday. The finance com nittee will meet next Friday night it. Clemson college to put the annual 'Tort in writing, at which time the wIwspalwrs o tihe State will be fur lished with a copy of the report. This report will show that Clemson !ollege secured from the privilege tax m fertilizers and cotton seed meal be ween July 1, 1905, and July 1, 1900, !xactly $164,996.82. From this large imount must be deducted the aiount if the iunused tags which amount is l6.642.79, so really $158,354.03 is fhat the college secured. The report will show the following bxpendit.res: I1Cxpelnses of analysis and inspection of fertilizers and cotton seed meal ... $17,626.59 leneficiary scholarships .. 11,618.79 [oast experiments .. .. 1.. 1642.83 inntomological inspection . 750.00 Veterinary inspection .. . 1,569.52 Holding farmers' institutes diflerent Sections of the state ............2,325.83 Printing popular bulletins 790.67 Total ..............$36,324.23 After deducting this amount from the $158,354.03, it leaves Clemson col lege proper $122,030.80 with which to operate the college. To this amount should be added the income from pay cadets, which amounts to about $20, 000 annually, which gives as a grand total $142,030.80. There are about. 600 cadets at the college tiis year and if this number is divided into the $142,030.80, the cost of each cadet annually is $236.71. In making up these figures it must not be forgotten that the college is al Iways making some improvements. The equipments of the various depart ments are always being renewed. The collega being a textile and mechanical one, there are always some equip ments to be added, and the cost of operating a college such as Clemson is much greater than the cost of an ordinary literary college. Therefore, the $236.71 is not the right amount to he usedi at the cost of each endet. The experimental station is sup ported b)y the United States govern muentI. T1he Hatchl fund provides $15, 000 annually for the station. The Adams amend~menit, whlichi passed the last cong~ress, p)rovidecs for $5,000 ad dlRi(ional this year, and( the amount is to bIe iniereased b)y $2,000 annually un I il I he slttion income is $30,000. The experimen tal station is not on, ly suppI~orted b)y the United States -roernImnt, but ii is opewrated by thew goIvernmen1Ct . The affairs oIf the st ation (d0 not connect with the af fairs of Clemson college. .J. 1H. Godfrey. SKIDOO CLUB OF 23 GIRLS. Each is 23 Years Old-Meet on 23rd Day-Chief Object, "Skidoo for Marriage." Pit tsburg, Oct ober 25.-The 'Ski d1oo, 23,'' Club was organized to-day ini McKeespo(rt, Pa., b)y the Misses Gordon, Sterling and Klingensmith. The club is composed of twenty-three women, each 23 yeads old. The meet ing night is the 23rd of each month. Thle membership (If the club will be increasedl every time thme list of ap pIiliants recachies twenty-three. One p)urpo)(se of the club is to say ''23" to all marriage p)roposals during the school term, as all members are teach..