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'Ia41 , *.lv ~ 2 1j 4V. 4P erab V.OL XL V. NO.2. NEWBERRY. S. 0. FRII)AY. JANUARY 4, t.907.TWOA.EK.$50AYR CHARGES PR, FXTED AGAiN EXCHANGE LIVINGSTON ANl JORDAN ASK THAT IT BE TLAWED. Allege That Now a k Cotton it chAnge Haa Deve ed Into a Gambling Mao. e to The Detriment, of uth. Washington, Jan. 2. Col. - Living stone and Harvie Jordaf late this af ternoon'filed their charga against the Now York cotton exchar and asked the postmaster general - issue a fraud order. There are ight counts in the charges and alon-. witi them are submitted a number oi xhibits. A striking one of these is t e official market report of the Ne'ork cot ton exchange issued ]ee. 8, "no tice'' day. The price quol on fu ture contracts calling for d( ery the same day was 9.02 while th -rice of spot cotton was 10.65 a disi rity of 163 points, a difference of , 15 per bale. Discussing this Col. L-ngston said to this correspondent: ''If McFadden or any othe cotton operator had bought cotton it that date at 9.02 and could have ecured the actual cotton he could la, sold it in the spot market and iakev pro it on the 114,000 bales tradeditn on the exchange that day of $11,41.000. lie did not buy because lie knev:and everybody else knew there was III Iot ton to be had. If the New Yorkqot ton exchange operated on the Mne plan as the stock exelange or the -n,1 exchange.ln, ald Ia in ioried ' such is their character, ftiy, n t keep on hand for actuial delivery qe cotton traded in just as does the hr - er who sells railroad or other ntoe . I do not know that such is their h:. acter and I have been unable to fi out, but if it is true, they must ke Scoiniercial salable cotton on hand l meet their contracts." Harvie Jordan says if lie had fifty or a hundred thousand dollars to em. ploy the legal counsel he would pu the New York cotton bxcnange com pletely out of business if its chartei is the same as those of the stock ex changes. Zach McGhee. - Associated Press Account. Washington, Jan 2.-Charges o: fraud were filed late this afterno< with Postmgster General Cortelyof against the officials and members ol the New York cotton exchange bi Representative Livingston of Georgit and Harvie Jordan, president of th< Southern Cotton association of Atlan ta. On the charges tney filed thel base a request that the postofice de partment issue a fraud order agains the officials and members of the Nev York cotton exchange in order to bai them from the use of the Unite< States mail in conducting what th< charges term fraudulenct pratices. Thie Spostmaster genmeral referred his call, Nera to .Judge Goodwim, assistant at torney .general for thle postomee dc partmnent. It is likely that a hiearing will be held by Judge Goodwin befori a determination of the question il reached. Representative Livingston and Mr Jordan submitted to the postmaste: general the following letter aceom panying the charges: Washington, D. C., Jan. 2, 1907. Hon. George B. Cortelyou, Postmas ter General, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: We, thme Hon. L. F. Liv ingston, M. C. of Georgia and Harvi< Jordan, president of the Souther: Cotton association, Atlanta, Ga., here *by 'respectfully request the issuanea of a fraud order by your departmena against the use of thme United State| mails by the officials and members o: the New Yotk cotton exchange an. present our reasons for the same- il the, following charges as outlined be low, and' to.which we most respectful ly invite your careful attention. * - Yours truly, L. F. Livingston, Harvie Jordan. Charges in Detail.. Following are the charges presente< to Mi Cortelyou: '~We chaarge that Newv york ha ease<d to'be a commiercial a 'pt eot tan market and- that the Ne~ Yor1 cotton exchange, operating under its present debas6d and fraudulent con tracts, has developed into a purely s'peoulative and gambling ehange and that the grades of cotton shipped to New -York and tenderable on the contracts inder the rules of the New York cotton exchange van not be used for commercial ispinnmg purposes, and that such grades of cotton are used solely to depress the price of spinnable grades in the South; to futther the speculative features of the New York cdtton exchange to the heavy detriment of the entire legiti mate cotton trade oZ the United States. "2. We further charge that the said Now York cotton exchange through its officers and menbers, is daily using the United States mails for the pur pose of transmitting and advertising their business to the legitimate cot ton trade of the United States, and we charge that said business is fraud uleint and said officials and menbers of the New York cotton exchange should be denied the use of the United States mails. We refer you to copies of letter hereto attached. ''3. We further charge that .the quotations sent out daily on the de based contract of the Ne\v York cot ton exchange exercises a predominat ing influence over the legitimate cot ton trade to its great detriment and injury. ''4. We further ce*arge that New York city has ceased to be a spot cot (on market for commercial spitnnable qrades of cotton due to the present debased contracts of the New York eotton exchanlge, and as proof (f the char-e we cite to vou the fact that fromn the first day of September, 1906, to Dec. 31, 1906, there wvas only deliv ered froi that market 10.046 bales of soot colon to shippers out of a total of practically 8,000,000 hales of American cotton placed upon the mar kets of this country at other points. ''5. We further charge that under ihe present debased and fraudulent 'mules of the New, York cotton ex .hange a large number of unspinnable l4w grades of cotton are tendered on Iie contracts of said exchang-e which Ie not permitted under the irules of ny other cotton exchange in the 'ord, and we affirm that, such rules v fraudulent. ' 6. We charge further that the oi ial daily quotations sent through th nited States mails by the officers ail members of the New York cot tol xchiange to their customers and oth s, both as to 'futures,' and 'sp prices, are fraudulent in that neii r represents the true and actual valu, of spot cotton, .but that the san i are from $5 to $7.50 per bale less ain the market price at which spin le grades of cotton could be nuireh ed in the South and shipped for i der on said fraudulant con tracts ni an exhibit attached hereto we sp ally call your attention to the widle i forence existing between the quotato is of futures market and spot bale, skl difference clearly showing a fraud jYour attention is also, speci fically efled to thme omeiial quotations in said 'hiibit of the ftures market and spot arket of the New Orleans cotton en ange, noting the close prox imity bei4eeen futures and sp)ots of that marie4. ''7. Wi urther charge that out of the adveri ed stock of cotton at pres ent storet the wvarehouises of New - York city i4ounting to 114,000 bales 3 ;-fully 701 0 bales of said cotton is of such ifrior grade as to render ~ the staple n)fit for spinning or man a ufacturingpiirposes, and that a cen t1 siderable pr'tion of said cotton has been held mi~ said watrehouses for yarsan if totally unfit for any pur pose wvhate-er, except to be tendered -on the frai ulent contracts of the INew Yorli eitton exchange, to the serious detmin cnt and injury of the legitimate est ton tradb of the United states. We :herefore ask that you, as postmaster geheral ,of the United States soend f representative of youm department t' the waretiouses of Nou 1York city a'c have all the edtttoi stored there i peeted 'and graded it order to omffei.l y determine the char. actor of the um pinnable and unmark, etabie grirdes (cotton tored in thai market to tender under the fraudulent conrtacts of the New York cotton ex change. "Yotd petitioners Nurther state that they have no desire to jeopardize any legitimate transactions that are made through any of the cotton exchanges of this coitntry. There Is no fight against the New York cotton exchange as an exchange to be used for the pil pose of safeguarding, protecting and furthering the legitimAte cotton busi ness of the whole country, but the charges here preferred and efforts made.are directed solely against any and all debased and fraudulent con tracts and transactions w,hich are at present practiced by those who are in authority in. making effective the present rules and methods of that ex change to the detriment and injury of the legitimate cotton trade of the Uni ted States.'' In addition to the formal charges many letters and affidavits inl sup port of thei were submitted to Post master General Cortelyou. Represen tative Livingston urge<t prompt and decisive actionin the matter and Mr. Cortelyou said the charges would be given attention by the department. Julius Caesar." One of the most poptular actors that the American stage can boast today is Charles B. Hanford who will ap Thursday Jan. 1.0 in a brilliant revival of ''Julius Caesar.'' Tile play is one wilichl requires enlolrmu11os resources both as to scholarship and pecuniary outlay? Mr. Hanford has contem plated this revivAl for a number of years, the enterprise beilnx espeeially e')m"enial to h1im because it was in 'Marc Antony'' that lie made his firs" r'eat success as a star. 1-is perfor mance of this part with tile Booth Barret comipaly was hailed by tile cri ties with so much cithusiasm and en dorsed with snchi unmistakable appro val by the public that there seemed no other course left open to him ex cept to grasp the gollenl Opopitunity which the foresiglt and generosity of Booth and Barrett had placed with ill his grasp. The Hanford production this year will surpass all tlie previols presentations under the auspices of this favorite actor. What Did They Mean? 'Tle puizzle department of London Truth recently lid a competition Or examples of unintentionally funny paragraphs, either true of ''ben tro vato.'' Here are a few of the amusing specimens sent ill: ''We regret to announce the death at Cairo of Sir A. B. Smith, hi4 Lon don physician having recommended a warmer climate. Ill a. discussion oil the dress qf the clergy a Nonconformist minister de elared: ''As for me, I will wear no clothes to distinguish me from my fel iowmeln.' This came under ''Il Memoriam' column: ''In loving memory of, heloved wvife of -, who died. This is inserted by her sorrowved daughters. 'What is home without a mlothier?' ' Peace, perfect peace. Extract from a last wveek 's para Qraphl inl a fashionable advertising journal : ''Persons desiring to buy, sell or davertise any article, should eive our advertising columns a chmance. Don't go elswhIere to be swindled.'' The following advertisement ap neared in a morning newspaper. ''Wanted, a gentleman to undertake theC sale of a patent' medicine. Thle ad vertiser gurantees that It will be pro fitable to the undertaker.' The following obituary notice ap peared many years ago in a Somerset weekly paper, nowv defunct: ''After a long illness Mr. B -passed away on Monday to thle inexplicable grief of his family.'' Pay in Advence, Please. Hotel Clerk (suspiciously)-Your bundle hqab come apart. May T ask what that queer thing is? Guest-This is a new patent fire es cape. I always carr'y it, s0 in case of fire I canl let myself down from the lintel window, see? Clerk (thoughtfully)-T see.Ou terms for' guests with fire escapes, sir, are invariably cashl in advance. New York Weekly. DOL. BOYD'S CONDITION T1 IS NOT ENCOURAGING. Passeed Bad Day and He is Regarded as Somewhat Worse. so The State. Greenville, Jan. 2.-Col. John C. Boyd, wlio suffered a stroke of para- Ev lysis here Monday afternoon, passed a I bad day today and his condition to iight is worse. He was moved from his part'mients at the Normandie hotel ] this afternioon to the Greenville sani- cet torium. ric A )pori from ihis bedside late to- So iiight says lie is restinig well. His con- pe dition is serious. tui LAWS IN CHINA. re So They Take No Account of the Inten- so tions of the Accused. tot The inlcompatibility of laws based pe: un diverse civilizations is nowhere an more marked than in China, says Ho- Te sea B. Morse in the Atlantic. There no bankruptcy law is possible. If a of debtor's own estate will not sufice to cei pay his debts the deficiency must be ly made good by his father, brothers or vo] uncles; if a debtor absconds his im medi.te family are promptly impris- lin oned; if the debtor returns he is put in< in prison and kept thete indermitely, th< so long as lie can ffind money for his daily tood until released by payinent t lu in full or by death. This is the law. in. When in 1895 Admiral ring found it himself *forced to sutiender Weihai- ph wei and his fleet, lie cominit(ed sui- va Cide. By this colragenl 1is step, tech- 114 nically dying libefore surreiiddri, lie hw -ived his immediate family-~-father, ril motier, sots and dateilirs-from de- w capitation and their property 1rm n coI ayi, (te ipenalty whenli a com- .1 man' 11 su1j rrenlders an11 imperial fort- pr ress This is the law. all Wl9 inl tle old days an English gunner caused the death of a Chinese by liring a salute f'rom a cannon from st which by oversiglit tie ball had not w< been removed, lie was seized, tried o and executed. And inl 1839, when in th tle course of a dist-urbanee with lig- gr lishi and Anierican sailors at Canton a Chinese was killed, the anthiorities a demanded that if the guilty persol th could not be detected anid executed sa tile whole party should be handed .i over for execution. This is the law. th Intentioi is never taken into ae- ec count. A dollar for a dollar, anl eye for an eye, a life for a life, and all r1 for the emperor and his relresenta- re tives-tlis is the law of China. m t i, An Attack on the Cloth. m Gov. Higgins, in the course of a dis clssion about churchgoing, told a story of a quick-witted Scot. ''I don't at all approve of this v' Scot,'' he began, ''but I think lie had a ready wit. "His inilister took him to task one a, day because lie never came to church, tl: golfing instead all summer, and erul- g< ing all winter long. .p "Main, main,' (lie miniisteri ended, e, 'if yc din no mend ye 'll laind yerscl ' m whcre ye 'll no' he trmonbied wi ' ser- p mons, lang or short.' er "'Weel, ailn so,' lie said, 'but ei o' for the want. 0' meeiiisteis.' '-p New York Tribune. g n< A arnel Insinuation. m Careless Acq(uiain tance-IHowv about. ii that man you operated on for appen dicitis last spring? HI Young Physician (nervously) - i Don 't talk shop so. Let's bury the Si subject. gi Careless Acquaintance-Glood gra- til cious, man 1 You don 't mean to say they haven't burigd him yet 7-Balti- t( more American. ' tl ' A Good Judge. I~ Yorkshire Farmer (who has laid a wager, to gentleman on weighing ma chine)-"WilI ye tell us how mooch ti te weigh, mister')'' Gentleman-Well, I'm seveniteen stoiie seven.'' Farmer st -'What did A' tell ye, lads? A' n couldn't be wrang, for A 's t' b)est gl joodire 0' swineC in t ' country!I''- p Punch. Mir. Tyte-Phist--'DTocter, does 'ite cost anythuing to ask you whether I hi need medical t re.atment or inot?'' Doe- e tor--"Not a cent. My answver, though, t will cos you in."'A.--Chicago Tiribune. a * 1E WILLIAMSON PLAN FOR GROWING CORN t b IENTIIO DISOUSSION BY t PROFESSOR NEWMAN. t t idence at Recent Corn Congress of c 'armors Who Have Tried "Plan" With Great Success. U[ont Clare, Darlington County, De iiber 21.-'' The Most important ag iltural discovery ever 11111d inl the uthern States.'' So says Prof Har r, the brainly professor of agricuil re at Clemson college. 'An anazing discovery, destined to olutionize agrielture in the South. says Prof. C. Lewis Newman, as inte professor of agriculture. 'A success beyond (ulesHion and far ahead of eixistinlg metthods to rmit at comlparison.'' So say thlolls-f ds of farmers, from Virginia to xas, who have fried the plal. A mecthiod that increased the yield corn from 100 to 800 per cent. will 'tainly work arevolution-not mere a chian,l but a ta reaching re lution. Nfr. E. Melver Williamson of Dar -tim county has evolved a plan for a -reasing corn yields that has (1one se tlings iidicated above. Lo muhel has been publislised about, phln and s(1 So mnanly people are talk , of it-so much hope rests u1ponl -tail it is necessary to say that the im has resnivil from teii years' ulexperimniitationl. There was v chan1lie inl ii. Parks (df thle phl had1( Pit inl niv beftire, 11h11 as at wimle I%l Ivilllilm 11 .1" brmli l it it (11 .1111 r.Williamson hats brou41ght it on1t and14 lile he doews no4t claim1 it .as perf,ect, r even yvet 41m)plet-, e Im' does assert, d the f'cts bac1ek it ilp, tilit the trule inlciple ha1ls been l4oumnd aind on this sullbseq(Ielt dvvvlo4pmenlt mnillst rest. Idea of Stunting the Corn. This principle rests on ITIe idea of I unifing the corn. Stunting is thie m1d. Thlis lay be done oil any kind Soil, accordini.g to tlie verlict oi e Calmiller.s at, tile 'vecent eorn11 eon1 ess il Darlinlt n, alt iollug1 Mr. Wil timlson hliliself say]s lie has 110 river 11u1 an 111(heref'e kinows n*thi of v effect (nI iis cini of soil. oiiers y it niakes 1n4) differenee. Tie prin ple is tlie saile inl every case, Il ou1gh it may be varied according to mdit ions. The p1111 will be deseriled ill detail Irtheri mn ill tile article. Someic of the sults as obtained by practical far eLr. are given herewith, And the tes moniy was altogether votintary. Any ie who has tried to get farmers to Ik will reeognize how liard it is to 't evpressiols(. of opinlionl from lhiell, id these evpressionls are the m11ore iiable in liigt oC that act. The Corn Congress. At Darlington, Mn December 13 last, meetiiv, hld been ealled to diseniss ie Williamson plan ind there w ithering in rnse of the , .. lan1terIs of Da rliing1to 01an d a1djoiing r. 1.1 m1)iumers1'tand14inre as to4 the dlate, >llege, assoc)(iate prorl')essor of' aI gri ilt ure, who was asked to4 ac't as umn ire was not present ando this was re 'et ted. As it turned out there was 1 1need of an umllpire, opinlioni being innimous and oxperienlces practically entical. As published in The State, Mr. RI. .Rogers, one of tho staunchest and( ost conserv'at.ive farmers in the tate, was made chairman of the cmn '0ss and Mr. A. J. Howard, secre ry. Mr. E. MeTver Williamson, origina r of thle plani, was calledl on to state ec object of the1 meetinag and lhe did 4briefly, with characteristic point. e0 spoke of it as "'our' plan" and pre ris that it may lie called by some ther name than his, but of course as is no(w impossibile. After briefly reviewing the p)1an hle alted1 to the mneetingz that the far iers 1)resents, would lie called on to ie theinr experiences with the two ans. 4the olId way and tihe WVilliam m1 plan and said that while lhe knew irmeris were not1 talker's that in this ase everyv firmer shiouild 'oniderCI it is duity to4 makue known his experi ice. Time and( money had been spent 'i bring this plan to n working basis 11(1 the worl,1 should get the bietefit, specially' the farmers of the South rin States. 'For as the Southerin far ier had been situated lie had to take lie price for his cot ton which the uyer set. But with plenty of corn lie Southern farmer could bide his ime, hold his cotton and the manufac arer would have to pay value for 1tton. Questions and Answers. 'Tie questions were: How much orn was raised under the new plan low much under the old way? What inprovement was (here in land? Vhat clianges were necessatry in the riginal plan, as first published in t.he lartsville Messenger? Mr. R. II. Rogers said that when he uit IlIanting corn, because it wgas un rofitfable, he was raising from 10 to 5 bushels to the are rs a maximum rop; the average was much lower. 'our years ago he began with the Wil iamsoi plan anud the first season got rom 310 ) t33 hmushels to the aere. The ext year he planted 15 acres and veraged 43 bushels. The fertilizer ost $S an aere; the next. year, which ,as bad for corn, lie got. also 43 hush Is average. This year tie averaged 3 bushels. There had been vast im rovement in land under this method. 'he fettilzing material left was worth 11 of $15 an aere. The article in the artsvIlle Messenger covered the case tilly. (TPhis article was republished in 'he State, and is repuiblished again m(iiy oil accmimi (of ts 1import (ance to armlers.) 011 aere, on wliell lie md pi. $25 w ,ot of I'vrtlizer he lde 101 hushels and 17 (iiarls. There 'er1-15.0010 stalks on1 this avre. Mr. J. B. Edward's Testimonial. Alr. .loln 1. 1A wa1rd lest illed that v knew Mr. Williamson, 11:141 cili inee in him and1,1 lml kept his arlicle, mt was prevented t mI i ollowing it, hsolultel' on emmat ill' wet wenther. Ie averaged abut 35 hishels, with ;9) wortIl of' fertili.er, in Ole fl(lowing . iroportion: 100 )ounmls potash, "00 >muids111 nithrate of soda and 30o fbs. leid IhIosphilite. 11e believed lie wonuld imiye made 50 bushels if the lplan iad >eenl fol1oed closvlV. L"and114 had er. aillv been imiwov-el to the fill value )f I'er1tilizer ulsed. Mir. .1. T. 09i(mdson) gave mi interest 11g a(c llt o11 I w of Iis IliilbXors. Uhr. E. W. Methilosh find made 45 mAhels with l $ worth of fertilizer and krr. (i. F. Wallae 90 lmshIels witi )00 Iounds ol' ferlilizer. i1r. David I. oker here explailiedl that lie had seei Mr. Wallaies* r and 4 it had we galihered late, with fow\l,s feeding mi it for over txw(i montTis. lie haid leVer seei suchll a sight. Mr. (loodson continued, saying lint he hiniself haid made 30 hushels aver ge where lie onl. parIly followe<l the plan: whlree lie flollo)Iwe i it st.rictly lie iad made .15 bshels. lie thonOht tle oiinal plan all rii.lit and saw no need to chaniige anYthinl'g ill Ilie arti ele. The land had been improved more tlhan the valuie of the fertilizer .John T . iters sii tha1t he mfade4 40 bushels three to four year11S nc'o and last y'ea r he .madTe from 50 to (40 hushels to t he nere. On 35 acres i s ye'ar lie had1( ~made ab1out 70 Imushels average. On land1 that has been ruined by a tenant lhe had made 35 bushels. The Williamsonm plani was thle correct way to raise corni. Tf adop01ted generally, we would he selling corn, especially to Geogia, which is a large consumer oif this article. There was entirely too much water this year to be a gogA corn year. Cowpens should be allowed to stay on land and there should be no fodder pulled .Land had been im proved to more than value of fertili zer. What Mr. D. R. 0oker Said. Mr. David 1R. Coker gave some in dep)endecnt testimony on the subject. Mr. Coker is a merchant and an edi tor but has keen interest in agricul. tural pursuits. HeI thought a mer chant did harm to sell coirn to far mners. They should raise it and under this plan they could raise it. Hie thought the plan would mak-e corn as much oif a staple in the South as it was in the Middle West. The discov cry was a truenmendouls thing for this part oif the country. As to the plan of stiunt ini! corn, no one conld form an idea of how~ ugly it looked when heing stunted. A farmer passing by Mr'. Williamson 's place at this stage saidl Shat the corn wvas the poorest be