Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DOWN GOBS COTTON. May Cotton, Recently as High as 16.19 Dropped Under Pressure as Low as 15.32. New York, Jan. 10.-Under press ure of enormous liquidation involv ing the sale of approximately a mil lion, five hundred thousand bales, New York Cotton Exchange was hard hit by a bear raid to-day, with losses as high as $4.80 a bale. William P. Brown and Frank B. Hayne, who are credited with being among the leaders of the bull cam ,paign, which bf late, has taken prof its estimated at thirteen million dol lars, were on the floor of the ex chaige as active figures in one of the most exciting zess-ions in its his tory. May cotton, which recently has been as high as 16.19, diopped as low as 15.32. March touched 15.06 as its lowest point, while July open ed 15.80, dropped to 15.32, and closed a.point higher. May closed 15.34 and March 15.11. The bears fought bitterly and sold on an enormouse scale. The bull ele ment, seeing the drift of things, took profits on; a large line of cotton prob ably with the idea of allowing the shorts to sell themselves into a hole, and a slump of 81 to 82 points re sulted. Southern bul-Is claimed the census figures absolutely confirmed the government estimates of a small crop,. but they did little to support the market. Call for Margins Forces Flood of Cotton Selling. New York, Jan.uary 11.-Yester day's sensational break in the cot ton market was followed this morn ing by continued excitemegt and very erratic fluctuations at the re opeing of business. The calls for additional mkrgin in consequence of yesterday's sudden decline of near ly $5 per baie in prices had brought in a perfect avalanche of selling or drs from out-of-tqwn, a%d after opening from 10 to 18 points higher owing to relatively. firm Liverpool cables, the active months broke about 20 points in less than that number of minutes, -withi March sell ing at 15A8 and May at 15.29 the latter month being a shade undier the lowest point red.ehed yesterJay. Southern news indicated that pri mary holders of spot cotton were .not following the decline in futures and this feature of the situation, com bied with the better showing of the Liverpool market was an eneourage ment to remaining bulls.. After the first burst~of forced li quidation consequently, the market raled~ on covering and a renewal of bull support with Mareh selling up to 15.30 and May to 15.52, or about $1 per bale from the lowest before the end of the first hour. iFluctuation's were very .irregular during the middle of the day but the rallying 'tendency which =developed right after - the early break contin ued until March contracts sold at 15.6 rad May at 15.66 or 34 to 48 podits above the low prices of. the morning. A fresh burst of liquida tiencaused a break of about 20 peiits from this level but generally speking trading was less active, with sellers less-urgent and while the market was extremely nervous in the late trading the close was steady t a gain of 13 to 19 points of the day with March closing at 15.30 and May at 15.50,- or 21 to 24 points aboe the low price of the movement. TICK ERADICATION.. Over Eighty Thousand Square Miles Freed from Ticks and Released From Quarantiine. Continued progress was made dur ing 1909 'in the campaign being waged jointly by the federal and state au thorities and individual cattle own ers for the extermination of the tieks which spread the disease known as Texas or tick fever of cattle in the South. An order issued ,by the Sec retary of Agriculture on December 2, 1909, and effective December 6, released from quarantine areas amounting to 9,266 square miles, and 13,544 square miles were released lasi spring, making a .total of 22,81( square miles released during the pasi year as a result of having been freet from ticks. -The totol- territory released frou federal quarantine since the bveginning of the work of tick erad.ication three and a half years ago amounts to mori than 80,000 square miles, as follows by states. V irginia.. .. .. ...-.-.-.--.-.9 ,T N orth Carolina....... .10 -1 ,191 South Caroiina.. .......-...2,67 Tennessee...-.--.-..-..-.--.-.9324 K entucky..............-.8-- 4: Aikansas...... .. ..--.-...6,07 Okama..........----.44,75 Texas.. 1,481! California.. ............35,706 Total .... .... .... .. ..81,357 The large area in California -s compared with the other States is due to the fact that in that area the number of ticks was comparatively small. Operations in that State, there fore, have yielded much larger pro portionate results than in other sec tions where the ticks were L.uh more numerous. The policy of the United States De partment of Agriculture is to work only in States and localities where the state and local authorities are prepared to assist and where public sentiment is favorable. Congress has appropriated $250,000 for the feder eral work during the current fiscal year, and appropriations by States and associations increase the total sum available for the year's work to -approximaty $400,'000L "There is no longer any doubt that it is entirely practicable to extermi nate the ticks throughout the entire region now infested by them," says Dr. A. D. Melvin, Chief of the Unit ed States Bureau of Animal Indus try, who is in charge of the federal work, in his annual report to the Secretary of Agriculture, "and the accomplishment of this result will be of tremendous economic advan tage not only to the South but to the whole country. The rate. of prog ress depends mainly on two factors -4he amounts appropriated by the federal and state governments and, the cooperation of the people." The territory released from quar antine by the recenit order of the Secretary of Agriculture, efective December 6, is as follows: In Texas, Scurry county; in Oklahoma, Har mon county, that portion of Greer county west of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, that portion of Caddo county north of the Mangum branch of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, and the remainder of Canadian coun ty; in Arkansas, the'counties of Mis sissippi a.nd Poinsett; in Tennessee, Warren county and the remainders of Putnam and Dekalb counties; in South Carolina, the - counties of Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, and An Aderson; in Virginia, Lunenberg and Mecklenburg counties, and Breton district of York 'county. "TENNESSEE" DUTCH SLAIN~ Noted Yeggmnan who .Escaped from Greenville Jail Victim of Tal lahiassee Boy's Buillet. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 10.--One ofthe postoffide robbers, who was killed by the boy, Saule, Saturday, was identified this mor.ning by Post office Inspector Fred Roege as "Ten nessee Dutch," a notorious -racks man, who recently made his escape from the Greenville, S. C., jail, and who has been sought all over the country. .The other dead man was partially identified by a weeping young woman as a friend of hers who called himself Walter Rexter. The real name of "-Tennessee Dth" was Garber Moore. He was the son of Jacob Moore, of- Cla2rks vile, Tenn., and is said to have had a long criminal record. He escaped from the jail at Greenville, i S. C., April 3, 1909, by the use of dyna mite, -together with George Barton, alias "iChicago Army." Barton was captured at Craggy, N. C., after a desperate fight. Aeting on information furnished by the youtzg woman who identified the younger robber, the police expect to capture the third man, believed to have acted as a picket for the rob *ers when they attempted to enter the postoffice building Saturday. Explained. Prof. Roberit rne . of the Uni versity desired to point ou to a young sonneteer the diff&renes be tween the words "astonish" and "surprise." "Noah Webster," Prof. Herrnek said, "was on c aught* by his wife in the act of pressing the hand of the pretty cook. . - " The cook, blushing like a rose, fled at oce to her kiethen. Mrs. Webster said in *a sad, tremulous "'Why, Noah, I am surprised.' "But the philologist, from over his glasses at his wife,* pnswered re provingly: " 'Madam, you have not studied our glorious language as you should. It's I who am surprised. You are astonished.' "-Philadelphia Ree ord. 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(To open an'-account, see the cashier-fill in a signature card and make your first deposit. it's simple enough. Comercial Bank 9RA DT H E IF R U Apples, Grapes, Candie. Raisins, Prl Dates., Citro Lemon and I Cr. Tartar, B# . Extracts a All kinds tablo Pickles, Coffee, Tea e Fancy land Ste We have a few old stock that will of price. IJONES' I INO i.air.o..1 To my friendls that h years in my LAUNDRY A( I thank you, and I am WHITE' STA Of Ne' and I ask still that you . trying to establish a fia and if you will all she some-times overlook first class work as yot other trial, I believe '4 - with good work and time. Yoursi ANNIE( Up-Tow MONU2 I am repr< Mckenburt Marl CHARLC in this section, and 'a prices on anything in Tablets, Monuments, E my prices before placii and work guaranteed fi: B. 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